Film Fan Fridays for Friday June 19, 2009

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday June 19, 2009! Its a week filled with releases from near & far, limited & wide. Even though May was crawling with big blockbuster releases it feels like the new trend is it isn't summer until we start seeing all the Wednesday release dates. Don't worry you haven't missed anything, it wasn't this Wednesday but next. But first let's see what is in limited release.

This weeks limited release are filled with Canadian content. The Baby Formula follows a lesbian couple looking for independent procreation, Victoria Day is set in late 80's Toronto over one fateful May 2-4 weekend and The Green Chain is a drama loggers vs environmentalists. You could probably tell those were Canadian just from the descriptions, eh? Rounding out the limited releases are the Russian Wind Man, American food industry documentary Food, Inc. and Olivier Assayas latest and highly acclaimed film Summer Hours.

In wide release this week we have Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy The Proposal as well as Jack Black and Michael Cera comedy Year One.

The biggie doesn't arrive until mid-next week, with the Wednesday openings of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a.k.a. Transformers: ROTF. Seriously, did no one in any meetings noticed that acronym? Really? Anyhow, if you just can't wait for Wednesday it is playing a few spots around town on Tuesday night at midnight-ish. Make note that it's a long one, clocking in at 2h 27min.

Be sure to check out my daily coverage of the Worldwide Short Film Festival here at Movie Moxie continuing through to June 21, 2009.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

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