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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] The Hurt Locker
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Screenwriter: Mark Boal
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce
Genre: Action, Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for war violence and language)
Official Website: TheHurtLocker-movie.com
Plot Summary: "The Hurt Locker" is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military's unrecognized heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives doing one of the world's most dangerous jobs. Three members of the Army's elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and one another as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad—in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans alike. Their mission is clear—protect and save—but it's anything but easy, as the margin of error when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero. This thrilling and heart-pounding look at the psychology of bomb technicians and the effects of risk and danger on the human psyche is a fictional tale inspired by real events by journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal, who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq. In Iraq, it is soldier vernacular to speak of explosions as sending you to "the hurt locker."
Acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow brings together groundbreaking realistic action and intimate human drama in a landmark film starring Jeremy Renner ("Dahmer," "The Assassination of Jesse James"), Anthony Mackie ("Half Nelson," "We Are Marshall") and Brian Geraghty ("We Are Marshall," "Jarhead"), with cameo appearances by Ralph Fiennes ("The Reader"), David Morse ("John Adams"), Evangeline Lilly ("Lost") and Guy Pearce ("Memento"). "The Hurt Locker" is produced by Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Greg Shapiro and Nicolas Chartier. The screenplay is written by Mark Boal ("In the Valley of Elah"). Barry Ackroyd, BSC ("United 93," "The Wind That Shakes the Barley") is director of photography. Production designer is Karl Juliusson ("K19: The Widowmaker," "Breaking the Waves"). Editors are Bob Murawski ("Spider-Man 2," "Spider-Man 3") and Chris Innis. Costume designer is George Little ("Jarhead," "Crimson Tide"). Music is by Academy Award Nominee Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders ("3:10 to Yuma"), and sound design by Academy Award Nominee Paul N.J. Ottosson ("Spider-Man 2," "Spider-Man 3").
In the summer of 2004, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) of Bravo Company are at the volatile center of the war, part of a small counterforce specifically trained to handle the homemade bombs, or Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), that account for more than half of American hostile deaths and have killed thousands of Iraqis. The job, a high-pressure, high-stakes assignment, which soldiers volunteer for, requires a calm intelligence that leaves no room for mistakes, as they learn when they lose their team leader on a routine mission.
When Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) cheerfully takes over the team, Sanborn and Eldridge are shocked by what seems like his reckless disregard for military protocol and basic safety measures. And yet, in the fog of war, appearances are never reliable. Is James really a swaggering cowboy who lives for peak experiences and the moments when the margin of error is zero – or is he a consummate professional who has honed his craft to high-wire precision? As the fiery chaos of Baghdad threatens to engulf them, the men struggle to understand and contain their mercurial new leader long enough for them to make it home. They have only 38 days left in their tour, but with each new mission comes another deadly encounter, and as James blurs the line between bravery and bravado, it seems only a matter of time before disaster strikes.
With a visual and emotional intensity that makes audiences feel like they have been transported to the dizzying, 24-hour turmoil of life in the bomb squad, "The Hurt Locker" is both a gripping portrayal of real-life sacrifice and heroism, and a layered, probing study of the soul-numbing rigors and potent allure of the modern battlefield.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] My Sister's Keeper
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Screenwriter: Jeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Sofia Vassilieva, Joan Cusack
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language and brief teen drinking)
Official Website: MySistersKeepermovie.com
Plot Summary: Sara and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents' only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate's life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive. And what it takes is Anna.
Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) and Anna (Abigail Breslin) share a bond closer than most sisters: though Kate is older, she relies on her little sister--in fact, her life depends on Anna.
Throughout their young lives, the sisters endure various medical procedures and hospital stays--just another part of their close-knit family's otherwise normal life. Sara (Cameron Diaz), a loving wife and mother who left her career as an attorney to care for her daughter, is sometimes lost inside the single-minded caregiver she has become in her efforts to save Kate. Her strong, supportive husband, Brian (Jason Patric), is often rendered powerless and passive by his wife's strength and determination. And their only son, Jesse (Evan Ellingson), drifts, at times all but forgotten as Kate and Anna take center stage.
Until Anna, now 11, says "no." Seeking medical emancipation, she hires her own lawyer (Alec Baldwin), initiating a court case that divides the family and that could leave Kate's rapidly failing body in the hands of fate.
Based on the bestselling book from Jodi Picoult, "My Sister's Keeper" reveals surprising truths that challenge one's perceptions of family love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.
Surveillance
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Screenwriter: Kent Harper, Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Starring: Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James, Ryan Simpkins, French Stewart, Kent Harper, Michael Ironside
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some drug use and a scene of aberrant sexuality)
Official Website: MagnetReleasing.com/Surveillance
Plot Summary: It's been a hell of a day on the highway.
When Federal Officers Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) arrive at Captain Billing's office, they have three sets of stories to figure out and a string of vicious murders to consider.
One zealot cop, a strung out junkie and an eight year old girl all sit in testimony to the roadside rampage, but as the Feds begin to expose the fragile little details each witness conceals so carefully with a well practiced lie, they soon discover that uncovering 'the truth' can come at a very big cost...
Cheri
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Stephen Frears
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates, Felicity Jones
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R (for some sexual content and brief drug use)
Official Website: Cheri-movie.com
Plot Summary: An adaptation of the 1920s novel by French author Colette about the lingering effects of a romance between a middle-aged woman (Pfeiffer) and a wealthy young man (Friend). Set in 1920s Paris, where the young son of a wealthy courtesan (Bates) is educated in the ways of love by a middle-aged friend of the man's mother. When he is forced to give up the six-year relationship after marrying someone else, the young man can't forget her and retreats into a fantasy world.
Life is Hot in Cracktown
Studio: Lightning Media
Director: Buddy Giovinazzo
Screenwriter: Buddy Giovinazzo
Starring: Kerry Washington, Evan Ross, Victor Rasuk, Brandon Routh, RZA, Illeana Douglas, Shannyn Sossamon, Lara Flynn Boyle, Desmond Harrington, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tony Plana
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, rape, drug content throughout, graphic sexuality, nudity and pervasive language)
Official Website: LifeisHotinCracktownthemovie.com
Plot Summary: Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is a pre-op transsexual working as a prostitute and living with her lover, Benny, a small time burglar. In spite of their lines of work, they live a somewhat normal life as a married couple. Manny (Victor Rasuk) works two jobs: the late shift in an all night bodega surrounded by young junkies, drug dealers and prostitutes, and as a security guard in a Welfare hotel to provide for his family. Willy, ten years old, lives in the Welfare hotel with his sister, mother (Illeana Douglas) and her violent boyfriend, begging on the street so he and Susie can buy some fast food to eat. Romeo (Evan Ross), a street tough, roams the streets with his gang, terrorizing anyone who comes in his path.
These four stories come together in a powerful climax of love and salvation, showing that despite the obstacles of life in the inner-city, humanity and hope can still prevail.
Quiet Chaos
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Nanni Moretti
Screenwriter: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/talentnews.php?id=55925Nanni Moretti
Starring: Nanni Moretti, Allessandro Cassman, Valeria Golino
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: After an eventful afternoon at the beach with his brother (Allessandro Gassman), Pietro, a successful executive (Moretti of The Son's Room and Caro Diario), returns to his summer home only to discover that his wife has suddenly died. Devastated, he vows to be a source of stability for their ten-year-old daughter, Claudia, while trying to make sense of his loss. But in the meantime, his company is in the midst of a high-stakes merger, with Pietro's colleagues desperate to know which side he's on, and his volatile sister-in-law (Valeria Golino) has unexpected news of her own. But as he struggles to come to terms, Pietro starts to reconnect with the people around him in a deeper way and glimpses new possibilities on the horizon.
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] The Hurt Locker
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Screenwriter: Mark Boal
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce
Genre: Action, Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for war violence and language)
Official Website: TheHurtLocker-movie.com
Plot Summary: "The Hurt Locker" is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military's unrecognized heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives doing one of the world's most dangerous jobs. Three members of the Army's elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and one another as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad—in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans alike. Their mission is clear—protect and save—but it's anything but easy, as the margin of error when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero. This thrilling and heart-pounding look at the psychology of bomb technicians and the effects of risk and danger on the human psyche is a fictional tale inspired by real events by journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal, who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq. In Iraq, it is soldier vernacular to speak of explosions as sending you to "the hurt locker."
Acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow brings together groundbreaking realistic action and intimate human drama in a landmark film starring Jeremy Renner ("Dahmer," "The Assassination of Jesse James"), Anthony Mackie ("Half Nelson," "We Are Marshall") and Brian Geraghty ("We Are Marshall," "Jarhead"), with cameo appearances by Ralph Fiennes ("The Reader"), David Morse ("John Adams"), Evangeline Lilly ("Lost") and Guy Pearce ("Memento"). "The Hurt Locker" is produced by Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Greg Shapiro and Nicolas Chartier. The screenplay is written by Mark Boal ("In the Valley of Elah"). Barry Ackroyd, BSC ("United 93," "The Wind That Shakes the Barley") is director of photography. Production designer is Karl Juliusson ("K19: The Widowmaker," "Breaking the Waves"). Editors are Bob Murawski ("Spider-Man 2," "Spider-Man 3") and Chris Innis. Costume designer is George Little ("Jarhead," "Crimson Tide"). Music is by Academy Award Nominee Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders ("3:10 to Yuma"), and sound design by Academy Award Nominee Paul N.J. Ottosson ("Spider-Man 2," "Spider-Man 3").
In the summer of 2004, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) of Bravo Company are at the volatile center of the war, part of a small counterforce specifically trained to handle the homemade bombs, or Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), that account for more than half of American hostile deaths and have killed thousands of Iraqis. The job, a high-pressure, high-stakes assignment, which soldiers volunteer for, requires a calm intelligence that leaves no room for mistakes, as they learn when they lose their team leader on a routine mission.
When Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) cheerfully takes over the team, Sanborn and Eldridge are shocked by what seems like his reckless disregard for military protocol and basic safety measures. And yet, in the fog of war, appearances are never reliable. Is James really a swaggering cowboy who lives for peak experiences and the moments when the margin of error is zero – or is he a consummate professional who has honed his craft to high-wire precision? As the fiery chaos of Baghdad threatens to engulf them, the men struggle to understand and contain their mercurial new leader long enough for them to make it home. They have only 38 days left in their tour, but with each new mission comes another deadly encounter, and as James blurs the line between bravery and bravado, it seems only a matter of time before disaster strikes.
With a visual and emotional intensity that makes audiences feel like they have been transported to the dizzying, 24-hour turmoil of life in the bomb squad, "The Hurt Locker" is both a gripping portrayal of real-life sacrifice and heroism, and a layered, probing study of the soul-numbing rigors and potent allure of the modern battlefield.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] My Sister's Keeper
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Screenwriter: Jeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Sofia Vassilieva, Joan Cusack
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language and brief teen drinking)
Official Website: MySistersKeepermovie.com
Plot Summary: Sara and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents' only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate's life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive. And what it takes is Anna.
Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) and Anna (Abigail Breslin) share a bond closer than most sisters: though Kate is older, she relies on her little sister--in fact, her life depends on Anna.
Throughout their young lives, the sisters endure various medical procedures and hospital stays--just another part of their close-knit family's otherwise normal life. Sara (Cameron Diaz), a loving wife and mother who left her career as an attorney to care for her daughter, is sometimes lost inside the single-minded caregiver she has become in her efforts to save Kate. Her strong, supportive husband, Brian (Jason Patric), is often rendered powerless and passive by his wife's strength and determination. And their only son, Jesse (Evan Ellingson), drifts, at times all but forgotten as Kate and Anna take center stage.
Until Anna, now 11, says "no." Seeking medical emancipation, she hires her own lawyer (Alec Baldwin), initiating a court case that divides the family and that could leave Kate's rapidly failing body in the hands of fate.
Based on the bestselling book from Jodi Picoult, "My Sister's Keeper" reveals surprising truths that challenge one's perceptions of family love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.
Surveillance
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Screenwriter: Kent Harper, Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Starring: Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James, Ryan Simpkins, French Stewart, Kent Harper, Michael Ironside
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some drug use and a scene of aberrant sexuality)
Official Website: MagnetReleasing.com/Surveillance
Plot Summary: It's been a hell of a day on the highway.
When Federal Officers Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) arrive at Captain Billing's office, they have three sets of stories to figure out and a string of vicious murders to consider.
One zealot cop, a strung out junkie and an eight year old girl all sit in testimony to the roadside rampage, but as the Feds begin to expose the fragile little details each witness conceals so carefully with a well practiced lie, they soon discover that uncovering 'the truth' can come at a very big cost...
Cheri
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Stephen Frears
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates, Felicity Jones
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R (for some sexual content and brief drug use)
Official Website: Cheri-movie.com
Plot Summary: An adaptation of the 1920s novel by French author Colette about the lingering effects of a romance between a middle-aged woman (Pfeiffer) and a wealthy young man (Friend). Set in 1920s Paris, where the young son of a wealthy courtesan (Bates) is educated in the ways of love by a middle-aged friend of the man's mother. When he is forced to give up the six-year relationship after marrying someone else, the young man can't forget her and retreats into a fantasy world.
Life is Hot in Cracktown
Studio: Lightning Media
Director: Buddy Giovinazzo
Screenwriter: Buddy Giovinazzo
Starring: Kerry Washington, Evan Ross, Victor Rasuk, Brandon Routh, RZA, Illeana Douglas, Shannyn Sossamon, Lara Flynn Boyle, Desmond Harrington, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tony Plana
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, rape, drug content throughout, graphic sexuality, nudity and pervasive language)
Official Website: LifeisHotinCracktownthemovie.com
Plot Summary: Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is a pre-op transsexual working as a prostitute and living with her lover, Benny, a small time burglar. In spite of their lines of work, they live a somewhat normal life as a married couple. Manny (Victor Rasuk) works two jobs: the late shift in an all night bodega surrounded by young junkies, drug dealers and prostitutes, and as a security guard in a Welfare hotel to provide for his family. Willy, ten years old, lives in the Welfare hotel with his sister, mother (Illeana Douglas) and her violent boyfriend, begging on the street so he and Susie can buy some fast food to eat. Romeo (Evan Ross), a street tough, roams the streets with his gang, terrorizing anyone who comes in his path.
These four stories come together in a powerful climax of love and salvation, showing that despite the obstacles of life in the inner-city, humanity and hope can still prevail.
Quiet Chaos
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Nanni Moretti
Screenwriter: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/talentnews.php?id=55925Nanni Moretti
Starring: Nanni Moretti, Allessandro Cassman, Valeria Golino
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: After an eventful afternoon at the beach with his brother (Allessandro Gassman), Pietro, a successful executive (Moretti of The Son's Room and Caro Diario), returns to his summer home only to discover that his wife has suddenly died. Devastated, he vows to be a source of stability for their ten-year-old daughter, Claudia, while trying to make sense of his loss. But in the meantime, his company is in the midst of a high-stakes merger, with Pietro's colleagues desperate to know which side he's on, and his volatile sister-in-law (Valeria Golino) has unexpected news of her own. But as he struggles to come to terms, Pietro starts to reconnect with the people around him in a deeper way and glimpses new possibilities on the horizon.