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I BY INGRID RANDOJA
STRANGE WILDERNESS
WHO’S IN IT? Steve Zahn, Justin Long
WHO DIRECTED? Fred Wolf (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? When his crappy
wilderness TV show is about to be
cancelled, host Peter Gaulke (Zahn)
and his crew set out to find, and film,
the elusive Bigfoot.
➜ HITS THEATRES FEBRUARY 1
FEBRUARY 1
HANNAH MONTANA/MILEY CYRUS:
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT
TOUR
WHO’S IN IT? Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers
WHO DIRECTED? Bruce Hendricks (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? For those who didn’t sell
an organ to pay for a ticket to see teen
singing sensation Cyrus in concert, here’s
your chance to check out her gig, in 3-D no
less. However, it’s only playing in theatres
for a single week so don’t dawdle.
THE EYE
WHO’S IN IT? Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola
WHO DIRECTED? David Moreau,
Xavier Palud
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This remake of the
Hong Kong horror flick Jian gui casts Alba
as a blind woman who regains her sight
when she receives an eye transplant.
However, her new eyes seem to be playing
tricks on her when she glimpses
supernatural beings and strange events.
OVER HER DEAD BODY
WHO’S IN IT? Eva Longoria Parker, Lake Bell
WHO DIRECTED? Jeff Lowell (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Chloe (Lindsay Sloane)
is dating Henry (Paul Rudd), who believes
he’s being haunted by his dead fiancée,
Kate (Parker). So Chloe hires phony
psychic Ashley (Bell) to pretend to chase
away the ghost. Things get really
complicated when Ashley falls for Henry
and actually starts to communicate with
Kate, a very jealous spirit who’s
determined to ruin any budding romance
involving Henry.
FEBRUARY 8
WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS
WHO’S IN IT? Martin Lawrence,
Cedric the Entertainer
WHO DIRECTED? Malcolm D. Lee
(Roll Bounce)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? R.J. Stevens (Lawrence)
is an L.A. talk-show host who conveniently
forgot all about his country roots when he
made it big in showbiz. He reluctantly
agrees to return home to Georgia to attend
his parents' 50th wedding anniversary, and
you just know his down-home family is
going to show uppity R.J. some special
southern hospitality.
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VINCE VAUGHN’S WILD WEST
COMEDY SHOW
WHO’S IN IT? Vince Vaughn, Ahmed Ahmed
WHO DIRECTED? Ari Sandel (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Vaughn and four stand-up
comedians — Ahmed, Bret Ernst, John
Caparulo and Sebastian Maniscalco — hit
the road and travel 6,000 miles across
America to perform 30 shows in 30 nights.
IN BRUGES
WHO’S IN IT? Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson
WHO DIRECTED? Martin McDonagh (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Two Irish hitmen
(Farrell, Gleeson) are instructed to lay low
in the picturesque Belgium city of Bruges.
But their under-the-radar existence is
spoiled when nutbar Harry (Ralph Fiennes)
shows up wanting to kill them both.
FOOL’S GOLD
WHO’S IN IT? Matthew McConaughey,
Kate Hudson
WHO DIRECTED? Andy Tennant (Hitch)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? What could rekindle an
estranged couple’s passion? Why sunken
treasure, of course. McConaughey plays a
beach bum/treasure hunter who convinces
his ex-wife (Hudson) to help him search for
the fabled Queen’s Dowry — 40 chests of
18th-century Spanish gold and jewels.
NORMAL
WHO’S IN IT? Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers
WHO DIRECTED? Carl Bessai (Emile)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? After a teenage boy is
killed in a car crash, a driver involved in the
accident (Callum Keith Rennie), the boy’s
mother (Moss) and his best friend (Zegers)
deal with the aftermath. See Kevin Zegers
interview, page 38.
EMOTIONAL ARITHMETIC
WHO’S IN IT? Susan Sarandon, Max von Sydow
WHO DIRECTED? Paolo Barzman
(Time is Money)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? It’s 1945 and
Jakob Bronski, a prisoner inside a Nazi
detention centre, finds himself caring for
two orphaned children — Melanie and
Christopher. Flash forward to the mid-1980s
when the now mature Melanie (Sarandon)
discovers Jakob (von Sydow) is alive
and invites him to live with her and
her family in Canada.
FEBRUARY 13
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
WHO’S IN IT? Jude Law, Norah Jones
WHO DIRECTED? Kar Wai Wong (2046)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Singer Jones makes
her big-screen debut in this moody and
romantic study of a woman (Jones) who
travels across America and encounters
an array of fascinating characters.
FEBRUARY 14
STEP UP 2 TO THE STREETS
WHO’S IN IT? Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan
WHO DIRECTED? Jon M. Chu (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The step-dancing
phenomenon continues on screen with this
sequel to the 2006 dance flick Step Up.
This time around a feisty street dancer
named Andie (Evigan) enrolls in the
Maryland School of the Arts and catches the
eye of Chase (Hoffman), the school’s hottest
hunk and best hoofer.
JUMPER
WHO’S IN IT? Hayden Christensen,
Samuel L. Jackson
WHO DIRECTED? Doug Liman (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Davey (Christensen)
foolishly believes he’s the only person in the
world who possesses the ability to transport
himself through time and space. He
eventually realizes there are others like him,
in fact, there’s a war going on between the
“jumpers” and the people who want to stop
them, including a government operative
(Jackson). See Samuel L. Jackson interview,
page 34.
DEFINITELY, MAYBE
WHO’S IN IT? Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin
WHO DIRECTED? Adam Brooks (Almost You)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The soon-to-be-divorced
Will Hayes (Reynolds) recounts the history
of his love life to his 11-year-old daughter
(Breslin), who is curious to know the
identity of her biological mother, a secret
Will won’t divulge.
FEBRUARY 17
WWE-PAY-PER-VIEW
NO WAY OUT
The WWE heads to Las Vegas for its annual
February bust-up. Check www.cineplex.com
for a list of theatres where you can watch it
live, and to buy tickets.
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THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
WHO’S IN IT? Freddie Highmore,
Sarah Bolger
WHO DIRECTED? Mark Waters
(Just Like Heaven)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The Grace family —
mom and her three kids, Jared, Simon
and Mallory — move into the Spiderwick
estate where Jared stumbles across a
book titled Arthur Spiderwick's Field
Guide. The tome describes the various
fairies, ogres and magical beings that
exist in the invisible world around the
estate, and when Jared opens the book
he is able to see the creatures, which
makes some of them very, very angry.
➜ HITS THEATRES FEBRUARY 14
FEBRUARY 22
BE KIND REWIND
WHO’S IN IT? Jack Black, Mos Def
WHO DIRECTED? Michel Gondry
(The Science of Sleep)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? You know what a pain it is
when you demagnetize one of your credit
cards. Imagine the pain Mike (Def) feels
when his pal Jerry (Black) demagnetizes
every VHS cassette in his small video store.
To keep his most loyal customer happy —
a woman (Mia Farrow) suffering from
dementia — the pair decides to re-enact her
favourite films, including Ghostbusters,
RoboCop and Driving Miss Daisy.
POSSESSION
WHO’S IN IT? Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace
WHO DIRECTED? Joel Bergvall, Simon Sandquist
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This remake of the
Korean thriller Jungdok (Addicted) stars
Gellar as Jess, a woman married to ▼
THE METROPOLITAN
OPERA
Enjoy productions direct from New York’s
renowned Metropolitan Opera. Check
www.cineplex.com for a list of theatres
where you can watch live and encore
performances, and to buy tickets.
MACBETH (VERDI)
Encore performance: Saturday,
February 9, 1:30 p.m. EST
MANON LESCAUT (PUCCINI)
Live performance: Saturday,
February 16, 1 p.m. EST
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