Movies From 2006, 2007,2008

Milk

2009-01-03T13:23:00.000-08:00

"Harvey Milk" - (Official title of this movie is "Milk") - "Harvey Milk" (1930-1978) was an activist and politician, and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in America; in 1977, he was voted to the city supervisors' board of San Francisco. The following year, both he and the city's mayor George Moscone were shot to death by another city supervisor, Dan White. Harvey Milk, the man, was previously the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary feature "The Times of Harvey Milk" (1984), directed by Rob Epstein and produced by Richard Schmiechen. Oscar nominated director Gus Van Sant's "Milk" is the first non-documentary feature to explore the man's life and career.

STARRING: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Diego Luna, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare, Stephen Spinella
DIRECTOR: Gus Van Sant
STUDIO: Focus Features
RATING: R (For strong language, violence, sexual situations)

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Four Christmases

2009-01-03T13:09:00.000-08:00

"Four Christmases" in one day.

As they brace themselves for a marathon of homecomings, Brad and Kate expect the worst--and that's exactly what they get. But as Brad counts down the minutes to their freedom, Kate surprisingly finds herself tuned to the ticking of a different clock.

At the end of the day, each will gain a new perspective on where they came from...and where they're going. Getting to know themselves and each other as they really are could finally give them a chance at the kind of love they've only been playing at.

STARRING: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Voight, Sissy Spacek
DIRECTOR: Seth Gordon
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
RATING: PG-13 (For language, adult situations)

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Australia

2009-01-03T13:05:00.000-08:00

"Australia: The Movie" - A romantic action-adventure set in northern "Australia" prior to World War II, the movie "Australia" centers on an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Hugh Jackman of the upcoming "Wolverine") to drive 2000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, "Australia" by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. With his new film, "Australia," Baz Luhrmann (who catapulted Nicole Kidman to fame in "Moulin Rouge") painted on a vast canvas, and created a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.

Perhaps Baz Luhrmann will have better luck with Nicole Kidman in this epic than Ron Howard did with her in the dreadful "Far And Away." Although, Wild About Movies grade for "Australia" isn't much better than the grade Tim Nasson, publisher of Wild About Movies, gave "Far And Away" over a decade ago.

STARRING: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown
DIRECTOR: Baz Luhrmann
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: PG-13 (For language, sexual situations, violence)

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Bolt

2009-01-03T13:03:00.000-08:00

"Disney's Bolt 3D" - A TV star dog (voiced by John Travolta) drinks martinis with starlets and showboats on sets until he is suddenly abandoned in his trailer in the Nevada desert where he meets up with a radioactive rabbit and a one-eyed cat who are trying to find new homes. "Disney's Bolt 3D" has been renamed. The original title was "American Dog." Perhaps Disney didn't want the movie confused with their movie box office bomb of Summer 2007, "Underdog."

STARRING The Voices of: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Mark Walton, Susie Essman, James Lipton, Malcolm McDowell, Diedrich Bader
DIRECTORS: Byron Howard, Chris Williams
STUDIO: Walt Disney Pictures
RATING: PG (For mild crude humor)

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Twilight

2009-01-03T13:01:00.000-08:00

"Twilight" - Director Catherine Hardwicke brings a worldwide literary phenomenon to life on the big screen in Twilight, the story of the passionate and unexpected romance between a teenage girl and a mysterious and irresistible vampire. Kristen Stewart (Into the Wild) and Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) star as a post-modern Romeo and Juliet in an action-filled and suspenseful adventure with a supernatural bite.
Based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer, Twilight focuses on two young lovers, swept away by destiny, who destroy the delicate balance between the hunter and the hunted with dangerous consequences. The film also stars Taylor Lautner ("My Own Worst Enemy"), Billy Burke ("24"), Peter Facinelli ("Damages," The Scorpion King), Elizabeth Reaser ("The Ex List"), Nikki Reed (Thirteen), Ashley Green ("Desire"), Jackson Rathbone ("Beautiful People"), Kellan Lutz (Prom Night), Cam Gigandet (Never Back Down), Edi Gathegi (Gone, Baby, Gone) and Rachelle Lefevre ("Swingtown").

STARRING: Kristen Stewart, Peter Facinelli, Robert Pattinson, Justin Chon, Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Rachelle Lefevre, Michael Welch
DIRECTOR: Catherine Hardwicke
STUDIO: Summit Entertainment
RATING: PG-13 (For violence, language, adult situations)

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Quantum of Solace

2009-01-03T12:57:00.000-08:00

In "Quantum Of Solace," betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M (JUDI DENCH) interrogate Mr White (JESPER CHRISTENSEN) who reveals the organisation which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

Forensic intelligence links an Mi6 traitor to a bank account in Haiti where a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful but feisty Camille (OLGA KURYLENKO), a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bond straight to Dominic Greene (MATHIEU AMALRIC), a ruthless business man and major force within the mysterious organisation.

On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bond discovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of the world's most important natural resources, is forging a deal with the exiled General Medrano (JOAQUIN COSIO). Using his associates in the organisation, and manipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a Latin American country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land.

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How About You

2009-01-03T12:43:00.000-08:00

"How About You" - Starring Academy Award Winners Vanessa Redgrave and Brenda Fricker, and Academy Award Nominee Imelda Staunton, the movie "How About You?" is based on a short story by Maeve Binchy. Ellie (Hayley Atwell), a free-spirited and headstrong young woman, is left in charge of a residential home, owned and operated by her older sister Kate (Orla Brady), over the Christmas holidays. Her youth and inexperience bring her into bitter conflict with the four grumpy old residents known as the “Hard Core”: retired screen beauty Georgia (Vanessa Redgrave), spinster sisters Hazel (Imelda Staunton) and Heather (Brenda Fricker), and a reformed alcoholic judge, Donald (Joss Ackland). The film deals with the hilarious antics of these uncivilized seniors, the gradual solidarity that develops between the residents and Ellie, and an unlikely romance.

STARRING: Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Fricker, Joss Ackland, Imelda Staunton, Orla Brady, Hayley Atwell
DIRECTOR: Anthony Byrne
STUDIO: Strand Releasing
RATING: Not Rated (Language, adult situations)

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Slumdog Millionaire

2009-01-03T12:41:00.000-08:00

The Danny ("Trainspotting") Boyle movie "Slumdog Millionaire" tells the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Intrigued by Jamal's story, the jaded Police Inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out...

The movie "Slumdog Millionaire" won the Best Picture Award at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival.

STARRING: Mia Drake, Imran Hasnee, Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto
DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle
STUDIO: Fox Searchlight
RATING: R (For language, adult situations, violence)

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Soul Men

2009-01-03T12:40:00.001-08:00

The comedy "Soul Men" is not the sequel to the 1980s film "Soul Man," rather the late Bernie Mac's last motion picture.

In the movie "Soul Men," the two remaining members of the popular soul band, The Real Deal, from the 1970's, Floyd Henderson, now a retired businessman, and ne'er-do-well, ex-convict, Louis Hinds, take a road trip to the Apollo Theater for a musical tribute to their recently deceased front man, Marcus Hook.

As they travel cross country in a series of adventures and misdventures, they air old grievances about thirty year old betrayals and learn the music's still in them.

STARRING: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Affion Crockett and P.J. Byrne
DIRECTOR: Malcolm D. Lee
STUDIO: MGM
RATING: PG-13 (For adult situations, language)

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Eden Lake

2009-01-03T12:33:00.000-08:00

In the British horror movie "Eden Lake" nursery teacher Jenny and her boyfriend Steve, escape for a romantic weekend away. Steve, planning to propose, has found an idyllic setting: a remote lake enclosed by woodlands and seemingly deserted. The couple's peace is shattered when a gang of obnoxious kids encircles their campsite. Reveling in provoking the adults, the gang steals the couple's belongings and vandalizes their car leaving them completely stranded. When Steve confronts them, tempers flare and he suffers a shocking and violent attack. Fleeing for help, Jenny is subject to a brutal and relentless game of cat-and-mouse as she desperately tries to evade her young pursuers and find her way out of the woods. Exhausted and distraught, she finally arrives back to the safety of the town. And meets the parents...

STARRING: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Thomas Turgoose, Bronson Webb, Finn Atkins, James Gandhi
DIRECTOR: James Watkins
STUDIO: The incompetents at The Weinstein Co. who couldn't even produce a US poster - or website - for the movie they are releasing in the United States
RATING: R (For strong brutal violence, pervasive language, nudity, drug use)

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Splinter

2009-01-03T12:27:00.000-08:00

In the movie "Splinter" a young couple retreats to the wilderness for a romantic camping weekend, but their idyll is shattered when they are carjacked by an escaped convict and his girlfriend on the run from the police. As the foursome travel the back roads together, each plotting their next move, they find themselves in deeper trouble than any of them could have imagined -- a blood-crazed, parasitic creature that absorbs the corpses of its victims has laid claim to the woods, and the two couples are now in its sights. Finding shelter at an abandoned gas station, they must use their wits and every weapon at their disposal to stave off the onslaught, not only from the insatiable creature, but also each other.... The feature film debut from award-winning British horror director Toby Wilkins, "Splinter" is an exhilarating ride of jolts and laughs, and a throw back to the classic creature features of the early 70s and 80s.

STARRING: Charles Baker, Jill Wagner, Paulo Costanzo, Shea Whighham, Rachel Kerbs, Laurel Whitsett
DIRECTOR: Toby Wilkins
STUDIO: Magnolia Pictures
RATING: R (For graphic violence, language, nudity)

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Passengers

2009-01-03T12:25:00.000-08:00

"Passengers" - After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire (Anne Hathaway), is assigned by her mentor (Andre Braugher) to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident -- which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened -- Claire is intrigued by Eric (Patrick Wilson), the most secretive of the passengers. Just as Claire's professional relationship with Eric -- despite her better judgment -- blossoms into a romance, the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, one by one. Claire suspects that Eric may hold all the answers and becomes determined to uncover the truth, no matter the consequences.

STARRING: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, David Morse, Dianne Wiest, Andre Braugher, Clea DuVall
DIRECTOR: Rodrigo Garcia
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For thematic elements including

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Pride and Glory

2009-01-03T12:21:00.000-08:00

The big screen movie "Pride And Glory" is a saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney (Edward Norton), investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law (Colin Farrell). For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.

The theatrical release of "Pride & Glory" was originally scheduled for a March 2008 theatrical release and then pushed back one year to a TBD 2009 slot. Not a good sign. Currently, "Pride and Glory" has a release date of October 24, 2008 - according to the official website - and two new "Pride & Glory" movie posters, featured on this Wild About Movies page.

STARRING: Colin Farrell, Ed Norton, Jon Voight, Noah Emmerich
DIRECTOR: Gavin O'Connor
STUDIO: New Line Cinema
RATING: R (For language, violence, drug use)

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Let the Right One In

2009-01-03T12:19:00.000-08:00

"Let The Right One In" - A fragile, anxious twelve year old boy, Oskar, is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never fights back. The lonely boy's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also twelve, who moves in next door to him. But Eli's arrival coincides with a series of gruesome deaths and attacks. Though Oskar realizes that Eli is a vampire, his friendship with her is stronger than his fear. The movie "Let The Right One In" is an instant classic and is one of - if not 'the' most critically acclaimed vampire movie ever. In the movie "Let The Right One In," Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing, darkly atmospheric, yet unexpectedly tableau of adolescence.

Forget about "Twilight" and "Let The Right One In."

STARRING: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson
DIRECTOR: Tomas Alfredson
STUDIO: Magnolia Pictures
RATING: R (For language, violence, nudity)

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Changeling

2009-01-03T12:15:00.000-08:00

In the film "Changeling" Christine Collins' (Angelina Jolie) prayers are met when her kidnapped son is returned. But amidst the frenzy of the photo-op reunion, she realizes this child is not hers. Facing corrupt police and a skeptical public, she desperately hunts for answers, only to be confronted by a truth that will change her forever.

Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son, Walter, and left for work. When she came home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, and months later, a boy claiming to be the nine-year-old is returned. Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters and her conflicted emotions, Christine allows him to stay overnight. But in her heart, she knows he is not Walter.

As she pushes authorities to keep looking, she learns that in Prohibition-era L.A., women don't challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb (John Malkovich), who helps her fight the city to look for her missing boy. Based on the actual incident that rocked California's legal system, "Changeling" tells the shocking tale of a mother's quest to find her son, and those who won't stop until they silence her.

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Sex Drive

2009-01-03T12:10:00.000-08:00

In the movie "Sex Drive" eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best friends Lance and Felicia in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he met on the Internet. But the journey, filled with hilarious misadventures and raunchy escapades, teaches all three more than they expected about life and love. Randy, raucous and unexpectedly romantic, "Sex Drive" follows three friends on the road trip of a lifetime!

Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman) can’t seem to catch a break. He’s taunted by his cocksure older brother Rex, shown up in the romance department by his 14-year-old younger brother and humiliated by his job at a mall donut shop. But Ian’s biggest problem is that he’s about to start college as a virgin!

Getting nowhere with the girl of his dreams and longtime “best friend” Felicia (Amanda Crew), Ian resorts to the Internet for dates. He soon hooks up with Ms. Tasty, a flaming hot blonde who can’t wait to get busy. The only catch: Ian has to drive 500 miles from Chicago to Knoxville to consummate the deal.

STARRING: James Marsden, Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, Clark Duke, Alice Greczyn, Cole Petersen, Camille Guaty, Seth Green, Dave Koechner
DIRECTOR: Sean Anders
STUDIO: Summit Entertainment
RATING: R (For language, sexual situations, nudity)

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The Secret Life of Bees

2009-01-03T12:08:00.000-08:00

Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film version of "The Secret Life of Bees" is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), her black caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna.

STARRING: Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys, Paul Bettany, Hilarie Burton, Nate Parker
DIRECTOR: Gina Prince-Bythewood
STUDIO: Fox Searchlight
RATING: PG-13 (For adult situations, language)

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Max Payne

2009-01-03T12:05:00.000-08:00

"Max Payne" - Based on the legendary, hard-hitting interactive video game, (from Rockstar Games), the movie "Max Payne" tells the story of a maverick cop determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmare journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, "Max Payne" (Mark Wahlberg) is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.

STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Chris O'Donnell, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Mila Kunis, Donal Logue
DIRECTOR: John Moore
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: PG-13 (For violence, language, adult situations)

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Filth and Wisdom

2009-01-03T12:01:00.000-08:00

"Filth And Wisdom" - Madonna's comedy/drama - yes, she directed this 'movie' - "Filth And Wisdom," centers on three flatmates living desperate lives in London - and was initially intended as a short film, the kind that never sees the darkness of movie theaters or given a respectable DVD release. And the movie, in its current version, is short, coming in at under 90 minutes. Nonetheless, "Filth And Wisdom" will get an exclusive NYC theatrical run, at the IFC Film Center - (where it will undoubtedly sell out, thanks to all the NYC queens who presumably will show up wanting to see another Madonna movie on the big screen no matter how horrid) - coinciding with video-on-demand availability. In the movie "Filth And Wisdom" the intertwining plotlines track, among other characters, a man who spanks for money, a chemist and a pole dancer.

STARRING: Ade, Olegar Fedoro, Gogol Bordello, Richard E. Grant, Eugene Hutz, Vicky Mclure, Holly Weston
DIRECTOR: Madonna
STUDIO: IFC
RATING: Not Rated (Foul language, nudity, adult situations, sexual situations)

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Flashbacks of a Fool

2009-01-03T11:59:00.000-08:00

"Flashbacks Of A Fool" - Hollywood movie star Joe has it all; looks, fame, money, but there's a demon inside him that his Babylonian debauches can't kill. On a one way ticket to self destruction Joe realizes the only way to save himself is by returning to a place he's been running from his entire life, his childhood, a place ruled by a love he desperately wants to remember and a catastrophe he'll do anything to forget. Starring Daniel Craig ("007"), "Flashbacks Of A Fool" is a tender ode to first love, a shocking fable of soul wrenching tragedy, and a poignant, powerful journey of forgiveness, redemption and healing in the heartbreaking tradition of "Prince of Tides."

STARRING: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Olivia Williams, Helen McCrory, Jodhi May, Mark Strong, Eve, Miriam Karlin, Claire Forlani, Keeley Hawes, Emilia Fox, Felicity Jones, James D'Arcy, Alfie Allen, Sid Mitchell, Julie Ordon, Gina Athans, Max Deacon, Jodie Tomlinson, Mia Clifford
DIRECTOR: Baillie Walsh
STUDIO: Anchor Bay Films
RATING: R (For language, sexual situations, violence)

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Dance of the Dead

2009-01-03T11:56:00.000-08:00

"Dance Of The Dead" - Growing up is hard. Killing a town full of zombies is harder. Or so the students of Cosa High School find in the raucous new film “Dance of the Dead.” The movie “Dance of the Dead” is the fast-paced, blood drenched — and often hilarious — story of several high school students from different social cliques banding together to save their town from the living dead. The film marks the auspicious debuts of many of the young cast members in the ensemble. It’s also the sophomore effort from Gregg Bishop, the award-winning director of the supernatural thriller “The Other Side.”

STARRING: Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Chandler Darby, Carissa Capobianco, Justin Welborn
DIRECTOR: Gregg Bishop
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: R (For violence, nudity, sexual situations, language)

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Quarantine

2009-01-03T11:53:00.000-08:00

Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.

STARRING: Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Steve Harris, Jonathon Schaech
DIRECTOR: John Erick Dowdle
STUDIO: Screen Gems
RATING: R (For violence, language, adult situations)

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Lower Learning

2009-01-03T11:51:00.000-08:00

Welcome to Geraldine Ferraro Elementary. Where the teachers are drunk, having sex in the classrooms, lazy or psychotic. Every child has been left behind and burned out. Vice principal Tom (Jason Biggs) is barely holding on. But when totally hot district inspector Rebecca (Eva Longoria Parker) arrives to shut down the school, she and Tom hatch a plan to take back the classrooms from the insanely corrupt Principal Billings (Rob Corddry) - who extorts money from parents.

What tragedy in Tom's past has turned him into a complete wuss? When are Nyquil shots and caddle prods considered appropriate teaching tools? How much damage can be inflicted by a bunch of pissed off 2nd graders?

STARRING: Jason Biggs, Eva Longoria Parker, Rob Corddry
DIRECTOR: Mark Lafferty
STUDIO: Anchor Bay
RATING: R (For language, nudity, sexual situations, adult situations)

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The Express

2009-01-03T11:50:00.000-08:00

The Express" is the true story of Ernie Davis, two-time All-American running back for Syracuse University who led his team to the national championship in 1960. In 1961, he became the first black man to win the Heisman Trophy. Later that year, he was the first pick in the NFL draft. But Davis never got the chance to play professional football, he was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer of 1962 and died nearly a year later. An uplifting film, not, but yet another 'football movie' trying to make a buck at the movie theater. (Undoubtedly, it will be a movie box office bomb, as all football movies, even ones starring George Clooney, "Leatherheads", are!)

STARRING: Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Omar Benson Miller, Clancy Brown, Charles S. Dutton
DIRECTOR: Gary Fleder
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: PG (For thematic content, violence, language, brief sensuality)

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City of Ember

2009-01-03T11:48:00.000-08:00

For generations, the people of the "City Of Ember" have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But the "City Of Ember's" once powerful generator is failing... and the great lamps that illuminate the city for twelve hours each day - there is no sun, nor moon - are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, and help the citizens escape before the lights go out forever. You see below the complete list of actors and actress starring in "City Of Ember." But did you know that the young Irish actress Saoirse Ronan was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in last year's "Atonement" - and will undoubtedly earn a second Oscar nomination for Best Actress, for her role in Peter Jackson's 2009 big screen movie release, "The Lovely Bones?"

Why we think "City Of Ember" will be a hit: Gil Kenan, the 31 year old whose directorial debut was the animated hit "Monster House," showed us in that film that he has what it takes - and that was just with cartoon bullies. And did we say Saoirse (pronounced SEER-shuh) Ronan?

STARRING: Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Martin Landau, Toby Jones, Saoirse Ronan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
DIRECTOR: Gil Kenan
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: PG (For mild violence and language)

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Body of Lies

2009-01-03T11:45:00.000-08:00

The movie "Body Of Lies" is based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius' 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) and the collegial, but perhaps suspect, head of Jordanian intelligence. Although ostensibly his allies, Ferris questions how far he can really trust these men without putting his entire operation - and his life - on the line.

"Body Of Lies" is one of two Fall 2008 movies starring three time Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio. Leonardo DiCaprio stars opposite Kate Winslet (again, remember "Titanic"?) in Sam Mendes' "Revolutionary Road." If you're Wild About Movies you'll know that Oscar winning director Sam Mendes ("American Beauty") is married to Kate Winslet.

STARRING: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Carice Van Houten
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
RATING: R (For violence, language, adult situations)

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Religulous

2009-01-03T11:39:00.000-08:00

Religulous follows comedian Bill Maher (“Real Time with Bill Maher,” “Politically Incorrect”) as he travels to religious sites around the world to interview a broad spectrum of believers about God and religion. Known for his astute analytical skills and for his commitment to never pulling a punch, Maher applies his characteristic honesty and irreverent wit to the question of faith, bringing us on an uproarious and provocative spiritual journey. Directed by Larry Charles ("Borat" and HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm”), "Religulous" marks Charles’ first feature film project since the critically acclaimed, wildly successful "Borat."

STARRING: Bill Maher
DIRECTOR: Larry Charles
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: R (For language)

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Just Burried

2009-01-03T11:37:00.000-08:00

Just Buried" - In the black comedy "Just Buried" Oliver is destined for an uneventful life until the day he and his brother Jackie breeze into town to attend the funeral of their estranged father. To everyone's bewilderment, Oliver inherits his father's estate-a funeral home. Oliver learns from the handyman Henry that the home is on the verge of bankruptcy. That night, his life gets increasingly complicated when he takes a drunken drive with the bewitching mortician Roberta and collides with a hiker. Roberta cleverly disguises the fatality as an accident, providing Oliver with his first paying customer and launching the duo on a merciless killing spree that evolves from accidental to intentional. As they scramble to stay out of jail and keep the funeral home in business, the body count rises steeply and their victims expire in increasingly bizarre and brutal "accidents". Trying to remain one step ahead of the local law (Roberta's father, Chief of Police Knickle, and her boyfriend, Constable Richmond), Oliver is torn between the affections of Roberta and his young, alluring stepmother, Luanne. With his business and love life blossoming, Oliver gains confidence-until he finds he has dug a grave for himself too deep to escape.

STARRING: Rose Byrne, Jay Baruchel, Graham Greene, Nigel Bennett, Reagan Pasternak, Thomas Gibson
DIRECTOR: Chaz Thorne
STUDIO: IFC Films
RATING: R (For language, violence, sexual situations)

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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

2009-01-03T11:36:00.000-08:00

How To Lose Friends And Alienate People" - Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamour. His alternative magazine, Post Modern Review, pokes fun at the media obsessed stars and bucks trends, and so when Young is offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based Sharps magazine its something of a shock! It seems Sharps editor Clayton Harding is amused by Young's disruption of a post-BAFTA party with a pig posing as Babe. Thus begins Sidney's descent into success - his gradual move from derided outsider to confidante of starlet Sophie Maes - and a love affair with colleague Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst), that will either make him or break him.

The movie "How To Lose Friends And Alienate People" is based on the Toby Young memoir of the same name.

STARRING: Simon Pegg, Megan Fox, Kirsten Dunst, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges
DIRECTOR: Robert B. Weide
STUDIO: MGM
RATING: R (For language, sexual situations)

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Beverly Hills Chihuahua

2008-10-06T09:13:00.000-07:00

"Beverly Hills Chihuahua" - In the Disney comedy, (we use the word comedy loosely), "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," a pampered "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" named Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore) finds herself accidentally lost in the mean streets of Mexico without a day spa or Rodeo Drive boutique anywhere in sight. Now alone for the first time in her spoiled life, she must rely on some unexpected new friends including a street-hardened German Shepherd named Delgado (voice of Andy Garcia) and an amorous pup named Papi (voice of George Lopez) to lend her a paw and help her to find her inner strength on their incredible journey back home. Garcia is playing a German shepherd who was kicked off the police force because he lost his sense of smell and has now given up on life.

STARRING The Voices of and: Placido Domingo, Manolo Cardona, Jamie Lee Curtis, Andy Garcia, George Lopez, Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos, Paul Rodriguez, Cheech Marin, Drew Barrymore
DIRECTOR: Rajna Gosnell
STUDIO: Walt Disney Pictures
RATING: PG (For innuendo, language)

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Smother

2008-10-06T08:57:00.000-07:00

"Smother" - Marilyn Cooper (Academy Award™-winner Diane Keaton) is one of those mothers- the kind who’ll call at 6:30 in the morning, the kind who will tell embarrassing stories to complete strangers, the kind that always has some bit of advice to impart. Because of this, her son Noah (Dax Shepard) has always kept her at a distance. When he’s fired from his job, he heads home to his wife Clare (Liv Tyler) only to discover an unwelcome houseguest on his couch (Mike White). He thinks his day can’t get any worse, but soon the doorbell rings, and it’s Marilyn, crying, with five foster dogs in tow. Suspecting her husband has been having an affair, she’s decided to take a break, and has decided to take it at Noah’s house. Newly jobless, and under pressure from Clare to start a family despite his fears of inadequacy, Noah now finds the mother he’s always kept at a distance just down the hallway. He soon starts to realize that if he wants to stand up to the problems in his life, he’ll have to stand up to his mother. As heartwarming as it is hilarious, "Smother" is a family film in the truest sense of the term - your family.

STARRING: Diane Keaton, Liv Tyler, Dax Shephard
DIRECTOR: Vince Di Meglio
STUDIO: Variance Films
RATING: PG-13 (For language, adult situations)

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Hank and Mike

2008-10-06T08:52:00.000-07:00

"Hank And Mike" - Thomas Michael, Paolo Mancini, Chris Klein and Joe Mantegna star in director Matthiew Klinck's holiday themed comedy "Hank And Mike" concerning two downsized Easter bunnies whose friendship starts to suffer when the multi-national corporation that owns all holidays decides to make some serious cutbacks. "Hank And Mike" are the Felix Unger and Oscar Madison of holiday mascots: They may seem like a mismatched pair yet their differences are precisely what's kept them together all these years. While Hank is a hard drinking ladies man, Mike can't seem to look past his own insecurities long enough to realize how truly miserable he is. Once a year, "Hank And Mike" dutifully venture out to deliver Easter baskets to families everywhere. This year, however, Easter Enterprises has taken a hit, and all "Tier 2" holidays (Christmas and Hanukkah being prime examples of "Tier 1") are fair game for downsizing. Since "Hank And Mike" work only once a year, their jobs are the first to go. Subsequently relegated to the unemployment office and unable to break free of their furry-tailed past, these two longtime pals are about to discover just how valuable their friendship can be in times of need.

STARRING: Thomas Michael, Paolo Mancini, Chris Klein, Joe Mantegna
DIRECTOR: Matthew Klinck
STUDIO: Magnolia Pictures
RATING: R (For crude language, vulgar humor, nudity, drug use)

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Eagle Eye

2008-10-06T08:50:00.000-07:00

"Eagle Eye" - In the movie "Eagle Eye" Shia LaBeouf reteams with "Disturbia" director D.J. Caruso as a young slacker whose overachieving twin brother has died mysteriously. When the young man returns home, both he and a single mother find they have been framed as terrorists. Forced to become members of a cell that has plans to carry out a political assassination, they must work together to extricate themselves. Two unsuspecting Americans are separately drawn into a conspiracy by a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move. By the time they discover her frightening identity, they have become her unwitting accomplices in a diabolical assassination plot.

STARRING: Shia LaBeouf, Michellle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Chiklis
DIRECTOR: D.J. Caruso
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (Language, violence)

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My Best Friend's Girl

2008-10-06T08:45:00.000-07:00

"My Best Friend's Girl" - A master at seducing - and offending - women, Tank (Dane Cook) is a professional "My Best Friend's Girl." When guys get dumped, they hire Tank to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives - an experience so horrible it sends them running gratefully back to their beaus. So when Tank's best friend, Dustin (Jason Biggs), is dumped by his new girlfriend, Tank naturally offers to help out... and ends up meeting the challenge of a lifetime. Smart, beautiful and headstrong, Alexis (Kate Hudson) is the first girl who knows how to call his bluff, and Tank soon finds himself torn between his loyalty to Dustin and his love for his best friend's girl. An outrageous, sexy, no-holds-barred romantic comedy, Lionsgate's "My Best Friend's Girl" stars Dane Cook and Kate Hudson, and is directed by Howard Deutch from a script by Jordan Cahan.

STARRING: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Alec Baldwin, Jason Biggs, Lizzy Caplan
DIRECTOR: Howard Deutch
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: R (For language, nudity)

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Lakeview Terrace

2008-10-06T08:43:00.000-07:00

"Lakeview Terrace" - A young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home - in "Lakeview Terrace" - when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD officer (Samuel L. Jackson) has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly harassing to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives ultimately turn tragic when the couple decides to fight back.

Leave it to director Neil LaBute to direct this racially charged film. (Note: Neil LaBute is the director of the movies "Nurse Betty" and Aaron Eckhart's first BIG SCREEN movie, "In The Company Of Men," which, because of the very nasty character he played in that film, may have relegated him to D-list movie star status for life.)

STARRING: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Eva La Rue, Bitsie Tulloch
DIRECTOR: Neil LaBute
STUDIO: Screen Gems
RATING: PG-13 (For intense thematic material, violence, sexuality, language and some drug references)

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Igor

2008-10-06T08:40:00.000-07:00

"Igor" - In the Kingdom of Malaria evil is good business. Each year the kingdom hosts an Evil Science Fair showcasing the diabolical Evil Inventions that Malaria’s thirteen evil scientists have spent the year creating. King Malbert, Malaria’s leader, then kindly informs the rest of the world that the winning Evil Invention will be unleashed on them unless they cough up an exorbitant amount of money. So the world pays and Malaria prospers. But it wasn’t always this way. Once a bright and happy place of fertile fields, Malaria was plunged into darkness when strange clouds moved in and never left, eventually causing the crops to die and Malaria’s citizens to lose hope. However, the business of Evil brought prosperity back to the kingdom, and the Evil Scientists who annually battle each other to produce the winning invention are Malaria’s most prominent citizens. And then there are the Evil Scientist’s trusty lab assistants – also known as Igor’s.

In Malaria if you’re born with a hump on your back you have only one choice – you are sent to Igor School to train for a Yes Masters’ Degree and a life of servitude as a lab assistant to one of Malaria’s Evil Scientists. But one Igor, dissatisfied with living as a slave to his master, Dr. Glickentstein, dares to dream of becoming an Evil Scientist himself and reaping everything that goes with it – the fame, the fortune, and of course the girl. When fate steps in, and Dr. Glickenstein accidentally gets on the wrong side of his own invention, bringing about his own end, Igor seizes his chance and sets out to make his dream come true. Concealing his master’s demise, and with the help of his own secret experimental creations – Brain, a not so bright brain-in-a-jar, and Scamper, a rabbit with a death wish, who despite his best efforts just can’t die, Igor sets out to build the most evil invention ever - a huge, ferocious Monster, designed to reign terror upon all in its path. Unfortunately, Brain’s well meaning but somewhat inept assistance causes something to go awry and Igor’s evil monster turns out to be a “she” and, unfortunately for Igor, the sweetest thing in the world.

STARRING The Voices of: John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Arsenio Hall, Jennifer Coolidge, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, Sean Hayes
DIRECTOR: Anthony Leondis
STUDIO: MGM
RATING: PG (For suggestive language)

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Battle in Seattle

2008-10-06T08:37:00.000-07:00

"Battle In Seattle" - Based on one of the most incendiary political uprisings in a generation, "Battle In Seattle" takes an in-depth look at the five days that rocked the world in 1999 as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in protest on the World Trade Organization. What began as a peaceful protest intended to stop the WTO talks quickly escalated into a full-scale riot and eventual State of Emergency that squared off the protesters against the Seattle Police Department and the National Guard. Stuart Townsend, writer & director of "Battle In Seattle," intertwines different points of view from a cross section of society from protesters and police to delegates and doctors- who intentionally or accidentally find themselves on the streets of Seattle on those last days of the millennium. Dramatic theatrical performances merge with actual footage of the real event to bring these contrasting view points to the screen.

Documentary featuring: Woody Harrelson, Martin Henderson, Joshua Jackson, Ray Liotta, Connie Nielson, Michelle Rodriguez, Rade Sherbedzija, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Carpenter, Isaach De Bankolé
DIRECTOR: Stuart Townsend
STUDIO: THINKFilm
RATING: R (For language, violence)

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The Women

2008-10-06T08:33:00.000-07:00

"The Women" - "The Women" is a remake of the 1939 George Cukor classic.

The story of the Diane English (creator of TV's "Murphy Brown") remake of "The Women," centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes) gets her hooks into Mary's man. Naturally, this situation becomes the hot talk amongst Mary's catty friends, especially the scandalmonger Sylvia Fowler (Annette Bening), who has little room to talk - she finds herself on a train to Reno and headed for divorce right after Mary. But with a bit of guts and daring, Mary snatches her man right back from Crystal's clutches.

STARRING: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Jada Pinkett Smith, Debra Messing, Candice Bergen, Bette Midler, Cloris Leachman, Carrie Fisher, Lynn Whitfield, Joanna Gleason, Ana Gasteyer, Debi Mazar
DIRECTOR: Diane English
STUDIO: Picturehouse
RATING: PG-13 (For language, adult situations)

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The Family That Preys

2008-10-06T08:29:00.000-07:00

Academy Award-winner Kathy Bates ("Misery") and Academy Award-nominee Alfre Woodard star as the matriarchs of two very different families being torn apart by greed and scandal in the contemporary drama "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys."

Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother's best friend's son William (Cole Hauser). While cheating on his wife Jillian with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William's true focus is to replace the COO of his mother's lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice's other daughter Pam (Taraji P. Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction.
STARRING: Tyler Perry, Jennifer Hudson, Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Rockmond Dunbar, Taraji P. Henson, Robin Givens, Cole Hauser
DIRECTOR: Tyler Perry
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: PG-13 (For language, adult situations)

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Burn After Reading

2008-10-06T08:19:00.001-07:00

"Burn After Reading" - "Burn After Reading" is a dark spy-comedy from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. At the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Arlington, Va., analyst Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) arrives for a top-secret meeting. Unfortunately for Cox, the secret is soon out: he is being ousted. Cox does not take the news particularly well and returns to his Georgetown home to work on his memoirs and his drinking, not necessarily in that order. His wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) is dismayed, though not particularly surprised; she is already well into an illicit affair with Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney), a married federal marshal, and sets about making plans to leave Cox for Harry.

Elsewhere in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, and seemingly worlds apart, Hardbodies Fitness Centers employee Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand) can barely concentrate on her work. She is consumed with her life plan for extensive cosmetic surgery, and confides her mission to can-do colleague Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt). Linda is all but oblivious to the fact that the gym's manager Ted Treffon (Richard Jenkins) pines for her even as she arranges dates via the Internet with other men.

STARRING: George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton
DIRECTORS: Joel and Ethan Coen
STUDIO: Focus Features
RATING: R (For pervasive language, some sexual content and violence)

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Bangkok Dangerous

2008-09-11T13:36:00.000-07:00

"Bangkok Dangerous" - An adrenaline-charged action thriller, "Bangkok Dangerous" stars Academy Award winning actor Nicolas Cage (LEAVING LAS VEGAS) as Joe, an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, finds himself mentoring the young man instead whilst simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of Bangkok's intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard ...just as Surat decides it's time to clean house.

Directors The Pang Brothers ("The Eye") paint an explosive picture of the Bangkok underworld, illuminated with neon and saturated in violence.

STARRING: Nicolas Cage, James With, Charlie Yeung, Philip Waley, Shaun Delaney
DIRECTORS: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: R (Violence, nudity, language, drug use)

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Sukiyaki Western Django

2008-09-11T13:30:00.000-07:00

"Sukiyaki Western Django" - Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, best known for cult classics "Audition", "Ichi the Killer", and "The City of Lost Souls", redefines the spaghetti Western with "Sukiyaki Western Django", a tale written in blood. Two clans, Genji, the white clan led by Yoshitsune, and Heike, the red clan led by Kiyomori, battle for a legendary treasure hidden in a desolate mountain town. One day, a lone gunman, burdened with deep emotional scars but blessed with incredible shooting skills, drifts into town. Two clans try to woo the lone gunman to their sides, but he has ulterior motives. Dirty tricks, betrayal, desire and love collide as the situation erupts into a final, explosive showdown.

Spaghetti Western fan Quentin Tarantino costars.

STARRING: Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Yusuke Iseya, Quentin Tarantino, Masanobu Ando, Takaaki Ishibashi, Yoshino Kimura, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masato Sakai, Shun Oguri, Kaori Momoi
DIRECTOR: Takashi Miike
STUDIO: First Look
RATING: R (For violence, language)

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Disaster Movie

2008-09-11T13:28:00.000-07:00

"Disaster Movie" - "Disaster Movie" is the latest in a list of nonsensical 'spoof' comedy films released by major movie studios! Think "Epic Movie," "Meet The Spartans" and "Scary Movie 5." "Disaster Movie" parodies disaster films such as The Day After Tomorrow. The film was written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, and stars Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Tad Hilgenbrink and Matt Lanter. How's that for F-list talent?

STARRING: Tad Hilgenbrink, Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Crista Flanagan, Nicole Parker, Ike Barinholtz
DIRECTORS: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: PG-13 (For crudeness, vulgar language)

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College

2008-09-11T13:26:00.000-07:00

"College" - A new outrageous comedy, "College" is the story of three high school seniors (Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell and Kevin Covais*) who visit a local college campus as prospective freshman anticipating the best weekend of their lives. Once there, the rowdiest fraternity on campus (featuring Nick Zano, Gary Owen and Zach Cregger) decides to recruit the boys as “pledges,” subjecting them to endless humiliations, in return for granting them access to the no-holds-barred college party scene. But once the boys catch the eye of some of the older sorority girls (Haley Bennett, Camille Mana and Natalie Walker), the threatened Frat-boys increase the pre-frosh humiliation and blackmail them by threatening to expose their age. The boys decide to fight back, retaliating with a major revenge scheme that lands them on top.

What began as the weekend-from-hell turns into the BEST. WEEKEND. EVER.

Don't confuse this R-rated movie, "College," to Disney's "College Road Trip," which is rated G.

STARRING: Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell, Haley Bennett, Nick Zano, Ryan Pinkston
DIRECTOR: Deb Hagan
STUDIO: MGM
RATING: R (Pervasive crude and sexual content, nudity, language, drug and alcohol abuse)

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Traitor

2008-09-11T13:23:00.000-07:00

"Traitor" - An elite FBI investigator crosses three continents in search of a renegade U.S. military operative who holds the secret to a shocking conspiracy in "Traitor," a taut international thriller set in the treacherous world of covert counter-espionage operations.

When FBI agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn (Don Cheadle). A mysterious figure with a complex web of international connections, Horn has a knack for emerging on the scene just as a major operation goes down and disappearing before the authorities can question him.

The inter-agency task force looking into the case meets with Carter (Jeff Daniels), an amoral, veteran CIA contractor who seems to have his own agenda, and FBI agent Max Archer (Neal McDonough). The task force links Horn to illicit activities in Yemen, Nice and London, but a tangle of contradictory evidence emerges, forcing Clayton to question whether his quarry is a disaffected former military operative—or something far more complicated.

Obsessed with discovering the truth, Clayton tracks Horn across the globe as the elusive ex-soldier burrows deeper and deeper into a world constructed of secrets and lies.

STARRING: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels, Neal McDonough
DIRECTOR: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
STUDIO: Overture Films
RATING: R (For language, violence, adult situations)

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Virgin Territory

2008-09-11T13:21:00.000-07:00

"Virgin Territory" - "Virgin Territory" is a romantic teen comedy movie based upon Giovanni Boccaccio's "Decameron." "Virgin Territory" was released in France in December 12, 2007 under the title "Medieval Pie" (see poster below).

"Virgin Territory" is set in Italy during the Black Death. A group of young Florentines, including Hayden Christensen's character, are in the countryside as they wait for the plague to end in the city. In order to pass the time, they tell one another a series of stories about love and adventure.

STARRING: Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, Christopher Egan, Tim Roth, Silvia Colloca
DIRECTOR: David Leland
STUDIO: MGM
RATING: R (For nudity, sexual situations, language)

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The Longshots

2008-09-11T13:18:00.000-07:00

"The Longshots" - The true story of Jasmine Plummer, an 11-year old quarterback, who led her team to the Pop Warner football tournament, and became the first female player in the event's 56-year history.

With George Clooney's "Leatherheads" bombing at the movie box office early this year, it is doubtful that "The Longshots", however family oriented, can make a dent at the movie box office.

STARRING: Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, Dash Mihok
DIRECTOR: Fred Durst
STUDIO: MGM
RATING: PG

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Death Race

2008-09-11T13:14:00.000-07:00

"Death Race" - Jason Statham leads the cast of an action-thriller set in the post-industrial wasteland of tomorrow - 2020 - with the world's most brutal sporting event as its backdrop. A penitentiary full of felons has inspired the jailers to create a grisly pastime ripe for lucrative kickbacks. Now, adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for televised violence and a spectacular arena come together to form the "Death Race."

Three-time speedway champion Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) is an expert at survival in the harsh landscape that has become our country. Just as he thinks he has turned his life around, the ex-con is framed for a gruesome murder he didn't commit. Forced to don the mask of the mythical driver Frankenstein -- a crowd favorite who seems impossible to kill -- Ames is given an easy choice by Terminal Island's warden (Joan Allen): suit up or rot away in a cell.

STARRING: Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez, Jason Clarke
DIRECTOR: Paul W.S. Anderson
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: R (For violence, language, adult situations)

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Henry Poole is Here

2008-09-11T13:09:00.000-07:00

"Henry Poole" (Luke Wilson) just wants to disappear. Shattered by circumstances beyond his control, he offers full price on a cookie cutter house in a drab, middle-class, L.A. neighborhood through his perky realtor Meg (Cheryl Hines). But just as he settles in to his indulgent isolation with a case of vodka and all the junk food he can eat, his neighbor, a well-meaning busybody named Esperanza (Adriana Barraza), drops by with a plate of homemade tamales and a whole lot of questions.

Despite his desire for solitude, "Henry Poole" can’t help noticing Dawn (Radha Mitchell), the beautiful young divorcée next door and her daughter Millie (Morgan Lily), an eight-year-old amateur spy who hasn’t spoken a word since her parents' break-up.

Henry's self-imposed exile is shattered when Esperanza discovers a mysterious stain on Henry's stucco wall that is seen to have miraculous powers. She begins leading pilgrimages to the “holy site” and invites church officials, including her pastor, Father Salizar (George Lopez), to inspect the apparition.

Although Henry remains skeptical, he finds himself gradually drawn back towards life, especially after his silent friendship with Millie brings him closer to Dawn. As news of the apparition spreads throughout the neighborhood and his feelings for Dawn grow, Henry realizes his plan to live out his days in quiet desperation is going to be much harder than he ever imagined.

STARRING: Luke Wilson, Radha Mitchell, Adriana Barraza, George Lopez, Cheryl Hines, Rachel Seiferth
DIRECTOR: Mark Pellington
STUDIO: Overture Films
RATING: PG (For mild language, adult themes)

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Mirrors

2008-09-11T12:26:00.000-07:00

Mirrors" - Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland) has seen better days. It's been nearly a years since the volatile detective has been suspended from the NYPD for fatally shooting another undercover officer, an accident that not only cost him his job, but fueled the alcoholism and anger that has alienated his wife and kids and left him crashing on his sister's couch in Queens.

Desperate to pull his life together and reconnect with his family, Carson takes a night job at the burned out ruins of the Mayflower department store. What once was a symbol of prosperity and grandeur now sits decaying in the darkness like a rotting ghost ship, destroyed by a massive fire that devoured numerous innocent lives.
STARRING: Kiefer Sutherland, Amy Smart, Paula Patton, Jason Flemyng
DIRECTOR: Alexandre Aja
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: R (For strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity)

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Tropic Thunder

2008-09-11T12:23:00.000-07:00

"Tropic Thunder" - In the violent action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi platinum hiphop star, turned entrepreneur, turned actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

STARRING: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte, Brandon Jackson, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Jay Baruchel, Matt Levin, Andrea De Oliveira, Reggie Lee, Matthew McConaughey
DIRECTOR: Ben Stiller
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: R (Vulgar language, comic book violence)

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Elegy

2008-09-11T12:20:00.000-07:00

"Elegy" - In the movie "Elegy" cultural critic David Kepesh (Best Actor Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, "Gandhi") finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo (Penelope Cruz), a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. The movie "Elegy" is based on Philip Roth's novel "The Dying Animal."

STARRING: Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper, Deborah Harry
DIRECTOR: Isobel Coixet
STUDIO: Samuel Goldwyn
RATING: R (Sexual situations, nudity, language)

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The Pineapple Express

2008-09-11T12:16:00.000-07:00

The Pineapple Express" - "The Pineapple Express" is produced by Judd Apatow (director of "Knocked Up"), on their way to becoming self-actualized adults, a duo of delinquent dudes find themselves stymied by unfortunate habits. But when stuck-in-neutral process server Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) inadvertently witnesses a drug-related murder, he and his bug Saul (an ugly James Franco) find that sometimes the motivation you need to make something of your life is a mob of fugitives hunting you down. The best thing about "Pineapple Express" is: the Huey Lewis song "Pineapple Express," which, if there is any justice, will receive a 2009 Oscar nomination for Best Original Song - if not just for nostalgia sake.

STARRING: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny R. McBride, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Amber Heard, James Remar
DIRECTOR: David Gordon Green
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: R (For extreme language, nudity, pervasive drug use, sexual situations)

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Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging

2008-08-15T08:30:00.000-07:00

"Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging" - Based on Louise Rennison's 1999 best-selling young-adult novel of the same name, "Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging," the movie tells the story of a 16-year-old girl who keeps a diary about the ups and downs of being a teenager, including the things she learns about kissing - which, in England, is called 'snogging.'

"Angus Thongs" does not have a United States release date scheduled, however, the film is produced and will be released by Paramount Pictures in Europe.

STARRING: Georgia Groome, Tommy Bastow, Aaron Johnson, Alan Davies, Eleanor Tomlinson, Matt Brinkler
DIRECTOR: Gurinder Chadha
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (Language, sexual situations involving teens)

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Holding Trevor

2008-08-15T08:24:00.000-07:00

"Holding Trevor" - Everybody’s looking for something. This much is true. And Trevor Holden (Brent Gorski) is desperately looking for himself in all the wrong places… Or maybe just in all the wrong people. It’s pretty safe to say that he won’t find enlightenment in his strung-out boyfriend Darrell. And despite the well-meaning advice offered by his sexually pervasive best friend and his self-righteous roommate Andie, Trevor still seems to come up short. Almost ready to throw in the towel, Trevor meets the ever so charming Ephram. Simply being everything that Darrell is not wins Ephram a number of points up-front. Trevor’s relationship with Ephram progresses rather quickly, and it starts to put a strain on his friendships with Jake and Andie, both of whom feel Trevor could stand to be a little more in tune with their feelings. "Holding Trevor" is a sometimes funny, sometimes scathing inspection of a group of friends and lovers that offers a prescient and biting analysis of men and women struggling to make sense of their lives and relationships, all the while reaching every which way but into their own hearts to do so. Sometimes, a step in the right direction means forging a whole new path. "Holding Trevor" is continually poignant, relentlessly self-deprecating, and just the type of cerebral dark comedy that can speak directly to the twenty-somethings of today while letting other generations in on the joke.

STARRING: Brent Gorski, Jay Brannan
DIRECTOR: Rosser Goodman
STUDIO: Regent Releasing
RATING: R (For language, nudity, sexual situations)

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Transsiberian

2008-08-15T08:10:00.000-07:00

"Transsiberian" - "Transsiberian" is a movie thriller set on the legendary train that links the Far East and Europe, running from China and Mongolia to Russia.
Following a stay in Peking, Roy and Jessie, a couple who are going through a rocky patch, decide to give their relationship one last go and have another adventure together, travelling on the "Transsiberian" from China to Moscow through exotic, wild and snow-laden places.
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Mamma Mia the Movie

2008-08-15T08:05:00.000-07:00

In "Mamma Mia The Movie," two-time Oscar winning actress, (and fourteen time Academy Award nominee), Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world.
The "Mamma Mia! film" is produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper join Streep in this celebration of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads. An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Meryl Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone.

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Step Brothers

2008-08-04T16:00:00.000-07:00

In "Step Brothers," produced by Judd Apatow, Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). Reilly plays Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together. To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house.

STARRING: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins
DIRECTOR: Adam McKay
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: R (For crude humor, vulgar language)

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Boy A

2008-08-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

"Boy A" - "Boy A" is a powerful coming-of-age drama that raises difficult questions about the morals of our times. "Boy A" is a fictional story starring Andrew Garfield (Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle theatre awards winner 2006) as Jack. His involvement in the murder of another child means Jack, at 24, has spent most of his young life in juvenile prisons. Released from prison into an unrecognizable adult world, Jack is given a new name, new job, new home; a new life. But anonymity is both a blessing and a curse as Jack has to contend with not being able to tell the people he gets to know, and love, of his true past and the monstrous secret he must keep hidden. "Boy A" also stars acclaimed actor and director Peter Mullan (The Magdalene Sisters, Children of Men) as Terry, Jack’s care worker and the only person he can really trust. Co-starring Shaun Evans (Teachers) and Katie Lyons (Green Wing), "Boy A" is based on the award-winning novel by Jonathan Trigell.

STARRING: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Shaun Evans, Katie Lyons
DIRECTOR: John Crowley
STUDIO: The Weinstein Co.
RATING: R (Adult situations, language)

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Space Chimps

2008-08-04T15:47:00.000-07:00

"Space Chimps" features the voices of Andy Samberg ("Saturday Night Live"), Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Patrick Warburton ("Rules of Engagement"), Kristin Chenoweth ("The West Wing"), Stanley Tucci (Robots), Kenan Thompson (Snakes on a Plane), Jane Lynch (The 40 Year Old Virgin), Carlos Alazraqui (Happy Feet), Zach Shada (Ice Age: The Meltdown), Patrick Breen ("Boston Legal"), Kath Soucie ("The Replacements") and Omid Abtahi ("Sleeper Cell").

Ham (Andy Samberg), the grandson of the first chimp in outer space, has been happily eking out a living as a chimp cannonball in a third-rate circus when the Space Agency makes him an offer he can't refuse. A wormhole has transported the Infinity Space Probe into the farthest reaches of the universe. As a political PR stunt, Ham is recruited to join a team of specially trained ape astronauts assigned to rescue the lost vessel.

His love of flashy acrobatics and aerial maneuvers make Ham a successful high-flyer, but his irreverent antics and goofball humor quickly alienate his professional astro-chimp colleagues. Ham spends most of his time tweaking the ship's pompous commander, Titan (Patrick Warburton), or flirting with Luna (Cheryl Hines), his fetching lieutenant, but as the only one immune to the effects of the wormhole, he is indispensable to the mission.

After a crash landing on the planet Malgor, Titan is taken prisoner by Zartog (Jeff Daniels), a megalomaniacal alien who has commandeered the Infinity and enslaved the other Malgoreans. In exchange for her help navigating the dreaded Valley of Really Bad Things to rescue their commander, Ham and Luna promise a desperate alien named Kilowatt (Kristin Chenoweth) they will free her people.

Titan is about to be turned into a statue in Zartog's growing gallery--made up of uncooperative minions dipped in molten lava and displayed as a reminder of his omnipotence--when his companions stage a heroic rescue and retake their ship. As they prepare for takeoff, Ham is reminded of his vow to Kilowatt and must decide whether to return home or take a giant step for chimp-kind and live up to his grandfather's legacy.

STARRING The Voices of: Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Warburton, Cheryl Hines
DIRECTOR: Kirk De Micco
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: PG (For mild content, including language and innuendo)

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Felon

2008-08-04T15:42:00.000-07:00

"Felon" - Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) lives a modest but comfortable life with a young family, a fledgling business and a promising future ahead. But in an instant, his life, and that of everyone he loves is threatened and possibly gone forever when he's convicted of killing a man while protecting his fiancée, Laura (Marisol Nichols) and their three year old son. In just 24 hours, the unimaginable conditions of a new world order begin to take hold. Violence is the answer to everything and, even for Laura, what it means to fight for your life - alone - becomes all too real. Sentenced to Corcoran State Prison, Wade ends up in a hellish facility run by Lt. William Jackson (Harold Perrineau), known as the SHU (Security Housing Unit) where the inmates are brutal but far less deadly than the guards. His cellmate, John Smith (Val Kilmer) is a stone cold prison legend, a 'lifer' and a man once devastated so completely that he has nothing left to lose and acts accordingly. An unlikely bond develops between the two men as Wade struggles to survive, having to put his own life - and the possibility of ever being freed - in relentless jeopardy.

How's this for irony? Former "Batman" Val Kilmer, (remember him in the 1995 "Batman Forever?"), who is now fatter than he's ever been, stars in "Felon," opening the same day as "The Dark Knight," the latest in the "Batman" franchise. "Felon" is getting a release in three movie theaters, NYC and LA, combined, while "The Dark Knight" opens in nearly 5000 theaters.

STARRING: Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Harold Perrineau, Marisol Nichols
DIRECTOR: Ric Roman Waugh
STUDIO: Sony Pictures
RATING: R (For violence, language, nudity, adult situations)

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The Dark Knight

2008-08-04T15:37:00.000-07:00

"The Dark Knight," with the passing of Heath Ledger, may become the most popular movie at movie theaters this summer. Even more so than "Indiana Jones 4." And not just for the curiosity factor, wanting to see Heath Ledger in his final performance. The movie promises to be not only one of the best of the summer but of the entire year! Expect a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Oscar win for Heath Ledger at the "2009 Oscars."

Batman (Christian Bale) raises the stakes in his war on crime in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Movie." The late Heath Ledger costars as The Joker, a role that will most likely earn him a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2009.

In "The Dark Knight," with the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker (the late Heath Ledger). This is the sequel to "Batman Begins," so it could, theoretically, be called "Batman Begins 2."

STARRING: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts, Anthony Michael Hall, Nestor Carbonell
DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
RATING: PG-13 (For violence, language and adult situations)

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The Stone Angel

2008-08-04T15:33:00.000-07:00

"The Stone Angel" - Getting old isn't for sissies! The witty, irascible and fiercely proud Hagar Shipley escapes from home when her son Marvin and daughter in law Doris tell her she must move into nursing care. She sets out on a preposterous journey in search of a way to reconcile herself to her tumultuous past. Vulnerable to an aging brain, it becomes hard for Hagar to differentiate past from present and we come to know her as the passionate and rebellious bride in a remote prairie town whose proud father disowns her when she marries the "wrong sort". Struggling to get to the safe haven of an abandoned house she remembers near the ocean, Hagar can't stop from reflecting on how her sprawling life was full of twists and joys denied. As her mind wanders in and out of the present, we experience with her the defining moments, hidden passions and characters of her past - her affluent but cold and demanding father whose suffocating love drives her to rebel and marry the opposite of the man he would have chosen for her; her husband Bram Shipley, a man who unleashes her passion for love and life, yet refuses to meet the rigid social standards she is driven by; and the children she bears, sons whose future becomes ruled by the past. While hiding out in the dilapidated house, she meets a young man, Leo, who unwittingly causes Hagar to face the one big secret she must take to her grave -her role in her youngest son's spiritual and physical death. Coming to terms with mortality, Hagar also must wrestle with and slay her bitter pride - the same pride that denied her the love and appreciation for her living son who craves his mother's love and approval. Hagar now acknowledges the irony of having lived her life craving her father's approval, something she never gained. Hagar quickly becomes deathly sick and is finally found by Marvin just in time. Although now willing to go to a nursing home, Marvin tells her it is too late. The hospital will be her next and last stop. But as mortality edges near, their relationship develops new terms and Hagar admits that Marvin's father was a good man in his heart and that she and Marvin can be proud of the name they carry. Nearing the end, Hagar can no longer struggle against her emotions. She recognizes just how much her pride cost her and her family and how her own father's influence defined her against her will. She and Marvin find the closure and redemption they seek from each other.

STARRING: Ellen Burstyn, Christine Horne, Cole Hauser, Kevin Zegers, Ellen Page, Dylan Baker, Wings Hauser
DIRECTOR: Kari Skogland
STUDIO: Vivendi Entertainment
RATING: R (For sexuality and brief language)

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

2008-08-04T15:30:00.000-07:00

"Journey 3D" - In this update of Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Brendan Fraser plays a geologist who, with his teenage son, (Josh Hutcherson), discovers a message hidden in an ancient artifact, leading them into a previously unseen world. "Journey 3D" was shot in live action, with the otherworldly landscapes and creatures supplied by high-definition, photo-real 3-D technology.

STARRING: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson
DIRECTOR: Eric Brevig
STUDIO: New Line Cinema
RATING: PG (For mild action sequences that could frighten very young children since the movie is showing in 3D)

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Hellboy 2

2008-08-04T15:26:00.000-07:00

In "Hellboy 2," after an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it's up to the planet's toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it's time to call in Hellboy (Ron Perlman).

Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development-pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johann-the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal. And Hellboy, (in "Hellboy 2") a creature of two worlds who's accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him.

STARRING: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Thomas Kretschmann, John Hurt
DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For graphic comic book violence, language, adult situations)

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Meet Dave

2008-08-04T15:23:00.000-07:00

"Meet Dave" is the story of a crew of miniature, human-looking aliens who are seeking a way to save their doomed world. Eddie Murphy will play the human spacecraft they travel in ("Starship Dave") as well as the ship's captain.

Word is that 20th Century Fox retitled "Dave" because they didn't want anyone to remember that other Eddie Murphy comedy sci-fi movie - "Pluto Nash."

Both "Meet Dave" and "Pluto Nash" - yes, each - cost more than $100 million to produce. "Pluto Nash" took in a meager $4 million in United States movie theaters during its entire run.

STARRING: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union
DIRECTOR: Brian Robbins
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: PG (Crude humor, language)

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Death Defying Acts

2008-08-04T15:20:00.000-07:00

"Death Defying Acts" - It is 1926. Harry Houdini (Pearce) is the most famous performer in the world. Audiences flock to watch him perform death-defying acts. The “man behind the performer” is a different story. It has been 13 years since Houdini’s beloved mother passed away. His greatest regret is he was not at his mother’s bedside when she died and did not hear her last words. This haunts Houdini, so much so that he offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from beyond the grave and reveal her dying secret.

Enter Mary McGregor (Zeta-Jones) and her young daughter Benji. Poor and uneducated, they live in the slums of Edinburgh. To survive, Mary uses her feminine wiles and deceptive ways in a psychic act that is part burlesque and part occult. Benji gathers information on audience members any way she can – by stealing, breaking and entering, or sneaking into public records – then Mary uses this information to convince the audience that she can communicate with their deceased loved ones.

When Mary and Benji learn of Houdini’s cash reward, they set their sights on the world’s greatest escape artist as their ultimate target. But our hero isn’t such an easy mark, and is protected by his manager Sugarman. As Houdini spends more time with Mary, her charms overwhelm him, and he soon realizes that he’s falling in love with this mysterious woman. Sugarman tries to break up the relationship by offering them money to go away. But what began as a con has evolved into something much more complicated and dangerous – and as our hero attempts the most spectacular stunt of his career, everyone wants to know...how will the Great Houdini escape? - in "Death Defying Acts."

STARRING: Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall
DIRECTOR: Gillian Armstrong
STUDIO: The Weinstein Co.
RATING: PG-13 (For language, adult situations, frightening images)

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August

2008-08-04T15:16:00.000-07:00

"August" - "August" follows Tom Sterling (Josh Hartnett) as an aggressive, young dot-com entrepreneur who fights to keep his start-up company afloat. Tom finds himself on a personal and professional downward spiral as he struggles to reunite with girlfriend, Sarrah (Naomie Harris), regain control of his company from his apathetic investor Ogilvie (David Bowie), and deal with age-old family wounds with his father, David (Rip Torn) and his brother Joshua (Adam Scott). "August" also stars Emmanuelle Chriqui as Morela and Andre Royo as Dylan.

STARRING: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Andre Royo, Rip Torn, David Bowie
DIRECTOR: Austin Chick
STUDIO: First Look
RATING: R (For language, sexual situations, violence)

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The Wackness

2008-08-04T15:11:00.000-07:00

"The Wackness" - In "The Wackness," Luke (Josh Peck) is a recent high school graduate who sees dealing weed as a solid summer job. A bit of a loner he strikes up a friendship with his therapist (Sir Ben Kingsley), who he pays in weed. Method Man plays Luke's supplier. Olivia Thirlby plays the therapist's daughter who becomes involved with Luke. In "The Wackness," one of the walking dead, Mary Kate Olson, plays one of Lukes 'clients' - a dread-headed stoner.

STARRING: Josh Peck, Sir Ben Kingsley, Method Man, Mary Kate Olsen, Olivia Thirlby, Jane Adams
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Levine
STUDIO: Sony Classics
RATING: R (For language, drug use, adult situations)

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Hancock

2008-08-04T14:37:00.000-07:00

"Hancock Movie" - "Hancock" centers on a tortured superhero (Will Smith) who crash-lands in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and tries to transform himself by romancing an alluring housewife, causing chaos in the city.

Will Smith's "I Am Legend," featuring NYC, was the highest grossing - opening weekend - December movie release in history. Do you think "Hancock," directed by Peter Berg ("The Kingdom"), will do just as well as "I Am Legend," when it hits theaters July 4th, 2008 weekend? Check out the "Hancock Trailer," below, to see if you'll be lining up at the movie box office with your $10.

Wild About Movies publisher, Tim Nasson, and virtually all other movie critics, worldwide, who have seen "Hancock," think it's one of Will Smith's worst movies, to date. Tim Nasson thinks that "Hancock" is the worst movie to be released in movie theaters as of July 1, 2008.

STARRING: Will Smith, Charlize Theron
DIRECTOR: Peter Berg
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For action sequences, adult situations, language)

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Redbelt

2008-08-04T14:22:00.000-07:00

"Redbelt" - Set in the west-side of Los Angeles fight world, a world inhabited by bouncers, cage-fighters, cops and special forces types, "Redbelt", is the story of Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a Jiu-Jitsu teacher who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, choosing instead to pursue an honorable life by operating a self-defense studio with a samurai's code.

Terry and his wife Sondra (Alice Braga), struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident on a dark, rainy night at the Academy between an off duty officer (Max Martini) and a distraught lawyer (Emily Moritimer) puts in motion a series of events that will change Terry's life dramatically introducing him to a world of promoters (Ricky Jay, Joe Mantegna) and movie star Chet Frank (Tim Allen). Faced with this, in order to pay off his debts and regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his life.

STARRING: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alice Braga, Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer, Rodrigo Santoro, Rebecca Pidgeon, Randy Couture
DIRECTOR: David Mamet
STUDIO: Sony Classics
RATING: R (For pervasive foul language)

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Finding Amanda

2008-08-04T13:25:00.000-07:00

"Finding Amanda" - In the big screen movie "Finding Amanda," Taylor Peters (Matthew Broderick) is a television writer and producer working on a low-rated, little-respected half-hour sitcom. Once destined for bigger and better things, Taylor's compulsive gambling, recreational drug use and drinking all conspired to throw his career off the rails. After kicking the alcohol and drugs, he only has one more hurdle...the horses. His beautiful twenty - year old niece Amanda (Brittany Snow) has her own habit to kick. Living in Las Vegas, working as a "dancer," her family has just discovered she is actually a prostitute, and they suspect hooking for drug money. On their way home from an emergency family meeting, Taylor's wife Lorraine (Maura Tierney) finds recent racing stubs in Taylor's glove compartment. After years of standing by him, she leaves. Taylor comes up with a plan: he'll win back his wife by doing the right thing. He'll go to Las Vegas, find Amanda, and deliver her to a rehabilitation center in Malibu. While he's at it, he might even catch up with some old friends (like slimy casino host Steve Coogan). But besides that, it's strictly the business at hand-while he's there, he vows, he won't gamble a single cent, but things don't turn out quite as he'd planned.

STARRING: Matthew Broderick, Brittany Snow, Moira Tierney, Steve Coogan
DIRECTOR: Peter Taylor
STUDIO: Magnolia Pictures

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Wall E

2008-08-04T13:20:00.000-07:00

According to John Lasseter, "WALL•E" is the story about the last little robot on Earth. He is a robot that his programming was to help clean up. You see, it's set way in the future. Through consumerism, rampant, unchecked consumerism, the Earth was covered with trash. And to clean up, everyone had to leave Earth and set in place millions of these little robots that went around to clean up the trash and make Earth habitable again. Well, the cleanup program failed with the exception of this one little robot and he's left on Earth doing his duty all alone. But it's not a story about science fiction. It's a love story, because, you see, "WALL•E" falls in love with [Eve], a robot from a probe that comes down to check on Earth, and she's left there to check on and see how things are going and he absolutely falls in love with her."

STARRING The Voices Of: Lucasfilm sound designer, Ben Burtt voices the main character, WALL•E, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy
DIRECTOR: Andrew Stanton
STUDIO: Disney/Pixar
RATING: G

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Love Guru

2008-08-04T13:17:00.000-07:00

"The Love Guru" - In the comedy, "The Love Guru," Pitka (Mike Myers) is an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help and spirituality, specializing in settling intimacy issues between couples. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle a rift between major league star hockey player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) and his estranged wife. After the split, Roanoke's wife starts dating the star member of a rival team, out of revenge, sending her husband into a major professional skid -- to the horror of the team's owner Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) and Coach Cherkov (the midget Verne Troyer). Pitka must return the couple to marital nirvana and get Roanoke back on his game so the team can break the 40-year-old "Bullard Curse" and win the championship.

STARRING: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley, Meagan Good, Verne Troyer, Romany Malco
DIRECTOR: Marco Schnabel
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For language and innuendo)

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Get Smart

2008-08-04T13:12:00.000-07:00

In the all new action comedy "Get Smart," Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS.

When the headquarter of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23 ("The Rock"). Smart is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised: the lovely but lethal veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). As Smart and Agent 99 get closer to unraveling KAOS' master plan - and each other - they discover that key KAOS operative Siegfried (Terrence Stamp) and his sidekick Shtarker are scheming to cash in with their network of terror. Given little field experience and even less time, Smart - armed with nothing more than a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm - must defeat KAOS if he is to save the day.

And we're betting he does - "Get Smart!"

STARRING: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Terence Stamp, Alan Arkin, Ken Davitian, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, David Koechner, Terry Crews, Craig Susser
DIRECTOR: Peter Segal
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
RATING: PG-13 (For language, adult situations)

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Brick Lane

2008-08-04T13:08:00.000-07:00

"Brick Lane" - "Brick Lane" is the story of a beautiful young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee), who arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle aged Chanu (Satish Kaushik), she fears her soul is quietly dying. Her sister Hasina (Zafreen), meanwhile, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh, stumbling from one adventure to the next. Nazneen struggles to accept her lifestyle, and keeps her head down in spite of life's blows, but she soon discovers that life cannot be avoided - and is forced to confront it the day that the hotheaded young Karim (Christopher Simpson) comes knocking at her door.

STARRING: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Zafreen
DIRECTOR: Sarah Gavron
STUDIO: Sony Classics
RATING: PG-13 (For sexuality and brief strong language)

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The Incredible Hulk

2008-08-04T13:04:00.000-07:00

"The Incredible Hulk 2008" kicks off an all-new, explosive and action-packed epic of one of the most popular superheroes of all time. In this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton, also writer of "The Incredible Hulk" screenplay) desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk. Living in the shadows--cut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler)--Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), and the military machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power. As all three grapple with the secrets that led to The Hulk's creation, they are confronted with a monstrous new adversary known as The Abomination (Tim Roth), whose destructive strength exceeds even The Incredible Hulk's own. And on June 13, 2008, one scientist must make an agonizing final choice: accept a peaceful life as Bruce Banner or find heroism in the creature he holds inside... "The Incredible Hulk."

STARRING: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Christina Cabot, Tim Blake Nelson
DIRECTOR: Louis Leterrier
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For comic book violence, language, adult situations)

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The Happening

2008-08-04T13:00:00.000-07:00

"The Happening" - In M Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" Mark Wahlberg plays a man who takes his family on the run when the world turns upside and a cataclysmic natural crisis threatens to end the world. As usual, with M Night Shyamalan films, details are scarce. You'll have to wait to see "The Happening" in an actual movie theater, Friday The 13th of June 2008 to find out exactly what it's all about.
STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Spencer Breslin
DIRECTOR: M. Night Shyamalan
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: R (For terrifying images, graphic violence, language)

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You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008-08-04T12:54:00.000-07:00

"You Don't Mess With The Zohan" - In the "Zohan Movie," Adam Sandler is a Mossad agent who fakes his own death so he can move to New York and become a hair stylist. Sounds a bit like the upcoming "Bruno," Sacha Baron Cohen's next "Borat" style movie, this time as a gay fashionista. Adam Sandler played gay in "Chuck & Larry" so why not play pretend gay again? We'll take Sacha Baron Cohen any day over Adam Sandler playing gay, especially camping it up as a queen.

STARRING: Adam Sandler, Alex Luria, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lainie Kazan, Rob Schneider, Sayed Badreya, Shelley Berman
DIRECTOR: Dennis Dugan
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For language, adult situations, drug use)

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Mother of Tears

2008-08-04T12:52:00.000-07:00

"Mother Of Tears" - "Mother Of Tears" is the final installment of Dario Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy. The film centers on a young American art student, Sarah, who "unwittingly opens an ancient urn that unleashes the demonic power of the world's most powerful witch. As a scourge of suicides plague the city and witches from all over the world converge on Rome to pay homage, Sarah must use all her own psychic powers to stop the 'Mother of Tears' before her evil conquers the world.

STARRING: Asia Argento, Moran Atias, Tommaso Banfi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Valeria Cavalli, Araba Dell'Utri, Jun Ichikawa, Adam James, Udo Kier, Franco Leo, Philippe Leroy, Robert Madison, Gisella Marengo, Daria Nicolodi, Clive Riche, Silvia Rubino, Cristian Solimeno, Giorgia Zago
DIRECTOR: Dario Argento
STUDIO: Medusa Films
RATING: R (Adult situations, violence, language)

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Mongol

2008-08-04T12:49:00.000-07:00

"Mongol" - The story of "Mongol" recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. "Mongol" was nominated for a 2008 Best Foreign Film Oscar. "Mongol" lost the award to "The Counterfeiters."

STARRING: Tadanobu Asano
DIRECTOR: Sergei Bodrov
STUDIO: Picturehouse
RATING: R (Violence, sexual situations, nudity, language)

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Mister Foe

2008-08-04T12:46:00.000-07:00

"Mister Foe" - Starring Jamie Bell ('King Kong," "Flags of Our Fathers," and "Jumper") in his first starring role in a British film since his breakout debut in "Billy Elliot," "Mister Foe" a story of people seeing life differently.

Hallam Foe (Jamie Bell) is a troubled young man whose knack for voyeurism paradoxically reveals his darkest fears, and his most peculiar desires. A 17-year-old misfit, Hallam spends lonely days spying on others at his father's (Ciarán Hinds) estate in the Scottish Highlands. Haunted by his mother's sudden death, he begins to suspect that his beautiful step mother (Claire Forlani) may have had a played a hand in it. Confusing matters even more for Hallam, he finds himself attracted and repelled by her in equal measure.

When the tension that has been brewing between the two erupts, Hallam runs away. Out of money and out of friends, he crashes down into reality in Edinburgh. Adept at fading into the background and peering in on the lives of others to escape his own every day life, he continues what he learned at home to the city. He soon becomes obsessed with Kate (Sophia Myles), who bears an uncanny resemblance to his mother. When his world collides with Kate's and the reality of life back home, he is faced with betraying the memory of the mother he longs for or using his one last chance to grow up.

STARRING: Jamie Bell, Ciarán Hinds, Claire Forlani, Sophia Myles, Ewen Bremner
DIRECTOR: David Mackenzie
STUDIO: Magnolia Films
RATING: R (For full frontal nudity - Jamie Bell - language, sexual situations)

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Miss Conception

2008-08-04T12:43:00.000-07:00

"Miss Conception" - "Miss Conception," Georgina Scott (Heather Graham) is a broody 33 year-old who sends her partner packing when it becomes obvious that he doesn’t share her desire for a bundle of joy. Zak (Tom Ellis) was going away on a documentary shoot anyway and he hopes that she’ll cool off in his absence. But Georgina discovers that early menopause runs in her family and heads for a specialist with her reluctant best friend Clem (Mia Kirshner) in tow. Learning that her baby making days are numbered and her next cycle will be her last, Georgina enlists the help of Clem and their camp pal, Justin, to make the most of it. A battle plan is drawn up but their escapades become increasingly frantic and elaborate as Georgina explores internet sperm donors, night clubbers, builders and funeral-goers in her desperate and hilarious attempts to beat the biological clock.

STARRING: Heather Graham, Mia Kirshner, Tom Ellis
DIRECTOR: Eric Styles
STUDIO: First Look
RATING: R (For language, nudity, sexual situations)

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Kung Fu Panda

2008-08-04T12:39:00.000-07:00

"Kung Fu Panda" - With powerful enemies at the gates, all hope has been pinned on an ancient prophesy that a hero will rise to save the day. But among all the martial arts masters who come forward, none has shown the mark of The Chosen One ... until now. When Po unwittingly shows up in the midst of the competition, the masters are shocked to see that this unmotivated panda bears the mark. Now it is up to them to turn this gentle giant into a kung fu fighter before it's too late. Dustin Hoffman is the voice of Shifu, the by-the-book and tough-as-nails Kung Fu master, who has been given the unenviable task of turning the undisciplined Po into a kung fu fighter. Jackie Chan's voice is attached to Master Monkey (we're sure in very broken English), a strong, agile and dedicated kung fu warrior, who serves as a daily reminder to Po of everything he is not ... yet. Ian McShane (Deadwood) is the voice of the villainous Tai Lung, a ferociously powerful snow leopard, who breaks out of prison, intent on using his kung fu skills to destroy the Valley of Peace. Lucy Liu signed on as the voice of Master Viper, another of Po's teachers, who can be coy and feminine when she needs to be, but can then uncoil the lethal kung fu warrior within.

We're not sure if pandas will be as popular as penguins on the big screen but if "Kung Fu Panda" is half as good as it promises to be, it will be one of the most popular family films of Summer 2008.

STARRING The Voices of: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane
DIRECTORS: John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
STUDIO: Dreamworks Animation

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POSTAL

2008-06-03T13:51:00.000-07:00

Postal" - "Postal" - directed by the world's worst director, Uwe Boll, (remember "Bloodrayne")? - is insulting, irreverent, politically incorrect and funny as hell. POSTAL follows two days in the life of the Postal Dude, in the regrettably named town of Paradise. Just when he thinks he has hit rock bottom, things get worse. Sharing a trailer with his ever-expanding wife, Bitch, Dude is in a bad way. After a humiliating job interview and a nearly lethal trip to the welfare office, Dude finds himself on the doorstep of his Uncle Dave. Despite being the successful leader of the town cult, Dave is also finding himself in financial difficulties. Together, Dude and Dave hatch a plan to steal some valuable merchandise. Unfortunately for them, the much better organized and much better equipped Taliban has converged on Paradise for more sinister reasons. Things spiral out of control when Osama Bin Laden is forced to call in his friend George W Bush as back up. Few are left standing by the time Dude turns his back on Paradise. Dude quickly learns how liberating it can be when there is nothing left to lose. He learns never to trust a messiah, especially when that messiah has written his own bible. He learns that you can find love in the most unlikely places, even when the object of your affections is holding a gun to your head. Most importantly, he learns that there is nothing that a well timed nuclear explosion can't solve.

STARRING: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Verne Troyer
DIRECTOR: Uwe Boll
STUDIO: Freestyle Releasing
RATING: R (Language, violence)

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Savage Grace

2008-06-03T13:44:00.000-07:00

"Savage Grace" - Adapted from the nonfiction book of the same name, "Savage Grace" recounts the true crime tale of the death of Barbara Baekeland. Clive Owen stars as Brooks Baekeland, the son of the man who invented Bakelite, one of the early forms of plastic. As the family fortune begins to decrease after years of wealth, Brooks marries Barbara (Julianne Moore), who desires to mingle in the highest social circles. They have a child, Antony, who is homosexual. Antony grows up to kill Barbara, in part because Barbara takes a personal interest in "curing" her son of his orientation. This is director Tom Kalin's first film since 1991's "Swoon," a film about the infamous Leopold and Loeb murders.

STARRING: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Hugh Dancy
DIRECTOR: Tom Kalin
STUDIO: TBD
RATING: R (For violence, nudity, sexual situations, language)

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Sex and the City

2008-06-03T13:40:00.000-07:00

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon are all on board reprising their roles and the show's longtime executive producer, Michael Patrick King, wrote and is directing. "There is no need for funeral arrangements," says Michael Patrick King. "I assure you that Mr. Big is a very 'big' part of the "Sex and the City Movie."

STARRING: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, Jennifer Hudson
DIRECTOR: Michael Patrick King
STUDIO: New Line Cinema
RATING: R (For sexual situations, nudity, language, drug use, adult situations)

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What Happens In Vegas

2008-05-22T12:47:00.000-07:00

"What Happens In Vegas" - The popular expression, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" conjures up a veritable jackpot of shed inhibitions, insane indulgence, and gleeful debauchery. And if you can remember any of it, you probably weren't there.

But what would happen if a few crazy--okay, hugely inebriated--moments in Sin City not only didn't "stay" there but also followed you all the way back home and threatened to turn your life upside down? That's the setup that explodes into a series of outrageous consequences for two sexy, if wildly mismatched, strangers in the comedy "What Happens In Vegas".

STARRING: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Dennis Farina, Jason Sudeikis, Queen Latifah, Zach Galifianakis, Treat Williams
DIRECTOR: Tom Vaughan
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: PG-13 (For sexual situations, language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

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Made of Honor

2008-05-22T12:38:00.000-07:00

"Made Of Honor" - Tom Bailey (Patrick Dempsey) is in love with his best friend Claire (Michelle Monaghan). But Tom has a fear of commitment and refuses to admit the obvious - he should propose to Claire before she finds a less procrastinating suitor. When Colin, a rich Scotsman sweeps Claire off her feet and asks for her hand in marriage, Tom must witness her unquestioned happiness up close and personal - because she's chosen him to be her "Maid Of Honor."

STARRING: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Sydney Pollack, Kadeem Hardison, Beau Garrett, Richmond Arquette
DIRECTOR: Paul Weiland
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For sexual situations, language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

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Graduation

2008-05-22T12:33:00.001-07:00

"Graduation" - In the movie "Graduation," four best friends, about to graduate from high school, must find a way to raise money to help a family member in need. When one of them discovers her banker father having an affair, the foursome plots to rob his bank during graduation ceremonies. When things don't go according to plan, they end up learning more about themselves in one day than they ever did in school.

STARRING: Riley Smith, Shannon Lucio, Chris Marquette, Chris Lowell, Adam Arkin, Aimee Garcia
DIRECTOR: Michael Mayer
STUDIO: Magnolia
RATING: R (For violence, sexual situations, nudity, language, drug use)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): 2
RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2008

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Iron Man

2008-05-22T12:28:00.001-07:00

"Iron Man Movie" - Based on the long-running Marvel comic book series, "Iron Man" tells the story of Tony Stark, the enigmatic heir to the Stark Enterprises fortune. A driven inventor and executive who seems to have it all, Tony is haunted by his dark side. Though he commands his empire by day, by night he secretly becomes "Iron Man," the living embodiment of decades of defense spending and innovation. Strapping on billions of dollars worth of state-of-the-art armor and weaponry each night to fight crime, terrorism and corporate espionage, Tony begins to crack under the strain of his fractured lifestyle and must ultimately confront the one enemy he can never beat - himself - "Iron Man."

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Speed Racer

2008-05-22T12:22:00.000-07:00

Based on the classic series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida, the live-action “Speed Racer” showcases the kind of revolutionary visual effects and cutting-edge storytelling that have become the benchmarks of the Wachowski brothers’ films.

STARRING: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Paulie Litt, Roger Allam, Rain, Melvil Poupaud, Richard Roundtree
DIRECTORS: Andy Wachowski, Larry (Lana?) Wachowski
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
RATING: PG-13 (For action violence, language and adult situations)

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008-05-22T12:12:00.000-07:00

"Indiana Jones 4" hits movie theaters on Memorial Day 2008 - worldwide - nearly twenty years after "Indiana Jones 3," aka "Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade" was released. Frank Darabont's script, which had been one of the earlier drafts of "Indiana Jones 4," was not chosen as the final draft. Forty-four year old David Koepp, who wrote the screenplay of Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," and first "Jurassic Park," turned in the final "Indiana Jones 4" screenplay, based on a story by Jeff Nathanson, who has previously written "Rush Hour 3."

STARRING: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, James Broadbent, John Rhys-Davies, Kate Capshaw, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For mild language and comic book violence)

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STREET KINGS

2008-04-19T11:55:00.000-07:00

"Street Kings" - In "Street Kings," (formerly known as "The Night Watchman"), a police thriller directed by David Ayer, Keanu Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice Detective. Ludlow sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his former partner, Detective Terrance Washington (Terry Crews). Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker plays Captain Wander, Ludlow's supervisor, whose duties include keeping him within the confines of the law and out of the clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Hugh Laurie). Ludlow teams up with a young Robbery Homicide Detective (Chris Evans) to track Washington's killers through the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Their determination pays off when the two Detectives track down Washington's murderers and confront them in an attempt to bring them to justice.

"Street Kings" is set for a wide release on April 11, 2008 - but not before you get to see "Street Kings" for free, at more than 100 Free Advance Movie Screenings, nationwide, courtesy of Fox Searchlight - starting March 1, 2008.

STARRING: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Jay Mohr, John Corbett, Naomi Harris, Amaury Nolasco, Common
DIRECTOR: David Ayer
STUDIO: Fox Searchlight
RATING: R (For violence, language)

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PROM NIGHT

2008-04-19T11:48:00.000-07:00

"Prom Night Movie" - The night every high school girl dreams of - "Prom Night" - turns from magic to mayhem for Donna Keppel (Brittany Snow) when the obsessed psychopath who killed her entire family escapes from prison and comes to claim her. What should have been the night of a lifetime turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse, as Donna and her friends are stalked by a deranged predator who will let nothing stand between him and his intended victim.

STARRING: Brittany Snow, Dana Davis, Jessica Troup, Scott Porter, Jonathan Schaech
DIRECTOR: Nelson McCormick
STUDIO: Screen Gems (Sony)
RATING: PG-13 (For violence and terror, some sexual material, underage drinking, and language)

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SEX AND DEATH 101

2008-04-15T13:09:00.000-07:00

"Sex And Death 101" - "Sex and Death 101" stars Golden Globe nominee Simon Baker (“The Guardian,” "The Devil Wears Prada") as Roderick Blank, a successful executive and ‘ladies man,’ whose life is turned around by an email that includes the names of everyone he’s had sex with and ever will have sex with. Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Winona Ryder stars as ‘Death Nell,’ the mysterious femme fatale who becomes an urban folk hero when she targets men guilty of sex crimes against women. The film co-stars Leslie Bibb (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby), Julie Bowen (“Boston Legal”), Sophie Monk, Mindy Cohn (“The Facts of Life”), Dash Mihok ("The Thin Red Line"), Patton Oswalt ("Ratatouille") and Neil Flynn (“Scrubs”).

STARRING: Winona Ryder, Simon Baker, Julie Bowen, Dash Mihok, Leslie Bibb, Tanc Sade, Patton Oswalt, Mindy Cohn, Neil Flynn, Corinne Reilly, Sophie Monk, Marshall Bell, Robert Patrick Benedict, Frances Fisher
DIRECTOR: Daniel Waters
STUDIO: Anchor Bay
RATING: R (For strong sexual content and language)

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88 MINUTES

2008-04-15T12:50:00.000-07:00

"88 Minutes" - In the movie "88 Minutes," Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) is a shrewed womanizing Forensic Psychologist and professor working with the FBI in Seattle. A tortured past makes him great at what he does. In this fast paced film, Jack's past is returning to pull him on another roller-coaster as a killer that he helped to put on death row approaches the last minutes of his life. A modern "who-dunnit," "88 Minutes" keeps you guessing to the hair-pulling end.

"88 Minutes" received its theatrical premiere in France during the Summer of 2007. The "88 Minutes" movie, gets its U.S. theatrical release nearly one year later.

STARRING: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Amy Brenneman, Leelee Sobieski, Benjamin McKenzie, Deborah Kara Unger, William Forsythe, Neal McDonough
DIRECTOR: Jon Avnet
STUDIO: Sony Pictures
RATING: R (For violence, language, drugs)

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STOP-LOSS

2008-04-11T08:30:00.000-07:00

"Stop Loss" - Kimberly Peirce's follow up to Oscar winning "Boy's Don't Cry" - is based on a true story adapted for the screen by Kimberly Peirce.

"Stop Loss" centers on Brandon (Ryan Phillippe), a soldier who returns home to Texas and is called to duty again in Iraq through the military's "stop-loss" procedure. Channing Tatum costars.

STARRING: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ciarán Hinds, Timothy Olyphant, Victor Rasuk, Rob Brown
DIRECTOR: Kimberly Peirces
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: R (For language, nudity, violence, sexual situations)

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LEATHERHEADS

2008-04-10T11:55:00.000-07:00

In "Leatherheads," Oscar winners George Clooney and Renée Zellweger match wits in a quick-witted romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925.

In "Leatherheads," George Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero who is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), America's favorite son.
STARRING: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski
DIRECTOR: George Clooney
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For language, sports violence, sexual situations)

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THE RUINS

2008-04-09T12:00:00.000-07:00

In the movie "The Ruins," six twenty-something friends on vacation in Cancun go on an excursion to visit an archaeological dig near Coba. The friends include Jeff (Jonathan Tucker), a type A guy who is set to begin medical school in the fall; Amy, Jeff's girlfriend, who is also set to begin medical school, and who is smart and emotional; Stacy, Amy's best friend, an aspiring social worker whose nickname is "Spacy" and who is irresponsible and promiscuous; Eric, Stacy's boyfriend, who is immature, and set to become a high school teacher; a fun-loving Greek guy who everyone calls "Pablo," but who lacks a common language with any of the others; and Mathias, an intense, thoughtful German tourist. Mathias' brother, Henrich, vanished shortly before the Americans and Greeks met Mathias--he met a beautiful Dutch archaeologist and decided to meet her at her dig, leaving a hastily drawn map for Mathias to follow in case he wanted to join him. The five others decide to accompany Mathias in his search for his brother, and take a bus to Coba for the day. Things immediately start to go wrong, as the group isn't well prepared for the heat and insects, and the journey becomes creepy. The poorly drawn map leads them to a Mayan village, where the grievously poor inhabitants appear hostile to the foreigners. Further searching leads them to an almost-hidden trail that they follow to the ruins.

STARRING: Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore
DIRECTOR: Carter Smith
WRITER: Scott Smith

STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: R (For sexual situations, language,

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