Week of July 7

by Philip Yu    July 6, 2009

Pick of the Week

Knowing Nicolas Cage stars as a college professor who uncovers a dark, startling secret in a time capsule buried at his son's elementary school. It contains a coded document accurately predicting the details of every major disaster of the past 50 years -- including three cataclysmic events that have not yet occurred. With time running out, he sets out to prevent these deadly prophecies from coming true.

Psychic Showdown

Push Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning are young American expats gifted with extraordinary telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities. Hiding out in Hong Kong, they're on the run from The Division, a shadowy U.S. government organization seeking to exploit their unique abilities. With the agency closing in, the fugitives band together and use their special talents for a final job to escape the Division forever.

Creature Curse

The Unborn A young woman finds herself plagued by chilling dreams and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours. With the help of a spiritual advisor, she uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany -- a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything, and it's getting stronger with each possession. With no other hope, will an exorcism shut the door on this otherworldly evil?

Anime Classic

Grave of the Fireflies Director Isao Takahata's stunning animated anti-war masterpiece gets a DVD re-release. The heartbreaking film tells the story of teenage Seita and his 4-year-old sister Satsuko, who try to survive amid the atrocities and devastation of war-torn Japan. When their mother is killed in the firebombing of Tokyo near the end of World War II, the two are left to fend for themselves and must resort to desperate measures to stay alive.