Tuesday, October 16
Normal Adolescent Behavior
The story centers on sexual politics among precocious and privileged teenagers.
Beth Schachter, Amber Tamblyn, Alwyn Kushner, Pilar DeMann, Brad Wyman, Donald Kushner
Comedy
Transformers
Based on Hasbro's line of giant robots that morph into cars, trucks, planes, ships and other technological creations. They are divided into two groups of robots, one led by Optimus Prime, who believes in tolerance and the sanctity of life, the other by Megatron, who espouses survival of the fittest and the extermination of biological life.
Shia LaBeouf, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Michael Bay
Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi
4 / 5
More Info Casshern
An action-packed sci-fi thriller, "Casshern" blends Japanimation and manga-inspired live action resulting a new kind of hybrid filmmaking that is both visually stunning and thought-provoking. The human cast propels the action against a backdrop of CGI, special effects, and a wide range of animation techniques, from state of the art to simple stop-motion animation. It is late in the 21st century. After 50 years of devastating war between Europa and the Eastern Federation, the latter has emerged victorious, and the new federation of Eurasia is formed. There can be no glorious peace, however, as the planet has been ravaged by chemical, biological and even nuclear weapons and the entire human race is dispirited and exhausted by half a century of war. A geneticist named Azuma brings hope in the form of a "neo-cell," which can rejuvenate human parts with no risk of rejection. But nature interferes with science to create a new kind of menace that forces the entire human race to fight an ultimate war against its own extinction.
Susumu Terajima, Kazuaki Kiriya, Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Hiroyuki Miyasako
Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Animation
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The Invisible
The story follows a teenager who, after being attacked and left for dead, finds himself in limbo, invisible to the living and racing against time to find his body before he truly perishes. The only living person who might be able to save him is his attacker, a troubled girl who is on the run from the law.
David S. Goyer, Gary Barber, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher Marquette, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickma, Mick Davis, Justin Chatwin
Thriller Suspense Horror Remake
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
This documentary looks at the process of getting four Broadway musicals--"Avenue Q," "Wicked," "Taboo" and "Caroline, or Change"--off the ground and eventually on to the Tony Awards.
Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Boy George, Dori Berinstein, Richard Hankin, Jeff Marx
Documentary
The Hoax
This biopic follows the story of Clifford Irving, who sold a faux biography of Howard Hughes to publisher McGraw-Hill. Irving persuaded the publisher that he'd become close to the reclusive Hughes, and even when Hughes held a telephone news conference to refute Irving's claims, McGraw-Hill stood by him. Finally, the truth came out and Irving was sentence to two and a half years in jail.
Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Julie Delpy, Hope Davis, William Wheeler
Drama Biography
4 / 5
More Info The Reaping
In "The Reaping", Hilary Swank plays a former Christian missionary who lost her faith after her family was tragically killed, and has since become a world renowned expert in disproving religious phenomena. But when she investigates a small Louisiana town that is suffering from what appear to be the Biblical plagues, she realizes that science cannot explain what is happening and she must regain her faith to combat the dark forces threatening the community.
Chad Hayes, Idris Elba, James Cox, Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, Carey Hayes, David Morrissey, Susan Levin
Drama Thriller Supernatural
A Mighty Heart
On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl's world changed forever. Her husband Daniel, South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew them to Karachi where a go-between had promised access to an elusive source. As Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might be late for dinner. He never returned.
In the face of death, Danny's spirit of defiance and his unflinching belief in the power of journalism led Mariane to write about his disappearance, the intense effort to find him and his eventual murder in her memoir A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. Six months pregnant when the ordeal began, she was carrying a son that Danny hoped to name Adam. She wrote the book to introduce Adam to the father he would never meet. Transcending religion, race and nationality, Mariane's courageous desire to rise above the bitterness and hatred that continues to plague this post 9/11 world, serves as the purest expression of the joy of life she and Danny shared.
In the face of death, Danny's spirit of defiance and his unflinching belief in the power of journalism led Mariane to write about his disappearance, the intense effort to find him and his eventual murder in her memoir A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. Six months pregnant when the ordeal began, she was carrying a son that Danny hoped to name Adam. She wrote the book to introduce Adam to the father he would never meet. Transcending religion, race and nationality, Mariane's courageous desire to rise above the bitterness and hatred that continues to plague this post 9/11 world, serves as the purest expression of the joy of life she and Danny shared.
Brad Pitt, Will Patton, Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi, Michael Winterbottom, Irfan Khan, Dede Gardner
Drama Crime Gangster