KNOWING (2009)

Directed by: Alex Proyas

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Ben Mendelsohn, Lara Robinson, D.G. Maloney, Nadia Townsend, Alan Hopgood, Adrienne Pickering, Danielle Carter, Alethea McGrath, Tamara Donnellan, Travis Waite, Liam Hemsworth, Joshua Long

121 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, scenes of disaster)

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In the fall of 1959, students draw pictures of life as they imagine it will be in 50 years, for a time capsule. Lucinda, an odd child who hears voices, swiftly writes a long string of numbers. In 2009, the capsule is opened; student Caleb Koestler gets Lucinda's "drawing" and his father John, an astrophysicist and grieving widower, takes a look. He discovers dates of disasters over the past 50 years with the number who died. Three dates remain, all coming soon. He investigates, learns of Lucinda, and looks for her family. He fears for his son, who's started to hear voices and who is visited by a silent stranger who shows him a vision of fire and destruction. What's going on?

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THE RUINS (2008)

Directed by: Carter Smith

Based on the novel by: Scott Smith

Starring: Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson, Sergio Calderon, Jesse Ramirez, Balder Moreno, Dimitri Baveas, Patricio Almeida Rodriguez, Luis Antonio Ramos, Walter Quispe, Pauline Whyman, Chris Argirousis, Alexander Gregory, Michelle Atkinson, Bar Paly, Jordan Patrick Smith, Karen Strassman

90 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:

A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

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