The Starting Lineup

New releases at a theatre near you:

Team America: World Police (R)
Starring: Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Director: Trey Parker

Puppet superheroes provide this weekend's primary weapons of mass distraction. The irreverent dynamic duo of Parker/Stone (South Park) lead their new creation into battle against Kim Jong Il. Team America is called upon to save the world from this evil menace. Needless to say these puppets aren't for kids.


The Final Cut (PG-13)
Starring: Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, and James Caviezel
Director: Omar Naim

In a world laden with microchips, now comes one that can be installed inside a human being that records the very events of their lifetimes. Highlights can be lifted from the chip and edited to provide loved ones with a final first-person home movie. Robin Williams is a guy that puts together these final-cuts. Plot and conflict are certain follow this sci-fi premise in some fashion.


Shall We Dance? (PG-13)

Starring: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon

Director: Peter Chelsom

Gere is tired of his same old dull routine so he makes a pit stop one night on his way home to see Lopez at her dance studio to learn how to... dance, I suppose.

New releases probably not so near you:

Eulogy (R)
Starring: Hank Azaria, Jesse Bradford, and Zooey Deschanel
Director: Michael Clancy

Michael Clancy also wrote this story about a family that puts the "fun" back into the word dysfunctional. There seems to be a funeral theme going on here this weekend.


P.S. (R)
Starring: Laura Linney, Topher Grace, and Gabriel Byrne
Director: Dylan Kidd

Dylan Kid (Roger Dodger) pulls double duty for this limited release as well, having adapted this screenplay from a Helen Schulman novel. The story has something to do with divorce and reincarnation.