ENDGAME Movie Trailer

Check out a trailer of the new movie from ENDGAME, a new movie starring Mark Strong, William Hurt, Johnny Lee Miller, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and directed by Pete Travis.

Endgame Synopsis: This is a gripping and sophisticated political thriller full of intriguing and unexpected heroes.

Set in South Africa, 1985, this is a gripping and sophisticated political thriller full of intriguing and unexpected heroes. While the country is under siege, sanctions are biting, Mandela's imprisonment is an international cause celebre, and the ANC guerrilla terrorist attacks are escalating. Every day the country is more ungovernable as it plunges towards the apocalypse of a race war.

In saner moments everyone knows the vile apartheid regime is doomed but will the transition to democracy be peaceful or bloody? Working for P.W. Botha as a somewhat Machiavellian Head of Intelligence, Doctor Neil Barnard opens furtive talks with Nelson Mandela who is still in prison. But lesser known are the secret talks that take place in the unlikely setting of a rural English manor house, arranged by a British businessman and sponsored by a mining company seeking to secure its own future in South Africa. Both sides have everything to win or to lose, including their own lives. The stakes are immense, the secrecy imperative.

But while influential Afrikaners sit down face to face with their fiercest enemies from the ANC, led by future President Thabo Mbeki, Botha learns of the UK talks. If the demise of apartheid is inevitable he intends to control the endgame by employing the tactics of divide and rule. Dr. Barnard must wring as many concessions out of Mandela as he can whilst instructing the Afrikaners to do the same with the ANC in the UK - then play one against the other.

Against all the odds, through volatile discussion, intrigue and breakthroughs, they achieve the unimaginable - a precious arena of frail trust between the two warring parties.

In the current climate of the expression "war on terror," this inspiring film has never had more relevance.

Endgame will be released to theaters November November 6, 2009 (NY).

THE COUNTESS Movie Trailer with Julie Delpy

Check out the trailer for THE COUNTESS starring Julie Delpy, William Hurt, Daniel Brühl, and directed by Julie Delpy.

The Countess follows the life of Erzsebet Bathory, who was a serial killer and named the "Blood Countess."

It sounds like quite a dark movie and it makes me think a little bit of the movie Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Not sure if it's something that I would be interested in watching.

Watch the trailer for The Countess below. Unfortunately, there is not US release date yet.

The Countess Synopsis: A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.

ENDGAME Movie Pictures

Check out some pictures from ENDGAME, a new movie starring Mark Strong, William Hurt, Johnny Lee Miller, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and directed by Pete Travis.

Well, that's quite a cast of strong actors. I don't know much about the movie, but I'll keep an eye out for a release date.

Endgame Synopsis: A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

Check out more pictures from Endgame below.

(Photos: Giles Keyte)