Delta Farce (PG-13)
Who’s in it: Bill Engvall (left), Larry the Cable Guy (right), DJ Qualls
What it’s about: Three buddies mistakenly enlist in the army and are immediately shipped off to Iraq. They wind up in Mexico and fight a village warlord, all the while believing they are still part of Operation: Iraqi Freedom.
Worth watching? Not screened for critics.
“Sounds like a movie that only the Bush White House could love.”
The Salon (PG-13)
Who’s in it: Vivica A. Fox, Terrence Howard, Kym Whitley
What it’s about: A businesswoman (Fox) tries to save her salon while staff and customers dish with showy in-your-face venting.
Worth watching? * *
“‘The Salon’ is no new ‘do but a redo. Like a perm that won’t grow away, it’s stuck in the race-comedy mold of ‘Barbershop,’ ‘Barbershop 2’ and ‘Beauty Shop.’ Been there, done that hair.”
Zoo
(not rated)
What it’s about: A documentary about a 2005 incident in which Boeing engineer Kenneth Pinyan died of a perforated colon after having sexual relations with a horse.
Worth watching: * * *
“So much immaculate effort and polished technique is put into this documentary … that you wonder if its director, Robinson Devor, is putting us on. Whether he is or not, the movie is almost too decorous, elaborate and heavy-handed for its own good.”
Opening this week
– “28 Weeks Later”
– “The Ex”
– “Away from Her”
– “Georgia Rule”
– “Waitress”
– “Zoo”
– “The Salon”
– “Delta Farce”
– “The Exterminating Angels”
– “The Hip Hop Project”
Opening next week
– “Shrek the Third”
– “Provoked”
– “Sacco and Vanzetti”
– “Fay Grim”
– “Brand Upon the Brain”
– “Everything’s Gone Green”
