You know it’s a sorry weekend when the most appealing film that’s opening up stars Jamie Kennedy. I can’t quite figure out why a more exciting film didn’t change dates to take advantage of the weak competition. Oh well. Fortunately, I have the Tribeca Film Festival to keep me entertained this weekend, so it’s no big deal. But I feel bad for all you non-New Yorkers.

The Condemned: As Ryan just pointed out in the previous post, this film is basically just one giant brawl to the death. It’s like the Royal Rumble for sociopaths. My feeling on this movie is that the only reason it got made is because it was so ridiculously over the top that it’s almost too obvious to criticize it. Which is actually kind of genius. Ryan said that he would rent it, but I’m definitely going to SKIP IT.

The Invisible: A dead High School student needs to solve his own murder…sounds like Ghost meets CSI. In my opinion, the only interesting thing about an invisible High School student would be watching him sneak into the girl’s locker room and play practical jokes on the High School bully. However, since this movie clearly has no interest in attacking it from that angle, I’m going to have to SKIP IT.

Kickin’ It Old Skool: I wrote a post a few weeks back about how the trailer for this movie was surprisingly effective in making me actually want to see a Jamie Kennedy movie. I still wish that someone else was in the lead role (Rob Schneider seems like the obvious choice), but I’m at least going to RENT IT, mainly because it allows me to relive my breakdancing-filled youth.

Next: My thoughts exactly. I really do like Nicolas Cage, but I can only be expected to watch the exact same movie so many times. Since Next looks exactly the same as The Rock and Gone in 60 Seconds and National Treasure, I’m afraid I’m going to have to SKIP IT. Next is about a guy who sees the future, and my own premonition is that this movie is going to be a carbon copy of all his past movies.

Sorry to be such a downer this weekend, but there really just isn’t all that much to be excited about.

Then again, Julie just told me that Keri Russell, Cheryl Hines and Jeremy Sisto will be at Madison Square Park on Sunday, turning the Shake Shack into “Lulu’s Pies” to celebrate the premiere of Waitress. (details can be found here)

So it’s not all bad news this weekend. At least we get to eat some pie.