Leatherheads: A fun little comedy set during the crazy days of ramshackle professional football, starring George Clooney (who also directed) as Dodge Connolly, who devises a plan to save the game from going under by wooing the top college football star and war hero, Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski) to play for his team in Duluth, while hotshot reporter Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger) has been assigned to expose the truth about Carter's reported heroism. Romantical hijinks and gridiron tomfoolery ensue. It's not quite the wildly entertaining romp it wants to be, since it's a bit haphazard in its pacing, but the stars are all likable and Zellweger even stops squinting so much. It's Clooney. It's hard to dislike Clooney performances, especially when he gets to be a riff on his charming, affable self.
Check out what Clooney himself has to say about the film here.
Nim's Island: Abigail Breslin stars as Nim, who lives in a childhood fantasy land surrounded by neat-o animals, inspired by adventure books written by a reclusive and skittish Jodie Foster. When the island is threatened, they both seek help from the fictional swashbuckling literary hero Alex Rover (Gerard Butler). Fanciful!
The Ruins: Young people are terrified by the creepy things they find in Mayan ruins in Mexico. Normally dismissable, but the fact that the very talented Jena Malone is in it is enough to think that this may be a cut above your standard fright-fest.
Shine a Light: After nearly half a century of rock and roll, the Rolling Stones get Martin Scorsese to film them in concert. Maybe now they'll have a farewell tour that sticks.
