Starring: J. Grant Albrecht, Sayed Badreya, Elizabeth Banks, David Born, Dennis Boutsikaris

Summary: Oliver Stone's biographical take on the life of George W. Bush, one of the most controversial, secretive, cynical, and ruthless president in USA history, chronicling from 1967 to his wild and carefree days in college, to his military service, to his governorship of Texas and oil businesses, leading to his 2000 candidacy for president, his first turbulent four years to his 2004 re-election campaign.

Starring: Kingsley, Thirlby, Janssen, Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck

Starring: Tyrese Gibson, Shawn Parr, Henry Hunter Hall, Johnny C. Pruitt, Meagan Good

Summary: In South Los Angeles, while bringing his beloved son Junior back home from school, the paroled ex-convicted O2 promises his son that he would always come back to him and never leave him alone. However, his car is hijacked and Junior is kidnapped. Without any lead, O2 forces the street vendor Coco to help him to find where his car might have been sent for disassembling. Meanwhile, O2's addicted brother Lucky discovers that the cruel leader of the Outlaw Syndicate, the drug lord Meat, is keeping the boy arrested in a room and asking a ransom of US$ 100,000.00 that he believes O2 have from an old heist. O2 and Coco plot a scheme to put the pimp P-Money and Meat against each other and steal their money.

Starring: Dane Cook, Kaitlin Doubleday, Anna Faris, Luis Guzman, Justin Long

Starring: Andy Griffith, Keri Russell, Adrienne Shelly, Jeremy Sisto, Edward Jemison

Summary: Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tolerates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have?

Starring: Bijou Phillips, Ian Somerhalder, Jane Seymour, Danny Masterson, Marguerite Moreau

Summary: Cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles para los poco convencionales Carys Reitman, que hace lo que cualquier chica moderna emocionalmente aislada haría – va a los funerales de extraños. Carys, que perdió a su hermana hace mucho tiempo, intenta encontrar consuelo en funerales. En un funeral fatídico, se reúne de forma inesperada con Tyler (Ian Somerhalder) , un hombre que está de luto por la perdida de su novia. Tyler, novio de Ana, quiere saber cómo Carys conocía a Anna. Por supuesto, Carys tiene problemas para mentir y convencer a Tyler, y asi se enamora de él. A pesar de las advertencias de su mejor amigo, el empresario Shane y su compañera Lila, ella encuentra la conexión con alguien por primera vez. En busca de respuestas, Carys va a ver a su madre, separada a enfrentar su pasado. Y mientras trata de abrirse a los riesgos del amor con Tyler, se da cuenta de que puede tener que temer más que sólo un corazón roto …

Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Simon Yam, Philip Tan, Valerie Tian, Tony Schiena

Summary: Ben Archer (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a thug/enforcer for a criminal organization. Tiring of the work, he tells his coworkers that he's ready to retire. His wife Cynthia is a social worker for the INS. She brings a Chinese refugee girl to their home. Soon, Sun Quan (Simon Yam) wants his daughter back. Cynthia Archer is murdered, and Ben's son Nicholas disappears, along with the Chinese girl. Ben must save the children and avenge his wife's murder.

Starring: Raymond J. Barry, David Krumholtz, Margo Martindale, John C. Reilly, Odette Yustman

Summary: The up-and-down-and-up-again story of musician Dewey Cox, whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 step-kids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to - and then kicks - every drug known to man; but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman - longtime backup singer Darlene.

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Anthony Quinn, Giancarlo Giannini, Angélica Aragón

Summary: Keanu Reeves is completely wooden in this romantic misfire by Alfonso Arau ("Like Water for Chocolate"). Reeves plays a World War II vet who hits the road as a traveling salesman and agrees to help a desperate, pregnant woman (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon)--who is afraid to let her father (Giancarlo Giannini) see her condition--by pretending to be her husband. Most of the story takes place in the old man's vineyard, and Arau makes a life of swollen fruit, grape-stomping, sunlight, and tan flesh that looks amazingly erotic. But there are plenty of sillier distractions, such as the sight of farm hands chasing insects with flapping gossamer wings attached to their arms. Reeves is terribly self-conscious, while stalwart Anthony Quinn is memorable as the damsel's benevolent grandfather. "--Tom Keogh"

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts

Summary: While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny Cash takes an interest in music and eventually moves out of his Arkansas town to join the air force in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar and writes his own music, and proposes to Vivian. When they got married, they settled in Tennessee and with a daughter, he supported the family by being a salesman. He discovers a man who can pursue his dreams and ends up getting a record with the boys. Shortly after that, he was on a short tour, promoting his songs, and meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter. Then as they get on the long-term tours with June, the boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis, they have this unspoken relationship that grows. But when June leaves the tour because of his behavior, he was a drug addict. His marriage was also falling apart, and when he sees June years later at an awards show, he forces June to tour with them again, promising June to support her two kids and herself. While the tour goes on, the relationship between June and John grow more,and his marriage to his first wife ends. June finds out about the drugs, and help him overcome it. True love and care helped John eventually stop the drug usage, and finally proposes to her in front of an audience at a show.

Starring: The Rock, Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough, Kristen Wilson, Ashley Scott

Summary: After eight years serving the U.S. Army Special Forces, Sergeant Chris Vaughn returns to his hometown seeking for a job in the local mill. He is informed by Sheriff Stan Watkins that the mill was closed six months ago and now the Wild Cherry Casino, owned by his former high school friend Jay Hamilton, is the major source of jobs and income to the town. Chris goes home, and meets his best-friend Ray Templeton, who organized a football game with their friends. After the game, Jay invites Chris and his friends to spend the night in his casino on him, but when Chris finds that the casino stick-man is cheating with the dices, he fights against the security men and is almost killed by them. When his nephew Pete has an OD with amphetamines sold by the security men of the casino, Chris realizes that the town is dominated by the mobsters and the corrupt sheriff and with a huge piece of wood, he breaks the casino and the criminals. He is prosecuted and in the trial, he promises to the jury and to the population that if he is considered non-guilty, he would be candidate to the sheriff position and clean the town. Later, Sheriff Chris Vaughn has to fight against the organized crime to keep his promise.

Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Yvette Nipar, A.J. Buckley, Gail Cronauer, Bentley Mitchum

Summary: A sequel to the hit film Walking Tall. Nick returns to his hometown after his father, the town's sheriff, dies in a suspicious car accident. He soon discovers that the quiet community he grew up in is now overrun with crime, drugs and violence and is left with no choice but to take justice into his own hands.

Starring: Vega, Pena, Ramirez, Alexa Vega, Michael Peña

Summary: Based on a true story, student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo (Vega), tired of being treated unequally, decides to take action and stage a walkout at five East Los Angeles high schools in 1968, to protest educational conditions and complain of anti-Mexican educational bias along with some 10,000 students. Paula Crisostomo (now Romo) is not Mexican- American--she is Filipina-American. She and her husband, then boyfriend were roommates of mine in college. We are very good friends and I see her often.

Starring: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Eli Wallach

Summary: Secuela de la popular cinta de 1987 "Wall Street", ambientada 20 años después. Una vez puesto en libertad, después de cumplir una prolongada condena en prisión, el implacable tiburón de las finanzas Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) se siente desorientado dentro del mundo que en tiempos dominó. Buscando rehacer sus arruinadas relaciones con su hija, Gekko conoce por casualidad a Jakob (Shia LaBeouf), su prometido. Juntos proyectan apoyarse mutuamente: Gordon ayudará a Jacob a vengar la ruina de su mentor, y éste intentará que Gordon y su hija se reconcilien. (FILMAFFINITY)

Starring: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann

Summary: A young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin. When his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan to follow in his dad's footsteps.

Starring: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Devon Aoki, Luis Guzmán

Summary: After his partner Tom Wynne and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue, FBI agent Jack Crawford becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody crime war between Asian mob rivals Chang of the Triad's and Yakuza boss Shiro. When Jack and Rogue finally come face to face, the ultimate truth of their pasts will be revealed.

Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin

Summary: Despite super effects, a huge budget, and the cinematic pedigree of alien-happy Steven Spielberg, this take on H.G. Wells's novel is basically a horror film packaged as a sci-fi thrill ride. Instead of a mad slasher, however, Spielberg (along with writers Josh Friedman & David Koepp) utilizes aliens hell-bent on quickly destroying humanity, and the terrifying results that prey upon adult fears, especially in the post-9/11 world. The realistic results could be a new genre, the grim popcorn thriller; often you feel like you're watching "Schindler's List" more than Spielberg's other thrill-machine movies ("Jaws", "Jurassic Park"). The film centers on Ray Ferrier, a divorced father (Tom Cruise, oh so comfortable) who witnesses one giant craft destroy his New Jersey town and soon is on the road with his teen son (Justin Chatwin) and preteen daughter (Dakota Fanning) in tow, trying to keep ahead of the invasion. The film is, of course, impeccably designed and produced by Spielberg's usual crew of A-class talent. The aliens are genuinely scary, even when the film--like the novel--spends a good chunk of time in a basement. Readers of the book (or viewers of the deft 1953 adaptation) will note the variation of whom and how the aliens come to Earth, which poses some logistical problems. The film opens and closes with narration from the novel read by Morgan Freeman, but Spielberg could have adapted Orson Welles's words from the famous Halloween Eve 1938 radio broadcast: "We couldn't soap all your windows and steal all your garden gates by tomorrow night, so we did the best next thing: we annihilated the world." "--Doug Thomas"

Starring: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo

Summary: Drama ambientado en el mundo de las artes marciales mixtas. Un veterano de Vietnam (Nolte) abandona el boxeo para trabajar en una fundición de acero. Sus graves problemas con el alcohol han destrozado a su familia, pero llega un momento en que, arrepentido, deja la bebida y decide entrenar a su hijo más joven (Tom Hardy) para que participe en un torneo de artes marciales, en el que se enfrentará a su hermano mayor (Joel Edgerton).

Starring: Jean Reno, Ryoko Hirosue, Michel Muller, Carole Bouquet, Yoshi Oida

Summary: Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace. There he mets his former colleague Momo and his daughter Yumi who he did not know was ever born. Hubert eventually finds out why his girlfriend left him and the reason becomes his and his new daughters problem.

Starring: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Yunior Usualdo Panameno, Eddie Velasquez

Summary: Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous parents.

Starring: James Spader, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei, Ernie Hudson, Chris Ellis

Summary: James Spader stars as Joel Campbell, a former detective traumatized by the death of his lover at the hands of a serial killer he'd been hunting--a psychopath who has taken their combative relationship a little too personally, and has now tracked the retired Campbell down in Chicago. The killer, who methodically studies his victims before killing them, starts sending Campbell photographs of prospective victims and gives him a day to find them before they're killed. Campbell rises to the challenge, returns to his role as detective, and launches a comprehensive manhunt for the killer and the women in the photographs. "The Watcher" is surprisingly watchable--though it does suffer from an excessive use of arty cinematography. But while the psychological interpretation of the killer's behavior is a little too schematic to be convincing, the portrayal of Campbell is quite strong, particularly due to Spader's performance. A much-underrated actor, Spader is lean and efficient in his portrayal, rarely given to flashy histrionics, but compelling and emotionally complex. Unfortunately, the killer is played by Keanu Reeves; and though Reeves isn't as terrible an actor as some critics may say, he's out of his depth here. Still, Spader carries most of the movie, and the sequences in which the police are trying to track down the victims are nicely suspenseful--in fact, the movie is overall more interested in suspense than gore, making it a pleasant change from most contemporary thrillers. Also starring Marisa Tomei as Campbell's psychiatrist and budding romantic interest. "--Bret Fetzer"

Starring: Laurie Jupiter, Dr. Manhattan, Adrian Veidt, Walter Kovacs, Edward Blake

Summary: Ambientada en una América alternativa en los años 80, donde la Guerra Fría está en su apogeo y los superhéroes, que antes habían sido respetados, ahora son perseguidos por la ley. Un día aparece muerto uno de ellos, que trabajaba para la CIA: El comediante. Su amigo Rorschach, el único héroe enmascarado que queda en activo, emprenderá la investigación de su muerte, que oculta algo mucho más importante de lo que parece a simple vista... Esperadísima adaptación de la legendaria novela gráfica de Alan Moore y Dave Gibbons de 1986, considerado por muchos el mejor cómic de la historia. (FILMAFFINITY)

In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot.

Starring: Bruce Allpress, Eddie Campbell, Ben Chaplin, Peter Corrigan (II), Brian Cox

Starring: Christopher Masterson, Jake Muxworthy, Jon Gries, Christopher Berry, Ajay Naidu

Summary: Are we prepared for the next attack? When a suspected bio-terrorist attack contaminates L.A.'s water supply the city is cast into turmoil.Three interwoven stories show how far people will go to ensure their own survival. A Sikh storeowner and her son become victims of racial discrimination. Two-college students attempt to flea the increasingly chaotic atmosphere and in doing so test the limits of their friendship. A duo of National Guardsmen is forced to confront issues of patriotism as they become upholders of the peace during a citywide crisis. These three sets of relationships violently collide in a climactic finale that will forever change the lives of all involved.With outstanding performances and a stark original score by the band Dredg WATERBORNE is a gripping exploration of the effects of fear on society and on the individual.DVD Features:Widescreen FormatBehind the ScenesInterviewsInteractive MenusScene SelectionCast BiosTrailer and Optional Spanish SubtitlesSystem Requirements:Running Time 85 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS UPC: 039414520620 Manufacturer No: MTI2062DVD

Starring: Kevin Costner, Chaim Girafi, Rick Aviles, R.D. Call, Zitto Kazann

Summary: The polar ice caps have melted, and the earth is covered by water. The remaining people travel the seas, in search of survival. Several different societies exist. The Mariner falls from his customary and solitary existence into having to care for a woman and a young girl while being pursued by the evil forces of the Deacon.

Starring: Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Alexandru Potocean, Saoirse Ronan

Summary: Adaptación de 'The Long k: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom' de Slavomir Rawicz. El protagonista narra en primera persona cómo, tras la invasión de Polonia por los alemanes (1939), fue arrestado por el ejército soviético y encarcelado en Siberia; cómo, después, consiguió escapar del gulag (campos de concentración de la Unión Soviética) en compañía de otros presos y, finalmente, cómo huyendo a pie llegaron desde Siberia al Himalaya, al desierto del Gobi y, atravesando el Tibet, acabaron estableciéndose en la India. Recientemente, varios historiadores han puesto en duda la veracidad de esta historia

Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Selma Blair, Melissa George, Ashley Walters, John Sharian

Summary: A series of deaths have started occurring in New York; Some are being found mutilated while others have an equation wÎ"z = Cov (w,z) = ßwzVz carved onto their skin. As police investigate they discover each victim was forced to choose between sacrificing their own life or a loved ones' life. Before long it becomes clear that this perpetrator has suffered just such a similar fate...so now is coping by seeking a way of solving this philosophical enigma, can Captain Maclean and his officers such as Eddie Argo and his new partner Helen Westcott stop this suspect, because he/she won't not until he/she gets to the end of this equation.

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Ian McShane

Summary: There seems to be no end to beating-the-odds football movies these days, and if they all peak with a breathless moment of anticipation during a clutch play, then "We Are Marshall", based on a true story, has plenty of (mostly good) company. Matthew McConaughey plays Jack Lengyel, who becomes head coach--more or less by default--of Marshall University's rebuilding varsity football team in Huntington, W. Va., after the school's 37-member team and coaches (and a number of others) die in a plane crash in the Appalachian Mountains on Nov. 14, 1970. Facing an indifferent college president (David Strathairn) ready to shut the football program down, a morose assistant coach (Matthew Fox), and a charged-up player (Anthony Mackie) who missed the doomed flight due to an injury, Lengyel is faced with fielding a new team and putting the players through their paces. There are the usual, perhaps too-familiar, training montages and field action, but screenwriter Jamie Linden and director McG (Charlie's Angels) also draw some very good performances from the likes of Kate Mara and Ian McShane, contributing to an emotional tapestry conveying a powerful sense of how such a sizable loss affects a small community. "--Tom Keogh"
On the DVD
Introduced by director McG, "Legendary Coaches" (37 minutes) has real-life coach Jack Lengyel (portrayed in the film by Matthew McConaughey) recalling his time at Marshall and reading a letter he received from President Nixon. Then five championship coaches discuss their coaching philosophies and overcoming adversity: Bobby Bowden (Florida State football, and also portrayed in the film as the 1971 coach at West Virginia), Pat Summit (Tennessee women's basketball), Lute Olsen (Arizona men's basketball), George Horton (Cal State Fullerton baseball), and John Wooden (UCLA men's basketball). Also included are a current promotional spot for Marshall University and the theatrical trailer. "--David Horiuchi"
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"Return of the Thundering Herd: The Story that Inspired "We Are Marshall""

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Alex Veadov

Summary: In "We Own the Night", Joaquin Phoenix, whose eyes burn with sullen anger even when he's looking at the woman he loves, plays Bobby Green, a nightclub manager in the 1980s who gets caught between his blood family he tried to leave behind--a long line of police officers--and his chosen family of friends and business partners, who turn out to be drug dealers. His father (Robert Duvall) and brother (Mark Wahlberg) want Bobby to help their investigation, but Bobby resists--until the conflict takes a brutal turn. Writer/director James Gray wears his influences on his sleeve; he's clearly seen every movie that Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola ever made and aspires to follow in their footsteps. The familiarity of the movie's territory dilutes its impact, but the plot of "We Own the Night" remains unpredictable, the performances have a clean vitality, and Gray's moody visual style brings some life to the genre. Phoenix ("Walk the Line") dives into his role, sifting through layers of guilt and familial resentment; Wahlberg and Duvall play parts they've essentially played a dozen times, but do so with commitment and integrity. Also featuring Eva Mendes (Ghost Rider) as Bobby's devoted girlfriend, who questions just how much she'll have to give up for him. "--Bret Fetzer"

Beyond "We Own the Night"
On Blu-ray
Original Soundtrack
Stills from "We Own the Night" (click for larger image)

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Hope Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Caine, Gemmenne de la Peña

Summary: Nobody does comic existential angst like Nicolas Cage, who gets a good workout in "The Weather Man", an underrated slice of quiet desperation. Cage plays David Spritz, a Chicago TV meteorologist who knows only too well the constant uncertainty of predicting the weather. Despite a possible offer from a network morning show, David's life is a mess: he's estranged from his kids and irritated wife (Hope Davis), he's perpetually at odds with his remote father (Michael Caine), and lately people on the street have had the disconcerting habit of throwing food at him. Director Gore Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean") has perhaps too heavy a touch for this kind of comic melancholy, but screenwriter Steven Conrad has an interesting, almost Mamet-like ear for "written" dialogue--Cage has a few voiceover monologues, including an uproarious sequence involving tartar sauce and a walk to the store, that are hugely funny. It's possible that we've seen Cage in this kind of character one too many times, but he's still good at it, and his doleful face and pasted-on smile fit the mood of the picture. Unlike the heroes of most Hollywood movies, David Spritz doesn't always--or often--do the right thing, but Cage makes you want to see the poor sap make it. "--Robert Horton"

Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Christopher Walken, Isla Fisher

Summary: With Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as a pair of brazen wedding crashers, this buddy/romantic comedy milks a few big laughs from its foolproof premise. Under the direction of David Dobkin (who previously worked with Wilson on "Shanghai Knights"), the movie ranges from bawdy romp to mushy romance, and that tonal identity crisis curtails the overall hilarity. But when the well-teamed costars are firing on all pistons with fast-paced dialogue and manic situations, belly laughs are delivered at a steady clip. Things get complicated when the guys infiltrate the family of the Treasury Secretary (Christopher Walken), resulting in a romantic pair-off between Vaughn and the congressman's oversexed daughter Gloria (Isla Fisher) while Wilson sincerely woos another daughter, Claire (Rachel McAdams), who's unhappily engaged to an Ivy League cheater (Bradley Cooper). Walken is more or less wasted in his role, but Jane Seymour and Henry Gibson make amusing appearances, and a surprise guest arrives late in the game for some over-the-top scene-stealing. It's all a bit uneven, but McAdams (considered by some to be "the next Julia Roberts") is a pure delight, and with enough laughs to make it easily recommended, "Wedding Crashers" will likely find its place on DVD shelves alongside other flawed but enjoyable R-rated comedies that embrace a naughtier, nastier brand of humor with no need for apologies. "--Jeff Shannon"
On the DVD
The "Uncorked" edition of "Wedding Crashers" adds about 8 minutes of footage to the theatrical release. Of chief interest are extended beach and bathroom scenes between Vince Vaughn and Isla Fisher, and Vaughn's extended confession to Father O'Neil (Henry Gibson), but there are also new scenes featuring Keir O'Donnell as the eccentric Todd and Ellen Albertini Dow as the potty-mouthed grandmother. This edition is billed as unrated because it wasn't resubmitted to the MPAA, but the sexier bathroom scene and coarser confession aren't particularly raunchier than the original film, and there's no additional nudity. You can watch the Uncorked edition once to see the new footage, but for subsequent viewings you'll probably choose to stick with the theatrical release, which is also included on the DVD.
Bonus features consist of two very good commentary tracks, one by director David Dobkin and another by Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Dobkin's is more technically informative, and he specifically discusses why the added scenes were originally cut. Vaughn and Wilson are a little more subdued than might be expected, but they share some laughs, recall some material that was left out, and wander into irrelevant territory such as football and Wilson's dog. Other features include four deleted scenes with optional commentary by Dobkin, and two featurettes covering the making of the film (including the logistics of staging five different weddings, and interviews with the "magic and balloon consultant") and Vaughn and Wilson's meandering discussion of "the rules" of wedding crashing. For a more organized recap, there's a 24-screen text-only list of all the rules. The opening menu is clever, but slow to load after you've watched it the first time. "--David Horiuchi"

Vince Vaughn's Movies
Why We Love Rachel McAdams
Owen Wilson's Movies
The Soundtrack
The Return of Crass Comedy
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin"

Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Amy Adams, Sarah Parish

Summary: If you're a fan of the frazzled comic rhythms Debra Messing plies on "Will & Grace", or if you're pre-sold on the concept of Dermot Mulroney as the world's most dashing heartthrob--an idea given ample evidence here--this escapist romance may provide just enough distraction. "The Wedding Date"'s "Pretty Woman"-in-reverse plot finds Kat Kat Ellis (Messing) hiring expensive male escort Nick Mercer (Mulroney) to fly to London and pose as her dashing new boyfriend at her sister's wedding so she can face the best man, an ex-fiancé who broke her heart. Non-fans of the stars or romantic comedies in general beware: there's no real chemistry or conflict, and you should alert the media if you can determine exactly when and why Kat and Nick fall in love. Mulroney has nothing to do but be sensitively suave--the film's entire running time is spent waiting for Kat to realize that Nick, hooker or no, is the best thing that ever happened to her (her father may be cinema's first dad to ever encourage his daughter to snare a gigolo while she still can). This is a relatively painless but forgettable first Date; you probably won't need a second assignation. "--Steve Wiecking"

Starring: Jason Biggs

Summary: Best known as a comedian, "Stella"’s Michael Ian Black makes his directorial debut with "Wedding Daze", AKA "The Pleasure of Your Company". In the prologue, Anderson (Jason Biggs) dresses up as Cupid and proposes to his perfect girlfriend, who promptly keels over. A year later, he's still in mourning. Meanwhile, Katie (Isla Fisher) is also seeing a seemingly flawless fellow, and though her mother (Joanna Gleason) pressures her to accept his proposal, Katie has her doubts. The next day, she meets the unemployed Anderson at the diner where she works. On a dare, he asks her to marry him. Not only does she accept--she moves in with him. They make for an odd couple, but not as odd as their parents: Katie's stepfather (Matt Malloy) is a Jewish inventor, while her birth father (Joe Pantoliano) is a Buddhist convict; Anderson's parents (Margo Martindale and Edward Herrmann), on the other hand, are "very" happily married (suggestive words send them into a sexual frenzy). Clearly, Anderson and Katie's differing backgrounds create a momentary stumbling block, but their breakup lasts as long as their courtship--blink and you'll miss it. Denied a US theatrical release, "Wedding Daze" is a rough-around-the-edges, if sweet-natured romp. At the very least, it's superior to other wedding-oriented comedies of the time, like the crass "License to Wed". There are a few unnecessary gross-out gags, but an appealing cast--including Rob Corddry as a good-natured deputy--distract from the more awkward moments. "--Kathleen C. Fennessy"

Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Matthew Glave

Summary: Robbie Hart is singing the hits of the 1980s at weddings and other celebrations. He also can keep the party going in good spirit, he knows what to say and when to say it. Julia is a waitress at the events where Robbie performs. When both of them find someone to marry and prepare for their weddings, it becomes clear that they've chosen wrong partners.

Starring: Molly Shannon, David Harbour, Elizabeth Reaser, Rosemarie Dewitt

Summary: Unos jóvenes que cantaron juntos en la universidad en un grupo a Cappella se rúne 15 años después para actuar en la boda de un amigo de ellos y descubren como sus vidas han cambiado (y en algunos casos retorcieron), desde su apogeo en la universidad

Starring: Matt Frewer, Joey Beck, Allan Redford, Joe Dinicol, Greg Bryk

Summary: Royce and Dexter are two slackers who live in the strange little town of Weedsville. When Royce's girlfriend Matilda overdose's on their stash and dies, they decide to bury her in an abandoned Drive-In theater. Things get out of control when they discover Satanists performing a ritual sacrifice right where they were going to bury the body...

Starring: Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Nicole Ari Parker, Mike Epps

Summary: While its story might sound terribly interesting, "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins" is largely a vehicle for gross-out sight gags and grotesque performances by performers who, in many cases, don't need to do such things. Martin Lawrence stars as R.J. Stevens, a successful, Jerry Springer-like, television talk show host who sets aside his perfect life with a sweet son (Damani Roberts) and celebrity girlfriend (Joy Bryant) to attend his parents' golden wedding anniversary back home in Georgia. From the moment he arrives, all the reasons R.J. left to reinvent himself on the West Coast become clear. His siblings and cousins (Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Michael Clarke Duncan, Cedric the Entertainer) quickly put him in his place, reminding him that his name is actually Roscoe Jenkins. His sweet mother (Margaret Avery) watches impassively while R.J.'s dad (James Earl Jones) strikes one disapproving note after another. R.J. would be content to wait out the anniversary events and go home, but the arrival of a woman (Nicole Ari Parker) he loved but couldn't keep during his adolescence changes everything, bringing out the competitive survivor within. Written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee ("Undercover Brother"), "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins" promises rich comedy and dramatic flavorings, as well as a bunch of delightful actors doing what only they can do best. But Lee subverts the project for cheap and easy laughs, using his best material to do little else than bridge scenes of bad slapstick, bestial perversity, clownish sex and irritating, motormouth rants from the likes of Mo'Nique and Epps. This a hard movie to sit through at 114 minutes, one of those what-were-they-thinking-when-they-made-this films. --"Tom Keogh"


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Starring: William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter, Luis Guzmán

Summary: A nifty little film about a gang of would-be crooks and a heist that goes awry. That probably sounds like a premise you've seen about a hundred times in the past few years, but "Welcome to Collinwood" rises above most other caper movies due to a strong script, clean and inventive direction, and above all an outstanding cast: Sam Rockwell ("Galaxy Quest", "Safe Men"), William H. Macy ("Fargo", "State and Main"), Isaiah Washington ("Clockers", "Out of Sight"), Luis Guzmán ("The Limey", "Punch-Drunk Love"), Jennifer Esposito ("Summer of Sam", "Shaft"), Patricia Clarkson ("High Art", "Joe Gould's Secret"), and several other great character actors have such chemistry, wit, and sheer talent that it's a pleasure to watch them scheme, wriggle, and woo each other through an elaborate plan that's doomed from the start. George Clooney also appears (and coproduced the movie). Smart and charming. "--Bret Fetzer"

Starring: Sandy Gardiner, Callard Harris, Nick Richey, Veronica Sywak, D. Kevin Epps

Starring: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow, Jessica Brooks Grant

Summary: Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.

Starring: Maddie Corman, Dennis Farina, Rick Garcia, Queen Latifah, Deirdre O'Connell

Summary: "What Happens in Vegas" is a comedy waiting to happen. It takes an old premise (drunk strangers regretting their decision to get married in Las Vegas) and adds in a dilemma (a $3 million slot machine win) that could've been easily resolved. But then again, there would've been no movie if the unhappily wedded couple figured out that splitting the money in half and getting their marriage annulled would've been quick and effective. Cameron Diaz plays uptight clean-freak Joy, who has just been dumped by her fiance. Ashton Kutcher is Jack, a slacker furniture maker who has been fired--by his own dad. Each goes to Vegas to let off some steam. And while they have nothing in common (except being exceptionally good looking) they make out, get married, and fight over the money Jack wins with Joy's quarter. Instead of letting the couple get divorced, a judge sentences the odd couple to half a year of marriage. What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas, but extends into New York where Jack and Joy live. Both actors have fared well in comedies, especially Diaz in "My Best Friend's Wedding". And while Kutcher still has to live down "Dude, Where's My Car?", he showed a lot of comedic flair and charm in "A Lot Like Love". But the two face an uphill battle here with inane dialogue and a premise that not only is unbelievable, but unlikeable. The two are so incompatible (and immature) they can't even control bathroom time and, in Jack's case, his bladder. --"Jae-Ha Kim"


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Starring: Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci, John Turturro, Kristen Stewart

Summary: Basada en las memorias del productor Art Linson -guionista del filme-. De Niro interpreta a un productor de Hollywood que intenta mantener su dignidad profesional envuelto en la maquinaria de los grandes estudios. (FILMAFFINITY)

Starring: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Diana Scarwid, Joe Morton, James Remar

Summary: Norman Spencer, a university research scientist, is growing more and more concerned about his wife, Claire, a retired concert cellist who a year ago was involved in a serious auto accident, and who has just sent off her daughter Caitlin (Norman's stepdaughter) to college. Now, Claire reports hearing voices and witnessing eerie occurrences in and around their lakeside Vermont home, including seeing the face of a young woman reflected in water. An increasingly frightened Claire thinks the phenomena have something to do with the couple living next door, especially since the wife has disappeared without apparent explanation. At her husband's urging, Claire starts to see a therapist; she tells him she thinks the house is being haunted by a ghost. His advice? Try to make contact. Enlisting the help of her best friend, Jody, and a ouija board, Claire seeks to find out the truth of What Lies Beneath.

Starring: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, Robert Bailey Jr., Barry Newman

Summary: "WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW?!" is a radical departure from convention. It demands a freedom of view and greatness of thought so far unknown, indeed, not even dreamed of since Copernicus. It's a documentary. It's a story. It's mind-blowing special effects. This film plunges you into a world where quantum uncertainty is demonstrated - where neurological processes, and perceptual shifts are engaged and lived by its protagonist - where everything is alive, and reality is changed by every thought.

Starring: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson

Summary: It must've made for a great pitch meeting: Male chauvinist advertising executive gains the ability to hear the thoughts of any woman around him. Add Mel Gibson--as Nick, the divorced "man's man" who can charm almost any woman into bed--and you've got high-concept comedy made in Hollywood heaven, right? Not necessarily. The smartest thing director Nancy Meyers did with "What Women Want" is dispose of this ludicrous plot contrivance before it wears out its welcome. It's fun to see Mel react to a deafening chorus of female thoughts, but his dubious "gift"--courtesy of an accidental electro-shock in his bathtub--is a mixed blessing for the audience. The women in Nick's life conveniently think in complete sitcom-friendly sentences, and the novelty quickly wears thin.
The movie improves by focusing on the fallout of Nick's predicament. Exploiting his unfair advantage, he sabotages the career of his new boss (Helen Hunt) even as he's falling in love with her; says all the right things to the aspiring actress (Marisa Tomei) who previously spurned his advances; and uses mind reading to curry favor with his 15-year-old daughter (Ashley Johnson). This two-faced scheming isn't malicious, however, and "What Women Want" is blessed by Gibson's amiably nuanced performance. His graceful riff on Fred Astaire is a dazzling surprise, and as Nick reforms, Gibson takes major credit for whatever depth this movie achieves. After a bit of nonsense, "What Women Want" has a lot to say about male "and" female behavior, be it noble or unappealing. It's both amusing and truthful, and that's almost as fun as a glimpse into someone else's brain. "--Jeff Shannon"

Starring: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Blythe Danner, Ed Begley Jr.

Summary: Ally Darling (Anna Faris) es una chica que ha tenido una vida amorosa bastante decepcionante y ha acabado completamente sola. Tiene problemas incluso para encontrar un acompañante para asistir a la boda de su hermana. Sin embargo, de manera completamente inesperada, conoce a Colin Shea (Chris Evans), un atractivo joven que huye de su novia. Entre ambos se establece una extraña relación y, además, un pacto secreto.

Starring: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty

Summary: The smartest thing about the remake of "When a Stranger Calls" is that it strips the original 1979 version to its bare essentials as a primal exercise in stormy-night terror. While taking the original film's suspenseful first act and expanding it into an 87-minute cat-and-mouse game, screenwriter Jake Wade Wall adds a few clever updates involving cellphones and home-security services, as well as the maze-like menace of a lavish modern home that serves as the setting for mayhem when cute teenager Jill (Camilla Belle, in the role originated by Carol Kane) takes on a babysitting job that she may live to regret. Someone is stalking her in the big, expensive glass palace that her employers call home (a splendid set designed by Jon Gary Steele), and that creepy voice on the phone (belonging to Lance Henriksen, master of doom-laden threat) should've been her first clue to grab the pair of terrified kids she's supposed to be protecting and leave the house ASAP. But no, the script, the overwrought score, and the uninspired direction of Simon West ("Con-Air", "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider") insist that poor Jill be put through a "Halloween"-like night from hell, complete with a black cat as an omen of nasty things to come. Kudos to Wall and West for attempting to generate horror through suggestion (by keeping the homicidal stalker mostly off-screen), but let's face it: the original film is hardly a classic (its TV-movie sequel, "When a Stranger Calls Back", is considerably better), and the remake takes too long to yield minimal rewards. Maybe Jill should've just unplugged the phone. "--Jeff Shannon"

Starring: Colin Firth

Summary: An outstanding cast gives emotional richness to the father/son memoir "When Did You Last See Your Father?". Writer Blake Morrison (Colin Firth), faced with the impending death of his father Arthur (Jim Broadbent, "Iris", "Topsy-Turvy"), reflects back on how the clash of personalities has led them to near alienation. Blake can't forgive his father for small embarrassments and large betrayals--but he also can't let go of the need to understand his father's combination of broad but generous humor and petty egotism. Everyone else in Arthur's life seemed to love him; why can't Blake? The story of "When Did You Last See Your Father?" is familiar stuff (how often do we need to learn that boisterous fathers and sensitive sons can't communicate?), but Firth, Broadbent, and Juliet Stevenson ("Truly Madly Deeply"), as Blake's mother, fill in the broad outlines with warmth and nuance. Particular credit goes to newcomer Matthew Beard as Blake's teenage self; Beard vividly captures the vulnerability, yearning, and self-absorption of adolescence. "--Bret Fetzer"

Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Will Arnett, Jon Heder

Summary: Kristen Bell interpreta a una neoyorquina harta del amor que aprovecha un viaje a Roma para censurado algunas de las monedas que se han lanzado a una fuente que, según cuenta la leyenda, tiene propiedades mágicas. Los enamorados lanzan allí sus monedas para ser correspondidos, por lo que el robo de Bell provoca que un grupo de encolerizados pretendientes la persiga hasta Nueva York, después de haber sabido que robó las monedas que ellos habían tirado a la fuente.

Starring: John Leguizamo, Leonor Varela, David Castro, Samantha M. Rose, Jeannie Andresakes

Summary: Cuando Frank, Angela y sus dos hijos son desahuciados de su apartamento en Nueva York no tienen más remedio que irse a vivir a refugio para los sin techo. Después de unos meses difíciles, reciben buenas noticias en Nochebuena: hay un apartamento disponible de forma inmediata en un complejo de viviendas sociales, pero Frank necesita un trabajo para poder optar a ello. Mientras el resto de la ciudad prepara la Navidad, Frank y Justin, su hijastro de 10 años, deambulan por las calles de Nueva York intentando encontrar un trabajo antes de que acabe el día. (FILMAFFINITY)

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, David Hayman, Rachel Blanchard

Summary: Starring Kevin Bacon (Beauty Shop, Mystic River), Colin Firth (Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary) and Alison Lohman (Big Fish, Matchstick Men), Where the Truth Lies is a suspenseful mystery from acclaimed director Atom Egoyan. In the '50s, Vince Collins (Firth) and Lanny Morris (Bacon) are the hottest showbiz duo in America. The combination of Lanny's brash American style and Vince's biting British wit is irresistible, especially to beautiful women. When a beautiful young woman, Maureen (Rachel Blanchard) is found dead in the bathtub of the duo's suite, their glittery world begins to crumble. They have rock solid alibis and are exonerated of any criminal wrongdoing; however, the scandal causes the once inseparable pair to part company. Fifteen years later, Karen O'Connor (Lohman), a young and ambitious journalist, is determined to uncover the secrets of the two men who, coincidentally, touched her life when she was a child. She persuades a publisher to offer a guarded Vince Collins one million dollars to collaborate with her on writing the untold story of his life with Lanny Morris. There is one condition: the truth must be told about the scandal that destroyed the duo. What really happened the night Maureen died? As Karen continues to search for many different truths-the truth about Vince and Lanny, the truth about Maureen's death, and even suppressed truths about herself- she becomes embroiled in a tense and bewildering game of cat-and-mouse.

Starring: Max Records, Pepita Emmerichs, Max Pfeifer, Madeleine Greaves, Joshua Jay

Summary: ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ es una adaptación del clásico cuento para niños de Maurice Sendak, protagonizado por Max, un desobediente niño que es enviado a la cama sin cenar y que crea su propio mundo imaginario: un lugar poblado por feroces criaturas que le tienen a él como líder. (FILMAFFINITY)

Starring: Sarah Habel, Ellen Page, Shannon Eagen, Marcia Gay Harden, Edward Austin Austin

Summary: En la pequeña localidad de Bodeen, Texas, Bliss Cavendar, una adolescente con el pelo azul, amante de la música y el estilo indie, decepciona a su madre, que insiste en que participe en diversos concursos de belleza. Ella en cambio está interesada en el Roller Derby, un deporte que consiste en el patinar alrededor de una pista ovalada. Bliss, ante sus problemas familiares busca su salida en el alcohol, las drogas, el sexo y el patinaje. (FILMAFFINITY)

Starring: John Kapelos, Michael Rooker, Joel Edgerton, Dule Hill, Josh Holloway

Summary: From the producers of White Noise and in the horrifying tradition of The Omen comes an unnerving tale of bone-chilling terror! Confident the ransom will be easy money, ex-con Max (Josh Holloway, Lost) kidnaps an 8-year-old boy and escapes to an eerie, deserted cabin in the woods with his fiancee (Sarah Wayne Callies, Prison Break) and two shady associates. But Max soon realizes that this is no ordinary kidnapping…and this is no ordinary child. Using haunting supernatural abilities to manipulate the minds of his captors, the boy maliciously turns them against each other in a cruel and deadly game that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very end!

Starring: Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci, David Strathairn, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Summary: Tras la guerra de los Balcanes, una agente de la policía de Nebraska que viaja a Bosnia como observadora de las Naciones Unidas denuncia ante la ONU a una multinacional por haber encubierto varios casos de tráfico sexual. El guión se basa en la historia de Kathryn Bolkovac, que acudió a Bosnia en el año 1999 en calidad de miembro del comité de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz

Starring: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Busy Philipps, Maitland Ward, Jaime King

Summary: Roasted by critics but surprisingly tenacious at the box office, "White Chicks" is the kind of comedy that thrives (well, maybe) on home video. Faint praise indeed, but it allows comedy fans an opportunity to cut the Wayans brothers (costars Marlon and Shawn, and director-cowriter Keenen Ivory) some slack and at least "try" to answer the obvious question, "what were they thinking?" For the sake of charity, let's ignore charges of reverse racism that plagued this would-be comedy about a pair of FBI agents (Marlon and Shawn) who go undercover as over-privileged white debutantes to thwart a kidnapping scheme, and let's allow that comedy--not social satire--is the Wayans' top priority. If you can get past the fart jokes, the freakishly unconvincing "white chick" makeup, seemingly endless gags about "white chicks" getting hit on by lusty black guys, and a plot that really doesn't matter at all, you just "might" find a laugh or two in the Wayans' attempt to understand women through a bit of friendly gender reversal. "Tootsie" it's not, but at least "White Chicks" offers more entertainment that Nicky and Paris Hilton, who partially inspired the story. Just ask yourself, which freak show do you prefer? "--Jeff Shannon"

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Madeleine Potter

Summary: A stellar cast and an intricate script enhance this last film from the elegant producing/directing team of Merchant/Ivory (creators of "A Room with a View", "Howards End", and more). Set in 1930s Shanghai, "The White Countess" is both Sofia (Natasha Richardson, "Patty Hearst"), a fallen member of the Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat named Jackson (Ralph Fiennes, "The English Patient"), who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create. Sofia accepts to escape a life of prostitution, but Jackson's world proves both fragile and volatile--as does Shanghai itself, on the verge of an invasion from Japan. The script, by novelist Kazuo Ishiguro ("The Remains of the Day"), is fundamentally about culture--what it is, how it's formed, how it shapes and is shaped by human desires--but to describe it thus makes the movie sound academic. Instead, it's lush and subtle, fluid in how it weaves together two people deeply wounded by past losses, who gradually come to embrace what the immediate moment has to offer. Fiennes and Richardson are the movie's core, but surrounding them is a stunning supporting cast that includes Vanessa Redgrave ("Mrs. Dalloway", "Julia"), Lynn Redgrave ("Shine"), Allan Corduner ("Topsy-Turvy"), and Hiroyuki Sanada ("Ringu"). "--Bret Fetzer"

Starring: Cecilia Cheung, Avi K. Garg, Hui Siu Hung, Lei Liu (III), Nay Suet

Summary: In this swordfighting comedy, a young noblewoman falls in love with a prince of the Imperial House. By accident, she acquires the martial arts skills of the White Dragon. New in her power, she learns that there are definite advantages in performing "good deeds" as the Little White Dragon. When she discovers that the famed assassin, Chicken Feathers, is planning to kill her beloved prince, she seeks to prevent this by killing the assassin first. After more than one unsuccessful attempt, she begins to grow in her compassion and understanding for the blind assassin. The real plot behind the assassination attempts on the prince is uncovered because of her decisions.

Starring: Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice, Chandra West, Sarah Strange

Summary: When the unexpected happens, architect Jonathan Rivers has become a grieving widower, wallowing in deep confusion over the death of his wife. But a paranormal expert approaches Jonathan with the unlikely: the ability to hear his wife from beyond the grave. Through a form of unusual communication known as EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon), Jonathan will finally be able to see his wife. But in doing so, Jonathan has drawn himself into a much more complex situation when his curiosity becomes an obsession. Only that obsession will have him confront those not of this world, and some of them don't approve of Jonathan's interference with their destructive nature.

Starring: Nathan Fillion, Katee Sackhoff, Craig Fairbrass, Adrian Holmes, Kendall Cross

Summary: The family man Abe Dale is having lunch with his wife and son in a restaurant, when a man kills them in front of Abe and shots himself in the mouth. A couple of days later, the grieving Abe misses his family and commits suicide ingesting many pills at home, but is rescued by his friend Marty Bloom and saved by the doctors. His Near Death Experience makes him see white light in some people and to hear Electronic Voice Phenomena, i.e., manifestations of voices of ghosts or spirits through static on electronic devices. Sooner he discovers that the white light means that the person is going to die, and Abe saves three lives including his nurse Sherry Clarke. While watching to a video recorded by his son, Abe finds that the killer had save the lives of his wife and son three days before the murder. He investigates the incident and finds that when you save, you must kill; otherwise many innocents will die three days later.

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short, Alex O'Loughlin

Summary: Carrie Stetko, la solitaria U.S. Marshal destinada en la Antartida, está investigando el primer asesinato en el continente, lo que la lleva a un sorprendente misterio.

Ahora, a tan solo tres días del invierno, Carrie debe resolver el crimen antes de que la Antartida se vea sumida en la oscuridad y ella se quede a solas con el asesino.

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye

Summary: 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation.

Starring: David DeLuise, Scott Grimes, Wayne Knight, Jason London, Scott Michael Campbell

Summary: In Jacksonville, Florida, four friends since grade school who are now in their early 30s face the challenges of adulthood: Hutto is about to become a father, Laith is intimidated by his girlfriend's sexuality, a grieving Bobby drinks heavily and sleeps on the grave of a girlfriend who's been dead 18 months, and Mark, an OB/GYN who loves his work, can't practice medicine because he can't afford malpractice insurance. Things come to a head when Mark needs his three friends' help after a belligerent animal-abusing pornographer attacks Mark with a gun over something Laith did. A midnight road trip tests friendship: can the guys help each other?

Starring: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Sharon Leal, Malik Yoba

Summary: La excelente escritora y psiquiatra Patricia Agnew (Janet Jackson) ayuda a sus pacientes a resolver todo tipo de conflictos, sin embargo no es capaz de hacer frente a los que rodean a su matrimonio... Ella, su marido y otras tres parejas de casados se reunen todos los años para divertirse y ver en que puntos se encuentran sus respectivas relaciones. En esta ocasión, las cuatro parejas viajan a las Bahamas. Lo que prometía ser un idílico viaje se tuerce con la aparición del ex de una de las mujeres, dispuesto a recuperarla. (FILMAFFINITY)

Starring: Ken Adelman, John Ashcroft, Osama Bin Laden, George Bush, George W. Bush

Summary: He may have been the ultimate icon of 1950s conformity and postwar complacency, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was an iconoclast, visionary, and the Cassandra of the New World Order. Upon departing his presidency, Eisenhower issued a stern, cogent warning about the burgeoning "military industrial complex," foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in 2004 with its incestuous entanglement of political, corporate, and Defense Department interests.

Starring: Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton, Chloe Moretz, Geoffrey Lewis, Julie Rogers (IV)

Summary: In 1913, in Carlton Mine, Addytown, Pennsylvania, the cruel owner of a mine uses poor children in the exploration and after an explosion, a group of children is buried alive. On the present days, Karen Tunny has just lost her husband after a long period of terminal disease when the family savings have been spent in the treatment. Without any money, she moves with her daughters Sarah and Emma to an old house in the mountains that belonged to her husband. Karen is advised by her neighbors to stay at home in the night, and Sarah hears that there are zombies in the area. When Emma becomes friend of Mary, he mother believes she is an imaginary friend. However, when Sarah's friends are attacked and eaten alive by zombie children and Emma vanishes, Karen and Sarah chase her nearby the mine.

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Molly Parker

Summary: While recovering from a tragic accident on the road, the patrolman Edward Malus receives a letter from his former fiancée Willow, who left him years ago without any explanation, telling that her daughter Rowan is missing. Edward travels to the private island of Summerisle, where Willow lives in an odd community that plant fruits, and she reveals that Rowan is actually their daughter. Along his investigation with the hostile and unhelpful dwellers, Edward discloses that the locals are pagans, practicing old rituals to improve their harvest, and Rowan is probably alive and being prepared to be sacrificed. When he locates the girl, he finds also the dark truth about the wicker man.

Starring: Kenan Thompson, Fran Kranz, Zachary Levi, Darrell Hammond, Jenny McCarthy

Starring: Emma Roberts, Lexi Ainsworth, Shelby Young, Johnny Pacar, Aidan Quinn

Summary: Una niña consentida es enviada por su padre a un estricto colegio británico. (FILMAFFINITY)

Starring: Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta

Summary: A coming-of-age story starring a bunch of fiftysomething stars rather than teenage actors, "Wild Hogs" is a well-intentioned comedy starring John Travolta (Woody), Tim Allen (Doug), Martin Lawrence (Bobby), and William H. Macy (Dudley) as a group of Midwesterners facing their own versions of mid-life crises. They decide to escape their frazzled personal lives and rejuvenate themselves by taking a road trip on their slick hogs. But their journey is less "Easy Rider" than it is "Three Amigos" (plus one). As individual actors, each lead is a formidable star. But throw them all together into one crammed screenplay full of scatological humor and uncomfortable homosexual gags and it doesn't quite work. The actors spend so much time trying to outdo each other on screen that they aren't believable as friends, much less comrades. Walt Becker ("National Lampoon"'s Van Wilder) offers minimal direction on a film that could've used some reining in, especially during scenes between Macy and Marisa Tomei (as a diner owner who inexplicably falls for him). There are promises of some interesting vignettes when Ray Liotta shows up as Jack, the leader of a real motorcycle gang. When Jack threatens to break Dudley's legs, Dudley counters, "I'm a computer programmer! I don't need my legs." Without missing a beat, Jack says, "Fine, we'll break his hands." It's not that the lines are so funny, but they way Liotta delivers them that adds some life to this flailing comedy. Unfortunately, his scenes with the rest of the cast are all too few. "--Jae-Ha Kim"
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Starring: Robert Loggia, Roundtree Robert Forster, Robert Forster, James M. Hausler, Robert Loggia, Richard Roundtree

Summary: In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus kills. As he exits Arizona State Penn after twenty-one long years, Wilson has only one thing on the brain, leveling the score with career criminal, Mackey Willis. As eccentric and intuitive as he is vicious, Mackey's own perfected criminal game will play right into the path Wilson has set for him. With the help of a prison bus driver, Lee Marvin, Wilson acts as a catalyst, putting a plan into action that will bring an untimely end to Mackey Willis. The problem is, no plan is perfect. Meanwhile, an aimless bunch of Arizona twenty-nothings are cooking up a heist that will lead them to the same bank, with different intentions. Skilled at nothing beyond drinking, doing drugs and attending strip clubs, their plan is destined for immediate failure. Heavily armed, without a single identifiable clue, these boys are as blind as they are impulsive. With both plans loosely angled inward, the vengefully mystical presence of the Sonoran landscape will have its way and every solider will fall on his own sword.

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Denise Richards

Summary: "Wild Things" is the kind of lurid, trashy thriller that you'll either dive into with unabashed pleasure or turn away from in prudish disgust; it's entirely your choice, but we suggest the former option since it's obviously much more fun. The plot's so convoluted it's hardly worth describing, except to say that it's set in humid Florida and involves a respected high school teacher (Matt Dillon--yes, Matt Dillon as a teacher!) who is faced with accusations of rape by a student (Denise Richards, from "Starship Troopers") who had been giving him the kind of attention most people would consider improper for such a "nice" young lady. Another student (Neve Campbell) raises a similar charge against the teacher, and that's when a police officer (Kevin Bacon) begins to investigate the allegations. Just when you think the movie's gone overboard with its shameless sex and absurdly twisted plot, in drops Bill Murray as an unscrupulous lawyer (of course) to spice things up with insurance scams and welcomed comic relief. As directed by John McNaughton (who has a way of making just the right moves with this kind of film noir melodrama), "Wild Things" is a bona fide guilty pleasure--the kind of movie you may be ashamed to enjoy, but what the heck, you'll enjoy it anyway. "--Jeff Shannon"

Starring: Sean Pertwee, Alex Reid (III), Toby Kebbell, Stephen Wight (II), Luke Neal

Summary: The inmates of a Young Offenders Institution are beyond help: too tough to handle, too far gone to be brought back. Their prison is a dumping ground for the worst in the system…until they are sent to the wilderness. They are dropped into an alien world of dense forests, treacherous rivers and jagged coastline. For one week they have to learn to work as a team, to develop character and maybe even discover a new respect for each other. But there’s someone else on the island who wants to teach them a bigger lesson, and they are about to become his prey. Following the gruesome slaughter of their team leaders, the young criminals find themselves alone and cut off from any chance for help. The only way to survive is to pull together against this hunter and his pack of savage dogs as he picks them off one by one.

Starring: Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs, Kim McKamy

Summary: As accomplished as it is superfluous, "Willard" is a stylish horror film with plenty of style and precious little horror. Genre buffs will appreciate it as a visually superior sequel/remake of its popular 1971 predecessor, giving Crispin Glover a title role perfectly suited to his uniquely odd persona, in the same league as "Psycho"'s Norman Bates. This time, Willard's the psychotically lonely son of the original film's now-deceased protagonist; a milquetoast introvert who befriends an army of obedient rats--lethal allies when Willard's pushed to his emotional breaking point by his abusive boss (R. Lee Ermey). In keeping with his memorably macabre episodes of "X-Files", writer-director Glen Morgan excels with dreary atmosphere and mischievously morbid humor (including an ill-fated cat named Scully), and Glover gives his best performance since "River's Edge". But even the furry villain Ben--an oversized rat with attitude--is more funny than frightful... so really, what's the point? With some justification, Glover's fans will appreciate the open door to a sequel. "--Jeff Shannon"

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Summary: Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), un abogado sin demasiada suerte en su trabajo, dedica su tiempo libre a entrenar a los muchachos de una escuela de lucha libre. En un momento dado, Mike asume la defensa de un viejo cliente con la esperanza de mantenerse a flote y sacar de apuros a su familia. Sin embargo, cuando el nieto adolescente de su cliente, toda una promesa deportiva, escapa de casa y y se va con su abuelo, la vida de Mike dará un giro completo.

Starring: Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Martin Donovan (II), Ned Bellamy, Ian A. Wallace

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan

Summary: Ireland, 1920. Damien and Teddy are brothers. But while the latter is already the leader of a guerrilla squad fighting for the independence of his motherland, Damien, a medical graduate of University College, would rather further his training at the London hospital where he has found a place. However, shortly before his departure, he happens to witness atrocities committed by the ferocious Black and Tans and finally decides to join the resistance group led by Teddy. The two brothers fight side by side until a truce is signed. But peace is short-lived and when one faction of the freedom-fighters accepts a treaty with the British that is regarded as unfair by the other faction, a civil war ensues, pitting Irishmen against Irishmen, brothers against brothers, Teddy against Damien....

Starring: Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Darrell Larson, John Bedford Lloyd

Summary: Reese (Zooey Deschanel, "All the Real Girls") is a brusk barmaid/actress, toiling away in the East Village fringe circuit. Her father is reclusive J.D. Salinger-like author Don Holdin (Ed Harris, "A History of Violence"). Reese hasn't seen him for years. One night after a performance, an editor from a major publishing house (Amy Madigan, "Carnivàle"), offers $100,000 for the letters he and her late mother exchanged during their courtship. Reese turns her down flat. Eventually, she changes her mind and takes off for rural Michigan to retrieve them. She finds the disheveled, hard-drinking Don living with former student Shelly (Amelia Warner, "Quills") and ex-Christian rocker Corbit (a disarmingly straight-faced Will Ferrell). It's a bizarre, if functional arrangement: Shelly cooks the meals, while Corbit serves as security guard. All try to make nice, but the coke-snorting, insult-flinging Reese won't have any of it. She just wants to find the letters and go. This turns out to be trickier than expected, especially once she actually sits down to read them. Directed by and adapted from his two-act play, Adam Rapp's "Winter Passing" is the kind of well-intentioned independent where longstanding family issues are solved in just a few days (to the gentle strains of Cat Power and the Shins). Nonetheless, it offers the unique opportunity to see Deschanel and Ferrell, "Elf"'s charmingly mis-matched couple, cast against type. As expected, Harris provides solid support, while Warner's clear-eyed Shelly is the true heart of the story. "--Kathleen C. Fennessy"

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt

Summary: Aclamada cinta de cine independiente que narra la historia de Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence), una adolescente que intenta descubrir qué ha ocurrido con su padre, que está desaparecido y que todo hace indicar estaba envuelto en asuntos turbios. (FILMAFFINITY)

Starring: Larry Brantley, Larry Wall, Adam Springfield

Summary: Deja que tu imaginación vuele con su perro favorito, Wishbone. Los aventureros
terrier de poco te lleva en viajes fantásticos dentro de su libro de cuentos favoritos
cuentos. Únete a los alegres y seguir Robin Hood en el "impresiones de la pata de los ladrones", como
le roba a los ricos para dárselo a los pobres. En "Dawg Diggety caliente" y "El
banda Impawssible Sueño ", junto con Don Quijote y el profesor Julio Verne
Lidenbrock para vencer a los gigantes y monstruos. En "Hunchdog de Notre Dame," escapar
peligro como Wishbone rescata doncellas y derrota a su maestro del mal. Este perrito inteligente
con un olfato para la aventura hará las delicias de e inspirar a toda la familia

Starring: Larry the Cable Guy

Summary: It's official; Larry the Cable Guy is the new Ernest, and critics be damned. You want smart and sophisticated? Buy "The Noel Coward Collection". Larry's a populist from the "I'd rather keep my fans happy" school, and his loyal following will be ecstatic with this film's broad slapstick, what one initially offended character calls "feeble, juvenile, and bigoted" humor, and gross-out bodily function gags (nude body-cavity search, anyone?). Larry portrays a small-town deputy with dreams of becoming an FBI special agent. "I know a criminal when I see one, a rat when I smell one, and a bad moon when it rises," he drawls. When he spies a woman (Ivana Milicevic) in the company of sinister-looking, "Men in Black" types, he rescues the "damsel in dee-stress." However, she is a government-protected witness en route to Chicago to testify in a sensational trial of Enron proportions. "Are you insane?" she asks him. "No," he replies, "I'm Larry." The film gets plenty of mileage out of their odd coupleness. Her cell-phone ringtone is classical music; his is the theme from "Green Acres". She eats salads; he gorges himself on sausage. She's a liberal (who gets off an "impeach Bush" joke) and he bleeds U.S. Red (at one point, the action pauses for a small-town "Support Our Troops" parade).
"Witless Protection" also benefits from some oddball casting. Yaphet Kotto costars as FBI Agent Alonzo Mosely (the name of his character in the classic "Midnight Run"). Peter Stormare, the silent, creepy kidnapper in "Fargo", portrays a corrupt businessman with an unaccountable British accent. In a baffling cameo, Joe Mantegna seems to be channeling Strother Martin, while Jenny McCarthy serves up some sass as Larry's waitress girlfriend, nuff said, and a game Eric Roberts is a goon who butts heads with Larry in an epic fight scene. Some jokes are stale (Larry dredges up Regis Philbin's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" catch-phrase), while others are current enough to reference Michael Vick and Angelina Jolie. It is a sign of artistic growth that Larry does not utter his own signature catch-phrase, so we won't either. "Witless Protection" was released theatrically during Oscar weekend, when Hollywood celebrates supreme achievement in film. This is what is known in the business as counter-programming. "--Donald Liebenson"

Starring: Crispin Glover, Bijou Phillips, Kip Pardue, Jeffrey Combs, Brad Dourif

Summary: Montag the Magnificent (Glover) is a master illusionist who performs at underground venues, selecting female volunteers from his rave-like audiences. To their hysteria, it appears he's dismembered their bodies, but his sleigh of hand has fooled them. However, female bodies show up dead from the same wounds performed on stage. Investigators are baffled, and the chase to find the killer begins.

Starring: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt, Gordon Poole

Summary: "Wolf Creek", written and directed by Greg McClean, is the "Blair Witch Project" of the Australian outback. Capitalizing on the human fear of becoming lost in the wilderness, in this case a desert crater called Wolf Creek National Park, this graphic horror film exploits the handheld camera to capture the grotesque actions of Mick Taylor (John Janatt), a sadistic serial killer. When a hip twenty-something guy, Ben Mitchell (Nathan Phillips), and two hippie-ish girls, Cassandra (Liz Hunter) and Kristy (Kestie Morassi), take a road trip and their car breaks down, they have no choice but to accept help from Mick, an eccentric rural Aussie, who, like a spider, tows them into his nightmarish lair. Mick hunts kangaroos and hates tourists, translating his fetish for knives, shotguns, and other torture devices into a need to kill humans as if they're vermin infesting his majestic landscape. Ample blood and gore leave the viewer feeling nearly as sick as the girls who are forced to watch each other die. Like Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs", Mick Taylor is a savvy, calculating killer, despicable but psychologically fascinating. "--Trinie Dalton"

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Summary: Kyle, un tímido estudiante universitario, se encuentra en medio de un viaje junto a tres de sus amigos atrapados en un pueblo fantasma del viejo oeste, acechados por una manada de lobos feroces. Kyle tendrá que superar sus miedos personales para hacer frente a los lobos y poder salir vivos de allá.

Starring: Simon Merrells, Gemma Whelan, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Mario Marin-Borquez

Summary: La infancia de Lawrence Talbot se acabó bruscamente la noche que murió su madre. Se marchó de su pueblo, Blackmoor, y tardó décadas en recuperarse e intentar olvidar. Cuando Gwen Conliffe, la prometida de su hermano, le encuentra y le ruega que la ayude a buscar a su amor, que se encuentra desaparecido, Lawrence Talbot regresa a casa. Entonces se entera de que algo brutal, salvaje, con una sed insaciable de sangre ha matado a muchos campesinos. Empieza a encajar las piezas del sangriento rompecabezas y descubre que existe una antigua maldición que convierte a las víctimas en hombres lobo las noches de luna llena. Para acabar con la carnicería y proteger a la mujer de la que se ha enamorado, Lawrence Talbot debe destruir a la temible criatura que se esconde en los bosques cercanos a Blackmoor. Este hombre sencillo con un pasado doloroso sale en busca de la bestia y descubre que él también tiene un lado primitivo que ni siquiera podía imaginar... Remake del clásico de 1941 de Curt Siodmak. (FILMAFFINITY)

Starring: Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau, Mark Feuerstein, John de Lancie

Summary: Isabella is a great cook, making her husband's restaurant in Bahia, Brazil, a success. To control her motion sickness, she must do the driving and be on top during sex, which drives her macho husband, Toninho, to infidelities. Heart-broken, she leaves for San Francisco, moving in with her childhood friend, Monica, a cross-dresser. To mend her heart, she makes an offering to Yemanja, the goddess of the sea. The goddess responds: Isabella no longer loves and the fish in Bahia no longer bite. Stricken, Toninho heads north to get her back; he finds her hosting a popular TV show, Passion Food, courted by its producer. Can he learn humility? Can she find happiness without him?

Starring: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith

Summary: For fans of some of America's finest actresses, seeing a film with even one of the cast members of "The Women" would be a treat. But this remake of George Cukor's famed girl-trouble ensemble film features Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Jada Pinkett Smith, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Cloris Leachman, Bette Midler, Carrie Fisher, Joanna Gleason, and Candice Bergen--whew!--making it a film that fans of these terrifically talented women can savor. The remake may not have the cat-itude or camp factor of the original, but so what? The cast's chemistry really shines; friendship is thicker than water, it turns out--even stronger than the ties that bind women to their men. Ryan is the good-girl Mary Haines, whose husband, she and her friends learn, is cheating on her with the stunning femme fatale Crystal (Mendes, in the Joan Crawford role)--"a spritzer" at the perfume counter. "Quelle horreur!" The other women rally around the hapless Mary, staging interventions, offering snappy advice, and plotting battles on behalf of their friend. But it turns out that Ryan's Mary isn't quite as fragile as she seems. Gimlets and girl talk--lots of both--go a long way toward getting our heroine through her crisis, and onto a new stage in her life that surprises her husband and more than one of her pals. And the laughs by the appearances of Midler and Bergen, especially, are worth watching the whole film for. --"A.T. Hurley"

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def, David Alan Grier, Eve

Summary: Kevin Bacon gives one of the best, most nuanced performances of his career in "The Woodsman", a daring and thought-provoking drama he co-produced with his wife, Kyra Sedgwick. In portraying a convicted pedophile named Walter, recently released from prison and struggling to rebuild his life, Bacon and writer-director Nicole Kassell (making her feature-film debut) do a remarkable job of exploring all facets of this troubling yet very human character, from his continuing criminal impulses to the despair he feels over having to conceal his horrible past. Sedgwick costars as the one woman who appears willing to accept Walter, secrets and all, and while "The Woodsman" takes a few regrettable shortcuts in illustrating Walter's quest for the good man he can be, the film deserves to be seen and discussed as a provocative yet admirably humane study of an individual whom society may too quickly label a "monster." The film allows for different interpretations, and that complexity--along with Bacon's performance--makes it worthy of a wide and hopefully understanding audience. "--Jeff Shannon"

Starring: Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Eric Johnson, Alexander Carroll, Brighton Hertford

Summary: In November of 1833, the state of Missouri turned a blind eye as hundreds of its peaceful inhabitants were hunted down and driven from their homes in the dead of night. Against this impending strife, a young man with a divine vision leads a people against the aggression of an anti-hero with a vulnerable past. With more than two million copies sold, the second volume of Gerald N. Lund's epic series The Work and the Glory now brings a pivotal moment in American history to the big screen. "The Work and The Glory: American Zion" sets the story of the fictional Steed family against the historically factual backdrop of the Mormon people's move into the West. Divided by their diverse reactions to a nascent ideology, the Steeds struggle to hold together as the strength of their convictions and their filial bonds are tested. The stirring narrative of the faith that led a persecuted people to Missouri and beyond is one of the most poignant untold tales of American history. It is the account of a valiant struggle to exercise the rights promised by a fledgling nation. "The Work and the Glory: American Zion" unearths the story of the passion behind the movement which eventually launched the largest American migration and the colonization of the West: the vision of a promised land in America.

Starring: Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack

Summary: Tess McGill is a frustrated secretary, struggling to forge ahead in the world of big business in New York. She gets her chance when her boss breaks her leg on a skiing holiday. McGill takes advantage of her absence to push ahead with her career. She teams up with investment broker Jack Trainer to work on a big deal. The situation is complicated after the return of her boss.

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Connor Paolo, Anthony Piccininni, Alexa Gerasimovich

Summary: Regardless of whether it was "too early" in 2006 to dramatize the events of September 11th, 2001, "World Trade Center" succeeds as a tribute to the courage and sacrifice of those who served at "ground zero" in the wake of terrorist attacks on the WTC's twin towers in New York City. Removed from the politics of war and terrorism (yet still, like all films, inherently political in expressing its point of view), Oliver Stone's potent drama focuses on the nightmarish ordeal, and subsequent rescue, of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Peña), who were buried deeply within the rubble of the WTC after the twin towers collapsed. Granted, it's only the film's historical context that distinguishes it from any other dramatic rescue story, but in focusing on the goodness of humanity in response to the evil of terrorists who remain unnamed and off-screen, Stone and first-time screenwriter Andrea Berloff create an emotional context as powerful as anything Stone has directed since "Platoon". Even as he resorts to some questionable tactics typically lacking in subtlety, Stone refrains from much of the blunt-force filmmaking that has made him a critical punching bag, rising to this challenging occasion with a heartfelt and deeply American portrait of unity – personal, familial, and national. Flaws and all, "World Trade Center" serves an honorable purpose, reminding us all that for those fleeting days in September 2001, America showed its best face to a sympathetic world. --"Jeff Shannon"

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell, Aaron Murphy

Summary: A movie that exudes affection and goodwill, "The World's Fastest Indian" is an unabashed mash note to a lovely character from New Zealand's recent past. Burt Munro, played by Anthony Hopkins, is a cantankerous Kiwi with an obsession: he's been tinkering with his 1920s-era Indian brand motorcycle for years, pushing it to ever-faster speeds. It's the 1960s, and Burt has the utterly mad idea of taking the bike to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, site of world records for speed racing. The movie takes a while to get to the journey--and then the journey takes a while--but the genial atmosphere prevails. (People of a certain age, for whom the word "Bonneville" evokes pleasant associations with hotrods and world-speed records, will not be disappointed in the film's location shooting, or its sense of awe.) Hopkins is not quite on-the-money casting for the jovial, happy-go-lucky Munro, and his accent wavers, but he nails the emotional scenes and the fascination with speed. Smaller bits are well-filled by Diane Ladd and Christopher Lawford (son of Peter), who looks uncannily of the era. New Zealand director Roger Donaldson doesn't take any chances here, but the story clearly means something to him, and that sense of commitment carries the film through its sleepier moments. "--Robert Horton"

Starring: Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara, Michael Thomas Moore, Jermaine Williams

Summary: Lance es un profesor de poesía de instituto que se enfrenta a la muerte de su hijo en un extraño accidente de masturbación, y que inventa una nota de suicidio del chico, para tranquilizar al resto de la familia. La nota se publica sin su permiso y termina convirtiéndose en toda una sensación literaria. De esta forma Lance recupera su perdida carrera de escritor haciendo llegar al público un "Diario Personal" que él asegura fue escrito por su hijo.

Starring: Adrien Brody, Caroline Dhavernas, Ryan Robbins, Adrian Holmes, Jacob Blair

Summary: Wrecked se centra en un hombre que despierta entre los restos de un coche en el fondo de un precipicio, en medio de la naturaleza. Está herido y con la piernas atrapadas, y no recuerda quién es ni cómo ha llegado hasta aquí. Tan solo le acompaña una emisora de radio en la que salta la noticia de un violento atraco a un banco y un cadáver en el asiento trasero con una cartera que lo identifica como uno de los atracadores. Ahora deberá depender de sus instintos más primitivos y utilizar todo lo que pueda encontrar para sobrevivir. En medio de obstáculos abrumadores, este hombre deberá descubrir su identidad y enfrentar las consecuencias de lo que haya sucedido.

Starring: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, Todd Barry

Summary: A drama centered on retired professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson as he makes his way through the independent circuit, trying to get back in the game for one final showdown with his former rival.

2009: Globos de Oro: Mejor actor drama (Mickey Rourke), mejor canción. 2008: Festival de Venecia: León de Oro a la Mejor película / Drama / SINOPSIS: Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) es un luchador profesional de wrestling, ya retirado que, tras haber sido una estrella en la década de los ochenta, trata de continuar su carrera en el circuito independiente, combatiendo en cuadriláteros de tercera categoría. Cuando se da cuenta de que los brutales golpes que ha recibido a lo largo de su carrera le empiezan a pasar factura, Randy decide poner un poco de orden en su vida; intenta acercarse a la hija que abandonó, Stephanie (Evan Rachel Wood), a la vez que trata de superar su soledad con el amor hacia Cassidy, una streaper (Marisa Tomei)

Starring: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, Will Arnett

Summary: Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope.

Starring: Dave Foley, David Anthony Higgins, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Flaherty, Dan Redican

Summary: In Cleveland, the histrionic and clumsy executive Nelson Hibbert expects to be promoted to president of the Nigel Industries since he is engaged of the owner's daughter. However, his future father-in-law Mr. Nagel chooses the executive Ken Daly for the position, and Nelson threatens him in front of the board of directors. Later he decides to pay a visit to Mr. Nagel but finds him dead with a knife in his neck. Nelson removes the knife and is covered of blood, becoming hysterical and leaving the office assuming that he is the prime suspect. However, the surveillance cameras disclose the identity of the killer, and while Nelson escapes to Metcaf believing that he is chased by the police, the killer is pursued by the police and tries to eliminate Nelson believing that he is a "super-cop" on his trail.

Starring: Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Desmond Harrington, Kevin Zegers

Summary: Chris Flynn is driving his car for a job interview in another city. However, an accident with a trunk transporting chemical products blocks the highway and Chris looks for an alternative route through the mountains of West Virginia to accomplish his schedule. Due to a lack of attention, he crashes another car parked in the middle of the road with flat tires. Chris meets a group of five friends, who intended to camp in the forest, and they decide to leave the couple Francine and Evan on the place, while Chris, Jessie, Carly and her fiancé Scott tries to find some help. They find a weird cabin in the middle of nowhere, where three violent cannibalistic mountain men with the appearance of monsters live. The two couples try to escape from the mountain men while chased by them.

Starring: Erica Leerhsen, Henry Rollins, Texas Battle, Aleksa Palladino, Daniella Alonso

Summary: Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner!

Starring: Genevieve Alexandra, John Cenatiempo, Miguel Ferrer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Noel Gugliemi

Summary: Amor, honor, poder… miedo o muerte. La gente vive por diferentes razones. Pero cuando todo lo que haces es vivir por venganza, la vida se llena de giros equivocados. Joshua (Cuba Gooding Jr) es un duro cobrador de la mafia que un dia fatal se encuentra en el medio de un doble juego que involucra al mas grande zar del negocio (Harvey Keitel). Como te escapas cuando no tienes adonde ir? Te encierras, te aprovisionas y te preparas para la accion mas espeluznante que te mantendra en suspenso extremo
Reparto: Cuba Gooding Jr., Harvey Keitel, Leonor Varela, Miguel Ferrer

Starring: Julia Ormond, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Bruce McKinnon, Omar J. Dorsey

Summary: Esta película está basada en una historia real: la historia de calvin willis (mahershalalhashbaz ali) que pasó más de 20 años en la penitenciaria después de haber sido condenado injustamente por la infracción de una niña de diez años. convencida de la candidez ingenuidad de su cliente, janet gregory (julia ormond), secretaria legal, lid incansablemente para que triunfe la justicia en esta apasionante historia real.

Starring: Brian Arnold, Sandra Bernhard, Guy Bews, Mary Black, Michael S. Bolton

Summary: Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Shortly after that Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to find the real murderer.