Charlie Wilson's War (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

Charlie Wilson was a bachelor congressman from Texas who had a habit of showing up in hot tubs with strippers and cocaine. His "Good Time Charlie" exterior, however, masked an extraordinary mind, a deep sense of patriotism and a passion for the underdog, and in the early 1980s the underdog was Afghanistan--which had just been brutally invaded by the Russians. Charlie''s longtime friend and patron and sometime lover was Joanne Herring, one of the wealthiest women in Texas and a virulent anti-communist. Believing the American response to the Russian invasion was anemic at best, she prods Charlie into doing more for the Mujahideen (Afghan freedom fighters). Charlie''s partner in this uphill endeavor is CIA Agent Gust Avrakotos, a blue-collar operative in a company of Ivy League blue bloods. Together, the three of them--Charlie, Joanne and Gust--travel the world to form unlikely alliances among the Pakistanis, Israelis, Egyptians, arms dealers, law makers and a belly dancer. Their success was remarkable. Funding for covert operations against the Soviets went from $5 million to $1 billion annually. The Red Army retreated out of Afghanistan. When asked how a group of peasants was able to deliver such a decisive blow to the army of a superpower, Pakistani President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq responded simply, "Charlie did it."

Cast: Tom Hanks as Charlie Wilson, Julia Roberts as Joanne Herring, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gust Avrakotos, Amy Adams as Bonnie Bach, Shiri Appleby as Charlie's Angel, Cyia Batten as Stacy, P.J. Byrne as Jim Van Wagenen

Director: Mike Nichols

Arctic Tale (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

Inside an icy kingdom at the very top of the earth, a polar bear cub, Nanu, and a walrus pup, Seela, are about to tackle the brave new world that confronts them as their ancient ways of survival are about to change. The polar bears and walruses are surrounded by crystalline ice floes; shadowed by quick white foxes, hunted ring seals, watchful gulls, graceful narwhals--the “unicorns” of the North--and thick-billed murres that both fly through the sky and dive through the ocean. Guided by the instinctual wisdom of their doting, protective mothers, the cub and pup begin to explore their frozen world, where they discover a constant array of dazzling and surprising new experiences all around them. But as Nanu and Seela grow up, they will also develop the power and an indomitable will to survive. Polar bears and walruses have been born in a time when they will face not only the extreme natural conditions that their ancestors did, but also a growing new threat that could change the lives of future generations: the very ice that makes up their kingdom is literally melting away. Polar bears and walruses might be rivals in the wild, but together they now face a single danger. These two “giants of the North” are losing their beautiful icebound existence and must fight to seek out new ways to live in a world where the rules have changed.

Cast: Queen Latifah as Narrator, Katrina Agate, Zain Ali, Preston Bailey, Kwesi Boakye, Michael Huang, Sierra Marcoux, Dante Pastula

Director: Adam Ravetch, Sarah Robertson

An Empress And The Warriors (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

The story begins at the end of a major battle between two kingdoms, Yan and Zhao -- King Yan commands his best warrior Muyong Xuehu (Donnie Yen) to ambush Zhao’s massive army. Muyong leads his men to a miraculous victory but King Yan, is struck by a stray arrow; secretly assassinated by his own nephew, the Commander-in-chief of the Yan army. The king’s sudden death throws the kingdom into turmoil. A bitter power struggle for the throne ensues.

Cast: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Kelly Chan

Director: Tony Ching Siu Tung

One Missed Call (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

Beth Raymond is traumatized when she witnesses the gruesome deaths of two friends just days apart. Even more disturbing, she knows that both of them had received chilling cell phone messages--actual recordings of their own horrifying last moments. Impossibly, the calls were received days before they died, but each death occurred precisely when and how the messages foretold. The police think Beth is delusional--except for Detective Jack Andrews, whose own sister was killed in a freak accident that bears a strange similarity to the deaths of Beth''s friends. Together, Jack and Beth work feverishly to unravel the mystery behind the ominous calls. But even as they get closer to the truth, Beth''s cell phone begins to ring with an eerie tune, and the readout displays: "One Missed Call."

Cast: Ed Burns as Jack Andrews, Shannyn Sossamon as Beth Raymond, Ana Claudia Talancon as Taylor Anthony, Ray Wise as Ted Summers, Azura Skye as Leann Cole, Johnny Lewis as Brian Sousa

Director: Eric Valette

L for Love, L for Lies (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

Cast: Alex Fong, Stephy Tang, Miki Yeung

Director: Ye Nian Chen

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Although Horton doesn’t know it yet, that speck houses an entire city named Who-ville, inhabited by the microscopic Whos, led by the Mayor. Despite being ridiculed and threatened by his neighbors, who think he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to save the particle--because “a person’s a person, no matter how small.” Horton’s eight-word explanation for his actions embodies an idea both simple and profound, and which means so much, to so many. Horton explains to his skeptical friends: “If you were way out in space, and you looked down at where we live, we would look like a speck.” Then there’s Horton’s code--his motto--that, “an elephant’s faithful 100 percent”--pointing to his honesty and determination to never abandon his mission to find a new home for the speck that houses the incredible world of Who-ville.

Cast: Jim Carrey Voice of Horton, Steve Carell Voice of Mayor of Who-ville, Dan Fogler Voice of Councilman/Yummo Wickersham, Carol Burnett Voice of Kangaroo, Seth Rogen Voice of Morton, Will Arnett Voice of Vlad

Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino

Dan in Real Life (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

Widowed father and family-advice columnist Dan Burns is still reeling from the heartache of loss and takes refuge by trying to maintain order with his three rebellious young girls, while dodging anything unexpected or outside the box. But when Dan heads to Rhode Island, his miffed daughters in tow, for the annual fall weekend thrown by the large and boisterous Burns family, everything changes. Soon after his arrival, he runs into an alluring woman named Marie in a bookshop. For the first time in a very, very long time, Dan experiences real, live sparks--only to have to douse them liberally when he discovers Marie is, in fact, the brand-new girlfriend his brother Mitch is about to proudly introduce to the family. As the weekend gets underway in the close quarters of a crowded house filled with quirky, prying relatives, Dan and Marie try to squelch and cover up their growing mutual attraction at every turn, leading to one comical situation after another. Yet, no matter how hard they try to do the very opposite, Dan and Marie can’t help but fall in love. Now Dan is about to realize that no matter how wise safety might seem, when it comes to real life, he’s going to have to break all the rules.

Cast: Steve Carell as Dan Burns, Juliette Binoche as Marie, Dane Cook as Mitch Burns, John Mahoney as Poppy Burns, Emily Blunt as Ruthie Draper, Dianne Wiest as Nana

Director: Peter Hedges

The Most Distant Course (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

THE MOST DISTANT COURSE is three desperate souls’ journey to find themselves. Ruoyun keeps receiving tapes that are meant for the former occupant of her flat. The tapes are from Xiao Tang, who hopes to win back his ex-girlfriend with the sounds of the coast. There he meets Ah Cai, a psychiatrist burdened by other people’s problems, on a journey to restore his own mental health. Inspired by the tapes, Ruoyun too decides to travel. Their paths intersect and they gain a new understanding of themselves.

Cast: Guey Lun-mei, Mo Zi-yi, Jia Xiao guo

Director: Lin Jing-jie

Cassandra's Dream (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

In contemporary London, two brothers are desperate to better their troubled lives. One is a chronic gambler in debt over his head, and the other is a young man in love with a beautiful actress he has recently met. Their lives gradually become entangled into a sinister situation with intense and unfortunate results.

Cast: Colin Farrell as Terry, Ewan McGregor as Ian, Tom Wilkinson as Howard, Hayley Atwell as Angela, Sally Hawkins as Kate

Director: Woody Allen

Meet the Spartans (Trailer)

Date: 2008/03

The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing by leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of 13--count ‘em, 13!--Spartans to defend their homeland against the invading Persians (whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and a hunchbacked Paris Hilton--no one is safe when the Spartans take on the biggest icons in pop culture).

Cast: Diedrich Bader as Traitoro, Kevin Sorbo as Captain, Jim Piddock as Loyalist/Simon Cowell Look-A-Like, Method Man as Persian Emissary, Sean Maguire as Leonidas

Director: Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg