Releases of the week (Week 11)

Jackass 3

Once again, Johnny Knoxville and his cohorts gather together and dream up new ways to have you squirming in your seats. Whether it's pummelling one another in their groins or throwing together half-cooked skits that employ everything from costumes, sets, wild animals, and most often, feces, the boys are certainly on form in their distinctive brand of comedy. There's electricity in the air when they tie dental floss from a Lamborghini to a tooth as they perform unlicensed medical surgery on one of their own. And if you miss a moment because you were covering your eyes, no worries - there are plenty of slow-mo recaps to fill you in on the horribly wonderful gags that you missed. The Jackass pranksters are at it again in this third outing, presented for the first time in glorious 3D - an effect that will no doubt redefine the use of the in-your-face technology. This flick does exactly what it sets out to do - deliver consistent laughs to an audience more than happy to eat it up. Once again Jeff Tremaine returns to direct the MTV Films/Paramount Pictures production.

Other releases this week:
The Arbor
Empire State
The Beyond
Let Me In
How The Earth Was made: Complete Season 1
71 - Into The Fire

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