MARK YOUR MOVIE CALENDAR.Byline: Bob Strauss and Glenn Whipp Film Writers There are the final chapters (``The Matrix Revolutions,'' ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'') and the opening salvos for franchise hopefuls (``Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World''). There are sequel-proof movies (``The Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. ,'' ``Cold Mountain''), Christmas flicks (``Elf,'' ``Bad Santa'') and a return from Quentin Tarantino Noun 1. Quentin Tarantino - United States filmmaker (born in 1963) Quentin Jerome Tarantino, Tarantino (``Kill Bill, Vol. 1''). And we've only just scratched the surface of the potential pleasures of the fall movie season, a time when the weather turns colder (cold being a relative term here in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, ) and the movies get smarter - at least some of them. What follows is a comprehensive list for films through the end of the year. You may save it for reference, but remember: Dates will change. Movies will disappear. Some titles may even be added. Enjoy! Coming ATTRACTIONS SEPT. 19 ANYTHING ELSE: Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci are mismatched lovers in this Woody Allen movie they don't want you to know is a Woody Allen movie. Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, ``Saturday Night Live's'' Jimmy Fallon and the Woodman himself contribute comic appearances. (DreamWorks) CASA Ca´sa n. 1. A house or mansion. I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. - Bret Harte. DE LOS BABYS: American women Daryl Hannah, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, Marcia Gay Harden Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Biography Early life Harden, one of five children, was born in La Jolla, California, daughter of Beverly (née Bushfield), a housewife, and Thaddeus Harold Harden, a Texas and others cool their heels in a Latin American hotel while waiting to adopt local infants. Writer-director John Sayles' latest. (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) COLD CREEK MANOR: Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone move to the house from hell. Mike Figgis directs. (Touchstone) DEMONLOVER: International corporate intrigue over control of pornographic Internet sites is the subject of this controversial French thriller starring Connie Nielsen, Chloe Sevigny, Charles Berling and Gina Gershon. (Palm Pictures) THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS: To claim an inheritance, Cuba Gooding Jr. must create a hit gospel choir. The temptation part comes in the fine form of lead singer Beyonce Knowles. (Paramount) IN THIS WORLD: Berlin Film Festival winner about the struggle of two Afghan boys to make their way to Western Europe. Directed - quite effectively, it's reported - on digital video by Michael Winterbottom (``Welcome to Sarajevo''). (Sundance Film Series) MAMBO ITALIANO: My Big Gay Italian/Canadian Wedding. (Samuel Goldwyn Films) SECONDHAND LIONS: Young teen (Haley Joel Osment) bonds with old coots (Michael Caine, Robert Duvall). (New Line) TAKING SIDES: Based on the true story of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the Berlin Philharmonic conductor during the Nazi era whose efforts saved the lives of many Jewish musicians. Directed by ``Mephisto's'' Istvan Szabo and scripted by ``The Pianist's'' Ronald Harwood. With Stellan Skarsgard and Harvey Keitel. (New Yorker Films) UNDERWORLD: ``Romeo and Juliet'' with werewolves and vampires. (Screen Gems) SEPT. 26 CAMERA OBSCURA: LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. crime-scene photographer starts shooting art snaps of victims' rearranged bodies. This, understandably, alarms his wife. (Fish Eye Films) DUPLEX: Vile tenant turns the dream home of a young couple (Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore) into a nightmare. It's a comedy. From Danny DeVito. (Miramax) LUTHER: Joseph Fiennes plays the father of Protestantism. (RS Entertainment) MY LIFE WITHOUT ME: A 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. young mother decides to get the most out of her remaining Canadian trailer trash life. Stars Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Deborah Harry and Scott Speedman. (Sony Pictures Classics) PREY FOR ROCK AND ROLL: All-girl L.A. punk band has problems. With Gina Gershon, ``The Sopranos' '' Drea De Matteo Andrea Donna de Matteo (born January 19, 1972[1]) is an Emmy-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey. and ``Buffy the Vampire Slayer's'' Marc Blucas. (MAC Releasing) THE RUNDOWN: The Rock plays a bounty hunter Name for a category of persons who are offered a promised gratuity in return for "hunting" down and capturing or killing a designated target, usually a person or animal. who doesn't like to fight but has to anyway - wouldn't you just know it? - when he's sent to the Amazon to bring back Seann William Scott. Christopher Walken supplies menace. (Universal) UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN: A loose adaptation of the Frances Mayes best-seller in which an American (Diane Lane) moves to Italy and rediscovers life, love and the benefits of a three-hour lunchtime meal. (Touchstone) OCT OCT ornithine carbamoyltransferase; oxytocin challenge test. OCT ornithine carbamoyl transferase, a liver specific enzyme. OCT Oxytocin stress test, see there . 3 BUBBA HO-TEP: According to this, Elvis didn't die but has been hiding out in a Texas retirement home. Now that an ancient Egyptian demon is stalking the place, however, the King must lead a cadre of codgers to fight the monster. It's a comedy, we hope. Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis. (Vitagraph Films) THE EVENT: AIDS and assisted suicide assisted suicide: see euthanasia. are the subject of this indie drama. Sarah Polley, Parker Posey, Don McKellar and Olympia Dukakis star. (ThinkFilm) HOTEL ROOM: A variety of taboo sexual encounters play out in a seedy 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 hotel in this Spanish-Argentine co-production. (Hollywood Independents) THE HUMAN STAIN: Ruined professor (Anthony Hopkins) seeks redemption through friendship with a writer (Gary Sinise) and sex with a young woman (Nicole Kidman). (Miramax) OUT OF TIME: ``Devil in a Blue Dress'' director Carl Franklin reteams with Denzel Washington for another noirish thriller, this one set on a Florida Key where Washington's police chief gets in trouble over money and women (Eva Mendes and Sanaa Lathan, to be exact). (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. ) THE SCHOOL OF ROCK: Jack Black plays a loser guitarist who, while pretending to be a prep-school teacher, turns a bunch of smart kids into a smokin' band. A stab at commercialism by indie intellectual Richard Linklater (``Waking Life,'' ``Dazed daze tr.v. dazed, daz·ing, daz·es 1. To stun, as with a heavy blow or shock; stupefy. 2. To dazzle, as with strong light. n. A stunned or bewildered condition. and Confused''); written by co-star Mike White (``The Good Girl''). (Paramount) STATION AGENT: Sundance favorite about lonely people brought together by trains. (Miramax) WONDERLAND: Porn star John Holmes (Val Kilmer) juggles wife, girlfriend and drug habit while people around him start turning up dead. With Lisa Kudrow and Kate Bosworth. (Lions Gate) OCT. 8 MYSTIC RIVER: Clint Eastwood directs this dark story of three childhood friends (Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon) still confronting a jarring trauma suffered in their youth. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel, Eastwood's movie won high praise at Cannes this year. (Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .) OCT. 10 DOPAMINE dopamine (dōp`əmēn), one of the intermediate substances in the biosynthesis of epinephrine and norepinephrine. See catecholamine. dopamine One of the catecholamines, widely distributed in the central nervous system. : Artificial intelligence helps a computer nerd and a kindergarten teacher fall in love. (Sundance Film Series) THE FLOWER OF EVIL: An election in Bordeaux is the latest subject around which French suspense master Claude Chabrol weaves a class-conscious family mystery. (Palm Pictures) GOOD BOY!: Talking dogs from outer space. A Jim Henson Pictures production. (MGM) HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Rave party goes awry. (Artisan) INTOLERABLE CRUELTY: In this Coen brothers divorce farce, lawyer George Clooney takes on serial wife Catherine Zeta-Jones. Rather broad, we hear. With Geoffrey Rush, 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 Billy Bob Thornton. (Universal) KILL BILL, VOL. 1 Quentin Tarantino knows kung-fu. With Uma Thurman as the bride assassin looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. revenge on the title character. Vol. 2 due next year, if we still care. (Miramax) SEPTEMBER 11: Long in arriving on our shores, this controversial look at the day of infamy Notoriety; condition of being known as possessing a shameful or disgraceful reputation; loss of character or good reputation. At Common Law, infamy was an individual's legal status that resulted from having been convicted of a particularly reprehensible crime, rendering him features 11 11-minute shorts from an international assortment of filmmakers that includes Mira Nair, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Sean Penn, Shohei Imamura and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. (Empire Pictures) OCT. 17 FAIRY TALES: STRAIGHT MEN & THE MEN WHO LOVE THEM: A collection of queer-eyed shorts. (Hollywood Independents) PIECES OF APRIL April: see month. : Katie Holmes plays a black sheep whose efforts to mend bridges with her family - especially her dying mother, played by Patricia Clarkson - get complicated when her oven breaks while she's trying to make Thanksgiving dinner. (United Artists) PORN THEATRE: Omnisexual om·ni·sex·u·al adj. Pansexual. n. A pansexual person. om  ni·sex French farce set in, well, a porn theater. (Strand Releasing) RETURNER: An alien-fighting warrior from the future returns to present-day Japan, where she seeks gangsters' help in stopping the upcoming invasion. (Destination/Samuel Goldwyn Films) RUNAWAY JURY: Jury ``consultant'' (Gene Hackman) tries to buy justice. John Cusack, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz co-star in this John Grisham adaptation. (20th Century Fox) THE SINGING DETECTIVE: A movie based on Dennis Potter's acclaimed television series about a hospitalized writer who imagines himself a, well, singing gumshoe. Robert Downey Jr. plays the parts; Robin Wright Penn, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody and Mel Gibson play others. (Paramount Classics) SYLVIA: Gwyneth Paltrow plays everybody's favorite suicidal poet, Sylvia Plath. Daniel Craig is her husband Ted Hughes. (Focus Features) TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: Remake that gives new meaning to the phrase ``let 'er rip.'' (New Line) VERONICA GUERIN: Joel Schumacher tackles the true story of the kidnapping of an Irish journalist (Cate Blanchett) who covered her crime beat a little too thoroughly for her own good. (Touchstone) OCT. 22 IN THE CUT: Meg Ryan gets naked in this psychological thriller about a lonely New Yorker who becomes involved with a homicide detective (Mark Ruffalo). Jane Campion campion: see pink. campion Any of the ornamental rock-garden or border plants that make up the genus Silene, of the pink family, consisting of about 500 species of herbaceous plants found throughout the world. directs. (Screen Gems) OCT. 24 BEYOND BORDERS: Humanitarian aid workers in love Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen follow their passion to refugee camps in Africa, Asia and the Balkans. (Paramount) BROTHER BEAR: Boy discovers life's a bear when the Great Spirit turns him into a cub. New toon from Disney has new songs from Phil Collins. (Disney) ELEPHANT: Gus Van Sant'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. winner about a Columbine-like high school massacre has been praised and decried for its uninflected, fly-on-the-wall style. (HBO/Fine Line Features) GOTHIKA: Criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) wakes up accused of murder. (Warner Bros.) RADIO: High-school football coach (Ed Harris) befriends mentally challenged title character (Cuba Gooding Jr.) thereby ending racism in a small Southern town. (Sony) SCARY MOVIE 3: More irreverence. More flatulence flatulence /flat·u·lence/ (flat´u-lens) excessive formation of gases in the stomach or intestine. flat·u·lence or flat·u·len·cy n. The presence of excessive gas in the digestive tract. . No Wayans. (Dimension) YOSSI & JAGGER jag 1 n. 1. A sharp projection; a barb. 2. a. A hanging flap along the edge of a garment. b. A slash or slit in a garment exposing material of a different color. tr.v. : Gay love in the Israeli Army. (Strand Releasing) OCT. 31 ALIEN: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT: Four and a half minutes of new stuff, but mostly the chance to see Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic on a big screen. No better way to spend Halloween . . . unless you're, say, 5. Then you'd better stick to trick-or-treating. (20th Century Fox) DIE MOMMIE DIE: Female impersonator female impersonator Vox populi Drag queen, see there Charles Busch wrote and stars in this campy satire of 1950s domestic melodramas. (Sundance Film Series) SHATTERED GLASS: Journalist gets rich and famous for making stuff up. We wish we were making the premise up. Based on the story of liar Stephen Glass. (Lions Gate) 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. . 5 THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS: In which we finally learn the following: Can Neo save Trinity? Can Morpheus keep the faith? And will anyone still care after being less than wowed by ``Reloaded''? (Warner Bros.) NOV. 7 ANYTHING BUT LOVE: Faux '50s-style Technicolor musical. (Samuel Goldwyn Films) BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS: More documentary worship of L.A.'s late prose poet of the scuzzy See SCSI. scuzzy - The usual pronunciation of SCSI. life. (Magnolia Pictures) ELF: Will Ferrell plays the title character, a human raised to be one of Santa's helpers who blows it, relocates to New York and saves Christmas. Ha! Ha! Ha! (New Line) LOVE ACTUALLY: Multiple English love stories from the guy who's made a science out of this, ``Four Weddings and a Funeral'' scripter Richard Curtis. Curtis makes his directing debut with this comic free-for-all, too, telling the likes of Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley and Rowan Atkinson what to do. (Universal) LOVE FORBIDDEN: Gay love in an Italian college. (Strand Releasing) WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF: Danish director Lone Scherfig (``Italian for Beginners'') makes her English-language debut with this tale of a Scotsman who tries to find his suicidal brother a girlfriend - then falls for the prime candidate himself. (ThinkFilm) NOV. 14 HONEY: Disillusioned dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. dancer Jessica Alba (TV's ``Dark Angel'') feels better when she starts working with some poor kids. Lil' Romeo's one of 'em. (Universal) LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION: Who remade re·made v. Past tense and past participle of remake. Roger Rabbit? Joe Dante (``Gremlins''), that's who, with this show-biz-based story of cartoon stars Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck interacting with real human characters played by Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman and Steve Martin. (Warner Bros.) MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD: Russell Crowe sails the high seas high seas In maritime law, the waters lying outside the territorial waters of any and all states. In the Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large portions of the high seas. in this period epic from Peter Weir. Based on one of 20 books by Patrick O'Brian, so if it's a success, think of the franchise possibilities. (20th Century Fox) THE SINGING FOREST: Nazis kill gay lovers. One gets reincarnated. His daughter falls in love with his reincarnated boyfriend. Daaaad! (Hollywood Independents) TUPAC TUPAC Tobacco Use Prevention and Control (New Mexico) : RESURRECTION: The late rapper is honored with a documentary memorial that includes much previously unseen and unheard material controlled by his mother. (Paramount) 21 GRAMS: More on auto accidents, existentialism existentialism (ĕgzĭstĕn`shəlĭzəm, ĕksĭ–), any of several philosophic systems, all centered on the individual and his relationship to the universe or to God. and mortality - and this time in English - from ``Amores Perros'' director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. The impressive cast includes Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro Toro may refer to:
NOV. 19 THE MISSING: Ron Howard heads to the Old West in his ``Beautiful Mind'' follow-up about a woman (Cate Blanchett) who reunites with her estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. father (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. ) to find her kidnapped daughter. (Sony) NOV. 21 THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS: Talkative Canadians come to terms with mortality. (Miramax) THE COOLER: Loser (William H. Macy) shakes bad karma after meeting a cocktail waitress (Maria Bello). (Lions Gate) DR. SEUSS' THE CAT IN THE HAT: Mike Myers better not mess up playing my favorite childhood feline. This ode to domestic anarchy is directed by respected production designer Bo Welch (``Edward Scissorhands,'' ``Batman Returns,'' ``Men in Black'') and features Spencer Breslin and Dakota Fanning as the kids. (Universal) THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE: Acclaimed French animated feature which surrealistically charts the history of a three-sister vaudeville act from their youth through old age. (Sony Pictures Classics) NOV. 26 BAD SANTA: Chain-smoking alcoholic grifters (Billy Bob Thornton, Brian Cox) don the red suit to rob department stores. Terry Zwigoff (``Ghost World'') directs. (Dimension) THE HAUNTED MANSION: Disney brings another theme park ride to the screen. After the success of ``Pirates,'' we'd be foolish mortals to question their wisdom. Then again, Eddie Murphy is the star. (Disney) IN AMERICA: Irishman comes to New York to pursue acting in this personal story from filmmaker Jim Sheridan (``My Left Foot''). Samantha Morton stars. (Fox Searchlight) TIMELINE: Michael Crichton malarkey ma·lar·key also ma·lar·ky n. Slang Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive: "snookered by a lot of malarkey" New Republic. about archeology students who mysteriously find themselves in 14th-century France. Fast, furious Paul Walker stars; ``Lethal Weapon'' maestro Richard Donner directs. (Paramount) NOVEMBER UNSCHEDULED BLUE GATE CROSSING: Gay love in an Asian high school. (Strand Releasing) DEC. 5 JUNKED: A hustler, a hooker, a 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 - and they wonder why they've got problems. Thomas Jane stars. (Hollywood Independents) THE LAST SAMURAI: Tom Cruise plays a disaffected Civil War hero brought to Japan to modernize the military and get rid of the samurai. Once there, he changes his mind and his mission. Ed Zwick directs. (Warner Bros.) MONSIEUR IBRAHIM: Omar Sharif plays an old Arab man who befriends a Jewish boy in 1960s Paris. Isabelle Adjani's in this one, too. (Sony Pictures Classics) DEC. 12 GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING The Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Het meisje met de parel) is one of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's masterworks and as the name implies, uses a pearl earring for a focal point. : The story behind the Vermeer painting concerns a tilemaker's daughter (Scarlett Johansson) who becomes Vermeer's maid and, later, his muse. (Lions Gate) LOVE DON'T COST A THING: Update of 1987's ``Can't Buy Me Love.'' What's next? A new ``License to Drive''? (Warner Bros.) SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE: Jack Nicholson learns older women (namely Diane Keaton) can be fun, too. Nancy Meyers (``What Women Want'') writes and directs. (Sony) THE STATEMENT: Hit men come after a wily old French guy. Turns out it's because he worked for the Nazis during the war. Michael Caine stars for director Norman Jewison. (Sony Pictures Classics) STUCK ON YOU: The latest from the Farrelly brothers is a typically tasteful look at conjoined conjoined /con·joined/ (kon-joind´) joined together; united. conjoined joined together. conjoined monsters two deformed fetuses fused together. brothers facing the possibility of going it alone. With Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear as the twins. (20th Century Fox) THE TRILOGY: Three different movies - but all the same story. It's Belgian. (Magnolia Pictures) DEC. 17 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING: Frodo completes his quest. Peter Jackson gets his Oscar. (New Line) DEC. 18 BIG FISH: Tim Burton directs this tale of a man (Albert Finney) whose penchant for remembering his larger-than-life exploits (Ewan McGregor plays the younger version) has alienated him from his grown son (Billy Crudup). Great buzz. (Sony) DEC. 19 CALENDAR GIRLS: Old broads take it all off for a World War I charity calendar. Helen Mirren and Julie Walters star in this feel-good ``Full Monty.'' (Touchstone) MONA LISA SMILE: Julia Roberts convenes ``The Dead Poets Society'' for 1950s college girls. (Sony) DEC. 25 THE ALAMO: Dennis Quaid portrays Sam Houston, Jason Patric is James Bowie, and Billy Bob Thornton plays Davy Crockett in John Lee Hancock's attempt to separate history from myth at San Antonio's biggest tourist site. (Touchstone) CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN: Bonnie Hunt and Steve Martin play a couple with 12 kids. And here we thought eight was enough to fill our lives with love. (20th Century Fox) COLD MOUNTAIN: Wounded Confederate soldier (Jude Law) wants to go home to his sweetheart (Nicole Kidman). Anthony Minghella (``The English Patient'') adapts the Charles Frazier best seller in what Miramax will market as their powerhouse Oscar picture. (Miramax) THE COMPANY: Robert Altman's look at a ballet company stars onetime ballerina Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, James Franco and the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. (Sony Pictures Classics) PAYCHECK: In this adaptation of a Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 1928 – March 2 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. In addition to his dozens of published novels,[1] sci-fi psycho-story, Ben Affleck plays a genius who has his memory erased every time he does a job for a big corporation (place your own Canadian strip club joke here). When he doesn't get the usual compensation for his services, it's time to go total recall. Directed by John Woo. (Paramount) PETER PAN: Not only is the flying kid finally played by a real boy (Jeremy Sumpter), but this high-tech adaptation of the classic J.M. Barrie story is also, believe it or not, the first live-action feature film version of the sound era. If you don't count ``Hook,'' which we'd all like to forget anyway. P.J. Hogan (``My Best Friend's Wedding'') directed. (Universal) THE YOUNG BLACK STALLION: Or my favorite pony. (Disney) DEC. 26 FOG OF WAR: Acclaimed documentarian doc·u·men·tar·i·an also doc·u·men·ta·rist n. One that makes documentaries or a documentary. Errol Morris (``The Thin Blue Line'') takes on Vietnam-era Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. (Sony Pictures Classics) HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: Financially troubled Iranian immigrant Ben Kinglsey fights with recovering addict Jennifer Connelly over a choice piece of property in this drama based on the book by Andre Dubus III. (DreamWorks) DECEMBER UNSCHEDULED THE CHILD I NEVER WAS: Based on the true story of a 15-year-old German serial killer serial killer Forensic psychiatry A person who commits serial murders Prototypic SK White ♂ age 30; 97% are ♂; 80% are sociopaths. See Dahmer, Depraved heart murder, Ice Man. Cf Megan's law, Son of Sam law. . (Strand Releasing) CAPTION(S): 12 photos, box Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) Mystic River, Oct. 8 (2 -- cover -- color) Under the Tuscan Sun, Sept. 26 (3 -- cover -- color) The Last Samurai, Dec. 5 (4 -- cover -- color) The School of Rock, Oct. 3 (5) Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Oct. 10 (6) The Alamo, Dec. 25 (7) Elf, Nov. 7 (8) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Nov. 14 (9) Big Fish, Dec. 18 (10) Runaway Jury, Oct. 17 (11) Mona Lisa Smile, Dec. 19 (12) House of Sand and Fog, Dec. 26 Box: Coming ATTRACTIONS (see text) |
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