How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Comedy
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges
Rating: R

Based on the memoir of a Vanity Fair writer, Sidney Young (Pegg), a British celebrity journalist, is offered a chance to write for a top celebrity magazine in New York. His misinterpreted interactions with socialites, celebrities (Fox) and coworkers (Dunst) create more problems than the number of kids Brangelina has. Will Young find success in the Big Apple or head back to Britain in time for afternoon tea?

Prediction: Americans take pleasure in watching other people screw up. Therefore, Americans will also take pleasure in watching Pegg tackle the New York social scene and the laughs that follow.

Rachel Getting Married
Drama
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger
Rating: R

After spending the last 10 years in and out of rehab, Kym (Hathaway) returns home for her sister’s (DeWitt) wedding. Will she keep it together for her sister’s weekend?

Prediction: Director Jonathon Demme shot the film to have an “indie” look, although it is produced by Sony Classics Pictures. Hathaway’s performance itself should be enough to get anyone to a movie theater,
as she’s already getting Oscar buzz.