In Theatres This Week 21st March

Drillbit Taylor
Copyright © 2008 Paramount Pictures


Ryan (Troy Gentile), Wade (Nate Hartley) and Emmit (David Dorfman) attend their first day at high school and they're pumped...until they meet up with Filkins (Alex Frost), a school bully who comes off like a little Hannibal Lecter. Before they become completely engulfed in Filkins' reign of terror, they seek out some protection by placing an ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine. Their best response -- and the cheapest -- comes from Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), a down-on-his luck soldier of fortune who lives a homeless -- he likes to say "home-free" -- existence on the beach. He enrolls them in some physical and mental training.

	March 21st, 2008
	Steven Brill
	Kristofor Brown, Seth Rogen
	Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, David Dorfman, Danny McBride and Josh Peck
	Paramount Pictures
	Comedy
	drillbittaylor.com
	PG-13 for Crude sexual references throughout, strong bullying, language, drug references and partial nudity.
	102 minutes

Shutter
Copyright © 2008 20th Century Fox

A recent poll conducted by CNN revealed that one third of the people believed in ghosts, and that many of those claim they've seen one. At the same time, interest in spirit photography - events in which images of the dead are caught on film - has never been higher. The phenomenon is as old as photography itself, dating back to the 1860s. Spirit photography has been riddled with controversy and fraud, yet many believe it to be one of the few methods of capturing ghostly phenomenon that approaches scientific methodology. Magazines devoted to spirit photography proliferate throughout Asia, and new internet sites devoted to the subject spring up every day. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art recently hosted an exhibit devoted to spirit photography, called "The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult." This intriguing and foreboding subject is a key element of the psychological thriller "Shutter", from executive producers of "The Grudge" and "The Ring." In "Shutter", a newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate, only to learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved - and that a past mistake can lead to an eternity of vengeance.

For photographer Ben (Joshua Jackson) and his new wife Jane (Rachael Taylor), his new assignment - a lucrative fashion shoot in Tokyo - was supposed to be a kind of working honeymoon. With this exotic professional opportunity and the limitless possibilities of a new marriage, Ben and Jane arrive in Japan. But as they make their way on a mountain road leading to Mt. Fuji, their new life together comes to, literally, a crashing halt. Their car smashes into a woman standing in the middle of the road, who has materialized out of nowhere. Upon regaining consciousness after the accident, Ben and Jane cannot find any trace of the girl Jane believes she hit with the car. Shaken by the accident and by the girl's disappearance, Ben and Jane arrive in Tokyo, where Ben begins his glamorous assignment. Having worked in Japan before and fluent in the language, Ben is comfortable there, and he eagerly reunites with old friends and colleagues. Jane, a newcomer to the city, feels very much like a stranger in a strange land as she makes tentative, unsettling forays through the city.

Ben, meanwhile, has discovered mysterious white blurs - eerily evocative of a human form - that have materialized on an entire day's work from the expensive photo shoot. Jane's concerns escalate as she believes the blurs in Ben's photos are the dead girl from the road, who is now seeking vengeance for them leaving her to die..another Asian adaptation huh...well for those that had watch the Thai Version, you might got that kind of idea how this will looks like..

	March 21st, 2008
	Masayuki Ochiai
	Luke Dawson
	Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, David Denman, James Kyson Lee, John Hensley
	20th Century Fox
	Horror, Thriller
	shutter-movie.com
	PG-13 for terror, disturbing images, sexual content and language

Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns
Copyright © 2008 Lionsgate

In this story about love and family, Bassett will play Brenda, a single mother living in inner-city Chicago who takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father, whom she never met. There, she is introduced to the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. Brenda also finds romance along the way. The story is adapted by Perry from his stage play "Meet the Browns." Perry will portray Madea and Uncle Joe in the film.

	March 21st, 2008
	Tyler Perry
	Tyler Perry
	Tyler Perry, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Lance Gross, Chloe Bailey, Mariana Talbert, Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Sofia Vergara, Irma P. Hall,
	Lionsgate
	Comedy, Drama
	lionsgate.com
	PG-13 for drug content, language including sexual references, thematic elements and brief violence
	100 minutes

Boarding Gate
Copyright © 2008 Magnet


The new film from acclaimed and adventurous French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, "Boarding Gate" is an erotic noir-thriller boasting an exciting international cast.

Asia Argento plays sexy ex-prostitute Sandra, who is forced to flee London after a steamy S&M encounter with a debt ridden ex-lover (Michael Madsen) ends in violence. Fleeing to Hong Kong in search of a fresh start, she becomes involved with an attractive young couple, Lester (Carl Ng) and Sue (Kelly Lin), who promise to help her obtain papers and money.

But nothing turns out as expected for Sandra, and she finds herself trapped in a sordid game of manipulation.

	March 21st, 2008 (Limited)
	Olivier Assayas
	Olivier Assayas
	Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Kelly Lin, Carl Loong Ng
	Magnet
	Drama, Thriller
	magpictures.com
	R for Violence, sexual content, language and some drug material.
	93 minutes