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The Christopher Nolan directed film, Inception, continues to rule the box office as the movie runs in theaters on its second week.

The sci-fi action thriller’s success has not been anticipated. While expecting to do well, it is doing actually superb and has exceeded all expectations. Moviegoers are enjoying its cerebral plot line, which many have said was quite difficult to understand. For a movie to have an effect like that, its box office draw is actually a surprising plus.

Christopher Nolan, who has previously directed The Dark Knight, which is another box office success, also did an earlier, similarly mind-boggling film, Memento, which was actually his first. It was a critical success but didn’t receive the same box office success as Inception today.

Inception has so far earned about $60 Million in box office returns and is estimated to reach the $200 sometime in the next two weeks.

It even beat the family, animated comedy, Despicable Me, which dropped to second place, while still doing well at the tilts.

Inception also stars Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy and Michael Caine.

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Image Entertainment, Inc., a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Eurocinema, the video on-demand channel that offers a wide variety of foreign films to U.S. television audiences.

“Eurocinema is television’s home for international and European box office films, with movies from legendary directors and gems from the international film world,” said Steve Saltman, senior vice president of worldwide television for Image Entertainment. “We are pleased to have our films brought to Eurocinema’s audiences across the United States.”

“Eurocinema continues to search around the world to bring viewers the best selection of films on our channel,” said Sebastien Perioche, founder of Eurocinema. “Image Entertainment’s catalogue features some of cinema’s most coveted new titles featuring award-winning A-list actors and directors. We’re delighted to offer our audience Image’s exciting selections throughout 2009.”

Films set to debut on Eurocinema in 2009 include:

“Edge of Love” (UK): Starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys and directed by John Maybury. “Edge of Love” tells the story of two feisty, free-spirited women that are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet Dylan Thomas.

“Innocence” (France): Starring Best Actress Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard (“La Vie En Rose”). Gushing water. Subterranean rumbling. Sun-dappled green vistas behind huge stone walls. So begins “Innocence,” a fascinating fable about a mysterious school for girls, where one arrives by coffin to a self-enclosed, highly regimented universe of botany classes, ballet and playtime.

“The Tunnel” (Germany): Inch by harrowing inch, this all-star cast includes Heino Ferch (“Seagull’s Laughter,” “Downfall”), Sebastian Koch (“Lives of Others,” “The Black Book”) and Alexandra Maria Lara (“Downfall,” “The Reader”). “The Tunnel” tells the incredible true story of a massive underground escape attempt from East to West Berlin.

“Kick ‘n Rush” (Denmark): Starring Jacob Krarup and Cyron Bjørn Melville, this riveting coming-of-age film from celebrated Danish filmmaker Aage Rais-Nordentoft tells the story of Jakob, Bo and Mikkel, all of whom share a passion for soccer, girls and petty vandalism.

“Evil Aliens” (United Kingdom): A film festival hit around the world, including the British Film Festival (Israel), Brussels Film Festival, Cinenyma Lux (Luxembourg), Eerie Fest (Erie, PA), Fantasia Film Festival (Montreal), Fantastic Film Festival (Germany), FrightFest (UK), Idaho Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival (UK), San Francisco Film Festival, San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival. If you thought you’d seen it all, brace yourself for this jaw-dropping slice of sci-fi horror lunacy that has audiences rolling and gagging in the aisles.

Additional titles include “My Brother is an Only Child” (Italy), “Mala Uva” (Spain), “Gente Pez” (Spain) and “Slim Sussie” (Sweden).

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In the action-thriller “Public Enemies,” acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public.

No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression.

But while the adventures of Dillinger’s gang—later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw’s capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America’s first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing “Clark Gable of the FBI.”

However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis’ men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals—from the infamous “Lady in Red” to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti—were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.

Cast:
Ronan Bennett, Michael Mann, Ann Biderman, Mark St. Germain
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Giovanni Ribisi, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Rory Cochrane, Stephen Lang, David Wenham, Stephen Graham, Channing Tatum, Jason Clarke

Release Date:
July 1, 2009

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