Current or Upcoming Movies
STARDUST
If you like fairy tales, you'll
like this one.
Clare Danes (Yvaine) stars as a fallen star who crashes into a magical kingdom. Her secret powers are needed by many, including an aging witch played by Michelle Pfeiffer, and The King's sons.
Tristan Thorne (Charlie Cox) comes across the star while searching for one to give to Victoria (Sienna Miller), the prettiest girl in town, in order to win her heart. He discovers that the cosmic crash is no ordinary meteorite, but a beautiful woman.
In an unlikely role, Robert De- Niro plays Captain Shakespeare, but Peter O'Toole's role as The King fits him perfectly.
In theaters now.
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Michelle Pfeiffer plays a witch who
goes to great lengths
to obtain
power from a star in order to stay
young and
beautiful.
THE INVASION
If you liked the Invasion of the
Body Snatchers, you'll definitely
like The Invasion.
Nicole Kidman and Daniel
Craig star in this sci-fi thriller.
A biotoxin from outer space
spreads to humans after a NASA disaster. The way it is transmitted
from the infected to the non-infected
may gross out some viewers.
Kidman plays a psychiatrist who tries to keep from becoming "one of them."
The abrupt ending leaves you a bit cheated.
In theaters now.
HOT ROD
Andy Samberg of Saturday
Night Live stars as Rod Kimble,
a stuntman who believes he's the
son of Evel Knievel's test-rider
who died at an early age.
Convinced that he has bravery in his blood, Rod wants to fulfill his dad's legacy, but he isn't any good.
This comedy also stars Sissy Spacek as Rod's mom, Ian Mc- Shane (of Deadwood) as his stepfather, and Jorma Taccone as his nerdy stepbrother.
Rod's team includes Dave (Bill Hader) as a mechanic; Rico (Danny McBride) as the ramp builder, and Kevin (Taccone) the team manager/videographer. A neighbor, Denise (Isla Fisher) joins the crew.
In theaters now.
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Andy Samberg plays
Rod Kimble
in the comedy Hot Rod.
BEOWULF
Forget the Cliff's Notes.
There's a DVD now.
The mighty warrior Beowulf battles Grendel and incurs the selfish wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother.
Oscar-winning director, Robert Zemeckis, offers a unique vision of the Beowulf saga in a way that it has never been told before.
Lots of familiar names in this one: Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich Robin Wright-Penn and Alison Lohman. Angelina Jolie plays Grendel's mother.
In theaters Nov. 16.