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Weekend Movie Forecast: <em>Angels & Demons</em> or <em>Summer Hours</em>

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John Del Signore

Published May 15, 2009

Modified May 15, 2009

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Angels & Demons, Ron Howard's unanticipated follow-up to the widely panned Da Vinci Code, again stars Tom Hanks as a Harvard scholar who gets in over his head investigating the Vatican. Or something. The sequel seems to be less reviled than the original, but not by much; A.O. Scott at the Times says the "utter silliness of Angels & Demons is either its fatal flaw or its saving grace, and in the spirit of compassion I suppose I’d be inclined to go with the second option. The movie all but begs for such treatment. 'When you write about us,' an erstwhile nemesis says to Langdon near the end, 'and you will write about us, do so gently.' It was as if he were looking right into my soul. And how could I refuse such a humble, earnest petition? Go in peace." And the Journal's Joe Morgenstern says, "With a running time of 138 minutes, Angels & Demons is a serious slog. Still, it's an odd kind of a slog that manages to keep you partially engaged, even at its most esoteric or absurd, despite an endlessly excitable choir and Hans Zimmer's pitiless score."

 

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Click on the stills above for more on this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which also include Summer Hours, The Brothers Bloom, Revue, Big Man Japan, Alcatraz, The Big Shot-Caller, Anaglyph Tom (Tom With Puffy Cheeks), Jerichow, Management, Manhattan, Full Metal Jacket, and a benefit sneak preview of Sam Mendes's Away We Go, co-written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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