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Saw 4 (IV)

For every death, there is a new life....Jigsaw's baby takes over

Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead.

Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grizzly remains and piecing together the puzzle.

However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.

Written by Unknown psycho

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman

Starring - Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Costas Mandylor, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis, Justin Louis, Simon Reynolds, Mike Realba, Marty Adams

Rated - R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout, and for language

Running Time - 1:48

Genre - Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Open in Theaters - October 26th, 2007

Music Within

Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston) begins his life as a fighter, and his life's work becomes a process of fighting for the rights of others.

Rising up from a childhood in a dysfunctional family, armed with a talent for public speaking and a winning personality, the young man makes his way to a Northwestern college, confident that he will ace his try-out for his idol Dr. Ben Padrow (Hector Elizondo), the coach of the winningest team in the history of the College Bowl.

But Dr. Padrow shatters his dream when he rejects him. Richard's immediate reaction is to enlist in the army for a tour of duty in Vietnam. During combat, the young recruit loses his hearing to a bomb blast, and has to deal with this newfound disability on his return to civilian life in Oregon.

Richard discovers that his disability and the struggle to transcend it is a defining moment in his fight for what he believes in. When he tries to help his friends, vets like himself and others with disabilities, to get work in an environment that treats them with pity at best and disdain as a matter of course, he realizes that he can make a difference. The friends who make up his close-knit clique are: Art Honneyman (Michael Sheen), a student wheel chair user with cerebral palsy who uses his rapier wit to deflect the prejudice that greets his disturbing appearance; Mike Stoltz (Yul Vázquez), a fellow veteran with a lot of rage and nowhere to put it; and then there is Christine (Melissa George), the passionate libertine who strokes Richard's ego and initiates him into the world of free love.

Together, the friends experience the currents of those turbulent times, and the wild, joyful energy of winning through confrontation and humor. Without his hearing Richard is all the more prepared to listen to the message deep within himself, and to carry that message to the thousands of people whose lives are improved by the movement he helps to organize.

Written by Bret McKinney, Mark Andrew Olsen, Kelly Kennemer

Directed by Steven Sawalich

Starring - Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen, Rebecca De Mornay, Hector Elizondo, Leslie Nielsen

Rated - None

Running Time - 1:33

Genre - Drama

Open in Theaters - October 26th, 2007 (Limited)

Rails & Ties

Tom and Megan Stark always thought there would be time-time to have children, time to take that trip to San Francisco, time to fix the problems in their marriage. But Megan's illness and Tom's inability to face the possibility of losing her are stealing all the time they have left. All Tom can do is bury himself in his job as a train conductor, where at least he feels in control and everything runs on a predetermined track. Until now.

Tom's train has hit a car on the tracks in a tragic turn of events that, while not his fault, may still cost him his job. Worse, a young woman is dead and her son, Davey, has been left to cope with the loss of his mother, the guilt that he could not save her not only from the train but from herself...and the anger at the man he holds responsible: Tom Stark.

The accident puts the Starks and Davey on their own collision course. But instead of leading to tragedy, this crossing could mean new hope for a woman who has only one chance left to fulfill her dreams, for a man who must learn to open his heart before it's too late, and for a young boy who has never known the true meaning of family.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents the drama "Rails & Ties," starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden as Tom and Megan Stark and Miles Heizer as Davey. Alison Eastwood directed the film, marking her directorial debut.

Written by Micky Levy

Directed by Alison Eastwood

Starring - Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden

Rated - PG-13 for mature thematic elements, an accident scene, brief nudity and momentary strong language

Running Time - 1:36

Genre - Drama

Open in Theaters - October 26th, 2007 (NY, LA, TOR)

SlipStream

Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins, makes the journey into independent filmmaking as writer and director of "Slipstream." The project attracted a renowned ensemble cast and crew boasting an outstanding combined total of more than 70 esteemed awards and accolades, and over 200 nominations.

Pushing the boundaries between fiction and fantasy, "Slipstream" is about the implosion of a man's mind. The film unfolds in a dreamlike, non-linear, stream-of-consensus style of story telling with a surreal tale of one man's journey. Felix Bonhoeffer (Hopkins) is an actor and screenwriter who has lived his life in two states of existence: reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder-mystery screenplay, Felix becomes baffled as his characters start appearing in his life; and his life starts slipping into his characters.

Unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Bonhoeffer is thrown into a vortex where his dreams, time, and reality collide. As Felix enters an increasingly whirling slipstream, he soon discovers that life is random and fortune is sightless.

Written by Anthony Hopkins

Directed by Anthony Hopkins

Starring - Anthony Hopkins, Stella Arroyave, Christian Slater, John Turturro, Michael Clark Duncan, Camryn Manheim, Jeffrey Tambor, S. Epatha Merkerson, Fionnula Flanagan, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lawford, Lisa Pepper, Gavin Grazer, Aaron Tucker, Lana Antonva, Kevin McCarthy.

Rated - R for some language and violent images

Running Time – 1:36

Genre - Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Open in Theaters - October 26th, 2007 (NY, LA, CHI)

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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs this absorbing suspense thriller about a family facing the worst enemy of all - itself. Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Andy, an overextended broker who lures his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke) into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a suburban mom-and-pop jewelry store that appears to be the quintessential easy target. The problem is, the store owners are Andy and Hank's actual mom and pop and, when the seemingly perfect crime goes awry, the damage lands right at their doorstep. Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei plays Hoffman's trophy wife, who is having a clandestine affair with Hawke, and the stellar cast also includes Albert Finney as the family patriarch who pursues justice at all costs, completely unaware that the culprits he is hunting are his own sons. A classy, classic heist-gone-wrong drama in the tradition of "The Killing" and Lumet's own "The Anderson Tapes," "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" is smart enough to know that we often have the most to fear from those who are near and dear.

Written by Kelly Masterson

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Starring - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei

Rated - R for scene of strong graphic sexuality, nudity, violence, drug use and language

Running Time – 1:57

Genre - Drama, Thriller

Open in Theaters - October 26th, 2007 (NY, LA)

Bella

In Alejandro Monteverde's emotional tale of self-discovery, two people whose lives are changed forever discover that sometimes it takes losing it all to finally appreciate the things that truly matter. "Bella" is a heartwarming love story that goes deeper than romance and celebrates life, relationships and our capacity for love in the face of the unexpected.

The English-language inspirational drama stars Mexican superstar Eduardo Verástegui (Chasing Papi) and Emmy® award winner Tammy Blanchard ("The Good Shepherd") and features Manuel Perez, Angelica Aragon, Jaime Terelli and Ali Landry. "Bella" was written by Alejandro Monteverde, Patrick Million and Leo Severino and was produced by Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verástegui, Leo Severino, Alejandro Monteverde and Denise Pinckley, and executive produced by J. Eustace Wolfington, Marcy Wolfington, Ana Wolfington, and Stephen McEveety.

"Bella" is inspired by a true story that demonstrates how one person can change your life forever, and was a People's Choice Winner at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.

Written by Alejandro Monteverde, Patrick Million, Leo Severino

Directed by Alejandro Monteverde

Starring - Tammy Blanchard, Manuel Perez, Angelica Aragon, Jaime Terelli, Ali Landry

Rated - PG-13 for thematic elements and brief disturbing images

Running Time – 1:31

Genre - Drama

Open in Theaters - October 26th, 2007 (Limited)

Black Irish

You can't choose family...

BLACK IRISH, a contemporary Irish-American family drama set in South Boston, starring Brendan Gleeson ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," "Troy," "28 Days Later") and Michael Angarano ("Sky High," "Lords of Dogtown"). Brad Gann, who wrote the screenplay for the film "Invincible" starring Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear, makes his directorial debut with the film which won the Audience and Grand Jury Awards at the Florida Film Festival and feature film awards from Method Fest and the Newport Beach Film Festival. Anywhere Road will release the film in Los Angeles and Boston on October 26.

The film also stars Melissa Leo ("Stephanie Daley," "21 Grams," "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"), Tom Guiry ("Mystic River," "Tigerland," NBC's "The Black Donnellys"), and Emily VanCamp (ABC's "Brothers & Sisters," The WB's "Everwood").

Fifteen-year-old Cole (Angarano) is a sweet-natured, baseball-loving, obedient teenager who yearns for the attentions of his emotionally remote father (Gleeson). Cole is by turns nurtured and abandoned by the rest of his family: his pregnant unmarried sister (VanCamp), a troubled bully for a brother (Guiry) and his deeply religious mother (Leo) who has been grooming Cole, her youngest son, for a life in the priesthood. As the story unfolds, each family member undergoes a crisis of his or her own, until circumstances force Cole to take action to prevent a family tragedy.

Written and Directed by Brad Gann

Starring - Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Emily VanCamp, Tom Guiry, Melissa Leo

Rated - None

Running Time – 1:32

Genre - Drama

Open in Theaters - October 26th, 2007 (Boston)

Dan in Real Life

Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family.

"Plan to be surprised."
-- Dan Burns, DAN IN REAL LIFE

A conflicted romance collides head-on into the perils of family relations with fun-filled results in Peter Hedges' fresh, clever and hilarious take on the slice-of-life comedy, DAN IN REAL LIFE. Comic sensation Steve Carell stars as an ordinary guy who accidentally stumbles out of his "play-it-safe" life into the exhilarating world of the unexpected when he falls in love on what was supposed to be a family getaway. Starring alongside standup star Dane Cook and Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche, Carell is about to discover a family weekend of chaos, confusion, awkwardness -- and ultimately, his entire family's extraordinary capacity for love in the face of left-field surprises.

It all begins with widowed father and family advice columnist Dan Burns (Carell), who is still reeling from the heartache of loss and takes refuge by trying to maintain order with his three rebellious young girls, while dodging anything unexpected or outside the box. But when Dan heads to Rhode Island, his miffed daughters in tow, for the annual Fall weekend thrown by the large and boisterous Burns family, everything changes. Soon after his arrival, he runs into an alluring woman named Marie (Binoche) in a bookshop. For the first time in a very, very long time, Dan experiences real, live sparks -- only to have to douse them liberally when he discovers Marie is, in fact, the brand new girlfriend his brother Mitch (Cook) is about to proudly introduce to the family.

As the weekend gets underway in the close quarters of a crowded house filled with quirky, prying relatives, Dan and Marie try to squelch and cover up their growing mutual attraction at every turn, leading to one comical situation after another. Yet, no matter how hard they try to do the very opposite, Dan and Marie can't help but fall in love. Now Dan is about to realize, that no matter how wise safety might seem, when it comes to real life, he's going to have to break all the rules.

Written by Pierce Gardner, Peter Hedges

Directed by Peter Hedges

Starring - Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Norbert Leo Butz, John Mahoney, Dianne Wiest, Alison Pill, Brittany Robertson, Marlene Lawston, Emily Blunt

Rated - PG-13 for some innuendo

Running Time - 1:35

Genre - Comedy, Romance

Open in Theaters - October 26th, 2007

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Things We Lost in the Fire

After an unspeakable tragedy, two people get a second chance at life in "Things We Lost in the Fire." When Audrey Burke (Halle Berry) loses her husband in an act of random violence, she forges an unlikely relationship with Jerry Sunborne (Benicio Del Toro), her husband's best friend from childhood. Jerry is a heroin user; his addiction has destroyed everything that was once important to him. As Audrey discovers that Jerry is the only person who can help her survive her loss, Jerry finds the strength to overcome his own problems. Acclaimed Danish director Susanne Bier helms.

Written by Allan Loeb

Directed by Susanne Bier

Starring - Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alison Lohman

Rated - R for drug content and language

Running Time – 1:53

Genre – Drama

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

3D So Real, It's Scary.

"Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems, in a place perhaps you've seen in your dreams..."

Santa in Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

This Halloween, everyone's favorite nightmare will return -- in another dimension. On the occasion of its 13th anniversary, Tim Burton's hippest of holiday classics, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, will make a ghoulishly groundbreaking comeback to the big screen, seamlessly transformed into stunning Disney Digital 3D. This dazzling new makeover offers a frightfully fun, eyepopping trip into a universe of magic and wonder that remains unlike any other. The film's transformation was led by the original filmmaking team of Academy Award®-nominated writer/producer Tim Burton ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Corpse Bride") and director Henry Selick ("James and the Giant Peach") -- and was turned into reality through an intense, frame-by-frame digitizing process spearheaded by the technical wizards at Industrial Light & Magic and driven by a passion for the film's visual splendor and timeless (not to mention occasionally headless) characters.

Donning their state-of-the-art, polarized 3D glasses, audiences will now have the chance to get truly up close and bone-rattlingly personal with the film's cast of mischievously macabre ghosts and goblins. They'll be transported directly into the three-dimensional center of the haunted house-like environs of Halloweentown as its bored Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington, attempts to take over the festive Christmas season for a change of pace. Against the advice of Sally (Catherine O'Hara), the lonely rag doll who has secret feelings for him, Jack enlists three trick-or-treaters -- Lock, Shock, and Barrel -- to help him kidnap Santa Claus. But even when Jack realizes his mistake, he'll have to contend with the evil Oogie Boogie before he can turn things around and restore the holiday's cheer.

Fueled by an unforgettable Grammy®-nominated soundtrack featuring ten infectiously spooky songs by Oscar nominee Danny Elfman ("Corpse Bride," "Big Fish"), who also provided the singing voice for Jack, Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 3D will be released in conjunction with a new soundtrack album from Walt Disney Records that revisits the music in equally fun ways. The two disc set will feature Danny Elfman's acclaimed original score, four never-before-released demos from Elfman and a new twist: a collection of covers of the film's most favorite songs from such popular artists as Fall Out Boy, Fiona Apple, Marilyn Manson, Panic! At The Disco and She Wants Revenge.
THE TRANSFORMATION
A landmark film in its genre, the 1993 release of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS combined the power, enchantment and artistry of stop-motion animation with technological wizardry to create a moviegoing experience that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of die-hard fans. It simultaneously became an all-time family favorite and attained permanent cult status among the cool. Just as its playful, pitch-perfect sense of Halloween fun made it a holiday standard, its mischievously dark humor and no-holds-barred creativity has made it an enduring video hit among college kids and hipsters -- who admire it, quote it, sing it and even dress the parts at Halloween. For years, every Halloween has been turned into NIGHTMARE season at Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre, which screens the film each October to ever-growing audiences.

Part ghostly love story, part upside-down holiday celebration and part toe-tappingly offbeat musical, this NIGHTMARE was always multidimensional. But now, the classic film that had audiences falling in love with one of the most painstakingly handmade of all animation processes has been brought hurtling into the 21st century and transformed for a new generation to experience in Disney Digital 3D, expanding its legacy of innovation.

Written by Caroline Thompson, Tim Burton, Michael McDowell

Directed by Henry Selick

Starring - Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Ed Ivory, Susan McBride, Debi Durst, Greg Proops, Kerry Katz, Randy Crenshaw, Sherwood Ball, Carmen Twillie, Catherine O'Hara

Rated - PG for some scary images

Running Time – 1:16

Genre - Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007 (in 200 theaters - October 20, 2006 – re-release: October 19, 2007)

Wristcutters: A Love Story

From the moment Zia (Patrick Fugit) cuts his wrists and enters a bizarre afterlife reserved for suicides, this film becomes a strangely uplifting, darkly comic tale about a journey through the hereafter. This is a world where everyone still bears the scars earned from the manner in which they "offed" while the everyday reality is a twisted mirror image of our own mortal world.

When Zia begins his search for his long lost love, he encounters a variety of memorable individuals, be it a disillusioned suicide bomber or an angel in disguise. But it is in Eugene (Shea Whigham), an inscrutable Russian musician, and Mikal (Shannyn Sossamon), an accidental tourist, that he finds his closest friends. This trio of lost souls forms an uncommon bond as they set out on a journey across the afterlife in search of what they could not find in their previous lives.

Written by Goran Dukic

Directed by Goran Dukic

Starring - Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Leslie Bibb, Mikal P. Lazarev, Mark Boone Jr. Abraham Benrubi, Mary Pat Gleason, Clayne Crawford, Anthony Azizi, Azura Skye, Nick Offerman, Sarah Roemer with John Hawkes, Tom Waits.

Rated - R for language and disturbing content involving suicide

Running Time – 1:28

Genre - Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007 (first in top 10 markets; expands: Nov. 2)

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Rendition

Gavin Hood, whose "Tsotsi" became the first film from the former Apartheid state to win an Academy Award, will make his Hollywood debut directing first-time screenwriter Kelley Sane's multi-layered story centering on a CIA analyst based in Cairo who finds his world spinning out of control after he witnesses the interrogation of a foreign national by the Egyptian secret police. Witherspoon has been tapped to play Isabella El-Ibrahim, the pregnant American wife of an Egyptian-born chemical engineer whose family emigrated to the States in the mid 1980s, who is shipped off to a third world country for interrogation after he is deemed a political prisoner in our post-9/11 world.

Written by Kelley Sane

Directed by Gavin Hood

Starring - Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, Christian Martin

Rated - R for torture/violence and language

Running Time - 2:00

Genre – Thriller

Box office - $4,060,012 (US total)

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007

Reservation Road

To find the truth you have to find out who's hiding it.

Based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by John Burnham Schwartz, this is the compelling new dramatic thriller from two-time Academy Award-nominated writer/director Terry George ("Hotel Rwanda"). A tale of anger, revenge, and great courage, the film follows two fathers as their families and lives converge. On a warm September evening, college professor Ethan Learner (two-time Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix), his wife Grace (Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly), and their daughter Emma (Elle Fanning) are attending a recital. Their 10-year-old son Josh (Sean Curley) is playing cello ¬ beautifully, as usual. His younger sister looks up to him, and his parents are proud of their son. On the way home, they all stop at a gas station on Reservation Road. There, in one terrible instant, he is taken from them forever. On a warm September evening, law associate Dwight Arno (Mark Ruffalo) and his 11-year-old son Lucas (Eddie Alderson) are attending a baseball game. Their favorite team, the Red Sox, is playing ¬ and, hopefully, heading for the World Series. Dwight cherishes his time spent with Lucas. Driving his son back to his ex-wife, Lucas' mother Ruth Wheldon (Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino), Dwight heads towards his fateful encounter at Reservation Road. The accident happens so fast that Lucas is all but unaware, while Ethan ¬ the only witness ¬ is all too aware, as a panicked Dwight speeds away. The police are called, and an investigation begins. Haunted by the tragedy, both fathers react in unexpected ways, as do Grace and Emma. As a reckoning looms, the two fathers are forced to make the hardest choices of their lives.

Written by Terry George, Jonathan Burnham Schwartz

Directed by Terry George

Starring - Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, Mira Sorvino, Elle Fanning

Rated - R for language and some disturbing images

Running Time – 1:42

Genre - Drama, Thriller

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007

Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour

A teenage girl has mysterious encounters with paranormal activity in the small town of Pine Valley.

Written by John Comrie, Lisa Comrie

Directed by Lisa Comrie

Starring - Rissa Walters

Rated - PG for thematic elements, mild peril and language

Running Time – 1:28

Genre - Family, Mystery, Thriller

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007

The Ten Commandments

Condemned to die by Pharaoh while just a baby, Hebrew Moses is set adrift on the River Nile by his mother and his sister. Rescued by the daughter of Pharaoh, he grows up thinking he's an Egyptian prince.

Eventually exiled from Egypt when he is exposed as a Jew, he is touched by God, and told that he will lead his enslaved Chosen People to the Promised Land. With the hand of God firmly on his shoulder, and with faith as his only weapon, Moses performs miracles, casts down plagues, evades a pursuing Egyptian army, parts the Red Sea and, after forty years of leading the Hebrew Chosen Ones to the Promised Land, is embraced by God and led to a better place.

What makes this version of "The Ten Commandments" unique is that it highlights Moses’ family, both real and extended, on this long journey.

Filled with high adventure, the miraculous, and a gentle sense of humor, "The Ten Commandments" showcases Moses, the reluctant prophet, who was the only man in Biblical history to see the face of God and call him 'friend.'

Written by inspiration from Holy Bible

Directed by unknown

Starring - Ben Kingsley, Christian Slater, Alfred Molina, Elliott Gould

Rated - None

Running Time – 1:28

Genre - Animation, Family

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007

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30 Days of Night

Producer Sam Raimi ("Spider-Man") brings audiences the terrifying thriller "30 Days of Night," set in the isolated town of Barrow, Alaska, in the extreme northern hemisphere, which is plunged into complete darkness annually for an entire month. When most of the inhabitants head south for the winter, a mysterious group of strangers appear: bloodthirsty vampires, ready to take advantage of the uninterrupted darkness to feed on the town's residents. As the night wears on, Barrow's Sheriff Eben (Josh Hartnett), his estranged wife Stella (Melissa George), and an ever-shrinking group of survivors must do anything they can to last until daylight.

Written by Stuart Beattie

Directed by David Slade

Starring - Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Manu Bennett

Rated - R for strong horror violence and language

Running Time - 1:53

Genre - Horror, Thriller

Box Office - $15,951,902 (US total)

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007

The Comebacks

The producers of "Wedding Crashers" spoof the greatest sports movies ever.

With a track record that boasts such successful comedies as Wedding Crashers, The Wedding Planner and the recently released, Employee of the Month, it is no wonder that Fox Atomic approached the partners at Tapestry Films to produce THE COMEBACKS.

"Since we do a lot of youth oriented and big four quadrant comedies," begins producer Andrew Panay, "I think they thought we might be right for this kind of material. They sent us the script, we read it and we jointly agreed that this was something that we thought was hilarious and exciting. I think most everybody has seen a sports movie or a sports drama. How much fun would it be to poke fun at those movies and also poke fun at the sports world just in general on a large scale? It was perfect for our company."

"We thought it was terrific," agrees producer Peter Abrams. "There were some very, very funny bits... and it needed a great director that could put his stamp to it."

To this end, the filmmakers hired director Tom Brady. Coming off of two comedies geared for the young audiences, The Hot Chick and The Animal, Brady seemed a good match for this material on several levels.

"We looked for a director and found Tom Brady," recalls Abrams. "One of his strengths besides directing, is that he's a writer... So, Tom brought his keen sense of humor to the material."

"I read hundreds of scripts looking for that special one," begins director Tom Brady. "When this one came along, there were a couple things that got me. No one had really parodied or made fun of these sports movies yet. And so that hook was great.

But in particular what got me was there's a story there. They're real characters, each character had its arc. And there was the potential for a big movie with real actors and real people and real emotion and if done right to have your cake and eat it too. You can root for these people all the way and feel all the things you're supposed to feel in a sports movie, but make fun of it all along the way; and poke fun at all the clichés and conventions of all these typical melodramatic, overly dramatic sports movies that we've all seen."

Creating a film that did not just go from joke to joke or from skit to skit was important to all the filmmakers. They agreed that if they created a story with characters that the audience could get behind and root for, the jokes would play off that foundation and ring true.

"Tom has been absolutely fantastic," comments co-producer Michael Schreiber. "It's always good to have a director who knows what they want. He has a clear vision of this movie and he's able to vocalize that. So you know exactly what you're getting."

"I just had a vision for the film from the beginning," recalls Brady, "that if you play the stakes real and if the characters feel human and three dimensional, then you have a real movie. And then on top of that, you have that level of parody and the big stunts and the cameos-then you have everything you want in a movie."

Finding the right actor to play Coach Lambeau Fields was critical. Not only did the filmmakers need a comedic actor, but someone who could imbue the character with realism and heart. Into the shoes of the Coach stepped David Koechner for whom the role could not be more tailor-made. Having appeared as an extremely strong and memorable supporting player in such big screen comedy successes as Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The 40 Year Old Virgin, and Reno 911, the filmmakers knew he was up to the challenge of playing the leading man.

"David and I met for breakfast," recalls Brady. "I just wanted to see that he was the guy that I thought he was. And within 10 seconds, we were both laughing and I knew in fact that he was the guy."

Brady remarks, "He was the perfect actor for the role . I think he's one of the finest comedic actors working today. He's just ready and he brings it all. He's so likable. He's compassionate. He can modulate his performance. He'd be very dramatic if he needs to be. And sometimes that's what's most funny."

"The thing about David that's so fantastic," comments Panay, "is that he's a real actor. He's such a good actor, who happens to be really funny. He's not just a comedian who's one note. This guy has so many layers -- he's got so much heart. And how do you not root for Dave Koechner? I think that's the biggest quality he has --- you cannot not love this guy!"

Koechner's comedic talents were indeed appreciated by everyone on set, although his antics
often brought with them an acting challenge for those trying to do a scene with him. Many of his fellow-actors were continually brought to the verge of hysterics.

As Matthew Lawrence recalls, "He's just nailin' this character. I mean we have so much fun. He goes on these rants and when he adlibs---it's just hysterical. And it's really hard sometimes when you're opposite him, to keep a straight face."

"In the first couple scenes I had with him, it was kind of intimidating because he's so quick you don't really know where he's coming from," reflects the youngest cast member, 17-year-old Martin Spanjers who plays too-little-to-play Randy. "And he broke me a couple times. I started laughing. I had to turn my head so it wouldn't ruin the shot. But you just have to go with it and let it naturally happen. And finally, I got more comfortable. But he's just really funny. I mean this is his thing. This is his movie."

To sum it up best in the words of newcomer George Back, "He's probably the super-omega-ultra-coolest dude ever in the history of the world."

On the other side of the gridiron is Coach'es friend-turned-nemesis, Freddie Wiseman, played to perfection by Carl Weathers. Best known to filmgoers as Apollo Creed from the Rocky films, Weathers is a true icon in the world of sports and sports films, and the perfect choice to play the coach's nemesis.

"Carl Weathers is a true movie star," comments Brady, "always bringing enormous charm, intelligence, and an epic quality to all of his film roles. You can't get more charismatic than Apollo Creed, or help be in awe of his character in The Predator or of Action Jackson. I knew Carl could be hilarious. He was also a former football star at San Diego State and played with the Raiders! All of these things made him a natural and perfect choice to play Freddie, Coach Fields' friend and mentor."

"He's incredible," comments Abrams. "He is not wildly crazy like Dave can be but in a very straight ahead way. He's very, very funny especially when the two of them play off of each other."

Once next-door neighbors, Brady and Weathers had talked about working together casually in the past. But once the script for THE COMEBACKS was ready, the conversation became much more specific. "Tom came to me," recalled Weathers, "and said 'I've got this movie, and I think it'll be really good. I'd love for you to be in it and I want to send you a script.'

"Well, lo and behold a script came and I read it and it was really, really funny. And when we started working together, Tom was a joy. I've always really enjoyed working with the directors who really support you as an actor and really gave you an opportunity to bring as much to the table as you can."

With a long history both in front of the camera and as a filmmaker, Brady did indeed take to heart comments and suggestions that the experienced and well versed Weathers brought to the table.

"Carl is also a filmmaker in his own right and brought an intelligence and 'big picture' view to the project," Brady comments. "Incorporating Carl's ideas really elevated the third act to a new level!"

Once Koechner and Weathers were in place, the next step was to find the prefect group of young actors to play the rag-tag team of misfits that make up The Comebacks. "When we went through the casting process," recalls co-producer Kevin Sabbe, "we really searched for young talented actors who we felt were going to be the next big thing. And more than anything, we searched for talent who was really, really funny."

From the more experienced Matthew Lawrence, Robert Ri'chard and Martin Spanjers, to relative newcomers George Back, Jermaine Williams and Jesse Garcia, the cast all brought humor, energy and a willingness to go the distance (even over the line!) to bring the team to life. Additional team members Noureen DeWulf and Jackie Long, as well as young Brooke Nevin, who plays the coach's daughter, round out the cast.

"We found a group of very talented young actors who are all funny," comments Abrams. "I think it helps to have a funny piece of material, but we also have a really skilled group of kids working."

Director Tom Brady remarks on the cast, "I was looking for gifted actors who brought something extra special to the table - a brilliant spark, a comedic twist - actors who, although their roles were inspired by somewhat 'stock' types, who would transcend those roles and make them original and lasting film characters." He continues, "Most of the roles for the team members, I discovered during casting - which I consider to be one of the most important parts of the process."

Brady continues, "Without exception, I was pleased and every member of the team took their parts to a new level. The amount of talent on this set was insane, and I anticipate that we'll all look back five years from now and say, 'how did they ever get George Back, Robert Ri'chard, Jackie Long, Brooke Nevin, Noureen DeWulf, Martin Spanjers, and Jermaine Williams ALL in one film!'"

In a few cases, Brady had worked with talent involved in the film before, so he had the advantage of already knowing what they could do.

"I worked with Matthew Lawrence on "The Hot Chick" and knew he would make the perfect Lance," comments Brady. "Matt brings an enormous amount of integrity to every role he plays. His portrayals are airtight, and as a leading man he is incredibly versatile. He is natural, confident and a 'guy's guy,' and he is also strikingly handsome and can play the vulnerability of romantic situations like very few actors his age. Matthew is also a solid, well-balanced guy who has easily made the transition from child actor (Mrs. Doubtfire) to teen idol to adult leading man. This is a guy who can be a huge film star."

The young talent was eager to be a part of a comedy of this level and to have the ear of the filmmakers - Brady in particular - to listen to their ideas. "He actually sat each and every one of us down for about an hour session just to give him our ideas about our characters," recalls Jermaine Williams, who plays IPod, the Coach's side-kick.

In addition to the talented central cast, the filmmakers couldn't have been happier with the dozens of other talented actors, comedians and athletes who agreed to appear in the film in cameo roles. Although most of them only worked for a single day, the results are surprising, hysterical and satirical. Much of the success in booking these people is credited by producer Abrams to having shot the film in Los Angeles and to the presence of Koechner.

As Abrams explains, "We just found a group of very talented people that allowed the film to be chock full of cameos. It was our considered opinion that if we stayed in Los Angeles we'd have a better chance to get people to come play for a day. As opposed to going somewhere else, where a day plus two days of traveling might mean they wouldn't be able to do it.

"But also, when we went out to find actors and comedians to come do cameos, when they found out that Dave was the star, they all signed up because they all love him. Within the comic actor world, he's revered - everybody loves Dave Koechner and they think he's brilliantly funny."

From the world of sports, the list is stellar and includes Super Bowl winners, a World Series ball player, top NBA talent and sportscasters. Among those appearing in the film are ex- football stars Eric Dickerson, Lawrence "LT" Taylor and Michael Irvin, retired mega-stars Dennis Rodman and Bill Buckner, as well as John Salley, Chris Rose, Frank Caliendo, and Stacy Keibler.

Written by Kevin Sabbe, Tom Brady

Directed by Tom Brady

Starring - Carl Weathers, David Koechner, Matt Lawrence, Brooke Nevin

Rated - PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout and some drug material

Running Time - 1:24

Genre – Comedy

Box Office - $5,554,594 (US total)

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007

Gone Baby Gone

"Gone, Baby, Gone," Academy Award®-winner Ben Affleck's directorial debut, stars Casey Affleck ("Ocean's Eleven"), Michelle Monaghan ("Mission: Impossible III"), Academy Award®-winner Morgan Freeman and Academy Award®-nominee Ed Harris. Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane ("Mystic River") and adapted for the screen by Affleck and Aaron Stockard, the film tells the story of two private investigators hunting for an abducted 4-year-old girl in the seamiest side of Boston's underworld.

Written by Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard

Directed by Ben Affleck

Starring - Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris

Rated - R for violence, drug content and pervasive language

Running Time - 1:54

Genre - Drama, Mystery

Box Office - $5,501,406 (US total)

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007

Meeting Resistance

What would you do if your country was invaded? "Meeting Resistance" raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency by meeting face to face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle, and documenting for the very first time, the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation's citizens when their homeland is occupied. Voices that have previously not been heard, male and female, speak candidly about their motivations, hopes and goals, revealing a kaleidoscope of human perspectives. Featuring reflective, yet fervent conversations with active insurgents, "Meeting Resistance" is the missing puzzle piece in understanding the Iraq war. Directed by Steve Connors and Molly Bingham, this daring, eye-opening film provides unique insight into the personal narratives of people involved in the resistance exploding myth after myth about the war in Iraq and the Iraqis who participate. Through its unprecedented access to these clandestine groups, "Meeting Resistance" focuses the spotlight on the "other side" leaving the viewer with clarity as to why the violence in Iraq continues to this day.

Written by Unknown

Directed by Molly Bingham, Steve Connors

Starring - Unknown

Rated - None

Running Time - 1:24

Genre - Documentary

Open in Theaters - October 19th, 2007 (NY, DC)

Open in Theaters from October 17th

O Jerusalem

"O Jerusalem" meticulously re-creates the historic struggle surrounding the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. At the center of these events are two young, American friends - one Jewish, the other Arab. The film is told from the alternating viewpoints of the Jews, Arabs and Brits, all of whom collide in their fight for the control of Jerusalem while bringing to the forefront themes of courage, terrorism, deprivation, politics and a strong sense of morality. Their involvement takes them from the streets of New York to The Holy Land, where they risk their lives - making incredible sacrifices along the way - to fight for what they believe in, as the city of their dreams teeters on the brink of destruction.

Based on historical accounts from the best-selling novel Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre.

Written by Elie Chouraqui, Didier Le Pêcheur

Directed by Elie Chouraqui

Starring - Saïd Taghmaoui, JJ Feild, Maria Papas, Patrick Bruel, Mel Raido, Ian Holm, Tom Conti, Tovah Feldshuh

Rated - None

Running Time - Unknown

Genre - Drama

Open in Theaters - October 17th, 2007 (Limited)

Open in Theaters from October 12th

Elizabeth The Golden Age

Woman Warrior Queen

Reprising the roles they originated in seven-time Academy Award®-nominated "Elizabeth," Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush return for a gripping historical thriller laced with treachery and romance--"The Golden Age." Joining them in the epic is Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh, a dashing seafarer and newfound temptation for Elizabeth.

"The Golden Age" finds Queen Elizabeth I (Oscar®-winner Cate Blanchett) facing bloodlust for her throne and familial betrayal. Growing keenly aware of the changing religious and political tides of late 16th century Europe, Elizabeth finds her rule openly challenged by the Spanish King Philip II (Jordi Molla)--with his powerful army and sea-dominating armada--determined to restore England to Catholicism.

Preparing to go to war to defend her empire, Elizabeth struggles to balance ancient royal duties with an unexpected vulnerability in her love for Raleigh. But he remains forbidden for a queen who has sworn body and soul to her country. Unable and unwilling to pursue her love, Elizabeth encourages her favorite lady-in-waiting, Bess (Abbie Cornish), to befriend Raleigh to keep him near. But this strategy forces Elizabeth to observe their growing intimacy.

As she charts her course abroad, her trusted advisor, Sir Francis Walsingham (Academy Award® winner Geoffrey Rush), continues his masterful puppetry of Elizabeth's court at home--and her campaign to solidify absolute power. Through an intricate spy network, Walsingham uncovers an assassination plot that could topple the throne. But as he unmasks traitors that may include Elizabeth's own cousin Mary Stuart (Samantha Morton), he unknowingly sets England up for destruction.

"The Golden Age" tells the thrilling tale of an era ... the story of one woman's crusade to control love, crush enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.

Written by William Nicholson, Michael Hirst

Directed by Shekhar Kapur

Starring - Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Samantha Morton, Abbie Cornish

Rated - PG-13 for violence, some sexuality and nudity

Running Time - 1:54

Genre - Thriller

Open in Theaters - October 12th, 2007

The Final Season

How do you want to be remembered?

In the small town of Norway, Iowa, everyone comes together for high school baseball. But life throws curve balls; and the passionate young players, rookie coach Kent Stock (Sean Astin), and the hometown fans find that life's greatest challenges strike off the diamond. The Final Season is the true story of a coach who inspired his team and brought hope to a town when they needed it most.

Kent Stock (Sean Astin) had some mighty big cleats to fill when he stepped in for Jim Van Scoyoc (Powers Booth), head coach of the Norway Tigers, the most formidable high school baseball team in the history of Iowa. A school with only 100 students in a town of 586 people, the beloved Tigers won 20 State Championships in 26 years and the admiration of the entire town. Claiming that Norway grew ballplayers "like corn," Coach Van Scoyoc picked a winning team of 14 boys year after year, young men who grew up watching their older brothers, family and friends win state titles before them, and like a lucky glove passed down through generations, the coveted championship trophy was now theirs to win.

But in 1991 the Norway School Board decided it was going to merge Norway with a nearby high school in Madison, thereby shutting the school forever and crushing the town's hope of keeping their baseball tradition alive. Turning a deaf ear on the community's cries of protest, town officials refused to renew Coach Van Scoyoc's (Boothe) contract, and hired Kent Stock (Astin), a former girls volleyball coach, to lead the team in their final season.

Suddenly apathy instead of cheers met the Norway Tigers and their coach. Rumor had it that a Tee Ball player had a better chance of hitting a Nolan Ryan fastball than the Norway Tigers had of taking their 20th State Championship. Even the boys on the team had given up, fumbling grounders and dropping flies that they could have once fielded in their sleep.

But the rookie coach wasn't about to let the Tigers or the town give up. Like the champion he expected each one of them to be, Stock challenged the boys with words to live by: "Ask yourself one question," he said. "How do you want to be remembered?" Their collective answer made the Tigers start acting like the accomplished ballplayers they knew how to be. And as the team rallied, so did the town. The players, the coach and all of Norway began to believe that the Tigers had one more victory in them before the school closed forever. How did the Norway Tigers want to be remembered? As winners!

Based on the true story of one of the greatest dynasties in high school baseball history, The Final Season is about digging deep within to find the courage to triumph against all odds.

Written by Art D'Alessandro

Directed by David M. Evans

Starring - Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook, James Gammon, Larry Miller, Marshall Bell, Tom Arnold, Michael Angarano

Rated - PG for language, thematic elements and some teen smoking

Running Time - 1:54

Genre - Drama

Open in Theaters - October 12th, 2007

Lars and the Real Girl

The search for true love begins outside the box

When Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) introduces his brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law Karin (Emily Mortimer) to his new friend Bianca, who he met on the internet, their immediate response is shock and disbelief. Has Lars, the sweet, socially challenged introvert gone completely mad -- they meet Bianca and see a doll, but Lars sees a friend.

Bianca isn't a real woman at all but a Real Doll, how will they explain this to the residents of the sleepy Midwestern town they've grown up in and currently reside? Karin and Gus consult the town's family physician, Dr. Dagmar Berman (Patricia Clarkson), who advises them to go along with it. Lars is experiencing a delusion and in order to help him through this crisis, they and the townsfolk need to get onboard.

After some persuasion and appeal to their love and concern for Lars, Gus and Karin enlist their cooperation. Soon Bianca is attending church, modeling at the local dress shop, volunteering at the hospital and accompanying Lars to his first ever social events.

Surprisingly to those around her, Bianca weaves her way into the hearts of everyone she meets, filling voids they didn't know they had. What follows is an emotional, comical, transformative journey for Lars and the people around him.

Written by Nancy Oliver

Directed by Craig Gillespie

Starring - Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson, Nancy Beatty, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Karen Robinson

Rated - PG-13 for some sex-related content

Running Time - 1:46

Genre - Comedy

Open in Theaters - October 12th, 2007 (Limited)

Sleuth

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer (Caine) matches wits with the struggling actor (Law) who has stolen his wife's heart.

A millionaire detective novelist matches wits with the unemployed actor who ran off with his wife in a deadly serious, seriously twisted game with dangerous consequences.

Written by Harold Pinter

Directed by Kenneth Branagh

Starring - Michael Caine, Jude Law

Rated - R for strong language

Running Time - 1:26

Genre - Mystery, Thriller

Open in Theaters - October 12th, 2007 (Limited)

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?

...Because no one inspires me more. ...Because we complete each other's sentences. ...Because two are stronger than one. ...Because every moment we share is better than the last.

Following the success of his previous films DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN, MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION and DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS, Tyler Perry returns with his fourth feature film, TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED?

A big-screen adaptation of Perry's hit stage play of the same title, TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED? is an intimate story about the difficulty of maintaining a solid love relationship in modern times. This heartwarming and often hilarious story looks at four couples on vacation struggling with issues of commitment, betrayal, redemption and the road to forgiveness.

When these eight married college friends reunite for their annual retreat in the snowcapped mountains of Colorado, they come expecting fun and relaxation, but get a completely unexpected surprise. Career-drive Dianne (SHARON LEAL) and her supportive, but fed-up husband, Terry (TYLER PERRY), are joined by popular psychologist and best-selling author Patricia (JANET JACKSON) and her architect husband Gavin, (MALIK YOBA), who share a secret tragedy that finally comes to light, while Angela (TASHA SMITH) and Marcus (MICHAEL JAI WHITE) argue constantly, but remain in love. Also in attendance is their good friend Sheila, (JILL SCOTT) a sweet woman with a distorted self-image stemming from weight issues that are exacerbated by her emotionally abusive and philandering husband, Mike (RICHARD T. JONES).

Unlike any other year, this trip changes the dynamic of the group with two new additions: Sheila's supposed girlfriend, Trina (DENISE BOUTTE), who is secretly sleeping with her husband; and Troy (LAMMAN RUCKER), an ex-Wall Street stockbroker who has put his career on hold to care for an ailing father.

Nothing could create more drama then placing these ten people in a secluded cabin for a long weekend with all of the dirty laundry waiting to come out. Everybody's asking 'WHY DID I GET MARRIED?'

Written by Tyler Perry

Directed by Tyler Perry

Starring - Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Sharon Leal, Jill Scott, Tasha Smith, Malik Yoba, Richard T. Jones, Michael Jai White

Rated - PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual references and language

Running Time – 1:58

Genre - Comedy, Drama

Open in Theaters - October 12th, 2007

We own the night

Two brothers on opposite sides of the law. Beyond their differences lies loyalty.

Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has turned his back on the family business. The popular manager of El Caribe, the legendary Russian-owned nightclub in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach, he has changed his last name and concealed his connection to a long line of distinguished New York cops. For Bobby, every night is a party, as he greets friends and customers or dances with his beautiful Puerto Rican girlfriend, Amada (Eva Mendes), in a haze of cigarette smoke and disco music.

But it's 1988, and New York City's drug trade is escalating. Bobby tries to keep a friendly distance from the Russian gangster who is operating out of the nightclub - a gangster who is being targeted by his brother, Joseph (Mark Wahlberg), an up-and-coming NYPD officer, and his father, Burt (Robert Duvall), the legendary deputy chief of police.

Columbia Pictures' and 2929 Productions' "We Own the Night," an emotional crime thriller about a man who has chosen to hide his past only to discover that he has to confront an inevitable future, takes its title from the motto of the 1980s-era NYPD street crimes unit. Written and directed by James Gray ("The Yards," "Little Odessa").

Written by James Gray

Directed by James Gray

Starring - Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes, Alex Veadov

Rated - R for strong violence, drug material, language, some sexual content and brief nudity

Running Time - 1:57

Genre - Crime, Drama, Thriller

Open in Theaters - October 12th, 2007

Open in Theaters from October 5th (Friday)

The Heartbreak Kid

On the third day of his honeymoon, Eddie Cantrow (Ben Stiller) believes he's finally found true love. Unfortunately, it's not with his new bride.

"The Heartbreak Kid" is an outrageous comedy, liberally seasoned with the patented over-the-top humor of directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary," "Dumb and Dumber"). Raucous and side-splitting, "The Heartbreak Kid" piles outlandish antics on top of wickedly twisted sight gags to create a hilarious comedy of errors.

After years of bachelorhood and ample pressure from his father, Doc, (Jerry Stiller) and best friend Mac (Rob Corddry), Eddie starts to wonder if he is being too picky about the women he meets. So when a chance encounter with an alluring blonde named Lila (Malin Akerman) leads to a sweet romance, Eddie impulsively proposes. But right after the wedding, as the newlyweds get to know each other on the drive down the California coast, Eddie begins to realize he's made a terrible mistake. Soon after reaching their exotic Mexican hideaway, he falls for the down-to-earth Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), who has no clue he's on his honeymoon. Now Eddie has to find a way to extricate himself from his days-old marriage without losing the girl of his dreams.

DreamWorks Pictures Presents A Radar Pictures/Davis Entertainment Company/Conundrum Entertainment Production "The Heartbreak Kid" starring Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller, Rob Corddry, Carlos Mencia, Scott Wilson and Danny McBride. The film is directed by Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly from a screenplay by Scot Armstrong and Leslie Dixon and Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly & Kevin Barnett. Based on the screenplay by Neil Simon.

Unmarried and just turned 40, sporting goods store owner Eddie Cantrow (Ben Stiller) is on the sidelines of the dating game when he attends the wedding of his former fiancée. Feeling like the whole world has paired off except him, and egged on by his libidinous octogenarian father Doc (Jerry Stiller) and henpecked married friend Mac (Rob Corddry), Eddie is primed for a romance. Now all he needs is the girl.

After he interrupts an apparent mugging on the streets of San Francisco, Eddie meets Lila (Malin Akerman) and the pair quickly embark on a whirlwind romance, which leads to a hasty proposal. On the way to Mexico for their honeymoon, Eddie discovers his new bride not only has the face of an angel, but a trucker's vocabulary and a nearly insatiable appetite for hilariously athletic sex. By the time they reach the swanky resort, Lila has transformed from a gentle and sweet life partner into a crass, tequila-swigging wench with a sordid past, leaving Eddie wondering what he's gotten himself into.

After Lila refuses to leave their hotel room because of the sunburn to end all sunburns, Eddie consoles himself at the bar where he strikes up a casual conversation with Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), a laid-back high school lacrossed teacher who is as wholesome and grounded as Lila is flighty. Soon, the miserable newlywed is manufacturing excuses to leave his bride behind and spend time with Miranda. As he falls for Miranda's down home allure, Eddie tries his best to level with both women. But a series of misunderstandings leads to a wildly funny confrontation among a man, two women and a Portuguese man o' war.

Written by Scot Armstrong, Leslie Dixon, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Kevin Barnett

Directed by Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Starring - Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller, Rob Corddry, Carlos Mencia, Scott Wilson, Danny McBride, Stephanie Courtney, Polly Holliday, Roy Jenkins

Rated - R for strong sexual content, crude humor, language, and a scene of drug use involving a minor.

Running Time – unknown

Genre - Comedy, Drama, Romance

Open in Theaters - October 5th, 2007

Black Irish

A gripping coming-of-age drama, "Black Irish," a pejorative describing Irish people from hardscrabble backgrounds - chronicles the trials and tribulations of 15-year-old Cole McKay (Michael Angarano), an obedient son who yearns for the attentions of his emotionally remote father (Brendan Gleeson). Cole is by turns nurtured and abandoned by the rest of his family; his unwed and pregnant sister Kathleen (Emily VanCamp), troubled older brother Jack (Tom Guiry), and rigid and religious mother Margaret (Melissa Leo). The tale unfolds in a skillful interweaving of character arcs that builds towards a heart-wrenching climax.

Written by Brad Gann

Directed by Brad Gann

Starring - Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Emily VanCamp, Tom Guiry, Melissa Leo

Rated - NONE

Running Time - unknown

Genre - Drama

Open in Theaters - October 5th, 2007 (NY, Boston; Oct. 19 LA)

Feel the Noise

After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob (Omarion Grandberry) flees to a place and father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his half-brother Javi (Victor Rasuk) to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all culminating in an explosive performance at New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade.

Written by Albert Leon

Directed by Alejandro Chomski

Starring - Omarion Grandberry, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Rasuk, Melonie Diaz, James McCaffrey, Charles Duckworth, Pras, Meredith Ostrom

Rated - PG-13 for sexual content, violence, some drug use, language and innuendos.

Running Time - unknown

Genre - Drama

Open in Theaters - October 5th, 2007

The Good Night

dreaming is believing

The New York-set comedy features Martin Freeman as a washed-up pop star who writes ad jingles and suffers a midlife crisis. Cruz will play the object of his romantic interests, and DeVito plays a dream doctor who tries to get the troubled man back on track.

Written by Jake Paltrow

Directed by Jake Paltrow

Starring - Danny DeVito, Gwyneth Paltrow, Martin Freeman, Penélope Cruz, Simon Pegg, Michael Gambon

Rated - R for language and some sexual content

Running Time - unknown

Genre - Comedy, Romance

Open in Theaters - October 5th, 2007 (NY, LA)

Michael Clayton

The truth can be adjusted

Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), Clayton, a former prosecutor from a family of cops, takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work. Clayton cleans up clients' messes, handling anything from hit-and-runs and damaging stories in the press to shoplifting wives and crooked politicians. Though burned out and discontented in his job, Clayton is inextricably tied to the firm.

At the agrochemical company U/North, the career of in-house chief counsel Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) rests on the settlement of the suit that Kenner, Bach & Ledeen is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. When the firm's top litigator, the brilliant Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson), has an apparent breakdown and tries to sabotage the entire case, Marty Bach sends Michael Clayton to tackle this unprecedented disaster and, in doing so, Clayton comes face to face with the reality of who he has become.

George Clooney stars in the title role of Michael Clayton, a "fixer" at Kenner, Bach & Ledeen, a top Manhattan law firm. A former criminal prosecutor from a working-class neighborhood, Clayton is an anomaly at the white-shoe firm; in spite of his 15-year tenure, he has not been promoted to partner and probably never will be. His boss, Marty Bach, sees Clayton as an invaluable asset to the firm, but only in his "niche," one that is relegated to cleaning up the firm's sticky situations quickly and quietly. "While Michael is great at solving other people's problems, the film catches him at the apex of dissatisfaction with his career," says Clooney, who
also serves as an executive producer on the film. "He started out with ambitions of becoming a trial lawyer, but along the way what he really becomes is a bag man."

"Michael Clayton is a 45-year-old attorney who feels that he hasn't done everything that he could have done with his life; he's starting to think he should have done something else, or could have done better," says writer-director Tony Gilroy. "He's made some bad choices and a lot of compromises. He has come to the point in life where his next few decisions will determine everything about him.

"How we make those choices -- how fear, comfort, inertia and self preservation bend us to the wheel -- that's the fuel for the story," offers Gilroy. In the midst of his discontentment, Michael Clayton is sent to defuse Arthur Edens, Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's chief litigator. The defense architect for the U/North case, Arthur suddenly suffers a crisis of conscience after finding a "smoking gun" memo that exposes the client's moral turpitude. The character is played by Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson, who notes, "It is very much a 'road to Damascus' moment.

Arthur's an expert lawyer who has been at the top of his game for years, but comes to a realization that he's been defending a cancer." "Given the infinity of destructive moral choices that are made every day by people who know what they're doing is wrong, it's always amazed me that there aren't more whistleblowers. When you consider how much is wrong, how deep that wrong is, and how much of it's done by people who go home and pay their taxes and love their children, isn't it astonishing how few actually go off the deep end?" says Gilroy. "Tom's character is one of those magnificently intelligent madmen who can convince any judge, jury or plaintiff to drop or settle a case. It's why he's so good at what he does and makes the kind of money he makes.
But at the end of the day, what's the real cost?"

Written by Tony Gilroy

Directed by Tony Gilroy

Starring - George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Pamela Gray

Rated - R for language including some sexual dialogue

Running Time - unknown

Genre - Drama, Thriller

Open in Theaters - October 5th, 2007 (NY, LA, TOR; wide: Oct. 12)

The Seeker: The Dark is Rising

The first film adaptation of Susan Cooper's acclaimed "The Dark Is Rising Sequence" tells the story of Will Stanton, a boy whose everyday life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of the "Old Ones," a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark. As he uncovers a series of mysterious clues, some dating back to the founding of Britain and others going all the way back to biblical times, Will discovers that with the Dark once again rising, the future of the world rests in his hands.

Written by John Hodge

Directed by David Cunningham

Starring - Ian McShane, Frances Conroy, Christopher Eccleston, Alexander Ludwig, Jonathan Jackson, Amelia Warner, Gregory Smith, Emma Lockhart, Gary Entin, Edmond Entin, John Benjamin Hickey, Wendy Crewson

Rated - none

Running Time - unknown

Genre - Action, Fantasy

Open in Theaters - October 5th, 2007

Weirdsville

Royce and Dexter are two slackers who live in the strange little town of Weedsville. When Royce's girlfriend Matilda overdose's on their stash and dies, they decide to bury her in an abandoned Drive-In theater. Things get out of control when they discover Satanists performing a ritual sacrifice right where they were going to bury the body...

Written by Willem Wennekers

Directed by Allan Moyle

Starring - Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning, Scott Speedman

Rated - R

Running Time - unknown

Genre - Comedy, Crime

Open in Theaters - October 5th, 2007 (Austin; Atlanta & Portland release: Oct. 19)