Even though some legal troubles threatened to hault the release, Watchmen is finally released today and is receiving a decent 63% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
I pre-ordered IMAX tickets, but that won’t be until Tuesday. In the meantime, I may consider checking out the Canadian film One Week, staring Joshua Jackson.
Watchmen is the only new wide release this week, so we will just leave it at that.
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