Change of Address posterAfter last week’s pathet­ic attempt at weath­er fore­cast­ing, I will refrain from sug­gest­ing any­thing oth­er than there are three new films at the movies this week.

First up, slip­ping in to the wee cin­e­mas at the back of the Para­mount is French roman­tic com­e­dy Change of Address. Musi­cian Emmanuel Mouret has arrived in Paris with­out accom­mo­da­tion and is approached by Fred­erique Bel about shar­ing her flat. Ignor­ing the life-rule that goes “Don’t f*ck your flat­mates, don’t mix your drinks” they become, er, acquaint­ed. Com­pli­ca­tions ensue. Change of Address is described by Urban Cine­file in Aus­tralia as “play­ful and amus­ing”. Para­mount only.

I saw Nev­er Back Down yes­ter­day and I’m not giv­ing too much away if I tell you that it is then most repul­sive and objec­tion­able film I have wit­nessed in a long time. As Ken Dun­cum once said (in anoth­er con­text) not only should this film nev­er have been made but all those respon­si­ble should have to atone for hav­ing made it. Read­ings (and maybe Regent-on-Man­ners but their web site is down).

Final­ly Def­i­nite­ly, Maybe is a roman­tic com­e­dy star­ring Ryan Reynolds and Abi­gail Bres­lin (relax, they’re not the roman­ti­cal­ly entwined cou­ple — give her a few more years yet). Bres­lin plays Reynold’s 11-year-old daugh­ter who wants to know why Dad­dy is get­ting divorced. Through the medi­um of extend­ed flash­back, Reynolds then tries to explain his life and how he and her moth­er fell in love. The twist: we don’t find out which of his three sig­nif­i­cant for­mer lovers is his one true love until the end. Read­ings.

I’ve slipped a bit behind in review­ing cur­rent releas­es thanks to the Show­case but these three plus Ram­bo, Bon­neville and The Eye will be reviewed at Funer­als & Snakes next Wednes­day.