Street Kings – 2008

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

Director : David Ayer|Diane Collins|Kelly Leffler|Liliana M. Molina
Cast : Angela Sun|Cedric the Entertainer|Chris Evans|Cle Shaheed Sloan|Common|Forest Whitaker|Hugh Laurie|Keanu Reeves|Martha Higareda|Naomie Harris
Genre : Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller
Release Date : 2008-04-10

iCarly: iGo to Japan – 2008

Carly, Sam and Freddie kick off their adventure in Japan on a tin can of a plane packed with caged possums and piloted by Spencer’s odd acquaintance.

Director : Steve Hoefer
Cast : Ally Maki|Elaine Mani Lee|Harry Shum Jr.|Jennette McCurdy|Jerry Trainor|Mary Scheer|Miranda Cosgrove|Nathan Kress
Genre : Comedy|Family
Release Date : 2008-11-08

The Last Princess – 2008

After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner Takezo (Matsumoto Jun) and his bumbling sidekick Shinhachi (Miyagawa Daiuske) hatch a daring plan to help transport the gold out of enemy terrain – in exchange for a share of the stash, of course. With assassins hot in pursuit, Yuki disguises as a male and ventures into the real world with Rukurota and her peasant companions, getting her first taste of danger, toil, and budding romance with the strong-minded and willful Takezo.

Director : Shinji Higuchi
Cast : Arata Furuta|Daisuke Miyagawa|Hiroshi Abe|Jun Kunimura|Jun Matsumoto|Katsuhisa Namase|Kippei Shiina|Manami Kurose|Masahiro Komoto|Takaya Kamikawa
Genre : Action|Drama|History
Release Date : 2008-05-10

The Butcher – 2008

Relentlessly gruesome, South Korean filmmaker Kim Jin-Won’s torture flick chronicles the making of a snuff film from two perspectives: that of the sadistic producers and that of the unfortunate “stars.” Their terror captured through vérité-style camera work, the victims are made to endure the agonizing screams of their fellow captives before meeting their own grim fate at the hands the titular butcher in his bloody abattoir.

Director : Kim Jin-won
Cast :
Genre : Action|Horror
Release Date : 2008-07-25

Autopsy – 2008

Emily Johnson, her boyfriend Bobby and their friends Clare and Jude are recent college grads driving cross-country, taking a last vacation together before they face the “real” world. An accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely Louisiana road. When the ambulance arrives, it whisks them to Mercy Hospital.

Director : Adam Gierasch|Bruce Resnik|Renetta G. Amador
Cast : Arcadiy Golubovich|Ashley Schneider|Gregg Brazzel|Jenette Goldstein|Jessica Lowndes|Michael Bowen|Robert LaSardo|Robert Patrick|Ross Kohn|Ross McCall
Genre : Horror|Thriller
Release Date : 2008-08-24

Memory Books – 2008

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. Aware of the illness, it is a way for the family to come to terms with the inevitable death that it faces. Hopelessness and desperation are confronted through the collaborative effort of remembering and recording, a process that inspires unexpected strength and even solace in the face of death.

Director : Christa Graf
Cast : Eva Mattes
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2008-05-01

Snakes and Earrings – 2008

Based on the best-selling novel about a woman who decides that her one goal in life is to have her tongue split, this is the sexy body modification movie you’ve been waiting for. While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama (Kengo Kora of last year’s SAD VACATION). Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama’s heavily-tattooed friend Shiba (Arata, 20th CENTURY BOYS) pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.

Director : Yukio Ninagawa
Cast : Arata Iura|Ennosuke Ichikawa IV|Kengo Kora|Masafumi Senô|Rakkyo Ide|Shun Oguri|Sonim|Tatsuya Fujiwara|Yû Abiru|Yuriko Yoshitaka
Genre : Crime|Romance|Thriller
Release Date : 2008-09-20

Stop! – 2008

Two young men, walking down the street, are testing their new phone-cam when they suddenly witness a robbery. Deciding to film the whole thing, they even end up following the robbers in a high-speed chase. With devastating consequences to all involved.

Director : Danny Maas
Cast : Lucien van Geffen|Vincent van Ommen
Genre : Drama
Release Date : 2008-01-30
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