July 2005 Movies

With Patrick Warburton • Martin Lawrence • Megan Mullally • Oren Williams • Scott Moore • Breckin Meyer • Robert Simonds • Heidi Santelli • Jon Lucas • Horatio Sanz • Eddy Martin • Logan McElroy • Steve Carr • Tracey Trench • Paul Deason • Darice Rollins

Martin Lawrence stars as a legendary but volatile Bobby Knight—like college basketball coach, Roy McCormick, who after a public meltdown is thrown out of the NCAA and finds himself at a misfit middle school where he's challenged to manage his anger; coaching a bunch of kids who don't know a lay-up from a free-throw.

With Felicity Mason • Mungo Mckay • Rob Jenkins • Lisa Cunningham • Dirk Hunter • Emma Randall • Michael Spierig • Peter Spierig

Peaceful, rustic Berkeley is a charming fishing community where life is sweet and the people friendly. All that is about to change. After losing her childhood farm to the bank, local beauty Rene decides to leave town and head for the big city. Suddenly, an avalanche of meteorites races through the sky, bombarding the town and bringing an otherworldly infection. Departing is going to be much more difficult than she had planned. The living dead are awakened and Rene is now caught in a nightmare of zombies hungry for human flesh. She manages to find salvation in a small isolated farm house owned by the town loony, Marion. There she is met with four other desperate survivors. Together they battle their way through a plague of walking dead and discover that there is more transpiring than just an infection.

With Jacques Audiard • Aure Atika • Jonathan Zaccai • Romain Duris • Niels Arestrup • Linh-Dan Pham • Emmanuelle Devos • Gilles Cohen • Tonino Benacquista

In this follow-up to his critical smash "Read My Lips", French filmmaker Jacques Audiard has adapted and updated James Toback's 1978 cult classic, "Fingers", to come up with a moody, memorable study of a young man torn between a life of crime and classical music.

With Liv Ullmann • Josephson • Börje Ahlstedt • Julia Dufvenius • Ingmar Bergman

In "Saraband", Marianne and Johan (the couple in "Scenes from a Marriage") meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her exhusband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so, one beautiful autumn day, there she is, beside his reclining chair, waking him with a light kiss.

Also living at the summer house are Johan's son Henrik and Henrik's daughter Karin. Henrik is giving his daughter cello lessons and already sees her future as staked out. Relations between father and son are very strained, but both are protective of Karin. They are all still mourning Anna, Henrik's much-loved wife, who died two years ago, yet who, in many ways, remains present among them. Marianne soon realizes that things are not all as they should be, and she finds

With Jessica Alba • Chris Evans • Avi Arad • Mark Frost • Kerry Washington • Chris Columbus • Mark Radcliffe • Stan Lee • Michael Barnathan • Michael Chiklis • Julian McMahon • Tim Story • Kevin Feige • Ralph Winter • Michael France • Doug Petrie • Maria Menounos • Iaon Gruffudd • Hamish Linklater • Tristan Patterson • Sam Hamm

The Fantastic Four are: Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd), who can elongate his body; Susan Storm / Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba), who not only can become invisible at will but can render other objects invisible; Johnny Storm / Human Torch (Chris Evans), who can shoot fire from his finger tips and bend flame; and Ben Grimm / The Thing (Michael Chiklis), a hideously misshapen monster with superhuman strength; together, they battle the evil Doctor Doom (Julian McMahon).

With Keith Cavill • Joe Soares • Mark Zupan • Dana Adam Shapiro • Henry Alex Rubin

A film about quadriplegics who play full-contact rugby in Mad Max-style wheelchairs - overcoming unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

With Tim Roth • John C. Reilly • Roy Lee • Jennifer Connelly • Walter Salles • Doug Davison • Camryn Manheim • Dougray Scott • Shelley DuVall • Bill Mechanic • Pete Postlethwaite • Ariel Gade • Perla Haney-Jardine • Rafael Yglesias

Dahlia Williams is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising her daughter, Ceci. But when the strained separation disintegrates into a bitter custody battle, her situation takes a turn for the worse. Her new apartment--dilapidated, cramped, and worn--seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a puzzling and mystifying pursuit to find out who is behind the endless mind games. As Dahlia frantically searches for the links between the riddles, the dark water seems to close around her. But one thing trumps all others in Dahlia's world: no matter what it is that's out there, she'll stop at nothing to find it.

With Tim Roth • Larry Gross • Nick Nolte • Thu Anh • Xuan Phuc Dins • Damien Hung • John Hussey • Bai Ling • Damien Nguyen • Temuera Morrison • Glen Bradford • Thi Kim Xuan Chau • Thi Hoa Mai • Arthur J. Nascarella • Than Kien Nguyen • Sabrina Murray

"Beautiful Country" follows the story of Binh, a shy Vietnamese man in his 20s who embarks on a personal journey with a young beautiful woman, Ling, aboard a refugee ship to America in search of a better life and Binh's estranged American father.

With Bradley Cooper • Rachel McAdams • Vince Vaughn • Isla Fisher • Christopher Walken • Owen Wilson • Jane Seymour • Ellen Albertini Dow • David Dobkin • Andrew Panay • Bob Fisher • Ron Canada • Peter Abrams • Robert L. Levy • Steve Faber

In the outrageous comedy Wedding Crashers, divorce mediators John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are business partners and lifelong friends who share one truly unique springtime hobby–crashing weddings! Whatever the ethnicity of the wedding party–Jewish, Italian, Irish, Chinese, Hindu–the charismatic and charming duo always have clever back stories for inquisitive guests and inevitably become the hit of every reception, where they strictly adhere to their proven “rules of wedding crashing” to meet and pick up women aroused by the very thought of marriage.

With Johnny Depp • Helena Bonham Carter • Missi Pyle • Freddie Highmore • AnnaSophia Robb • Tim Burton • Bruce Berman • Noah Taylor • John August • Christopher Lee • David Kelly • Julia Winter • Michael Siegel • Roald Dahl • James Fox • Jordan Fry • Philip Wiegratz • Patrick McCormick • Richard D. Zanuck • Brad Grey • Felicity Dahl

Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka, and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.

With Laura Dern • Ray Liotta • Steve Coogan • Bobby Cannavale • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Jason Ritter • Jesse Bradford • Lisa Kudrow • Sarah Clarke • Bobby Cohen • Mike Elliott • Johnny Galecki • Tom Ortenberg • Kelly Preston • Tom Arnold • David Sutcliffe • Don Roos • Michael Paseornek • Ali Forman • Nicholas Meyer

Mamie is being blackmailed. This filmmaker named Nick claims to know Mamie's son—the one she gave up for adoption—but Nick won't introduce her to him unless he can film the reunion. Enter Javier, Mamie's massage therapist boyfriend, who convinces Nick to film him instead. Now they're all making a movie about massage. And ‘happy endings'…

Charley has a longtime boyfriend named Gil. Their best friends, Pam and Diane, once tried using Gil as a sperm donor. They said his sperm didn't take, but Charley thinks those selfish, control-freak lesbians are lying. Pam and Diane's two-year-old son looks exactly like Gil. And it's time to set the record straight…

Jude is pissed. Not at anyone in particular. Just in general. When her cousin kicks her out of the house, Jude shacks up with Otis, who's still trying to convince his father, Frank, that he's straight. Frank's a widower. And he's rich. So Jude decides to sleep with him, too. Really. The last thing she expected was to fall in love…

With Chris Burmeister • Pamela Holden Stewart • Darien Sills-Evans • Wayne Lamont Sims • Margaret Burkwit • John G. Young • Paul Pagnucco

Jeanette, a French woman, and Martin, a gay black artist, lead what initially seem to be idyllic lives, far away from the complexities of modern life. There is obviously great love and affection between the two, who essentially live as husband and wife. Jeannette is the life of the party, drowning her sorrows and regrets in alcohol and daily confrontations. Martin, the most frequent casualty of her outbursts, is by contrast quiet and introspective, spending his time painting in his private studio and cleaning up after his partner's destructive habits. Two people mired in loneliness driven together by the same perceived predators, men and an abiding fear of simply living, they play out their nightly saga of despair with gaiety and quiet fortitude. When Jeannette's estranged daughter, Sierra, returns with Andrew, her new husband, to collect an inheritance she has been promised, their fragile existence is uprooted. Sierra's relationship with her mother is strained, at best, and her plans are to get the money and quickly be on her way. Things will not, however, be that simple. After Jeanette decides to throw the couple an impromptu wedding reception, a long awaited thaw begins--and lies, motives, flaws, and deceptions melt away to reveal that nothing, and no one, is as it seems. As the reception nears, Andrew and Martin become entangled and many painful truths are exposed.

With Scarlett Johansson • Djimon Hounsou • Michael Bay • Alex Kurtzman • Steve Buscemi • Ewan McGregor • Michael Clarke Duncan • Shawnee Smith • Caspian Tredwell-Owen • Noa Tishby • Roberto Orci • Walter Parkes • Laurie MacDonald • Ian Bryce

Lincoln Six-Echo (Ewan McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island"—reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones whose only purpose is to provide "spare parts" for their original human counterparts. Realizing it is only a matter of time before he is "harvested," Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Scarlett Johansson). Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.

With Taraji P. Henson • Craig Brewer • Ludacris • Stephanie Allain • DJ Qualls • Taryn Manning • Anthony Anderson • Isaac Hayes • Paula Parker • Elise Neal • John Singleton • Dwight Williams

Produced by John Singleton and the Winner of the Sundance Film Festival, "Hustle & Flow" is the redemptive story of a Memphis street hustler who struggles to break out of his gritty world to fulfill his life long dream of becoming a respected rap musician. He teams up with his middle class friend who is stuck in an office routine having missed the opportunity of becoming the music producer he always wanted to be. Together they have one last chance to follow their dream.

With Danny Trejo • Bill Moseley • Natasha Lyonne • Rob Zombie • Mike Elliott • William Forsythe • Sheri Moon • Michael Ohoven • Peter Block • Sid Haig • Tyler Mane • Ken Foree • Michael Berryman • Michael Paseornek • Andy Gould • Brent Morris • Marco Mehlitz • P.J. Soles

Sequel to "House of 1000 Corpses" is set some months later with the Texas State Police making a full-scale attack against the murderous Firefly family residence for the 1,000+ murders and disappearances of the past several years. But three of the family members escape, including Otis, Baby Firefly and Baby's father Captain Spaulding. The evil trio go on a road trip, leaving dozens of mangled bodies in their wake. Evading a massive Texas Rangers dragnet as well as a group of equally murderous bounty hunters led by Ken Dwyer (the brother of a policeman Mamma Firefly killed in 'House of...') who's obsessed with finding the deadly killers, the surviving Firefly clan gather at a run-down amusement park owned by Captain Spaulding's half-brother, Charlie Altamont, whom offers them shelter and a new base of operations for their killing spree as Sheriff Dwyer, the Texas Rangers, the FBI and others slowly close in.

With Nick Offerman • Michael Ealy • Nora Dunn • James LeGros • Amir Talai • Anne Archer • Courteney Cox Arquette • Matthew Carey • Brittany Ishibashi • Robert Wu • Gary Winick • Greg Harrison • Danielle Renfrew • Jake Abraham

After a dinner out, photographer Sophie Jacobs and her boyfriend, Hugh, stop at a corner store for a late night snack. While Sophie waits unaware in the car, Hugh is murdered in a violent robbery. Haunted by guilt, Sophie goes on with her life as best she can: teaching photography at a local art college, meeting her mother for lunch, and visiting her therapist. But one day at school, a slide mysteriously appears in the projector's carousel—an image of what looks like her car in front of the corner store the night of the shooting. Are these paranoid visions stemming from her grief and guilt, or does someone know something about the murder? As her investigation deepens, more strange events start to occur, drawing into question exactly what happened the night of Hugh's death.

With Marcia Gay Harden • Richard Linklater • Greg Kinnear • John Requa • Billy Bob Thorton • Seth Adkins • Glenn Ficarra • Timmy Deters • Geyer Kosinski • Bruce Heller

Morris Buttermaker, a former pro baseball player was ejected from the game for attacking an umpire, and now works as an exterminator. More interested in boozing and broads than baseball, Buttermaker is lured back into the game by Liz Whitewood, an attorney whose class action suit has forced the Little League to accept all players, regardless of their abilities. As the new coach of the Bears, the most losing team in Little League history, Buttermaker has his work cut out for him. Initially, he's only in it for the paycheck, but he and his inept players have a transformative effect on one another that is wholly unexpected, and completely remarkable.

With Daniel Brühl • Hans Weingartner • Julia Jentsch • Stipe Erceg • Burghart Klaußner • Katharina Held

Jan, Peter and Jule are living out their rebellious youth. They are united by their passion to change the state of the world. Jan and Peter become "The Edukators," mysterious perpetrators who non-violently warn the local rich their "days of plenty are numbered." Complications follow when vulnerable Jule ends up falling for both young men. Reckless choices result in danger. An operation gone wrong and what was never intended to be a kidnapping brings the three young idealists face-to-face with the values of the generation in power.

With Michael Pitt • Gus Van Sant • Kim Gordon • Lukas Haas • Asia Argento • Harmony Korine • Ari Tomais

"Last Days" is filmmaker Gus Van Sant's meditation on the inner turmoil that engulfs a brilliant, but troubled, musician in the final hours of his life. Michael Pitt stars as Blake, an introspective artist who is buckling under the weight of fame, professional obligations, and a mounting feeling of isolation. "Last Days" follows Blake through a handful of hours he spends in and near his wooded home, a fugitive from his own life. It is a period of random moments and fractured consciousness, fused by spontaneous bursts of rock & roll. Expanding on the elliptical style forged in his two previous films, "Gerry" and the Palme d'Or-winning "Elephant", Van Sant layers images and sounds to articulate an emotional landscape, creating a dynamic work about a soul in transition.

With Jamie Foxx • Josh Lucas • Jessica Biel • Rob Cohen • Richard Roxburgh • Neal H. Moritz • Mike Medavoy • Laura Ziskin • Sam Shepard • Joe Morton • W.D Ricther

U.S. Navy pilots Ben Gannon, Kara Wade and Henry Purcell are part of a close-knit elite division of test pilots flying highly classified stealth fighter jets, referred to only as Talons. They're the best of the best and they know it. Then their commanding officer Cpt. George Cummings introduces the team to their new wingman—their first real mission alongside EDI. To their amazement, EDI proves to be a cracker-jack wingman and they successfully eliminate their target. But on the return trip to their base aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson, EDI is struck by lightning. The drone's brain expands in ways its creators could never have predicted. Despite Ben and Henry's reservations, Cummings declares EDI ready to rejoin the team in the air. On their next mission against a nuclear-armed warlord in a remote Chinese province, EDI's seriously compromised circuitry problems only get worse. Ben decides that the risks of the attack far outweigh the benefits to himself, Henry and Kara, (for whom he has developed a romantic attraction). When he aborts the mission, EDI goes against orders and executes the hit anyway. The danger escalates when EDI decides to execute a top-secret mission that, if successful, could spiral into worldwide nuclear Armageddon. And only Ben can prevent it.

With Mary Elizabeth Winstead • Kurt Russell • Michael Angarano • Dave Foley • Danielle Panabaker • Mike Mitchell • Bruce Campbell • Steven Strait • Kelly Preston • Lynda Carter • Andrew Gunn • Matt Lopez • Jonathan Aibel • Glenn Berger • Bob Schooley • Mark McCorkle • Paul Hernandez

Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) is full of teen angst about friends, grades, and girls... in other words, Will is just another suburban teen about to start high school. If that isn't enough to deal with, Will has the added pressure of being the third generation of the Stronghold family to attend the esteemed and celebrated Sky High. This elite school is entrusted with the responsibility of molding today's power-gifted students into tomorrow's superheroes. The only problem... Will is starting his freshman year without any super powers of his own. Labeled a sidekick, Will is bullied by the jock with the power to stretch, humiliated by a kid with super speed, stalked by the outcast who shoots fire from his hands, and teased the cheerleader who can replicate herself into an entire cheer squad. Worst of all, he must hide all of his troubles or face the disappointment of his parents, the crime-fighting duo—The Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston)—the most revered and beloved superheroes in the business today.

With Timur Bekmambetov • Maria Poroshina • Konstantin Khabensky • Sergei Lukyanenko • Vladimir Menshov • Victor Verzhbitsky • Dima Martynov • Galina Tyunina • Konstantin Ernst • Anatoly Maximov

Set in contemporary Moscow, "Night Watch" revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness—the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides. As night falls, the dark forces battle the super-human "Others" of the Night Watch, whose mission is to patrol and protect. But there is constant fear that an ancient prophecy will come true: that a powerful "Other" will rise up, be tempted by one of the sides, and tip the balance plunging the world into a renewed war between the dark and light, the results of which would be catastrophic.