New Releases This Week

WALL-E
Opened June 27, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 37 min.
Rated G

After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL-E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen. Joining WALL-E on his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagined visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.
Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Macintalk
Director: Andrew Stanton
Genres: Adventure Comedy, Comedy, Children's/Family, Sci-Fi Adventure

WANTED
Opened June 27, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 50 min.
Rated R

Strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie). After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad’s death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself. With wickedly brilliant tutors—including the Fraternity’s enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman)—Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.
Cast: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Genres: Action Thriller, Fantasy Adventure, Action


THE LAST MISTRESS
Opens today July 4, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 49 min.
Rated NR

A penniless rogue, Ryno de Marigny (Fu'ad Ait Aatou), shocks 19th century France with his engagement to the virginal gem of the aristocracy, Hermangarde (Roxane Mesquida). As lurid speculations of Ryno's ten year affair with the carnal Vellini (Asia Argento) manifest, a supremely erotic and wickedly humorous depiction of human lust is revealed - overriding the brittle facade of nobility and reverence.

*Note: Film is presented in French with English subtitles.

 

Cast: Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aatou, Roxane Mesquida, Claude Sarraute, Yolande Moreau
Director: Catherine Breillat
Genres: Period Film, Erotic Drama, Drama

 

HANCOCK
Opens Wednesday, July 2, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 32 min.
Rated PG-13

Some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and languageThere are heroes... there are superheroes... and then there's Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes great responsibility -- everyone knows that -- everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock's well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The public has finally had enough -- as grateful as they are to have their local hero, the good citizens of Los Angeles are wondering what they ever did to deserve this guy. Hancock isn't the kind of man who cares what other people think -- until the day that he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), and the sardonic superhero begins to realize that he may have a vulnerable side after all. Facing that will be Hancock's greatest challenge yet -- and a task that may prove impossible as Ray's wife, Mary (Charlize Theron), insists that he's a lost cause.
Cast: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan, Johnny Galecki
Director: Peter Berg
Genres: Action Comedy, Comic-Book Superhero Film, Comedy

Recent Releases

 

A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT

Julia Reynolds (Juliet Stevenson) convinces her husband Jack (Daniel Stern) to go on a vacation with her to the Mediterranean island of Malta. However, her motives for going on the trip is less than pure. Twenty-five years previously, she promised her first love, Alex (Tcheky Karyo), that she would meet him there. When the former lovers are reunited, Jack searches for a romance of his own and begins dating and dancing with an ex-chorus girl (Valerie Mahaffey).

Cast Juliet Stevenson, Tcheky Karyo, Daniel Stern, Valerie Mahaffey

Director(s) Joan Carr-Wiggin

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 9, 2008

Running Time 118 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated


THE BABYSITTERS

Shirley Lyner (Katherine Waterston) is a high school student who makes some good money babysitting for various parents in her town. When one of her clients, Mr. Beltran (John Leguizamo), kisses her while giving her a ride home one night. He also gives her a little extra money along with her regular earnings. Eventually, Shirley finds herself pimping out her teenage friends to other dads who need a "babysitter," but as her business becomes increasingly popular, it also comes violently crashing down around her.

Cast John Leguizamo, Katherine Waterston, Cynthia Nixon, Andy Comeau, Denis O'Hare

Director(s) David Ross

Writer(s) David Ross

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 9, 2008

Running Time 90 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for disturbing strong sexual content, language and some drug use - involving teens

 

BAGHEAD

Four aspiring actors go live for the summer in a cabin in the woods to hammer out a screenplay for a film that they all hope will be their big break. While the quartet is intent on working hard, their personal relationships keep distracting them from the goal at hand. Matt (Ross Patridge) has broken up with his girlfriend Catherine (Elise Muller), even though they still occasionally sleep together. Meanwhile, Chad (Steve Zissis) has a mad crush on Michelle (Greta Gerwig), who desperately lusts after Matt. Things get really crazy when Michelle sees a man with a bag over his head, but no one can figure out if he was just an illusion or a maniac out to kill them all.

Cast Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller

Director(s) Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass

Writer(s) Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date June 13, 2008

Running Time 84 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for language, some sexual content and nudity


BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER

This documentary examines the use of performance enhancing drugs in professional sports and entertainment. As a child, director Christopher Bell wanted to grow up to be like Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger and ended up taking steroids to accomplish that goal. This documentary looks at Bell's own involvement in the steroid subculture and examines why our country demands its heroes be so much bigger than life.

Director(s) Christopher Bell

Writer(s) Christopher Bell, Alexander Buono, Tamsin Rawady

Status In theaters (limited)

Release Date May 30, 2008

Running Time 105 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for thematic material involving drugs, language, some sexual content and violent images

Brick Lane (2008)

The story of a beautiful young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen, who arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle aged Chanu, she fears her soul is quietly dying. Her sister Hasina, meanwhile, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh, stumbling from one adventure to the next. Nazneen struggles to accept her own lifestyle, and keeps her head down in spite of life's blows, but she soon discovers that life cannot be avoided--and is forced to confront it the day that the hotheaded young Karim comes knocking at her door.


Logline: Drama about a girl growing up in East London's Bangladeshi community.

Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama and Adaptation

Running Time: 1 hr. 41 min.

Release Date: June 20th, 2008 (limited)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexuality and brief strong language.

Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics

Production Co.: U.K. Film Council, Ingenious Film Partners, Film4, Ruby Films

Filming Locations: London, England, United Kingdom
India

Produced in: United Kingdom

THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI

In 1937, George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) inexplicably finds himself leading a group of 60 orphan Chinese boys on a journey over the Liu Pan Shan mountains to the Mongolian desert to escape the Japanese invasion. Helping Hogg on his heroic rescue are Chen Hansheng (Chow Yun-Fat), the leader of a Chinese partisan group; Lee (Radha Mitchell), an Australian woman who lends medical help; and Madame Wang (Michelle Yeoh), an aristrocrat also fleeing for her life.

Cast Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, David Wenham, Guang Li

Director(s) Roger Spottiswoode

Writer(s) James MacManus, Jane Hawksley

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date May 23, 2008

Running Time 114 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for some disturbing and violent content

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN

The Pevensie children finally get to return to Narnia only to find out that over 1,300 years have passed in the magical land and everything and everyone they knew about it is dead and buried. The kingdom is now presided over by the despicable King Miraz (Sergio Castellitto) who rules with an iron fist. So, Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan (Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell) must return the displaced Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) back to Narnia's throne to bring peace to the world again.

 

Cast Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes, Eddie Izzard

Director(s) Andrew Adamson

Writer(s) Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Release Date May 16, 2008

Running Time 144 minutes

MPAA Rating PG - for epic battle action and violence

THE EDGE OF HEAVEN

Nejat (Baki Davrak) doesn't like the fact that his widowed father Ali (Tuncel Kurtiz) has a prostitute, Yeter (Nursel), as a girlfriend. But after Yeter dies in a car accident, Nejat travels to Turkey to find her daughter, Ayten (Nurgul Yesilcay) and give her the bad news. However, he finds Ayten stuck in a Turkish prison after having been deported from Germany for political reasons.

Cast Baki Davrak, Nursel Kose, Hanna Schygulla, Tunçel Kurtiz, Nurgül Yesilçay, Patrycia Ziolkowska

Director(s) Fatih Akin

Writer(s) Fatih Akin

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Foreign

Release Date May 21, 2008

Running Time 122 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated

ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Acclaimed documentarian Werner Herzog travels to one of the most remote locations on Earth to tell the story of what life is like for the thousand people who call Antarctica home.

Director(s) Werner Herzog

Writer(s) Werner Herzog

Status In theaters (limited)

Release Date June 11, 2008

Running Time 99 minutes

MPAA Rating G

THE FALL

In Los Angeles in the 1920s, a young girl named Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) rests in a hospital while recovering from a nasty fall. She quickly makes friends with Roy Walker (Lee Pace) who entertains her with a wild fantasy tale that has Charles Darwin (Leo Bill) and a team of fighters going up against an evil prince.

Cast Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell

Director(s) Tarsem

Writer(s) Dan Gilroy, Nico Soultanakis, Tarsem

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date May 9, 2008

Running Time 116 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for some violent images


THE FOOT FIST WAY

Fred Simmons (Danny R. McBride) is a world-class martial-arts instructor at the Concord Tae Kwon Do Studio. While seeming to be totally in control of his life, Fred discovers that his wife Suzie (Mary Jane Bostic) has been repeatedly cheating on him. Fred's last ditch chance to regain his pride is to battle the ruthless Chuck "The Truck" Wallace (Ben Best), an eight-time undefeated champion and action movie star, in a fight to end all fights.

Cast Danny McBride, Ben Best

Director(s) Jody Hill

Writer(s) Jody Hill, Danny McBride, Ben Best

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 30, 2008

Running Time 87 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for strong language and some sexual content

FRONTIER(S)

After a heist job goes incredibly wrong, a quartet of crooks run from the police and hide out at a dingy hotel in the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately, however, the hotel is run by a family of neo-Nazi cannibals who are thrilled that such a scrumptious feast has landed at their establishment.

Cast Karina Testa, Aurelien Wiik, Patrick Ligardes, David Saracino, Maud Forget, Samuel Le Bihan

Director(s) Xavier Gens

Writer(s) Xavier Gens

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Horror

Release Date May 9, 2008

DVD Release Date May 13, 2008

Running Time 108 minutes

MPAA Rating Unrated

FUGITIVE PIECES

Jakob Beer (Robbie Kay) is just a young boy when the Nazis invade Poland in 1942 and kill his parents and abduct his older sister. After finally coming out of his hiding space when he feels safe, he's rescued by Athos Roussos (Rade Sherbedgia), an archaeologist who smuggles Jakob to safety in Greece. Years later, an older Jakob (Stephen Dillane) becomes a University professor in Canada, where he must come to terms with his past before feeling safe in the present with his new girlfriend, Alex (Rosamund Pike).

Cast Stephen Dillane, Rade Serbedzija, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet July Zurer, Robbie Kay, Ed Stoppard

Director(s) Jeremy Podeswa

Writer(s) Jeremy Podeswa

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date May 2, 2008

Running Time 104 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for some sexuality

Get Smart (2008)

Maxwell Smart is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23. Smart is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99. As Smart and 99 get closer to unraveling KAOS' master plan--and each other--they discover that key KAOS operative Siegfried and his sidekick Shtarker are scheming to cash in with their network of terror. Given little field experience and even less time, Smart--armed with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm--must defeat KAOS if he is to save the day.

Also Known As: Spyville


Logline: The adventures of bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart, and his level-headed female partner, Agent 99, as they battle against the evil forces of KAOS.

Genres: Comedy, Thriller and Adaptation

Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.

Release Date: June 20th, 2008 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some rude humor, action violence and language.

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Production Co.: Mad Chance Productions, Callahan Filmworks, Mosaic Media Group

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures

Financiers: Co-Financier: Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Moscow, Russia

Produced in: United States

THE GO-GETTER

Mercer White (Lou Taylor Pucci) is normally a pretty good kid, but after his mother dies and he's left all alone in the world, he steals a car to go visit his older half-brother whom he hasn't seen in several years. Along the way, Mercer gets into contact with the stolen vehicle's real owner (Zooey Deschanel), meets up with a cute girl (Jena Malone) in Reno and hangs out with his half-brother's ex-girlfriend

Cast Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone

Director(s) Martin Hynes

Writer(s) Martin Hynes

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date June 6, 2008

Running Time 93 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for language, some sexual content and drug use

 

THE HAPPENING

When the entire fate of humanity is threatened, Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) takes his family and tries to avoid the impending apocalypse.

Cast Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley

Director(s) M. Night Shyamalan

Writer(s) M. Night Shyamalan

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Action/Adventure

Release Date June 13, 2008

Running Time 91 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for violent and disturbing images


HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS SPENT THEIR SUMMER

Three generations of women in a Mexican-American family — grandmother, mother, daughter — each have their boring lives livened up one exciting summer. The aging Dona Genoveva (Lucy Gallardo) buys an old car and decides she wants to learn how to drive at the age of 70. Her gardener, Don Pedro (Jorge Cervera Jr.), provides the lessons, both in driving and in the art of love. Meanwhile, divorced, middle-aged Rosa (Elizabeth Pena) is hit on by a handsome video store owner (Steven Bauer), who just happens to be still married. Finally, teenage Blanca (America Ferrera) meets a suave boy (Leo Minaya) who may have gotten another girl pregnant.

Cast America Ferrera, Elizabeth Peña, Lucy Gallardo, Steven Bauer, Jorge Cervera Jr., Rick Najera

Director(s) Georgina Garcia Riedel

Writer(s) Georgina Garcia Riedel

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 16, 2008

Running Time 128 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for sexual content and some language


 

THE INCREDIBLE HULK

Still stuck with the ability to turn into a raging behemoth, Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately searches for a cure that will rid him of his gamma-irradiated alter ego once and for all. However, he's barely given a chance to stop running from the obsessed General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), who will use the entire might of the U.S. military to find Banner and kill the Hulk. Meanwhile, Banner must also deal with his tortured relationship with Betty Ross (Liv Tyler), as well as contend with a new opponent, another gamma-created monstrosity called the Abomination (Tim Roth).

Cast Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell, William Hurt

Director(s) Louis Leterrier

Writer(s) Edward Norton, Zak Penn

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Action/Adventure

Release Date June 13, 2008

Running Time 114 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi images, and brief suggestive content


INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

In 1957, intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is on the verge of losing his job at a prestigious university thanks to some questionable activities he's undertaken recently. He then meets up with a young rebel named Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) who asks Indy to go on another grand adventure: recover a legendary skull made out of crystal which allegedly will allow its owner to rule the world. Traveling down to Peru to an ancient lost city, Indy and Mutt must dodge an evil Russian agent, Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), who is after the same object.

Cast Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, John Hurt

Director(s) Steven Spielberg, David Koepp, George Lucas

Writer(s) Jeff Nathanson

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Action/Adventure

Release Date May 22, 2008

Running Time 124 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for adventure violence and scary images

IRON MAN

Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is a billionaire industrialist whose forte is building weapons of mass destruction. When he's severely injured while testing one of those weapons in Afghanistan, he's kidnapped by insurgents and has to build a suit of iron armor to escape his captors. After returning to the U.S., Stark refines his iron creation and transforms himself into a flying metallic repulsor-ray-firing superhero. When his biggest business rival, Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges), gets his hands on Stark's original plans, he creates an even bigger iron adversary to defeat Stark once and for all.

Cast Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Gwyneth Paltrow

Director(s) Jon Favreau

Writer(s) Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matthew Holloway

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Action/Adventure

Release Date May 2, 2008

Running Time 126 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content

JACK AND JILL VS. THE WORLD

Jack (Freddie Prinze Jr.), a NYC advertising exec, is totally bored by his dull life. However, things get exciting when he hooks up with the vivacious Jill (Taryn Manning), a free-spirited young woman. Launching into a full-scale romance, the pair promise to be 100% honest with each other. So, when Jack insists Jill tell him where it is she disappears to for days on end, she is forced to tell him.

Cast Freddie Prinze Jr., Taryn Manning, Kelly Rowan, Peter Stebbings, Vanessa Parise, Charles Martin Smith

Director(s) Vanessa Parise

Writer(s) Peter Stebbings, Vanessa Parise

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date April 4, 2008

DVD Release Date June 17, 2008

Running Time 89 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for sexual content and brief strong language


Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)

Aspiring reporter Kit Kittredge canâ??t resist bringing home strays, whether itâ??s Grace, an abandoned basset hound, or Will and Countee, a pair of young hobos willing to trade work for meals. Bright, inquisitive and generous, Kit is a natural born leader. But her happy childhood is abruptly interrupted when her father loses his car dealership and must leave Cincinnati to look for work. Kit and her mother Margaret are left to manage on their own, growing vegetables, selling eggs and even taking in an assortment of boarders including an itinerant magician, a vivacious dance instructor on the prowl for a husband and a zany mobile librarian. When a crime spree sweeps Cincinnati, all signs point to the local â??hobo jungle,â? where Will and Countee live with a group of their impoverished companions. Kit, who always has her antennae out for a good news story, convinces her new friends to take her to see the hobo camp for herself and writes an article that creates a sympathetic portrait of the campâ??s residents. But when Kitâ??s mother and their boarders become the latest victims in a string of robberies, Kitâ??s loyalties are tested. Will is accused of the crimes and, with all of their savings gone, the Kittredges face losing their house to foreclosure. Determined to recover the stolen money and believing Will is innocent, Kit recruits her friends Ruthie and Stirling to help her track down the real culprit. Together they uncover a plot that goes far beyond Cincinnati!

Also Known As: American Girl
American Girl: Kit
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery
Kit: An American Girl
Untitled (Picturehouse/HBO Films/American Girl Project)

Genres: Kids/Family and Adaptation

Release Date: July 2nd, 2008 (wide)

MPAA Rating: G

Distributors: Picturehouse

Production Co.: Walden Media, Goldsmith-Thomas Productions, Red Om Films, HBO Films

Studios: New Line Cinema

Produced in: United States

KUNG FU PANDA

Po the Panda (voice of Jack Black) dreams of being a martial-arts master but is, in reality, a fat, lazy, black-and-white slob. But when his town is threatened by evildoers, a group of real kung fu experts need to transform Po into the legendary "Chosen One," who is destined to save the day.

Cast Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Ian McShane

Director(s) Mark Osborne, John Stevenson

Writer(s) Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger

Status In theaters (wide)

Release Date June 6, 2008

Running Time 88 minutes

MPAA Rating PG - for sequences of martial arts action

The Love Guru (2008)

Pitka (Mike Myers) is an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help and spirituality. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle a rift between Toronto Maple Leafs star hockey player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) and his estranged wife. After the split, Roanoke's wife starts dating L.A. Kings star Jacques Grande (Justin Timberlake) out of revenge, sending her husband into a major professional skid - to the horror of the teams' owner Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) and Coach Cherkov (Verne Troyer). Pitka must return the couple to marital nirvana and get Roanoke back on his game so the team can break the 40-year-old "Bullard Curse" and win the Stanley Cup.

Also Known As: Untitled (Mike Myers/Self-Help Comedy Project)

Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release

Genres: Comedy

Running Time: 1 hr. 28 min.

Release Date: June 20th, 2008 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some comic violence and drug references.

Distributors: Paramount Pictures

Production Co.: Michael De Luca Productions, Gratitude International, Spyglass Entertainment Holdings, LLC, Nomoneyfun Films

Studios: Paramount Pictures

Filming Locations: Toronto, Canada

Produced in: United States


MADE OF HONOR

Tom (Patrick Dempsey) has it all: great career, good looks and women falling all over him. Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) is the one woman he's never slept with, and the two of them are platonic best friends. After Hannah leaves for an extended overseas trip, Tom realizes just how much he is in love with her and vows to propose to her when she gets back to the States. However, when Hannah returns, she is engaged to a man (Kevin McKidd) she just met, and she asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor at her wedding. Tom valiantly accepts the job but only as a last ditch attempt to win Hannah's heart and to stop her from marrying someone else.

Cast Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kathleen Quinlan, Sydney Pollack, Kadeem Hardison

Director(s) Paul Weiland

Writer(s) Adam Sztykiel, Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 2, 2008

Running Time 101 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for sexual content and language

 

MEET BILL

Bill (Aaron Eckhart) is a total schlub who is married to the beautiful Jess (Elizabeth Banks) and who works for his father-in-law's (Holmes Osborne) bank. When Jess starts having an affair with a handsome news reporter (Timothy Olyphant), Bill is ready to give up on life until a cocky high school student (Logan Lerman) encourages him to win her back. To accomplish this feat, Bill pretends to date a hot lingerie salesgirl (Jessica Alba) in order to make Jess jealous and to finally see him as a real man again.

Cast Aaron Eckhart, Jessica Alba, Elizabeth Banks, Timothy Olyphant, Logan Lerman, Craig Bierko

Director(s) Melissa Wallack, Bernie Goldmann

Writer(s) Melissa Wallack

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 9, 2008 wide

Running Time 94 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for language, some drug use and sex-related material

 

MISS CONCEPTION

Georgina Scott (Heather Graham) feels her biological clock is ticking, but her boyfriend, Zak (Tom Ellis), is in no hurry to be a dad. So, after giving Zak the boot, Georgina enlists the help of her best friend, Clem (Mia Kirshner), to find a way to get pregnant quickly, either the old fashioned way or via more modern means.

Cast Heather Graham, Mia Kirshner, Tom Ellis

Director(s) Eric Styles

Writer(s) Camilla Leslie

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date June 6, 2008

DVD Release Date Aug. 5, 2008

Running Time 94 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for language and some sexual content

MISTER LONELY

A Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) living in Paris takes off to live in a Scottish commune with a girl (Samantha Morton) who doubles as Marilyn Monroe, and a Charlie Chaplin impersonator (Denis Lavant).

Cast Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg, Werner Herzog

Director(s) Harmony Korine

Writer(s) Harmony Korine, Avi Korine

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 2, 2008

Running Time 112 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated

MONGOL

This historical biopic looks at the life of a young Genghis Khan and how he went from being a slave to conquering half of the world in 1206.

Cast Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun, Khulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren, Aliy A, Ba Sen

Director(s) Sergei Bodrov

Writer(s) Arif Aliyev, Sergei Bodrov

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date June 6, 2008

Running Time 126 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for sequences of bloody warfare

 

MOTHER OF TEARS

Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento) is a young art restorer who is currently dating the curator of the Museum of Ancient Art of Rome, Michael Pierce (Adam James). Sarah's relatively peaceful life is shattered by violent forces when the Third Mother (Moran Atias), a powerful witch awakened from her ancient slumber, comes looking for her. Although Sarah isn't aware of it, her own mother (Daria Nicolodi) killed the Mother of Tears' sister many years ago and now the reawakened sibling wants revenge.

Cast Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Moran Atias, Cristian Solimeno, Udo Kier

Director(s) Dario Argento

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Horror

Release Date June 6, 2008

Running Time 98 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated

MY WINNIPEG

Guy Maddin (Darcy Fehr) is a young man growing up in Winnipeg under the strict thumb of his mother (Ann Savage). Guy leads a relatively average life that is punctuated by intensely surreal moments, from a nasty fire at a public park to the discovery of a frozen lake filled with horse heads.

Cast Ann Savage, Amy Stewart, Brendan Cade, Wesley Cade, Louis Negin

Director(s) Guy Maddin

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date June 13, 2008

Running Time 80 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated



NOISE

David Owen (Tim Robbins) loves living in NYC. However, he's slowly being driven insane by the constant barrage of sounds. Dubbing himself the "Rectifier," David goes out to reduce the amount of urban noise. First he goes after idiots who ignore their car alarms, but he slowly works his way up to the city's biggest offender: the mayor (William Hurt).

Cast Tim Robbins, Bridget Moynahan, William Baldwin, William Hurt

Director(s) Henry Bean

Writer(s) Henry Bean

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 9, 2008

Running Time 90 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated

POSTAL

A down-on-his-luck, recently unemployed loser (Zack Ward) teams up with a crazed cult leader named Uncle Dave (Dave Foley) to rob an amusement park for some quickly needed cash. However, at the same time they pull the heist, the Taliban arrive with the exact same plan, and the cultists must take on the terrorists as well as succeed in their mission.

Cast Verne Troyer, Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Jackie Tohn, J.K. Simmons

Director(s) Uwe Boll

Writer(s) Uwe Boll

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 23, 2008

Running Time 116 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for extremely crude humor throughout, including strong sexuality, graphic nudity, violence, and for pervasive language and some drug use

POULTRYGEIST: NIGHT OF THE CHICKEN DEAD

Feeling nostalgic, Arbie (Jason Yachanin) decides to visit the spot of his first romantic encounter: the Ancient Tromahawk Tribe Indian Burial Ground. However, when he shows up, the burial ground is gone and has been replaced by an American Chicken Bunker fast-food restaurant. Meanwhile, his old girlfriend Wendy (Kate Graham) has become a corporate-hating lesbian. To get back at her, Arbie gets a job at the Chicken Bunker where he starts to notice bizarre happenings, including a series of gruesome deaths.

Cast Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Allyson Sereboff, Robin L. Watkins, Joshua Olatunde, Khalid Rivera, Rose Ghavami

Director(s) Lloyd Kaufman

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Horror

Release Date May 9, 2008 — New York; June 13, 2008 — Los Angeles

Running Time 103 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated

THE PROMOTION

Doug (Seann William Scott) and Richard (John C. Reilly) both work for the same Chicago supermarket. When a new store in the chain opens up, both men ruthlessly compete to see who can become the head manager there.

Cast John C. Reilly, Seann William Scott, Jenna Fischer, Lili Taylor, Fred Armisen, Gil Bellows

Director(s) Steve Conrad

Writer(s) Steve Conrad

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date June 6, 2008

Running Time 85 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for language including sexual references, and some drug use

QUID PRO QUO

When Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl) was a young boy, he was in a car accident that killed his parents and left him confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. As an adult, he hosts a public radio show, and one night, he hears a story about a man with two good legs who attempts to bribe a doctor to cut off one of them. Investigating the story, Isaac discovers a strange subset of normally-abled people who desperately desire to become disabled.

Cast Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga, Aimee Mullins, Leonardo Nam, Jessica Hecht, Jacob Pitts

Director(s) Carlos Brooks

Writer(s) Carlos Brooks

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date June 13, 2008

MPAA Rating R - for some sexuality and language

REDBELT

Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor) may be a professional trainer at the Southside Jiu-jitsu Academy and able to kill a man with his bare hands, but he's a very unassuming person, who even refuses to fight in competitions. After saving the life of an action movie star (Tim Allen), Mike trades his old job in for one in the film industry, which ultimately results in him being forced to take part in a prize fight.

Cast Chjwetel Ejiofor, Joe Mantegna, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Jay, Alice Braga, Tim Allen

Director(s) David Mamet

Writer(s) David Mamet

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date May 2, 2008 — New York; Los Angeles; May 9, 2008 — Wide release

Running Time 99 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for strong language

REPRISE

Philip (Anders Danielsen Lie) and Erik (Espen Klouman-Hoiner) are best friends and aspiring authors. After sending their first novels to all the big publishing houses, only Philip finds success. After finding a minimum of success, though, Philip suffers a nervous breakdown and spends some time in a psychiatric institution. Erik, on the other hand, never gets published but also never gives up on his dream.

Cast Espen Klouman Høiner, Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge, Magnus Williamson, Pål Stokka, Christian Rubeck

Director(s) Joachim Trier

Writer(s) Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Foreign

Release Date May 16, 2008

Running Time 105 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for sexuality and language

SANGRE DE MI SANGRE

All Pedro (Jorge Adrian Espindola), an illegal immigrant from Mexico, wants to do is journey to NYC to meet his father, Diego (Jesus Ochoa). However, while on his journey, Pedro has all of his belongings stolen by Juan (Armando Hernandez), who wants to get to NYC first to steal Diego's fortune. Pedro is aided on his trip by a street hustler (Paola Mendoza) and the pair race against time to get their first to stop Juan's evil plan.

Cast Jesús Ochoa, Armando Hernández, Jorge Adrián Espíndola, Paola Mendoza

Director(s) Christopher Zalla

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date May 16, 2008

Running Time 110 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated

 

SAVAGE GRACE

Based on a shocking true story, Barbara Baekeland (Julianne Moore) is stuck in a dull marriage to her rich husband, Brooks (Stephen Dillane). As the couple drift apart over the years, Barbara becomes closer and closer to their son Tony (Eddie Redmayne). Brooks thinks Tony is a failure, but Barbara sees something special in her boy, something so special that she becomes romantically involved with him.

Cast Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Belen Rueda

Director(s) Tom Kalin

Writer(s) Howard A. Rodman

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date May 30, 2008

Running Time 96 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated

SEX AND THE CITY

Picking up where the TV series left off four years ago, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) is on the verge of marrying the love of her life, Mr. Big (Chris Noth). Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) must deal with some shocking news from her seemingly devoted husband, Steve (David Eigenberg). Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristen Davis) is going to have a baby. Finally, Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) is now living in a different city: Los Angeles.

Cast Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Jennifer Hudson, Candice Bergen (more)

Director(s) Michael Patrick King

Writer(s) Michael Patrick King

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 30, 2008

Running Time 148 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language


SON OF RAMBOW

In the 1980s, Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is forbidden to watch any movies anywhere. But after his new best friend, Lee Carter (Will Poulter), shows him a bootleg copy of First Blood, the two kids become obsessed with making their own film. Then, when a French exchange student (Jules Sitruk) comes to town and effectively takes over production, the two boys need to figure out how they can finish their own movie on their own terms.

Cast Will Poulter, Bill Milner, Jules Sitruck, Charlie Thrift, Jessica Stevenson, Neil Dudgeon

Director(s) Garth Jennings

Writer(s) Garth Jennings

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 2, 2008

Running Time 96 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for some violence and reckless behavior

SPEED RACER

Based on the classic children's cartoon, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a young hotshot race-car driver who has a good support team behind him, including his mom (Susan Sarandon), dad (John Goodman) and girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci). With his powerful race-winning Mach 5 vehicle, Speed angers a ruthless mogul (Roger Allam) who is out to control the world of professional racing by "fixing" the competitions. Teaming up with the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox), Speed attempts to win the Crucible cross-country rally and keep the sport he loves honest.

Cast Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, Hiroyuki Sanada

Director(s) Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski

Writer(s) Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Action/Adventure

Release Date May 9, 2008

Running Time 129 minutes

MPAA Rating PG - for sequences of action, some violence and language


STUCK

Brandi Boski (Mena Suvari) is a hard-working caregiver who works at a retirement home. When she hears she's up for a major promotion, she goes out drinking to celebrate. Unwisely driving herself home, she accidentally hits a homeless man, Tom (Stephen Rea), who flies into and gets stuck in her windshield. Fearing the incident will hurt her chances at getting the promotion, she decides to leave a slowly bleeding-to-death Tom in the windshield in her garage. When he's dead, she figures she can safely and secretly dispose of the body. So, Tom must gather up his strength to get out before he dies.

Cast Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Wayne Robson

Director(s) Stuart Gordon

Writer(s) John Strysik

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Horror

Release Date May 30, 2008

Running Time 85 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for strong violence, disturbing content, sexuality/nudity, language and drug use

SURFWISE

Meet Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, a doctor who had a successful practice then left it all behind in the 1960s to travel to Israel to introduce that country to the art of surfing. Living in a tiny motor home, Doc raised nine children by homeschooling them in the ways of the world. This documentary tells their very real — and very strange — story.

Director(s) Doug Pray

Status In theaters (limited)

Release Date May 9, 2008 — New York; Los Angeles

Running Time 93 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for language and some sexual material

THEN SHE FOUND ME

April Epner (Helen Hunt) is a schoolteacher whose life falls apart after she separates from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and her adoptive mother dies. Things pick up though when April's birth mother (Bette Midler), a talk-show host, finally gets in touch with her and she starts dating a nice, handsome parent (Colin Firth) of one of her students.

Cast Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Ben Shankman

Director(s) Helen Hunt

Writer(s) Helen Hunt, Victor Levin, Alice Arlen

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date April 25, 2008

Running Time 100 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for language and some sexual content


THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS

Tracey Berkowitz (Ellen Page) has a problem: She's stuck on a bus during a horrific blizzard with only a thin curtain wrapped around her naked body to keep her warm. Worse still: She's desperate to find her missing brother, whom she thinks she's hypnotized.

Cast Ellen Page, Ari Cohen, Max McCabe-Lokos, Erin McMurtry, Slimtwig, Julian Richings

Director(s) Bruce McDonald

Writer(s) Maureen Medved

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 9, 2008

DVD Release Date July 8, 2008

Running Time 74 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated

THE UNKNOWN WOMAN

Irena (Xenia Rappoport) is a young Russian woman who becomes the housekeeper of a rich Italian family. While getting as close to the Italians as possible, especially their frail daughter Tea (Clara Dossena), Irena intends to uncover a dark secret the family is hiding that will in turn shed light on Irena's own mysterious past.

 

Cast Xenia Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini, Alessandro Haber, Margherita Buy

Director(s) Giuseppe Tornatore

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Mystery/Thriller

Release Date May 30, 2008

Running Time 118 minutes

MPAA Rating Not Rated


THE VISITOR

Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) is an unassuming economics professor who is completely fed up with his boring life. While mostly living in Connecticut, Walter also maintains an apartment in NYC that he rarely visits. But on one of his trips to the city, he finds a couple, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira), squatting in his space. Striking up an unusual friendship with the couple, Walter helps them out, especially when Tarek is thrown into a detention center after being caught living in the country illegally.

Cast Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira

Director(s) Tom McCarthy

Writer(s) Tom McCarthy

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date April 11, 2008

Running Time 103 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for brief strong language

WAR, INC.

Brand Hauser (John Cusack) is a corporate hit man who travels to the embattled country of Turaqistan, which has been taken over completely by a private corporation. Hired to kill a Middle East oil minister, Hauser poses as the corporation's Trade Show Manager and oversees the wedding of a pop singer (Hilary Duff) to get close to his target.

Cast John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Ben Kingsley

Director(s) Joshua Seftel

Writer(s) Mark Leyner, Jeremy Pikser, John Cusack

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 23, 2008

DVD Release Date July 1, 2008

Running Time 107 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for violence, language and brief sexual material


WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS

Two random strangers (Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher) wake up in a Vegas hotel room and discover that they got married to each other during a night of drunken debauchery. They also learn that one of them won a huge jackpot while playing slots with the other's quarter. They must then spend the entire day retracing their steps to figure out who owns the lucky coin and who actually owns the jackpot.

Cast Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Queen Latifah, Treat Williams, Dennis Farina

Director(s) Tom Vaughan

Writer(s) Dana Fox

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date May 9, 2008

Running Time 99 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for some sexual and crude content, and language,including a drug reference

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER?

Blake Morrison (Colin Firth) is a happily married middle-aged guy who has always had a troubled relationship with his father, Arthur (Jim Broadbent). After discovering his dad has a terminal illness, Blake flashes back to all the moments in his life when Arthur didn't live up to the idealistic vision his son had of him, especially in regards to a strange woman (Sarah Lancaster) who may or may not have born Arthur's illegitimate child.

Cast Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee, Claire Skinner, Matthew Beard

Director(s) Anand Tucker

Writer(s) David Nicholls

Status In theaters (limited)

Genre(s) Drama

Release Date June 6, 2008

Running Time 92 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for sexual content, thematic material and brief strong language

YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN

Zohan (Adam Sandler) is the top agent in Israel's Mossad agency, who gets tired of the constant fighting, but his only means of escape is to fake his own death. Relocating to New York City, he reinvents himself as a top hairstylist who gives his women customers great hairdos and a little bit "extra." His newfound idyllic life doesn't last for long, though, when some of his former enemies find out where he's been hiding.

Cast Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, Rob Schneider

Director(s) Dennis Dugan

Writer(s) Robert Smigel, Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Comedy

Release Date June 6, 2008

Running Time 113 minutes

MPAA Rating PG-13 - for crude and sexual content throughout, language and nudity

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The Stone Angel (Limited)
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The Dark Knight (Wide)
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Step Brothers (Wide)
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The X-Files: I Want To Believe (Wide)
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