Film
September films
By STEVE PERSALL, Times Film Critic
Published September 16, 2004
Sept. 17
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie save the world.
Wimbledon - Kirsten Dunst swaps spider webs for a tennis net.
Mr. 3000 - Bernie Mac plays a retired baseball star whose legend needs sprucing up.
Danny Deckchair - An Aussie who went up in a balloon-lifted lawn chair and came down a celebrity.
The Mother - A 60-something widow has an affair with her daughter's lover.
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers - Two young swindlers. Two rich, batty old ladies. What could go wrong? See review Friday on Page 2B.
Sept. 24
The Forgotten - Julianne Moore stars as a woman desperately seeking her missing son. But her psychiatrist (Gary Sinise) claims she's imagining that she ever had a child. Dominic West (Mona Lisa Smile) co-stars as a pro hockey player possibly suffering from the same paramnesia.
First Daughter - The daughter (Katie Holmes) of a U.S. president goes to college where a cute suitor (Marc Blucas) has an ulterior motive. No, Holmes doesn't play twins.
Mean Creek - A teenage bully (Josh Peck) is lured by his victims into a forest, where the roots of his aggression are revealed. This Sundance Film Festival favorite co-stars Rory Culkin and Trevor Morgan.
Shaun of the Dead - Happy hour at a British pub turns nasty when flesh-eating zombies arrive. A round of Bloody Marys for everyone, please.
A Dirty Shame - John Waters proudly waves his NC-17 rating for this comedy about a meek woman (Tracey Ullman) who becomes a nymphomaniac after a head injury. Johnny Knoxville and Chris Isaak co-star.
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