When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.[152448]
Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac top the marquee in this road trip comedy. The two stars play Louis and Floyd, two former soul group members who had a falling out years ago. But when a mutual friend (John Legend) dies, they embark on a five-day trip to Harlem for a tribute show. Malcolm D. Lee (WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS) directs.[152447]
In this film that walks the line between fiction and reality, a beautiful transsexual prostitute named Raquela (Raquela Rios) dreams of a better life than the one she currently lives in the Philippines. In her ideal existence, she would be married to a straight man in a western country, but her search for love on the internet has led her nowhere. Finally, she has the chance to meet Valery (Valery Grand), a rare Icelandic transsexual who is open about her biology, and Valery gives her the chance to find romance.[152204]
After the success of KNOCKED UP, Seth Rogen pairs up with another comely comedienne in ZACK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO. In this Kevin Smith comedy, two desperate friends (Rogen and SLITHER's Elizabeth Banks) decide to earn a little extra money by creating their own adult film, but they also discover that they may be more than just pals.[152203]
In this heartbreaking drama from Mark Herman (LITTLE VOICE), two young boys become friends in the midst of World War II. But their friendship is not an average one; a barbed wire fence separates the pair, one who is the son of a Nazi, and the other who is a prisoner in a concentration camp.[151548]
Directors Danny Jacobs and Darren Grodsky assemble an enviable cast--including Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy, Brad Dourif, and Chris Messina--for their first film. Newcomer Jeremy Strong holds his own with the veteran actors, playing Peter Hadley, a man whose one-night stand with Bogart (Balk) ends with him at her family home in the California region of the title. Though Peter is an uptight med student, he soon finds understanding with the laid-back, pot-loving residents.[151547]
This fast-paced action film marks the third outing with Jason Statham playing the role of Frank Martin. For THE TRANSPORTER 3, Olivier Megaton (THE RED SIREN) takes over the directorial reins from Corey Yuen and Louis Leterrier.[149332]
After working on mainstream Hollywood comedies such as MAID IN MANHATTAN and THE LAST HOLIDAY, director Wayne Wang returns to independent dramas with ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS. In this film, Mr. Shi (Henry O) comes to the United States to see his divorced daughter, Yilan (Faye Yu). Mr. Shi soon discovers that it wasn't just age and the distance separating him from his daughter, and he tries to learn more about Yilan, despite her best efforts.[149331]
In this thriller from director Alex Proyas (DARK CITY; I, ROBOT), a drawing in an unearthed time capsule from 50 years ago has predicted cataclysmic events since its burial. Nicolas Cage stars as a man who discovers the drawing and tries to figure out what is happening as the final date on the drawing approaches, and with it, comes the apocalypse.[148004]
Trailer for Ghost Town[147130]
