YOU WANT MOVIES? WE'VE GOT MOVIES.Byline: - Bob Strauss Like Hollywood does most years, the movie industry is starting out 2004 with the battle cry of Everything Old Is New Again. But since this didn't work out so well in 2003 - for every ``Freaky freak·y adj. freak·i·er, freak·i·est 1. Strange or unusual; freakish. 2. Slang Frightening. freak Friday'' or ``Cheaper by the Dozen'' hit remake, there were two or three ``Matrix,'' ``Charlie's Angels'' or ``Dumb and Dumber'' sequel disappointments - the studios seem to at least be trying to do the same old things in a new way this year. Thus the latest Harry Potter entry, ``The Prisoner of Azkaban,'' boasts a new director, Alfonso Cuaron, with real cinematic vision for a change. Homer's ``Iliad'' gets a high Hollywood gloss in the epic ``Troy,'' with the stud-starring cast of Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom. ``The Alamo'' is remembered somewhat differently than John Wayne's old perspective. Universal dusts off its classic monsters for the modern-style mash ``Van Helsing.'' Not to be outdone out·do tr.v. out·did , out·done , out·do·ing, out·does To do more or better than in performance or action. See Synonyms at excel. , Mel Gibson has worked up a horrifically brutal ``Passion of the Christ.'' ``King Arthur'' is given a tough grrrl twist, ``The Stepford Wives'' a comedic reinterpretation re·in·ter·pret tr.v. re·in·ter·pret·ed, re·in·ter·pret·ing, re·in·ter·prets To interpret again or anew. re . Sir Alec Guinness is reincarnated by Tom Hanks for a ``Ladykillers'' remake. Halle Berry's ``Catwoman'' is up-to-the-minute slinky slink·y adj. slink·i·er, slink·i·est 1. Stealthy, furtive, and sneaking. 2. Informal Graceful, sinuous, and sleek: wore a slinky outfit to the party. . Denzel Washington is a reimagined ``Manchurian Candidate.'' Even the ``Cinderella Story'' is turned into a Hilary Duff vehicle before, the studio hopes, the teen queen's extended 15 minutes are up. And there's ``Spider-Man 2,'' and ``Kill Bill - Vol. 2,'' as well as a litany of tired TV show updates and sequels nobody in their right mind was waiting for. Maybe some surprising original pictures too, but as always, we'll believe it when we see them. Following is a list of all the movies currently scheduled to open in Los Angeles between now and the beginning of the summer movie season, which on Hollywood's calendar starts May 7. After that, we present a selection of films that could prove noteworthy later in the year. All release dates are subject to change. MOVIE LISTINGS Compiled by Bob Strauss and Glenn Whipp JAN. 23 THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT: A change of pace for youth heartthrob Ashton Kutcher. He plays a young man who discovers he can go back in time and prevent the horrific child abuse he and his friends once experienced, but every time he does, current reality gets worse. (New Line) MY ARCHITECT: Nathaniel Kahn, the illegitimate son of famed building designer Louis I, directs this documentary that explores his troubled father's rags-to-riches-to-rags story. (New Yorker Films) WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON!: When Kate Bosworth's small-town grocery clerk wins the title contest to meet the title movie star, played by ``Las Vegas'' star Josh Duhamel, both her unwillingly platonic pal (``That '70s Show's'' Topher Grace) and Tad's managers (Sean Hayes and Nathan Lane) are in for anxiety. Directed by ``Legally Blonde's'' Robert Luketic. (DreamWorks) JAN. 30 THE BIG BOUNCE: Drifter (Owen Wilson) hooks up with thrill-seeker in Oahu, leading to scams, double-crosses and other shenanigans shenanigans Noun, pl Informal 1. mischief or nonsense 2. trickery or deception [origin unknown] . (Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .) LATTER DAYS: Sexually confused Mormon missionary meets West Hollywood party boy. Talk about times that try men's souls. (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 Releasing) MOTO X KIDS: The cast from reality TV hell - Lorenzo Lamas, Gary Busey, Evan Marriott, a chimp - invades the world of youth 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. racing. (Tag Entertainment) THE PERFECT SCORE: Six high-school students plot to steal the SAT exam as protest in the name of individuality or something. Scarlett Johansson flirts with too-much-of-a-good-thing status. (Paramount) YOU GOT SERVED: Street dancers battle for respect. Look someplace some·place adv. & n. Somewhere: "I didn't care where I was from so long as it was someplace else" Garrison Keillor. See Usage Note at everyplace. else, OK? (Screen Gems) FEB. 6 BARBERSHOP 2: BACK IN BUSINESS: Once again brandishing sharp objects and sharper tongues, Ice Cube, 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. , Eve and the rest of the gang wrestle, this time, with beauty shop proprietor Queen Latifah ... and, who knows, maybe the NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. . (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. ) CATCH THAT KID: Tykes try to rob a bank to save an ailing father. (20th Century Fox) CRIMSON GOLD: An Iranian pizza delivery man goes postal over perceived and actual injustices. Written by Abbas Kiarostami (``Taste of Cherry,'' ``Ten'') and directed by Jafar Panahi (``The Circle''). (Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun ) THE DREAMERS: Bernardo Bertolucci explores sex and psychology in Paris in the turbulent year of 1968. (Fox Searchlight) THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA: Bad horror movies of the 1950s are lovingly re-created. Or spoofed. Or something. (TriStar) MADE-UP: Tony Shalhoub, the star of TV's ``Monk,'' makes his feature directing debut with this mockumentary about a middle-age actress' (Brooke Adams) makeover. (Sister Films) MIRACLE: The story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team's victory over the Soviets. Bring your flag. (Disney) OSAMA: No, the terrorist hasn't cashed in on his fame and gone Hollywood. This is the first Afghan feature made since the fall of the Taliban, about a young girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to get an education. (United Artists) TOUCHING THE VOID: Documentary and feature filmmaking methods are employed in this widely praised reconstruction of a nearly deadly climbing accident on a South American mountain. (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) FEB. 13 50 FIRST DATES: Marine biologist marine biologist specialist in the biology of marine life. (Adam Sandler) finds his dream girl (Drew Barrymore), only she suffers from this brain disorder that wipes her memory clean every night. This presents a problem. (Columbia) LA MENTALE/THE CODE: French underworld drama. (TriStar/Samuel Goldwyn) MONSIEUR IBRAHIM: Omar Sharif stars as the elderly Muslim shopkeeper who befriends a Jewish boy in 1960s Paris. (Sony Classics) FEB. 20 AGAINST THE ROPES: Off-delayed 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 Jackie Kallen, the most successful woman boxing promoter in America. Meg Ryan plays the lucky lady. (Paramount) CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN: Lindsay Lohan (``Freaky Friday'') freaks when her family moves from Manhattan to Jersey. (Disney) EUROTRIP: The producers of ``Road Trip'' trash the Autobahn. (DreamWorks) KITCHEN STORIES: Scandinavian social satire about researchers studying the cooking habits of Norwegian bachelors in the 1950s. Visually droll droll adj. droll·er, droll·est Amusingly odd or whimsically comical. n. Archaic A buffoon. [French drôle, buffoon, droll, from Old French drolle , we're assured. (IFC Films) WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT: Plumber (Ray Romano) runs for mayor against the former president of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. (Gene Hackman). (20th Century Fox) FEB. 25 THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST: Mel Gibson's controversial (and perhaps incomprehensible) study of Jesus' last hours on Earth, in Aramaic and Latin. Supposed to be bloody; may be anti-Semitic. Jim Caviezel plays Christ. Monica Bellucci is Mary Magdalene. (Newmarket) FEB. 27 BROKEN LIZARD'S CLUB DREAD: People start dying on a rock star's party island. It's a comedy from the troupe behind ``Super Troopers.'' (Fox Searchlight) DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS: Less a sequel than a reimagining of the toe-tapping coming-of-age story, set in pre-revolutionary Cuba. Diego Luna and Romola Garai have the time of their lives. (Lions Gate) GOOD BYE, LENIN!: Popular German comedy about a young man who must pull an elaborate hoax to preserve his mother's fragile health - after the old Marxist awakens from a coma, during which she slept through the collapse of her dear communism and East Germany's rapid Westernization west·ern·ize tr.v. west·ern·ized, west·ern·iz·ing, west·ern·iz·es To convert to the customs of Western civilization. west . (Sony Classics) GREENDALE: Neil Young directed this adaptation of his current album's narrative about a small-town murder and a local family's development. Musical, inevitably. (Shakey Pictures) HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY: Art documentary featuring Chuck Close and Roy Lichtenstein. THE TRILOGY: Frodo lives! No, wait, these are actually three French movies in three different genres, but all kind of the same story. Have to see it, I guess. (Magnolia Pictures) TWISTED: Another Ashley Judd thriller. She's a police detective whose dates keep getting killed. Naturally, she makes for a good prime suspect, too. Directed by the usually intelligent Phil Kaufman (``The Right Stuff,'' ``Quills''), so maybe ... (Paramount) FEBRUARY UNSCHEDULED THE RETURN: A long-absent father suddenly shows up and takes his two preteen pre·teen adj. 1. Relating to or designed for children especially between the ages of 10 and 12. 2. Being a child especially between the ages of 10 and 12; preadolescent. n. A preteen boy or girl. boys on a mysterious and upsetting fishing trip. Russia's contender for the foreign language film Oscar won top prizes at the Venice Film Festival. (Kino kino the juice of certain plants, some tropical and some Australian eucalypts, used in medicine as an astringent. International) MARCH 5 HIDALGO Hidalgo, state, Mexico Hidalgo (ēthäl`gō), state (1990 pop. 1,888,366), 8,058 sq mi (20,870 sq km), central Mexico. Pachuca de Soto is the capital. : Ex-cowboy (Viggo Mortensen) winds up racing horses in the Arabian desert. (Touchstone) THE RECKONING: ``Master and Commander's'' Paul Bettany stars as a 14th-century priest-turned-actor who solves mysteries in Merrie Olde England. Filmed a number of years ago under the title ``Morality Play.'' (Paramount Classics) RED TROUSERS: THE LIFE OF THE HONG KONG STUNTMEN: Documentary about the most athletic, and craziest, guys in the movie business. (Tai Seng Entertainment) STARSKY & HUTCH hutch 1. standard cagelike accommodation for rabbits. 2. light, movable cabin for calves or pigs; to provide shelter and warmth for animals at pasture. hutch burn : Ben Stiller is Starsky; Owen Wilson is Hutch. How you feel about that will determine whether you want to spend $10 to watch this movie. (Warner Bros.) MARCH 12 AGENT CODY BANKS 2: DESTINATION LONDON: Competition for the year's most unnecessary sequel heats up with another Frankie Muniz spy kid farce. (MGM) BROKEN WINGS: A poor Israeli family tries to cope with everyday problems. (Sony Classics) THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: Straight-arrow teen falls for a cutie-pie only to discover she's a porn star. Can love conquer all? (20th Century Fox) NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. 3D: THE IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard EXPERIENCE: When the guy on the infield spits that tobacky juice, man, it looks like it's coming right at you! (Warner Bros.) THE PRINCE & ME: To be a doctor or marry the Prince of Denmark - that is the question? Julia Stiles returns to pseudo-Shakespearean hell in this contemporary romantic comedy. (Paramount) ROBOT STORIES: Collection of four short sci-fi films. (Shotwell Media) THE SAME RIVER TWICE: Twenty-five years after their youthful stint as river guides, director Rob Moss and his friends get back together to examine how they've aged. Nudity is being emphasized. (Balcony Releasing) SPARTAN: Special-ops officer stumbles onto slavery ring. He wants the truth, but he may not be able to handle it. (Warner Bros.) MARCH 19 BLIND SHAFT: Acclaimed Chinese thriller about a murderous scam perpetrated in the nation's dangerous mining industry. (Kino International) BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS: Documentary about everybody's favorite poet of L.A. scuzz This article is about the television channel. For the Marvel Comics character, see Scuzz (comics). Scuzz is a British music television channel owned and operated by Chart Show Channels. It launched in 2003 and has been advertised as Total Rock. . (Magnolia Pictures) DOGVILLE: Lars von Trier Trier (trēr), Latin Augusta Treverorum, city (1994 pop. 99,183), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany, a port on the Moselle (Ger. Mosel) River, near the Luxembourg border. (``Dancer in the Dark'') sets his sights on America in this exercise in minimalism minimalism, schools of contemporary art and music, with their origins in the 1960s, that have emphasized simplicity and objectivity. Minimalism in the Visual Arts starring Nicole Kidman. (Lions Gate) ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND: More forgetful lovers. In this one, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet have their memories wiped of their troubled relationship. But wait; maybe it wasn't that bad. Written by ``Adaptation'' mind-bender Charlie Kaufman, but not directed by Spike Jonze. With Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood and Tom Wilkinson. (Focus Features) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Games People Play can refer to:
INTERMISSION: Multicharacter caper caper, common name for members of the Capparidaceae, a family of tropical plants found chiefly in the Old World and closely related to the family Cruciferae (mustard family). comedy that also sounds a bit like an Irish ``Love Actually.'' Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Colm Meaney and Shirley Henderson star. (IFC Films) JERSEY GIRL: First the bad news: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez play lovers in this movie. Now the good news: J.Lo dies 10 minutes into the film. Now, don't you feel better? Kevin Smith writes and directs. (Miramax) KLEZMER klezmer (klĕz`mər), form of instrumental folk music developed in the Eastern European Jewish community. The style had its beginnings in the Middle Ages; its name is a Yiddishized version of the Hebrew klei zemir ON FISH STREET: About music, we presume. (Castle Hill) TAKING LIVES: Angelina Jolie plays an FBI profiler trying to get inside the head of a 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. . (Warner Bros.) MARCH 26 BON Bon Popular annual festival in Japan, usually observed July 13–15, in honor of the spirits of deceased family members and of all the dead. As at the New Year festival, the dead are believed to return to their birthplaces. VOYAGE: As the Nazis bear down in the spring of 1940, French folk from all walks of life gather at a Bordeaux hotel in this farce with an agenda (or seven). Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu lead the cast. (Sony Classics) BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES: Dude (Jamie Foxx) writes a how-to book about dumping women. High jinks ensue. (Screen Gems) DAWN OF THE DEAD: Remake of the second and most satirical entry in George Romero's zombie trilogy features Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, a no-name director and an unnamed shopping mall. (Universal) I VITELLONI: 50th-anniversary reissue of Federico Fellini's first great memoir film, based on his youth in a small Italian town. (Kino International) JAMES' JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM: African pilgrim discovers modern Israel isn't the holy place he'd imagined. (Zeitgeist) THE LADYKILLERS: Coen Brothers remake the 1955 comedy classic about a charlatan char·la·tan n. A person fraudulently claiming knowledge and skills not possessed. charlatan (shar´l professor who puts together a gang of thieves for a big score. Many problems ensue. Tom Hanks stars. (Touchstone) MAYOR OF THE SUNSET STRIP Mayor of the Sunset Strip is a 2003 documentary on the life of Rodney Bingenheimer directed by George Hickenlooper. It features interviews with the following:
NED KELLY: Australia's favorite 19th-century outlaw hero hits the screen again with an all-star Aussie posse: Heath Ledger, Naomi Watts, Geoffrey Rush and honorary antipodean an·tip·o·des pl.n. 1. Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode. Orlando Bloom. (Focus Features) NEVER DIE ALONE: From the Donald Goines cult novel about a hard-boiled criminal (DMX See DMX512. ) whose horrible life ends pretty much the way he had figured it would. (Fox Searchlight) SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED: It's your fault, you know. If the first one hadn't made so much money, there wouldn't be a second one. But you had to buy a ticket, didn't you, you ... you ... (Warner Bros.) SHAOLIN SOCCER: Chop-socky soccer! (Miramax) WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF: Scotland-set love triangle involving two brothers and a girl. English-language directing debut of Denmark's Lone Scherfig (``Italian for Beginners''). (ThinkFilm) APRIL April: see month. 2 ENVY: Pals Ben Stiller and Jack Black fall out when the latter invents a doogy-doo vaporizer va·por·iz·er n. A device used to vaporize medicine for inhaling. vaporizer part of the apparatus used to deliver volatile anesthetic agents to patients. that the former declined to invest in. Barry Levinson, who won an Academy Award for ``Rain Man,'' was somehow talked into directing. (DreamWorks) HELLBOY: He was born in hell, brought to Earth, and now he's confused. Guillermo Del Toro directs, based on the popular comic book. (Columbia) HOME ON THE RANGE: Latest Disney animated offering has three spunky spunk·y adj. spunk·i·er, spunk·i·est Informal Spirited; plucky. spunk  i·ly adv. cows (voiced by Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench and Jennifer Tilly) teaming up to save a family farm. Alan Menken (``Beauty and the Beast'') writes the songs; k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Tim McGraw and others sing them. (Disney) MEAN GIRLS: ``Saturday Night Live's'' snarky snark·y adj. snark·i·er, snark·i·est Slang Irritable or short-tempered; irascible. [From dialectal snark, to nag, from snark, snork, to snore, snort Tina Fey wrote this comedy about a jungle researcher's daughter who has trouble coping with stateside high school. (Paramount) SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER ... AND SPRING: Well-regarded Korean film about a year and a season in the lives of the monks at a floating monastery. (Sony Classics) TAMALA 2010: Japanese anime about a sexy space cat. (Vitagraph Films) THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND: Kevin Spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" returns to suburban dysfunction as the famous author father of a young man (Ryan Gosling) who commits a horrible crime. Don Cheadle, Chris Klein and Jena Malone round out the cast. (Paramount Classics) APRIL 7 JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION: Bickering family bicker on the way to a family reunion where they bicker - a lot. (Fox Searchlight) APRIL 9 THE ALAMO: For those who'd rather forget the John Wayne version. With Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton and Jason Patric, as well as some potentially controversial historical revisions. (Touchstone) ELLA ELLA - A hardware design language from DRA Malvern. Implemented in ALGOL68-RS. E-mail: <ella@dra.hmg.gb>. SPARC version. ["ELLA 2000: A Language for Electronic System Design", J.D. Morison and A.S. Clarke, McGraw-Hill 1993]. ENCHANTED en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. : Fairy tale about a young woman gifted/cursed with the need to be obedient. There will inevitably be a porno version, but this one stars ``The Princess Diaries' '' wholesome Anne Hathaway. (Miramax) I'M NOT SCARED: Italian kid learns his parents are up to no good. (Miramax) TWENTYNINE PALMS: Controversial French director Bruno Dumont (``The Life of Jesus'') comes to our own Joshua Tree desert for this frank look at a pair of volatile lovers. (Wellspring) WALKING TALL: Remake of the story of baseball bat-wielding Southern Sheriff Buford Pusser. Only this time he's not named Buford Pusser. And he's played by The Rock. Johnny Knoxville's in the movie, too. There's just no respect for the classics anymore. (MGM) THE WHOLE TEN YARDS: The funny hitmen have to go an extra yard this time. Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet reprise their roles in the sequel to the left-field hit. (Warner Bros.) APRIL 16 CONNIE AND CARLA CARLA Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition CARLA Computer Assisted Related Language Adaptation CARLA Computer Assisted Retrieval at Los Alamos : Nia Vardalos' follow-up to her sitcom-plundering phenom ``My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' at least steals from a better source: It's a distaff take on the drag/Mafia shenanigans of ``Some Like It Hot.'' Toni Collette plays Vardalos' partner in crime-witnessing and drag-queen impersonating. David Duchovny plays a straight guy, we think. (Universal) HERO: Acclaimed martial arts film from Zhang Yimou about warring kingdoms in ancient China. (Miramax) HYPNOTIC: Goran Visnjic is a hypnotherapist who can see his subject's dreams. He's drawn into an investigation of a serial killer. With ``Lord of the Rings' '' Miranda Otto and just-about-everything's Shirley Henderson. From a novel by Madison Smartt Bell Madison Smartt Bell (born August 1, 1957) is an American novelist. Born and raised in Tennessee, Bell lived in New York and London before settling in Baltimore, Maryland. A graduate of Princeton University, where he won the Ward Mathis Prize and the Francis Leymoyne Page award, and . (First Look) KILL BILL - VOL. 2: More coolness from Quentin with an increased emphasis on spaghetti Western motifs and more of the title character (David Carradine). (Miramax) LA VIE PROMISE: Isabelle Huppert is a screwed-up French prostitute whose runaway daughter tries to straighten out Mom's life. (Empire Pictures) THE PUNISHER: 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. fights evil with his smarts, his years of combat experience and a really cool name. (Lions Gate) YOUNG ADAM: Ewan McGregor plays the randy river barge worker who cuts an erotic swath through 1950s Glasgow - and discovers an unclaimed corpse. Tilda Swinton and Emily Mortimer are among his conquests; the American distributor has cut out shots in order to secure an R rating. (Sony Classics) APRIL 22 SACRED PLANET: IMAX movie narrated by Robert Redford about the beauty and wonder of our home base. (Disney) APRIL 23 MAN ON FIRE: Jaded soldier-of-fortune (Denzel Washington) meets a cute kid (Dakota Fanning) and finds life is still worth living. (20th Century Fox) SAVED!: Queen bee at a Christian high school Christian High School, also known as CHS, is in O'Fallon, Missouri. The school mascot is the Eagle and the school colors are teal and black. Their women's soccer team has won many state championships. Jena Malone gets stung when an unwanted pregnancy unwanted pregnancy Obstetrics A pregnancy that is not desired by one or both biologic parents. See Teen pregnancy. makes her a social outcast. Sounds like fun, unless you're religious. With Mandy Moore and Macaulay Culkin. (United Artists) SECRET WINDOW: Writer (Johnny Depp) deals with psychotic stranger (John Turturro), who claims he stole a story idea. (Columbia) 13 GOING ON 30: Young teen wants to be older and wakes up in Jennifer Garner's body. See ... 30 isn't so bad. (Columbia) APRIL 30 GODSEND: Devoted parents visit evil genetic researcher after the death of their son. Bad things happen. With Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Robert De Niro Noun 1. Robert De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) De Niro . (Lions Gate) LAWS OF ATTRACTION For other uses, see: Laws of attraction (science); Law of Attraction (new age). Laws of Attraction is a 2004 American romantic comedy directed by Peter Howitt, based on a story by Aline Brosh McKenna and screenplay by Robert Harling and McKenna. : Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore play divorce attorneys who try to avoid their clients' mistakes. (New Line) THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD: Canadian art weirdo Guy Maddin (``Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary'') is back with this 1930s-set tale of a competition to determine the planet's most depressing music. (IFC Films) APRIL UNSCHEDULED NOI NOI Net Operating Income NOI Notice of Intent NOI Nation of Islam NOI Notice of Inquiry NOI Neuro Orthopaedic Institute NOI New Organizing Institute NOI Notice of Interest NOI No Offense Intended NOI National Olympiad in Informatics ALBINOI: A bored young man tries to escape from Nowheresville Nowheresville is a single from Mark Oliver Everett, a.k.a. E of Eels, released in March, 1992 on CD from Polydor Records. Track listing
MAY 7 CARANDIRU: Another Brazilian prison movie from ``Kiss of the Spider Woman'' director Hector Babenco. (Sony Classics) 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 MINUTE: You knew this day was coming. The Olsen Twins have made a movie. Please read ``Scooby-Doo'' blurb blurb n. A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket. [Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.] blurb v. under March 26 heading and prevent us from taking you to task for more unnecessary sequels. (Warner Bros.) ROSENSTRASSE: German film about the last street where Jews were held by the Nazis in Berlin. Margarethe von Trotta directed. (Samuel Goldwyn) VAN HELSING: Universal raids its famous monsters collection, as Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man and others take on Bram Stoker's vampire slayer, played by Hugh Jackman. Stephen Sommers, who revived the studio's Mummy franchise, directs. (Universal) MAY 14 MR. 3000: Egotistical ballplayer sees his Hall of Fame credentials go up in flames when three of his hits are disallowed. Now he must make a comeback or be forever known as Mr. 2,997. Bernie Mac stars. (Touchstone) TROY: Wolfgang Petersen does the Trojan War with Brad Pitt on hand playing Achilles. (Warner Bros.) MAY 21 SHREK 2: Sequel to the fairy tale-satirizing, CGI-animated smash has the ogre and his bride visiting his new in-laws. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz are joined in the voice cast by Julie Andrews, John Cleese and Antonio Banderas. (DreamWorks) MAY 28 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW: The Earth's climate takes a turn for the worse, giving ``Independence Day'' director Roland Emmerich the chance to blow up stuff real good. (20th Century Fox) JUNE 4 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN: The third Potter book to come to the screen, the first with talented director Alfonso Cuaron behind the camera. (Warner Bros.) JUNE 11 THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK: Vin Diesel reprises REPRISES. The deductions and payments out of lands, annuities, and the like, are called reprises, because they are taken back; when we speak of the clear yearly value of an estate, we say it is worth so much a year ultra reprises, besides all reprises. 2. his ``Pitch Black'' space outlaw role for more money. (Universal) SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW: This old-timey, save-the-world adventure starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie is actually state-of-the-art: the actors' performances were shot entirely against blank blue screen, with backgrounds added afterward by computers. (Paramount) JUNE 16 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS: Jackie Chan stars in this expensive remake of the Jules Verne warhorse. Guest stars, including a certain California governor, abound. (Disney) JUNE 18 DODGEBALL: Social misfits try to save a gym by becoming the ultimate dodgeball competitors. It's a comedy. With Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. (20th Century Fox) THE TERMINAL: Director Steven Spielberg and star Tom Hanks team up again for this story about an Eastern European visitor whom politics strands at a U.S. airport. Catherine Zeta-Jones co-stars. (DreamWorks) JUNE 25 BEFORE SUNSET: Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reteam for director Richard Linklater's sequel to their intellectual talkfest talk·fest n. Informal A lengthy, often enjoyable conversation or discussion. ``Before Sunrise.'' (Warner Independent Pictures) GARFIELD: The comic strip cat gets his own movie with Bill Murray supplying the voice. It's a mix of live-action, computer animation and a lot of napping. (20th Century Fox) JULY 2 DE-LOVELY: A song-filled study of tunesmith tune·smith n. One who composes melodies, especially for popular songs. Cole Porter's marriage. Wait a minute; wasn't he gay? Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd star, while big-time crooners such as Natalie Cole, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Alanis Morissette and Robbie Williams warble on screen. (MGM) SPIDER-MAN 2: Our mild-mannered crime fighter returns, juggling college, girlfriend and an ongoing battle with the maniacal ma·ni·a·cal or ma·ni·ac adj. Suggestive of or afflicted with insanity. and multitentacled Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina). Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are back, as is director Sam Raimi. (Columbia) JULY 7 KING ARTHUR: Jerry Bruckheimer goes after the English legend. Clive Owen is the king. Keira Knightley is a sword-swinging Guinevere. (Touchstone) JULY 9 ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY: Fans of Will Ferrell should dig him as a 1970s TV newsreader A client program that is used to read messages from Internet-based discussion groups (the venerable Usenet) or syndication feeds such as RSS and Atom. Some programs provide a search and organization tool for both newsgroups and feeds as well as local e-mail messages, contacts and other fighting a battle of the sexes with feminist upstart Christina Applegate. (DreamWorks) JULY 16 A CINDERELLA STORY: The old girly girl·y adj. Variant of girlie. fantasy, updated to the era of cyberdating, cell phones. With Hilary Duff. (Warner Bros.) I ROBOT: Futuristic thriller about a paranoid detective who stumbles onto some kind of mad robot conspiracy. Will Smith stars in this adaptation of the Isaac Asimov short stories. (20th Century Fox) JULY 23 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. SUPREMACY: Matt Damon still can't remember all of his past, but he still knows how to kill people good. (Universal) CHEER UP: Texas Ranger (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. , who else?) goes undercover as an assistant cheerleading The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. coach to protect some threatened pom-pom girls. High jinks ensue. (Columbia) JULY 30 CATWOMAN: Halle Berry stars. Latex is worn. Teenage boys will go. (Warner Bros.) THE NOTEBOOK: Big love story based on the Nicholas Sparks weeper. James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Joan Allen and Ryan Gosling star. (New Line) THE VILLAGE: The latest from M. Night Shyamalan Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan (born August 6, 1970), known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, /'ʃæ.mæ.lɔːn (``Signs'') has villagers spooked by forces that live in the woods. You probably don't want to know anything more. (Touchstone) AUG. 6 ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: And the winner gets Freddy. (20th Century Fox) CODE 46: In a future security state, not having the right papers can ruin your life - or lead to dangerous romance. Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton star for director Michael Winterbottom (``In This World,'' ``24 Hour Party People''). (United Artists) AUG. 11 THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT: Julie Andrews delivers more lessons about life and etiquette as her granddaugter (Anne Hathaway) prepares to become queen. The complication: She needs to get married first. (Disney) AUG. 13 BLADE: TRINITY: The last movie in the trilogy (so they say) finds our day-walking vampire joining forces with a clan of vampire hunters to find Dracula. (New Line) SUMMER UNSCHEDULED ARTEMIS FOWL: Based on Eoin Colfer's stories about a 12-year-old criminal mastermind who creates havoc in the land of fairies and leprechauns. (Miramax) COLLATERAL: Tom Cruise is a sensitive hit man in this thriller directed by Michael Mann. (DreamWorks) SEPT. 17 CONSTANTINE: Keanu Reeves goes sci-fi again in this comic book story about a renegade occultist who has literally been to hell and back. (Waner Bros.) SEPT. 24 THE FORGOTTEN: Grieving mother is told she never really had the child she thinks she lost. She sets out to prove otherwise. Julianne Moore stars. (Columbia) WIMBLEDON: Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany are pro tennis players aimin' for love. (Universal) OCT OCT ornithine carbamoyltransferase; oxytocin challenge test. OCT ornithine carbamoyl transferase, a liver specific enzyme. OCT Oxytocin stress test, see there . 1 SHARK TALE: More underwater CG animation, this time with a Mafia-style theme. Will Smith, Robert Smith, Robert, 1757–1842, U.S. government official, b. Lancaster, Pa. Admitted to the bar in 1786, he practiced law in Baltimore before serving in the Maryland state senate (1793–95) and in the Baltimore city council (1798–1801). De Niro, Renee Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black and some ``Sopranos'' guys provide voices. (DreamWorks) OCT. 8 LADDER 49: John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix play firefighters. (Touchstone) OCT. 15 AROUND THE BEND: Michael Caine and Christopher Walken playing members of the same family? We're there. (Warner Independent Pictures) OCT. 22 J.M. BARRIE'S NEVERLAND: All about the weird guy who wrote ``Peter Pan.'' With Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Dustin Hoffman. (Miramax) 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 ALEXANDER: As in The Great, as in epic, as in Oliver Stone's first movie in forever. Colin Farrell plays the relentless conqueror. (Warner Bros.) THE INCREDIBLES: The latest from the geniuses at Pixar Animation follows a family of superheroes Superheroes are fictional heroes who possess abilities beyond those of normal human beings. Superheroes may also refer to:
NOV. 10 THE POLAR EXPRESS: Robert Zemeckis brings Chris Van Allsburg's children's book to the screen through a blend of computer animation and motion-capture techniques. Tom Hanks stars as the train conductor who takes a doubting young boy to the North Pole. (Warner Bros.) NOV. 12 AFTER THE SUNSET: Thief wants to retire, but they keep pulling him back in! Pierce Brosnan is the burglar, with Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson co-starring. (New Line) NOV. 19 THE INTERPRETER: Nicole Kidman plays a U.N. translator who overhears something she'd be better off not knowing in this espionage thriller directed by Sydney Pollack. (Universal) LAST FIRST KISS: Will Smith stars as a dating specialist who helps men make good first impressions. Then he meets Eva Mendes and discovers he has a lot to learn about love. (Columbia) NOV. 24 JOHN GRISHAM'S SKIPPING CHRISTMAS: Or something like that. If you haven't read it, it's about a man who decides to skip Christmas and then changes his mind after his daughter comes home. Chris Columbus directs; Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. star. (Columbia) NATIONAL TREASURE: Steal the Constitution, find buried treasure with the map the Founding Fathers hid in the frame. Nicolas Cage is involved. (Touchstone) NOV. 26 A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT: ``Amelie'' star Audrey Tautou and director Jean-Pierre Jeunet return with this story of a young woman's search for her missing fiance in the No Man's Land of World War I France. (Warner Independent Pictures) FALL UNSCHEDULED THE RING 2: The horror cycle comes full circle. With Naomi Watts and her creepy kid again. (DreamWorks) UNDERTOW: Indie hero David Gordon Green (``All the Real Girls,'' ``George Washington'') directs a thriller about brothers on the run from a terrible secret. With Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas and Jamie Bell. (United Artists) DEC. 10 OCEAN'S TWELVE: The 12th member is Julia Roberts, who, in Steven Soderbergh's sequel, helps execute one of three big heists on the European continent. (Warner Bros.) DEC. 17 THE AVIATOR: Martin Scorsese's latest looks at the early life of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, played here by Leonardo DiCaprio, and the events that turned him into an obsessive-compulsive recluse. (Warner Bros.) CINDERELLA MAN: The inspiring career of Depression-era boxer Jim Braddock is brought to life with Russell Crowe in the title role and Renee Zellweger as his wife. Ron Howard directs his ``Beautiful Mind'' star. (Universal) LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: The popular children's book comes to life with Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep and the voice of Jude Law. (Paramount) SPANGLISH: New film from James L. Brooks (``As Good as It Gets'') is a culture clash about a beautiful native Mexican woman who is embraced by an upscale L.A. family. With Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega and Anne Bancroft. (Columbia) DEC. 25 THE LIFE AQUATIC: Wes Anderson (``The Royal Tenenbaums'') returns with the story of another kooky family. This one lives in Italy and, we think, the ocean. Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Cate Blanchett star. (Touchstone) DECEMBER UNSCHEDULED ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: No, Michael Crawford is not playing the Phantom. (Gerard Butler is.) No, I can't do anything about it. No, I will not forward your letters to director Joel Schumacher. It's too late, people. It's over. Move on! (Warner Bros.) CLOSER: An ``erotically charged tale of love, loneliness and betrayal'' from director Mike Nichols, based on Patrick Marber's play. With Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen. (Columbia) DATE UNKNOWN BE COOL: John Travolta and Uma Thurman united again ... but in the sequel to ``Get Shorty short·y also short·ie Informal n. pl. short·ies 1. A person short in stature. 2. A thing of less than average size, length, extension, or duration. adj. ,'' not ``Pulp Fiction.'' (MGM) BIRTH: Widow (Nicole Kidman) meets a 10-year-old boy who says he is her dead husband reincarnated. Jonathan Glazer (``Sexy Beast'') directs. (New Line) THE CLEARING: Tycoon (Robert Redford) is kidnapped by disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see employee (Willem Dafoe); wife (Helen Mirren) has problems, too. (Fox Searchlight) I LOVE HUCKABEE'S: Filmmaker David O. Russell (``Three Kings'') finally returns with this story about a husband-and-wife detective team (Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin) who solve existential riddles. With Naomi Watts, Jude Law and many others. (Fox Searchlight) KINSEY: As in Alfred Kinsey, the sex researcher. Liam Neeson stars; Bill Condon (``Gods & Monsters'') directs. (Fox Searchlight) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE: Unnecessary remake of the '60s political paranoia classic with Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep. Pray it's not as bad as ``The Truth About Charlie,'' director Jonathan Demme's remake of '60s romantic thrillerclassic ``Charade.'' (Paramount) MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: Arthur Golden's best seller tells the story of a poor fisherman's daughter who grows up to be one of Kyoto's most celebrated geishas. Rob Marshall (``Chicago'') directs. (Columbia) SIDEWAYS: Failed novelist (Paul Giamatti) takes his soon-to-be-married friend (Thomas Haden Church) on a road trip up California's central coast. Trouble ensues with wine and women; maturity threatens to take hold. Alexander Payne (``About Schmidt'') directs. (Fox Searchlight) STAY: Psychologist has a suicidal client who makes bizarre predictions that - uh-oh - begin to come true. With Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts. (20th Century Fox) THE STEPFORD WIVES: Nicole Kidman is one. Need to know more? OK, this robo-bride remake is supposed to be funny, too. (Paramount) VANITY FAIR: Reese Witherspoon stars as Thackeray's 19th-century social climber for director Mira Nair (``Monsoon Wedding''). (Focus Features) A WAY THROUGH THE WOODS: Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes (``Gosford Park'') makes his directorial debut with this story of a marriage threatened by an outsider and a tragedy. (Fox Searchlight) CAPTION(S): 6 photos, box Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) Off to see the WIZARD A look at the new `Harry Potter' leads our 2004 Film Preview (2 -- cover -- color) `The Girl Next Door' (3 -- cover -- color) `Shrek 2' (4 -- cover -- color) `Van Helsing' (5 -- cover -- color) `Welcome to Mooseport' (6) Brad Pitt in ``Troy,'' opening May 14. 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