Movies Released May 23, 2008

Friday, May 23

114 mins

The Children of Huang Shi R

Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of George Hogg, a young British journalist, who rescues 60 orphaned children. He leads them on a treacherous 1000-mile journey along the Silk Road, through the Liu Pan Shan Mountains into the spectacular Gobi desert. Over the course of the journey he falls in love with a determined, self-trained nurse, and makes a friend in Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group. Madame Wang, a surviving aristocrat, assists in guiding them to safety in a remote village near the western end of China's Great Wall.
Roger Spottiswoode, Radha Mitchell, Michelle Yeoh, Jane Hawksley, James MacManus, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Yun-Fat Chow, Guang Li
Drama

Postal

A trailer park guy, uninterested in his life and trying to get through his days, decides that everyone is out to get him so he goes on a shooting spree.
Uwe Boll, Gary Coleman
Adventure Comedy
123 mins

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull PG-13

In 1957, Indiana Jones is thrust back in action, venturing into the jungles of South America in a race against Soviet agents to find the mystical Crystal Skull.
Shia LaBeouf, David Koepp, Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy
Drama Action Adventure Sequel
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War, Inc. R

Turaqistan is a country occupied by an American private corporation run by the former US Vice President. In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation's CEO hires Hauser to kill a Middle Eastern oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growing demons, the assassin must pose as the corporation's Trade Show Producer in order to pull off this latest hit, while maintaining his cover by organizing the high-profile wedding of Yonica Babyyeah, an outrageous Central Asian pop star and keeping a sexy left-wing reporter in check.
Hilary Duff, Joan Cusack, Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, Marisa Tomei, Joshua Seftel, John Cusack
Comedy Political

Friday, May 23