Tagline: He changed our country… One yard at a time. The life story Ernie Davis, the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy, whose NFL career was cut short by leukemia. Based on a true story, The Express follows the extraordinary life of college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first African-American to…
The Eye (2008)
Tagline: How can you believe your eyes when they’re not yours? “The Eye” is a thriller about a cornea transplant recipient who sees disturbing images in the mirror that send her on a quest to find out what happened to the eye’s previous owner. The original was made in Hong Kong by Thai directing brothers…
Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (2008)
Tagline: Follow your heart. But watch your back. Academy Award-winner Kathy Bates and Academy Award-nominee Alfre Woodard star as the matriarchs of two very different families being torn apart by greed and scandal in the contemporary drama “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Prays.” The sixth feature film by Perry chronicles the inner workings of two…
Finding Amanda (2008)
Tagline: No really, She’s his niece. 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. Taylor Mendon (Matthew Broderick) is a television writer and producer working on a…
Fireproof (2008)
Tagline: Never leave your partner behind. An action-packed love story, Fireproof will have audiences laughing, crying, and inching toward the edge of their seats as they are drawn into the world of a firefighter, his wife and a marriage worth rescuing. At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter’s adage:…
First Sunday (2008)
Keep the faith. Steal the rest. In this hilarious comedy, Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they…