Snakes on a Plane Samuel L. Jackson stars as an FBI agent shepherding a witness from L.A. to Hawaii aboard a commercial flight when an assassin releases some deadly, slithering amphibians. Directed by David R. Ellis ("Cellular"). New Line Cinema, Aug. 18
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Tom Yum Goong Tony Jaa stars for his "Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior" director, Prachya Pinkaew, playing a Thai fighter sent to Australia to retrieve stolen elephants. The Weinstein Co., TBA
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Ultraviolet Milla Jovovich stars as a member of a race of genetically engineered superhumans trying to avoid extermination by the government. With Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund and William Fichtner. Directed by Kurt Wimmer. \o7Screen Gems, spring\f7
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V for Vendetta Natalie Portman plays an easygoing young woman who gets caught up in the rebellion of the mysterious V (Hugo Weaving) in a totalitarian Britain of the future. With Stephen Rea and John Hurt. Directed by James McTeigue. Written by the Wachowski brothers, based on the graphic novel. \o7Warner Bros., March 17\f7
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Waist Deep An ex-con trying to go straight is pulled back into the underworld by the kidnapping of his young son. Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate and the Game star. Directed by Vondie Curtis Hall. \o7Rogue Pictures, April 28
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X3 Brett Ratner directs the third installment of the "X-Men" saga. Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones and Patrick Stewart star. \o720th Century Fox, May 26
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