Alfie

TAXI
WHO’S IN IT? Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon
WHO DIRECTED? Tim Story (Barbershop)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A gang of hottie female
bank robbers are on the loose, and it’s up
to a loud-mouthed, lead-footed taxi driver
(Latifah), and a raw rookie cop (Fallon),
to bring them in. Based on the popular
series of French comedies penned by
writer/director Luc Besson.
• HITS THEATRES OCTOBER 8
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
WHO’S IN IT? Billy Bob Thornton,
Derek Luke
WHO DIRECTED? Peter Berg (Very Bad
Things)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Where most Canadian
high school football games would draw a
few parents and a guy walking his dog, in
economically depressed Odessa, Texas,
the Friday night games of the Permian
High Panthers are momentous occasions.
In this adaptation of H.G. Bissinger’s
book, Thornton plays the coach who
inspires his young gladiators.
• HITS THEATRES OCTOBER 8
RAISE YOUR VOICE
WHO’S IN IT? Hilary Duff, John Corbett
WHO DIRECTED? Sean McNamara (P.U.N.K.S)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Small-town teen Terri
Fletcher (Duff) spends the summer in L.A.
at a snooty music camp. John Corbett,
sporting the Kris Kristofferson-on-a-bender
look, plays the camp administrator and
Rita Wilson is Duff’s mom.
TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
famous 15 | october 2004
OCTOBER 15
BEING JULIA
WHO’S IN IT? Annette Bening,
Shaun Evans
WHO DIRECTED? István Szabó (Sunshine)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Set in 1930s London,
this period piece focuses on a middleaged
stage diva (Benning) who takes on
VOICES? Matt Stone, Trey Parker
WHO DIRECTED? Matt Stone, Trey Parker (South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Comedy’s brilliant bad boys offend hawks, doves and Hollywood
types with their marionette version of a Jerry Bruckheimer action movie. According to
Stone, the original idea for the film was to do a scene-for-scene marionette version
of The Day After Tomorrow that would be released the same day as that blockbuster.
Needless to say, their lawyers nixed the idea.
• HITS THEATRES OCTOBER 15
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