UNDATED MOVIES IN AUSTRALIA
Sacred Planet (TBA): Selected. Buena Vista. IMAX.
Sahara (TBA): Selected. UIP.
Satin Bridge (TBA): Selected. Potential.
Les Ames Fortes (Savage Souls) (TBA): Selected. UIP. Drama. 120 mins. France/ Belgium. In 1882, Therese, a young maid from the countryside, elopes with her fiance Firmin to a nearby town. Once there she discovers that nobody can rule over her: she is a savage soul. Therese meets another savage soul, the elegant and mysterious Madame Numance, benefactress of the town, with whom she will abandon herself in a battle of love and generosity. But Firmin will interfere and meddle in their game...
The Sea Watches (TBA): Selected. Columbia.
Shaolin Soccer (PG): Selected. Buena Vista. 87 mins. Action/ comedy. Hong Kong- Cantonese. Stephen Chow, Vicki Zhao, Man Tat Ng. D: Stephen Chow (The Tricky Master) & Lik-Chi Lee (The King Of Comedy). A shaolin kung-fu practitioner is seeking a way to spread the word about his chosen art. He meets a down-on-his-luck lame ex-football player who trains him and his five brothers to play football. They form a team, and are soon entered in a prestigious tournament with a 1 million dollar prize. (AKA Kung Foo Soccer)
Slap Her She's French (TBA): National. Buena Vista.
Shura Yukihime (aka Princess Blade) (MA): Selected. Madman. 92 mins. Japan. D: Shinsuke Suto.
Since Otar Left (TBA): Selected. Palace. France.
The Sound Of Thunder (TBA): National. Roadshow.
Sparkle Creek (TBA): National. Buena Vista. Sci-fi comedy. Sandra Bullock. D: David Koepp. A comedic fantasy about a rustic Wisconsin town that’s turned upside down (almost literally) when a massive invention is discovered to have been built underneath it. The main characters, town sheriff Karen Green and boyishly exuberant scientist Howard Heywood, fall in love as the super-collider reactor causes people to disappear.
The Squid And The Whale (TBA): Selected. Bill Murray, Laura Linney, John Turturro D: Noah Baumbach.The patriarch (Bill Murray) of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but he has settled into a teaching job. When his wife (Laura Linney) discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family, leaving two teenage sons to forge new relationships with their parents. Linney's character begins dating her younger son's tennis coach (John Turturro). Meanwhile, Murray's character has an affair with the student his older son is pursuing.
Star Wars: Episode III (TBA): National. Fox. Sci-fi fantasy action. Ewan McGregor, Nathalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Ahmed Best, Anthony Daniels, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Andrew Secombe, Silas Carson, Kenny Baker, Christopher Lee, Jimmy Smits. I suggest the title "OK This Is The LAST Star Wars movie EVER, Apart from the inevitable re-issue Special editions ever three years so you morons better buy heaps of tickets." Hayden Christensen will wear the Vader suit - not some other actor and Hayden will be present in the movie around 90%. And of course, CGI Yoda will return. As the Clone War continues, Anakin Skywalker finds himself dangerously close to the Dark Side of the Force and comes into conflict with Obi-Wan Kenobi.