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Redbelt

Set in the west-side of Los Angeles fight world, a world inhabited by bouncers, cagefighters, cops and special forces types, REDBELT, is the story of Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a Jiu-Jitsu teacher who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, choosing instead to pursue an honorable life by operating a self defense studio with a samurai's code. Terry and his wife Sondra (Alicia Braga), struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident on a dark, rainy night at the Academy between and off duty officer (Max Martini) and a distraught lawyer (Emily Mortimer) puts in motion a series of events that will change Terry's life dramatically introducing him to a world of promoters (Ricky Jay, Joe Mantegna) and movie star Chet Frank (Tim Allen). Faced with this, in order to pay off his debts and regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time of his life. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: May 2, 2008 Genre: Act...

Anamorph

When a reclusive detective (Willem Dafoe) is drawn into the case of a serial killer who is enacting anamorphosis - a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective - only with human bodies; he is thrust into a dark and unsettling underworld that threatens to reveal the secrets of his tormented past. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: April 18, 2008 Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime and Gangster Running Time: 103 min. Distributor(s): First Take (IFC) Tagline: MPAA Rating: R for disturbing grisly images, some violence and language. Director(s): Henry Miller Writer(s): Henry Miller - Screenplay Tom Phelan - Screenplay Producer(s): Campbell Miller - Executive Producer Marissa McMahon - Producer Movie Casts: Willem Dafoe - Stan Scott Speedman - Carl Peter Stormare - Blair Clea DuVall - Sandy James Rebhorn - Brainard Amy Carlson - Alexandra Fredericks Yul Vazquez - Jorge Don Harvey - Killer Paul Lazar - Medical Examiner Edward Hibbert - Galle...

Chapter 27

On December 8, 1980 Mark David Chapman shocked the world by murdering the beloved purveyor of peace, 40-year old musician and activist, John Lennon, outside The Dakota, his New York apartment building. Chapman's motives were fabricated from pure delusion, fueled by an obsession with the fictional character Holden Caulfield and his similar misadventures in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. In one instant, an anonymous, mentally unstable 25-year old, socially awkward Beatles fan who had fluctuated between idealizing Lennon and being overcome with a desire to kill him - altered the course of history. Jared Leto, 60 pounds heavier for the role, bears an uncanny physical resemblance to the real Chapman, who to this day, is incarcerated in Attica Prison, on a guilty plea. Aside from a Larry King interview in 1992, he has not spoken with the media. However, Chapman did reveal the mechanics of his unraveling during those three fateful days in New York City, to crime journalist Jack J...

Street Kings

STREET KINGS stars Keanu Reeves as Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him. Visit the Official Website Release Date: April 11, 2008 Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime and Gangster Running Time: Distributor(s): Fox Searchlight Pictures Tagline: Their city. Their rules. No prisoners. MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and pervasive language. Director(s): David Ayer Writer(s): Jamie Moss - Screenplay Kurt Wimmer - Screenplay James Ellroy - Screenplay Nick Cassavetes - Writer John Ridley - Writer (rewrite) David Ayer - Writer (rewrite) James Ellroy - Story By Producer(s): Avi Lerner - Executive Producer Michele Weisler - Executive Producer Alexandra Milchan - Producer Lucas Foster - Producer Erwin Stoff - Producer Movi...

Flawless

From director Michael Radford (THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, IL POSTINO) comes FLAWLESS, a clever diamond-heist thriller set in swinging 1960s London. Demi Moore plays Laura Quinn, a bright, driven and beautiful executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds herself frustrated by a glass ceiling after years of faithful employment, as man after man is promoted ahead of her despite her greater experience. Michael Caine is Hobbs, the nighttime janitor at London Diamond who is virtually invisible to the executives that work there, but over the years has amassed a startling amount of knowledge about how the company runs. Hobbs has his own bone to pick with London Diamond. Observing Laura’s frustration, he convinces her to help him execute an ingenious plan to steal a hefty sum in diamonds. But unbeknownst to Laura, Hobbs plans go even farther than he’s let on, and together they set in motion a thrilling heist of dizzying proportions, the likes of which London has never seen. [-/+] Watch th...

21

Columbia Pictures' action/adventure "21" is inspired by the true story of the very brightest young minds in the country - and how they took Vegas for Millions. Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who - needing to pay school tuition - finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the school's most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend armed with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor. With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) leading the way, they've cracked the code. By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos big time. Seduced by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and by his smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), Ben begins to push the limits. Though counting cards isn't illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but s...

The Bank Job

In September 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in London's Bakers Street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewellery worth millions and millions of pounds. None of it was recovered, nobody was ever arrested. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then disappeared - the result of a UK government "D" Notice, gagging the press. This film reveals what was hidden in those boxes. The story involves murder, corruption and a sex scandal with links to the royal family - a story in which the thieves were the most innocent people involved. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: March 7, 2008 Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Crime and Gangster Running Time: Distributor(s): Lionsgate Tagline: The true story of a heist gone wrong... in all the right ways. MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, nudity, violence and language. Director(s): Roger Donaldson Writer(s): Dick Clement - Screenplay Ian La Frenais - Screenplay Producer(s): R...

Witless Protection

Larry the Cable Guy returns for another comic misadventure as a small town sheriff who unwittingly gets involved in a high profile FBI case in Liongate's new comedy, WITLESS PROTECTION. During a routine day spent patrolling his small town, Larry witnesses a beautiful, high-class woman, Madeleine, being held against her will by four mysterious, black-suited men. Recognizing the opportunity to save the day, Larry kidnaps her, only to learn that Madeleine is actually a key witness in a high-stakes Chicago crime case and her captors are FBI agents assigned to protect her. Madeleine is furious. But Larry, who rightly suspects the agents are crooked and Madeleine is in danger, forces her on a harebrained trip to Chicago to solve the case himself. Together, the hilariously mismatched duo must grapple with angry FBI, agents quack doors and Chicago high society in his funniest, most unpredictable adventure yet. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: Febr...

The Air I Breathe

Four short fables in which characters collide with fate - and each other - comprise THE AIR I BREATHE, an ambitious and absorbing drama. In "Happiness", 2006 Best Actor Oscar Winner Forest Whitaker stars as a timid banker who impulsively bets every cent he has, and then some, on a supposedly "sure thing." In "Sorrow", Sarah Michelle Gellar is a rising pop star whose contract falls under the control of a ruthless crime boss (Oscar-nominee Andy Garcia), and his corrupt nephew (Emile Hirsch). In "Pleasure," Brendan Fraser stars as a man who can see into the future of everyone he meets, but is totally blind when it comes to his own; and in "Love," Keven Bacon plays a doctor who pines for a woman he can never possess (Julie Delphy), only to find that he suddenly holds her life in his hands. Though each of the characters believes that his or her life is governed by hazard and chance, their unbridled emotions, impulsive choices, and reckless m...

The Killing of John Lennon

THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON is a chilling insight into the mind of Mark David Chapman, the 25 year old narcissist who gunned down John Lennon outside his Dakota apartment in New York in 1980. Meticulously researched and filmed in actual locations where events occurred, THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON is a gritty and imagistic examination of a celebrity stalker's mind leading up to the kill - and his subsequent descent into madness and exorcism. Independently financed and filmed over three years in Hawaii, Decatur Georgia and New York, THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON is unflinching in its presentation of the truth. It does not set out to condone or exonerate the shooting death of Lennon or his killer's desire for fame. Its theme of bomb-ticking loneliness and, by extension, the notion that America is a nation of angry strangers who vent paranoid resentment toward public figures couldn't be more resonant today. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: Janua...

First Sunday

In this hilarious comedy, Durell (ICE CUBE) and LeeJohn (TRACY MORGAN) are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending the night in the presence of the Lord and are forced to deal with much more than they bargained for. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: January 11, 2008 Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Performing Arts, Crime and Gangster Running Time: Distributor(s): Sony Pictures Releasing Tagline: Keep the faith. Steal the rest. MPAA Rating: Director: David E. Talbert Writer(s): David E. Talbert - Screenplay Producer(s): Tim Story - Executive Producer Ron Muhammad - Executive Producer Stacy Cramer - Executive Producer Julie Silverman-Yorn (II) - Producer David McIlvain - Producer Matt Alvarez - Producer Ice Cube - Producer Movie Casts: Ice Cube - Durell Loretta Devine R...

Cassandra's Dream

Set in contemporary London, CASSANDRA'S DREAM is a powerful and thrilling story about two brothers (Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell) who are desperate to better their troubled lives. One is a chronic gambler in debt over his head, and the other is a young man in love with a beautiful actress (newcomer Hayley Atwell) he has recently met. Their lives gradually become entangled into a sinister situation with intense and unfortunate results. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Release Date: December 28, 2007 Genre: Comedy, Thriller, Crime and Gangster Running Time: 108 min. Distributor(s): The Weinstein Company Tagline: How far will you go to make your dreams come true? MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, some sexual material and brief violence. Director: Woody Allen Writer(s): Woody Allen - Screenplay Producer(s): Vincent Maraval - Executive Producer Benjamin Waisbren - Executive Producer Daniel Wuhrmann - Executive Producer Letty Aronson - Producer Stephen Tenenbaum - Producer Gareth Wi...