Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.
Take Me Home Tonight
Get hungry like the wolf for Michael Dowse’s raunchy comedy set in L.A. It’s totally ’80s, right down to its synthesizer and robot dance-off. Suncoast Video employee Matt (played by co-writer Topher Grace) has been pining over Tori since high school and finally makes his move at the epic Labor Day party. Due to the script’s excessive cocaine use, the reel collected dust for four years — wish we could personally thank Ron Howard for bringing this rad salute to John Hughes back to the future.
It’s like: Say Anything meets Superbad.
Take: Your blast from the past.
Premieres: Today
Cracks
Tempting tale of chilling savagery aside, Jordan Scott, daughter of one Ridley, directs the Toronto International/London Film Fest adaptation about a group of boarding school “mean girls” competing for their stunning teacher’s attention. Transplanting the drama from South Africa to England but sticking to author Sheila Kohler’s ominous tone, Scott’s directorial debut paints Miss G in a more tolerable light as she obsesses over the new girl, a Spanish aristocrat named Fiamma.
It’s like: Lord of the Flies meets a literal Fatal Attraction.
Take: Your girl crush.
Premieres: March 18
Win Win
We’re heels over head for Tom McCarthy’s classic Sundance-style storytelling. In a matchup of morality vs. desperation, client-lacking attorney/high school wrestling coach Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti) ditches the halo to score extra income and a winning season by way of a quiet yet loudly tattooed homeless teen wrestler. Yes, there’s conflict — a la Daddy’s Dyin’ … Who’s Got the Will — but all is not lost.
It’s like: The Blind Side in a Half Nelson.
Take: Dad. Family drama for you, sports comedy for him.
Premieres: March 18
Don’t worry, that’s not the end. Check out the rest of our favorite flicks for March.
Photos: Andrew Schwartz / Courtesy of Univeral Pictures; Courtesy of IFC Films; Kimberly Wright / Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures
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