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Release Date: May 13, 2008

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

Cast: John Stamos, Sanaa Lathan, Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad

Synopsis: Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads where the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? Or even pay for medical school tuition? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder. Starring Sean Combs, Tony Award®-nominee Sanaa Lathan, four-time Tony Award®-winner Audra McDonald, and Tony Award®-winner Phylicia Rashad in the film adaptation of the timeless play by Lorraine Hansberry.

THE COTTAGE

Cast: Jennifer Ellison, Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Steven O'Donnell

Synopsis: Forced into hiding after their kidnapping plan goes awry, two rival siblings, David (Andy Serkins - The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Peter(Reece Shearsmith - Shaun of the Dead), find themselves fighting for their sanity while they hole up in a secluded country cottage. Weighed down by a hostage who refuses to stay quiet, or tied down, they are soon held captive by their own victim. But everyone's problems go from bad to worse when they come face-to-face with their psychotic axe-wielding neighbour.

FRONTIER(S)

Cast: Aurelien Wiik, David Saracino, Karina Testa, Patrick Ligardes, Samuel Le Bihan

Synopsis: Samuel Le Bihan (Brotherhood of the Wolf) stars in this horror film set in France and revolves around Yasmine, her ex-boyfriend and his two friends who are entrenched in the Paris riots, and have stolen a large sum of money before they head for the Danish border. On their way, they check into a motel where things appear to be too good to be true. They find that looks are deceiving as this motel rapidly turns into a house of horrors run by a Neo-Nazi family. The film’s additional cast includes Maud Forget, Estelle Lefébure, Patrick Ligardes, David Saracino, Karina Testa and Aurelien Wiik.

THE GREAT DEBATERS

Cast: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker

Synopsis: From two-time Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington and an ensemble cast lead by Washington that includes Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, comes THE GREAT DEBATERS. Inspired by a true story, THE GREAT DEBATERS chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the deep south into a historically elite debate team. A controversial figure, Professor Tolson challenged the social mores of the time and was under constant fire for his unconventional and ferocious teaching methods as well as his radical political views.
In their pursuit for excellence, Tolson's debate team receives a groundbreaking invitation to debate Harvard University's championship team. The film is directed by Denzel Washington and stars Washington, Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, and Kimberly Elise. THE GREAT DEBATERS was written by Robert Eisele and produced by Todd Black, Kate Forte, Oprah Winfrey and Joe Roth.

MAD MONEY

Cast: Diane Keaton, Katie Holmes, Queen Latifah, Finesse Mitchell, Ted Danson

Synopsis: Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) is shocked to learn that she is on the verge of losing her home and comfortable upper middle class lifestyle when her husband Don (Ted Danson) is downsized from his job. Armed only with a decades old English degree and years as a dedicated mother and corporate wife, Bridget is forced into the unfamiliar labor market with no job skills. Finally she accepts the only position she can find- janitor at the Federal Reserve Bank.
The one-time suburban mom soon discovers she has more in common with her new co-workers than she thought. Bridget forges an unexpected bond with Nina (Queen Latifah), a hard-working single mom with two kids to raise, and Jackie (Katie Holmes), an exuberant free spirit with nothing to lose. Caught up in a system that underestimates their talents and keeps their dreams just out of reach Bridge, Nina, and Jackie set out to even the score.
After a lifetime of playing by the rules, the three devise a plan to smuggle soon-to-be destroyed currency out of the supposedly airtight Reserve. As the unlikely crime syndicate amasses piles of cash, it looks like that have pulled off the perfect crime- until a minor misstep alerts the authorities. With more money than they know what to do with, the women are pushed to the limits of their ingenuity to stay one step ahead of the law!

NUMB

Cast: Lynn Collins, Mary Steenburgen, Matthew Perry, Barry W. Levy, Kevin Pollak

Synopsis: Hudson Milbank (Matthew Perry) is convinced that he's going insane. But he's just met the perfect girl (Lynn Collins, The Lake House) and struggles to be his most charming self. Meanwhile, he frantically seeks a cure for his anxieties and goes through a string of therapists who turn out to be crazier than him. Co-starring Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects) and Mary Steenburgen as a hilarious lusty psychiatrist, Numb will warm the heart of anybody who has ever teetered on the edge of a breakdown.

UNTRACEABLE

Cast: Colin Hanks, Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Joseph Cross, Mary Beth Hurt

Synopsis: Within the FBI there exits a division dedicated to investigating and prosecuting criminals on the internet. Welcome to the front lines of the war on cybercrime, where Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) and Griffin Dowd (Colin Hanks) have seen it all...until now. A tech-savvy internet predator is displaying his graphic murders on his own website and the fate of each of his tormented captives is left in the hands of the public: the more hits the site gets, the faster his victims die. When this game of cat and mouse becomes personal, Marsh and her team must race against the clock to track down this technical mastermind who is virtually untraceable.

YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH

Cast: Matt Damon, Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Andre Hennicke, Bruno Ganz

Synopsis: Romania is on the brink of war with Germany, and linguistics professor Dominic Matei (Tim Roth) has little left to live for. On Easter Day 1938, he crosses the street and is struck by a bolt of lightning. Badly burned and nearly dead, he amazes the doctors by healing in only a short time. He defies science and ages in reverse from 70 to 40. There's seemingly no limit to the wonder and love he can find in his new youth. He pursues lost dreams, endless knowledge and the secrets of life until his secret is discovered. Now he must use his increased intelligence to keep his powerful secret safe from the wicked powers that would use it for evil.

WALK ALL OVER ME

Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Tricia Helfer, Jacob Tierney, Lothaire Bluteau, Michael Eklund

Synopsis: Alberta (Leelee Sobieski) has fled her small-town existence and is travelling to the big city. She looks up the only person she knows, Celene (Tricia Helfer), her former babysitter, who now, as it turns out makes her living as a full-time dominatrix. Strapped for cash, Alberta naively decides to borrow Celene's identity to rake in on the three-hundred dollar an hour pay day.
Her first client, Paul (Jacob Tierney) isn't anything like she expected. He's normal. So normal that Alberta agrees to move from their food court rendezvous back to his home, in order to continue their sexually-charged role-play.
Their soiree is interrupted by a trio of criminals, who believe that Paul has a great deal of their money. When Paul refuses to confess, the man beat him savagely. Alberta flees during the mellay, but Rene (Lothaire Bluteau), firmly convinced that Alberta knows the whereabouts of the remaining money, tracks her to Celene's house. Life suddenly spins out of control as Alberta struggles to step back over the line she's crossed.
Directed by Robert Cuffey and featuring a stellar cast, Walk All Over Me is coming-of-age crime thriller, laced with dark humour, about a guileless woman beginning to find her confidence and the ability to negotiate power.

Source: CelebrityWonder.com

| Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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