Coming Out This Week – December 15th
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I’ll start by saying that in one way or another I want to see everything on this list this week. The quality really comes out when there are awards at stake, and we have 3 films that are possible winners, or at least nominees for those awards.
Charlotte’s Web is a classic and I hope that Dakota Fanning and the star studded voice cast doesn’t screw it up.
Dreamgirls looks like a motown film with some quality actors and songs.
Eragon looks like a lot of fun and a good action fantasy film.
Home of the Brave is a neat looking film about people adjusting to coming back from war.
The Good German is the newest film with The Clooney. Quality acting everytime.
The Pursuit of Happyness is Will Smith’s film about a real life man, and it looks like a heartbreaker.
So needless to say, I want to see them all. So go to the movies this weekend because next weekend you will be with family all weekend.
Charlotte’s Web – The classic story of loyalty, trust, and sacrifice comes to life in this live-action adaptation. Fern (Dakota Fanning) is one of only two living beings who sees that Wilbur is a special animal as she raises him, the runt of the litter, into a terrific and radiant pig. As Wilbur moves into a new barn, he begins a second profound friendship with the most unlikely of creatures – a spider named Charlotte – and their bond inspires the animals around them to come together as a family. When the word gets out that Wilbur’s days are numbered, it seems that only a miracle will save his life. A determined Charlotte – who sees miracles in the ordinary – spins words into her web in an effort to convince the farmer that Wilbur is “some pig” and worth saving.
Dreamgirls – Twenty-five years after first bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation “Dreamgirls” comes to the big screen starring Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx (“Ray”), Beyoncé Knowles (“Austin Powers in Goldmember”), Danny Glover (the “Lethal Weapon” franchise), newcomer Jennifer Hudson, Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Broadway’s “Caroline or Change”) and Eddie Murphy (“The Nutty Professor,” “Dr. Dolittle”).
Set in the turbulent early 1960s to mid-70s, “Dreamgirls” follows the rise of a trio of women—Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Deena (Beyoncé Knowles) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose)—who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes. At a talent competition, they are discovered by an ambitious manager named Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Jamie Foxx), who offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the back-up singers for headliner James “Thunder” Early (Eddie Murphy). Curtis gradually takes control of the girls’ look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight, however, begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though the Dreams become a crossover phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.
Rounding out the main cast are Keith Robinson (“Fat Albert”), Sharon Leal (TV’s “Boston Public”), and three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle (“Miss Saigon,” “The Tap Dance Kid,” “The Wiz”).
“Dreamgirls” is being directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay he adapted from the stage musical’s original book by Tom Eyen. An Academy Award® winner for his screenplay for “Gods and Monsters,” which he also directed, Condon received another Oscar® nomination for his screenplay adaptation of “Chicago.” He more recently wrote and directed “Kinsey.”
Academy Award®-nominated producer Laurence Mark (“Jerry Maguire,” “As Good As It Gets,” “I, Robot”) is producing “Dreamgirls,” with Patricia Whitcher (“Memoirs of a Geisha,” “The Terminal”) executive producing. The lyrics are by Tom Eyen, with music by Henry Krieger.
Eragon – This epic fantasy-adventure centers on a young man named Eragon whose destiny is revealed with the help of a dragon. Eragon, now a Dragon Rider, is swept into a world of magic and power, discovering that he alone has the power to save – or destroy – an Empire.
Home of the Brave – From Academy Award-winner Irwin Winkler comes “Home of the Brave,” the story of four American soldiers nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq. Shortly after learning their unit will soon return home, they are sent on one final humanitarian mission to bring medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village.
The unit is ambushed and takes heavy losses. The surviving troops suffer both physical and psychological injuries. Now, as they return to the United States, four soldiers must face memories of the past as they look towards the future and return to civilian life.
These are their stories. “Home of the Brave” is about hope and courage and the impact of war on both the individuals who fight it and the people close to them.
The Good German – Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, “The Good German” takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) becomes embroiled with Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), a former lover whose missing husband is the object of a manhunt by both the American and Russian armies. Intrigue mounts as Jake tries to uncover the secrets Lena may be hiding in her desperation to get herself and her husband out of Berlin. Tully (Tobey Maguire), a soldier in the American army motor pool assigned to drive Jake around Berlin, has black market connections that may be Lena’s way out — or lead them all into even darker territory.
The Pursuit of Happyness – “Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something. …You got a dream, you gotta protect it… If you want something, go get it. Period.”
In Columbia Pictures’ “The Pursuit of Happyness,” Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.