As an assassin, Jack is constantly on the move and always alone. After a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, Jack retreats to the Italian countryside. He relishes being away from death for a spell as he holes up in a small medieval town. While there, Jack takes an assignment to construct a weapon for a mysterious contact, Mathilde. Savoring the peaceful quietude he finds in the mountains of Abruzzo, Jack accepts the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues a torrid liaison with a beautiful woman, Clara. Jack and Clara's time together evolves into a romance, one seemingly free of danger. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.
Genres :
Romance, Thriller and Adaptation
Running Time :
1 hr 35 min.
Release Date :
September 1st, 2010
Starring :
George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund
Directed by :
Anton Corbijn
Produced by :
Enzo Sisti, Anne Carey, George Clooney
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.Genres :
Art/Foreign, Drama, Thriller and AdaptationRunning Time :
2 hr.Release Date :
September 26th, 2008Distributors :
Miramax FilmsStarring :
Don McKellar, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Alice BragaDirected by :
Fernando MeirellesProduced by :
Simon Channing-Williams, Gail Egan, Akira Ishii
Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be "saved" by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor's life, go on to send checks to support him. When he's not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom, and spends his days working at a colonial theme park.Genres :
Comedy, Drama, Crime/Gangster and AdaptationRunning Time :
1 hr. 32 min.Release Date :
September 26th, 2008Distributors :
Fox Searchlight PicturesStarring :
Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald, Brad Henke, Joel GreyDirected by :
Clark GreggProduced by :
Mike S. Ryan, Derrick Tseng, Gary Ventimiglia
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations--using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. As the situation escalates, these two ordinary people become the country's most wanted fugitives, who must work together to discover what is really happening--and more importantly, why.Genres :
Drama and ThrillerRelease Date :
September 26th, 2008Distributors :
Paramount PicturesStarring :
Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Azizi, Billy Bob ThorntonDirected by :
D.J. CarusoProduced by :
Steven Spielberg, Ed McDonnell, Roberto Orci
Four soldiers from the army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema.Genres :
Drama, Adaptation and WarRunning Time :
2 hr. 40 min.Release Date :
September 26th, 2008Distributors :
Buena Vista Pictures DistributionStarring :
Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco FavinoDirected by :
Spike Lee, Michael PinckneyProduced by :
Jon Kilik, Marco Valerio Pugini, Roberto Cicutto
Adrienne Willis, a woman with her life in chaos, retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs to rethink the conflicts surrounding her--a wayward husband who has asked to come home, and a teenaged daughter who resents her every decision. Almost as soon as Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, a major storm is forecast and Dr. Paul Flanner arrives. The only guest at the inn, Flanner is not on a weekend escape but rather is there to face his own crisis of conscience. Now, with the storm closing in, the two turn to each other for comfort and, in one magical weekend, set in motion a life-changing romance that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.Genres :
Drama, RomanceRunning Time :
1 hr. 37 min.Release Date :
September 26th, 2008Distributors :
Warner Bros. Pictures DistributionStarring :
Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, Mae WhitmanDirected by :
George WolfeProduced by :
Alison Greenspan, Doug Claybourne, Dana Goldberg
At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. After seven years of marriage, Caleb and Catherine Holt have drifted so far apart that Catherine wishes she had never married. Neither one understands the pressures the other faces--he as firefighter and she as the public relations director of a hospital. Regular arguments over jobs, finances, housework, and outside interests have readied them both to move on to something with more sparks. As the couple prepares to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb's father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day experiment he calls '[The Love Dare.' Wondering if it's even worth the effort, Caleb agrees, but more for his father's sake more than for his marriage. When Caleb discovers the book's daily challenges are tied into his parents' newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened. While trying to stay true to his promise, Caleb becomes frustrated time and again. He finally asks his father, 'How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?' When his father explains that this is the love God shows to us, Caleb makes a life-changing commitment to love God. And--with God's help--he begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife. But is it too late to fireproof his marriage? His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever--rescuing his wife's heart.Genres :
DramaRelease Date :
September 26th, 2008Distributors :
Samuel Goldwyn FilmsStarring :
Erin Bethea, Kirk Cameron, Jason McLeodDirected by :
Alex KendrickProduced by :
Michael C. Catt, Jim McBride (VI), Terry Hemmings
Located on the far North Coast of California and on the margins of society is a region nicknamed "The Lost Coast" but geographically known as Humboldt County. It is there, amongst the state's breathtaking Redwood forests that marijuana farmers co-exist peacefully within the rural community. It is there that Peter Hadley, a promising but tightly-wound UCLA med student, finds himself stranded when he's deposited at the multi-generational family home of the free-spirited Bogart, following a drunken one-night stand. Frustrated and disillusioned with his life after his professor/father fails him on an important exam, the unworldly Peter at first rejects the welcoming yet eccentric pot-smoking strangers, along with their eclectic group of friends and fellow farmers, but soon allows himself to be embraced by their ideals and begins to see life a bit clearer: despite the smoke.Genres :
Comedy and DramaRunning Time :
1 hr. 36 min.Release Date :
September 26th, 2008Distributors :
Magnolia PicturesStarring :
Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Brad Dourif, Frances Conroy, Madison Davenport
After suffering an injury during a routine patrol, hardened sergeant TK Poole is granted a one-month leave to visit his fiancee. But when an unexpected blackout cancels all flights out of New York, TK agrees to share a ride to Pittsburgh with two similarly stranded servicemen: Cheaver, an older family man who longs to return to his wife in St. Louis, and Colee, a naive private who's pinned her hopes on connecting with a dead fellow soldier's family. What begins as a short trip unexpectedly evolves into a longer journey. Forced to grapple with old relationships, broken hopes and a country divided over the war, TK, Cheaver and Colee discover that home is not quite what they remembered, and that the unlikely companionship they've found might be what matters the most.Genres :
Drama, Politics/Religion and WarRunning Time :
1 hr. 55 min.Release Date :
September 26th, 2008Distributors :
Lionsgate, Roadside AttractionsStarring :
Rachel McAdams, Michael Pena, Tim Robbins, Spencer Garrett, Molly HagenDirected by :
Neil BurgerProduced by :
Bill Block, Paul Hanson, Adam Merims
Marilyn Cooper is one of those mothers--the kind who'll call at 6:30 in the morning, or tell embarrassing stories about her son Noah to complete strangers. When she suspects her husband is having an affair, she decides it's time to "take a break," and shows up on Noah's doorstep with bags and five foster dogs in tow. Already having lost his job, hosting an unwelcome houseguest on his couch, and facing pressure from his wife Clare to start a family despite his fears of inadequacy, Noah now finds the mother he's always kept at a distance just a room away. He soon starts to realize that if he wants to stand up to the problems in his life, he'll have to stand up to his mother.Genres :
ComedyRunning Time :
1 hr. 32 min.Release Date :
September 26th, 2008Distributors :
Variance FilmsStarring :
Diane Keaton, Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, Sarah Lancaster, Cameron BenderDirected by :
Vince Di MeglioProduced by :
Jennifer Perini, Bill Johnson (II), Matt Berenson
Bertram Pincus is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle, with spirited results.Genres :
Comedy and Science Fiction/FantasyRunning Time :
1 hr. 43 min.Release Date :
September 19th, 2008Distributors :
Paramount PicturesStarring :
Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Alan Ruck, Téa Leoni, Aasif MandviDirected by :
David KoeppProduced by :
Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Ezra Swerdlow
A hunchbacked lab assistant has big dreams of becoming a mad scientist and winning the first place prize at the annual Evil Science Fair.Genres :
Comedy and AnimationRunning Time :
1 hr. 26 min.Release Date :
September 19th, 2008Distributors :
he Weinstein Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM)Starring :
John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jay Leno, Jennifer CoolidgeDirected by :
Tony LeondisProduced by :
Max Howard, John D. Eraklis, Jean-Luc De Fanti
A young interracial couple move into their dream home and are increasingly harassed by their next-door neighbor, a tightly wound black LAPD officer. When the couple decides to fight back the feud turns deadly.Genres :
Thriller and Crime/GangsterRunning Time :
1 hr. 46 min.Release Date :
September 19th, 2008Distributors :
Sony Pictures ReleasingStarring :
Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Keith Loneker, Jaishon Fisher, Patrick WilsonDirected by :
Neil LaButeProduced by :
David Loughery, Jeff Graup, John Cameron
Smart, beautiful and headstrong, Alexis is the girl of Dustin's dreams. But after only five weeks of dating, the love-struck Dustin is coming on so strong that Alexis is forced to slow things down--permanently. Devastated and desperate to get her back, Dustin turns to his best friend, Tank, the rebound specialist. A master at seducing--and offending--women, Tank gets hired by freshly dumped guys to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives--an experience so horrible it sends them running gratefully back to their beaus. But when Tank works his magic on Alexis, he ends up meeting the challenge of a lifetime. Alexis is the first girl who knows how to call his bluff, and Tank soon finds himself torn between his loyalty to Dustin and a strange new attraction to his best friend's girl.Genres :
ComedyRunning Time :
1 hr. 43 min.Release Date :
September 19th, 2008Distributors :
LionsgateStarring :
Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Alec Baldwin, Jason Biggs, Lizzy CaplanDirected by :
Howard DeutchProduced by :
Michael Paseornek, Mike Elliot (III), John Sacchi
In 1999, five days rocked the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmentalists, consumer advocates, labor unions, students, anarchists and pacifists all converged, bringing attention to how the WTO's laws were affecting democracy around the world. Among them are Django, Sam, Lou and Jay. United in their desire to be heard and to make a difference, for these protesters, this is very personal and the stakes are higher than mere politics. A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot and an eventual State of Emergency results. The streets are mayhem, the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor, a riot cop on the streets and his pregnant wife. The choices they make will change their lives forever and prove, ultimately, that ordinary people can change the world. Genres :
Action/Adventure, Drama and Politics/ReligionRunning Time :
1 hr. 39 min.Release Date :
September 19th, 2008Distributors :
Redwood Palms Pictures, ThinkFilmStarring :
Charlize Theron, Andre 'Andre 3000' Benjamin, Martin Henderson, Woody Harrelson, Ray LiottaDirected by :
Stuart TownsendProduced by :
Ashok Amritraj, Vanessa Pereira, Julien Remillard
A vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time is trapped in an unhappy triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal.Genres :
Art/Foreign, Adaptation and BiopicRunning Time :
1 hr. 45 min.Release Date :
September 19th, 2008Distributors :
Paramount VantageStarring :
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Charlotte RamplingDirected by :
Saul DibbProduced by :
Carolyn Marks-Blackwood, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken
Mr. Shi is a retired widower from Beijing. When his daughter Yilan, who lives in the US, divorces, he decides to visit her in the small town where she works as a librarian. His intention is to stay with her until he helps her recover from the trauma. Mr. Shi likes to tell the people he meets in America that he's a "rocket scientist," enjoying their attention. But Yilan is less enthusiastic about his showing off, nor is she interested in his plan to rescue her marriage and reconstruct her life. When Mr. Shi insists on finding out the reason for the divorce, Yilan starts to avoid him.Genres :
Drama and AdaptationRunning Time :
1 hr. 22 min.Release Date :
September 19th, 2008Distributors :
Magnolia PicturesStarring :
Henry O, Yu Feihong, Pavel Lychnikoff, Vida Ghahremani, Wes DeitrickDirected by :
Wayne WangProduced by :
Yasushi Kotani, Lee Joo-Ick, Taizo Son
An ousted CIA official's memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. Genres :
ComedyRunning Time :
1 hr. 35 min.Release Date :
September 12th, 2008Distributors :
Focus FeaturesStarring :
George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Lenny Venito, J. K. Simmons, Tilda Swinton, Richard JenkinsDirected by :
Ethan Coen, Joel CoenProduced by :
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robert Graf (II), David Diliberto
A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer. After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren't. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before. Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can't do on their own--take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?Genres :
Action/Adventure, Drama and ThrillerRelease Date :
September 12th, 2008Distributors :
Overture FilmsStarring :
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Donnie Wahlberg, Carla GuginoDirected by :
Jon AvnetProduced by :
Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Avi Lerner
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea is betraying her trusting husband Chris by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother's best friend's son William. While cheating on his wife Jillian with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William's true focus is to replace the COO of his mother's lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice's other daughter Pam, a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker, tries to steer the family in a more positive direction. While paternity secrets, marital infidelity, greed and unsavory business dealings threaten to derail both families, Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin. Genres :
Comedy, Drama and Kids/FamilyRelease Date :
September 12th, 2008Distributors :
LionsgateStarring :
Tyler Perry, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Tyler Perry, Cole HauserDirected by :
Tyler PerryProduced by :
Michael Paseornek, Reuben Cannon, Tyler Perry
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be "saved" by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor's life, go on to send checks to support him. When he's not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom, and spends his days working at a colonial theme park.
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations--using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. As the situation escalates, these two ordinary people become the country's most wanted fugitives, who must work together to discover what is really happening--and more importantly, why.
Four soldiers from the army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema.
Adrienne Willis, a woman with her life in chaos, retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs to rethink the conflicts surrounding her--a wayward husband who has asked to come home, and a teenaged daughter who resents her every decision. Almost as soon as Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, a major storm is forecast and Dr. Paul Flanner arrives. The only guest at the inn, Flanner is not on a weekend escape but rather is there to face his own crisis of conscience. Now, with the storm closing in, the two turn to each other for comfort and, in one magical weekend, set in motion a life-changing romance that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.
At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. After seven years of marriage, Caleb and Catherine Holt have drifted so far apart that Catherine wishes she had never married. Neither one understands the pressures the other faces--he as firefighter and she as the public relations director of a hospital. Regular arguments over jobs, finances, housework, and outside interests have readied them both to move on to something with more sparks. As the couple prepares to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb's father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day experiment he calls '[The Love Dare.' Wondering if it's even worth the effort, Caleb agrees, but more for his father's sake more than for his marriage. When Caleb discovers the book's daily challenges are tied into his parents' newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened. While trying to stay true to his promise, Caleb becomes frustrated time and again. He finally asks his father, 'How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?' When his father explains that this is the love God shows to us, Caleb makes a life-changing commitment to love God. And--with God's help--he begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife. But is it too late to fireproof his marriage? His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever--rescuing his wife's heart.
Located on the far North Coast of California and on the margins of society is a region nicknamed "The Lost Coast" but geographically known as Humboldt County. It is there, amongst the state's breathtaking Redwood forests that marijuana farmers co-exist peacefully within the rural community. It is there that Peter Hadley, a promising but tightly-wound UCLA med student, finds himself stranded when he's deposited at the multi-generational family home of the free-spirited Bogart, following a drunken one-night stand. Frustrated and disillusioned with his life after his professor/father fails him on an important exam, the unworldly Peter at first rejects the welcoming yet eccentric pot-smoking strangers, along with their eclectic group of friends and fellow farmers, but soon allows himself to be embraced by their ideals and begins to see life a bit clearer: despite the smoke.
After suffering an injury during a routine patrol, hardened sergeant TK Poole is granted a one-month leave to visit his fiancee. But when an unexpected blackout cancels all flights out of New York, TK agrees to share a ride to Pittsburgh with two similarly stranded servicemen: Cheaver, an older family man who longs to return to his wife in St. Louis, and Colee, a naive private who's pinned her hopes on connecting with a dead fellow soldier's family. What begins as a short trip unexpectedly evolves into a longer journey. Forced to grapple with old relationships, broken hopes and a country divided over the war, TK, Cheaver and Colee discover that home is not quite what they remembered, and that the unlikely companionship they've found might be what matters the most.
Marilyn Cooper is one of those mothers--the kind who'll call at 6:30 in the morning, or tell embarrassing stories about her son Noah to complete strangers. When she suspects her husband is having an affair, she decides it's time to "take a break," and shows up on Noah's doorstep with bags and five foster dogs in tow. Already having lost his job, hosting an unwelcome houseguest on his couch, and facing pressure from his wife Clare to start a family despite his fears of inadequacy, Noah now finds the mother he's always kept at a distance just a room away. He soon starts to realize that if he wants to stand up to the problems in his life, he'll have to stand up to his mother.
Bertram Pincus is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle, with spirited results.
A hunchbacked lab assistant has big dreams of becoming a mad scientist and winning the first place prize at the annual Evil Science Fair.
A young interracial couple move into their dream home and are increasingly harassed by their next-door neighbor, a tightly wound black LAPD officer. When the couple decides to fight back the feud turns deadly.
Smart, beautiful and headstrong, Alexis is the girl of Dustin's dreams. But after only five weeks of dating, the love-struck Dustin is coming on so strong that Alexis is forced to slow things down--permanently. Devastated and desperate to get her back, Dustin turns to his best friend, Tank, the rebound specialist. A master at seducing--and offending--women, Tank gets hired by freshly dumped guys to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives--an experience so horrible it sends them running gratefully back to their beaus. But when Tank works his magic on Alexis, he ends up meeting the challenge of a lifetime. Alexis is the first girl who knows how to call his bluff, and Tank soon finds himself torn between his loyalty to Dustin and a strange new attraction to his best friend's girl.
In 1999, five days rocked the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmentalists, consumer advocates, labor unions, students, anarchists and pacifists all converged, bringing attention to how the WTO's laws were affecting democracy around the world. Among them are Django, Sam, Lou and Jay. United in their desire to be heard and to make a difference, for these protesters, this is very personal and the stakes are higher than mere politics. A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot and an eventual State of Emergency results. The streets are mayhem, the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor, a riot cop on the streets and his pregnant wife. The choices they make will change their lives forever and prove, ultimately, that ordinary people can change the world. 
A vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time is trapped in an unhappy triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal.
Mr. Shi is a retired widower from Beijing. When his daughter Yilan, who lives in the US, divorces, he decides to visit her in the small town where she works as a librarian. His intention is to stay with her until he helps her recover from the trauma. Mr. Shi likes to tell the people he meets in America that he's a "rocket scientist," enjoying their attention. But Yilan is less enthusiastic about his showing off, nor is she interested in his plan to rescue her marriage and reconstruct her life. When Mr. Shi insists on finding out the reason for the divorce, Yilan starts to avoid him.
An ousted CIA official's memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. 
A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer. After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren't. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before. Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can't do on their own--take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea is betraying her trusting husband Chris by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother's best friend's son William. While cheating on his wife Jillian with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William's true focus is to replace the COO of his mother's lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice's other daughter Pam, a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker, tries to steer the family in a more positive direction. While paternity secrets, marital infidelity, greed and unsavory business dealings threaten to derail both families, Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin. 
