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Gardens of the Night

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Leslie struggles with a hand to mouth existence on the streets of San Diego with only her childhood friend Donnie to look after her. Both of them are trying to cope with the trauma of having been abducted and held captive by two men nine years earlier. As an eight-year-old girl, Leslie was abducted through trickery by an older man Alex, and his young accomplice Frank. Leslie was held captive in their house along with an eight-year-old boy named Donnie, who believed his mentally unstable mother sold him to Alex. The children create a bond with each other, managing to escape into a fantasy world they create in their bedroom. Years later Leslie and Donnie, now seventeen years old, are living as street-kids and struggling to cope with what they suffered through, having been affected by the experience differently. Donnie’s feelings for Leslie are those of any teenager in love, however, Leslie's perception of love has been severely mutated through her relationship with Alex and her instinct is to run from Donnie. Can she not only survive this horrific experience, but be set free from its terrible shackles?

Cast
John Malkovich as Michael
Jeremy Sisto as Jimmy
Evan Peters as Rachel/Brian
Kyle Gallner as Ratboy
Harold Perrineau Jr as Orlando
Reedy Gibbs as Nurse
Cornelia Guest as Mrs. Feeny
Gillian Jacobs as Leslie at 17
Evan Ross as Donnie at 17
Raphael Sbarge as Mr. Whitehead
Ryan Simpkins as Leslie at 8
Jermaine "Scooter" Smith as Young Donnie
Max Van Ville as Surf
Carlie Westerman as Monica
Peta Wilson as Sarah
Kevin Zegers as Frank
Tom Arnold as Alex
Michelle Rodriguez as Lucy (woman in car)

Detail Info
Director Damian Harris
Producer Mark Amin, Todd Olsson, R.D. Robb, Pascal Franchot, Damian Harris
Screenplay Damian Harris
Editor Michal Shemesh
Running Time 1 hr. 50 min.
Release Date November 7th, 2008 (limited)
Distributors City Lights Media Group
Country United States

Dragonball

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Goku (Justin Chatwin) goes on a journey to find Master Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat) and gather the seven mystical Dragon Balls before the evil Lord Piccolo (James Marsters) can. Along his way, he meets Bulma (Emmy Rossum) who then joins him to help him in his mission. When arriving at Roshi's place, he is not welcomed with embrace but he has to fight Roshi. Roshi soon learns that Goku is the grandson of Gohan (Randall Duk Kim) and thus trains him to prepare him for the ultimate battle with Lord Piccolo to prevent him from collecting the powerful Dragon Balls.

Cast
Justin Chatwin as Goku
James Marsters as Lord Piccolo
Jamie Chung as Chi Chi
Emmy Rossum as Bulma
Chow Yun-Fat as Master Roshi
Joon Park as Yamcha
Eriko Tamura as Mai
Texas Battle as Carey Fuller
Luis Arrieta as Weaver
Randall Duk Kim as Grandpa Gohan
Christopher Sabat as Shenron
Ernie Hudson as Master Mutaito
Shavon Kirksey as Emi

Detail Info
Directed by James Wong
Produced by Stephen Chow, James Wong
Written by
Screenplay: James Wong, Ben Ramsey
Manga: Akira Toriyama
Music by Brian Tyler
Cinematography Robert MacLachlan
Editing by Chris G. Willingham
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) April 8, 2009
Country United States
Language English
Budget $100 million+

Paparazzo's suit against Keanu Reeves goes to jury

Friday October 31 9:41 PM ET

A Los Angeles jury has begun deliberating a paparazzo's claim that actor Keanu Reeves knocked him down with his Porsche and permanently injured his wrist.

Attorneys for both sides issued their closing arguments Friday before the jury deliberated about five minutes and left for the weekend. Jurors will resume work Monday.

Photographer Alison Silva claims the star of "The Matrix" hit him with his car in March 2007 while Silva was trying to shoot photos of Reeves. Silva says he was knocked to the pavement and his wrist will never fully heal.

Reeves' lawyer, Alfred Gerisch, says Silva stumbled on his own after he put his hand on the car's hood.

Silva's attorney, Joseph Farzam, says his client seeks $640,800 in compensation.

Police: Gun found in lot used in Hudson slayings

Friday October 31 7:08 PM ET

Police confirmed Friday they found the gun used in the killings of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew, as the family's South Side community prepared a public memorial to say goodbye.

The .45-caliber gun was discovered Wednesday in a vacant lot in the West Side neighborhood where the body of Hudson's 7-year-old nephew Julian King was found a few days earlier inside an SUV. The bodies of Hudson's 57-year-old mother Darnell Donerson and her 29-year-old brother Jason Hudson were discovered in the family's home last Friday.

"The weapon has been positively identified through forensic examination as the weapon that was used in the homicides," police Superintendent Jody Weis said at an unrelated Friday news conference.

Police were "extraordinarily pleased and satisfied" the weapon had been identified, but much work remained in the case, Weis said.

A police official has said detectives think Hudson's nephew was alive when he left the house where his relatives were killed and likely was shot in the SUV where his body was found. The police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the case publicly, would not elaborate on when detectives think the boy might have died.

Nobody has been charged in the killings, but 27-year-old William Balfour, the estranged husband of Hudson's sister, is in custody on a parole violation. Police have called Balfour, a convicted felon, a "person of interest."

News linking the gun to the killings comes as the South Side church where Hudson spent her childhood prepares for a weekend memorial service honoring the three slaying victims. Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church is also where Hudson's sister Julia made an emotional plea for her son Julian's return the day after he disappeared and his relatives were found shot to death.

The Hudson sisters will not attend the community memorial, which will be open to the public from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, according to an announcement from Hudson's publicist.

Funeral services for Hudson's mother, brother and nephew are to be held Monday. The private service will be held at Apostolic Church of God on Chicago's South Side.

To help other victims of violent crime, the Hudson sisters have established the Hudson-King Foundation.

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Friday the 13th

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Whitney (Amanda Righetti), Clay (Jared Padalecki), Mike (Nick Mennell), Jenna (Danielle Panabaker), Trent (Travis VanWinkle) and other young adults end up exploring the old Camp Crystal Lake (made famous by the original 1980 film). Soon enough however their seemingly fun weekend turns into a nightmare when each one finds themselves hunted down by a machete weilding maniac known as Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears).

Cast
Derek Mears
Jared Padalecki
Amanda Righetti

Detail Info
Directed by Marcus Nispel
Produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
Written by
Screenplay: Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
Characters by: Victor Miller, Ron Kurz
Cinematography Daniel Pearl
Distributed by

• Paramount Pictures
• New Line Cinema

Release date(s) February 13, 2009
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by Freddy vs. Jason

External Link
Official Website

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Gran Torino

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Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), a racist Korean War veteran, becomes increasingly unhappy at the influx of Hmong people to his neighborhood. After he catches Tao (Vang), a teenage Hmong neighbor, attempting to steal his vintage Gran Torino car as part of a gang initiation, the boy is forced by the gang to work for Kowalski in penance. Estranged from his children and grandchildren, and having just lost his wife, Kowalski gradually becomes friendly with Tao and his family, learning about Hmong culture. He steadily loses his racist façade and attempts to protect Tao and his sister Sue (Her) from the gang.

Cast
Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski
Bee Vang as Tao
Ahney Her as Sue
Michael Kurowski as Josh Kowalski

Detail Info
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Produced by Clint Eastwood, Bill Gerber, Robert Lorenz
Written by

• Screenplay: Nick Schenk
• Story: Dave Johannson, Nick Schenk

Cinematography Tom Stern
Editing by Joel Cox,Gary D. Roach
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s)

• December 17, 2008 (limited)
• January 16, 2009 (wide)

Country United States
Language English

External Link
Official Website

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Slumdog Millionaire

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An illiterate Indian streetkid from Mumbai wins the jackpot on Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Hindi version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? He had gone onto the game show to reach his missing girlfriend, who he knows watches the show religiously. When he wins the jackpot, he is suspected of cheating.

Cast
Dev Patel (Jamal Malik)
Madhur Mittal (Salim)
Freida Pinto (Latika)
Anil Kapoor (Prem Kumar)
Irrfan Khan (Police Inspector)

Detail Info
Directed by Danny Boyle
Produced by Christian Colson
Written by Simon Beaufoy
Music by A.R.Rahman
Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
Distributed by

• Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA)
• Pathé (international)

Release date(s) Nov 12, 2008
Language English, Hinglish

External Link
Official Website

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Notorious

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Notorious is an upcoming biographical film about the life of hip hop star The Notorious B.I.G.

Cast
Jamal Woolard as The Notorious B.I.G.
Angela Bassett as Voletta Wallace
Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur
Derek Luke as Sean "Puffy" Combs
Naturi Naughton as Lil Kim
Antonique Smith as Faith Evans
Sean Ringgold as Suge Knight
Marc John Jefferies as Lil Cease
Anwan Glover as Snoop Dogg
Edwin Freeman as Mister Cee

Detail Info
Directed by George Tillman, Jr.
Written by Reggie Rock Bythewood, Cheo Hodari Coker
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date(s) January 16, 2009
Language English

The Graves

The story centers on two sisters who visit to the Skull City Mine roadside attraction in the desert. Their plight turns into a fight for survival against menaces both human and supernatural.

Cast
Jillian Murray as Abby Graves
Clare Grant as Megan Graves
Randy Blythe as Luke
Benjamin Glendenning as Comic Shop clerk
Barbara Glover as Mama
Bill Lippincott as Dad
Rosalie Michaels as Mom
Bill Moseley as Caleb
Brian Pulido as M. Mischief
Cathy Rankin as Valerie Mills
Brian Ronalds as Pete
Dean Matthew Ronalds as Eric
Greg Seki as Gordy
Shane Stevens as Jonah
Patti Tindall as Becka Crane
Tony Todd as Reverend Abraham
Amanda Wyss as Darlene

Detail Info
Directed by Brian Pulido
Produced by Chris LaMont, Brian Ronalds, Dean Matthew Ronalds
Written by Brian Pulido
Music by Jim Casella, featuring songs by The Mission Creeps
Cinematography Adam Goldfine
Editing by Dean Matthew Ronalds
Distributed by Mischief Maker Studios
Release date(s) January 13, 2009
Country United States
Language English

The Matador

About David Fandila's quest to become the world's top-ranked bullfighter, tracing his three-year journey across Spain and Latin America and into the pages of bullfighting history.

Detail Info
Co-Director Nina Gilden Seavey
Producer Nina Gilden Seavey
Cinematographer Christopher Jenkins (II)
Editor Ian Rummer
Composer John Califra
Running Time 1 hr. 14 min.
Release Date October 31st, 2008 (limited)
Distributors City Lights Pictures

The First Basket

When Ossie Schectman, a Jewish kid from Brooklyn, made the first basket for the New York Knickerbockers back in 1946, who knew it was the precursor of today's NBA? For Jewish immigrants, especially youth, sports played an important role in helping them assimilate. By the 1920s, almost all urban Jewish neighborhoods had a basketball team. When these teams evolved into professional leagues by the late 1940s, Jewish players and coaches led the way.

Detail Info
Editor Carol Slatkin
Cinematographer Gary Griffin
Cinematographer Dennis P. Boni
David Vyorst Producer
Katri Billard Associate Producer
David Vyorst Screenwriter
David Vyorst Director
Running Time 1 hr. 26 min.
Release Date October 29th, 2008 (NY)
Distributors Laemmle/Zeller Films
Production Co. Zej Media
Produced in US

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

On the evening of November 5, 2001, Dr. Andrew Bagby was murdered in a parking lot in western Pennsylvania; the prime suspect, his ex-girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner, promptly fled the United States for St. Johns, Newfoundland -- where she announced that she was pregnant with Andrew's child. She named the little boy Zachary. Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne, Andrew's childhood friend, originally began shooting the film as a way for little Zachary to learn about his father -- until Shirley Turner, whom Canada allowed to walk free on bail while awaiting extradition to the United States, killed again.

Detail Info
Running Time 1 hr. 35 min.
Release Date Oct 31st, 2008
Distributors Oscilloscope Pictures, MSNBC Films
Produced in US

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Jason Segel and Paul Rudd on I Love You, Man

I Love You, Man

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A newly engaged guy (Paul Rudd) sets out to find the perfect "Best Man" (Jason Segel) for his wedding.

Cast
Paul Rudd as Greg Moton
Jason Segel as Dave Negal
Rashida Jones as Shandi Dawson
Jaime Pressly as Janet Mills
Andy Samberg as Ryan
JK Simmons as Jeffery
Jon Favreau as Barry
Jane Curtin as Susan
Thomas Lennon as Doug
Rob Huebel as Tevin
Carla Gallo as Denise
Aziz Ansari as Eugene
Joe Lo Truglio as High-Pitch Voiced Guy
Geddy Lee as Himself
Alex Lifeson as Himself
Neil Peart as Himself
Colleen Crabtree as Hillary Elaine
Caroline Farah as Caroline
Kym Whitley as Kym
Ross Noble as Policeman #1
Vitaliy Versace as Christopher

Detail Info
Directed by John Hamburg
Produced by John Hamburg, Ivan Reitman, Donald De Line, Tom Pollock, Jeff Clifford, Bill Johnson
Written by John Hamburg
Distributed by Dreamworks SKG
Release date(s) January 16, 2009
Country US
Language English

High School Musical graduates to No. 1 with $42M

Sunday October 26 12:48 PM ET

Crazed killer Jigsaw has been done in by a bunch of singing and dancing teens.

Disney's "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" hoofed its way to the top of the weekend box office class with $42 million, while Lionsgate's horror sequel "Saw V" had to settle for second place with $30.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

A big-screen sequel to the Disney Channel TV movies, "High School Musical 3" had a record opening for a song-and-dance flick, easily beating the previous best of $27.8 million, set last summer by "Mamma Mia!"

"High School Musical 3" and "Saw V" combined to send Hollywood revenues soaring. The top 12 movies took in $120.5 million, up 41 percent from the same weekend last year, when "Saw IV" led the weekend with a $31.8 million debut.

"It was good vs. evil at the box office, and both won," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Media By Numbers. "That combination of a G-rated and an R-rated movie, both chasing completely different audiences, proved to be a huge success."

"Saw V" pulled in about the same amount of cash over opening weekend as the last three flicks in the franchise about the diabolical Jigsaw, but it was the first that failed to finish at No. 1 since the original "Saw" debuted in third place in 2004.

The horror crowd was simply outnumbered by young fans and their parents turning up to see how senior year played out for the "High School Musical" cast led by Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu.

Mark Zoradi, president of Disney's motion-picture group, said the continuing story of lovebirds Troy and Gabriella played largely to the TV audience of young girls, though the big-screen version also broadened the "High School Musical" fan base.

"There's no question there's a female skew to it and a family skew to it," Zoradi said. "The movie is working not only to that core preteen audience, but also aging up a little bit and also bringing in some boys."

"High School Musical 3" also pulled in $40 million in 19 other countries where it has opened, among them Great Britain, Germany and Spain.

The weekend's other new wide release, the Warner Bros. police saga "Pride and Glory," opened weakly with $6.3 million to come in at No. 5. "Pride and Glory" stars Edward Norton and Colin Farrell in a tale of corruption among a family of New York City cops.

The previous weekend's No. 1 flick, 20th Century Fox's action tale "Max Payne," fell to third place with $7.6 million, raising its 10-day total to $29.7 million.

Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," starring Angelina Jolie as a single mom tormented by police handling the investigation of her missing son, got off to a healthy start with $502,000 in limited release. It played in 15 theaters to averaged a strong $33,441 a cinema, compared to $11,593 in 3,623 theaters for "High School Musical 3." Distributor Universal expands "Changeling" into nationwide release Friday.

Also in limited release, Sony Pictures Classics' "Synecdoche, New York" had a solid opening of $172,926 in nine theaters, averaging $19,214. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a writer staging a mammoth theater production that fills warehouses, and the directing debut of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman ("Being John Malkovich").

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "High School Musical 3," $42 million.
2. "Saw V," $30.5 million.
3. "Max Payne," $7.6 million.
4. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," $6.9 million.
5. "Pride and Glory," $6.3 million.
6. "The Secret Life of Bees" $5.9 million.
7. "W.", $5.3 million.
8. "Eagle Eye," $5.1 million.
9. "Body of Lies," $4.1 million.
10. "Quarantine," $2.6 million.

Ninja Assassin - Behind The Scene (non english)

Ninja Assassin

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Raizo (Rain) is one of the world's deadliest assassins, having been kidnapped as a child and raised by the Ozunu Clan, believed by the world to be a myth. When Raizo's friend is executed by the clan, Raizo flees into hiding. He later reemerges, seeking revenge. Meanwhile, Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) is a Europol agent who investigates money linked to political murders and finds that it is linked to the Ozunu Clan. She defies her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), and retrieves secret agency files to find out more. The clan, finding out about the investigation, attempts to assassinate her, but she is rescued by Raizo. Hiding in Europe, Raizo and Mika must find a way to take down the Ozunu Clan.

Cast
Rain as Raizo, one of the world's deadliest assassins.
Naomie Harris as Mika Coretti, a Europol agent.
Rick Yune as Takeshi, the leader of a team sent by the Ozunu Clan.
Ben Miles as Ryan Maslow, Mika's Europol superior.
Sho Kosugi plays an unidentified role.

Detail Info
Directed by James McTeigue
Produced by Joel Silver, Wachowski brothers, Grant Hill
Written by Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) January 16, 2009
Country United States
Language English