Thrillers

Amnesty International to Host Annual DC Film Fest

Amnesty International, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization, announced the program for its second annual international film festival in Washington, DC, September 14-16 2006. The 2006 festival will again be presented in partnership with “National Geographic Live!,” National Geographic’s program for featuring films, lectures and performances. Known for showcasing films that illuminate powerful stories ….

Catch A Fire Trailer

Shot on location in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Mozambique, the political thriller Catch A Fire is based on the real-life story of Patrick Chamusso. The film takes place in South Africa, spanning from the country’s turbulent and divided years in the 1980s to the present day. Patrick (played by Derek Luke) is an oil refinery employee and soccer player who is ….

Bug Trailer

Ashley Judd plays a lonely waitress with a tragic past, who rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband. But when Agnes begins a new romance with Peter, an eccentric, nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again… until the first bugs arrive. Probing the blurry lines between paranoia and ….

The Return Trailer

Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Grudge, The Grudge 2) ‘returns’ to the horror genre with the film The Return. In the movie, Gellar plays Joanna Mills, a traveling business woman, whose been having nightmares of a murder that occurred 15 years ago. Her nightmares soon lead her to an old farmhouse where the murder took place, and terror follows ….

The Covenant Film Trailer

Privilege and beauty abound at Spencer Academy, a New England boarding school for the region’s reigning elite. Directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2), The Covenant tells the story of the Sons of Ipswich, four young students bound by their sacred ancestry. As descendants of the original families who settled in Ipswich Colony in the 1600’s, the ….

Andy Lau Directing Richard Gere in Thriller

Andy Lau, director of the seminal Infernal Affairs trilogy, as well as Bullets of Love, and Young and Dangerous, is directing Richard Gere and Claire Danes in a film called The Flock. The psychological thriller revolves around a hyper-vigilant agent (played by Gere) and his female protégé (Claire Danes),who must track down a missing girl. Working against the clock they unravel the twisted details to track the potential killer. ….

Alfonso “Y tu mama tambien” Cuaron’s Children of Men Trailer

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which man can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child’s birth may help scientists save the future of mankind. Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men could be the first big hit for the versatileClive Owen, who has ….

Covenant, King’s Men, Gridiron and More Fall Previews

Sony’s Fall slate of films includes a good mix of the Oscar-bait, including the much-anticipated All the King’s Men, which was written and directed by Academy Award winner Steven Zaillian, the horror, including The Covenant and The Grdge 2, which is a sequel to the 2004 hit, the inspirational, including The Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith, and Gridiron Gang, recalling the true life story of a detention camp ….

The Quiet Trailer

The Quiet is a thriller directed by Jamie Babbit (Itty Bitty Titty Committee), about a young deaf and mute woman named Dot, who is sent to live with her godparents and their daughter. The new addition to the household realizes that everything is not normal in the home, and the family’s dark secrets begin to come to light. The ….

Thor and Fantastic Four 2 Updates

While speaking at Charlotte’s Heroes Convention 2006 J. Michael Straczynski let slip that David Goyer, writer of Blade and Batman Begins, is set to write a treatment for a Thor film. It’s not known whether that means he’s rewriting the script that Mark Protosevich has already written, or coming up with something completely new. Based on the legendary thunder deity, Thor might not seem like the perfect superhero-comic-to-film. The story ….

Right at Your Door Trailer

Right at Your Door takes place after dirty bombs are detonated, spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles, Brad (Rory Cochrane) inadvertently quarantines his wife, Lexi (Mary McCormack) outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With the city under siege and Martial Law in affect, Brad and Lexi struggle to survive with little supply, limited time and no ….

New Helmer for New Conan

Variety reports that Warner Brothers has attached director Boaz Yakin (Remember the Titans) to write and possibly direct the Conan the Barbarian film, a new take on the Robert E. Howard character. The trade reports that Yakin’s concept is more faithful to the original Howard story than were the two Dino De Laurentiis-produced films that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the sword-wielding conqueror/king. Warners has ….

The Night Listener Trailer

Robin Williams goes from comedy back to psychological thrillers, with his latest film, The Night Listener, based on the international bestselling novel by Armistead Maupin. The story revolves around a celebrated writer and popular late-night radio show host, Gabriel Noone, who develops an intense phone relationship with a young listener named Pete and his adopted mother just as his own ….