Body of Lies 2008  R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Ali Suliman, Alon Abutbul, Vince Colosimo, Simon McBurney, Mehdi Nebbou, Michael Gaston, Kais Nashif, Jamil Khoury, Lubna Azabal, Ghali Benafkin
CIA agent Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) arrives in Jordan on a mission to prevent future terrorist attacks. With help from Jordanian intelligence official Hani (Mark Strong), Ferris comes up with a plan to infiltrate the network. Ferris makes regular phone contacts with his superior, Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe), who then arrives for a face-to-face meeting. But, as paranoia sets in, how much trust will Ferris put in Hoffman and Hani as he activates his plan?
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The Life Before Her Eyes 2008  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Vadim Perelman
Cast: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri, Gabrielle Brennan, Brett Cullen, Oscar Isaac, Jack Gilpin, Maggie Lacy, John Magaro, Lynn Cohen, Nathalie Paulding, Molly Price, James Urbaniak
Seventeen-year-old Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) and her friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) have direct opposite personalities. Maureen is a devout church goer, while Diana lives on the wild side. One day, a classmate holds them at gun point in a bathroom at school and demands that they tell him which one he should shoot. Skip ahead 15 years, and Diana (now played by Uma Thurman) is married to Paul (Brett Cullen), and they have a young daughter, Emma (Gabrielle Brennan). But Diana is haunted by survivor's guilt and has never gotten over the tragedy. Matters grow worse as the anniversary of that fateful day draws near, and another problem from Diana's past enters the picture.
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 The Nativity Story 2006 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciaran Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend, Alexander Siddig, Nadim Sawalha, Eriq Ebouaney, Stefan Kalipha, Alessandro Giuggioli
This chronicle of the year before the birth of Jesus covers teenage Mary's (Keisha Castle-Hughes) visit from the Angel Gabriel (Alexander Siddig) telling her she will give birth to Jesus, her subsequent marriage to Joseph (Oscar Isaac), and their journey to Bethlehem where Jesus is born.
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| 1. Body of Lies (2008)
2. The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)
3. The Nativity Story (2006)
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