the Mind’s Chew Toy

Plot: When racecar driver Speed Racer (Hirsch) turns down a lucrative contract with the underhanded Royalton Industries, he must beat Royalton at their own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie (Ricci), Speed teams with his one-time rival—the mysterious Racer X (Fox)—to win the race that had taken his brother’s life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.

Plot: Wealthy weapons manufacturer Tony Stark (Downey) is kidnapped by terrorists and forced to put together a missle. Instead, he creates a high-tech suit of armor and wages war against the bad guys. Based on the Marvel Comics character.

Plot: After their breakfast at White Castle, Harold (Cho) decides to pursue Maria (Garces), the girl of his dreams, to Amsterdam…and Kumar (Penn) is pulled along for the ride. On the way to Amsterdam, however, an overzealous airline passenger mistakes Kumar for a terrorist, and the plane is diverted. Now all they have to do is convince the Feds they aren’t terrorists and go find Maria. Easier said than done.

Plot: In an alternative world, Lyra (Richards), a 12-year-old girl, starts out trying to rescue a friend who’s been kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as the Gobblers - and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world, but ours as well. Based on the novel by Philip Pullman.

Plot: Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

Plot: When two of her friends receive mysterious phone calls announcing their manner of death days before they die, Beth Raymond (Sossamon) goes to the police. The police think Beth is delusional–except for Detective Jack Andrews (Burns), whose own sister was killed in a freak accident that bears a strange similarity to the deaths of Beth’s friends. Together, Jack and Beth work feverishly to unravel the mystery behind the ominous calls.