The Plot: In the year 2017, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher (Hawke) works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

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THE BUZZ: I mean, why not try your luck at releasing a vampire movie this year? Beyond the Twilight saga, even the third Underworld movie proved it could make an equal profit to its predecessors. And distributor Lionsgate, who is refining its box-office prospects to focus more on horrors and thrillers, acquired this Australian production with the intriguing premise and cast -- though I'm not sure if this one will receive a Saw-like marketing push since the studio has vowed to keep marketing expenditures at a minimum. While I am all for this movie's success, directors the Spierig Brothers could be in for a come-and-go experience similar to their first slash at American success, the underseen Undead.

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The Plot: Anna (Adams) has spent four years with her boyfriend, Jeremy (Scott), without a wedding proposal. During his business trip to Dublin, Anna opts to act on Leap Day, an Irish tradition that encourages women to propose to men on the date February 29th. A re-routed plane trip, however, lands her at the door of a Welsh innkeeper (Goode), who might offer a diversion of his own.

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THE BUZZ: Most everyone involved with this romantic comedy is way too talented to be worked into such formulaic entertainment; however, that's the very thing that could make this a not-so-bad date movie. Would it be too much to ask for an actual-real surprise ending, though? Otherwise, you've seen 98% of the story outlined in the trailer.

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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: At a remote truck stop diner, in the wake of a biblical apocalypse, a group of strangers unwittingly become humanity's last line of defense when they discover the diner's young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.

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THE BUZZ: Paul Bettany as an archangel; Doug Jones as an ice cream man (Jones compares his character to a "clown with a knife behind his back".) 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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