In Theaters: May 22, 2015

There are TWO wide releases this week!

Poltergeist

Another horror remake!  (On a side note: how long before they make a horror movie about horror remakes?)

All I remember about the old 1982 Poltergeist is Steven Spielberg produced it and I think the house they moved into was built on top of an ancient Indian graveyard.  I think that's why it was haunted.

I'm not really sure what more to say about Poltergeist.  I will point out that the house is not haunted.  There is a spirit (or more than one, I don't remember) that resides in the same location as the house.  Or something.

Oh!  And I will say that Poltergeist is not hardcore horror.  The original was rated PG.  Granted, the PG-13 rating didn't exist until a few years later, but still, don't go into this expecting an uber violent film.

Poltergeist (they should do a sequel about a haunted public pool called Pooltergeist) is rated PG-13 for intense frightening sequences, brief suggestive material, and some language.

Tomorrowland

Those of us who are Brad Bird fans have been waiting FOREVER for this one.  We've only had three Brad Bird films since the year 2000!!!  But that changes on Friday.

The production history of Tomorrowland is very unusual.  News broke that Disney (the company/employees of the company) had found an old chest or box full of Walt Disney's (the person's) stuff or notes or what have you.  Basically they found a time capsule (not sure if it was meant to be a time capsule) left by Walt Disney himself.  And then somehow they made the jump from that to an idea for a movie with the title 1952, and they announced that this movie was inspired by the contents of this box.  Brad Bird was signed to direct.  A little while later they changed the name to Tomorrowland.  We'll see if any of this makes more sense after seeing the movie.

The trailer doesn't really shed that much light on the story.  All we know is that there is a young girl who discovers "Tomorrowland", a sort of alternate reality that is always around us.  Everything is futuristic there (but sort of in a 1952 kinda way, in my opinion).  George Clooney is somehow involved.  It should be solid.

Tomorrowland is rated PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and peril, thematic elements, and language.

      Big Shot Critic