Friday, May 05, 2006
Lets go to the Movies!
This week’s releases, hopefully at a theatre near you:
Nationwide
An American Haunting: Based on a true state-documented case that took place during the 1800s. Between the years 1818-1820, the Bell family of Red River, Tennessee was visited by an unknown presence that haunted the family and eventually caused the death of one of its members. It was not until a manuscript of the local schoolteacher, who lived on the property during the disturbance, was found in 1998 that the horrifying and shocking answer to what caused this haunting would finally be unveiled. Starring: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D’Arcy, Matthew Marsh
Hoot: When a Montana boy moves to Florida and unearths a disturbing threat to a local population of endangered owls, three middle-schoolers take on greedy land developers, corrupt politicians, and clueless cops. Determined to protect his new environment, the boy and his friends fight to prevent the adults from making a big mistake. Starring: Logan Lerman, Cody Linley, Dean Collins, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson
Mission: Impossible III: Recently retired, Agent Ethan Hunt lives a slower-paced life training new IMF agents. With this change, new opportunities enter his life, including a possible marriage to his girlfriend Julia. However, when a new conflict arises, Ethan is called back to duty to confront the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Starring: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Kelly Brook, Eileen Atkins, Justin Kirk
(question…did they really need to make a third M:I movie? Granted, I did watch both of the last ones, and will probably watch this one as well, but, still?!)
Limited
Crazy Like A Fox: Nat Banks, a gentleman farmer, loses his family seat to a pair of real estate operators from Washington, D.C. But when the time comes for Nat to leave his ancestral home and move to a rental house in town, the pride of possession from so many generations on the same soil makes it impossible for him to go. He moves into a cave by the creek that runs through the back of his former property instead. Nat won't go down without a fight! He spends the summer there in a kind of Robinson Crusoe splendor in the wilds of Virginia, until the cold rains of November make the folly of his situation overwhelming. But when new owners leave Greenwood empty to spend the winter in Palm Springs, Nat and his family just move back in, to reclaim their family home until the spring thaw brings about a final confrontation between the dubious forces of progress and the old guard of Virginia. Starring: Roger Rees, Mary McDonnell, Paul Fitzgerald, Christina Rouner, Mark Joy
The Promise: A tale of passion that unfolds against a backdrop of war as a beautiful and mysterious princess becomes the object of affection for three very different men--a powerful duke, a brave general and a lowly slave. As passions spark and egos clash, lives will be ruined and lovers spurned and no one will ever be the same. Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-kun, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Liu Ye
Upcoming Attractions
Just My Luck
Goal! The Dream Begins
Poseidon
X-Men III: The Last Stand (you better believe I will be seeing this somehow before adding it to my collection!)
For all my friends around Wilmington: Sorry, but I will be MIA this weekend….my baby is kidnapping me for a few days. (And, trust, I will NOT be complaining!)
Have a great weekend! And, for those of you who will be experiencing rain…stay dry! The sun will be out soon enough!
Today’s Words of Wisdom from the Dalai Lama:
For a better, happier, more stable and civilized future, each of us must develop a sincere, warmhearted feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood.
Buddha never mentioned that the problems we have encountered are the result of misconstruction of a house or starting a project or work on an inappropriate day of time. Buddha always talked about the negative expenses as a result of having performed negative actions. So for a good practitioner there is no new year, there is no good day or bad day. (I SO need to remember that one!)
Song for the Day: Fefe Dobson “This is My Life”
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
-- Albert Camus (1913-1960) French Writer ¶ 5/05/2006 05:25:00 AM
Nationwide
An American Haunting: Based on a true state-documented case that took place during the 1800s. Between the years 1818-1820, the Bell family of Red River, Tennessee was visited by an unknown presence that haunted the family and eventually caused the death of one of its members. It was not until a manuscript of the local schoolteacher, who lived on the property during the disturbance, was found in 1998 that the horrifying and shocking answer to what caused this haunting would finally be unveiled. Starring: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D’Arcy, Matthew Marsh
Hoot: When a Montana boy moves to Florida and unearths a disturbing threat to a local population of endangered owls, three middle-schoolers take on greedy land developers, corrupt politicians, and clueless cops. Determined to protect his new environment, the boy and his friends fight to prevent the adults from making a big mistake. Starring: Logan Lerman, Cody Linley, Dean Collins, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson
Mission: Impossible III: Recently retired, Agent Ethan Hunt lives a slower-paced life training new IMF agents. With this change, new opportunities enter his life, including a possible marriage to his girlfriend Julia. However, when a new conflict arises, Ethan is called back to duty to confront the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Starring: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Kelly Brook, Eileen Atkins, Justin Kirk
(question…did they really need to make a third M:I movie? Granted, I did watch both of the last ones, and will probably watch this one as well, but, still?!)
Limited
Crazy Like A Fox: Nat Banks, a gentleman farmer, loses his family seat to a pair of real estate operators from Washington, D.C. But when the time comes for Nat to leave his ancestral home and move to a rental house in town, the pride of possession from so many generations on the same soil makes it impossible for him to go. He moves into a cave by the creek that runs through the back of his former property instead. Nat won't go down without a fight! He spends the summer there in a kind of Robinson Crusoe splendor in the wilds of Virginia, until the cold rains of November make the folly of his situation overwhelming. But when new owners leave Greenwood empty to spend the winter in Palm Springs, Nat and his family just move back in, to reclaim their family home until the spring thaw brings about a final confrontation between the dubious forces of progress and the old guard of Virginia. Starring: Roger Rees, Mary McDonnell, Paul Fitzgerald, Christina Rouner, Mark Joy
The Promise: A tale of passion that unfolds against a backdrop of war as a beautiful and mysterious princess becomes the object of affection for three very different men--a powerful duke, a brave general and a lowly slave. As passions spark and egos clash, lives will be ruined and lovers spurned and no one will ever be the same. Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-kun, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Liu Ye
Upcoming Attractions
Just My Luck
Goal! The Dream Begins
Poseidon
X-Men III: The Last Stand (you better believe I will be seeing this somehow before adding it to my collection!)
For all my friends around Wilmington: Sorry, but I will be MIA this weekend….my baby is kidnapping me for a few days. (And, trust, I will NOT be complaining!)
Have a great weekend! And, for those of you who will be experiencing rain…stay dry! The sun will be out soon enough!
Today’s Words of Wisdom from the Dalai Lama:
For a better, happier, more stable and civilized future, each of us must develop a sincere, warmhearted feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood.
Buddha never mentioned that the problems we have encountered are the result of misconstruction of a house or starting a project or work on an inappropriate day of time. Buddha always talked about the negative expenses as a result of having performed negative actions. So for a good practitioner there is no new year, there is no good day or bad day. (I SO need to remember that one!)
Song for the Day: Fefe Dobson “This is My Life”
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
-- Albert Camus (1913-1960) French Writer ¶ 5/05/2006 05:25:00 AM
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