From the studio that brought you “The Sixth Sense,” “The Invisible” is a supernatural thriller about a teenager who finds himself trapped between the worlds of the living and the deceased. Nick (Justin Chatwin), is a high school senior with a bright future until, in a tragic case of mistaken identity, he is brutally attacked by a troubled girl, Annie (Margarita Levieva), and his body is left for dead. Now in limbo, not quite dead but invisible to the living, his spirit can only watch as his mother (Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden) and the police search frantically for him, unaware that he is only hours away from truly perishing - “The Invisible.”
STARRING: Justin Chatwin, Marcia Gay Harden
DIRECTOR: David S. Goyer
STUDIO: Disney/Hollywood Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For for violence, criminality, sensuality and language - all involving teens)
“Jindabyne” - On an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, Stewart, Carl, Rocco and Billy (’the Kid’) find a girl’s body in the river. It’s too late in the day for them to hike back to the road and report their tragic find. The next morning, instead of making the long trek back, they spend the day fishing. Their decision to stay on at the river is a little mysterious — almost as if the place itself is exerting some kind of magic over them.
When the men finally return home to Jindabyne, and report finding the body, all hell breaks loose. Their wives can’t understand how they could have gone fishing with the dead girl right there in the water — she needed their help. The men are confused — the girl was already dead, there was nothing they could do for her.
Stewart’s wife Claire is the last to know. As details filter out, and Stewart resists talking about what has happened, she is unnerved. There is a callousness about all of this which disturbs her deeply. Stewart is not convinced that he has done anything wrong. Claire’s faith in her relationship with her husband is shaken to the core.
The fishermen, their wives and their children are suddenly haunted by their own bad spirits. As public opinion builds against the actions of the men, their certainty about themselves and the decision they made at the river is challenged. They cannot undo what they have done.
Only Claire understands that some-thing fundamental is not being addressed. She wants to understand and tries to make things right. In her determination Claire sets herself not only against her own family and friends but also those of the dead girl. Her marriage is taken to the brink and her peaceful life with Stewart and their young son hangs in the balance.
STARRING: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness
DIRECTOR: Ray Lawrence
STUDIO: Sony Classics
RATING: R (For disturbing images, language and some nudity)
“Vacancy” - When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox’s (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them… until they discover that the low-budget slasher movies they’re watching were all filmed in the very room they’re sitting in. With hidden cameras now aimed at them… trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces, underground tunnels… and filming their every move, David and Amy must struggle to get out alive before whomever is watching them can finish their latest masterpiece. “Vacancy.”
STARRING: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry
DIRECTOR: Nimród Antal
STUDIO: Screen Gems
RATING: R (For brutal violence and terror, brief nudity and language)
A meticulous-minded structural engineer (Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins) and an ambitious young assistant district attorney (Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling) engage in a deadly battle of wits when the former is found innocent of the attempted murder of his wife due to a series of technicalities.
STARRING: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Billy Burke, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davitz
DIRECTOR: Gregory Hoblit
STUDIO: New Line Cinema
RATING: R (For language and some violent content)
After his father’s death, Kale (Shia LaBeouf) becomes sullen, withdrawn, and troubled - so much so that he finds himself under a court-ordered sentence of house arrest. His mother, Julie (Carrie-Anne Moss), works night and day to support herself and her son, only to be met with indifference and lethargy.
The walls of his house begin to close in on Kale. He becomes a voyeur as his interests turn outside the windows of his suburban home towards those of his neighbors, one of which Kale begins to suspect is a serial killer. But, are his suspicions merely the product of cabin fever and his overactive imagination? - “Disturbia.”
STARRING: Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, Sarah Roemer, Kurt David Anderson, Elyse Mirto
DIRECTOR: D.J. Caruso
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For sequences of terror and violence, and some sensuality)
Perfect Stranger” focuses on Rowena Price (Halle Berry), a reporter for a major New York City newspaper who goes undercover to investigate the unsolved murder of one of her childhood friends. The path leads her directly into the office and the personal life of multi-millionaire Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), CEO of a powerful advertising agency. Investigating him from all angles, Rowena assumes new identities in life and on line. She then harnesses the devastatingly effective tools of cyberspace in an attempt to bring her victim to justice - “Perfect Stanger.”
STARRING: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Gary Dourdan, Patti D’Arbanville
DIRECTOR: James Foley
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: R (For sexual content, nudity, some disturbing violent images and language)
In ten minutes, everything can change. For these ten people, it will. A jet-lagged Larry Taylor awakens to find two strangers in his bedroom, and over the next ten minutes, will experience the most terrifying - and possibly final - moments of his life. But who these strangers are, and whay they want, can only be determined by events occuring elsewhere, and at the same time. We relive those same ten minutes through the eyes of those connected to what is not a simple home invasion, and with each person, find ourselves propelled closer to the truth.
STARRING: Paul J. Alessi, Alfonso Freeman, Rayne Guest, Jason Hamer, Dan Hagen, Jennifer Hill, Justin Huen, Ron Kochevar, Tom Kopache, Dylan Kussman, Jenya Lano, Erin Stutland, Rick Wasserman
DIRECTOR: Scott Storm
STUDIO: Hand Stamp Releasing
RATING: Not Rated (Violence, Language)
The Lookout” marks Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Scott Frank’s (”Out of Sight”) directorial debut. The intelligent crime drama is centered around Chris (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “3rd Rock From the Sun”), a once promising high school athlete who becomes mentally impaired after a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist. The film also stars Jeff Daniels (”The Squid and the Whale”), Isla Fisher (”Wedding Crashers”), Matthew Goode (”Match Point”) and Carla Gugino (”Night at the Museum”). “The Lookout.”
STARRING: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Matthew Goode, Aaron Berg, Kalyn Bomback, Alex Borstein, Paul Christie, Jeff Daniels, Sergio Di Zio, Morgan Kelly, Suzanne Kelly, Tracy McMahon, Toni Reimer, Janaya Stephens, Laura Vandervoort, Courtney-Jane White
DIRECTOR: Scott Frank
STUDIO: Miramax
RATING: R (For language, some violence and sexual content)
Based on Stephen Hunter’s novel Point of Impact, “Shooter” centers on an ace marksman — living in self-exile in the Arkansas wilderness after causing the death of an innocent person — who is persuaded by his former associates that they need his help to prevent an assassination. Subsequently double-crossed and framed for the presidential assassination he was trying to prevent, he is forced to go on the run while trying to track down the real killer and discover the truth about who betrayed him.
“Shooter” is an action-packed thriller starring Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger, a former Army sniper who leaves the military after a mission goes bad. After he is reluctantly pressed back into service, Swagger is double-crossed again. With two bullets in him and the subject of a nationwide manhunt, Swagger begins his revenge, which will take down the most powerful people in the country. Antoine Fuqua (”Training Day”) directs - “Shooter.”
STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Rade Sherbedgia, Ned Beatty
DIRECTOR: Antoine Fuqua
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: R (For Violence, Strong Language and Adult Situations)
Based on the true story of one of the most intriguing unsolved crimes in the nation’s history, “Zodiac” is a thriller from David Fincher, director of “Se7en” and “Fight Club.” As a serial killer terrifies the San Francisco Bay Area and taunts police with his ciphers and letters, investigators in four jurisdictions search for the murderer. The case will become an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.
STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Ezra Buzzington
DIRECTOR: David Fincher
STUDIO: Paramount
RATING: R (For some strong killings, language, drug material and brief sexual images)
