Movies Released October 21, 2005

Friday, October 21

98 mins

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story PG

Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) was once a great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer were now being wasted on making other men's fortunes. Sonya was a great horse whose promising future on the racetrack was suddenly cut short by a career-ending broken leg. Considered as good as dead to her owner, who also happens to be Ben's boss, Sonya is given to Ben as severance pay, along with his walking papers. Now, it will take the unwavering faith and determination of Ben's young daughter, Cale (Dakota Fanning), to bring these two damaged souls together in a quest for a seemingly impossible goal: to win the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Dakota Fanning, Oded Fehr, Caitlin Scanlon, John Gatins, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Bill Johnson, Stacy Cohen
Drama Sports

Doom R

Millions of devoted fans worldwide have been spellbound by the dark invention of its adventures . . . have awaited its every incarnation with urgent anticipation . . . and have devoted countless hours, days and weeks to conquering its hidden mysteries: Doom. When the home-computer game "Doom" was first launched in 1993, no one could have foreseen the legion of fans it would create and the mania surrounding its every new permutation. "Doom" and its successive installments have transfixed gamers worldwide for over a decade and have sold millions of copies (while chalking up an unprecedented tens of millions of downloads as shareware). It is, simply, the most explosive home-computer game franchise phenomenon in history. Now, the game that made history is jumping from computer screens to the motion picture screen: get ready for "Doom". Set countless years in the future and told in the hyper- kinetic, kamikaze style that made its gaming predecessor a global phenomenon, the science fiction action adventure "Doom" takes the viewer to the far corners of the galaxy with a fully-realized vision of a dark and disturbing future.
Dave Callaham, Dwayne Johnson, Brian Steele, Karl Urban, John Wells, Rosamund Pike, Dexter Fletcher, Andrzej Bartkowiak
Drama Action Fantasy Sci-Fi

North Country R

Charlize Theron plays single mom Josey Aimes, who rallies her female coworkers to rise above unfair treatment they face at a local mining company. Frances McDormand plays Glory, Josey's closest friend; Sissy Spacek and Richard Jenkins are Josey's parents, Alice and Hank; Sean Bean plays Glory's boyfriend Kyle; Woody Harrelson is Josey's lawyer, Bill White; Jeremy Renner is Bobby, a mineworker and Josey's former classmate; and Michelle Monaghan plays Sherry, Josey's fellow mineworker.
Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Michael Seitzman, Jeremy Renner, Doug Claybourne, Clara Bingham, Sissy Spacek, Sean Bean
Drama Crime
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93 mins

Protocols of Zion

This film explores the growth of anti-Semitism since 9/11 and challenges to those who believe the Jews were responsible for the attack on the World Trade Center.
Marc Levin, Michael Skolnik
Documentary

Stay R

A reality-bending thriller about a psychologist whose suicidal client makes bizarre predictions that to the psychologist's mounting terror, begin to come true. The shrink must race against time to save everything he loves before it disappears.
Naomi Watts, Tom Lassally, Marc Forster, Arnon Milchan, Ryan Gosling, Bob Hoskins, Janeane Garofalo, Eric Kopeloff
Thriller Supernatural

After School Special R

Deacon, Matt and Fred will do anything for even a glimpse of sex and spend their mornings pirating porno movies from Fred's after school job at the video store. But when Fred is fired, the well runs dry, and our heroes come up with a new plan: make their own "adult" film.
Erik von Detten, Sarah-Jane Potts, David M. Evans, David H. Steinberg, Tony Denman, Daniel Farber, Amy Smart
Comedy

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang R

In "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", a breezy take on Black's trademark buddy action/comedy oeuvre, a petty thief (Robert Downey Jr.) is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl (Michelle Monaghan) and a detective (Val Kilmer) who has been training him for his upcoming role.
Shane Black, Robert Downey Jr., Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer, Joel Michaely, Corbin Bernsen
Action Adventure Comedy Suspense Crime

Ushpizin

In the customarily closed world of ultra-Orthodox Jews, Moshe and Malli, a married couple, are suffering through a financial crisis. They pray for help, but instead of a miracle two suspect strangers with criminal pasts appear on their doorstep.
Giddi Dar, Rafi Bukai, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani, Avraham Abutboul, Daniel Dayan
Drama

Kids in America

"Kids in America" is a reality-based dramedy about the experiences of young people in modern-day America. Set in the fictional Booker High School a diverse group of students are tired of seeing their freedoms taken away. They band together and change their world by empowering themselves and their community to protect freedoms of expression and speech.

Holden Donovan (Gregory Smith) is fed up with Principal Weller (Julie Bowen) who goes to great lengths to stop the students from exercising their right to free expression. She expels a young woman for passing out condoms and advocating safe sex on national "safe sex" day and suspends two boys who were kissing in the hallway. Meanwhile, she is running for the Superintendent of their school district, which will give her a chance to practice her brand of administration beyond Booker High School.

The students have an ally in Mr. Drucker (Malik Yoba) one of their teachers who encourages them to fight for their rights. He pays a price for his leadership and is fired by Principal Weller. He decides to use his dismissal to make a change of his own, by producing a documentary chronicling the experiences of students who are faced with similar issues.
Josh Stolberg, Gregory Smith, Alex Anfanger, Nicole Richie, George Wendt, Jennifer Klein, Andrew Shaifer, Stephanie Sherrin
Drama Comedy

Shopgirl R

Mirabelle is the "shopgirl" of the title, a young woman, beautiful in a wallflowerish kind of way, who works behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus "selling things that nobody buys anymore..." Slightly lost, slightly off-kilter, very shy, Mirabelle charms because of all that she is not: not glamorous, not aggressive, not self-aggrandizing. Still, there is something about her that is irresistible. Mirabelle captures the attention of Ray Porter, a wealthy businessman almost twice her age. As they tentatively embark on a relationship, they both struggle to decipher the language of love - with consequences that are both comic and heartbreaking.
Tucker, Frances Conroy, Sam Bottoms, Ashok Amritraj, Jon J. Jashni, Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman
Comedy Romance

Friday, October 21