In Movie Theaters the Week of October 22nd, 200715 films are being released this week
| | Rated: NONE A college prank at an abandoned house accidentally awakens a frightening spirit. |
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| | Rated: R Jigsaw still haunts the living in Saw IV, forcing them to appreciate life, or face death. As a continuation of Saw III, Jeff must find his daughter and escape the building to which they are confined before they both die. After finding another tape of Jigsaw, Jeff realizes there may be a newly added piece of the puzzle that he must decipher before it's too late. |
| | Rated: PG-13 Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent in this heartfelt comedy from director Peter Hedges ("Pieces Of April"). |
| | Rated: R "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" is about brothers who try to rob their parents' jewelry store, only to botch the job. |
| | Rated: NONE The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord, MR. UNTOUCHABLE takes its audience deep inside the heroin industry of the 1970s. The most powerful black drug kingpin in New York City history, Barnes came from humble beginnings to make himself and his comrades rich beyond their wildest dreams, ultimately reaching national infamy in 1977 when the New York Times put him on the front cover of their magazine with the headline "Mr. Untouchable". |
| | Rated: PG-13 An international soccer star (Eduardo Verástegui) is on his way to sign a multi-million dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A waitress (Tammy Blanchard), struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down...until an impetuous action brings them together and turns an ordinary day into an unforgettable experience. Once a famous athlete, and now a cook at his brother's Mexican restaurant, José has retreated from the world but he recognizes something in Nina, a young waitress, and reaches out to her. In the course of a single day, he not only confronts his past but shows her how the healing power of a family can help her embrace the future. |
| | Rated: R Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins, makes the journey into independent filmmaking as writer and director of "Slipstream." The project attracted a renowned ensemble cast and crew boasting an outstanding combined total of more than 70 esteemed awards and accolades, and over 200 nominations. |
| | Rated: PG-13 On a beautiful stretch of California coastline, a suicidal mother parks her car on a railroad crossing and awaits the arrival of a speeding train, the sleek and unstoppable Coastal Starlight. Thus begins the story of two families in physical, emotional and psychological collision - of the victim's relatives and of the train engineer who couldn't possibly have stopped time. |
| | Rated: NONE The True Story Of Richard Pimentel, A Brilliant Public Speaker With A Troubled Past, Who Returns From Vietnam Severely Hearing-Impaired And Finds A New Purpose In His Landmark Efforts On The Behalf Of Americans With Disabilities. |
| | Rated: NONE A gripping coming-of-age drama, "Black Irish," a pejorative describing Irish people from hardscrabble backgrounds - chronicles the trials and tribulations of 15-year-old Cole McKay (Michael Angarano), an obedient son who yearns for the attentions of his emotionally remote father (Brendan Gleeson). Cole is by turns nurtured and abandoned by the rest of his family; his unwed and pregnant sister Kathleen (Emily VanCamp), troubled older brother Jack (Tom Guiry), and rigid and religious mother Margaret (Melissa Leo). The tale unfolds in a skillful interweaving of character arcs that builds towards a heart-wrenching climax. |
| | Rated: NONE "Jimmy Carter Man From Plains" is an intimate, surprising encounter with President Jimmy Carter. Following the path of Mr. Carter's recent controversial book tour for Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, Academy Award©-winning director Jonathan Demme reveals a complex individual who, with the gusto and determination of a youngster, criss-crosses the country to get his message across, even as that message creates a media onslaught in which his credibility and judgment are called into question. |
| | Rated: PG-13 Move over "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance!" Filmmaker Doris Dorrie turns her attention to Buddhism and that age-old saying, "you are what you eat." In "How to Cook Your Life" Dorrie enlists the help of the charismatic Zen Master Edward Espe Brown to explain the guiding principles of Zen Buddhism as they apply to the preparation of food and life itself. |
| | Rated: NONE A rare and revealing glimpse into Lynch's world, this documentary follows the iconoclastic creator of such visionary classics as "Eraserhead," "Mulholland Dr.," "Blue Velvet," and "Twin Peaks" during the lengthy production of his 2006 magnum opus "Inland Empire." Ranging from LA to Poland , the film follows Lynch on set and off, as he paints, sculpts, jokes, and delivers his famed webcast of current LA weather conditions. Shot on lightweight digital equipment over a two-year period, with virtually unlimited access to the artist, LYNCH delivers a personal, insightful portrait of a genius at work. |
| | | Rated: NONE A group of college students end up in a secluded town and are caught up in their horrific Halloween ritual. Horror and action collide in this thrilling re-invention of the Sleepy Hollow legend. |
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