Buzz Multiplex: The Sisterhood
Not quite the autumn doldrums, but the Buzz Multiplex's stoking up only slightly-better-than-mild interest in the weekend's offerings. Urban teen boys are favoring apocalyptic animation, Southern women the latest Madea project, the under-30 crowd the doomed sorority girls, and not that many people into artic terror.
One strange coincidence from these latest releases: An awful lot of women are converging on the screen. "Sorority Row" alone offers up six sisters (and a shotgun-toting Carrie Fisher a la Lillian Gish in "Night of the Hunter"). "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" focuses on Oscar-nominated Taraji P. Henson and Perry (in his guise as the popular Madea). Kate Beckinsale, leaving "Underworld" for Antarctica chills, plays a top cop in "Whiteout."
Okay, so except for possibly "I Can Do Bad," these roles may not be worth lighting up a feminist torch but hey, at least these ladies are something to watch. Below, a ranking of which femmes are drawing the most attention in searches on Yahoo!.
Most Searched Actresses in a Movie Opening This Weekend
- Kate Beckinsale ("Whiteout")
- Mary J. Blige ("Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself")
- Tyler Perry (honorary woman in "I Can Do Bad All By Myself")
- Jamie Chung ("Sorority Row")
- Taraji P. Henson ("Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself")
- Rumer Willis ("Sorority Row")
- Briana Evigan ("Sorority Row")
- Audrina Patridge ("Sorority Row")
- Carrie Fisher ("Sorority Row")
- Leah Pipes ("Sorority Row")
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