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U Turn
Oliver Stone
Title: U Turn
Studio: Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Writer: John Ridley, John Ridley
Duration: 125 mins
Awards: 2 nominations
Starring: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Powers Boothe, Claire Danes
Summary: When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a (unbeknownst to him) young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.
U-571
Jonathan Mostow
Title: U-571
Studio: Universal Studios
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Writer: Jonathan Mostow, Jonathan Mostow
Duration: 117 mins
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations
Starring: Jon Bon Jovi, Terrence "T.C." Carson, Tom Guiry, Harvey Keitel, Thomas Kretschmann
Summary: In the midst of World War II, the battle below the seas rages. The Nazi's have the upper edge as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. That is, until a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, and the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'. But masquerading as Nazi's and taking over the U-boat is the smallest of their problems. The action really begins when they get stranded on the U-boat.
U.S. Marshals
Stuart Baird
Title: U.S. Marshals
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Action, Thriller
Writer: Roy Huggins, John Pogue
Duration: 131
Awards: 1 nomination
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Daniel Roebuck
Summary: When a prisoner transport plane carrying Deputy Sam Gerard as an escort crashes, one prisoner, Mark Sheridan helps him rescue some trapped prisoners and then escapes himself. Gerard and his crack team of U.S. Marshals start their pursuit, but the simple fugitive situation soon gets more complicated when Gerard learns that Sheridan is no mere criminal and the story behind his incrimination becomes more and more suspicious. At the same time, Mark Sheridan is out to find out the truth himself while keeping one step ahead of Gerard
The Ugly
Scott Reynolds
Title: The Ugly
Studio: Essential Films
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Writer: Scott Reynolds
Duration: 93 mins
Awards: 7 wins & 3 nominations
Starring: Paolo Rotondo, Rebecca Hobbs, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Roy Ward, Vanessa Byrnes
Summary: Simon is a confessed serial killer who spent the last five years in a mental hospital because of his state. Dr.Karen Shoemaker wants to get through to him and starts visiting him in the hospital, and his previous life comes to us in flashbacks.
The Ugly Truth (La Cruda Verdad)
Robert Luketic
Title: The Ugly Truth (La Cruda Verdad)
Studio: Lakeshore Entertainment
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Writer: Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz
Duration: 96
Awards: 2 nominations
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Eric Winter, Nick Searcy
Summary: Abby Ritcher (Katherine Heigl) es una productora de un programa matutino de TV que que tiene problemas para encontrar el amor. Su búsqueda de "el hombre perfecto" le ha dejado soltera y sin esperanzas, y está llegando a pensar que está incapacitada para el romance. A Abby le espera una buena cuando sus jefes deciden que forme equipo con Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), un rudo personaje televisivo que promete desvelar la cruda realidad del por qué los hombres y las mujeres son como son. Sorprendentemente, Abby contará con la insospechada ayuda de su desagradable presentador, que la asesorará en sus citas, haciéndola pasar por una serie de sonrojantes pruebas para demostrar sus teorías sobre las relaciones. Pero las tretas del hombre les conducirán a un resultado inesperado... (FILMAFFINITY)
The Ultimate Gift
Michael O. Sajbel
Title: The Ultimate Gift
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Drama
Writer: Cheryl McKay, Jim Stovall
Duration: 118 mins
Awards: 2 wins
Starring: Drew Fuller, James Garner, Ali Hillis, Abigail Breslin, Lee Meriwether
Summary: Jason thought his inheritance was going to be the gift of money and lots of it. Was he ever in for a big surprise. Based on the best-selling book "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall, the story sends trust fund baby Jason Stevens on an improbable journey of discovery, having to answer the ultimate question: "What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?" Jason had a very simple relationship with his impossibly wealthy Grandfather, Howard "Red" Stevens. He hated him. No heart-to-heart talks, no warm fuzzies, just cold hard cash. So of course he figured that when Red died, the whole "reading of the will" thing would be another simple cash transaction, that his Grandfather's money would allow him to continue living in the lifestyle to which he had become accustomed. But what Red left him was anything but simple. Red instead devised a plan for Jason to experience a crash course on life. Twelve tasks, which Red calls "gifts," each challenging Jason in an improbable way, the accumulation of which would change him forever.
Ultimate Heist
Laurent Tuel
Title: Ultimate Heist
Studio: Alter Films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Writer: Laurent Tuel, Laurent Tuel
Duration: 95
Starring: Jean Reno, Gaspard Ulliel, Vahina Giocante, Sami Bouajila, Isaac Sharry
Summary: Narra la historia de Milo Malakian (Jean Reno), el jefe de una banda armenia tan virtuoso como violento, considerado como un padrino en la Costa Azul. Al mismo tiempo que prepara un golpe enorme que será también el último antes de retirarse, constata que su único hijo, Anton (Gaspard Ulliel), se aparta de él. El joven, enamorado de una enfermera (Vahina Giocante), aspira a otra existencia, pero deberá asumir las consecuencias ya que es con la sangre que se traza el Primer Círculo. Una lucha violenta opone el patriarca a su hijo y, para liberarse, Anton deberá también escapar de un policía (Sami Bouajila), que intenta desmantelar la banda. (FILMAFFINITY)
Ultraviolet Unrated
Kurt Wimmer
Title: Ultraviolet Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
Genre: Action & Adventure
Duration: 87 mins
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, Sebastien Andrieu, Ida Martin
Summary: As an overdose of eye candy, "Ultraviolet" can be marginally recommended as the second-half of a double-feature with "Aeon Flux". Both films are disposable adolescent fantasies featuring a butt-kicking babe (in this case, the svelte and sexy Milla Jovovich) in a dystopian future, and both specialize in the kind of barely-coherent, video-game storytelling that's constantly overwhelmed by an over-abundance of low-budget CGI. Director Kurt Wimmer fared much better with his earlier film "Equilibrium", but he's trying for a lively comic-book vibe here (beginning with "Hulk"-like opening credits) with a digitally enhanced, "Tron"-like color palette. It largely suits this late-21st century story of a "blood war" between the ultra-violent Violet (Jovovich), member of a vampire-like group of resistance fighters infected with a man-made virus called the Hemophage, and the human Vice Cardinal Daxus (Nick Chinlund), who's determined to eliminate Violet's kind once and for all. Wimmer takes all of this way too seriously, crafting a plot involving Violet's rescue of a human clone boy (Cameron Bright) that's intended as an homage to John Cassevetes' 1980 drama "Gloria", but Wimmer's good intentions are mostly lost in a repetitive series of chaotically choreographed fight scenes, mostly involving the tight-bodied Jovovich wiping out dozens of armor-clad enemies. It's all too numbingly hectic to qualify as a satisfying movie, but sci-fi buffs should give it a look anyway, if only to see how locations in Shanghai and Hong Kong contribute to the film's futuristic design."--Jeff Shannon"
Un oso rojo
Adrián Caetano
Title: Un oso rojo
Studio: Lita Stantic Producciones
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Writer: Adrián Caetano, Romina Lanfranchini
Duration: 95 mins
Awards: 5 wins & 12 nominations
Starring: Julio Chávez, Soledad Villamil, Luis Machín, Agostina Lage, Enrique Liporace
Summary: Bear has never gotten over the separation from his wife and daughter after having been convicted for armed robbery and homicide and sent to prison. Now he is out, to finally get his cut of the money and reunite with his family, or at least avenge the damage done.
The Unborn
David S. Goyer
Title: The Unborn
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Writer: David S. Goyer
Duration: 87
Starring: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, Idris Elba
Summary: Terror. Thriller / SINOPSIS: Historia de una joven de 19 años (Odette Yustman) que sufre los ataques de un dybbuk, una alma en pena de una persona muerta que ha sido expulsada del cielo. Este dybbuk en particular tendrá la forma de un joven que falleció en el campo de concentración de Auschwitz. Junto a su novio (Cam Gigandet) y un especialista en temas paranormales (Gary Oldman), todos se unirán para acabar con la maldición que tan malos momentos trae a la joven.
Unbreakable
M. Night Shyamalan
Title: Unbreakable
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
Duration: 106
Awards: 2 wins & 9 nominations
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard
Summary: This suspense thriller unfolds as the audience is introduced to David Dunn. Not only is he the sole survivor of a horrific train-crash that killed 131 people he doesn't have a scratch on him. Elijah Price is an obscure character who approaches Dunn with a seemingly far fetched theory behind it all.
Uncertainty (Incertidumbre)
Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Title: Uncertainty (Incertidumbre)
Genre: Drama
Writer: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Duration: 101
Starring: Lynn Collins, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Assumpta Serna, Nelson Landrieu, Manoel Felciano
Summary: Una joven pareja de enamorados recibe la mejor noticia de cualquier matrimonio: Kate está embarazada. La incertidumbre sobre cuál será su futuro les embarga pero el lanzamiento de una mágica moneda planteará dos realidades alternativas bien diferentes: en una de ellas, la pareja se encuentra en una barbacoa el 4 de julio en casa de la familia de Kate; en la otra, Bobby descubre un móvil olvidado en el asiento trasero de un taxi y decide encontrar a su dueño repitiendo las últimas llamadas marcadas en el teléfono. Lo que tienen en común ambas historias de la misma moneda es que en cada una de ellas podremos encontrar las respuestas para su antagónica.
Uncle P
Bernard Gourley
Title: Uncle P
Studio: Reveal Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Writer: Dallas Jackson, Dallas Jackson
Starring: Master P, Marin, Romeo, Hope Levy, Mercedeh Allen
Undead Or Alive
Glasgow Phillips
Title: Undead Or Alive
Studio: Image Entertainment
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Western
Writer: Glasgow Phillips, Scott Pourroy
Duration: 91 mins
Starring: Leslie Jordan, Chris Kattan, Matt Besser, Navi Rawat, James Denton
Summary: Army deserter Elmer Winslow and local cowboy Luke Budd are on the run after robbing the evil Sheriff Claypool, stealing his money and fleeing the town, they find themselves with an angry posse on their trail. Joining Elmer and Luke is an Apache warrior, who's out to wreak vengeance on behalf of her decimated people; her plan is to attack the U.S. Army wherever she can find it, and she takes Elmer up on his offer to go with her to the nearest Army outpost he knows. Their plans become complicated when they discover that, as a result of the great Apache Geronimo's curse on the white man, all the people of the surrounding areas have turned into zombies.
Under Suspicion
Stephen Hopkins
Title: Under Suspicion
Studio: Revelations Entertainment
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Writer: John Wainwright, Claude Miller
Duration: 110 mins
Awards: 1 nomination
Starring: Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Monica Bellucci, Nydia Caro
Summary: A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. This will only take ten minutes, they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer...
Under the Tuscan Sun
Audrey Wells
Title: Under the Tuscan Sun
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Writer: Frances Mayes, Audrey Wells
Duration: 113 mins
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 nominations
Starring: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova, Vincent Riotta
Summary: After Frances's seemingly happy San Francisco marriage ends abruptly, she goes into a funk. Urged by her friends to move on, she joins a bus tour of Tuscany where, on the spur of the moment, she buys a crumbling villa. She assembles a crew of oddballs and immigrants to repair the house; over the next year, as they work, she welcomes one of her New York friends who's pregnant and at loose ends, and she seeks love, first (tenuously) with her married real estate agent, then with a charming stranger. Although life gets in the way of love, Frances's wishes come true in unexpected ways, and there's always the Tuscan sun.
Underdog
Frederik Du Chau
Title: Underdog
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Writer: Adam Rifkin, Joe Piscatella
Duration: 82 mins
Awards: 3 nominations
Starring: Underdog, Jason Lee, Peter Dinklage, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton
Summary: A bomb-sniffing beagle is fired from the mayor's office for a faux pas. That night a mad scientist dognaps him and injects him with an elixir. The dog escapes, but now has superpowers. He's adopted by a security guard - an ex-cop, who's a widower with a moody teen son, Jack. The boy discovers that the dog, named Shoeshine by dad, has super powers, but it's their little secret. While Underdog saves people in distress, the mad scientist and his underling continue their plot to catch him and take over the city. There's also a girl Jack likes who has a dog that Shoeshine takes a shine to. Will every dog have his day?
Underground
Emir Kusturica
Title: Underground
Studio: CiBy 2000
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Writer: Dusan Kovacevic, Dusan Kovacevic
Duration: 167 mins
Awards: 4 wins & 5 nominations
Starring: Hark Bohm, Davor Dujmovic, Mirjana Jokovic, Erol Kadic, Dr. Nele Karajlic
Summary: The story starts from an underground manufacture of weapons of Belgrade, during the WWII, and evolves into fairly surreal situations. The black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans forgets to mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. 50 years later, they become suspicious, and break out of their underground "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the guy was right: the war is still going on.
Underworld
Len Wiseman
Title: Underworld
Studio: Lakeshore Entertainment
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Writer: Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman
Duration: 121
Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy
Summary: A war has been raging between the Vampires and Lycan for centuries, Selene (Beckinsale) is a death dealer, assigned to hunt down and eradicate the last of the Lycan. When she comes across Michael Corvin(Speedman)who holds the key to end the war she must decide where her alligances will lie.
Underworld - Evolution
Len Wiseman
Title: Underworld - Evolution
Studio: Sony Pictures
Genre: Action & Adventure
Writer: Kevin Grevioux
Duration: 106 mins
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy, Tony Curran, Derek Jacobi
Summary: Better action, a bit of sex, and gorier R-rated violence make "Underworld: Evolution" a reasonably satisfying sequel to 2003's surprise hit "Underworld". Looking stunning as ever in her black leather battle gear, Kate Beckinsale is every goth guy's fantasy as Selene, the vampire "death dealer" who's now fighting to stop the release of the original "Lycan" werewolf, William (Brian Steele) from the prison that's held him for centuries. As we learn from the film's action-packed prologue, William and his brother Marcus (Tony Curran) began the bloodline of vampires and werewolves, and after witnessing centuries of warfare between them, their immortal father Corvinus (Derek Jacobi) now seeks Selene and the human vampire/lycan hybrid Michael (Scott Speedman) to put an end to the war perpetuated by Victor (Bill Nighy), the vampire warrior whose betrayal of Selene turns "Underworld: Evolution" into an epic tale of familial revenge. This ambitious attempt at Shakespearean horror is compromised by a script (by Danny McBride and returning director Len Wiseman, Beckinsale's real-life husband) that's more confusing than it needs to be, with too many characters and not enough storytelling detail to flesh them all out. Aspiring to greatness and falling well short of that goal, "Underworld: Evolution" succeeds instead as a full-throttle action/horror thriller, with enough swordplay, gunplay, and CGI monsters to justify the continuation of the "Underworld" franchise. If you're an established fan, this is a must-see movie; if not, well... at least it's better than "Van Helsing"! "--Jeff Shannon"
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Patrick Tatopoulos
Title: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Studio: Sketch Films
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Writer: Danny McBride, Dirk Blackman
Duration: 92
Starring: Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin Grevioux
Summary: Una enemistad a muerte de siglos estalla entre dos tribus inmortales en Underworld: La rebelión de los Licántropos. La tercera película de la saga épica de Underworld retrocede en el tiempo y cuenta el origen del conflicto entre los aristocráticos vampiros, conocidos como los “Death Dealers”, y los salvajes licántropos, una línea de feroces hombres lobos. Tercera entrega de la popular saga Underworld, centrada en el conflicto existente entre los vampiros y los hombres lobo. (FILMAFFINITY)
The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor, the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja, in his battle against the Vampire army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.

Undisputed II - Last Man Standing
Isaac Florentine
Title: Undisputed II - Last Man Standing
Studio: Millennium Films
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Writer: James Townsend, David N. White
Duration: 95 mins
Starring: Michael Jai White, Scott Adkins (II), Eli Danker, Ben Cross, Ioan Banzourkov
Undisputed III: Redemption (La Gran Pelea 3 Redemcion)
Isaac Florentine
Title: Undisputed III: Redemption (La Gran Pelea 3 Redemcion)
Studio: Nu Image Films
Genre: Action
Writer: David N. White
Duration: 96
Starring: Scott Adkins, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Mark Ivanir, Marko Zaror, Michael Baral
Summary: Scott Adkins retoma su papel del recluso Boyka, ahora con una rodilla gravemente perjudicada por la lesión sufrida en la final de Undisputed 2. Ya no es el combatiente que todos temian. Pero cuando un nuevo torneo de lucha cárcelaria comienza, Boyka debe recuperar su dignidad y luchar para llegar a los mas alto, el premio, la promesa de libertad para el ganador, pero no sera facil los mejores luchadores de las cárceles de todo el mundo, lo estaran esperando.
An Unfinished Life
Lasse Hallström
Title: An Unfinished Life
Studio: Miramax Films
Genre: Drama
Writer: Mark Spragg, Virginia Korus Spragg
Duration: 108
Awards: 2 wins
Starring: Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman, Josh Lucas, Damian Lewis
Summary: In order to escape from the abusive boy-friend, Gary Winston, Jean Gilkyson moves with her young daughter Griff Gilkyson without previous notice to the ranch of her father-in-law Einar Gilkyson in Wyoming. Jean and Einar are disaffected, since he blames her for the death of his beloved son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitch Bradley, who was attacked and seriously wounded by a bear, and he does not know that he has a grand-daughter. While Mitch heals his wounds and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving his grand-daughter.
The Uninvited (La maldicion de las Hermanas)
Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
Title: The Uninvited (La maldicion de las Hermanas)
Studio: Cold Spring Pictures
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Writer: Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro
Duration: 87
Starring: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Massar
Summary: Jung-won (Park Shin-yang), un decorador de interiores que está a punto de casarse, descubre en el que será su nuevo hogar, un grupo de seres del más allá. Intrigado por su descubrimiento, conoce a Yun (Jun Ji-hyun), una joven con capacidades sobrenaturales que sufre narcolepsia. A través de ella, el protagonista se enfrentará a horrores sin fin. (FILMAFFINITY)
United 93
Paul Greengrass
Title: United 93
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Writer: Paul Greengrass
Duration: 111 mins
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 17 nominations
Starring: Christian Clemenson, Trish Gates, Cheyenne Jackson, Polly Adams (II), Opal Alladin
Summary: On September, 11th 2001, four United Airlines American domestic flights are hijacked by terrorists. After the collision of two planes against the World Trade Center and one against the Pentagon, the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 unsuccessfully decide to struggle against the four terrorist to take back the control of the airplane.
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
John Hyams
Title: Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Studio: Foresight Unlimited
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Writer: Victor Ostrovsky, Richard Rothstein
Duration: 97
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Andrei Arlovski, Mike Pyle, Corey Johnson
Summary: Un enloquecido nacionalista Checheno, Basayev, toma control de Chernobyl, lugar de la infame catástrofe nuclear, y amenaza con soltar una nube radiactiva a menos que sus demandas nacionalistas sean cumplidas. Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) se une a un equipo estadounidense de UniSols revividos que permanecían guardados en secreto. Su misión: tomar Chernobyl y desactivar los explosivos que desatarían las nubes radiactivas. Luc se sorprende cuando se da cuenta de que uno de los UniSols es un clon de su antiguo Sargento, Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren). Pero el clonado Andrew no recuerda a Luc. Mientras que el equipo lucha furiosamente en su camino hacia la planta de Chernobyl, son sorprendidos con la guarda bajada. Usando un chip que puede controlar la mente, Basayev vuelve a Andrew contra sus camaradas. Ahora rodeado, herido y en desventaja, Luc debe luchar contra Andrew, y salvar el mundo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Unknown
Simon Brand
Title: Unknown
Studio: Rick Lashbrook Films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Writer: Matthew Waynee
Duration: 81 mins
Starring: Greg Kinnear, James Caviezel, Bridget Moynahan, Joe Pantoliano, Barry Pepper
Unknown (Sin Identidad)
Jaume Collet-Serra
Title: Unknown (Sin Identidad)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Writer: Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell
Duration: 113
Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz
Summary: Mientras se encuentra con su mujer de visita en Berlín, el doctor Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) sufre un accidente de tráfico y entra en un prolongado estado de coma. Cuando se despierta, comprueba alarmado que alguien ha usurpado su personalidad. Entonces emprenderá, con la ayuda de una mujer (Diane Kruger), una frenética investigación para averiguar la verdad de lo que está sucediendo.
Unnatural and Accidental
Carl Bessai
Title: Unnatural and Accidental
Studio: Raven West Films Ltd.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Writer: Marie Clements, Marie Clements
Duration: 90 mins
Awards: 6 wins & 7 nominations
Starring: Carmen Moore, Callum Keith Rennie, Tantoo Cardinal, Frank Cassini, Reg Tupper
Summary: Unnatural & Accidental is the feature length dramatic film adaptation of the stage play entitled, The Unnatural and Accidental Women by renowned Metis playwright Marie Clements and is based loosely around the "unnatural and accidental" downing deaths of native women living on skid row. Rebecca has returned home to be with her dying father. His last wish is that she track down her mother, an aboriginal woman who has long been missing. As she turns over the stones that hide the debris of the unwanted and forgotten, she is drawn into the mysteries of ten missing Native women whose spirits lead Rebecca to the killer who still haunts the alleys, streets and hotels of this urban wasteland.
An Unreasonable Man
Henriette Mantel, Steve Skrovan
Title: An Unreasonable Man
Studio: Submarine Entertainment
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Writer: Henriette Mantel, Steve Skrovan
Duration: 122 mins
Awards: 2 nominations
Starring: Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan, Howard Zinn, Phil Donahue, Andrew Egendorf
Unrest
Jason Todd Ipson
Title: Unrest
Studio: Asgaard Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Writer: Chris Billett, Jason Todd Ipson
Duration: 84 mins
Awards: 5 wins
Starring: Corri English, Scot Davis, Joshua Alba, Jay Jablonski, Derrick O'Connor
Summary: In a medical school, the freshmen students Alison Blanchard, Brian Cross, Carlos Aclar and Rick O'Connor receive the cadaver of a young woman for dissection in their anatomy class of Professor Walter Blackwell. The atheist Alison has a weird sensation that the spirit of the corpse is trying to communicate with her and tries to unravel who the woman was. Meanwhile, all the persons that handle the corpse mysteriously die.
The Unsaid
Tom McLoughlin
Title: The Unsaid
Studio: Universal Studios
Genre: Thriller
Writer: Christopher Murphey, Miguel Tejada-Flores
Duration: 110 mins
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
Starring: Andy Garcia, Vincent Kartheiser, Trevor Blumas, Linda Cardellini, Sam Bottoms
Summary: Michael Hunter's lovely, beloved 17 year-old son Kyle committed suicide, although he was in therapy for depression and this ruins Michael's marriage, his daughter Shelly moves in with her mother. He stops treating patients in order to write and teach Psychotherapy, until many years later a student gets him fascinated by the case of Thomas 'Tommy' Caffey. He was about to be released at his 18th birthday from the closed 'boys school' he was placed into after his father, Joseph, was put into jail for beating his adulterous mother to death. Michael feels that Tommy carries a big chip on his shoulder, ignores that Shelly fell for him at first sight, but is mesmerized by Tomy's resemblance (purposefully enhanced) to Kyle. There is also a revealing meeting with Tommy's dad in jail.
Unspeakable
Thomas J. Wright
Title: Unspeakable
Studio: Pavan Films
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Writer: Pavan Grover
Duration: 108 mins
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
Starring: Pavan Grover, Michelle Wolff, Mark Voltura, Marco Rodriguez, Dina Meyer
Summary: The scientist Diana Purlow is performing experiments with the mind of criminals sentenced to death in the prison of the sadistic warden Earl Blakely. She tests an apparatus she developed and capable of read minds in a man that claims to be innocent of a murder, but she is not able to convince her former lover and Governor to call off the execution. When the serial killer Jesse Mowatt is arrested and sentenced to death, she convinces the warden to submit Jesse to her experiment. While working with the murderer, Diana faces pure evil in its essence.
Unstoppable
Tony Scott
Title: Unstoppable
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Writer: Mark Bomback
Duration: 98
Awards: 5 nominations
Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn
Summary: Un experimentado ingeniero de ferrocarriles (Denzel Washington) está a punto de ser despedido de su empresa, pero antes conoce al novato (Chris Pine) que lo va a sustituir. La situación cambia cuando un tren lleno de un peligroso combustible empieza a saltarse estaciones a toda velocidad poniendo en peligro la vida de miles de personas. (FILMAFFINITY)
Unstoppable
David Carson
Title: Unstoppable
Studio: Millennium Films
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Writer: Tom Vaughan
Duration: 96
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Jacqueline Obradors, Stuart Wilson, Kim Coates, Mark Sheppard
Summary: The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage (Wesley Snipes) is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia. When he dates with his girl-friend and Scott's sister, Detective Amy knight (Jacqueline Obradors), in a dinning restaurant, he is mistakenly taken as being the CIA agent that is investigating the robbery of the military experiment EX by a man called Sullivan (Stuart Wilson). He is injected with the drug and abducted by the thieves. Amy has six hours to find the also stolen antidote and save Dean's life.
Unthinkable
Gregor Jordan
Title: Unthinkable
Studio: ChubbCo Film
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Writer: Peter Woodward
Duration: 97
Starring: Michael Sheen, Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Brandon Routh, Necar Zadegan
Summary: Thriller psicológico que gira en torno al interrogador por parte de agente del FBI a un sospechoso de terrorismo para que les confiese la ubicación de tres conjuntos de armas nucleares preparadas para detonar en los EE.UU. (FILMAFFINITY)
Until Death
Simon Fellows
Title: Until Death
Studio: Nu Image Films
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Writer: Dan Harris, James Portolese
Duration: 101 mins
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Lord (II), Mark Dymond, Stephen Rea, Selina Giles
Summary: Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in this bone-chilling, Dark action-packed thriller as Anthony Stowe, a down-and-out detective addicted to heroine whose days always seem to go from bad to worse. Lowe is coming off of a drug deal, in which two officers were killed, and the primary villain, the drugs, the money and the surveillance tapes are still at large. He is also dealing with his wife, who has just informed him that she is pregnant - but the child is not his. After a gunfight in which Stowe comes very close to death, After being severely wounded and losing all will to live, His body gives up and falls into a coma. After an inner battle with himself, He gains again the spirit to live again. While on the road to recovery, Stowe finds himself in a very personal battle to make amends with his kidnapped wife and to take revenge on his assailant once and for all.
The Untouchables
Brian De Palma
Title: The Untouchables
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Writer: Oscar Fraley, Eliot Ness
Duration: 119 mins
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 11 nominations
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro
Summary: Federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account of the arrest of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The end shootout combines a baby carriage and stairs with a nod to Eisenstein's _The Battleship Potemkin_.
Untraceable
Gregory Hoblit
Title: Untraceable
Studio: Sony Pictures
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Duration: 100 mins
Starring: Diane Lane, Zachary Hoffman, Joseph Cross, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks
Summary: "Untraceable" fuses "Saw" with "The Net" in a perverse yet moralistic story about a psychopath who broadcasts acts of torture over the internet--all to better reveal the twisted underbelly of the American public, who hasten the victims' deaths simply by looking at the website. FBI agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane, her mature-sexy mojo tamped down but still simmering in the corners of her eyes and the nape of her neck) launches a cyberhunt for the killer, only to find herself and her team caught up in his murderous scheme. It's hard to make tapping on a keyboard and staring at a computer screen exciting, but "Untraceable" does its best by making Marsh and her cybercrimebusting partner (Colin Hanks, "King Kong") rattle off cascades of jaunty techno-jargon and do impressive bits of long-distance surveillance. The movie aims for the audience that flocked to see Ashley Judd in thrillers like "Kiss the Girls" and "Double Jeopardy", but it's hard to say if fans of Lane's romantic fare like Under the Tuscan Sun or Must Like Dogs will enjoy the queasy violence. Nonetheless, the cast--including Mary Beth Hurt ("The World According to Garp") as Marsh's mother--does a solid job and the movie clips along at an aggressive pace, maintaining tension throughout. --"Bret Fetzer"

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Up in the Air (Amor sin Escalas)
Jason Reitman
Title: Up in the Air (Amor sin Escalas)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Writer: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Duration: 109
Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 49 nominations
Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton
Summary: Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) es un experto en despedir a gente, contratado de forma externa por otras empresas para reducir personal. Ryan lleva mucho tiempo contento con su despreocupado estilo de vida, viviendo por toda Norteamérica en aeropuertos, hoteles y coches de alquiler. Puede llevar todo lo que necesita en una maleta con ruedas. Es un miembro mimado y de élite de todos los programas de fidelización de viajeros que existen. Y le falta poco para alcanzar el objetivo de su vida: conseguir una secreta y desorbitada cifra de millas de viajero habitual, que le daría acceso a un restringido y selecto club. Sin embargo Ryan no tiene nada auténtico a lo que aferrarse. Cuando se siente atraído por una atractiva compañera de viaje (Vera Farmiga), otra viajera frecuente, el jefe de Ryan (Jason Bateman), animado por una joven y advenediza experta en eficiencia (Anna Kendrick), amenaza con atarle a un despacho. Enfrentado a la perspectiva, a la vez terrorífica de ser destinado a un puesto fijo, Ryan empieza a meditar sobre lo que puede llegar a significar el tener un hogar de verdad.
The Upside of Anger
Title: The Upside of Anger
Studio: New Line Home Video
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 117
Starring: Joan Allen, Suzanne Bertish, Dane Christensen, Erika Christensen, Kevin Costner
Summary: The sight of two lost souls finding something unavoidably necessary in each other carries "The Upside of Anger" through it pleasant episodic drift. When Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen) realizes that her husband won't be coming home again, she hits the skids and the bottle, leaving her four thunderstruck daughters (Alicia Witt, Keri Russell, Erika Christensen, and Evan Rachel Wood) to fend for themselves while she fends off the attentions of concerned neighbor Denny Davies (Kevin Costner). Writer/director Mike Binder (who has a good bit as Costner's sleazy producer) juggles too many subplots in this comedy/drama--his charming young actresses are all but wasted--then tosses in a wrongheaded climactic twist and terrible explanatory narration from young Wood. But the two leads do career-best turns: If you've given up hope on Costner, you'll be surprised by his shaggy dog appeal as a perpetually soused radio show host/faded ex-baseball star, while Allen's boozy, brittle performance is so remarkable that even her comic drunkenness is nuanced. "--Steve Wiecking"
Urban Justice
Don E. FauntLeRoy
Title: Urban Justice
Studio: Sony Pictures
Genre: Action & Adventure
Duration: 96 mins
Starring: Steven Seagal, Eddie Griffin, Carmen Serano, Cory Hart, Liezl Carstens
Summary: Steven Seagal (Attack Force, Flight of Fury) and Eddie Griffin (Deuce Bigalow, Norbit) star this no holds barred action, crime-thriller about a man with a dark and violent past who is out for revenge against the murderer of his son. Max Ballester is a street cop working in the heart of the poverty stricken city who made the mistake of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Gunned down in the street in a senseless act of violence his murder goes unsolved and the killer unidentified. When Simon Ballester (Seagal), a former government specials ops agent, learns of his son's murder, he soon moves into the very neighborhood where Max was killed in order to spend his days asking questions and cracking heads as he searches for the killer of his son. He quickly makes enemies with the local gang members and soon finds himself a target of their hostility. Simon's ability with weapons and his flawless fighting skills prove useful as he uncovers a tangled web of deceit and murder.
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
Mary Lambert
Title: Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
Studio: Sony Pictures
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Writer: Michael Dougherty
Duration: 93 mins
Starring: Kate Mara, Robert Vito, Tina Lifford, Ed Marinaro, Michael Coe
Summary: From director Mary Lambert (Pet Sematary, The In Crowd), the terrifying Urban Legend trilogy comes full circle with URBAN LEGENDS: BLOODY MARY, delivering enough hair-raising scares to rival The Grudge and The Ring. On a prom-night dare, a trio of high-school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences. That same night, the girls are abducted by a gang of high-school jocks. Once rescued, their tormentors receive their just desserts, dying one by one in a chain reaction of gruesome murders, each with a bizarre "Urban Legend" twist. Is it all just a high-school prank taken to grisly extremes - or has "Bloody Mary" returned from the grave to wreak her own vengeance?
The Usual Suspects
Bryan Singer
Title: The Usual Suspects
Studio: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Writer: Christopher McQuarrie
Duration: 106
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 7 nominations
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey
Summary: Following a truck hijack in New York, five conmen are arrested and brought together for questioning. As none of them is guilty, they plan a revenge operation against the police. The operation goes well, but then the influence of a legendary mastermind criminal called Keyser Söze is felt. It becomes clear that each one of them has wronged Söze at some point and must pay back now. The payback job leaves 27 men dead in a boat explosion, but the real question arises now: Who actually is Keyser Söze?