2007 SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW
By Wilson Morales
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KNOCKED UP
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Director: Judd Apatow
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow
Cast: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel, Martin Starr
Synopsis:
On the heels of 2005's blockbuster "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," writer/director Judd Apatow again mines hilarity from the relatably human in a comedy about a one-night stand with unexpected consequences: "Knocked Up." Katherine Heigl ("Grey's Anatomy," "Roswell") joins Virgin alums Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann for a comic look about the best thing that will ever ruin your best-laid plans: parenthood.
Allison Scott (Heigl) is an up-and-coming entertainment journalist whose 24-year-old life is on the fast track. But it gets seriously derailed when a drunken one-nighter with slacker Ben Stone (Rogen) results in an unwanted pregnancy. Faced with the prospect of going it alone or getting to know the baby's father, Allison decides to give the lovable doof a chance.
An overgrown kid who has no desire to settle down, Ben learns that he has a big decision to make with his kid's mom-to-be: will he hit the road or stay in the picture? Courting a woman you've just "Knocked Up," however, proves to be a little difficult when the two try their hands at dating. As they discover more about one another, it becomes painfully obvious that they're not the soul mates they'd hoped they might be.
With Allison's harried sister Debbie (Mann) and hen-pecked brother-in-law Pete (Rudd) the only parenting role models the young lovers have, things get even more confusing. Should they raise the baby together? What makes a happy lifetime partnership after all? A couple of drinks and one wild night later, they've got nine confusing months to figure it out...
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RISE: BLOOD HUNTER
Release Date: June 1, 2007 (limited)
Distributor: Destination Films, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Directed by: Sebastian Gutierrez
Screenplay by: Sebastian Gutierrez
Produced by: Carsten Lorenz and Greg Shapiro
Director Of Photography: John Toll
Cast: Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, James D'arcy with Carla Gugino and Marilyn Manson
Synopsis:
Rise is a supernatural thriller in which a reporter (Liu) wakes up in a morgue to discover she is no longer among the living. She vows revenge against the cult responsible for putting her there and hunts them down one by one. Chiklis plays "Rawlins," a haunted police detective whose daughter is killed by the same cult and seeks answers for her gruesome death.
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OCEAN’S THIRTEEN
Release Date: June 8, 2007
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenwriter: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino, David Paymer
Website: http://www.oceans13.com/
Synopsis:
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and the gang would have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and risky casino heist—to defend one of their own. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank (Al Pacino) double-crosses one of the original Ocean's eleven—Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould)—Danny and the gang team up one more time to see if they can break "the Bank."
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LA VIE EN ROSE
Release Date: June 8, 2007 (limited)
Distributor: Picturehouse
Director: Olivier Dahan
Screenwriter: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Paul rouve, Pascal Greggory, Marc Barbé, Caroline Sihol, Emmanuelle Seigner, Catherine Allégret, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Martins
Rating: PG-13 (for substance abuse, sexual content, brief nudity, language and thematic elements)
Website: http://www.edithpiafmovie.com/
Synopsis:
The great Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard), one of the iconic figures and voices of 20th century France started performing at an early age and soon became one of the world’s most renowned entertainers, followed by crippling battles with alcohol and drugs. Born into poverty, Piaf was abandoned by her mother and shuttled between her brothel keeper grandmother and circus performer father. While singing for pennies on street corners, she one day attracts the attention of Louis Leplée (Gérard Depardieu), owner of one of the most posh nightclubs in town. Soon she is the toast of Paris, with a soaring, deep-throated voice that came to symbolize a certain kind of tenacious humanity, a willingness to go on no matter what the odds.
Rising French star Marion Cotillard captures Piaf’s fragility, the constant, nagging fear that everything around her will disappear in an instant, leaving her back on the streets. Cotillard is best known to US audiences for her roles in Ridley Scott’s A GOOD YEAR, Tim Burton’s BIG FISH and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT for which she won the César (French equivalent of the Academy Award) for Best Supporting Actress. One of France’s most acclaimed young filmmakers, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s feature film credits include CRIMSON RIVERS II: ANGELS OF THE APOCALYPSE, GHOST RIVER and TOM THUMB. Before embarking on his film career, Dahan studied at the Marseille School of Art, exhibited his paintings in a number of one man and group shows, and made numerous music videos.
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