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Release Date: February 12, 2008

GONE BABY GONE

Cast: Amy Ryan, Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman

Synopsis: Critics are calling Ben Affleck's directorial debut 'mesmerizing'. When two young private detectives (Casey Affleck, 'Good Will Hunting', and Michelle Monaghan, 'Mission: Impossible III') are hired to take a closer look into the mysterious disappearance of a little girl, they soon unravel a multitude of twists and turns where nothing is what it seems. Ultimately they must risk everything - their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives - in the search to find her.
Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman are electrifying and Amy Ryan ('Capote') delivers 'a vibrant, knockout performance' in this edge-of-your-seat crime drama. Gone Baby Gone 'will have you talking long after it's over'.

DEDICATION

Cast: Amy Sedaris, Billy Crudup, Christine Taylor, Mandy Moore, Tom Wilkinson

Synopsis: Henry Roth (Crudup) is messed up. When he is forced to team with beautiful illustrator Lucy Riley (Moore) after his best friend and creative collaborator passes away, Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life as he discovers that sometimes you have to gamble at life to find love.

NO RESERVATIONS

Cast: Abigail Breslin, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bob Balaban, Patricia Clarkson

Synopsis: A perfectionist chef addicted to her work struggles to adjust when her sister passes away leaving her with a little girl to raise and a new soup-chef threatens to take over her kitchen with his high-spirited and free-wheeling ways.

THE AMATEURS

Cast: Isaiah Washington, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jeff Bridges, Judy Greer, Lauren Graham

Synopsis: Sex sells in America and these guys know it. When Andy (Jeff Bridges) discovers that his ex-wife has married an extremely wealthy man who is now his son’s “cool” stepfather, he becomes motivated to make a change in his life. With the help of his friends (Ted Danson, Joe Pantoliano) a small town group of loveable losers, they hit upon an idea to make their dreams come true. The grand plan that will lead to a life of riches and fame is to make the world’s most innocent adult film. Everyman’s fantasy turns into a hilarious misadventure when they find that they’re way in over their heads.

BECOMING JANE

Cast: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Maggie Smith, James Cromwell, Jessica Ashworth

Synopsis: Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, The Princess Diaries) gives a radiant performance as a young, love-struck Jane Austen in the witty and engaging romantic comedy Becoming Jane from Miramax Films. It’s the untold romance that inspired the novels of one of the world’s most celebrated authors. When the dashing Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy, The Last King Of Scotland), a reckless and penniless lawyer-to-be, enters Jane’s life, he offends the emerging writer’s sense and sensibility. Soon their clashing egos set off sparks that ignite a passionate romance and fuel Jane’s dream of doing the unthinkable – marrying for love. Becoming Jane, also starring the acclaimed Maggie Smith, James Cromwell and Julie Walters, is an enchanting and imaginative film you’ll fall head over heels for.

INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS

Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Emma Booth, Khan Chittenden, Rebecca Gibney, Richard Wilson

Synopsis: A sexual coming of age comedy about a shy and inexperienced 20 year-old, his raucous comedienne mother, and his assertive, accidentally funny girlfriend.

MARTIAN CHILD

Cast: Amanda Peet, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Oliver Platt, Bobby Coleman

Synopsis: The romantic drama Martian Child stars John Cusack as a recently widowed science fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy he adopts that claims to be from Mars. The new couple ignores some sage parenting advice from the widower's sister (Joan Cusack) and gets more than they bargained for when a series of strange occurrences lead them to believe that the child's claim may be true.

WE OWN THE NIGHT

Cast: Eva Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Alex Veadov

Synopsis: What if your own family stood in the way of everything you worked for? Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has forsaken his name to escape his family and their tradition in law enforcement to pursue his ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner. As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealers around him, he comes face to face with the family he abandoned when his brother (Mark Wahlberg) and father (Robert Duvall) crack down on the club. Now Bobby must choose a side. Is he going to turn informant or will he help run the biggest crime ring in New York history?

WHY DID I GET MARRIED?

Cast: Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Sharon Leal, Tyler Perry

Synopsis: A big-screen adaptation of Tyler Perry's hit stage play of the same title, WHY DID I GET MARRIED? is an intimate story about the difficulty of maintaining a solid love relationship in modern times. During a trip to the picturesque snowcapped mountains of Colorado, eight married college friends have gathered for their annual seven-day reunion. But the cozy mood is shattered when the group comes face-to-face with one pair's infidelity. As secrets are revealed, each couple begins questioning the validity of their own marriage. Over the course of the weekend, husbands and wives take a hard look at their lives, wrestling with issues of commitment, betrayal and forgiveness as they seek a way forward.

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