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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Star Trek

[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: J.J. Abrams
Screenwriter: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Starring: John Cho, Ben Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana, Leonard Nimoy
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sci-fi action and violence and brief sexual content)
Official Website: StarTrekmovie.com | NCC-1701.com | MySpace.com/StarTrek

Plot Summary: The greatest adventure of all time begins with "Star Trek," the incredible story of a young crew's maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. On a journey filled with action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind.

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock (Zachary Quinto), was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before!


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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Little Ashes[/SIZE][/FONT]

Studio: Regent Releasing
Director: Paul Morrison
Screenwriter: Philippa Goslett
Starring: Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Arly Jover
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for sexual content, language and a brief disturbing image)
Official Website: LittleAshes-themovie.com

Plot Summary: "Little Ashes" stars Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dalí, Javier Beltran as Federico García Lorca and Mathew McNulty as Luis Buñuel.

Madrid 1922. A city wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. Salvador Dalí arrives at university at the age of 18, determined to become a great artist. His bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism attracts the attention of two of the university's social elite — Federico García Lorca and Luis Buñuel.

As their friendship blossoms, the trio become an inspirable ultra-modern group and as time passes, Salvador feels an increasingly strong pull toward the charismatic Federico. The two form a bond challenged by their fierce ambitions and struggle between a love for Spain and a love for each other. It is more than a meeting of the minds; it is a fusion of souls.

"Little Ashes" tells the intensely personal story of the friendship formed between Dalí, Lorca, and Buñuel, three men who would arguably go on to be the greatest influence on modern art in all its mediums and incarnations. The surrealist movement was born out of a passion for the unexpected, eccentric and peculiar. "Little Ashes" tells the story of the formative years where those ambitions were formed.


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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Love 'N Dancing[/SIZE][/FONT]

Studio: Screen Media Films
Director: Robert Iscove
Screenwriter: Tom Malloy
Starring: Amy Smart, Tom Malloy, Billy Zane, Nicola Royston, Carolin Rhea, Rachel Dratch, Betty White
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: LoveNDancing.com

Plot Summary: When bored-with-life English teacher Jessica meets Jake, a West Coast Swing dancer, they have an instant connection. Both feel that the other can fulfill what is missing in each of their lives. But Jessica's got a workaholic fiancé who's not a bad guy when he's not on his BlackBerry, and Jake's got his former dance partner who just won't let him away from the dangling carrot of a rekindled relationship. Jake and Jessica must try to elude all obstacles, romantic or otherwise, to stay focused on the goal - winning the World Title, and each other.

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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Next Day Air

[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Benny Boom
Screenwriter: Blair Cobbs
Starring: Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Wood Harris, Omari Hardwick, Emilio Rivera, Darius McCrary, Cisco Reyes, Mos Def
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive language, drug content, some violence and brief sexuality)
Official Website: NextDayAir-movie.com

Plot Summary: When two bumbling criminals (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) accidentally receive a package of grade-A cocaine, they think they've hit the jackpot. But when they try to cash in on their luck, it triggers a series of events that forever changes the lives of ten people in "Next Day Air," an uproarious action comedy featuring an all-star cast including Donald Faison, Mos Def and Debbie Allen.

Smalltime hoods Brody (Mike Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris) have seen better days. But when a wacked-out courier (Donald Faison) accidentally brings them a box containing 10 kilos of high-quality cocaine meant for their next-door neighbors, it sets in motion a hilarious and harrowing chain of events that could cost all of them their lives.

Brody and Guch immediately arrange to sell the coke to Brody's drug dealer cousin (Omari Hardwick) and his tightlipped bodyguard (Darius McCrary). But when the intended recipients of the package, wannabe gangster Jesus (Cisco Reyes) and his feisty girlfriend (Yasmin Deliz), realize the box hasn't arrived, they set out on a desperate search to find it before ruthless drug kingpin Bodega Diablo (Emilio Rivera) notices it's missing.

But they're too late. Furious over the loss of his shipment, mob boss Bodega will stop at nothing to get the drugs back. With Brody and Guch's drug deal about to go down, all parties are on a collision course that's almost certain to end in heavy gunfire. And whoever's still standing when the smoke clears could walk away with nearly a million dollars in cash and drugs!


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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Outrage

[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Kirby Dick
Screenwriter: Kirby Dick
Starring: Kirby Dick, Barney Frank, Larry Kramer, Michelangelo Signorile, Tammy Baldwin
Genre: Documentary
Official Website: Outragethemovie.com

Plot Summary: From Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick ("This Film Is Not Yet Rated") comes "Outrage," a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians with appalling gay rights voting records who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.

Boldly revealing the hidden lives of some of the United States' most powerful policymakers, Outrage takes a comprehensive look at the harm they've inflicted on millions of Americans, and examines the media's complicity in keeping their secrets.

With analysis from prominent members of the gay community such as Congressman Barney Frank, former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey, activist Larry Kramer, radio personality Michelangelo Signorile, and openly gay congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (Representative, Wisconsin 2nd district), "Outrage" probes deeply into the psychology of this double lifestyle, the ethics of outing closeted politicians, the double standards that the media upholds in its coverage of the sex lives of gay public figures, and much more.


Powder Blue


Studio: Speakeasy Releasing
Director: Timothy Linh Bui
Screenwriter: Timothy Linh Bui, Stephane Gauge
Starring: Jessica Biel, Eddie Redmayne, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Lisa Kudrow, Patrick Swayze, Kris Kristofferson, Alejandro Romero, Sanaa Lathan
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use)
Official Website: PowderBluemovie.com

Plot Summary: A city of ten million people, Los Angeles is built on dreams of fame where glitz and glamour dominate the topical landscape. But beneath the tabloid headlines and the flashing cameras lies a city whose people are desperate for an identity, a connection, and a reason to hope...

Charlie Bishop is a former priest who has lost his faith. He finds himself on a mission to free himself struggling with his former religious beliefs and ethics. He loads two bullets into a gun and with fifty thousand dollars in the trunk of his car he roams the streets searching for someone desperate enough to pull the trigger in exchange for the money. Charlie soon learns that his mission may not be so easily fulfilled, even desperate people value life.

On the other side of town, a former hit-man drifts in an out of consciousness on a city bus. Jack Doheny recently released from a twenty-five year stint in prison has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. In a morphine induced haze he finds comfort and solitude in the freezing waters of the Pacific Ocean before settling a score with an old friend. Knowing that any breath could be his last he sets out to find redemption in an unknown world where the only familiar things are faded mementos of a past love found through a young woman named Rose-Johnny.

Rose-Johnny is a single mother who recently moved to Los Angels with dreams of becoming a star, yet her vision is compromised when her son is seriously injured in an accident. She lives alone in a motel and dances at a gentleman's club to cover the enormous hospital bills. Her only prayer is that her son will wake up from his coma, and her only comfort is her beloved dog Rudy. One night after another awkward and unsuccessful date, she returns to the motel to find her dog missing. Grief stricken and panicked she roams the streets searching fruitlessly.

Meanwhile, Charlie has moved into the same hotel. One night he encounters Qwerty Doolittle, an eccentric mortician who spends his days helping the less fortunate in times of need. His empathy and charitable tendencies have put him in serious debt and in grave danger of losing his business. With Charlie's money and gun, Qwerty has a decision to make. But like others before him, Qwerty turns down Charlie's offer.

Fate will cause these four strangers to cross paths through extraordinary and serendipitous circumstances. Epiphany's will be had, truths will be revealed, some hearts will shatter and others will heal. Fear will be overcome by courage, and ultimately in one way or the other, love will be found.



Julia


Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Erick Zonca
Screenwriter: Aude Py, Erick Zonca
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate Del Castillo, Aidan Gould, Jude Ciccolella, Bruno Bichir, Horacio Garcia Rojas, Gaston Peterson, Mauricio Moreno, Kevin Kilner, John Bellucci, Ezra Buzzington, Roger Cudney, Eugene Byrd, Sandro Kopp
Genre: Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: MagPictures.com

Plot Summary: Julia, 40, is an alcoholic. She is a manipulative, unreliable, compulsive liar, all strung out beneath her still flamboyant exterior. Between shots of vodka and one-night stands, Julia gets by on nickel-and-dime jobs. Increasingly lonely, the only consideration she receives comes from her friend Mitch, who tries to help her. But she shrugs him off, as her alcohol-induced confusion daily reinforces her sense that life has dealt her a losing hand and that she is not to blame for the mess she has made of it.

Glimpsing imminent perdition, and after a chance encounter with Elena, a Mexican woman, Julia convinces herself – as much in panic and despair as for financial gain – to commit a violent act.

As the story unfolds, Julia's journey becomes a headlong flight on a collision course, but somehow she makes the choice of life over death.
 
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