Righteous Kill - September 2008

Righteous Kill - September 2008

Veteran New York City police detectives on the trail of a vigilante serial killer in the adrenaline fueled psychological thriller Righteous Kill, directed by Jon Avnet (Red Corner, Fried Green Tomatoes) and written by Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man). The cast also features hip-hop superstar Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (Get Rich or Die Tryin').

After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren't. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before.

Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can't do on their own -- take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?

Directed by Jon Avnet
Produced by Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Lati Grobman and Randall Emmett
Written by Russell Gewirtz
Release Date: September 12, 2008
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller

Casts:

• Al Pacino as Rooster
• Robert De Niro as Turk
• Carla Gugino as Karen Kleisner
• Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Riley
• John Leguizamo as Detective Perez
• Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Spider
• Brian Dennehy as Lieutenant Hingus
• Frank John Hughes as Randall
• Mark Famiglietti as Carl
• Michael Cruz as Frankie

Plot Summary: Longtime partners Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan investigate a series of vigilante killings in a gritty and sophisticated New York City crime thriller.
Two Veteran New York City Detectives hunt a vigilante who may be one of their own. Two cops (Robert Deniro, Al Pacino) find themselves in pursuit of a serial killer who writes poems about the crime he just committed, leaving them at the scene.

The Oxford Murders - 2008

The Oxford Murders - 2008

November 1993. Wood plays Martin, an American student at Oxford University who wants Arthur Seldom (Hurt) as his thesis director. In a public lecture, Seldom quotes Wittgenstein's Tractatus to deny the possibility of truth. Martin contests asserting his faith in the mathematics under reality. Later, Martin and Seldom coincide and find Martin's landlady (also a friend of Seldom's) murdered. Seldom declares to the police that he had received a note with his friend's address marked as "the first of a series". As Seldom is an authority on logical series, he suspects that a serial murderer is defying his intelligence. Martin, Seldom and Lorna (Leonor Watling), a Spanish nurse, will try to guess the following terms of the series as murders continue.

Directed by Álex de la Iglesia
Produced by Kevin Loader and Gerardo Herrero
Written by Jorge Guerricaechevarria (screenplay), Álex de la Iglesia (screenplay) and Guillermo Martínez (novel)
Genre: Crime / Thriller
Release Date: TBA 2008

Casts:

• Elijah Wood - Martin, an American student
• John Hurt - Arthur Seldom, a British authority on logical series.
• Leonor Watling - Lorna, a Spanish nurse
• Julie Cox - Beth, a musician, daughter of Mrs Eagleton.
• Dominique Pinon - father of an ill girl.
• Burn Gorman - Podorov, a crank mathematician
• Jim Carter - Inspector Petersen
• Anna Massey - Mrs Eagleton, Martin's landlady and Seldom's friend.
• Alex Cox - Kalman, a demented mathematician
• Tom Frederic - Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Roque Baños - Director
• Alan David - Mr. Higgins
• Tim Wallers - Defence Lawyer
• Ian East - Howard Green, planner of a perfect crime
• Charlotte Asprey - Howard Green's Wife
• Martin Nigel Davey - Professor Wilkes

Plot Summary: Elijah Wood plays a young student who goes to Oxford to study but becomes intrigued by a murder that takes place where he lives. This brings him under the wing of a Sherlock Holmes-style mentor (John Hurt), who uses logic and math symbols to try to stop a series of murders.

Street Kings - April 2008

Street Kings - April 2008

In STREET KINGS, a police thriller directed by David Ayer, Keanu Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice Detective. Ludlow sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his former partner, Detective Terrance Washington (Terry Crews). Academy® Award winner Forest Whitaker plays Captain Wander, Ludlow's supervisor, whose duties include keeping him within the confines of the law and out of the clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Hugh Laurie). Ludlow teams up with a young Robbery Homicide Detective (Chris Evans) to track Washington's killers through the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Their determination pays off when the two Detectives track down Washington's murderers and confront them in an attempt to bring them to justice.

Directed by David Ayer
Produced by Lucas Foster, Alexandra Milchan and Erwin Stoff
Written by David Ayer, James Ellroy and Jamie Moss
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller
Rating: R
Release date: April 11, 2008

Starring:

• Keanu Reeves as Tom Ludlow
• Forest Whitaker
• Hugh Laurie
• Chris Evans as Diskant
• Terry Crews
• Naomie Harris
• Cedric the Entertainer
• Amaury Nolasco
• Common as Coates
• Jay Mohr - Mike Clady
• Martha Higareda
• The Game as Grill

Keanu Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice Detective. Ludlow sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his former partner, Detective Terrance Washington (Crews). Whitaker plays Captain Wander, Ludlo's supervisor, whose duties include keeping him within the confines of the law and out of the clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Laurie). Ludlow teams up with a young Robbery Homicide Detective (Evans) to track Washington's killers through the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Their determination pays off when the two Detectives track down Washington's murderers and confront them in an attempt to bring them to justice.

Married Life - March 2008

A wry blend of dark humor, romantic deception, and stylish melodrama—with an invigorating dash of suspense—Married Life is an unconventional fable for grown-ups about the irresistible power and utter madness of love. After decades of marital contentment, Harry (Chris Cooper) concludes that he must kill his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry has fallen hard for the young and lovely Kay (Rachel McAdams), but his best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) wants to win Kay for himself. As Harry implements his maladroit plans for murdering his wife, the other characters are entangled with their own deceptions. Like Harry, they race towards their passions but trip over their scruples, seemingly well-intended towards all, but truthful to none. Married Life is an uncommonly adult film that surprises and confounds expectations. While it plays with mystery, comedy, and intrigue, its ultimate concern is: “What is married life?” In its sly way, Married Life poses perceptive questions about the seasonal discontents and unforeseen joys of all long-term relationships.

Directed by Ira Sachs
Produced by William Horberg, Alix Madigan, David Nicksay and Adam Shulman
Written by Oren Moverman and Ira Sachs (screenplay) John Bingham (novel)
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Genre: Crime / Drama / Romance
Rating: PG-13

Casts:

• Chris Cooper as Harry Allen
• Patricia Clarkson as Pat Allen
• Rachel McAdams as Kay
• Pierce Brosnan as Richard Langley

A 1940s-set drama where an adulterous man plots his wife's death instead of putting her through the humiliation of a divorce.
It's the story of a middle-aged man who is married, and who falls in love with another woman, but he's such a gentle figure, so he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much, so it's better to kill her.

Flawless - March 2008

A crime/drama set in 1960 London, where a soon to retire janitor (Caine) convinces a glass-ceiling constrained American executive (Moore) to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation.

Director : Michael Radford
Writer : Edward Anderson
In Theaters: March 28, 2008
Genre: Drama / Crime
Rating: PG-13

Casts:

• Joss Ackland as Mka
• Jonathan Aris as Boyle
• Michael Caine
• Simon Day as Boland
• Josef d'Bache-Kane as Street Bystander
• Constantine Gregory as Dmitriev
• David Henry as Sir Edmund Gottfried
• Kim Hermans as Spectator at dograce
• Nicholas Jones as Jameson
• Demi Moore
• Derren Nesbitt as Sinclair
• Nathaniel Parker as Ollie
• Steve Preston as Police Investigator
• Ben Righton as Bryan
• Peter Rnic as Honest Alfred - The Bookie
• Claire Thill as Secretary
• Kevan Willis as Lewis
• Lambert Wilson as Finch
• Roya Zargar as Trudy´s Friend

From director Michael Radford comes Flawless, a clever diamond-heist thriller set in swinging 1960s London. Demi Moore plays Laura Quinn, a bright, driven and beautiful executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds herself frustrated by a glass ceiling after years of faithful employment, as man after man is promoted ahead of her despite her greater experience. Michael Caine is Hobbs, the nighttime janitor at London Diamond who is virtually invisible to the executives that work there, but over the years has amassed a startling amount of knowledge about how the company runs. Hobbs has his own bone to pick with London Diamond. Observing Laura’s frustration, he convinces her to help him execute an ingenious plan to steal a hefty sum in diamonds. But unbeknownst to Laura, Hobbs plans go even farther than he’s let on, and together they set in motion a thrilling heist of dizzying proportions, the likes of which London has never seen.

Pride and Glory - March 2008

Ray Tierney (Norton) is a New York police officer who is part of a multi-generational police family. Tierney investigates a troublesome case that involves his older brother and brother-in-law, compelling the family to choose sides between their blood and the New York Police Department.
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney (Edward Norton), investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law (Colin Farrell). For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.

Directed by Gavin O'Connor
Produced by Gavin O'Connor, Gregory O'Connor and Paula Weinstein
Written by Gavin O'Connor and Joe Carnahan
Genre: Crime / Drama
Release date(s) : March 14, 2008

Casts:

• Edward Norton as Ray Tierney
• Colin Farrell as Jimmy Egan
• Jon Voight as Francis Tierney Sr.
• Noah Emmerich as Francis Tierney Jr.

Edward Norton and Collin Farrel star in "Pride and Glory," an authenthic, gritty and emotional portrait of the New York City Police Department. The film follows a multi-generational police family whose moral code is tested when one of two sons on the force inverstigates an incendiary case involving his older brother and brother-in-law. The case forces the family to choose between their loyalties to one another and thir loyalties to the department. "Price and Glory" also features an ensemble cast that includes Jon Voight and Noah Emmerich. It is directed by Gavin O'Connor ("Miracle") from a screenplay by O'Connor & Joe Carnahan ("Narc"). Story by Gavin O'Connor & Gregory O'Connor & Ropert Hopes.