TROPIC
THUNDER (August 15th) R
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert
Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in “Tropic
Thunder,” an action comedy about a group
of self-absorbed actors who set out to make
the most expensive war film. After ballooning
costs force the studio to cancel the movie,
the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting,
leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast
Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
JOURNEY
TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH PG-13
Maxwell Smart is on a mission to thwart the latest
plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate
known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency
Control is attacked and the identities of its agents
compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote
his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always
dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart
superstar Agent 23. Smart is partnered instead with
the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised:
the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99. As Smart and
99 get closer to unraveling KAOS' master plan--and
each other--they discover that key KAOS operative
Siegfried and his sidekick Shtarker are scheming to
cash in with their network of terror. Given little
field experience and even less time, Smart--armed
with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled
enthusiasm--must defeat KAOS if he is to save the
day. Check
out Trailer here
AMERICAN
TEEN PG
Documentary following the lives of four teenagers--a
jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl and the geek--in
one small town in Indiana through their senior year
of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques,
the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and
the struggle to make profound decisions about the
future. Filming daily for ten months, filmmaker Nanette
Burstein developed a deep understanding of her subjects.
The result is a film that goes beyond the enduring
stereotypes of high school to render complex young
people trying to find their way into adulthood. Hannah
Bailey is smart and beautiful, but a misfit in her
high school. She is a liberal, atheist living in a
traditional, Christian, conservative town and dreams
of moving to California after graduation. Colin Clemens
is the star of the high school basketball team--and
in Indiana, basketball is everything. Colin is under
enormous pressure this year playing not only to make
his town, his school, and his father proud, but for
a college scholarship. Jake Tusing is considered to
be a nerd in high school. Though quite funny and charming
one-on-one, he is painfully shy in group situations
and crushed with self-doubt. In his senior year he
vows that nothing will stand in the way of him finding
a girlfriend. Megan Krizmanich is the student council
Vice President and the youngest daughter of a prominent
local surgeon, anxiously awaiting word from Notre
Dame University admissions. Wealthy, pretty, smart
and popular, she rules her high school--just don't
get on her bad side. When Megan's peers challenge
her authority, she can't help but take action, even
if it means risking her future. Mitch Reinholdt is
an attractive and charming Varsity basketball jock
with a soft side. When he puts his social status on
the line, avoiding his popular friends for dates with
artsy Hannah Bailey, he strains to maintain his reputation
while discovering a new side of himself. Check
out Trailer here
