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Sin Nombre

classictimemovie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:42:43 +0000

Fleeing retaliation from the violent Central American street gang he has deserted, young hood Casper (Édgar Flores) boards a northbound train, where he takes refuge on top of the moving freight cars and hopes for a fresh start in a new country. Dodging authorities and other dangers, he finds a new friend in Sayra (Paulina Gaitan), a Honduran girl also making a run for the American border. Cary Fukunaga directs this foreign-language thriller.

The Confidant

classictimemovie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:41:59 +0000

After spending 11 years locked up for a murder his best friend Nigel (Boris Kodjoe) committed, Jackson (David Banner) returns to collect the huge debt he’s owed. But when gambling-addicted Nigel can’t pay, Jackson plots to take everything he has. And Nigel’s loyal wife, Eden (Kenya Moore) — who’s struggling with depression after a series of miscarriages — is first on Jackson’s list of reparations.

Fracture

classictimemovie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:41:10 +0000

Anthony Hopkins stars in this legal thriller as Ted Crawford, a man who allegedly attempted to murder his wife and is now locked in a battle of wits with a young assistant district attorney, Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling). The D.A. is convinced Crawford has blood on his hands, but Crawford is freed on a technicality, sending Beachum on an obsessive mission to prove Crawford’s guilt — even if he has to bend the law to do it.

Able Danger

classictimemovie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:40:48 +0000

Radical left-wing bookstore owner Tom Flynn (Adam Nee) finds himself in the fight of his life when his suspicions surrounding the events of Sept. 11 land him on the radar of a group of nefarious conspirators. When he crosses paths with a mysterious woman who claims to be in possession of evidence implicating the U.S. government, Tom soon realizes that exposing the truth to the world at large may cost him his life.

Deception

classictimemovie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:40:00 +0000

Unassuming accountant Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) thinks he’s hit the big time when a lawyer friend (Hugh Jackman) introduces him to an exclusive sex club. But McQuarry’s life begins to unravel when he falls for a woman at the club and is later linked to her disappearance. Michelle Williams, Natasha Henstridge and Charlotte Rampling also star in this atmospheric thriller from director Marcel Langenegger (in his big-screen debut).

Dark City

classictimemovie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:39:11 +0000

John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) awakens in a hotel room to find he’s wanted for a series of murders he doesn’t remember committing. But then he encounters the Strangers, a group of ominous beings with a collective memory who can stop time and alter physical reality. John frantically begins repairing his memories — including his love for his wife (Jennifer Connelly) — all the while trying to avoid the Strangers’s ominous underworld.

Slow Burn

classictimemovie — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:24:52 +0000

In this gritty pulp drama that marks screenwriter Wayne Beach’s directorial debut, a district attorney (Ray Liotta) has aspirations of becoming mayor of his crime-ridden city but falls into a web of corruption that threatens to squelch his political career. Trying to clear the reputation of the woman he loves while keeping his own image untarnished, Lowell digs himself in deeper when he faces off against gang leader Luther Pinks (LL Cool J).

Rendition

classictimemovie — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:24:28 +0000

Suspected of being a terrorist, Egyptian-born Anwar El-Ibrahim (Omar Metwally) “vanishes” from an international flight and is taken to a secret prison. Now, his wife, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon), desperately tries to uncover his whereabouts — as well as his true intentions. While she looks for answers, CIA analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) objects to the interrogation practices used on El-Ibrahim. Meryl Streep and Alan Arkin co-star.

In a Dark Place

classictimemovie — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:23:50 +0000

Burned out from teaching in a tough inner-city school, Anna Veigh (Leelee Sobieski) moves to a remote countryside estate to take a job looking after two children. What starts off as the perfect change of pace slowly turns into Anna’s worst nightmare. She begins having visions of menacing ghosts, and to protect the children from these dark forces, Anna must look deep within herself and face her biggest fears.

Munich

classictimemovie — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:23:26 +0000

In this thriller based on actual events, Palestinian terrorists hold hostage and ultimately kill a group of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, prompting a Mossad agent (Eric Bana) to track down the assassins in the tragic aftermath. Ciaran Hinds and Geoffrey Rush co-star in this film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner, the award-winning playwright of “Angels in America.”