New Movie Releases April 2007
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Week of April 6
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, who teamed up for 1996's From Dusk Till Dawn, do it again for Grindhouse, their tag-team tribute to schlock movies. Hilary Swank faces her own horror (in the form of the ten plagues) in The Reaping, and director Paul Verhoeven gets serious with the World War II drama Black Book (LA/NY).
On a more comic note, Ice Cube and Nia Long become suburban homeowners in Are We Done Yet?, a sequel to Are We There Yet?. Firehouse Dog promises a warm, fuzzy tale, which can't be said for The TV Set, a Hollywood satire with David Duchovny as a writer and Sigourney Weaver as a network executive out to "improve" his show. For The Hoax (limited), Richard Gere plays another writer who sparks a media frenzy when he claims to have penned a biography of Howard Hughes.
Week of April 13
In Perfect Stranger, Halle Berry goes undercover to find out if Bruce Willis had a hand in her best friend's death. Disturbia is a teenaged take on Rear Window, with Shia LaBeouf convinced that David Morse isn't the nicest of neighbors. John Travolta, playing a homicide detective, tracks suspected killers Salma Hayek and Jared Leto in Lonely Hearts (limited). District attorney Ray Liotta must contend with gangland kingpin LL Cool J and Jolene Blalock in Slow Burn.
Pathfinder tells the story of a Viking boy who is raised by a Native American tribe, and ends up helping them against the Norsemen. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters marks the big-screen debut of the Cartoon Network's fast-food characters. Molly Shannon must get over a beloved pet's death in Year of the Dog (limited). And four drivers race towards Vegas and a million-dollar prize in Redline.
Week of April 20
Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson play a married couple who choose the wrong hotel in the horror flick Vacancy. Ryan Gosling's DA tries to bring Anthony Hopkins to justice in Fracture. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, the team behind Shaun of the Dead, return with crime comedy Hot Fuzz.
After a break-up, Adam Brody finds himself with Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan, and Olympia Dukakis In the Land of Women (limited). Also in limited release are The Valet, a French farce; horror flick The Tripper, David Arquette's directorial debut; and Stephanie Daley (NYC only), a drama with Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn and Timothy Hutton.
Week of April 27
In Next, Nicolas Cage has the ability to predict the future, a talent the FBI wants very badly. Justin Chatwin probably wishes Cage's character was in his movie, The Invisible, about a man caught in limbo after being attacked and left for dead. Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes could've used some clairvoyance as well; otherwise, their characters in Wind Chill, two college students heading home for break, wouldn't have gotten stranded on a dangerous road.
But ESP would go only so far for WWE's "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, who is forced into a ten-man fight to the death (televised, no less) in The Condemned. And it doesn't take a seer to guess what happens when Jamie Kennedy, a break dancer in Kickin' It Old School, wakes up from a 20-year coma and immediately sets about finding his old teammates.
Coming out in limited release this week: Jindabyne, an adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story with Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne; Snow Cake, in which a remorseful Alan Rickman forms relationships with Sigourney Weaver and Carrie-Anne Moss; The Hip Hop Project, a documentary about a homeless man who became a mentor to urban youth; and Diggers, about four buddies stuck in limbo.
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Note: A "limited" release generally means that the movie will play in Los Angeles and/or New York City, but not always. Please check your local papers or theaters for these selected films.
