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January 11
Mind Games Budget: 32 million Theaters: 2,800
Based on a true story about the original night stalker, the east area rapist who attacked a countless numer of victims in northern california from 1976-1979, terrorizing single women in houses and later couples playing mind games on his victims. Revolves around an experienced unethical detective (Ewan McGregor) who will do anything to catch the killer, and his by-the-books partner (Julia Stiles) who the rapist begins to play mind games with. The film about the hunt for him, his victims, and one of the greatest unsolved cases in california history.
January 25
Broken Dreams Budget: 20 million Theaters: 2,100
A dramedy about a young woman named Janae (Keira Knightley) who dreams of conquering the big city as an actress, but is stuck as a waitress in a middle-class small suburb trying to live down her wild child name. Her best friend Sarah (Katherine Heigl) has the whole world in front of her, but her family was spending money treating her dying mother (Patricia Clarkson), and now also works as a waitress after attending junior college. Tom (Chris Evans) is a lost soul who dated Sarah in high school, but even though they broke up they remain friends. None of them have had the guts to escape the town of their birth, but an agreement they made in high school will give them the push they need to escape. They promised each other that if they weren’t out of Jersey by the time they were 25, or they would force each other to leave.
They all move to New York, as Janae tries to make it as an actress, while working at a wild bar, she finds out the cold truth about city people, and finds herself slowing becoming like them. She begins a relationship with an employee at the bar (Adam Brody), while also getting involved with a faster crowd (Tom Everrett Scott and Jaime King). Good girl Sarah finds herself taking out loans to attend law school, which she got into by sleeping with the son of the head of admissions (Timothy Olyphant), is now pregnant and trying to pass through an upperclass law school. Tom continues to look for himself while trying to write music, even though he is just working at a CD shop. He is dating Shelly (Ginnifer Goodwin), while secretly hooking up with a wannabee singer (Sean Patrick Thomas).
They find out that as they come closer to their dreams, they lose more of who they are. They all may live together, but they’re lives are becoming more distant as they desperately try to find themselves.
February 22
Something Borrowed Budget: 40 million Theaters: 2,900
Something Borrowed tells the story of Rachel (Keri Russell), a young attorney living and working in Manhattan. Rachel has always been the consummate good girl---until her thirtieth birthday, when her best friend, Darcy (Reese Withersthingy), throws her a party. That night, after too many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy's handsome fiancé Dex (Josh Duhamel). Although she wakes up determined to put the one-night fling behind her, Rachel is horrified to discover that she has genuine feelings for the one guy she should run from. As the September wedding date nears, Rachel knows she has to make a choice. In doing so, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk all to win true happiness.
March 7
The Attraction of Loneliness Budget: 80 million Theaters: 3,700
Daisy Drake (Meg Ryan) is the shining face of Baltimore morning news. Daisy and her husband Tom (Richard Burgi) have been the face of Baltimore news for more than twenty years and live a fairly good suburban life with their 3 children, a rebellious teen daughter (Kristen Stewart), nine year old son (Josh Hutcherson), and precocious young daughter (Abigail Breslin), but when Tom leaves Daisy for far younger weather girl, Daisy's marriage is just about over. To top that, the weather girl has extremely high test numbers and the stations wants to bring in younger viewers, and they send Daisy packing.
Her neighbor Kevin (Tom Hanks) is the face of darkness, a wealthy lawyer who you would do anything to stay away from, and he hasn't exactly been a friend to Daisy's family over the years. He may be a playboy, but any sound past eleven o'clock, any barking of their dog, any toy left on Kevin's property, and Daisy wouldn't here the end of it. With the news of her mother moving in to "help" her deal with the divorce (Shirley Maclaine) and her increasingly demanding children the last thing depressed Daisy needs is any more complaints from Kevin, but when they unexpectadly begin to spend time together, Kevin may find one situation he can't argue himself out of, and Daisy may have just found someone to settle down with. A dramedy about the surprises life bring, and the many chances love brings us.
March 28
Prey Budget: 55 million Theaters: 2,800
Minneapolis PD Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport (Kevin Bacon) is both as quirky as he is smart. When psychiatrist Andi Manette (Jodie Foster) and her two young daughters are kidnapped, Lucas must discover whether it's a ransom snatch, the work of one of Andi's ex-patients or the ruse of someone in her life who might benefit from her death. (Her father, stepmother, estranged husband and medical partner are all good suspects.) The kidnapper is identified to be John Mail (Peter Sarsgaard), a scary ex-patient who's entertained nasty dreams of Andi for years. He enacts his violent sex fantasies with the imprisoned Andi; it seems only a matter of time before he will go after the girls. Lucas, meanwhile, draws on all available resources, including his own computer game company, to flush out Mail, a gamer who enjoys taunting Lucas with phone calls. During this time, Andi has been trying to maintain an element of control and contrive an escape. Sandford expertly ratchets up the suspense from beginning to the brutal finish, and no matter what happens no one will get out of this event unscarred.
April 11
The Wrong Choice Budget: 45 million Theaters: 3,200
Erin (Drew Barrymore) made a choice back in high school that would define the rest of her life. At the time it may have seemed like picking the best date for homecoming , but that was ultimately her decision to become a poser. She had two choices, the school slacker (Matthew McConaughey) or the football star (David Boreanaz), well she picked the football star, her Mr. Right, in fact his name was Tim Right. Now at their 15 year reunion, wealthy Erin runs into both, still single, and must finally choose who is her Mr. Right, or wrong.
April 25
True Colors Budget: 1 million Theaters: 150
Gabrielle (Emily Blunt) is a quirky neurotic British writer, who moves to America after a series of failed relationships most recently with Todd. In her journey in America Gabrielle agrees to try to start over and cover important news stories, but she finds that she knows nothing about America, and her guide to America, secretary Anita (Kerry Washington) isn't much of a help. Her unexplainable attraction to a local bartender (James McAvoy) is holding her back from relationships with far wealthier and more eligible men. Each month she tries to start over, by dying her hair a new color, but Gabrielle just can't seem to find her true colors. The movie chronicles her month by month, hair color by hair color, and her relationship by relationship
May 9
Bye Bye Birdie Budget: 60 million Theaters: 2,900
Albert Peterson (Nathan Lane) finds himself in trouble when singing sensation Conrad Birdie (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is drafted into the army, but Alberts secretary and lover Rose (Catherine Zeta Jones) comes up with a last-ditch publicity stunt to premiere one last hit Conrad Birdie record before he is sent to the army — and makes Albert promise to give up the music business and become an English teacher. They plan to have Conrad sing Peterson's new song "One Last Kiss" and give one lucky girl from his fan club a real "one last kiss" on The Ed Sullivan Show before heading off to basic training.
The lucky girl chosen randomly from Conrad's national fan club is Kim MacAfee (Amanda Bynes) from Sweet Apple, Ohio, along with her best friend Olivia (Nikki Blonsky). Conrad, Albert, and Rose set off to her house to prepare for the event. However, things don't go quite as planned; Kim's father (John Goodman) becomes obsessed with the prospect of being on The Ed Sullivan Show alongside his daughter, Kim's boyfriend (Zac Efron) becomes disastrously jealous of Conrad, Albert's mother (Bette Midler) comes to break up Albert's relationship with Rose, and Conrad himself becomes tired of show business and tries to teach the kids how to party, ultimately getting himself in trouble with their parents and the police.
June 6
Shadows of the Night Budget: 105 million Theaters: 4,000
Taking place in the very near future, many US citizens (estimated at .05%) contracted a virus, believed to be just another form of the flu, that turned into something more. The side effects of this virus, called the "vampire virus", made the infected need large portions of fresh blood of other living humans and gave them almost animal like abilities. A medicine was found to prevent the continuing spread of the virus, yet a large number of people were still infected, fully able to function but with a need for blood and increased aggression and instinct.
That caused an on-going fight between the vampires, who mainly prowl at night looking for people whose blood they could suck, and the uninfected, who believe all the vampires should be killed. The leader of the uninfected, a popular senator (Gene Hackman), is urging the uninfected to carry around guns in case they are attacked by one of the vampires. The underground leader of the vampires (Daniel Craig) is urging all vampires to attack at night and not settle for the limited pints of blood the government supplies given by donors. Jackie (Eva Mendes) is one of the few vampires who settles for the government-given blood which is barely enough to live on, and she refuses to tell those close to her in her life that she is infected. That includes her best friend Sandra (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a writer who is completely against all vampires, yet Sandra's new friend (Michael Clarke Duncan) who is a high ranking vampiring is changing her mind. Jackie's romance with a fellow vampire (Timothy Olyphant) is being torn apart by the differences in the way they choice to live, since he prowls at nights for blood. A war between those super-powered and thirsty for blood, and those uninfected seens inevitable, the only question is what side?
June 27
The Romance House Budget: 50 million Theaters: 2,600
in 1958, after her husband tragically dies, sweet Grace (Renee Zellweger) is left without a job and no way to help support herself, her two children, and beautiful victorian style house right outside of the city. Having never worked a day in her life, Grace is determined to not just be stuck as a secretary like most women she knows who have jobs. She gets a job, but not exactly a dream job. She works for a washed out author and ladies man (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Grace's is disgusted by the fact that he goes after just about every woman, but as she begins to get to know this flawed author she can't help but feel something for him.
In 1983, Lauren (Jennifer Garner) and Steve's (Gerard Butler) marriage is on the rocks. Lauren has always been ambitious about her career and making money, while Steve is more laid-back about his career and ready to start a family, something Lauren does not want. In a last attempt to save their marriage, Steve moves their belongings from the big apartment to a victorian house outside the city. Although the first night Steve sleeps on the couch, him and Lauren just may find the love they lost, but she must decide whether she wants a true family life or to be the first female president of the big company she works.
In 2008, Jen (Mandy Moore) works in the real estate business, most of the time as a house flipper. She has always had expectation of her perfect man, his income, and his height, he must be taller. She's engaged to a man who meets the qualifications, but something is missing. When her parents, Lauren and Steve, move out of their house because their three kids are all grown and they want something smaller, Jen buys their house to try to flip it. She moves into the house while the contruction men are working on it, so she doesn't have to pay rent for the month. When she meets Hayden (Ryan Reynolds), a construction worker, she can't get him out of her head, even though he meets none of her standards. Her life begins to be turned upside down, as she see's she may have a chance at the type of love her parents had, if she doesn't get married to the man who meets her standards.
Three different love stories, separated by 25 years, all taking place in one very romantic house.
July 11
The Warming Budget: 150 million Theaters: 4,300
When successful cable news meteorologist of 10 years Calista Brown (Halle Berry) is sent to Antarctica to film a segment about interesting places around the world, Calista is shocked by how hot it is, until the ground below her breaks and she falls in the dangerously cold water. Luckily her cameraman Brayden (Benjamin McKenzie) saves her, but the news refuses to air the segment because of more important scandals.
Calista contacts a controversial scientist who believes a new ice age is vastly approaching, yet instead of temperatures becoming cold, they will become extremely warm, and it will be sudden and could last days or years. The president (Ian McKellen) is refusing to recognize this ice age, saying to just pollute less. Yet Calista is doing everything to protect her family (Terrance Howard and Jaden Smith), while Brayden is trying to stop his girlfriend (Mila Kunis) from traveling to the coast to see her family. When the temperatures reach 150 degress, cities are flooding from melted ice caps, and superstorms are brewing, there is nothing left they can do but try to survive The Warming.
July 18
The Witches Budget: 80 million Theaters: 3,400
In Tim Burton's dark artistic version of the popular children's novel, young Luke (Freddie Highmore) an 11 year, has always been told magical tales of evil witches who hunt and kill children by his Norweigen Grandmother Helga (Judi Dench) who has raised him since his parents died. When he travels to a grand hotel with his grandmother for holiday he comes across the meeting of all the witches of England lead by the beautiful and in disguise Ms. Eva Ernsdeart (Michelle Pfeiffer), also known as the Grand High Witch, and her assistant the creepy more obviously a witch Joelly (Helena Bonham Carter). Can Luke stop the witches of England's evil plan before it's too late or before they turn him into a mouse?
August 1
Double Cover 3 Budget: 75 million Theaters: 3,500
When Agent Danielle Smitt (Rachel McAdams) is kidnapped by a dangerous drug lord/gun dealer in Europe (Colin Farrell), Agent Joshua Smulder (Heath Ledger) must travel to Europe and go on a mission to save the woman who left him behind a year ago, and ultimately face his inner-demons. Yet the real plans of the European drug lord is what's scariest of all. The final, smartest and most action packed installment of Double Cover will leave you breathless.
Heath Ledger, Rachel McAdams, and Colin Farrell
August 22
The Day America Changed Budget: 60 million Theaters: 2,500
Every other day America may be divided, but for one day in time, we were united. On the 10th and 12th we were divided, but on September 11th we were united. The Day America Changed explores the way people's lives changed from September 11th; The widow (Julia Roberts) of a victim of the twin towers, who becomes a single mother and war protestor, a corrupt republican senator (Sean Bean) who sets out to try to make the world better, a firefighter (Ben Affleck) who went in when the tower went down and now has lung cancer, a young man (Ryan Phillipee) who saw the attacks and enrolled in the military and a young teenager (Ellen Page) who is left parentless and becomes an artist. It follows the characters lives from the day before september 11th to the seven year anniversary in 2008, and effects one day had on various people.
September 5
Book of Darkness Budget: 30 million Theaters: 2,400
Newlywed Caroline (Neve Campbell) and her husband Eric's (Tom Welling) marriage is working out in San Francisco with great friends and okay jobs, far away from the troubles of her past. When her father (Victor Garber) becomes ill, Caroline returns to her Georgia hometown help him along with the hospice nurse (Maggie Smith). Her run-down gothic style mansion house has become darker especially since her mother's death when she was 13. When Caroline finds an old book titled Book of Darkness in the attick, she becomes fascinated by the journal of 30 year old woman who lived in the 1800's who practices voodoo. Perhaps Too fascinated, as she begins to practice it, believing the house is cursed. But whatever she is trying to keep away is taking over her, as Eric comes to try to get Caroline to come back to San Francisco but there's no getting out of Georgia in this Gothic horror film.
September 19
Summer of 1939 Budget: 30 million Theaters: 1,900
A comedy about two upperclass best friends in 1942 (Rachel Bilson and Scarlett Johansen) who drive around the US and bond in their last summer before they go their separate ways.
October 3
Flying High 2 Budget: 90 million Theaters: 3,400
America's favorite trio of birds is back: nice working class bird Jimmy (Bruce Willis), his new fiance Princess Jenna (Meg Ryan), and Hutter (Chris Rock) the crazy one. But trouble erupts when the macho Prince Drake (John Cena) from a neighboring flock brings out in old document in which Princess Jenna must marry him, causing Jimmy and Hutter to have to go on an adventure to stop their forced wedding.
October 17
Slasher 3 Budget: 40 million Theaters: 2,900
When Kelly (Brittany Snow) returns home to introduce her boyfriend (Taylor Kitsch) who saved her from the slasher a year earlier to her family and see her rebellious teen sister Ashley (Blake Lively) off to senior homecoming with hunky date Lee (Chace Crawford). Dorky outcast Ronnie (Shia LaBeouff) is going to prom just to see Ashley, since he's had a crush on her since freshmen year. Ashley's two best friends (Willa Holland and Vanessa Hudgins) are also looking forward to the night of their lives, although Principal Jaurn (Cameron Mathison) dreads it every year. Meanwhile Bridgette (Teri Hatcher) is in town for an interview about the killings, and where they all started, while Mike (Jesse Metcalfe) has been living at home to gain money to move away after his parents stopped paying for him since he was slacking. The killer has set up all these people being in the town where it all began, and plans to make this massacre his last and kill of all the people who have survived the last two and anyone else, especially the teens at senior homecoming. The killer in this slasher, has helped the killers in the last two films, and planned all the massacres.
November 7
November Nights Budget: 60 million Theaters: 2,500
Lea (Uma Thurman) is a recovering drug addict who has been sober for 2 years and has been rebuilding her night. After calling her mother (Meryl Streep) whom she hasn't talked to since the second intervention, 7 years ago, her mother agrees to let her come for Thanksgiving and is relieved to finally know that the daughter who has caused her so much pain is alive and doing okay. Her father (Dustin Hoffman) hadn't closed the door like her mother, and came to the park where she lived several times to try to get her help, but never succeeded.
But the relationship that needs more than just a sorry is her relationship with her twin sister Amy (Cate Blanchett), who had taken on too much responsibility since her sister became an addict when they both were 29. Amy's relationship with her husband Todd (Christopher Meloni) is not doing well, and her oldest daughter (Kristen Stewart) finds her unrelatable and cold. Youngest brother Jaime an architect (Casey Affleck) is finally ready to bring his boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) to meet the family, while Lea was never around when Jaime came out. The film flashes back to past thanksgivings, with this thanksgiving being one of true emotion in which relationships change forever.
November 21
Auntie Claus Budget: 70 million Theaters: 3,300
As if Auntie Claus's (Nicole Kidman) everyday red velvet gown with furry white trim isn't unusual enough, there is the diamond key that hangs around her neck. During her year-round tea and Christmas cookie rituals, she always tells young Sophia (Saoirse Ronan) that giving is better than receiving. Auntie Claus also does not get along with her sister, Sophia's mother (Laura Linney). Oddest of all, every year she departs on a "business trip" right after Halloween and doesn't return until Valentine's Day. Some people see her as just another eccentric and wealthy New York socialite, but Sophia thinks her Auntie could work with santa.
One year, the spoiled and rather unpleasant 12 year-old Sophia decides to stop wondering about her great-aunt and start investigating. She stows away in Auntie Clause's with her even brattier younger brother (Bobby Coleman). What she discovers is beyond her imagination and takes her on an unforgettable adventure, but what she gains inside herself is what is truly amazing.
December 5
A Farewell to Arms Budget: 100 million Theaters: 4,100
A tale of a love affair between American ambulance driver Lt. Henry (James Marsden) and English Nurse Catherine Barkley (Kate Winslet) during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together, while Lt. Henry doubts the war. Based on the popular novel.
December 25
Dragon Fire: Destroyers Land Budget:140 million Theaters:4,200
The war between east and west continues, as Paul (Johnny Depp) continues to fight demons of his own past, he must lead his army from from Genostian, some of whom have become friends (Don Cheadle and James Marsden), while one (Paul Walker) has betrayed the Godly king (Donald Sutherland) and turned to the lord of darkness and kidnapped the Genostian's kings daughter (Ali Larter) who is being kept at the Lord of Darkness's (Sean Connery) castle. In this film the army must go through the Destroyer's land, a land once cursed of the lord of darkness where all the people were killed, and nothing lives because of the dragons known as destroyers, nothing but the half-horse, half-man creatures lead by Jopalisae (Ralph Fiennes).
Mind Games Budget: 32 million Theaters: 2,800
Based on a true story about the original night stalker, the east area rapist who attacked a countless numer of victims in northern california from 1976-1979, terrorizing single women in houses and later couples playing mind games on his victims. Revolves around an experienced unethical detective (Ewan McGregor) who will do anything to catch the killer, and his by-the-books partner (Julia Stiles) who the rapist begins to play mind games with. The film about the hunt for him, his victims, and one of the greatest unsolved cases in california history.
January 25
Broken Dreams Budget: 20 million Theaters: 2,100
A dramedy about a young woman named Janae (Keira Knightley) who dreams of conquering the big city as an actress, but is stuck as a waitress in a middle-class small suburb trying to live down her wild child name. Her best friend Sarah (Katherine Heigl) has the whole world in front of her, but her family was spending money treating her dying mother (Patricia Clarkson), and now also works as a waitress after attending junior college. Tom (Chris Evans) is a lost soul who dated Sarah in high school, but even though they broke up they remain friends. None of them have had the guts to escape the town of their birth, but an agreement they made in high school will give them the push they need to escape. They promised each other that if they weren’t out of Jersey by the time they were 25, or they would force each other to leave.
They all move to New York, as Janae tries to make it as an actress, while working at a wild bar, she finds out the cold truth about city people, and finds herself slowing becoming like them. She begins a relationship with an employee at the bar (Adam Brody), while also getting involved with a faster crowd (Tom Everrett Scott and Jaime King). Good girl Sarah finds herself taking out loans to attend law school, which she got into by sleeping with the son of the head of admissions (Timothy Olyphant), is now pregnant and trying to pass through an upperclass law school. Tom continues to look for himself while trying to write music, even though he is just working at a CD shop. He is dating Shelly (Ginnifer Goodwin), while secretly hooking up with a wannabee singer (Sean Patrick Thomas).
They find out that as they come closer to their dreams, they lose more of who they are. They all may live together, but they’re lives are becoming more distant as they desperately try to find themselves.
February 22
Something Borrowed Budget: 40 million Theaters: 2,900
Something Borrowed tells the story of Rachel (Keri Russell), a young attorney living and working in Manhattan. Rachel has always been the consummate good girl---until her thirtieth birthday, when her best friend, Darcy (Reese Withersthingy), throws her a party. That night, after too many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy's handsome fiancé Dex (Josh Duhamel). Although she wakes up determined to put the one-night fling behind her, Rachel is horrified to discover that she has genuine feelings for the one guy she should run from. As the September wedding date nears, Rachel knows she has to make a choice. In doing so, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk all to win true happiness.
March 7
The Attraction of Loneliness Budget: 80 million Theaters: 3,700
Daisy Drake (Meg Ryan) is the shining face of Baltimore morning news. Daisy and her husband Tom (Richard Burgi) have been the face of Baltimore news for more than twenty years and live a fairly good suburban life with their 3 children, a rebellious teen daughter (Kristen Stewart), nine year old son (Josh Hutcherson), and precocious young daughter (Abigail Breslin), but when Tom leaves Daisy for far younger weather girl, Daisy's marriage is just about over. To top that, the weather girl has extremely high test numbers and the stations wants to bring in younger viewers, and they send Daisy packing.
Her neighbor Kevin (Tom Hanks) is the face of darkness, a wealthy lawyer who you would do anything to stay away from, and he hasn't exactly been a friend to Daisy's family over the years. He may be a playboy, but any sound past eleven o'clock, any barking of their dog, any toy left on Kevin's property, and Daisy wouldn't here the end of it. With the news of her mother moving in to "help" her deal with the divorce (Shirley Maclaine) and her increasingly demanding children the last thing depressed Daisy needs is any more complaints from Kevin, but when they unexpectadly begin to spend time together, Kevin may find one situation he can't argue himself out of, and Daisy may have just found someone to settle down with. A dramedy about the surprises life bring, and the many chances love brings us.
March 28
Prey Budget: 55 million Theaters: 2,800
Minneapolis PD Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport (Kevin Bacon) is both as quirky as he is smart. When psychiatrist Andi Manette (Jodie Foster) and her two young daughters are kidnapped, Lucas must discover whether it's a ransom snatch, the work of one of Andi's ex-patients or the ruse of someone in her life who might benefit from her death. (Her father, stepmother, estranged husband and medical partner are all good suspects.) The kidnapper is identified to be John Mail (Peter Sarsgaard), a scary ex-patient who's entertained nasty dreams of Andi for years. He enacts his violent sex fantasies with the imprisoned Andi; it seems only a matter of time before he will go after the girls. Lucas, meanwhile, draws on all available resources, including his own computer game company, to flush out Mail, a gamer who enjoys taunting Lucas with phone calls. During this time, Andi has been trying to maintain an element of control and contrive an escape. Sandford expertly ratchets up the suspense from beginning to the brutal finish, and no matter what happens no one will get out of this event unscarred.
April 11
The Wrong Choice Budget: 45 million Theaters: 3,200
Erin (Drew Barrymore) made a choice back in high school that would define the rest of her life. At the time it may have seemed like picking the best date for homecoming , but that was ultimately her decision to become a poser. She had two choices, the school slacker (Matthew McConaughey) or the football star (David Boreanaz), well she picked the football star, her Mr. Right, in fact his name was Tim Right. Now at their 15 year reunion, wealthy Erin runs into both, still single, and must finally choose who is her Mr. Right, or wrong.
April 25
True Colors Budget: 1 million Theaters: 150
Gabrielle (Emily Blunt) is a quirky neurotic British writer, who moves to America after a series of failed relationships most recently with Todd. In her journey in America Gabrielle agrees to try to start over and cover important news stories, but she finds that she knows nothing about America, and her guide to America, secretary Anita (Kerry Washington) isn't much of a help. Her unexplainable attraction to a local bartender (James McAvoy) is holding her back from relationships with far wealthier and more eligible men. Each month she tries to start over, by dying her hair a new color, but Gabrielle just can't seem to find her true colors. The movie chronicles her month by month, hair color by hair color, and her relationship by relationship
May 9
Bye Bye Birdie Budget: 60 million Theaters: 2,900
Albert Peterson (Nathan Lane) finds himself in trouble when singing sensation Conrad Birdie (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is drafted into the army, but Alberts secretary and lover Rose (Catherine Zeta Jones) comes up with a last-ditch publicity stunt to premiere one last hit Conrad Birdie record before he is sent to the army — and makes Albert promise to give up the music business and become an English teacher. They plan to have Conrad sing Peterson's new song "One Last Kiss" and give one lucky girl from his fan club a real "one last kiss" on The Ed Sullivan Show before heading off to basic training.
The lucky girl chosen randomly from Conrad's national fan club is Kim MacAfee (Amanda Bynes) from Sweet Apple, Ohio, along with her best friend Olivia (Nikki Blonsky). Conrad, Albert, and Rose set off to her house to prepare for the event. However, things don't go quite as planned; Kim's father (John Goodman) becomes obsessed with the prospect of being on The Ed Sullivan Show alongside his daughter, Kim's boyfriend (Zac Efron) becomes disastrously jealous of Conrad, Albert's mother (Bette Midler) comes to break up Albert's relationship with Rose, and Conrad himself becomes tired of show business and tries to teach the kids how to party, ultimately getting himself in trouble with their parents and the police.
June 6
Shadows of the Night Budget: 105 million Theaters: 4,000
Taking place in the very near future, many US citizens (estimated at .05%) contracted a virus, believed to be just another form of the flu, that turned into something more. The side effects of this virus, called the "vampire virus", made the infected need large portions of fresh blood of other living humans and gave them almost animal like abilities. A medicine was found to prevent the continuing spread of the virus, yet a large number of people were still infected, fully able to function but with a need for blood and increased aggression and instinct.
That caused an on-going fight between the vampires, who mainly prowl at night looking for people whose blood they could suck, and the uninfected, who believe all the vampires should be killed. The leader of the uninfected, a popular senator (Gene Hackman), is urging the uninfected to carry around guns in case they are attacked by one of the vampires. The underground leader of the vampires (Daniel Craig) is urging all vampires to attack at night and not settle for the limited pints of blood the government supplies given by donors. Jackie (Eva Mendes) is one of the few vampires who settles for the government-given blood which is barely enough to live on, and she refuses to tell those close to her in her life that she is infected. That includes her best friend Sandra (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a writer who is completely against all vampires, yet Sandra's new friend (Michael Clarke Duncan) who is a high ranking vampiring is changing her mind. Jackie's romance with a fellow vampire (Timothy Olyphant) is being torn apart by the differences in the way they choice to live, since he prowls at nights for blood. A war between those super-powered and thirsty for blood, and those uninfected seens inevitable, the only question is what side?
June 27
The Romance House Budget: 50 million Theaters: 2,600
in 1958, after her husband tragically dies, sweet Grace (Renee Zellweger) is left without a job and no way to help support herself, her two children, and beautiful victorian style house right outside of the city. Having never worked a day in her life, Grace is determined to not just be stuck as a secretary like most women she knows who have jobs. She gets a job, but not exactly a dream job. She works for a washed out author and ladies man (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Grace's is disgusted by the fact that he goes after just about every woman, but as she begins to get to know this flawed author she can't help but feel something for him.
In 1983, Lauren (Jennifer Garner) and Steve's (Gerard Butler) marriage is on the rocks. Lauren has always been ambitious about her career and making money, while Steve is more laid-back about his career and ready to start a family, something Lauren does not want. In a last attempt to save their marriage, Steve moves their belongings from the big apartment to a victorian house outside the city. Although the first night Steve sleeps on the couch, him and Lauren just may find the love they lost, but she must decide whether she wants a true family life or to be the first female president of the big company she works.
In 2008, Jen (Mandy Moore) works in the real estate business, most of the time as a house flipper. She has always had expectation of her perfect man, his income, and his height, he must be taller. She's engaged to a man who meets the qualifications, but something is missing. When her parents, Lauren and Steve, move out of their house because their three kids are all grown and they want something smaller, Jen buys their house to try to flip it. She moves into the house while the contruction men are working on it, so she doesn't have to pay rent for the month. When she meets Hayden (Ryan Reynolds), a construction worker, she can't get him out of her head, even though he meets none of her standards. Her life begins to be turned upside down, as she see's she may have a chance at the type of love her parents had, if she doesn't get married to the man who meets her standards.
Three different love stories, separated by 25 years, all taking place in one very romantic house.
July 11
The Warming Budget: 150 million Theaters: 4,300
When successful cable news meteorologist of 10 years Calista Brown (Halle Berry) is sent to Antarctica to film a segment about interesting places around the world, Calista is shocked by how hot it is, until the ground below her breaks and she falls in the dangerously cold water. Luckily her cameraman Brayden (Benjamin McKenzie) saves her, but the news refuses to air the segment because of more important scandals.
Calista contacts a controversial scientist who believes a new ice age is vastly approaching, yet instead of temperatures becoming cold, they will become extremely warm, and it will be sudden and could last days or years. The president (Ian McKellen) is refusing to recognize this ice age, saying to just pollute less. Yet Calista is doing everything to protect her family (Terrance Howard and Jaden Smith), while Brayden is trying to stop his girlfriend (Mila Kunis) from traveling to the coast to see her family. When the temperatures reach 150 degress, cities are flooding from melted ice caps, and superstorms are brewing, there is nothing left they can do but try to survive The Warming.
July 18
The Witches Budget: 80 million Theaters: 3,400
In Tim Burton's dark artistic version of the popular children's novel, young Luke (Freddie Highmore) an 11 year, has always been told magical tales of evil witches who hunt and kill children by his Norweigen Grandmother Helga (Judi Dench) who has raised him since his parents died. When he travels to a grand hotel with his grandmother for holiday he comes across the meeting of all the witches of England lead by the beautiful and in disguise Ms. Eva Ernsdeart (Michelle Pfeiffer), also known as the Grand High Witch, and her assistant the creepy more obviously a witch Joelly (Helena Bonham Carter). Can Luke stop the witches of England's evil plan before it's too late or before they turn him into a mouse?
August 1
Double Cover 3 Budget: 75 million Theaters: 3,500
When Agent Danielle Smitt (Rachel McAdams) is kidnapped by a dangerous drug lord/gun dealer in Europe (Colin Farrell), Agent Joshua Smulder (Heath Ledger) must travel to Europe and go on a mission to save the woman who left him behind a year ago, and ultimately face his inner-demons. Yet the real plans of the European drug lord is what's scariest of all. The final, smartest and most action packed installment of Double Cover will leave you breathless.
Heath Ledger, Rachel McAdams, and Colin Farrell
August 22
The Day America Changed Budget: 60 million Theaters: 2,500
Every other day America may be divided, but for one day in time, we were united. On the 10th and 12th we were divided, but on September 11th we were united. The Day America Changed explores the way people's lives changed from September 11th; The widow (Julia Roberts) of a victim of the twin towers, who becomes a single mother and war protestor, a corrupt republican senator (Sean Bean) who sets out to try to make the world better, a firefighter (Ben Affleck) who went in when the tower went down and now has lung cancer, a young man (Ryan Phillipee) who saw the attacks and enrolled in the military and a young teenager (Ellen Page) who is left parentless and becomes an artist. It follows the characters lives from the day before september 11th to the seven year anniversary in 2008, and effects one day had on various people.
September 5
Book of Darkness Budget: 30 million Theaters: 2,400
Newlywed Caroline (Neve Campbell) and her husband Eric's (Tom Welling) marriage is working out in San Francisco with great friends and okay jobs, far away from the troubles of her past. When her father (Victor Garber) becomes ill, Caroline returns to her Georgia hometown help him along with the hospice nurse (Maggie Smith). Her run-down gothic style mansion house has become darker especially since her mother's death when she was 13. When Caroline finds an old book titled Book of Darkness in the attick, she becomes fascinated by the journal of 30 year old woman who lived in the 1800's who practices voodoo. Perhaps Too fascinated, as she begins to practice it, believing the house is cursed. But whatever she is trying to keep away is taking over her, as Eric comes to try to get Caroline to come back to San Francisco but there's no getting out of Georgia in this Gothic horror film.
September 19
Summer of 1939 Budget: 30 million Theaters: 1,900
A comedy about two upperclass best friends in 1942 (Rachel Bilson and Scarlett Johansen) who drive around the US and bond in their last summer before they go their separate ways.
October 3
Flying High 2 Budget: 90 million Theaters: 3,400
America's favorite trio of birds is back: nice working class bird Jimmy (Bruce Willis), his new fiance Princess Jenna (Meg Ryan), and Hutter (Chris Rock) the crazy one. But trouble erupts when the macho Prince Drake (John Cena) from a neighboring flock brings out in old document in which Princess Jenna must marry him, causing Jimmy and Hutter to have to go on an adventure to stop their forced wedding.
October 17
Slasher 3 Budget: 40 million Theaters: 2,900
When Kelly (Brittany Snow) returns home to introduce her boyfriend (Taylor Kitsch) who saved her from the slasher a year earlier to her family and see her rebellious teen sister Ashley (Blake Lively) off to senior homecoming with hunky date Lee (Chace Crawford). Dorky outcast Ronnie (Shia LaBeouff) is going to prom just to see Ashley, since he's had a crush on her since freshmen year. Ashley's two best friends (Willa Holland and Vanessa Hudgins) are also looking forward to the night of their lives, although Principal Jaurn (Cameron Mathison) dreads it every year. Meanwhile Bridgette (Teri Hatcher) is in town for an interview about the killings, and where they all started, while Mike (Jesse Metcalfe) has been living at home to gain money to move away after his parents stopped paying for him since he was slacking. The killer has set up all these people being in the town where it all began, and plans to make this massacre his last and kill of all the people who have survived the last two and anyone else, especially the teens at senior homecoming. The killer in this slasher, has helped the killers in the last two films, and planned all the massacres.
November 7
November Nights Budget: 60 million Theaters: 2,500
Lea (Uma Thurman) is a recovering drug addict who has been sober for 2 years and has been rebuilding her night. After calling her mother (Meryl Streep) whom she hasn't talked to since the second intervention, 7 years ago, her mother agrees to let her come for Thanksgiving and is relieved to finally know that the daughter who has caused her so much pain is alive and doing okay. Her father (Dustin Hoffman) hadn't closed the door like her mother, and came to the park where she lived several times to try to get her help, but never succeeded.
But the relationship that needs more than just a sorry is her relationship with her twin sister Amy (Cate Blanchett), who had taken on too much responsibility since her sister became an addict when they both were 29. Amy's relationship with her husband Todd (Christopher Meloni) is not doing well, and her oldest daughter (Kristen Stewart) finds her unrelatable and cold. Youngest brother Jaime an architect (Casey Affleck) is finally ready to bring his boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) to meet the family, while Lea was never around when Jaime came out. The film flashes back to past thanksgivings, with this thanksgiving being one of true emotion in which relationships change forever.
November 21
Auntie Claus Budget: 70 million Theaters: 3,300
As if Auntie Claus's (Nicole Kidman) everyday red velvet gown with furry white trim isn't unusual enough, there is the diamond key that hangs around her neck. During her year-round tea and Christmas cookie rituals, she always tells young Sophia (Saoirse Ronan) that giving is better than receiving. Auntie Claus also does not get along with her sister, Sophia's mother (Laura Linney). Oddest of all, every year she departs on a "business trip" right after Halloween and doesn't return until Valentine's Day. Some people see her as just another eccentric and wealthy New York socialite, but Sophia thinks her Auntie could work with santa.
One year, the spoiled and rather unpleasant 12 year-old Sophia decides to stop wondering about her great-aunt and start investigating. She stows away in Auntie Clause's with her even brattier younger brother (Bobby Coleman). What she discovers is beyond her imagination and takes her on an unforgettable adventure, but what she gains inside herself is what is truly amazing.
December 5
A Farewell to Arms Budget: 100 million Theaters: 4,100
A tale of a love affair between American ambulance driver Lt. Henry (James Marsden) and English Nurse Catherine Barkley (Kate Winslet) during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together, while Lt. Henry doubts the war. Based on the popular novel.
December 25
Dragon Fire: Destroyers Land Budget:140 million Theaters:4,200
The war between east and west continues, as Paul (Johnny Depp) continues to fight demons of his own past, he must lead his army from from Genostian, some of whom have become friends (Don Cheadle and James Marsden), while one (Paul Walker) has betrayed the Godly king (Donald Sutherland) and turned to the lord of darkness and kidnapped the Genostian's kings daughter (Ali Larter) who is being kept at the Lord of Darkness's (Sean Connery) castle. In this film the army must go through the Destroyer's land, a land once cursed of the lord of darkness where all the people were killed, and nothing lives because of the dragons known as destroyers, nothing but the half-horse, half-man creatures lead by Jopalisae (Ralph Fiennes).