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 Batman Begins (2005)   After Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin (1997), here comes "Batman Begins". Warner Brothers tries to revive the Batman franchise, dormant since "Batman and Robin" in 1997, by applying less camp and more doom by means of its director, Christopher Nolan of the noir thriller "Memento".   Christian Bale is the brooding hero; Michael Caine is his loyal retainer Alfred; and Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes and Tom Wilkinson fill out the quite impressive, i must say, cast. Can they save the film?   Briefly, US Releases   Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Batman Begins    Joint Security Area   Wheel of Time    Friday, June 17, 2005 The Deal    Heights     Me and You and Everyone We Know     My Summer of Love     The Perfect Man    The Talent Given Us   Friday, June 24, 2005 Herbie: Fully Loaded - Directed by Angela Robinson (G) Waging a Living - Directed by Roger Weisberg  Bewitched - Directed by Nora Ephron (PG13) Dallas 362 - Directed by Scott Caan (R) Drivers Wanted - Directed by T. Lee Beideck  George A. Romero's Land of the Dead - Directed by George A. Romero (R) Lila dit Γ§a - Directed by Ziad Doueiri  March of the Penguins - Directed by Luc Jacquet  Memories of Murder - Directed by Bong Joon-ho  Paheli - Directed by Amol Palekar  Pure - Directed by Gillies MacKinnon (NR) Rize - Directed by David LaChapelle (PG13) The War on the War on Drugs - Directed by Cevin D. Soling  Yes - Directed by Sally Potter  Friday, July 1, 2005 A Decent Factory - Directed by Thomas Balmes  Tropical Malady - Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul  War of the Worlds - Directed by Steven Spielberg  Almost Brothers - Directed by LΓΊcia Murat  The Beat That My Heart Skipped - Directed by Jacques Audiard  Modigliani - Directed by Mick Davis (R) Rebound - Directed by Steve Carr (PG) Undead - Directed by Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig (R) The World - Directed by Jia Zhang Ke  Friday, July 8, 2005 Festival - Directed by Annie Griffin  Sidewalk Astronomer - Directed by Jeffrey Jacobs (PG) The Beautiful Country - Directed by Hans Petter Moland (R) CrΓ³nicas - Directed by Sebastian Cordero (R) Dark Water - Directed by Walter Salles, Jr. (PG13) The Fantastic Four - Directed by Tim Story (PG13) Murderball - Directed by Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro  Saraband - Directed by Ingmar Bergman (R) A Wake In Providence - Directed by Rosario Roveto, Jr. (R) Friday, July 15, 2005 Hustle & Flow - Directed by Craig Brewer  On the Outs - Directed by Michael Skolnik, Lori Silverbush  Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus - Directed by Andrew Douglas  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Directed by Tim Burton (PG) God's Sandbox - Directed by Doron Eran  Happy Endings - Directed by Don Roos (R) Into the Blue - Directed by John Stockwell  The Reception - Directed by John G. Young  The Warrior - Directed by Asif Kapadia (R) The Wedding Crashers - Directed by David Dobkin  Friday, July 22, 2005 9 Songs - Directed by Michael Winterbottom  The Bad News Bears - Directed by Richard Linklater  The Edukators - Directed by Hans Weingartner  The Island - Directed by Michael Bay  Last Days - Directed by Gus Van Sant (R) November - Directed by Greg Harrison  The Overture - Directed by Itthi-sunthorn Wichailak  Shoujyo: The Adolescent - Directed by Eiji Okuda  Summer Storm - Directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner  The Ballad of Greenwich Village - Directed by Karen Kramer  The Devil's Rejects - Directed by Rob Zombie (R) Friday, July 29, 2005 The Three Rooms of Melancholia - Directed by Pirjo Honkasalo  The Aristocrats - Directed by Paul Provenza  Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt - Directed by Margaret Brown  The Brothers Grimm - Directed by Terry Gilliam (PG13) Must Love Dogs - Directed by Gary David Goldberg  Night Watch - Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (R) Nightwatch - Directed by Ole Bornedal (R) Oyster Farmer - Directed by Anna Reeves  Sky High  Stealth - Directed by Rob Cohen  Syriana - Directed by Stephen Gaghan  Tony Takitani - Directed by Jun Ichikawa  Wasabi Tuna - Directed by Lee Friedlander  Friday, August 5, 2005 2046 - Directed by Wong Kar-Wai  Broken Flowers - Directed by Jim Jarmusch  Cry Wolf - Directed by Jeff Wadlow  The Dukes of Hazzard - Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar  Grizzly Man - Directed by Werner Herzog  Junebug - Directed by Phil Morrison  My Date With Drew - Directed by Jon Gunn, Brett Winn, Brian Herzlinger  The Pink Panther - Directed by Shawn Levy  Secuestro Express - Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz   Site Updates   17/9/2003 : Starting Date   June 14, 2005: Last Update!   Movie Quotes   At my signal, unleash hell. -Gladiator, spoken by Russell Crowe   A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. -Hannibal Lecter   |