Movies Coming Out This Weekend May 29 2009
Wondering what movies are coming out to theaters this Friday, ? Here is a list with our recommendations (which you can take or leave, it's up to you).
DEFINITELY WATCH AT THE MOVIES
Up
Oh come on! I've been waiting for Up for so long, I'm not going to miss it. I think Dug the dog pretty much sealed the deal for me.
Up Synopsis: From Disney-Pixar comes Up, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 9-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. From the Academy Award-nominated director Pete Docter, Disney-Pixar's Up invites you on a hilarious journey into a lost world, with the least likely duo on Earth.
DEPARTURES Movie Trailer
Check out the trailer for DEPARTURES starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano, and directed by Yojiro Takita.
Departures won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film this year, and so I think it's worth a least taking a look. I have to say that the trailer spiked my interest. The story sounds good and the acting also seems pretty strong.
Departures will be released to theaters on May 29, 2009. Watch the trailer below.
Departures Synopsis: Departures follows Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki), a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and who is suddenly left without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.
