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Release Date: May 26, 2009

KILLSHOT

Cast: Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Johnny Knoxville, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson

Synopsis: From Academy AwardŽ nominated director John Madden ('Shakespeare in Love') comes Hossein Amini's wry adaptation of Elmore Leonard's best-selling crime novel. The beautiful Carmen Colson (Diane Lane) and her husband Wayne (Thomas Jane) become entangled in a scam with a bumbling, small time con artist (Joseph Gordon Levitt) and his over-the-hill hitman partner the Blackbird (Mickey Rourke). Ultimately, it all comes down to one wife, one husband, two killers and one lethal killshot.

NEW IN TOWN

Cast: Harry Connick Jr., Renee Zellweger, Frances Conroy, J.K. Simmons, Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Synopsis: Lucy Hill (Renee Zellweger) is an ambitious, up and coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment - in the middle of nowhere - to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straight forward job assignment becomes a life changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams (Harry Connick, Jr.).

OUTLANDER

Cast: Jack Huston, James Caviezel, John Hurt, Ron Perlman, Sophia Myles

Synopsis: 'Outlander' begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world: Kainan (James Caviezel) and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen. Man and monster both seeking revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster - before it destroys them all.

POWDER BLUE

Cast: Forest Whitaker, Jessica Biel, Kris Kristofferson, Lisa Kudrow, Patrick Swayze, Ray Liotta

Synopsis: On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide. Jessica Biel, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker and Eddie Redmayne lead a top-notch cast in this powerful thriller about an overwhelmed erotic dancer, a grieving husband who has lost his will to live, a terminally ill ex-con and a pathologically shy mortician. With Kris Kristofferson, Lisa Kudrow and Patrick Swayze in unforgettable supporting roles, this film movingly chronicles the imperfect lives of people teetering on the edge of despair and the miracles that bring them back.

THE SKY CRAWLERS

Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shosuke Tanihara, Bryce Hitchcock

Synopsis: From MAMORU OSHII, the world-acclaimed director of Ghost in the Shell comes an award-winning story of an exciting but endless war with heroes too young to understand the meaning of their battles. A group of eternally young fighter pilots known as Kildren experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds. With his only childhood memory consisting of intense flight training, the fearless teenage pilot Yuichi's dogfights coexist with his struggle to find his missing past. When his beautiful, young female commander Suito is reluctant to discuss the fate of the pilot that Yuichi is replacing - or the strangely perfect condition of that pilot's former aircraft - Yuichi's curiosity becomes heightened.

THE DEVIL'S TOMB

Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ray Winstone, Ron Perlman, Taryn Manning, Henry Rollins

Synopsis: Academy AwardŽ winner CUBA GOODING JR. (Best Supporting Actor, Jerry Maguire, 1996) battles for mankind's survival in this action-packed, apocalyptic horror thriller. When the scientist (RON PERLMAN)leading a top-secret Middle Eastern archeological site goes missing, an elite military unit is sent on a search and rescue mission. Descending deep below civilization, Captain Mack (GOODING JR.) and his team soon find themselves face-to-face with an ancient evil. An evil that may not be of this world. Co-starring RON PERLMAN (Hellboy), TARYN MANNING (Hustle & Flow), RAY WINSTONE (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) and punk rock legend HENRY ROLLINS (Heat).

FOREVER STRONG

Cast: Arielle Kebbel, Neal McDonough, Sean Astin, Sean Faris, Gary Cole

Synopsis: When life on the edge lands Rick Penning (Sean Faris, Never Back Down) in jail, prison ward Marcus Tate (Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings) offers him a chance to get back in the game by playing for his rival, Highland Rugby. Reluctantly Rick joins the team where he must adopt the grueling training schedule and unique code of conduct that Coach Gelwix (Gary Cole, Office Space) enforces, or finish out the season behind bars. Egos clash as bitter competitors struggle to become a team. The values and strict ethical code Coach Gelwix teaches forms an unlikely brotherhood, and changes Rick for the better. After Rick is released from jail and sent back home to rejoin his former team, coached by his overbearing father (Neal McDonough, Desperate Housewives, he must faceoff with Highland at the national championship and choose where his loyalty lies.

THE PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA

Cast: Brian Danforth, Jason Wong, Li Ling, Nanrisa Lee, Pamelyn Chee

Synopsis: Sasha (Ling Li) is part of the new youth generation of China, unbeholden to traditions and history, always trying to find themselves in the present moment. An exchange student in Nebraska, Sasha is pregnant after a one-night stand with Yang, a young man she knew briefly in Beijing. He was a 'nan dan,' a male actor who specializes in female roles in the Beijing Opera. She departs for San Francisco, where she plans to get an abortion.
Boshen (Brian Danforth), a Caucasian American, who had an affair with Yang while living in China, takes Sasha in, hoping to persuade her to keep the child. However, Sasha is determined to do what she pleases: it's her body, it's her future. She wants to explore the new options open to her.

A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS

Cast: Feihong Yu, Henry O, Pavel Lychnikoff, Vida Ghahremani

Synopsis: Family ties bind us together in visceral ways, but the forces of modern life often seem to drive parents and children apart. Elderly Mr. Shi (Henry O), a widower and a retired scientist, has arrived from Beijing to spend time with his divorced daughter, Yilan (Faye Yu). He hopes to help her sort out her life in this strange new country. That, after all, is his duty as a parent. Twelve years ago, Yilan came to the United States to study, and ended up staying and working at the local university in this unnamed Midwestern town.

Source: CelebrityWonder.com