Changeling

Clint Eastwood directs and Angelina Jolie John Malkovich in a provocative thriller based on actual events: Changeling. In the film, Christine Collins' (Jolie) prayers are met when her kidnapped son is returned. But amid the madness of the photo-op reunion, she realizes this child is not hers. Facing corrupt police and a skeptical public, they desperately search for answers, only to be confronted with a truth that will change her forever.

Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son, Walter, and went to work. When she came home, she discovered he had disappeared. A fruitless search results, and months later, a boy who claims to be supported by the nine-year-old returned. Blinded by the swirl of agents, reporters and her struggle emotions, Christine allows him to be able to stay overnight. But in her heart, she knows that he is not Walter.

As she pushes authorities to keep searching, she learns that in Prohibition-era LA, women do not challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb (Malkovich), which helps in the fight against the city in search of her missing son. On the basis of the actual incident that rocked California legal system, Changeling tells the shocking story of a mother's search for her son, and that will not stop until they silence her.

Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Michael Kelly
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Thriller
Official Site: N/A
Release Date: October 24, 2008 (limited) / November 7, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- It premiered in competition at the 61st Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2008, where he received laudatory reviews.

- Ron Howard was originally slated to direct, but the planning problems and Universal desire to fast track the project led to his replacement by Eastwood.

- The film is set in the 1920s and is loosely based on real life murders Ohio Wine Chicken.

- In what is described as a "technical innovation", Eastwood and Stern used wireless hand-held video screens to watch the live feed of a certain image.

- Eastwood was clear childhood memories of living in Los Angeles in the years 1930 and attempted to recreate some details in the film.

- Change Ling is the first film by Eastwood for a studio, with the exception of Warner Bros. because the absolute power in 1997, and is also its first director for Universal since the Eiger Sanction in 1975.

World Release dates

12 Nov., 2008: Belgium, France
28 November, 2008: UK
December 4, 2008: Netherlands
12 December, 2008: Sweden
19 Dec., 2008: Spain
16 Jan, 2008: Denmark
22 January, 2008: Argentina, Chile
30 Jan., 2008: Norway
March 24, 2008: Germany

Max Payne

Based on the legendary, rigorous interactive video game, "Max Payne" tells the story of a maverick police determined to find those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner.
Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation leads him into a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max (Wahlberg) is forced to battle beyond the enemies of the natural world and to cope with an unimaginable betrayal.

Directed by: John Moore
Written by: Beau Thorne
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Beau Bridges, Mila Kunis, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Donal Logue, Kate Burton
Studio: Fox
Genre: Action
Official Site: www.maxpaynethemovie.com
Release Date: October 17, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Shawn Ryan, creator of the television series The Shield, was hired to write a screenplay for the film planned in 2002 when the project was being developed by Dimension Films Entertainment and leave.

- Mila Kunis said the tone-down PG-13 rating: "It's incredibly dark. You still get the essence of it. The only difference between R-rated and PG-13 is that it could not see as much blood . You might not see Squirting blood everywhere, but as far as the sadness and darkness and the distraught [nature] of these human beings are very caught on film.

World Release Date

15 October 2009: Egypt
16 October 2009: Australia, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia
17 October 2009: Finland, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, USA, Venezuela
22 October 2009: France
23 October 2009: Israel, Russia
24 October 2009: Austria, Denmark
31 October 2009: Brazil
14 November 2009: UK
20 November 2009: Argentina, Germany
26 November 2009: Belgium

W

If you love or hate him, there is no doubt that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented move, the acclaimed director Oliver Stone is putting the lives of our 43rd President to the big screen, as only he can. "W." Bush carries through life events - their struggles and triumphs, the way that both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq.

Directed by: Oliver Stone
Written by: Stanley Weiser
Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Richard Dreyfuss, Thandie Newton, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Toby Jones, Scott Glenn, Rob Corddry, Ioan Gruffudd
Studio: Lionsgate
Genre: Drama
Official Site: www.wthefilm.com
Release Date: October 17, 2008 (limited)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Director Oliver Stone was originally attached to direct Pink Ville, a film about the army investigation of the My Lai Massacre, but the development was canceled because of the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

- Although Stone has criticized Bush for the management of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the director said that he was not looking for an "anti-Bush polemic". Stone compared his goal of the film to that of The Queen (2006), they want to trace "of seminal events in the life of Bush."

- It is currently unknown how the final draft would transform in the movie because of "outrageous moments", but this movie is Stone described as "fair, true portrait of the man."

- Stone is the structure of W. as a three-act movie begins with Bush as a young man with a wasted life ", followed by his transformation and" an assertion of free will that was incredibly powerful "as he came out of the shadow of his father, And finally, invasion of Iraq.

- Josh Brolin spent months working on the chairman of the special vocal style, calling hotels in Texas and talk with the people at the reception, listening to their accents. The Californian actor is also watching video of Bush walking.

- Robert Duvall is rumored to have been considered for the role of Dick Cheney.

World Release Date

29 October, 2009: France
November 7, 2009: UK
26 Nov., 2009: Belgium
December 5, 2009: Sweden
January 8, 2009: Netherlands

Quarantine

Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night with a shift of Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they found the police already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams from an apartment of the units. They learn quickly that a woman living in the building is infected by something unknown.

After a couple of the residents are viciously attacked, they tried to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Telephone, Internet, television and mobile phone access have cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. If the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew of the videotape.

Directed by: John Erick Dowdle
Written by: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle
Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Dania Ramirez
Studio: Sony/Columbia
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Official Site: www.ContainTheTruth.com
Release Date: October 17, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- The film is a remake of the Spanish horror film.

- Sony Pictures has launched a viral marketing campaign for the film, including a MySpace page, Facebook page, and the official website, a similar approach to Clover Field, which the film style is similar. Knotts Halloween Haunt will be to promote the film with a maze of hedges in the 2008 event.

- This movie has 21 years in the making.

World Release date:

23 Oct., 2008: Argentina
24 Oct., 2008: Venezuela
14 November, 2008: UK
20 Nov, 2008: Australia
21 November, 2008: Estonia
27 Nov., 2008: Germany, Romania, Russia
28 November, 2008: Italy
December 4, 2008: Singapore
December 5, 2008: Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Sweden
10 Dec, 2008: Belgium
11 Dec, 2008: Netherlands
31 December, 2008: France
January 7, 2009: Egypt

Soul Men

Though it's been some twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends (Jackson and Mac) agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased band leader.

Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Written by: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, Jennifer Coolidge
Studio: MGM
Genre: Drama
Official Site: N/A
Release Date: October 10, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Body Of Lies

Based on the Washington Post columnist David Ignatius' 2007 novel about a CIA agent, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected of operating out of Jordan. When Ferris consider a plan to infiltrate his network, he first won the support of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) and the collegial, but perhaps suspect, head of the Jordanian intelligence service.

Although ostensibly his allies, Ferris questions how far he can really trust these men without putting his entire operation - and his life - on the line.

Directed by: Ridley Scott
Written by: William Monahan, Steven Zaillian
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Carice van Houten
Studio: Warner Bros
Genre: Thriller
Official Site: www.body-of-lies.com
Release Date: October 10, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- DiCaprio wanted to follow the role because he considered it a reminder of the political films in the 1970s such as The Parallax View (1974) and three days of the Condor (1975).

- Crowe lost 30 pounds to his role. The actor said that as a result of the film explore the American government and foreign policy, "I do not think it will be very popular, but that has never been a part of my project selection process."

- Mark Strong attributed its acquisition of the role of his performance in the 2005 film Syriana and Oliver Twist. - Both the novel and film were formerly called "penetration".

- Scott wanted to film in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, but the Confederation of National Media Council refused permission of the Director due to the script of the politically sensitive nature. As a result, scenes that in the Middle East were instead filmed in Morocco.

- A part of a neighborhood in Washington DC has been converted to resemble a winter Amsterdam to film ten to fifteen seconds of a car bombing.

- A major scene's spectacular explosion is not a digital input, it was a real (though controlled and safe) pyrotechnic blast - much to the joy (or, in some cases, surprise) near bystanders.

- If there are exactly looking at a massive pyrotechnic explosion while not damaging buildings still inhabited district, technicians used a "chucker car" (instead of the force of the explosion) to hurl a vehicle with violence. The refrigerator-door-sized steel plate has a powerful spring-hinge device can catapult cars for certain distances.

- Costume standards were such that performers portrayed British police wore full regalia including a tie, utility belt, regimental badge and a bulletproof vest, although none of these were visible under their emergency responders police Bles yellow rain jackets.

- Locations in Baltimore was also in Manchester, England and Munich, Germany.

World Release date:

October 9, 2008: Argentina
10 Oct, 2008: UK
15 October, 2008: Belgium
16 Oct., 2008: Greece
17 Oct, 2008: Estonia, Finland, Venezuela
22 October, 2008: Egypt, France
23 Oct., 2008: Germany, the Netherlands, Russia
24 Oct., 2008: Austria, Italy, Spain
31 Oct, 2008: Poland

RocknRolla

A Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, making millions of dollars up for grabs and attracting all of London's criminal underworld. A dangerous crime Lord, a sexy accountant, a corrupt politician and a small band of thieves are under the double crossing each other.

Butler stars as a One Two, a street-smart mobster who has learned to play both sides of the fence, and Wilkinson is playing the lethal head mobster, Lenny Cole, part of London's old mob regime, which is fast losing ground to the wealthier Foreign mob. Newton acts as One Two love interest, Stella, an accountant with ties to the underworld, and Elba acts as Mumbles, One Two's partner. Bridges is playing Roman, an American attempts to break into the music scene in London.

Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Written by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jeremy Piven, Idris Elba, Tom Wilkinson
Studio: Warner Bros
Genre: Crime
Official Site: www.ru-a-rocknrolla.com
Release Date: October 31, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Guy Ritchie is planning to expand RocknRolla in a trilogy, following characters were still alive at the end of the first film.

- The Battersea Power Station, an electric power station first built in 1939 and abandoned in 1983 will very likely serve as background for the climax of the movie.

World Release Date

September 5, 2008: United Kingdom
November 6, 2008: Argentina, Australia
14 Nov, 2008: Venezuela
19 Nov., 2008: France
27 Nov., 2008: Germany, Netherlands
December 4, 2008: Greece, Portugal
10 Dec, 2008: Belgium
January 1, 2009: Russia
March 28, 2009: Japan

The Express

Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspiring life of the college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first Afrikaans-American to win the Heisman Trophy. After his design of the NFL, tragedy hit the star athlete and he was never able to take on the professional field. But his story would forever change the face of professional sports.

Gerezen in poverty in Pennsylvania coal country, Davis overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to an unstoppable running back for the Syracuse Orangemen. Under the guidance of coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid)-a hard surrogate father with an obsession for winning a national championship-Davis would develop an impressive high-school athlete into a legend.

While everyone agrees Ernie Davis was a miracle player, some idea of this quiet young man would become an icon for the rapid expansion of the civil rights movement to divide America in the early 1960. Refusing to play by the racist unspoken rules of the day, Davis broke through one barrier after another to alter the way fans looked at the men of his color.

Although hit a terrible slap in the strength of his life, his spirit up, when most would be in pieces. Examination of his bull-headed coach to review a life lived in color on the basis of privilege, Davis would join the ranks of the black pioneers who inspired a movement that destroys beaten barriers on and off the playing field.

Directed by: Gary Fleder
Written by: Charles Leavitt
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Omar Benson Miller, Clancy Brown, Charles S. Dutton
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Drama
Official Site: www.theexpressmovie.com
Release Date: October 10, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

City of Ember

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator failed and the great lamps illuminate that the city begin to flicker. Now, two teenagers in a race against time, Ember search for evidence to unlock the mystery of the ancient city existence, and help the citizens escape before the lights go out forever.

Directed by: Gil Kenan
Written by: Caroline Thompson
Cast: Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Martin Landau
Studio: Fox
Genre: Fantasy
Official Site: http://www.walden.com/walden/properties/ember/
Release Date: October 10, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Based on the novel 2003 The city of Ember by Jeanne Duprau ". The deal includes an option on the sequel novel, The People of Sparks.

- A former paint hall near the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast's Titanic Quarter is transformed into the post-apocalyptic city.

World Release Date

15 Octobe, 2008: France
23 Oct, 2008: Portugal, Singapore
24 Oct, 2008: Brazil, Turkey
29 October, 2008: Belgium
30 Oct, 2008: Argentina, Russia
18 December, 2008: Netherlands
January 1, 2009: Australia
22 Jan., 2009: New Zealand

Flash of Genius

Based on the true story of the college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) long battle with the American auto industry, "Flash of Genius" tells the story of a man whose struggle for recognition for his ingenuity would come on a heavy toll. But this particular engineer refused to remain silent, and he took on the corporate Titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win.

The Kearns were a typical year 1960 Detroit family, trying to live their version of the American Dream. Local university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis (Lauren Graham) and, by their mid-thirties, had six children who have a hectic, but that meet Midwestern existence. When Bob is developing a device that would eventually be used by each car in the world, Kearns think they gold. But their ambitions were dashed after the auto giants who unashamedly embraced Bob's creation shunned the man who invented it.

Neglected, threatened and then buried in the years of litigation, Bob has been dogged by what was done to his family and their future. He is a man obsessed by the court and the conviction that the work of his life - or for that matter, all those who work - be recognized by those who stood to benefit. And while paying the toll for the refusal to compromise his dignity, these everyday David will try the unthinkable: to Goliath to his knees.

Directed by: Marc Abraham
Written by: Philip Railsback, Scott Frank, Marc Abraham
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Alan Alda
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Drama
Official Site: N/A
Release Date: October 3, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Eagle Eye

In rapid race-against-time thriller "Eagle Eye" Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are two strangers who the pawns of a mysterious woman who they never met but who seems to know their every move. Realize they are used to further its devilish plot, they must work together to outwit the woman before she has them slain.

Directed by: DJ Caruso
Written by: Travis Wright & John Glenn and Hillary Seitz
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Mackie and Billy Bob Thornton
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Thriller
Official Site: www.eagleeyemovie.com
Release Date: September 26, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Screen Writer Dan McDermott wrote the original script for Eagle Eye based on an original idea by Steven Spielberg.

- DreamWorks McDermott bought the script and the preparation of the project to be directed by Spielberg, but he engaged in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and dropped out of the project.

World Release Date

25 Sept, 2008: Argentina, Australia, Chile
26 Sept., 2008: Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela
October 1, 2008: Belgium
October 2, 2008: Hungary, Russia, Singapore
October 3, 2008: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Sweden
October 9, 2008: Germany, Netherlands
10 Oct, 2008: Austria, Italy, Spain
15 October, 2008: Egypt
17 Oct, 2008: UK
18 October, 2008: Japan
24 Oct., 2008: Norway, Turkey
24 Dec, 2008: France

Nights In Rodanthe

Adrienne Willis (Diane Lane), a woman with her life in the chaos, retreats to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend-inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the peace they so desperately needed to rethink the conflicts surrounding her - a wayward husband who has asked to come home, and a teenaged daughter who resent any decision. Almost as soon as Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, a heavy storm is expected and Dr. Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) arrives.

The only guest in the inn, Flanner is not on a weekend escape, but there is still its own crisis of conscience. Now, with the storm closing in the two back together for comfort and, in a magical weekend, put in motion a life-changing romance that will resonate in the rest of their lives.

Directed by: George C. Wolfe
Written by: Ann Peacock, John Romano
Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis
Studio: Warner Bros
Genre: Romantic Drama
Official Site: www.nightsinrodanthe.com
Release Date: September 26, 2008 (wide)
Trailer:www.youtube.com

World Release Date

2 October 2008: Argentina
3 October 2008: Venezuela
16 October 2008: Germany, Russia, Singapore
17 October 2008: Austria
29 October 2008: Egypt
30 October 2008: Australia
13 November 2008: Netherlands, Portugal
14 November 2008: Norway, Spain, UK
27 November 2008: Japan

Choke

Actor / director Gregg Clark shows himself as adept behind the camera as he is for it to "bottlenecks", a colorful wickedly dark comedy about mothers and sons, sexual coercion, and the sordid underbelly of the Colonial theme parks.

Victor Mancini (Rockwell), a sex-addicted med-school dropout, who keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida (Huston), an expensive private medical hospital by working as a historical reenactor at a Colonial Williamsburg theme park. 'S Avonds Victor runs a deliberate fraud by suffocation in luxurious restaurants are parasitic relationships with wealthy patrons who "save" him.

Then, in a rare bright movement, Ida shows that she has denied the shocking truth of the identity of his father, Victor relies on the support of his best friend, Denny (Henke) and his mother the wonderful doctor, Dr. Paige Marshall (Macdonald), to solve the mystery before the divine truth of his parents is lost forever

Directed by: Clark Gregg
Written by: Clark Gregg
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Brad William Henke and Kelly Macdonald
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Genre: Comedy
Official Site: www.foxsearchlight.com/choke
Release Date: September 26, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com