My Bloody Valentine 3D posterWith most Wel­ling­ton screens grown­ing under the weight of Oscar-bait, only Read­ings (and Sky City Queens­gate if you are so inclined) is open­ing any­thing new this week. My Bloody Valentine 3D was well atten­ded at sneak pre­views last week but sadly isn’t much of a film. It’s a remake of a beloved hor­ror of the same early-80s (same vin­tage as last week’s Fri­day the 13th). Apart from the title though there isn’t any­thing ter­ribly ‘Valentine‑y’ about it.

A poten­tial date movie (for a cer­tain kind of date, maybe) is Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the new film by Clerks’ Kev­in Smith. Love­able schlub Seth Rogen (Knocked Up) stars with Eliza­beth Banks in a com­edy about flat­mates need­ing to find money for the rent.

And that’s it this week. My Bloody Valentine 3D is reviewed at Funer­als & Snakes and a review of Zack and Miri will appear online and in the Cap­it­al Times a week on Wed­nes­day as I’m hav­ing a week off.