Movie News and Views August 22, 2008

"Phoebe in Wonderland" - Elle Fanning plays the titular character, a little girl who doesn't want to deal with the rules of the grown-up world. Also stars Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman. Opens September 12, 2008. View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=1265&item=0

"Nights in Rodanthe" - Richard Gere is a work-obsessed doctor whose wife left him. Diane Lane is a mother whose husband cheated on her with her hest friend and now he wants to come back. James Franco is Gere's estranged son. Opens September 26. 2008. View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=1086&item=1

"An American Carol" - Kevin Farley (Chris' brother) plays infamous unpatriotic filmmaker Michael Mallone (a shallow version of Michael Moore) who is contacted by three spirits of the past: General George S. Patton (Kelsey Grammer), John F. Kennedy, and George Washington (Jon Voight). Also stars Trace Adkins, Dennis Hopper, and Bill O'Reilly. Opens October 3, 2008. View the trailer at:

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810011696/video/9334213

"Appaloosa" - Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris are friends hired to police a small town. It's a Western. Also stars Renee Zellweger. Opens October 3, 2008. View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=1152&item=0

"Max Payne" - Mark Wahlberg plays the video game anti-hero: a maverick cop who is hunting down those responsible for killing his partner and family. Opens October 17, 2008. View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=1212&item=0

"The Secret Life of Bees" - Dakota Fanning is a 14-year-old girl on the run who lands at the beekeeping premises of the Boatwright sisters. Also stars Alicia Keyes and Queen Latifah. Opens October 17, 2008. View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=1155&item=0

"Frost/Nixon" - Based on the real life events of British talk show host David Frost interviewing ex-president Richard Nixon after his impeachment. Stars Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, and Oliver Platt. Opens December 25, 2008. View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=900&item=0

"The Fast and the Furious 4" - Vin Diesel. Paul Walker. Michelle Rodriguez. Jordana Brewster. Fast cars. Fourth movie. Opens June 5, 2009. View the Vin Diesel-rific trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=1056&item=0

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" - No summary; I've not bothered watching any of these movies. Opens July 17, 2009. View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=561&item=0

"Good" - Viggo Mortensen is a professor in Germany during the German pride/uprising of the Nazi party. Coming soon! View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=142&item=0

"The Imposters" - Based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel about a 1983 L.A. with rock stars, movie execs, a vampire... You know, the usual stuff. Stars Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, etc. Coming soon! View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=1049&item=0

"It's Alive" - Remake of the Eighties movie about a couple who give birth to a child that kills when scared. Starring Bijou Phillips. Coming soon! View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=9875&count=25

"New York, I Love You" - An anthology of twelve short films, all shot in the Big Apple. Stars include Kevin Bacon, Orlando Bloom, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Eli Wallach. John Hurt, Natalie Portman, etc. Directors include Brett Ratner and Scarlett Johansson. Coming soon! View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=9900&count=0

"Winged Creatures" - A group of survivors and how they survived a random restaurant shooting in LA. Stars Forest Whitaker, Kate Beckinsdale, Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Coming soon! View the trailer at:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=809&item=0