New Flicks

The Pursuit of Happyness
A new job…a new life.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
Starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Zuhair Haddad

Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.

Eragon
What was once your life is now your legend.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Stefan Fangmeier
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Djimon Hounsou

A boy named Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest. At first, he thinks it's a lucky discovery, something that will bring meat to his poor family for the winter. Instead, it brings a dragon hatchling, and Eragon is soon thrust into a world of magic and power through which he and the dragon must navigate.

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