Upcoming Movies
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The Weinstein Company — Forest Whitaker, Isaiah Washington, Taraji P. Henson, Courtney B. Vance along with rising stars Robbie Jones, Shad Moss aka Bow Wow, Jackie Long, Eric Hill, Jarod Einsohn and Lil’ Wayne star in ‘Hurricane Season,’ the exciting true story of an unlikely group of high school basketball champions who—in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—learn the true meaning of survival.

Tim Story (‘Barbershop,’ ‘Fantastic Four’) directs. Written by Robert Eisele.

Warner Bros. — Starring: Clint Eastwood / Director: Clint Eastwood

Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possesion: his 1972 Gran Torino.

Clint Eastwood stars in the drama ‘Gran Torino,’ marking his first film role since his Oscar-winning ‘Million Dollar Baby.’ Eastwood also directs the film in which he plays Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices.

Starring: Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Romola Garai / The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life. / Director: Richard Eyre (“Notes on a Scandal,” “Iris,” “Stage Beauty”)

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. — Starring: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin, Eric Dane

An adaptation of John Grogan's bestselling memoir about an incorrigible Labrador retriever. Marley is the yellow lab adopted by Grogan, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and his wife. Their idea was to give them a taste of parenthood, but the dog proved to be a hyperactive handful. He wreaks havoc, gets kicked out of obedience school and gets even worse when the children begin to arrive, yet becomes an indispensable part of the family.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Starring: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Courteney Cox

The life of a busy architect takes a crazy turn when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to come true.

Director: Adam Shankman (“A Walk to Remember,” “Hairspray,” “The Wedding Planner”)

Paramount Pictures — Budget: $150-million (est.) / Story: F. Scott Fitzgerald / Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Elias Koteas, Elle Fanning

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

Producer: Ceán Chaffin, Jim Davidson, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

Directed by: David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “Se7en,” “Zodiac”)

Lionsgate — Director: Frank Miller

Starring: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes

Adapted from the legendary comic strip, THE SPIRIT is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister FRANK MILLER (creator of 300 and SIN CITY). It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the Spirit (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the OCTOPUS (Samuel L. Jackson) has a different mission: he’s going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City’s rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront… all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding him at every turn are ELLEN DOLAN (Sarah Paulson), the whip-smart girl-next-door; SILKEN FLOSS (Scarlett Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen; PLASTER OF PARIS (Paz Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; LORELEI (Jaime King), a phantom siren; and MORGENSTERN (Stana Katic), a sexy young cop.

Then of course, there’s SAND SAREF (Eva Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves. She’s the love of his life turned bad. Will he save her or will she kill him?

In the vein of BATMAN BEGINS and SIN CITY, THE SPIRIT takes us on a sinister, gut-wrenching ride with a hero who is born, murdered and born again.

Odd Lot Entertainment and Lionsgate are production partners on THE SPIRIT. Lionsgate has domestic and U.K. rights. Odd Lot’s Deborah Del Prete and Gigi Pritzker will produce along with Michael Uslan of Batfilm Productions Inc. Batfilm co-founder Benjamin Melniker and Steven Maier and Odd Lot’s Bill Lischak are executive producers. Odd Lot's Linda McDonough and Batfilm/Comic Book Movies’ F.J. DeSanto serve as co-producers.

The Weinstein Company — Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes

THE READER opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age.  Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her.  The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair.

Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens.  Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from  ‘The Odyssey,’ ‘Huck Finn,’ and ‘The Lady with the Little Dog.’ Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken.

Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life – this time as a defendant in the courtroom.  As Hanna’s past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives.  THE READER is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.

THE READER stars Ralph Fiennes, David Kross and Kate Winslet, and is directed by Stephen Daldry (the Academy Award nominated director of THE HOURS), from a script by David Hare, and based on the award winning novel by Bernhard Schlink.

Bernhard Schlink's The Reader has been translated into 39 languages and has garnered numerous awards. The Reader was the first German novel to reach number one on The New York Times Bestseller List.

Directed by: Stephen Daldry

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. — Director: Bryan Singer (“Superman Returns,” “X2”) / Starring: Tom Cruise, Eddie Izzard (“The Riches” TV series, “Ocean’s Thirteen”), Stephen Fry (“V for Vendetta”), Christian Oliver (“Speed Racer”), Bill Nighy (“Love Actually,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End”), Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Wilson, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn, Kevin McNally, Christian Berkel, Terence Stamp

The ‘July 20 Plot’ on Hitler's life is one of the most heroic but least known episodes of World War Two. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance and help create Operation Valkyrie, the complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler's once he is dead. But fate and circumstance conspire to thrust Stauffenberg from one of many in the plot to a double-edged central role. Not only must he lead the coup and seize control of his nation's government… He must kill Hitler himself.

Paramount Vantage — Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Ryan Simpkins, Zoe Kazan, Ty Simpkins, David Harbour, Jared Morrison, Adam Mucci, Jonathan Roumie, Mary DeBellis

This film marks the first time that Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have reunited onscreen since ‘Titanic.’

Directed by Sam Mendes (“American Beauty,” “Road to Perdition”)

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates. / Based on the celebrated novel by Richard Yates, director Sam Mendes' ‘Revolutionary Road’ is the story of a young couple (Oscar nominees Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) trying to find fulfillment in an age of conformity. Trapped in a world of encoded convention, they dream without faith, as lies and self-deceptions build to explosive consequences.

Picturehouse Entertainment — A traumatized woman is questioned by a cop and a psychiatrist about three stories involving a clown, a hotel and a convoy, that involve her and two of her female friends from childhood.

Director: John Simpson / Starring: Jessica Lucas, Tad Hilgenbrink, Keir O'Donnell, Katheryn Winnick

Focus Features — A post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened.

Starring the voices of: Jennifer Connelly, Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau

Universal — Starring: Jonathan Silverman, Eddie Griffin, Jennifer Finnigan, Rhea Perlman, Moises Arias, Stephen Tobolowsky, Oscar Nunez, Cesar Millan, Joey Fatone, Briana Vega, Chris Adler

Starring: Jeremy London, Jeffrey Combs

‘Big Sky’ is about a group of people who over the course of one day, learn how to make life-changing decisions after spending their entire lives conscientiously avoiding any kind of disruption in their predictable existence. The film centers on Bill, an aimless young cowboy and sheep herder in a small Montana town. Bill passes endless hours at the bar with his eccentric friends, talking about everything and doing nothing. He is also having an affair with the local bigshot's wife. When the bigshot finds out, Bill's life of intoxicated and humorous desperation is disrupted. Suddenly, outrageous events begin to take place over the course of one day. Adding to Bill's newfound sense of urgency to change his life are pressures from the other strange citizens of the town. With gunfights at midnight and shocking revelations, Bill confronts these new forces and knows he must change his life under the Big Sky. With the help of his friends—an emotionally wounded Vietnam vet and a Native-American intellectual—he chooses to leave everything behind and head off to an uncertain future far from Montana. A dramatic comedy with a film noirish feel.

Starring: Jessica Biel, Colin Firth

Based on the play by Noel Coward. An American divorcée meets her new in-laws after tying the knot with a young Englishman on the spur of the moment in France.

Set during the Roaring Twenties, John Whittaker (Ben Barnes), a young English man, falls madly in love with a sexy and glamorous American woman, Larita (Jessica Biel), and they impetuously get married in the South of France. However, when the couple arrive at the stately family home in the English countryside, things start to unravel.

John's mother Veronica has an instant allergic reaction to everything about her new daughter in law. Larita tries her best to fit in but fails to tiptoe through the minefield laid by her new 'mother'. Larita quickly realises Veronica's game and sees that she must fight back if she's not going to lose John. Sparks soon fly and a hilarious battle of wits ensues as each woman tries to outsmart the other.

‘Easy Virtue’ follows in the tradition of films such as ‘Gosford Park’ and ‘Mrs. Henderson Presents’.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) — When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

Director: John Erick Dowdle / Starring: Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Samantha Robson, Ivar Brogger, Lou George, Amy Lyndon, Michael Lawson, Ron Harper, Kim Kenny, Bobby Alexander, Iris Bahr, Scott Beehner, Adarsha Benjamin, Kelli Bielema, Linda Bisesti, Lisa Black, Marissa Blanchard, Bill Bookston, Oto Brezina, Jules Bruff, Paul Buxton, Todd Cahoon, Blaire Chandler, Larry Clarke, Donna Cooper, Bruce Cronander, Meredith Cross, Henry Dittman, Dennis Garber, Chip Godwin, Jennifer Griswold, David Haack, Tom Hauser, Keisuke Hoashi, Mike Hyland¹, David James, Ceciley Jenkins, Zale Kessler, Morgan Lariah, Fiona Lincke, Sierra Marcoux, James Mathers, Leah McLean, Tracy Miller, Naveen, Phil Newby, Bruno Oliver, Steven M. Porter, Adrian Roberts, Brad Satin, Brooke Sikkema, Erin Stutland, Beth Tapper, David Wilcox, Mark McClain Wilson

Rogue Pictures — Starring: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Jane Alexander / Director: David S. Goyer

Producer's Synopsis: “Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit. And sometimes it actually succeeds.

Writer/director David Goyer (“Blade: Trinity,” “The Invisible,” “Batman Begins”) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in ‘The Unborn,’ a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.

Casey Bell (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spirtual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can make it stop.

With Sendak’s help, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany—a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born.”

Fox 2000 Pictures — Candice Bergen, Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Bryan Greenberg, Steve Howey, Chris Pratt / Director: Gary Winick (“13 Going on 30,” “Charlotte's Web”)

Two best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.

Lionsgate — Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Patrick Flueger, Teddy Dunn, etc.

Are you capable of the unthinkable? That's the question seven college students face when they visit a secluded vacation home to celebrate graduation. Trapped in a deadly game, they're forced to kill one another in order to survive. Friends and couples must test their trust, and as the clock ticks away: alliances form, tension escalates, and hope begins to fade. Some will fight for love, others to survive, but all will change. Because deep down… we're all killers.

A group of college students visit a secluded vacation home to celebrate their upcoming graduation. The fun doesn't last long when a sadistic psychopath forces them to participate in his deadly contest. The rules are simple—in order to survive they must kill each other. As tension builds, and relationships begin to crumble, they realize that only one can make it out alive. Could you trust your boyfriend? Your girlfriend? Your best friend? Only one can go home. So who will be the last man or woman standing?

Yari Film Group Releasing, LLC — Starring: Kate Beckinsale (“The Aviator,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Underworld”), David Schwimmer, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Angela Bassett, Noah Wyle, Alan Alda / In Washington, D.C., a female reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source. / Director: Rod Lurie (“The Last Castle,” “Resurrecting the Champ,” “The Contender”)

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow / A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor. / Director/Writer: James Gray (“We Own the Night,” “The Yards,” “Little Odessa”)

Screen Gems / Sony Pictures Entertainment — Director: Bill Duke (“Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,” “Knots Landing,” “Predator”) / Starring: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan, Jenifer Lewis, Kevin Hart, Cannon Jay, April Betts

Based on a novel by T.D. Jakes

After years of disagreeing on what true happiness, success, and love really are, Dave and Clarice Johnson have finally reached a breaking point in their marriage. When Clarice is hurt in a car accident, the obvious truth that more than just her injuries need immediate attention is exposed. Their odds of making it worsen as Clarice begins to see a physical therapist, and Dave develops a friendship with Julie and her teenage son Bryson. The acceptance and comfort he finds in them stirs his longing for a family and a passionate partner. As temptation tugs at Dave and Clarice pulls farther away, they must confront whether their vows are or are NOT EASILY BROKEN.

MGM — Starring: Laura Breckenridge, Kevin Corrigan, Christopher Shand, Kiersten Hall / Director: Enda McCallion

A night of Spring Break partying turns into a living nightmare for student Mary Murdock (Laura Breckenridge) after hitting a bump on a dark road only to find a man dangling from her car’s bumper. Panicked, Mary frantically beats him unconscious, buries him in the woods and returns home to cover her tracks. But when it becomes clear that her victim survived her brutal attack and wants her dead, Mary stops worrying about evidence and becomes more concerned with living through the night. / 84 Minutes

Paramount Vantage — Starring: Starring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Mark Feuerstein

Based on an extraordinary true story, ‘Defiance’ is an epic tale of family, honor, vengeance and salvation in World War II. The year is 1941 and the Jews of Eastern Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death, three brothers take refuge in the dense surrounding woods they have known since childhood. There they begin their desperate battle against the Nazis. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell star as brothers who turn a primitive struggle to survive into something far more consequential – a way to avenge the deaths of their loved ones by saving thousands of others.

At first it is all they can do to stay alive. But gradually, as whispers of their daring spreads, they begin to attract others—men and women, young and old – willing to risk everything for the sake of even a moment's freedom. Tuvia (Craig) is a reluctant leader and his decisions are challenged by his brother, Zus (Schreiber) who worries that Tuvia's idealistic plans will doom them all. Asael (Bell) is the youngest – caught between his brothers' fierce rivalry. As a brutal winter descends, they work to create a community, and to keep faith alive when all humanity appeared to be lost.

‘Defiance’ is directed by Edward Zwick (‘Blood Diamond,’ ‘Glory’) from a screenplay by Zwick and Clayton Frohman, based on Nechama Tec's non-fiction book of the same name. The producers are Zwick and Pieter Jan Brugge. The team recreating the forest haven includes two-time Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Eduardo Serra (‘Blood Diamond,’ ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’), production designer Dan Weil (‘Blood Diamond,’ ‘The Bourne Identity’) and Oscar®-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan (‘Gosford Park,’ ‘A Room with a View’).

Columbia Pictures / Happy Madison Productions / Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) — Starring: Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell

When a shopping mall is overtaken by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to the a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.

DreamWorks SKG — Starring: Jason Segel (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Knocked Up,” “Slackers”), Paul Rudd (“Knocked Up,” “The 40 Year Old Virgin,” “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”), Jaime Pressly (“Not Another Teen Movie,” “DOA: Dead or Alive”), Jon Favreau

Director: John Hamburg (Along Came Polly / Meet the Parents / Zoolander)

A newly engaged guy sets out to find the perfect ‘Best Man’ for his wedding. John Hamburg directs ‘I Love You’ from a script he wrote about a man about to get married (Rudd) who seeks out a stranger to be his best man for the wedding. Jones will play the fiancée.

Summit Entertainment — Starring: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie Coltrane, Nora Zehetner, Maximilian Schell, Noah Segan, Andy Nyman, Zachary Gordon, Stefan Kapicic, Kevin Ford, Miranda Vidak, Ljiljana Blagojevic, Mira Banjac, Ram Bergman, Josif Tatic, Alek Rodic, Skip Lotem

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job—showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.

Directed by: Rian Johnson (“Brick”)

Fox Searchlight Pictures — Starring: Angela Bassett, Jamie Hector, Derek Luke, etc.

The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.

Dreamworks / Paramount Distribution — Starring: Emma Roberts, Don Cheadle, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Simmons, Troy Gentile, Robinne Lee / Director: Thor Freudenthal

‘Hotel for Dogs’ stars Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle in a smart, funny comedy adventure that shows how far love and imagination can take you. When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi (Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (Austin) to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce's talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday – and eventually for all Friday's friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering ‘who let the dogs in.’

IFC Films — Starring: Demián Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro, Benicio Del Toro

In 1964, Argentine revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio del Toro) travels to New York City to address the United Nations.

DDDDDDDDDDDD — Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, John Schneider

In New York City, a single mom captivates her new neighbor, a much younger man.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation — Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley, Katie Cassidy, etc. / Luc Besson - Writer/Producer / Director: Pierre Morel (“The Transporter,” “Before Sunset,” “Unleashed”)

A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter (Grace), who has been forced into the slave trade.

Overture Films / Paramount Vantage — Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, James Brolin, Kathy Baker, Richard Schiff, Michael Landes, Eileen Atkins, Daniel Lapaine, Liane Balaban, Patrick Baladi, Mickey Sumner, Masato Kamo, Imogen Byron, Alex Avery, Rhydian Jones, Elliot Levey, Mark Kempner

In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.

Directed by: Joel Hopkins

Screen Gems — Starring: Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy

An origins story centered on the centuries-old feud between the the race of aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers, and their onetime slaves, the Lycans.

Director: Patrick Tatopoulos (“Underworld,” “Stargate,” “Independence Day”)

Sequel to: “Underworld” (2003), “Underworld: Evolution” (2006)

Lionsgate Films — Starring: Jaime King, Jensen Ackles

Director: Patrick Lussier

Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry Warden wanted revenge. Exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day, he woke up… and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed.

Ten years later, Tom Hanniger returns to Harmony on Valentine's Day, still haunted by the deaths he caused. Struggling to make amends with his past, he grapples with unresolved feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Sarah, who is now married to his best friend, Axel, the town sheriff. But tonight, after years of peace, something from Harmony's dark past has returned. Wearing a miner's mask and armed with a pickaxe, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. And as his footsteps come ever closer, Tom, Sarah and Axel realize in terror that it just might be Harry Warden who's come back to claim them…

Presented in stunningly real, cutting edge 3-D projection, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D stars Jensen Ackles (TV's ‘Smallville’ and ‘Supernatural’), Jaime King (THE SPIRIT, SIN CITY, SIN CITY 2) and Kerr Smith (FINAL DESTINATION, ‘Dawson's Creek’). A remake of the 1981 horror classic, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D is directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Jack Murray.

New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Brothers Entertainment — Starring: Brendan Fraser

Mo has the special talent to bring characters out of books. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta, two villains, and Dustfinger, a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Meggie discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp.

Sony Pictures — Starring: François Bégaudeau / Director: Laurent Cantet

François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students.

Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeapordize any teacher's enthusiasm for the low-paying job.

François insists on an atmosphere of respect and diligence. Neither stuffy nor severe, his extravagant frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods…

DreamWorks SKG — Starring: Emily Browning (“Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events” - Violet Baudelaire), David Strathairn (“The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “The Bourne Ultimatum”), Elizabeth Banks (“Definitely, Maybe,” “W.” - Laura Bush), Arielle Kebbel

Director: Thomas Guard, Charles Guard

Anna returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father has become engaged to her mother's former nurse. That night, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her of Rachel's intentions. Together, Anna and her sister try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.

Based on Kim Jee-Woon's 2003 Korean horror film ‘Tale of Two Sisters,’ ‘The Uninvited’ revolves around Anna (Emily Browning), who returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father (David Strathairn) has become engaged to her mother's former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks). That night, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her of Rachel's intentions. Together, Anna and her sister (Arielle Kebbel) try to convince their father that his current fiancee is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.

When fluffy, bubble gum movie star Megan Parker suddenly finds herself broke and humiliated in the public eye, she wanders from the wreckage of a car accident and witlessly enlists in the U.S. Army hoping in vain that it will change her life. / The film centers on a pampered star who decides to enlist in the Marines to win approval from a producer and a studio who considers her unsuitable for an upcoming military-themed pic. Upon arriving at Camp Pendleton, she realizes she's made a mistake but decides to persist so she won't let her country down.

Directed by: Steve Miner / Cast: Jessica Simpson, Vivica A. Fox, Steve Guttenberg, Olesya Rulin, Aimee Garcia, Keiko Agena, Cheri Oteri, Jill Marie Jones, Bryce Johnson, Ryan Sypek, Michael Hitchcock, Kip Cummings, John F. Daniel, Gary Grubbs, Katie Chonacas, Marco St. John, Chuck Vail, Eric Kelly McFarland, Lara Grice, Cory Patt, John T. Billingsley, Breon Pugh, Brad Dison, Bill Stinchcomb, Darcel White Moreno, Drew Waters, Keith Pratt, Brent Weisner, Amy McGee, Randy Bordelon, Amanda Weisner, Dante Swain, Michael Byrnes, Ryan Glorioso, David E. Brown, Rebecca Holloway, Erika Perez, DeAnna Charett, Steven Miramontz, Christopher Ware, Jennifer Finley

Paramount Pictures — A rich, white girl from the suburbs finds herself on a series of misadventures when she moves to the mean streets of the inner-city.

In this spoof of dance movies, aspiring professional dancers Megan and Thomas try and help one another realize their dreams.

Starring: Chelsea Makela, Brennan Hillard, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr. / Directed by: Damien Dante Wayans

New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Brothers Entertainment — Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Justin Long, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Affleck, Kris Kristofferson

Director: Ken Kwapis (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” “License to Wed”)

Based on the best-selling book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior. Jennifer Connelly plays a woman stuck in a tired marriage with Cooper's character. Kevin Connolly, meanwhile, is a man pining after a woman, still not cast, who is having an affair with Cooper.

Goodwin is a young woman obsessed with Kevin Connolly's character who tries to set up accidental meetings with him only to run across his friend, played by Long, who takes her on as a ‘My Fair Lady’ experiment.

Barrymore plays a woman perpetually confused by dating, now more than ever in a culture that is more obsessed with technology than actual human contact.

Summit Entertainment — ‘Push’ is a sci-fi thriller that takes us into the secret world of psychic espionage. Our hero is Nick Gant (Chris Evans), a young man whose father was genetically altered to be the perfect government assassin. After the brutal murder of his father, Nick swears revenge on the agency that created him.

Hidden in the underworld of Hong Kong, Nick assembles a group of rogue psychics to defeat Division, the covert agency responsible for creating and experimenting with psychic drugs for decades.

Nick teams up with Cassie Holmes, a thirteen-year-old girl who can see the future, to track down a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could potentially bring the downfall of Division — the key to their mutual revenge. Combining their skills, they outwit assassins and learn about Division's latest secret weapon — a powerful and new experimental drug called R16, which could shift the tides of psychic warfare.

Starring: Chris Evans (“Fantastic Four,” “4: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” “TMNT”), Dakota Fanning (“War of the Worlds,” “Man on Fire”), Camilla Belle (“10,000 BC,” “When a Stranger Calls”), Djimon Hounsou, Joel Gretsch, Maggie Siff, Colin Ford, Scott Michael Campbell, Neil Jackson, Nate Mooney, Corey Stoll, Hal Yamanouchi / Directed by: Paul McGuigan

Focus Featurs / Universal Pictures — Starring: Dakota Fanning (voice of Coraline), Teri Hatcher, etc.

A high-definition stop-motion animated feature—the first to be originally filmed in 3-D—with spectacular CG effects, based on Neil Gaiman's international best-selling book. A young girl (Dakota Fanning) walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life – only much better. But when this wondrously off-kilter, fantastical adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents (including Other Mother [Teri Hatcher]) try to keep her forever,