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The Architect
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Matt Tauber
Screenwriter: Matt Tauber
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Isabella Rossellini, Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Leo Waters (LaPaglia) is an idealistic architect and patriarch of an upper middle class suburban Chicagofamily. Tonya Neeley (Davis) is a pragmatic activist who is trying to keep her family together while living in one of the city's most drug and crime-infested public housing projects. As part of her ongoing campaign to have the projects torn down and decent housing built in its place, Tonya decides that the one signature she needs on her petition is that of the projects' original architect, Leo Waters. Rossellini, Panettiere and Stan turn in powerful supporting performances as Waters' wife and children.
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
Studio: MGM
Director: Mort Nathan
Screenwriter: David Drew Gallagher
Starring: Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Tom Davey, Holly Davidson, William de Coverly, Shobu Kapoor, Ashley Rae, Steven Rathman, Amy Steel, Beth Steel
Genre: Comedy
Plot Summary: "National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj" is the sequel to the successful 2002 release, "National Lampoon's Van Wilder." Taj (Kal Penn), Van Wilder's assistant in the first film, heads out on his own and heads to England's prestigious Camden University to further his studies. Along the way, he adopts a group of misfits and shows the uptight student body how to get Wilder!
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The Nativity Story
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Screenwriter: Mike Rich
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Alexander Siddig, Said Amadis, Ciaran Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: "The Nativity Story" chronicles the arduous journey of two people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, and the history-defining birth of Jesus. This dramatic and compelling story comes to life in a major motion picture starring Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) as Mary and Oscar-nominee Shoreh Aghdashloo ("House of Sand and Fog") and Oscar Isaac (Syriana) in supporting roles. "The Nativity Story" is directed by Catherine Hardwicke ("Thirteen," "Lords of Dogtown") from a screenplay by Mike Rich ("Finding Forrester," "The Rookie"). It is scheduled for a December 1, 2006 release.
10 Items or Less
Release Date: December 1, 2006 (NY, LA)
Studio: THINKFilm
Director: Brad Silberling
Screenwriter: Brad Silberling
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Anne Dudek, Jonah Hill, Alexandra Berardi
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Representing a bold departure for both Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman and director Brad Silberling, "10 Items or Less" is an intimately-scaled, two-character comedy in which Freeman plays a major movie star whose pickiness with his projects accounts for a lengthy absence from the screen. While considering a role as a supermarket manager, he decides to do some field research at a small ethnic market on the very outskirts of Los Angeles. Finding himself stranded with no cell phone or transportation, he meets Paz Vega, the feisty cashier who mans the store's express register. When she offers to drive him back to "civilization," this initially mismatched pair discovers common ground, with the star realizing that his love for people is what drew him to acting in the first place, and the cashier gaining the confidence to interview – or as he terms it, to "audition" – for a job that could change her life.
3 Needles
Release Date: December 1, 2006 (limited)
Studio: Wolfe Releasing
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Screenwriter: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Shawn Ashmore, Lucy Liu, Stockard Channing, Olympia Dukakas, Chloe Sevigny, Sandra Oh
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: In South Africa,
Clara is a Novice in the order of the Mission for the Propagation of the Faithful. Living among the tribes on the Wild Coast, her mission is to convert the rapidly dying Africans to Catholicism before it's too late, urging the dying to accept Jesus. Naive and optimistic, Clara strays from her mission and becomes embroiled in a futile struggle to help a family of orphans. When one of her charges is raped as part of folk cure, she makes a bargain with Mr. Hallyday, a wealthy Afrikaans plantation owner, which aids the children but risks her own salvation.
In China,
When Jin Ping sets up her mobile blood collection service in the tiny village of Tonghu, the local peasants rejoice and prosper. When one farmer, Tong Sam, is barred from selling his blood because he has the flu, he lies about his daughter's age so she can sell blood twice a month in his stead. Sam uses the money to improve his humble farm but by the time his abundant crop is ready for harvest, his wife and daughter are both mysteriously dead. Sam sets out on a journey across the province to find out why. He returns to find his entire village overwhelmed by disease, and Jin Ping's blood collection business disappeared into thin air.
In Canada,
Denys is a second rate porn actor who passes his monthly blood tests by stealing samples from his geriatric father. When Denys gets caught, his poverty-stricken family is thrown into turmoil. Facing the prospect of long-term care for her son, his weary waitress mother Olive hatches a fraud scheme to exploit her son's illness and wind up with millions.
Christmas at Maxwell's
Studio: Aloha Releasing
Director: William C. Laufer
Screenwriter: William C. Laufer
Starring: Andrew May, Jack Hourigan, Helen Welch, Lauren Dowden, Charlie May, Julia May, Robert Hawkes, Tracie Field,
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: This Christmas will change the Austin family forever. With a successful career, two fantastic children and the love of his life at his side, Andrew Austin had everything.
But an unseen diagnosis and unresolved regrets bring change and in an instant life no longer has the order and expectations it once held. As Suzie falls further into illness, Andrew and family quietly search for meaning and hope.
Facing a hectic Christmas in the city, the family retreats to a beloved lake house to share possibly their final Christmas... Away from distractions their world opens up to an unforgettable moment in time. As the small community at the Lake brings them its own wonderments, hearts open in unseen ways.
This Christmas they will learn to love and forgive, renewing their faith in the beauty of life.
Four Eyed Monsters
Studio: withoutabox
Director: Susan Buice, Arin Crumley
Screenwriter: Susan Buice, Arin Crumley
Starring: Susan Buice, Arin Crumley
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Plot Summary: "They have four eyes, two mouths, eight limbs that wrap around themselves. It's disgusting!" Arin says, as we see images of couples throughout New York City. "But I can't help but envy them."
Arin is a wannabe filmmaker and highly inexperienced with love, despite the fact that he spends most of his time editing wedding videos. In one of the most populous cities in the world, he is alone and tormented by the beautiful women he sees everywhere. He turns to the Internet.
Susan is an art school graduate working as a waitress and suffering from a lack of inspiration. She receives a message from Arin, but since she's tired of ******, especially online, she suggests that he should just stop by her work.
Arin is too shy to introduce himself. So instead, he follows her home without her knowing and emails her pictures of her mundane daily trudge. She is intrigued.
They decide to meet up, but in an attempt to keep their interaction interesting, they make a pact to not speak to one another. As their romance develops, they only write, draw, email, text, have sex, instant message, and make videos for each other. No talking.
Susan's creative clouds begin to lift, and Arin's dry spell has ended. Unfortunately, a new world of more complicated problems is discovered, and they are forced to deal with intimacy as they meld together and create a monster.
Holla
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: H.M. Coakley
Screenwriter: Byron Taylor, H.M. Coakley
Starring: Shelli Boone, Young Sir, Charles Porter, Michael Bergin, Kimberly Barnett, Robbyne Manning, Tionne Williams, Brandon Phillips, Kali Hawk, Melissa-Anne Davenport
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Suspense
Production Stills: Not Available
Plot Summary: Actress Monica St. John, her boyfriend Dwayne and six other close friends head for a weekend escape at a remote cabin in the mountains. Along the way, they pick up Dwayne's ex-con cousin Troy. Monica's agent arrives uninvited with his date, hoping to convince Monica to renew her contract. A severe thunderstorm moves in. While there, a news story seems to implicate Troy in a brutal murder. Just as Dwayne professes Troy's innocence, the lights go out and folk start dying. Is it Troy the convict, Greg the agent, Dwayne the boyfriend, or one of the "hater" friends? No one knows who's next.
Turistas
Studio: Fox Atomic
Director: John Stockwell
Screenwriter: Michael Ross
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Raul Guterres, Andréa Leal
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Plot Summary: After a terrifying bus accident maroons a diverse group of young adventure travelers in a remote Brazilian beach town, they slowly discover that the white sand beaches and lush jungles are concealing a darker, unsettling secret.
Two Weeks
Studio: MGM
Director: Steve Stockman
Screenwriter: Steve Stockman
Starring: Sally Field, Ben Chaplin, Thomas Cavanagh, Julianne Nicholson, Glenn Howerton, Clea DuVall, James Murtaugh, Michael Hyatt, Susan Misner, Jenny O'Hara
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Plot Summary: In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped-- together -- for two weeks.
The Architect
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Matt Tauber
Screenwriter: Matt Tauber
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Isabella Rossellini, Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Leo Waters (LaPaglia) is an idealistic architect and patriarch of an upper middle class suburban Chicagofamily. Tonya Neeley (Davis) is a pragmatic activist who is trying to keep her family together while living in one of the city's most drug and crime-infested public housing projects. As part of her ongoing campaign to have the projects torn down and decent housing built in its place, Tonya decides that the one signature she needs on her petition is that of the projects' original architect, Leo Waters. Rossellini, Panettiere and Stan turn in powerful supporting performances as Waters' wife and children.
View attachment 4734
National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
Studio: MGM
Director: Mort Nathan
Screenwriter: David Drew Gallagher
Starring: Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Tom Davey, Holly Davidson, William de Coverly, Shobu Kapoor, Ashley Rae, Steven Rathman, Amy Steel, Beth Steel
Genre: Comedy
Plot Summary: "National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj" is the sequel to the successful 2002 release, "National Lampoon's Van Wilder." Taj (Kal Penn), Van Wilder's assistant in the first film, heads out on his own and heads to England's prestigious Camden University to further his studies. Along the way, he adopts a group of misfits and shows the uptight student body how to get Wilder!
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The Nativity Story
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Screenwriter: Mike Rich
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Alexander Siddig, Said Amadis, Ciaran Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: "The Nativity Story" chronicles the arduous journey of two people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, and the history-defining birth of Jesus. This dramatic and compelling story comes to life in a major motion picture starring Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) as Mary and Oscar-nominee Shoreh Aghdashloo ("House of Sand and Fog") and Oscar Isaac (Syriana) in supporting roles. "The Nativity Story" is directed by Catherine Hardwicke ("Thirteen," "Lords of Dogtown") from a screenplay by Mike Rich ("Finding Forrester," "The Rookie"). It is scheduled for a December 1, 2006 release.
10 Items or Less
Release Date: December 1, 2006 (NY, LA)
Studio: THINKFilm
Director: Brad Silberling
Screenwriter: Brad Silberling
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Anne Dudek, Jonah Hill, Alexandra Berardi
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Representing a bold departure for both Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman and director Brad Silberling, "10 Items or Less" is an intimately-scaled, two-character comedy in which Freeman plays a major movie star whose pickiness with his projects accounts for a lengthy absence from the screen. While considering a role as a supermarket manager, he decides to do some field research at a small ethnic market on the very outskirts of Los Angeles. Finding himself stranded with no cell phone or transportation, he meets Paz Vega, the feisty cashier who mans the store's express register. When she offers to drive him back to "civilization," this initially mismatched pair discovers common ground, with the star realizing that his love for people is what drew him to acting in the first place, and the cashier gaining the confidence to interview – or as he terms it, to "audition" – for a job that could change her life.
3 Needles
Release Date: December 1, 2006 (limited)
Studio: Wolfe Releasing
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Screenwriter: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Shawn Ashmore, Lucy Liu, Stockard Channing, Olympia Dukakas, Chloe Sevigny, Sandra Oh
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: In South Africa,
Clara is a Novice in the order of the Mission for the Propagation of the Faithful. Living among the tribes on the Wild Coast, her mission is to convert the rapidly dying Africans to Catholicism before it's too late, urging the dying to accept Jesus. Naive and optimistic, Clara strays from her mission and becomes embroiled in a futile struggle to help a family of orphans. When one of her charges is raped as part of folk cure, she makes a bargain with Mr. Hallyday, a wealthy Afrikaans plantation owner, which aids the children but risks her own salvation.
In China,
When Jin Ping sets up her mobile blood collection service in the tiny village of Tonghu, the local peasants rejoice and prosper. When one farmer, Tong Sam, is barred from selling his blood because he has the flu, he lies about his daughter's age so she can sell blood twice a month in his stead. Sam uses the money to improve his humble farm but by the time his abundant crop is ready for harvest, his wife and daughter are both mysteriously dead. Sam sets out on a journey across the province to find out why. He returns to find his entire village overwhelmed by disease, and Jin Ping's blood collection business disappeared into thin air.
In Canada,
Denys is a second rate porn actor who passes his monthly blood tests by stealing samples from his geriatric father. When Denys gets caught, his poverty-stricken family is thrown into turmoil. Facing the prospect of long-term care for her son, his weary waitress mother Olive hatches a fraud scheme to exploit her son's illness and wind up with millions.
Christmas at Maxwell's
Studio: Aloha Releasing
Director: William C. Laufer
Screenwriter: William C. Laufer
Starring: Andrew May, Jack Hourigan, Helen Welch, Lauren Dowden, Charlie May, Julia May, Robert Hawkes, Tracie Field,
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: This Christmas will change the Austin family forever. With a successful career, two fantastic children and the love of his life at his side, Andrew Austin had everything.
But an unseen diagnosis and unresolved regrets bring change and in an instant life no longer has the order and expectations it once held. As Suzie falls further into illness, Andrew and family quietly search for meaning and hope.
Facing a hectic Christmas in the city, the family retreats to a beloved lake house to share possibly their final Christmas... Away from distractions their world opens up to an unforgettable moment in time. As the small community at the Lake brings them its own wonderments, hearts open in unseen ways.
This Christmas they will learn to love and forgive, renewing their faith in the beauty of life.
Four Eyed Monsters
Studio: withoutabox
Director: Susan Buice, Arin Crumley
Screenwriter: Susan Buice, Arin Crumley
Starring: Susan Buice, Arin Crumley
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Plot Summary: "They have four eyes, two mouths, eight limbs that wrap around themselves. It's disgusting!" Arin says, as we see images of couples throughout New York City. "But I can't help but envy them."
Arin is a wannabe filmmaker and highly inexperienced with love, despite the fact that he spends most of his time editing wedding videos. In one of the most populous cities in the world, he is alone and tormented by the beautiful women he sees everywhere. He turns to the Internet.
Susan is an art school graduate working as a waitress and suffering from a lack of inspiration. She receives a message from Arin, but since she's tired of ******, especially online, she suggests that he should just stop by her work.
Arin is too shy to introduce himself. So instead, he follows her home without her knowing and emails her pictures of her mundane daily trudge. She is intrigued.
They decide to meet up, but in an attempt to keep their interaction interesting, they make a pact to not speak to one another. As their romance develops, they only write, draw, email, text, have sex, instant message, and make videos for each other. No talking.
Susan's creative clouds begin to lift, and Arin's dry spell has ended. Unfortunately, a new world of more complicated problems is discovered, and they are forced to deal with intimacy as they meld together and create a monster.
Holla
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: H.M. Coakley
Screenwriter: Byron Taylor, H.M. Coakley
Starring: Shelli Boone, Young Sir, Charles Porter, Michael Bergin, Kimberly Barnett, Robbyne Manning, Tionne Williams, Brandon Phillips, Kali Hawk, Melissa-Anne Davenport
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Suspense
Production Stills: Not Available
Plot Summary: Actress Monica St. John, her boyfriend Dwayne and six other close friends head for a weekend escape at a remote cabin in the mountains. Along the way, they pick up Dwayne's ex-con cousin Troy. Monica's agent arrives uninvited with his date, hoping to convince Monica to renew her contract. A severe thunderstorm moves in. While there, a news story seems to implicate Troy in a brutal murder. Just as Dwayne professes Troy's innocence, the lights go out and folk start dying. Is it Troy the convict, Greg the agent, Dwayne the boyfriend, or one of the "hater" friends? No one knows who's next.
Turistas
Studio: Fox Atomic
Director: John Stockwell
Screenwriter: Michael Ross
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Raul Guterres, Andréa Leal
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Plot Summary: After a terrifying bus accident maroons a diverse group of young adventure travelers in a remote Brazilian beach town, they slowly discover that the white sand beaches and lush jungles are concealing a darker, unsettling secret.
Two Weeks
Studio: MGM
Director: Steve Stockman
Screenwriter: Steve Stockman
Starring: Sally Field, Ben Chaplin, Thomas Cavanagh, Julianne Nicholson, Glenn Howerton, Clea DuVall, James Murtaugh, Michael Hyatt, Susan Misner, Jenny O'Hara
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Plot Summary: In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped-- together -- for two weeks.