MOVIE OPENINGS - June 19
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jun 20, 2008 in New Releases
GET SMART
Director: Peter Segal
Stars: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
The Plot: Maxwell Smart (Carrell), Agent 86 for CONTROL, battles the forces of KAOS with the more-competent Agent 99 (Hathaway) at his side.
THE LOVE GURU
Director: Marco Schnabel
Stars: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Romany Malco
Studio: Paramount Pictures
The Plot: Pitka (Meyers) an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player (Malco) whose wife left him for a rival lover (Timberlake) before the NHL Stanley Cup.
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KIT KITTERIDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL
Director: Patricia Rozema
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Stanley Tucci, Joan Cusack
Studio: New Line Cinema
The Plot: Young Kit Kittredge (Breslin) looks to weigh in on the Great Depression by having the story she’s written about the era published in Cincinnati’s major newspaper.
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BRICK LANE
Director: Sarah Gavron
Stars: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
The Plot: 18-year-old Nazneen (Chatterjee) is brought from Bangladesh to London for an arranged marriage with the middle-aged Chanu (Kaushik). As the years press on, Nazneen finds herself a mother of two installed in a loveless relationship, though the arrival of a Muslim radical (Simpson) might be just the circumstance to help her find the strength to live life on her own terms.
