The Secret Life of Bees
Adventure, Drama

First Weekend date: October 17th, 2008

Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Bettany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Okonedo and Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna.

MPAA Rating: None
Starring : Tip “T.I.” Harris, Lauren London, Evan Ross, Jackie Long, Big Boi, Albert Daniels, Jason Weaver, Kadijah, Malika, Lonette McKey, with Mykelti Williamson, Keith David
Writers: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Produced by: Ed Cathell III, James Lassiter, Ewan Leslie, Joe Pichirallo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith
Directed by: Sue Monk Kidd, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Distributor: Donners' Company

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Soul Men
Comedy, Drama

First Weekend date: November 7th, 2008

Jackson and Mac will play two former backup soul singers who are part of a famed group. They haven't spoken to each other in 20 years but reluctantly agree to travel together for a tribute performance in honor of their recently deceased band leader.

MPAA Rating: None
Starring : Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sean Hayes, Sharon Leal, Jennifer Coolidge, Isaac Hayes, Affion Crockett, John Legend, Adam Herschman, Fatso Fasano, Jackie Long
Writers: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Produced by: Charles Castaldi, David T. Friendly, Steve Greener
Directed by: Malcom Lee
Distributor: Dimension Films

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Winged Creatures
Crime, Drama

First Weekend date: November 30th, 2008

The Roy Freirich-scripted drama revolves around a group of survivors of multiple murders in a diner, who come together to try and overcome their trauma.

MPAA Rating: None
Starring : Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Forest Whitaker
Writers: Roy Freirich
Produced by: Gilbert Alloul, John Flockm, John J. Kelly, Robert Salerno, Lewin Webb
Directed by: Rowan Woods
Distributor: Sony Pictures

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Seven Pounds
Drama

First Weekend date: December 19th, 2008

Academy Award® nominee Will Smith stars in the drama "Seven Pounds," re-teaming with the director and producers of "The Pursuit of Happyness" for the emotional story of a man who will change the lives of seven strangers.

MPAA Rating: None
Starring : Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Robinne Lee
Writers: Grant Nieporte
Produced by: Molly Allen, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, David Crockett, James Lassiter, Domenico Procacci, Will Smith, Steve Tisch
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Distributor: Columbia Pictures

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Hurricane Season
Drama

First Weekend date: December 25th, 2008

Forest Whitaker, Isaiah Washington, Taraji P. Henson, Courtney B. Vance along with rising stars Robbie Jones, Shad Moss aka Bow Wow, Jackie Long, Eric Hill, Jarod Einsohn and Lil’ Wayne star in “Hurricane Season,” the exciting true story of an unlikely group of high school basketball champions who - in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - learn the true meaning of survival. Tim Story (Barbershop, Fantastic Four) directs.

Following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, a New Orleans basketball coach assembles a disparate team of players from those left behind and those who held out against the flood. In this exciting story based on true events, coach Al Collins (Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker) – a devoted husband and father driven by past failures and a consuming desire to win – empowers his team to ‘never say die’ as they fight their way to the state championship.

Rising stars Robbie Jones, Shad Moss aka Bow Wow, Jackie Long, Eric Hill, Jarod Einsohn and Lil’ Wayne star opposite Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker in “Hurricane Season,” directed by Tim Story (Barbershop, Fantastic Four). Based on exciting true events, “Hurricane Season” tells the story of New Orleans high-school basketball coach Al Collins who, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, brings together a team of players and – with their fellow survivors cheering the team on - leads them all the way to the state championships.

MPAA Rating: None
Starring : Forest Whitaker, Taraji P. Henson, Isaiah Washington, Robbie Jones, Jackie Long, Eric Hill, Bow Wow, Lil' Wayne, Irma Hall, Jared Einsohn, J.B. Smoove, Chyna Mcclain
Writers: Billy Ray
Produced by: Stephanie Allain, Michael Beugg, Raymond Brothers, Lee Cleary, Scott Glassgold, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Directed by: Billy Ray
Distributor: Universal Pictures

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Drama, Fantasy

First Weekend date: December 25th, 2008

“I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man’s life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, “Benjamin Button,” is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Starring : Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Julia Ormond
Writers: Eric Roth
Produced by: Ceán Chaffin, Jim Davidson, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
Directed by: David Fincher
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

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