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MARCH 4
BE COOL
WHO’S IN IT? John Travolta, Uma Thurman
WHO DIRECTED? F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This sequel to Get Shorty
sees smooth-talking enforcer Chili Palmer
(Travolta) move out of the movie business
and muscle into record producing. Since
this comedy is based on an Elmore
Leonard book, expect a cast of colourful
characters to talk tough, carry big sticks
and look cool doing both. See John
Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn
interview, page 30.
DANIEL AND THE SUPERDOGS
WHO’S IN IT? Matthew Harbour, Claire Bloom
WHO DIRECTED? André Melançon (Nénette)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? After the death of his
mother, Daniel finds solace training his
pooch for the upcoming Superdogs show.
THE JACKET
WHO’S IN IT? Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley
WHO DIRECTED? John Maybury (Love is
the Devil)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This trippy thriller stars
Brody as a returning soldier who winds
up in an asylum where a gnarly doc (Kris
Kristofferson) pumps him full of a drug
that enables him to see into the future.
That future includes his death, and he’s
got four days in which to prevent it from
happening.
MARCH 11
ROBOTS
VOICES: Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams
WHO DIRECTED? Chris Wedge and Carlos
Saldanha (Ice Age)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? In a world made up entirely
of robots, idealistic inventor Rodney
Copperbottom (McGregor) travels to Robot
City where he discovers an underclass of
ragtag ’bots that need his help.
PHIL THE ALIEN
WHO’S IN IT? Rob Stefaniuk, Nicole de Boer
WHO DIRECTED? Rob Stefaniuk (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This Canadian comedy
stars writer/director Stefaniuk as Phil the
Alien, whose spaceship crashes near a
small Northern Ontario town. Left to his
own devices Phil develops a drinking
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THE PACIFIER
WHO’S IN IT? Vin Diesel, Brad Garrett
WHO DIRECTED? Adam Shankman (Bringing
Down the House)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? He’s just like Mary
Poppins, that is if Mary was trained in
subaquatic combat and knew how to read
a GPS unit. Diesel stars as Navy SEAL
Shane Wolf, who gets a crash course in
carpooling and diaper changing when
he’s assigned to protect the children of a
murdered American scientist.
• HITS THEATRES MARCH 4
problem, gets tossed in jail, becomes a
Christian and eventually the lead singer
for the local bar band.
MARCH 18
ICE PRINCESS
WHO’S IN IT? Michelle Trachtenberg,
Kim Cattrall
WHO DIRECTED? Tim Fywell (Hear the Silence)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Brainy Casey Carlyle
(Trachtenberg) throws everyone for a loop
by going from geek to figure skating star.
THE UPSIDE OF ANGER
WHO’S IN IT? Kevin Costner, Joan Allen
WHO DIRECTED? Mike Binder (Blankman)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A woman (Allen) who is
abandoned by her husband turns to her
old friend (Costner) for comfort.
HOSTAGE
WHO’S IN IT? Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak
WHO DIRECTED? Florent Emilio Siri (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Willis plays a disgraced
Los Angeles hostage negotiator who
moves to the suburbs where, surprise,
he winds up trying to diffuse a hostage
situation. But then his wife and kid are
kidnapped by the bad guys, meaning he’s
got two families to save.
• HITS THEATRES MARCH 11