Monday, December 1, 2008

some good movies, i THINK. you all want to watch?

QUARANTINE

Rating: NC16
Consumer Advice: Some Gore and Disturbing Scenes
Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris
Running Time: 91 min

Web link: http://www.containthetruth.com/

Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter – star of The Exorcism of Emily Rose) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. Unbeknownst to them, a woman living in the building has contracted a rare strain of rabies. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside.

WILD CHILD

Rating: TBC
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Language: English
Director: Nick Moore
Main Cast: Emma Roberts, Natasha Richardson, Alex Pettyfer & Aidan Quinn
Runtime: TBC

A rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father.

HELL’S HIGHWAY: KM31

Rating: NC16
Consumer Advice: Horror and Some Violence
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Rigoberto Castañeda
Main Cast: Iliana Fox, Raúl Méndez, Adrià Collado, Mikel Mateos, Carlos Aragón, Luisa Huertas
Runtime: 106mins

After the tragic death of their mother when they were children, twin sisters Agata and Catalina Hameran developed a special skill, a way of communicating without speaking, a “link” between them. After a mysterious accident on Kilometer 31, Agata falls into a coma. Catalina, thanks to their “link”, feels the pain and tragedy that her sister is going through at the time of the accident. Following a series of supernatural events, Catalina realizes that their “link” is stronger than ever and that her sister Agata is screaming for help from her unconscious state. Catalina is now determined to find out what really happened to her sister in order to help her wake up. Nuño, Agata’s long time friend, and Omar, Catalina’s boyfriend, agree to help her. But they soon find out that not only is Agata in a coma, but she is also trapped between reality and an ancient legend, the legend of La Llorona.

Bolt

Rating: TBA
Genre: Blockbuster Animation/Comedy-Adventure
Language: EnglishVoice
Cast: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton
Runtime: TBA
Release Date: December 4th, 2008
Official Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/bolt/

For super-dog BOLT (voice of JOHN TRAVOLTA), every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue—at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet—a cross-country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (voice of MILEY CYRUS). Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions—a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (voice of SUSIE ESSMAN) and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (voice of MARK WALTON) -- Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero.

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

Rating: TBC
Language: English
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Main Cast: Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson,Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys, Paul Bettany, Hilarie Burton and Nate Parker
Runtime: TBA
Release Date: December 4, 2008

Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Bettany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Okonedo and Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna.

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