October 30, 2007
Spider Man in Black
Following 2004's battle with Doc Ock, Spider-Man 3 pits the eponymous webslinger against three of his nemeses from the comics. James Franco (Flyboys) returns to take up the Green Goblin's mantle, Topher Grace (In Good Company, Mona Lisa Smile) is overtaken by Venom, and Thomas Hayden Church (Demon Knight, Sideways) becomes Sandman, all clashing with Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire: Pleasantville, Wonderboys) in his native New York. Now with Rifftrax!
The sequel to the Russian fantasy/sci-fi epic Night Watch and second part of a trilogy, Day Watch picks up where the last film left off, as the balance between the armies of light and dark begin to shift out of balance and Armageddon looms on the horizon. We also have a new Jackie Chan movie, jumping between an epic past and a grounded present, Jackie is both an archeologist and a warrior in The Myth.
Based on the true story of an activist radio personality in the 60's, Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash) plays Petey Greene in Talk To Me, where his off-the-cuff style breaks rules and gets him in trouble with is program director, Chiwetel Ejiofor (Serenity, Children of Men). Adam Brody (The O.C.) finds himself In the Land of Women, living with his grandmother (Olympia Dukakis: Mighty Aphrodite, The Cemetery Club) and beguiled by the mother and daughter next door, Meg Ryan (Sleepless In Seattle, Against the Ropes) and Kristen Stewart (Zathura, The Messenger), respectively. Based on the life of The King of Salsa, Marc Anthony (Man on Fire, Bringing Out the Dead) plays Hector Lavoe during his height in the 1970's and his relationship with his wife, played by Jennifer Lopez (Gigli, The Cell) in El Cantante.
Luke Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Idiocracy) plays the title role in The Wendell Baker Story as an optimistic schemer who, in order to get his life back after a stint in jail, makes the most of his job at a retirement home and triumph over an evil head nurse. Rallying to defend their beloved pool hall against a generic corporate chain, the self proclaimed genius inventors of Think Tank need to overcome years of failure and win one for the little guys. Forced by a bet to maintain a friend for a week, an unlikable antiques dealer meets a charming taxi driver in the French My Best Friend.
John Waters (Hairspray, Pink Flamingos) performs a live one-man show in This Filthy World, which promises not to be for the easily offended. The only horror film coming out on the day before Halloween is the notorious Captivity, which had a famously banned poster featuring star Elisha Cuthbert (The Girl Next Door, Old School) as the victim of Saw-style torment.
The medical comedy Scrubs has just released its sixth season, new in our TV New Releases section, and CSI: Miami has released its fifth season. New in the store, the first season of Miami Ink is The Learning Channel's show about professional tattoo artists. The BBC miniseries Jekyll is the story of a modern Jekyll and Hyde, a doctor who tries to keep his family life hidden from his evil alter-ego.
