Have you ever heard of a movie about to play in theaters and wonder what the movie is about? Well with this web page now you do know what it is about. Below I have movie summaries for: Legend of Zorro, Weather man, Wallace and Gromit, Saw 2, Two for the Money, and Elizabethtown, In her shoes, Waiting, Fog, Dreamer: Inspired by a true story, and ShopGirl.

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Legend of Zorro
Opens Friday, September 28, 2005

The sequel to the 1998 film "The Mask of Zorro," once again starring Antonio Banderas as the swashbuckling hero in black and Catherine Zeta-Jones as a woman who is quite the swordwielder herself. Starring: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Anthony Hopkins, Nick Chinlund.

Weather Man
Opens Friday, September 28, 2005

Popular Chicago weatherman, Dave Spirtz, has a shot at the big time when a national morning television show calls him for an audition. Professionally, Dave is on top of the world, but his personal life is in complete disarray. Dave's painful divorce, his dad's illness and trouble with his kids have him poised on the knife's edge between stability and disaster. The harder he tries to control events, the more he finds life, like the weather, is completely unpredictable. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Gemmenne De la Pena, Nicholas Hoult.

Wallace and Gromit
Opens Friday, October 7, 2005 - Rated G

It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero -- not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Li! ttle does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her and our two heroes.

Saw 2
Opens Friday, October 28, 2005

A psychopath kidnaps victims and forces them to play horrific games so that they can learn the value of life.

2 for The Money

Opens Friday, October 7, 2005

Brandon Lane is a former college football star whose uncanny ability to predict the outcome of a game introduces him to an unexpected new career when his gridiron glory is sidelined by a crushing injury. Brandon's talent makes him a prime candidate for recruitment by Walter Abraham (Al Pacino), the head of one of the biggest sports consulting operations in the country. When Walter hires the small town ex-athlete and grooms him into a shrewd front man, Brandon soon begins to enjoy his status as a Manhattan golden boy and finds himself growing comfortable with Walter's high-rolling lifestyle. The surrogate father/surrogate son relationship fattens Walter's business and personal until Brandon's golden touch begins to falter at the same time that Walter's manipulation crosses the line. With millions of dollars on the line, Brandon and Walter engage in a deadly game of con versus con, where nothing is what it appears to be. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, Rene Russo, and Jeremy Piven.

Elizabethtown

Opens Friday October 14, 2005

Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is down on his luck: His father has just died, and he's headed back to his small Kentucky hometown for the funeral. But just when he's starting to feel like the world is treating him the way a baby treats a diaper, Drew finds redemption and a buoyed verve for life in his interactions with his colorful extended family and in his unexpected romance with Claire (Kirsten Dunst), a quirky and persistent airline stewardess. Starring: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Alec Baldwin, Jessica Biel, and Susan Sarandon.

In Her Shoes
Opens Friday, October 7, 2005 - Rated PG-13

Maggie is fun-loving and irresponsible. Her older sister Rose is a high-powered lawyer who watches Maggie's wild life with distain. When an attempt to live together fails miserably, they go off in different directions to find the missing pieces in their lives. Based on the book by Jennifer Weiner. Starring: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein, Brooke Smith. Rated PG-13 for thematic material, language and some sexual content.

Waiting
Opens Friday, October 7, 2005 - Rated R

A waiter for four years since high school, Dean has never questioned his job at Shenanigan's. But when he learns that Chett, a high school classmate, now has a lucrative career in electrical engineering, he's thrown into turmoil about his dead-end life. Dean's friend Monty is in exactly the same boat, but he couldn't care less. More concerned with partying, Monty is put in charge of training Mitch, a shy new employee. Over the course of one chaotic shift, Mitch gets to know the rest of Shenanigan's quirky staff: Monty's tough-talking ex-girlfriend, Serena, Shenanigan's over-zealous manager, Dan, and head cook Raddimus, who's obsessed with a senseless staff-wide competition known only as "The Game." Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long, Anna Faris, David Koechner, John Francis Daley. Rated R for strong crude and sexual humor, pervasive language and some drug use.

Fog
Opens Friday, October 14, 2005

A thick fog enshrouds a coastal town. The fog is reminiscent of one 100 years earlier that wrecked a ship and drowned the seamen aboard. Sure enough, the sailors are back and out to kill whomever they find. Starring: Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, DeRay Davis, Rade Serbedzija.

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
Opens Friday, October 21, 2005 - Rated PG

Shopgirl
Opens Friday, October 21, 2005 - Rated R

Based on Steve Martin's best-selling novella, "Shopgirl" is a story of love in the modern age. Mirabelle works the glove counter at a high end department store in Beverly Hills, selling things that nobody buys anymore. An artist struggling to keep up with even the minimum payment on her credit card and student loans, she lives a quiet life and keeps to herself until a rich, handsome fifty something named Ray Porter sweeps her off her feet. Mirabelle revels in the attention, the sex, and especially, being in love, but somewhere, subconsciously, she realizes that the relationship cannot last. Soon, she has to make a decision: will she stick with Ray, hoping that his feelings for her might grow, or does she take a chance with Jeremy, a musician who may offer more? Starring: Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Martin, Frances Conroy, Sam Bottoms. Rated R for some sexual content and brief language.