FS.net's Weekly Openings Report - November 17th

November 16, 2006

Wide release openings for Friday, November 17th include: Casino Royale, Happy Feet, Let's Go To Prison, and Fast Food Nation.

Limited release openings include: Bobby, For Your Consideration, and The Aura.

Daniel Craig and Judi Dench in Casino Royale opening this weekend.

FirstShowing Weekend Suggestion: Casino Royale. Indefinitely the new James Bond himself must be seen in full valor on screen - one of the best Bonds in the last 30 years. However, Happy Feet is a great fun family film as well.

Head out to your local movie theater and watch one of these newly released movies! And don't forget to leave a comment on your own review or thoughts on any movies you saw this weekend.

Wide Release:

Casino Royale
Director: Martin Campbell
Genre: Action, Adventure
Rated: PG-13 (for sequences of violent action, a scene of torture, sexual content and nudity)
Synopsis: After earning his license to kill, MI6 dispatches James Bond to Madagascar to track a terrorist. The spy soon expands his search to include an entire terrorist cell, tipping off an adventure that leads him into a Montenegro casino, where his organization backs him in a marathon game against Le Chiffre, a banker to international terrorist organizations.
FirstShowing.net Review - 8.5/10

Happy Feet
Director: George Miller
Genre: Animation, Musical, Comedy, Family
Rated: PG (for some mild peril and rude humor)
Synopsis: Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin named Mumble is ashamed by the fact that he cannot sing. However, he can tap dance something fierce, but how does this fit into his society?
FirstShowing.net Review - 6/10

Let's Go To Prison
Director: Bob Odenkirk
Genre: Comedy
Rated: R (for language, sexual content, some violence and drug material)
Synopsis: A career criminal and a rich snob are brought together in a cell in a maximum-security prison.
FirstShowing.net Review - Coming Soon

Fast Food Nation
Director: Richard Linklater
Genre: Drama
Rated: R (for disturbing images, strong sexuality, language and drug content)
Synopsis: A marketing executive for a fast food giant travels to the Colorado town that's home to feedlots and packing plant that fuels his business. His goal: to quietly investigate whether cow manure has found its way into his product.
FirstShowing.net Review - 6/10

Limited Release:

Bobby (Limited - Wide on November 22)
Director: Emilio Estevez
Genre: Drama
Rated: R (for language, drug content and a scene of violence)
Synopsis: Part fact and part fiction, the story of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination is told via the intertwining lives of people who were present at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel in the hours leading up to the event.
FirstShowing.net Review - 9/10

For Your Consideration (Limited - Wide on November 22)
Director: Christopher Guest
Genre: Comedy
Rated: PG-13 (for sexual references and brief language)
Synopsis: Three actors learn their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz. A documentary crew captures all the excitement.
FirstShowing.net Review - 8/10

The Aura (Limited)
Director: FabiÃ¡n Bielinsky
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rated: Not Rated
Synopsis: A loner taxidermist obsessed with the idea of committing the perfect crime seizes an opportunity after he accidentally kills a motel owner that may or may not have been on the level.
FirstShowing.net Review - Coming Soon

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