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Last updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2007

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Release Date: October 23, 2007

FIDO

Cast: Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Dylan Baker, Henry Czerny, Tim Blake Nelson

Synopsis: Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown-ups, FIDO will rip your heart out.

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HOSTEL: PART II

Cast: Bijou Phillips, Heather Matarazzo, Jay Hernandez, Lauren German, Jordan Ladd

Synopsis: Presented by Quentin Tarantino and written and directed by Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever), Hostel Part II is the shocking and gruesome sequel about the underground torture ring where rich businessmen pay to torture and murder their victims. The second installment to this terrifying franchise centers around three young American women who are traveling in Europe. They are lured into a hostel by a beautiful young woman who sells them in as the next victims of a murder-for-profit business.

MEET THE ROBINSONS

Cast: Angela Bassett, Nicole Sullivan, Tom Selleck, Adam West, Laurie Metcalf

Synopsis: Have the 'time' of your life with Disney's fun-filled comedy Meet The Robinsons - a thrilling adventure that takes you to a whole new world full of imagination and surprises. It's 'a masterpiece,' raves John Anderson of Newsday.

Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the fantastical world of 2037, hip-hoppin' frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can't save it alone - he'll need every bit of help he can get from the wonderfully wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to keep moving forward and never stop believing in himself.

Blast off with Meet The Robinsons - complete with never-before-seen bonus features, including an all-new game, deleted scenes and much more. It's an exciting trip your whole family will enjoy!

MR. BROOKS

Cast: Dane Cook, Demi Moore, Kevin Costner, Marg Helgenberger, William Hurt

Synopsis: Consider MR. BROOKS. A successful businessman, a generous philanthropist, a loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret -- he is an insatiable serial killer, so lethally clever that no one has ever suspected him -- until now. Academy Award winner Kevin Costner stars as Earl Brooks, a man who has managed to keep his two incompatible worlds from intersecting by controlling his cunning, wicked alter ego Marshall (Academy Award winner William Hurt) whom he blames for his wrongdoings. But now, as Mr. Brooks succumbs to one last murderous urge, an amateur photographer (Dane Cook) witnesses the crime. Suddenly Brooks finds himself entangled in the dark agenda of an opportunistic bystander, as well as hunted by the unorthodox and tenacious detective Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore). Can Mr. Brooks outsmart his adversaries and conceal his shocking double life from his wife (Marg Helgenberger) and daughter (Danielle Panabaker) or will someone expose his crimes and his identity once and for all in this unpredictable and electrifying new thriller.

THE TRIPPER

Cast: Balthazar Getty, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jason Mewes, James King

Synopsis: As a rural Northern California town prepares for Frank Baker's (Paul Reubens) American Free Love Festival, a serial killer roams the woods inflicting preemptive strikes on the hippies who've come for the sex, drugs and rock and roll. Sporting a Ronald Reagan mask and leaving trademark jellybeans at his gruesome crime scenes, the killer seems unstoppable! That is, unless he meets an unimpeachle flower child... With a hip soundtrack and a killer cast, including Lukas Haas, Christopher Allen Nelson, Jaime King and Courteney Cox, The Tripper is a hilarious homage to classic horror - and politics!

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HOME OF THE BRAVE

Cast: 50 Cent, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Ricci, Jessica Biel, Samuel L Jackson

Synopsis: When a humanitarian mission in Iraq is derailed by an explosive ambush, a small band of American soldiers find themselves fighting for their lives. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, and Jessica Biel, this is the gripping tale of a jarring and chaotic battle which will leave these heroic soldiers forever changed. By turns electrifying and inspiring, Home Of The Brave is a riveting and hard-hitting look at the lasting effects of combat upon the courageous Americans for whom the scars of war can never truly heal.

DOG BITE DOG

Cast: Cheung Siu Fai, Edison Chen, Lai Yiu Cheung, Sam Lee, Weiping Pei

Synopsis: A sadistic cop tracks a monstrous hit man over the course of a single day and night. They ruthlessly battle each other through the streets of Hong Kong, bystanders be damned.

NEARING GRACE

Cast: David Morse, Jordana Brewster, Ashley Johnson, David Moscow, Gregory Smith

Synopsis: Did you ever wish you could get the hottest girl in school? This is the story of how non-jock Henry (Gregory Smith) indeed gets the girl, Grace (Jordana Brewster), but not without complications!

Set against the backdrop of a family's recent loss of its mother/wife -- Henry, his father Shep (David Morse) and brother Blair (David Moscow) are all set tragically adrift. The time is the late '70s, when music, lifestyles and sexuality were undergoing tremendous change in American society. The death of their mother/wife removes the anchor to this suburban New Jersey family, letting each member drift into those swift-moving social currents.

Source: CelebrityWonder.com

| Tuesday, October 23, 2007

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