Upcoming movies
These look good:
Elf - Nov. 7: Will Ferrell plays a young boy, who, after crawling into Santa's toy bag, is raised as an elf at the North Pole. If you've seen these previews, you know how good it's goonna be. It's directed by Jon Favreau, so I have high hopes for it.
Beyond Borders (2003) Now Playing
Martin Campbell directs the romantic adventure Beyond Borders. Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, a American living with her wealthy British husband, Henry Bauford (Linus Roache), in London during the early '80s. At a charity benefit, she meets passionate relief worker Nick Callahan (Clive Owen), who chastises the rich people for not helping out the needy in war-torn countries. Sarah is quickly compelled to join his humanitarian cause to fight the famine in Ethopia. She then follows him to Cambodia, where they start up a love affair and Nick gets involved in an arms-smuggling operation before they finally end up in Chechnya.
This one's either going to be really good or really bad:
Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat (2003) Coming 11/21
Mike Myers, Kelly Preston, Sean Hayes
Following up on the success of 2000's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Imagine Entertainment presents The Cat in the Hat, their second live-action adaptation of a classic Dr. Seuss book. Starring Mike Myers, the film follows the adventures of Conrad (Spencer Breslin) and Sally Walden (Dakota Fanning), a young brother and sister who find themselves visited by the titular mischievous cat (Meyers) and his entourage when their mother (Kelly Preston) leaves them home alone.
Love Actually (2003) opening 11/7
Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson
All of London is in love -- or longing to be -- in Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis' first directorial effort. Billed as "the ultimate romantic comedy," Love Actually involves more than a dozen main characters, each weaving his or her way into another's heart over the course of one particularly eventful Christmas. The seemingly perfect wedding of Juliet (Keira Knightley) and Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) brings many of the principals together, including heartsick best man Mark (Andrew Lincoln), who harbors a very unrequited crush on Juliet. There's also recent widower Daniel (Liam Neeson), trying to help his lonely stepson Sam (Thomas Sangster) express his true feelings to a classmate. Across town, devoted working mother Karen (Emma Thompson) tries to rekindle the passion of her husband, Harry (Alan Rickman), who secretly pines for a young colleague of his. In the same office, the lonely Sarah (Laura Linney) not-so-secretly pines for a man just a few desks away (Rodrigo Santoro), who returns her affections but may not be able to dissuade her neuroses. Providing the unofficial soundtrack for all of the couples is an aging rocker (Bill Nighy) who just wants to cash in and get laid -- but even he might find a meaningful relationship in the most unlikely of places. A working print of Love Actually premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival.
Return of the King (2003) opening 12/17
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler
Shot concurrently with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the third and final film in director Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkein. Picking up where the second film left off, this chapter of the saga finds Frodo (Elijah Wood) attempting to complete his quest to destroy the ring against Gollum's nefarious attempts to thwart him. Meanwhile, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) is revealed to be the true heir of the kings. Ian McKellan and Christopher Lee reprise their roles as, respectively, Gandalf and Saruman. The day before its wide release in theaters, The Return of the King closed out a special program at select American theaters that allowed fans to watch extended versions of all three series entries in order, an experience that tops ten hours.
Jersey Girl (2004) 3/19/2004
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler
This comedic drama from cult director Kevin Smith marks the filmmaker's first movie to not feature Jay, Silent Bob, and the other characters of the universe created in his first five films. Ben Affleck stars as Ollie Trinke, a fast-talking music promoter, who finds his life turned upside down when he is faced with the pleasures and pitfalls of marriage and fatherhood after falling in love with Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez). Set in 1996, the film is loosely based on Smith's own experiences as a father. George Carlin, Jason Biggs, and Liv Tyler also star.
And now for a horrible movie, Love Don't Cost a Thing. It's a remake of Can't Buy Me Love (ugh). I can't believe they're remaking that, and so transparently.
Elf - Nov. 7: Will Ferrell plays a young boy, who, after crawling into Santa's toy bag, is raised as an elf at the North Pole. If you've seen these previews, you know how good it's goonna be. It's directed by Jon Favreau, so I have high hopes for it.
Beyond Borders (2003) Now Playing
Martin Campbell directs the romantic adventure Beyond Borders. Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, a American living with her wealthy British husband, Henry Bauford (Linus Roache), in London during the early '80s. At a charity benefit, she meets passionate relief worker Nick Callahan (Clive Owen), who chastises the rich people for not helping out the needy in war-torn countries. Sarah is quickly compelled to join his humanitarian cause to fight the famine in Ethopia. She then follows him to Cambodia, where they start up a love affair and Nick gets involved in an arms-smuggling operation before they finally end up in Chechnya.
This one's either going to be really good or really bad:
Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat (2003) Coming 11/21
Mike Myers, Kelly Preston, Sean Hayes
Following up on the success of 2000's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Imagine Entertainment presents The Cat in the Hat, their second live-action adaptation of a classic Dr. Seuss book. Starring Mike Myers, the film follows the adventures of Conrad (Spencer Breslin) and Sally Walden (Dakota Fanning), a young brother and sister who find themselves visited by the titular mischievous cat (Meyers) and his entourage when their mother (Kelly Preston) leaves them home alone.
Love Actually (2003) opening 11/7
Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson
All of London is in love -- or longing to be -- in Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis' first directorial effort. Billed as "the ultimate romantic comedy," Love Actually involves more than a dozen main characters, each weaving his or her way into another's heart over the course of one particularly eventful Christmas. The seemingly perfect wedding of Juliet (Keira Knightley) and Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) brings many of the principals together, including heartsick best man Mark (Andrew Lincoln), who harbors a very unrequited crush on Juliet. There's also recent widower Daniel (Liam Neeson), trying to help his lonely stepson Sam (Thomas Sangster) express his true feelings to a classmate. Across town, devoted working mother Karen (Emma Thompson) tries to rekindle the passion of her husband, Harry (Alan Rickman), who secretly pines for a young colleague of his. In the same office, the lonely Sarah (Laura Linney) not-so-secretly pines for a man just a few desks away (Rodrigo Santoro), who returns her affections but may not be able to dissuade her neuroses. Providing the unofficial soundtrack for all of the couples is an aging rocker (Bill Nighy) who just wants to cash in and get laid -- but even he might find a meaningful relationship in the most unlikely of places. A working print of Love Actually premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival.
Return of the King (2003) opening 12/17
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler
Shot concurrently with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the third and final film in director Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkein. Picking up where the second film left off, this chapter of the saga finds Frodo (Elijah Wood) attempting to complete his quest to destroy the ring against Gollum's nefarious attempts to thwart him. Meanwhile, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) is revealed to be the true heir of the kings. Ian McKellan and Christopher Lee reprise their roles as, respectively, Gandalf and Saruman. The day before its wide release in theaters, The Return of the King closed out a special program at select American theaters that allowed fans to watch extended versions of all three series entries in order, an experience that tops ten hours.
Jersey Girl (2004) 3/19/2004
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler
This comedic drama from cult director Kevin Smith marks the filmmaker's first movie to not feature Jay, Silent Bob, and the other characters of the universe created in his first five films. Ben Affleck stars as Ollie Trinke, a fast-talking music promoter, who finds his life turned upside down when he is faced with the pleasures and pitfalls of marriage and fatherhood after falling in love with Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez). Set in 1996, the film is loosely based on Smith's own experiences as a father. George Carlin, Jason Biggs, and Liv Tyler also star.
And now for a horrible movie, Love Don't Cost a Thing. It's a remake of Can't Buy Me Love (ugh). I can't believe they're remaking that, and so transparently.
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