88 Minutes :: Al Pacino plays a college professor and forensic psychiatrist who is informed by an enigmatic caller that he has exactly that amount of time to live. Babysitters :: Shirley Lyner (Katherine Waterston) may be just 16 years old, but she’s smart. However, instead of just using her intelligence to get into college, she’s started her own business that may help pay her way through school. Before the Rains :: Forbidden romance, empire, and culture clash all lie at the heart of this drama. In 1930s India, Britain’s reign is beginning to lose its hold on the region. Death Note :: Blending manga, mystery, and action, this popular release stars Light Yagami, a young student that discovers the powerful Death Note, a death-foretelling notebook from a Shinigami god, and decides to use it to for good instead of evil. Death Racers :: Timed to shadow the release of 2008’s DEATH RACE, this low-budget flick imagines a brutal future where only the strong survive. Violence is a way of life… Earrings of Madame De :: Beautifully set in the glittering world of Paris high society in the dizzy days before World War One. Finding Amanda :: From director Peter Tolan, creator of the hit television series Rescue Me, comes Finding Amanda, a hilarious and heartbreaking autobiographical comedy about the compulsions we can’t shake, and the unlikely lengths we’ll go to while trying. La Ronde :: After ten years in Hollywood, where he made the acclaimed LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN, Max Ophüls returned to France. His first film, LA RONDE, is taken from Arthur Schnitzler’s play REIGEN, which features a series of interlocking love stories. Le Plaisir :: LE PLAISIR (The House of Pleasure) is taken from three stories by French writer Guy de Maupassant. LE MASQUE opens at a Paris dance hall where a strange man (Jean Galland) dances with such abandon that he collapses. Love Guru :: Love, hockey, and Indian spirituality come together in this film that marks Mike Myers’s return to live-action comedy. THE LOVE GURU costars Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, and Ben Kingsley. Made of Honor :: Patrick “McDreamy” Dempsey leads this big-budget romantic comedy, making optimal use of his many swoon-inducing charms. Dempsey is Tom, a wealthy womanizer living the high life in New York City. Rape of Europa :: Joan Allen narrates this documentary that chronicles the plight of Europe’s greatest artistic treasures during the Nazi reign. As the Third Reich attempted to destroy the continent’s culture, art lovers worked to save as many pieces as they can. Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King :: Scooby-Doo and Shaggy have their work cut out for them in this feature-length, supernatural mystery. A maniacal magician is turning people into monsters. Snow Angels :: Director David Gordon Green adds another carefully sculpted drama to his resume with SNOW ANGELS. Green deposits a strong cast in a snowbound Pennsylvania town for his fourth full-length feature. |
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Speed Racer :: Based on the 1960s Japanese-manga-derived animated TV series, SPEED RACER follows the adventures of a young race car driver who sits behind the wheel of the lightning-fast Mach 5 vehicle. Unforeseen :: Laura Dunn’s feature-length directorial debut is a profoundly stirring, visually stunning, and emotionally overpowering work of epic beauty. Young @ Heart :: Get ready to rock out with the most entertaining “golden oldies†you will ever meet, a fun-loving senior citizen’s choir called Young@Heart. |