Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up for a fourth time for this adaptation of SHUTTER ISLAND, a novel by Dennis LeHane (MYSTIC RIVER). DiCaprio plays a U.S. marshal who travels to Shutter Island in search of the person who killed his wife. But when he enters the island’s hospital, he discovers that the people there are performing experiments that are in direct violation of the Hippocratic Oath.
After BORAT took over America in 2006, another Sacha Baron Cohen creation arrives on the big screen. In BRUNO, the gay Austrian model of the title brings his antics to the States.
A remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic of the same name, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL follows astrobiologist Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) as she is unceremoniously plucked from her everyday life with her stepson (Jaden Smith), and whisked away to consult the government on a top-secret matter. That matter happens to be the arrival of a massive glowing sphere in Central Park, accompanied by a towering robot-like protector dubbed Gort and an alien ambassador named Klaatu (Keanu Reeves), who takes up human form to communicate with the people of Earth. When Klaatu finds himself faced with hawkish, uncompromising officials, he goes on the run with Benson and her son as the fate of the world gradually becomes clear.<br><br>Directed by Scott Derrickson (THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE), this reimagining of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is fairly reverent to the original film, while adding a number of 21st-century elements, most notably a darker tone embodied by a more threatening Gort and the chilly, contemplative Klaatu, who is portrayed with pitch-perfect remove by Reeves. While the film–and the fate of humanity–rests on Reeves’s shoulders, the cast is impressively filled out by Connelly and Smith, along with Kathy Bates, John Cleese, and familiar TV actors Jon Hamm (MAD MEN) and Kyle Chandler (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS). Derrickson also tempers excellent special effects with a bleak color palette and plenty of existential turmoil, making this EARTH a thoughtful and fascinatingly moody blockbuster.
In this indie comedy, two friends (played by Austin Peck and Bryce Johnson) are torn apart by something as small as a screenplay. Sam has written a script called, “The Bluetooth Virgin,” and his friend David thinks it’s awful. But instead of agreeing to disagree, the men allow “The Bluetooth Virgin” to come between them. This film also stars Roma Maffia, Amber Benson, and Karen Black.
In this thriller set in World War II-era Copenhagen, two men put everything on the line in their fight against the Nazis. Bent Faurschou-Hviid, aka Flame (Thure Lindhardt, INTO THE WILD), is young and idealistic, while Jørgen Haagen Schmith, aka Citron (Mads Mikkelsen, CASINO ROYALE), is concerned about his family as his role in the resistance grows more prominent. As they get closer to attacking the head of the Gestapo (Christian Berkel, DOWNFALL), the men realize that they can only trust each other. Directed by Ole Christian Madsen, this Danish hit is based on true events.
Larry Doyle adapts his own novel for the screen with this comedy about a nerdy high school valedictorian who uses his graduation speech to share his love with a popular cheerleader. I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER stars Hayden Panettiere (HEROES) as the object of the boy’s affection.
Uncovering a lost piece of American history, this documentary examines the often frenzied U.S. response to the launch of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik satellite in 1957. Recently declassified information and rare interviews add new layers to this Cold War story that shows how the space race helped fuel the nuclear arms race.