Whats Playing 04/27/07

Wide Release

Next – Starring Nicolas Cage, Jessica Biel, and Julianne Moore in this thriller about a man who can tell the future. Cris Johnson (Cage) is a Vegas magician who can see a few minutes into the future. His entire life he has seen this talent not as a gift but more so a burden, but now his gift will be needed to help save Los Angeles from being blown up by terrorists.

The Invisible – Justin Chatwin, Marcia Gay Harden, and more star in a supernatural race against time to save a young boy’s life. Nick Powell (Chatwin) had a great life and everything going for him that a teenage boy could want. But when he’s beaten and left for dead, he is in a race to save his own life by trying to solve his own possible murder. And the only one that can see him is a young girl who is also invisible by the fact that she’s always been ignored.

Kickin It Old Skool – Breakdancing is still alive way into the new millennium as Jamie Kennedy and a host of others try to shake their electric boogaloo. During the eighties, a young breakdancer hits his head during a contest in a move gone wrong and falls into a coma for twenty years. Waking up and still having the itch inside him, he looks to revive his dance team and get their feet moving again.

The Condemned – Starring Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vinnie Jones in the third production from WWE Films. 10 hardened criminals living on death row and set for execution are gathered up and taken to a far off island. There they are given a proposition to fight to the finish with the last one left alive being set free. Meanwhile, the entire world will get to watch.

Limited Release

Diggers – Lauren Ambrose, Shannon Barry, Ron Eldard, Paul Rudd, Maura Tierney, and many more star in this coming of age tale that is a little bit serious and a little bit funny. Four long-time friends growing up in Long Island live their lives as clam diggers just as their fathers and grandfathers did before them.

Jindabyne – Starring Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne in a story about trust, love, and murder. Stewart Kane and some buddies find the body of a murdered girl while on a fishing trip but decide not to report until their trip is over days later. Once Stewart’s wife Claire finds out though, she begins to wonder if her husband is the good person she thought she married.

Something To Cheer About – Follow along in this documentary about the the Crispus Attucks Tigers. They were the first all-black high school basketball team to win a United States championship title.

Wind Chill – Ned Bellamy, Emily Blunt, and Martin Donovan star in this thriller about two college kids trying to make their way home for the holidays. But when their car breaks down along a deserted stretch, weird things begin to happen. That includes the ghosts of those who have died there coming to haunt them.

Zoo – A controversial story about a Seattle man who lost his life in an unusual and sexual encounter with a horse.