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Last updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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Release Date: October 7, 2008

JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER

Cast: Robert Englund, Daniel Kash, James A. Woods, Trevor Matthews, Rachel Skarsten

Synopsis: Ever since he watched monsters brutally slaughter his family during a childhood camping trip, local plumber Jack Brooks (Trevor Matthews) has had major anger management issues. But when a busted pipe disturbs an ancient evil, Jack will unwittingly unleash a force that transforms his kindly night school professor (Robert ‘FREDDY KRUEGER’ Englund) into a ravenous, tentacled, infectious beast from Hell. Even if Jack can no longer run from the demons of his past, can he at least hack them to pieces before they devour his entire class? Rachel Skarsten (BIRDS OF PREY) and James A. Woods co-star in this over-the-top international film festival sensation that Fangoria hails as “a gore- oozing homage to wild-and-crazy ‘80s horror!”

THE HAPPENING

Cast: John Leguizamo, Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley

Synopsis: From director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) comes a lightning-paced, heart-pounding paranoid thriller about a family on the run from an inexplicable and unstoppable event that threatens not only humankind . . . but the most basic human instinct of them all: survival.

KILL SWITCH

Cast: Steven Seagal, Chris Thomas King, Holly Dignard, Isaac Hayes, Mark Collie

Synopsis: Streetwise and gritty homicide detectives, Jacob King and his partner, Storm Anderson (Chris Thomas King), are on the trail of two sadistic killers. One is a ruthless explosives expert, who brutalizes and tortures victims just for the thrill of the kill. The other is a disturbed Zodiac killer, obsessed with the chase and determined to keep authorities one step behind. With the help of the coroner (Isaac Hayes), King sets out to track down the violent killers and put an end to the ongoing murders in the streets of Memphis. Explosive action sequences coupled with surprising twists and turns make KILL SWITCH a knock out.

THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (TV)

Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Emily Watson, Gretchen Mol, Krystal Hope Nausbaum, Mary Colin Chisolm

Synopsis: The birth of a child should be the happiest moment in a couple's life. But when a doctor's wife has twins, one of whom has Down syndrome, this physician makes the difficult decision to send one of his babies away. An attending nurse discovers his plan and intervenes, putting into motion events that will haunt the doc, his wife and his son for the next 20 years. This Emmy-nominated movie an all-star cast including Dermot Mulroney ('The Wedding Date'), Gretchen Mol ('3:10 to Yuma') and two-time Oscar nominee Emily Watson ('Angela's Ashes'). Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.

THE VISITOR

Cast: Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Maggie Moore, Richard Jenkins

Synopsis: In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy's follow-up to his award winning directorial debut The Station Agent, Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) stars as a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City. Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale (Jenkins) is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him. Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum. The instrument's exuberant rhythms revitalize Walter's faltering spirit and open his eyes to a vibrant world of local jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles. As the friendship between the two men deepens, the differences in culture, age and temperament fall away. After being stopped by police in the subway, Tarek is arrested as an undocumented citizen and held for deportation. As his situation turns desperate, Walter finds himself compelled to help his new friend with a passion he thought he had long ago lost. When Tarek's beautiful mother Mouna (Hiam Abbass) arrives unexpectedly in search of her son, the professor's personal commitment develops into an unlikely romance. And it's through these new found connections with these virtual strangers that Walter is awakened to a new world and a new life.

YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN

Cast: Adam Sandler, Emmanuelle Chriqui, John Turturro, Rob Schneider, Nick Swardson

Synopsis: Comedy superstar Adam Sandler is back – and funnier than ever – as The Zohan, the finest counterterrorist agent the Israeli army has. That is, until he fakes his death and travels to Manhattan to live his dream…as a hairdresser. Now this skilled fighting machine who used to clip bad guys is out to prove he can make the cut as a top stylist. All goes silky smooth until his cover is blown when he’s recognized by a Palestinian cab driver (Rob Schneider). Now, The Zohan must fight to live a peaceful new life in New York in this razor-sharp action-packed comedy from Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel, Judd Apatow and Dennis Dugan.

PROM QUEEN (TV Series)

Cast: Alexandra French, David Loren, Katy Stoll, Laura Howard, Sean Hankinson

Synopsis: Every young girl grows up wanting to be Prom Queen. And for the students of Edward Adams High, it’s not only a tradition but an ideology—and for some, an obsession. Little do they know that there lurks a secret that threatens to unravel the institution forever.

RIPPLE EFFECT

Cast: Forest Whitaker, Kip Pardue, Minnie Driver, Virginia Madsen, Philippe Caland

Synopsis: First generation immigrant, and hip, new-age clothing designer, Amer Atrash (PHILIPPE CALAND), left Lebanon in pursuit of the America Dream. Though he has come close several times, something unexpected always seems to prevent Amer from accomplishing his goal—financial success. In the weeks before the launch of his cutting edge clothing brand Atrash, and on the brink of major financial success, Amer finds himself in an all too familiar predicament when the rug is pulled from under his feet at the eleventh hour.

Source: CelebrityWonder.com

| Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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