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 THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
Release Date: September 21, 2007
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Andrew Dominik
Producers: Ridley Scott, Jules Daly, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, David Valdes
Screenwriter: Ron Hansen
Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeremy Renner, Paul Schneider, Sam Rockwell
Synopsis: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" delves into the private life and public exploits of America's most notorious outlaw. As the charismatic and unpredictable Jesse James (Brad Pitt) plans his next great robbery, he wages war on his enemies, who are trying to collect the reward money – and the glory – riding on his capture. But the greatest threat to his life may ultimately come from those he trusts the most.
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 GOOD LUCK CHUCK
Release Date: September 21, 2007
Distributor: Lionsgate
Director: Mark Helfrich
Screenwriter: Josh Stolberg
Cast: Dan Fogler, Dane Cook, Jessica Alba
Rating: R (for sequences of strong sexual content including crude dialogue, nudity, language and some drug use)
Website: http://lionsgate.com/goodluckchuck/
Synopsis: It all started when Charlie Logan was ten years old. Breaking the cardinal rules of spin-the-bottle, Charlie refused to lip-lock with a demented Goth girl – and she put a hex on him. Now, twenty-five years later, Charlie (Dane Cook) is a successful dentist... and still cursed. While his plastic surgeon best friend, Stu (Dan Fogler), pursues as many of his patients as possible, Charlie can't seem to find the right girl. Even worse, he discovers at an ex-girlfriend's wedding that every woman he's ever slept with has found true love – with the next guy after him. Before he knows it, Charlie's reputation as a "good luck charm" has women – from sexy strangers to his overweight receptionist – lining up for a quickie. But a life filled with all sex and no love has Charlie lonelier than ever – that is, until he meets Cam (Jessica Alba). An accident-prone penguin specialist, Cam is as hard-to-get as she is beautiful. But when a genuine romance develops, Charlie realizes he's got to find a way to break his good-luck curse... before the girl of his dreams winds up with the next guy she meets.
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 RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION
Release Date: September 21, 2007
Distributor: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Screenwriter: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Mike Epps, Ali Larter, Chris Egan, Ashanti, Iain Glen, Sienna Guillory, Spencer Locke, John Eric Bentley
Synopsis: The second sequel to the $100 million hit, "Resident Evil: Extinction" is again based on the wildly popular video game series and picks up where the last film left off. Alice (Milla Jovovich), now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Oliveira (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps), along with new survivors Claire (Ali Larter), K-Mart (Spencer Locke ) and Nurse Betty (Ashanti) to try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being undead... and to seek justice. Since being captured by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and becomes genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.
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 THE KINGDOM
Release Date: September 28, 2007
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Director: Peter Berg
Producer: Scott Stuber
Screenwriter: Matthew Michael Carnahan
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman
Website: http://thekingdommovie.com/
Synopsis:
Director Peter Berg, who blisteringly reinterpreted the high-school sports drama with the celebrated "Friday Night Lights," producer Michael Mann, who has defined the high-tension crime genre for more than a decade, ("Heat," "Collateral," "Miami Vice") and producer Scott Stuber ("You, Me and Dupree," "The Break-Up") join Oscar winner Jamie Foxx in a timely thriller about the explosive clash that happens when Middle East meets West: "The Kingdom."
Foxx stars as whip-smart FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury, who has just received the assignment of his career: assemble an elite team (played by Jennifer Garner, Oscar winner Chris Cooper and Jason Bateman) to hunt down and capture the terrorist mastermind responsible for a deadly attack on Americans working in Saudi Arabia. The feds have only one week to infiltrate and cripple a cell bent on jihad to western society.
No training could prepare Fleury and his team for the disorienting culture shock they face once inside this scorching foreign land, byzantine maze of politicians, storefront terrorists and double-crossing businessmen who traffic in profiteering and exploit any opportunity to grow ever richer, no matter the human cost. Bound by handlers who refuse to play ball with the U.S., the agents quickly find the local law enforcement more hindrance than help and soon grow uncertain of anybody's allegiance.
But when a sympathetic Saudi police captain helps them navigate Riyadh politics and investigate the true cause of the attack, Fleury finds an unexpected comrade-in-arms. In their lightning fast attempt to crack the case, the partners search leads them straight to the killer's front door. Now in a fight for their own lives, two teams on opposite sides of the war on terror won't stop until vengeance is found in "The Kindgom."
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 LUST, CAUTION
Release Date: September 28, 2007 (limited)
Studio: Focus Features
Director: Ang Lee
Screenwriter: James Schamus, Wang Hui Ling
Starring: Tony Leung, Joan Chen, Tang Wei, Wang Lee Hom
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Synopsis: The new film from Ang Lee, the Academy Award-winning director of "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." A startling erotic espionage thriller about the fate of an ordinary woman's heart, it is based on the short story by revered Chinese author Eileen Chang, and stars Asian cinema icon Tony Leung opposite screen newcomer Tang Wei. Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a call, and then sits and waits. She remembers... how her story began several years earlier, in 1938 China. She is not in fact Mrs. Mak, but shy Wong Chia Chi (Tang Wei). With WWII underway, Wong has been left behind by her father, who has escaped to England. As a freshman at university, she meets fellow student Kuang Yu Min (Wang Leehom) Kuang has started a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the theater troupe's new leading lady, Wong realizes that she has found her calling, able to move and inspire audiences – and Kuang. He convenes a core group of students to carry out a radical and ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung). Each student has a part to play; Wong will be Mrs. Mak, who will gain Yee's trust by befriending his wife (Joan Chen) and then draw the man into an affair. Wong transforms herself utterly inside and out, and the scenario proceeds as scripted – until an unexpectedly fatal twist spurs her to flee. Shanghai, 1941. With no end in sight for the occupation, Wong – having emigrated from Hong Kong – goes through the motions of her existence. Much to her surprise, Kuang re-enters her life. Now part of the organized resistance, he enlists her to again become Mrs. Mak in a revival of the plot to kill Yee, who as head of the collaborationist secret service has become even more a key part of the puppet government. As Wong reprises her earlier role, and is drawn ever closer to her dangerous prey, she finds her very identity being pushed to the limit...
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 THE GAME PLAN
Release Date: September 28, 2007
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Andy Fickman
Screenwriter: Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price
Cast: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Roselyn Sanchez, Kyra Sedgwick, Morris Chestnut, Madison Pettis, Gordon Clapp
Website: http://www.gameplanmovie.com/
Synopsis: Kingman is living the ultimate fantasy: he's rich, famous and the life of the party. But this dream is suddenly sacked for a loss when he discovers the 7-year-old daughter (newcomer Madison Pettis) he never knew he had – the product of a last fling before parting years ago with his young wife. Now, during the most important time in his career, he must figure out how to juggle his parties, practices and dates with the newfound ballet classes, bedtime stories and dolls that come with his daughter. Equally perplexed is his hard-edged mega-agent, Stella (Kyra Sedgwick), herself without a parental bone in her body. Despite the often hilarious misadventures that come with being a new father, Joe discovers that's there's more to life than money, endorsements and thousands of adoring fans: the love and care of one very special small fan is the only thing that matters.
 MICHAEL CLAYTON
Release Date: October 3, 2007 (NY, LA; wide release: Oct. 5)
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Tony Gilroy
Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy
Cast: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Pamela Gray
Rating: R (for language including some sexual dialogue)
Website: http://www.michaelclayton.com/
Synopsis: Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack). Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.
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FEEL THE NOISE
Release Date: October 5, 2007
Distributor: Tristar Pictures
Director: Alejandro Chomski
Producers: Sofia Sondervan, Jennifer Lopez, Simon Fields,
Screenwriters: Albert Leon
Composer: Andres Levin
Cast: Omarion Grandberry, Zulay Henao, James McCaffrey, Kellita Smith, Malik Yoba, Melanie Diaz, Victor Rasuk, Giancarlo Esposito
Synopsis: 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.
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 THE DARK IS RISING
Release Date: October 5, 2007
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Director: David L. Cunningham
Screenwriter: John Hodge
Cast: 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
Synopsis: Based on the acclaimed novel by Susan Cooper, "The Dark Is Rising" is the first film adaptation of the author's acclaimed "The Dark Is Rising" Sequence. The film tells the story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark. Traveling back and forth through time, Will hunts for a series of mysterious clues and encounters forces of unimaginable evil. With the Dark once again rising, the future of the world rests in Will's hands.
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 GRACE IS GONE
Release Date: October 5, 2007
Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Director: James C. Strouse
Screenwriter: James C. Strouse
Cast: John Cusack, Mary K. Place, Alessandro Nivola
Synopsis:
GRACE IS GONE finds Stanley Philips (John Cusack), a patriot and father of two, in an awful dilemma when he learns that his wife, Grace, has been killed while serving in the war in Iraq. How will he tell his daughters that their mother is gone? Stanley buys a little time by taking the girls on an impromptu road trip to a theme park in Florida. Along the way he has a brief, contentious visit with his liberal brother (Alessandro Nivola) and struggles with his own grief, seeking solace by calling in to his home answering machine, which still bears the voice of his wife.
In movies like SAY ANYTHING and HIGH FIDELITY, characters played by John Cusack have shown a generation of young men how to get the girl and then maintain some sense of dignity when the relationship ends. With GRACE IS GONE, Cusack has found a way to show that same generation of men how to be a grownup and a father in challenging times.
An exercise in restraint and emotional truth, GRACE IS GONE was written by James Strouse (LONESOME JIM) and is Strouse’s directorial debut. The film is produced by Plum Pictures and New Crime Productions and financed by Hart-Lunsford Pictures.
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