Fall Movie Femmes Preview...

The summer season is just about to end, so here's a primer to who'll be enticing us to go into the overpriced theatres for the next few months (all actresses/performers mentioned have "leading" roles unless otherwise indicated; highlighted titles are films I actually WANT to see, and NOT just because of who's listed :)) )...

August 31: The Constant Gardener (Rachel Weisz)

Sep. 2: Underclassmen (Kelly Hu-supporting)

Sep. 9: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Laura Linney)

Sep. 16: Just Like Heaven (Reese Witherspoon) , Proof (Gwyneth Paltrow)

Sep. 23: Flightplan (Jodie Foster), Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter-voice) , A History of Violence (Maria Bello)

Sep. 30: Into the Blue (Jessica Alba), Capote (Catherine Keener-supporting), The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (Julianne Moore)

Oct. 7: In Her Shoes (Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette-supporting), The Curse of Were-Rabbit (Helena Bonham Carter-voice again), Two For the Money (Rene Russo)

Oct 14: Elizabethtown (Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon-supporting, Jessica Biel-supporting), Domino (Keira Knightley, Lucy Liu-supporting), North Country (Charlize Theron), The Fog (Maggie Grace)...one helleva week for releases, no? :)))

Oct. 21: Stay (Naomi Watts)

Oct. 28: Prime (Uma Thurman), The Legend of Zorro (Catherine Zeta Jones)

Nov. 4: Family Stone (Rachel McAdams- supporting)

Nov. 11: Bee Season (Juliette Binoche), Jesus Is Magic (Sarah Silverman) , Derailed (Jennifer Aniston)

Nov. 18: Walk the Line (Reese Witherspoon), Pride and Prejudice (Keira Knightley)

Nov. 25: Rent (Rosario Dawson, Idina Menzel-supporting) , Yours, Mine, and Ours (Rene Russo)

Dec. 2: Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron), Transamerica (Felicity Huffman)

Dec. 9: Memoirs of a Geisha (Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh-supporting)

Dec. 14: King Kong (Naomi Watts)

Dec. 16: All the Kings Men (Kate Winslet-supporting)

Dec. 23: The Producers- The Movie Musical (Uma Thurman-supporting), Freedomland (Julianne Moore)

Dec. 25: Rumor Has It (Jennifer Aniston), Match Point (Scarlett Johansson)

Release dates (and my enthusiasm for certain films) may change in the coming weeks; a recent example is "V" For Vendetta, which was scheduled for November, but will now be released next year...so those of you with a major Natty fix will have to wait a bit longer... :(((