Movies Released April 11, 2008

Friday, April 11

Street Kings R

A Los Angeles police officer has always done what was needed to solve homicides and crack down on gang violence, but he gets a wakeup call and decides he can no longer play the game that made him so effective.
Chris Evans, Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Lucas Foster, Erwin Stoff, David Ayer, James Ellroy, John Ridley
Drama Crime Gangster
108 mins

The Visitor PG-13

In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. A college professor becomes embroiled in the lives of a young immigrant couple living in New York City and stumbles into an unexpected romance as a result. As these strangers struggle to deal with their individual lives in a changed world, their shared humanity is revealed in awkward, humorous and dramatic ways.
Richard Jenkins, Tom McCarthy, Hazz Sleiman, Hiam Abbass
Drama

Smart People R

"Smart People" is the darkly comic story of Lawrence Wetherhold, a widowed and unhappy English professor played by Dennis Quaid, who has alienated his son and turned his daughter into an overachieving, friendless teen. He falls for Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), one of his former students, while at the same time his ne'er-do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church) shows up at his door unexpectedly, triggering a series of comic crises and eventually growth in the family as they learn to reconnect.
Michael Costigan, Ellen Page, Naom Murro, Bridget Johnson, Mark Poirier, Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, Sarah Jessica Parker
Drama Comedy
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Chaos Theory PG-13

The story centers on a compulsive organizer (Reynolds) who decides to live his life without planning and in the process discovers love with Mortimer's character. Townsend completes the love triangle playing Buddy, the best friend of Reynolds' character who also falls in love with Mortimer's character.
Ryan Reynolds, Stuart Townsend, Marcos Siega, Frederic Golchan, Daniel Taplitz, Emily Mortimer
Comedy Romance

Prom Night PG-13

Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of magic, beauty, and love. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be safe from the horrors of her past. But when the night turns from magic to murder there is only one man who could be responsible... the man she thought was gone forever. Now, Donna and her friends must find a way to escape the sadistic rampage of an obsessed killer, and survive their Prom Night.
Idris Elba, Stephen Susco, Kellan Lutz, Craig Susser, Nelson McCormick, Marc Forby, Brittany Snow, Dana Davis
Thriller Suspense Horror Teen
110 mins

Young@Heart PG

Young@Heart, a New England Senior Citizen Chorus, delights audiences worldwide with their covers of everyone form James Brown to Coldplay.
Sally George, Bob Cilman
Musical Documentary Foreign
99 mins

Battle in Seattle R

Set in 1999, during the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, an eclectic group of demonstrators, including environmental activists, doctors, anarchists, attorneys, eco-terrorists and just plain folks, brings the city to a state of near-chaos, and chases the WTO straight out of town.
Woody Harrelson, Stuart Townsend, Andre Benjamin, Ashok Amritraj, Vanessa Pereira, Julien Remillard, Charlize Theron, Martin Henderson
Drama Historical

The Take

The story follows hard-working, middle class family man Felix Delgado (Leguizamo) who works for Dunbar Security, an armored transport company, and finds himself in the middle of a carefully orchestrated heist. Upon recovery, in addition to battling mood swings, pain and paranoia, Felix discovers that he's the prime suspect in the robbery, and takes it upon himself to do what the FBI and the police can't seem to handle: finding the real perpetrators and clearing his name.
Tyrese Gibson, Jonas Pate, John Leguizamo, Meagan Good, Brad Furman, Josh Pate, Rosie Perez, Bobby Cannavale
Drama Action Adventure

Friday, April 11