If you guessed E, then you're correct, but don't be too cynical. This kind of shtick has landed Murphy huge box-office receipts, powered by the same people who lined up to see Big Mamma and The Nutty Professor 2. Anticipate another wildly physical, generally wacky comedy performance from him, but realize that the movie will be a one trick pony with cataracts and arthritic joints.
June 29
Rat Race
A.I.
Set sometime in the 21st century, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence depicts life on earth after the Greenhouse Effect has melted the polar icecaps and flooded many coastal cities, submerging them in water. Human beings have come to not only depend upon computers for survival, but also come to befriend machines with artificial intelligence for friendship. Directed and written by Steven Spielberg, A.I. specifically tells the story of one boy robot (Haley Joel Osment) and his quest to becoming what movie teasers have described as "something more." Many people look forward to A.I.'s June 29th summer release either because it is Steven Spielberg's next movie or because it would have been Stanley Kubric's last. Spielberg's screenplay was based upon Stanley Kubric's 80-page treatment of a short story by Brian Aldiss, Super-Toys Last All Summer Long. In addition to starring America's favorite child actor Osment, this film will also star Jude Law as Gigolo Joe, Jake Thomas as Martin Swinton, William Hurt, France O'Connor, and Sam Robards. Narrated by Robin Williams, this modern tale of Pinnochio was
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