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Conviction

Posted by  on 18 September 2010, 11:53 am

Hilary Swank in Conviction

The inspirational true story of a sister’s unwavering devotion to her brother. When Betty Anne Waters’ (two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction.

Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice (Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver), Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor (Academy Award nominee Melissa Leo), meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny’s arrest. Belief in her brother – and her quest for the truth – pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.

Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Juliette Lewis, Minnie Driver, Clea DuVall
Screenplay by: Andrew S. Karsch
MPAA Rating: R for language and some violent images.
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: October 15th, 2010

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I Spit on Your Grave

Posted by  on 18 September 2010, 11:34 am

I Spit on Your Grave

Praised by some as a feminist tract, reviled by others as exploitation, Meir Zarchi’s 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave was met with a firestorm of controversy that continues to this day. On October 8, 2010, Anchor Bay Films will release the Zarchi approved remake, and is poised to be as much a hot-button talking point as was the original.

A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject Jennifer to a nightmare of degradation, rape and violence. Left for dead, she returns for vengeance. Trapping her male attackers one-by-one, she inflicts acts of physical torment upon them with a ferocity that surpasses her own ordeal. When the carnage clears, victim has become victor.

A remake of the controversial 1979 cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills, who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer’s presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals who set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson.

I Spit on Your Grave

They break into her cabin to scare her. However, what starts out as terrifying acts of humiliation and intimidation, quickly and uncontrollably escalates into a night of physical abuse and torturous assault. But before they can kill her, Jennifer sacrifices her broken and beaten body to a raging river that washes her away.

As time passes, the men slowly stop searching for her body and try to go back to life as usual. But that isn’t about to happen. Against all odds, Jennifer Hills survived her ordeal. Now, with hell bent vengeance, Jennifer’s sole purpose is to turn the tables on these animals and to inflict upon them every horrifying and torturous moment they carried out on her… only much, much worse.

Directed by: Steven R. Monroe
Starring: Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Daniel Franzese, Chad Lindberg, Rodney Eastman
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive strong sadistic brutal violence, rape and torture, nudity and language.
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
Release Date: October 8th, 2010

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Buried

Posted by  on 18 September 2010, 11:15 am

Buried

Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time- fighting panic, despair and delirium, Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued before his worst nightmare comes true.

Directed by: Rodrigo Cortes
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, Samantha Mathis, Stephen Tobolowsky, José Luis García Pérez
Screenplay by: Chris Sparling
MPAA Rating: R for language and some violent content.
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: October 8th, 2010

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Case 39

Posted by  on 18 September 2010, 10:14 am

Case 39

In Case 39, family services social worker Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) thinks she has seen it all… until she meets 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland) and the child’s cruel and dangerous parents. Her worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm Lily, their only daughter.

Frightened for her life, Emily enlists the help of Detective Mike Barron (Ian McShane) and takes Lily in while she continues the search for the perfect foster family. Just as it seems as though Lily is on her way to a more loving home, under the guidance of Emily and psychiatrist (Bradley Cooper), dark forces surrounding this young girl come to light and, little do they know, their attempts to protect her will only bring on greater horror…

Directed by: Christian Alvart
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Kerry O’Malley, Callum Keith Rennie
Screenplay by: Ray Wright
MPAA Rating: R for violence and terror, including disturbing images.
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: October 1st, 2010

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Devil

Posted by  on 22 August 2010, 3:53 pm

Devil

A group of people, including a formerly alcoholic homicide detective (Messina), trapped in an elevator discover that one of them is the devil. Written and produced by M. Night Shyamalan.

Directed by: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle
Btarring: Chris Messina, Geoffrey Arend, Caroline Dhavernas, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven
Screenplay by: Brian Nelson, M. Night Shyamalan
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and disturbing images, thematic material and some language including sexual references.
Release Date: September 17th, 2010
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Basement

Posted by  on 15 August 2010, 6:02 am

Basement

Five diverse people inadvertently enter an underground base. They run into a nightmare scenario. Through a series of flashbacks we get clues and hints to why they are there and we realize that all have an important connection to each other and the place. But they soon learn that this situation is far bigger than them alone; it affects us all.

Returning from an anti-war demo, the chaos of horror ensues when stoner Gary (Danny Dyer – Severance), quiet and insular Sarah (Kierston Wareing – Fish Tank), vain Saffron (Lois Winstone – Beyond The Rave), posh Pru (Emily Beecham – 28 Weeks Later) and Pru’s arrogant boyfriend Derek (Jimi Mistry – RocknRolla) stop in the country.

When Derek and the flirtatious Saffron find an unexplained metal hatch in the middle of the forest, curiosity wins and they decide to explore inside. Searching for their missing friends, Gary, Pru and Sarah are forced to follow but the hatch locks behind them, and the shadows that lurk in the darkness force the whole group to run for their lives… In this fight of good versus evil – only the most evil will survive.

Directed by: Asham Kamboj
Starring: Danny Dyer, Jimi Mistry, Emily Beecham, Kierston Wareing, Christopher Ellison
Screenplay by: Ewen Glass, Asham Kamboj
MPAA Rating: Not Rated.
Release Date: August 20th, 2010
Studio: Revolver Entertainment

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Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Posted by  on 6 August 2010, 10:03 pm

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

The story of Jacques Mesrine, France’s public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats — from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks — Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.

Continuing France’s love affair with the American gangster movie, Mesrine: A Film in Two Parts (formerly known as Public Enemy Number One) tells the true story of Jacques Mesrine who became his country’s most notorious bad guy throughout the 1970′s. Arch-fiend to some and folk hero to others, Mesrine’s criminal career spanned nearly two decades of brazen bank robberies, breathtaking prison breaks, and ingenious identity changes – all meticulously and stylishly recreated on an epic scale. Vincent Cassel (Eastern Promises, Ocean’s 12), one of France’s most magnetic leading men, heads a heavyweight cast (including Oscar-nominee Gerard Depardieu) and gives a star-making performance as Mesrine.

Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Gérard Lanvin, Samuel Le Bihan
Screenplay by: Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-François Richet
MPAA Rating: Not Rated.
Release Date: August 27th, 2010
Studio: Music Box Films

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Takers

Posted by  on 31 July 2010, 1:16 am

Takers

Takers takes you into the world of a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) who continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no evidence behind and laying low between heists. But when they attempt to pull off one last job with more money at stake than ever before, the crew may find their plans interrupted by a hardened detective (Matt Dillon) who is hell-bent on solving the case.

Directed by: John Luessenhop
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker, Matt Dillon, Idris Elba, Michael Ealy
Screenplay by: Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus, John Luessenhop, Avery Duff
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, a sexual situation / partial nudity and some language.
Release Date: August 27th, 2010
Studio: Sony ScreenGems

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Piranha 3D

Posted by  on 31 July 2010, 12:48 am

Piranha 3D

Jaws… lots and lots of jaws. From acclaimed director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) comes the new action thriller PIRANHA 3D, in the latest eye-popping 3D technology. A new type of terror is about to be cut loose on beautiful Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area’s new razor-toothed residents. But our heroine (Elisabeth Shue) is seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the lake and her family from totally being devoured, she must risk everything to destroy the aquatic carnivores herself.

From director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) comes the new action thriller Piranha. Every year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 for Spring Break; a riot of sun and drunken fun. But this year, there’s something more to worry about than hangovers and complaints from local old timers; A new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area’s new razor-toothed residents.

Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Jerry O’Connell, Ving Rhames, Richard Dreyfuss
MPAA Rating: None.
Release Date: August 20th, 2010
Studio: Dimension Films

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The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Posted by  on 24 July 2010, 3:07 am

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Two men – one in his twenties, the other nearer forty, both intensely focused on the task at hand – line the inside of a transit van with plastic. Shopping, they buy a drill, a mattress and other supplies. In a small flat they assemble a bed for the mattress and staple foam insulation and board to the walls and windows of a bedroom.

Then, their meticulous preparations complete, they kidnap a young woman. They drag her from the street into the back of the van and, with a bag over her head and ball gag in her mouth, take her back to the flat, tying her to the bed in the room they have converted into a prison cell. The kidnappers are Danny and Vic, two ex-cons planning to make a mint on the ransom for the young woman. The younger, nervier of the two, Danny defers to the more experienced Vic, who acts with a steely conviction. Their hostage is Alice Creed, daughter of a rich businessman, chosen by Vic and Danny as their passport to a better life. Terrified and immobile at first, it soon becomes clear that Alice isn’t about to let her captors use her as capital without a fight.

As determined to escape as Vic and Danny are to succeed, Alice enters into a battle of wills which strains the already fractious relationship between the two men. As the deadline for the exchange draws nearer, all three are brought close to breaking point, with Vic and Danny’s foolproof plan descending into a desperate struggle for survival.

Directed by: J. Blakeson
Starring: Eddie Marsan, Martin Compston, Gemma Arterton
MPAA Rating: R for violent content, pervasive language and some sexuality / nudity.
Release Date: August 6th, 2010

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Twelve

Posted by  on 9 July 2010, 12:02 pm

TwelveA high school dropout-turned-drug dealer’s life sours when his cousin is brutally murdered and his best friend is arrested for the crime.

Based on the Nick McDonell novel of the same name, Twelve follows a high school dropout-turned-drug dealer (Chace Crawford) in New York’s Upper East Side. His lucrative life sours when the dealer’s cousin is brutally murdered on an East Harlem playground and his best friend is arrested for the crime.

Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, 50 Cent, Ellen Barkin, Esti Ginsburg, Rory Culkin
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Produced by: Charlie Corwin, Mike Weber, Ted Field
MPAA Rating: R for strong drug content, alcohol abuse, language, sexual material, brief nudity and some violence – all involving teens.
Studio: Hannover House
Release Date: July 30th, 2010

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Get Low

Posted by  on 9 July 2010, 11:52 am

Get Low

For years, townsfolk have been terrified of the backwoods recluse known as Felix Bush. People say he’s done all manner of unspeakable things — that he’s killed in cold blood; that he’s in league with the Devil; that he has strange powers — and they avoid him like the plague. Then, one day, Felix rides to town with a shotgun and a wad of cash, saying he wants to buy a funeral. It’s not your usual funeral for the dead Felix wants.

On the contrary, he wants a ‘living funeral,’ in which anyone who ever had heard a story about him will come to tell it, while he takes it all in. Sensing a big payday in the offing, fast-talking funeral home owner Frank Quinn enlists his gentlemanly young apprentice, Buddy Robinson to win over Felix’s business. Buddy is no stranger to Felix’s dark reputation, but what he discovers is that behind Felix’s surreal plan lies a very real and long-held secret that must get out.

As the funeral approaches, the mystery – which involves the widow Maddie Darrow, the only person in town who ever got close to Felix, and the Illinois preacher Charlie Jackson who refuses to speak at his former friend’s funeral – only deepens. But on the big day, Felix is in no mood to listen to other people spinning made-up anecdotes about him. This time, he’s the one who is going to do the telling about why he has been hiding out in the woods.

Starring: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney
Directed by: Aaron Schneider
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic material and brief violent content.
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: July 30th, 2010

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