KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Sucker Punch, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Miral, Potiche, White Irish Drinkers and more. TGI-FilmWeek!

Guests:

Henry Sheehan, film critic for KPCC and HenrySheehan.com

Tim Cogshell, film critic for KPCC and Box Office Magazine

Films Reviewed:

Sucker Punch

A young girl wages a battle for her freedom in a fantastical alternative reality when she is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather.

A girl locked away against her will imagines epic fantasy battles to cope with her grim reality and plots her escape.

Starring: Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Jenna Malone and Jamie Chung
Written by: Zack Snyder and Steve Shibuya
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Rated: PG-13
Warner Brothers Pictures

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

A wimpy 7th grader must endure his parent’s attempts to get him to bond with his oppressive older brother.

Starring: the voices of Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Devon Bostick and Steve Zahn
Written by: Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah
Based on the novel by Jeff Kinney
Directed by: David Bowers
Rated: PG
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Miral

An orphaned Palestinian girl falls for a political activist while growing up in the wake of the Arab-Israeli war.

Starring: Hiam Abbass, Frieda Pinto and Omar Metwally
Written by: Rula Jebreal
Directed by: Julian Schnabel
Rated: R
The Weinstein Company

Potiche

A trophy wife takes over the family business after striking employees take her husband hostage.

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini and Karin Viard
Written and directed by: Francois Ozon
Based on the play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy
Rated: R
Music Box Films

White Irish Drinkers

Two blue collar brothers struggle to find a way out of their working class Brooklyn neighborhood in 1975.

Starring: Nick Thurston, Geoff Wigdor, Stephen Lang, Karen Allen, Peter Riegert and Leslie Murphy
Written and directed by: John Gray
Rated: R
Screen Media Films

Peep World

Four neurotic siblings contend with their disagreeable father’s 70th birthday party after the youngest reveals intimate family secrets in a popular novel.

Starring: Michael C. Hall, Rainn Wilson, Sarah Silverman and Taraji P. Henson
Written by: Peter Himmelstein
Directed by: Barry Blaustein
Rated:
IFC Films

The 5th Quarter

A young football player finds inspiration through the tragic death of his brother and leads Wake Forest to the team’s best season in school history.

Starring: Aidan Quinn, Ryan Merriman and Andie MacDowell
Written and directed by: Rick Bieber
Rated: PG-13
Rocky Mountain Pictures

Bill Cunningham New York

(Nuart, one week only)

Tells the story of the reclusive 80-year-old bicycle riding New York Times fashion photographer and columnist.

Starring: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor and David Rockefeller
Directed by: Richard Press
Not rated
Zeitgeist Films

DVDs

Tangled

Starring: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi and Donna Murphy
Directed by: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard

The Tourist

Starring: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie and Paul Bettany
Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Skyline

Starring: Eric Balfour, Donald Faison and Scottie Thompson
Directed by: Colin Strause and Greg Strause

Meskada

Starring: Nick Stahl, Rachel Nichols and Kellan Lutz
Directed by: Josh Sternfeld

How Do You Know

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson
Directed by: James L. Brooks

Days of Glory (1944)

Starring: Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova and Alan Reed
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur

Confidential Agent (1945)

Starring: Herman Shumlin
Directed by: Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall and Victor Francen