Movies Released October 17, 2008

Friday, October 17

108 mins

Sex Drive R

Eighteen year old Ian finally gets the opportunity to lose his virginity when a woman he meets on-line offers to have sex with him if he drives to Knoxville to meet her. Accompanied by friends Lance and Felicia, whom Ian has a thing for, but she in turn has a thing for Lance, take off on a road trip in Ian's brother, Rex's beloved 1969 GTO -- without permission of course.
Leslie Morgenstein, Bob Levy, Sean Anders, John Morris, Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, James Marsden, Charlie McDermott
Comedy Teen

The Secret Life of Bees

"The Secret Life of Bees", based on the New York Times best selling novel and set in South Carolina in 1964, is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Bettany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Okonedo and Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
Dakota Fanning, Will Smith, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Hilarie Burton, Queen Latifah, Paul Bettany, Lauren Shuler Donner, James Lassiter
Drama Adaptation

Flashbacks of a Fool

The story of a hedonistic British actor whose Hollywood career begins to nosedive in his 40s.
Baillie Walsh, Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory, Olivia Williams, Emilia Fox
Drama
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The Elephant King R

"The Elephant King" is a provocative and stirring story of two American brothers, Oliver and Jake Hunt, adrift in an exotic world they don't fully understand. When a domineering mother dispatches her young, introverted son Oliver off to Thailand to do everything he can to lure his reckless, older brother back home to the United States to face pending fraud charges, Oliver finds the intoxication of Thailand hard to resist--especially when it has a face as alluring as Lek's. As Oliver falls deeply in love for the first time, Jake slips deeper into despair, and the seams of their relationship begin to come undone. When the true extent of Jake's decadence and self-destruction is revealed to Oliver, he is forced to decide whether he will save his brother's life or his own.
Emanuel Michael, Seth Grossman, Tamar Sela, Tom Waller, Tate Ellington, Jonno Roberts, Florence Faivre, Ellen Burstyn
Drama
113 mins

What Just Happened? R

Two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. Ben is besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of things -- a money maker, an ego buster, a bad news breaker, an artistic champion, a loyal husband, an all-knowing father, not to mention sexy, youthful and tuned-in -- everything except for the one thing he and all the preposterously behaved people he's surrounded by really are: bumbling human beings just trying to survive by any means necessary.
Kristen Stewart, Robert De Niro, Barry Levinson, Jane Rosenthal, Catherine Keener, Robin Wright, Stanley Tucci, John Turturro
Drama

Filth And Wisdom

A comedy centered on three flatmates living desperate lives in London.
Holly Weston, Madonna, Dan Cadan, Eugene Hutz, Vicky McClure
Drama Comedy Romance
131 mins

W. PG-13

Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd President to the big screen as only he can. "W" takes viewers through Bush's eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq.

"W" stars Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, James Cromwell as George Herbert Walker Bush, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush, Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice, Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld, and Ioan Gruffud as Tony Blair.
Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Weiser, Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Ioan Gruffudd, Moritz Borman, Jon Kilik, Oliver Stone
Drama Historical Political

Morning Light PG

Fifteen young sailors...six months of intense training... one chance at the brass ring. This exciting true-life documentary tells the inspiring story of a group of intrepid and determined young men and women, on the cusp of adulthood, as they embark on life's first great adventure. Racing a high-performance 52-foot sloop in the Transpac, the most revered of open-ocean sailing competitions, the crew of "Morning Light" matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2,300-mile showdown against top professionals. From their earliest training sessions in Hawaii conducted by world-class teachers through their test of endurance on the high seas, they form an unbreakable bond in the process of becoming singular team that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Mark Monroe, Roy E. Disney, Leslie DeMeuse
Family Documentary
100 mins

Max Payne PG-13

Maverick cop Max Payne (Wahlberg) is hell-bent on revenge against those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. His obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.
Mark Wahlberg, Tom Karnowski, Olga Kurylenko, Jonathan Sela, John Moore, Scott Faye, Julie Yorn, Beau Thorne
Drama Action Adventure Crime Based on Game

Friday, October 17