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Friday, October 18, 2002 Opening this week
ABANDON
A college student (Katie Holmes) haunted by the memory of her boyfriend ("Queer as Folk's" Charlie Hunnam), who's been missing for two years, finds her life becoming even more complicated when a detective (Benjamin Bratt) starts to investigate her lost love's disappearance. This psychological thriller marks the directorial debut of Oscar-winning "Traffic" screenwriter Stephen Gaghan; Zooey Deschanel (most recently seen in "The Good Girl"), Gabrielle Union ("Bring It On"), Gabriel Mann ("The Bourne Identity") and "Sweet Home Alabama" co-stars Melanie Lynskey and Fred Ward lead the supporting cast. (99 min.) PG-13; sexual situations, violence, profanity, drug use.
FORMULA 51
Samuel L. Jackson returns to action as Elmo McElroy, an American entrepreneur who's planning one last deal -- introducing a new designer drug to the European underworld -- until his plan for a quick score goes comically awry, ensnaring him in a web of double-dealing and double crosses. Robert Carlyle ("Trainspotting"), Emily Mortimer ("Lovely and Amazing"), Rhys Ifans ("Notting Hill") and Meat Loaf round out the starring cast for "Bride of Chucky" actionmeister Ronny Yu. (92 min.) R; violence, profanity, sexual situations, drug use.
IGBY GOES DOWN
Forever at war with the stifling world of money, privilege and power he's known all his life, rebellious 17-year-old Igby Slocumb (Kieran Culkin of "You Can Count on Me" and "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys") goes AWOL from his Midwestern military academy, returning to New York to resume his search for truth, beauty and a better way in this edgy comedy from debuting writer-director Burr Steers. Susan Sarandon (as Igby's icy mother), Bill Pullman (as his schizophrenic father), Ryan Phillippe (as his golden-boy brother), Jeff Goldblum (as his wealthy godfather) and Claire Danes (as a quirky older friend) co-star. (97 min.) R; nudity, sexual situations, profanity, drug use, brief violence. (Reviewed in this edition.)
THE RING
A newspaper reporter ("Mulholland Drive's" Naomi Watts) tracking down an urban legend about a killer video discovers there's more to the story when she watches the tape and realizes she has one week to solve its mystery before she meets with the same fate as four teens who've already watched it -- and died. Martin Henderson ("Windtalkers") and Brian Cox ("The Bourne Identity") co-star for director Gore Verbinski ("The Mexican," "MouseHunt") in an English-language remake of one of Japan's top box-office hits. (115 min.) PG-13; mature themes, disturbing images, profanity, drug references.
By CAROL CLING |
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