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Sanctum

Posted by  on 12 December 2010, 8:53 pm

Sanctum

The 3D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea.

Master diver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) has explored the South Pacific’s Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank’s team–including 17-year-old son Josh (Rhys Wakefield) and financier Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd)–are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they survive, or will they be trapped forever?

Shot on location off the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, Sanctum employs 3D photography techniques Cameron developed to lens Avatar. Designed to operate in extreme environments, the technology used to shoot the action-thriller will bring audiences on a breathless journey across plunging cliffs and into the furthest reaches of our subterranean world.

Directed by: Alister Grierson
Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Parkinson, Rhys Wakefield, Asim Ahmad
Screenplay by: John Garvin, Andrew Wight
MPAA Rating: None.
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Release Date: February 1st, 2011

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The Roommate

Posted by  on 12 December 2010, 8:45 pm

The Roommate

The story centers on Sara, a college student randomly assigned to a freshman dorm with a stranger named Rebecca. They start off as friends but things turn deadly as Rebecca begins to target people in Sara’s life.

Mallhi, an executive VP at Vertigo, wrote the screenplay under a pseudonym so it would be given fair consideration in the marketplace. It wasn’t until after Screen Gems made an offer on Roommate that Mallhi revealed that he wrote the spec.

Directed by: Christian E. Christiansen
Starring: Leighton Meester, Cam Gigandet, Matt Lanter, Billy Zane, Minka Kelly
Screenplay by: Sonny Mallhi
MPAA Rating: None.
Studio: Sony ScreenGems
Release Date: February 1st, 2011

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The Rite

Posted by  on 12 December 2010, 8:33 pm

The Rite

Inspired by true events, The Rite follows skeptical seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue), who reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.

Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones
Screenplay by: Mikael Håfström
MPAA Rating: None.
Studio: New Line Cinema
Release Date: January 28th, 2011

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The Cabin in the Woods

Posted by  on 12 December 2010, 7:41 pm

The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods storyline provides a new twist on a classic scenario — in this case the young-people-stranded-in-the-woods horror trope. Jenkins and Whitford will play white-collar co-workers with a mysterious connection to the cabin.

Directed by: Drew Goddard
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Williams, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz
Screenplay by: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/nudity.
Studio: Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)
Release Date: January 14th, 2011

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Season of the Witch

Posted by  on 23 November 2010, 6:13 pm

Season of the Witch

Columbia’s supernatural thriller, Season of the Witch, stars Nicolas Cage as medieval knight Behmen who undertakes a mission pitting him against an devious witch and making him the last hope for the world against an ancient and dark force. His faith broken by years of battle as a crusader, Behmen returns to central Europe to find his homeland decimated by the Black Plague.

While searching for food and supplies at the Palace at Marburg, Behmen and his trusted companion, Felson (Ron Perlman) are apprehended and ordered by the dying Cardinal to deliver a young peasant girl believed to be the witch responsible for the Plague to a remote abbey where her powers can be destroyed. Behmen agrees to the assignment but only if the peasant girl is granted a fair trial.

As he and five others set off on this dangerous journey, they realize with mounting dread that the cunning girl is no ordinary human, and that their mission will pit them against an evil that even in these dark times they never could have imagined.

Directed by: Dominic Sena
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan, Claire Foy
Screenplay by: Bragi F. Schut
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, violence and disturbing content.
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Release Date: January 7th, 2011

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Black Swan

Posted by  on 2 October 2010, 10:24 pm

Black Swan

Black Swan follows the story of Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) who zealously supports her daughter’s professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well.

Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side with a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.

Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey
Screenplay by: Darren Aronofsky, Mark Heyman
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use.
Release Date: December 1st, 2010
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

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The Next Three Days

Posted by  on 18 September 2010, 3:03 pm

The Next Three Days

Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn’t commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence.

With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.

Directed by: Paul Haggis
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Jonathan Tucker
Screenplay by: Fred Cavayé, Paul Haggis
MPAA Rating: None.
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: November 19th, 2010

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Saw 3D

Posted by  on 18 September 2010, 1:36 pm

Saw 3D

As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror…

David Hackl – production designer of the second, third and fourth films and helmer of “Saw V” – will direct the seventh film in the franchise where people will probably end up in Jigsaw’s death traps and only have a certain amount of time to make a tough decision if they don’t want to die.

The first theatrical feature to be shot exclusively on the cutting-edge SI-3D digital camera system, Saw VII 3D brings the horrifying games of Jigsaw to life like never before. The film stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery. Saw VII 3D is directed by Kevin Greutert, produced by Oren Koules, Mark Burg and Gregg Hoffman.

Directed by: Kevin Greutert
Starring: Tobin Bell, Gina Holden, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Tanedra Howard
Screenplay by: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton
MPAA Rating: R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and language.
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: October 29th, 2010

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My Soul to Take

Posted by  on 18 September 2010, 12:48 pm

My Soul to Take

From writer / director Wes Craven comes a suspense thriller that warns us evil is working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And if you have any chance at beating it, you’ll have to fight for your life 25/8. Released in 2D and 3D.

In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer.

Adam “Bug” Heller (Max Thieriot) was supposed to die on the bloody night his father went insane. Unaware of his dad’s terrifying crimes, he has been plagued by nightmares since he was a baby. But if Bug hopes to save his friends from the monster that’s returned, he must face an evil that won’t rest…until it finishes the job it began the day he was born.

Directed by: Wes Craven
Starring: Nick Lashaway, Zena Grey, Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, Dennis Boutsikaris
Screenplay by: Wes Craven
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, and pervasive language including sexual references.
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Release Date: October 29th, 2010

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Paranormal Activity 2

Posted by  on 18 September 2010, 12:40 pm

Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 2 is an upcoming horror film directed by Tod Williams and written by Michael R. Perry, and it is a sequel to the 2009 film, Paranormal Activity. It is set to be released in theaters October 22, 2010 in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.

Paramount hired screenwriter Michael R. Perry to create the follow-up and for an October 22, 2010 release. Oren Peli, the director of the first film, will serve as a producer for the sequel. Kevin Greutert, director of Saw VI, was initially hired to direct the sequel. However Lions Gate Entertainment exercised a clause in Greutert’s contract to have him direct the next film in the Saw franchise.

Directed by: Tod Williams
Starring: Katie Featherston
Screenplay by: Michael R. Perry, Oren Peli
MPAA Rating: None.
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: October 22nd, 2010

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Red

Posted by  on 18 September 2010, 12:04 pm

John Malkovich, Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in Red

Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) used to be the CIA’s top agents – but the secrets they know just made them the Agency’s top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, the team embarks on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history.

“Red” is the story of Frank Moses (Willis), a former black-ops CIA agent, who is now living a quiet life. That is, until the day a hi-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him. With his identity compromised and the life of the woman he cares for, Sarah (Parker), endangered, Frank reassembles his old team (Freeman, Malkovich and Mirren) in a last ditch effort to survive. “Red” is based on the DC Comics graphic novel of the same name by Warren Ellis.

Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, John Malkovich
Screenplay by: Warren Ellis, Cully Hamner, Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence and brief strong language.
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Release Date: October 15th, 2010

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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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