Film.September Hollywoodland (Focus Features) If Brandon Routh left you cold as Superman, how about Ben Affleck? He plays actor George Reeves (TV's Superman) in this look at the star's mysterious death. Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, and Bob Hoskins costar. (Sept. 8) The Covenant (Sony) A male The Craft? That's our take on this story of four hot guys with a supernatural legacy who must fight evil. The cast looks very WB with names that invite all sorts of jokes: Steven Strait, Toby Hemingway, Sebastian Stan, Chace Crawford, and as if all that weren't enough, Taylor Kitsch. (Sept. 8) The Black Dahlia (Universal) Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, and Mia Kirshner bring voluptuous oomph to this noirish tale based on one of Hollywood's legendary murders. Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart are the cops who are probably putty in their hands. (Sept. 15) The Queen (Miramax) Helen Mirren looks spot-on as Elizabeth II in this intimate drama about her relationship with U.K. prime minister Tony Blair. Stephen Frears (Prick Up Your Ears, My Beautiful Laundrette laundrette launder (Brit) n → Waschsalon m ) directs. (Sept. 30) Home of Phobia phobia: see neurosis. phobia Extreme and irrational fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation. A phobia is classified as a type of anxiety disorder (a neurosis), since anxiety is its chief symptom. (a.k.a. Freshman Orientation) (Regent) Sam Huntington (Jimmy Olsen of Superman Returns) plays a college freshman who pretends to be gay in a prank to get a hot girl to date him. Out actress Heather Matarazzo and John Goodman costar. (Sept.) October Shortbus (ThinkFilm) Writer-director John Cameron Mitchell's heady follow-up to Hedwig and the Angry Inch is this all-embracing, envelope-pushing comedy about sex and love (in every possible combination) in the fairy-tale New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. of our dreams. You'll never think of "The Star-spangled Banner" in the same way again. (Oct. 6) Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (Ocean Releasing) Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock has a field day with Kushner, the endlessly voluble vol·u·ble adj. 1. Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent. 2. a. Turning easily on an axis; rotating. b. Botany Twining or twisting: a voluble vine. , fascinating, argumentative, and inspiring Pulitzer Prize-winner for Angels in America Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is an award winning play in two parts by American playwright Tony Kushner. It has been made into both a television miniseries of the same name and an opera by Peter Eötvös. . George C. Wolfe, Meryl Streep, Tonya Pinkins, Maurice Sendak, and many others make an appearance, but Kushner is always the center of attention. (Oct. 9) Running With Scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends (Sony) Augusten Burroughs's extravagantly comic tale of growing up queer in a very strange household. [See page 50] (Oct. 11) Infamous (Warner Independent) Talk about a tough act to follow: In the footsteps of Capote, Infamous is also the story of the writing of In Cold Blood. Toby Jones plays Capote, Sandra Bullock is Harper Lee, and the new Bond (Daniel Craig) is the killer Perry Smith. In this version, Capote is said to clearly fall in love with Perry--and who could blame him? (Oct. 13) Trade (Lions Gate) German director Marco Kreuzpaintner follows his delightfully fluffy gay romance Summer Storm with this harrowing look at sex trafficking. Young Jorge (Cesar Ramos) teams with a Texas cop (Kevin Kline) to rescue his little sister. (Oct. 13) Marie Antoinette (Sony) Maybe she never said "Let them eat cake," but Kirsten Dunst as the ill-fated royal sure has style. Manolo Blahniks fit for a queen and great pop songs are just the start in this boldly modern, never-dull period piece by director Sofia Coppola. Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Asia Argento, Marianne Faithfull, and Rip Torn have a blast sparring with each other at Versailles. (Oct. 20). November Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Fox) Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen[1] (born 13 October, 1971) is an English comedian, writer and actor most noted for his comic characters Borat (a Kazakh reporter), Ali G (a junglist-hip hop gangsta wannabe (the creator of All G) takes his clueless clue·less adj. Lacking understanding or knowledge. clueless Adjective Slang helpless or stupid Adj. 1. reporter Borat on a road trip throughout the United States, never failing to miss an opportunity for laughing at gay panic from his Eastern European hero. Truly silly. (Nov. 3) Volver (Sony Classics) Pedro Almodovar is at the top of his game in this wonderfully satisfying story of a mother (the poised, magnificent Penelope Cruz) who covers up the murder of her deadbeat dead·beat 1 Slang n. 1. One who does not pay one's debts. 2. A lazy person; a loafer. adj. Not fulfilling one's obligations or paying one's debts: a deadbeat dad. husband by their daughter. Funny, moving, unexpected--it's prime Almodovar. (Nov. 3) Fur (Picturehouse) Nicole Kidman is reportedly magnetic and Oscar-worthy as the famed but troubled photographer Diane Arbus, who committed suicide in 1971. Robert Downey Jr. costars, and Steven Shainberg (the kinky Secretary) directs, but it's Kidman all the way. (Nov. 10) Casino Royale (Sony) A newly imagined, tougher, more realistic Bond? Fine, as long as they keep the Bond girls coming (for the ladies For the Ladies is a extended play by Machine Gun Fellatio. The extended play was released in 2002. Track listing
For Your Consideration (Warner Independent) Another improvised comedy from the brilliant Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman Waiting for Guffman is a musical mockumentary starring, co-written and directed by Christopher Guest that was released in 1997. It stars a cast of actors who have come to form an acting troupe that has appeared in a series of Guest-directed mockumentaries. , A Mighty Wind) that's sure to be "best in show" for us, especially with its focus on actors enjoying the Oscar buzz. The cast is bursting with favorites like Ricky Gervais, Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, and many more. (Nov. 17) Bobby (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. ) Emilio Estevez finally returns to center stage with this Altmanesque drama about the 22 people who were at the Ambassador Hotel the day Bobby Kennedy was assassinated. The stellar cast includes Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore, Harry Belafonte, Shia LaBeouf, Laurence Fishburne, and many more. This is the tantalizing tan·ta·lize tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. wild card of the Oscar season. (Nov. 22) The History Boys (Fox Searchlight) Director Nicholas Hytner and out writer Alan Bennett bring the Tony-winning charmer charm·er n. 1. One that charms, especially a disarmingly attractive person. 2. One who casts spells; an enchanter or magician. Noun 1. to the big screen. The winning cast includes Richard Griffiths (of Harry Potter and Withnail & I fame) in the role of a lifetime, not to mention delightful lads like Dominic Cooper, Stephen Campbell Moore Stephen Campbell Moore (born Stephen Thorpe) is an English actor. Biography Career Moore trained at Guildhall and made his screen debut in Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things. He is primarily a stage actor, and has performed with the RSC. , and the especially delightful Samuel Barnett as Posner. (Nov. 24) 3 Needles (Wolfe) Out filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald directed this movie that connects three different stories--set in rural China, a plantation in Africa, and the Montreal porn industry--to illustrate the face of AIDS today. Made in cooperation with the United Nations, but with Sandra Oh, Chloe Sevigny, and Olympia Dukakis playing nuns, Stockard Channing as the mother of a porn star, and Sook-Yin Lee of Shortbus, it's sure to be more than just noble and informative. (Dec. 1) |
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