Based on the true story of Christopher McCandless, Emile Hirch stars as a college graduate who gives away all of his money and hitchikes across country to live in the Alaskan wilderness. Vince Vaughn, Marcia Gay Harden, Catherine Keener, and William Hurt also star. Check out the official site. Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.
Into the Wild
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A midwife (Naomi Watts) comes to the attention of a crime boss (Viggo Mortensen) in her search for the identity of a dead prostitute. Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Sinead Cusack also star. If it’s as good as Mortensen’s last collaboration with director David Cronenberg then it should be something worth watching. Check out the official site. Currently in lmited release, the film opens wide on Friday. Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.
Eastern Promises
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Four friends (Negra Li, Cindy Mendes, Leliah Moreno, Jocqueline Simao) living in the poorest section of São Paulo decide to start their own hip-hop group, writting and performing about the violence in thier city and standing up for themselves. Check out the official site. The Brazillain film, presented in Portuguse with English subtitles opens exclusively in New York and Los Angeles on Friday. Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.
Antônia
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Speaking of Terrence Howard, he stars as a cameraman approached by an old friend (Richard Gere) in Bosnia looking to break the biggest story of his career and find the region’s #1 war criminal (Ljubomir Kerekes). Written and directed by Richard Shepard (The Matador) the strong supporting cast includes Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ivanir, Diane Kruger, James Brolin, Dylan Baker, Goran Kostic, and Kristina Krepela. Currently in limited release, the film opens wide on Friday; check out our review! Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.
The Hunting Party
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Dane Cook stars as a guy whose previous one-night liasons all find true love making all the women in the city want to sleep with him. (Are you still reading, if so tell us why?) He then falls a beautiful but clumsy girl (Jessica Alba) who he tries not to sleep with. Dan Fogler, Simone Bailly, Georgia Craig, Carrie Fleming, Caroline Ford, Lindsay Maxwell, Tava Smiley, and Annie Wood also star. Check out the official site. The film smirks itself into theaters everywhere on Friday. Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.
Good Luck Chuck
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