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New Flicks

Mission: Impossible III
Impossible is just a word

Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: J.J. Abrams
Distributors: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan
Super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty to train new IMF agents. But he is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell (Ving Rhames), transportation expert Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), background operative Zhen (Maggie Q) and fresh recruit Lindsey (Keri Russell) - to travel the globe pursuing Davian and rescue Hunt's love, Julia (Michelle Monaghan).


Stick It
Defy and Conquer

Genre: Comedy / Sport
Director: Jessica Bendinger
Distributors: Buena Vista Pictures
Starring: Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies, Jeff Bridges, Nikki SooHoo, Maddy Curley
A 17-year-old, ex-gymnastics star with big family problems finds herself on the wrong side of the law after one-too many arrests. Forced back into the regimented world of gymnastics to clean up her act, she rediscovers her love of the sport and gets the chance to make peace with her dysfunctional life. Empowered by her transformation, she rallies fellow gymnasts to protest and outsmart outdated scoring methods at the National Championships
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Top at the Box Office 

1. Mission: Impossible III
Impossible is just a word.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Starring: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan
2. RV
No One Can Hear You Scream.
Genres: Comedy / Family
Starring: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque, Josh Hutcherson
3. An American Haunting
Possession Knows No Bounds.
Genres: Drama
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd Wood, James D'Arcy
4. Stick It
Defy and Conquer.
Genres: Comedy / Sports
Starring: Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies, Jeff Bridges, Nikki SooHoo
5. United 93
Four planes were hijacked. This is the story of the 4th.
Genres: Drama
Starring: Opal Alladin, Erich Redman, Ben Sliney, Susan Blommaert, Peter Hermann

 

Source: IMDB and YahooMovies

 

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