Movies Opening 23.01.2009

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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Inkheart

[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Director: Iain Softley
Screenwriter: David Lindsay-Abaire
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis, Sienna Guillory, Eliza Hope Bennett, Rafi Gavron
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG (for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language)
Official Website: Inkheartmovie.com

Plot Summary: Mortimer "Mo" Folchart and his 12-year-old daughter, Meggie, share an extraordinary gift for bringing characters from books to life when they read aloud. But there is a danger: when a character is brought to life from a book, a real person disappears into its pages. On one of their trips to a secondhand book shop, Mo locates a book he's been searching for since Meggie was three years old, when her mother, Resa, vanished into its mystical world. But Mo's plan to use the book to find and rescue Resa is thwarted when Capricorn, the evil villain of Inkheart, kidnaps Meggie and, discovering she has inherited her father's gift, demands that she bring to life his most powerful ally, the Shadow. Determined to rescue his daughter and send the fictional characters back where they belong, Mo assembles a small group of friends and family--some from the real world, some from the pages of books--and embarks on a daring and perilous journey to set things right.

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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Killshot

[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: The Weinstein Company
Director: John Madden
Screenwriter: Hossein Amini
Starring: Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Johnny Knoxville
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for violence, language and brief nudity)
Official Website: Killshot-film.com

Plot Summary: A Quentin Tarantino presentation. From Academy Award nominated director John Madden ("Shakespeare in Love") comes Hossein Amini's wry adaptation of Elmore Leonard's best-selling crime novel. The beautiful Carmen Colson (Diane Lane) and her husband Wayne (Thomas Jane) become entangled in a scam with a bumbling, small time con artist (Joseph Gordon Levitt) and his over-the-hill hitman partner the Blackbird (Mickey Rourke). Ultimately, it all comes down to one wife, one husband, two killers... and one lethal killshot.

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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Outlander (Third Rail)

[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Third Rail Releasing
Director: Howard McCain
Screenwriter: Howard McCain, Dirk Blackman
Starring: James Caviezel, John Hurt, Ron Perlman, Sophia Myles
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R (for violence)
Official Website: WeinsteinCo.com

Plot Summary: "Outlander" begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world – Kainan (James Caviezel) – and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen. Man and monster both seeking revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster - before it destroys them all.

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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: Patrick Tatopoulos
Screenwriter: Danny McBride, Dirk Blackman, Howard McCain
Starring: Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin Grevioux
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for bloody violence and some sexuality)
Official Website: EntertheUnderworld.com

Plot Summary: "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans" delves into the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires, known as Death Dealers, and the barbaric Lycans (werewolves). A young Lycan, Lucian (Michael Sheen), emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Bill Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has persecuted them for hundreds of years. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, the beautiful vampire Sonja (Rhona Mitra), in his battle to free the Lycans from their brutal enslavement.


Donkey Punch

Studio: Magnet Releasing (Magnolia Pictures)
Director: Oliver Blackburn
Screenwriter: Oliver Blackburn, David Bloom
Starring: Jaime Winstone, Julian Morris, Tom Burke, Nichola Burley, Jay Taylor, Robert Boulter
Genre: Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for a scene of strong sexual content involving an aberrant violent act, graphic nudity, violence, language and drug use)
Official Website: DonkeyPunchMovie.co.uk

Plot Summary: After meeting at a nightclub in a Mediterranean resort, seven young adults decide to continue partying aboard a luxury yacht in the middle of the ocean. But when one of them dies in a freak accident the others argue about what to do, leading to a ruthless fight for survival.

The Lodger

Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Pictures
Director: David Ondaatje
Screenwriter: David Ondaatje
Starring: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Simon Baker, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook, Donal Logue, Rebecca Pidgeon, Philip Baker Hall
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for violent content, language and brief nudity)
Official Website: Not Available

Plot Summary: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, and Simon Baker star in a terrifying adaptation of the book on which Alfred Hitchcock's silent classic is also based. "The Lodger" follows a grizzled detective on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering prostitutes along West Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It appears that the murderer's grisly methods are identical to that of London's infamous 19th century psychopath Jack the Ripper - a relentless serial killer who was never caught by police. To make matters worse, the detective soon notices the parallels between the crimes committed by the West Hollywood stalker and those of a serial murderer incarcerated years ago.
 
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