Weekend Openings Report - April 6

April 5, 2007

A quick look at what's opening and what to choose this weekend at the theaters.

Opening the week of April 6th is: Are We Done Yet?, Firehouse Dog, The Reaping, and Grindhouse.

Are We Done Yet?

Directed by: Steve Carr
Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long, John C. McGinley, Aleisha Allen
Rated: PG
Story: Nick Persons (Ice Cube), his new wife (Nia Long), and her two kids (Allen and Bolden) leave the city behind for a fixer-upper in the 'burbs - an investment which quickly turns from a dream into a nightmare for Nick, as the contractor (McGinley) working on the house bonds with everyone in the family … except Nick.
Rotten Tomatoes: 10%

Firehouse Dog

Directed by: Todd Holland
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Bree Turner, Steven Culp
Rated: PG
Story: Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid (Hutcherson) to get the station back on its feet.
Rotten Tomatoes: 41%

The Reaping

Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb
Rated: R
Story: Katherine Morrissey (Swank), a professor known for debunking miracles, heads to a small town in Texas to investigate occurrences that appear to be the 10 Biblical plagues.
Rotten Tomatoes: 5%

Grindhouse

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez / Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Josh Brolin, Michael Biehn, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson, Jordan Ladd
Rated: R
Story: Back-to-back flicks from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. In Tarantino's Death Proof, three Austin ladies out for a night on the town are trailed by Stuntman Mike (Russell), a scarred outsider with one killer car; in Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a dancer (McGowan) and her ex-boyfriend (RodrÃguez) are a town's only real hope against an outbreak that turns everyday people into flesh-hungry aggressors.
Rotten Tomatoes: 87%