Movie Listings (June 9, 2006)
A Prairie Home Companion Release Date: June 9, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 45 min. Rating: PG-13 - risque humor Cast: Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Kline Director: Robert Altman Genre: Comedy Synopsis: A private investigator (Kevin Kline) keeps tabs on the proceedings as guests, cast and crew (Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Wood Harrelson) of a long-running radio show prepare for the final broadcast. Their home, the Fitzgerald Theater, is due for demolition, and they await the arrival of the Texas axe-man (Tommy Lee Jones). Meanwhile, the show's creator and host (Garrison Keillor) conducts business as usual in the face of the show's impending demise. Adam & Steve Release Date: March 31, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 39 min. Rating: NR Cast: Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey Director: Craig Chester Genre: Comedy, Romance Synopsis: Inhabiting a post 9/11 New York, Adam & Steve follows the romantic trajectory of two people struggling to make love work in spite of overwhelming odds. Having met in the 80's after a disastrous one night stand, Adam (Craig Chester) & Steve (Malcolm Gets) don't recognize each other when they meet again fifteen years later. With the help of their best friends, formerly obese stand up comic Rhonda (Parker Posey), and straight guy ladies man Michael (Chris Kattan), our protagonists fall in love only to realize, a year into their relationship, that they met before and unwittingly changed the course of each other's lives that fateful night in the 80's. Now the question is: can they accept this and incorporate it into their current understanding of each other? Or more importantly, can they hold hands on the street without being beaten up? The Break-Up Release Date: June 2, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 46 min. Rating: PG-13 - sexual content, some nudity and language Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams Director: Peyton Reed Genre: Comedy, Romance Synopsis: The Break-Up starts where most romantic comedies end: after boy and girl have met, fallen in love, moved in to start their happily-ever-after...and right when they wind up driving each other crazy. Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest "why can't you do this one little thing for me?" argument, art dealer Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) calls it quits with her boyfriend, Gary (Vince Vaughn), who hosts bus tours of Chicago. What follows is a series of remedies and underminings suggested by the former couple's friends, confidantes and the occasional total stranger. When neither ex is willing to move out of the condo they used to share, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until somebody caves. But somewhere between protesting the pool table in the living room, and the sports played at sleep-killing volume in the middle of night, Brooke begins to realize that what she may be really fighting for isn't so much the place but the person. Cars Release Date: June 9, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 56 min. Rating: G Cast: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt Director: John Lasseter Genre: Animated, Comedy, Family Synopsis: On the way to the prestigious Piston Cup Championship, a hotshot race car who cares only about winning learns about what is really important in life from the automotive inhabitants of a town along historic Route 66. The Da Vinci Code Release Date: May 19, 2006 Run Time: 2 hr. 29 min. Rating: PG-13 - disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references, sexual content Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen Director: Ron Howard Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Suspense/Thriller Synopsis: A murder in Paris' Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that -- should it come to light -- could rock the very foundations of Christianity. The Lost City Release Date: April 28, 2006 Run Time: 2 hr. 23 min. Rating: R Cast: Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Ines Sastre Director: Andy Garcia Genre: Drama Synopsis: In Havana, Fico Fellove (Andy Garcia), an apolitical club owner, gets caught in the middle as Fidel Castro's Communist Revolution sweeps through Cuba. He tries to keep the insurrection outside the walls of his popular establishment, but his family becomes divided when his brothers (Nestor Carbonell, Enrique Murciano) join the fight against Batista. Directed by Andy Garcia. Mission: Impossible III Release Date: May 5, 2006 Run Time: 2 hr. 6 min. Rating: PG-13 - intense sequences of frenetic violence & menace, disturbing images & some sensuality Cast: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames Director: J.J. Abrams Genre: Action/Adventure Synopsis: Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life in Mission: Impossible III. Director J. J. Abrams (Lost, Alias) brings his unique blend of action and drama to the billion-dollar franchise. The Omen Release Date: June 6, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 45 min. Rating: R - disturbing violent content, graphic images and some language Cast: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow Director: John Moore Genre: Horror, Suspense/Thriller Synopsis: An American diplomat (Liev Schreiber) and his wife (Julia Stiles) begin to suspect that the child they adopted is the Antichrist. Over the Hedge Release Date: May 19, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 27 min. Rating: PG - some rude humor and mild comic action Cast: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Gene Wilder Director: Tim Johnson,Karey Kirkpatrick Genre: Animated, Comedy Synopsis: Spring has sprung, and Verne and his woodland friends awaken from their long winter's nap to discover that a tall, green "thing" has mysteriously cropped up right through the middle of their home. Enter RJ, an opportunistic raccoon, who explains that the world beyond the hedge is the "gateway to the good life" where peculiar creatures called humans live to eat, rather than eat to live. Suspicious and even a little jealous of RJ, the ever-cautious Verne wants to keep his blended family safely on their side of the hedge. But, proving the adage that one man’s garbage is another man's—or rather animal's—treasure, the manipulative RJ tries to convince the woodland band that there is little to fear and everything to gain from their over-indulgent new neighbors. Eventually, RJ and Verne form an unlikely friendship as they learn to co-exist with—and even exploit—this strange new world called suburbia. Poseidon Release Date: May 12, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 38 min. Rating: PG-13 - intense prolonged sequences of disaster and peril Cast: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett Director: Wolfgang Petersen Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Suspense/Thriller Synopsis: After a huge tidal wave capsizes a luxury liner in the North Atlantic, individual survivors band together to traverse an upside-down maze that they hope will take them to safety. As the wrecked vessel fills with water, the survivors must call on hidden strengths and skills to face the fight of their lives. RV Release Date: April 28, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 38 min. Rating: PG - crude humor, innuendo and language Cast: Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Family Synopsis: The McNeives are a typically American dysfunctional family, complete with rebellious, uncommunicative offspring and baffled parents. Patriarch Bob (Robin Williams) would like to remedy the situation before his son and daughter instant-message their parents out of their lives. Bob rents a motor home to take the clan on vacation but soon finds that camping and togetherness can be hazardous to one's health. Thank You for Smoking Release Date: March 17, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 32 min. Rating: R - language and some sexual content Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright Director: Jason Reitman Genre: Comedy, Drama Synopsis: Writer-director Jason Reitman skewers the smoking industry with this satirical take on Big Tobacco's politics. Aaron Eckhart stars as Nick Naylor, the chief spokesman for the business. While doing his best to make smoking 'cool' for the masses, Nick also attempts to be a role model for his 12-year-old son. United 93 Release Date: April 28, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 51 min. Rating: R - language, and some intense sequences of terror and violence Cast: David Alan Basche, Richard Bekins, Susan Blommaert Director: Paul Greengrass Genre: Drama Synopsis: Filmmaker Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, The Bourne Supremacy) tells the true story of United Flight 93 on 9/11. The movie depicts in detail and real-time the events that culminated with the passengers working together to stop the terrorists' plan. Water Release Date: April 28, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 57 min. Rating: NR Cast: Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda Director: Deepa Mehta Genre: Art House/Foreign, Drama Synopsis: Set in the 1930s, this is the story of the hardships suffered by the people living on the banks of the sacred Ganges. Hindu widows are forced to become prostitutes...while a man and a woman, even in these harshest of conditions, enter into a romance. X-Men: The Last Stand Release Date: May 26, 2006 Run Time: 1 hr. 43 min. Rating: PG-13 - intense sequences of action violence, some sexual content and language Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen Director: Brett Ratner Genre: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Synopsis: The discovery of a cure for mutations leads to a turning point in history. Mutants may now choose to give up their powers and become fully human or retain their uniqueness and remain isolated. War looms between the followers of Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), who preaches tolerance, and those of Magneto (Ian McKellen), who advocates survival of the fittest. Based on the comic book series.

For the most part, the new movies this week look blah to me. However, I see Tommy Lee Jones is in A Prairie Home Companion so it might be good. I think he's great. I might seee Poseidon, the Break-Up or Mission Impossible. Cars and the Omen don't interest me at all.

Re: Cars
I must admit, I'm not all that excited about Cars. I don't know why, though. I'm sure it'll be great. After all, it's a Pixar flick. They make all other computer animated movies look amateurish.