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Show ca DAILY Movies Lucas,distraught dad Russell, Continued from C2 PRP Perfect Storm”). Russell's name is listed first, but Lucas is next and ail three arebilled above the title. That's heady territoryfor up-and-comerLucas, who has all laughs,or at least that's what the trailer is selling. “Monster House” is animated, so you Jacinda Barrett and “Alias” star Wholives in that spookyhouse across the street? Duh, nobodylives there. That's the spookiest.thing January — to his credit The big star, actually, is the thatflips over the luxury liner Poseidon, placing all aboard in immediate jeopardy. Risking a variety of perils, a small band of survivorselects to climb hoping to reach (and breach)the hull of the overturned linerbefore it sinks. wouldn't want to makeit too scary — think ofthe children! Mia Maestro. — “Glory Road,”released in CGI -generated “rogue wave" « It's also played largely for and depressed loner Dreyfuss, the cast includes Emmy Rossum, of one (countit) Josh Lucas Film upwards,” who executive produced it In addition to steely gambler the house itself is control that could changethe world, would kinda like oneof those Japanese anyone entryst it toAdam Sandler? horrorrip-offs abouta little girl with longhair thatfalls down in front of her eyes, but this suburban campfire story is as Muchas happened toJim Car rey a fewyears agoin “Bruce American as Steven Spielberg, “Click” (June 23). The keyplot element is a magical remote control that has power overlife itself. (The implications for the average workplace alone are rected Sandlerin “The W: Dynamite” Heder. demonic cackling). It sounds trol of the world around him ‘» staggering.) 13' there was a remote alive (insert ‘ouslyin con- leen Turner, Steve Buscemi, Jason Lee, Kevin James, Maggie Gyllenhaaland Jon“Napoleon —,well, aside from the fact that himself sere The list of actors whose voices are in the movie includes Kath- about “Monster House” (July 21) Salata5 HERALD Almighty,” Adam Sandler finds Frank Coraci previously di- Singer” and “The Waterboy,” so there's a clear template for expectations here, Kate Beckinsale appearsas the wife of Sandler's character, a workaholic architect who has second thoughts abouthis fabuloustoy afterit turns out that the remote doesn't alwayshavethe effect that he intends. ] Is it hard to look sexy in those zip-up jumpsuits that NASCAR drivers wear? You wouldn't think so, given whatthey sayabout the percent- VETU RY. age of NASCAR spectators who Sale prices valid Monday, May 1st through Saturday. May6th, 2006 comedian Will Ferrell takes aim at anotherarenathat favors per- CELEBRATE WITH US SATURDAY FROM 5-9PM! May 6th are women, as measured against the percentage of drivers who are men. Having conquered the nightlynews in “Anchorman,” fect teeth and $100haircuts in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” (Aug.4). As thetitular Bobby, Ferrell is a top-ranked racer with his own trademarked slogan, DAVID JAMES Warmer Bre Brandon Routh is the ManofSteel in “SupermanReturns.” aren'tfirst, you're last.” He's on topof his world, until competi- tionin the form of teammate Jean Girard (Sacha Baron-Co- hen) materializes. Ferrell lackey Adam McKay, who alsodirected Anchorman,” is at the.helm. 15;Hey, nowthat “United 95 whether it’s out, who cares “too soon?” Not Hollywood. It would be overstating the case tosay that there's a “slew” of mainstream Sept. 11 projects ontap, but “United 93”will almost certainly still be playing ai second-runthe- aters when“Platoon” writer and director Oliver Stone's “World Trade Center” (Aug. 11) rolls into multiplexes. Sayonara, grace riod! The focus of Stone's filmis the true story of WTC survivors John McLoughlin(Nicolas Cage) and William J. Jimeno (Michael Pena), Port Authorityofficers (which mayor maynot be seen in theaters) onto the downbeat storyarc. 2005, but there was a time when interest in the franchise wasat such a low ebb, that Coach Dick 1 Vermeil held an opentryout for fans, resulting in the brief Or wasit because of OwenWilson? If you preferred the “But- Wilson does the weddingthing feel-good sports dramas(“Mira he Rookie”). one to watch for, Top-illed again,this time as a genially obnoxious best man whotorments a newlywed couple by staying on (and on, and on.... ) as an uninvited houseguest. “Dupree” is the feature filmmaking debut of brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, regular directorial contributors to TV's “Arrested Development.” 1 A movieadaptedfroma comic strip? There are scads of TV mov- (4 Styles) first “Fast and the Furious” mov. ie, Paul Walker bailed after the second, and nowwe're down to “Peanuts,” and “Garfield” got Blade”)in “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” (June 16), about the extremeracing pastime of “drifting,” or controlling acar's direction by oversteering at high speeds. of a stretch to supposethat the humorof Michael Fry and T a smarty-pants raccoc woodland pals wouldfly as an animatedfeaturefilm. “Over the Hedge” (May 19 — PG) doesn't look much like thestrip, butit LucasBlack(the kid from“Sling 2 What is Beelzebub do- ing these days’ Eh, he’s doing whateveryone else with an angle on religion is doing — getting himself born Willis as mainstay R.J. again. Again. Followingin the footstepsof the recent high- whodecideit’s time toblowit all up. The co-stars begandating 192" the Philadelphia profile remakesofclassic fright flicks “The Texas Chainsaw which could be one reasonthat poorlyreceived reshoots attempted tograft an upbeatfinale The NFL's Eagles are actually pretty good these days, does have the voice of Bruce Eagles so bad that even while the film was in production, I couldplayfor them? Massacre” and “The Amityville Horror” is “The Omen” (June 9), about grieving parents who notwithstanding a tumultuous UTAH a s}? “Better Luck Tomorrow” is who. Vin Diesel bailed after the cessful enoughtobeget a sequel. So it’s probablynot that much Anistonas bickering lovebirds 16 ert for his debut feature, 2002's alsoin thefilmas the anxious wives ofthe trapped officers. comedies. “The Break-Up” (June 2) features VaughnandJennifer 2602. s that? Who equelto “2 UCLA film school graduate Justin Lin — recipientof a four star rave fromcritic Rone Eb- ies based on Charles Schulz’s That's one schoolof thought Vaughn's big chancetoflex his box-office muscle is also one of the summer's most buzzed-about Scent of the Month (Sweet Pea) Papale to Greg Kinnear’s Vermeil in “Invinei ible” (Aug.25), the whowerethelast people to be ‘extracted alive fromthe rubble of the collapsed towers. Maria So was “Wedding Crash l ers” a big hit becauseof Vince Vaughn? i owerand former teacher Vince Papale. 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