General Chat / 2005 Upcoming Movies

"Hitch"
-February 11
-Starring: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Julie Ann Emery, and Kevin James
-Director: Andy Tennant
-"The cure for the common man"
-A professional matchmaker's program is threatened by a female journalist who enrolls as a student and plans on publishing an exposé on his fradulent methods.

"Constantine"
-February 18
-Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, and Djimon Hounsou
-Director: Francis Lawrence
-"Hell wants him. Heaven won't take him. Earth needs him."
- Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer and written by Kevin Brodbin, Mark Bomback and Frank Capello, Constantine tells the story of irreverent supernatural detective John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), who has literally been to hell and back.

"The Pacificer"
-March 4
-Starring: Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, and Morgan York
-Director: Adam Shankman
-"Prepare for bottle."
-Disgraced Navy S.E.A.L. Shane Wolf (Diesel) is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains in the kids' house.

"Be Cool"
-March 4
-Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, and Christina Milian
-Director: F. Gary Gray
-"Everyone is looking for the next big hit."
-Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer (John Travolta) tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec (Uma Thurman) on the way.

"Hostage"
-March 11
-Starring: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jonthan Tucker, and Ben Foster
-Director: Florent Emilio Siri
-"Would you sacrifice another family to save your own?"
-Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved himself away from his failed career outside of Los Angeles, and away from his wife and daughter. When a convenience store robbery goes wrong in his turf, the three perpetrators move in on an unsuspecting family. But the family's father has a secret which might compromise his kin, and one of the criminals is about to jump over the edge. Jeff Talley has to get everybody to survive the night......if he can.

"Robots"
-March 11
-Starring: Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, and Mel Brooks
-Director: Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha
-"Repair for adventure!"
-Rodney, an inventing robot, has always wanted, from a young age, to meet Big Weld: the best inventor ever seen. However, when he finally reaches his destination, Big Weld has been mysteriously replaced by Ratchet, a Hitler-like leader who wants a world where everyone is as shiny as he. It's now up to Rodney to keep this evil plan from coming to life, and rescue his hero.

"The Ring Two"
-March 18
-Starring: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, and Emily VanCamp
-Director: Hideo Nakata
-"Fear comes full circle."
-Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son Aidan (David Dorfman) have relocated to the quaint mountain town of Asheville, where Rachel has found a new job at the local Asheville Gazette, working alongside reporter David Rourke (Simon Baker). The discovery of a local teenage homicide whilst scanning the electronic Asheville Police archives prompts Rachel to uncover the truth behind it. Before long, Rachel has linked the homicide to the mysterious video tape. Just when Rachel is within reach of uncovering the secret, she discovers that Aidan has been hospitalized - unconcious, perilously cold, and bruised. Rachel suspects this is the act of Samara Morgan, but Dr Emma Temple (Sissy Spacek) suspects otherwise.Having being blamed for child abuse and looking guilty as sin, Rachel returns to Seattle, to dig deeper into the past of the ghostly Samara. Will the secrets she uncovers solve problems, or will they end more lives?

"Guess Who"
-March 25
-Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Bernie Mac, Zoe Saldana, and Sherri Shephard
-Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
-"Some in-laws were meant to be broken."
-A sarcastic father (Mac) has plenty to say about his daughter wanting to marry a white boy (Kutcher).

"Sin City"
-April 1
-Starring: Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, and Benicio Del Toro
-Director: Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
-"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything."
-An adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in the fictional town of Sin City. Chief amongst the town's residents is Marv, who trawls the darkest areas of town looking for the person who killed his one true love, Goldie.

"The Weather Man"
-April 1
-Starring: Nicholas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, and Gemmenne de la Pena
-Director: Gore Verbinksi
-"...bring an umbrella"
-A weather man who lives with his wife and kids in Chicago must deal with problems which arise from wanting to move to New York.

"Unleashed"
-April 8
-Starring: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, and Kerry Condon
-Director: Louis Leterrier
-n/a
-This is the story of Danny(Li), a slave who has lived his whole life without any sort of normal human education, with the mind and personality of a young child, with only one lesson learned: how to fight. Treated like a dog by his owner/boss, Bart(Hoskins) which includes having to wear a collar, Danny has been raised to be a lethal fighting machine who fights in illegal gladiator-style fight clubs, where he earns lots of money for Bart as the undisputed champion. After a car accident that lands Bart in a coma, however, Danny meets a kind elderly blind piano tuner(Freeman) on the run because he knows secrets some bad guys don't want known, who uses music to teach Danny some things about the world and about being human...

"The Amityville Horror"
-April 8
-Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Phillip Baker Hall, and Jimmy Bennett
-Director: Andrew Douglas
-n/a
-A family is terrorized by a demonic force in their new home that was the site of many gruesome murders a year earlier.

"The Interpreter"
-April 15
-Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Jesper Christiansen, and Monty Ashton-Lewis
-Director: Sydney Pollack
-n/a
-Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where an FBI agent (Penn) is assigned to protect an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot.

"XXX: State of the Union"
-April 22
-Starring: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, and John G. Connolly
-Director: Lee Tamahori
-"Prepare for the next level"
-Darius Stone, a new agent in the XXX program, is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.

"Kingdom of Heaven"
-May 6
-Starring: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, and Jeremy Irons
-Director: Ridley Scott
-n/a
-During the Crusades of the 12th Century, Balian of Ibelin (Bloom), a young blacksmith in Jerusalem, rises to protect his people from foreign invaders.

"The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
-May 6
-Starring: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, and Zooey Deschanel
-Director: Garth Jennings
-"Don't Panic"
-Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

"Kicking and Screaming"
-May 13
-Starring: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Steven Anthony Lawrence, and Josh Hutcherson
-Director: Jesse Dylan
-n/a
-Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating...

"Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith"
-May 19
-Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christiansen, Natalie Portman, and Samuel L. Jackson
-Director: George Lucas
-n/a
-After three years of fighting in the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker begins his journey towards the Dark Side of the Force, putting his friendship with Obi Wan Kenobi and his marriage at risk.

"Madagascar"
-May 27
-Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith
-Director: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
-n/a
-At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion (Stiller), a zebra (Rock), a giraffe (Schwimmer), and a hippo (Smith) are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to the island of Madagascar. When their vessel capsizes off the coast, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.

"The Longest Yard"
-May 27
-Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, and James Cromwell
-Director: Peter Segal
-"It was hard to put a team together...until they found out who they were playing."
-Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.

"Cinderella Man"
-June 3
-Starring: Russell Crowe, Renee Zelwegger, Connor Price, and Craig Bierko
-Director: Ron Howard
-"When America was on its knees, he brought us to our feet."
-The story of Depression-era fighter and folk hero Jim Braddock, who defeated heavyweight champ Max Baer in a 15-round slugfest in 1935.

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith"
-June 10
-Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Greg Ellis, and Angela Bassett
-Director: Doug Liman
-n/a
-A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are assassins hired to kill each other.

"Batman Begins"
-June 17
-Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman
-Director: Christopher Nolan
-n/a
-The story of how Bruce Wayne became what he was destined to be: Batman.

"Fun with Dick and Jane"
-June 24
-Starring: Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Luis Chavez, and Angie Harmon
-Director: Dean Parisot
-n/a
-An update of the 1977 comedy, where a married couple turn to robbery to pay the bills.

"War of the Worlds"
-June 29
-Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, and Miranda Otto
-Director: Steven Spielberg
-"They're already here."
- As Earth is invaded by Martian war machines, one family fights for survival.

"Fantastic Four"
-July 5
-Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, and Chris Evans
-Director: Tim Story
-n/a
-A group of astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom

"Bewitched"
-July 8
-Starring: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, and Michael Caine
-Director: Nora Ephron
-n/a
-A producer remaking the classic sitcom "Bewitched" unknowingly casts an actual witch for the lead role.

"Into The Blue"
-July 15
-Starring: Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan, and Josh Brolin
-Director: John Stockwell
-n/a
-A group of divers find themselves in deep trouble with a drug lord after they come upon the illicit cargo of a sunken airplane.

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
-July 15
-Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, and Helena Bonham Carter
-Director: Tim Burton
-n/a
-A young boy embarks on a tour to the most magnificant chocolate factory in the world guided by its mysterious operator.

"The Wedding Crashers"
-July 22
-Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, and Jennifer Alden
-Director: David Dobkin
-n/a
-John Beckwith and Jeremy Klein, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Clearly.

"Elizabethtown"
-July 29
-Starring: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, and Jessica Biel
-Director: Cameron Crowe
-n/a
-During an outrageous memorial for a Southern patriarch, an unexpected romance blooms between a young woman and man.

"The Dukes of Hazzard"
-July 29
-Starring: Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, and Burt Reynolds
-Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
-n/a
-Cousins Bo (Scott) and Luke (Knoxville) Duke, with a little help from their cousin Daisy (Simpson) and Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), egg on the authorities of Hazzard County, Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane.

"Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo"
-August 12
-Starring: Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin, Jeroen Krabbe, and Til Schweiger
-Director: Mike Bigelow
-"For the women of Europe...the price of love just got a lot cheaper"
-Deuce is tricked again into man-whoring by T.J., only in Amsterdam while other man-whores are being murdered in his midst.

"End Game"
-September 9
-Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Woods, Angie Harmon, and Peter Greene
-Director: Andy Cheng
-n/a
-A secret Service agent and a news reporter investigate the conspiracy behind the assassination of the President.

"A Scanner Darkly
-September 16
-Starring: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, and Winona Ryder
-Director: Richard Linklater
-n/a
-Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, 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.

"The Pink Panther"
-September 23
-Starring: Steve Martin, Henry Czerny, Kevin Kline, and Beyonce Knowles
-Director: Shawn Levy
-n/a
-A prequel to the 1964 Peter Sellers original film, where the detective must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond.

"Corpse Bride"
-September 23
-Starring: Johnny Depp, Emily Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Albert Finney
-Director: Tim Burton and Mike Johnston
-n/a
-Victor (Johnny Depp) is travelling home with his friend to get married to his fiancee Victoria (Emily Watson). The two stop to rest in the woods, and as a joke, Victor puts his wedding ring on a finger-shaped stick in the ground and says his wedding vows. The stick turns out to be a rotted finger belonging to a murdered girl (Helena Bonham-Carter), who returns as a zombie and insists that she is now Victor's lawfully wedded wife.

"Oliver Twist"
-September 30
-Starring: Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Harry Eden, and Jamie Foreman
-Director: Roman Polanski
-n/a
-An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

"Fever Pitch"
-October 7
-Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Lenny Clarke, and Brandon Craggs
-Director: The Farrelly Brothers
-n/a
-Lindsay (Barrymore) is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben (Fallon) and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.

"Brokeback Mountain"
-October 7
-Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, and Randy Quaid
-Director: Ang Lee
-n/a
-A raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a Texas rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox yet life-long bond--by turns ecstatic, bitter and conflicted.

"Bob the Butler"
-October 24
-Starring: Tom Green, Brooke Shields, Genevieve Buechner, and Benjamin B. Smith
-Director: Gary Sinyor
-n/a
-Tom Green stars as a bumbling buffoon, who lands at Butling after working his way through all other 'A' and 'B' jobs.

"Legend of Zorro"
-November 4
-Starring: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Adrian Alonso, and Pedro Armendariz Jr.
-Director: Martin Campbell
-n/a
-Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Alejandro de la Vega (Banderas) -- and his wife, Elena (Zeta-Jones) -- to take action.

"Chicken Little"
-November 4
-Starring: Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Katie Finnerand, and Garry Marshall
-Director: Mark Dindal
-"Chicken Little. Movie Big."
-In a universe completely populated with talking animals, Chicken Little's wildly active imagination and tendency to overreact have made her an outsider at home and in her community. When she nearly destroys the town in the great "sky is falling down" debacle, an angry mob forces Chicken Little to shape up. She heads off to Camp Yes-U-Can where she meets other animals with challenges of their own. But when Chicken Little discovers that the camp counselors have a dastardly plan, she will have to overcome her history of paranoia and summon her newfound courage in order to thwart the evildoers?

"The New World"
-November 9
-Starring: Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'Orianka Kilcher, and Christopher Plummer
-Director: Terrence Malick
-"Once disovered, it was changed forever"
-A Terrence Malick-scripted drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and the British in the 17th century.

"Rent"
-November 11
-Starring: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, and Jesse L. Martin
-Director: Chris Columbus
-n/a
-This is the film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and the impacts they have on America.

"Walk The Line"
-November 18
-Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Robert Patrick
-Director: James Mangold
-n/a
-A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

"Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire"
-November 18
-Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Ralph Fiennes
-Director: Mike Newell
-n/a
-Harry finds himself selected as an underaged competitor in a dangerous multi-wizardary school competition.

"The Brothers Grimm"
-November 23
-Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Pryce, and Peter Stormare
-Director: Terry Gilliam
-n/a
-Will and Jake Grimm are travelling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires genuine courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.

"Diary"
-December 1
-Starring: Jennifer Anniston
-Director: George Hickenlooper
-n/a
-A married woman's diary is stolen then used against her.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The WItch, & The Wardrobe"
-December 9
-Starring: Georgie Henley, William Mosely, Rupert Everett, and Skandar Keynes
-Director: Andrew Adamson
-"There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia...The first is about to be told."
- Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a lion messiah.

"King Kong"
-December 14
-Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and Andy Serkis
-Director: Peter Jackson
-n/a
-An expedition crew is in search of a mythic monster far away on an island.

"The Producers: The Movie Musical"
-December 21
-Starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Will Ferrell, and Roger Bart
-Director: Susan Stroman
-n/a
-Bringing the Tony-Award Winning musical back to the big screen -The Producers tells the story of a down on his luck producer (Lane) and his accountant (Broderick) and their get rich quick plan.

"Happily N'Ever After"
-December 31
-Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., and George Carlin
-Director: Pau J. Bolger
-n/a
-A retelling of several Grimm's fairy tales.

I really want to see Sin City. It looks awesome...

How could they even contemplate turning fever pitch into a film about american football? I'm sorry, but being a football (soccer fan), even if it is for the arse, is just a completely different matter - nick hornby's life revolved around arsenal... how can it work with the "boston red sox"? travesty...

looking forward to a few of them, but for my most anticipated film I have to go forward further to his dark materials, whenever and if that manages to surface.

I am most looking forward to The New World, but Kingdom Of Heaven also looks wonderful, despite the fact that it is probably just another stupid Oscar-monger. In addition, Unleashed looks very interesting - and the score is amazing, along with the Johnny Cash movie, and - as always - all the major Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Independant, and World films.

The real question, though, is: how many will I actually see? The New World, and, um, that's it, probably.

How could they even contemplate turning fever pitch into a film about american football?

It's about American Baseball, a sport almost as loved here as Football is there, and the only one as quintessentially "American" as Football is "British". Also, it's the only American sport where the term "pitch" is used even remotely frequently.

If I'm not mistaken, "Dark Water" is opening in August. The trailer is here (http://www.apple.com...dark_water.html) if you want to check it out. It's from the same mind that wrote "The Ring", so it's somewhat along those supernatural-thriller (if you want to call it that) lines. I think it looks interesting, and no matter what...Jennifer Connelly is a pleasure to look at on screen.

So far, I haven't notice a whole lot of films that will be of award-quality. Maybe "Cinderella Man" will go up, but other than that, the quality films don't seem too promising this year.

"Fever Pitch"
-October 7
-Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Lenny Clarke, and Brandon Craggs
-Director: The Farrelly Brothers
-n/a
-Lindsay (Barrymore) is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben (Fallon) and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.

Yeah. that Fallon fag (who's a fucking Mets fan, mind you...or was until the Sox won the series) and Barrymore fucking ran out on to the field after we won. way to fucking cheapen the moment. I guarantee this movie will bomb in the New England region, and probably in the rest of the world too.

Happily N'ever After sounds cool...
so does The Amityville Horror...

Maybe it's because I like SMG and RR

t's from the same mind that wrote "The Ring", so it's somewhat along those supernatural-thriller (if you want to call it that) lines.

You mean: it's another remake of a another movie by the same guy who made the original film which was remade as "The Ring" (confusing, isn't it?). Anyways, it looks terrible, and, honestly, the original looks only slightly less terrible.

You mean: it's another remake of a another movie by the same guy who made the original film which was remade as "The Ring" (confusing, isn't it?). Anyways, it looks terrible, and, honestly, the original looks only slightly less terrible.

Actually, no, I meant what I said. The short story that "Dark Water" was based on was written by the same guy who wrote the book that "The Ring" was based on. The guy who made the movies and the guy who wrote the stories are different people. You're right, the Japanese director favored the author a bit and directed the Japanese versions, but that's where the connection ends and not what I was referring to.

Actually, no. The short story that "Dark Water" was based on was written by the same guy who wrote the book that "The Ring" was based on. The guy who made the movies and the guy who wrote the stories are different people. The Japanese director favored the author a bit and directed the Japanese versions, but that's where the connection ends.

That's what I said, or meant, anyways. You implied, however, that the two movies where made by the same people, and they're not.

You mean: it's another remake of a another movie by the same guy who made the original film which was remade as "The Ring" (confusing, isn't it?). Anyways, it looks terrible, and, honestly, the original looks only slightly less terrible.

The original Dark Water is the film that has scared me the most. I don't like horror films but my friends made me watch that. Argh I can still remember how freaked out I was.

There are a couple movies I hadn't heard of that I am now looking forward to. The obvious one is The Producers Musical, since the first movie was incredibly funny, Mel Brooks is still involved, and they brought back the cast of what was supposed to be one of the best things to ever hit Hollywood.

If they do the Dukes of Hazzard right it will be a definate see.

Kicking and Screaming will be funny only because of Will Ferrell, he's got a Midas touch going right now.

The Longest Yard has shown promise in its previews.

Star Wars III is looking like the acting is better and the special effects will be top notch, not to mention the story sets itself up.

Charlie and the Charlie Factory...of course.

And Elizabethtown's cast is golden, I don't know if the story's good but I'll see it if it's not cheesy.

What's with Jessica Alba having so many roles lately....oh yeah, she's fucking HOT!!!!!

"Be Cool"
-March 4
-Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, and Christina Milian
-Director: F. Gary Gray
-"Everyone is looking for the next big hit."
-Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer (John Travolta) tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec (Uma Thurman) on the way.

"The Producers: The Movie Musical"
-December 21
-Starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Will Ferrell, and Roger Bart
-Director: Susan Stroman
-n/a
-Bringing the Tony-Award Winning musical back to the big screen -The Producers tells the story of a down on his luck producer (Lane) and his accountant (Broderick) and their get rich quick plan.

"Chicken Little"
-November 4
-Starring: Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Katie Finnerand, and Garry Marshall
-Director: Mark Dindal
-"Chicken Little. Movie Big."
-In a universe completely populated with talking animals, Chicken Little's wildly active imagination and tendency to overreact have made her an outsider at home and in her community. When she nearly destroys the town in the great "sky is falling down" debacle, an angry mob forces Chicken Little to shape up. She heads off to Camp Yes-U-Can where she meets other animals with challenges of their own. But when Chicken Little discovers that the camp counselors have a dastardly plan, she will have to overcome her history of paranoia and summon her newfound courage in order to thwart the evildoers?

"Brokeback Mountain"
-October 7
-Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, and Randy Quaid
-Director: Ang Lee
-n/a
-A raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a Texas rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox yet life-long bond--by turns ecstatic, bitter and conflicted.

"A Scanner Darkly
-September 16
-Starring: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, and Winona Ryder
-Director: Richard Linklater
-n/a
-Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, 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.

"Kingdom of Heaven"
-May 6
-Starring: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, and Jeremy Irons
-Director: Ridley Scott
-n/a
-During the Crusades of the 12th Century, Balian of Ibelin (Bloom), a young blacksmith in Jerusalem, rises to protect his people from foreign invaders.

"Sin City"
-April 1
-Starring: Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, and Benicio Del Toro
-Director: Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
-"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything."
-An adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in the fictional town of Sin City. Chief amongst the town's residents is Marv, who trawls the darkest areas of town looking for the person who killed his one true love, Goldie.

"The Amityville Horror"
-April 8
-Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Phillip Baker Hall, and Jimmy Bennett
-Director: Andrew Douglas
-n/a
-A family is terrorized by a demonic force in their new home that was the site of many gruesome murders a year earlier.

"The Interpreter"
-April 15
-Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Jesper Christiansen, and Monty Ashton-Lewis
-Director: Sydney Pollack
-n/a
-Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where an FBI agent (Penn) is assigned to protect an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot.

"Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith"
-May 19
-Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christiansen, Natalie Portman, and Samuel L. Jackson
-Director: George Lucas
-n/a
-After three years of fighting in the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker begins his journey towards the Dark Side of the Force, putting his friendship with Obi Wan Kenobi and his marriage at risk.


"Corpse Bride"
-September 23
-Starring: Johnny Depp, Emily Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Albert Finney
-Director: Tim Burton and Mike Johnston
-n/a
-Victor (Johnny Depp) is travelling home with his friend to get married to his fiancee Victoria (Emily Watson). The two stop to rest in the woods, and as a joke, Victor puts his wedding ring on a finger-shaped stick in the ground and says his wedding vows. The stick turns out to be a rotted finger belonging to a murdered girl (Helena Bonham-Carter), who returns as a zombie and insists that she is now Victor's lawfully wedded wife.

"Cinderella Man"
-June 3
-Starring: Russell Crowe, Renee Zelwegger, Connor Price, and Craig Bierko
-Director: Ron Howard
-"When America was on its knees, he brought us to our feet."
-The story of Depression-era fighter and folk hero Jim Braddock, who defeated heavyweight champ Max Baer in a 15-round slugfest in 1935.

"The New World"
-November 9
-Starring: Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'Orianka Kilcher, and Christopher Plummer
-Director: Terrence Malick
-"Once disovered, it was changed forever"
-A Terrence Malick-scripted drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and the British in the 17th century.

"Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire"
-November 18
-Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Ralph Fiennes
-Director: Mike Newell
-n/a
-Harry finds himself selected as an underaged competitor in a dangerous multi-wizardary school competition.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The WItch, & The Wardrobe"
-December 9
-Starring: Georgie Henley, William Mosely, Rupert Everett, and Skandar Keynes
-Director: Andrew Adamson
-"There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia...The first is about to be told."
- Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a lion messiah.

"Happily N'Ever After"
-December 31
-Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., and George Carlin
-Director: Pau J. Bolger
-n/a
-A retelling of several Grimm's fairy tales.

sorta lookin forward to those movies... but as far as what I'm MOST looking forward to:

"Robots"
-March 11
-Starring: Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, and Mel Brooks
-Director: Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha
-"Repair for adventure!"
-Rodney, an inventing robot, has always wanted, from a young age, to meet Big Weld: the best inventor ever seen. However, when he finally reaches his destination, Big Weld has been mysteriously replaced by Ratchet, a Hitler-like leader who wants a world where everyone is as shiny as he. It's now up to Rodney to keep this evil plan from coming to life, and rescue his hero.

^ looking forward to this the most.

"The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
-May 6
-Starring: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, and Zooey Deschanel
-Director: Garth Jennings
-"Don't Panic"
-Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

^ this second most.

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
-July 15
-Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, and Helena Bonham Carter
-Director: Tim Burton
-n/a
-A young boy embarks on a tour to the most magnificant chocolate factory in the world guided by its mysterious operator.

^ third

Everything else looks kind of lame and unappetizing...

...is it me? Or are half the movie/games nowadays... remakes or sequels of different movies/games already made? I'll tell you, financially conservative values are the reason... when people take more risks and are open to new ideas, then those in the entertainment industry can follow suit and actually make something that ISN'T a rehash or doesn't rely on already existing nostalgia. The entertainment industry only does what is profitable... which is a shame since the idiots in this country make it very unprofitable to use an original idea for a movie or video game... it's making blitz very sad.

Gah, don't you fools have no shame!
What about kingkong.
Finally I have something to look forward to that week before Christmas Vacation again!

I'm a little worried about the Hitchhikers Guide movie...as it will be brilliant or terribly sucky, without a middle ground. I am encouraged by the casting of the mighty Mos Def as Ford Prefect, though. Never saw that coming, but Mos Def is the man.

"King Kong"
-December 14
-Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and Andy Serkis
-Director: Peter Jackson
-n/a
-An expedition crew is in search of a mythic monster far away on an island.

"The Amityville Horror"
-April 8
-Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Phillip Baker Hall, and Jimmy Bennett
-Director: Andrew Douglas
-n/a
-A family is terrorized by a demonic force in their new home that was the site of many gruesome murders a year earlier.

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
-July 15
-Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, and Helena Bonham Carter
-Director: Tim Burton
-n/a
-A young boy embarks on a tour to the most magnificant chocolate factory in the world guided by its mysterious operator.

"The New World"
-November 9
-Starring: Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'Orianka Kilcher, and Christopher Plummer
-Director: Terrence Malick
-"Once disovered, it was changed forever"
-A Terrence Malick-scripted drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and the British in the 17th century.

"War of the Worlds"
-June 29
-Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, and Miranda Otto
-Director: Steven Spielberg
-"They're already here."
- As Earth is invaded by Martian war machines, one family fights for survival.

"Fantastic Four"
-July 5
-Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, and Chris Evans
-Director: Tim Story
-n/a
-A group of astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom.

THESE will be the movies of the year for me. King Kong is the one I'm most excited about. Too bad Faye Ray died.

Michael Chiklis is going to be in the Fantastic Four?!?
hahahahaha. what the fuck. that shit's insane.

War of the Worlds

Be Cool

Star Wars III

The Corpse Bride

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Kingdom of Heaven



Lotsa good popcorn flicks. I didn't not vTd changed his name to iris.

Movies I'll at least rent:
*Constantine (Heard bad reviews though)
*Robots
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
*A Scanner Darkly (This is the first time I've heard of it, but it sounds good)
*Unleashed (I heard of a movie today called "Danny the Dog" with Jet Li, I bet this is a remake)
*The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Movies I'll probably see in the theater:
*Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
*Batman Begins
*War of the Worlds
*Fantastic Four
*The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe
*King Kong
*Sin City

Unleashed (I heard of a movie today called "Danny the Dog" with Jet Li, I bet this is a remake)

No, it's the exact same film, just being released under a different title in the US, and possibly elsewhere.