February 2005 - Tribute.ca

BE COOL
The Players John Travolta,
Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel
Director F. Gary Gray
The Plot Chili Palmer (Travolta)
abandons the fickle movie business
to bring his signature brand of
wiseguy skills to the music industry
in the sequel to Get Shorty.
Studio MGM Pictures
Release Date March 4
BECAUSE OF
WINN-DIXIE
The Players Annasophia Robb,
Jeff Daniels, Dave Matthews
Director Wayne Wang
The Plot A lonely, motherless little
girl (Robb), who has just moved to a
small town, makes friends with a stray
dog who changes her life for the better.
Studio 20th Century Fox
Release Date February 18
BOOGEYMAN
The Players Barry Watson,
Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless
Director Stephen Kay
The Plot A young man (Watson)
returns to his childhood home to confront
visions that are haunting him.
Studio Sony Pictures Releasing
Release Date February 4
BRIDE AND PREJUDICE *
The Players Martin Henderson,
Alexis Bledel, Marsha Mason
Director Gurinder Chadha
The Plot Sparks fly when a young
Indian woman meets wealthy
American Will Darcy (Henderson) in
this Bollywood update of the classic
Jane Austen novel.
Studio Alliance Atlantis
Release Date February 11
CLEAN
The Players Nick Nolte, Maggie
Cheung, Don McKellar
Director Olivier Assayas
The Plot After a rock star overdoses,
his wife (Cheung) is arrested for
possession. Upon release, she
decides to start a new life and gets
in contact with her son, who is
being raised by her in-laws.
Studio TVA Films
Release Date February 25
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CONSTANTINE
The Players Keanu Reeves,
Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf
Director Francis Lawrence
The Plot Having failed to take
his own life, Constantine (Reeves)
patrols the border between heaven
and hell, hoping to earn his way to
salvation. He’s enlisted by a police
detective (Weisz) to help solve her
twin sister’s mysterious death. The
story is based on the popular comic
book Hellraiser.
Studio Warner Bros.
Release Date February 18
CURSED
The Players Christina Ricci,
Skeet Ulrich, Mandy Moore
Director Wes Craven
The Plot A savage and brutal
werewolf attack unites three young
strangers in their fight for survival
in this long-delayed horror outing
from Scream creators Kevin
Williamson and Wes Craven.
Studio Alliance Atlantis
Release Date February 25
GAME OVER: KASPAROV
AND THE MACHINE *
The Players Garry Kasparov
Director Vikram Hayanti
The Plot In 1997, chess guru Garry
Kasparov played a supercomputer
in a chess tournament. The epic
battle of Man vs. Machine captured
people's imaginations. The Soviet
vs. Western technology aspect lent
their showdown an air of Cold War
tension. The outcome was stunning.
Studio Odeon Films
Release Date February 25
THE GREEN BUTCHERS
The Players Mads Mikkelsen,
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Director Anders Thomas Jensen
The Plot An unfortunate accident
(to say the least) at a butcher shop
leads to human flesh being served
at a party (shades of Soylent
Green!). The unwitting partygoers
enjoy the meal so much that they
are soon lining up at the butcher
shop to buy more.
Studio Mongrel Media
Release Date February 11
HITCH
The Players Will Smith, Eva Mendes
Director Andy Tennant
The Plot A man (Smith) who
customizes and orchestrates clients’
first three dates finds himself reevaluating
his ideas—and ideals—
when he falls for a woman himself.
Studio Sony Pictures Releasing
Release Date February 11
IMAGINARY HEROES
The Players Sigourney Weaver,
Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels
Director Dan Harris
The Plot A family tragedy has
serious repercussions for all
concerned, including a teenage boy
(Hirsch), his father (Daniels) and
mother (Weaver).
Studio Mongrel Media
Release Date February 11
INSIDE DEEP THROAT *
The Players Erica Jong, Linda
Lovelace, Norman Mailer
Director Fenton Bailey, Randy
Barbato
The Plot Explores the unanticipated
lasting cultural impact generated
by Deep Throat, a sexually explicit
film first shown in a New York adult
theater in June of 1972.
Studio Universal Pictures
Release Date February 11
KING’S RANSOM *
The Players Anthony Anderson,
Donald Faison, Jay Mohr
Director Jeff Byrd
The Plot A businessman arranges his
own kidnapping in order to keep his
gold-digging wife away from his
money, but soon finds there are plenty
of other people who would also
like to get their hands on the loot.
Studio Alliance Atlantis
Release Date March 4
MAN OF THE HOUSE
The Players Tommy Lee Jones,
Christina Milian
Director Stephen Herek
The Plot ATexas Ranger (Jones) goes
undercover to protect some cheerleaders
who witnessed a murder.
Studio Sony Pictures Releasing
Release Date February 25
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