Thursday, August 30, 2007

BLACK BOOK

Set in the fall of 1944, a thriller about the Dutch underground based on true events that span nearly a year around Rachel Stein, a young, pretty German Jewish woman who falls for a high-ranking Gestapo officer while seeking revenge for her family's murders. Everyone involved soon finds themselves embroiled in a spider's web of intrigue, treachery and betrayal--to the point where friend and enemy blur together into an indistinguishable line.

Genres : Thriller and War
Players : Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn, Thom Hoffman, Peter Blok, Derek DeLint
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Production Company : Sony Pictures Classics
Duration : 2 hour 25 minute


DISTRUBIA

After his father’s death, Kale becomes sullen, withdrawn, and troubled. So much so that he finds himself under a court ordered sentence of house arrest. His mother, Julie, works night and day to support herself and her son, only to be met with indifference and lethargy.
The walls of his house begin to close in on Kale. He becomes a voyeur as his interest turn outside the windows of his suburban home towards those of his neighbors, one of which Kale begins to suspect is a serial killer. But, are his suspicions merely the product of cabin fever and his overactive imagination?

Genres : Thriller
Players : Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, Sarah Roemer, Aaron Yoo
Directed by: D.J. Caruso
Production Company : Paramount Pictures
Duration : 1 hour 44 minute

RATATOUILLE

A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family’s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gesteau.
Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely and certainly unwanted visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy’s passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

Genres : Action, Comedy, Kids and Animation
Players : Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn
Directed by: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
Production Company : Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Duration : 1 hour 55 minute

TURISTAS

Alex is accompanying his sister Bea and her best friend for their first time to Brazil. They meet Pru, the only one who speaks Portuguese, and her friends, Finn and Liam. But when their driver loses control and they are lucky to escape with their lives, the new friends find their way to a cabana bar on a nearby beach where a party is just getting started.
A dark secret waits for them in the lush jungle and underground caverns of the Brazilian mountains, and the more they try to escape it the deeper they are driven into a nightmare of human hunting and unspeakable crimes, where they must fight a primal battle for their lives in the most terrifying of all human traps.

Genres : Thriller
Players : Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett, Desmond Askew
Directed by: John Stockwell
Production Company : 20th Century Fox Distribution
Duration : 1 hour 29 minute

STARDUST

A young man named Tristan tries to win the heart of Victoria, the beautiful but cold object of his desire, by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star. His journey takes him to a mysterious and forbidden land beyond the walls of his village. On his odyssey, Tristan finds the star, which has transformed into a striking girl named Yvaine. However, Tristan is not the only one seeking the star. A king's four living sons - not to mention the ghosts of their three dead brothers - all need the star as they vie for the throne. Tristan must also overcome the evil witch, Lamia, who needs the star to make her young again. As Tristan battles to survive these threats, encountering a pirate named Captain Shakespeare and a shady trader named Ferdy the Fence along the way, his quest changes. He must now win the heart of the star for himself as he discovers the meaning of true love.

Genres : Action, Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction and Adaptation
Players : Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sienna Miller, Charlie Cox
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Production Company : Paramount Pictures
Duration : 2 hour 8 minute

UNDERDOG

A bumbling watchdog gets exposed to a substance that gives him the powers of a superhero. He is adopted by a 12-year-old boy and uses his superpower to protect his love and the citizens of Capitol City from the evil Simon Barsinister.






Genres : Adventure, Comedy and Kids
Players : Alex Neuberger, Peter Dinklage, James Belushi, Jason Lee, Amy Adams
Directed by: Frederik Du Chau
Production Company : Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Duration : 1 hour 24 minute

THE NUMBER 23

Spiraling into a dark obsession with the number 23, Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) twists his once idyllic life into an inferno of psychological torture that could possibly lead to his death as well as the deaths of his loved ones. Spurred on by a mysterious novel, The Number 23, that he doesn’t dare put down, Walter is forced to unlock the secrets of his past before he can continue his future with his wife, Agatha, and teenage son, Robin. The novel, given to Walter by Agatha as a birthday gift, depicts a chilling murder mystery that seems to mirror Walter’s life in dark and uncontrollable ways.
This obsession permeates the book and begins to control Walter. Nightmarish fantasies come to haunt Walter, ones that portend terrible fates for his wife as well as family friend Isaac French, placing him on a desperate quest to understand the mysteries of the book. If he can unlock the power behind the number 23, he may be able to change his future.

Genres : Drama and Thriller
Players : Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Danny Huston, Rhona Mitra, Logan Lerman
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Production Company : New Line Cinema
Duration : 1 hour 37 minute

THE SIMPSONS

It takes a wide screen to fully capture Homer Simpson’s stupidity, and The Simpsons Movie does it. In the eagerly-awaited animated feature film based on the hit TV series, Homer must save the world from a catastrophe he himself created.





Genres : Animation, Adaptation and Comedy
Players : Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Pamela Hayden, Albert Brooks
Directed by: David Silverman
Production Company : 20th Century Fox
Duration : 1 hour 26 minute

THE INVASION

The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington, DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell and her friend Dr. Ben Driscoll, learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic: it attacks its victims while they sleep, leaving them psychically unchanged but strangely unfeeling and inhuman.
As the infection spreads, more and more people are altered and it becomes impossible to know who can be trusted. Now Carol’s only hope is to stay awake long enough to find her young son, who may hold the key to stopping the devastating invasion.

Genres : Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Remake
Players : Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jeffrey Wright, Jackson Bond
Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures
Duration : 1 hour 33 minute

RUSH HOUR 3

In the heart of Paris lies a deadly secret. Half a world away in Los Angeles, Ambassador Han is about to disclose it. In his possession is explosive new evidence about the inner workings of the Triads, the most powerful and notorious crime syndicate in the world. The Ambassador has discovered the identity of Shy Shen, the very crux of the wide-ranging crime ring, and he's about to reveal it to the World Criminal Court--until he is silenced by an assassin's bullet. The Triads will go to any lengths to make sure their secrets stay buried, and there's only one hope for stopping them. LAPD Detective Carter and Chinese Inspector Lee are back, back where they don't belong. The unlikely duo is headed to the City of Lights to stop a global criminal conspiracy and save the life of an old friend, Ambassador Han's now-grown daughter, Soo Yung. They don't know the city, the language or even exactly what they're looking for, but their race will take them across the city, from the depths of the Paris underground to the breathtaking heights of the Eiffel Tower, as they fight to outrun the world's most deadly criminals and save the day.

Genre : Action, Adventure, Comedy and Sequel
Players : Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow, Noemie Lenoir, Hiroyuki Sanada
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Production Company : New Line Cinema
Duration : 1 hour 30 minute

PATHFINDER

A thousand years in the past, a young Norse boy is left behind after his clan shipwrecks on the Eastern shores. Despite his lineage, the boy is raised by the very Indians his kinsmen set out to destroy. Now, as the Vikings return to stage another barbaric raid on his village, the 25 year-old Norse warrior wages a personal war to stop the Vikings' trail of death and destruction. Forging his own path, his destiny is revealed and his identity re-claimed.

Genres : Action, Adventure and Remake
Players : Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown, Nathaniel Arcand
Directed by: Marcus Nispel
Production Company : 20th Century Fox Distribution
Duration : 1 hour 39 minute

THE HITCHER

Grace Andrews and Jim Halsey are a collegiate couple who are tormented by the mysterious hitchhiker John Ryder, a.k.a. The Hitcher. The young couple hit the road in a 1970 Oldsmobile 442, en route to spring break. But their pleasure trip soon turns into a waking nightmare. The initial encounters with Ryder are increasingly off-putting for Grace and Jim, and they bravely fight back when he ambushes them. But they are truly blindsided when he implicates them in a horrific slaying and continues to shadow them. The open road becomes a suspenseful, action-packed battleground of blood and metal as, in trying to elude not only Ryder but also New Mexico State Police Lieutenant Esteridge's officers, Grace and Jim must fight for their lives and face their fears head-on.

Genres : Horror, Thriller and Remake
Players : Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Kyle Davis, Neal McDonough
Directed by: Dave Meyers
Production Company : Rogue Pictures
Duration : 1 hour 24 minute

The BOURNE ULTIMATUM

All he wanted was to disappear. Instead, Jason Bourne is now hunted by the people who made him what he is. Having lost his memory and the one person he loved, he is undeterred by the barrage of bullets and a new generation of highly-trained killers. Bourne has only one objective: to go back to the beginning and find out who he was.
Now, in the new chapter of this espionage series, Bourne will hunt down his past in order to find a future. He must travel from Moscow, Paris, Madrid and London to Tangier and New York City as he continues his quest to find the real Jason Bourne--all the while trying to outmaneuver the scores of cops, federal officers and Interpol agents with him in their crosshairs.

Genres : Action and Adventure
Players : Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine, Edgar Ramirez
Directed by: Paul Greengrass, Peter MacDonald
Production Company : Universal Picture
Duration : 1 hour 51 minute

DIE HARD 4

On the July 4th holiday, an attack on the vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every modern angle -- but he never figured on an old-school analog fly in the digital ointment.



Genres : Action, Adventure and Sequel
Players : Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q, Jeffrey Wright, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Production Company : 20th Century Fox Distribution, Twentieth Century Fox
Duration : 2 hour 10 minute

WILD HOGS

Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about the teenager’s recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldermort. Fearing that Hogwart’s venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is lying about Voldemort’s return in order to undermine his power, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwart’s students.
But Professor Dolores Umbridge’s Ministry – Approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione and Ron, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves “Dumbledore’s Army”, Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.

Genres : Action, Romance and Fantasy
Players : Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter
Directed by : David Yates
Production Company : Warner Bros. Picture
Duration : 2 hour 18 minute

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about the teenager’s recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldermort. Fearing that Hogwart’s venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is lying about Voldemort’s return in order to undermine his power, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwart’s students.
But Professor Dolores Umbridge’s Ministry – Approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione and Ron, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves “Dumbledore’s Army”, Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.

Genres : Action, Romance and Fantasy
Players : Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter
Directed by : David Yates
Production Company : Warner Bros. Picture
Duration : 2 hour 18 minute

TRANSFORMERS

The Earth is caught in the middle of an intergalactic war between two races of robots, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, which are able to change into a variety of objects, including cars, trucks, planes and other technological creations.



Genres : Comedy, Animation and Adaptation
Players : Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson, Megan Fox
Directed by: Michael Bay
Production Company : PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Duration : 2 hour 20 minute