May 13
Brothers
Drama
IFC Films
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SUMMER SNEAKS
On the roster: penguins, sex and superheroes, murder and Modigliani. Oh, and things blow up.
With: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen
The idea: A Danish soldier and family man welcomes back his ex-con sibling before being deployed to Afghanistan.
Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen
Director: Susanne Bier
* So? Wounds of war, Dogme style
A Hole in One
Drama
Beach Hill Films
With: Michelle Williams, Meat Loaf Aday, Bill Raymond
The idea: A young woman considers a transorbital lobotomy to solve her problems in 1953.
Writer-director: Richard Ledes
* So? Extreme solution
The Holy Girl
Drama
HBO Films/Fine Line Features
With: Mercedes Moran, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Maria Alche, Julieta Zylberberg, Mia Maestro, Marta Lubos, Arturo Goetz, Alejo Mango, Monica Villa
The idea: Religious fervor and sexuality come into conflict for two teenage Argentine girls in this tale of sin, frustration and desire.
Writers: Juan Pablo Domenech & Lucrecia Martel
Director: Martel
* So? Forget abstinence
Kicking & Screaming
Comedy
Universal
With: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Kate Walsh, Mike Ditka
The idea: A man goes head to head with his overly competitive father when they coach rival teams in a youth soccer league.
Writers: Leo Benvenuti & Steve Rudnick
Director: Jesse Dylan
* So? Vicarious laughs
Layer Cake
Thriller
Sony Pictures Classics
With: Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, Kenneth Cranham, George Harris, Jamie Foreman, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon
The idea: A meticulous British drug dealer has two tasks to complete before he can retire and break free of the criminal world: find the drug-addicted daughter of a crime boss and negotiate a huge deal with an unstable petty thief who's in way over his head.
Writer: J.J. Connolly
Director: Matthew Vaughn
* So? Sometimes more is less
Lost
Thriller
SilverCrest Entertainment
With: Dean Cain, Danny Trejo
The idea: A man driving solo across the labyrinthine California desert is pursued by an unseen menace.
Writer-director: Darren Lemke
* So? Unsettling, if ... unoriginal
Ma Mere
Drama
TLA Releasing
With: Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Emma de Caunes, Joana Preiss, Jean-Baptiste Montagut, Dominique Reymond, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Duclos
The idea: A woman initiates her son into a world of debauchery after the death of her unfaithful husband.
Writer-director: Christophe Honore, based on the novel by Georges Bataille
* So? Shock values
Mindhunters
Thriller
Dimension Films
With: Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, LL Cool J, Jonny Lee Miller, Kathryn Morris, Clifton Collins Jr., Will Kemp, Patricia Velasquez, Eion Bailey
The idea: A serial killer lurks among eight FBI profilers on an exercise in a remote locale.
Writers: Wayne Kramer and Kevin Brodbin, story by Kramer
Director: Renny Harlin
* So? Eight minus one equals...
Modigliani
Drama
Bauer Martinez
With: Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Hippolyte Girardot, Omid Djalili, Eva Herzigova
The idea: The early 20th century Italian painter and sculptor's passions for alcohol and sex rival his love of art.
Writer-director: Mick Davis
* So? Lust for life
Monster-in-Law
Comedy
New Line Cinema
With: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes
The idea: A woman finds that her Mr. Right comes complete with a mother who's major bad news.
Writer: Anya Kochoff
Director: Robert Luketic
* So? If "Murphy Brown" were your mother ...
Tell Them Who You Are
Documentary
ThinkFilm
With: Haskell Wexler, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Ron Howard, Julia Roberts
The idea: The director's autobiographical film focuses on his relationship with his famed cinematographer-director father.
Writers: Robert DeMaio, Mark Wexler
Director: Mark Wexler
* So? Living in light and shadow
Up for Grabs
Documentary
Laemmle/Zeller Films
The idea: The baseball Barry Bonds hit in 2001 to set a single-season home run record becomes a legal hot potato between two fans claiming ownership.
Writer-director: Michael Wranovics
* So? Sportsmanship
May 20
A Tout de Suite
Thriller
Cinema Guild
With: Isild Le Besco, Ouassini Embarek.
The idea: Fact-based story of a free-spirited Parisian art student who experiences betrayal and self-discovery when she goes on the lam with a charming bank robber around the Mediterranean.
Writer-director: Benoit Jacquot, story by Elisabeth Fanger
* So? Self-absorbing
Dominion: Prequel
to the Exorcist
Horror
Warner Bros.
With: Stellan Skarsgard, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar, Ralph Brown
The idea: Unusual release of alternative, initial version of last year's "Exorcist: The Beginning," exploring Father Merrin's first rendezvous with the devil.
Writers: Caleb Carr, William Wisher Jr.
Director: Paul Schrader
* So? Possible "Jeopardy" fodder: "This movie's remake came out before the original."
Fixing Frank
Drama
Maximum Vacuum
With: Andrew Elvis Miller, Paul Provenza, Dan Butler
The idea: A young reporter is sent undercover by his psychotherapist boyfriend to investigate a rival's controversial method for "converting" homosexuals.
Writer: Ken Hanes, based on his play
Director: Michael Selditch
* So? Unreproductive
Kings and Queen
Drama
Wellspring
With: Mathieu Almaric, Emmanuelle Devos, Catherine Deneuve
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