New Movie Releases August 2007
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Week of August 3
Count two adaptations and two based-on-real-life films among this week's releases. Matt Damon reprises his role as Jason Bourne for The Bourne Ultimatum, the third film based on the Robert Ludlum espionage series. This time around, the amnesiac spy continues to investigate his past while trying to keep a federal agent off his trail. In a less serious vein, a pooch formerly known as Shoeshine finds himself transformed into a flying, talking supercanine in the feature-film version of the TV cartoon Underdog.
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Also out this week: Hot Rod, a comedy starring Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg as a would-be daredevil; Bratz: The Movie, which takes its cue from the popular doll line; and The Ten (limited), with ten stories inspired by the Biblical commandments.
Week of August 10
In two films coming out this week, the male leads must endure trials and tribulations in order to win the girls of their dreams. In the fantasy Stardust, Sienna Miller makes her young man promise to bring her a falling star (Clair Danes); in the more modern Rocket Science, Reece Thompson signs up for the high school debate club despite a severe stutter.
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker team up once again for Rush Hour 3, the third in the action-comedy series. This time the duo heads to the City of Light, not the most likely of places for a Chinese triad, but Chan and Tucker manage to find one anyway.
Also out this week: comedy Daddy Day Camp, with Cuba Gooding Jr., and horror film The Signal (limited).
Week of August 17
Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig play psychiatrists who stumble across an alien epidemic in The Invasion. The film, which has had its production woes — the Wachowski brothers were brought in for rewrites, and a new ending was shot — is loosely based on Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Two teens on the verge of high school graduation face a somewhat less perilous predicament in Superbad: buying beer for some of their cooler classmates.
Also out this week: Death at a Funeral, a drama-comedy directed by Frank Oz; The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (LA/NY/SEA), about a classic arcade game tournament; and Penelope (limited), with Christina Ricci as a princess cursed with a porcine snout.
Week of August 24
Scarlet Johansson gets more than she bargained for in The Nanny Diaries, based on the best-selling novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. Johansson plays a college student who goes to work for a couple played by Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney; only too late does she realize that being a nanny — especially for this family — is much more demanding than babysitting.
In another of this week's releases, Jason Statham and Jet Li go to War, with Statham's FBI agent determined to avenge his partner's death. Payback is also on the mind of Rick Gonzalez, who stars in Illegal Tender as a young man fleeing the thugs who murdered his father.
The French may flee France when Rowan Atkinson arrives there for vacation; in Mr. Bean's Holiday, the bumbling Englishman wins a raffle prize that takes him to Cannes and a unplanned world premiere of his video diary.
Also out this week, all but the first two in limited release: Resurrecting the Champ, starring Josh Hartnett as a sports reporter who saves a former boxing legend (Samuel L. Jackson); September Dawn, about a clash between settlers and a Mormon sect; Dedication, a romance with Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore; The Hottest State, written and directed by Ethan Hawke from his novel; The 11th Hour, a documentary narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio; and French drama Dans Paris.
Week of August 31
Halloween isn't here for another couple of months, but that hasn't stopped Halloween from coming to theaters. In this take on John Carpenter's slasher classic (directed by the aptly-named Rob Zombie), Michael Myers is released from a mental institution, just as insane and murderous as when he arrived 17 years earlier. Kevin Bacon is also in a killing mood; he stars in Death Sentence as a father determined to make his son's attackers pay with their lives.
For those who want to stay away from serious violence, Balls of Fury tells the story of a ping-pong player who goes undercover at a tournament at the behest of the FBI. Tony Award-winning Dan Fogler plays the former phenom, George Lopez his recruiter, and Christopher Walken as the villain.
Also out this week, all in limited release: Bordertown, with J-Lo as a journalist investigating murders in Mexico; indie comedy-drama Wristcutters: A Love Story; Ladron que roba a ladron, about two thieves plotting to rob a bigger thief; ensemble drama The Nines; sailing documentary Deep Water; and the based-on-a-true-story Self Medicated.
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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.
