Becoming Jane (2007)

Release Date: August 3, 2007 (limited; wide release: Aug. 10)
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Julian Jarrold
Screenwriter: Sarah Williams, Kevin Hood
Starring: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG (for brief nudity and mild language)

Plot Summary: "Becoming Jane" is the story of the great, untold romance that inspired a young Jane Austen, played by Anne Hathaway. Willful and spirited, Jane is not ready to be tied down to anything but her writing. That is until she meets Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy), a charming rogue from London who spends more time drinking and socializing than on his law studies.— More here

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El Cantante (2007)

Release Date: August 3, 2007
Studio: Picturehouse
Director: Leon Ichaso
Screenwriter: Todd Antony Bello, David Darmsteder, Leon Ichaso
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Federico Castelluccio, Romi Dias, Vincent Laresca
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for drug use, pervasive language and some sexuality)

Plot Summary: A biopic on Hector Lavoe, who was one of the biggest Spanish-language singers in the 1970s, but personal tragedy and a heroin addiction left him penniless and dying from complications from AIDS. Known as salsa's bad boy, he had a crystal-clear voice and an incomparable talent for improvisation.— More here

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Hot Rod (2007)

Release Date: August 3, 2007
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Screenwriter: Pam Brady, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer
Starring: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, with Sissy Spacek, Ian McShane
Genre: Action, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for crude humor, language, some comic drug-related and violent content)

Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble (Samberg) is preparing for the jump of his life. Rod plans to clear fifteen buses in an attempt to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank’s life-saving heart operation. He’ll land the jump, get Frank better, and then fight him, hard.— More here

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Underdog (2007)

Release Date: August 3, 2007
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Screenwriter: Adam Rifkin, Joe Piscatella, Craig A. Williams
Starring: Jason Lee (Underdog), Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage, John Slattery, Patrick Warburton, Brad Garrett, Amy Adams
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG (for rude humor, mild language and action)

"There's no need to fear. Underdog is here!" The superhero canine with a gift for rhyme returns in an all new live-action re-imagination of the classic cartoon, "Underdog."

After an accident in the mysterious lab of maniacal scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage), an ordinary beagle unexpectedly finds himself with unimaginable powers and the ability to speak. Armed with a fetching superhero costume, Underdog (voiced by comedian Jason Lee) vows to protect the beleaguered citizens of Capitol City and, in particular, one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebread (voiced by Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams). When a sinister plot by Barsinister and his overgrown henchman Cad (Patrick Warburton) threatens to destroy Capitol City only Underdog can save the day.— More here

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Bratz (2007)

Release Date: August 3, 2007
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Sean McNamara
Screenwriter: Susan Estelle Jansen
Starring: Yasmin, Jade, Sasha, Cloe, Chelsea Staub, Anneliese van der Pol, Malese Jow, Stephan Lunsford, Jon Voight
Genre: Comedy, Family
MPAA Rating: PG (for thematic elements)

Plot Summary: The highly popular dolls Bratz finally come alive in "Bratz," the first live action feature film based on the chic fashion dolls. As the Bratz navigate their way through this story, we will see how the four young women represent honestly, camaraderie and most importantly friendship.

As long as they can remember, Yasmin (Nathalia Ramos), Jade (Janel Parrish), Sasha (Logan Browning) and Cloe (Skyler Shaye) have been "BFF" - Best Friends Forever. Inseparable since they first met, the young girls have always supported each other's individual personalities, talents and fabulous fashion styles. But now as the foursome enter Carry Nation High, Yasmin, Jade, Sasha and Cloe face a brand new world: a blackboard jungle, where for the first time they discover life as a teenager means dealing with a system of social cliques, all strictly enforced by senior Meredith Baxter Dimly. Finding themselves being pulled further and further apart, the girls band together and rise up as "the Bratz" to fight peer pressure, in turn learning how true empowerment means standing up for your friends, being true to oneself and living out one's dreams & aspirations.— More here

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