Movie
(In
order of release date) |
Synopsis
(From
various movie websites; may not be accurate) |
Release
Date |
Official
Site
(Click
on image for link) |
| Final
Destination 2 |
The
sequel is the story of a bunch of people meeting because
of a traffic accident due to a premonition by freshman
in college. What transpires is a rush to save the life
of an unborn child. |
Jan.
31 |
 |
| The
Recruit |
Set
at the "secret" CIA training facility called
the Farm at Camp Peary in Virginia, a young agent trainee
(Farrell) suspects his instructor (Pacino) (and others
at the Farm) of being a double agent for the Chinese
government... |
Jan.
31 |
 |
| Daredevil |
Several
years ago, the son of a boxer, Matthew Murdock (Affleck)
rescued a man from being hit by a truck, but in doing
so, was himself hit by a strange radioactive isotope,
that left Murdock blind... or so he let people think.
Though his eyes no longer functioned, Matt gained a
radar-like ability which he kept secret. Years later,
Matt has become an attorney working in the rough Hell's
Kitchen section of New York City. At night, he uses
his strange ability, years of physical training, a souped-up
billyclub, and red tights (complete with a horned mask)
to become... Daredevil. |
Feb.
14 |
 |
| The
Life of David Gale |
This
film tells the story of what happens when Dr. David
Gale (Spacey), a Texas professor and advocate for the
elimination of the death penalty, is falsely accused
and convicted of the rape and murder of another activist,
Constance Harraway (Linney) and ends up on the state's
notorious death row himself. The movie unfolds in a
series of flashbacks, as Gale tells his story to a reporter
(Winslet) visiting him on death row. (Mann plays the
reporter's intern.) |
Feb.
21 |
 |
| Phone
Booth |
A
slick New York publicist (Farrell) who picks up a ringing
receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up,
he'll be killed... and the little red light from an
infrared rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't
kidding. (Eldard plays the sniper; Mitchell plays the
publicist's wife; Liotta, Whitaker, and Jones play cops) |
March
14 |
 |
| Identity |
Reminiscent
of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, this is the
story of ten complete strangers who are stranded at
a remote desert motel during a raging storm who soon
find themselves being murdered... as their numbers thin
out, like the cast of CBS's Survivor, they turn on each
other, as each tries to figure out who is the killer... |
March
21 |
 |
| The
Core |
When
something happens to cause the core of the planet to
change in temperature, threatening to stop the planet
from revolving, a band of NASA "terranauts"
(led by a geophysics professor played by Eckhart) is
formed to pilot an experimental deep-earth ship to try
to fix it by setting off a nuclear detonation. (Swank
plays the ship's pilot; Karyo plays a Russian "high-energy"
weapons specialist; Woodard plays a NASA control chief) |
March
28 |
 |
| Dreamcatcher |
Four
men (Jane, Lewis, Lee, Olyphant) in Derry, Maine, who
have been friends since childhood reunite for a hunting
trip to a cabin deep in the northern Maine woods called
"Hole in the Wall." Tied together through
a telepathic bond they gained as children (gained while
saving a Down Syndrome child played by Wahlberg from
bullies), the arrival of a strange man to their cabin
soon plunges the four friends into a fight against an
invading alien force that takes control of human beings
like puppets... (Freeman plays a military leader sent
to deal with the situation; Sizemore plays one of the
soldiers underneath him; Jane plays a psychiatrist.) |
March
28 |
 |
| X-Men
2 |
The
X-Men have opponents new and old to face this time around.
Magneto is back, but there is also a threat to Professor
Xavier's School for Mutants led by a human named Stryker. |
May
2 |
 |
| Matrix:
Reloaded |
Neo,
Morpheus, Trinity and the rest of their crew continue
to battle the machines that have enslaved the human
race in the Matrix. Now, more humans are waking up out
of the Matrix and attempting to live in the real world. |
May
15 |
 |
| Bruce
Almighty |
Having
a particularly bad day, persistent complainer Bruce
Nolan (Carrey) curses God (Freeman) for all that's wrong
in the world... so the Almighty confronts him, and challenges
him to try to do a better job, with some teeth. Bruce
has just one day to make the world a better place, or
God will bring forth an apocalyptic cataclysm that would
hurtle mankind back to the Dark Ages... (Aniston plays
Bruce's girlfriend; Walker plays her sister; Bell plays
one of Bruce's coworkers, a news anchorwoman) |
May
23 |
 |
| Finding
Nemo |
This
is described as a "father-son underwater adventure
featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish (Gould), stolen from
his coral reef home. His timid father must then search
the ocean to find him." (source: Pixar, by way
of The Hollywood Reporter) (6/12/02) A much more detailed
version of the premise is now online over at ComingSoon.net.
From it, we learn that Nemo ends up in a dentist's office
fish tank, and that his father, Marlin, goes on a journey
into the world of men accompanied by a Regal Blue Tang
fish named Dory. There's also names and images of several
of the other fish there. |
May
30 |
 |
| The
Hulk |
In
this adaptation of the long-running comic, The Incredible
Hulk, research scientist Dr. Bruce Banner's failed experiments
cause him to mutate into a monstrously powerful and
savage green-skinned behemoth, whenever he loses control
of his emotions. |
June
20 |
 |
| Charlie’s
Angels 2 Full Throttle |
The
"Angels", three investigative agents (Barrymore,
Diaz and Liu) who work for the Charles Townsend Detective
Agency, return for another high-octane series of adventures
as they investigate the theft of a database of witness
protection profiles, after five of the people on the
list are murdered. They're aided by a new Bosley (Bernie
Mac), in an adventure which pits them against a "fallen
angel" (Moore), their old nemesis, the Thin Man
(Glover), and others. |
June
27 |
 |
| Terminator
3 Rise of the Machines |
This
third film will tell the tale of the first battles between
humans and the artificial intellgences of the SkyNet
network. John Connor (played by Edward Furlong in the
2nd movie) will be the star. (7/12/00) The advanced
android that Schwarzenegger will be going up against
will be female this time around. |
July
2 |
 |
| Bad
Boyz 2 |
Not
much is known yet about this sequel's premise, except
that it returns us to the careers of a pair Miami police
detectives (Lawrence, Smith) who are on a case that
takes them to London, and that it involves the half-sister,
Syd Burnett (Union), of Lawrence's character, who's
an undercover agent pretending to launder dirty money
|
July
18 |
 |
| When
Harry Met Lloyd: Dumb and Dumberer |
Set
in 1986 when mentally challenged best friends Harry
(Richarson) and Lloyd (Olsen) were teenagers, this is
the madcap comic tale of their attempt to get out of
the "special needs" department and into regular
high school life. (Guzman plays the school janitor who
adopts Lloyd; Levy plays the school principal; Rogers
plays Harry's Mom; Oteri plays a cafeteria worker-turned-special
education teacher.) |
July
18 |
 |
| Tomb
Raider 2 Cradle of Life |
This
time around, archaeologist and explorer extraordinaire
journeys to a temple, sunken underwater, that leads
to a sphere that contains the mythical Pandora's Box,
only to have it stolen from her by Chen Lo, the leader
of a Chinese crime syndicate, who's in league with a
bad guy named Reiss who wants to use the Box as a doomsday
weapon... |
July
25 |
 |
| Kill
Bill |
In
this film noir tale, an assassin called the Bride (Thurman)
is shot down, with child, by her employer (and recent
bridesgroom), Bill (Carradine) and other members of
their assassin circle, at her wedding (along with everyone
at the wedding). She, however, survives, though a bullet
in her brain keeps her in a coma for five years. She
wakes up PISSED OFF, soon setting out to seek... revenge.
She seeks out the various members of the assassin group,
globetrotting to kill them each in order, saving Bill
for last. |
Oct.
10 |
|
| Matrix:
Revolutions |
Nothing
official has been announced |
Nov.
7 |
 |
| Cat
in the Hat |
A
bored little boy (Breslin) and girl (Fanning) are visited
on a rainy day, while their mother (Preston) is away,
by a Cat in a Hat (Myers), along with Thing #1 and Thing
#2, who quickly proceed to make a mess of the house.
|
Nov.
21 |
|
| Lord
of the Rings 3: Return of the King |
The
third of the trilogy. As the shadow of Mordor grows
across the land, Aragorn is revealed as the hidden heir
to the ancient kings. Gandolf miraculously returns and
defeats the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam leaves his master
for the dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob;
but Frodo is still alive. |
Dec.
13 |
 |
