That Movie!: 2007

9/12/07

Into The Wild

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Director: Sean Penn.
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Emile Hirsch.

The Kingdom

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Director: Peter Berg.
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner.

7/31/07

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint.
Director: David Yates.

7/28/07

The Simpsons Movie

When Homer mistakenly pollutes the river with toxic waste from his "Pig Crap" silo, he causes the EPA to encase Springfield in a glass dome, and must save them before President Schwarzenegger gives the order for the town to be destroyed.

Director: David Silverman.
Cast: Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright.

6/15/07

Ocean's 13

Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist, after casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff.

Director: Steven Soderbergh.

Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon.

5/11/07

Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End

Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.

Director: Gori Verbinski.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush.

Shrek The Third

When his new father-in-law, King Harold falls ill, Shrek is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to install the rebellious Artie as the new king. Princess Fiona, however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d'etat by the jilted Prince Charming.

Director: Chris Miller.
Cast: Mike Myers (voice), Eddie Murphy (voice), Cameron Diaz (voice).

5/1/07

Lucky You

Professional card player Huck Cheever tries to beat the odds and his own demons at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Cast: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore.
Director: Curtis Hanson.

4/26/07

Snow Cake

While trying to deal with his guilt for his role in a fatal car accident, a remorseful man becomes close with the victim's mother - a high-functioning austic woman - as well as a potential new love.

Cast: Carrie-Anne Moss,
Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman.

Director: Marc Evans.

4/25/07

Transformers

Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance.

Director: Michael Bay.
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox,
Josh Duhamel.

4/23/07

Next

Cornered by the FBI after a relentless pursuit, a man with the ability to see future events and affect their outcome faces an ultimatum, as the country's intelligence agencies scramble to prevent a devastating terrorist attack.

Director: Lee Tamahori.
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore. Jessica Biel.

4/17/07

Hot Fuzz

Jealous colleagues conspire to get top London cop Nicholas Angel transferred to a small town. With his new partner in tow, Angel realizes that a series of local accidents might be something a little bit more sinister.

Director: Edgar Wright.
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

4/16/07

Fracture

Assistant district attorney Willy Beachum matches wits with the man who tried to kill his wife and evaded sentencing via a series of technicalities.

Director: Gregory Hoblit.
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn.

Vacancy

Mysteriously trapped inside their room at an out-of-the-way motel, a young married couple learn they have become the stars of a slasher film.

Director: Nimròd Antal.
Cast: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale.

4/13/07

Pathfinder

A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savoir in a fight against the Norsemen.

Director: Marcus Nispel.
Cast: Karl Urban, Russell Means.

4/8/07

Perfect Stranger

A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

Director: James Foley.
Cast: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi.

Disturbia

A teen living under house arrest becomes convinced his neighbor is a serial killer.
Every killer lives next door to someone.

Director: D.J Caruso.
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss.

4/7/07

Blades of Glory

In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.

Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck.
Cast: Will Ferrel, Jon Heder.

4/5/07

Premonition

When her husband reappears the day after he died in a car accident, a woman looks to rearrange events and prevent the tragedy from occurring.

Director: Mennan Yapo.
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon.

Reign Over Me

Emotionally shut off after losing his wife and daughters on 9/11, Charlie Fineman runs into his old college buddy, Alan Johnson. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help Charlie begin to wrestle with his grief.

Director: Mike Blinder.
Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle.

4/3/07

The Reaping

A former Christian missionary, who specializes in debunking religious phenomena, investigates a small town which seems to be suffering from the 10 biblical plagues.

Director: Stephen Hopkins.
Cast: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey.

4/1/07

Epic Movie

The twisted minds of two of the six writers of "Scary Movie" tackle the biggest mega-blockbusters of all time in "Epic Movie."

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer.
Cast: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell.

3/31/07

Dead Silence

A young widower returns home in order to investigate his wife's murder, where he encounters the legend that has turned Raven's Fair into a ghost town.

Director: James Wan.

Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie
Wahlberg.

Shooter

A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.

Director: Antoine Fugua.

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Rhona Mitra.

The Invisible

Two young teens' real selves are invisible to others, one due to his untimely death and the other due to the neglect she's endured since the death of her mother.

Director: David Goyer.
Cast: Maggie Ma, Michelle Harrison, Justin Chatwin.

The Number 23

Carrey becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise.

Director: Joel Schumacher.
Cast: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The continued adventures of the four adolescent mutated turtles gifted in the art of the ninja, as they attempt to stop a mysterious evil that threatens to end the world.

Director: Kevin Munroe.
Cast: Voices of Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Kevin Smith.

Wild Hogs

A group of suburban biker wannabes look for adventure hit the open road in search of adventure, but get more than they bargained for when they encounter a New Mexico gang called the Del Fuegos.

Director: Walt Becker.
Cast: Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence.

Spider-Man 3

A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.

Director: Sam Raimi.
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Huden Church.

300

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" concerns the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.

Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham.

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