Fraude: Mexico 2006 opens October 10th, 2008 (limited)
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No religion is safe from the sharp aim–and still sharper wit–of Bill Maher in this comic look at organized belief systems around the world. This controversial documentary is directed by Larry Charles, who previously made both fans and foes with BORAT.
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Though this thriller is the fourth collaboration between Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe, it marks the veteran director’s first pairing with Leonardo DiCaprio. In this adaptation of a novel by David Ignatius, DiCaprio plays a CIA agent who wants the help of a more experienced agent (Crowe) in his investigation of a Jordanian terrorist.
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An ambitious 15-year-old is drawn into the cutthroat political arena in CHOOSE CONNOR. A chance encounter at a school assembly puts Owen (Alex Linz) in the orbit of Congressman Lawrence Connor (Steven Weber) and his nephew, Connor (Escher Holloway). But a job as a campaign spokesperson proves a shattering experience, offering Owen a dispiriting view of how the political machine really works.
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Fans of the handheld camerawork of CLOVERFIELD and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT will find much to like in this remake of Spanish film REC. Jennifer Carpenter (DEXTER) stars as a TV journalist who finds herself far too close to the action of her latest story. When she and her cameraman (Steve Harris, THE PRACTICE) start filming an “average” incident at an apartment building, they realize that one of the building’s tenants is the victim of a horrific contagious disease and a quarantine will keep them from escaping.