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Jessica Alba and Honor Marie: Starbucks Sweeties
Always making for quite the adorable pair, Jessica Alba and her daughter, Honor Marie Warren, stepped out in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning (December 1).
The “Good Luck Chuck” actress toted her precious 18-month-old in her arms while stoppi
on 2009-12-02 04:50:01Brody Becomes the Prey in New Predator Movie
Slender actor Adrien Brody will be stepping into Arnold Schwarzenegger's musclebound role in the new Predator movie.Director Robert Rodriguez is rebooting the sci-fi movie franchise, which saw the now California governor battle a killer alien in the 1987
on 2009-10-08 04:48:48Adrien Brody to battle aliens in 'Predators'
20th Century Fox and Robert Rodriguez have cast Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody in the lead of the sequel/reboot to the "Predator" films.
on 2009-10-08 04:47:00Jessica Alba: Griddle Cafe Family Fun
Enjoying a relaxing family outing, Jessica Alba, Cash Warren and daughter Honor Marie were spotted making their way around Los Angeles on Saturday (October 3).
Always ones to spend as much time together as possible, the lovely trio dropped by the popu
on 2009-10-04 04:47:12Rose McGowan Ends Engagement Again
Rose McGowan has broken off her engagement - again.The former 'Charmed' star has split from director Robert Rodriguez for the second time since they got engaged in October 2007.Rose and Robert have yet to release a statement explaining the reason for the
on 2009-10-02 04:49:12Lindsay Lohan Finishes Up F1 Rocks Duties
Continuing along with her stay overseas, Lindsay Lohan attended a photocall on the third and final day of the F1 Rocks Singapore concert at Fort Canning Park on Sunday (September 26).
The “Georgia Rule” actress smiled as she posed for pictu
on 2009-09-27 04:47:21Rose McGowan Loses Part of Her Elbow Doing Stunts For Film
At this time last year, Rose McGowan told us how excited she was to be kicking butt under the direction of fiancé Robert Rodriguez in the she-devil “Red Sonja”, but it turns out a serious injury has brought the production to a standstill
on 2009-09-09 04:46:51Jessica Alba and Honor Marie: Urth Cafe Cuties
Enjoying the beautiful weather, Jessica Alba was spotted with her daughter Honor Marie at Urth Cafe in Beverly Hills on Friday (August 28).
Toting her little girl in her arms, the “Sin City” sweetheart chatted away on her mobile phone as sh
on 2009-08-29 04:48:54Jessica Alba: Career Focused
Keeping a low profile as of late, Jessica Alba was spotted arriving at her office in Santa Monica on Thursday (August 27).
Joined by her husband, Cash Warren, the “Sin City” sweetheart and her man grabbed a security staffer as an escort as
on 2009-08-28 04:50:23
Robert Rodriguez and children are back in business with 'Shorts'
Contributing to the feature was a family affair.
Contributing to the feature was a family affair.
on 2009-08-23 04:47:35
Robert Rodriguez and children are back in business with 'Shorts'
Contributing to the feature was a family affair.
It was not your typical Hollywood creative meeting. Instead of sparkling water and Ahi salad, the Four Seasons conf
on 2009-08-23 04:47:39 Robert Rodriguez's 'Shorts' is long on warmth, creativity
This fast-paced, imaginative and often cute movie from 'Spy Kids' director Robert Rodriguez is slight but enjoyable family fare.
on 2009-08-21 04:50:35 Robert Rodriguez's 'Shorts' is long on warmth, creativity
This fast-paced, imaginative and often cute movie from 'Spy Kids' director Robert Rodriguez is slight but enjoyable family fare.
on 2009-08-21 04:47:22
'Shorts' comes up short on creativity
Robert Rodriguez seems uninspired with his latest kid flick, which stars adults William H. Macy, James Spader and Jon Cryer.
What would you wish for if you found a
on 2009-08-21 04:47:10Revenge of the nerd: Cryer?s star stays bright
The ?Two and a Half Men? star is excited to appear in the new Robert Rodriguez film, "Shorts." "He?s the ultimate one-man show," Cryer says of the director.
on 2009-08-21 04:46:54Review: `Shorts' could use some adult supervision
(AP)
AP - The basic structure of "Shorts" — advertised in its title — might make you think Robert Rodriguez has made the kids equivalent of "Pulp Fiction," the fractured narrative classic by his buddy and frequent collaborator, Quentin Tarantino.
on 2009-08-20 04:45:17Special effects go wild in kids' fantasy "Shorts"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Shorts" finds filmmaker Robert Rodriguez in his "Spy Kids" mode, where the heroes are all kids and special effects go hog wild.
on 2009-08-20 04:45:15Lindsay Lohan: Malibu Beach Weekend
Kicking back on the beach, Lindsay Lohan was in party mode in Malibu, California on Saturday (July 25).
The “Mean Girls” star showed up to a beach house party, carrying a pizza as she ventured inside to relax alongside a group of her friend
on 2009-07-27 04:48:15Rodriguez 'McGowan Marriage Is Still On'
Moviemaker Robert Rodriguez has confirmed reports he and his Planet Terror star Rose McGowan are engaged.The father-of-five and the actress reportedly split earlier this year (09), months after McGowan cooed about her plans to wed the director after he di
on 2009-07-09 04:47:50Buzz News Roundup, 7/6
ABC shows are turning up on Hulu, starting with Grey's Anatomy today. - CNET
Fox has tapped Nimrod Antal to direct another Predator movie, Predators, with Robert Rodriguez producing. - Variety
Mekhi Phifer will join Fox's Lie to Me as a regular, while J
on 2009-07-07 04:52:49Nimrod Antal to direct 'Predators'
Web Exclusive: Project scheduled for 2010 release -- Fox has tapped Nimrod Antal ("Vacancy") to direct "Predators" for producer Robert Rodriguez through his Troublemaker Studios.
on 2009-07-03 04:47:17Barbarella Remake Scrapped
Robert Rodriguez has abandoned his remake of Jane fonda's Barbarella - because the father of five couldn't bear the thought of shooting the film in Germany.The Planet Terror director planned to make the action film with girlfriend Rose McGowan as the lead
on 2009-05-08 04:50:04Rodriguez 'to relaunch Predator'
Sin City director Robert Rodriguez will relaunch the Predator science fiction horror franchise with a new movie, trade magazine Variety says.
on 2009-04-25 05:47:17Robert Rodriguez wields 'Machete'
Gotham: Director plans pair of pics -- Robert Rodriguez is ready to cut a wide swathe, and his plans include re-launching the "Predator" franchise for Fox and co-directing "Machete."
on 2009-04-24 04:46:54Rodriguez eyes futuristic thriller
Film News: Director, Dimension reteam on 'Nerverackers' -- Robert Rodriguez is set to reteam with Dimension for his next film, the futuristic thriller "Nerverackers."
on 2009-02-18 04:47:04Pop Tarts: Director Turned On By Rose McGowan's Foul Mouth
Director Robert Rodriguez was not only captivated by screen siren Rose McGowan's beauty, but by her dirty mouth as well
on 2008-11-11 04:47:18411: Rose McGowan May Play 'Deep Throat' Star Linda Lovelace
The talented, beautiful star of "Planet Terror" from the Robert Rodriguez part of "Grindhouse" and TV’s "Charmed" is considering joining the cast of Inferno, producer Brian Grazer’s film about legendary "Deep Throat" star Linda Lovelace.
on 2008-10-08 04:48:10Rose Mcgowan And Rodriguez Split?.
Rose Mcgowan And Rodriguez Split?.... Rose McGowan has reportedly split with fiance Robert Rodriguez - because of financial difficulties on forthcoming film Barbarella. The Grindhouse star was set to take the lead in a remake of the 1968 cult classic, wit
on 2008-07-03 04:52:44Robert Rodriguez to direct Rose McGowan in 'Red Sonja'
Red Sonja is back, and Robert Rodriguez has her: The Grindhouse co-director will produce a new big-screen adventure featuring ...
on 2008-06-27 09:14:38Cryer, Macy join Rodriguez's 'Shorts'
Front Page: Comedy to co-star Leslie Mann, James Spader -- Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann and James Spader star in Warner Bros.' family comedy adventure "Shorts," directed by Robert Rodriguez from his own screenplay.
on 2008-05-29 20:49:00-
NY POST...PAGE 6
SIN City" director Robert Rodriguez has a notable new squeeze. Just
days after filing for divorce from his wife of 16 years, Elizabeth
Avellan, we hear the talented helmer is dating actress Rose McGowan. If
things get serious, McGowan could have a lot on her hands - Rodriguez
has five kids with Avellan. A friend tells us: "Robert spends all of
his time on his ranch in Austin. His kids are home-schooled, and he
even shoots movies there and edits them on the property. He doesn't
like to leave much." Rodriguez's rep said, "Rose is working with Robert
on a yet-to-be-announced project. They have a professional
relationship."
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>From IMDB:
Sin City filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and his wife Elizabeth Avellan have
split after 16 years of marriage. Rodriguez and Avellan insist their
separation is amicable and they plan to raise their five children
together, as well as continuing to work professionally as partners in
their Troublemaker Studios production company, reports PageSix.com.
Rodriguez, 37, told the crew on the set of his new movie Grind House,
"This is an extremely painful time for me and my family, and Elizabeth
and I very much appreciate your understanding and patience." The
Weinstein Company plans to release Grind House, Rodriguez's
collaboration with longtime friend Quentin Tarantino, later this year.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/338821p-289317c.html
This year's fall and winter movie season looks fantastic.
That doesn't mean it's going to be particularly good, just that there
are so many ... fantasies.
There are children's fantasies like "Zathura" and "The Chronicles of
Narnia"; gravity-defying fantasies like "The Legend of Zorro" and "Aeon
Flux"; the animated fantasies "Chicken Little," "Tim Burton's Corpse
Bride" and "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit"; sci-fi
adventures "Serenity," "Doom" and "A Sound of Thunder"; the fourth
Harry Potter movie, and Peter Jackson's remake of the ultimate
fantasy-adventure, "King Kong."
We begin our preview at the end of August, but the string of fantasies
gets an early start on Friday with Terry Gilliam's galloping "The
Brothers Grimm," which has more references to classic fairy tale
characters than all the other coming fantasies combined.
Some analysts may attribute the rash of fantasy films to the escapism
that comes with war, and that may play a role. But it seems just as
likely that fantasy reigns because the ability to create incredible
images today makes the genre irresistible to storytellers.
The trailers for all of the above movies are linked on the Web sites
www.apple.com/trailers and www.imdb.com. Take a look and you'll agree:
They look fantastic.
Fall/winter is also Oscar season, and there are plenty of potential
contenders. The high-profile films with awards ambitions include Steven
Spielberg's "Munich," a drama based on the search for the planners of
the assault on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games; Rob
Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha," based on Arthur Golden's acclaimed
novel about a woman who spends her life in the high art of pleasing,
and Terrence Malick's "The New World," an epic account of the first
Virginia colony and the meeting of John Smith and Pocahontas.
Recent Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski returns with a new version
of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," and Marc Forster'>Marc Forster ("Finding
Neverland") turns to drama with "Stay," the story of a psychiatrist's
efforts to stop a patient from carrying out a suicide threat.
Two Broadway musicals make the transition to the screen. Susan Stroman,
who directed "The Producers" on stage, handles the film adaptation as
well, while Chris Columbus directs "Rent."
A few laughs
Comedies abound. Among them are: "Rumor Has It," starring Jennifer
Aniston as a female version of "The Graduate's" Benjamin Braddock; "The
Man," a buddy film featuring unlikely chemistry between Samuel L.
Jackson and Eugene Levy; "The Weather Man," starring Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage as a
TV weather guy who wears his bad forecasts on his shoulders, and a pair
of old-fashioned family films about families that are too big - "Yours,
Mine, and Ours" and "Cheaper by the Dozen 2."
The following schedule may have changed by the time the ink was dry on
this newspaper. But the great majority of films listed are locked in to
those dates.
Every New Film
AUG. 31
The Constant Gardener Brazil's Fernando Meirelles ("City of God")
directs Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz in an adaptation of John
LeCarre's thriller about a British diplomat rousted from his Nairobi
garden to investigate the murder of his activist wife.
Games of Love and Chance Abdel Kechiche directs the Cesar-winning drama
about a group of French students coming of age in a political pressure
cooker of a French project.
William Eggleston in the Real World Director Michael Almereyada
followed the 65-year-old avant garde photographer, musician, draftsman
and videographer across country for this intimate documentary portrait.
SEPT. 2
The Underclassman Action-comedy starring Nick Cannon ("Drumline") as a
young L.A. detective who goes undercover at a posh prep school to break
up a stolen car ring. Directed by Marcos Siega ("Pretty Persuasion").
A Sound of Thunder Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley'>Ben Kingsley and Catherine McCormack
star in an adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story about a group of people
who travel back to the dinosaur era and cause a chain reaction that
alters the future to which they return. Directed by Peter Hyams
("Timecop").
The Transporter 2 Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, a man who
delivers anonymous packages to anonymous clients, no questions asked.
Inevitably, the packages get him into trouble, this time with a
gun-toting blonde (Amber Valletta).
SEPT. 7
Touch the Sound Documentary about symphony percussionist Evelyn
Glennie, a child prodigy from Scotland who lost her hearing at age 12
but didn't miss a beat. At 40, she's still performing.
SEPT. 9
The Exorcism of Emily Rose Laura Linney plays a lawyer defending a
priest (Tom Wilkinson) accused of murder after his exorcism of a
possessed woman leaves her dead. With Campbell Scott.
The Man Comedy of mistaken identity starring Samuel L. Jackson as a
special agent whose search for his partner's killer leads him to a
dorky salesman (Eugene Levy). Directed by Les Mayfield ("Encino Man").
Curandero "Sin City's" Robert Rodriguez wrote the for this
horror movie about a man caught up in black magic in Mexico City.
Director Eduardo Rodriguez is apparently no relation.
An Unfinished Life Lasse Hallstr=F6m's sentimental drama brings the
unlikely pairing of uptight rancher Robert Redford and emotional single
mom Jennifer Lopez. Don't expect sparks, though: he's a grieving
father, and she's the woman who married, and then accidentally killed,
his son. Can her preteen daughter unite them, or will she become just
another wedge in their long-simmering enmity? More important, will
Lopez benefit from a boost in her lukewarm screen career, or has the
shelf-life on this much delayed movie already expired?
Steal Me A 15-year-old boy abandoned by his mother befriends another
boy his age and moves in with his family, soon developing a crush on
both his friend's mother and the sexy older woman living next door.
Keane Lodge Kerrigan ("Claire Dolan") directs Damian Lewis
("Dreamcatcher") in a psychological drama about a man haunted by the
disappearance of his 6-year-old daughter at Manhattan's Port Authority
Bus Terminal - or was it all in his head?
The Outsiders - The Complete Novel Francis Coppola's elongated
version of his 1983 adaptation of the S.E. Hinton novel. The DVD goes
on sale immediately after the release.
Cote d'Azur French comedy about a family whose seaside vacation gets a
little foamy when the couple's daughter takes up with a biker and their
son drifts off with his best friend, who is secretly in love with him.
Walking on the Sky A group of six New York friends have to wrestle with
the new dynamics in their relationships when another member of their
circle kills himself and leaves behind a revealing diary. Directed by
and starring New York native Carl T. Evans.
Green Street Hooligans Elijah Wood plays a wrongly expelled Harvard
student who moves to London, where he is instantly drawn into the
violent subculture of soccer hooliganism. With Charlie Hunnam, Claire
Forlani.
Music From the Inside Out Daniel Anker documentary weaving together a
mosaic of the stories, ideas and experiences of the 105 members of the
Philadelphia Orchestra, a musical institution that hasn't participated
in a film since "Fantasia."
Answering the Call Documentary honoring the people who answered
emergency calls on 9/11.
SEPT. 14
The Future of Food Documentary about genetically engineered products
that have become part of the U.S. food chain - whether they're good
for us or not. Directed by Deborah Koons Garcia, widow of Jerry Garcia.
SEPT. 16
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Big-fee action screenwriter Shane Black ("Lethal
Weapon") makes his directing debut with his own about a New York
actor (Robert Downey, Jr.) who impersonates a detective and gets
himself in all sorts of trouble. With Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan.
Lord of War Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage is an international gun dealer in Andrew
Niccol's topical black comedy, which co-stars Ethan Hawke as an
Interpol agent intent on bringing him down. With Donald Sutherland, Ian
Holm, Jared Leto.
Just Like Heaven "Mean Girls"' Mark Waters directs Mark Ruffalo and
Reese Witherspoon in a romantic fantasy about a young man and the
spirit of a comatose doctor who fall in love while sharing an
apartment. Once they're over their, uh, dimensional differences, the
race is on to keep her body from being taken off life support.
Proof Last time director John Madden and Gwyneth Paltrow worked
together, she landed herself an Oscar. Though more erudite and intimate
than "Shakespeare in Love," Madden's adaptation of David Auburn's
Pulitzer Prize-winning play might just catch the eyes of Academy's
voters, too. Reprising a role she has already tackled on the London
stage, Paltrow plays an overwhelmed young woman rapidly losing her grip
after the death of her father (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant math
professor. Hovering around the edges are her concerned support system:
brainy admirer Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal and coldly practical sister Hope Davis.
The Woods Psychological horror film about the students of an all-girl
boarding school who begin to go missing in the surrounding woods.
Patricia Clarkson is the headmistress and Agnes Bruckner'>Agnes Bruckner is the new
student caught up in the mystery.
Separate Lies It's been a while since we were faced with the sight of
middle-class Brits keeping a stiff upper lip while suppressing
dangerous secrets. Fortunately, Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson are
always willing to suffer stoically for our entertainment. "Gosford
Park" screenwriter Julian Fellowes makes his directorial debut, while
Watson and Wilkinson play a long-married couple who are still quite
happy together (aside from the passionate affair and possible homicide
she's hiding).
Venom Jim Gillespie ("I Know What You Did Last Summer") directs another
teens-in-trouble horror picture, this one involving voodoo in the
bayous of Louisiana. With Agnes Bruckner'>Agnes Bruckner (poor thing), Bijou Phillips.
The Libertine Johnny Depp takes on the role of notorious 17th-century
poet, derelict and debaucher John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester and
grand embarrassment of Charles II (John Malkovich). Samantha Morton is
the actress who comes under Wilmot's shaky tutelage.
Adapted from his play by Stephen Jeffreys and directed by first-timer
Laurence Dunmore.
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Another day, another Johnny Depp-Tim Burton
collaboration. Not that we're feeling cavalier about it: These two have
given us some of the most unusual movies in recent years. Since
Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant
Peach" are among them, we have high hopes for this latest stop-motion
animated fantasy, which is based on an old Russian folk tale about a
young groom (voiced by Depp) who inadvertently finds himself with two
wives (he could do worse than Helena Bonham Carter'>Helena Bonham Carter and Emily Watson).
Thumbsucker Offbeat comedy about a 17-year-old boy whose infantile
habit of sucking his thumb makes him the subject of ridicule and
isolation even in his own home. But the people trying to help him kick
the habit are even stranger. With Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio,
Keanu Reeves, Vince Vaughn. It's the first feature directed by Mike
Mills, maker of the well-received short "Paperboys."
Everything Is Illuminated Actor Liev Schreiber makes his writing and
directing debut with his adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's darkly
comic best seller about a young American Jew who travels to Russia to
find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. With Elijah
Wood.
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
Documentary about the 1972 presidential campaign and political
humiliation of the idealistic former South Dakota senator.
Cry Wolf A high-school prank turns lethal when classmates listed on a
joke Web site as the next victims of a serial killer start turning up
dead. With Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi.
Hard Goodbyes: My Father Greek drama about a lonely boy who has to rely
on his imagination when the father with whom he'd shared a passion for
outer space does not come home.
The Thing About My Folks Paul Reiser wrote this film and co-stars in it
with Peter Falk as a son and father rediscovering the bond between them
on a cross-country trip in a restored '36 Ford. Directed by Raymond De
Felitta ("Two Family House").
The Weeping Meadow The first film in a planned trilogy by Greek master
Theo Angelopoulos follows a pair of refugee children as they come of
age in the small Greek village they are brought to after the Russian
Revolution.
SEPT. 23
A History of Violence With echoes of Alfred Hitchcock's "wrong man"
theme and Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs," David Cronenberg's latest film
stars Viggo Mortensen as a small-town family man whose celebrated
heroism in thwarting and killing two thugs in his diner draws gangsters
to town. The one with the deformed face (Ed Harris) claims he knew the
hero years before and he has come for some payback. Despite his
denials, Mortensen's character ends up having to fight violence with
violence. With Maria Bello, William Hurt.
Oliver Twist If ever there were a story that suited Roman Polanski's
dark sensibilities, it's Charles Dickens' classic saga of an orphan
whose fate falls and rises at the mercy of others. The screenplay was
written by Ronald Harwood, Polanski's partner on their Oscar-winning
"Pianist," so it is always possible that this artistically acclaimed
pair aims to entertain adults and youngsters alike, while
simultaneously approaching the Academy with a respectful request: "May
we have some more?" With Barney Clark as Oliver, Ben Kingsley'>Ben Kingsley as Fagin
and Jamie Foreman as Bill Sykes.
Flightplan In her first starring role in three years, Jodie Foster
plays a recently widowed woman whose 6-year-old daughter disappears in
the middle of a trans-continental flight from Berlin to New York. Since
no one else on the plane remembers seeing the girl, they question
whether she was there only in her mother's mind.
Daltry Calhoun Johnny Knoxville returns to his hometown as a roustabout
and would-be golf magnate whose ex-wife (Elizabeth Banks) throws a
twist into his life by dropping their 14-year-old daughter at his door.
Roll Bounce Nick Cannon, Bow Wow and Mike Epps star for "The Best Man"
director Malcolm D. Lee in this comedy-drama about a group of hip-hop
roller skaters preparing for a competition on the other side of 1970s
Chicago.
Dear Wendy Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, two of the founders of
the Danish film collective Dogme 95, team up as writer (von Trier) and
director (Vinterberg) of this parable about America's contradictory gun
culture. It follows a group of teenage outcasts in a fictional mining
town who form a secret club known as "The Dandies." Their purpose -
to love and admire guns but never use them on anybody - soon goes out
the window.
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Tom Hanks produced and
narrates this 3-D IMAX film that re-creates for the audience what the
12 astronauts who have walked on the moon experienced.
Into the Fire Drama about a troubled NYPD harbor cop who freezes during
a rescue attempt of a drowning woman and tries to make peace with his
conscience and the victim's identical twin. With Sean Patrick Flanery
and Melina Kanakaredes from TV's "Providence."
Dorian Blues Coming-out story about a young man who, on the cusp of
moving to New York, begins showing his preference for men, much to the
dismay of his right-wing father and his jock brother.
7 Dias Mexican film about a U2 super fan determined to raise the
half-million dollars it would cost to bring the band to his country.
Dirty Love Jenny McCarthy wrote this comedy and co-stars in it with
Carmen Electra. It's about a jilted woman who sees a psychic to find
out where she should search for true love.
Occupation: Dreamland Documentary focusing on the men of the 82nd
Airborne in Iraq and on the Army's recruitment tactics.
SEPT. 28
Forty Shades of Blue Rip Torn plays a legendary (and doesn't he know
it) Memphis music producer whose comfy existence is shaken when his
young Russian trophy wife (Dina Korzun) falls in love with his
estranged son.
SEPT. 30
Capote The estimable Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the late novelist and
social gadfly Truman Capote. It's not a conventional biopic, but an
account of the writer's research for "In Cold Blood," his classic
"nonfiction novel" about the murders of a Kansas farm family and the
subsequent trials and executions of their killers. Catherine Keener is
Harper Lee, Capote's young associate (and future author of "To Kill a
Mockingbird") and Clifton Collins Jr. plays the killer Perry Smith,
with whom Capote developed a strong relationship. Bennett Miller is the
first-time director.
The Greatest Game Ever Played Shia LaBeouf ("Holes") stars for director
Bill Paxton in the dramatization of 20-year-old American amateur golfer
Francis Ouimet's legendary victory at the 1913 U.S. Open in Brookline,
Mass. Stephen Dillane plays Harry Vardon, the cocky British champion
who was humbled before the golfing world.
Into the Blue "Blue Crush" director John Stockwell goes back to the
water for this thriller about a group of buff young divers who find a
fortune in the cargo bay of a sunken airplane and make the mistake of
keeping it. With Paul Walker and Jessica Alba.
MirrorMask British fantasy about a 15-year-old circus entertainer whose
guilt over her mother's illness sends her into an alternative universe
of contrasting light and dark kingdoms.
Serenity Feature-length finale to Joss Whedon's 13-episode sci-fi TV
series "Firefly," about a group of adventurers aboard a space
transporter 500 years in the future. Here, Capt. Mal Reynolds (Nathan
Fillion) and his crew are being chased by the galaxy-ruling Alliance,
which wants to reclaim the telepathic fugitive River (Summer Glau)
traveling with them.
Little Manhattan Mark Levin, a story editor for "The Wonder Years,"
makes his directing debut with this tale of first love between two
12-year-olds.
The War Within Drama about a Pakistani engineering student who is
mistaken for a terrorist and placed in confinement.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Julianne Moore is a mother of 10
helping her luckless husband (Woody Harrelson) make ends meet by
entering - and winning - jingles contests in the 1950s. Adapted
from the memoir of Terry Ryan, whose mother did such things.
Going Shopping Henry Jaglom directs his wife, Victoria Foyt, in a story
about a clothing boutique owner's wild experiences during a Mother's
Day weekend sale.
OCT. 5
The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach, son of former Village Voice film
critic Georgia Brown, wrote and directs a loosely autobiographical
drama about two brothers dealing with their parents' divorce in 1980s
Brooklyn. With Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney.
OCT. 7
Goodnight, and Good Luck This drama, directed by George Clooney, is
built around the public fight between legendary broadcast journalist
Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In the
1950s, McCarthy was the most visible member of the witch-hunting House
UnAmerican Activities Committee, which destroyed the careers of
innocent people from all walks of life by associating them with
Communists. Murrow led the reaction to McCarthy and got labeled a
Communist for his trouble. CBS News stuck with Murrow despite the
pressure, and McCarthy's power began to fade. Clooney co-stars as CBS
news producer Fred Friendly and Frank Langella plays the corporation's
chief, William Paley.
In Her Shoes Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential") goes all soft on us
with this story about two estranged sisters (Cameron Diaz and Toni
Collette) who are reconciled by the grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) they
never knew they had.
Two for the Money Matthew McConaughey is a former college football star
whose track record for handicapping sporting events draws him into the
world of high stakes gambling, where nothing short of his life will be
at stake. With Al Pacino as the betting agency mogul who comes to rely
on and dominate him. Directed by D.J. Caruso ("The Salton Sea").
The Gospel An R&B star (Clifton Powell) faces a spiritual crisis when
he returns home on learning of the illness of his father, a church
bishop, and his boyhood rival's plans to take over the church. With
Omar Gooding.
Before the Fall German drama about a young boxing prospect whose
repulsion over Nazi atrocities sets him against the biggest opponent of
all.
Waiting An "American Pie"-style comedy about the crude and rude
employees of a restaurant whose name - Shenanigans - describes
their behavior. With Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit What are the odds we'd
have two stop-motion movies to look forward to this season? (Strangely
enough, Helena Bonham Carter'>Helena Bonham Carter lends her voice to both.) Already the
subject of three Oscar-nominated shorts, inventor Wallace and his dog
Gromit make their feature debut in a comedy about a mysterious monster
who's destroying the garden plots of an English village. Naturally,
it's up to our intrepid heroes to stop him. "Chicken Run," the last
import from the inspired minds at Aardman Animation, was a surprise
smash. Wallace and Gromit deserve nothing less.
Dandelion A coming of age story about a 16-year-old boy and how his
search for his identity is connected with the various forms of love
that are missing from his life.
OCT. 12
Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque Documentary about the film
archivist who inspired French New Wave directors Godard, Truffaut,
Rohmer and Chabrol.
OCT. 14
Nine Lives Rodrigo Garcia directs a series of nine vignettes about
women getting on with their lives in Los Angeles. Each segment is done
as a single 10-minute take. With Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright Penn, Glenn
Close and Holly Hunter.
Elizabethtown Orlando Bloom is an industrial designer hit with three
pieces of devastating news: his girlfriend (Jessica Biel) is breaking
up with him; he has lost his job because of a disastrous mistake, and
his father has died. On the plus side, he meets an irrepressible flight
attendant (Kirsten Dunst) traveling to his father's funeral in Kentucky
and realizes that his life may get better - if it doesn't get worse.
Written and directed by Cameron Crowe ("Almost Famous").
North Country Oscar-winner Charlize Theron'>Charlize Theron ("Monster") stars in a
fictionalized account of the landmark 1984 sexual harassment case
involving a woman working in the Minnesota mining industry and her male
co-workers. With Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson. Directed by Niki
Caro ("Whale Rider").
Domino Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley assumes the title role in Tony Scott's highly
exaggerated account of the adventures of British actor Laurence
Harvey's daughter, who turned her back on a modeling and potential
acting career to become a bounty hunter; she died at age 35 in June.
With Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke.
Where the Truth Lies Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter") adapts Rupert
Holmes' novel about a young journalist (Alison Lohman) probing for the
truth of a 15-year-old scandal that destroyed the careers of a revered
showbiz duo (Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth).
The Fog Rupert Wainwright ("Stigmata") directs the remake of John
Carpenter's 1980 horror film about the ghosts of long-buried lepers who
rise on a dense fog surrounding a coastal California town. Selma Blair
and Maggie Grace are among the terrorized.
Loggerheads Three interwoven stories about a young gay man (Kip
Pardue), his biological mother (Bonnie Hunt) and his adoptive parents
(Chris Sarandon and Tess Harper).
Innocent Voices Based on screenwriter Oscar Torres' childhood
experience, this is the story of a 12-year-old boy who is automatically
enlisted in the army in 1980s El Salvador. Directed by Luis Mandoki
("Message in a Bottle").
OCT. 19
Ushpizin Drama about the daily lives of ultra-Orthodox Jews learning,
living and loving in modern-day Israel.
OCT. 21
Shopgirl Steve Martin'>Steve Martin adapted his slight novella and co-stars with
Claire Danes in a story about a salesclerk at a Beverly Hills
department store who gets involved with a middle-age sugar daddy.
Barely Legal Three high-school sophomores try to make a porno movie in
their basement while their parents are at work. The results are
disastrous, especially when a school bully wants to participate in the
film.
Stay Marc Forster'>Marc Forster ("Finding Neverland," "Monster's Ball") directs Ewan
McGregor and Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts in a thriller about a psychiatrist's
nightmarish effort to prevent a patient from carrying out his threat to
kill himself in three days.
Kids in America At fictional Booker High in Brooklyn, a group of
politically active students joins forces with a fired teacher on a film
documenting their campaign against the repressive school principal.
Dreamer A "Seabiscuit"-like "underhorse" story about a filly who breaks
her leg and is nursed back to health by her trainer (Kurt Russell) at
the insistence of his daughter (Dakota Fanning). The horse then returns
to the track to try and win the Breeder's Cup.
After Innocence Documentary about the reentry into society of seven men
released from prison after DNA evidence proved they were innocent of
the crimes for which they were sent away for decades.
Protocols of Zion Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin takes his camera to
the streets of New York to learn from passing anti-Semites why they
hate Jews.
Doom The Rock stars in Andrzej Bartkowiak's feature version of the
super-hot '90s video game about Marines taking on invading monsters on
their base on a moon of Mars in the year 2145.
Innocence This Belgian-French film is based on an 1888 Gothic novella
about young girls growing up in a subterranean boarding school beneath
an isolated wood.
The Ordeal Belgian psychological drama about a singer who ends up in a
creepy, out-of-the-way motel after his car breaks down in the night.
Derailed Adapted from James Siegel's heralded first novel, this
thriller stars Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston as illicit Manhattan
lovers trying to outwit a violent blackmailer who is much smarter than
they are. With Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, RZA, Tom Conti, Xzibit,
Giancarlo Esposito.
White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Documentary about the brutality of
a jungle gulag created by Belgium's King Leopold II in the colonial
Congo in 1885.
OCT. 26
Ballets Russes Documentary about the famed ballet company, which is
about to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
OCT. 28
The Legend of Zorro The sequel to the 1998 "Mask of Zorro" traces how
Antonio Banderas' Don Alejandro is forced to put on the mask and take
up the sword several years after marrying the lovely Elena (Catherine
Zeta-Jones) and having a son. The boy is now 10 and unaware of dad's
outlaw fame, but he will soon learn as the mark of Zorro begins
appearing anew on the landscape and on the bodies of baddies in Old
California. Returning director is Martin Campbell.
Prime What's a girl (Uma Thurman) to do when she learns that the
psychotherapist to whom she's told the most intimate details of her sex
life is her boyfriend's mother? For that matter, what's the shrink to
do? A comedy by writer-director Ben Younger.
Three ... Extremes A pan-Asian sampler of 30-minute horror shorts from
China's Fruit Chan, Japan's Takashi Miike and South Korea's Chan-wook
Park.
The Dying Gaul A grieving gay screenwriter (Peter Sarsgaard) has a shot
at selling his about his relationship with his late lover and
agent, but there's a Faustian catch: He has to change it to a
heterosexual relationship. With Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott.
Craig Lucas (writer of "Long Time Companion") directs his own .
Saw II The serial killer known as Jigsaw returns to terrorize eight
more strangers with his murderous game playing in the sequel to last
year's Halloween hit.
Paradise Now A drama about two Palestinian boyhood friends spending
their last day together before going off on suicide bombing missions in
Tel Aviv.
The Weather Man Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage is a Chicago TV weatherman, family man and
neurotic whose decision to take a job in New York puts all of his roles
at risk in this offbeat comedy. With Hope Davis, Michael Caine.
Directed by Gore Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean").
Blackmail Boy A blackmail scheme leads to murder in a small Greek town.
NOV. 4
Jarhead Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal is a young Marine forced to grow up fast during
Desert Storm. Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003
best-seller. With Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black. Directed by Sam Mendes
("American Beauty").
NY Doll This documentary about the late Arthur Kane, bassist with the
New York Dolls, centers on the notorious glam-punk band's 2004 reunion.
The Matador In writer-director Richard Shepard's black comedy, Pierce
Brosnan plays an international hit man who, on assignment in Mexico
City, befriends, then enlists, a woebegone businessman (Greg Kinnear)
as a partner in crime. With Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall.
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story British comedy actor Steve
Coogan ("24 Hour Party People") plays the title character in Michael
Winterbottom's audacious adaptation of Laurence Sterne's 1759 novel
"Tristram Shandy," about an egocentric country gentleman sharing his
views with readers, when not digressing about his family.
Chicken Little This non-Pixar CGI cartoon from Disney stars Zach Braff
as the voice of Chicken Little, a vigilant sky watcher who proves he
isn't always wrong when he says "the sky is falling." Joan Cusack, Don
Knotts, Fred Willard and Amy Sedaris also lend their voices.
The Family Stone A romantic comedy about a family that circles the
wagons when Ben Stone (Luke Wilson) brings home an uptight woman
(Claire Danes) he intends to marry. Facing a cold reception, she calls
in her sister (Sarah Jessica Parker) for support, then things get
really bad.
Summer Storm German coming-out story about a camping trip during which
one of two best friends discovers he wants more than friendship.
NOV. 9
The New World Terrence Malick ("The Thin Red Line") wrote and directed
this historical epic about the arrival of British colonists on the
coast of North America and their conflicts with the natives they found
there. It's the story of John Smith, Pocahontas and John Rolfe, and of
the teenage Pocahontas' role in saving the white colonists from her
tribe's warriors, and of her subsequent trip to England. Colin Farrell
plays Smith, Christian Bale is Rolfe and 15-year-old German-born
Q'Orianka Kilcher, partly descended from native South Americans, is
Pocahontas.
Pulse Remake of a Japanese horror film about a computer virus or
supernatural force that turns viewers into suicidal depressives. With
Kristen Bell (from TV's "Veronica Mars").
The Swenkas In South Africa, flamboyant, stylish - and straight -
blue-collar Zulu men replace their overalls with colorful designer
suits to compete in fashion shows of their own making, in a ritual
called "swanking."
NOV. 11
Bee Season Fans of Myla Goldberg's best seller ought to be happy with
the team behind this adaptation: Directors Scott McGehee and David
Siegel did a nice job exploring family tensions in "The Deep End." And
if any actor can handle the story's spiritual twists and turns, it's
surely the Dalai Lama's No. 1 fan, Richard Gere. He plays a theology
professor convinced his young daughter (Flora Cross) has a divine
connection to another plane. Meanwhile, his teenage son (Max Minghella)
and mentally ill wife (Juliette Binoche) are floundering right here on
Earth.
Take My Eyes Acclaimed Spanish drama about a woman who takes her son
and leaves the abusive husband she still loves.
Ellie Parker In this low-budget indie comedy, which originated as a
2001 short film project, Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts plays what she once was, an
Australian actress trying to get traction in Hollywood. With Chevy
Chase as her manager and writer-director Scott Coffey as her boyfriend.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' Taking its cue from "8 Mile," this urban drama
is a loosely autobiographical tale about an inner-city thief and drug
dealer who leaves prison determined to become a rap star. He's played
by - and inspired by - Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The director is
Jim Sheridan ("In America").
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic The raw standup comic expounds on
politics, race, sex and religion.
Cape of Good Hope South African drama about three women whose lives
intersect at an animal rescue shelter, to their lasting good.
Zathura Less a sequel to 1995's "Jumanji" than another wild game. In
this one, directed by Jon Favreau ("Elf"), two young brothers find a
space adventure board game in the attic of their California bungalow
and are soon hoist - house and all - into the galaxy. Tim Robbins
plays their befuddled father. The screenplay by David Koepp and John
Kamps was based, like "Jumanji" and "Polar Express," on a book by Chris
Van Allsburg.
NOV. 16
The Syrian Bride Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis' drama about a Syrian
woman who, in her bridal outfit, is steps away from crossing the border
into Israel to meet her groom when politics stops her in her tracks.
NOV. 18
Walk the Line James Mangold ("Identity") directs Joaquin Phoenix in
this Johnny Cash biopic. Reese Witherspoon plays his wife, June Carter.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire In the fourth part of the series,
Harry, Ron and Hermione face down Voldemort's Death Eaters. There have
been some grumblings that Mike Newell, the director of "Four Weddings
and a Funeral," will not stay true to the daringly dark tone set by his
predecessor, Alfonso Cuar=F3n. As Dumbledore tells Harry, "We must all
face the choice between what is right and what is easy." Here's hoping
Newell chose wisely.
Pride & Prejudice A new adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about the
five Bennet sisters in Georgian England. Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley is Elizabeth,
the most self-determined of the girls, and Matthew MacFadyen is Darcy,
the snob whom love will tame.
Breakfast on Pluto Director Neil Jordan ("The Crying Game") takes up
with another transvestite character in his adaptation of Pat McCabe's
novel about an Irish cabaret singer and prostitute who is wrongly
accused of planting a bomb in a 1970s London club. With Cillian Murphy
("Red Eye") and Liam Neeson.
Wolf Creek Australian horror movie about three young people who follow
their spring break with a trip to the outback, where somebody intends
to have fun at their expense.
NOV. 21
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things A Southern Gothic movie about a
boy learning about the seedy sides of the world while on the road with
his impulsive young mother (played by actress-director Asia Argento).
With cameos by Winona Ryder, Marilyn Manson and Peter Fonda, among
others.
NOV. 23
Syriana George Clooney stars in the biographical drama of Robert Baer,
a 20-year veteran of the CIA, who worked undercover studying terrorists
in the Middle East and became fed up with the growing weakness of the
agency and the cozy relationship between the oil-hungry West and a
certain government (hint: Saudi Arabia). With Matt Damon, Amanda Peet.
Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan.
Rent Chris Columbus, director of the first two Harry Potter movies,
helms the screen version of Jonathan Larson's Tony- and Pulitzer
Prize-winning rock opera about a group of bohemians struggling with
life in the East Village. It stars Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs and
several members of the original Broadway cast.
The Ice Harvest "Groundhog Day's" Harold Ramis directs John Cusack and
Billy Bob Thornton in a comedy about two guys who embezzle $2 million
from corrupt Wichita businessmen and are set to make a clean Christmas
Eve getaway until an ice storm arrives.
Yours, Mine and Ours Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo take over for Henry
Fonda and Lucille Ball in the remake of the 1968 comedy about a man
with 8 kids who marries a woman with 10.
The White Countess The final Merchant-Ivory production (Ismail Merchant
died in May) is set in late-1930s Shanghai, where a blind,
disillusioned American diplomat (Ralph Fiennes) is making a careful
study of the decadent city's rankest bars with the idea of building the
perfect dive. Natasha Richardson plays the Russian taxi dancer who
catches the diplomat's eye and is recruited as the centerpiece of the
club.
Dying For Dolly After saving a mafioso's life, a young African-American
(R&B star Usher) is rewarded with a job in the mob and puts it in
jeopardy by falling in love with the boss' daughter. With Chazz
Palminteri, Emmanuelle Chriqui.
NOV. 30
The Boys of Baraka Documentary about the experience of a group of
Baltimore 12-year-olds sent to an experimental boarding school in
Kenya.
DEC. 2
Transamerica "Desperate Housewives'" Felicity Huffman plays a pre-op
he-to-she transsexual whose plans for the life-changing surgery are
disrupted by the discovery of a son (Kevin Zegers) fathered 20 years
before.
Aeon Flux Charlize Theron'>Charlize Theron has the title role in this adaptation of the
cult MTV action series about a physically agile heroine working as a
rebel operative in a walled city run by scientists 400 years in the
future. With Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo.
Be Here to Love Me Documentary about the late, hard-living songwriter
Townes Van Zandt, with appearances by fans Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett,
Steve Earle and Kris Kristofferson.
The Kid and I California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his first
post-inauguration movie appearance in a comedy about a 17-year-old boy
with cerebral palsy whose wealthy father (Joe Mantegna) decides to
grant his wish by financing an action movie for him to star in.
First Descent A documentary about snowboarding.
DEC. 9
Memoirs of a Geisha Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh, three of the
most beautiful Asian actresses, star in the adaptation of Arthur
Golden's epic novel about a peasant girl who is sold by her father to a
geisha house in 1920s Japan. As she flowers into adulthood, she becomes
the most desired geisha in the popular Gion district, and learns not
only the nuances of her profession but about human nature. With Ken
Watanabe. The director is "Chicago" Oscar nominee Rob Marshall.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe What,
you thought there was room for only one series of CGI-heavy epics made
in New Zealand from an Oxford don's quasi-religious, mythical stories
of good and evil ? Whether "Shrek" director Andrew Adamson can do as
well by C.S. Lewis as Peter Jackson did by J.R.R. Tolkien remains to be
seen, but this tale of four children who discover the land of Narnia
and fight the evil white witch (Tilda Swinton) holds even more
box-office promise. While "The Lord of the Rings" had three parts,
"Narnia" has seven.
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") directs
Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in an adaptation of Annie Proulx's
short story about two ranch hands who - to their great surprise -
fall in love in 1963 Wyoming. With Michelle Williams.
DEC. 14
King Kong Why, you ask, do we need another version of the 1933 classic?
Because the 1976 remake with Jessica Lange was awful and the special
effects in the black-and-white original are a bit too rudimentary for
today's audiences. Besides, Peter Jackson, hot off the "Lord of the
Rings" trilogy, was willing to do it. Unlike the '76 movie, Jackson's
film is faithful to the Depression period and to the original story.
Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts is in for Fay Wray as heroine Ann Darrow, Jack Black is
obsessed filmmaker Carl Denham, and Oscar-winner Adrien Brody ("The
Pianist") plays Watts' love interest, Jack Driscoll. Andy Serkis, who
did the body-motion performance for the computer-animated Gollum in
"Rings," does the same for Kong and also gets a role of his own, as
Lumpy the Cook.
The Grace Lee Project An Asian-American documentary filmmaker with the
extremely common name of Grace Lee sets out to learn what she can about
other Grace Lees current and past, and comes to some conclusions about
Asian stereotypes.
DEC. 16
All the King's Men Sean Penn stars in Steven Zaillian's new version of
Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning political satire about
a populist Southern governor (a thinly-veiled Huey Long) who becomes
intoxicated with power. A 1949 adaptation directed by Robert Rossen won
Oscars for Best Picture and Best Actor (Broderick Crawford). Jude Law
is Jack Burden, the journalist who unwittingly aids the cause of Penn's
Willie Stark, and Kate Winslet is Anne Stanton, the governor's niece
and Jack's girlfriend.
The Promise Chen Kaige ("Farewell My Concubine") directs this romantic
fantasy about a royal concubine in love with a slave.
DEC. 21
The Producers: The Movie Musical At last, the film version of the stage
musical of Mel Brooks' 1968 film arrives! Nathan Lane and Matthew
Broderick reprise their roles of Max Bialy=ADstock and Leo Bloom. The
only actors not from the Broadway production are Uma Thurman, as
Swedish secretary Ulla, and Will Ferrell, as retro Nazi Franz Liebkind.
Susan Stroman, director of the stage hit, makes her film-directing
debut, a stint that prompted rumors that Brooks stepped in to direct
some of the nonmusical scenes. The film was shot in the new Steiner
Studios in Brooklyn.
Fun With Dick and Jane The year's umpteenth remake stars Jim Carrey and
T=E9a Leoni in the roles played by George Segal and Jane Fonda in a 1977
comedy about a quiet suburban couple who moonlight as hooded robbers.
Cheaper By the Dozen 2 Steve Martin'>Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return for the
sequel to the 2003 remake of a 1950 comedy about a couple with an
oversized brood. Here, the Bakers find themselves in competition with a
family of eight children while on vacation. With Eugene Levy.
DEC. 23
Munich Steven Spielberg follows "War of the Worlds" with a true story
about a squad of Israeli secret agents assigned to track down and kill
the terrorists who engineered the plot against Israeli athletes at the
1972 Olympics in Munich. Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team
were killed along with all of their Palestinian captors in a failed
rescue mission. Eric Bana plays the Mossad agent in charge of the
post-Munich search. With Daniel Craig and Geoffrey Rush.
The Ringer Black comedy (you may prefer the word "sick") starring
Johnny Knoxville as a nonhandicapped athlete who infiltrates the
Special Olympics with hopes of dethroning the champion.
Hard Candy When a 32-year-old man brings home a 14-year-old girl he met
on the Internet, things don't go as well as he'd hoped. With Patrick
Wilson and Ellen Page.
Cach=E9 A TV book critic (Daniel Auteuil) and his wife (Juliette
Binoche) have their lives turned upside-down by an increasingly
intimate and anonymously sent stream of videos and drawings depicting
the family in alarming situations.
When the Sea Rises French film starring Yolande Moreau as a married
actress and mother whose out-of-town tour with her one-woman show is
spiced up by her impetuous romance with a parade float conductor.
DEC. 25
Casanova What happens when the legendary seducer meets a Venetian
beauty immune to his charms? Why, he falls in love. With Heath Ledger,
Sienna Miller. Directed by Lasse Hallstr=F6m.
Rumor Has It Rob Reiner is back in "When Harry Met Sally ..." country
with this romantic comedy about a young woman (Jennifer Aniston) who
puts off her engagement (to Mark Ruffalo) when she discovers that her
grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) was the inspiration for Mrs. Robinson in
"The Graduate." When she meets an older man (Kevin Costner) who has
slept with both her mother and her grandmother, she begins to believe
she is reliving the experiences of Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock.
Match Point Woody Allen abandons Manhattan to direct this English
tragicomedy about a former tennis pro who has an affair with the former
girlfriend of his wife's brother. With Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Scarlett
Johansson, Emily Mortimer. It was acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival
in May.
Mrs. Henderson Presents Judi Dench stars in the biographical story of a
society matron who bought an old London theater with hopes of drawing
back audiences that had been lured away by talking pictures. Her
roaring success was an all-nude revue. With Christopher Guest, Bob
Hoskins. Directed by Stephen Frears.
Hoodwinked CGI-animated spoof of "Little Red Riding Hood," involving
cops sent from the animal world to investigate disturbances at Granny's
house. Voices of Andy Dick, Sally Struthers, David Ogden Stiers.
DEC. 28
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein Documentary about a Russian Jewish woman
who became Carl Jung's first patient in 1904, then began a long
correspondence with Sigmund Freud and ended up a renowned psychoanalyst
in her own right.
DEC. 31
In the Land of Women After being dumped by his actress girlfriend, a
young Hollywood screenwriter (Adam Brody) goes home to Michigan to ease
his pain and spend time with his grandmother (Olympia Dukakis). While
there, he starts up a relationship with a family across the street that
will change all of their lives. With Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart.
Compiled and written by Jack Mathews and Elizabeth Weitzman
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I thought America was starved for G-rated movies? Herbie has to be a
bomb then.
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:03:31 +1000, "Rick in Oz"
wrote:
>http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9034
>Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for June 24-26, 2005
>By John Hamann
>June 26, 2005
>Cumulative Gross ($)
>2 Bewitched 3,174 New $20.2 $20.2
>3 Mr. and Mrs. Smith 3,265 -36% $16.8 $125.4
>4 Herbie: Fully Loaded 3,521 New $12.8 $17.8
>5 Land of the Dead 2,249 New $10.2 $10.2
>6 Madagascar 2,948 -32% $7.3 $160.1
>7 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 2,371 -38% $6.3 $358.6
>8 The Longest Yard 2,516 -34% $5.5 $141.9
>9 The Adventures of Shark Boy'>Shark Boy and Lava Girl 2,352 -49% $3.4 $30.5
>10 Cinderella Man 1,677 -41% $3.3 $49.6
>history continued this weekend, although the streak could have been stopped
>cold this frame at weekend 18. Three new films opened - Bewitched, Herbie:
>Fully Loaded and Land of the Dead - each of them respectful of the other's
>demographic. The box office failed again to take advantage of a somewhat
>weak weekend last year when the big earner was surprise hit Fahrenheit 9/11,
>followed by White Chicks in second. Eyes were also on the second weekend of
>Batman Begins, and the percentage drop this weekend is exactly what Warner
>Bros. was looking for.
>estimate, I'm munching away again today as Batman Begins is the number one
>film of the weekend, with a percentage drop lower than the usual summer
>film. The re-imagining of the Batman franchise earned $26.8 million this
>weekend from a still-huge 3,858 screens and carried a weekend average of
>$6,938. That's a drop of only 45%, a great figure for the film that started
>out slowly. Of late, even non-blockbuster percentage drops are constantly
>very close or over 50%, as moviegoers are eager to move on to the next
>heavily hyped monstrosity. Comic book movies are often hammered in the
>second frame, even if they are well received. Hellboy dropped 53% after
>opening weekend, and was 79% fresh at RottenTomatoes. Spider-Man 2 dropped
>49%. Usually, these films experience a fanboy rush over opening weekend, and
>even with some repeat viewings, fail to hold an audience above half in the
>following frame. Batman Begins beats that trend and currently sits with
>$121.7 million, and has good word-of-mouth expanding beyond the usual
>demographic. Let's see what happens next weekend.
>lived up to expectations, grossing $20.2 million. The Sony rehashing of the
>old TV show got off to a decent start, although it certainly didn't break
>out. Bewitched opened at 3,174 venues and had an average of $6,364. Made for
>$80 million, the opening was similar to Kidman's The Stepford Wives ($21.5
>million), The Interpreter ($22.8 million), and Eyes Wide Shut ($21.7
>million). For Will Ferrell, the opening was shy of other openings like Elf
>($31.1 million) and Anchorman ($28.4 million), but was right on par with
>Kicking & Screaming ($20.2 million), Ferrell's other release this year.
>Unfortunately for all involved, notices were not friendly at RottenTomatoes,
>as the film found only 34 positive reviews out of a possible 118. Next
>weekend Bewitched takes on Tom Cruise and War of the Worlds, and should fold
>accordingly.
>Pitt/Angelina Jolie thriller lands in third. The Doug Liman-directed flick
>earned $16.8 million in its third weekend, down an excellent 36%. The film
>fell 48% last weekend. Unless something weird happens, The Smiths should
>finish between $175 and $200 million, as the total sits now at $125.4
>million.
>disappointing fourth, as Herbie: Fully Loaded is our disappointment of the
>week. After finding about $5 million over its Wednesday/Thursday debut,
>Herbie rang up only $12.8 million worth of sales over the Friday-to-Sunday
>portion of the weekend. Out to a quite wide 3,521 venues, the Disney flick
>averaged a not great $3,621. This one dropped between demographics. The sexy
>Lohan may have been too old for the younger set, and the plot may have been
>too young for the teen set. For Disney, it's not that bad of a deal. The
>film cost $50 million to make, and may see small drops in the weeks to come.
>It currently has $17.8 million to start.
>for once (cue the golf clap). George Romero's return to the big screen
>grossed a not-bad $10.2 million, putting it in the ear of "industry
> insiders" who were predicting a gross below $10 million in Friday's
>Hollywood Reporter. Land of the Dead was out to only 2,249 venues, so it
>carried a venue average of $4,550, ahead of family film Herbie: Fully
>Loaded. Land of the Dead was a surprising 74% fresh, and I think word
>spread. Produced by Atmosphere Entertainment and distributed by Universal in
>North America, the film cost a laughable $15 million to make.
>as Madagascar, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and The Longest Yard stuck
>together while sliding off the top spots at the box office. Sixth spot this
>weekend went to Madagascar with $7.3 million and a decent 32% percentage
>drop. The DreamWorks cartoon has now earned $160.1 million, and looks to
>finish close to $190 million. Revenge of the Sith came in seventh, earning
>$6.3 million. It dropped 38%, and passed Jurassic Park for tenth place on
>the all time grosser list. The LucasFilm picture has now earned $358.6
>million. The Longest Yard came in eighth this weekend, grossing $5.5 million
>and dropping a slim 34%. The Adam Sandler comedy now has $141.9 million, and
>will come close to beating Sandler's biggest films in The Waterboy and Big
>Daddy which finished in the low $160 million range.
>Dimension Films. The family adventure in 3-D grossed $3.4 million this
>weekend, losing 49% of last weekend's audience. The Robert Rodriguez flick
>has now earned $30.5 million.
>struggled to find an audience grossed $3.3 million, down 41% from last
>weekend. The $90 million Universal misfire has now earned $49.6 million.
>weekend needed an easy-to-beat $129.2 million total to stop the streak at 18
>weekends. Unfortunately, this crop wasn't able to do it, as the top ten
>earned only $112.1 million. Again, the streak should end next weekend, when
>War of the Worlds takes on Spider-Man 2's opening weekend from last year.
>
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> In article
> ,
> TranslucentAmoebae wrote:
possession"http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/11/mary-ann-busted-with-mary-jane/
responsibility"http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/12/it-wasnt-mary-anns-mary-jane/
> difference?
He can't tell you...too drunk.
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Batman Strong; Box Office Not
Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for June 24-26, 2005
By John Hamann
June 26, 2005
Top Ten for Weekend of June 24-26, 2005
Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($)
Cumulative Gross ($)
1 Batman Begins 3,858 -45% $26.8 $121.7
2 Bewitched 3,174 New $20.2 $20.2
3 Mr. and Mrs. Smith 3,265 -36% $16.8 $125.4
4 Herbie: Fully Loaded 3,521 New $12.8 $17.8
5 Land of the Dead 2,249 New $10.2 $10.2
6 Madagascar 2,948 -32% $7.3 $160.1
7 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 2,371 -38% $6.3 $358.6
8 The Longest Yard 2,516 -34% $5.5 $141.9
9 The Adventures of Shark Boy'>Shark Boy and Lava Girl 2,352 -49% $3.4 $30.5
10 Cinderella Man 1,677 -41% $3.3 $49.6
And the saga drags on. Hollywood's longest slump in recorded box office
history continued this weekend, although the streak could have been stopped
cold this frame at weekend 18. Three new films opened - Bewitched, Herbie:
Fully Loaded and Land of the Dead - each of them respectful of the other's
demographic. The box office failed again to take advantage of a somewhat
weak weekend last year when the big earner was surprise hit Fahrenheit 9/11,
followed by White Chicks in second. Eyes were also on the second weekend of
Batman Begins, and the percentage drop this weekend is exactly what Warner
Bros. was looking for.
After eating crow on Monday of last week when Batman Begins beat its
estimate, I'm munching away again today as Batman Begins is the number one
film of the weekend, with a percentage drop lower than the usual summer
film. The re-imagining of the Batman franchise earned $26.8 million this
weekend from a still-huge 3,858 screens and carried a weekend average of
$6,938. That's a drop of only 45%, a great figure for the film that started
out slowly. Of late, even non-blockbuster percentage drops are constantly
very close or over 50%, as moviegoers are eager to move on to the next
heavily hyped monstrosity. Comic book movies are often hammered in the
second frame, even if they are well received. Hellboy dropped 53% after
opening weekend, and was 79% fresh at RottenTomatoes. Spider-Man 2 dropped
49%. Usually, these films experience a fanboy rush over opening weekend, and
even with some repeat viewings, fail to hold an audience above half in the
following frame. Batman Begins beats that trend and currently sits with
$121.7 million, and has good word-of-mouth expanding beyond the usual
demographic. Let's see what happens next weekend.
Bewitched is our number two film as the Nicole Kidman/Will Ferrell film
lived up to expectations, grossing $20.2 million. The Sony rehashing of the
old TV show got off to a decent start, although it certainly didn't break
out. Bewitched opened at 3,174 venues and had an average of $6,364. Made for
$80 million, the opening was similar to Kidman's The Stepford Wives ($21.5
million), The Interpreter ($22.8 million), and Eyes Wide Shut ($21.7
million). For Will Ferrell, the opening was shy of other openings like Elf
($31.1 million) and Anchorman ($28.4 million), but was right on par with
Kicking & Screaming ($20.2 million), Ferrell's other release this year.
Unfortunately for all involved, notices were not friendly at RottenTomatoes,
as the film found only 34 positive reviews out of a possible 118. Next
weekend Bewitched takes on Tom Cruise and War of the Worlds, and should fold
accordingly.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith had a much stronger hold this weekend, as the Brad
Pitt/Angelina Jolie thriller lands in third. The Doug Liman-directed flick
earned $16.8 million in its third weekend, down an excellent 36%. The film
fell 48% last weekend. Unless something weird happens, The Smiths should
finish between $175 and $200 million, as the total sits now at $125.4
million.
The reason the box office didn't finish ahead of last year places a
disappointing fourth, as Herbie: Fully Loaded is our disappointment of the
week. After finding about $5 million over its Wednesday/Thursday debut,
Herbie rang up only $12.8 million worth of sales over the Friday-to-Sunday
portion of the weekend. Out to a quite wide 3,521 venues, the Disney flick
averaged a not great $3,621. This one dropped between demographics. The sexy
Lohan may have been too old for the younger set, and the plot may have been
too young for the teen set. For Disney, it's not that bad of a deal. The
film cost $50 million to make, and may see small drops in the weeks to come.
It currently has $17.8 million to start.
Fifth spot goes to Land of the Dead, which actually exceeded expectations
for once (cue the golf clap). George Romero's return to the big screen
grossed a not-bad $10.2 million, putting it in the ear of "industry
insiders" who were predicting a gross below $10 million in Friday's
Hollywood Reporter. Land of the Dead was out to only 2,249 venues, so it
carried a venue average of $4,550, ahead of family film Herbie: Fully
Loaded. Land of the Dead was a surprising 74% fresh, and I think word
spread. Produced by Atmosphere Entertainment and distributed by Universal in
North America, the film cost a laughable $15 million to make.
Our three favorite holdovers vied for sixth, seventh and eighth this weekend
as Madagascar, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and The Longest Yard stuck
together while sliding off the top spots at the box office. Sixth spot this
weekend went to Madagascar with $7.3 million and a decent 32% percentage
drop. The DreamWorks cartoon has now earned $160.1 million, and looks to
finish close to $190 million. Revenge of the Sith came in seventh, earning
$6.3 million. It dropped 38%, and passed Jurassic Park for tenth place on
the all time grosser list. The LucasFilm picture has now earned $358.6
million. The Longest Yard came in eighth this weekend, grossing $5.5 million
and dropping a slim 34%. The Adam Sandler comedy now has $141.9 million, and
will come close to beating Sandler's biggest films in The Waterboy and Big
Daddy which finished in the low $160 million range.
Ninth this weekend is The Adventures of Shark Boy'>Shark Boy and Lava Girl from
Dimension Films. The family adventure in 3-D grossed $3.4 million this
weekend, losing 49% of last weekend's audience. The Robert Rodriguez flick
has now earned $30.5 million.
Tenth spot goes to Russell Crowe and Cinderella Man. The boxing flick that
struggled to find an audience grossed $3.3 million, down 41% from last
weekend. The $90 million Universal misfire has now earned $49.6 million.
Overall, the news isn't good. The top ten films at the box office this
weekend needed an easy-to-beat $129.2 million total to stop the streak at 18
weekends. Unfortunately, this crop wasn't able to do it, as the top ten
earned only $112.1 million. Again, the streak should end next weekend, when
War of the Worlds takes on Spider-Man 2's opening weekend from last year.
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