Monthly Archives: September 2005

Opening today from Walt Disney Pictures, The Greatest Game Ever Played is an inspirational golf tale about an amateur player from a working class family, who shocked the golf world when at the 1913 U.S. Open he defeated the defending … Continue reading →

Okay, first impression at looking at the poster without knowing anything about the movie (other than Charlize Theron is in it) – some kind of working class, political/social drama about enduring spirits… So what’s it really about? “When Josey Aimes … Continue reading →

A limited release film distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and released in August, 2005, the short Junebug movie synopsis is: “A dealer in outsider art threatens the equilibrium of her middle-class in-laws in North Carolina.” You can view a Junebug … Continue reading →

Johnny Knoxville (The Jackass) is getting around these days. In the Ringer, a comedy from Fox Searchlight he plays a man who attempts to rig the Special Olympics by pretending to be intellectually challenged, but ultimately redeeming himself in the … Continue reading →

There’s an interesting cast mix in this one, due out on November 4th, 2005 from 20th Century Fox. It’s rated PG-13, but is classified as a Comedy, Kids/Family and Romance. What more can you ask for? The background on the … Continue reading →

I don’t know, I’ve seen the trailers for Two for the Money, and does it look like Al Pacino is stuck playing these power/money hungry corporate chiefs (or the devil)? Anyway, it just looked all too familiar… You be the … Continue reading →

Great looking poster. George Clooney leads in this thriller from Warner Brothers about a career CIA veteran who’s watched as political bumbling has diminished the organizations effectiveness, until it all gets personal… …or something like that. Opens November 23rd, 2005. … Continue reading →

Ah, video game translated to the big screen. Will it succeed? Don’t hold your breathe…. Doom opens October 21st, 2005 from Universal Pictures – well at least it has the Rock in it. Cast: The Rock, Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, … Continue reading →

Opening on Christmas day, this new Jennifer Aniston comedy looks like it has a few names behind it. Rob Reiner directs, so it can’t be all that bad. Oh, and George Clooney is a co-producer. View a Rumor Has It … Continue reading →

Domino is an action flick inspired by a true story of the daughter of an actor and a Ford talent agency model, who rejects her privileged Beverly Hills lifestyle to become a bounty hunter. It opens on October 14th from … Continue reading →

From Miramax, The Great Raid seems to be a fan favorite on Yahoo! Movies. It opened last month on August 12th. According to the movie synopsis on Yahoo! it’s: “Set in the Philippines in 1945, “The Great Raid” tells the … Continue reading →

Not opening until January 27, 2006, Annapolis is about “A young man from the wrong side of the tracks has his dream come true when he is accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy.” The director, Justin Lin is also working … Continue reading →

Venom is another gory horror flick set in the Louisiana Bayou and opening September 16, 2005. The director, Jim Gillespie was responsible for the 1997 ” I Know What You Did Last Summer”. You can view a trailer for Venom … Continue reading →

Cry Wolf opens September 16th, 2005 – looks like a teen fright movie. The driector, Jeff Wadlow is the nephew of Katie Couric, and was the winner of the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Competition for his short ‘Living the … Continue reading →