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2007 SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW

By Wilson Morales


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GEORGIA RULE

Release Date: May 11, 2007
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Director: Garry Marshall
Screenwriter: Mark Andrus
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Garrett Hedlund

Synopsis:

Three generations of top actresses unite in a film from director Garry Marshall ("Beaches," "Pretty Woman," "Runaway Bride") about the power of redemption, freedom in forgiveness and unbreakable bonds of motherhood--"Georgia Rule."

Rebellious teenager Rachel (Lohan) screams, swears, drinks and is--in a word--uncontrollable. With her latest car crash, Rachel has broken the final rule in mom Lily's (Golden Globe winner Huffman) San Francisco home. With nowhere else to take the impulsive and rambunctious girl, Lily hauls her daughter to the one place she swore she'd never return...her own mother's Idaho farm.

Matriarch Georgia (two-time Oscar® winner Fonda) is not your typical sweet and doting grandmother. She lives her life by a number of unbreakable rules, demanding anyone who shares her home do the same--God comes first and hard work comes a very close second. Now saddled with raising the young woman, it will require each patient breath she takes to understand Rachel's fury.

But as Rachel succumbs to her summer of misery and shakes up the tiny Mormon town, Georgia notices something is changing within her granddaughter. Given structure and responsibilities, Rachel is letting her guard down and learning compassion...especially for her mother. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding that--regardless what happens--the ties that bind can never be broken.

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THE SALON

Release Date: May 11, 2007
Distributor: Bigger Picture
Director: Mark Brown
Producers: Mark Brown, Carl Craig, Vivica A. Fox, Lita Richardson
Screenwriter: Mark Brown
Cinematographer: Brandon Trost
Cast: Vivica A. Fox, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Kym Whitley, Monica Calhoun, Taral Hicks, Dondre Whitfield, De'Angelo Wilson, Garrett Morris, Terrence Howard, Brooke Burns, Tiffany Adams, and Greg German
Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language and some thematical material

Synopsis:
Every neighborhood has that special place where people from the community can come, sit, talk and let their hair down. For many, it’s the thread that holds neighborhoods together. In an era of corporate takeovers in the high stakes real estate market, the neighborhood shop is a dying breed with little resources to fight back.

From writer, director Mark Brown (Barbershop, Two Can Play That Game) comes THE SALON, a hilarious adaptation of Shelly Garrett’s hit stage play, “Beauty Shop”.
Jenny (Fox) is being forced to sell her shop to the Department of Water and Power (DWP) due to eminent domain. Regardless of the legal advice Jenny receives, she refuses to let the corporate giant take the one remaining pillar of her inner city neighborhood. She declines the money and decides to take on the DWP in court, all the while keeping it from her outrageously funny and colorful employees and clientele. A classic tale of the underdog, THE SALON is a fresh look on the inside of a salon and neighborhood where the unexpected happens and the “mom and pop” shop fights to win.


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EVEN MONEY

Production Company: Yari Film Group
Director: Mark Rydell
Producers: Mark Rydell, Bob Yari, & David Greathouse
Screenwriter: Robert Tannen
Cast: Kim Basinger, Nick Cannon, Kelsey Grammer, Danny DeVito, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, Jay Mohr, Carla Gugino, and Tim Roth

Synopsis: The film intertwine three stories about how gambling and addiction destroys people's lives. It follows the lives of three people who converge during a championship college basketball game. They include a player who shaves points to help his brother pay off his bookie, a bookie who tries to go straight and a housewife who bets her family's life savings on the big game.

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SHREK THE THIIRD

Release Date: May 18, 2007
Distributor: DreamWorks Animation
Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Screenwriter: Peter Seaman, Jeffrey Price
Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Justin Timberlake, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amy Sedaris, John Krasinski, Ian McShane

Website: http://www.shrekthethird.com/

Synopsis: When Shrek married Princess Fiona, becoming the next King and Queen of Far, Far Away wasn't part of the plan. So when his father-in-law, King Harold, falls ill, it is up to Shrek to find a suitable heir or he will be forced to give up his beloved swamp for the throne. Recruiting Donkey and Puss In Boots for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir to the throne, Fiona's rebellious cousin Artie. Back in Far, Far Away, Fiona's jilted Prince Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the throne. But they have a surprise in store because Fiona, together with her mother, Queen Lillian, has drafted her fellow fairy tale heroines to defend their "happily ever afters." As Shrek, Donkey and Puss work on changing Artie from a royal pain in the you-know-what into a future king, Fiona and her band of princesses must stop Prince Charming to ensure there will be a kingdom left to rule

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