
Red Planet, Meet the Parents, Men of Honor, Little Nicky, Charlie's Angels



by
George Shaw
Red Planet
In the near future, Earth is dying. A new colony on Mars could be humanity's only hope. A team of American astronauts, each a specialist in a different field, is making the first manned expedition to the red planet and must struggle to overcome the differences in their personalities, backgrounds and ideologies for the overall good of the mission. When their equipment suffers life-threatening damage and the crew must depend on one another for survival on the hostile surface of Mars, their doubts, fears and questions about God, man's destiny and the nature of the universe become defining elements in their fates. In this alien environment they must come face to face with their most human selves.
Starring Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Benjamin Bratt, Tom Sizemore, Simon Baker. Directed Antony Hoffman.
Meet the Parents
In Meet the Parents, everything that could possibly go wrong for groom-to-be Greg Focker does. The problems begin with Greg's disastrous first meeting with his girlfriend's family-most notably her intimidating father Jack Byrnes-and it's all downhill from there.
Starring Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Ben Stiller, Jon Abrahams, Blythe Danner. Directed Jay Roach.
Men of Honor
The inspirational, true-life exploits of Carl Brashear, who becomes the Navy's first African-American deep-sea salvage retrieval diver. Brashear runs into formidable opposition in Billy Sunday, a rebellious senior officer and master diver who ultimately helps Brashear fight racism and bureaucracy and make military history.
Starring Robert DeNiro, Cuba Godding Jr., Cuba Gooding Jr., Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron . Directed Jr., George Tillman.
Little Nicky
Little Nicky is a shy and awkward guy with a penchant for heavy metal music and two bullies for older brothers. And another thing, Little Nicky is the son of the Devil and lives in Hell. When Dad decides not to make his brothers the heir to his evil throne, they go to New York, hell-bent on creating their own Hell on Earth. In the process, they disrupt the natural order of things causing Nicky's Dad, The Devil, to lose his power and slowly die. With no other options, the weakening Devil orders his beloved, but feeble son Nicky to leave his sheltered life in Hell for the mean streets of New York. With the fate of the planet resting on his shoulders, a nervous Nicky and his guide (a foul-mouthed, talking dog) must find Nicky's brothers, overcome their formidable powers, and restore the balance between Good and Evil.
Starring Adam Sandler, Harvey Keitel, Allen Covert, Jonathan Loughran, Peter Dante. Directed Steven Brill.
Charlie's Angels
They're beautiful, they're brilliant, and they work for Charlie. In a smart, sexy update of the 70's TV show, "Charlie's Angels" revolves around three female detectives - Natalie the bookworm, Dylan the tough girl, and Alex the class act - as intelligent and multi-talented as they are ravishingly gorgeous and utterly disarming. What can be done when Eric Knox, a soon-to-be billionaire, is kidnapped from his own office at Knox Technologies, and the company is in jeopardy of losing a million dollars? Under the sure hand of their suave playboy boss, notorious for his clever ways of avoiding face-to-face meetings with his employees, the Angels use their feminine charm, high-tech gadgets and hand-to-hand combat to save themselves, Charlie, and thousands of innocent people.
Starring Drew Barrymore, Bill Murray, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu. Directed McG.