June 2007 Movies

With Paul Rudd • Seth Rogen • Judd Apatow • Katherine Heigl • Jason Segel • Leslie Mann • Shauna Robertson • Donna Langley • Holly Bario • Erik Baiers • Clayton Townshend

On the heels of 2005's blockbuster "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", writer/director Judd Apatow again mines hilarity from the relatably human in a comedy about a one-night stand with unexpected consequences. Katherine Heigl joins Virgin alums Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann for a comic look about the best thing that will ever ruin your best-laid plans - parenthood.

Allison Scott (Heigl) is an up-and-coming entertainment journalist whose 24-year-old life is on the fast track. But it gets seriously derailed when a drunken one-nighter with slacker Ben Stone (Rogen) results in an unwanted pregnancy. Faced with the prospect of going it alone or getting to know the baby's father, Allison decides to give the lovable doof a chance.

An overgrown kid who has no desire to settle down, Ben learns that he has a big decision to make with his kid's mom-to-be. Will he hit the road or stay in the picture? Courting a woman you've just "Knocked Up", however, proves to be a little difficult when the two try their hands at dating. As they discover more about one another, it becomes painfully obvious that they're not the soul mates they'd hoped they might be.

With Allison's harried sister Debbie (Mann) and hen-pecked brother-in-law Pete (Rudd) the only parenting role models the young lovers have, things get even more confusing. Should they raise the baby together? What makes a happy lifetime partnership after all? A couple of drinks and one wild night later, they've got nine confusing months to figure it out...

With Eddie Marsan • Timothy Spall • Juliet Stevenson • Michael Norton • Adrian Shergold • Jeff Pope

Following in the footsteps of his father and uncle before him, Albert joins the "family business" in 1934. He rises through the ranks to become the most feared and respected executioner in the country, hanging over 450 people before his sudden resignation in 1956. Living a double life as a master craftsman hangman, and as a grocery deliveryman and loyal husband, Pierrepoint's obsession to become the "Number One" executioner in the country results in him exececuting some of Britain's most infamous murderers and Nazi war criminals. But this also shatters Pierrepoint's jealously guarded anonymity turning him into a minor celebrity. As his two lives collide, and 1950's public opinion turns against capital punishment, Pierrepoint troubled by his notoriety is ready to give it all up, but fate has other plans in store for him.

With Dane Cook • Demi Moore • Kevin Costner • Johann Urb • William Hurt • Jim Wilson • Bruce A. Evans • Raynold Gideon

The story follows a man (Costner) with a murderous alter ego (Hurt). Moore will play a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting, which leads to a symbiotic relationship.

With Lucy Liu • Carla Gugino • Rob Tapert • Michael Chiklis • James D'Arcy • Sam Raimi • Samaire Armstrong • Sebastian Gutierrez

A reporter (Lucy Liu) awakens in a morgue, realizing that she's not alive any longer — somehow, she's become undead. Unhappy at the prospect of spending the rest of her "life" half dead, she plots to hunt down and kill the vampires who are to blame.

With Elisabeth Shue • Dermot Mulroney • Lemore Syvan • Andrew Shue • Carly Schroeder • Davis Guggenheim • John Shue

Meet Gracie Bowen, she's your average, ordinary 15-year-old girl, except for one thing: she's determined to play varsity soccer... on the boys' team! But when her school forbids her to play and even her family questions her ability, Gracie sets out on extraordinary quest to prove them all wrong. Fighting to change the school's policy and facing off against some of the toughest competitors on the soccer field, Gracie must summon all of her strength and courage, to finally show the world that a girl with a dream can do absolutely anything!

With Akiva Goldsman • Jay Baruchel • Shiri Appleby • Chris Parnell • Alexis Bledel • Katey Sagal • Schuyler Fisk • DJ Qualls • Zackary Adler • Peter Alwazzan

Set in a rural town, the story revolves around Fish (Baruchel), who runs a popular local radio station and is in love with Bledel's character. Qualls is a convenience store owner who also has a thing for Bledel.

With Timur Bekmambetov • Maria Poroshina • Galina Tunina • Sergei Lukyanenko • Konstantin Khabensky • Vladimir Menshov • Valery Zolotukhin • Victor Verzhbitsky • Dima Martynov

A man (Khabensky) who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.

With Roselyn Sanchez • D.B. Sweeney • Manny Perez • Bill Duke • Sully Diaz • Jaime Tirelli • Alfredo De Villa • Nacoma Whobrey

The film centers on a woman who is haunted by the death of her father.

With Shia LaBeouf • Zooey Deschanel • Jeff Bridges • Jon Heder • James Woods • Michael McKean • Mario Cantone • Jane Krakowski • Brian Benben • Ash Brannon • Chris Buck • Chris Jenkins • Lisa Addario • Joey Syracuse

A stylistically daring CGI feature, "Surf's Up" is based on the groundbreaking revelation that surfing was actually invented by penguins. In the film, a documentary crew will take audiences behind the scenes and onto the waves during the most competitive, heartbreaking and dangerous display of surfing known to man, the Penguin World Surfing Championship.

With Brad Pitt • Matt Damon • Casey Affleck • Al Pacino • George Clooney • Don Cheadle • Steven Soderbergh • Andy Garcia • David Levien • Carl Reiner • Ellen Barkin • Brian Koppelman • Bernie Mac • Eddie Jemison • Scott Caan • Shaobo Qin • Elliott Gould • Jerry Weintraub • Robert Guralnick

It's bolder. Riskier. The most dazzling heist yet. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and more reteam with director Steven Soderbergh for a split-second caper that stacks the deck with wit, style and cool. Danny Ocean again runs the game, so no rough stuff. No one gets hurt. Except for double-crossing Vegas kingpin Willy Bank (Al Pacino). Ocean's crew will hit him where it hurts: in his wallet. On opening night of Bank's posh new casino tower The Bank, every turn of a card and roll of the dice will come up a winner for bettors. And they'll hit him in his pride, making sure the tower doesn't receive a coveted Five Diamond Award. That's just the start of the flimflams. The boys are out to break The Bank. Place your bets!

With Eli Roth • Roger Bart • Vera Jordanova • Lauren German • Bijou Phillips • Chris Briggs • Richard Burgi • Mike Fleiss

In "Hostel: Part II", three young Americans studying art in Rome set off for a weekend trip when they run into a beautiful model from one of their classes. Also on her way to an exotic destination, the gorgeous European invites the coeds to come along, assuring them they will be able to relax and rejuvenate.

Will the girls find the oasis they are looking for? Or are they poised to become victims for hire, pawns in the fantasies of the sick and privileged from around the world who secretly travel here to savor more grisly pursuits?

With Marion Cotillard • Emmanuelle Seigner • Marc Barbé • Catherine Allégret • Gérard Depardieu • Ilan Goldman • Sylvie Testud • Clotilde Courau • Jean-Paul rouve • Pascal Greggory • Caroline Sihol • Jean-Pierre Martins • Olivier Dahan

From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period - Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others - made her a star all around the world. But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow - her nickname - flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.

With Jessica Alba • Chris Evans • Avi Arad • Beau Garrett • Laurence Fishburne • Michael Chiklis • Ioan Gruffudd • Julian McMahon • Tim Story • Vanessa Minnillo • Andre Braugher • Stan Lee • Mark Frost

Marvel's first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in "Fantastic Four and The Silver Surfer" as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of The Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.

With Eric Roberts • Paul W.S. Anderson • Devon Aoki • Jamie Pressly • Robert Kulzer • Matthew Marsden • Sarah Carter • Natassia Malthe • Holly Valance • Corey Yuen • Jeremy Bolt • Bernd Eichinger • Mark Altman • J.F. Lawton • Seth Gross • Adam Gross • Granz Henman

In "DOA: Dead or Alive" four beautiful women begin as rivals in a secret invitation-only martial arts contest, but find themselves teaming up with one another against a sinister force. Tina Armstrong, played by Jamie Pressly is a superstar in the world of women's wrestling. Christie, played by best-selling pop recording artist and actor Holly Valance, is a beautiful cat-thief and assassin-for-hire. Princess Kasumi, played by international fashion model and actor Devon Aoki, is an Asian warrior-aristocrat, schooled by martial arts masters. Helena Douglas, played by Sarah Carter, is an extreme sports athlete whose tragic past binds her to the remote palace in Southeast Asia where the Dead or Alive tournament takes place.

With Meryl Streep • Claire Danes • Toni Collette • Vanessa Redgrave • Jeff Sharp • Michael Cunningham • Natasha Richardson • Lajos Koltai • John N. Hart • Susan Minot

Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters; Constance, a content wife and mother, and Nina, a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But who is this "Harris," wonder her daughters, and what is he to our mother? While Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann's life and their own lives, their mother is tended to by a night nurse as she journeys in her mind back to a summer weekend some fifty years ago, when she was Ann Grant, a young woman who has come from New York City to be maid of honor at the high-society Newport wedding of her dearest friend from college, Lila Wittenborn. The bride-to-be is jittery, and turns to her maid-of-honor, rather than her own mother, for support. Ann stays close to her friend, yet is even closer to Lila's irrepressible brother Buddy. Unexpected feelings surge forth once Ann meets wedding guest Harris Arden, a lifelong friend and intimate of the Wittenborn family. Ann's love for Harris will change her life, and those of her daughters, forever.

With Emma Roberts • Tate Donovan • Josh Flitter • Andrew Fleming • Barry Bostwick • Laura Elena Harring • Mark Vahradian • Jerry Weintraub • Cherylanne Martin • Susan Ekins • Tiffany Paulsen

Based on characters created by Carolyn Keene, "Nancy Drew" follows Nancy (Emma Roberts) as she accompanies her father Carson (Tate Donovan) to Los Angeles on one of his business trips and stumbles across evidence about a long-unsolved crime involving the mysterious death of a beautiful movie star. Nancy's resourcefulness and personal responsibility are put to the test when she finds herself in the middle of the fast-living, self-indulgent world of Hollywood.

With Loren Horsley • Cliff Curtis • Jermaine Clement • Craig Hall • Taika Cohen • Jackie van Beek • Rachel House • Ainsley Gardiner

"Eagle Vs. Shark", directed by Academy Award-nominee Taika Waititi (the short, "Two Cars One Night"), is a wry comedy that chronicles the quirky romance of two awkward misfits, Lily (Loren Horsley), a shy fast-food restaurant cashier, and her crush, Jarrod (Jemaine Clement, HBO's "One Night Stand: The Flight of the Conchords"), an electronic store clerk. On the day Lily gets fired from her job at Meaty Boy, she musters up the courage to attend Jarrod's annual "come as your favorite animal" costume party. The dressy affair sparks the beginnings of a romance as well a small journey for the pair to Jarrod's quiet hometown, in which Jarrod plans to seek revenge on an old nemesis and where Lily unwittingly finds herself stranded amongst Jarrod's family of eccentrics.

With Morgan Freeman • John Goodman • Steve Carell • Steve Oedekerk • Lauren Graham • Gary Barber • Neal H. Moritz • Meagen Fay • Tom Shadyac • Josh Stolberg • Roger Birnbaum • Michael Bostick • Bobby Florsheim

Steve Carell, reprising his role as the polished, preening newscaster Evan Baxter of "Bruce Almighty", is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission in the hilarious new comedy "Evan Almighty". Blockbuster comedy director Tom Shadyac returns behind the camera for this next episode of divine intervention. This time, however, his cast grows two-by-two.

Newly elected to Congress, Evan leaves Buffalo behind and shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life gets turned upside-down when God (Morgan Freeman) appears and mysteriously commands him to build an ark. But his befuddled family just can't decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions...

With LL Cool J • Ray Liotta • Taye Diggs • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Jolene Blalock • Wayne Beach • Tim Williams • Sidney Kimmel • Bonnie Timmermann • John M. Penotti • Anthony Walton

A politically ambitious DA, engaged in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader, is manipulated by a beautiful assistant DA and a dangerous stranger.

With Samuel L. Jackson • John Cusack • Harvey Weinstein • Tony Shalhoub • Mary McCormack • Bob Weinstein • Larry Karaszewski • Mikael Hafstrom • Lorenzo di Bonaventura • Matt Greenberg • Richard Saperstein • Jake Myers

A man, who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences, meets his match when he checks into the notorious room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel, where he encounters true terror.

With Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Will Patton • Dede Gardner • Archie Panjabi • Michael Winterbottom • Irfan Khan • Dan Futterman • Andrew Eaton

On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl's world changed forever. Her husband Daniel, South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew them to Karachi where a go-between had promised access to an elusive source. As Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might be late for dinner. He never returned.

In the face of death, Danny's spirit of defiance and his unflinching belief in the power of journalism led Mariane to write about his disappearance, the intense effort to find him and his eventual murder in her memoir A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. Six months pregnant when the ordeal began, she was carrying a son that Danny hoped to name Adam. She wrote the book to introduce Adam to the father he would never meet. Transcending religion, race and nationality, Mariane's courageous desire to rise above the bitterness and hatred that continues to plague this post 9/11 world, serves as the purest expression of the joy of life she and Danny shared.

With Ben Kingsley • Stephen McFeely • Luke Wilson • Al Corley • Bart Rosenblatt • Christopher Markus • Tea Leoni • John Dahl • Mike Marcus • Carol Baum • Eugene Musso

Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) loves his job. He just happens to be the hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank's got a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle (Philip Baker Hall) sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Played with gruff charm by Kingsley, Frank is not a touchy-feely kind of guy. But he starts going to AA meetings, gets a sponsor (played by Luke Wilson) and a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Laurel (Téa Leoni), a woman who is dangerously devoid of boundaries. Meanwhile, things aren't going well in Buffalo where an upstart Irish gang is threatening the family business. When violence erupts, Frank is forced to return home and with an unlikely assist from Laurel, faces old rivals on new terms.

With Jon Voight • Terrence Howard • Tamara Hope • Lolita Davidovich • Christopher Cain • Scott Duthie • Kevin Matossian

The Mountain Meadows Massacre, as it is known, occurred on Sept. 11, 1857, and was the first known act of religious terrorism on U.S. soil. A group of Mormons, many disguised as Paiute Indians slaughtered all but 17 small children on a wagon train of nearly 140 men, women and children traveling through Utah on its way to California. One man, the adopted son of Mormon leader Brigham Young, was eventually executed for the crime--20 years after the event. Hundreds of direct descendants of the massacre still assert that the iconic Brigham Young had complicity in the massacre, a view denied by the Mormon Church, even today.

With Jonathan King • Matthew Chamberlain • Tammy Davis • Oliver Driver • Peter Feeney • Glenis Levestam • Danielle Mason • Kevin McTurk • Nathan Meister • Mick Rose

There are 40 million sheep in New Zealand and only 4 million inhabitants. After a genetic experiment goes wrong, New Zealand's sheep start turning nasty, and it's the humans who begin bleating.

With Parker Posey • Melvil Poupaud • Drea de Matteo • Justin Theroux • Zoe Cassavetes • Peter Bogdanovich

In a startling mature and nuanced performance, Parker Posey plays Nora Wilder, a thirty-something Manhattanite who is cynical about love and relationships, in this astute collaboration with first-time writer/director Zoe Cassavetes. Nora plugs away at her job in a posh downtown hotel and can't help but wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship as ideal as her friend Audrey's (Drea De Matteo) "perfect marriage." It doesn't help that her overbearing mother (Gena Rowlands) takes every opportunity to remind Nora that she's still unattached. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien (Melvil Poupaud), a seemingly devil-may-care Frenchman with a passion for living. Expecting another disastrous ending, Nora tries to avoid making the same mistakes. She finds herself in Paris looking to break old patterns. Inevitably, Nora has to look inward before she can find a new outlook on life and most importantly, love.

With Bruce Willis • Justin Long • Timothy Olyphant • Len Wiseman • Mary Elizabeth Winstead • Kevin Smith • John McTiernan • Arnold Rifkin • Mark Bomback • David Marconi

On the July 4th holiday, an attack on the vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every modern angle -- but he never figured on an old-school "analog" fly in the "digital" ointment: John McClane. No mask. No cape. No problem.

With John Lasseter • Janeane Garofalo • John Ratzenberger • Brian Dennehy • Patton Oswalt • Brad Garrett • Ian Holm • Brad Bird • Jan Pinkava • Emily Cook • Kathy Greenberg

In the film, a rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

With Michael Moore • Kathleen Glynn

Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to investigate the American healthcare system. Sticking to his tried-and-true one-man approach, Moore sheds light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities.