GET SERIOUS IT'S TIME FOR MOVIES WITH MEANING.Ah, the fall film season. It's the time when studios release movies that are supposed to live up to the promise of the greatest art form ever invented. Compared, anyway, to the junk that they pump out the rest of the year. The 2006 serious season definitely looks promising, though, with Martin Scorsese returning to contemporary crime drama (``The Departed''), Pedro Almodovar returning to Penelope Cruz (``Volver''), Clint Eastwood deconstructing World War II's Iwo Jima flag-raising (``Flags of Our Fathers''), Sofia Coppola partying like it's 1789 (``Marie Antoinette'') and the adaptation of the acclaimed novel ``Children of Men'' by Alfonso Cuaron (``Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' and ``Y Tu Mama Tambien''). Even the new James Bond entry, ``Casino Royale,'' looks more realistic than, oh, the last 20 or so. And everybody who thinks they can pull off a ``Crash'' will be trying to convince us that their precious little drama is award-worthy. Of course, whether any of the fall movies will live up to their pretensions remains to be seen. Personally, we're betting on the comedy ``Borat,'' from 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 (aka Ali G), who plays Kazakhstani TV personality Borat, sent to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world, only to find a lot of disturbing things. Following is a list of all the movies we know about that are scheduled to open in L.A. from now through Thanksgiving weekend, plus a selection of highlights to look forward to in December. All release dates are subject to change. Coming to a theater near you Compiled by Bob Strauss and Glenn Whipp SEPT. 22 AL FRANKEN: GOD SPOKE: Franken might be speaking in this doc, but right-wing harpie Ann Coulter won't be. She wouldn't sign off on a debate scene because she looked bad. (Balcony) ALL THE KING'S MEN: Remake of the Oscar-winning look at corrupt Louisiana politics, based on Robert Penn Warren's multiprized novel. With Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini ... and they've still had to edit it for almost a year. (Columbia) AURORA BOREALIS: Slacker must decide whether to care for ailing grandfather or pursue a girlfriend to California. With Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland and Juliette Lewis. (Regent) DARSHAN darshan or darsan In Hindu worship, the beholding of an auspicious deity, person, or object. The experience is often conceived to be reciprocal and results in a blessing of the viewer. , THE EMBRACE: Mahatma mahatma (məhăt`mə, –hät`–) [Sanskrit,=great-souled], honorific title used in India among Hindus for a person of superior holiness. Mohandas Gandhi is the best-known figure to whom the title was applied. fights for peace, literacy. (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. ) FEAST: More like famine -- this horror movie is another ``winner'' from ``Project Greenlight.'' (Dimension) FLYBOYS: Yanks fly for the French in World War I. With James Franco and Jean Reno. (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. ) JACKASS jackass: see ass. NUMBER 2: More how-to pranks and stunts from Johnny Knoxville. (Paramount) JET LI'S FEARLESS: In which the titular martial arts superstar teaches that kung fu should be used to improve the spirit and not kick the ass. (Rogue) MAN PUSH CART: Immigrant sells coffee -- and bootleg DVDs -- in Manhattan. (Films Philos) RED DOORS: Chinese-American retiree plagued by madcap daughters. (Polychrome pol·y·chrome adj. 1. Having many or various colors; polychromatic. 2. Made or decorated in many or various colors: polychrome tiles. n. ) RENAISSANCE: Live-action/ motion-capture hybrid follows a kidnapping in a bleak, futuristic Paris. (Miramax) THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP: Michel Gondry's ``spotless mind'' turns to a young man (Gael Garcia Bernal) stuck in a state of perpetual adolescence thanks to his overactive dream life. (Warner Independent) ZEN NOIR: A Buddhist mystery. What more do you need to know? And would you really know it if you did? (Magic Lamp Releasing) SEPT. 27 THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND: Scottish doctor gets friendly with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). (Fox Searchlight) SEPT. 29 AMERICAN HARDCORE: Doc looks at bone-rattling Yankee punk music, including Black Flag, Bad Brains and the like. Bring earplugs. (Sony Pictures Classics) BEEN RICH ALL MY LIFE: Tap-dancing divas, ages 84 to 96. (First Run) THE BLOSSOMING OF MAX OLIVEROS: Twelve-year-old gay boy falls in love with a cop. Problem: His family members are criminals. (UFO UFO: see unidentified flying objects. (United Functions and Objects) A programming language developed by John Sargeant at Manchester University, U.K. ) EVIL ALIENS: Watch out. They'll abduct abduct /ab·duct/ (ab-dukt´) to draw away from the median plane, or (the digits) from the axial line of a limb.abdu´cent ab·duct v. you. (Image) FACING THE GIANTS: High-school football coach asks God for help. Movie has received mixed reviews among Christian critics and is notable more for the controversy surrounding its PG rating than for its content. (Samuel Goldwyn) THE GUARDIAN: A Coast Guard ``Top Gun'' with Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. (Touchstone) A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS: Coming-of-age story set in Queens. (First Look) JESUS CAMP: Six-year-olds learn to be Christian soldiers in this doc. (Magnolia) KEEPING MUM: Sweet housekeeper cleans by day, murders by night. It's a comedy. With Maggie Smith and Rowan Atkinson. (THINKFilm) OPEN SEASON: More digital talking animals who can't deal with nature. Martin Lawrence is the bear, Ashton Kutcher is the deer. (Columbia) SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS: ``Old School'' writer-director Todd Phillips remakes the 1960s British farce about a loser (Jon Heder) who enrolls in a confidence-building class. Billy Bob Thornton plays the teacher. (Dimension) OCT OCT ornithine carbamoyltransferase; oxytocin challenge test. OCT ornithine carbamoyl transferase, a liver specific enzyme. OCT Oxytocin stress test, see there . 6 49 UP: Another seven years have passed, so it's time for documentarian Michael Apted to check in on the 14 Brits he has been following since they were schoolkids. (First Run) AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM: Doc explores the connection between income tax collection and the erosion of civil liberties. (Cinema Libre) ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER: Teen spy battles evil computer manufacturer who's not Bill Gates. Based on the popular children's book series. (MGM) THE DEPARTED: Martin Scorsese. Jack Nicholson. Leonardo DiCaprio. Matt Damon. And Alec Baldwin! Cop infiltrates gang, gangster infiltrates Boston PD. Sounds kinda contrived. But jeez jeez interj. Used to express surprise or annoyance. [Alteration of Jesus1.] , it's gotta be better than ``Gangs of New York.'' (Warner Bros.) EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH: Loser (Dane Cook) decides to adopt some can-do spirit when he learns that a hottie (Jessica Simpson) will date him if he becomes employee of the month. (Lionsgate) LE PETIT LIEUTENANT Le Petit Lieutenant is a 2005 drama by French director Xavier Beauvois. Synopsis The title character is Antoine Derouere, a young man from the provinces who has just graduated from the police academy. : French rookie cop has a tough go of it. (Studio Canal) LITTLE CHILDREN: Suburban couples explore adultery and worry about the child molester who's just been paroled. Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson star for director Todd Field (``In the Bedroom''). (New Line) PAPER DOLLS: Philippine transsexuals care for Israeli invalids by day, perform at Tel Aviv clubs by night. (Strand) THE QUEEN: Stephen Frears' latest looks at how Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) and Tony Blair spent the week after Princess Diana died. Mirren is being talked up as an Oscar shoo-in. (Miramax) THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN: Not the sausage maker, the maverick Midwestern farmer. (Slowhand) SHORTBUS: ``Hedwig'' writer-director John Cameron Mitchell's latest in an unrated look at the sex lives of a wide array of New Yorkers. Hardcore, we're told. (THINKFilm) TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING: The origin 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.] . Like we really needed to know. (New Line) OCT. 13 CONVENTIONEERS: Republicans and Democrats put aside their differences in order to have sex. God bless America. (Cinema Libre) COPYING BEETHOVEN: Fictional account of the last year of the composer's life. (Myriad) DELIVER US FROM EVIL: Pedophile pedophile Forensic psychiatry A person with pedophilia; there are an estimated 500,000 pedophiles in the world. See Child prostitution, Megan's law, Pedophilia. priest confesses his crimes. (Lionsgate) DRIVING LESSONS: Teen learns to drive (no thanks to mom), gets gig driving eccentric woman not named Miss Daisy. Rupert Grint from the Harry Potter movies stars. (Sony Pictures Classics) THE GRUDGE 2: More Japanese ghost kids. More incoherent plotting. No Sarah Michelle Gellar Sarah Michelle Gellar (born April 14, 1977) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as the fictional character Buffy Summers in the acclaimed television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination. . (Columbia) INFAMOUS: This year's ``Capote'' story, focusing on the writer during the same time period as last year's. Festival word is not particularly good. (Warner Independent) MAN OF THE YEAR: Political comedian runs for office and wins. Is Al Franken taking notes? Barry Levinson directs; Robin Williams stars. (Universal) THE MARINE: Wrestling star John Cena comes home from Iraq to a fiancee who gets murdered by bad guys. Revenge, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. , is taken. (20th Century Fox) NEARING GRACE: High-school senior seeks truth in a beauty. (Whitewater) OLD JOY: Two friends reunite for an Oregon camping trip. (Kino kino the juice of certain plants, some tropical and some Australian eucalypts, used in medicine as an astringent. ) TALES OF THE RAT FINK: Life and times of hot rod designer Ed ``Big Daddy'' Roth. (Abramorama) TIDELAND tide·land n. Coastal land submerged during high tide. Noun 1. tideland - land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide coast, sea-coast, seacoast, seashore - the shore of a sea or ocean : Terry Gilliam directs story about a young girl seeking escape in a bizarre fantasy world. (THINKFilm) TRADE: Mexican teen crosses border to rescue sister from the sex industry. With Kevin Kline. (Lionsgate) THE WAR TAPES: War in Iraq as viewed through the cameras of National Guard members. (SenArt) OCT. 20 CAPTAIN SABERTOOTH: Norwegian cartoon about a loopy pirate. (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. ) DIXIE CHICKS: SHUT UP AND SING: Or what country radio will do to you if you dare speak out against George W. Bush. (Weinstein Co.) DOA (jargon) DOA - Dead on arrival. A piece of hardware that has never worked. : DEAD OR ALIVE: Kung-fu chicks battle evil, each other. (MGM/Dimension) EL CORTEZ: All we can find out about this movie is that it's a thriller and stars Lou Diamond Phillips. FAST FOOD NATION: Richard Linklater brings Eric Schlosser's best seller to the screen with a series of interconnected stories about people contributing to the fast-food industry. Word from Cannes: Cover your eyes during the slaughterhouse scene. (Fox Searchlight) FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS: Clint Eastwood directs the story of the flag-raisers from the World War II 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 how the event changed their lives. (Paramount) FLICKA: The girl-and-her-horse warhorse, remade with Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw and Maria Bello. (20th Century Fox) I LIKE KILLING FLIES: Doc about Greenwich Village restaurant Shopsin's. (THINKFilm) MARIE ANTOINETTE: Sofia Coppola interprets France's last queen as a kind of 18th-century celebutard. Luckily, Kirsten Dunst is a smart enough actress to bring more than that to the Versailles party. (Columbia) THE PRESTIGE: Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale play battling magicians in this dramatic thriller from Christopher Nolan (``Batman Begins''). (Touchstone) REQUIEM: Religious girl might be possessed by Satan -- or maybe she just downed one too many Red Bulls. (IFC) 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 : Augusten Burroughs' dysfunctional memoir is brought to the big screen by ``Nip/Tuck'' creator Ryan Murphy. Annette Bening, Brian Cox and Alec Baldwin take part. (TriStar) SLEEPING DOGS LIE: Woman regrets sharing sexual secret. (Roadside) TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN 3-D: Title says it all. (Disney) WONDROUS OBLIVION: Fatherhood, cricket and racism converge in 1960 South London. (APT) ZEROPHILIA: Man goes to great lengths to find true self. (Microangelo) OCT. 27 BABEL: Following their work together on ``Amores Perros'' and ``21 Grams,'' director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and writer Guillermo Arriaga present another multistory mul·ti·sto·ry also mul·ti·sto·ried adj. Having several stories: a multistory hotel. Adj. 1. movie featuring tragedy and heartbreak. It all begins with a gunshot accident in Morocco. With Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt and Gael Garcia Bernal. (Paramount Vantage) THE BRIDGE: Doc about people who jump from the Golden Gate. (IFC) CATCH A FIRE: Young man decides to become a terrorist to change the government in apartheid-era South Africa. Phillip Noyce directs. (Focus) COCAINE COWBOYS: Doc looks at Miami drug trade, starting with disco era, ending with ``Miami Vice.'' (Magnolia) CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD: Man questions God, comes up with best seller. Based on the book by Neal Donald Walsh. (Samuel Goldwyn) EXCELLENT CADAVERS: Battling the Mafia in Sicily -- hence the title. (HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy ) HOUSE OF ADAM Adam, the first man, in the Bible Adam (ăd`əm), [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over other life. : Closeted police detective investigates murder of his lover. (Hollywood Independents) SAW III: Never saw I or II. Not going to start now. (Lionsgate) 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 BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN: Sacha Baron Cohen's clueless Central Asian journalist tests the insensitivity tolerance of our great nation. (20th Century Fox) 20 CENTIMETERS: Narcoleptic transsexual dreams of becoming a man. (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 ) BLIND DATING: Sightless guy falls for Indian girl. (Samuel Goldwyn) FLUSHED AWAY: ``Wallace and Gromit'' stop-motion animators tell story of a pet mouse who has to contend with sewer rats after being flushed down the toilet. (Paramount) LOUDQUIETLOUD: A FILM ABOUT THE PIXIES: Doc about Frank Black's cult-fave rock band. (Stick Figure) THE PUSHER pusher Drug slang 1. A person who sells drugs, especially the 'heavies'–eg, heroin 2. A metal hanger or umbrella rod used to scrape residue in crack stems TRILOGY: Danish drug movies about dealers and users. (Magnolia) THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE: What would the world be like without Santa Claus? Before you answer, take into account that no Santa Claus would mean no ``Santa Clause.'' Now what say you? (Disney) SHOTTAS: Jamaican gangsters come to the States, try to leave criminal activities behind. Doesn't work out. (Sony) VOLVER: The latest from Spanish 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. Pedro Almodovar follows a dead woman who returns to make amends with her family. Penelope Cruz stars -- and shines. (Sony Pictures Classics) WRESTLING WITH ANGELS: PLAYWRIGHT TONY KUSHNER: Inside the mind of the Tony Award winner. (Balcony) NOV. 10 CLIMATES: May-December relationship implodes during a sweltering Turkish summer. (Zeitgeist) COMMUNE: Doc about counterculture coun·ter·cul·ture n. A culture, especially of young people, with values or lifestyles in opposition to those of the established culture. coun commune in Northern California. (Five Points) F---: Doc examines the history of a word we can't print here. (THINKFilm) FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS: Shy housewife becomes famous photographer. Nicole Kidman stars. (Picturehouse) A GOOD YEAR: Russell Crowe mellows out (we hope) in the south of France South of France south n the South of France → le Sud de la France, le Midi . Ridley Scott, who usually makes movies like ``Black Hawk Down'' and Crowe's ``Gladiator,'' adapted Peter Mayle's best seller. (20th Century Fox) STRANGER THAN FICTION: Will Ferrell's IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. agent is disturbed to learn that he's a character in a novel -- whose author (Emma Thompson) plans to kill him. Funny but, we're told, serious too. (Columbia) NOV. 17 BOBBY: The Robert F. Kennedy assassination The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy occurred on June 5, 1968. Kennedy, New York's junior United States Senator and a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, was fatally wounded by gunshots at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at approximately 12:16 a.m. as told by writer-director Emilio Estevez. (MGM) CANDY: Poet (Heath Ledger) hooks art student on free thinking and heroin. (THINKFilm) CASINO ROYALE: Some Bond fans seem rather shaken by the casting of Daniel Craig as 007. Get over it: He's already booked for the next entry. (Columbia/MGM) COME EARLY MORNING: Joey Lauren Adams (``Chasing Amy'') wrote and directs this story about a boozing Southern gal whose life is changed by the kindness of a stranger. With Ashley Judd. (Roadside Attractions) FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Christopher Guest's latest satire focuses on the cast of an indie film and their quest for Oscar gold. With the usual suspects: Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara and a host of others. (Warner Independent) HANNARI -- GEISHA geisha Member of a professional class of women in Japan whose traditional occupation is to entertain men. A geisha must be adept at singing, dancing, and playing traditional musical instruments (e.g., the samisen) in addition to being skilled at making conversation. MODERN: Doc about Kyoto geishas. (LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ) HAPPY FEET: Dancing CG penguins! Dancing CG penguins! (Warner Bros.) THE HOAX: A look at the life of Clifford Irving, the man who wrote an ``autobiography'' of Howard Hughes -- but really made the whole thing up. Richard Gere stars. (Miramax) THE RETURN: Career gal (Sarah Michelle Gellar) sees the murder of a woman she has never met. (Rogue) SWEET LAND: Norwegian travels to Minnesota to meet husband. (Forward Entertainment) TENACIOUS D IN: THE PICK OF DESTINY: Jack Black and Kyle Gass' questionable rock act strives to become the world's greatest band. Satan is involved because, well, how else could that happen? (New Line) NOV. 22 DECK THE HALLS: This year's competitive Christmas decorating comedy. Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick star. (20th Century Fox) DEJA VU: Sci-fi thriller about an ATF ATF Molecular virology Activating transcription factor A cellular protein that stimulates transcription of adenovirus E4 transcription unit, which acts early in infection at any of several 'enhancer' binding sites agent (Denzel Washington) who uses that been-there, done-that feeling to solve a ferry bombing. Reunites Washington with ``Crimson Tide'' director Tony Scott. (Touchstone) THE FOUNTAIN: A thousand-year span through past, present and future examines the pluses and minuses of immortality. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz star. (Warner Bros.) THE HISTORY BOYS: Big-screen adaptation of the Tony award-winning play follows the education of eight college-bound British lads. (Fox Searchlight) LET'S GO TO PRISON Let's Go to Prison is a dark American comedy that was released in theatres November 17, 2006, starring Dax Shepard, Will Arnett and Chi McBride, and directed by Bob Odenkirk. : Career criminal torments the son of the judge who sentenced him. It's a comedy. (Universal) NOV. 24 CAUTIVA: Argentinian teen finds her past is more complicated than she thinks in this thriller. (Laemmle/Zeller) FLANNEL PAJAMAS pajamas Noun, pl US pyjamas pajamas npl (US) → pijama msg; piyama msg (LAM : Couple goes from passion to desperation. (Gigantic) AND IN DECEMBER APOCALYPTO: Mel Gibson's violent 15th-century Mayan epic. Questions of artistry are sure to take a back seat to the controversy surrounding Gibson's PCH PCH Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria, see there episode. (Dec. 8; Touchstone) THE BLOOD DIAMOND: Leonardo DiCaprio leads us through West Africa's gem-financed civil wars. (Dec. 15; Warner Bros.) CHARLOTTE'S WEB: Kid-lit classic has Julia Roberts voicing the titular spider who saves Wilbur the Pig from becoming bacon. Dakota Fanning plays the little girl who helps. (Dec. 20; Paramount) CHILDREN OF MEN: Humanity faces extinction unless the last pregnant woman can safely deliver her baby. A cautionary tale from Alfonso Cuaron (``Y Tu Mama Tambien''). (Dec. 25; Universal) DREAMGIRLS: The hit showbiz musical finally comes to the big screen with Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Hudson (Dec. 21; Paramount) ERAGON: From one of those dragon fantasy books that kid wrote. You know if you care. (Dec. 15; 20th Century Fox) THE GOOD GERMAN: George Clooney again indulges his fetish for black-and-white journalist movies with this thriller about an Army correspondent tracking down an old girlfriend (Cate Blanchett) in postwar Berlin. (Dec. 8; Warner Bros.) THE GOOD SHEPHERD: Robert De Niro Noun 1. Robert De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) De Niro directs this drama about the early history 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). , leading up to the Bay of Pigs The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahía de Cochinos, also known as Playa Girón) is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones on the south coast of Cuba. . Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and De Niro star. (Dec. 22; Universal) THE HOLIDAY: Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet swap homes for Christmas. Maybe love interests (Jude Law and Jack Black) too. (Dec. 8; Columbia) HOME OF THE BRAVE: Three soldiers return home and deal with the effects of the Iraq War. With 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. , 50 Cent and Jessica Biel. (Dec. 15; MGM) THE NATIVITY STORY: The birth of Jesus, with ``Whale Rider's'' Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary. Directed by, um, ``Thirteen's'' Catherine Hardwicke. (Dec. 1; New Line) NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: It's when all the displays come to life, basically. Ben Stiller is the freaked-out security guard. (Dec. 22; 20th Century Fox) NOTES ON A SCANDAL: Art teacher sleeps with student and is befriended by obsessive colleague. Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench star. (Dec. 22; Fox Searchlight) PERFUME: Man with no smell creates the perfect perfumes, but does his process include murder? From ``Run Lola Run'' director Tom Tykwer. (Dec. 27; Paramount) THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS: Will Smith plays a homeless stockbroker (!) trying to get through life with his 5-year-old son. (Dec. 15; Columbia) ROCKY BALBOA: Sylvester Stallone, back in the ring at age 60. Why? Why? Why? (MGM) VENUS: Aging actor (Peter O'Toole) examines life while dispensing wisdom to hot young woman. Lots of Oscar buzz surrounding O'Toole's performance. Maybe he didn't need that honorary statue after all. (Dec. 15; Miramax) WE ARE MARSHALL We Are Marshall is a 2006 motion picture directed by McG dramatizing the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed most of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, the rebuilding of the program, and the healing that the community undergoes. : True drama of a West Virginia college's recovery after its football team goes down in a plane crash. With Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox and Ian McShane. (Dec. 22; Warner Bros.) CAPTION(S): 8 photos, box Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) THE `ROYALE' TREATMENT Daniel Craig as James Bond stars in our Fall Film Preview along with Kate Winslet, Michael Caine and a host of others (2 -- cover -- color) `Marie Antoinette' (3 -- cover -- color) `The Departed' (4 -- cover -- color) `The Queen' (5 -- 7) Clockwise from far left: Humanity faces extinction in ``Children of Men,'' with Clive Owen and Julianne Moore; Matt Damon in the Boston-set cop drama ``The Departed''; and Sacha Baron Cohen as a TV reporter from Kazakhstan in ``Borat.'' (8) ANNETTE BENING ``Running With Scissors'' Oct. 20 Box: Coming to a theater near you (see text) |
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