CinePhillyist

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

Art School Confidential - The makers of Ghost World team up again for another movie based on a comic. This time it's a satire of the art world, as seen through the eyes of aspiring artist and student Jerome (Max Minghella). John Malkovich plays a professor, and Jim Broadbent and Anjelica Huston also appear. According to the IMDB, there's also an uncredited cameo from Steve Buscemi, so watch out for that. Anyway, this one sounds like it might be good, snooty fun.
Trailer
Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse

Keeping Up with the Steins - We had the Passover family comedy last month; now it's time for the bar mitzvah family comedy. Young Benjamin is having the usual coming-of-age pangs involving self-consciousness, dissatisfaction with himself and his family, and a crush on the hot blonde in Hebrew school. But his oblivious father (played by the highly under-valued Jeremy Piven) just wants to out-do Benjamin's friend's father by throwing Benjamin the biggest bar mitzvah ever, in Dodger Stadium. Benjamin decides to sabotage his Dad's plans by inviting his estranged grandfather (Garry Marshall - the director's dad). But of course all of this is bound to dissolve into heartwarming family togetherness. If you're into that kind of thing, give this one a shot; who knows, it might even be good. Oh, and Daryl Hannah's in it, too; that's always cool.
Trailer
Showing at: Ritz Five

Poseidon - Apparently it's time to start remaking the big disaster movies now. This is a retread of the '70s "classic" The Poseidon Adventure, which for our money is a terrible, melodramatic mess of a movie. So, since they're setting the bar so low, maybe they'll actually be able to one-up the original for once! They've got a pretty talented director, anyway (that being Wolfgang Petersen). And the story is exciting - it's about a big new cruise ship getting knocked upside down by a huge wave, and how the celebrities inside try to survive and escape. In this case, the celebrities are Josh Lucas, Jacinda Barrett, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Kevin Dillon, and Andre Braugher. The trailer actually makes the movie look halfway decent, too, though it does bring back memories of Titanic for obvious reasons. And certain scenes have got to be pretty breathtaking (if not vomit-inducing!) in IMAX, at least.
Trailer
Showing at: the Franklin Institute (in IMAX), the Riverview, the Bridge