What's Playing 06/29/07

Wide Release

Live Free Or Die Hard – Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long and more star in John McClane’s return to the big screen. An internet-based terrorist is using his brilliance and technology to systematically shut down everything in the United States. John McClane is there to make sure he doesn’t get his way. Started Wednesday June 27.

Scott “Kubryk” Sawitz already saw it, so check out his thoughts on the fourth installment of the franchise.

Evening – Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, and a host of others are together in this story about a mother and the relationship she’s had with her daughters. As Ann lays dying, she remembers back on her life and wants to pass on all she has learned about life and love to her daughters and granddaughters.

Ratatouille – Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Brad Garrett, Brian Dennehy, and many more lend their vocal talents to animated human beings and rats alike. A young rat named Remy lives in the walls and in the sewers underneath a famous bistro in Paris. He is not like any ordinary rat though as he won’t eat just anything he finds; he has a taste for the finer things in life and even dreams of becoming a chef. But his family’s negativity and the rat-hating kitchen staff aren’t going to help make his dream become reality very easily.

Limited Release

Vitus – A young boy named Vitus has the fantastic talent of playing the piano so beautifully that his parents have great plans for him to become a famous pianist. But due to their demanding and ambitious ways, Vitus soon is no longer willing to follow their plans and aims to make his own way in life.

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox – Dr. Emmanuel Bronner was a self-proclaimed rabbi, a master soapmaker, and known to some as the alleged nephew of the one and only Albert Einstein. In 1947, he escaped a mental institution and created a multi-purpose liquid found in almost every health food store today. But with great rewards come great despair as his relationship with his son was not only difficult but barely there at all.

Ghosts Of Cité Soleil – Starring Winson 2Pac’ Jean, Wyclef Jean, James Petit Frére, and Éleonore Senlis in a story about the trials and horrors of gang life. The slum of Cité Soleil saw President Aristide’s most loyal supporters get preferential treatment and live life as rulers and kings. Follow along with the story as all major gang leaders control a heavily armed group of young men called the Chiméres.

One To Another – Lucie is a beautiful young woman in a small town that could have any man she desires. But most of the men, the town, and even Lucie herself desire her brother Pierre. Pierre intersects many people’s lives sexually, emotionally, and musically. When he disappears unexpectedly, everyone yearns for his company wondering why he just left town. But new soon spreads that something far worse may have happened to Pierre.

Sicko is expanding.