Movies In Theaters April 18, 2008

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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Genre: Comedy

Rating: R

Actors/Actresses: Paul Rudd, Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand

Synopsis: From the guys who brought you “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up”. The ultimate romantic disaster movie. When Peter got dumped by his girlfriend, he wanted to get as far away as possible. Apparently… so did she.

After a devastating break-up with his girlfriend, TV sitcom star Sarah Marshall, a heartbroken and depressed Peter heads to Hawaii for a little vacation to try his best to forget every detail of his relationship. But love laughs at Peter, because Sarah is vacationing in the same exclusive resort as Peter, along with her new boyfriend.

88 Minutes

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Genre: Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Actors/Actresses: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Neal McDonough, Benjamin McKenzie

Synopsis: In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon’s execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life, while a killer is copycatting Jon, killing women with the same “modus-operandi” and is investigated by Seattle Slayer Task Force. With the support of his former wife and associated Shelly Barnes, the FBI agent and his friend Frank Parks and his assistant Kim Cummings, Jack investigate some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had one night stand.

The Forbidden Kingdom

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Genre: Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Actors/Actresses: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing, Collin Chou

Synopsis: The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable. An American teen is is transported back in time to ancient China, where he joins a crew of warriors to help free the king.

An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden? (Limited)

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Genre: Documentary and Politics/Religion

Rating: PG-13

Actors/Actresses: Morgan Spurlock, John Sloss, Morgan Spurlock, James Brabazon

Synopsis: If Morgan Spurlock has learned anything from over 30 years of movie-watching, it’s that if the world needs saving, it’s best done by one lone man willing to face danger head on to take it down, action hero style. So, with no military experience, knowledge or expertise, he sets off to do what the CIA, FBI and countless bounty hunters have failed to do: find the world’s most wanted man. Why take on such a seemingly impossible mission? Simple — he wants to make the world safe for his soon to be born child. But before he finds Osama bin Laden, he first needs to learn where he came from, what makes him tick, and most importantly, what exactly created bin Laden to begin with.

The Life Before Her Eyes (Limited)

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Genre: Drama, Thriller and Adaptation

Rating: R

Actors/Actresses: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Gabrielle Brennan, Adam Chanler-Berat, Jewel Donohue

Synopsis: Diana is a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life–and perhaps her sanity–on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies–cutting class, fantasizing about boys–and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she’s now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana’s life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels.

Pathology (Limited)

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Genre: Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Actors/Actresses: Milo Ventimiglia, Lauren Lee Smith, Johnny Whitworth, Alyssa Milano, Keir O’Donnell

Synopsis: A group of medical students devise a deadly game: to see which one of them can commit the perfect murder.

Dr. Ted Gray (Milo Ventimiglia) graduates at the top of his class at Harvard Medical School, which allows him to join one of the nations most prestigious Pathology programs. Extremely talented and accomplished himself, Ted is quickly invited into a camaraderie with the programs most elite group of interns. Teds good fortune turns to danger, though, as he in introduced to his new friends deadly game, who can commit the perfect murder. Their pawn before he realizes he has even joined the game, Ted must out think this new friends to avoid becoming their next victim.