SUMMER FILMS '99.May 12 Trippin': Day-dreaming high schooler must confront reality when his parents threaten to eliminate his prom allowance. (Rogue) May 14 American Job: Working a minimum-wage job can be, well, less than rewarding in this deadpan comedy. (Bluemark) Black Mask: Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts Eritrea
Eight Days a Week: A kid just out of high school (Joshua Shaefer) stands in front of his neighbor's window until, he hopes, she'll fall in love with him. His infatuation is understandable, seeing as how the object of his affection is played by ``Felicity'' star Keri Russell. Still, you think there'd be some kind of law against this. (Legacy Releasing) Endurance: Docudrama about champion Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie (Ge'ez: ኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, haylē gebre silassē; born April 18, 1973) is an Ethiopian long distance track and road running athlete. . The subject plays himself in restaged sequences. (Hollywood Pictures) Mascara: Three friends (Lumi Cavazos, Amanda de Cadenet Amanda de Cadenet (born May 19, 1972) is a British-born actress and photographer. Though she was initially better known as the daughter of British race car driver Alain de Cadenet and as a "wild child" socialite, she has since earned acclaim as a fashion/portrait photographer. and Ione Skye), panicking as their 30th birthdays approach, provide mutual support. (Phaedra Cinema) A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and : All-star rendition of Shakespeare's beloved romantic fantasy, updated from ancient Greece to turn-of-the-century Tuscany. Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart and Stanley Tucci are among the 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. forest frolickers. (Fox Searchlight) The Photographer: Documentary built around slides taken in the Lodz ghetto during the Holocaust. (Seventh Art Releasing) Tea With Mussolini: Franco Zeffirelli takes a page from his childhood in this coming-of-age tale of an illegitimate boy raised by a bunch of eccentrics. Cher, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright are the women in his life. (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 Underground Comedy Movie: Raunchy raun·chy adj. raun·chi·er, raun·chi·est Slang 1. a. Obscene, lewd, or vulgar: "[He] skit compilation featuring such renowned mirthmakers as Joey Buttafuoco and Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash. (Phaedra Cinema) May 19 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace: George Lucas returns to feature directing for the first time since the original ``Star Wars'' 22 years ago. In this digitally state-of-the-art 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.] to the hugely popular sci-fi adventure, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and 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. play Jedi knights who train the young boy, Anakin Skywalker, who will grow into the evil Darth Vader. Yoda and the Droids return (or is that preturn?), and a lot of new special-effects creatures are introduced. (20th Century Fox) May 21 Besieged be·siege tr.v. be·sieged, be·sieg·ing, be·sieg·es 1. To surround with hostile forces. 2. To crowd around; hem in. 3. : Thandie Newton (``Beloved'') plays a refugee from an oppressive African regime who takes up maid work in Rome for an oddball English musician (David Thewlis). Romantic obsession ensues. Directed, not surprisingly, by Bernardo Bertolucci. (Fine Line Features) Frogs for Snakes: Talentless actors literally kill to get into an obscure stage production of David Mamet's ``American Buffalo.'' The same cannot be said of the film's cast; Barbara Hershey, Robbie Coltrane, John Leguizamo and Ian Hart are usually pretty darn good. (TSG TSG The Smoking Gun (web site) TSG Technology Services Group (UK) TSG Technical Specification Group TSG Timing Signal Generator TSG Technical Support Group TSG Tumor Suppressor Gene TSG ThermoSalinoGraph Pictures) The King of Masks: An elderly, itinerant street magician has no son to pass the secrets of his traditional art onto, so he has to settle for teaching a worthless orphan girl. Set in rural China of the 1930s; directed by Wu Tianming. (Samuel Goldwyn Films) The Love Letter: Kate Capshaw (Mrs. Steven Spielberg) receives a mushy mush·y adj. mush·i·er, mush·i·est 1. Resembling mush in consistency; soft. 2. Informal a. Excessively sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental. b. note, and it changes her life. The ``Star Wars'' antidote. (DreamWorks) Midaq Alley: Acclaimed Mexican urban melodrama based on a novel by Egyptian Nobel prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. winner Naguib Mahfuz. Salma Hayek is featured. (Northern Arts) Olympia: A man begins to understand the impact of his will when he meets a Mexican Olympic athlete. (King Pictures) May 28 The Delicate Art of the Rifle: Hallucinatory hal·lu·ci·na·to·ry adj. 1. Of or characterized by hallucination. 2. Inducing or causing hallucination. look at the 1966 University of Texas tower massacre. (CLC (The Computer Language Company Inc.) The publisher of this Encyclopedia. See About this product. Films) Eternity and a Day Eternity and a Day (Greek: Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera : Theo Angelopoulos' latest Greek tragedy of the mind. (Artistic License) Keepers of the Frame: Documentary about the effort to restore and preserve our chemically disintegrating film heritage. Leonard Maltin, Alan Alda and Debbie Reynolds are among the commentators. The Loss of Sexual Innocence: Writer-director Mike Figgis (``Leaving Las Vegas'') uses the story of Adam and Eve Adam and Eve In the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, the parents of the human race. Genesis gives two versions of their creation. In the first, God creates “male and female in his own image” on the sixth day. to illustrate the events of one man's life. Sound tempting? Maybe if you're into dense allegories. (Sony Pictures Classics) Love Etc.: French menage a trois ménage à trois n. A relationship in which three people, such as a married couple and a lover, live together and have sexual relations. [French : ménage, household + à, for in which Charlotte Gainsbourg marries a guy in order to get close to his more attractive friend. The filmmakers would like you to consider this a modern version of ``Jules and Jim.'' (Phaedra Cinema) Notting Hill: Hugh Grant plays an oh-so-English bookstore owner who falls for the world's biggest movie star, played by (casting stretch) Julia Roberts. It's the first of two romantic pairings for Roberts this summer (``Runaway Bride'' with Richard Gere being the other). Written by Richard Curtis, who gave Grant good material in ``Four Weddings and a Funeral.'' (Universal) Port Djema: Romance set in East Africa. (Shadow Releasing) The Thirteenth Floor: Isn't computer technology wonderful? It's only been two months since ``The Matrix'' hit it big, and there's already a clone on the market. When the co-inventor of a virtual-reality time-travel program is framed for killing his partner, he has to enter a cyber-1930s Los Angeles to solve the crime. (Columbia) A Little Bit of Soul: Geoffrey Rush stars in this Australian comedy about a researcher who may have discovered the fountain of youth Fountain of Youth legendary fountain of eternal youth. [World Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 432] See : Unattainability but may not survive a weekend in the country with potential bankrollers. Director Peter Duncan made the outlandishly sophisticated political satire ``Children of the Revolution'' last time out. (Phaedra Cinema) June 4 Buena Vista Social Club The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s. : Documentary film companion to Ry Cooder's award-winning Cuban jazz album. Directed by ``Wings of Desire's'' Wim Wenders. (Artisan Entertainment) Following: Psychological thriller about a guy who likes to follow people and how that gets him into trouble. (Zeitgeist Films) Funny Games: Austrian thriller in which two young men hold a proper family hostage. (Attitude Films) Instinct: Brilliant but eccentric primatologist Anthony Hopkins is charged with committing murders in Rwanda. When psychiatrist Cuba Gooding Jr. tries to investigate the mute, apparently mad man's mind, he discovers deeper mysteries. (Touchstone) Limbo: People trying to rework their unhappy lives wind up stranded on a remote Alaskan island. Writer-director John Sayles (``Lone Star'') reportedly leaves audiences cast adrift, too, by refusing to furnish a resolution to the story. Among those trapped in this freeze-dried Marienbad are Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (born November 17, 1958 in Lombard, Illinois) is an American actress and singer of Italian descent. Mastrantonio's first credited screen appearance was in Brian DePalma's Scarface as Gina Montana, sister of Al Pacino's Tony Montana. , David Strathairn and Kris Kristofferson. (Screen Gems) Nobody: It's corporate executives vs. bad guys in this Japanese action thriller. (Phaedra Cinema) The Stendhal Syndrome: Italian horror king Dario Argento directs his daughter, Asia Argento, in a serial-killer thriller. She plays a police detective with the rare - well, actually, unheard of - ability to bring artwork to life. (Troma) Strawberry Fields: A rebellious Japanese-American teen-ager embarks on a cross-country search for herself. (Phaedra Cinema) Twice Upon a Yesterday: Romantic fable in which a young Londoner gets to relive a relationship he screwed up the first time. (Trimark Pictures) June 11 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged shag 1 n. 1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair. 2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth. b. Cloth having such a nap. 3. A rug with a thick rough pile. Me: Everybody's favorite, cryogenically preserved '60s secret agent is back, swingin' like the Beatles never broke up and saving the world from domineering dom·i·neer·ing adj. Tending to domineer; overbearing. dom  i·neer madmen. Mike Myers plays the toothy, mossy-chested hero and his nemesis, Dr. Evil, who travels back in time to steal Austin's all-important mojo. Heather Graham does sexy sidekick duty. (New Line Cinema) Edge of 17: 1980s Ohio teen comes to grips with his emerging homosexuality. (Strand Releasing) Floating Life: Clara Law, who directed the fascinating ``Reincarnation of Golden Lotus,'' takes a comic look at Hong Kong immigrants to Australia. (Cowboy Booking) Just a Little Harmless Sex: Romantic comedy for which the female characters were written by a woman and the male characters written by a man. Alison Eastwood, Kimberly Williams and Rachel Hunter are the Venusians; Jonathan Silverman, William Ragsdale and Robert Mailhouse play Martians. (Phaedra Cinema). The Red Violin: An Italian artisan's perfectly crafted musical instrument passes through many hands and lands over the centuries, creating passion and worse in all who own it. Episodic Canadian production stars Samuel L. Jackson, Greta Scacchi and Sylvia Chang. (Lions Gate Releasing) Remembering the Cosmos Flower: A 14-year-old Japanese girl contracts AIDS and then fights for acceptance in her hometown. (Phaedra Films) The Third Man: Fiftieth anniversary re-release of Carol Reed's expressionist ex·pres·sion·ism n. A movement in the arts during the early part of the 20th century that emphasized subjective expression of the artist's inner experiences. ex·pres classic about corruption in postwar Vienna. This is a newly restored print of the uncut, European release version, featuring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles at his most magnificently insinuating in·sin·u·at·ing adj. 1. Provoking gradual doubt or suspicion; suggestive: insinuating remarks. 2. Artfully contrived to gain favor or confidence; ingratiating. and the greatest shadows ever filmed. (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) June 18 Desert Blue: A chemical spill chemical spill Public health An inadvertent release of a liquid chemical regarded as hazardous to human health which in a workplace is identified with hazardous materials labels. See Material Safety Data Sheets. quarantines a young TV actress in a wretched desert town, much to the delight of a bored local boy. Brendan Sexton III Brendan Sexton III (born February 21, 1980, in Staten Island, New York) is an American actor. Biography Career Brendan made his debut in Todd Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse , Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci, Casey Affleck and Sara Gilbert star. (Samuel Goldwyn Films) The General's Daughter: John Travolta investigates the murder of the title character. Lots of cover-ups, sordid secrets and chicanery. (Paramount) An Ideal Husband: Adaptation of the Oscar Wilde comedy about an apparently perfect marriage threatened by a dark secret. The all-star cast includes Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore and Jeremy Northam. (Miramax) Junk Food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food : Japanese social outcasts are admired, made fun of. (Pacifica Filmworks) The Last Lieutenant: Norwegians fight Nazis during World War II. (Seventh Art) Run Lola Run: Visually stylish, critically acclaimed German film about a young woman's desperate efforts to raise 100,000 marks - in 20 minutes - in order to save her boyfriend's life. There's a lot of running involved. (Sony Pictures Classics) Tarzan: Disney's big animated spectacular pits Edgar Rice Burroughs' Lord of the Apes against fellow humans who wish to harm his fur-bearing friends. The voice talent includes Tony Goldwyn, Glenn Close, Rosie O'Donnell and Minnie Driver. Phil Collins supplied the songs. (Disney) June 21 The Saragossa Manuscript: Restored three-hour Polish epic from 1964 charts an adventurer's (Zbigniew Cybulski) surreal, erotic, frightening and absurd adventures in 19th-century Spain. Great black-and-white Cinemascope; the reconstructed print is presented by Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola Noun 1. Francis Ford Coppola - United States filmmaker (born in 1939) Coppola and is dedicated to one of the movie's biggest fans, the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia. (Cowboy Booking) June 25 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole: An upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. teen-ager, circa 1983, faces assorted absurdities, his stepfather's decision to change sexes prominent among them. (Paramount Classics) Big Daddy: Adam Sandler adopts a son. Has the Department of Children's Services been notified? (Columbia) Honey and Ashes: Three contemporary North African women struggle between tradition and the modern world. (Seventh Art) Island of the Sharks: Giant-screen IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard film about an abundance of sea life coping with the effects of El Nino near a Costa Rican volcanic island. (IMAX Limited) My Son the Fanatic My Son the Fanatic can refer to :
n. A period of psychological doubt and anxiety that some people experience in middle age. midlife crisis when he falls in love with a prostitute (``Hilary and Jackie's'' Rachel Griffiths) and his son turns fundamentalist. Written by Hanif Kureishi of ``My Beautiful Laundrette'' fame. (Miramax) Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl: A teen-age girl becomes a woman during Mao's Cultural Revolution. The directing debut of actress Joan Chen (``The Last Emperor''). (Stratosphere Entertainment) Zone 39: Futuristic psychological war games in the Australian desert. (Phaedra Cinema) June 30 South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut: Like the title says. So now Cartman can say the F-word. (Paramount) June (unscheduled) After Life: Japanese allegory about the folks who greet dead souls at a heavenly way station. Kore-Eda Hirokazu (``Maborosi'') directed. Finding North: A lonely Brooklyn girl (``Sister Act's'' Wendy Makkena) falls in love with a naked, suicidal gay guy (John Benjamin Hickey). We know relationships can be tough, but this is ridiculous. (Cowboy Booking) Jeanne and the Perfect Guy: Musical about a promiscuous Parisienne who attempts monogamy monogamy: see marriage. with a guy who might have AIDS. We know relationships can be difficult, but this is ridiculous. (Strand Releasing) July 2 The Emperor's Shadow: Epic about China's first emperor, Ying Zheng. (Fox Lorber) The Lovers on the Bridge: Leos Carax's highly praised but long unreleased romantic fantasy about a street performer and a lost artist who live and love on Paris' Point-Neuf bridge. Juliette Binoche and Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Lavant star. (Miramax) Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season: Sequel to the beloved dog drama. Rod Steiger, Michael Moriarty and Scott Wilson return. (Legacy Releasing) Summer of Sam: Spike Lee's inevitably controversial drama about how the 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. Son of Sam's 1977 rampage - not to mention the almost-as-frightening arrival of disco music - affected a tightly knit Bronx neighborhood. John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody and Mira Sorvino star. (Touchstone) Wild, Wild West: The '60s TV show gets the superproduction treatment courtesy of the ``Men in Black'' star/director team, Will Smith and Barry Sonnenfeld. Smith plays the cowboy government agent James West, Kevin Kline is his competitive cohort and master of disguises Artemus Gordon, and Kenneth Branagh plays the fiendish inventor Dr. Loveless. Co-starring Salma Hayek and a giant mechanical spider. (Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .) July 9 American Pie: Gross-out teen flick about four high school seniors vowing to lose their virginity by prom night. Producer Warren Zide wants the movie to be ``this generation's `Porky's,' '' which tells you all you need to know about its sensibility. (Universal) Arlington Road: A recently widowed college professor (Jeff Bridges) becomes convinced that his new neighbors (Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack) are murderous right-wing militia kooks. Hey, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean nobody's out to get you. (Screen Gems) Autumn Tale: Eric Rohmer finishes his ``Tales of the Four Seasons'' series, exploring the romantic yearnings of middle age with a widow 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. a new mate. (October) The Dinner Game: Much-too-prolific French farceur far·ceur n. 1. One who acts in or writes a farce. 2. A comic; a wag. [French, from Old French, from farcer, to joke, from farce, farce; see farce.] Francis Veber (``La Cage Aux Folles,'' ``The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe'') is back with an obnoxious dinner party comedy. (Lions Gate Films) Floating: Norman Reedus stars as a teen-ager whose troubled home life pushes him toward crime. (Phaedra Cinema) The Milky Way: Love story set in a Galilee Galilee (găl`ĭlē), region, N Israel, roughly the portion north of the plain of Esdraelon. Galilee was the chief scene of the ministry of Jesus. village under military occupation. (Kino kino the juice of certain plants, some tropical and some Australian eucalypts, used in medicine as an astringent. ) Stigmata stigmata (stĭg`mətə, stĭgmăt`ə) [plural of stigma, from Gr.,=brand], wounds or marks on a person resembling the five wounds received by Jesus at the crucifixion. : Shades of ``The Exorcist ex·or·cism n. 1. The act, practice, or ceremony of exorcising. 2. A formula used in exorcising. ex  or·cist n. .'' Patricia Arquette gets possessed. The Vatican intervenes. Heads turn - and spin. (MGM) July 14 Muppets From Space: Like it sounds. With Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo (as the designated alien) and, um, Jeffrey Tambor. (Columbia) July 16 The Blair Witch Project: Sundance Film Festival sensation about a documentary film crew's attempts to discover why children go missing in a rural district of Maryland. Compiled of footage found years after the camera crew disappeared, too. (Artisan) Drop Dead Gorgeous: Small-town teen-age beauty contests are mocked. With Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin and Kirsten Dunst. (New Line Cinema) Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick's long-awaited last film is a tale of jelousy and sexual obsession that they won't tell us anything else about. We do know that stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman get naked in it, though. (Warner Bros.) Lake Placid: Horror comedy about the search for a big, prehistoric thingy in a New England lake. Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Platt and Betty White star for writer-producer David E. Kelley, the creator of ``Ally McBeal.'' (20th Century Fox) My Life So Far: Kid gets an education when an uncle's sexy French fiancee comes to visit. The ``Chariots of Fire'' team of director Hugh Hudson and producer David Puttnam made it. Colin Firth, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Malcolm McDowell and Irene Jacob are in it. (Miramax) The Velocity of Gary (Not His Real Name): An unusual relationship movie from director Dan Ireland, who last time out made a very good UR film, ``The Whole Wide World.'' Vincent D'Onofrio, Salma Hayek and Thomas Jane comprise the triangle. (Next Millennium) The Wood: MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. movie that gets nostalgic about the '80s as three friends reminisce rem·i·nisce intr.v. rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing, rem·i·nisc·es To recollect and tell of past experiences or events. [Back-formation from reminiscence. about their childhood exploits in Inglewood. The soundtrack will sell, but will the movie? (Paramount) July 23 Fever Pitch: Soccer nut Colin Firth's world is disordered when he discovers love has nothing to do with his team's fortunes. (Phaedra Cinema) The Haunting: Jan De Bont (``Speed,'' ``Twister'') tries to make up for ``Speed 2'' with this remake of Shirley Jackson's ``The Haunting of Hill House.'' The terror is said to come from things unseen rather than ghastly special effects, which would be a nice change from all the recent big-screen bloodlettings. Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor star. (DreamWorks) Inspector Gadget: The cartoon crimefighter comes to life as Matthew Broderick, tricked out with an arsenal of mechanical appendages. Rupert Everett plays the bad guy. Joely Fisher is the girl. (Disney) Trick: A gay musical theater enthusiast, his life surrounded by heterosexuals, needs some gratification. He finds a guy, but then things, as they will, get more complicated. (Fine Line Features) July 30 Bowfinger: Desperate director (Steve Martin) pursues hot actor (Eddie Murphy) to appear in his alien flick, ``Chubby Rain.'' When the actor refuses, the director stalks him, shooting footage of him on the cuff. Could inspire a new generation of Hollywood filmmakers. Frank Oz directs. (Universal) Broken Vessels: In what sounds like an indie rehearsal for Martin Scorsese's upcoming ``Bringing Out the Dead Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 English language motion picture. It is a dark drama about paramedics shot mostly at night in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan a neighborhood in New York City, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, John Goodman, and Tom ,'' two misbehaving L.A. ambulance drivers (Jason London, Todd Field) give us good reasons to avoid medical emergencies. (Unapix/Zeitgeist) Deep Blue Sea: It's ``Jaws'' with, well, jaws as a bunch of foolish scientists turn killer sharks into more intelligent and efficient predators. Things get ticklish tick·lish adj. 1. Sensitive to tickling. 2. Easily offended or upset; touchy. 3. Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate: a ticklish matter. when their floating research station starts to sink. Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J and Stellan Skarsgard star for director Renny Harlin (``Cliffhanger''). (Warner Bros.) Outside Providence: Another prep school comedy, but this one written by the bumptious bump·tious adj. Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy. [Perhaps blend of bump and presumptuous.] bump Farrelly brothers (``There's Something About Mary''). Shawn Hatosy, George Wendt and Alec Baldwin star. (Miramax) Runaway Bride: Julia Roberts' other summer romance reunites her with ``Pretty Woman'' co-star Richard Gere. Roberts plays a woman who has left three grooms at the altar; Gere is the cynical reporter on the scene for wedding No. 4. (Paramount) Twin Falls Idaho: Love triangle involving conjoined conjoined /con·joined/ (kon-joind´) joined together; united. conjoined joined together. conjoined monsters two deformed fetuses fused together. twin brothers who meet a beautiful young woman. (Sony Pictures Classics) Wildfire: Giant-screen, large-format documentary about forest firefighting. (Discovery Pictures) July (unscheduled) Caligula: It's been 20 years, believe it or not, since Penthouse magazine produced this misbegotten mis·be·got·ten adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or being a child or children born to unmarried parents. b. Not lawfully obtained: misbegotten wealth. 2. attempt at mainstream porno dressed (barely) up as a Roman historical epic. To celebrate, there is now an uncensored director's cut. Malcolm McDowell plays the mad, sadistic sa·dism n. 1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. 2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty. emperor; John Gielgud and Peter O'Toole are among the real actors cavorting with a harem of centerfolds. (Legacy Releasing) Return With Honor: Documentary look at the American pilots who were held prisoner during 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. . Directed by Oscar winners Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders (``Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision''). (Sanders & Mock/American Film Foundation) Aug. 4 Dick: Two airheaded teens (Kirsten Dunst and ``Dawson's Creek's'' Michelle Williams) get lost during a White House tour, stumble across Richard Nixon's (an exquisitely cast Dan Hedaya) darkest secrets and get hired as official presidential dog-walkers. We presume it's a political satire, but after that whole Lewinsky thing, who knows? (Columbia) Aug. 6 Fight Club: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter star in a film about a secret, dangerous boxing society. Directed by ``Seven's'' David Fincher, so it'll probably be cool in a gross way. (20th Century Fox) Heart of Light: A troubled man rediscovers his roots in the glacial vastness of Greenland. (Phaedra Cinema) The Iron Giant: An animated feature based on a novel by the late English poet laureate Ted Hughes that, its pedigree aside, tells a kid-friendly story about a boy who finds a giant robot. Voices provided by Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., John Mahoney and M. Emmet Walsh. (Warner Bros.) Mystery Men: Superfriends for the Age of Irony. When the superhero su·per·he·ro n. pl. su·per·he·roes A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime. of Champion City takes a vacation, a group of wanna-bes must stave off the villainous Casanova Frankenstein. Great cast (Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Geoffrey Rush), great premise . . . great movie? (Universal) Plunkett and Macleane: Erstwhile Trainspotters Robert Carlyle and Jonny Lee Miller swash and buckle as two infamous 18th-century English highwaymen Highwaymen See also Outlawry, Thievery. Band of Merry Men Robin Hood’s brigands. [Br. Lit.: Robin Hood] Beane, Sawney English highwayman whose gang slew and ate their victims. [Brit. Folklore: Misc. . Alan Cumming and Liv Tyler rip and bodice. (Gramercy) That's the Way I Like It: The disco scene brings meaning - and a lovely dance instructor - to a young man's life in 1970s Singapore. (Miramax) Aug. 11 In Too Deep: Undercover cop Omar Epps gets a little too into infiltrating a huge urban crime organization run by a gangster called God (LL Cool J). (Miramax) The Thomas Crown Affair Pierce Brosnan tries to fill Steve McQueen's tuxedo in this remake about a bored billionaire who pilfers Pilfers formed in 1997, when former Toasters vocalist, Coolie Ranx joined with former Bim Skala Bim trombonist, Vinny Nobile. To complete the lineup, they recruited the Skinnerbox rhythm section of Anna Milat-Meyer on bass and James Blanck on drums, as well as guitar player, Nick art for kicks. Rene Russo plays the investigator on his trail. (MGM) Aug. 13 Brokedown Palace: Two American girls (Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale) vacationing in Thailand are sentenced to 33 years in prison for smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain heroin. Bill Pullman is the ex-pat American lawyer who tries to get them out. (20th Century Fox) Detroit Rock City: It's 1978, and some teen-agers have just gotta get into a sold-out KISS concert. Stars Edward Furlong and Natasha Lyonne, as well as those KISS guys. (New Line Cinema) Head On: A young Australian guy has problems, parties. (Strand Releasing) Mickey Blue Eyes: Hugh Grant plays a mild-mannered English auctioneer whose love for a gangster's daughter (Jeanne Tripplehorn) inadvertently lands him in business with her shady father (James Caan). It's a comedy; analyze that. (Warner Bros.) Mr. Accident:Yahoo. Serious. Wish we weren't. (MGM) Taxman: It's described as a contemporary ``Don Quixote,'' but it's about an IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. guy investigating Russian immigrants in 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 . You do the math. With ``The Matrix's'' Joe Pantoliano and ``Showgirls' '' Elizabeth Berkeley. (Phaedra Cinema) The 13th Warrior Wagers are currently being taken on whether this long-unreleased Antonio Banderas actioner about Vikings and cannibals will finally see the light of day by the depths of the dog days. Based on Michael Crichton's ``Eaters of the Dead''; feelin' lucky? (Touchstone) Aug. 20 Blue Streak: Martin Lawrence plays a jewel thief who stashes his loot at a construction site, gets arrested, then comes back for it after three years in prison. Trouble is, the location is now an L.A. police precinct. (Columbia) Killing Mrs. Tingle: Mean-spirited high school comedy marks the directing debut of rapidly tarnishing screenwriting prodigy Kevin Williamson (``Scream,'' ``The Faculty''). Helen Mirren and Katie Holmes, the latter from Williamson's ``Dawson's Creek'' TV series, headline. (Miramax) Love Stinks: An unromantic romantic comedy starring ``Third Rock From the Sun's'' French Stewart and supermodel Tyra Banks. (Independent Artists) The Muse: Albert Brooks plays a screenwriter who loses his career and seeks inspiration from . . . a muse (Sharon Stone). Lots of Hollywood cameos, lots of jokes at Hollywood's expense. We hope to laugh along. (October) Portraits Chinois (Shadow Play): Helena Bonham Carter is featured in this look at contemporary Parisian love. (Phaedra Cinema) Aug. 25 The Very Thought of You: Swinging Londoners Joseph Fiennes, Rufus Sewell and Tom Hollander all go after the same American gal (Monica Potter). (Miramax) Aug. 27 The Astronaut's Wife: Johnny Depp plays the astronaut whose deep-space accident has an alarming effect on his marriage. Charlize Theron is his wife. (New Line Cinema) Mad About Mambo: Upper-class Belfast girl (``Felicity's'' Keri Russell) and working-class soccer laddie lad·die n. A boy or young man; a lad. Noun 1. laddie - a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) sonny, sonny boy, cub, lad (William Ash) partner up for for a big Latin dance competition. (Gramercy) Men Cry Bullets: ``Star Trek's'' sexy Geri Ryan stars as a woman who manipulates her boyfriend into committing murder. (Phaedra Cinema) August (unscheduled) Better Than Chocolate: A lovestruck lesbian's dreamgirl moves in just as her mother and brother arrive for an extended visit. We know relationships can be difficult, but this is ridic ... Well, you know the drill by now. (Trimark) The Gambler: A new film version of Dostoyevsky's semiautobiographical sem·i·au·to·bi·o·graph·i·cal adj. Of, relating to, or being a work that falls between fiction and autobiography: a semiautobiographical novel. Adj. 1. story about self-destruction and redemption. Stars Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker and - in her first film appearance in 55 years - double Oscar winner Luise Rainer. (Legacy Releasing) Illuminata: John Turturro wrote and directed this tale of actors, playwrights and one evil critic in turn-of-the-century New York. Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon co-star. (Artisan Entertainment) The Powder Keg: Yugoslav film in which a variety of different individuals deal with, well, everything that's wrong over there. (Paramount Classics) West Beirut: In 1975, as the Lebanese civil war Lebanese Civil War (1975–91) Civil conflict resulting from tensions among Lebanon's Christian and Muslim populations and exacerbated by the presence in Lebanon in the 1970s of fighters from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). gets under way, three teen-agers find greater freedom amid the growing chaos. (Cowboy Booking) Whiteboys: Stage monologuist Danny Hoch (``Jails, Hospitals and Hip Hop'') plays a white Iowa teen-ager who dreams of moving to the Chicago ghetto and writing hit rap songs. His parents just don't understand. Directed by Marc Levin (``Slam''). (Fox Searchlight) Sept. 3 Universal Soldier: The Return: Summer ends with the last movie anybody wants to see. Jean-Claude Van Damme is back as the bargain-basement Terminator. (Columbia) CAPTION(S): 29 Photos Photo: (1) Muppets From Space: Pepe, Animal, Gonzo, Rizzo, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Kermit the Frog Kermit the Frog is a Muppet who was first introduced in 1955 and is one of puppeteer Jim Henson's most famous and beloved creations. Kermit was performed by Henson until his death in 1990. Since then, he has been performed by Steve Whitmire. shoot the moon. (July 14) (2) Bowfinger: Steve Martin plays a desperate director who decides a hot actor, played by Eddie Murphy, will star in his film whether he wants to or not. (July 30) (3) Dick: Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams play two '70s teens who get more than they bargained for on a trip to Washington. (Aug. 4) (4) Lake Placid: A scientist (Bridget Fonda), game warden (Bill Pullman) and sheriff (Brendan Gleeson) face an unknown menace. TV maven David E. Kelley directs. (July 16) (5) A Little Bit of Soul: Geoffrey Rush's researcher thinks he's discovered the fountain of youth. (May 28) (6) Summer of Sam: Spike Lee directs Al Palagonia, left, Ken Garito, John Leguizamo, Michael Rispoli and Adrian Brody in a look at 1977 New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . (July 2) (7) Plunkett & Maclean: Liv Tyler is Lady Rebecca in this tale of 18th-century English highwaymen. (Aug. 6) (8) Drop Dead Gorgeous: Kirsten Dunst plays a would-be beauty queen from the poor side of town; Ellen Barkin plays her mother. (July 16) (9) Arlington Road: Jeff Bridges as a college professor who's convinced his new neighbors are murderous kooks. (July 9) (10) An Ideal Husband: Cate Blanchett, left, Minnie Drive and Rupert Everett go wild about Wilde. (June 18) (11) Blue Streak: He so crazy: Martin Lawrence plays a jewel thief who tries to collect some stashed loot - at a police station. (Aug. 20) (12--Color) The Thirteenth Floor: The co-inventor of virtual reality time travel goes back to cyber-1930s L.A. to solve a crime. (May 28) (13--Color) Runaway Bride: Pretty woman Julia Roberts reunites with Richard Gere in this movie about a girl with cold feet. (July 30) (14--Color) The Astronaut's Wife: A deep-space accident doesn't exactly send Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp's marriage to the moon. (Aug. 27) (15--Color) Tarzan: Edgar ce Burroughs' Lord of the Apes gets the Disney animation treatment. (June 18) (16--Color) The Muse: Sharon Stone serves as a screenwriter's inspiration in Hollywood. (Aug. 20) (17--Color) Big Daddy: It took twins (Cole and Dylan Sprouse) to play a 5-year-old who's adopted by the mentally 5 years old Adam Sandler. (June 25) (18--Color) Killing Mrs. Tingle: Marisa Coughlan, left, and Katie Holmes star in a mean-spirited high-school comedy directed by ``Scream'' scribe Kevin Williamson. (Aug. 20) (19--Color) South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut: Wendy, Kenny, Cartman, Kyle and Stan bring their foulmouthed foulmouthed adj. Using abusive or obscene language. humor to the big screen. (June 30) (20--Color) Outside Providence: Alec Baldwin, left, and Shawn Hatosy star in a prep-school comedy written by Peter and Bobby Farrelly. (July 30) (21--Color) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: Former ``Boogie Nights'' roller girl Heather Graham gets shaggy with Mike Myers. (June 11) (22--Color) The Love Letter: Kate Capshaw is the lead, and Tom Everett Scott has a way with fruit in this romantic comedy. (May 21) (23--Color) Mickey Blue Eyes: Hugh Grant turns on that British charm with Jeanne Tripplehorn in his second romantic comedy of the summer. (Aug. 13) (24--Color) The Iron Giant: Boy meets machine in this touching, animated children's tale of friendship. (Aug. 6) (25--Color) The General's Daughter: John Travolta plays a barefoot warrant officer investigating a murder. (June 18) (26--Color) Deep Blue Sea: Thomas Jane jaws with a mutant shark in this thriller from director Renny Harlin. (July 30) (27--Color) Fight Club: Brad Pitt and Edward Norton spar in the film about a secret boxing society. (Aug. 6) (28--Color) Inspector Gadget: The mechanically enhanced Matthew Broderick and mentally advanced Joely Fisher cut a rug. (July 23) (29--Color) Brokedown Palace: A drug arrest lands American girls played by Claire Danes, top, and Kate Bekinsdale in a Thai prison. (Aug. 13) |
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