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Miyazaki’s Ponyo opens on August 14
[ August 14, 2009 to August 16, 2009. ] Advance word says that Japanese anime auteur Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film – which mixes Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Little Mermaid” with Japanese folk tales – is another masterpiece, this time aimed at five years olds. Miyazaki has opted for a simpler style of animation to tell his fairy tale, relying on old-fashioned hand-drawn cells with pastel [...]
The Time Traveler’s Wife opens August 14
[ August 14, 2009 to August 16, 2009. ] Hollywood offers up a film version of the novel, about a librarian whose genetic structure causes him to involuntarily time travel, creating complications for his marraige. Director: Robert Schwentke. Stars: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston. Studio: New Line Cinema.
[serialposts]District 9 opens August 14 – Watch the Trailer
[ August 14, 2009 to August 16, 2009. ] Director Neil Blomkamp expands his sci-fi short film into a feature-length story about extraterrestrials who have become refugees in South Africa. Stars: Sharlto Copley, Robert Hobbs. Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).
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Final Destination: Death Trip opens August 28
[ August 28, 2009 to August 30, 2009. ] Of course, there’s nothing final about these destinations. Another interchangeable group of young friends escape death, only to have death catch up iwth them. After Hunt’s (Zano) premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their fate. The plot is the same [...]
A Perfect Getaway opens August 7
[ August 7, 2009 to August 9, 2009. ] The writer of WATERWORLD offers a tale of about four people on vacation in Hawaii, but the vacation turns bad when they stumble upon a horrible secret: psychopaths are murdering tourists. We would have preferred aliens, but we’ll take what we can get. Director: David Twohy. Stars: Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant. Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
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“Shorts” opens on August 21
[ August 21, 2009 to August 23, 2009. ] Warner Brothers releases another fantasy-kid flick from the creator of SPY KIDS. The plot follows a boy who discovery of a rock that grants wishes, but things go wrong when local adults get hold of it. Can our young hero and his two new-found friends save the residents of Black Falls from themselves? The studio must be hoping that this colorful comic fantasy is not another SPEED RACER at the box office.
Aliens in the Attic opens on July 31
[ July 31, 2009 to August 2, 2009. ] Teenagers protect their vacation home from invading aliens who have taken over the top floor of the dwelling. Director: John Schultz. Stars: Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Carter Jenkins. Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Case 39 opens August 13 – in New Zealand
[ August 13, 2009; ] Paramount has delayed its previously announced August release of this horror-thriller in the U.S. Instead CASE 39 will makes it debut in New Zealand on August 13, followed by Australia on August 27. After opening in Russia and Europe, the film will make its way to Britain on September 25. As for the U.S., no [...]
