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January Movie Guide: Week Two

January Movie Guide: Week Two

Marriage drama, the revolutionary, and the undead kid all this week.

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Welcome to CraveOnline's weekly Movie Guide, where we break down each release. This week's edition features the first part of the Che epic, yet another zazy Kate Hudson comedy and a weird-ass creepy horror flick, all opening on or before January 9, 2009.
Bride Wars
 

Release Date:
January 9
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen
Rating: PG
 
Liv (Kate Hudson) is a cutthroat, perfectionist lawyer who gets what she wants. Emma's (Anne Hathaway) a schoolteacher who never takes the time to treat herself right. Somehow, they're best friends, but due to a clerical error that schedules both their weddings on the same date, that BFF bond is put to the test. Each bride-to-be will stop at nothing to have things exactly their way, even if it means declaring all-out war on their closest confidant.
 

CraveOnline's Call: Yipee, Kate Hudson in another cutesy comedy. This whole Bridezilla movie thing was bound to happen sooner or later, so let's get it out of the way now and be done with it.


Che aka The Argentine

 
Release Date: January 9
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Terrence Malick, Ryan Gosling, Javier Bardem
Rating: R

Based on the life of the revolutionary Che Guevara (yeah, the guy on the t-shirt you bought to impress that chick that one time), this film tells the man's story from his Argentinian beginnings as a doctor to his immersion in Cuban politics and eventual murder in Bolivia. This is the first installment of a two-part film series.
 

CraveOnline's Call: Based on the thick fog of epic failure that would envelop everyone involved if this were anything less than a masterpiece, we'll go ahead and give this one the benefit of the doubt. Especially given Benicio's acting chops and believability as the doomed revolutionary. There's a specific vision being shared, and I can't wait to see what they've done with it.


The Unborn

 
Release Date: January 9
Director: David S. Goyer
Starring: Odette Yustman, Meagan Good, Jane Alexander, Gary Oldman
Rating: PG-13

Casey Beldon (Yustman) is tortured by horrible dreams and haunted by a terrifying ghost. She receives spiritual guidance from Sendak (Oldman), who helps her uncover a family curse: a creature with the ability to inhabit absolutely any host body.. and it's getting stronger. Her only chance to survive is to close a doorway to another world that her unborn twin pried open.
 

CraveOnline's Call: Have another look at that synopsis. If that's not the most retardedly batshit-crazy thing you've ever seen, I'm glad I'm not you. This one's just a bit to out there for my tastes, but who knows? It could kick ass. Somehow.

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