August Releases
Ah, August: Tinseltown's red-headed stepchild when it comes to box office firepower. Okay, maybe that's a little unfair - or, maybe, it's right on the target. Let's see: we've got the paranormal teen fantasy escapist adaptation; the meme-to-big-screen creepypasta adaptation; the original boy and his dog story; and, oh yeah - pundit Dinesh D’Souza's latest summer "documentary" claptrap. Out of all those, only Alpha - which admittedly gave me a case of the misty eyes when I first saw the trailer - avoids triggering my "avoid like the plague" instincts. It probably helps that it's a rare and refreshing breath of originality in a cinema swamp routinely flooded with sequels, adaptations, and remakes. Though on that note, another flick worth taking a gander at is Disney's Christopher Robbin, a mix 3d/live action spin on A. A. Milne's beloved characters. It seems to sparkle with charm and Winnie-the-Pooh's homespun wisdom devoid of pretense, and if nothing else, may at least provide a palette cleanse after Peter Rabbit's, shall we say, "liberal" take on Beatrix Potter's classic tales earlier this year.
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