The Weekend Warrior: August 8 - 10

 
ComingSoon.net's The Weekend Warrior offers a preview of the new releases opening the week of Friday, August 8, with Seth Rogen and James Franco, the stars of "Freaks and Geeks", reuniting for the action-comedy Pineapple Express (Sony) and four other young TV actresses coming back together for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Warner Bros.) This week's "Chosen One" is Steven Sebring's documentary Patti Smith: Dream of Life and in the "Battle Cry" we ask whether PG-13 comedy is truly dead. [link]

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