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

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

Recently, I attended a screening of Bratz: The Movie, which is being released in theaters everywhere today. This was my first movie screening and it was intense. Going in, I knew that it was a movie that chronicles the lives of four “BFF”s throughout the formative years of their high school lives. What I didn’t know was that it would be attended by 783 children between the ages of eight and thirteen. As I entered the theater, I looked both ways for Chris Hansen.

Despite the fact that Transformers is a film based on a cartoon, which itself was based on a story that a marketing company came up with to sell a line of toys, and despite the fact that it was directed by Michael Bay (a piece of news which, when it first came out, caused thousands of nerds to cry out in terror, and then become suddenly silent... before running to the internet to voice their displeasure), I was pretty excited about it. I tried to temper my excitement, though, to avoid a let-down. I tried to tell myself that I shouldn't expect something really intelligent or moving. I tried to tell myself that it would be a big, dumb summer blockbuster, and would therefore be all about action, with very little character development and probably not a lot of good dialogue, and that I should embrace that - that I should go in expecting that. Anyway, there would be tons of action, plenty of giant robots hitting each other, and lots of incredible visual effects, and that would be enough to make a really entertaining movie.

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment.

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment.