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Coming films reviewed by Hollywood Jesus with visuals and insights.
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MAY 2006
Times may change without notice, so check your local listings. |
MAY
5th
MISSION:
IMPOSSIBLE III
Abrams
and Cruise turn the spy thriller on its ear as they hark back to the best aspects
of the original TV series that inspired the films – a well-connected
team of agents centered around a bold and heroic leader, the most exciting
action stunts imaginable, and elaborate twists and turns that keep you on the
edge of your seat. “M:i:III” is the action movie audiences have
been waiting for |
HOOT
Director: Wil Shriner. Stars: Logan Lerman, Luke Wilson, Brie Larson. A young
man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled
to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls. |
AN
AMERICAN HAUNTING
Director: Courtney Solomon. Stars: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood.
For three years, a spirit torments the Bell family, until it claims one of their
lives. |
ART
SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (2006)
Director: Terry Zwigoff. Stars: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich.
Convinced that art school will put him on the path to fame, Jerome (Minghella)
must come to terms with his barely-there talent, and the fact that the girl of
his dreams has fallen in love with another student. Then, strangely, he's arrested
as a suspected murderer, only to discover that crime might actually pay. |
MAY
12th
POSEIDON
Director: Shinji Aramaki Wolfgang Petersen. Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Kurt Russell,
Emmy Rossum . After a tidal wave causes a luxury ocean liner to capsize,
a handful of survivors endeavor to find a way to the water's surface.
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JUST
MY LUCK
Director: Donald Petrie. Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine. Sexy Manhattanite
Ashley (Lindsay Lohan) is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a
chance encounter with a down-and-out young man (Chris Pine), however, she realizes
that she's swapped her fortune for his. |
GOAL! [limited]
Director: Danny Cannon. Stars: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel.
An incredible sequence of events finds Santiago (Becker), a Los Angeleno
with a lifelong dream to play professional soccer, granted a tryout with
Newcastle United.
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MAY
19th
THE
DA VINCI CODE
Director: Ron Howard. Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno
An academic (Hanks) and a cryptographer (Tautou) unravel a murder that occurred
in the Louvre. Clues hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci lead them to
a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years.
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OVER
THE HEDGE
Director: Tim Johnson Karey Kirkpatrick. Stars: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling,
Gene Wilder. A mischievous racoon and his sensitive best-buddy turtle along with
other forest creatures try to resist the evils and temptations of encroaching
suburbia. |
SEE
NO EVIL
Director: Gregory Dark. Stars: Glen Jacobs. Sentenced to community service,
a group of teens are dispatched to fix up a ramshackle hotel. Little do they
know the hotel is home to a manical killer who looks to murder them one by
one.
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MAY
26th
X-MEN
3
Director: Brett Ratner. Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry.
The X-Men, with the help of new recruits The Beast and Angel, must face their
former teammate, Jean Grey. Possessed with the cosmic power of the Dark Phoenix,
the resurrected Jean Grey has become a danger to herself, her mutant comrades,
and the entire planet.
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AN
INCONVENIENT TRUTH [limited]
Director: Davis Guggenheim. Stars: Al Gore
A documentary on Al Gore's crusade to raise awareness
on the issue of global warming.
Coming in May
Coming in June
Coming in July
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JUNE
2006
Times
may change without notice, so check your local listings. |
JUNE
2nd
The
Break Up
Director: Peyton Reed
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn
After Brooke (Aniston) calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary (Vaughn), neither
person is willing to move out of the condo they share. Taking the advice of
their repsective friends and confidants (and a few total strangers), they both
engage in mental warfare designed to force the other person to flee the premises
-- until they both realize they might be fighting to keep their relationship
alive.
Harsh
Times
Director: David Ayer
Stars: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodríguez, Eva Longoria
When he's turned down for a job with the LAPD, Gulf War vet Jim Davis (Bale)
recruits his childhood pal (Rodriguez) for a joyride through the city. The
two old friends drink, get high, and court danger as they plan their futures
together -- until Jim's delusions reshape each man's fate.
PEACEFUL
WARRIOR [limited]
Director: Victor Salva
Stars: Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte, Amy Smart
Collegiate gymnast Dan Millman (Mechlowicz) strikes up a friendship with Socrates
(Nolte), an older man who becomes the athlete's mentor and opens his mind to
a new way of living and thinking.
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JUNE
6th
THE
OMEN [6/6]
Director: John Moore
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles
An American government official (Schreiber) and his wife (Stiles) come to realize
that their adopted son may just be the devil - literally.
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JUNE
9th
CARS
Director: John Lasseter
Stars: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Cheech Marin
En route to a big race, a hot-shot stock-car known as Lightning McQueen (Wilson)
gets waylaid in the town of Radiator Springs. During his idle time, McQueen
befriends some locals who help him begin to realize that there might be more
important things in life than fame and fortune.
The
King [limited]
Director: James Marsh
Stars: Gael García Bernal, William Hurt, Laura Harring
A troubled man (Bernal), recently discharged from the Navy, returns to his
hometown to reunite with his father (Hurt), who abandoned in childhood. When
he's spurned a second time, the act of cruelty sets in motion events from which
neither of the men may ever recover. |
JUNE
16th
Nacho Libre
Director: Jared Hess
Stars: Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Efren Ramirez
In order to save an orphanage from closure, a priest (Black) dons a
mask and tights and moonlights as a luchador.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Director: Justin Lin
Stars: Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Nikki Griffin
To avoid a jail sentence, a young street racer (Black) heads to Japan
to live with his uncle. Getting involved in the world of drift racing,
he finds himself quickly in debt, and the only way to repay is to enter
the Tokyo underworld.
The Lake House
Director: Alejandro Agresti
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock
A lonely doctor (Bullock) begins exchanging love letters with a frustrated
architect (Reeves) through a mysterious postbox.
The
Heart of the Game [6/14 -- limited]
Director: Ward Serrill
Stars: Darnellia Russell, Bill Resler
A documentary on the Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high-school basketball
team in Seattle, their maverick coach, and a player who faces a life-changing
situation.
Wordplay [LA/NY]
Director: Patrick Creadon
Stars: Will Shortz, Ken Burns, Jon Stewart
An in-depth look at New York Times/NPR puzzle-master editor Will Shortz,
as well as the goings-on at the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
JUNE
23rd
Click
Director: Frank Coraci
Stars: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken
Workaholic architect Michael Newman (Sandler) comes to own a universal
remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts
of his life. But complications arise when the remote starts to overrule
his choices.
Waist Deep
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Stars: Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate
An ex-con (Tyrese) risks his life and freedom after his son is kidnapped
in a carjacking.
Garfield's A Tale of Two Kitties
Director: Tim Hill
Stars: Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jon Arbuckle (Meyer) travels to the United Kingdom, and he brings his
cat, Garfield (voiced by Murray), along for the trip. A case of mistaken
cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle, but his reign is
soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis (Connolly), who has designs
on the estate.
JUNE 30th
Superman Returns
Director: Bryan Singer
Stars: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
After a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel returns
to Metropolis, only to find Lex Luthor is back to his old tricks --
and Lois Lane may have moved on.
The Devil Wears Prada
Director: David Frankel
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier
A young woman (Hathaway) scores a coveted job working for Miranda Priestly
(Streep), one of New York City's biggest magazine editors, and also
one of its most notorious bosses.
Coming in May
Coming in June
Coming in July
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JULY
2006
Times
may change without notice, so check your local listings. |
JULY
7th
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest
Director: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
When Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) finds out he owes a blood debt to ghostly
Davey Jones (of locker fame), he desperately searches for a way to pay
it off, or else face eternal damnation in the afternoon. And he's not
above interrupting the wedding plans of Will Turner (Bloom) and Elizabeth
Swann (Knightley) to do it.
A Scanner Darkly
Director: Richard Linklater
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr.
Undercover cop Fred (Keanu Reeves) is one of many agents hooked on
the popular drug Substance D, which causes its users to develop split
personalities. Fred, for instance, is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer.
Along with his superior officers, Fred sets up an elaborate scheme
to catch Bob and tear down his operation. Little
Man [7/5]
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
A wannabe dad (Shawn Wayans) mistakes a short, baby-faced criminal
(Marlon Wayans) on the lam as his newly adopted son. Strangers
with Candy [limited]
Director: Paul Dinello
Stars: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello
Fresh from prison, 47-year-old Jerri Blank (Sedaris), moves back
in with her comatose father (Hedaya), his new wife (Rush), and her
son (Cross). A self-admitted "boozer, user, and loser," Jerri
re-enrolls as a freshman at Flat Point High School, where she'll
have to use his street smarts to make alliances, get out of tricky
situations, and ultimately help a team of students win the state
science fair. JULY 14th You, Me and Dupree
Director: Anthony Russo Joe Russo
Stars: Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon
A recently married couple's wedded bliss is tested when their best
man (Wilson) moves in with them for an undefined period of time. Pulse
Director: Jim Sonzero
Stars: Kristen Bell, Rick Gonzalez, Ian Somerhalder
When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious
wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil
from taking over the world Pathfinder
Director: Marcus Nispel
Stars: Karl Urban
A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American
tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savoir
in a fight against the Norsemen. Leonard
Cohen: I'm Your Man [limited]
Director: Lian Lunson
Stars: Leonard Cohen, Bono, Rufus Wainwright
A documentary on the legendary singer-songwriter, with performances
by some of the musicians he has influenced. JULY 21st Lady in the Water
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep (Giamatti) rescues
what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. Monster House
Stars: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke
Three young kids discover that one of the houses in their neighborhood
really a living, breathing, scary monster. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Director: Ivan Reitman
Stars: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson
When Matt (Wilson) dumps his girlfriend Jenny (Thurman) for being too
needy, she uses her superpowers to make his life miserable. JULY 28th Miami Vice
Director: Michael Mann
Stars: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong
Vice detectives James Crockett (Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) take
on the Florida drug world. Barnyard
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Stars: Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Danny Glover
When Farmer Beady goes away, it's time for the animals to talk and
sing and dance. But when elder statesman Ben the Cow (Elliott) asks
who will step up and protect their secrets, all eyes turn to his son,
Otis (James), a carefree type who's more interested in pursuing Daisy
(Cox), the cow of his dreams, than being responsible. Flicka
Director: Michael Mayer
Stars: Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello
Young Katie (Loman) claims a wild horse as her own -- an effort to
prove to her father (McGraw) that she is capable of one day taking
over the family ranch. I Could Never Be Your Woman
Director: Amy Heckerling
Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan
Rosie (Pfeiffer) falls for the much-younger Adam (Rudd) while her daughter
(Ronan) experiences love for the very first time. Mother Nature (Ullman),
meanwhile, decides to meddles with both of their fates. John Tucker Must Die
Director: Betty Thomas
Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti, Arielle Kebbel
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Three exes of serial boyfriend John Tucker (Metcalfe) hatch a plot
to get their former lover to fall for the new girl in town (Snow) --
so they can watch him get his heart broken. Little
Miss Sunshine [limited]
Director: Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris
Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear
A dysfunctional family determined to get their young daughter into
the finals of a beauty pageant take a trip from New Mexico to California
in their VW bus. Brothers
of the Head [limited]
Director: Keith Fulton Louis Pepe
Stars: Luke Treadaway, Harry Treadaway
In the 1970s, a music promoter plucks conjoined twins Tom and Barry
Howe from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish proto-punk rock
act.
Coming in May
Coming in June
Coming in July |
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may change without notice, so check your local listings. |
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