YOUR MISSION NOT IMPOSSIBLE: TO SEE SOME SUPER MOVIES.As the make-or-break summer movie season looms, Hollywood isn't quite as nervous as it was this time last year. Box-office numbers have been up for the past month or so, compared to the same period in 2005. And it's hoped that upcoming sequels to movies people actually liked (``Mission: Impossible,'' ``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 ,'' ``X-Men''), along with adaptations of super-popular books (``The Da Vinci da Vinci Surgery A surgical robot for performing certain surgeries–eg, mitral valve repair and laparoscopic procedures–eg, cholecystectomy and gastric ulcer repair. See Laparoscopic surgery, Robotics, Surgical robot. Code,'' ``The Devil Wears Prada'') and the return of Superman himself will prove far more appealing to more moviegoers than, say, a ``Bewitched'' remake or ``Stealth.'' Then again, if any of 2006's ultra-expensive summer films don't hold up, we may find ourselves back in the old, end-of-cinema-as-we-know-it mode. It'll be fun to see what happens. And, hopefully, fun to see some of the movies. Following is a list of purported delights that will be coming to Southern California theaters between now and Labor Day. Release schedules are always subject to change. COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU Compiled by Bob Strauss, Glenn Whipp and Evan Henerson MAY 5An American Haunting: Allegedly based on the only confirmed case of a spirit-related U.S. death. With Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek. (After Dark Films) Art School Confidential Art School Confidential may refer to:
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: Romanian man's last night on Earth spirals into medical nightmare. (Tartan) The Fall of Fujimori: Deposed Peruvian dictator tells all. (Cinema Libre) Hoot: Three Florida middle-schoolers prevent corrupt authorities from paving over an endangered owl habitat. From a young people's novel by Carl Hiaasen. (New Line) Le Petite Jerusalem: French Jews fight anti-Semitism and each other. (Kino kino the juice of certain plants, some tropical and some Australian eucalypts, used in medicine as an astringent. ) Mission: Impossible III: J.J. Abrams ("Alias") directs; Philip Seymour Hoffman For other persons named Philip Hoffman, see Philip Hoffman (disambiguation). Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Biography Early life Hoffman was born in Fairport, New York to Gordon S. plays the bad guy. Tom Cruise ... well you know the rest. Word is it's OK. (Paramount) One Last Thing: Boy dying of cancer has one last wish - to make it with a supermodel. (Magnolia) The Promise: Three men - a powerful Duke, a brave general and lowly slave - want the same mysterious princess in this epic set in ancient China. Chen Kaige directs. (Warner Independent) The Proposition: Brutal Australian "Western," written by glum glum adj. glum·mer, glum·mest 1. Moody and melancholy; dejected. 2. Gloomy; dismal. n. 1. rocker Nick Cave and starring Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone and Danny Huston. (First Look) Sir! No Sir!: Acclaimed documentary about Vietnam-era soldiers who were anti-war like their long-haired counterparts and how their feelings played a role in ending the fighting. (Balcony) MAY 12 Down in the Valley: Cowboy rides into San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , changes lives of teens. With Edward Norton and Evan Rachel Wood. (THINKFilm) Goal! The Dream Begins: Given, of course, that your dream is soccer. (Disney) Just My Luck: Lucky woman kisses unlucky man. Now she's unlucky, and he's lucky. Or something like that. Lindsay Lohan stars. (20th Century Fox) Keeping Up With the Steins: It's "My Big Fat Jewish Bar Mitzvah" with erstwhile "Spy Kid" Daryl Sabara dealing with embarrassing parents, relatives, ceremonies and parties. Scott Marshall - son of Garry - makes his film-directing debut. Dad appears as a wacky grandparent, along with Daryl Hannah, Richard Benjamin, Jeremy Piven and Jami Gertz. (Miramax) Lady Vengeance: The third entry in Chan-wook Park's revenge trilogy ("Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" and "Old Boy" coming first) concerns more betrayal and payback, this time with child abduction figuring in the plot. (Tartan) Poseidon: Wolfgang Petersen ("Das Boot," "Perfect Storm") gets wet and wild again, updating the 1972 disaster film without the cheesiness chees·y adj. chees·i·er, chees·i·est 1. Containing or resembling cheese. 2. Informal Of poor quality; shoddy. . Josh Lucas and Kurt Russell star. (Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .) Saving Shiloh: Dog movie based on the Scholastic kids books. (New Dog) Shakespeare Behind Bars: Convicts put on a play. It's a documentary. (Philomath Films) Sketches of Frank Gehry: Sydney Pollack salutes the architect. (Sony Pictures Classics) Three Times: Stories set in three different eras from Taiwanese arthouse fave fave Informal n. One that is preferred above others or likely to win; a favorite. adj. Favorite. [Short for favorite.] Hsiao-hsi en Hou. (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. ) Wah-Wah: Swaziland teen copes with parents' divorce and a looming American stepmom. Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant (born May 5, 1957) is a British actor known for portraying the world-weary, drug-crazed alcoholic Withnail in Withnail and I. Biography Early life Grant was born Richard Grant Esterhuysen wrote and directed. (IDP Films) MAY 19 Clean: Maggie Cheung plays a dead rock star's junkie wife, struggling to regain custody of their child. (Palm) The Da Vinci Code: Dan Brown's insanely best-selling best seller gets a high-powered film treatment with Tom Hanks in the lead, Ron Howard at the helm and the entire basis of Christian belief at stake. Plus, word games, art puzzles, an albino albino (ălbī`nō) [Port.,=white], animal or plant lacking normal pigmentation. The absence of pigment is observed in the body covering (skin, hair, and feathers) and in the iris of the eye. assassin and Paris by night Paris By Night is an on-going Vietnamese language musical variety show produced by the French company Thuy Nga. With the diaspora of Vietnamese after the Vietnam War, many Vietnamese turn to Paris By Night for Vietnamese language entertainment. . With Ian McKellen, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno and Paul Bettany. (Columbia) Over the Hedge: Animated tale of woodland creatures coming to terms with encroaching suburbia. Based on the comic strip, with voice work from Steve Carell, Bruce Willis and William Shatner. (DreamWorks) Russian Dolls: Pretty young French things party down and hook up in the former Socialist paradise. (IFC) See No Evil: A 7-foot, 400-pound psychopath psy·cho·path n. A person with an antisocial personality disorder, especially one manifested in perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior. holes up in the aptly named Blackwell Hotel waiting for fresh meat. World Wrestling Entertainment's Kane stars for onetime porn director Gregory Dark (Lionsgate) MAY 24 An Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore warns us about global warming. (Paramount Specialty) MAY 26 Cavite: Terrorist kidnappings in the Philippines. (Gorilla Films) Dead Man's Shoes: Big brother settles the score after drug gang abuses his younger sibling. Paddy Considine stars. (Magnolia) Lemming lemming, name for several species of mouselike rodents related to the voles. All live in arctic or northern regions, inhabiting tundra or open meadows. They frequently nest in underground burrows, particularly in winter, although they do not hibernate. : French guy and his wife have trouble with his boss and his wife. Oh, and there's a dead rodent in the sink. (Strand) Twelve and Holding: The death of a contemporary affects a trio of tweens in different ways. (IFC) X-Men: The Last Stand: Embattled X-Men must choose between retaining their powers or becoming "normal." Title either refers to the completion of the triology or the imminent demise of this franchise at the hands of new director Brett Ratner. Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman are back. (20th Century Fox) JUNE 2 The Break-Up: Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn fell in love making this comedy about a couple who can't stand each other but have to keep living together in their overpriced o·ver·price tr.v. o·ver·priced, o·ver·pric·ing, o·ver·pric·es To put too high a price or value on. overpriced Adjective costing more than it is thought to be worth Adj. condo. Isn't that just so sweet? (Universal) District B13: Futuristic French nonsense about a cop and a convict trying to prevent a nuclear disaster in a cordoned-off Paris ghetto. (Magnolia) Mouth to Mouth: Rebellious teen Ellen Page ("X3") joins a travelling band of European radicals. (Artistic License) Peaceful Warrior: Based on Dan Millman's autobiography, a college gymnast with Olympics dreams gains enlightenment from a stranger called - we kid you not - Socrates. That would be Nick Nolte. Amy Smart and Scott Mechlowicz co-star. (Lionsgate) Yang Ban Xi: Remember those ginormous ginormous Adjective Informal very large [gi(gantic) + (e)normous] propaganda shows they used to put on during China's Cultural Revolution? Well, here's the story of one of them. (Scarabees Films) JUNE 6 The Omen: 6/6/06 turns up only once every hundred years, so ya gotta make an Antichrist Antichrist (ăn`tĭkrīst), in Christian belief, a person who will represent on earth the powers of evil by opposing the Christ, glorifying himself, and causing many to leave the faith. movie, right? Julia Stiles and Liev Schrieber star as the parents raising Satan's spawn. (20th Century Fox) JUNE 9 Cars: Pixar Animation revs its engines with its latest about a hotshot stock car (voiced by Owen Wilson) who learns a thing or two about life on his way to a big 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. race. John Lasseter directed before he took over Disney Animation. (Disney) Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul: German-Turkish director Fatih Akin ("Head-On") made this documentary about music in the continent-straddling city. (Strand) The King: Troubled man returns home to Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi is a coastal city and the county seat of Nueces CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the region known as South Texas. , to deal with dad. With Gael Garcia Bernal and William Hurt. (THINKFilm) Only Human: Jewish family not happy with daughter's Palestinian boyfriend. It's a comedy. (Magnolia) A Prairie Home Companion: Garrison Keillor's public-radio mainstay comes to the big screen with an impressive cast (Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan, 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. , Kevin Kline, Virginia Madsen, Keillor and more) and ensemble virtuoso Robert Altman at the helm. (Picturehouse) JUNE 14 The Heart of the Game: Documentary about an inner-city Washington girl named Darnellia Russell and her efforts to hoop it up with a tax professor turned girls' basketball coach in her corner. Ward Serrill directs, and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges narrates. (Miramax) JUNE 16 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift: Now they're breaking speed laws in Japan. No Diesel. No Paul Walker even. But there's Bow Wow! (Universal) The Lake House: Lonely doctor and frustrated architect share love letters, soon realizing that they're living two years apart. "Speed" stars Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves reunite, minus the bus. (Warner Bros.) Loverboy: Neglected daughter grows up to be possessive mother. Kevin Bacon directs wife Kyra Sedgwick. (THINKFilm) Nacho Libre: Jack Black does Mexican wrestling. What else do you need to know? Well, maybe that it's directed by Jared Hess, the guy who made "Napoleon Dynamite." Sweet. (Paramount) JUNE 23 Click: Adam Sandler finds a magical universal remote that enables him to control the world. Be very afraid. (Columbia) Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties: Because Bill Murray has to pay the bills between making indie movies. (20th Century Fox) The Road to Guantanamo: Part-drama, part-documentary film focuses on three British Muslims who were held in the infamous prison for two years, then released, without ever being charged. (Roadside Attractions) Say Uncle: Gay guy who loves to play with children draws suspicion. (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 ) Waist Deep: Hip-hop "Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde in full Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (born March 24, 1909, Telico, Texas, U.S.—died May 23, 1934, near Gibsland, La.) (born Oct. 1, 1910, Rowena, Texas, U.S.—died May 23, 1934, near Gibsland, La.) U.S. criminals. ." (Rogue) Wordplay: Documentary about the editor of the 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 Times' crossword puzzles. (IFC) JUNE 28 The Motel: Asian-American coming-of-age story at a family-run motel. (Palm) Who Killed the Electric Car: Documentary about the life and death of GM's EV-1. Pretty timely, given that gas will probably cost $4 a gallon by the time this comes out. (Sony Pictures Classics) JUNE 30 The Devil Wears Prada: Fashion world send-up with Meryl Streep playing the boss from hell, a Vogue-ish magazine editor making life miserable for her young assistant (Anne Hathaway). (20th Century Fox) Leonard Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. I'm Your Man: Director Lian Lunson filmed the 2000 Cohen tribute at the Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House Performing-arts centre on the harbour in Sydney, Australia. Its dynamic, imaginative design by Danish architect Jørn Utzon (b. 1918) won a competition in 1957 and brought Utzon international fame. . This backstage documentary contains interviews and live performance with Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Linda Thompson, Beth Orton and Perla Battala as well as poet/songwriter Cohen himself. (Lionsgate) Superman Returns: Like the title says. While he's been away, Lois (Kate Bosworth) became a single mother. But some things never change: Lex Luthor (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" ) remains set on world domination. Bryan Singer ("X-Men") directs; newcomer Brandon Routh plays the Man of Steel. (Warner Bros.) Wassup Rockers: South Central homeboys go skateboarding in Beverly Hills, get taken home by exotic rich girls. The latest from Larry "Kids" Clark. (First Look) JUNE UNSCHEDULED Lower City: Brazilian best friends fall out over, what else, a girl. (Palm) Typhoon: North Korean pirate tries to nuke the South. (Paramount Classics) JULY 5 Little Man: One Wayans brother adopts a short criminal played by another Wayans brother, mistakenly thinking that he'd make a good son. Wow, and we thought "The Da Vinci Code" sounded complicated. (Columbia) JULY 7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow owes his soul to Davy Jones but isn't in any hurry to pay up. Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and director Gore Verbinski return; Bill Nighy joins the cast as Jones. (Disney) The Puffy Chair: Road trip with furniture. And romantic triangle. (Roadside Attractions) A Scanner Darkly: 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] story about futuristic drug freakout paranoia was digitally rotoscoped, so the cartoon characters still look remarkably just like Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder. (Warner Independent) Strangers With Candy: Boozer chick gets out of jail, returns home to make the same mistakes again. It's a comedy. Amy Sedaris stars. (THINKFilm) JULY 14 The Groomsmen: Edward Burns made and stars in another collection of uninspired observations about relationships. Brittany Murphy is the pregnant bride-to-be. (Bauer Martinez) Heading South: North American women of a certain age take a sex tour to Haiti. Directed by France's estimable es·ti·ma·ble adj. 1. Possible to estimate: estimable assets; an estimable distance. 2. Deserving of esteem; admirable: an estimable young professor. Laurent Cantet ("Time Out"). (Shadow) Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos For the South African club, see . The New York Cosmos (1971–1985), known simply as the Cosmos for the 1977 and 1978 seasons, was a soccer franchise based in New York City and its suburbs that operated in the North American Soccer League from 1971 to 1984. : Documentary charting how Pele and the gang made soccer cool at the same time the Big Apple was contending with the Son of Sam and Studio 54. Matt Dillon narrates. Paul Crowder directs. (Miramax) Pulse: You always suspected your cell phone or e-mail were the spawn of evil. In fact it's true as malevolent forces from another world are looking to deliver the ultimate virus. Kristin Bell and Christina Milian star for director Jim Sonzero. (Dimension) You, Me and Dupree: Newlywed couple Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson suffer an endless visit from his immature friend (Owen Wilson). Funny, they tell us. (Universal) JULY 21 Lady in the Water: Latest from M. Night Shyamalan Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan (born August 6, 1970), known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, /'ʃæ.mæ.lɔːn ("The Sixth Sense") has the residents of an apartment complex trying to help a water nymph nymph, in Greek mythology nymph (nĭmf), in Greek mythology, female divinity associated with various natural objects. It is uncertain whether they were immortal or merely long-lived. There was an infinite variety of nymphs. go home. Bryce Dallas Howard and Paul Giamatti star. (Warner Bros.) Monster House: Digitally rotoscoped kids-vs.-a-haunted-house thing. (Columbia) My Super Ex-Girlfriend: Ivan Reitman ("Ghostbusters") directs this movie about a dude (Luke Wilson) who breaks up with his girlfriend (Uma Thurman) only to realize she has super powers. Uh-oh. (20th Century Fox) Time to Leave: Photographer copes with brain tumor. From French director Francois Ozon ("Swimming Pool"). (Strand) JULY 28 Azumi: Manga maNga is a popular Turkish nu metal/rapcore band. Their music is mainly a fusion of alternative metal and hip hop music, with a touch of Anatolian melodies; with heavy use of turntables, invoking comparisons with modern American nu metal bands. adaptation about - surprise - a Japanese female assassin. (Urban Vision) Barnyard: Farm animals make hay while farmer is away. From the people behind "Jimmy Neutron." (Paramount) House of Sand: But not fog. It stars "Central Station" lead Fernanda Montenegro as one of three generations of women tired of living in a barren desert land. (Sony Pictures Classics) I Could Never Be Your Woman: That's what Michelle Pfeiffer tells Paul Rudd. But she goes for the younger man anyway. (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. ) John Tucker Must Die: Or so say the three high-school girls who find out they've been dating said Mr. Tucker. (20th Century Fox) Little Miss Sunshine: Dysfunctional family bonds during cross-country trip to a children's beauty pageant. Oh yeah, that'll help. With Steve Carell, Toni Collette and Greg Kinnear. (Fox Searchlight) Miami Vice: Michael Mann brings his '80s-defining cop show to the big screen with reportedly fewer pastels. Colin Farrell is Don Johnson, Jamie Foxx is the other guy. (Universal) Scoop: Woody Allen's latest, again with Scarlett Johansson in London. But this one's a comedy about tabloid reporters. (Focus) JULY UNSCHEDULED Changing Times: Old guy (Gerard Depardieu) goes looking for his first love (Catherine Deneuve). Needless to say, it's French. (Koch Lorber) Two Drifters: Gay guy and dumped girl both claim the same dead man was their lover. It's Portuguese. (Strand) Wondrous Oblivion: Jews and Jamaicans bond over cricket in 1960s London. (Palm) AUG. 4 The Ant Bully: The mean kid with the magnifying glass gets shrunk down to the size of an ant in this animated movie based on the popular kids book. (Warner Bros.) Brothers of the Head: Conjoined twins form a boy band. Really. A documentary from the directors of "Lost in La Mancha." (IFC) Fearless: Jet Li martial arts movie. (Focus) The Night Listener: Armistead Maupin adapts his own novel about a late-night radio host who gets phone friendly with a boy and his adopted mother. But is the kid really who he seems? Robin Williams is the man at the mic. Toni Collette and Rory Culkin co-star. (Miramax). Quinceanera: Echo Park family deals with age-old traditions, adolescent hormones and rising real-estate prices. (Sony Pictures Classics) The Science of Sleep: French guy (played by Mexican guy Gael Garcia Bernal) has trouble keeping his dream and waking lives separate. If this sounds familiar, it might be because director Michel Gondry last made "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." (Warner Independent) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Will Ferrell plays a NASCAR hero. We are meant to laugh. (Columbia) AUG. 9 World Trade Center: Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie follows the heroic rescue of a couple of Port Authority cops. No politics. Which begs the question: Why hire Oliver Stone? Nicolas Cage stars. (Paramount) AUG. 11 Accepted: College rejects open their own university for similar idiots. Think it'll be funny? (Universal) Conversations With Other Women: Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter relive their love life when they meet at a wedding. Presented in split screen, we're told. (Strand) Half-Nelson: Inspiring inner-city schoolteacher Ryan Gosling has a drug problem. (THINKFilm) The Reaping: Bible debunker has her hands full in a Louisiana town 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. by plagues straight out of the Old Testament. Hilary Swank stars. (Warner Bros.) Step Up: Lower-class girl longs to learn ballet, finds a hunky hun·ky 1 n. pl. hun·kies Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a laborer, from east-central Europe. delinquent to be her partner. (Touchstone) Zoom: "Sky High" rip-off (What? Already? That?) with Tim Allen as the teacher of young superheroes Superheroes are fictional heroes who possess abilities beyond those of normal human beings. 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AUG. 18 Clerks II: They're back, they're 30-something, and they're still vending. Director Kevin Smith brings back Dante, Randal, Jay and Silent Bob along with new-girl clerk Rosario Dawson. (Weinstein Co.) Factotum fac·to·tum n. An employee or assistant who serves in a wide range of capacities. [Medieval Latin fact : Another Charles Bukowski tale of drinking one's way through the low L.A. life. Oscar nominee Matt Dillon plays the dissolute dis·so·lute adj. Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices. [Middle English, from Latin dissol writer. (IFC) Flyboys: Kids stow away on plane with a mobster and a bomb. But no snakes. (Milestone) The Illusionist: A magician and a prince vie for the same woman's affections in 1900 Vienna. Edward Norton and Jessica Biel star. (Yari) Nearing Grace: A teen named Nearing ("Everwood's" Gregory Smith) becomes obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with a woman named Grace (Jordana Brewster). Let's hear it for truth in advertising. (Whitewater) Snakes on a Plane: The most important movie of this or any other year, at least according to the Internet geeks who have already made a religion out of it. Sam Jackson, the fed escorting a witness on a serpent-infested Pacific flight, strives to get the $#@%!$#$ snakes off the &$&*!#$%# plane right !@*&$#@ now! (New Line) Trust the Man: Two New York couples - Julianne Moore and David Duchovny, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Billy Crudup - have problems. And a few laughs too, hopefully. (Fox Searchlight) AUG. 25 Beerfest: Oktoberfest comes a couple of months early with this comedy about a couple of goofballs who travel to Germany and compete in some kind of Olympics for alcoholics. (Warner Bros.) DOA (jargon) DOA - Dead on arrival. A piece of hardware that has never worked. : Tecmo's video game (which stands for Dead or Alive) goes big screen with Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Eric Roberts and Holly Valance. (Dimension). How to Eat Fried Worms: Kid gets in trouble for taking a dare to consume the title delicacy. But no snakes consumed. (New Line) Idlewild: The OutKast guys star in this period musical, set in a Prohibition-era Southern speakeasy Speakeasy - Simple array-oriented language with numerical integration and differentiation, graphical output, aimed at statistical analysis. ["Speakeasy", S. Cohen, SIGPLAN Notices 9(4), (Apr 1974)]. ["Speakeasy-3 Reference Manual", S. Cohen et al. 1976]. . (Universal) Invincible: Basically "The Rookie" with football. Thirty-year-old substitute teacher goes to a tryout and makes the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga . Mark Wahlberg stars. (Disney) AUGUST UNSCHEDULED Cautiva: Argentinian teen discovers shocking truth about family's political past. (Laemmle/Zeller) The Descent: Six girlfriends are trapped deep inside the Earth during a caving expedition. Even worse, there are monsters below! (Lionsgate) Rolling Family: Argentinian family heads for a wedding in a camper. (Palm) 13 Tzameti: Guy finds package meant for a gangster. Trouble follows. (Palm) SEPT. 1 Crank: "D.O.A." meets "The Sopranos" as a hit man named Chev has to whack his way through L.A. to keep a slow-acting poison from ending his life. (Lionsgate) Crossover: Street basketball drama. (TriStar) Idiocracy: "Beavis and Butt-head" creator Mike Judge made this Rip Van Winkle update, in which Luke Wilson awakens 500 years in the future, when everyone's a moron mo·ron n. A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education. . (20th Century Fox) The Return: Saleswoman has nightmares about dead woman much like her, feels the need to investigate. Sarah Michelle Gellar Sarah Michelle Gellar (born April 14, 1977) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as the fictional character Buffy Summers in the acclaimed television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination. stars. (Rogue Pictures) Stormbreaker: Make my Diet Coke shaken, not stirred "Shaken, not stirred" is a famous catch phrase of Ian Fleming's fictional British Secret Service agent, James Bond and his preference for how he wished his martini prepared. . A 14-year-old is engaged by the British Secret Service to infiltrate the nefarious doings of a billionaire. Ewan McGregor, Mickey Rourke, Alicia Silverstone, Andy Serkis and newcomer Alex Pettyfer (as the young spy) star for director Gregory Sax. (Weinstein Co.) SUMMER UNSCHEDULED Confetti: Three couples vie to win a British magazine's super-posh wedding contest. (Fox Searchlight) CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (cover -- color) Get ready for a wild time at the multiplex with our SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW Box: COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU (see text) |
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