August 17, 2004 - Movie Trailers

"Bon Voyage" Movie Trailer
Set in 1940, this French-language comedy stars Isabelle Adjani. When the Nazis approach Paris, many upper-crust residents flee to Bordeaux. A number of characters are caught up in this, including a pampered movie star (Adjani). She is pursued by three suitors, one of whom went to jail for her when she killed someone. Another suitor is a government official (Gérard Depardieu), while a third (played by Peter Coyote) may be a German agent.

"Connie and Carla" Movie Trailer
Nia Vardalos and Toni Collette star in this comedy with many musical numbers. Connie (Vardalos) and Carla (Collette) are show-tune performers who play a waiting lounge at a Midwestern airport. After witnessing a murder, they are pursued by mobsters and flee to L.A., where they pose as female impersonators. They become popular entertainers in a drag club, make new friends, and Connie falls for a guy (David Duchovny).

"Godsend" Movie Trailer
This thriller stars Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as the Duncans, a married couple whose eight-year-old son dies in an accident. A scientist (Robert De Niro) helps them have another child cloned from the DNA of the dead son. The Duncans cut all ties and move far away to raise the cloned boy, who seems normal for several years. But when the cloned boy reaches the age at which their first child died, things go terribly awry.

"New York Minute" Movie Trailer
This comedy stars real-life twins Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen as fictional teenage twins Jane and Roxy Ryan. The movie chronicles a day in the Ryan twins' lives where they go to Manhattan, each for her own purposes. Jane is there to give a speech that may win her a scholarship to Oxford, while Roxy goes in hopes of handing out her demo tapes at a music video shoot. The film shows the twins clashing with each other from Chinatown to Harlem.

"Taking Lives" Movie Trailer
Angelina Jolie stars in this thriller as Illeana Scott, an American FBI profiler who travels to Montreal to work on the case of a serial killer. The pattern of the crimes is that the murderer successively assumes the identity of each victim. An art dealer (Ethan Hawke) claims to have seen the killer, and an old woman (Gena Rowlands) thinks the murderer might be her son (Kiefer Sutherland). Also appearing in the film are Olivier Martinez and Tchéky Karyo.

August 24, 2004 - Movie Trailers

"Clifford's Really Big Movie" Movie Trailer
This children's animated film is spun off from a PBS television series. The title character Clifford (voice of John Ritter) is a humongous, lovable red dog. When Clifford comes to believe it's costing his owners too much to feed him, he joins a traveling carnival, hoping to win a contest where the prize is a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies. Also performing in the carnival are a ferret (voice of Wayne Brady) and a cow (voice of Jenna Elfman).

"Dogville" Movie Trailer
Written and directed by Lars von Trier, this is a provocative film starring Nicole Kidman. The story takes place in an imaginary Rocky Mountains town, represented by a stage with chalk markings and a few props. During the Great Depression, a stranger named Grace (Kidman), who's on the run from gangsters, arrives in the hamlet. The townspeople, several of whom are played by well-known actors, take Grace in, but they eventually treat her horribly.

"Ella Enchanted" Movie Trailer
Adapted from a novel by Gail Carson Levine, this comedy is set in a fairy tale kingdom. The central character is young Ella (Anne Hathaway), who is under a spell that makes her obey any command given her by anyone. As Prince Charmont (Hugh Dancy) falls for Ella, her obedience spell threatens to become a big problem. Accompanied by a talking book named Benny, she sets out to find her fairy godmother in hopes of having her spell lifted.

"The Girl Next Door" Movie Trailer
This teen sex comedy stars Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert. High school senior Matthew (Hirsch) gets romantically involved with Danielle (Cuthbert), the sexy young woman house-sitting next door. But Matthew learns Danielle is a porn actress, and she eventually travels to Las Vegas with her sleazy producer (Timothy Olyphant). That's when Matthew and his nerdy pals head out after her, hoping to "rescue" her and set things right.

"Laws of Attraction" Movie Trailer
This romantic comedy stars Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore as Manhattan lawyers who oppose each other in divorce proceedings. Sexually attracted to each other, they get drunk and enjoy a one-night stand, but remain professional adversaries. Later, a big case requires both attorneys to go to Ireland to look into competing claims over a castle. There they again get drunk and when they awaken next morning, they find they are married.

August 31, 2004 - Movie Trailers

"The Passion of the Christ" Movie Trailer
This is Mel Gibson's provocative dramatization of the final hours of Jesus' life and his Crucifixion. In its theatrical release, the controversial film did huge box office, but critics were divided. People who praise the movie generally find it powerful and beautiful, while those who dislike it usually cite its graphic violence and their concern that it may fuel anti-Semitism. The intense film evoked strong reactions from most who saw it in theaters.

"Twisted" Movie Trailer
Ashley Judd stars in this thriller that also features Samuel L. Jackson and Andy Garcia. Jessica (Judd) is a San Francisco homicide detective, a heavy drinker, and an emotionally troubled woman who has casual sex with men. When a series of corpses turns up, the pattern emerges that all the victims had been Jessica's sexual partners. She begins to question her own sanity and fears she is committing the murders while in some sort of altered mental state.