LEADING THE CHARGE.Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Writer Longtime friends George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have enjoyed a friendly game of box-office one-upmanship over the years, but they've never gone head-to-head before in the high-stakes summer - until now. Lucas' Jedi swan song, ``Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'' arrives in theaters May 19. Six weeks later - just enough time for everybody to wave goodbye to Yoda and Vader - Spielberg's modern update of H.G. Wells' ``The War of the Worlds'' lands to vacuum up moviegoers' money. To which we say: Thank heaven for small miracles. By any measure, 2005 has been a big fat dud. The films have, by and large, stunk stunk v. A past tense and the past participle of stink. stunk Verb a past of stink stunk stink worse than ever, and moviegoers have responded in kind - box-office receipts are down a good 10 percent from this year to last. (And 2004 wasn't exactly a banner year.) So if Spielberg and Lucas, the two biggest franchise-makers, want to dive in to the summer waters, we say, ``C'mon in. Even if you fail us, it's better than watching Vin Diesel change a diaper.'' Not that we won't be holding our noses at times. (In the interest of keeping an open mind - no names.) But the summertime, failures are at least interesting and sometimes spectacular. Nicole Kidman twitching her nose as Samantha in ``Bewitched''? Jessica Simpson wearing short shorts as Daisy Duke in ``The Dukes of Hazzard''? For some odd reason, we feel compelled to watch. And then there's the actual possibility of fine filmmaking, with new movies coming from Ridley Scott (``Kingdom of Heaven''), Doug Liman (``Mr. and Mrs. Smith''), Christopher Nolan (``Batman Begins''), Walter Salles (``Dark Water''), Tim Burton (``Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''), Richard Linklater (``The Bad News Bears''), Gus Van Sant SANT South African Native Trust (``Last Days''), Wong Kar Wai (``2046''), Jim Jarmusch (``Broken Flowers'') and Ron Howard (``Cinderella Man''). So the next four months have got to be better than the last four, right? Right? Titles and release dates are accurate as of press time. Some are certain to be shuffled (anything by Miramax). And we're guessing that by the dog days of August and after a lot of sun, even ``Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo gig·o·lo n. pl. gig·o·los 1. A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a woman. 2. A man who is hired as an escort or a dancing partner for a woman. ,'' directed by a guy named Mike Bigelow (we're not making this up), will find an audience. COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU Compiled by Bob Strauss and Glenn Whipp APRIL April: see month. 29 ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM: Documentary revealing the inside story of the travesty that was the Enron business swindle swindle v. to cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler is not entitled. Swindling is a crime as one form of theft. (See: fraud, theft) . (Magnolia) 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 improvement purposes. (Disney) LADIES IN LAVENDER: Elderly sisters Maggie Smith and Judi Dench take in a young Polish refugee 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 World War II. One of those manly British movies. (IDP) MACHUCA: Poor kids navigate a bloody Chilean military coup. (Menemsha) THE MAN WHO COPIED: Brazilian tale of a copy machine operator trying to impress a girl. Good luck. (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 ) 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) PRIMO AMORE: Italian guy tries to make his new girlfriend ``perfect'' by putting her on a starvation diet. (Strand Releasing) 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 baby-sitting skills, Ice Cube has been recruited to save the espionage action franchise and, secondarily, the world. (Columbia) MAY 5 LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF: Thom Andersen's exhaustive comparison of Hollywood portrayals of our fair city to more realistic footage of the same locations starts a six-day run at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre. (Submarine Entertainment) MAY 6 ANOTHER ROAD HOME: Israeli woman tries to reconnect with her Muslim Palestinian caregiver. (GeoQuest) 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) FIGHTING TOMMY RILEY: Aging trainer teams up with young fighter. As far as we know, euthanasia is not involved. (Freestyle) HAPPILY EVER AFTER The term happily ever after is used in association with many works of children’s fiction and romantic fiction. It describes a happy ending, often a cliché in which all the good characters have emerged victorious and all the evil characters have been punished. : French infidelity comedy starring real-life couple Yvan Attal (who also directs) and Charlotte Gainsbourg. (Kino kino the juice of certain plants, some tropical and some Australian eucalypts, used in medicine as an astringent. International) HOUSE OF WAX: Remake of the wax museum horror classic, notable for the possibility of showing Paris Hilton dipped in boiling goo. (Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .) 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) KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: Ridley Scott's Crusades epic, starring Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons and Liam Neeson. (20th Century Fox) THE LEOPARD: Luchino Visconti's great, epic look at the Italian Risorgimento, restored to its complete, 205-minute running time. Yes, there will be an intermission. (Criterion) ONE MISSED CALL: Japanese horror movie that sounds like ``The Ring,'' but with cell phones. (Horizon) MAY 13 BROTHERS: Romantic triangle involving two Danish brothers and one of their wives is exacerbated by Afghan War service. (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. Films) A HOLE IN ONE: Young woman believes a lobotomy lobotomy (lōbŏt`əmē, lə–), surgical procedure for cutting nerve pathways in the frontal lobes of the brain. The operation has been performed on mentally ill patients whose behavioral patterns were not improved by other will solve all her problems. Sometimes we feel that way after watching movies like this. (Beech Hill) THE HOLY GIRL: Catholic girl finds her calling after a random stranger rubs up against her in a crowd. (Fine Line) LAYER CAKE: Drug dealer takes care of loose ends before a planned retirement. Daniel Craig stars. (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) A LEAGUE OF ORDINARY GENTLEMEN A League of Ordinary Gentlemen is a ten-pin bowling sports documentary that was released on DVD on March 21, 2006. It was written and directed by Christopher Browne and stars Pete Weber, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Chris Barnes, and Wayne Webb, amongst other well-known names. : A documentary on professional bowling in the 21st century. (Magnolia) MA MERE: Island romance between a 17-year-old boy and his mom. It's French. (TLA) MINDHUNTERS: FBI takes agents to remote island for training in tracking down serial killers. Turns out, conveniently, there's a serial killer in their midst. Cast includes Val Kilmer, Christian Slater and LL Cool J. Get to work, boys. (Dimension) MODIGLIANI: Biopic bi·o·pic n. A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes. biopic Noun Informal a film based on the life of a famous person [bio(graphical) + pic(ture)] about the tragic, self-destructive painter stars Andy Garcia. (Bauer Martinez) 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) TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE: Legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler gets a biography, courtesy of son Mark. Think of it as ``My Architect'' for the cinema set. (THINKFilm) UNLEASHED: Jet Li is ticked off about something. So, for some reason, is Morgan Freeman. (Rogue) UP FOR GRABS: Documentary about that fight over Barry Bonds' record-breaking homer baseball. (Laemmle/Zeller Films) 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 KINGS AND QUEEN: A divorced couple go their separate ways and have alarming misadventures in this acclaimed French comic drama from Arnaud Desplechin. (Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun ) MAD HOT BALLROOM: New York fifth-graders gotta dance in this documentary. (Paramount Classics) SEX, POLITICS & COCKTAILS: Cuban filmmaker explores his gay side with a little help from a lesbian friend. (Regent) A TOUT DE SUITE: Parisian art student falls for a bank robber in this erotic thriller from Benoit Jacquot. (Cinema Guild) UNTITLED FIRST EXORCIST ex·or·cism n. 1. The act, practice, or ceremony of exorcising. 2. A formula used in exorcising. ex  or·cist n. 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.] THAT'S COMING OUT SECOND: Renny Harlin's awful reshoot Verb 1. reshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times" motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of was released last summer, but this previously shot possession prequel by Paul Schrader is reportedly much more intelligent, as we would expect from the guy who brought us ``American Gigolo'' (and, to be fair, wrote ``Taxi Driver'' and ``Raging Bull''). (Warner Bros.) MAY 27 GENESIS: The birth of the universe from the team that gave you ``Microcosmos.'' (ThinkFilm) THE LONGEST YARD: Remake of the 1974 flick about two prison inmates - a onetime 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 inadvertently shipped to the wilds of Madagascar in this animated offering. Chris Rock, Ben Stiller and Andy Richter are among the voice talent. (DreamWorks) MYSTERIOUS SKIN: Gay guy thinks he might have been abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point by aliens as a child. Gregg Araki directs. (Tartan Films) SAVING FACE: Woman turns lesbian just as her 48-year-old pregnant mother turns up. (Sony Pictures Classics) JUNE 3 APRES APRES Cardiology A clinical trial–Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition Post REvascularization Study VOUS: French romantic triangle involving food and suicidal tendencies. (Paramount Classics) 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. Rene Zellweger co-stars. (Universal) HIGH TENSION: French slasher slash·er n. One that slashes. adj. Characterized by gory violence: slasher movies. slasher Noun Austral & NZ movie claims to reduce the genre to its bare essentials. Tres bon. (Lions Gate) LORDS OF DOGTOWN: Heath Ledger and Emile Hirsch play pioneering 1970s skateboarders. (Columbia) ROCK SCHOOL: ``School of Rock.'' But without Jack Black. It's a documentary. (Newmarket) SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL: Or ``Hotel Rwanda: The Documentary.'' (California Newsreel) THE SISTERHOOD sisterhood: see monasticism. OF THE TRAVELING PANTS: Adaptation of the popular teen bonding novel. Amber Tamblyn stars. (Warner Bros.) JUNE 10 THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK BOY & LAVA GIRL IN 3-D: Ten-year-old outcast conjures up imaginary friends, goes on adventure. David Arquette and Kristen Davis play Mom and Dad. (Dimension) THE DEAL: Future oil war thriller stars Christian Slater and Selma Blair. (Front Street Films) DORIAN BLUES: Teen discovers he's gay. Awkwardness ensues. (TLA) EAST OF EDEN/REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE: New 35mm prints for the great James Dean movies. (Warner Bros. Classics) HEIGHTS: Manhattanites have a bad night of love. Glenn Close and Isabella Rossellini are in the cast. (Sony Pictures Classics) THE HONEYMOONERS: Cedric the Entertainer Cedric the Entertainer (born Cedric Antonio Kyles on April 24, 1964) is an American actor and comedian. Biography Personal life n 1992, he made his first TV appearance on It's Showtime at the Apollo. and Mike Epps channel Jackie Gleason and Art Carney. Or maybe not. (Paramount) HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE: ``Spirited Away'' director Hayao Miyazaki's latest anime epic about a teenage girl trying to break a curse that turned her into an old woman. (Disney) THE KEEPER: Loony sheriff keeps a stripper prisoner until she learns the error of her ways. With fun couple Dennis Hopper and Asia Argento. (Alliance) MR. AND MRS. 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) SAINT RALPH: Boy runs Boston Marathon because he thinks it will save his mother's life. (Samuel Goldwyn Films) JUNE 17 BATMAN BEGINS: Attempt to revive the franchise is supposed to take its cues from the darker, better comic book versions. It's his origin story, too, starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader. Directed by another Brit, ``Memento's'' Christopher Nolan. (Warner Bros.) 5x2: Francois Ozon's (``Swimming Pool'') latest chronicles the relationship of a couple in five scenes, starting with the end. (THINKFilm) MY SUMMER OF LOVE: Acclaimed British coming-of-age drama by ``Last Resort's'' remarkable Pavel Pawlikowski. (Focus) THE PERFECT MAN: Hilary Duff invents an ideal suitor for her screwy screw·y adj. screw·i·er, screw·i·est Slang 1. Eccentric; crazy. 2. Ludicrously odd, unlikely, or inappropriate. screw mom (Heather Locklear), then has to produce him in the flesh. Another one of those Hollywood macho movies. (Universal) JUNE 24 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) GEORGE A. ROMERO'S LAND OF THE DEAD: More movie zombies from the guy who started it all. Asia Argento, too. (Universal) THE GREAT WATER: Macedonian film about life in a Yugoslav orphan camp. (Picture This!) 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) THE LAST MOGUL: LIFE AND TIMES OF LEW WASSERMAN: A documentary of the Universal honcho Honcho A slang term describing the leader or person in charge of an organization. Notes: The CEO of a company could be referred to as the honcho or "head honcho." See also: CEO, CFO, COO, Insider, Leprechaun Leader . (THINKFilm) MARCH OF THE PENGUINS: Antarctic bird documentary. (Warner Independent Pictures) ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW: Divorced father and his young sons all find love. (IFC Films) RIZE: Documentary about the new inner-city dance phenomenon called krumping. (Lions Gate) YES: Globe-hopping romance between married American woman Joan Allen and Middle Eastern man Simon Abkarian. Religion and politics are confronted. (Sony Pictures Classics) JUNE 29 WAR OF THE WORLDS: Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise modernize the H.G. Wells classic about a visit from not-so-friendly aliens. (Paramount) JUNE UNSCHEDULED DEATH OF A DYNASTY: Satiric look at Damon Dash and Jay-Z's hip-hop empire. (TLA Releasing) JULY 1 LILA Lila - Patrick Salle'<salle@geocub.greco-prog.fr>. A small assembly-like language used for implementation of Actor languages. SAYS: Aggressive blonde upsets the boys in a predominantly Muslim French neighborhood. (Samuel Goldwyn Films) 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) UNDEAD un·dead adj. No longer living but supernaturally animated, as a zombie. : Grossout Australian zombie comedy. Stars a guy named Mungo. (Lions Gate) JULY 8 THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED: Young man mulls career choice: sleazy property shark or classical musician. (Wellspring) THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: Vietnamese-American boy looks for a new life in the United States. (Sony Pictures Classics) DARK WATER: Another remake of a Japanese horror film, classed up by the participation of actress Jennifer Connelly (``A Beautiful Mind'') and director Walter Salles (``The Motorcycle Diaries''). (Touchstone) FANTASTIC FOUR: The first Marvel superheroes Superheroes are fictional heroes who possess abilities beyond those of normal human beings. Superheroes may also refer to:
MURDERBALL: Rugby. Quadriplegics. Don't ask us how. (THINKFilm) 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 continues to be a very active retired filmmaker in this HD-shot reunion of ``Scenes From a Marriage'' couple Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson. (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 the sex and its repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl . Lisa Kudrow and Maggie Gyllenhaal star. (Lions Gate) HUSTLE & FLOW: Sundance Film Festival sensation about a Memphis pimp (Terrence Howard) struggling to become a rap star. (Paramount Classics) THE WEDDING CRASHERS: Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are divorce mediators who pick up bridesmaids at weddings they weren't invited to. (New Line) JULY 22 THE BAD NEWS BEARS: Billy Bob Thornton channels Walter Matthau. If anybody can do it, Bad Santa can. (Paramount) DEEP BLUE: Documentary on the ocean by the people who brought you ``The Blue Planet.'' (Miramax) THE DEVIL'S REJECTS: Rob Zombie's sequel to ``House of 1,000 Corpses.'' Expect more complex character work. (Lions Gate) THE EDUKATORS: German kids break into homes and rearrange the furniture. (IFC Films) 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) LAST DAYS: Gus Van Sant's meditation on the final hours of a troubled rock musician who's not Kurt Cobain but kind of is. (HBO/Fine Line) 9 SONGS: Hard-core sex, interspersed with concert footage of whiny rock bands. It's British. (Tartan Films) NOVEMBER: Photographer Courteney Cox investigates her boyfriend's murder. (Sony Pictures Classics) TROPICAL MALADY malady /mal·a·dy/ (-ah-de) disease. mal·a·dy n. A disease, disorder, or ailment. malady a disease or illness. : Surreal gay romance in a Thai jungle. (Strand Releasing) JULY 29 THE BROTHERS GRIMM: Matt Damon and Heath Ledger play the fairy-tale creators who go on a Terry Gilliam-style adventure. (Dimension) MUST LOVE DOGS: We have no idea what this title means, but the movie stars Diane Lane as a newly divorced woman trying to get back in the game of love. (Warner Bros.) NIGHT WATCH: First entry in Sergei Lukyanenko's sci-fi horror trilogy. (Fox Searchlight) SKY HIGH: Comedy about a school for the children of superheroes. Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston star. (Disney) SEARCHING FOR THE WRONG-EYED JESUS: Road trip through the South, featuring alt-country musicians, gospel choirs and weird writers. (Films Transit) STEALTH: A plane with artificial intelligence is about to start World War III World War III (abbreviated WWIII), or the Third World War, is a term used to describe a hypothetical conflict on the scale of World War I and World War II, or even larger, such as a nuclear holocaust. . From Rob 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. (``XXX''). (Columbia) JULY UNSCHEDULED APRIL'S SHOWER: Lesbian wedding. (Regent) CRONICAS: Miami TV reporter John Leguizamo investigates serial killings in Ecuador and discovers more than he bargained for in this acclaimed Spanish-language thriller. (Palm Pictures) ZU WARRIOR: Immortal warriors fight. Sounds pointless, but it's directed by Hong Kong superstylist Tsui Hark and features the always watchable watch·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being watched; viewable: watchable wildlife. 2. Good enough to watch: "The fastest modem ... Ziyi Zhang. (Miramax) AUG. 5 THE ARISTOCRATS: One hundred comics deconstruct de·con·struct tr.v. de·con·struct·ed, de·con·struct·ing, de·con·structs 1. To break down into components; dismantle. 2. the ``world's dirtiest joke.'' (THINKFilm) BROKEN FLOWERS: Lifelong bachelor (Bill Murray) learns he has a 19-year-old son, prompting a road trip to former flames - Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone and Tilda Swinton - in a search for answers. Doesn't sound like a Jim Jarmusch film, but it is. (Focus) 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.) GRIZZLY MAN: Germany's often offbeat Werner Herzog makes a documentary about a bear-lover who got eaten. (Lions Gate) JUNEBUG: ``Meet the Parents,'' Southern style. It's an indie, so it's probably not as cartoonish. (Sony Pictures Classics) THE PINK PANTHER: Steve Martin steps into Inspector's Clouseau's very big shoes. (Columbia) SECUESTRO EXPRESS: Abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. in Caracas, Venezuela. (Miramax) 2046: Wong Kar Wai's sequel of sorts to his swooningly gorgeous ``In the Mood for Love.'' (Sony Pictures Classics) AUG. 12 DEUCE BIGALOW: EUROPEAN GIGOLO: Like the title says. (Sony) FOUR BROTHERS: An interracial in·ter·ra·cial adj. Relating to, involving, or representing different races: interracial fellowship; an interracial neighborhood. family reunites to bring justice to their mother's killers. With Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin and summer's It Guy: Terrence Howard. (Paramount) THE GREAT RAID: True story of the World War II rescue of 500 American POWs in the Philippines. (Miramax) PRETTY PERSUASION: Schoolgirl Evan Rachel Wood cries ``sexual harassment'' just to stir up trouble. (Roadside Attractions) THE SKELETON KEY: Kate Hudson explores a creepy Louisiana mansion. (Universal) AUG. 19 ASYLUM: The wife of a psychiatric hospital administrator takes a fancy to one of the inmates. Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellen star in this adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel. (Paramount Classics) THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN: A middle-age coming-of-age story starring everybody's favorite comic character actor, Steve Carell. (Universal) RED EYE: Wes Craven-directed thriller in which Rachel McAdams tries to thwart murder on an airliner. (DreamWorks) SUPERCROSS: ``The Fast and the Furious'' on motocross motocross Form of motorcycle racing in which cyclists compete on a closed course marked out over natural or simulated rough terrain. Courses vary widely but must be 1.5–5 km (1–3 mi) in length, with steep inclines, hairpin turns, and mud. bikes. (20th Century Fox) VALIANT: British carrier pigeons save the day during World War II in this animated adventure. (Disney) AUG. 26 THE CAVE: Exploration of a vast Romanian cave system yields some alarming discoveries. (Screen Gems) CRY WOLF: After a young woman's murder, teens decide to spread a rumor that a serial killer is on the loose. Turns out they're right. (Rogue) THE UNDERCLASSMAN: Detective Nick Cannon tries to fit in at a fancy private school as part of a car theft investigation. (Miramax) UNDISCOVERED: About aspiring young show-biz types. Ashlee Simpson's in it. (Lions Gate) AUGUST UNSCHEDULED THE CHUMSCRUBBER: Suburbia: It's an existential dead zone. Alienated-teen story from Sundance. (Newmarket Films) SEPT. 2 THE TRANSPORTER 2: As if we even needed the first one. Jason Statham drives again. (20th Century Fox) SUMMER UNSCHEDULED 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 wins the Civil War. (IFC Films) CAPTION(S): 7 photos, box Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) ``War of the Worlds'' (2 -- cover -- color) ``Fantastic Four'' (3 -- cover -- color) ``Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'' (4 -- cover -- color) ``Kingdom of Heaven'' (5) ``Kingdom of Heaven'' May 6 (6) CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER (7) NICOLE KIDMAN and WILL FERRELL Box: COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU (see text) |
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