The Jackal
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Stars: Bruce Willis Diane Venora J.K. Simmons Jack Black John Cunningham Mathilda May Richard Gere Sidney Poitier Stephen Spinella Tess Harper
The Invasion
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Stars: Celia Weston Daniel Craig Eric Benjamin Jackson Bond Jeffrey Wright Jeremy Northam Josef Sommer Nicole Kidman Roger Rees Veronica Cartwright
In the Bedroom
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. His son is involved in a love affair with a local single mother. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy.
Director: Todd Field
Stars: Celia Weston Frank T. Wells Karen Allen Marisa Tomei Nick Stahl Sissy Spacek Tom Wilkinson W. Clapham Murray William Mapother William Wise
The Ice Harvest
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Director: Harold Ramis
Stars: Bill Noble Billy Bob Thornton Brad Smith Connie Nielsen John Cusack Lara Phillips Meghan Maureen McDonough Mike Starr Ned Bellamy T.J. Jagodowski
The Hurt Locker
Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Stars: Anthony Mackie Brian Geraghty Christian Camargo Christopher Sayegh David Morse Evangeline Lilly Guy Pearce Jeremy Renner Ralph Fiennes Suhail Aldabbach
High Crimes
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.
Director: Carl Franklin
Stars: Adam Scott Amanda Peet Ashley Judd Bruce Davison Jim Caviezel Juan Carlos Hernández Jude Ciccolella Michael Gaston Morgan Freeman Tom Bower