Film News & Trailers

• Title: War, Inc.
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John Cusack stars as a hitman who is assigned to kill an oil minister in the Middle East.  Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, Ben Kingsley, and Shirly Brener also star.  What do you think, any chance it’s as good as Cusack’s last time out as a hitman?  Check out the official site and the MySpace page.  The film opens exclusively in New York and Los Angeles on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

• Title: The Children of Huang Shi
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The film tells the true story of a British reporter (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a nurse (Radha Mitchell) who saved orphaned children from the Japanese occupation of China in WWII.  Chow Yun-Fat, Guang Li, and Michelle Yeoh also star.  Check out the official site.  The film opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.

• Title: Rerpise
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In this film from Norway two competitive friends (Anders Danielsen Lie, Espen Klouman-Hoiner) each submit a manuscript to a publishing house, but only one is accepted.  Viktoria Winge, Henrik Elvestad, Christian Rubeck, and Rebekka Karijord also star.  Check out the official site.  The film, presented in Norwegian with English subtitles, opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.

• Title: How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
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Three generations of women in a Mexican American family all experience a sexual awakening during the same summer in this new film by writer/director Georgina Riedel.  Elizabeth Pena, America Ferrera, Lucy Gallardo, Eliana Alexander, and Alyssa Diaz star.  Check out the official site.  The film, presented in both English and Spanish, opens in select cities on Friday.