Premiere Entertainment

When in Rome has been postponed originally set to open on 8/7/09 it is currently looking like it will open early 2010.

Up PG 96 minutes

From Disney Pixar comes, ‘Up’ a comedy adventure about 78yr. old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure, when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip; an overly optimistic 8yr. old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. From the Academy Award-nominated director Pete Doctor (Monsters, Inc.) Disney Pixars Up invites you on a hilarious journey into a lost world, with the least likely duo on Earth.

Drag Me To Hell PG-13 99 minutes

Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse?

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Offshore NR 92 minutes

Remember downsizing? That was nothing compared to the insidious new threat facing America’s workforce: outsourcing. Fairfax Furniture’s call center is about to come under attack. CEO Derek Abernathy must cut costs or lose his job, so he does what any modern businessman would do: he sacrifices others. He declares Voxx of India their new call center, putting the jobs of lifers like Carol Silvers and Gen-Xers like Bridgette Mars on the block. But first they must train their replacements. In India, businessman Devendra Tiwari and his earnest halfwit son Ajay have their work cut out for them: Voxx doesn’t actually exist. Yet. From the masses desperate for work, they pick three candidates to go to America to be turned into trainers. Nikhil, Anjali and Reva are thrilled to land these prestigious jobs, but when they arrive in Detroit they find they are not at all welcome. In fact, Carol and her furious co-workers have declared war. The job thieves are tormented at every turn. Carol gives them the wrong training information, makes sure they are socially ostracized, and even rallies the local television muckraker to her cause. Meanwhile, in India, Voxx’s call center is cobbled together with mismatched phones, malfunctioning computers, employees straining to adjust to the night shift and the prayers of a swami. All Voxx needs now are its trainers. But back in America, the trainers are broken, one by one. Carol has nearly won her war against the Indians. But Abernathy is determined to make good on this faltering deal. He tells Voxx they’ve got 24 hours to go live or they will all lose everything. The trainers return home to utter chaos and the unbreakable belief that this ragtag start-up can accomplish their impossible mission. OFFSHORE is the corporate war between the Fairfax cowboys and the Indians.

Pressure Cooker NR 99 minutes

Three seniors at Philadelphia’s Frankford High School find an unlikely champion in the kitchen of Wilma Stephenson. A legend in the school system, Mrs. Stephenson’s hilariously blunt boot-camp method of teaching Culinary Arts is validated by years of scholarship success. Against the backdrop of the row homes of working-class Philadelphia, she has helped countless students reach the top culinary schools in the country. And under her fierce direction, the usual distractions of high school are swept aside as Erica, Dudley and Fatoumata prepare to achieve beyond what anyone else expects from them.

Pontypool NR 95 minutes

An adaptation of Tony Burgess’s novel about a deadly virus that takes over the small town of Pontypool. A washed-up radio personality, and his producer, along with their young technician, must defend themselves and relay the news to the outside world

1. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $70,052,004

2. Terminator Salvation $51,943,726

3. Star Trek $29,380,384

4. Angels vs Demons $27,413,992

5. Dance Flick $12,622,450

6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine $9,910,686

7. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $4,767,809

8. Obsessed $2,424,470

9. Monsters vs Aliens $2,060,680

10. 17 Again $1,292,506

The upcoming Sherlock Holmes film is available online.  Sherlock Holmes is directed by Guy Ritchie and stars Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, and Rachel McAdams.  The trailer looks really good.

Here is the link

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045/trailers

Robert Pattinson has confirmed he will star in the fourth and final film in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn.  Currently Robert Pattinson is wrapping up filming of the second installment New Moon which is being directed by  Chris Weitz, whose previous work includes Golden Compass.

Chace Crawford of Gossip Girl has signed to star in Paramount’s upcoming release of Footloose. 

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins  PG-13, 115 minutes THURSDAY OPENING 5/21

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

Night At The Museum: Battle Smithsonian PG, 105 minutes

It’s a new ‘Night’ and ‘Museum’ for Ben Stiller, who is joined by several other stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history — including Amy Adams as famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, Hank Azaria as villainous Egyptian pharaoh Kahmunrah, Christopher Guest as Russian tyrant Ivan the Terrible and Alain Chabat as Napoleon. Owen Wilson is back as cowboy Jedediah, and Robin Williams again rides into history as Teddy Roosevelt.

Dance Flick PG-13, 83 minutes

‘Dance Flick,’ is a new comedy from the Wayans’ brothers who brought you the hilarious ‘Scary Movie’ franchise and ‘White Chicks.

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The Girlfriend Experience R, 77 minutes

Director Steven Soderbergh looks at the life of a $10,000 a night escort, who acts the role of a perfect girlfriend for her high end clients. Adult film star Sasha Grey stars.

Burma VJ NR, 84 Minutes

Armed with small handy cams undercover Video Journalists in Burma keep up the flow of news from their closed country. Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, acclaimed director Anders Ostergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country. The Burma VJs stop at nothing to make their reportages from the streets of Rangoon. Their material is smuggled out of the country and broadcast back into Burma via satellite and offered as free usage for international media.

Overture films has acquired the rights of The Men Who Stare At Goats.  The film is an adaptation of Jon Ronson’s book about the US Military top secret psychic unit.  The film stars Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, and George Clooney.

1. Angels & Demons $48,000,000

2. Star Trek $43,000,000

3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine $14,800,000

4. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $6,860,000

5. Obsessed $4,550,000

6. 17 Again $3,400,000

7. Monsters vs Aliens $3,000,000

8. The Soloist $2,425,000

9. Next day Air $2,281,000

10. Earth $1,680,000

IFC  Films has acquired the rights from Studio Canal to The Red Riding Trilogy based on David Pearce’s novels.  The novels are about the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper slayings in the UK in the Seventies and Eighties.