The Plot: Set in an alternate vision of the year 1985, the murder of an ex-superhero causes a vigilante named Rorshach (Haley) to look into the matter, an investigation that reunites him with his surviving old colleagues -- all of them former superheroes themselves -- and gradually unveils a conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future.

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THE BUZZ: With this movie and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, comic-book superheroes will continue to dominate the box office in 2009, a year after the genre truly broke as a bankable entity. And in Watchmen's case, never has a storyline been so intricate, with arcs that span from the Cuban Missle Crisis to the Reagan Era, and out to Mars and back again. Is it fit for mass consumption? Surely, especially now that audiences are connecting with anti-heroes (or, in this case, ex-superheroes), and let's not forget how in the 1980s are, too. Already people are talking about director Zack Snyder's page-to-screen take on the graphic novel by Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore (the latter of whom is not on board with the project, thank you very much) -- has he copied the look of it too much? Not enough? Or are you, like thousands of other people, reading the book for the first time?

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The Plot: When a cab driver (Johnson) picks up an unusual fare -- a brother and sister duo with paranormal powers, who are being pursued by a nefarious organization -- he teams up with a discredited astrophysicist (Gugino) to protect the kids and, ultimately, the rest of humankind.

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THE BUZZ: Original Witch Mountain stars Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann are on board for Disney's redo of enduring and still-kinda-scary 1975 family movie, but how far will Disney in their attempt to preserve the story's integrity? Rather far, it seems, if the footage we saw at Comic-Con is any indication. Director Andy Fickman is looking to make his first break from his more-cushy films (She's the Man, The Game Plan) by picking up the mythology 30 years after the first film was set. Will it be PG or PG-13, people are asking, but when you have AnnaSophia Robb aboard, co-star of the "Hard PG" Bridge to Terabithia, I think Fickman and Disney are up to something special here.

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The Plot: A Hawaiian honeymoon turns dangerous for two lovers (Zahn and Jovovich) when they discover they are being stalked by a pair of killers (Olyphant and Sanchez) who are posing as friendly hikers.

THE BUZZ: One thing gives me pause as far as APG is concerned, and that's the idea of Milla Jovovich playing a victim (it's slightly harder than imagining her being in love with Steve Zahn, though perhaps it's true that a sense of humor does get you places in the romantic arena). And who knows exactly how David Twohy's story will twist back on itself, making the hunters the eventual prey. What we do know, according to Twohy's blog: The movie was shot in just over a month, there's a sea cave sequence that will hopefully wipe my memory clean of Into the Blue, and there's little chance that he's going to write that Alien Vs. Predator installment that fanboys and girls are petitioning for him to handle. Look for this trailer in front of Valkyrie?

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The Plot: A pair of corporate spies (Owen and Roberts) who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses -- but can they learn to truly love and trust one another?

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THE BUZZ: Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) is back to write, direct, and confuse with another crime/suspense story, but this time there's some lovemaking to be had. I'm all phew for many reasons: Tom Wilkinson's has reunited with Gilroy for another supporting role; Paul Giamatti replaced Billy Bob Thornton as one of the warring CEOs; we finally get to see what Ocean's 11 could have been like if Tess were allowed to be more than wallpaper; Clive Owen takes a break from dark/stressful thrillers to deliver some mystery and cheer. But what this project could really use? A title change.

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The Plot: When Ted Myles (Cage) begins to suspect that his son has discovered an artifact that accurately predicts natural disasters and other catastrophes, he goes on to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

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THE BUZZ: Great premise, but what's with the numbers game, didn't The Number 23 make such a story device a dicey proposition for a while? Not that I'm deplaned from Alex Proyas's sci-fi trips, but even he seemed disinterested in his new movie when he presented a first look at Comic-Con this year (sans Nic Cage, who lately seems as disinterested in promoting any of his movies). I'm still giving this one a shot, however, since the trailer is effective, please it's cool to see what Proyas can do with a budget much smaller than, say, I, Robot's.

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The Plot: During the summer of 1987, recent college grad James Brennan (Eisenberg) takes what he thinks is a going-nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to discover it's a perfect opportunity to prepare himself for the real world.

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THE BUZZ: One of the many things I love about writer-director Greg Mottola: He could have easily leveraged his Superbad success for bigger, "better," and ultimately less funny mainstream comedies, but with Adventureland he takes on a smaller-scale project culled from his own post-grad experiences. With a note-perfect cast and a taste level that avoids dressing up his stars in period clichés, I feel like the older crowd which embraced Superbad will return to relive their awkward years here. And even though the movie co-stars Ryan Reynolds, it's guaranteed to be nowhere near as flavorless as Waiting.)

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The Plot: Two shady concert promoters (Cube and Epps) get into serious trouble when their plan to book a superstar rapper (Young Jeezy) goes awry.

THE BUZZ: Ice Cube looks to win back the audiences who first turned him into a movie star, but his reunion with Mike Epps doesn't necessarily mean the duo are in for a Friday-like success. Why? First of all, Ice Cube is now about as popular a leading man as is he is a rapper, and Janky (which, like "Fetch," never really caught on as slang) is being promoted by the Weinstein Bros., who mishandled Cube's last movie, The Longshots. (Total art imitating life scenario!) Plus, he recruited ATL's Young Jeezy as the rapper in charge here, proving he's lost his love for the West Coast.

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