MOVIE OPENINGS - Sept 26, 2008
By Behind The Scenes TV on Sep 26, 2008 in New Movies
MIRACLE AT ST ANA
Director: Spike Lee
Stars: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
The Plot: A murder committed by post-office worker Hector Negron in 1984 sets in motion an investigation that ties back to the experiences of a battalion of black American soldiers who became trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.
CHOKE
Director: Clark Gregg
Stars: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Plot: An adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel, in which sex-addicted con-man Victor Mancini (Rockwell) pays for his mother’s (Huston) hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death. Victor’s mother’s attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall (Macdonald), initially sinks into his morass, only to become his best chance for redemption.
EAGLE EYE
Director: D.J. Caruso
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
The Plot: Two strangers (LaBeouf and Monaghan) become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move. Realizing they are being used to further her plot for a political assassination, they must work together to outwit the woman before she has them killed.
NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Director: George C. Wolfe
Stars: Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Christopher Meloni
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
The Plot: A doctor (Gere) who is traveling to see his estranged son sparks with an unhappily married woman (Lane) at a North Carolina inn
THE LUCKY ONES
Director: Neil Burger
Stars: Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña
Studio: Roadside Attractions
The Plot: Three soldiers (McAdams, Robbins, and Peña) meet one another as they have all returned from Iraq, and circumstance unites them for a road trip across the country, in which they hope to fulfill different personal missions. As they travel, however, they soon realize the ways in which life has progressed without them in mind.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY
Director: Darren Grodsky Danny Jacobs
Stars: Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich
Studio: HD Net
The Plot: An impromptu road trip plagued by car troubles leads to a disillusioned medical student (Strong) being stranded for the summer among a remote community of pot farmers, the last place in the world he imagines he might discover who he truly is.
FIREPROOF
Director: Alex Kendrick
Stars: Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
The Plot: A firefighter (Cameron) and his wife (Bethea) begin a 40-day experiment known as “The Love Dare” in an attempt to save their marriage.
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