‘Sex and the City: The Movie’ a Frilly University For Understanding the Human Condition

HollywoodChicago.com — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:46:14 -0700

CHICAGO – To its voracious universe of cult-following fans, it feels like a television marathon that spans an entire season. To everyone else who bats an indifferent eye at the religion that is “Sex and the City,” it may surprise you to find that all the glam and glitz has something even for you to learn, too.

The thorniest proposition for “Sex and the City: The Movie,” though, is opening the minds of all the anti-fashionistas (such as yours truly) and those who habitually bottle up their emotions for safekeeping.

After all, “Sex and the City” is often about a word that hurls the masses off in a scurry: feeling. For those who embrace all that is “love and labels,” though, the film begins by succinctly flashing back on plotlines avid followers know all too well.

Season watchers are nearly forced and relatively brainwashed into securing a theater seat, and unfortunately, followers and non-followers alike arrive to the theater with having already been told much too much from the trailer.

Read Adam Fendelman’s full review of “Sex and the City: The Movie” in our reviews section.

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Will Carrie marry Big? Will Charlotte – who’s thought to be infertile – have her own baby? What will become of Miranda and the cheating Steve? Will the scurrilous Samantha actually settle down with Smith? Will the predominantly white cast finally paint some color into the picture?

To the last question, Chicago’s Jennifer Hudson (who on the film’s “pink carpet” said she gets bronzed by rubbing on her “Dreamgirls” Oscar) says yes. As for the other questions, the film would have injected even more “what’ll happen next?” revelation by not giving such an initial peek up its own dress.

After initially cursing the all-too-telling trailer, I planted myself in my theater seat prepared for a 142-minute commitment. Not so. At our press screening, we were treated to another 30 minutes of a live satellite feed that counted down to the Chicago screening with the pink-carpet coverage.

Sarah Jessica Parker stars as Carrie Bradshaw in New Line Cinema’s “Sex and the City: The Movie”.
Photo credit: Craig Blankenhorn, New Line Cinema

Chris Noth is featured as Mr. Big in New Line Cinema’s “Sex and the City: The Movie”.
Photo credit: Craig Blankenhorn, New Line Cinema

Read Adam Fendelman’s full “Sex and the City: The Movie” review.

Comprehensive Film Release Schedule Through 2008

HollywoodChicago.com — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:37:00 -0700

Updated: 5/1/07 11:39 p.m.
I have compiled as many upcoming films from as many studios as possible as I can currently confirm through 2008.

Lions Gate Entertainment
“Away From Her”: May 4, 2007
“Delta Farce”: May 11, 2007
“Captivity”: May 18, 2007
“Bug”: May 25, 2007
“Hostel Part II”: June 8, 2007
“Fido”: June 15, 2007
“BRATZ”: Aug. 10, 2007
“Good Luck Chuck”: Aug. 24, 2007
“Ladron Que Roba Al Ladron”: Aug. 31, 2007
“Trade”: Sept. 7, 2007
“Earth”: Fall 2007
“War”: Sept. 14, 2007
“3:10 to Yuma”: Oct. 5, 2007
“The Eye”: Oct. 12, 2007
“Saw IV”: Oct. 26, 2007
“Foodfight!”: Nov. 16, 2007
“Thomas Kinkade Presents the Christmas Cottage”: Dec. 14, 2007
“Tenderness”: Fall 2007
“Why Did I Get Married”: Feb. 2008
“College”: March 14, 2008
“Borderland”: Coming
“Five Fingers”: Coming
“Forbidden Kingdom”: Coming
“A Jazz Man’s Blues”: Coming
“Right At Your Door”: Coming
“Teeth”: Coming
“Tulia”: Coming

New Line Cinema
“Hairspray”: July 20, 2007
“The Time Traveler’s Wife”: Shooting begins Aug. 2007
“Rush Hour 3”: Aug. 10, 2007
“Shoot ’Em Up”: Sept. 7, 2007
“Mr. Woodcock”: Sept. 21, 2007
“Rendition”: Oct. 12, 2007
“Martian Child”: Oct. 26, 2007
“Love in the Time of Cholera”: Nov. 16, 2007
“The Golden Compass”: Dec. 7, 2007
“Pride and Glory”: Jan. 4, 2008
“Semi-Pro”: Feb. 29, 2008
“Inkheart”: March 19, 2008
“Be Kind Rewind”: April 4, 2008
“Journey 3-D”: Aug. 8, 2008
“Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past”: Coming

Warner Bros.
“Lucky You”: May 4, 2007
“Ocean’s Thirteen”: June 8, 2007
“Nancy Drew”: June 15, 2007
“License to Wed”: July 4, 2007
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”: July 13, 2007
“No Reservations”: July 27, 2007
“The Invasion”: Aug. 17, 2007
“Micahel Clayton”: Sept. 14, 2007
“The Brave One”: Sept. 28, 2007
“Trick ’R Treat”: Oct. 5, 2007
“Fred Claus”: Nov. 9, 2007
“I Am Legend”: Dec. 14, 2007

Paramount Pictures
“Shrek the Third”: May 18, 2007
“Transformers”: July 4, 2007
“Hot Rod”: Aug. 3, 2007
“Stardust”: Aug. 10, 2007
“Untitled Farrelly Bros. Project”: Oct. 5, 2007
“Stop Loss”: TBD
“Bee Movie”: Nov. 2, 2007
“Beowulf”: Nov. 16, 2007
“Things We Lost in the Fire”: Fall/Holiday 2007
“Sweeney Todd”: Dec. 21, 2007 (limited); Jan. 11, 2008 (wide)

Sony Pictures
“Spider-Man 3”: May 4, 2007
“Surf’s Up”: June 8, 2007
“Superbad”: Aug. 17, 2007

Warner Independent Pictures
“Introducing the Dwights”: July 4, 2007
“December Boys”: Sept. 14, 2007
“In The Valley of Elah”: Sept. 21, 2007
“Rails and Ties”: Dec. 21, 2007

Rogue Pictures
“The Strangers”: Summer 2007
“Balls of Fury”: Sept. 14, 2007

Focus Features
“Evening”: June 29, 2007
“Talk to Me”: July 13, 2007 (limited)

Fox Atomic
“28 Weeks Later”: May 11, 2007
“The Comebacks”: Aug. 24, 2007

Fox Searchlight
“Waitress”: May 2, 2007
“Once”: May 28, 2007
“Day Watch”: June 1, 2007
“Joshua”: July 6, 2007
“Sunshine”: Fall 2007

Black Diamond Pictures
“September Dawn”: June 22, 2007

MGM
“The Flying Scotsman”: May 4, 2007
“Home of the Brave”: May 11, 2006 (limited)
“Mr. Brooks”: June 1, 2007
“Rescue Dawn”: July 4, 2007

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com