29.03.08

The Ruins

Starring: Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey

Directed By: Carter B. Smith

Released By: Paramount

Genre: Horror

Based on the novel by A Simple Plan author Scott Smith, director Carter B. Smith's Yucatan-set thriller follows four American tourists as they unwisely venture off the beaten path while vacationing in Cancun. When a friendly German tourist implores the Americans to help search the jungle for his missing brother, the group becomes hopelessly trapped in a nightmare scenario that seems too strange to be true. Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, and Shawn Ashmore star.
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My blueberry nights

Starring: Jude Law, Norah Jones, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz
Directed By: Wong Kar-Wai
Released By: Weinstein Company
Run Time: 111 min.
Genre: Drama


After a rough break-up, Elizabeth (played by songstress Norah Jones in her screen debut) sets out on a journey across America, leaving behind a life of memories, a dream and a soulful new friend -- a café owner (Jude Law) -- all while in search of something to mend her broken heart. Waitressing her way through the country, Elizabeth befriends others whose yearnings are greater than hers, including a troubled cop (David Strathairn) and his estranged wife (Rachel Weisz) and a down-on-her luck gambler (Natalie Portman) with a score to settle.
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Street kings


Starring: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans

Directed By: David Ayer

Released By: Fox Searchlight

Genre: Drama

'Street Kings' stars Keanu Reeves as Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
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88 minutes

Starring: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Neal McDonough
Directed By: Jon Avnet, James Foley
Released By: Sony
Genre: Drama

Jon Avnet directs Al Pacino in the thriller 88 Minutes. Pacino plays a university professor who occasionally assists the FBI in matters of forensic psychiatry. As the film opens, the professor learns that someone plans to kill him in 88 minutes. As with the like-minded thriller D.O.A. (both the original and the remake), the protagonist must use his skills in order to track down who has hatched this evil plot and hopefully prevent his own demise.
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