the Mind’s Chew Toy

Plot: Anthony “Swoff” Swofford (Gyllenhaal) is a new recruit in the Marines - but he can’t figure out why he ever signed up. As his unit passes from Boot Camp to Operation: Desert Shield, they discover that most of this war will be about waiting, not killing. Now, with the threat of war looming tantalizingly close on the horizon, Swof must do his best to combat the boredom any way he can - before the waiting drives him crazy. Based on the novel by Anthony Swofford.

Plot: Kyle (Foster) has recently lost her husband. Now, she and her daughter have the unfortunate task of bringing his body back to America from Germany. 3 hours into their flight, however, Kyle wakes to find her daughter missing - and no record of her ever being on board. As she races to find her daughter, she must decide if the world has gone crazy - or just her.

Plot: Caroline (Hudson), sick of the big city way of doing things, answers an ad for a hospice caretaker in a small town in Louisiana. Her patient, Ben (Hurt), had a stroke in the attic of the plantation he shares with his wife Violet (Rowlands). The longer Caroline stays, the more she uncovers about plantation’s history. The more she learns, the more certain she is that something strange is going on in that house…but what?

Plot: Victor Rosa (Leguizamo) is a big time drug dealer. Along with two other dealers, he controls the Bronx. All three of them get their supply from one lady, La Columbiana (Rosellini). He’s got a girl, Carmen (Cotto), who’s recently become pregnant, and his life is going pretty good. After a mix-up with another dealer goes bad, he decides it’s time to get out.

Plot: In 1961, in an effort to show the United States they have submarines capable of launching nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union prepares K-19, a nuclear submarine, for launch. Taking command of the ship is Captain Alexei Vostrikov (Ford), with Mikhail Potenin (Neeson) as his executive officer. When the ship begins to malfunction, they must choose between the lives of the crew…or the beginning of World War III. Inspired by actual events.