COMING ATTRACTIONS ARRIVING SOON AT A MULTIPLEX NEAR YOU.Byline: Bob Strauss and Glenn Whipp Film Writer Batman is back. So is King Kong. And, at long last, Darth Vader returns in all his dark glory. Due to the relatively cool production teams that are working on them, we have high hopes for 2005's crop of high-profile, would-be blockbusters (well, maybe not as high for the ``Star Wars'' entry). Plus Steven Spielberg has a new ``War of the Worlds'' in the works for summer, while the gang from Hogwarts will be back for the holidays in ``Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.'' Terry Gilliam brings the ``The Brothers Grimm'' to the screen. And on the even darker side, Sam Mendes (``American Beauty'') is taking on ``Jarhead jar·head n. Slang A U.S. Marine. [Perhaps from the shape of the hat the Marines once wore.] ,'' the controversial Gulf War memoir from Marine Anthony Swofford, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx. Of course, anything can - and does - go wrong with great movie expectations. Conversely, at this early point, it's impossible to tell what will end up being the ``Sideways'' and ``Million Dollar Baby'' of next year's awards season, just as we had little idea of what those films would deliver 12 months ago. Ever optimistic, we asked many of this year's movers and shakers about their cinematic gems. Among those we talked with, ``Kicking & Screaming's'' Will Ferrell tells us what it's like to be a soccer dad. Ridley Scott describes directing his Crusades epic, ``Kingdom of Heaven.'' Joan Allen plays a very different kind of bad girl who explores ``The Upside of Anger,'' while Ashton Kutcher does double romantic comedy duty (``Guess Who?'' ``A Lot Like Love''). And John Travolta returns as a hood turned Hollywood player in the ``Get Shorty'' sequel, ``Be Cool.'' In the following guide to this year's movie releases, we've tried to list every movie we could find out about that's opening in the L.A. area from now until Memorial Day. There's also a selection of titles that might be worth looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. through the rest of the year. As always, release dates can and will be changed as 2005 wears on. Bob Strauss, (818) 713-3670 bob.strauss(at)dailynews.com Glenn Whipp, (818) 713-3672 glenn.whipp(at)dailynews.com THE MOVIES Compiled by Bob Strauss and Glenn Whipp JAN. 28 ALONE IN THE DARK: Nineteen people are missing and they all grew up in the same orphanage. Where'd they go? Christian Slater investigates. (Lions Gate) BORN INTO BROTHELS: Hit film festival documentary about the children of Calcutta prostitutes. (THINKFilm) FASCINATION: Sexy noirish stuff about a young man who is suspicious of his mother's new husband - until he meets his hot new stepsister. With Jacqueline Bisset. (MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. ) FEAR X: Man tries to learn details about his wife's murder. Based on a story by Hubert Selby Jr. (Silver Nitrate) HEAD-ON: European award winner about hell-raising German Turks whose marriage of convenience almost destroys them both. (Strand Releasing) HIDE AND SEEK: Robert De Niro's daughter (Dakota Fanning) has an imaginary friend. Or is it imaginary? Scary, hopefully. (20th Century Fox) TRAVELLERS & MAGICIANS: The first film from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan mixes a leisurely road movie with a dreamy tale of sexual betrayal and murder. By ``The Cup'' director Khyentse Norbu. (Zeitgeist) FEB. 4 BENDITO INFIERNO: Penelope Cruz and Victoria Abril play angels, and one of them's bad. We're there. (Casa Nova Films) BOOGEYMAN: The latest from Sam Raimi's horror movie company has ``7th Heaven's'' Barry Watson confronting his childhood tormentor. (Screen Gems) EMILE Emile Rousseau’s treatise on education of children (1762). [Fr. Lit.: Emile, Magill III, 330–333] See : Education : British academic Ian McKellen's last visit home to Canada triggers remembrance, and recrimination A charge made by an individual who is being accused of some act against the accuser. Recrimination is sometimes used as a defense in actions for Divorce. Traditionally the underlying theory was that a divorce could be granted only when one individual was innocent and the from his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. niece (Deborah Kara Unger Deborah Kara Unger (born May 12, 1963[2] or 1966[3] in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress. Before becoming an actress, she studied economics and philosophy at University of British Columbia. ). (Castle Hill) LOST EMBRACE: College dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human works in lingerie store - yet, somehow, that's not enough. (New Yorker) THE NOMI SONG: Documentary about the German New Wave freak who inspired a million Dieters - and became one of the first celebrity AIDS casualties. (Palm Pictures) RORY O'SHEA WAS HERE: Two disabled buddies fall in love with their comely come·ly adj. come·li·er, come·li·est 1. Pleasing and wholesome in appearance; attractive. See Synonyms at beautiful. 2. Suitable; seemly: comely behavior. day-care assistant. It's Irish. (Focus) SWIMMING UPSTREAM: Aussie kid overcomes overbearing, alcoholic dad (Geoffrey Rush) to become Olympic champion. (MGM) THE WEDDING DATE: Woman hires escort to pose as her boyfriend so she can get through her sister's wedding - which happens to feature her ex-fiance as the groom's best man. Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney star. (Universal) FEB. 11 BRIDE AND PREJUDICE: Jane Austen goes Bollywood. Gurinder Chadha (``Bend It Like Beckham'') directs. (Miramax) HITCH: In a feat of transformation even more amazing than ``Ali,'' Will Smith plays the Master of Suspense ... Oh, wait, it's not about that Hitch. This one is a professional matchmaker Matchmaker - A language for specifying and automating the generation of multi-lingual interprocess communication interfaces. MIG is an implementation of a subset of Matchmaker. undone when he meets his own distaff match (Eva Mendes). (Columbia) INSIDE DEEP THROAT: Brian Grazer produces this documentary about the cultural impact of the little porn film that wound up being the most profitable movie of all time. (Universal) MY MOTHER'S SMILE: Atheist doesn't want the church to make his mom a saint. (New Yorker) NOBODY KNOWS: Four Japanese children pull together after their mother abandons them. (IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. ) ONG-BAK: THE THAI WARRIOR: A new wrinkle in martial-arts movies: Tony Jaa leaps all over the place without the aid of flying wires. (Magnolia Pictures) POOH'S HEFFALUMP MOVIE: That's Winnie, so don't worry about the title's implied bathroom humor. It's a cartoon for little kids, with all the beloved A.A. Milne characters. (Disney) SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES: Retired German miner and polka accordionist gets the Zydeco zydeco (zī`dĭkō'), American musical form originating among the African-American Creoles of Louisiana. Drawing on elements of traditional Cajun music as well as jazz, country and western, and blues, it is characterized by French lyrics, bug, heads for the Bayou. (Paramount Classics) UNCLE NINO Ni·ño n. El Niño. Niño See El Nino. : Troubled family is healed by a visit from eccentric Old World relative. Independent production has reportedly been playing for a long time in Grand Rapids, Mich. Yes, Grand Rapids. YOU I LOVE: Partially gay romantic triangle among the Moscow media set. (Picture This!) FEB. 18 BEAUTIFUL BOXER: Thai pugilist wants to be a ladyboy ladyboy Noun informal a transvestite or transsexual, esp one from the Far East . (Regent) BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE Because of Winn-Dixie is a best selling children's novel by Kate DiCamillo published in 2000 and winner of a Newbery Honor distinction the following year. It also won the 2000 Josette Frank Award. : About a dog, not a supermarket chain. Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Eva Marie Saint (!) and Dave Matthews () provide the humanity. (20th Century Fox) CONSTANTINE: Based on the Hellblazer comic book (not to be confused with Hellboy, hence the movie title change). Keanu Reeves plays the haunted demon fighter. (Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .) MACHUCA: Chilean coming-of-age story set on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the military coup against Salvador Allende. (Menemsha) NAKED FAME: Documentary about gay porn star turned singer-songwriter. (Regent) SON OF THE MASK: Sequel to the Jim Carrey comic book comedy stars Jamie Kennedy as a guy whose infant son somehow has all those powers. (New Line) TURTLES CAN FLY: The first feature to come from Iraq since 1979 follows the inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. of a border village on the eve of the Gulf War. (IFC) FEB. 25 CURSED: Werewolves in L.A. (Dimension) DAYBREAK: Angst among a pair of Swedish couples. So what else is new? (Newmarket Films) DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN: Like the title says. The anger stems from the fact that her no-good husband tossed her aside for another woman. Kimberly Elise stars. (Lions Gate) MAN OF THE HOUSE: Tough Texas Ranger Tommy Lee Jones For the musician, see . Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. Biography Early life Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. must go undercover to protect a squad of cheerleaders Notable cheerleaders
1 MORE ROUND: Out-of-shape businessman trains to be a boxer. It's a comedy. (Silver Plane) UP AND DOWN: Estranged Czech families deal with life. (Sony Pictures Classics) FEBRUARY UNSCHEDULED DOWNFALL: German filmmaker looks at Hitler's last days in the bunker. (Newmarket) MARCH 2 THE BEST OF YOUTH: Four decades in the life of two Italian brothers - one a shrink, the other a cop. (Miramax) MARCH 4 BE COOL: Chili Palmer returns. Barry Sonnenfeld does not. F. Gary Gray (``The Italian Job'') steps into the director's chair with John Travolta's wise guy abandoning the movie industry for a foray into music. With Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn and Steven Tyler. (MGM) DEAR FRANKIE: Long-delayed story about a mother who shields her son from the truth about his deadbeat dad. (Miramax) GUNNER PALACE: Documentary about soldiers quartered in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces. (Palm Pictures) IN MY COUNTRY: Samuel L. Jackson “Samuel Jackson” redirects here. For the senator from Indiana, see Samuel D. Jackson. Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning actor. plays a journalist investigating the truth about apartheid in mid-1990s South Africa. Directed by John Boorman. (Sony Pictures Classics) INTIMATE STORIES: An old man, a traveling salesman and a young mother meet and mutually inspire. (New Yorker) THE JACKET: Adrien Brody is an amnesiac Gulf War veteran accused of murder. Keira Knightley is his girlfriend from the future. Some of this might be a hallucination hallucination, false perception characterized by a distortion of real sensory stimuli. Common types of hallucination are auditory, i.e., hearing voices or noises and visual, i.e., seeing people that are not actually present. . (Warner Independent) THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET: Brazilian neighborhood watch captain gets a little overzealous. Stars ``Central Station's'' Fernanda Montenegro. (Strand Releasing) THE PACIFIER: Vin Diesel is a Navy SEAL who must protect the bratty brat·ty adj. brat·ti·er, brat·ti·est Characteristic of or being a brat; ill-mannered. brat  ti·ness n. kids of a murdered scientist. Have he and Tommy Lee Jones compared notes? (Disney) WALK ON WATER: Mossad agent is obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with hunting down an aging Nazi war criminal. (IDP) THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL: Yes, wild parrots do live in San Francisco. And a homeless musician has found purpose in caring for them. It's a documentary. (Pelican Media) MARCH 11 THE BOYS AND GIRL OF COUNTY CLARE: Irish brothers battle each other in a music competition. (IDP) DOT THE I: Flamenco dancer is about to get married, meets Gael Garcia Bernal, changes her mind. (Summit Entertainment) MAIL ORDER WIFE: Another fake documentary about a guy whose wife from overseas causes a lot of trouble. (Tartan) MILLIONS: Danny Boyle (``28 Days Later,'' ``Trainspotting'') directs this heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing adj. 1. Causing gladness and pleasure. 2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. Adj. 1. tale about two boys who find a lot of money. (Fox Searchlight) MONSIEUR N: How did Napoleon really die? (Empire) NOWHERE MAN: Dude discovers his fiancee was a porn star and cancels the wedding. She's not happy. (First Run) OFF THE MAP: Family tries to live outside the system, but can't escape the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. . Joan Allen stars. (Manhattan Pictures) ROBOTS: ``Ice Age'' director Chris Wedge goes high tech in this computer animated comedy about a world of, well, robots. Halle Berry, Ewan McGregor, Mel Brooks, Robin Williams and Amanda Bynes do voices. (20th Century Fox) THE UPSIDE OF ANGER: Joan Allen gives a bravura bra·vu·ra n. 1. Music a. Brilliant technique or style in performance. b. A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity. 2. A showy manner or display. adj. 1. performance as an angry, abandoned and often drunk suburban housewife whose four daughters are a handful, and whose amorous, even more alcoholic neighbor (Kevin Costner) is an even bigger problem. (New Line) A WAKE IN PROVIDENCE: Because some old guy died in Rhode Island. (Indican indican /in·di·can/ (in´di-kan) potassium indoxyl sulfate, formed by decomposition of tryptophan in the intestines and excreted in the urine. in·di·can n. ) MARCH 18 DON'T MOVE: Penelope Cruz stars in this Italian film about mortality, abuse and regret. (Northern Arts) ICE PRINCESS: Teenage brainiac Michelle Trachtenberg longs to be a figure-skating champion, gets her chance. Joan Cusack and Kim Cattrall do ``Turning Point'' duty as vicarious, head-butting mothers. (Disney) NINA'S TRAGEDIES: Fourteen-year-old has the hots for his aunt. (Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun ) THE RING TWO: More fun with videotapes with Naomi Watts returning and Hideo Nakata, director of the original Japanese blockbuster, ``Ringu,'' taking over helming duties. (DreamWorks) STEAMBOY: Retro sci-fi anime from the acclaimed creator of ``Akira,'' Katsuhiro Otomo. (Triumph) MARCH 23 MELINDA AND MELINDA: Reportedly the first good Woody Allen movie in awhile, this one follows the same woman's story in two different ways, funny and dramatic. With Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet and Chloe Sevigny. (Fox Searchlight) MARCH 25 THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE: Single father moves to an island to shelter his children; teen daughter rebels. Rebecca Miller (``Personal Velocity'') directs her husband, the great Daniel Day-Lewis. (IFC) D.E.B.S.: Crime-fighting, secret-agent teens. It's a satire. (IDP) GUESS WHO: As in who's coming to dinner. In this remake, racial valances are reversed. Bernie Mac is the surprised father who finds out his daughter wants to marry white guy Ashton Kutcher. (Columbia) KUNG FU HUSTLE: Spoof of arty martial-arts flicks. It's about time It's About Time may refer to:
MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUS: Sandra Bullock's madeover FBI agent now has her own talk show - and another glamorous crime to solve. (Warner Bros.) OLD BOY: Ultra-violent Korean film in which a man falsely imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- for 15 years takes bloody revenge. Quentin Tarantino loves it. (Tartan) SAINT RALPH: High-school freshman believes he can save his mother's life if he can make it through the Boston Marathon. (IDP) SEQUINS: Pregnant teen finds a friend in an embroiderer. (New Yorker) SEX, POLITICS & COCKTAILS: Cuban filmmaker turns gay all of a sudden. (Regent) SCHIZO schiz·o n. pl. schiz·os Offensive Slang A schizophrenic person. schiz o adj. : Life in Kazakhstan, it is hard. (Picture This!) MARCH 30 BEAUTY SHOP: ``Barbershop'' sequel with Queen Latifah opening up her own shop, resulting in plenty of comic high jinks. (MGM) MARCH UNSCHEDULED DEATH OF A DYNASTY: Mock rap doc. (TLA (Three Letter Acronym) The epitome of acronyms! While two-, four- and five-letter acronyms exist, there are more three-letter acronyms. Obviously, three words to describe a concept or product is the most popular. TLA - Three-Letter Acronym ) HOSTAGE: Bruce Willis plays a hostage negotiator. (Miramax) JIMINY GLICK IN LALAWOOD: Martin Short's clueless clue·less adj. Lacking understanding or knowledge. clueless Adjective Slang helpless or stupid Adj. 1. entertainment journalist goes to the Toronto Film Festival. (MGM/Gold Circle) NATHALIE: Woman hires a prostitute to seduce her cheating husband. (Wellspring) ROCK SCHOOL: ``School of Rock.'' But without Jack Black. It's a documentary. (Newmarket) APRIL April: see month. 1 LOOK AT ME: Latest from Agnes Jaoui (``The Taste of Others'') follows a singing teacher, her writer husband, an upset student and the student's author father. (Sony Pictures Classics) SIN CITY: Robert Rodriguez brings Frank Miller's ``Sin City'' graphic novels to the screen with help from fellow geek A technically oriented person. It has typically implied a "nerdy" or "weird" personality, someone with limited social skills who likes to tinker with scientific or high-tech projects. The origin of the term dates back to the late 1800s. enthusiast Quentin Tarantino. (Miramax) TORREMOLINOS 73: Spanish erotic education films become a sensation in Scandinavia. (First Run) THE WEATHER MAN: Director Gore Verbinski takes a break between making ``Pirates'' movies with this story of a weatherman (Nicolas Cage) with a stormy personal life. (Paramount) APRIL 8 BOMB THE SYSTEM: Outlaw tagger tag·ger n. 1. One that tags, especially the pursuer in the game of tag. 2. taggers Very thin sheet iron, usually plated with tin. Noun 1. becomes art-world darling. (Palm Pictures) THE CAVE: Exploration of a vast Romanian cave system yields some alarming discoveries. (Screen Gems) DUST TO GLORY: Documentary from Dana Brown (``Step Into Liquid'') about the Baja 1000 off-road race. (IFC) EROS Eros, in Greek religion and mythology Eros (ēr`ŏs, ĕr`–), in Greek religion and mythology, god of love. He was the personification of love in all its manifestations, including physical passion at its strongest, tender, : Anthology about love and sex with contributions from Wong Kar-Wai, Steven Soderbergh and Michelangelo Antonioni. Don't expect ``Sex and the City.'' (Warner Independent) FEVER PITCH: The Farrelly brothers transfer Nick Hornby's soccer-hooligans novel to Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. baseball. With Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. (20th Century Fox) LIPSTICK & DYNAMITE: Documentary about the early days of female wrestling, non-mud division. (Koch Lorber) SAHARA: Explorer goes to West Africa in search of lost Civil War battleship and its precious cargo. Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn and Penelope Cruz star. (Paramount) UNLEASHED: Jet Li is ticked off about something. So, for some reason, is Morgan Freeman. (Rogue) WINTER SOLSTICE: A troubled family tries to cope. With Anthony LaPaglia and Allison Janney. (Paramount Classics) APRIL 15 THE AMITYVILLE HORROR: Remake of the '70s horror flick about a house that's evil, eeeeevil! (MGM) THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED: True underdog golf story movie (is that redundant?). Shia Labeouf is the working-class American kid who challenges snooty British champ Stephen Dillane. (Disney) HOUSE OF D: David Duchovny directs himself in this story of a middle-age artist looking back on his youth in Greenwich Village. Wife Tea Leoni co-stars. (Lions Gate) KONTROLL: A serial killer is pushing unsuspecting passengers onto the tracks in the Budapest subway. (THINKFilm) LAYER CAKE: Drug dealer takes care of loose ends before a planned retirement. Daniel Craig stars. (Sony Pictures Classics) PALINDROMES: Todd Solondz (``Happiness'') delivers another crowd-pleaser about a 13-year-old girl who wants to have a baby. (Wellspring) REBOUND: Comedy about a college basketball coach who freaks out in public, then can only get a job coaching a junior-high team. Starring Martin Lawrence - place art-follows-life joke here. (20th Century Fox) APRIL 22 BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS: The Cultural Revolution wasn't all bad. Based on the best-selling novel. (Empire) THE INTERPRETER: United Nations interpreter (Nicole Kidman) overhears death threat against an African head of state. Now she must get someone to believe her in this ``Three Days of the Condor''-style suspense thriller from Sydney Pollack. Sean Penn co-stars. (Universal) KING'S RANSOM: Anthony Anderson fakes his own kidnapping to avoid alimony alimony, in law, allowance for support that an individual pays to his or her former spouse, usually as part of a divorce settlement. It is based on the common law right of a wife to be supported by her husband, but in the United States, the Supreme Court in 1979 payments. (New Line) A LOT LIKE LOVE: Two opposites meet, keep remeeting, finally decide to hook up. Starring Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet, it's That Romantic Comedy. (Touchstone) MONDOVINO: Filmmaker (``Sunday'') and sommelier Jonathan Nossiter's documentary about the globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of the wine industry. (THINKFilm) TAKE MY EYES: Battered woman runs. (New Yorker) APRIL 29 CRASH: Angelenos cope with racial and cultural differences in a 36-hour time period. With Sandra Bullock and Don Cheadle. ``Million Dollar Baby'' screenwriter Paul Haggis directs. (Lions Gate) 3-IRON: Korean director Kim Ki-Duk's follow-up to ``Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring'' concerns a battered wife who finds fleeting happiness with a drifter. (Sony Pictures Classics) XXX: STATE OF THE UNION: With Vin Diesel off perfecting his babysitting skills, Ice Cube has been recruited to save the espionage action franchise and, secondarily, the world. (Columbia) APRIL UNSCHEDULED DEEP BLUE: Ocean documentary taken from the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. series ``The Blue Planet.'' (Miramax) THE YEAR OF THE YAO: Documentary about basketball superstar Yao Ming. (New Line) MAY 6 THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: Douglas Adams' sci-fi comedy cult novel finally makes it to the big screen. Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy and John Malkovich mosey mo·sey intr.v. mo·seyed, mo·sey·ing, mo·seys Informal 1. To move in a leisurely, relaxed way; saunter: moseyed over to the club after lunch. 2. around the universe while Earth is demolished for space-traffic purposes. (Disney) KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: Ridley Scott's controversial Crusades epic, starring Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons and Liam Neeson. (20th Century Fox) KINGS AND QUEEN: A divorced couple go their separate ways and have alarming misadventures in this acclaimed French comic drama from Arnaud Desplechin. (Wellspring) MONSTER-IN-LAW: Jane Fonda's first film role in 14 years is as Jennifer Lopez's nightmare mother-in-law. Jane, Jane, Jane ... (New Line) UP FOR GRABS: Documentary about the fight over that Barry Bonds home-run ball. (Crooked Hook Productions) MAY 13 BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: Vietnamese-American boy looks for a new life in the States. (Sony Pictures Classics) KICKING & SCREAMING: A comedy about the cutthroat world of kids' soccer with Will Ferrell and Robert Duvall playing a father and son using their positions as coaches to vent years of bottled-up mutual hostility. (Universal) MINDHUNTERS: Island-bound FBI profilers realize that one of their own is a serial killer. Val Kilmer, Christian Slater and LL Cool J star. (Dimension) MAY 19 STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH sith conj. Archaic Since. [Middle English sithe, from Old English siththa, variant of siththan; see since. : This one had better be good. (20th Century Fox) MAY 20 THE SISTERHOOD sisterhood: see monasticism. OF THE TRAVELING PANTS: Adaptation of the popular teen bonding novel. (Warner Bros.) MAY 27 CRONICAS: Miami TV reporter John Leguizamo investigates serial killings in Ecuador, discovers more than he bargained for in this acclaimed Spanish-language thriller. (Palm Pictures) THE EDUKATORS: German kids break into homes and rearrange the furniture. (IFC) THE LONGEST YARD: Remake of the 1974 flick about two prison inmates - a one-time pro quarterback (Adam Sandler) and a former college coach (Burt Reynolds) - who stage a big game to escape the big house. (Paramount) MADAGASCAR: Animals break out of the Bronx Zoo only to find themselves inadvertantly shipped to the wilds of Madagascar in this animated offering. Chris Rock, Ben Stiller and Andy Richter are among the voice talent. (DreamWorks) SAVING FACE: Woman turns lesbian just as her 48-year-old pregnant mother turns up. (Sony Pictures Classics) SPRING UNSCHEDULED BROTHER: Romantic triangle between two Danish brothers and one of their wives is exacerbated by Afghan War service. (IFC) MYSTERIOUS SKIN: Was a young man the childhood victim of an alien abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. ? Gregg Araki's new film investigates. (Tartan) TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE: Mark Wexler isn't real pleased with the parenting abilities of his father, the famous cinematographer Haskell Wexler. He made a documentary about it. (THINKFilm) TROPICAL MALADY malady /mal·a·dy/ (-ah-de) disease. mal·a·dy n. A disease, disorder, or ailment. malady a disease or illness. : Gay Thai surrealism. (Strand Releasing) JUNE 3 CINDERELLA MAN: Ron Howard returns to the ring with this drama based on the life of boxer Jim Braddock, who scores a series of improbable wins and inspires America during the Great Depression. Think of it as ``Seabiscuit,'' but with Russell Crowe instead of a horse. Renee Zellweger co-stars. (Universal) HOUSE OF WAX: Remake of the wax museum horror classic, notable for the possibility of seeing Paris Hilton dipped in boiling goo. (Warner Bros.) JUNE 10 MR. AND MRS MRS - Modifiable Representation System. An integration of logic programming into Lisp. ["A Modifiable Representation System", M. Genesereth et al, HPP 80-22, CS Dept Stanford U 1980]. . SMITH: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are married assassins who don't know they're in the same line of work - until they're assigned to kill each other. This realistic depiction of Hollywood marriages is directed by ``The Bourne Bourne, town (1990 pop. 16,064), Barnstable co., SE Mass., crossed by Cape Cod Canal; settled 1627, inc. 1884. Bourne Bridge (1935), across the canal, made the town an entry point to Cape Cod and a resort and commercial center. Identity's'' Doug Liman. (20th Century Fox) JUNE 17 BATMAN BEGINS: Attempt to revive the franchise is supposed to take its cues from the darker, better comic book versions. It's an origin story, too, starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader. Directed by another Brit, ``Memento's'' Christopher Nolan. (Warner Bros.) MY SUMMER OF LOVE: Acclaimed British coming-of-age drama by ``Last Resort's'' remarkable Pavel Pawlikowski. (Focus) JUNE 24 FUN WITH DICK AND JANE: Update of the not-very-funny Jane Fonda comedy. This time, there's an Enron-ish subplot. Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni are the well-to-do couple who turn to theft following layoffs. (Columbia) HERBIE: FULLY LOADED: The sentient sentient /sen·ti·ent/ (sen´she-ent) able to feel; sensitive. sen·tient adj. 1. Having sense perception; conscious. 2. Experiencing sensation or feeling. Volkswagen is back. It's called Fully Loaded, probably, because Lindsay Lohan is driving. (Disney) JUNE 29 WAR OF THE WORLDS: Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise modernize the H.G. Wells classic about a visit from our not-so-friendly neighbors from Mars. (Paramount) JULY 1 FANTASTIC FOUR: The first Marvel superheroes Superheroes are fictional heroes who possess abilities beyond those of normal human beings. Superheroes may also refer to:
JULY 8 BEWITCHED be·witch tr.v. be·witched, be·witch·ing, be·witch·es 1. To place under one's power by or as if by magic; cast a spell over. 2. To captivate completely; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. : Nicole Kidman is Samantha. Will Ferrell is her mortal husband, Darren. Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine are the magical in-laws. Nora Ephron directs. (Columbia) SARABAND saraband (sâr`əbănd), dance of Asian origin that first appeared in Spain in the 16th cent. At that time it was characterized by alternate 3–4 and 3–8 meter and was accompanied by castanets and tambourines. : Ingmar Bergman catches up with the characters from ``Scenes From a Marriage.'' (Sony Pictures Classics) JULY 15 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: Johnny Depp is Willy Wonka, ``Finding Neverland's'' Freddie Highmore is Charlie, and Tim Burton directs this latest adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's classic. (Warner Bros.) HAPPY ENDINGS: Don Roos follows up ``The Opposite of Sex'' with this look at sex and its repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl . Lisa Kudrow and Maggie Gyllenhaal star. (Lions Gate) INTO THE BLUE: John Stockwell (``Blue Crush'') makes another water movie, only this time the beautiful young people are battling pirate smugglers who want to kill them for treasure. (MGM) JULY 22 THE ISLAND: Michael Bay steps into the future with the sci-fi tale of people who discover their whole existence has been a lie. Paging Neo. Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson star. (DreamWorks) WEDDING CRASHERS: Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are divorce mediators who pick up bridesmaids at weddings they weren't invited to. (New Line) JULY 29 THE DUKES OF HAZZARD: Jessica Simpson wears the Daisy Dukes. If you need to know anything else, this movie's not for you. (Warner Bros.) ELIZABETHTOWN: Cameron Crowe's latest follows a disgraced golden boy who returns home to Kentucky for his father's funeral and to make sure his old man's dying wishes are fulfilled. Orlando Bloom stars; Kirsten Dunst plays the love interest. (Paramount) AUG. 12 EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED: An American (Tobey Maguire) tries to find the woman who saved his grandfather's life during the Holocaust. Liev Schreiber directs. (Warner Independent) AUG. 19 THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN: A middle-age coming-of-age story starring everybody's favorite comic character actor, Steve Carell. (Universal) SUMMER UNSCHEDULED THE BAD NEWS BEARS: Billy Bob Thornton channels Walter Matthau - and if anybody can do it, Bad Santa can. (Paramount) CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. : CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Confederate States of America: see Confederacy. Confederate States of America or Confederacy Government of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61 until its defeat in the American Civil War in 1865. : Mockumentary that takes up America's history after the South won the Civil War. (IFC) SEPT. 16 A SCANNER DARKLY: Richard Linklater follows up his mind-bending ``Waking Life'' with this animated adaptation of the Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 1928 – March 2 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. In addition to his dozens of published novels,[1] novel about an undercover cop losing his mind in a futuristic Orange County. Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder star. (Warner Independent) SYRIANA: International energy industry intrigue starring Matt Damon and George Clooney. Directed by ``Traffic'' screenwriter Stephen Gaghan. (Warner Bros.) SEPT. 23 THE PINK PANTHER: Steve Martin isn't Inspector Clouseau. Peter Sellers is. But Sellers is dead, so what are you gonna do? (MGM) SEPT. 30 OLIVER TWIST: Roman Polanski follows his triumphant ``Pianist'' comeback with the Dickens orphan classic. Ben Kingsley plays Fagin. (Columbia) SERENITY: Joss Whedon, creator of ``Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'' makes his feature debut with this futuristic tale based on the cult TV show ``Firefly.'' The story centers around the crew of a rag-tag spaceship that finds itself the center of unwanted attention after picking up a telepathic te·lep·a·thy n. Communication through means other than the senses, as by the exercise of an occult power. tel young girl. (Universal) OCT OCT ornithine carbamoyltransferase; oxytocin challenge test. OCT ornithine carbamoyl transferase, a liver specific enzyme. OCT Oxytocin stress test, see there . 7 IN HER SHOES: Curtis Hanson (``L.A. Confidential,'' ``8 Mile'') directs this drama about two feuding sisters and the grandmother they didn't know they had. Stars Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. (20th Century Fox) WALLACE & GROMIT: The cheese-loving Wallace and his faithful dog Gromit finally make it to the big screen. (DreamWorks) OCT. 21 GEORGE A. ROMERO'S LAND OF THE DEAD: More tales of the undead un·dead adj. No longer living but supernaturally animated, as a zombie. from the zombie master. (Universal) FALL UNSCHEDULED BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger are two cowboys in love Cowboys in Love is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 1994. It is available on as a single CD. Track listing
DON'T COME KNOCKIN': Cowboy actor comes to terms with mortality. Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange and Sarah Polley head the cast in this Wim Wenders film, written by Wenders and Shepard. (Sony Pictures Classics) A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: Sounds like a perfect title for a David Cronenberg movie. Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello are a small-town couple menaced by, well, violence. (New Line) JUST LIKE HEAVEN: Guy discovers his new apartment comes complete with a ghost. Maybe. Mark Ruffalo and Reese Witherspoon star. (DreamWorks) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: Not the Bollywood version. Keira Knightley dons the Jane Austen bonnet. (Focus) SHOPGIRL: Steve Martin stars in this adaptation of his novel about a Beverly Hills glove saleswoman. She's played by Claire Danes. (Touchstone) NOV judgment notwithstanding the verdict (N.O.V.) n. reversal of a jury's verdict by the trial judge when the judge believes there was no factual basis for the verdict or it was contrary to law. The judge will then enter a different verdict as "a matter of law. . 4 CHICKEN LITTLE: Disney gives it a go sans Pixar with this computer animated feature. In this one, the sky really falls. (Disney) THE LEGEND OF ZORRO zorro: see fox. Zorro masked swordsman, defender of weak and oppressed. [Am. Lit.: comic strip (1919); Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 794; TV: Terrace, II, 461–462] See : Disguise : Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are back, as is ``Mask'' director Martin Campbell. Sequel is set in the newly American California of 1850. (Columbia) NOV. 9 THE NEW WORLD: The John Smith/Pocahontas thing is visited again. Colin Farrell will attempt to redeem his credibility as a period-piece star. Director Terrence Malick (``The Thin Red Line'') may or may not attempt to re-establish his reputation as a coherent storyteller. (New Line) NOV. 11 JARHEAD: Sam Mendes (``American Beauty'') directs this black-humored, absurdist drama based on the controversial, irreverent Gulf War memoir from Marine Anthony Swofford. Guaranteed to polarize po·lar·ize v. po·lar·ized, po·lar·iz·ing, po·lar·iz·es v.tr. 1. To induce polarization in; impart polarity to. 2. To cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions. . Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx star. (Universal) RENT: Chris Columbus (``Home Alone'') brings the AIDS musical to the big screen. (Columbia) NOV. 18 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE: The wizard kids have apparently reached that drinking age. (Warner Bros.) WALK THE LINE: Hello, Joaquin Phoenix is Johnny Cash. Howdy do, Reese Witherspoon is June Carter. (20th Century Fox) NOV. 23 THE BROTHERS GRIMM: Terry Gilliam seems the perfect choice to make these pitch-black fairy tales come alive. Matt Damon and Heath Ledger star. (Dimension) DEC. 2 THE GREAT RAID: U.S. Army's 6th Rangers stage a rescue attempt of 500 prisoners of war prisoners of war, in international law, persons captured by a belligerent while fighting in the military. International law includes rules on the treatment of prisoners of war but extends protection only to combatants. held in the Philippines in this World War II epic. (Miramax) DEC. 9 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE: Well, ``The Lord of the Rings'' is over. Directed by ``Shrek's'' Andrew Adamson, this elaborate fantasy based on the first of C.S. Lewis' books features a mostly British cast. (Disney) DEC. 14 KING KONG: Peter Jackson goes ape. Will we? Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody star. (Universal) DEC. 21 THE PRODUCERS: It's ``Springtime for Hitler'' all over again as the Tony Award-winning musical becomes a movie based on a play based on a movie about a play. Or something like that. Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane reprise their Broadway roles. (Universal) DECEMBER UNSCHEDULED: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: ``Chicago'' director Rob Marshall finally brings the Japanese courtesan cour·te·san n. A woman prostitute, especially one whose clients are members of a royal court or men of high social standing. [French courtisane, from Old French, from Old Italian cortigiana best seller to the big screen with, curiously, a predominantly Chinese cast: Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li. (Columbia) 2005 UNSCHEDULED ALL THE KING'S MEN: Sean Penn plays Boss Willie Stark in this latest remake of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning political novel. (Columbia) ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL Art School Confidential may refer to:
CAPOTE: Philip Seymour Hoffman For other persons named Philip Hoffman, see Philip Hoffman (disambiguation). Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Biography Early life Hoffman was born in Fairport, New York to Gordon S. plays the celebrated author in a slice- of-life that shows him creating his landmark crime best seller ``In Cold Blood.'' (UA) DOMINO: Keira Knightley plays the real-life model turned bounty hunter. But will they use the Van Morrison song? Tony Scott directs. (New Line) FLIGHTPLAN: Jodie Foster loses her daughter on a trans-Atlantic flight. The crew doesn't remember the girl ever coming aboard in the first place. (Touchstone) A GOOD WOMAN: Betrayal on the Italian Riviera, Oscar Wilde style. With Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Wilkinson. (Lions Gate) NANNY McPHEE: Emma Thompson stars in this adaptation of the ``Nurse Matilda'' books about a magical nanny who tries to tame a brood of brats. (Universal) PRIME: Chick flick about an older divorcee di·vor·cée n. A divorced woman. [French, feminine past participle of divorcer, to divorce, from Old French, from divorce, divorce; see divorce. (Uma Thurman) who falls for a much younger man. Meryl Streep plays Uma's therapist.(Universal) ROMANCE & CIGARETTES: A musical-comedy from John Turturro that's billed as ``Pennies From Heaven'' meets ``The Honeymooners.'' With Kate Winslet, Christopher Walken, James Gandolfini and Susan Sarandon, meaning that, even if it's a train wreck, we'll want to crane our necks. (UA) TWO FORTHE MONEY: Former college football star (Matthew McConaughey) becomes a whiz at sports gambling - and then discovers it has a dark side. Al Pacino plays a variation of his ``Devil's Advocate'' character. (Universal) UNTITLED CARLITO'S WAY PROJECT: Prequel pre·quel n. A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel. [pre- + (se)quel.] to the 1993 Pacino flick with Sean Combs, Mario Van Peebles and others acting out their gangsta Noun 1. gangsta - (Black English) a member of a youth gang AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics - a nonstandard form of American English fantasies. (Universal) CAPTION(S): 8 photos, box Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) Orlando Bloom in 'Kingdom of Heaven' (2 -- cover -- color) `Fantastic Four' (3 -- cover -- color) `Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith' (4 -- cover -- color) `King Kong' (5) ``Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'' opens May 19 (6) ``Cinderella Man'' opens June 3 (7) ``Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' opens July 15 (8) ``The Pink Panther'' opens Sept. 23 Box: THE MOVIES (see text) |
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