Quarantine (2008)

Starring: Columbus Short, Jay Hernandez, Jennifer Carpenter, Johnathon Schaech, Marin Hinkle, Rade Serbedzija, Denis O'Hare, Steve Harris, Greg Germann, Joey King
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Studio: SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 89 mins
Certificate: 18 Genres: Audio Descriptive, Horror, Thriller

TV reporter Angelina Vidal (Carpenter) & her cameraman (Harris) have been assigned to spent time at a Los Angeles fire station. They follow the firemen to a routine 911 call to a small apartment block. Police officers have already arrived in response to agonising screams coming from one of the apartments. They soon realise that a woman living in the building has been infected by an unknown condition. The situation deteriorates rapidly and they become trapped. This is a remake of the Spanish film "Rec"

Brittish Film Sweeps the Academy awards 2009

Brittish made film Slumdog Millionaire Sweeps the academy awards this year with no fewer than eight awards along with Kate Winslet who picks up her first long awaited oscar for "Best actress in a leading role" in the film The Reader.
The awards for Slumdog Millionaire are as follows:

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Original Song: “Jai Ho,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
Original Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Monster

Starring: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Scott Wilson, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Annie Corley Lee Tergesen,
Director: Patty Jenkins
Studio: DEJ PRODUCTIONS
Run time: 104 mins
Released: 2004

Charlize Theron stars in this gritty drama based on a true store about prostitute, Aileen Wuornos who killed 6 men in 1989-90 (she was on death row for 12 years until eventually executed in 2002} She meets Selby Wall (Christine Ricci) in a lesbian club. Even though she"s not gay, she forms a relationship with Selby, a young runaway. Wuornos is spurred on by this new kind of love to get a real job but with no success. After too much humiliation, she goes back on the game. The first man she picks up tries to rape and kill her who she then shoots in self defence. Unfortunately fed up of being the victim all the time, She takes it out on the other men she picks up by robbing and shooting them dead. The killing spree ended after she shot entirely innocent Scott Wilson.
Heavily made up for the part as Wuornos, Charlize Theron is barely recognisable from her usual beauty as portrayed in films like THE ITALIAN JOB 2003 and THE DEVIL"S ADVOCATE 1997. One of the most memorable performances of a true story in film history.

Script was written by director: Patty Jenkins

The Bucket List

Starring:: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow, Alfonso Freeman, Rowena King, Beverly Todd
Director: Rob Reiner
Studio: WARNER BROS. Run time: 97 mins Certificate: 12 2008


Brief description of The Bucket List
Edward Cole (Nicholson) is a billionaire tycoon who is currently sharing a hospital room with blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers (Freeman). Though at first the pair seems to have little in common, conversation eventually reveals that both men have a long list of goals they wish to achieve before they 'kick the bucket'.and start to form a bond. But obviously they can't accomplish such ambitious objectives while being confined to a hospital bed, so now in order to live their lives to the absolute fullest Edward and Carter will have to make a break for it.

Girl Interrupted

Starring: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea Duvall, Brittany Murphy
Director: James Mangold
Studio: UCA
Run time: 127 mins
Certificate: DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres: Drama
Language: English
Released: DVD: 14 Sep 2004
Production year: 1999

Taken from Kaysen's popular memoir, GIRL, INTERRUPTED director James Mangold (HEAVY, COPLAND.) Winona Ryder stars as Susana, a confused teenager whose lame attempt at suicide lands her in a psychiatric hospital. In there, she meets a motley mix of characters, including Lisa (Angelina Jolie), who at first wins Susana over with her uninhibited character. The pair form a tight friendship, but that connection is threatened when Lisa falls even further out of control. With Ryder and Jolie's solid acting, this picture makes compulsive viewing.

Cloverfield

Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Lizzy Caplan,
Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Odette Yustman,T.J. Miller,
Director: Matt Reeves
Studio: PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 90 mins
Certificate: 15
Released: 2008

Rob Hawkins is due to leave New York for Japan and his friends throw him a surprise party to see him off. But the festivities are suddenly interrupted when a mysterious fire blowing creature suddenly starts attacking the city. With only a hand-held camera Rob and a few of his friends set out to escape the destruction. The hand held camera style gives the picture gritty newsreel type realism, depicting tall buildings being destroyed by the creature, the army fighting this strange creature and general panic scenes: including shop looting and desperate rescue attempts are the order of the day.

American Beauty

Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper
Director: Sam Mendes
Studio: DREAMWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 117 mins Certificate: 18 2000

Brief description of American Beauty
AMERICAN BEAUTY is the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who loses control when he becomes fed up with his repetitive life. Burnham tells us in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), this adds an inevitable tension to events and keeps the story flowing forward at all times. Lester quits his job on a whim and regresses into young adulthood, lifting weights, smoking pot, and discovering the innocent sexuality of his 16-year-old daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). His wife, Carolyn (Annette Bening), has her own midlife crisis. A real estate agent, she experiences a youthful awakening when super-agent Buddy Kane (Peter Gallagher) seduces her repeatedly. Meanwhile, Jane (Thora Birch), the Burnhams' daughter, is spied on by Ricky (Wes Bentley), the mysterious boy next door who carries a video camera around with him at all times. When Ricky's father, Colonel Fitts (Chris Cooper), discovers something potentially horrifying on one of his tapes, and when Carolyn's rage for Lester's actions boils over, the time bomb finally explodes..

Vacancy

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Ethan Embry, Frank Whaley, Scott G. Anderson, Mark Casella, Norm Compton, Caryn Mower, David Doty,
Director: Nimród Antal
Studio: SONY PICTURES Run time: 80 mins Certificate: 15 2007

Brief Description of Vacancy
A young married couple break down in their car and are forced to stay at a creepy, isolated motel. The manager of the motel seems harmless at first but soon shows his true colours after they find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be in grave danger of becomming the next victums of a snuff video.