Sept. ’08 Chick Flicks

A wide-range of chick flicks are coming to a theater near you this September. Films range from fun romantic comedies to 18^th century royalty downfalls. Of course all release dates are subject to change.

Everybody Wants to be Italian:

-Limited release: Sept. 5^th, 2008

-Rating: R for sexual references

-Director: Jason Todd Ipson

-Writer: Jason Todd Ipson

-Cast: Jay Jablonski, Cerina Vincent, John Kapelos, John Enos, and Richard Libertini

-Summary: Is a romantic comedy based in Boston. Jake (Jay Jablonski) has been in love with the same woman for 10 years, but she is married with children. To help Jake, his friends set him up on a blind-date with an Italian beauty. All the mayhem begins when Jake is convinced that such a woman would never date outside her ethnic community so he fakes being Italian.

The Women:

-Wide release: Sep. 12^th, 2008

-Rating: PG-13 for sex-related material, drug use, language, and smoking

-Director: Diane English

-Writer: Diane English

-Cast: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bette Midler.

-Summary: This is an all women dramedy remake of George Cukor’s 1939 film The Women. Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) finds out her wealthy husband is cheating on her with perfume girl Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes). This becomes hot gossip for all of Mary’s high-society girlfriends.

  

The Duchess:

-Wide release: Sept. 12^th, 2008

-Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity, and thematic material

-Director: Saul Dibb

-Writers: Saul Dibb, Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen

-Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell

-Summary: This extravagant 18^th century costume drama, based on the book Georgiana. Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, is the true story of Georgiana Spencer’s (Keira Knightley) rise to fame and tragic fall. She was the modern-day “It Girl† with fame, fortune, and noblemen eating out of the palm of her hand. The only man she could not enrapture was her husband, the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes).

My Best Friend’s Girl:

-Wide release: Sept. 19^th, 2008

-Rating: R for strong language, sexual content, and nudity.

-Director: Howard Deutch

-Writer: Jordan Cahan

-Cast: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin, and Lizzy Caplan

-Summary: This adult romantic comedy stars Dane Cook as Tank who specializes in driving ex-girlfriends back to their former beaus by taking them out on disastrous dates. Tank meets his match in the lively and intelligent Alexis (Kate Hudson). Tank struggles with helping his best friend Dustin (Jason Biggs) to win Alexis back while also pining for her himself.

Ghost Town:

-Wide release: Sept. 19^th, 2008

-Rating: PG-13 for language, sexual humor, and drug references.

-Director: David Koepp

-Writers: David Koepp, John Kamps

-Cast: Ricky Gervais, TÃ ©a Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig

-Summary: Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) suddenly dies, but then is revived after seven minutes. Bertram’s revival comes with an added bonus of being able to see and talk to ghost. One of these troubling ghosts is Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear) who wants Bertram to stop the upcoming wedding of Frank’s widow Gwen (TÃ ©a Leoni). Bertram finds himself stuck in the middle of a love triangle.

Nights in Rodanthe:

-Wide release: Sept. 26^th, 2008

-Rating: PG-13 for sexuality

-Director: George C. Wolfe

-Writers: Ann Peacock, John Romano, Nicholas Sparks

-Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni, and Viola Davis

-Summary: Is a romantic drama based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks. In Rodanthe, North Carolina Adrienne Willis (Diane Lane) is babysitting a local inn for her friend. She is unhappy with her life and hopes a weekend away will allow her to sort out her problems. Â  Her only guest is Dr. Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) who is facing his own demons. Soon the pair begins to grow together as they share their problems.