Following the fall of apartheid, newly elected President Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) faces a South Africa that is racially and economically divided. Believing he can unite his countrymen through the universal language of sport, Mandela joins forces with Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), captain of the rugby team, to rally South Africans behind a bid for the 1995 World Cup Championship.
Legendary Academy Award-winning Director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Wag the Dog) explores the collision between Hollywood and politics. Featuring Hollyood's A-list and Washington's power players, the viewer gets a front-row seat with backroom access to the strange bedfellow of the media, celebrities and politicians. This documentary is sure to change the way we think about modern day politics.
Jeanne (Emilie Dequenne) lives in a house in the suburbs with her mother Louise (Catherine Deneuve). The two women got on well together. Louise earns her living by looking after children. Jeanne is half-heartedly looking for a job. Louise harbors the hope of getting her daughter a job with Samuel Bleistein (Michel Blanc), a famous lawyer whom she knew in her youth. Jeanne and Bleistein's worlds are light years apart. However, they'll be set on a collision course because of an incredible lie that Jeanne invents, a lie that grows into the biggest news and political story of the day.
When Bob Ho (Jackie Chan ) is called to babysit his neighbor's unruly children, they accidentally blow his cover as a spy by downloading secret codes on his computer. Suddenly Bob has to kick into super0-agent mode and take the kids on an action-packed adventure that turns suburbia upside down. Bob fights off assassins and arch-villains, narrowly escapes traps and out-smarts double agents while somehow managing to keep the kids out of harm's way.
Academy Award winner Kevin Costner starts as John, a newly divorced father who moves into a rural South Carolina home with his adolescent daughter Louisa (Ivana Baquero of Pan's Labyrinth) and young son Sam (Gattlin Griffith of Changeling). But when Louisa begins to behave in a bizarre and increasingly violent manner, John must uncover the truth behind her transformation. Is the former owner's shocking secret to blame? And how far will a father go to protect his daughter from an ancient evil determined to take her over?
Courage and determination push idealistic father John Crowley (Brendan Fraser, The Mummy) into joining forces with reclusive medical researcher Dr. Robert Stonehill (Academy Award nominee Harrison Ford). Together this unlikely pair face impossible odds as they battle the entire medical establishment and time itself to find a cure before it's too late.
Also starring Golden Globe winner Keri Russell, Extraordinary Measures is a story of the power of love and faith against impossible odds. Inspired by the book "The Cure" by Pulitzer Prise-winning writer Geeta Anand.
All those stars, all those laughs! An all-star cast sparkles in this hilarious and heartwarming romatic comdy from the director of Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries. Stories crisscross, collide and boomerang in this look at a day in the life of love. There's a proposal. Flowers that didn't get sent. A big fat secret that's finally told. The "I'll show up and surprise him" that ended up surprising her. Fights, kisses, wrong turns, right moves and so much more. Whether new to love or through with love, you'll fall in love ith this 19-star, funny-side-up celebration of romance.
Heartwarming, harrowing, and at times darkly comical, The Messenger is a deeply felt story of the human cost of war at home.
Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma), in his most powerful performance to date, stars as Will Montgomery, a battle-scarred Staff Sergeant home from Iraq and newly assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Ordered to bear the bad news to families of fallen soldiers, and partnered with hard-line officer Captain Tony Stone (two-time Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson), Will faces this formidable mission while seeking comfort and healing back on the home front. Against protocol, Will is eventually drawn to Olivia (two-time Academy Award nominee Samantha Morton), a recently fallen soldier's wife who has just been notified. In this emotionally charged landscape, The Messenger brings us into the inner lives of these outwardly steely heroes to reveal their fragility with compassion and authenticity.
Aaaaaand for next week: The Road, Dear John, and True Blood Season 2!
