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Tara (AnnaSophie Robb), her brother
James (Stahl) is forced to take care of the
girl. See Charlize Theron interview, page 40.
HORTON HEARS A WHO!
VOICES: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell
WHO DIRECTED? Jimmy Hayward,
Steve Martino
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The Dr. Seuss story
comes to the big screen with Carrey as the
voice of the elephant Horton, who is
derided by his fellow pachyderms when he
tells them he hears a cry for help coming
from the microscopic Whos, who live
on a speck of dust. Carell pipes up as
the panicked Mayor of Who-ville.
See Steve Carell interview, page 36.
WITLESS PROTECTION
WHO’S IN IT? Larry the Cable Guy,
Ivana Milicevic
WHO DIRECTED? Charles Robert Carner (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Larry the Cable Guy
plays a small-town sheriff protecting a
whistle-blowing witness on her way to
a big-city trial.
NEVER BACK DOWN
WHO’S IN IT? Sean Faris, Djimon Hounsou
WHO DIRECTED? Jeff Wadlow (Cry Wolf)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Arebellious high
schooler (Faris) stumbles upon an
underground fight club for teens.
THE METROPOLITAN
OPERA
Enjoy live and encore performances from
New York’s renowned Metropolitan Opera.
Check www.cineplex.com for a list of
theatres, and to buy tickets.
MANON LESCAUT (PUCCINI)
Encore: Saturday, March 1, 1 p.m. EST
PETER GRIMES (BRITTEN)
Live: Saturday, March 15, 1:30 p.m. EST
Encore: Saturday, March 29, 1:30 p.m. EST
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (WAGNER)
Live: Saturday, March 22, 12:30 p.m. EST
MARCH 21
SHUTTER
WHO’S IN IT? Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor
WHO DIRECTED? Masayuki Ochiai (Infection)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Do you think all those
J-Horror spirits have Hollywood agents?
Maybe they have entourages too. The creepy
ghouls star in this remake of the 2004 Thai
horror film of the same name that focuses
on an American couple honeymooning in
Tokyo who discover ghostly images popping
up on their photographs.
DRILLBIT TAYLOR
WHO’S IN IT? Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann
WHO DIRECTED? Steve Brill (Mr. Deeds)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Three dorky high school
freshmen are tormented by the school
bully. To protect themselves they hire
down-and-out soldier of fortune Drillbit
Taylor (Wilson) to act as their bodyguard.
MEET THE BROWNS
WHO’S IN IT? Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett
WHO DIRECTED? Tyler Perry
(Why Did I Get Married?)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Brenda (Bassett), a
single mother of three living in Chicago,
travels to Georgia to attend the funeral of
the father she never knew. It’s there that
she meets her southern relatives the
Browns, a clan known for their emotional
outbursts and in-your-face antics. Look for
writer/director Tyler in the cross-dressing
role of Madea and as Uncle Joe.
MARCH 28
STOP-LOSS
WHO’S IN IT? Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish
WHO DIRECTED? Kimberly Peirce
(Boys Don’t Cry)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Decorated soldier
Brandon King (Phillippe) returns home
to Texas after serving his tour of duty.
However, when he drops off his gear
he’s told he’s being sent back to Iraq
via the government’s Stop-Loss policy,
so Brandon thinks about hightailing it
to Canada. Peirce based some of the
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film on the experiences of her younger
brother, who was wounded while
serving in the army.
SUPERHERO!
WHO’S IN IT? Sara Paxton, Drake Bell
WHO DIRECTED? Craig Mazin (The Specials)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Batman, Superman
and the Fantastic Four are just some of
the indestructible superheroes spoofed
in this satire.
RUN, FAT BOY, FUN
WHO’S IN IT? Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton
WHO DIRECTED? David Schwimmer (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Five years ago Dennis
(Pegg) made the mistake of abandoning
his pregnant fiancée (Newton) at the altar.
Now he wants her back, and he’ll prove
his undying love by putting his sad sack
body on the line and running alongside
her husband-to-be (Hank Azaria) in the
London Marathon. See David Schwimmer
interview, page 44.
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WHO’S IN IT? Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey
WHO DIRECTED? Robert Luketic
(Monster-in-Law)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This based-on-a-truestory
thriller stars Sturgess as mathematical
genius and MIT student Ben Campbell,
who needs to earn loads of cash in order
to stay at school. So Ben agrees to join
Professor Rosa’s (Spacey) group of cardcounting
students, who routinely go to
Vegas and win big at the blackjack tables.
Their story was first told in the Ben Mezrich
book Bringing Down the House.
WWE-PAY-PER-VIEW
WRESTLEMANIA 24
MARCH 30
This year the WWE’s premier event —
which brings together the hottest stars of
RAW, SmackDown! and ECW — takes place
outdoors in Orlando, Florida’s Citrus Bowl.
Check www.cineplex.com for a list of
theatres where you can watch it live,
and to buy tickets.
FOR SHOWTIMES AND LOCATIONS
CHECK WWW.CINEPLEX.COM
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