Movies-and-More: September 2008

Here's the run-down of September release dates for films, music, DVDs and books, as well as my box office predictions and newly-released movie trailers.

In Theaters September 5th

Predictions: 1. Tropic Thunder ($8 million), 2. Bangkok Dangerous ($7.5 m), 3. Babylon A.D. ($6.5 m), 4. The Dark Knight ($6 m), 5. The House Bunny ($5 m)

In Theaters September 12th

Predictions: 1. Burn After Reading ($32 m), 2. Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys ($18 m), 3. Righteous Kill ($8 m), 4. Tropic Thunder ($6 m), 5. The Women ($5.5 m)

In Theaters September 19th

Predictions: 1. Igor ($23 m), 2. Burn After Reading ($18 m), 3. My Best Friend's Girl ($17 m). 4. Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys Together ($8 m), 4. Lakeview Terrace ($5.5 m)

In Theaters September 26th

Predictions: 1. Eagle Eye ($28 m), 2. Nights In Rodanthe ($15.5 m), 3. Igor ($15 m), 4. Burn After Reading ($11 m), 5. Blindness ($8 m)

New Trailer Debuts
.....Senior Year

You Other Entertainment Needs:

September 2nd
On DVD: Ballet Shoes, Cheers: Season Ten, Desperate Housewives: Season Four, The Ghost Whisperer: Season Three, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, The Office: Season Four, Supernatural: Season Three, Then She Found Me

On CD: Joshua Bell, The Chemical Brothers, New Kids on the Block, Olivia Newton-John, Marie Osmond, Brad Paisley, Brian Wilson, Young Jeezy

In Bookstores:
Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games
Eric Hunter's Eclipse (Warriors: Power of Three Series #4)
Brad Meltzer's The Book of Lies
Marilynne Robinson's Home
Curtis Sittenfeld's American Wife

September 9th
On DVD: Baby Mama, The Forbidden Kingdom, Grey's Anatomy: Season Four, Smallville: Season Seven, Ugly Betty: Season Two

On CD: Joan Baez, Jim Brickman, Natalie Cole, Missy Elliot, Gym Class Heroes, LL Cool J, Patty Loveless, Metallica (Sept. 12th), Joan Osborne, Jessica Simpson, Robin Thicke

In Bookstores:
Jamie Lee Curtis's Big Words for Little People
Thomas L. Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Chuck Norris's Black Belt Patriotism: How To Reawaken America
Barack Obama's Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan
.....To Renew America's Promise
Rick Riordan's Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues Series #1)
Bob Schieffer's Bob Schieffer's America
Suzanne Somers's Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Medicine

September 16th
On DVD: 88 Minutes, Avatar the Last Airbender: Complete Book Three, Chuck: Season One, Deception, Made of Honor, Pushing Daisies: Season One, Snow Angels, Speed Racer, Torchwood: Season Two, Will & Grace: Season Eight, Young@ Heart

On CD: Blackcherry, Lindsay Buckingham, Renee Fleming, Jem, Ne-Yo, Nelly

In Bookstores:
Phillipa Gregory's The Other Queen
Brian Herbert's Paul of Dune
Garrison Keillor's Liberty
Phil McGraw's Real Life: Preparing
.....for the 7 Most Challenging Days of Your Life
Jamie Oliver's Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way To the Good Life
Christopher Paolini's Brisingr (Inheritance Cycle #3)
Ian Rankin's Exit Music
Phillip Roth's Indignation

September 23rd
On DVD: Boston Legal: Season Four, Brothers & Sisters: Season Two, Deception, Friday the 13th: The Series: Season One, Leatherheads, Run Fat Boy Run, Samantha Who: Season One, Sex and the City

On CD: David Gilmour, Kenny Loggins, Old Crow Medicine Show, Plain White T's, Pretenders, Pussycat Dolls
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In Bookstores:
Maya Angelou's Letter To My Daughter
P.C. Cast's Untamed (House of Night Series #4)
Jenny McCarthy's Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism
.....Against All Odds
Bill O'Reilly: A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir
John Sandford's Heat Lightning
Alexander McCall Smith's The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
Stuart Woods's Hot Mahogany

September 30th
On DVD: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Iron Man, My Name Is Earl: Season Three, My Three Sons: Season One Volume One, Numbers: Season Four, Popeye the Sailor Man (Volume 3): 1941-1943, Taxi to the Dark Side

On CD: Ben Folds, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Common, Linda Eder, Melissa Etheridge, Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson, Kellie Pickler, Santana, James Taylor, T.I., Michelle, Williams, Lee Ann Womack

In Bookstores:
Jenny Nimmo's Charlie Bone and the Shadow
Terry Pratchett's Nation
Prince's 21 Nights
Alice Schroeder's The Snowball
Nicholas Sparks's The Lucky One

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