New Movies in Theaters August 20, 2010
August 20, 2010
Piranha 3D
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Genre: Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Yet Rated
Studio: Dimension Films (The Weinstein Company)
Director: Alexandre Aja
Screenwriter: Alexander Aja, Greg Levasseur, Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg
Movie Website: Piranha-3D.com
Actors/Actresses: Jessica Szohr, Steven R. McQueen, Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O’Connell, Ving Rhames, Richard Dreyfuss, Christopher Lloyd
Plot Summary: From director Alexandre Aja (“The Hills Have Eyes”) comes the new action thriller “Piranha.” Every year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 for Spring Break; a riot of sun and drunken fun. But this year, there’s something more to worry about than hangovers and complaints from local old timers; A new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area’s new razor-toothed residents.
Lottery Ticket
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Erik White
Screenwriter: Abdul Williams
Movie Website: LotteryTicketmovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Bow Wow, Ice Cube, Brandon T. Jackson, Naturi Naughton, Keith David, Charles Q. Murphy, Loretta Devine, Terry Crews, Bill Bellamy
Plot Summary: Kevin Carson (Bow Wow), a young man living in the projects, wins $370 million in a nationwide lottery. When his opportunistic neighbors discover he has the winning ticket in his possession, Kevin must survive their greedy and sometimes even threatening actions over a three-day holiday weekend before he can claim his prize.
Plot Summary: Kevin Carson (Bow Wow), a young man living in the projects, wins $370 million in a nationwide lottery. When his opportunistic neighbors discover he has the winning ticket in his possession, Kevin must survive their greedy and sometimes even threatening actions over a three-day holiday weekend before he can claim his prize.
Nanny McPhee Returns
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Genre: Comedy, Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Susanna White
Screenwriter: Emma Thompson
Movie Website: NannyMcPhee.com
Actors/Actresses: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, Asa Butterfield, Ralph Fiennes
Plot Summary: In “Nanny McPhee Returns,” Oscar®-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she’s needed the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.
In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green’s children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave.
Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
The Switch
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Miramax Films (Disney)
Director: Will Speck, Josh Gordon
Screenwriter: Allan Loeb
Movie Website: Miramax.com/TheSwitch
Actors/Actresses: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis, Thomas Robinson
Plot Summary: Jennifer Aniston stars alongside Jason Bateman in this offbeat comedy as Kassie, a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s (Bateman) objections, decides it’s time to have a baby even if it means doing it by herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor (Patrick Wilson). But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later when Wally finally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute–though slightly neurotic–son.
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