Movies Released July 28, 2006

Friday, July 28

The Ant Bully PG

"The Ant Bully" is based on a book by John Nickle, which tells the tale of a young boy who floods an ant colony with his water-gun, and is magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins. Before returning to half-pint stature, he comes to appreciate the selfless nature of the ants and learns a valuable lesson about tolerance and empathy.
Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage, Gary Goetzman, John Davis, Lily Tomlin, Ricardo Montalban, Paul Giamatti, Julia Roberts Meryl Streep
Action Adventure Family Kids Animation

Miami Vice R

The cocaine cowboys of the '80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann's culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time in the feature film version of Miami Vice.

Ricardo Tubbs (Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx of "Ray", "Jarhead") is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy, played by British actress Naomie Harris ("28 Days Later"), as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders.

Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell of "S.W.A.T.", "The New World") ]to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until-while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group-he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. Isabella is played by the Chinese actress Gong Li ("Raise the Red Lantern, Memoirs of a Geisha").

The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one- especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.

"Miami Vice", as a large-scale feature film, liberates what is adult, dangerous and alluring about working deeply undercover...especially when Crockett and Tubbs go to where their badges don't count...
Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Danny Trejo, Wes Studi, Pieter Jan Brugge, Michael Mann, Jamie Foxx, Naomie Harris
Drama Action Adventure Remake Based on TV

John Tucker Must Die PG-13

When three popular girls from different cliques discover they've all been dating the school stud, they band together to seek revenge. Despite the jerk's charm and ever-growing popularity, the girls cleverly scheme with the help of the inconspicuous new girl in town, to soil his reputation and break his heart.
Jeff Lowell, Sophia Bush, Brittany Snow, Betty Thomas, Ashanti Douglas, Jenny McCarthy, Bob Cooper, Michael Birnbaum
Comedy
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A Scanner Darkly R

Set in the future, "A Scanner Darkly" follows an undercover agent, Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves), who can change his face and identity. But when he ingests too much of the drug Substance D, his personality splits in two.
Keanu Reeves, Richard Linklater, George Clooney, Philip K. Dick, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Steven Soderbergh
Drama Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Animation

Scoop PG-13

A student journalist, for a college paper, visiting friends in contemporary London happens upon the scoop of a lifetime. Along the investigative trail, she finds magic, murder, mystery - and perhaps love, with a British aristocrat.
Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally, Woody Allen, Jody Halse, Robyn Kerr, James Nesbitt
Comedy

Friday, July 28