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The Duchess

A vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time is trapped in an unhappy triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal.

Also Known As:
Georgiana
Georgiana: Dutchess of Devonshire

Production Status:
Released

Genres:
Art/Foreign, Drama, Adaptation and Biopic

Release Date:
September 19th, 2008 (limited)

MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material.

Distributors:
Paramount Vantage

The Rocker

A failed drummer is given a second chance at fame. Robert “Fish” Fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties hair band Vesuvius, who is living the rock n’ roll dream until he is unceremoniously kicked out of the band. Twenty years after his rock star fantasies are destroyed, just when Fish has finally given up all hope, he hears that his nephew’s high school rock band A.D.D. is looking for a new drummer. They reluctantly make him the newest member of the band, giving him a chance to reclaim the rock God throne he’s always thought he deserved, and taking the young band along for the ride of their lives.

Production Status:
Released

Logline:
A failed drummer gets a second chance at fame 20 years after being booted out of his famous band.

Genres:
Comedy and Musical/Performing Arts

Release Date:
August 20th, 2008 (wide)

MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for drug and sexual references, nudity and language.

Distributors:
20th Century Fox Distribution

Mirrors

It’s been nearly a year since volatile detective Ben Carson was suspended from the NYPD for fatally shooting another undercover officer, an accident that not only cost him his job, but fueled the alcoholism and anger that has alienated his wife and kids and left him crashing on his sister’s couch in Queens. Desperate to pull his life together, Carson takes a job as a night watchman at the burned-out ruins of the Mayflower department store, which was destroyed by a massive fire that devoured numerous innocent lives. As Carson patrols the eerie, charred remains of the store, he begins to notice something sinister about the ornate mirrors that adorn the Mayflower walls.

Reflected in the gigantic shimmering glass are horrific images that stun Carson. Beyond projecting gruesome images of the past, the mirrors appear to be manipulating reality as well. When Carson sees his own reflection being tortured, he suffers the physical effects of his fractured visions. His sympathetic but skeptical sister Angela dismisses these bizarre nightmares as a consequence of his stress and guilt over the accidental shooting, but Carson’s estranged wife Amy, a no-nonsense NYPD medical 2 examiner, is less forgiving. Her husband’s increasingly erratic behavior frightens her, pushing his family farther away–and, she fears, it’s putting their children in danger. As Carson investigates the mysterious disappearance of a Mayflower security guard and its possible connection to his ghastly visions, he realizes that a malevolent, otherworldly force is using reflections as a gateway to terrorize him and his family. Carson must somehow uncover the truth behind the mirrors–and convince Amy to help him battle the greatest evil he has ever faced.

Also Known As:
Into the Mirror (Remake)

Production Status:
Released

Genres:
Science Fiction/Fantasy, Suspense/Horror, Thriller and Remake

Release Date:
August 15th, 2008 (wide)

MPAA Rating:
R for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.

Distributors:
20th Century Fox

The House Bunny

Shelley Darlington has lived at the Playboy mansion for the last nine years. She is Hef’s favorite and acts like a den mother to the other girls. On her birthday, she is unceremoniously evicted from Hef’s pad for ‘being too old.’ Homeless and without essential skills, Shelley wanders around L.A. until she finds a new job–the housemother at the most unpopular sorority on campus.

Also Known As:
House Bunny
I Know What Boys Like
Untitled (Anna Faris Project)
Untitled (Columbia Pictures/Anna Faris College Campus Comedy Project)

Production Status:
Released

Genres:
Comedy

Release Date:
August 22nd, 2008

MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for sex-related humor, partial nudity and brief strong language.

Distributors:
Sony Pictures Releasing

The SAW V

With everyone else dead and rotting, it’s up to Hoffman to continue Jigsaw’s murderous traditions. When he feels that his identity might be discovered, the killer has to use all his training as a detective to track down anything–and anyone–that might expose him.

Genre:
Horror, Thriller

Release Date:
October 24th, 2008 (wide)

MPAA Rating:
R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language and brief nudity.

Distributors:
Lionsgate Films