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A bunch of great new movies this week. First up, is the Poseidon. When a luxury cruise line is turned upside down by a "rouge wave"(were talking huge here), a handful of survivors must struggle to survive by climbing up the hull to escape. This movie features an all star cast(Josh Lucas,Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossem, and Richard Dreyfus)and was directed by Wolfgang Peterson who is unmatched in sea story suspense (Das Boot, Perfect storm). The tension is unbelievable, and is an incredible remake of the 1972 classic that starred Gene Hackman, and Ernest Borgaine.



Silent Hill is based on a video game (which I never played), but is one of the eeriest and atmospheric horror movies I have seen in a long time. Rosa and her daughter Sharon are driving when they are pursued by a police woman on a motorcycle. A ghostly figure appears and the vehicles crash. When Rosa regains consciousness, her daughter has vanished. Rosa must now look for her daughter in the nightmarish town of Silent Hill. This movie was directed by French director Christopher Gans, whose popularity soared a couple years ago with Brotherhood of the Wolf.



Sketches of Frank Gehry is documentary by Sydney Pollack. Sydney is known more for his movies(1985 Best Director, Out of Africa) than documentaries, but being such a longtime friend of Franks, he was compelled to make it. Franks unusual building designs begin as simple doodles. He then makes little models with construction paper, scissors, scotch tape, and elmers glue as if he was in elementary school. His associates then design them on the computer (he doesn't know how to use one), and the end results are some of the most imaginative structures of the 21st century. Some of the contemporary masterpieces he is known for is the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angelas, and the Guggenheim Museum in Spain.


These 3 movies are released on DVD tomorrow, along with Just my Luck(Lindsay Lohan), Phat Girlz, On Native Soil(documentary of the 911 report), Lonely Ones, When do we Eat?, Conviction, MI-5 season 1, and House season2.