Movies Released August 18, 2006

Friday, August 18

10th and Wolf

The film is about a man who believes that he left behind his family's ties to organized crime, only to find that easier said than done upon returning to Philadelphia. It was inspired by the real life experiences of Joseph Pistone, the FBI agent otherwise known as Donnie Brasco.
Val Kilmer, Brian Dennehy, Lesley Ann Warren, Dennis Hopper, Bobby Moresco, James Marden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro
Drama Crime Gangster

Snakes on a Plane R

An assassin unleashes lethal snakes aboard a packed passenger jet over the Pacific Ocean in order to eliminate a witness in protective custody. The rookie pilot and frightened passengers must band together to survive.
Adam Behr, Samuel L. Jackson, Benjamin McKenzie, David R. Ellis, Don Granger, John Heffernan, David Loucka, Nathan Phillips
Action Adventure Thriller Suspense

Material Girls PG

Two celebutante cosmetics heiresses (Haylie and Hilary Duff) lose their fortune in a corporate scandal and launch an investigation to expose the culprit.
Hilary Duff, Colleen Camp, Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, Michael Mendelsohn, Martha Coolidge, Eve LaDue, David Faigenblum
Comedy Teen
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Accepted PG-13

High school senior Bartleby "B" Gaines (Justin Long) is on his way to scoring eight out of eight rejection letters from colleges--which isn't going to go over big with Mom and Dad. At least he's not alone in the exclusion. Several of his crew of outcast friends are in the same, college-less boat. So...how does a guy facing a bleak career please his parents and get noticed by dream girl Monica (Blake Lively)?

Simple. Open his own university.

B and his band of misfit freshmen take "liberal" arts literally when they fool their parents and peers and create the esteemed South Harmon Institute of Technology. They clean up an abandoned psychiatric facility, employ a buddy's brilliant?but subversive—uncle (Lewis Black) as the dean and create a fake web site as their campus calling card. Bam! South Harmon, the alternative school of higher learning, is born.

Just as they are settling in, B and company realize they've done their jobs too well. Dozens of other college rejects show up for classes at this less-than-lofty institute. Under the scornful eyes of the privileged students from the neighboring college, B and his friends forge ahead with maintaining a fake, functioning university. Their efforts to explore alternative education result in a battle between the South Harmon co-eds and the "sister" school snobs.

With his future in the balance, it's going to take more than just sleight of hand to keep B out of jail as he strives to get the girl, impress his parents and just become... "Accepted".
Adam Cooper, Jonah Hill, Tom Shadyac, Mark Perez, Justin Long, Blake Lively, Jack Gaines, Steve Pink
Comedy Teen
110 mins

The Illusionist PG-13

A magician (Edward Norton) in turn-of-the-century Vienna falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a prince, the magician uses his powers to win her back and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.
Rufus Sewell, Neil Burger, Bob Yari, Michael London, David Levien, Aaron Johnson, Cathy Schulman, Brian Koppelman
Drama Fantasy Romance

Friday, August 18