An epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, GeneCo, a biotech company offers organ transplants. Operations don’t come cheap so, for those who can’t afford it, GeneCo offers easy organ financing. With so many patients undergoing transplant surgery, GeneCo develops Zydrate, a compound derived from an endorphin that’s created in the…
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Adapted from the landmark novel by Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road is an incisive portrait of an American marriage seen through the eyes of Frank (three-time Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (five-time Academy Award nominee Kate Winslet) Wheeler. Yates’ story of 1950’s America poses a question that has been reverberating through modern relationships ever…
Righteous Kill (2008)
Tagline: Most people respect the badge. Everybody respects the gun. Veteran New York City police detectives on the trail of a vigilante serial killer in the adrenaline fueled psychological thriller Righteous Kill, directed by Jon Avnet (Red Corner, Fried Green Tomatoes) and written by Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man). The cast also features hip-hop superstar Curtis…
RocknRolla (2008)
Tagline: A story of sex, thugs and rock’n roll. A dangerous ride into high crime and low life in contemporary London, where real estate has supplanted drugs as the biggest market, and criminals are its most enthusiastic entrepreneurs. But for anyone looking to get in – from small-time crook One Two (Gerard Butler) to shady…
Rogue (2008)
Tagline: Welcome to the terrortory. “Rogue” centers on a cynical U.S. travel writer who goes on a river cruise captained by a tough Australian woman and finds himself among a group of people stranded on a tidal mud island. There, they are stalked by a giant crocodile. Greg McLean’s first acclaimed tour de force, “Wolf…
Role Models (2008)
Bad behaviour. Bad attitude. Bad example. Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Sean William Scott), two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program called Sturdy Wings. After one day with the…