IN THEATRES NOVEMBER 21, 2007<br><br>AUGUST RUSH is part romance, part gentle fantasy, but this sweet drama is all heart. When young cellist Lyla (Keri Russell) and rock musician Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) meet at a party in the mid 1990s, it?s love at first sight, and they spend the night in each other?s arms. But Lyla?s father forces them apart, even though she later learns she?s pregnant. Later, an accident lands Lyla in the hospital, and though her father tells her that her baby died, the child survives and is given up for adoption. AUGUST RUSH jumps to the present and begins to follow Evan (Freddie Highmore), an 11 year old who has grown up in a boys? home. As Evan embarks on a crusade to find his parents, he imagines he can communicate with them through his gift for music. His journey to New York City brings him into contact with Wizard (Robin Williams), a man eager to capitalize on the child prodigy?s talent. Wizard gives Evan the name August Rush as he begins performing all over the city, but the boy?s ultimate goal is to find the parents he has never met.<br><br>From FINDING NEVERLAND to CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, Highmore has displayed an almost prodigious talent himself. He?s a gifted young actor, and this emotional story is the perfect venue for his acting. AUGUST RUSH isn?t a film for the cynics, but even the hard-hearted in the audience will have difficulty not being touched by this sentimental film. As in Evan?s life, music plays a central role in AUGUST RUSH, and it?s tough not to let your heart soar along with the melodies. Though it could draw comparisons to OLIVER! and ANNIE, this is a unique and heartwarming film.

NEW YORK PREMIERE AT NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2007<br>IN THEATRES NOVEMBER 9, 2007 (Limited)<br><br>With NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, the Coen Brothers have found a perfect match in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy. Their adaptation of McCarthy\’s praised novel is a staggering masterpiece. In this almost impossibly faithful adaptation, the film takes place in a small Texas border town in 1980. Sheriff Bell (a never-been-better Tommy Lee Jones) has ruled the land for years without the use of a gun, but a new brand of reckless lawlessness has taken over his town. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is an innocent Everyman with a devoted wife, Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald), but when he stumbles across a drug deal gone deadly and finds two million dollars, he\’s determined to keep it for himself. There\’s only one problem. He\’s being pursued by one of the most amoral, evil psychopaths that the big screen has ever seen. Wearing an absurd haircut and brandishing a pressurized weapon that\’s used to murder cattle, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) creeps forward on his mission to track Moss down and return the money to its rightful owners to save his own skin. As the tension mounts, the body count begins to rise, confirming Sheriff Bell\’s inability to battle this new wave of modern brutality.<br><br>The most striking thing about the Coen Brothers\’ thriller is their masterly use of silence to create an almost unbearable level of tension. Cinematographer Roger Deakins is once again at the top of his game, beautifully capturing this stark and lonely world. The well-rounded cast is clearly excited to be a part of such a stellar production–particularly Bardem, whose Chigurh is a freakishly mysterious monster, and is certain to haunt viewers long after the final credit has rolled. In a career filled with striking achievements, this might very well be the Coen Brothers\’ finest. It is filmmaking at its best.

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IN THEATRES NOVEMBER 9, 2007<br><br>Sibling rivalry takes on a new dimension in director David Dobkin?s (WEDDING CRASHERS, CLAY PIGEONS) third collaboration with actor Vince Vaughn, FRED CLAUS. Ever since his younger brother, Nicholas (Paul Giamatti), was born, it seems that nothing Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) does is good enough. Nicholas literally becomes a saint and is beloved by millions worldwide, but Fred is just a regular Joe. When Fred finds himself in need of big money in a hurry, little brother Santa is the only one he can turn to. Soon, Fred is working at the North Pole to earn some quick cash and shaking things up with the elves to the delight of efficiency expert Clyde Northcutt (Kevin Spacey), who is on a mission to close down Santa?s operation. Can the dueling Claus brothers work together to save Christmas?<br><br>A sweet lesson is thrown in amongst the sibling rivalry and hijinx: there are really no naughty children at Christmas, just kids who may need a little or love or a second chance. Vaughn plays a character familiar to us now, fast-talking but likable with good intentions. He?s at his best when teaching the elves the merits of rock & roll, or talking himself out of sticky situations. Giamatti is endearing as Santa Claus, who compensates for the stress of his job by overeating. Spacey?s emotionally frozen Clyde Northcutt harks back to WILLY WONKA?s Slugworth as a villain. Frank Stallone, Roger Clinton, and Stephen Baldwin appear in the film?s funniest scene as siblings with rivalry issues. Rounding at the cast are Miranda Richardson as Santa?s wife, Kathy Bates as Mother Claus, Elizabeth Banks as Santa?s assistant, John Michael Higgins as Wiilie the Head Elf, Rachel Weisz as Fred?s girlfriend, and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges as DJ Donnie.

IN THEATRES NOVEMBER 21, 2007<br><br>Like many holiday films, THIS CHRISTMAS mines the ample humor and drama of a family Christmas. Ma\’Dere (Loretta Devine) is the matriarch to the large and loving Whitfield family, which consists of her three daughters–Kelli (Sharon Leal), Lisa (Regina King), and Mel (Lauren London)–and her sons–Michael (Chris Brown), Claude (Columbus Short), and Quentin (Idris Elba). They are an extremely attractive and successful bunch, but no sooner have they shared their first meal together than the hidden tensions begin to boil to the surface. Long-kept secrets come tumbling out, and the Whitfields soon engender enough drama to support several spin-off soap operas. There\’s interracial marriage, infidelity, gambling debts, an AWOL soldier, and repressed dreams of musical stardom, to name just a few of the issues they are forced to tackle in between stuffing the turkey and decorating the tree. Will their many problems and misunderstandings be resolved by Christmas day? Since this is a family holiday flick, the odds are, of course, quite good.<br><br>Despite the often heavy subject matter, the film has the glow and sheen of a lighthearted romantic comedy. The characters may be awash in drama, but they contend with their troubles in impeccable wardrobes and settings, so that even the barroom brawls have an almost cozy look to them. While some might feel the packed storyline was in more need of trimming than the tree, the tidy ending makes for perfect feel-good holiday fare. If only all family discord could end with a dance-off to Kool & the Gang!