A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
Cast: Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Virginia Madsen
Synopsis: Director Robert Altman and writer Garrison Keillor join forces with an all-star cast to create a comic backstage fable, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, about a fictitious radio variety show that has managed to survive in the age of television. Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin star as the Johnson Sisters, Yolanda and Rhonda, a country duet act that has survived the county-fair circuit, and Lindsay Lohan plays Meryl’s daughter, Lola, who gets her big chance to sing on the show and then forgets the words. Kevin Kline is Guy Noir, a private eye down on his luck who works as a backstage doorkeeper, and Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly are Dusty and Lefty, the Old Trailhands, a singing cowboy act. Add Virginia Madsen as an angel and Tommy Lee Jones as the Axeman and Maya Rudolph as a pregnant stagehand and Keillor in the role of hangdog emcee, and you have a playful story set on a rainy Saturday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, where fans file into the Fitzgerald Theater to see “A Prairie Home Companion,” a staple of radio station WLT, not knowing that WLT has been sold to a Texas conglomerate and that tonight’s show will be the last. Shot entirely in the Fitzgerald, except for the opening and closing scenes which take place in a nearby diner, the picture combines Altman's cinematic style and intelligence and love of improvisation and Keillor's songs and storytelling to create a fictional counterpart to the 'A Prairie Home Companion' radio show. The film uses the musicians and crew and stage setting of the actual radio show, heard on public radio stations coast to coast for the past quarter-century (and which, in real life, continues to broadcast). The result is a compact tale with a series of extraordinary acting turns, especially Kevin Kline’s elegant Keaton-esque detective and Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep’s singing (“Goodbye to My Mama”) and their beautiful portrayal of two sisters who talk simultaneously. And Virginia Madsen’s serene angel. And Lindsay Lohan’s version of “Frankie and Johnny”.
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ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, John Malkovich, Sophia Myles, Max Minghella
Synopsis: ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL follows talented young artist Jerome Platz (Max Minghella) as he escapes from high school to a tiny East Coast Art school. Here the boyish freshman's ambition is to become the world's greatest artist, like his hero Picasso. Unfortunately, the beauty and craft of Jerome's portraiture are not appreciated in an anything-goes art class that he finds bewildering and bogus. Neither his harsh judgements of his classmates' efforts nor his later attempts to create pseudo-art of his own win him any admirers. But Jerome does attract the attentions of his dream girl the stunning and sophisticated Audrey (Sophia Myles) an artist's model and daughter of a celebrated artist. Rejecting the affectations of the local art scene, Audrey is drawn to Jerome sincerity. When Audrey shifts her attention to Jonah (Matt Keeslar), a hunky painter who becomes the school's latest art star, Jerome is heartbroken. Desperate, he concocts a risky plan to make a name for himself and win her back. Filling out Jerome's world are a host of offbeat characters, including a quirky art teacher (John Malkovich) who takes an extra-curricular interest in Jerome; a failed artist (Jim Broadbent) drawning in alcohol; a regal art history professor (Anjelica Huston); a worldly classmate (Joel David Moore) who introduces Jerome to the intricate mores of campus life; and Jerome's filmmaker roommate (Ethan Suplee) who is exploding with energy, if not the talent, to create a cinematic masterpiece.
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 2
Cast: Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan, Eric Lively, Gina Holden, Lindsay Maxwell
Synopsis: The highly-anticipated, thematic sequel to the 2004 hit The Butterfly Effect, follows Nick Larson (TV's The L Word, TV's Modern Men) as he turns back the clock to alter the fate of his girlfriend, Julie (Erica Durance, TV's Smallville, TV's Tru Calling), and his best friends after a deadly car crash. However, time-travel has a way of catching up with him, and the future is not always what is seems.
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Cast: Adam Sandler, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Coolidge, Kate Beckinsale, Sean Astin
Synopsis: Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) is a family man whose busy career as an architect does not leave much time for his wife Donna (Kate Beckinsale) and his two kids. Unable one day to determine which of his many remotes turns on the television, he decides he needs a universal remote that does it all. On his search for the perfect device, he meets Morty (Christopher Walken) who gives him a one-of-a-kind remote that has magical powers. With each click, Michael can control his career and personal life. But complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices. The film also stars David Hasselhoff as his boss, Henry Winkler and Julie Kavner as Michael's parents. Sean Astin, Rachel Dratch, and Jennifer Coolidge also co-star.
GARFIELD'S A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES
Cast: Bill Murray, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Breckin Meyer, Greg Ellis, Lucy Davis
Synopsis: America's favorite feline, Garfield, follows his owner, Jon, to England. The U.K. may never recover, as Garfield is mistaken for a look-alike, regal cat who has inherited a castle. Garfield savors the royal treatment afforded by his loyal four-legged subjects, but his reign is in jeopardy. The nefarious Lord Dargis is determined to do away with Garfield, so he can turn the castle into a resort. Garfield's bigger, better, more purr-fect world is soon turned upside down in this tale of two kitties.
THE KING
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Laura Harring, Paul Dano, Pell James, William Hurt
Synopsis: Elvis Valderez (Gael Garcia Bernal) is a twenty-one year old dreamer who has just been honorably discharged from the US Navy. With his duffle bag and rifle, he travels back to his hometown of Corpus Christi Texas, where he intends to seek out his father – a man he has only heard about from his Mexican mother, who has since passed away. Elvis quickly discovers that his father, David Sandow (William Hurt), is now the pastor of a thriving Baptist church, and has a family of his own - a beautiful wife, Twyla (Laura Harring), and two picture-perfect children, Malerie (Pell James) and Paul (Paul Dano). While seeking out his father at church, Elvis unwittingly strikes up a conversation with sixteen-year old Malerie and there’s an immediate, unspoken attraction between them. Elvis then waits for his father after church and follows him and his family to their suburban neighborhood, where he approaches David in front of their Norman Rockwell style home. The encounter is brief. David wants nothing to do with Elvis, who is an uncomfortable reminder of his own wayward past and a well-kept secret from his children and his parishioners. Rejected, Elvis resolves to leave this happy family to themselves. However, Elvis can’t shake the image of Malerie, his half sister, and can’t stop himself from befriending her. The relationship soon develops into something romantic and natural taboos are quickly discarded. Through his courtship of Malerie, Elvis begins to slowly infiltrate the family, thus setting the stage for the unleashing of violence and a tragedy of biblical proportions.
THE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN
Cast: Boti Bliss, Joel Brooks, Mariah Bess, Meredith Baxter, Scott Atkinson
Synopsis: Based on the hit underground comic strip, this hilarious gay romantic comedy follows the story of Ethan Green, an adorable 26 year-old professional 'assistant,' looking for love in all the wrong places. Kitchy and fun, sexy and outrageous, Ethan Green is a sure bet for a good time that might just make your love life look downright easy.
TWELVE AND HOLDING
Cast: Annabella Sciorra, Bruce Altman, Jayne Atkinson, Jesse Camacho, Martin Campetta
Synopsis: “Twelve and Holding” explores the complexities of children losing their innocence and adults struggling to guide them. In the suburbs of America, three close knit 12-year-olds – introverted Jacob (Conor Donovan), precocious Malee (Zoe Weizenbaum) and vulnerable Leonard (Jesse Camacho) – start down the path of self-discovery and begin to distinguish their own voices from those of their parents. Sparked by the tragic death of Jacob’s twin brother, the trio band together as they grapple with the feelings of revenge, the burden of grief and the indelible experiences of growing up. “Twelve and Holding” enters the intricate – and often humorous world where adolescence and adulthood collide, when parents as times seem as lost as their own children. As each family’s personal challenges are revealed, they learn to better understand each other and their own realities.
WAIST DEEP
Cast: Meagan Good, Tyrese Gibson, Arnold Vosloo, Larenz Tate, The Game
Synopsis: In the urban action thriller Waist Deep, director Vondie Curtis Hall (Redemption) takes audiences on a ride through contemporary Los Angeles - where a sexy 21st-century Bonnie and Clyde hit the streets. 'I'll always come back for you,' single father O2 (Tyrese Gibson of Four Brothers) tells his young son Junior (screen newcomer H. Hunter Hall). This parental promise is put to the test when O2 is suddenly plunged into a do-or-die situation; trying to go straight for Junior's sake, this recently paroled ex-con is forced to go back outside the law after his son is kidnapped in a carjacking. The resulting chase and shootout have left Junior in the hands of Meat (hip-hop superstar The Game, in his feature debut), the vicious leader of the Outlaw Syndicate. O2's shady cousin Lucky (Larenz Tate of Crash) tries to mediate, but is caught between criminal and family loyalties. The only person who can or will help O2 get his son back is wily street-smart hustler Coco (Meagan Good of You Got Served), whose path fatefully crossed O2's just moments before the kidnapping. When Lucky gets word to O2 that Meat expects $100,000 for Junior's freedom, O2 and Coco seize the opportunity to pit rival elements of the South Los Angeles underworld against each other. 'It's either all or nothing,' realizes O2. With the clock ticking down, the heat between O2 and Coco rises as they become a lawbreaking couple, on an action-packed tear through a range of Los Angeles neighborhoods. Can they outwit the underworld and save Junior and themselves?
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