Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is born an old man and ages in reverse until he becomes a
baby and then finally vanishes from the earth. At age 50, he falls in
love with a 30-year-old woman (Cate Blanchett), and must come to terms
with the relationship as they literally grow in opposite directions
Chris Carter (dir.)
There are certain moments in history when America has proven itself to the world: Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon; or the US Men's Hockey team beating the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics. One such moment, however, never got the recognition it deserved: In 1976, a small American winery bested the exalted French wines of the time and sent the wine industry into a tizzy - putting California wines on the map for good. Based on a true story, Bottle Shock chronicles the events leading up to the famous 'Judgment of Paris' tastings, told through the lives of father and son, Jim and Bo Barrett. A former real estate attorney, Jim (Bill Pullman) sacrificed everything to realize his dream of creating the perfect hand-crafted chardonnay. His business, however, is struggling, and he's not only trying to overcome differences with his slacker son (Chris Pine), but is also fighting off the creditors. Meanwhile in Paris, unwitting British wine shop owner Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) hopes to revive his own failing business by sponsoring a competition which will pit the traditional French powerhouse against the California upstarts. Little did Steven and Jim realize that they were both on course to change the history of wine forever.
In the fast-paced race-against-time-thriller "Eagle Eye" Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are two strangers who 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 diabolical plot, they must work together to outwit the woman before she has them killed.
Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov (PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS) illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning historical epic, MONGOL. Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, MONGOL delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. MONGOL shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, Borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor.
When Roger Ebert, who has been reviewing films for 40 years, says that The Fall is, "one of the most astonishing films I have ever seen.", then you know you have to put this on your must see list (plot follows).
A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it.
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights - underground. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing... and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, in a race against time, the citizens must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, and escape before the lights go out forever.
I don't know about you, but I can't take another Star Wars movie/spin-off/video game/TV series. Can't we just give it closure? Inner voice: Of course not. Give another decade, and you'll have another trilogy.
A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World
War II, AUSTRALIA centers on an English aristocrat who inherits a ranch
the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land,
she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver to drive
2000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most
unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia
by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months
earlier.
