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Release Date: July 22, 2008

Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Jack McGee

Synopsis: Columbia Pictures' high stakes action adventure 21 is inspired by the true story of the very brightest young minds in the country -- and how they took Vegas for millions.
Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who -- needing to pay school tuition -- finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the school's most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend armed with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor. With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) leading the way, they've cracked the code. By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos big time. Seduced by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and by his smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), Ben begins to push the limits. Though counting cards isn't illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos' menacing enforcer: Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne).

DUCK

Cast: Amy Hill, Bill Brochtrup, French Stewart, Noel Gugliemi, Philip Baker Hall

Synopsis: In 2009, when Los Angeles’ last city park is closed to the public, a dispossessed man -- and the duck who follows him as a mother -- quest west, on foot, in search of water and meaning, in the desert that is L.A.
ARTHUR is a retired history professor who has outlived his time and place, friends and family, resources and reasons to live. In the park where his son and wife are buried, Arthur contemplates putting an end to his life, when he is confronted by an orphaned duckling, who has just escaped death. Arthur coins this duckling Joe. Joe follows Arthur, the only mother he knows.
When their park is landfilled and their pond is drained, Arthur and Joe engage in a Sisyphean struggle to survive, seeking a means to live, a place to live, and a purpose to live, in a world where their lives are not valued. In their search, Arthur and Joe encounter a host of strangers -- some hostile, some helpful, some harmful, some hapless, some heroic -- until finally forming a community and a home.
If we are but six degrees of separation from one another, are we as few to being alone?

TURN THE RIVER

Cast: Famke Janssen, Jaymie Dornan, Lois Smith, Matt Ross, Rip Torn

Synopsis: When a pool shark (Famke Janssen) is desperate to escape her haunted past and ex-husband, she hatches a dangerous plot and is forced to take the ultimate gamble. Award-winning and critically-acclaimed, TURN THE RIVER is edgy and suspenseful with stakes that have never been higher.

THE LAST WINTER

Cast: Ron Perlman, Connie Britton, James LeGros, Kevin Corrigan, Zach Gilford

Synopsis: In one of the most pristine landscapes in the world, a team working to exploit oil resources in Alaska is tormented by an unseen evil. After one crewmember is found dead, a disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the other members of the team as each of them succumbs to an unknown fear. This creeping dread bursts open when a malevolent wind brings down a plane approaching the station. Explosions and carnage wreak havoc on the team and all functions fail in the camp, forcing two of the members out into the cold in a desperate bid for survival. As these two journey to find help, they find themselves utterly alone in a world that is unraveling - either they are being stalked by an invisible herd of menacing phantoms, or they are going mad.

Source: CelebrityWonder.com

| Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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