Term Life
If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar insurance policy on himself, payable to his estranged daughter. The problem? The policy doesn't take effect for 21 days. Nick knows they'll be lucky to be alive for twenty-one hours.
Director: Peter Billingsley
Stars: Bill Paxton Hailee Steinfeld Jon Favreau Jonathan Banks Jordi Mollà Mike Epps Shea Whigham Taraji P. Henson Vince Vaughn William Levy
Suspect Zero
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
Director: E. Elias Merhige
Stars: Aaron Eckhart Ben Kingsley Carrie-Anne Moss Curtis Plagge Ellen Blake Harry Lennix Jerry Gardner Julian Reyes Keith Campbell Kevin Chamberlin
Stay Alive
After the mysterious, brutal death of an old friend, a group of teenagers find themselves in possession of "Stay Alive," an ultra-realistic 3-D videogame based on the spine-chilling true story of a 17th century noblewoman, known as "The Blood Countess." The gamers don't know anything about the game other than they're not supposed to have it... and they're dying to play it. Not able to resist temptation, the kids begin to play the grisly game but soon make a chilling connection -- they are each being murdered one-by-one in the same way as the characters they played in the game. As the line between the game world and the real world disappears, the teens must find a way to defeat the vicious and merciless Blood Countess, all the while trying to... stay alive.
Director: William Brent Bell
Stars: Adam Goldberg Billy Slaughter Frankie Muniz Jimmi Simpson Jon Foster Milo Ventimiglia Nicole Oppermann Samaire Armstrong Sophia Bush Wendell Pierce
Special Effects
Reality and illusion collide in this thriller about a megalomaniacal movie director who murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the dead woman's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the part of the dead actress.
Director: Larry Cohen
Stars: Bill Oland Brad Rijn Eric Bogosian H. Richard Greene Heidi Bassett John Woehrle Kevin O'Connor Kitty Summerall Steven Pudenz Zoë Lund
Smilla’s Sense of Snow
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.
Director: Bille August
Stars: Bob Peck David Hayman Gabriel Byrne Jim Broadbent Julia Ormond Peter Capaldi Richard Harris Robert Loggia Tom Wilkinson Vanessa Redgrave
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.
Director: Kerry Conran
Stars: Angelina Jolie Bai Ling Giovanni Ribisi Gwyneth Paltrow Jude Law Laurence Olivier Michael Gambon Omid Djalili Peter Law Trevor Baxter