By Josh Staph  | 
See the issue: January 2007

The Invisible
[Hollywood Pictures]
Release: Jan. 26 / Genre: Thriller
Plot Summary: The producers of The Sixth Sense create another supernatural thriller with the story of Nick Powell (Justin Chatwin), a clean-cut high school senior whose body is left by the wayside after being brutally attacked. Powell awakens to find that he isn’t dead, but invisible to the living. With only hours until he actually dies, he scrambles for a way to lead the living to his body before he perishes for good.

Ghost Rider
[Columbia Pictures]
Release Date: Feb. 16 Genre: Action
Plot Summary: Nicholas Cage plays Johnny Blaze, a character based on Ghost Rider from Marvel Comics. Blaze is a stunt cyclist who, years before, sold his soul to Mephistopheles to save his dying father. Later, the Devil offers Blaze a chance to regain his soul if he agrees to become the Ghost Rider—an agent of justice who’s normal by day and a supernatural enemy of evil by night—and take down Blackheart, Mephistopheles’ son and greatest enemy.

Norbit
[DreamWorks Pictures –Paramount]
Release Date: Feb. 9 / Genre: Comedy
Plot Summary: Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is a mild-mannered geek who is leading a tough life. Abandoned as an infant and raised by a complete stranger, Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy), Norbit is bullied into marrying the massive Rasputia (Eddie Murphy). After more woes in the classic good-guy-gets-pushed-around-by-bad-guys flick, something miraculous happens. Norbit’s childhood sweetheart, Kate (Thandie Newton), moves back to town, giving him the second chance he’s been waiting for.

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