New To Theatres This Weekend: Body of Lies, Quarantine, City of Ember, The Express

Posted by on October 10th, 2008   Filed under: New Releases

It’s another busy weekend at the movies with four major releases and a ton of smaller indie flicks starting their theatrical runs today. First up we have Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, followed by the [REC] horror remake Quarantine, football flick The Express, and family fantasy movie City of Ember starring Bill Murray. The Keira Knightley period drama The Duchess is also going semi-wide this weekend, and in select theatres we have the re-release of Wong Kar Wai’s Ashes of Time and Mike Leigh’s festival hit Happy-Go-Lucky. What are you checking out?

Body of Lies
Quarantine
City of Ember
The Express
The Duchess (expanding)
Happy-Go-Lucky (limited)
Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham (limited)
Ashes of Time Redux (limited)
Fraude (limited)
Breakfast with Scot (limited)
Nights and Weekends (limited)



  • I wish I was in one of the lucky places getting Ashes of Time Redux! With that not as an option I think I’m most likely to see City of Ember, the art direction looks great and I can’t decide from the trailer if the adult actors performance are good or ridiculous!

    I wish I would be hyped for Body of Lies, being a huge Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe fan but the trailer wasn’t that compelling.

  • I definitely agree that Body of Lies doesn’t look all that exciting but I’ve gotta give Ridley Scott, Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe the benefit of the doubt.

  • Well, I’ll be curious to hear what you think of it! I’ll admit it looks more intriguing than A Good Year and American Gangster.

  • Yeah, A Good Year looked so dull, I still haven’t seen that. I really liked American Gangster though.

  • cronenfly

    I went and saw Quarantine…good thing i got in for free. Good thing i had a drink prior to the midnight event. Good thing me and my friend have connections at River Cinema. Good thing that the entire audience was swimming with me. Good thing that i had an hilarious, obnoxious funny man sitting to my right. fuck i am rambling…it was shit!

  • cronenfly

    wow i am tired))))))))))))))))”MY FRIEND AND I”

  • brian

    Quarantine was a steaming pile of embarrassment…

    Body of lies was entertaining but ultimately I couldn’t help but think it was a bit pointless. It was certainly visually stunning but I still feel ambivalent towards it.

    Appaloosa was the real winner in my pay for 1 stay for 3 weekend. It definitely is worth checking out