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2008 Movie News & Reviews |
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► Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, who is best
known for cult classics such as Audition, Ichi: the Killer,
and Children of Lost Souls, brings a fresh new look at the beloved
spaghetti Western genre in Sukiyaki
Western Django, starring Quentin Tarantino, Yusuke Iseya
and Kaori Momoi. |
| August
1st |
► England, the summer of '66 and the country is about
to be consumed by World Cup Fever in Sixty-Six.
For 12-year-old Bernie (Gregg Sulkin), the biggest day of his
life is looming, the day he becomes a man - his Bar Mitzvah.
However Bernie's North London family seems a little distracted.
Bernie believes his Bar Mitzvah is about to change all this.
He'll no longer be the kid everyone ignores, and he envisions
and begins to plan the perfect ceremony and reception, where
everyone assembled will acknowledge his new status as a man.
Unfortunately for Bernie, things don't quite go according to
plan!
► Kevin Costner, George Lopez, and Kelsey Grammer
star in Swing Vote (Official
Site). In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the
presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
► The Mummy: Tomb of the
Dragon Emperor is set in the Far East, where trouble-seeking
father-and-son duo Rick and Alex O'Connell unearth the mummy
of the first Emperor of Qin, a shape-shifting entity who was
cursed by a wizard centuries ago. Starring Brendan Fraser, Jet
Li, and Maria Bello. |
| August
6th |
► Bottle Shock
is the true story set in 1976 when an American wine beat out
the French in at the "Judgement of Paris" tastings.
The film stars Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman.
► In The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, (Official
Site) based on Ann Brashares' best-selling series of novels,
four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that
began with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Now three
years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths
for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain
in touch by sharing their experiences with each other as they
always have-with honesty and humor. Discovering their individual
strengths, fears, talents and capacity for love through the
choices they make, they come to value more than ever the bond
they share and the immeasurable power of their friendship. |
| August
8th |
► Driven by Isabel Coixet's visually assured and
deeply observant direction, Elegy
charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated
college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes
and destabilizes him. As their intimate connection transforms
them - more than either could imagine - a charged sexual contest
evolves into an indelible love story.
► From Lionsgate entertainment comes The
Perfect Game, based on a true story about a rag-tag
team of boys from poverty-stricken Monterrey, Mexico who defy
extraordinary odds to become the first foreign team to win the
Little League World Series - doing so in a perfect game, the
only one in championship history.
► Pineapple Express (Official
Site), starring Seth Rogan and James Franco, is about a
stoner and a dealer who are forced to go on the run from the
police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
► Hellride (Official
Site) is a raucous throwback to the days of the Sergio
Leone spaghetti western, with a heaping helping of testosterone-fueled
chopper action thrown into the mix. Writer/director Larry Bishop
takes on a third role as Pistolero, head honcho of the Victors,
a group of badass bikers who are out to avenge the murder of
one of their members at the hands of the 666ers, a rival gang
whose actions live up to their hellish moniker. |
| August
15th |
►
Fly Me to the Moon is a groundbreaking 3-D animated
adventure where three young flies set off on a courageous
mission to become the first insects on the moon by hitching
a ride on the historic Apollo 11 space flight. Based on
the actual transcripts and the original blueprints from
NASA, the film's stunning visuals and meticulous attention
to detail introduce a whole new generation to the awe-inspiring
achievements of the space program's most momentous mission 
► In Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Official
Site), a painter enters a relationship with two American
tourists, and a conflict begins with the painter's jealous ex-girlfriend.
Starring Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson,
Rebecca Hall, and Chris Messina.
► Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Official
Site) picks up between episode II and III, when Anakin
Skywalker is not yet Darth Vader.
► Tropic Thunder (Official
Site) stars Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey, Jr.
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting
a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they
are portraying. |
| August
22nd |
► In
Death Race, set in a future version of America, a prisoner
who is weeks away from being released is forced by his warden
to compete in a brutal, deadly car race alongside his fellow
inmates. Starring Jason Statham, Joan Allen, and Ian McShane.
► Hamlet 2 had
its world premiere at - and the comedy smash of - the 2008 Sundance
Film Festival. In the irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama
teacher (Steve Coogan) rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he
conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel
to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Also starring Catherine Keener, Amy
Poehler, David Arquette and Elisabeth Shue.
► Starring Emma Roberts, Wild Child
( Official Site)
is about a rebellious Malibu princess who is shipped off to
a strict English boarding school by her father.
► Crossing Over is a film about immigrants of different
nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles.
Starring Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Sean Penn, Cliff Curtis,
and Ashley Judd.
► When Shelly, a Playboy bunny, is tossed out of the mansion,
she has nowhere to go until she falls in with the sorority girls
from Zeta Tau Zeta in The House Bunny (Official
Site). The members of the sorority - who also have got to
be the seven most socially clueless women on the planet - are
about to lose their house. They need a dose of what only the
eternally bubbly Shelley can provide... but they will each learn
on their own to stop pretending to be what others want them
to be and start being themselves.
► The Longshots (Official
Site) is the true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age
of 11, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football
tournament in its 56-year history. Starring Ice Cube, Keke Palmer,
and Matt Craven. |
| August
27th |
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► In Traitor (Official
Site), a special operative working with a terrorist group
becomes the target of the CIA. Starring Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce,
Jeff Daniels, and Neal McDonough. |
| August
29th |
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► Disaster
Movie, the latest genre spoof from filmmakers Jason
Friedbeg and Aaron Seltzer, the team that parodied the teen-horror
genre in Scary Movie, clichéd romantic comedies in
Date Movie, overblown blockbusters in Epic Movie, and the
ultra-macho 300 in Meet The Spartans.
► In Babylon A.D. (Official
Site), veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the risky
job of escorting a woman from Russia to China, but little does
he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to
harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.
Starring Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh.
► In College (Official
Site), awild weekend is in store for three high school seniors
who visit a local college campus as prospective freshmen. Starring
Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell. |
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