|
 |
 | U.S. OPENINGS THIS WEEK - FEBRUARY 4th |  |
| Title |
The Players |
The Plot |
The Buzz
|
Boogeyman
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Stephen T. Kay
Stars:
Barry Watson
Emily Deschanel
Lucy Lawless
...See Full CastStudio:
Screen Gems Inc. | A young man (Watson) traumatized by the memories of terrible events he experienced in his childhood bedroom must return home years later to face his fears.
| 2 out of 10 stars: Boogeyman is a lot like 99% of the figure skaters you see on television. ...more Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
The Wedding Date
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Clare Kilner
Stars:
Dermot Mulroney
Debra Messing
Jack Davenport
...See Full CastStudio:
Gold Circle Films | Single-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis (Messing) to hire a male escort (Mulroney) to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding. | 4 out of 10 stars: The Wedding Date, a romantic comedy that aspires to be called Pretty Man or maybe Four Weddings and a Gigolo, is the cinematic equivalent of flat soda: all the ingredients are there, it's kind of sweet, but it's also kind of stale, with no effervescence of any kind. ...more Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Assisted Living
[limited]
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Elliot Greenebaum
Stars:
Michael Bonsignore
Maggie Riley
...See Full CastStudio:
Cowboy Pictures | One day, when Todd (Bonsignore), a constantly-stoned employee at an elderly care facility, is mistaken by one of the residents for her son, he must make the decision whether or not to play the role. | Director Greenebaum's first film won a slew of fans from its film festival world tour (biggest score: Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance). Shot at a real nursing home with a mix of actors and actual residents/employees, it seems as though the film successfully blurs the line between the written story and real-life events. Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Rory O'Shea Was Here
[LA/NY]
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Damien O'Donnell
Stars:
James McAvoy
Steven Robertson
Romola Garai
...See Full CastStudio:
Focus Features | When the kinetic Rory (McAvoy) moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael (Robertson), a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, and encourages him to experience life outside the confines of home. | Fresh from Sundance, Rory (formerly known as Inside I'm Dancing) actually fared better at last year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the Standard Life Audience Award and go to thumb its nose at The Motorcycle Diaries, Hero, and a host of other hyped films. Previous winners of this award include The Full Monty, Billy Elliot, and Amelie. Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
The Nomi Song
[LA/NY]
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Andrew Horn
Stars:
Klaus Nomi
Ann Magnuson
David Bowie
...See Full CastStudio:
Palm Pictures | In the 1980s, counter-tenor Klaus Nomi took the New Wave underground by storm; here, never-before-seen live performances are offset by a collection of photos, films, videos, and artworks that help illuminate Nomi's legacy. | Director Andrew Horn was a part of the East Village scene which fostered Nomi's strange, wonderful, and too-short career. He says he first encountered Nomi when the singer replaced a performer in a production of Wagner's Ring Cycle, though later no one could recall where he came from or how he got to New York City. Nomi's widest exposure, before his death from AIDS, was Saturday Night Live, where he sang with none other than David Bowie. The Nomi Song won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival. Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Nobody Knows
[NY]
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Hirokazu Koreeda
Stars:
Yûya Yagira
Ayu Kitaura
Hiei Kimura
Momoko Shimizu
...See Full CastStudio:
IFC Films | Four children -- each of them from different fathers -- turn to one another for support after their mother abandons them. | Nobody, the latest from director Koreeda (After Life), was adapted from a true-life incident. At Cannes this year, young Yagira walked away with the Best Actor award for his portrayal of 12-year-old Akira. Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
|
| CURRENT TOP TEN - IN THEATERS | |
| Title |
The Players |
The Plot |
The Buzz
|
Hide and Seek
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
John Polson
Stars:
Robert De Niro
Dakota Fanning
Famke Janssen
Elisabeth Shue
...See Full CastStudio:
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. | In their new home in a small town, Dr. David Callaway (De Niro) tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide. Though he's trying to be a full-time dad, his daughter, Emily (Fanning), turns to her new imaginary friend for solace. | 3 out of 10 stars: A major squandering of talent, Hide and Seek is a mind-numbingly absurd thriller that manages to make very little of its not-too-shabby cast. ...more Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Are We There Yet?
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Brian Levant
Stars:
Ice Cube
Nia Long
Aleisha Allen
Philip Bolden
...See Full CastStudio:
Columbia Pictures | On New Year's Eve, with his new girlfriend (Long) holed up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Nick Persons (Cube), offers to drive her kids up to from their home in Portland, Oregon so they can all be together for the holiday. But it's not the weather that Nick needs to look out for -- it's the kids, who have never liked any of the men their mom has dated. | 1 out of 10 stars: Few words can strike terror into the hearts of moviegoers as much as "A Brian Levant Film." ...more Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Million Dollar Baby
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Clint Eastwood
Stars:
Hilary Swank
Clint Eastwood
Morgan Freeman
...See Full CastStudio:
Warner Bros. Pictures Co. | A hardened ex-fighter (Eastwood) trains a woman (Swank) determined to establish herself as a boxer. | Million Dollar Baby is a very good movie, but is it a religious movie? and if it is, is it kind of anti-Catholic?...more Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Meet the Fockers
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Jay Roach
Stars:
Ben Stiller
Robert De Niro
Blythe Danner
Teri Polo
Dustin Hoffman
Barbra Streisand
...See Full CastStudio:
Universal Pictures | With the wedding on nigh, Pam's parents travel to Detroit to meet Jack's mom and dad. | 7 out of 10: The sequel to Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, much like its predecessor, is embarrassing and it is funny. If you found this combination to your liking the first time there is more of it here....more
Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Coach Carter
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Thomas Carter
Stars:
Samuel L. Jackson
Rick Gonzalez
Robert Ri'chard
...See Full CastStudio:
Paramount Pictures | Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter (Jackson) after he benches his entire team for their breaking their academic contract with him. | 5 out of 10 stars: Coach Carter's drive to be "beyond basketball" is so urgent, the film is less like the controversial, real-life episode it's based on and more like what can happen to good material in the hands of an average filmmaker. ...more Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
The Aviator
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Martin Scorsese
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Cate Blanchett
Kate Beckinsale
...See Full CastStudio:
Miramax Films | In his early years, Howard Hughes (DiCaprio), the heir to the Hughes Tool Company fortune, first takes on Hollywood, romances actress after actress (Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner and Jean Harlow among them), before moving on to become the king of several U.S. industries. | 6 out of 10 stars: The Aviator is a gorgeous and fascinating film, a big Vanity Fair article sprung to life and suffused with directorial flairs that drop onto your lap like magazine inserts saying "Subscribe to Martin Scorsese for Best Director and save 25% off the newsstand price."...more Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Racing Stripes
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Frederik Du Chau
Stars:
Frankie Muniz
David Spade
Snoop Dogg
...See Full CastStudio:
Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. | An abandoned zebra (voice of Muniz) grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl (Panettiere), sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds. | Disney makes a stinky in the middle of the month, featuring the sadistic voiceover combination of David Spade and Steve Harvey. Still, Stripes will undoubtedly clean up nicely, as there are no other family films (aside from the holiday leftovers) in sight. Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Sideways
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Alexander Payne
Stars:
Paul Giamatti
Thomas Haden Church
Virginia Madsen
Sandra Oh
...See Full CastStudio:
Fox Searchlight Pictures | A divorced middle school teacher and failed novelist (Giamatti) takes him altar-bound pal (Church) on a wine-tasting trip in California.
| Payne, for the first time in his career, forsakes the Midwest in favor of California, in a film of Citizen Ruth scale that's received more praise and awards attention than About Schmidt. The prolonged buzz is absolutely sonorous, especially with its 5 Oscar nominations (though we're kinda bummed for Giamatti and Oh). We think it's got the Best Adapted Screenplay statue on lock. Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
In Good Company
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Paul Weitz
Stars:
Dennis Quaid
Topher Grace
Scarlett Johansson
...See Full CastStudio:
Universal Pictures | In the wake of a corporate merger, middle-aged ad exec Dan Foreman (Quaid) is placed under a new boss (Grace) -- a man half his age, who also happens to be dating Alex (Johansson), Dan's daughter.
| Sneaking in right at the end of the year, Universal might be pushing for a supporting actress Oscar nod for Johannson, as well as a second screenplay nomination for Weitz. And we're still woozy from the film's oddly affecting trailer.
Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
Assault on Precinct 13
Showtimes
Trailers
Photos
| Director:
Jean-François Richet
Stars:
Ethan Hawke
Laurence Fishburne
...See Full CastStudio:
Focus Features | On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick (Hawke) must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop (Fishburne).
| 6 out of 10 stars: A gritty little B-movie, Assault on Precinct 13 is a tight, effective action thriller that is burdened by its seeming necessity to cram in as much back story on everyone and everything as possible. ...more Message Board
User Comments | Reviews
|
|
|
more
company.
Advertise on IMDb.
License our content.