Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These could include new image galleries for various films or important updates to upcoming releases from various smaller studios and art house production companies.

• Image Gallery: Relativity Media’s Untitled Snow White Project
• Press Release: Nominees Announced in the 5th Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• Press Release: 2011 Holiday Preview

Image Gallery: Relativity Media’s Untitled Snow White Project

Press Release: Nominees Announced in the 5th Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards

37 Films from 19 Countries and Areas

Busan, Republic of Korea: The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) today announced that 37 films from 19 countries and areas have been nominated in this year’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region’s highest accolade in film.

APSA 2011 International Jury President, Nansun Shi, made the announcement from the Busan International Film Festival, which was founded by APSA Patron Kim Dong-ho.
Films from the Islamic Republic of Iran, People’s Republic of China, Turkey and India will vie for the Best Feature Film Award.

Best Feature Film nominees in the 2011 APSAs are Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (A Separation, Islamic Republic of Iran), Rang zidan fei (Let the Bullets Fly, People’s Republic of China – Mainland China / Hong Kong), Bé Omid É Didar (Goodbye, Islamic Republic of Iran), Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Band Baaja Baaraat (Wedding Planners, India).

A total of 240 films were entered into this year’s competition. Thirty-seven have received nominations for the 2011 awards, with winners to be announced at the ceremony on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, on November 24.

Winners in the fifth annual APSAs will be determined by an International Jury headed by leading Hong Kong film producer Nansun Shi. These awards, an initiative of the Queensland Government, Australia, in unique collaboration with UNESCO and FIAPF-International Federation of Film Producers Associations – acclaim films from 70 countries and areas. Films are judged on cinematic excellence and the way in which they attest to their cultural origins.

Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (A Separation), by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, and Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia), written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, have each received four APSA nominations. Both films are the Academy Award® submission for their respective countries in the category of Best Foreign Language Film for 2012.

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, writer, director and producer of Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (A Separation), has been nominated for Best Feature Film, Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. Actor Peyman Moadi has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actor. The film is the first completed project funded by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards’ MPA APSA Academy Film Fund launched in 2010 and received one of four US$25,000 grants. Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (A Separation) won the Golden Bear for Best Film and the Silver Bears for Best Actress and Best Actor (ensemble cast) at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, becoming the first Iranian film to win the Golden Bear. The film also received the Sydney Film Prize at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Asghar Farhadi’s previous film Darbareye Elly (About Elly) won the APSA Jury Grand Prize and Best Screenplay Award in 2009.

Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) has been nominated for Best Feature Film (Zeynep Özbatur Atakan, Mirsad Purivatra, Eda Arikan, Ibrahim Sahin, Müge Kolat, Murat Akdilek, Nuri Bilge Ceylan), Achievement in Directing (Nuri Bilge Ceylan), Achievement in Cinematography (Gökhan Tiryaki) and Best Screenplay (Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan). Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it shared the Grand Prix with Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, for Le Gamin au Vélo (The Kid with a Bike). Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the APSA for Achievement in Directing in 2008 for his previous film Uc Maymun (Three Monkeys).

Bé Omid É Didar (Goodbye), by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, has received three APSA nominations. Bé Omid É Didar (Goodbye) has been nominated for Best Feature Film (Mohammad Rasoulof), Achievement in Directing (Mohammad Rasoulof) and Best Performance by an Actress (Leyla Zareh). Rasoulof received the award for Best Director in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

Rang zidan fei (Let the Bullets Fly), written and directed by Jiang Wen, has received two APSA nominations. The highest grossing domestic film in history at the Chinese box office, Rang zidan fei (Let the Bullets Fly) has been nominated for Best Feature Film (Ma Ke, Albert Lee, Yin Homber, Barbie Tung, Zhao Haicheng) and Achievement in Directing (Jiang Wen).

The fifth Nominee for Best Feature Film is Indian film Band Baaja Baaraat (Wedding Planners), produced by Aditya Chopra. It is the debut feature film for director Maneesh Sharma.

The fifth Nominee for Achievement in Directing is Na Hong-jin for Hwanghae (The Yellow Sea, Republic of Korea). The film was selected in Un Certain Regard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The Nominees for Best Performance by an Actress are Judy Davis (The Eye of the Storm) from Australia, Nahed El Sebai (Cairo 678) from Egypt, Nadezhda Markina (Elena) from the Russian Federation, Shayesteh Irani (Ayenhaye Rooberoo / Facing Mirrors) from the Islamic Republic of Iranand Leyla Zareh (Bé Omid É Didar / Goodbye), also from the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Nominees for Best Performance by an Actor are Peyman Moadi (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin / A Separation) from the Islamic Republic of Iran, Wang Baoqiang (Hello! Shu Xian Sheng / Mr Tree) from the People’s Republic of China, Sasson Gabay (Boker Tov Adon Fidelman / Restoration) from Israel, Fa’afiaula Sagote (O le Tulafale / The Orator) from New Zealand/Samoa and Australia’s Daniel Connors for Toomelah.

The Best Screenplay Nominees are Yoon Sung-hyun for Pa-soo-kkoon (Bleak Night, Republic of Korea), Denis Osokin for Ovsyanki (Silent Souls, Russian Federation) and Alexey Balabanov for Kochegar (A Stoker, Russian Federation), as well as Asghar Farhadi for Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (A Separation) and Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan and Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia).

The nominations for Achievement in Cinematography are
Vladimir Bashtafor Brestskaia krepost (Brest Fortress, Russian Federation),
Yuri Klimenkofor Krai (The Edge, Russian Federation),
Mark Lee Ping Bin for Noruwei no mori (Norwegian Wood, Japan),
Sonthar Gyal for Khyi rgan (Old Dog, People’s Republic of China – Tibet), and
Gökhan Tiryaki for Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina).

In 2011, APSA Academy members have had the right to view and vote in selected categories for the first time. Past Jury, Nominations Council, Documentary and Animation Academy members will determine the Nominees and Winners for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature Film in the 2011 competition. Children’s Feature Film Academy members, along with past Jury and Council, have decided on the Nominees for Best Children’s Feature Film with the Winner in that category to be determined by the International Jury.

Nominees for the Best Children’s Feature Film Award are:
Wo 11 (11 Flowers, People’s Republic of China, France) – Isabelle Glachant, Wang Xiaoshuai, Didar Domerhi, Lu Dong, Laurent Baudens, Gael Nouaille
Buta (Azerbaijan) – Khamis Muradov, Ilgar Najaf
Mabul (The Flood, Israel, France, Germany, Canada) – Chilik Michael, Ina Fichman, Avraham Pirchi, Tami Leon, David Silber, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery
Di si zhang hua (The Fourth Portrait, Taiwan) – Tseng Shao-chien
Red Dog (Australia) – Nelson Woss, Julie Ryan
Bad o Meh (Wind and Fog, Islamic Republic of Iran) – Naser Dehghani Poudeh.

Nominees for Best Documentary Feature Film are:
Amin (Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Korea, Canada, Ukraine) – Shahin Parhami
Bakhmaro (Georgia, Germany) – Anna Dziapshipa, Heino Deckert
Jag Var Värd 50 Lamm (I Was Worth 50 Sheep, Sweden, Japan, USA) – Maryam Ebrahimi
Marathon Boy (India, UK) – Gemma Atwal, Matt Norman
Pink Saris (India, UK) – Amber Latiff, Girjashanker Vohra.

Nominees for Best Animated Feature Film are:
Hoshi o Ou Kodomo (Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below, Japan) – Noritaka Kawaguchi
Madangeul naon amtak (Leafie, Republic of Korea) – Lee Eun, Shim Jaemyung, Kim Sunku
RPG Metanoia (Phillippines) – Charles Rapaport, Malou Santos, Lelette Bontia, Ann Gatmaytan, Ned Villarama
Tatsumi (Singapore) – Tan Fong Cheng, Phil Mitchell, Freddie Yeo, Eric Khoo, Gary Goh, Greg Chew, Brian Gothong Tan, Wong Kim Hoh
Gadkiy Utyonok (The Ugly Duckling, Russian Federation) – Garri Bardin.

The International Jury can also, at its discretion, present a further prize: The Screen International Jury Grand Prize, for which nominated feature films are eligible.
Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominees are automatically inducted into the Asia Pacific Screen Academy making them eligible to apply for the MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, a US$100,000 script development fund supported by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and available exclusively to Academy members. Asia Pacific Screen Academy members are also eligible to apply for The APSA Children’s Film Fund, a new development fund specifically for films for and about children of the Asia-Pacific. The fund is a partnership between APSA and Manila based 4 Boys Films, established by APSA Academy member Butch Jimenez.Two AUD$20,000 grants will be given to support new children’s feature films at creative inception that carry positive, life affirming messages specifically for and about children in the Asia-Pacific. A member of APSA’s Academy must be attached to the project.

Led by Patron Jack Thompson, the Academy is a growing body of the region’s most influential names in film including past APSA Nominees, International Jury and Nominations Council members. The submission periodfor both film funds closes on October 21 and the fund recipients will be announced at the APSA Ceremony on November 24.

Council members. The submission periodfor both film funds closes on October 21 and the fund recipients will be announced at the APSA Ceremony on November 24.
Two additional major awards for outstanding achievement will be presented at the ceremony.
FIAPF Award: Each year FIAPF-International Federation of Film Producers Associations – determines the winner of the FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia-Pacific region.

UNESCO Award: The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization presents the UNESCO Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film.

The 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards Ceremony will be webcast live
View the list of 2011 nominees

Press Release: 2011 Holiday Preview

One of the publicity firms that contacts me sends me an updated list of films they will be representing through various seasons. Here’s their list of pending 2011 holiday releases:

Dirty Girl

(The Weinstein Company)
Release Date: October 7th, 2011
Director: Abe Sylvia
Synopsis: “Dirty Girl” is the story of Danielle (Juno Temple), the dirty girl of Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma, circa 1987. When Danielle’s misbehavior gets her banished to a remedial class, she is paired on a parenting project with Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), an innocent closet-case with no friends. Danielle is determined to get to California to find the father she’s never met, and Clarke is desperate to escape being sent to military school by his homophobic dad. Together, the mismatched misfits light out for California, and discover each other and themselves through a funny and serendipitous friendship.

The Rum Diary

(Filmdistrict)
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Cast: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Marshall Bell
Directed & Written by: Bruce Robinson
Produced by: Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, Anthony Rhulen, Robert Kravis, Graham King.
Rating/Running Time: R / 120 minutes
Synopsis: Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson, “The Rum Diary” tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp). Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, The San Juan Star, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins). Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen’s financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down.

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D CHristmas

(Warner Bros.)
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Writers: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg

American Reunion

(Universal Pictures)
Release Date: April 6, 2012
Directors: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg

Hugo

(Paramount)
Release Date: November 23, 2011
Director: Martin Scorsese

Rid of Me

Release Date: November 18, 2011
Writer/Director: James Westby
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Synopsis: From writer/director James Westby (Film Geek, The Auteur) comes RID OF ME, a black comedy that follows Meris, an awkward young woman trying too hard to perfect her marriage, amongst a new group of friends. With a breakthrough lead performance by Katie O’Grady, and an ensemble that includes Art Alexakis (of Everclear) and Theresa Russell (Black Widow, Bad Timing), RID OF ME follows Meris’ rejection from the cool crowd down a path towards truth and salvation which includes a job at a local candy shop, a group of punk friends, community gardening and a newfound love for Cambodian rock music.

Answers to Nothing

(Roadside Attractions)
Release Date: December 2, 2011
Director: Matthew Leutwyler
Original Story: Matthew Leutwyler
Script: Matthew Leutwyler and Gillian Vigman
Synopsis: ANSWERS TO NOTHING is a gritty drama of interweaving stories set in Los Angeles against the backdrop of a child kidnapping case.

The film features Dane Cook, Elizabeth Mitchell (LOST, V), Julie Benz (DEXTER, RAMBO), Academy-Award Nominee Barbara Hershey (PORTRAIT OF A LADY), Zach Gilford (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, DARE), Kali Hawk (COUPLES RETREAT), Erik Palladino (ER), Mark Kelly (MAD MEN), Aja Volkman (lead singer of the band Nico Vega), and Miranda Bailey (THE OH IN OHIO).

I Melt With You

(Magnolia Pictures)
Release Date: December 9, 2011
Director: Mark Pellington
Genre: Drama
Cast: Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven, Christian McKay, Carla Gugino and Sasha Grey
Specs: 116 min., Scope, Dolby
Synopsis: Richard (Thomas Jane), Ron (Jeremy Piven), Jonathan (Rob Lowe) and Tim (Christian McKay) are old college buddies who gather for a week each year in Big Sur to celebrate Tim’s birthday and catch up with each other’s lives. On the surface, they look like typical men in their forties, with careers, families and responsibilities. But as with most people, there is more to them than meets the eye.

As the week progresses, they go down the rabbit hole of excess: mountains of drugs are consumed to a blaring rock ‘n’ roll soundtrack, parties with much younger women spin out of control. Exhausted and run ragged, they bare their souls and their reunion takes a much darker turn. When a promise from their past is brought to light, none of their lives will ever be the same. From director Mark Pellington, I MELT WITH YOU is a visually dazzling, wild and woolly trip deep into the male psyche, driven by four amazingly committed and profound performances from Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe and Christian McKay.

The Iron Lady

(The Weinstein Company)
Release Date: December 16, 2011 – Limited
Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd
Written by: Abi Morgan
Produced by: Francois Ivernel, Damian Jones, Adam Kulick, Cameron McCracken, Anita Overland, Tessa Ross
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Harry Lloyd, Alexandra Roach
Synopsis: The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.

Underworld Awakening

(Screen Gems / Lakeshore Entertainment)
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Genre: Action/Horror
Directed by: Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein
Screenplay by [NOT FINAL]: Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, Allison Burnett, J. Michael Straczynski
Produced by: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Len Wiseman, Richard Wright
Executive Producers: Eric Reid, David Kern, David Coatsworth, James McQuaide, Skip Williamson, Henry Winterstern
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley, Charles Dance
Synopsis: UNDERWORLD AWAKENING brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D.

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.

This film is not yet rated by the MPAA. For future ratings information refer to http://www.filmratings.com. Credits not final

The Grey

(Open Road Films)
Open Road Films Presents In Association with Inferno
In Association with Liddell Entertainment
A Scott Free/Chambara Pictures Production
In Association with 1984 Private Defense Contractors
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Starring: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo (upcoming Lay The Favorite, Warrior), Dermot Mulroney (upcoming J. Edgar and Everybody Loves Whales, Burn After Reading, About Schmidt), Dallas Roberts (“The Good Wife,” 3:10 To Yuma), Joe Anderson (upcoming ABC’s “The River,” Across The Universe), James Badge Dale (upcoming World War Z, The Conspirator, HBO’s “The Pacific”), Nonso Anozie (HBO’s “Game Of Thrones,” Conan The Barbarian, RocknRolla)
Casting by: John Papsidera C.S.A
Music by: Marc Streitenfeld
Edited by: Roger Barton, Jason Hellmann
Production Designer: John Willett
Director of Photography: Masanobu Takayanagi
Co-Producer: Douglas Saylor Jr.
Executive Producers: Jim Seibel, Bill Jhonson, Marc Butan, Tony Scott, Jennifer Hilton Monroe, Spencer Silna, Aditya Shankar, Ross T. Fanger
Produced by: Jules Daly, Joe Carnahan, Ridley Scott, Mickey Liddell
Screenplay by: Joe Carnahan & Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Based on the Short Ghost Story “Ghost Walker” by: Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
Synopsis: In THE GREY, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs out.

Teaser trailer for THE GREY here: http://thegreythemovie.com/

One for the Money

(Lionsgate / Lakeshore Entertainment / Sidney Kimmel Entertainment)
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson
Screenplay by: Stacy Sherman & Karen Ray and Liz Brixius
Based On The Novel by: Janet Evanovich
Producer: Sidney Kimmel, Tom Rosenberg, Wendy Finerman, Gary Lucchesi
Executive Producers: Eric Reid, Andre Lamal, Bruce Toll, Katherine Heigl, Nancy Heigl
Director of Photography: James Whitaker
Production Designer: Franco-Giacomo Carbone
Editor: Lisa Zeno Churgin, A.C.E
Costume Designer: Michael Dennison
Music By: Deborah Lurie
Co-Producer: Zane Weiner
Casting: Deborah Aquila, C.S.A., Tricia Wood, C.S.A., Julie Tucker, C.S.A., Ross Meyerson, C.S.A.
Cast: Katherine Heigl (Stephanie Plum), Jason O’Mara (Joseph Morelli), Daniel Sunjata (Ranger), John Leguizamo (Jimmy Alpha), Sherri Shepherd (Lula), Debbie Reynolds (Grandma Mazur), Debra Monk (Mrs. Plum), Nate Mooney (Eddie Gazarra), Adam Paul (Bernie Kuntz), Fisher Stevens (Morty Beyers), Ana Reeder (Connie), Patrick Fischler (Vinnie Plum), Ryan Michelle Bathe (Jackie), Leonardo Nam (John Cho), Annie Parisse (Mary Lou), Danny Mastrogiorgio (Lenny), Gavin-Keith Umeh (Benito Ramirez), Louis Mustillo (Mr. Plum), Harry O’Toole (William Earling)
Synopsis: Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum – the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich’s worldwide best-selling seventeenth-book mystery series – to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment’s ONE FOR THE MONEY.

A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum’s got plenty of attitude, even if she’s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company…as a recovery agent. True, she doesn’t even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but that doesn’t stop Stephanie from taking on Vinny’s biggest bail-jumper: former vice cop and murder suspect Joe Morelli – yup, the same sexy, irresistible Joe Morelli who seduced and dumped her back in high school.
Nabbing Morelli would be satisfying payback – and a hefty payday – but as Stephanie learns the ins and outs of becoming a recovery agent from Ranger, a hunky colleague who’s the best in the business, she also realizes the case against Morelli isn’t airtight. Add to the mix her meddling family, a potentially homicidal boxer, witnesses who keep dying and the problem of all those flying sparks when she finds Morelli himself…well, suddenly Stephanie’s new job isn’t nearly as easy as she thought.

Starring Katherine Heigl, ONE FOR THE MONEY is a fresh, funny action-comedy directed by Julie Anne Robinson and also starring Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguiziamo, Debbie Reynolds and Debra Monk. Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment present a Lakeshore Entertainment Lionsgate Wendy Finerman Sidney Kimmel Entertainment production in association with Abishag Productions. Directed by Julie Anne Robinson. Screenplay by Stacy Sherman & Karen Ray and Liz Brixius. Based on the novel by Janet Evanovich.

The Woman in Black

(CBS Films)
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Genre: Supernatural Thriller – Revenge Ghost Story
Rated: PG-13
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
Director: James Watkins (Eden Lake)
Writer: Jane Goldman (X-Men: First Class)
Producers: Brian Oliver (Black Swan), Vertigo Entertainment (How To Train Your Dragon, The Grudge) and Talisman Films
Synopsis: A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.

The Vow

(Screen Gems)
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Michael Sucsy
Screenplay by: Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein, and Jason Katims
Story by: Stuart Sender
Produced by: Jonathan Glickman, Paul Taublieb, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum
Executive Producers: J. Miles Dale, Austin Hearst, Susan Cooper
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, and Jessica Lange
Synopsis: A newlywed couple recovers from a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. Waking up with severe memory loss, her husband endeavors to win her heart again.

This film is not yet rated by the MPAA. For future ratings information refer to http://www.filmratings.com. Credits not final

Act of Valor

(Relativity Media)
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Directed by: Mike “Mouse” McCoy, Scott Waugh
Written by: Kurt Johnstad
Cast: Active Duty Navy SEALs, Roselyn Sanchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle, Nestor Serrano
Produced by: Mike “Mouse” McCoy, Scott Waugh
Executive Producer: Jason Clark, Max Leitman, Michael Mailis, Jay Pollak, Lance Sloane, Benjamin Statler, Thomas Tull
Rating: TBD
Runtime: 101 minutes
Synopsis: An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure.
Act of Valor takes audiences deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home.
Each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the cunning terror plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they engage in an epic firefight whose outcome has potentially unimaginable consequences for the future of America.

Wanderlust

Release Date: February 22, 2011
Writer/Director: David Wain
Synopsis: David directed, co-wrote and produced the film

Linda (Jennifer Aniston) and George (Paul Rudd), a married couple who finds they are unable to afford their Manhattan home after George loses his job. As a result they are forced to drive to Atlanta to move in with George’s brother. However, along the way, they find themselves in a commune instead of what they thought was a bed and breakfast. Linda and George decide to take the term “free love” literally during their wild stay at the commune.