MARK YOUR MOVIE CALENDARS.Byline: Bob Strauss and Glenn Whipp Film Writers We're heading into the home stretch of the film year with each week packed past the point of bursting. Fortunately, many of these movies will be expanding to additional theaters in January, so you can keep up with the pleasures and burdens of the holiday season and still have time to catch them at a later date. Even now, release dates can change on short notice. However, those preparing to get in line now for the last ``Lord of the Rings'' movie will probably be OK. Well ... as OK as anyone who stands in line for a month to see a movie can be. Happy holidays! 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. . 14 ANYTHING BUT LOVE: Faux '50s-style Technicolor musical. (Samuel Goldwyn Films) CARNAGE: Bull dies in arena; its parts are shipped to unsuspecting people across Europe. Reactions vary. (Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun ) GIRLHOOD: Acclaimed documentary follows two teens through Baltimore's juvenile justice system. (Wellspring) 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 BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .) 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) 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) NOV. 21 THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS: Talkative Canadians come to terms with mortality. (Miramax) DR. SEUSS' THE CAT IN THE HAT: Mike Myers had 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) GOTHIKA: Psychologist (Halle Berry) awakens in an asylum accused of murdering her husband. (Warner Bros.) THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED: Documentary follows the removal and reinstatement of leftist left·ism also Left·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political left. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left. left Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. (Film Forum) THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE: Acclaimed French animated feature that surrealistically charts the history of a three-sister vaudeville act from youth through old age. (Sony Pictures Classics) 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. (Focus Features) 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) CITY OF NO LIMITS: Award-winning Spanish film about a dying father with a big secret. (Venevision) THE COOLER: Loser (William H. Macy) shakes bad karma after meeting a cocktail waitress (Maria Bello). (Lions Gate) THE HAUNTED MANSION: Disney brings another theme park ride to the screen. After the success of ``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 ,'' we'd be foolish mortals to question their wisdom. Then again, Eddie Murphy is the star. (Disney) IN AMERICA: Irishman comes to 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 to pursue acting in this personal story from filmmaker Jim Sheridan (``My Left Foot''). Samantha Morton stars. (Fox Searchlight) 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) 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 archaeology students who mysteriously find themselves in 14th-century France. Fast, furious Paul Walker stars; ``Lethal Weapon'' maestro Richard Donner directs. (Paramount) NOV. 28 MY FLESH AND BLOOD: Documentary about a mother who has adopted 11 children, all with special needs. (Strand) DEC. 5 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY: See Lancaster and Kerr roll around in the surf in a new 35mm print. HONEY: Sexy dancer (Jessica Alba) moves to the big city. All she wants to do is open a dance studio for poor kids; all her mentor wants to do is sleep with her. All we want to do is avoid this movie. (Universal) INCANTATO: Italian womanizer wom·an·ize v. woman·ized, woman·iz·ing, woman·iz·es v.intr. To pursue women lecherously. v.tr. To give female characteristics to; feminize. meets his match with a blind woman. 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. Plays for a one-week Oscar-qualifying run and then reopens next year. (Sony Pictures Classics) DEC. 10 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. 12 AU HASARD BALTHAZAR: Bresson's masterpiece about a donkey's encounters with the vices of humanity. (Rialto Rialto, city (1990 pop. 72,388), San Bernardino co., S Calif., a residential suburb of San Bernardino; inc. 1911. The city has greatly expanded as a result of the economic and demographic growth of the southern California area. Pictures) 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) HOTEL ROOM: Weird people, weird stories in a New York hotel room on the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. . (Hollywood Independents) 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.) PRISONER OF PARADISE: Documentary about Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret star of the 1920s and '30s who was sent to a concentration camp and ordered to produce a pro-Nazi propaganda film. (Menemsha) 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) DEC. 17 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING: Frodo completes his quest. Peter Jackson gets his Oscar. (New Line) 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, distaff ``Full Monty.'' (Touchstone) FOG OF WAR: Eleven lessons from the life of controversial former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, who presided over the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. . (Sony Pictures Classics) MONA LISA SMILE: Julia Roberts convenes ``The Dead Poets Society'' for 1950s college girls. (Sony) WHAT ALICE FOUND: In brief: She found a couple of pimps. (Castle Hill) DEC. 25 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 its 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) MONSTER: Charlize Theron takes off her makeup to play a highway prostitute who takes to murdering any john who tries to rape her. (Newmarket) 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 - in IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard . (Disney) DEC. 26 HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: Financially troubled Iranian immigrant Ben Kingsley fights with recovering addict Jennifer Connelly over a choice piece of property in this drama based on the book by Andre Dubus III. (DreamWorks) ONE FROM THE HEART: A new generation has the chance to discover this folly from Francis Ford Coppola Noun 1. Francis Ford Coppola - United States filmmaker (born in 1939) Coppola . DEC. 31 JAPANESE STORY: Aussie geologist (Toni Collette) gets stuck in the Outback with overbearing Japanese businessman. Cultures clash. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) COLD MOUNTAIN: Dec. 25 (2) HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: Dec. 26 (3) BIG FISH: Dec. 10 (4) THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KINGS: Dec. 17 |
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