Opening This Weekend – August 18th
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So, opening this weekend is :
Accepted – High
school senior Bartleby "B" Gaines (Justin Long) is on his way to
scoring eight out of eight rejection letters from colleges-which isn’t
going to go over big with Mom and Dad. At least he’s not alone in the
exclusion. Several of his crew of outcast friends are in the same,
college-less boat. So…how does a guy facing a bleak career please his
parents and get noticed by dream girl Monica (Blake Lively)?
Simple. Open his own university.
B and his band of misfit freshmen take "liberal" arts literally when
they fool their parents and peers and create the esteemed South Harmon
Institute of Technology. They clean up an abandoned psychiatric
facility, employ a buddy’s brilliant-but subversive-uncle (Lewis Black)
as the dean and create a fake web site as their campus calling card.
Bam! South Harmon, the alternative school of higher learning, is born.
Just as they are settling in, B and company realize they’ve done their
jobs too well. Dozens of other college rejects show up for classes at
this less-than-lofty institute. Under the scornful eyes of the
privileged students from the neighboring college, B and his friends
forge ahead with maintaining a fake, functioning university. Their
efforts to explore alternative education result in a battle between the
South Harmon co-eds and the "sister" school snobs.
With his future in the balance, it’s going to take more than just
sleight of hand to keep B out of jail as he strives to get the girl,
impress his parents and just become… Accepted.
10th and Wolf – Inspired
by the true-life accounts of FBI Special Agent Joseph D. Pistone,
otherwise known as "Donnie Brasco," "10th & Wolf" tells the story
of Marine Sgt. Tommy Santoro (Marsden), who in 1991, thought he had
left behind his family’s ties to organized crime. Returning home to
South Philly, he faces the biggest moral dilemma of his life as he
reconnects with his brother, Vincent (Renfro), and cousin Joey
(Ribisi), who both have become something he vowed never to be. His
homecoming turns him into something much worse.
The Illusionist – A
supernatural mystery that combines romance, politics and magic, "The
Illusionist" is the latest film from the producers of the Oscar winners
"Crash" and "Sideways." The film stars Academy Award nominees Edward
Norton and Paul Giamatti as two men pitted against each other in a
battle of wits: Norton as mysterious stage magician Eisenheim, and
Giamatti as Vienna’s shrewd Chief Inspector Uhl, with Jessica Biel
sharing the screen as the beautiful Sophie von Teschen.
When word of Eisenheim’s astounding illusions reaches the powerful and
pragmatic Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), the ruler attends one of
the magician’s shows in order to debunk Eisenheim during the
performance. But when the Prince’s intended, Sophie von Teschen,
assists the magician onstage, Eisenheim and Sophie recognize each other
from their childhoods—and a dormant love affair is rekindled. As the
clandestine romance continues, Uhl is charged by Leopold to intensify
his efforts to expose Eisenheim, even while the magician gains a
devoted and vocal public following. With Uhl doggedly searching for the
reasons and the man behind the trickery, Eisenheim prepares to execute
his greatest illusion yet.
Material Girls – For
Ava and Tanzie Marchetta, life is a roller coaster ride of fun parties,
cute guys and gorgeous clothes and makeup. Celebutantes who have
inherited their father’s multi-million-dollar cosmetics industry, Ava
and Tanzie only have to show up at the occasional board meeting and let
the grownups do the rest. But when an awful scandal takes away their
house, their car and all their money, Ava and Tanzie have to learn how
to live in the real world… and have the opportunity to discover what
they’re made of and realize the potential they never knew they had.
Hilary and Haylie Duff star in "Material Girls," a comedy about love,
money and the right exfoliant from the director of "Valley Girl."
Snakes on a Plane – Samuel
L. Jackson stars in the intense action feature "Snakes on a Plane" from
director David Ellis ("Final Destination 2," "Cellular"). Jackson plays
an FBI agent who is escorting a witness on a flight from Hawaii to Los
Angeles when an assassin releases hundreds of deadly snakes on a
commercial airplane in order to eliminate the witness. The FBI agent,
along with a rookie pilot, frightened crew and passengers must then
band together in a desperate attempt to survive.