Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant stars John C. Reilly as a 220-year-old vampire who tours with a freak show and lures a suburban teen into joining the fun. Aaron Hillis at the Voice writes: "Drawn from the young-adult books by U.K. author Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak has F/X creatures, teen angst and romance, mysterious backstories, and a brewing war between beasties...and Willem Dafoe shows up looking like Vincent Price resurrected. Some of you are thinking: That sounds rad! And Cirque might have worked if were either straight dark comedy or actually dark, like its source material. Directed by Paul Weitz (American Pie), the movie suffers from the same tonal schizophrenia of that other recent goth wannabe, Jennifer's Body: Is it meant to be scary or funny? Oops, it's neither."
Click on the film stills above for more on this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which also include Antichrist, (Untitled), Astroboy, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant , Saw VI, Eulogy for a Vampire, Motherhood, Night and Day, Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, Rembrandt's J'Accuse, Wild River, The Lost Boys, and Life of Brian.






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