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New Flicks

Gridiron Gang
One goal. A second chance

Genre: Drama / Sport
Director: Phil Joanou
Distributors: Sony Pictures
Starring: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Xzibit , Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Kevin Dunn
The uplifting story of detention camp probation officer Sean Porter, who creates a high-school-level football team from a ragtag group of dangerous teenage inmates as a means to teach them self-respect and social responsibility. He is joined in this experiment by co-worker, Malcolm Moore. But Porter must first overcome almost universal resistance from the powers that be -- his skeptical bosses and coaches at rival high schools who don't want their players mixing it up with convicted criminals on the football field.


The Black Dahlia
Inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history.

Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Distributors: Universal Pictures
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, Mia Kirshner
Based on a true unsolved murder. In the 1940s, young and beautiful Elizabeth Short came to Hollywood, intending to become a famous actress. However, it would not be her career but her brutal murder in 1947 that would bring her fame, as "The Black Dahlia". The investigation of her death became an obsession to millions and revealed a vast conspiracy throughout the police department.

 

Top at the Box Office

1. Gridiron Gang
One goal. A second chance.
Genre: Drama / Sport
Starring: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Xzibit , Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Kevin Dunn
2. The Black Dahlia
Inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, Mia Kirshner
3. Everyone's Hero
No matter where life takes you, always keep swinging.
Genre: Animation / Comedy / Sport
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Reiner, Jake T. Austin, William H. Macy
4. The Covenant
When untold powers unite.
Genres: Suspense / Horror
Starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch
5. The Last Kiss
We all make choices. What's yours?
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Starring: Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Tom Wilkinson, Blythe Danner

 

Source: IMDB and YahooMovies

 

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