This week’s highlight is the release of Bernie, a very funny dark comedy by Richard Linklater that shows off Jack Black’s talents in a whole new way.
The story of aged Brits seeking a low-budget retirement in India, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, is much more than a fish-out-of-water comedy. Another entertaining movie is the Norwegian dark comedy Headhunters, with Aksel Hennie as a smug corporate headhunter/art thief who panics when a high tech commando hunts him down. The Five-Year Engagement is an appealing romantic comedy.
You can still find one of the year’s best movies, Monsieur Lazhar, the story of French-Canadian fifth graders recovering from a traumatic experience with their replacement teacher, an Algerian immigrant.
I haven’t yet seen Where Do We Go Now? which opens this weekend. You can read descriptions and view trailers of upcoming films at Movies I’m Looking Forward To.
My DVD pick this week is the cancer comedy 50/50 with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogen.