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New Flicks


The Transporter 2
The Best In The Business Is Back In The Game.

Genre: Action / Crime / Thriller
Director: Louis Leterrier
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Starring: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta

Frank Martin is the best in the business. The ex-Special Forces operative hires himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods--human or otherwise. Very simple, he delivers, no questions asked. Frank has relocated from the French Mediterranean to Miami, Florida, where as a favour to a friend, Frank is driving for the wealthy Billings family. There's very little that can surprise The Transporter, but young Jack Billings has done just that; Frank has unexpectedly bonded with Jack, age 6, who he drives to and from school. But when Jack is kidnapped, Frank must use his battle-tested combat skills to retrieve the boy and thwart the kidnappers' master plan to release a virus that will kill anyone with whom it comes in contact.

 

The Constant Gardener
Love. At any cost.

Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Distributor: Focus Features
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Archie Panjabi, Bill Nighy

When a British diplomat's wife -- a socially-conscious lawyer -- turns up dead in Kenya, he sets out to find the truth surrounding her murder. In the process, he finds out that his wife had been compiling data against a multinational drug company that uses helpless Africans as guinea pigs to test a tuberculosis remedy with unfortunately fatal side effects. Therefore those who may have had the most reason to silence her are closer to home than he ever imagined.

Top at the Box Office                                                          
1. The Transporter 2
The Best In The Business Is Back In The Game.
Genre: Action / Crime / Thriller
Starring: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta
2. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Better Late Than Never.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco
3. The Constant Gardener
Love. At any cost.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Archie Panjabi, Bill Nighy
4. Red Eye
Fear Takes Flight
Genres: Drama and Thriller
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Jack Scalia
5. The Brothers Grimm
Eliminating Evil Since 1812
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Horror
Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci, Jonathan Pryce

 

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