An American Crime
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Actors: Elliot Page, Catherine Keener, Hayley McFarland, Ari Graynor, James Franco, Bradley Whitford
Plot: Based on actual court transcripts, Gertrude Baniszewski, a single mother with seven children, agrees to take care of Sylvia and Jennie Fae Likens while their parents work with a traveling carnival. Over the coming weeks and months, the unbalanced nature of Gertrude leads to one of the most horrendous crimes ever committed against a person, and all involved will be affected for life.
Celia's Lives ( vidas de Celia, Las )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Antonio Chavarrías
Actors: Najwa Nimri, Luis Tosar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Aida Folch, Àlex Casanovas, Mentxu Romero
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lincoln Ruchti
Actors: Billy Mitchell, Leo Daniels, Steve Sanders, Walter Day, Sam Blackburn, Joel West
The Devil Came on Horseback
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
Actors: Brian Steidle
Plot: A man who was working in the Sudan discovered the genocide going on there. He attempted to find out who was causing it, and how to help.
The Hitcher
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dave Meyers
Actors: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis, Skip O'Brien
Plot: A college couple on the way to spring break have a close call with a psychotic hitchhiker. Just when they think they are safe, the hitchhiker returns and pins a series of murders on them, all according to his deadly game.
Island, The ( Ostrov )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Pavel Lungin
Actors: Pyotr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitri Dyuzhev, Yuri Kuznetsov, Viktoriya Isakova, Nina Usatova
Italian, The ( Italianetz )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andrei Kravchuk
Actors: Kolya Spiridonov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Nikolai Reutov, Yuri Itskov, Denis Moiseenko, Sasha Sirotkin
Legacy ( héritage, L' )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Géla Babluani, Temur Babluani
Actors: Sylvie Testud, Stanislas Merhar, Olga Legrand, Pascal Bongard, George Babluani, Leo Gaparidze
Manufactured Landscapes
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Actors: Edward Burtynsky
Plot: Edward Burtynsky is a photographer on a mission: to capture industrial work and manufacturing around the world to document how it has changed the landscape around us.
Masters of Horror - The Black Cat
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Elyse Levesque, Aron Tager, Eric Keenleyside, Patrick Gallagher, Christopher Heyerdahl
Plot: In the 1840s Edgar Allan Poe is a low on ideas and cash as he struggles with alcoholism and a sick wife. As he tries in vain to write, he is tormented by his wife's cat who may inspire him to write one of his greatest stories, if he isn't driven mad by the beast first.
Phantom Love
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2007
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nina Menkes
Actors: Marina Shoif, Juliette Marquis, Bobby Naderi, Allison Bell, Lena Bubenechik, Michael Joseph Carr
That Beautiful Somewhere
Theatrical Release Date: 01/18/2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Budreau
Actors: Roy Dupuis, Jane McGregor, Gordon Tootoosis, David Fox, Lindsey Cote, Jim Calarco
Ambitious ( Ambitieux, Les )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/2007
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Catherine Corsini
Actors: Karin Viard, Eric Caravaca, Jacques Weber, Gilles Cohen, Hélène Babu, Alexia Barlier
Crime Insiders aka Paris Lockdown ( Truands )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/2007
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frédéric Schoendoerffer
Actors: Benoît Magimel, Philippe Caubère, Béatrice Dalle, Olivier Marchal, Mehdi Nebbou, Tomer Sisley
Plot: When the leader of a criminal gang operating in Paris is betrayed and sent to prison, different members of his former crew plot to take advantage and seize power for themselves.
Dam Street ( Hong yan )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Chinese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yu Li
Actors: Xingrao Huang, Kechun Li, Yi Liu, Yizhu Wang
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Isaac Florentine
Actors: Michael Jai White, Scott Adkins, Ben Cross, Eli Danker, Mark Ivanir, Ken Lerner
Plot: George "Iceman" Chambers gets set up by the Russian Mafia, which forces him into the brutal conditions of a Russian prison. He quickly discovers that he has been sent there to fight Yuri Boyka, the reigning prison champ. At first he refuses, but he soon realizes that defeating Boyka is his only way out of prison.
Beyond the Sky ( Fuera del cielo )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/13/2007
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Javier 'Fox' Patrón
Actors: Demián Bichir, Armando Hernández, Damián Alcázar, Dolores Heredia, Rafael Inclán, Martha Higareda
Lonely Hearts
Theatrical Release Date: 01/13/2007
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Todd Robinson
Actors: James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek, John Travolta, Scott Caan, Laura Dern
Plot: Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers".
