the Mind’s Chew Toy

Plot: Jack Morrison (Phoenix) is a Maryland firefighter, trapped in a burning building. As his friends and fellow firefighters try to reach him, he relives his firefighting career: from his first day as a rookie, to meeting his wife, having kids, and doing what he loves: fighting fires. But, after all he’s been through, will this be his last firefight?

Plot: Cleveland Heep (Giamatti) is in charge of upkeep at The Cove, a set of lackluster apartment buildings. Late one night, he spots a woman (Howard) in the building’s pool (Howard). Taking her in, he discovers she’s a sea-nymph from an almost forgotten bedtime story…and she’s about to change his life.

Plot: Years after the dead begin to rise, the flesh-eating zombies have forced humanity into a walled city, Forest Green. A few soldiers, like Riley (Baker) and Cholo (Leguizamo) still venture outside the city, scrounging up what food they can for the people back home. But, when their worst fears come true, and the mindless zombies begin to reason, what hope does humanity have?

Plot: When an accident at work leads to a CAT scan - and the news that she only has 3 weeks to live - ultra-conservative Georgia (Latifah) decides to finally live out her dreams. As she does her best to enjoy her last few days, her long-time crush Sean (LL Cool J) tries to track her down.

Plot: Two children discover a mysterious box that contains some strange devices they think are toys, including a toy rabbit named Mimzy. When the children reveal that Mimzy contains a most serious message from the future, a scientific scan shows that Mimzy is part extremely high level electronic, and part organic! Based on the short story “Mimsy Were The Borogoves” by Lewis Padgett.

Plot: The year is 1899 and a mysterious villain named The Fantom is wreaking havoc across Europe. The British government calls in legendary hero Allan Quatermain (Connery) to lead a team of unique individuals to defeat this new threat to peace. Based on the Graphic Novel by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill.

Plot: Don Alejandro de La Vega (Banderas) has a secret - he is the man behind Zorro, the legendary hero of California. It’s 1850, and as California votes to join the United States of America, Alejandro uncovers a plot to destroy the United States - involving Armand (Sewell), who just happens to be courting Alejandro’s recent ex-wife Elena (Zeta-Jones). Now, Zorro must ride once again to save the United States - and his own family.

Plot: When a mysterious fire kills their parents, three children are sent to live with their uncle, Count Olaf (Carrey), whom they have never met. As it turns out, the Count is out for their inheritance - and doesn’t care about the children at all. In fact, the sooner they die, the quicker he gets the money. Based on the books “The Bad Beginning”, “The Reptile Room” and “The Wide Window” by Lemony Snicket.

Plot: Lilo (Chase), Stitch (Sanders), Jumba (Stiers) and Pleakley (McDonald) have finally caught all of Jumba’s experiments and found where they belong. But, Gantu (Richardson) has broken their old nemesis Hamsterviel (Bennett) out of prison, and Hamsterviel’s plans for control of the galaxy include a new experiment he’s cloned, Leroy (Sanders). Animated.

Plot: An evil genius from another planet (Stiers) has created a monster: Experiment 626 (Sanders). Escaping from his imprisonment, Experiment 626 crash lands on Earth, where a young girl named Lilo (Chase), mistaking him for an ugly dog at the pound, adopts him and names him Stitch. Unable to get off the island and chased by members of a galactic alliance, Stitch learns about the power of family. Animated.

Plot: Lilo (Fanning) and her alien friend Stitch - aka Experiment 626 (Sanders) - are still best friends. They are practicing for a hula dance for the town when Stitch begins to malfunction, going on evil rampages at the worst times. Will Lilo and Stitch’s friendship overcome this new glitch - or is this family finished? Animated.

Plot: As Independence Day weekend begins, a hacker (Olyphant) breaks into the FBI Cyber-Security Division Worried, the FBI calls on local police, including NYPD Det. John McClane (Willis), to round up suspect hackers. But, what seems to be a somewhat routine - but annoying - assignment turns into chaos when the hackers break into every major computer system in D.C. Now, it’s up to McClane and his unwilling hacker suspect Matthew Ferrell (Long) to stop the cyber-terrorist before he sends the US back to the Dark Ages.

Plot: After crashing his girlfriend’s car while drunk driving, disgraced former NFL football player Paul Crewe (Sandler) is sent to prison. All he wants to do is serve his time and go home. But the Warden (Cromwell), a big football fan himself, has other ideas. He wants to pit his prison guards football team against the inmates in a pre-season warm-up game -and he thinks that Crewe is the one to put together the prisoners’ team. If Crewe’s team of misfits wins, he’ll upset the Warden - and in this prison, that’s one thing you don’t want to do. If his team loses, the inmates will probably kill him. With choices like that, this game is going to be the longest four quarters of his life. A remake of the 1974 film by the same name.

Plot: Samantha (Davis) is just an ordinary small-town schoolteacher with a happy life. Thanks to a case of amnesia, she has no idea she used to be a government assassin. But, when her past starts to invade on her present, she, and a fly-by-night private investigator she’s hired (Jackson), will have to rely on her past training if they have any hope of staying alive.

Plot: Frodo Baggins (Wood), a Hobbit of Middle-Earth, is visited by Gandalf (McKellen), a powerful wizard. Gandalf tells Frodo he must protect the One Ring: a ring of evil, searched for by the Dark Lord, an evil creature long thought dead. Frodo, with the help of his friend Sam (Astin), must throw the ring into the fires at Mt. Doom, the center of the evil territory…at any cost. Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Plot: As Frodo (Wood) and Samwise (Astin) reach the conclusion of their journey, Aragorn (Mortensen) must finally accept his destiny as the true King. With Mordor’s forces beginning to march on Gondor, the great battle for mankind’s very survival on Middle Earth begins anew, and The Fellowship of the Ring must stand strong…or all is lost. Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkein.

Plot: While Frodo (Wood) and Samwise (Astin) continue onward towards Mordor, they encounter Gollum, one of the previous owners of the ring of power. Meanwhile, Aragorn (Mortenson), Legolas (Bloom) and Gimli (Rhys-Davies) search for the two missing hobbits leads them to Gandalf (McKellen), who has been reborn as Gandalf the White. He leads them to the kingdom of Rohan, where the king is besieged by dark forces. So begins the second film of the trilogy based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkein.

Plot: Yuri (Cage) is an arms dealer - a very successful one. He arms whoever pays, regardless of who they are. But, how long will he be able to hide this life from those he loves - especially with a nosy federal agent (Hawke) poking around?

Plot: 5 weeks before Christmas we take a peek inside the love lives of 8 British couples: A man (Neeson) still grieving over the loss of his wife and his stepson (Sangster) who is in love; a newly married couple (Knightley and Ejiofor); the newly-elected British Prime Minister (Grant); a high-powered exec (Rickman) his wife (Thompson); a writer (Firth) trying to escape from it all; a pair of body doubles (Freeman and Page); a young woman (Linney) with family issues and a man (Marshall) about to adventure to America.

Plot: A case of mistaken identity puts Slevin (Hartnett) smack in the middle of a gang war between The Rabbi (Kingsley) and The Boss (Freeman). To top it off, he’s being pursued by the infamous assassin Goodkat (Willis)!