Rated:PG-13 On June 29th, 2005, Earth goes to war. From Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures comes "War of the Worlds," directed by Steven Spielberg and starring international superstar Tom Cruise. A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. The film also stars Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, and Tim Robbins.
Rated:NONE Winner of the Special Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival and an official selection of the New York Film Festival, "Tropical Malady" is the lyrical and mysterious new film by maverick Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul ("Blissfully Yours"), one of the most prominent young directors of the Thai New Wave. "Tropical Malady" chronicles the mystical love affair between a young soldier and the country boy he seduces, soon to be disrupted by the boy's sudden disappearance. Local legends claim the boy was transformed into a mythic wild beast, and the soldier journeys alone into the heart of the Thai jungle in search of him.
Rated:NONE Naked and alone Sara sits in Minnesota motel room, a knife to her wrist. She has recently escaped an abusive father only to be betrayed by a man she trusted. Unable to kill herself Sara seeks out a safe haven, the Roadhouse, a bar owned by a friend of her mother, Jeanette. At the bar Sara meets two brothers, Greg and Tony, who front a rock band. In addition to finding a strong emotional connection with the pair Sara also displays a talent for singing and song writing. However, as romantic tension builds between the three Sara's inner demons resurface, destroying her new found band before it really begins. Back on the road, Sara makes her way to Minneapolis and a year later finds that Tony and Greg have arrived in the city as well. However, if she and the group are to survive she must find the strength to face her past and sing her song.
Rated:PG Martin Lawrence stars as a legendary college basketball coach who, after a public meltdown, is forced to coach a losing junior high school team. Mullally will play the principal of the junior high whose team Lawrence is coaching, while Meyer will star as the agent of Lawrence's character. Warburton will play Larry Burgess, a junior high school basketball coach who has one of the best teams in the league.
Rated:R Peaceful, rustic Berkeley is a charming fishing community where life is sweet and the people friendly. All that is about to change. After losing her childhood farm to the bank, local beauty Rene decides to leave town and head for the big city. Suddenly, an avalanche of meteorites races through the sky, bombarding the town and bringing an otherworldly infection. Departing is going to be much more difficult than she had planned. The living dead are awakened and Rene is now caught in a nightmare of zombies hungry for human flesh. She manages to find salvation in a small isolated farm house owned by the town loony, Marion. There she is met with four other desperate survivors. Together they battle their way through a plague of walking dead and discover that there is more transpiring than just an infection.
Rated:NONE In this follow-up to his critical smash "Read My Lips", French filmmaker Jacques Audiard has adapted and updated James Toback's 1978 cult classic, Fingers, to come up with a moody, memorable study of a young man torn between a life of crime and classical music. The film premiered at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for best music, and will soon receive its North American premiere in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Romain Duris (L'Auberge Espagnole, Le Divorce) portrays 28-year-old Tom, who seems destined to follow in his father's footsteps as a Parisian property shark, a sleazy and sometimes brutal milieu. But a chance encounter with his late mother's music agent leads him to believe that he can become, like his mother, a concert pianist. In earnest, he starts preparing for the audition with a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who has just arrived from China. She doesn't speak a word of French; music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle...
Rated:NONE What could compare to the torture of a trapped and lost soul? What could compare to the horror of existing one step closer to complete decay? Welcome to the next level in death; welcome to the place where reality has been bent inwards-out - where nothing is as it seems and where bliss and peace are things of the past. Welcome to the cage! These seven strangers all share the same wish, the same goal and the same reasons for being here. In this place, the only thing that matters is to avoid dying... or perhaps, to avoid staying alive for too long. When reality goes out and surreal nightmares are left in it's place, there's only one thing that is certain; pain.
Rated:NONE "Twist of Faith" follows the intimate psychological journey of Tony Comes, a firefighter from Toledo, Ohio, who survived years of sexual abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest.
Rated:NONE The latest film from Chinese director Jia Zhangke (Platorm, Unknown Pleasures) focuses on a young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others who work at World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the Bejing suburbs. Daily lavish shows are performed amongst replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, St. Mark’s Square, Big Ben, the Pyramids and even the Twin Towers. But working beyond the kitsch potential, The World casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of these provincial workers.
Rated:NONE Starring Lili Taylor and Courtney Love, this story of self-discovery, courage, and love presents a New Jersey housewife who is dissatisfied with her everyday life and is much smarter than she or anyone else knows. While taking a computer class, Julie discovers her abilities and finds the courage to make dramatic life changes. This is a story of realizing one's potential and being willing to turn one's life upside down to take a chance on finding happiness. Courtney Love plays Claire, Julie's best friend, who goes along with Julie's secret quest and eventually moves in with her. Both women are on a search to realize their dreams and come to terms with their love for each other. This film is based upon a play of the same name by Wendy Hammond.
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