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THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK BOY AND LAVA GIRL IN 3-D
 
Release Date: June 10, 2005
Distributor: Dimension Films
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Producers: Robert Rodriguez & Elizabeth Avellan
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: David Arquette, Kristin Davis, Cayden Boyd, Jacob Davich, Taylor Dooley, George Lopez

Synopsis: The movie is about a 10-year-old (Boyd) outcast shunned by classmates and forced to spend summer vacation alone. With his two imaginary friends (the title characters), he goes on a mission to prove dreams can become reality. Jacob play Minus, a bully who terrorizes the boy. Arquette and Davis play the boy's parents.

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HEIGHTS
 
Release date: June 10, 2005
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Chris Terrio
Producers: Merchant Ivory
Cast: Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Jesse Bradford

Synopsis:
Heights follows five characters over twenty-four hours on a fall day in New York City. Isabel (Elizabeth Banks), a photographer, is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan (James Marsden), a lawyer. On the same day, Isabel's mother Diana (Glenn Close) learns that her husband has a new lover, and begins to re-think her life choices and her open marriage. Diana and Isabel's paths cross with Alec (Jesse Bradford), a young actor, and with Peter (John Light), a journalist. As the interrelated stories proceed, the connections between the lives of the five characters begin to reveal themselves and their stories unravel so that Isabel, Jonathan, Diana, Alec, and Peter must choose what kind of lives they will lead before the sun comes up on the next day.

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THE PERFECT MAN

Release Date: June 17, 2005
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Director: Mark Rosman
Screenwriter: Gina Wendkos
Cast: Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth, Mike O'Malley, Ben Feldman, Vanessa Lengies, Carson Kressley

Synopsis:
In The Perfect Man, teenager Holly Hamilton (Hilary Duff) is tired of moving every time her single mom Jean (Heather Locklear) has another personal meltdown involving yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man...an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her shaky self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off, Holly finds herself having to produce the suitor, borrowing her friend's charming and handsome Uncle Ben (Chris Noth) as the face behind the e-mails, notes and gifts. Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse.

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BATMAN BEGINS
 
Release Date: June 15, 2005
Directors: Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: David S. Goyer
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Haue

Synopsis:
Batman Begins will explore the early career of The Dark Knight. The film stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman; Michael Caine as his trusted butler Alfred; Katie Holmes as Rachel, a childhood friend of Wayne's; Liam Neeson as Wayne's mentor, Henri Ducard; Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, a former board member and sidelined employee of Wayne Enterprises; and Ken Watanabe as the villainous Ra's Al Ghul. Wilkinson plays Falcone, one of the leading crime figures in Gotham City, while Hauer portrays Earle, a business contemporary of Bruce Wayne's murdered father who has designs on the Wayne corporate empire and Gary Oldman as Lieutenant James Gordon, a detective on the Gotham police force.

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HERBIE: FULLY LOADED
 
Release Date: June 24, 2005
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Angela Robinson
Screenwriters: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, Breckin Meyer, Justin Long, Cheryl Hines, Jill Ritchie

Synopsis:
Start your engines! Herbie, the most beloved car star of them all, is back and Lindsay Lohan's got him in Disney's all new revved-up comedy adventure, "Herbie: Fully Loaded." Lohan stars as Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - who puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor. Herbie's got some new tricks under his hood as he takes audiences for an action-packed spin in this high-speed comedy. With an all-star cast along for a wild ride, this comedy puts Herbie to the test - on-road, off-road, on the track and into the record books.

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RIZE
 
 
Release Date: June 24, 2005
Distributor: Lions Gate Films
Director: Dave LaChapelle
Producers: Marc Hawker, Ellen Jacobson, David LaChapelle

Synopsis:
"Rize" reveals a groundbreaking dance phenomenon that’s exploding on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. Taking advantage of unprecedented access, this documentary film brings to first light a revolutionary form of artistic expression borne from oppression. The aggressive and visually stunning dance modernizes moves indigenous to African tribal rituals and features mind-blowing, athletic movement sped up to impossible speeds. “Rize” tracks the fascinating evolution of the dance: we meet Tommy Johnson (Tommy the Clown), who first created the style as a response to the 1992 Rodney King riots and named it “Clowning”, as well as the kids who developed the movement into what they now call Krumping. The kids use dance as an alternative to gangs and hustling: they form their own troupes and paint their faces like warriors, meeting to outperform rival gangs of dancers or just to hone their skills. For the dancers, Krumping becomes a way of life – and, because it’s authentic expression (in complete opposition to the bling-bling hip-hop culture), the dance becomes a vital part of who they are.

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BEWITCHED
 
Release Date: June 24, 2005
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Director: Nora Ephron
Producer: Lucy Fisher, Penny Marshall, & Douglas Wick
Screenwriter: Delia Ephron & Nora Ephron
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Kristin Chenoweth, David Alan Grier, Nick Lachey, Amy Sedaris, & Jason Schwartzman

Synopsis:
In this re-imagining of the magical 1960s sitcom, Will Ferrell plays Jack Wyatt, a difficult Hollywood star who tries to have a career comeback by playing Darrin Stephens in a big-screen version of the classic TV series. When Jack sees the beautiful Isabel Bigelow, played by Nicole Kidman, he thinks that she'd be right for the part of his on-screen wife, Samantha. What he doesn't know is that Isabel really is a witch, which actually makes her a perfect casting choice for the role. Isabel's father Nigel (Michael Caine) is concerned by his daughter's interest in the mortal world, until he's distracted by Iris Smythson (Shirley MacLaine), the movie star who'll be playing Samantha's mother Endora in the film.

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GEORGE A. ROMERO'S LAND OF THE DEAD
 
Release Date: June 24, 2005
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Director: George A. Romero
Screenwriter: George A. Romero
Cast: Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy
Official Site: Unavailable

Synopsis:
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead is the acclaimed director's long-awaited return to the horror genre he invented, beginning with the seminal Night of the Living Dead and continuing with Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead.
In this new tale, Romero creates a harrowing vision of a modern-day world where the walking dead roam an uninhabited wasteland and the living try to lead "normal" lives behind the walls of a fortified city. A new society has been built by a handful of enterprising, ruthless opportunists, who live in the towers of a skyscraper, high above the hard-scrabble existence on the streets below. But outside the city walls, an army of the dead is evolving. Inside, anarchy is on the rise. With the very survival of the city at stake, a group of hardened mercenaries is called into action to protect the living from an army of the dead.


WAR OF THE WORLDS
 
Release Date: June 29, 2005
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: David Koepp
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Rick Gonzalez, David Alan BascheSynopsis:
Next summer, the earth goes to war. From Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures comes the motion picture event of the year: Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," starring international superstar Tom Cruise. A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it.

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REBOUND
 
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Screenwriters: Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
Director: Steve Carr
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Breckin Meyer, Horatio Sanz, and Megan Mullally

Synopsis:
Old school meets middle school in this feel-good family comedy starring Martin Lawrence (“Big Momma’s House”) as the ultimate “fish out of water.” Lawrence plays a high-strung college basketball coach who must redeem himself following a public meltdown, by leading a junior high school team.

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