MOVIE OPENINGS - Oct 24, 2008

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR

Director: Kenny Ortega 
Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale 
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The Plot: As seniors in high school, Troy (Efron) and Gabriella (Hudgens) struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future

CHANGELING

Director: Clint Eastwood 
Stars: Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan 
Studio: Universal Pictures

The Plot: 1920s Los Angeles: A woman (Jolie) who is reunited with her missing son is subsequently committed to an insane asylum when she begins to question whether the boy is her child. Ultimately bringing her case to the city council, she begins to pick apart a conspiracy that reverberates throughout the city.

SAW V

Director: David Hackl 
Stars: Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, Tobin Bell 
Studio: Lionsgate

The Plot: Forensics expert Hoffman (Mandylor) goes on the hunt in order to prevent being identified as the newest person to carry on Jigsaw’s legacy.

SYNEDOCHE, NEW YORK

Director: Charlie Kaufman 
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams 
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

The Plot: A theater director (Hoffman) struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

PRIDE AND GLORY

Director: Gavin O’Connor 
Stars: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Noah Emmerich 
Studio: New Line Cinema

The Plot: A family of prominent New York City cops is shaken to its core when one brother (Norton) uncovers a scandal at his sibling’s precinct.

PASSENGERS

Director: Rodrigo García 
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, David Morse
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

The Plot: A grief counselor (Hathaway) working with a group of plane-crash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients begin to disappear.

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