'The Hurt Locker' Expands This Weekend

It's too early to predict what will happen by the end of the year, but as it stands right now, The Hurt Locker is the best movie I've seen in 2009. I'm not alone; currently, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War drama has a staggering 97% approval on Rotten Tomatoes, trailing only Up among movies with 100 reviews or more. You can read our review here and make sure you watch our interview with potential Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner. One thing about a movie like The Hurt Locker, though, is that it doesn't have the traditional release pattern where it's blasted into 3,000 theaters or more all at once. Currently, the film is only in 94 theaters nationwide, but it's about to get a major expansion this weekend. We've been bugging Summit Entertainment for over a week to get us the complete list of July 24th openings, and this information isn't even on the film's official site yet. So, big thanks to Summit for working with us on a movie we really, really, really want you to see. Just so we won't leave anybody out, we're including the markets where the film is already playing, so you'll know where you can check it out tonight through Thursday, as well. Now Playing (As of July 21st)
Atlanta
Austin
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Houston
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New York
Oahu
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington, D.C. Opening Friday, July 24th
Albuquerque
Augusta, GA
Baltimore
Berkeley
Boise
Boulder
Bucks County, PA
Carmel
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Colorado Springs
Columbus, GA
Connecticut
D.C.
Dade County/Miami
Dayton
Detroit
El Paso
Fayetteville
Ft. Lauderdale
Hartford
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Jersey Shore
Kansas City
Knoxville
Las Vegas
Lexington
Louisville
Madison West
Milwaukee
Montgomery County, PA
Nashville
New Haven
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Orange County
Orlando
Pensacola
Richmond
San Antonio
San Jose
San Luis Obispo
Santa Fe
Sarasota
Savannah
Spokane
St. Louis
St. Paul
Staten Island
Suffolk County, NY
Tallahassee
Thousand Oaks
Tucson
Warner Robins, GA
West Palm Beach
Wichita Falls

Comments

[Nelson]

I am glad to see that GTBP is promoting this film so much. It's a very good small film that needs a boost and hopefully will snag a few Oscar nominations, and is the first real FYC for Best Picture and Best Actor.

[Nelson]

I reviewed the movie a while back:
http://reelscenes.blogspot.com/2009/07/movie-review-hurt-locker.html

[mitch]

SPOKANE!!!!!
I've been waiting for this movie to come out here for so long and i was getting scared it wasn't gonna happen. This makes me so happy!
I've been resisting watching it online because i want to experience it in theaters the first time
I can't wait!

[spluftin]

I was really excited to see this movie from the trailers, your review and the rotten tomatoes reviews. Yet, I came out of it really disappointed. I thought it was alright but overall ended up being really rather boring and not very interesting at all. I didn't think the performances were all that great either, I thought they did a good job but nothing really stood out like "whoa that was a fantastic job." 5/10.

[Get The Big Picture]

Five out of ten? So, an F?

[anybody]

By the way, you can add Vancouver, BC to that lost because it opened here last weekend as well. I haven't caught it yet but plan to very soon... I was sorry that I missed it at TIFF (been regretting my RockNRolla ticket ever since - sorry Guy). In response to the first comment though I do think that Hunger and Michael Fassbender both deserve some FYC buzz too...

[Get The Big Picture]

Will do.

[Honz Brix]

Any idea if its going to keep expanding Colin? Really want to see this and don't want to wait for Blu Ray release