In the tradition of Babe (2005) and Charlotte's Web (2007) comes the live-action talking animal picture Beverly Hills Chihuahua, directed by Scooby Doo vet Raja Gosnell. Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore) is a pampered Chihuahua from Beverly Hills who spends most of her time riding around in her owner's (Piper Perabo) purse. When she gets accidentally separated from her "mobile home" on a trip to Mexico, she must
rely on the help and kindness of strangers to find her way back; these include a hyper-romantic male Chihuahua named Papi
(voice of George Lopez), and a mystical "spirit guide" (voice of Salma Hayek) who brings Chloe in touch with her doggy heritage. Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez, Edward James Olmos, Plácido Domingo, and other Hispanic stars provide voices for the various characters whom Chloe meets; Analisa LaBianco and Jeff Bushell co-authored the script. - Nathan Southern
2- Body of Lies
Fresh off of their success with director Martin Scorsese's The Departed, star Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter William Monahan team with director Ridley Scott for this screen adaptation of David Ignatius' novel Body of Lies. When CIA operative Roger
Ferris (DiCaprio) uncovers evidence indicating that a major terrorist leader may be operating out of Jordan, he enlists the
aid of CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) in infiltrating the elusive saboteur's vast underground network. During the course
of his dangerous mission, Ferris gradually comes to question how much he can trust his presumed allies -- who include not
just Hoffman, but the outwardly helpful head of Jordanian intelligence as well. - Jason Buchanan,
3- Quarantine
Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment
building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment
units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents
are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building.
Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut off, and officials are not relaying information to those
locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.
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4- The Express
Finding Forrester star Rob Brown steps into the cleats of Heisman Trophy-winning gridiron giant Ernie Davis in director Gary Fleder's inspirational sports docudrama. As a young boy reared in Pennsylvania coal-mining country, Davis dreamed
of blasting through the end zone and scoring a triumphant touchdown while fans rose to their feet and cheered. When Davis
later became a star running back for the Syracuse Orangemen, his dreams were finally on the way to becoming a reality. Under
the wing of coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid), it seemed as if there is nothing that could stop Davis from entering into the annals of sports history;
even during an era in which the civil rights movement was just gaining momentum, this fledgling gridiron giant never once
doubted his ability to rise to the top. When Davis was diagnosed with leukemia shortly after being drafted into the NFL, however,
his will to survive soon eclipsed his dreams of success.
5- Sex Drive
Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best friends Lance and Felicia
in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he met on the Internet. But the journey, filled with hilarious misadventures
and raunchy escapades, teaches all three more than they expected about life and love. Randy, raucous and unexpectedly romantic,
'Sex Drive' follows three friends on the road trip of a lifetime!
Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman) can't seem to catch a break. He's taunted by his cocksure older brother Rex (James Marsden), shown up in the romance department by his 14-year-old younger brother and humiliated by his job at a mall
donut shop. But Ian's biggest problem is that he's about to start college as a virgin!
Getting nowhere
with the girl of his dreams and longtime "best friend" Felicia (Amanda Crew), Ian resorts to the Internet for dates. He soon hooks up with Ms. Tasty, a flaming hot blonde who can't
wait to get busy. The only catch: Ian has to drive 500 miles from Chicago to Knoxville to consummate the deal.
6- Angelina Jolie-"Changeling"
Inspired by actual events that occurred in 1920s-era Los Angeles, Clint Eastwood's The Changeling tells the story of a woman driven to confront a corrupted LAPD after
her abducted son is retrieved and she begins to suspect that the boy returned to her is not the same boy she gave birth to.
The year was 1928, and the setting a working-class suburb of Los Angeles. As Christine (Angelina Jolie) said goodbye to her son, Walter, and departed for work, she never anticipated that this was
the day her life would be forever changed. Upon returning home, Christine was distressed to discover that Walter was nowhere
to be found. Over the course of the following months, the desperate mother would launch a search that would ultimately prove
fruitless.
7- Passengers
A grief counselor (Anne Hathaway) begins to suspect foul play when the six airplane crash survivors she is tending to mysteriously begin to
disappear and the truth behind the tragedy grows ever more clouded in Nine Lives director Rodrigo García's conspiratorial supernatural thriller
8- Motel Hell
MGM reaches back into the vault to remake Motel Hell, the classic 1980 horror comedy that followed Farmer Vincent's
famous sausage business run out of a hotel that snags unsuspecting tourists and harvests them to become tomorrow's smoky
breakfast links.
