MOVIE OPENINGS - October 3
By Behind The Scenes TV on Oct 3, 2008 in New Movies
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHA
Director: Raja Gosnell
Stars: Drew Barrymore, George Lopez
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Plot: While on vacation in Mexico, Chloe (Barrymore), a pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua, finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home. Coming to Chloe’s aid is a a macho Chihuahua named Papi (Lopez), a spirit guide (Hayek) who endeavors to help Chloe discover her true heritage.
NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST
Director: Peter Sollett
Stars: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings
Studio: Columbia Pictures
The Plot: Nick (Cera) asks Nora (Dennings) to pretend to be his girlfriend for 5 minutes so he won’t have to feel as awkward around his ex-g.f., who just walked into the club where Nick’s band is playing … with a new guy. But when the fake couple decides to kiss, sparkage occurs, leading to a first date which seems to span all of New York City.
BLINDNESS
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Stars: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal
Studio: Miramax Films
The Plot: A thriller set in a city that is suffering from an epidemic of sudden blindness, where only one woman (Moore) remains able to see as the rest of her society is pushed to its limits.
RELIGULOUS
Director: Larry Charles
Stars: Bill Maher
Studio: Lionsgate
The Plot: Atheist Bill Maher looks to understand the beliefs behind different world religions.
HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE
Director: Robert B. Weide
Stars: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox (Full Cast)
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
The Plot: British journalist Sidney Young (Pegg) crosses the pond for a new job with a high-profile New York magazine, though he soon learns the bridges he burned on his way to the top can only lead to his downfall.
THE EXPRESS
Director: Gary Fleder
Stars: Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Clancy Brown
Studio: Universal Pictures
The Plot: A drama based on the life of Ernie Davis (Brown), a high school football standout who is recruited by Syracuse University, where he becomes the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Director: Jonathan Demme
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
The Plot: Kym (Hathaway), who has been in and out of rehab for the last decade, reunites with her family for her sister Rachel’s (DeWitt) wedding. Can she keep it together for the weekend?
FLASH OF GENIUS
Director: Marc Abraham
Stars: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Alan Alda
Studio: Universal Studios
The Plot: Once Robert Kearns (Kinnear) discovers that new cars are coming equipped with intermittent windshield wipers — a technology Kearns invented, patented, and unsuccessfully tried to sell — he launches a landmark lawsuit against the U.S. automotive industry.
AN AMERICAN CAROL
Director: David Zucker
Stars: Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen
Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
The Plot: An anti-American filmmaker who’s out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country
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