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The Fall

Languishing in a hospital, Roy Walker (Lee Pace) is a broken man in more ways than one: Unable to walk after a fall from a horse in a movie stunt gone wrong, his heart is also broken after his girlfriend ran off with the movie's leading man. Ready to end his life, Roy befriends five-year-old fellow patient Alexandria (Catinca Untaru), with the goal of persuading her to stealing a fatal dose of morphine pills for him. Roy launches into a story that fuses patients, staff and others at the hospital with imagined personas and exotic lands. What he describes as "an epic tale of love and revenge" is so riveting to Alexandria that she will do whatever Roy asks in order to hear the next installment. The tale loosely mirrors the ill-fated love triangle that has left him heartsick and features Alexandria's favorite nurse Evelyn (Justine Waddell), as the beautiful Princess Evelyn; Sinclair (Daniel Caltagirone), the movie star who stole Roy's girlfriend, as the detested Gover...

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The characters of C.S. Lewis' timeless fantasy come to life once again in this newest installment of the "Chronicles of Narnia" series, in which the Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure and even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them. One year after the incredible events of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years has passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct, Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy. The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnia's rightful heir to the throne. the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in or...

Speed Racer

From writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski, the creators of the groundbreaking "The Matrix" trilogy, and producer Joel Silver comes the live-action, high-octane family adventure "Speed Racer." Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsh) is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized - the legendary Rex Racer - whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer (John Goodman), the designer of Speed's thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company's maniacal owner (Roger Allam) but uncovers a terrible secret - some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls...

Zombie Strippers

Nightmare on Elm Street's ROBERT ENGLUND and worldwide media sensation JENNA JAMESON star in Zombie Strippers. When a secret government agency lets out a deadly chemo virus causing the reanimation of the dead, the first place to get hit is Rhino's, a hot underground strip club. As one of the strippers gets the virus, she turns into a supernatural, flesh-eating zombie stripper, making her the hit if the club. Do the rest of the girls fight the temptation to be the star stripper, even if there is no turning back? Also featuring ROXY SAINT (of the Goth band Roxy Saint and the blackouts) and Ultimate Fighting Champion TITO ORTIZ, Zombie Strippers is a sexy, bloody, hilarious good time! [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: April 18, 2008 Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Running Time: 94 min. Distributor(s): Triumph Films Tagline: They'll dance for a fee, but devour you for free. MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and gore, sexuality/nudity...

Meet Dave

Dave Ming Chang (Eddie Murphy), newly arrived in New York City, may be the ultimate fish out of water. There's something about him that's not quite right – for starters, he seems remarkably out of place and uncomfortable in his own body. And for good reason: "Dave" is not a man at all, but a ship made in the image of its miniature-sized captain. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: July 11, 2008 Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Running Time: Distributor(s): 20th Century Fox Distribution Tagline: MPAA Rating: Director(s): Brian Robbins Writer(s): Bill Corbett - Screenplay Rob Greenberg - Screenplay Producer(s): Marc Turtletaub - Producer David Friendly - Producer Todd Komarnicki - Producer Jon Berg - Producer Movie Casts: Elizabeth Banks Eddie Murphy Gabrielle Union Ed Helms Judah Friedlander Shawn Christian - Lt. Left Arm Mike O'Malley - Knox Brandon Molale Stephanie Venditto - MRI Technician Yvette Nicole Brown - Frie...

CJ7

A fantasy tale featuring state of the art visual effects, CJ7 is a comedy about a poor laborer father played by Stephen Chow and his young son. When a fascinating and strange new pet enters their lives, they learn a poignant lesson about the true nature of family and the things money can't buy. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: March 7, 2008 Genre: Action-Adventure, Art, Foreign, Comedy, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Running Time: 86 min. Distributor(s): Sony Pictures Classics Tagline: MPAA Rating: PG for language, thematic material, some rude humor and brief smoking. Director(s): Stephen Chow Writer(s): Stephen Chow - Screenplay Vincent Kok - Screenplay Tsang Kan Cheong - Screenplay Sandy Shaw (II) - Screenplay Producer(s): Stephen Chow - Producer Han San Ping - Producer Chui Po-chu - Producer Vincent Kok - Producer Connie Wong - Associate Producer Movie Casts: Stephen Chow - Ti Min Hun Fung - P. E. Teacher Chi Chung Lam - The Boss Kitty Zhang Yuqi - Miss...

Iron Man

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios' big screen adaptation of Marvel's legendary Super Hero Iron Man will launch into theaters on May 2, 2008. Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the story of a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: May 2, 2008 Genre: Action-Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Adaptation Running Time: Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures Tagline: MPAA Rating: Director(s): Jon Favreau Writer(s): Jack Kirby - Source Writer Stan Lee - Source Writer Matt Holloway - Screenwriter Mark Fergus - Screenwriter Hawk Ostby - Screenwriter Art Marcum - Screenwriter Producer(s): Stan Lee - Executive...

Possession

Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Jess, a woman whose life is torn apart when her husband, Ryan (Michael Landes), and brother-in-law, Roman (Lee Pace), crash in a horrific car accident. Both brothers end up in comas, with little hope of recovery. But Roman wakes up and, when he does, insists he is her husband. As time goes on, Jess struggles with the possibility that the spirit of her beloved husband has returned to her in the body of her brother-in-law, or that something much more sinister is at work. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: February 29, 2008 Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thriller and Remake Running Time: Distributor(s): Yari Film Group Tagline: Love possesses us. MPAA Rating: PG-13 Director(s): Joel Bergwall - Director Simon Sandquist - Director Writer(s): Michael Petroni - Screenplay (Adaptation) Park Yeong-hun - Source Material (from feature: "Jungdok") Producer(s): Alex Brunner - Executive Producer Sonny Mallhi - Executive Producer N...

Penelope

The tale of a young woman overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds to win her Prince Charming has long been a staple of fairy tales but in Penelope, writer Leslie Caveny has given her story a contemporary spin. What if, for instance, the rich and handsome Prince Charming actually turned out to be a total cad, and true love for the heroine rested in the hands of an initially duplicitous card shark? And what if, more importantly, the story was less about a young woman finding true love and more about her learning to love and value herself? [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: February 29, 2008 Genre: Art, Foreign, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Running Time: 101 min. Distributor(s): IFC Films, Summit Entertainment, LLC Tagline: A fairytale like no other. MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, some innuendo and language. Director: Mark Palansky Writer(s): Leslie Caveny - Screenplay Producer(s): Dylan Russell - Executive Producer Robin Greenspun - ...

The Forbidden Kingdom

A 21st Century American teenager takes a spellbinding, dangerous journey into martial arts legend in the new action-adventure epic FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. Shot on location in China, THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM marks the historic first-ever onscreen pairing of martial arts superstars Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR, DRUNKEN MASTER) and Jet Li (FEARLESS, ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA), and features the awe-inspiring action choreography of Wo Ping (THE MATRIX, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON). While hunting down bootleg kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown pawnshop, Jason (played by Michael Angarano - “24”, “Will and Grace,” LORDS OF DOGTOWN, SEABISCUIT) makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him hurtling back in time to ancient China. There, Jason is charged with a monumental task: he must free the fabled warrior the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the evil Jade Warlord. Jason is joined in his quest by wise kung fu master Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and a band of misfit warriors including Silent Monk (Jet Li). But o...

Nim's Island

Nim's Island is a heartfelt and hilarious adventure that chronicles the exploits of Nim, a young girl living a high-tech Robinson Crusoe existence on an unspoiled tropical island with her scientist father and her best friends—a motherly sea lion, a rambunctious iguana and a sea turtle. When Nim's father embarks on a day of research at sea, she begins an unlikely e-mail communication with an agoraphobic novelist who lives in New York City. When a storm prevents her father's return and unpredictable dangers confront Nim and the Island, she must find the resources to survive. At the same time, the novelist begins to realize that her pen pal is a little girl who is alone and in trouble. She also has to dig down for the courage to leave her safe haven and rescue Nim. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: April 4, 2008 Genre: Action-Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Adaptation Running Time: Distributor(s): Fox Walden, Summit Entertainment, LL...

Over Her Dead Body

Devastated when his fiancee Kate (Eva Longoria Parker) is killed on their wedding day, Henry (Paul Rudd) reluctantly agrees to consult a psychic named Ashley (Lake Bell) at the urging of his sister Chloe (Lindsay Sloane). Despite his skepticism over her psychic abilities, Henry finds himself falling hard for Ashley, and vice versa. But there is a big snag. Ashley is being haunted by Kate's ghost, who considers it her heavenly duty to break up Henry and Ashley's fledgling romance, if it is the last thing she does on this earthly plane... [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: February 1, 2008 Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Running Time: Distributor(s): New Line Cinema Tagline: Just because she's passed on... Doesn't mean she's moving on. MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and language. Director: Jeff Lowell Writer(s): Jeff Lowell - Screenplay Producer(s): Scott Niemeyer - Executive Producer Norm Waitt - Executive Producer Paul Br...

I Am Legend

Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague - The Infected - lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Dates: @Theaters: December 14, 2007 @DVD/Video: Genre: Action-Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Adaptation Running Time: Distributor: Warner...

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

The life of a hardworking man known only as Farmer (Jason Statham) is changed forever when a marauding band of Krug - animalistic brutes in the thrall of an evil sorcerer - thunders down upon the unsuspecting village of stonebridge, killing his son and kidnapping his wife, Solana (Claire Forlani). Galvanized by his grief, the once-peace loving peasant leads his mentor Norick (Ron Perlman) and brother-in-law Bastian (Will Sanderson) in pursuit of the Krug army to free Solana. As the Krug overrun the countryside, the King's magus Merick discovers the true source of their power: his old rival, Gallian (Ray Liotta), a formidable and power-hungry wizard. Gallian plans to use his hellish militia to overthrow King Konreid (Burt Reynolds) and place his sniveling pawn, Duke Fallow (Matthew Lillard), on the throne. While the King's forces ride forth to engage the bloodthirsty Krug, Farmer and his companions slip unseen through the treacherous mountain passes of Ehb into uncharted territo...

Jumper

A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between "Jumpers" and those who have sworn to kill them. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer 2 Visit the Official Website Release Date: February 14, 2008 Genre: Action-Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Adaptation Running Time: Distributor(s): 20th Century Fox Distribution Tagline: Anywhere is possible. MPAA Rating: Director: Doug Liman Writer(s): David S. Goyer - Screenplay (adaptation) Jim Uhls - Screenplay (rewrite) Simon Kinberg - Screenplay Steven Gould (II) - Source Material (from novel: "Jumper") Producer(s): Vince Gerardis - Executive Producer Ralph Vicinanza - Executive Producer Marc S. Fischer - Executive Producer David Coatsworth - Executive Producer Jay Sanders (II) - Producer Lucas Foster - Producer Simon Kinberg - Producer Stacy Maes - Producer Kim ...

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

Two children discover an egg on a beach in Scotland which eventually hatches into a "waterhorse". Later, that waterhorse grows up to be the Loch Ness monster. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: December 25, 2007 Genre: Kids, Family, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Adaptation Running Time: Distributor(s): Sony Pictures Releasing Tagline: Every big secret starts small. MPAA Rating: PG for some action/peril, mild language and brief smoking. Director: Jay Russell Writer(s): Robert Nelson Jacobs - Screenplay (Adaptation) Dick King-Smith (II) - Source Material (from novel: "The Waterhorse") Producer(s): Charles J. Newirth - Executive Producer Douglas Rae - Producer Robert Bernstein - Producer Barrie M. Osborne - Producer Charlie Lyons - Producer Movie Casts: Emily Watson - Anne MacMorrow Ben Chaplin - Lewis Mowbray Alex Etel - Angus MacMorrow David Morrissey - Captain Hamilton Geraldine Brophy - Gracie Brian Cox Craig Hall - Charlie MacMorrow Jess...

The Spiderwick Chronicles

From the beloved best-selling series of books comes the "Spiderwick Chronicles," a fantasy adventure for the child in all of us. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seems to be happening on a daily basis, the family blamed Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what's really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and of the creatures that inhabit it. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: February 15, 2008 Genre: Kids, Family, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Adaptation Running Time: Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies Tagline: Their World Is Closer Than You Think MPAA Rating: PG for scary creature action and violence, peril and some thematic elemen...