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Release Date: July 28, 2009

AN AMERICAN AFFAIR

Cast: Cameron Bright, Gretchen Mol, Noah Wyle, James Rebhorn, Perrey Reeves

Synopsis: Washington DC, 1963: the Cuban Missile Crisis is last year's news, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy's young administration is starting to hit its stride. Behind the scenes, however, winds of discontent are swirling. Thirteen-year-old Adam Stafford has his own problems to deal with. At that uncomfortable age when both everything and nothing seems possible, he's a bit of a loner, a kid who spends too much time wrapped up in his own thoughts as he suffers through the daily grind of nuns, bullies, and girls at Holy Cross School. Until the evening his adolescent yearnings come to life: Adam spies a beautiful naked woman in the house across the street, and his curiosity is inflamed. The woman is Catherine Caswell, a stunning thirty-something blond beauty who has just moved in. Captivated, Adam is determined to learn all he can about his new neighbor. Catherine is an artist, a divorcee and a confidante (if not more) of JFK. Against all odds, an unlikely friendship blossoms between the innocent thirteen-year-old and the world-weary survivor. But friendship is never enough, not in Washington, and not at the height of the Cold War. Catherine's hidden past soon catches up with them as she and Adam find themselves enmeshed in the growing confusion and intrigue leading to the assassination of the President.

BART GOT A ROOM

Cast: Ashley Benson, Cheryl Hines, William H. Macy, Alia Shawkat, Steven Kaplan

Synopsis: Nerdy high school senior Danny (Steven Kaplan) spent six hundred bucks on the hotel room, the limo and the tux for his prom. He’s only missing one thing—the girl. Hampered by well-intentioned but clueless advice from his newly-divorced parents (William H. Macy and Cheryl Hines), as well as unsympathetic mocking from his best friends (Brandon Hardesty, Alia Shawkat), Danny battles peer pressure, teen angst and his own raging hormones as he desperately searches for a prom date. Danny’s luckless quest turns to panic when he learns that even Bart—the school’s biggest dweeb—has secured not only a date, but also a hotel room for the night.

BIG MAN JAPAN

Cast: Haruka Unabara, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tomoji Hasegawa

Synopsis: A middle-aged slacker living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum, Daisato's job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform him into a stocky, stick-wielding giant several stories high who is entrusted with defending Japan from a host of bizarre monsters. But while his predecessors were national heroes, he is a pariah among the citizens he protects, who bitterly complain about the noise and destruction of property he causes. And Daisato has his own problems, an agent insistent on branding him with sponsor advertisements, an Alzheimer-afflicted grandfather who transforms into a giant in dirty underwear, and a family who is embarrassed by his often cowardly exploits. A wickedly deadpan spin on the giant Japanese superhero, BIG MAN JAPAN is an outrageous portrait of a pathetic but truly unique hero.

DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION

Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Ernie Hudson, Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung, Justin Chatwin, Eriko Tamura

Synopsis: Goku's quest - with nothing less than the fate of our world at stake - begins innocently enough in the backyard of his grandfather's home, where Gohan is training the young man in some exotic martial arts moves. It is Goku's 18th birthday, and Gohan's gift to his grandson is a Dragonball, a small, round ball whose surface is smooth and pearl-like, but with a milky translucence that gives it depth. Four stars float inside the ball. There are only six others like it in the world, and it is said the seven Dragonballs together will grant the holder one perfect wish.
Connected to the legend of the Dragonballs is Goku's own mysterious past - he never knew his parents - as well as the coming solar eclipse, which superstitions mark a sign of a coming apocalypse. Gohan promises to reveal all to Goku at the special birthday diner Gohan is preparing for his grandson.
But Goku skips out on Gohan's feast, to attend a party hosted by Chi Chi, a fellow student to whom Goku is drawn. As the two teens get to know one another, a tragedy at home is triggered by the arrival of a dark force - propelling Goku, Roshi, Bulma, Yamcha and Chi Chi into a race to collect all seven Dragonballs. The stakes couldn't be higher, Goku will face the deadliest enemies on Earch, master a powerfull force called Ki, which marshals the energy of the universe - and learn the truth of his incredible past... and of a potentially unthinkable future.

FAST AND FURIOUS

Cast: Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, John Ortiz

Synopsis: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam with Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed! When fugitive Dominic Toretto (Diesel) returns to Los Angeles to avenge a loved one's death, it reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner (Walker). But, as they race through crowded city streets and across international lines, they must test their loyalties by joining together to bring down a shared enemy. From big rig heists to precision tunnel crawls, Fast & Furious takes you back into the high-octane world, which lives for speed, drives for the rush and breaks all the rules!

MISS MARCH

Cast: Raquel Alessi, Craig Robinson, Molly Stanton, Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger

Synopsis: MISS MARCH is an irreverent coming-of-age comedy about Eugene, a young man who wakes from a coma to discover that his once chaste high school sweetheart has become a Playboy Playmate. Together with his best friend, Tucker, the hapless virgin embarks on a cross-country road trip to win his ex back -- by crashing a party at the legendary Playboy Mansion.

STREETS OF BLOOD

Cast: 50 Cent, Sharon Stone, Val Kilmer, Brian Presley, Michael Biehn

Synopsis: It's New Orleans, six months after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the streets, destroying everything in her path. The floodwaters have quelled, but the death toll is on the rise, and the torrent of blood rages on. Now for a veteran detective with a viciously brutal past, his new partner with a dark secret, and a department shrink who knows the city's vices all too well, crime and corruption are about to go to all new levels of depravity, the likes of which The Big Easy has never known . In a town struggling to put the pieces back together, can anyone stop the barrage of dirty cops and the obscenely brutal drug wars that threatens it all?

Source: CelebrityWonder.com

| Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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