It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana–but change is in the air. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against “crimes” like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby).
ReleaseDate : July 3rd, 2008 Director : Jonathan Levine Writer : Jonathan Levine Cast : Josh Peck, Sir Ben Kingsley, Method Man, Mary Kate Olsen, Olivia Thirlby, Famke Janssen, Aaron Yoo Studio : Occupant Filmse IMDB : link Website : ifcfilms.com Runtime : 110 min
Hotel California is a thriller movie about a man named Troy who on crime boss Dmitri Debartolla. He was forced to leave Los Angeles and lay low in Miami. After two years, and the loss of his leg in a shootout with a Cuban crime syndicate, Troy returns to LA to reclaim what is rightfully his. A reunion with his former partners in a rundown hotel sets the stage for an explosive encounter where past and present collide.
ReleaseDate : 2008 Director : Geo Santini Writer : Unknown Cast : Erik Palladino, Tyson Beckford, Simon Rex, Tatyana Ali, Yancey Arias Studio : alliance group ent. IMDB : link Website : alliancegrpent.com
American Teen is a documentary movie which follows the lives of five teenagers who have difference characters. A jock, a popular girl, a heartthrob, an artsy girl and a geek. They are senior high school students in a small town in Indiana. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle to make profound decisions about the future.
ReleaseDate : July 25th, 2008 Director : Nanette Burstein Writer : Nanette Burstein Cast : Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Megan Krizmanich, Mitch Reinholt, Jake Tusing Studio : Paramount Vantage IMDB : link Website : americanteenthemovie.com Runtime : -
One man’s journey into the world of the so-called ‘Bloodline’ conspiracy, at the heart of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, where a secret society, the Priory of Sion, claims to have guarded evidence of the marriage of Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ, their children and their descendants down through the centuries.
ReleaseDate : May 9th, 2008 Director : Bruce Burgess Writer : Bruce Burgess Cast : unknown Studio : Cinema Libre Studio IMDB : link Website : bloodlinethemovie.com
A young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneem, arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle aged Chanu, she fears her soul is quietly dying. Her sister Hasina, meanwhile, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh, stumbling from one adventure to the next. Nazneen struggles to accept her lifestyle, and keeps her head down in spite of life’s blows, but she soon discovers that life cannot be avoided - and is forced to confront it the day that the hotheaded young Karim comes knocking at her door.
ReleaseDate : June 20th, 2008 Director : Sarah Gavron Writer : Laura Jones, Abi Morgan Cast : Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Zafreen Studio : Sony Pictures Classics IMDB : link Website : bricklanethefilm.com
Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.
ReleaseDate : April 25th, 2008 Director : Chris Kraus Writer : Chris Kraus Cast : Monica Bleibtreu, Hannah Herzsprung, Sven Pippig, Richy Müller, Jasmin Tabatabai Studio : Autobahn IMDB : link Website : vierminuten.de Runtime : 112 min