This Weekend: Twilight, Bolt

Twilight [watch the trailer]
The romantic vampire movie might be coming back in a big way. Twilight centers around a girl named Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) who, upon being transplanted from Phoenix to the Pacific Northwest, meets someone startlingly unique by the name of Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). Their relationship deepens quickly, to the point where she does not forsake him when she realizes he’s actually a vampire. Thankfully for her, Edward is a vegetarian of sorts - he and his family refuse to drink human blood. Yet the closer Edward gets to his soulmate Bella, the closer he gets to losing control, which isn’t helped by the arrival of Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and James (Cam Gigandet), enemies of the Cullens who are hunting for Bella relentlessly. Based on the youth novel by Stephenie Meyer and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, Twilight hopes to be the next Harry Potter franchise in terms of look, tone, feel and general demographic, skewing towards squealing teenage girls. You can find out for yourself if it succeeds.

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Bolt [watch the trailer]
Bolt (John Travolta) is a dog who stars in his own super-adventure television show, not unlike Rex The Wonder Dog. The trouble is that he believes his own hype and that he actually has superpowers. So when he accidentally finds himself in New York instead of Hollywood, the adventure begins to get himself back to his owner and co-star Penny (Miley Cyrus). Along the way, he runs into a reluctant companion in Mittens the cat (Susie Essman) and a gung-ho partner in Rhino the Hamster (Mark Walton). Let’s see if we can’t forget all the creepy commercials that end with the hamster whispering “there’s a guard - I’m going to snap his neck.”

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