COMING TO A MULTIPLEX NEAR YOU.Byline: Bob Strauss and Glenn Whipp Film Writers Hollywood's hoping for a super 2006, and, frankly, after 2005, so are we. Here are the releases through the Memorial Day weekend and some of the promising-looking titles after that. We've also highlighted some films with interviews with stars. Be warned, dates may change and some films may disappear altogether (studios are fickle that way). JAN. 27 ANNAPOLIS: Working-class student at the Naval Academy must prove himself in the boxing ring. Long-delayed release stars ``Spider-Man's'' James Franco and ``Four Brothers' '' Tyrese Gibson. (Touchstone) BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE 2: Because, really, the comic stylings of Martin Lawrence in drag cannot be contained in one single movie. (20th Century Fox) BUBBLE: Murder at the local toy factory dominates this experimental noir from Steven Soderbergh, which will be released simultaneously in theaters, and on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and high-definition TV. (Magnolia) FATELESS: Hungarian Jewish boy misses his concentration camp experience after the war. Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz wrote the screenplay, based on his memoir. (THINKFilm) IMAGINE ME & YOU: Lesbian romantic comedy with Piper Perabo and Lena Headey. Not as good as it sounds. (Fox Searchlight) NANNY McPHEE: Emma Thompson adapted the children's book and plays the title role of a super-ugly super-nanny with magical brat-busting powers. (Universal) ROVING MARS: Footage taken by the two recent Mars rover robots, blown up to IMAX-size proportions. (Disney) WILLIAM EGGLESTON IN THE REAL WORLD William Eggleston In The Real World reveals the deep connection between photographer William Eggleston's enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work, and also reveals his parallel commitments as a musician, draftsman and videographer. : Documentary about the enigmatic photographer. (Palm Pictures) FEB. 3 A GOOD WOMAN: Update of Oscar Wilde's ``Lady Windemere's Fan,'' starring the long-missing Helen Hunt, the ubiquitous Scarlett Johansson and the always-great Tom Wilkinson. (Lionsgate) MANDERLAY: The second part of Lars von Trier's bare-stage, dysfunctional-America trilogy substitutes Bryce Dallas Howard for Nicole Kidman and a Southern plantation for the mountain town full of cruel exploiters. Same cultural cluelessness though. (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. ) SOMETHING NEW: Career woman must decide between the guy she thinks she wanted or the guy who makes her heart flutter. (Focus) THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA: 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. directed and stars in this parable about a contemporary cowboy who kidnaps the border patrolman who killed his undocumented-immigrant best friend. First ``Brokeback Mountain,'' now this? (Sony Classics) WHAT THE BLEEP? - DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: The director's cut of ``What the Bleep Do We Know,'' for those who might not have been totally enlightened by its previous release. (Samuel Goldwyn) WHEN A STRANGER CALLS: Baby-sitter. Remote hilltop house. Phone rings. It ain't the pizza man. (Screen Gems) THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN: Anthony Hopkins plays the real-life New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. motorcyclist who set speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats Bonneville Salt Flats (bŏn`əvĭl, bŏ`nēvĭl, bŏn`vĭl), desert area in Tooele co., NW Utah, c.14 mi (22.5 km) long and 7 mi (11.2 km) wide. . (Magnolia) FEB. 10 COWBOY DEL AMOR Amor: see Eros. Amor another name for Cupid. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 19] See : Love : First ``Brokeback Mountain,'' and now this documentary about a rancher who smuggles illegal Mexican brides across the border for lonesome lone·some adj. 1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone. b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar. 2. buckaroos. (Emerging Pictures) CURIOUS GEORGE: The inquisitive monkey - or is it more accurately an ape? - comes to animated life with the vocal help of Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, Eugene Levy and Dick Van Dyke  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. . (Universal) FINAL DESTINATION 3: Grim Reaper wields his sickle again, this time after a group of teens survive a fatal accident at an amusement park. (New Line) FIREWALL: Security expert has to crack a criminal's surveillance system in order to save his family. With Harrison Ford and Paul Bettany. (Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .) LONDON: An ex-girlfriend's going-away party inspires a young man (Chris Evans) to snort a lot of cocaine and contemplate the meaning of life. Jessica Biel is the girlfriend. (Destination/Samuel Goldwyn) NEIL NEIL Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited NEIL Network Engineering and Integration Lab YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD: Performance film featuring the rock legend, directed by Jonathan Demme. (Paramount Classics) THE PINK PANTHER: We knew this remake was a bad idea to begin with, and the studio seems to agree, having bounced it from the schedule twice. But for those wanting to see Steve Martin do a pale imitation of Peter Sellers for, gulp, director Shawn Levy, the wait may finally be over. (MGM/Columbia) THROUGH THE FIRE: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network documentary examines the decisions made by a poor high-school basketball star during his senior year. (Cinema Libre) TRISTRAM SHANDY shan·dy n. pl. shan·dies 1. Shandygaff. 2. A drink made of beer and lemonade. shandy Noun pl -dies : A COCK AND BULL STORY boastful story; a canard. See also: Cock : Laurence Sterne's centuries-old postmodernist model gets an update in this film about attempting to make a movie out of the unfilmable book. It's meant to be funny. (Picturehouse) FEB. 17 DATE MOVIE: Two of the six ``Scary Movie'' screenwriters turn their attention to spoofing the romantic comedy. Expect the bodily fluids to be flowing! (20th Century Fox) DR. DOLITTLE 3: Or ``Dolittle: The Next Generation.'' Eddie Murphy passes the stethoscope stethoscope (stĕth`əskōp') [Gr.,=chest viewer], instrument that enables the physican to hear the sounds made by the heart, the lungs, and various other organs. The earliest stethoscope, devised by the French physician R. T. H. to Kyla Pratt, who, yes, talks to the animals to win a rodeo and impress a cute guy. (20th Century Fox) EIGHT BELOW: Antarctic scientists Bruce Greenwood, Jason Biggs and Paul Walker (stop laughing!) must abandoned their sled dogs to the harsh South Pole winter. Bad scientists, bad! (Disney) FREEDOMLAND: After her child is kidnapped, white woman blames black man for the crime, creating a racial powder keg. Julianne Moore and Sam Jackson star; Joe Roth (``Christmas With the Kranks''), for some reason, directs. (Columbia) NIGHT WATCH: Ancient prophecy is fulfilled, unleashing forces of darkness. First of a Russian vampire trilogy, so expect darkness to win for a while. (Fox Searchlight) WINTER PASSING: A struggling actress returns to her famous writer-father's home to discover a questionable young couple have moved in. With Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel and Will Ferrell. (Yari Film Group) FEB. 24 BATTLE IN HEAVEN: Haves and have-nots struggle for redemption in Mexico City. Reportedly, they have lots of graphic sex, too. (Tartan) DIRTY: Cuba Gooding Jr. and ``Capote's'' Clifton Collins Jr. are two cops caught in a vice of violence and corruption. (Silver Nitrate silver nitrate (nī`trāt), chemical compound, AgNO3, a colorless crystalline material that is very soluble in water. The most important compound of silver, it is used in the preparation of silver salts for photography, in chemical ) DOOGAL: Cartoon about a mean wizard. (Weinstein Co.) RUNNING SCARED: Mobster must move fast to save his family. With Paul Walker and Vera Farmiga. (New Line) SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE FINAL DAYS: The anti-Nazi German student's arrest and execution are recounted for the umpteenth time. (Zeitgeist) TSOTSI tsotsi Noun S African a Black street thug or gang member [perhaps from Nguni (language group of southern Africa) tsotsa to dress flashily] : South African teen thug steals car, gets baby and humanity in the bargain. (Miramax) TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION: Playwright Perry revives his drag character from ``Diary of a Mad Black Woman.'' You know whether you love this stuff or just look at it and go, ''What the ----?'' (Lionsgate) ULTRAVIOLET: Futuristic tale of a civil war between humans and mutant vampires. Milla Jovovich stars as a human or something close to it. (Screen Gems) UNKNOWN WHITE MALE: A man in his 30s loses all memories of his life. A childhood friend directed this documentary in which the amnesiac rediscovers who he is. (Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun ) FEBRUARY UNSCHEDULED ROLLING FAMILY: Wedding invitation prompts a grandmother to mend some fences. (Palm) MARCH 3 AQUAMARINE aquamarine (ăk'wəmərēn`, äk'–) [Lat.,=seawater], transparent beryl with a blue or bluish-green color. Sources of the gems include Brazil, Siberia, the Union of Myanmar, Madagascar, and parts of the United States. : ``Splash'' for teen girls and their little sisters. (20th Century Fox) DAVE A file sharing program from Thursby Software Systems, Inc., Arlington, TX (www.thursby.com) that allows a Macintosh to share files with a PC. Designed specifically for and needing installation only on the Mac, DAVE works with Microsoft's native SMB/CIFS file sharing protocols and uses CHAPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY: Brooklyn is the setting. Michel Gondry (``Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'') captures the comedy and musical stylings of Kanye West, Jill Scott and others. (Focus) DEEP SEA 3-D: Exotic creatures in the ocean. Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet narrate. (Warner Bros.) JOYEUX NOEL: On Christmas Eve 1914, German and Allied soldiers stopped shooting at each other and celebrated the holiday together. This got them in a whole heap o' trouble. France's foreign-language Oscar entry (even though it's about equally spoken in English, German and French). (Sony Classics) PULSE: Computer virus is a killer. (Dimension) 16 BLOCKS: Or the distance Bruce Willis' N.Y. detective must walk to accompany a petty criminal (Mos Def) to the courthouse. Thing is, there are some bad people who don't want to see the journey completed. Richard Donner directs. (Warner Bros.) MARCH 10 ASK THE DUST: Adaptation of John Fante's Depression-era novel stars Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Set in L.A. but directed in South Africa by that master observer of So Cal seediness, ``Chinatown'' screenwriter Robert Towne. (Paramount Classics) DUCK SEASON: Two bored Mexican kids make up adventures for themselves to while away an afternoon. (Warner Independent) FAILURE TO LAUNCH: Matthew McConaughey's parents hire Sarah Jessica Parker to seduce him into moving out of their house. And take them dang bongos with you! (Paramount) THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS: Life isn't beautiful for a mother and son in Asia Argento's adaptation of J.T. Leroy's autobiographical novel. (Palm) THE HILLS HAVE EYES: Remake of Wes Craven's psycho horror ``classic.'' (20th Century Fox) THE SHAGGY DOG: Disney's latest remake stars Tim Allen as the workaholic work·a·hol·ic n. One who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work. D.A. an evil science turns into a pooch, much to his chagrin and his neglected family's delight. Bad scientists, bad! (Disney) MARCH 17 DON'T COME KNOCKIN': First ``Brokeback Mountain,'' and now this Wim Wenders-Sam Shepard piece about a debauched de·bauch v. de·bauched, de·bauch·ing, de·bauch·es v.tr. 1. a. To corrupt morally. b. To lead away from excellence or virtue. 2. , aging cowboy actor coming to terms with his misspent mis·spend tr.v. mis·spent , mis·spend·ing, mis·spends To spend improperly or extravagantly; squander: misspent the funds; misspent their youth. past. Jessica Lange, Sarah Polley and Eva Marie Saint co-star. (Sony Classics) FIND ME GUILTY: Vin Diesel plays Jack DiNorscio, a hood who acted as his own lawyer throughout the longest mob trial in American history. Directed by an old hand at such things, Sidney Lumet (``Serpico,'' ``Prince of the City''). (Yari Film Group) THE INTRUDER: Textured imagery- and isolation-obsessed French director Claire Denis' latest about a loner who gets an illegal heart transplant in Korea, then sets sail for the South Seas. Hey, it's critically acclaimed. (Wellspring) SHE'S THE MAN: Amanda Bynes pretends to be her brother in order to attend a top prep school. Complications of the everyone-falls-in-love-with-the-wrong-person variety ensue. Filmmakers are blaming the concept on Shakespeare. (DreamWorks) THANK YOU FOR SMOKING: Aaron Eckhart plays the chief spokesman for Big Tobacco who enlists a Hollywood super-agent (Rob Lowe) to promote smoking in movies. The film, based on Christopher Buckley's very funny novel, elicited a bidding war after it was screened at the Toronto film fest. With William H. Macy, Robert Duvall and Katie Holmes. (Fox Searchlight) V FOR VENDETTA: British suicide bomber models himself after Guy Fawkes and tries to blow up Parliament and strike a blow against totalitarianism in this futuristic romp. Natalie Portman stars; the Wachowski brothers produce. (Warner Bros.) MARCH 24 BEAUTY ACADEMY OF KABUL: Like the title says. Expatriates return to teach a little glamour to post-Taliban Afghanistan. It's a documentary. (Shadow Releasing) BRICK: Teenage outcast delves into his school's crime ring to find info on a missing girlfriend. (Focus) INSIDE MAN: Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and Clive Owen head the all-star cast of this hostage drama directed by Spike Lee. (Universal) L'ENFANT: The winner of last year's Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. best picture award, about young Belgian panhandlers whose lives are changed, sort of, by the birth of their child. The Dardenne brothers directed. (Sony Classics) MARILYN HOTCHKISS' BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL: Lost souls meet (and mate?) at the title establishment. With Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Astin and Danny DeVito. (Samuel Goldwyn) STAY ALIVE: Frankie Muniz and Sophia Bush find a forbidden video game and can't resist playing it. Uh oh. (Hollywood Pictures) STONED: The life and death of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones. Someone named Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Gregory plays the legendary drug casualty. Even better, the guy who plays Mick Jagger is called Luke de Woolfson! (Screen Media Films) MARCH 31 ATL (Active Template Library) A set of software routines from Microsoft that provide the basic framework for creating ActiveX and COM objects. Stemming from the standard template library (STL) that comes with C++ compilers, ATL includes an object wizard that sets up : Kids skate and listen to hip-hop in this coming-of-age story set in Atlanta. (Warner Bros.) BASIC INSTINCT 2: RISK ADDICTION: For everyone who wants to see Sharon Stone drop her drawers and pick up an ice pick again. (MGM/Columbia) THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON: Documentary about the manic-depressive singer-songwriter. (Sony Classics) ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN: The Ice Age is about to end, putting Scrat, Sid and Diego in peril, though probably not enough to prevent a third movie. (20th Century Fox) LONESOME JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape : Casey Affleck fails to make it on his own in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and returns to even more depressing family dysfunctioning in Indiana. (IFC Films) LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN: Mistaken identity lands title character in a mob war. With Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis and Josh Hartnett. (Weinstein Co.) SLITHER slith·er v. slith·ered, slith·er·ing, slith·ers v.intr. 1. To glide or slide like a reptile. See Synonyms at slide. 2. To walk with a sliding or shuffling gait. 3. : Small-town horror comedy. (Universal). MARCH UNSCHEDULED EVIL (ONDSKAN): Troubled teen sent to boarding school. It doesn't help. (Magnolia) THE ORDEAL: Man looks for hotel room, finds madness and torture. (Palm) OUR BRAND IS CRISIS: James Carville manages a Bolivian presidential campaign. Things do not turn out well. (Koch Lorber) THE SYRIAN BRIDE: A woman's wedding means that she will never again see her home village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. (Koch Lorber) TRUDELL: Indian activist and performer John Trudell is profiled. (Balcony Releasing) APRIL April: see month. 7 BENCHWARMERS: Rob Schneider. David Spade. Jon Lovitz. Let the laughter begin! (Columbia) FRIENDS WITH MONEY: Jennifer Aniston is a down-on-her-luck teacher with irritatingly more affluent friends Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand and Joan Cusack. Written and directed by the observant Nicole Holofcener (``Lovely & Amazing''). (Sony Classics) ON A CLEAR DAY: After being laid off, 55-year-old shipyard worker decides to stop sulking and swim the English Channel. (Focus) PHAT GIRLZ: Big women cope with weight loss, love and acceptance. (Fox Searchlight) TAKE THE LEAD: ``Mad Hot Ballroom'' gets Hollywood treatment with Antonio Banderas teaching cute kids how to move to the music. (New Line) APRIL 12 SILENT HILL: Mother takes terminally ill Terminally Ill When a person is not expected to live more than 12 months. Notes: Any gifts given out by the afflicted person at this time may be considered as a dispersion of the estate rather than a gift. daughter to a fog-shrouded burg where there are no HMOs. (Screen Gems) APRIL 14 HARD CANDY: A vengeful tartlet tart·let n. A small pastry tart. Noun 1. tartlet - a small tart usually used as a canape tart - a small open pie with a fruit filling turns the tables on an older letch. Surgical procedures are involved. (Lionsgate) KEKEXILI MOUNTAIN PATROL: Heroic Chinese mountain rangers try to thwart illegal Tibetan antelope poachers. This movie sounds so wrong in so many ways. (IDP Releasing) THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE: No irony in that title (we think); Gretchen Mol plays the widely fetishized nude photo model of the 1950s. (Picturehouse) SCARY MOVIE 4: For everyone wanting to see Dr. Phil's motion-picture debut and Shaq, working hard to best his turn in '`Kazaam.'' (Dimension) THE SISTERS: Contemporary, Americanized update of Chekhov's ``Three Sisters,'' played by Maria Bello, Mary Stuart Masterson This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification. Please help [ to improve this article] by adding additional sources. Unverifiable material about living persons must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. and Erika Christensen. (Arclight) APRIL 21 AMERICAN DREAMZ: The president appears on an ``American Idol''-type show, unaware that one of the contestants is a terrorist. Sounds like that covers just about all the bases. Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid and Mandy Moore star in this satire by ``American Pie's'' Paul Weitz. (Universal) HOOT: Kids give a hoot Verb 1. give a hoot - show no concern or interest; always used in the negative; "I don't give a hoot"; "She doesn't give a damn about her job" care a hang, give a damn, give a hang , try to save endangered owls. (New Line) THE SENTINEL: Michael Douglas drops his pants again, this time playing a Secret Service agent caught in a compromising position because he's sleeping with the first lady. (20th Century Fox) APRIL 28 AKEELAH AND THE BEE: Another year, another spelling-bee movie. This one reunites ``What's Love Got to Do With It's'' Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett (minus the domestic violence, hopefully). They already love it at Starbucks. (Lionsgate) ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL Art School Confidential may refer to:
FLIGHT 93: Real-time re-creation of the passenger revolt on the hijacked airliner that went down in a Pennsylvania field on 9/11. Paul Greengrass (``Bloody Sunday,'' ``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. Supremacy'') directs. (Universal) RV: ``National Lampoon's Vacation,'' with Robin Williams learning the meaning of family. (Columbia) SAY UNCLE: Gay guy wants to care for children, triggers parental paranoia. It's a comedy, but a dark one, they say. (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 ) WAIST DEEP: Ex-con (Tyrese) isn't too happy after his car is stolen with his kid inside. (Rogue) WATER: Kid comes of age in colonial India as Gandhi rises to power. (Fox Searchlight) APRIL UNSCHEDULED ALPHA DOG: Drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood Jesse James Hollywood (born January 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) was a drug dealer and fugitive. He allegedly kidnapped and ordered the murder of Nicholas Markowitz. , a drug dealer who became one of the youngest people to make the FBI's most-wanted list. (New Line) CLEAN: Druggie drug·gie also drug·gy n. pl. drug·gies Slang One that takes or is addicted to drugs: "They're like druggies, but without drugs; they're drugged on their own apathy" tries to reconnect with young son. (Palm) DEAD MAN'S SHOES: Man comes home after Army stint, exacts vengeance on thugs who picked on his simple-minded brother. (Magnolia) FIERCE PEOPLE: The son of a well-intentioned junkie (that's what the notes say) gets a new lease on life when he goes to live with his mother's rich boyfriend. With Anton Yelchin, Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland. (Lionsgate) LA MUJER DE MI HERMANO: A man. His wife. Her brother-in-law. Telenovela A telenovela is a limited-run television serial melodrama of the type made famous in Latin America. The word is a portmanteau of tele, short for television, and novela ("novel/soap opera"). Telenovelas are essentially soap operas in miniseries format. ciudad, no? (Lionsgate) YANG BAN XI: Remember those big propaganda pageants they put on in Mao's China? This movie does. (Shadow Distribution) MAY 5 IN THE LAND OF WOMEN: Adam Brody plays a young man who finds himself in just such an estrogen-filled suburb. It's a romantic comedy, with Meg Ryan. (Warner Independent) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III: Tom Cruise, the studio assures us, will undertake the mission of his life. No word as to how many couches are involved. Awards-season darling 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. is the villain. (Paramount) WAH-WAH: Actor Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant (born May 5, 1957) is a British actor known for portraying the world-weary, drug-crazed alcoholic Withnail in Withnail and I. Biography Early life Grant was born Richard Grant Esterhuysen , who grew up in the former British African colony of Swaziland, directed this end-of-empire drama set there. With Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson and Miranda Richardson. (Samuel Goldwyn) MAY 12 GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS: Poor L.A. kid tries out for a top English soccer team. (Touchstone) JUST MY LUCK: Lindsay Lohan finds her charmed life changed after she kisses a handsome stranger. (20th Century Fox) POSEIDON: Wolfgang Petersen (``The Perfect Storm'') catches another wave, updating Irwin Allen's disaster flick with a gritty realism that doesn't leave much the morning after. (Warner Bros.) MAY 19 THE DA VINCI da Vinci Surgery A surgical robot for performing certain surgeries–eg, mitral valve repair and laparoscopic procedures–eg, cholecystectomy and gastric ulcer repair. See Laparoscopic surgery, Robotics, Surgical robot. CODE: Ron Howard and Tom Hanks shake the foundations of Christianity in this big- screen adaptation of Dan Brown's little book that could. (Columbia) OVER THE HEDGE: Woodland creatures cope with encroaching suburbia in this computer-animated comedy. (DreamWorks Animation) SEE NO EVIL: Delinquents on community service duty are stalked by psycho killer. Made by porn director Gregory Dark. (Lionsgate) MAY 26 CONFETTI: Three weddings, no funeral as a trio of couples vie to throw ``the wedding of the year.'' (Fox Searchlight) LITTLE MAN: Wannabe dad mistakes criminal midget for his newly adopted son. Hilarity ensues. It's from the Wayans brothers. (Columbia) X3: The third X-Men film adds Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast and Brett Ratner as director/The Great Satan. Meanwhile, the mutants choose sides when a cure is found for their condition. (20th Century Fox) MAY UNSCHEDULED LEONARD COHEN cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. : I'M YOUR MAN: Documentary about the hugely gifted singer-songwriter. Interspersed with tribute concert performances. (Lionsgate) STICK IT: Like ``Bring It On,'' only with gymnastics. Jeff Bridges stars. (Disney) JUNE 2 THE BREAK-UP: Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston play split lovers who continue to reside in the same condo. Why does this romantic-comedy scenario make us think of one involving husband-and-wife assassins ... ? (Universal) NACHO LIBRE: Priest by day, masked Mexican wrestler by night. Who but Jack Black could conquer such an acting challenge? (Paramount) JUNE 9 CARS: The latest Pixar offering involves the sentimental education of a motor vehicle. Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17 1963 in Pawnee City, Nebraska), better known by the stage name Larry the Cable Guy, is a stand up comedian, actor, and one of the co-stars of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and the subsequent series Blue Collar TV. and Richard Petty lend their voices. (Disney) A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION: Garrison Keillor's beloved radio program finally hits the big screen, courtesy of kvetchy, unlovable auteur auteur (ōtör`), in film criticism, a director who so dominates the film-making process that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur, or author, of the motion picture. Robert Altman (``M*A*S*H,'' ``The Player''). The all-star cast includes Keillor, Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep, Virginia Madsen and Lindsay Lohan. (Picturehouse) JUNE 16 THE LAKE HOUSE: Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock reunite without the explosions (and sans Jan De Bont) in this romantic drama about a couple exchanging unusual love letters. (Warner Bros.) JUNE 23 CLICK: Adam Sandler finds a remote control with magical powers that help solve all his problems, although - and this is the strange part - it doesn't actually make him any funnier. (Columbia) VOLVER: Spanish genius Pedro Almodovar's latest takes on the topic of death. Penelope Cruz and Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Maura star. (Sony Classics) JUNE 30 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: Young woman (Anne Hathaway) works hard to impress demanding fashion magazine editor (Meryl Streep) in this adaptation of the best seller. (20th Century Fox) SUPERMAN RETURNS: Bryan Singer brings him back. Lois Lane, too, in this love story set against the usual backdrop of cataclysmic cat·a·clysm n. 1. A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change. 2. A violent and sudden change in the earth's crust. 3. A devastating flood. destruction. (Warner Bros.) JULY 7 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean : DEAD MAN'S CHEST: Johnny Depp's Capt. Jack Sparrow and the gang are back for more jokey jok·ey also jok·y adj. jok·i·er, jok·i·est Characterized by joking or jokes, especially stale or clumsy jokes: jokey bumper stickers. , supernatural buccaneering. (Disney) JULY 21 LADY IN THE WATER: M. Night Shyamalan's latest concerns an apartment building manager who rescues a young woman and discovers she's a character from a bedtime story. (Warner Bros.) JULY 28 MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. VICE: Michael Mann resurrects his '80s TV show, with Colin Farrell perfectly cast as the Don Johnson replacement and Jamie Foxx as the other guy. (Universal) AUG. 4 THE ANT BULLY: Animated film about a bunch of ants who tire of a 10-year-old's bullying and shrink him down to size. (Warner Bros.) TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY: Will Ferrell plays a NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. driver. (Columbia) AUG. 11 ACCEPTED: Rejected by the higher-education establishment, a bunch of dumbbells open their own university. (Universal) THE VISITING: Aliens unleash epidemic. Little boy might be able to stop the invasion. With Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Oliver Hirschbiegel (``Downfall'') directs. (Warner Bros.) WORLD TRADE CENTER: The rescue of two Port Authority cops from the terror attack rubble. Nicolas Cage stars in Oliver Stone's contribution to 9/11 cinema. (Paramount) AUG. 18 SNAKES ON A PLANE: Like the title says. Good thing ``Indiana Jones'' isn't on board. (New Line) SUMMER UNSCHEDULED APOCALYPTO: Don't know if the ancient Mayans knew anything about the Book of Revelations. With Mel Gibson directing a movie about them, though, it'll probably seem like they were living in it. (Touchstone) SEPT. 22 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: The cast of a small indie film catches awards fever in this latest satire from ``Best in Show's'' Christopher Guest and his merry ensemble. (Warner Independent) OCT OCT ornithine carbamoyltransferase; oxytocin challenge test. OCT ornithine carbamoyl transferase, a liver specific enzyme. OCT Oxytocin stress test, see there . 13 INFAMOUS: ``Capote,'' the remake. Or at least the other version of the same story now being told in this award season's acting tour de force. This one stars relative unknown Toby Jones as the helium-voiced writer, Sandra Bullock as his pal Harper Lee and Daniel Craig (the next James Bond) as attractive murderer Perry Smith. (Warner Independent) MARIE ANTOINETTE: Sofia Coppola (``Lost in Translation'') turns her eye to Versailles. Kirsten Dunst stars as the title character, with Jason Schwartzman playing Louis XVI. Will the concession stand be serving cake? (Columbia) 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. . 3 FLUSHED AWAY: Clay-animated London rats, from the ``Wallace & Gromit'' folks. (DreamWorks Animation) NOV. 17 CASINO ROYALE: Daniel Craig's maiden voyage as 007. It's not a spoof like the 1967 movie - at least that's the hope, anyway. (MGM/Columbia) HAPPY FEET: Family movie about a penguin who can't sing but does a mean tap dance. George Miller (``Babe'') directs. (Warner Bros.) FALL UNSCHEDULED THE ASSASSINATION Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD: Like the title says. Brad Pitt is the outlaw; Casey Affleck plays the coward. (Warner Bros.) BABEL: People from far-flung parts of the world are affected by the same rifle. Latest from ``21 Grams'' director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal. (Paramount) FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS: Clint Eastwood restages the Battle of Iwo Jima The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought between the United States and Japan in February and March 1945, during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The U.S. invasion, known as Operation Detachment, was aimed at capturing the airfields on Iwo Jima. , and next year he does it again from the Japanese perspective. We're there for both versions. (DreamWorks) THE FOUNTAIN: Darren Aronofsky (``Requiem for a Dream'') hopscotches between past, present and future as a conquistador/scientist/astronaut (Hugh Jackman) looks for answers to life's big questions. (Warner Bros.) LITTLE CHILDREN: Filmmaker Todd Field follows up ``In the Bedroom'' with this adaptation of the Tom Perrotta novel about a group of harried parents coping with toddlers. With Kate Winslet and Jennifer Connelly. (New Line) LUCKY YOU: Curtis Hanson's (``In Her Shoes'') latest is a love story set during the World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker is the largest set of poker tournaments in the world. It is held annually in Las Vegas, lasting just over a month. A bracelet is awarded to the winner of each of the fifty-plus events which include all the major varieties of poker. in Vegas. Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore and Robert Duvall star. (Warner Bros.) THE REAPING: Missionary loses her faith after tragedy, then reconsiders after going to a small Louisiana town that's plagued with plagues. Hilary Swank stars. (Warner Bros.) ZODIAC: ``Se7en'' director David Fincher takes on the hunt for San Francisco's never-captured Zodiac Killer. Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo star. (Paramount) DEC. 20 CHARLOTTE'S WEB: Dakota Fanning stars, and Julia Roberts, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Haden Church, Robert Redford and Reba McEntire provide some of the animal voices in this adaptation of the beloved children's book. (Paramount) DEC. 22 DREAMGIRLS: The latest attempt at turning a Broadway hit into a tolerable movie musical stars Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles and Eddie Murphy. Directed by ``Chicago'' screenwriter Bill Condon, who's a pretty smart guy (he also made ``Gods and Monsters'' and ``Kinsey''), so this thing has a shot. (DreamWorks) THE GOOD SHEPHERD: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro Noun 1. Robert De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) De Niro star in this De Niro-directed look at the early years of the CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). . (Universal) HOLIDAYS ALL THE KING'S MEN: Writer-director Steven Zaillian will have more than a year to tinker with his remake of Robert Penn Warren's political novel, originally scheduled for release last Christmas. Sean Penn stars as populist Southern politician Willie Stark, a man whose corruption soon comes to match his ambition. (Columbia) THE DEPARTED: Martin Scorsese returns to the organized crime world in this story about two men infiltrating opposite ends of the law. Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon star. (Warner Bros.) THE GOOD GERMAN: Steven Soderbergh drama set in post-war Berlin where a journalist (George Clooney) becomes involved with an old flame An Old Flame is the sixth episode of the fifth and final series of the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. It first aired on 12 October 1975 on ITV. Background An Old Flame was recorded in the studio on 20 and 21 March 1975. (Cate Blanchett) trying to escape her past and get out of Dodge. (Warner Bros.) CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) A close shave for Natalie Portman in `V for Vendetta,' plus every film we know about in our 2006 MOVIE PREVIEW (2) `SUPERMAN RETURNS' June 30 |
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