Spring 2008 Movies
Leatherheads with Clooney, Zellwegger; Baby Mama, 21 and Stop-Loss
Summer movies have a tendency to rack up the dollar signs and fill the seats with film buffs, but don't count out the motion pictures released during the previous season.
Comedy
Leatherheads, starring George Clooney, Renee Zellwegger and John Kraninski, follow a struggling American pro-football league in 1925. Team leader, Dodge Connolly (Clooney) recruits a war-hero and football star, Carter Rutherford (Kraninski) in the hopes of bringing in more money for the team. When reporter, Lexie Littleton (Zellwegger) doubts Rutherford’s war past and beings to search for the truth, the team realizes they have bigger problems than a low cash flow. Opens April 4, 2008.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star together in Baby Mama, a story about a businesswoman, Kate Holbrook (Fey) who is ready to have a child, but is incapable of getting pregnant. Kate asks Angie Ostrowiski (Poehler), a colorful working girl, to be a surrogate. Their opposite personalities collide when Angie moves into Kate’s apartment. Opens April 25, 2008.
Drama
Based on a true story, 21 is about a gifted young M.I.T student, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) who can’t afford his tuition and joins a group of intellectual students who gamble in Las Vegas every weekend. Led by a math professor, Mickey Rosa (Kevin Spacey), the students have perfected the art of counting cards. Opens March 28, 2008.
Stop-Loss is a war-drama, starring Ryan Phillippe as Sgt. Brandon King, a war hero who returns to his home in Texas after serving his time in Iraq. King attempts to return to some kind of normalcy with his family and best friend, Steve (Channing Tatum), but his time is cut short when he is called back to Iraq. Opens March 28, 2008.
Family
In the depths of the Nool Jungle, an elephant notices a speck of dust fly by and hears a cry for help. It turns out that this is no ordinary speck of dust, but a very small community named Who-ville. Jim Carrey, Steve Carrel, Carol Burnett and many other talented actors provide their voices for the animated version of Dr. Suess’, Horton Hears a Who! Opens March 14, 2008.
Nim (Abigail Breslin) has an active imagination, which involves her literary adventurer, Alex Rover. When Nim’s father (Gerald Butler) disappears, Nim sends a letter to Alex Rover, asking for help. The author of the Alex Rover series, who’s name incidentally happens to be, Alexandra Rover (Jodie Foster), receives the letter and feels compelled to help, but suffers from agoraphobia. With the help of her own active imagination, Alexandra musters up the courage to aid Nim. Nim’s Island hits theatres on April 4, 2008.
Action/Adventure
Car dealer, Terry Leather (Jason Statham), has a new life and a new family, but when he receives word of a foolproof bank robbery from someone from his past, he just can’t bring himself to turn down the opportunity. Terry soon discovers, however, that the heist is not so foolproof after all. The Bank Job is based on a real bank heist that occurred in 1971 in London, England. Opens March 7, 2008.
An epic tale of courage, love and persistence, 10,000 B.C. follows young Yaghl tribe member, D’Leh (Steven Strait), who leads a pack of hunters in pursuit of a group of warlords who ravaged his village and kidnapped his people, including his love, Evolet (Camilla Belle). Battling the elements, the landscape and prehistoric creatures, D’Leh will not rest until his people are released. Opens March 7, 2008.
