The Plot: In 1920s Memphis, rebellious young heiress Fisher Willow (Howard) chooses an impoverished local (Evans) to be her escort to a societal event. A larger scandal ensues when she loses a valuable diamond earring at the party, making her date the prime suspect and creating a wider rift between Fisher and her family.

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THE BUZZ: What's more surprising than the fact that Lindsay Lohan was originally set to star in this adaptation of a lost Tennessee William's screenplay? That no arty-minded branch of a major studio picked up the film. Oh, right, said branches don't really exist anymore. I haven't read an ecstatic review for the film; part of me thinks I'd prefer to see a really good high-school production of the story and nothing more.

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The Plot: Like most teens, young Nick Twisp (Cera) is ruled by his libido. And from the recesses of a trailer park in Northern California, Twisp concocts a plan -- make that multiple schemes -- to lose his virginity to a local girl, the precocious Sheeni Saunders (Doubleday).

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THE BUZZ: Portia Doubleday, who lost her part on "The United States of Tara" as it went to series, won the coveted (?) role as Sheeni Saunders, which could give rise to Ellen Page-like sudden fame. The young actress joins a phenomenal cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Jean Smart, and Zach Galifianakis in this year-starting comedy (originally slated for December of 2008) that is sort of like a boy version of Juno? OK, enough with the Diablo Cody references ... Michael Cera's role here should be a natural extension of the characters he's played thus far, seeing that YiR plays a bit more with teen identity and the imaginable embarrassments that come to those who try to find a place to masturbate while living with dysfunctional parents in an RV. (Is that more difficult than having a crush on your cousin? Hard to say.) Though Twisp is written as a 14 year old, I imagine his age will be blurred to be more Cera-appropriate.

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The Plot: Tommy (Allen) has just been released from jail and moves in with his supportive sister (Weaver) and her family. The only trouble is explaining Tommy's whereabouts to grandma. The answer: "He's been in France!"

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THE BUZZ: The fact that Tim Allen's directorial debut is being released by a truly indie studio is one of countless indications of Hollywood belt-tightening. Just a couple years ago, regardless of the movie's quality, you can imagine Touchstone Pictures putting out Crazy. You did hear we won't be seeing Allen, Travolta and company in the now-cancelled Wild Hogs 2, right? Seems to be a lot of story ingredients at work here, and I can't shake the notion that the movie looks as if it were made in the 1990s. The whole "he's been in France" thing seems to be a distraction from the foregone conclusion that the ex-con winds up with Rene Russo -- I mean, Jeanne Tripplehorn.

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The Plot: Three bad girls travel to a remote desert hideaway to steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.

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THE BUZZ: For the last 10+ years, Rick Jacobson has carved out a niche as director of tough-woman TV programs such as "Cleopatra 2525" and, most notably, "Xena: Warrior Princess". Nowadays he's working on the buzzing 2010 series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" so I'm sure he had no trouble getting Lucy Lawless and Kevin Sorbo to take supporting roles in his tribute to the B-movie and exploitation genres. I'm always in for this sort of ride, but I have to say B-Slap could benefit from more savvy marketing -- somethings to distinguish it from the pack and the dozens of other things to do in the cities where it will be released initially. Couldn't the stars mud wrestle with drag queens in San Francisco during opening weekend before a midnight showing, then fly to Los Angeles and New York for similar wildness?

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The Plot: In a post-apocalyptic United States, a lone man (Washington) fights his way across the country in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

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THE BUZZ: From Hell was the last Hughes Bros, movie, and that was back in 2001, a time when not every movie seemed to be adapted from a comic book or video game. 8 years later, they're back with an original screenplay, an increasingly rare occurrence these days. I'm hoping to be recovered from The Road before taking another post-apocalyptic trip, that said, if Viggo Mortensen's perilous TransAmerican trek charts with audiences, look for Warner Bros. to piggyback on the momentum and push the action angle here. This movie, and Sherlock Holmes, could be returns-to-form for producer Joel Silver, who has been taking a beating from industry watchers since he landed his last hit, V for Vendetta.

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The Plot: God has lost his faith in humankind, causing him to send his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. A remote diner becomes the battleground, where the Archangel Michael (Bettany) bands together with a group of strangers, though Michael's true focus is to protect a pregnant waitress whose unborn child is humankind's hope for survival.

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THE BUZZ: Scott Stewart used to head up acclaimed (and now sadly defunct) visual effects house The Orphanage, so his ascent to the director's chair is totally logical. And this post-apocalyptic tale isn't based on a comic book or other pre-existing entity -- how novel for the new year. Truly, our first glace at Paul Bettany as an archangel and Doug Jones as the "ice cream man" (Jones compares his character to a "clown with a knife behind his back") and we were hooked. This is going to be outrageously awesome.

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The Plot: A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley (Fraser and Russell) to find a researcher (Ford) to develop a potential cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.

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THE BUZZ: While I personally don't gravitate towards films which dramatize illness -- why not just make a documentary on the subject? -- I find the real-life efforts of John Crowley inspiring. If you're unfamiliar with the Crowley family's ordeal, watch the featurette we have online. In the meantime, I have my eye on CBS Films and their inaugural feature; next up (I think) from the company is The Back-Up Plan, the artificial insemination rom-com (what a mouthful!) starring J-Lo-Wah-Wah and Alex O'Loughlin (boing!).

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The Plot: As homicide detective Thomas Craven (Gibson) investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent (Winstone) tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

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THE BUZZ: This movie radiates tension in and out! Packaged by super-producer Graham King (The Departed) right before the Screen Actor's Guild strike in 2008, Edge had trouble finding a studio, which was attributed, of course, to Mel Gibson being blacklisted by Hollywood. Not so! Said King. And then Robert De Niro backed out of the co-starring role right as filming began. To me, this is all merely early publicity for a project that doesn't fully engage me otherwise. In truth, De Niro being replaced by Ray Winstone drew my attention back to the film, and I'm primed to see how another terrific actor, Danny Huston, fits into the plot, which promises to twist until the end thanks to William Monahan, Graham King's Oscar-winning screenwriter from The Departed.

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