Most Watched Trailers (10/18/08)

Most Watched Trailers (10/18/08)

Friday the 13th

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

After making a bloody splash with his redo of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, director Marcus Nispel tackles another beloved horror franchise with FRIDAY THE 13TH. SUPERNATURAL's Jared Padalecki, DISTURBIA's Aaron Yoo, and CLOVERFIELD's Odette Yustman star in this remake that finds camp counselors being picked off one by one. FREDDY VS. JASON screenwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift provide the script, while Michael Bay serves as one of the film's producers.

Gran Torino

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

Hardworking Oscar winner Clint Eastwood releases his second film in 2008 (after THE CHANGELING) with this drama. Eastwood also stars as Walt Kowalski, an older man who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his neighborhood and the world around him.

Watchmen

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

In an alternate 1985 America, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity...but who is watching the watchmen?

Revolutionary Road

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

More than a decade after sharing the screen in the record-breaking TITANIC, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunite for this adaptation of Richard Yates's novel. This drama about a married couple in the 1950s is directed by Winslet's husband, Oscar winner Sam Mendes.

17 Again

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL and HAIRSPRAY heartthrob Zac Efron stars in this comedy from director Adam Shankman. Matthew Perry (FRIENDS) stars as 36-year-old Mike O'Donnell, a man who isn't happy with how his life has turned out. So with a little magic, he turns into his 17-year-old self (Efron) and gets a second chance. 17 AGAIN also stars Leslie Mann (KNOCKED UP), Thomas Lennon (RENO 911!), and Michelle Trachtenberg (GOSSIP GIRL).

Body of Lies

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

Though this thriller is the fourth collaboration between Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe, it marks the veteran director's first pairing with Leonardo DiCaprio. In this adaptation of a novel by David Ignatius, DiCaprio plays a CIA agent who wants the help of a more experienced agent (Crowe) in his investigation of a Jordanian terrorist.

Passengers

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

GET SMART's Anne Hathaway takes a dark turn with this thriller where she stars as a therapist who begins to speak with the five survivors of a deadly crash. She soon realizes that their stories don't mesh with the airline's official statements, and events are further complicated when she falls in love with one of the survivors (Patrick Wilson). PASSENGERS also stars David Morse, Andre Braugher, Clea DuVall, and Dianne Wiest.

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