I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
They're as straight as can be, but don't tell anyone.
From the iconic slackers he played in Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore to the romantically confused hopefuls he gave us in The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy and 50 First Dates, ADAM SANDLER has proven time and again his brand of relatable comedy draws big laughs from fans ... and lands the leading ladies. Previously romantically partnered on-screen with such comic beauties as Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Courteney Cox, for the first time Sandler is going head-to-head with an actor with a more ... cuddly sex appeal.
While television audiences had long known KEVIN JAMES from his successful pairing with Leah Remini on The King of Queens, in 2005 he won over many more admirers as the hopeless romantic Albert, opposite Will Smith, in the worldwide comedy hit Hitch. From a career on the road as a stand-up to nine years heading a hit sitcom, James has now mastered those comedy mediums and officially arrived on the silver screen.
On July 20, 2007, both members of this comic duo -- best known for hamming it up for impossibly beautiful women -- will woo someone very unexpected: each other.
In their latest comedy, Sandler and James play two straight guys who stumble down the aisle with the best of intentions in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. The pride of their Brooklyn fire station, Chuck Levine (Sandler) and Larry Valentine (James) are two guys' guys -- always side-by-side and willing to do anything for each other. Salt-of-the-earth widower Larry wants just one thing: to protect his family. His buddy Chuck also wants one thing: to enjoy the single life.
Grateful Chuck owes Larry for saving his life on the job, and Larry calls in that favor big time when civic red tape prevents him from naming his own two kids as his life insurance beneficiaries. All that Chuck has to do is claim to be Larry's domestic partner on some city forms. Easy. Nobody will ever know.
But when an overzealous, spot-checking bureaucrat becomes suspicious, the new couple's arrangement becomes a citywide issue and goes from confidential to front-page news. Forced to improvise as love-struck newlyweds, Chuck and Larry must now fumble through a hilarious charade of domestic bliss under one roof. And after surviving their mandatory honeymoon and dodging the threat of exposure, the well-intentioned con men discover that sticking together in your time of need is what truly makes a family.
JESSICA BIEL (Blade: Trinity, The Illusionist) also stars in the film as Alex McDonough, the attorney who both assists Chuck and Larry with their precarious situation and proves irresistible to Chuck. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry features a supporting cast that includes comedy superstar DAN AYKROYD (Ghostbusters, 50 First Dates) as the hard-nosed Captain Tucker, STEVE BUSCEMI (Monster House, Fargo) as nebbish city fraud inspector Clint Fitzer and VING RHAMES (Idlewild, Mission: Impossible III) as Duncan, a fellow company member with a secret of his own.
Written by Lew Gallo, Barry Fanaro, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Starring - Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd
Rated - PG-13 for crude sexual content throughout, nudity, language and drug references
Running Time - ?
Genre – Comedy
Box Office - $119,684,970 (US total)
Open in Theaters - July 20th, 2007
Sunshine
Dark days are coming
"16 months ago, I, Robert Capa, and a crew of seven left earth frozen in a solar winter. Our mission: to reignite the sun before it is too late. Welcome to Icarus II."
Stars do not live forever. In our universe, one star dies every second. The star that keeps our planet alive, the Sun, is a massive nuclear fusion reactor that scientists estimate has enough fuel to burn for another five billion years.
But what if it doesn't? What will happen to the Earth and to humankind? And could humanity alter the very course of nature if the Sun began to flicker out?
These are the questions that drive the high-tension space thriller SUNSHINE, the new film from acclaimed director Danny Boyle (MILLIONS, 28 DAYS LATER, THE BEACH, TRAINSPOTTING) from a script by novelist/screenwriter Alex Garland (28 DAYS LATER, THE BEACH).
The story begins in the year 2057, as our Sun begins to die and mankind faces the unthinkable: extinction. Earth's last hope lies with the Icarus II, a spacecraft manned with eight men and women led by Captain Kaneda. Their mission -- to deliver a nuclear device designed to reignite the Sun. Deep into their voyage, far out of radio contact with Earth, the lonely, restless crew hears a distress beacon from the Icarus I, the ship which disappeared without a trace on the same mission seven years earlier.
But when an attempt at rescue throws the Icarus II into jeopardy, the increasingly desperate crew soon find themselves literally gripped in the shadow of the Sun, fighting for their lives, their sanity, and the future of us all...
Written by Alex Garland
Directed by Danny Boyle
Starring - Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Cillian Murphy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh
Rated - R for violent content and language
Running Time – 1:48
Genre – Sci-Fi
Box Office - $3,675,072 (US total)
Open in Theaters - July 20th, 2007 (limited; wide release: Jul. 27)
Hairspray
You can't stop the beat
Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion - dancing. Her dream is to appear on "The Corny Collins Show," Baltimore's hippest dance party on TV. Tracy (Nikki Blonsky) seems a natural fit for the show except for one not-so-little problem - she doesn't fit in. Her plus-sized figure has always set her apart from the cool crowd, which she is reminded of by her loving but overly protective plus-sized mother, Edna (John Travolta). That doesn't stop Tracy because if there is one thing that this girl knows, it's that she was born to dance. As her father Wilbur (Christopher Walken) tells her, "Go for it! You've got to think big to be big."
After wowing Corny Collins (James Marsden) at her high school dance, Tracy wins a spot on his show and becomes an instant on-air sensation, much to the chagrin of the show's reigning princess, Amber Von Tussle (Brittany Snow), and her scheming mother, Velma (Michelle Pfeiffer), who runs television station WYZT. Even worse for Amber is the fact that it's not just the audience who loves the new girl in town; Amber's sweetheart, Link Larkin (Zac Efron), seems to be smitten with Tracy's charms as well. This dance party gets personal as a bitter feud erupts between the girls as they compete for the coveted "Miss Teenage Hairspray" crown.
At school, however, a short stint in detention and raised-eyebrows caused by the budding relationship between her best friend Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes) and Seaweed (Elijah Kelley) opens Tracy's eyes to a bigger issue than the latest dance craze or the coolest hairdo - racial inequality. Throwing caution to the wind, she leads a march with Motormouth Maybelle (Queen Latifah) to fight for integration and winds up with an arrest warrant instead. Tracy is on the lam now and goes underground - literally - to her best friend Penny's basement.
Has Tracy's luck finally run out? Will she miss the final dance-off against Amber and forfeit the title of "Miss Hairspray," or will she sing and dance her way out of trouble again?
When big hair meets big dreams anything can happen - and does - in this high-energy comedy that proves you don't have to fit in to win.
Based on the 1988 John Waters cult classic film and the critically-acclaimed, Tony Award-winning Broadway hit musical, Hairspray features the all-star ensemble of John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingleton, James Marsden as Corny Collins and Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle, as well Brittany Snow as Amber Von Tussle, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Elijah Kelley as Seaweed, Allison Janney as Prudy Pingleton, Jerry Stiller, Paul Dooley and introducing eighteen-year-old newcomer Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad.
Written by Leslie Dixon
Directed by Adam Shankman
Starring - John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Brittany Snow, Nicole Blonsky, Zac Efron, Allison Janney
Rated - PG for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking
Running Time – ?
Genre - Comedy, Musical
Box Office - $118,823,091 (US total)
Open in Theaters - July 20th, 2007
Cashback
When art student Ben Willis (Biggerstaff) is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy (Ryan), he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon (Fox), the quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia.
Written by Sean Ellis
Directed by Sean Ellis
Starring - Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Michelle Ryan
Rated - ?
Running Time - ?
Genre - Drama, Fantasy
Open in Theaters – July 20th, 2007 (Limited)