Show i OVle oyie Briefs s Winter cinema guide for January Diana Joy Jones Arts Aits Editor What better way to ring in the New Year than to reawaken old age-old spirits break out the champagne for two feuding brides and revisit historical triumphs This months month's movies offer a varied assortment of theatrical choices to help kick off a new semester Bride Wars Best friends played by Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway go head to head when their weddings are scheduled on the same day and in the same venue May the best bride win January 9 2009 Gran Torino Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this drama about an soldier ex-soldier who must face personal ethnic prejudices on the urban front January 9 2009 Not Easily Broken A married couple faces challenges which ultimately cause them to question their union in this drama adapted from the novel by Bishop TD Jakes January 9 92 2 I The Unborn Transformers Odette stars in n this otherworldly chiller about an evil spirit on the hunt for fora a human body to inhabit January 9 2009 Defiance Three brothers of Jewish descent escape the throes of Nazi occupation and band together in the surrounding forests Together they defend themselves and save the lives of others in inthis inthis inthis this war epic inspired by a atrue atrue atrue true story Limited Release January 16 2009 to China Comic kung fu adventure to China centers on a man hopeful to escape his simple life His wish is granted when he is thrown into a wild journey after he is mistaken for fora a reincarnated warrior Limited Release January 16 2009 My Bloody Valentine D 3 On Valentines Day Tom Jensen Ackles unwittingly set off the chain of events which resulted in a murderous rampage Jilted by the tragedy Tom left home only to return ten years later Naturally murder mayhem and gratuitous bloodletting arc are only one step behind him January 16 2008 Notorious The life and death of famed rapper Notorious BIG RIG is profiled in this drama January 16 2008 Paul Mall Cop Paul Kevin James is a bit overenthusiastic over overenthusiastic overenthusiastic enthusiastic when it comes to his profession as a mall security guard His extreme devotion to mall safety does come in handy when he is faced with a true life hostage situation January 16 2008 Last Chance Harvey Last Chance Harvey is about a down on his luckman luckman luck luckman man Dustin H Hoffman ffman who is able to defy his troubled circumstances when he meets Kate Emma Thompson a successful middle-aged middle businesswoman businesswoman business businesswoman woman with her own share of woes January 23 2009 Hotel for Dogs Two savvy kids find a loophole in the heI no pet rule by turning an empty empty hotel into a dog haven naven January 23 2009 A fantasy epic in which a man Brenden Frasier holds the power to animate fictional characters by reading them into existence However when he brings an evil character to life he must embark on a journey to undo the creatures creature's evil deeds January 23 2009 Underworld Rise of the Lye Lycans ans The battle between vampires and werewolves is explored in the third installment of the Underworld series January 23 2009 The Uninvited A remake of the Korean supernatural thriller Changhwa The Uninvited tells the story of a young woman Anna Emily Browning who receives a message from her deceased mother The spirit warns Anna that her new step mother Elizabeth Banks isn't who she appears to be January 30 2009 1 |