The 18th annual Florida Film Festival, which runs March 27 – April 5, has announced its lineup, with 160 films joining this year’s roster from 1,400 submissions by American and international filmmakers. This selection includes works represented from 19 countries including 40 world premieres, five North American premieres and four U.S. premieres.

Blake Senneth’s Water Pills it’s included in additional films screening.

For a complete list of films and events, please visit the festival’s website.

The most highly anticipated new Star Trek movie since Robert Wise’s 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture will be released on May 8, 2009 with J.J. Abrams at the helm. Not a lot is known about the plot as this is one of those most secretive productions in recent memory.

Starpulse bring us an interview with Sonita Henry, who plays the first person to ever meet James Tiberius Kirk — as the doctor who delivers him. In it, she discuss her role, some minor spoilers, and talks about Winona, as you can see in the excerpt:

Mike: I think you were in a movie before with Winona Ryder?
Sonita: Woody Allen’s Celebrity, right.

Mike: She plays Spock’s mom so I’m assuming your characters don’t meet.
Sonita: No, which sucks. When they mentioned to me I was playing the doctor that delivers Kirk, all they said was, “Your scenes are with Winona.” And I went, “Sweet! I finally get to work with Winona Ryder who I’ve loved for years and years.” Then, I show up on set and it was Jennifer Morrison — which is also extremely cool because she’s very cool on House M.D. — but it was interesting they used her character’s name [Winona Kirk] and not her real name.

Mike: Well, it’s good you did not openly shun her because she wasn’t Winona Ryder.
Sonita: (Laughing) You’re not Winona Ryder, I can not possibly work with you. No eye contact please, thank you.

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I added 3 new pictures of the upcoming “Stay Cool” in the gallery. Winona looks so beautiful in this pictures, and I can’t wait to see the movie!

Thanks so much to Simon and Chris B. for the pictures!

The new trailer for J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” had more than 1.8 million downloads during its first 24 hours on Apple.com, Hollywood’s Paramount Pictures said.

The studio also said Wednesday the trailer has gone on to become the most popular high-definition download ever on the Web site, with more than 5 million downloads in its first five days.

The trailer made its exclusive debut on Apple.com last Friday, giving fans a sneak peak of this summer’s highly anticipated “Star Trek” for viewing on their Mac or PC, iPhone or iPod with video.

Set to open in the United States May 8, “Star Trek” stars John Cho, Ben Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana and Leonard Nimoy.

I just added a new theme to the gallery, and with it new pictures too, mostly old pictures of Winona’s court appearances. I was refusing to add more pictures on this episode, which I hate to see, but she was so adorable in most of it, and of course we cannot erase the past, just support her in the present.

Also, there’s some 2002 out&about pictures, as well Trek, The Informers and rare Beetlejuice behind the scenes ones. I really hope you all enjoy the updates.

Be sure to view a brand new The Informers trailer in high definition over at Moviefone.com. Note that this trailer features no nudity so it is safe viewing for fans of all ages. Screencaps are now available in the gallery.

The Informers gets a limited North American release April 24, 2009.

I just added 1405 screencaptures of 2006 “The Darwin Awards”, a cool movie with a lot of people we love: Noni, David Arquette, Joseph Fiennes, Juliette Lewis, Julianna Margulies, and directed by Finn Taylor.

A forensic detective (Fiennes) and an insurance claims investigator (Ryder) trek to investigate a potential Darwin Award winner. From www.darwinawards.com: “The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally kill themselves in really stupid ways.”

From Variety:

The Tribeca Film Festival has unveiled a dramatically smaller lineup for its eighth edition, with its 86 feature films repping a 28% decline from last year’s fest.

The two main competition sections, World Narrative and Documentary, are holding steady with 12 films each. On Monday, organizers unveiled full lineups for both, plus the 14 titles in the Discovery section.

The remainder of the fest lineup will be announced in the coming days.

Tribeca kicks off with Woody Allen’s “Whatever Works” on April 22 and runs through May 3.

Added “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” trailer to download in our video gallery, also screencaptures of it.

I’m so excited to see this movie, even if Winona do a small part in it. Are you feeling the same?

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A grown-up love story that’s rambling, quirky and sharp-eyed about mid-life doldrums, Rebecca Miller’s cinematic adaptation of her own novel works largely because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. An across-the-board solid cast backs up Robin Wright Penn’s enjoyable central performance which, like much of the film, is believable without being entirely naturalistic. Still, this is not a sure-fire commercial prospect even on the independent circuit. It comes on like a woman’s take on a Philip Roth novel (except with a sense of humour), and despite its oddball tone and upbeat ending could end up placing in the same $5 million region as Roth adaptations like Elegy or The Human Stain in the US. It may have better luck in urban markets abroad, especially in Europe (more…)