Westport Cinema - Coming Soon

Lakeveiw Terrace (15A)

Directors: Neil LaBute
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Eva La Rue, Bitsie Tulloch
Feature Length: 120mins
Cert: 15A

Set in an affluent corner of a Los Angeles suburb, Jackson enters the screen quietly as Abel Turner, a veteran member of the LAPD. On any given day Abel is either the best parent and neighbor you've ever met, or a lumbering, blue nightmare. The latter opinion is that of Chris and Lisa Mattson (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington), a young, interracial couple from Chicago who have just bought the house next to Turner's. She designs clothing while he works for an all-natural supermarket chain named Good. Abel isn't fond of seeing a pretty black woman with a white boy, but his bigger problems are with domestic decorum.

Madagascar: Escape2 Africa (Gen)

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Starring: Ben Stiller, Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Sherri Shepherd, Alec Baldwin, Will.i.am
Cert: Gen

In the highly-anticipated sequel to "Madagascar," Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins and the chimps find themselves marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar. In the face of this obstacle, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane—sort of. Once aloft, this unlikely crew stays airborne just long enough to make it to the wildest place of all—the vast plains of Africa, where the members of our zoo-raised crew encounter species of their own kind for the very first time. Africa seems like a great place…but is it better than their Central Park home?

Nightmare before Christmas 3D (PG)

Directors: Henry Selick
Starring: Chris Sarandon, Catherine OHara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page
Feature Length: 84mins
Cert: PG

Tim Burton's holiday classic, "The Nightmare Before Christmas," makes a return to the big screen this holiday season in stunning Disney Digital 3D™. The dazzling new make-over of the musical-fantasy was led by the film's original filmmaking team of Academy Award® nominated writer/producer Tim Burton and director Henry Selick as well as the talented technical wizards at Industrial Light + Magic.Halloweentown's beloved Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington (voiced by Chris Sarandon), as he attempts to take over the Christmas holiday. Against the advice of Sally (voiced by Catherine O'Hara), a lonely rag doll who has feelings for him, Jack enlists three mischievous trick-or-treaters – Lock, Shock, and Barrel – to help him kidnap Santa Claus. Jack eventually realizes his mistake but has to contend with the evil Oogie Boogie before he can make things right and restore the Christmas holiday.

Niko and the way to the stars (Gen)

Directors: Michael Hegner,Kari Juusonen
Starring: Hannu-Pekka Björkman,Kari Hietalahti
Feature Length: 90mins
Cert: Gen

The tells the story of Niko, a little earth-bound reindeer who dreams of flying like his father, one of the elite troop that pulls Santa Claus' sleigh every Christmas. When Niko uncovers a plot by the Big Bad Wolf and his pack to replace Santa's "flying forces," Niko sets off to warn his dad.

The Day The Earth Stood Still (TBA)

Directors: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Jaden Smith, John Cleese
Cert: TBA

"The Day the Earth Stood Still" is 20th Century Fox's contemporary reinvention of its 1951 classic. Keanu Reeves portrays Klaatu, an alien whose arrival on our planet triggers a global upheaval. As governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind the visitor's appearance, a woman (Jennifer Connelly) and her young stepson get caught up in his mission – and come to understand the ramifications of his being a self-described "friend to the Earth."

The Tale Of Despereaux (TBA)

Directors: Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, Christopher Lloyd, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Tracey Ullman, Emma Watson, Sigourney Weaver
Cert: TBA

"The Tale of Despereaux" tells the story of four unlikely heroes: Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea (Emma Watson), a Princess in a gloomy castle who is prisoner to her father's grief; and Mig (Tracey Ullman), a servant girl who longs to be a Princess, but is forced to serve the jailer.

Transporter 3 (TBA)

Directors: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Jason Statham, Francois Berleand, Robert Knepper
Feature Length: 115mins
Cert: TBA

The first was co-directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen, the second by Leterrier, and now the third "Transporter" movie is expected to be helmed by a totally new face -- Olivier Megaton.

Twilight (TBA)

Directors: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed
Cert: TBA

Bella lives an extremely unremarkable life, she is very shy, clumsy and accident-prone and generally keeps to herself. One day her life changes when her mother, Renee, gets remarried . Consequently, Bella has to leave her home in Phoenix and go live with her dad in an uncommonly rainy small town in Washington, called Forks. The small town familiarity is not very conducive to Bella's preferred anonymity and she quickly makes friends and several boys even ask her out, but she turns them down. One mysterious family, the Cullens, whose parents are remarkably young and have five adopted children: Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice and Jasper. All the children are amazingly attractive, and seem to always keep to themselves. Bella feels a lot of tension with Edward but does not know why. Until a car loses control in the parking lot and is about to hit Bella, Edward saves her by literally stopping it dead in its tracks, and now Bella begins to suspect that there is something special about Edward.....