Friday, December 01, 2006
Movie Releases, 12/1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of the Taj (R); Nationwide release
Taj heads to England's Oxford University to further his studies while also showing the uptight student body how to have a good time.
Starring: Kal Penn, Shobu Kapoor, Dan Percival, Holly Davidson, Anthony Cozens
The Nativity Story (PG); Nationwide release
Traces the perilous journey of a young couple, Mary and Joseph, who must travel from their home in Nazareth to Bethlehem, Joseph's ancestral home, to register for a census ordered by King Herod. It is a journey of over 100 miles, through treacherous terrain, made much more difficult by the fact that Mary is nine months pregnant.
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Ciaran Hinds, Shaun Toub
10 Items or Less (R); Limited release
Once the center of Hollywood, an aging actor finds that his fear of failure has made his career dry up, and he's now forced to consider a role in a small independent movie. While researching for the role, he stumbles into Scarlet, a spitfire check-out clerk at a Latino community market. Soon abandoned by his driver, the world famous actor must rely on Scarlet to lead him back to his side of the tracks. This trek through Los Angeles features richly unexpected situations, chance encounters, and personal revelation that neither character could ever have anticipated.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Jonah Hill, Anne Dudek, Alexandra Berardi
The Architect (R); Limited release
Leo Waters is an idealistic architect and patriarch of an affluent, suburban Chicago family. Tonya Neeley is a pragmatic activist who is trying to keep her family together while living in one of the city's most drug and crime-infested public housing projects. As part of her ongoing campaign to have the projects torn down and decent housing built in its place, Tonya decides that the one signature she needs more than any other on her petition is that of the projects' original architect, Leo Waters.
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan
Christmas at Maxwell's (PG); Limited release
Andrew, Suzie and their two children decide to spend Christmas at their summer home, the Maxwell House. Surrounded by memories and the love of friends, the Austins pray for a holiday miracle when Suzie's cancer takes a turn for the worse.
Starring: Andrew May, Jack Hourigan, Helen Welch, Lauren Dowden, Charlie May
Guadalupe (PG); Limited release
"Guadalupe" tries to capture the Guadalupan fervor of Mexico by exploring the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe and its impact on Mexican life. It is being released in the context of celebrations for the 475th anniversary of the apparitions to St. Juan Diego at Tepeyac.
Starring: Aleix Albareda, Angelica Aragon, Fabian Robles, Jose Carlos Ruiz
Holla (R); Limited release
Actress Monica St. John, her boyfriend Dwayne and six other close friends head for a weekend escape at a remote cabin in the mountains. Along the way, they pick up Dwayne's ex-con cousin Troy. Monica's agent arrives uninvited with his date, hoping to convince Monica to renew her contract. A severe thunderstorm moves in. While there, a news story seems to implicate Troy in a brutal murder. Just as Dwayne professes Troy's innocence, the lights go out and folk start dying. Is it Troy the convict, Greg the agent, Dwayne the boyfriend or one of the "hater" friends? No one knows who's next.
Starring: Rachel Leigh Anderson, Kimberly Barnett, Michael Bergin, Shelli Boone, Melissa-Anne Davenport
Turistas (R); Limited release
Brazil. Beautiful women, pristine beaches, a friendly, open culture. Alex is accompanying his sister Bea and her best friend Amy for their first time abroad--young Americans who have come to exotic Brazil for fun, adventure and the promise of foreign pleasures. On a rickety bus rocketing up a twisting mountain road, they meet the beautiful Pru, who speaks the native language Portuguese, and Finn and Liam, in Brazil for the sole purpose of experiencing the beautiful Brazilian women they've heard so much about first hand. After enduring a harrowing bus crash which strands them in what seems to be the middle of nowhere, Alex, Bea, and their band of traveling companions attempt to salvage their day by seeking out a cabana bar on a nearby beach rather than wait an endless amount of time for the next bus to come by. The discovery of the beautiful and secluded beach gives way to a day in the sun and surf, an afternoon at the bar, and a night of exotic liquors and hot dancing with the locals. It's everything their vacation is supposed to be, until they wake up face down in the sand the following morning, drugged and robbed, their possessions gone, and the trace of very real danger in the air. The farther the group travels into this mysterious and isolated Brazilian community, the further they are from the possibility of escape--and the closer they come to the dark secret that waits for them in the lush jungle and underground caverns of the Brazilian jungle, and they must fight a primal battle for their lives in the most terrifying of all human traps.
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett
Coming Attractions
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Apocalypto (R); Nationwide release; opens 12/8
The Blood Diamond (R); Nationwide release; opens 12/8
The Holiday (PG-13); Nationwide release; opens 12/8
Unaccompanied Minors (PG); Nationwide release; opens 12/8 ¶ 12/01/2006 10:23:00 AM
Taj heads to England's Oxford University to further his studies while also showing the uptight student body how to have a good time.
Starring: Kal Penn, Shobu Kapoor, Dan Percival, Holly Davidson, Anthony Cozens
The Nativity Story (PG); Nationwide release
Traces the perilous journey of a young couple, Mary and Joseph, who must travel from their home in Nazareth to Bethlehem, Joseph's ancestral home, to register for a census ordered by King Herod. It is a journey of over 100 miles, through treacherous terrain, made much more difficult by the fact that Mary is nine months pregnant.
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Ciaran Hinds, Shaun Toub
10 Items or Less (R); Limited release
Once the center of Hollywood, an aging actor finds that his fear of failure has made his career dry up, and he's now forced to consider a role in a small independent movie. While researching for the role, he stumbles into Scarlet, a spitfire check-out clerk at a Latino community market. Soon abandoned by his driver, the world famous actor must rely on Scarlet to lead him back to his side of the tracks. This trek through Los Angeles features richly unexpected situations, chance encounters, and personal revelation that neither character could ever have anticipated.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Jonah Hill, Anne Dudek, Alexandra Berardi
The Architect (R); Limited release
Leo Waters is an idealistic architect and patriarch of an affluent, suburban Chicago family. Tonya Neeley is a pragmatic activist who is trying to keep her family together while living in one of the city's most drug and crime-infested public housing projects. As part of her ongoing campaign to have the projects torn down and decent housing built in its place, Tonya decides that the one signature she needs more than any other on her petition is that of the projects' original architect, Leo Waters.
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan
Christmas at Maxwell's (PG); Limited release
Andrew, Suzie and their two children decide to spend Christmas at their summer home, the Maxwell House. Surrounded by memories and the love of friends, the Austins pray for a holiday miracle when Suzie's cancer takes a turn for the worse.
Starring: Andrew May, Jack Hourigan, Helen Welch, Lauren Dowden, Charlie May
Guadalupe (PG); Limited release
"Guadalupe" tries to capture the Guadalupan fervor of Mexico by exploring the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe and its impact on Mexican life. It is being released in the context of celebrations for the 475th anniversary of the apparitions to St. Juan Diego at Tepeyac.
Starring: Aleix Albareda, Angelica Aragon, Fabian Robles, Jose Carlos Ruiz
Holla (R); Limited release
Actress Monica St. John, her boyfriend Dwayne and six other close friends head for a weekend escape at a remote cabin in the mountains. Along the way, they pick up Dwayne's ex-con cousin Troy. Monica's agent arrives uninvited with his date, hoping to convince Monica to renew her contract. A severe thunderstorm moves in. While there, a news story seems to implicate Troy in a brutal murder. Just as Dwayne professes Troy's innocence, the lights go out and folk start dying. Is it Troy the convict, Greg the agent, Dwayne the boyfriend or one of the "hater" friends? No one knows who's next.
Starring: Rachel Leigh Anderson, Kimberly Barnett, Michael Bergin, Shelli Boone, Melissa-Anne Davenport
Turistas (R); Limited release
Brazil. Beautiful women, pristine beaches, a friendly, open culture. Alex is accompanying his sister Bea and her best friend Amy for their first time abroad--young Americans who have come to exotic Brazil for fun, adventure and the promise of foreign pleasures. On a rickety bus rocketing up a twisting mountain road, they meet the beautiful Pru, who speaks the native language Portuguese, and Finn and Liam, in Brazil for the sole purpose of experiencing the beautiful Brazilian women they've heard so much about first hand. After enduring a harrowing bus crash which strands them in what seems to be the middle of nowhere, Alex, Bea, and their band of traveling companions attempt to salvage their day by seeking out a cabana bar on a nearby beach rather than wait an endless amount of time for the next bus to come by. The discovery of the beautiful and secluded beach gives way to a day in the sun and surf, an afternoon at the bar, and a night of exotic liquors and hot dancing with the locals. It's everything their vacation is supposed to be, until they wake up face down in the sand the following morning, drugged and robbed, their possessions gone, and the trace of very real danger in the air. The farther the group travels into this mysterious and isolated Brazilian community, the further they are from the possibility of escape--and the closer they come to the dark secret that waits for them in the lush jungle and underground caverns of the Brazilian jungle, and they must fight a primal battle for their lives in the most terrifying of all human traps.
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett
Coming Attractions
------------
Apocalypto (R); Nationwide release; opens 12/8
The Blood Diamond (R); Nationwide release; opens 12/8
The Holiday (PG-13); Nationwide release; opens 12/8
Unaccompanied Minors (PG); Nationwide release; opens 12/8 ¶ 12/01/2006 10:23:00 AM
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