Soundtracks Released August 5, 2008

Tuesday, August 5

Tropic Thunder R

In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.
Jack Black, Bill Hader, Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, Justin Thoreau, Steve Coogan, Danny R. McBride, Stuart Cornfeld
Comedy
113 mins

Elegy R

Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of 'emancipated manhood' -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Dennis Hopper, Isabel Coixet, Sonja Bennett, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Deborah Harry
105 mins

The Pineapple Express R

Lazy stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver (James Franco): to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop (Rosie Perez) and the city's most dangerous drug lord (Gary Cole), he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him. And it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia; incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard "The Pineapple Express".
Seth Rogen, David Gordon Green, James Franco, Gary Cole, Danny R. McBride, Amber Heard, Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson
Action Adventure Comedy Crime
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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 PG-13

Lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other as they always have--with honesty and humor. Discovering their individual strengths, fears, talents and capacity for love through the choices they make, they come to value more than ever the bond they share and the immeasurable power of their friendship.
Blake Lively, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, Sanaa Hamri, Kira Davis, Alexis Bledel
Drama Adventure Comedy Sequel Teen

Tuesday, August 5