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 The Box,
is a
horror
film
based
on
the
1970
short
story
"Button,
Button"
by
author
Richard
Matheson,
which
was
previously
adapted
into
an
episode
of
the
1980s
incarnation
of
the
The
Twilight
Zone.
The
film
is
written
and
directed
by
Richard
Kelly
and
stars
Cameron
Diaz
and
James
Marsden
as a
couple
who
receive
a
box
with
a
mysterious
power.
Production
began
in
November
2007
and
concluded
in
February
2008.
The
film
is
set
in
Richmond,
Virginia
in
1976.
One
night,
a
financially
strapped
married
couple,
Arthur
and
Norma
(Marsden
and
Diaz),
receive
a
box
that
has
a
button.
The
next
morning,
a
mysterious,
disfigured
stranger
(Frank
Langella)
tells
them
that
pushing
the
button
will
have
consequences.
They
will
receive
$1,000,000,
but
someone
in
the
world
whom
they
don't
know
will
die.
The
film
begins
with
a
CIA
internal
memo
being
typed
across
the
screen.
It
states
that
a
man
name
Arlington
Steward
has
recovered
from
his
severe
burn
wounds
and
is
delivering
units
related
to
the
Mars
project.
Next,
Norma
awakes
at
5:45AM
as
the
doorbell
rings
as
her
husbands
sleeps
next
to
her.
As
she
looks
through
the
peephole,
she
sees
a
black
car
drive
off,
and
upon
opening
the
door,
sees
a
package
on
her
doorstep.
Inside,
she
and
her
husband
find
a
wooden
box
with
a
button
protected
by a
glass
dome,
locked
with
a
key,
and
a
note,
saying
Mr.
Steward
will
come
at
5PM.
Arthur
goes
to
work
at
NASA,
where
he
works
in
optics,
and
helped
in
designing
the
camera
on
Viking
Mars
probe.
He
finds
he
has
been
rejected
from
the
astronaut
program
despite
acing
his
tests
and
glowing
recommendations,
because
he
failed
his
psych
exam.
Norma
goes
to
her
job
as a
teacher
at
an
elite
private
school
teaching
literature,
where
they
are
discussing
Satre's
vision
of
Hell.
One
of
her
student
remarks
on
her
limp,
after
which
she
shows
her
class
her
disfigured
right
foot,
missing
4
toes. |
 The Men Who Stare at Goats,
is a
2009 comedy film by
director Grant
Heslov due for
release on November
6, 2009. It is based
on the book of the
same title by author
Jon Ronson, an
account of Ronson's
investigation of
attempts by US
military forces to
use psychic powers.
The film follows a
reporter, Bob Wilton
(Ewan McGregor), who
stumbles onto the
story of a lifetime
when he meets a
special forces
operator, Lyn
Cassady (George
Clooney). As they
embark on a new
mission, Lyn reveals
his twenty-year
involvement in a top
secret, psychic
military unit and
shares details of
their activities,
each more bizarre
than the last
(including staring
at goats in order to
stop their hearts
psychokinetically). |
 The
Fourth Kind,
is an
upcoming science
fiction/thriller/horror
film directed by
Olatunde Osunsanmi,
and starring Milla
Jovovich. The film
is purported to be a
documentary
reenactment set in
Nome, Alaska, and
deals with alien
abductions. The
title is derived
from J. Allen Hynek's
classification of
close encounters
with aliens, in
which the fourth
kind denotes an
alien abduction.
The film's trailer
states that the
story is based on
"actual case
studies," but does
not specify which
cases. As a result,
much speculation has
arisen regarding the
search for
documented evidence
from the actual
cases and whether
Dr. Abigail Tyler is
a real person or a
fictional character
for use in an
internet viral
marketing campaign. |
 A Christmas Carol,
is a
2009 film adaptation
of Charles Dickens'
1843 story of the
same name. The film
is written and
directed by Robert Zemeckis, and stars
Jim Carrey in a
multitude of roles,
including Ebenezer
Scrooge as a young,
middle-aged, and old
man, and the three
ghosts who haunt
Scrooge.
A
Christmas Carol is a
Victorian morality
tale of an old and
bitter miser,
Ebenezer Scrooge
(Jim Carrey), who
undergoes a profound
experience of
redemption over the
course of one night.
Mr. Scrooge is a
financier/money-changer
who has devoted his
life to the
accumulation of
wealth. He holds
anything other than
money in contempt,
including
friendship, love and
the Christmas
season. But an
encounter with the
ghostly figure of
Jacob Marley (Gary
Oldman) sets the
stage for a
mysterious and
magical encounter
with three
phantasmic beings to
help him realize the
true magic of
Christmas itself. |
 Michael Jackson's
This Is It,
is a 2009
American concert
film documenting
Michael Jackson's
rehearsals of the
concert series of
the same name, both
on stage and behind
the scenes. The film
shows Jackson
mentoring his team
for the 50 shows, as
well as him
creating,
developing, and
ultimately staging
the high-tech
performances. The
footage was filmed
at The Forum and the
Staples Center in
Los Angeles,
California. Despite
originally being set
for an October 30,
2009 release date,
the film's release
date was rescheduled
for October 28,
2009, with a limited
two-week run.
Tickets went on sale
a month early on
September 27, 2009,
to satisfy a high
anticipated demand.
On August 10, 2009,
Los Angeles Superior
Court Judge Mitchell
Beckloff approved a
deal between Michael
Jackson's estate,
concert promoter AEG
Live, and Sony
Pictures. This
allowed Sony
Pictures to edit the
hundreds of hours of
rehearsal footage
needed to create the
motion picture. Sony
subsequently paid
$60 million for the
film rights. The
trailer first
premiered during the
2009 MTV Video Music
Awards on September
13, 2009, along with
the simultaneous
launching of the
official movie
website.
|
 Gentlemen Broncos,
is a
2009 comedy film
written by Jared and
Jerusha Hess, and
directed by Jared
Hess. The film stars
Michael Angarano,
Jemaine Clement, Sam
Rockwell and
Jennifer Coolidge.
Gentlemen Broncos is
scheduled to be
released
theatrically on
October 30, 2009.
Michael Angarano
will portray the
teenaged aspiring
fantasy writer,
Benjamin Purvis.
Jemaine Clement will
play novelist Ronald
Chevalier. Sam
Rockwell is cast as
the fictional
story's title
character who
appears in
book-come-to-life
sequences under two
guises: one in the
teenager's story and
the other in
Chevalier's story.
Jennifer Coolidge is
portraying the
teenager's mother.
Edgar Oliver appears
in the film in a
small role. Suzanne
May is cast as the
female heroine in
the fictional
stories. Halley
Feiffer plays
Benjamin's friend,
Tabatha Jenkins. |
 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day,
is an
upcoming sequel to
the 1999 The
Boondock Saints. The
director of the
original film, Troy
Duffy, returned to
film the sequel,
which sees the
return of Sean
Patrick Flanery and
Norman Reedus as
Irish brothers who
act as vigilantes.
The film is set to
have a limited
release October 30,
2009. The Boondock
Saints II: All
Saints Day is the
sequel to the cult
film The Boondock
Saints. It continues
writer and director
Troy Duffy's saga of
fraternal twins, the
MacManus brothers.
The two have been in
deep hiding in the
quiet valleys of
Ireland, far removed
from their former
lives or modern
technologies. When
word comes that a
priest has been
killed by sinister
forces in the tough
underworld of Boston
(the Yakavetta Crime
Family), they return
to mount a violent
and bloody crusade
to bring justice to
those who must now
suffer the
consequences, with a
new partner in crime
(Clifton Collins,
Jr.) aiding them and
FBI Agent Paul
Smecker's protege
(Julie Benz) in
pursuit of them. |
 The House of the Devil,
is a
2009 horror film
written, directed,
and edited by Ti
West, starring Jocelin Donahue, Tom
Noonan, and Mary
Woronov. College
student Samantha
Hughes takes on a
babysitting job in a
remote mansion in
order to make the
down payment on a
one bedroom
apartment she has
had her eye on. The
pay is good, but
after Samantha is
taken to the house
by her friend,
Megan, she realizes
that something isn't
quite right. The old
couple who live in
the house, Mr. and
Mrs. Ulman, confess
that they in fact do
not have any
children, and it
isn't long before
Samantha realizes
that she is trapped.
As a lunar eclipse
darkens the night
sky, her employers
carry out a horrific
ritual with Samantha
at the center. |
 Saw VI, is the sixth
installment in the
Saw film series. The
film, which began
shooting on March
30, 2009, will be
released in theaters
on October 23, 2009.
Saw VI is directed
by Kevin Greutert,
who has been the
editor on all the
past Saw films to
date. Patrick Melton
and Marcus Dunstan,
the writers for both
Saw IV and V, have
returned to write
Saw VI. On April 29,
Lions Gate released
a brief synopsis of
the plot. Details
revealed include
confirming Agent
Peter Strahm's death
and Lieutenant Mark
Hoffman continuing
Jigsaw's work. The
FBI is reportedly on
Hoffman's trail[6].
This forces him to
set up another game.
Jigsaw's overall
scheme will also be
finally
understood.[7] The
last revealed trap,
a "Steam Room," has
yet to be expanded
on by the producers,
but it is said to be
a multi-level
trap.[8] Recent
screens also show
Hoffman viewing
Strahm's crushed
corpse as well as
setting up the
"Rack" trap from Saw
III. |
 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant,
occasionally
advertised as The
Vampire's Assistant:
The Cirque Du Freak
Saga Begins, is the
2009 film adaptation
of the first three
books of the book
series The Saga of
Darren Shan by
author Darren Shan.
The film began
principal
photography on
February 8, 2008 in
New Orleans and
ended on June 3,
2008.[1] The film
will be distributed
by Universal
Studios. A portion
of The Vampire's
Assistant was filmed
on a set constructed
within New Orleans
City Park,
approximately 1000
feet off of the side
of the road, along
Harrison Avenue. The
film was originally
set for release on
January 15, 2010,
but was moved
forward to October
23, 2009. The
Vampire's Assistant,
based on the popular
series of books by
Darren Shan called
The Saga of Darren
Shan, is a
fantasy-adventure
about a teenager who
unknowingly breaks a
200-year-old truce
between two warring
factions of
vampires. Pulled
into a fantastic
life of
misunderstood
sideshow freaks and
grotesque creatures
of the night, one
teen will vanish
from the safety of a
boring existence and
fulfill his destiny
in a place drawn
from nightmares.
16-year-old Darren
(Chris Massoglia)
was like most kids
in his suburban
neighborhood. He
hung out with his
best friend Steve
(Josh Hutcherson),
got decent grades,
and usually stayed
out of trouble. But
when he and Steve
stumble upon a
traveling freak
show, things begin
to change inside
Darren. That’s the
exact moment when a
vampire named Larten
Crepsley (John C.
Reilly) turns him
into something
bloodthirsty. Darren
must become a
Vampire to save his
friend Steve from a
poison from a
spider.
Newly undead, he
joins the Cirque Du
Freak, a touring
sideshow filled with
monstrous creatures
from a Evra the
snakeboy (Patrick
Fugit) and a wolfman
(Tom Woodruff, Jr.)
to a bearded lady (Salma
Hayek) and a
gigantic ringmaster
Mr. Tall (Ken
Watanabe). As Darren
flexes his newfound
powers in this dark
world, he becomes a
treasured pawn
between the vampires
and their deadlier
counterparts. And
while trying to
survive, one boy
will struggle to
keep their brewing
war from devouring
what’s left of his
humanity. |
 Amelia, is
an upcoming 2009
dramatized
biographical film
based on the life of
Amelia Earhart,
starring Hilary
Swank as Earhart
along with a cast
that includes
Richard Gere, Ewan
McGregor, and
Virginia Madsen. It
is directed by Mira
Nair based on a
script written by
Ronald Bass. The
screenplay was based
on East to the Dawn
by Susan Butler and
The Sound of Wings
by Mary S. Lovell.
The film chronicles
Earhart's rise to
fame and follows the
relationship between
Earhart and her
husband, publisher
George Putnam. |
 Astro Boy,
also called Atom (アトム, Atomu?) in Japan, is a 2009 computer-animated 3-D film based on the highly successful Japanese franchise of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. It is being produced by Imagi
Animation Studios, the animation production company of TMNT and the upcoming Gatchaman.
The studio announced
the project in
September 2006. It
will be directed by
David Bowers
(Flushed Away) and
produced by Maryann
Garger with Pilar
Flynn as associate
producer. The film was originally to be directed by Colin
Brady, who directed the 2006 animated film Everyone's Hero. It has been announced that Freddie Highmore will provide the voice for the character of Astro
Boy in the movie. The film features the voices of Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland and Nicolas Cage. A short trailer of the movie was shown in the North American Home Theater of PlayStation Home from December 28, 2008 to January 8, 2009. The movie is set to be released first in Japan on October 10, 2009, prior to the US release on October 23, 2009.
An
origin story set in
futuristic Metro
City, Astro Boy
(Freddie Highmore)
is about a young
robot with
incredible powers
created by a
brilliant scientist,
Dr. Tenma (Nicolas
Cage), in the image
of the son he had
lost. Unable to
fulfill the grieving
man's expectations,
our hero embarks on
a journey in search
of acceptance,
becoming part of a
group of rowdy kids
led by a girl named
Cora (Kristen Bell),
and experiencing
betrayal and a
netherworld of robot
gladiators led by
the greedy ring
master, Ham Egg
(Nathan Lane),
before he returns to
save Metro City and
reconcile with the
father who had
rejected him. |
 Law Abiding Citizen, is
an upcoming
drama/thriller film
directed by F. Gary
Gray from a
screenplay written
by Kurt Wimmer, and
starring Jamie Foxx
and Gerard Butler.
The film takes place
in Philadelphia and
tells the story of
Clyde Shelton
(Butler), a man who
decides to exact
revenge on his
family's killers, as
well as the criminal
justice system. Law
Abiding Citizen will
be released on
October 16, 2009.[1]
The film is rated R
for strong bloody
brutal violence, and
pervasive language.
After a home
invasion, Clyde
Shelton (Butler), a
top-notch former
spy, now retired, is
told that one of the
criminals who killed
his wife and
daughter would get
off, due to his
cooperation with the
district attorney's
office, and the
other would be put
on death row.
Shelton seeks
revenge, not just
against the
criminals, but the
entire justice
system. He is
quickly captured,
but Nick Rice
(Foxx), a corrupt
D.A. who got one of
the murderers off,
quickly realizes
that prison isn't
enough to keep
Shelton from killing
those who kept the
criminals from
getting the sentence
they deserved. |
 Where the Wild Things Are, is an upcoming 2009
fantasy film
directed by Spike Jonze. It is a
live-action
adaptation of
Maurice Sendak's
1963 children's book
of the same name.
The film combines
live action,
suitmation,
animatronics, and
CGI. The film will
be released in North
America in both
conventional and
IMAX theatres on
October 16, 2009.
The film follows the
imaginary adventures
of a young boy named
Max (Max Records),
who is angry when
his mother, Connie
(Catherine Keener),
invites her
boyfriend (Mark
Ruffalo) over. After
he causes one
mischievous antic
after another, his
mother tries to send
him to his room. He
ends up biting her
and running away,
feeling angry and
unloved. He runs
outside at night,
through a fence
until he stumbles
upon a boat. He
sails away to an
island inhabited by
seven imaginary
monsters called the
Wild Things, where
they crown him as
the ruler. |
 The Stepfather, is the
2009 remake of the
1987 American
thriller film of the
same name. The film
will be distributed
by Screen Gems.
Michael Harding
(Penn Badgley)
returns home from
military school to
find his mother
Susan (Sela Ward),
happily in love with
a man known as David
Harris (Dylan
Walsh). He seems
like the perfect
father and husband
to everyone - except
Michael, who
suspects that he
isn't quite the man
he seems to be.
Along with Michael's
girlfriend Kelly
(Amber Heard), his
biological father
Jay (Jon Tenney),
and Susan’s friends
(Paige Turco and
Sherry Stringfield),
they slowly start to
piece together the
mystery of the man
who is set to become
his stepfather, but
they may be too late
in getting to the
truth. |
 Good Hair,
is Chris Rock's
upcoming comedy /
documentary
premiering on
October 9, 2009. The
movie focuses on
African Americans
and seeks to explore
some of the aspects
of African American
hair.
According to Chris
Rock, he was
prompted to make the
movie after his
5-year old daughter,
Lola, asked him,
"Daddy, how come I
don't have good
hair?" During
his quest for
knowledge, Chris
Rock delves into the
$9 billion black
hair industry, and
visits such places
as beauty salons,
barbershops,
conventions,
scientific
laboratories (to
learn the science
behind chemical
relaxers that
straighten hair),
and India, where
many of the hair
weaves worn by
African American
women are from.
Chris Rock explains
that the movie
retains a sense of
seriousness, yet at
the same time
remains humorous.
The movie features
celebrities like
Ice-T, Nia Long,
Paul Mooney, Raven-Symone,
Maya Angelou, KRS-One,
Salt-n-Pepa, Eve,
Reverend Al Sharpton,
Meagan Good, and
Kerry Washington, as
they talk about some
of their own
experiences with
their hair, and how
black hair is
perceived in the
black community. |
 Couples Retreat,
is
an upcoming 2009
comedy film directed
by Peter Billingsley
and written by Jon Favreau, Vince
Vaughn and Dana Fox.
Vaughn and Favreau
also star in the
film. The cast also
includes Faizon
Love, Jason Bateman,
Kristin Davis,
Kristen Bell, Malin
Akerman and Kali
Hawk. A. R. Rahman,
winner of two Oscars
at the 81st Academy
Awards, is scoring
the music for this
film. The film is
rated PG-13 for
sexual content and
language. It will be
released on October
9, 2009.
Couples Retreat is a
comedy centered
around four couples
Dave and Ronnie
(Vince Vaughn and
Malin Akerman),
Shane and Trudy (Faizon
Love and Kali Hawk),
Jason and Cynthia
(Jason Bateman and
Kristen Bell), and
Joey and Lucy (Jon
Favreau and Kristin
Davis) who go on
their vacation to a
tropical-island
resort (Bora-Bora).
While one of the
couples is there to
work on the
marriage, the others
fail to realize that
participation in the
resort's therapy
sessions is not
optional. |
 Zombieland,
is an upcoming American
post-apocalyptic
zombie comedy,
written by Rhett
Reese and Paul Wernick and directed
by Ruben Fleischer.
The film will be
distributed by
Columbia Pictures
and is scheduled to
be released on
October 2, 2009.
After America is
ravaged by a zombie
plague, a lone band
of survivors fight
the living dead
while they cross the
nation. They stop in
an amusement park,
where they believe
they will be safe. |
 A Serious Man,
is a black comedy feature film
written, produced,
and directed by Joel
and Ethan Coen. It
is due to be
released on October
2, 2009, in the
United States. The
film is set in St.
Louis Park,
Minnesota in the
year 1967, and is
intended in some
ways to reflect the
childhood of the
Coen brothers as
they recall it.
The protagonist is
Larry Gopnik, a
Jewish academic
living in a
middle-class Jewish
neighborhood in a
Minneapolis suburb.
The story follows
Gopnik's spiritual
and existential
struggle as his wife
Judith contemplates
leaving him for his
colleague Sy Ableman.
Adding to his
suffering is his
ne'er-do-well
brother, Arthur, who
lacks the resources
and the ability to
care for himself and
consequently lives
on Larry's couch.
Larry begins to
question the value
of his life as he
deals with these and
other trials,
including his son,
Danny, who steals
money from his
wallet to buy
marijuana; his
daughter, Sarah, who
steals to finance a
planned nose job; a
student who
alternately attempts
to bribe him for a
passing grade and
threatens to sue him
for defamation (made
all the worse
because Larry is up
for tenure); and a
female neighbor who
distracts him by
sunbathing in the
nude. Larry seeks
advice from three
different rabbis in
an attempt to solve
his problems and to
become an austere
and devoted man. |
 Capitalism: A Love Story,
is a 2009
documentary film
directed by Michael
Moore. The film
centers on the
financial crisis of
2007–2009 and the
recovery stimulus,
while putting
forward an
indictment of the
current economic
order in the United
States and
capitalism in
general. Topics
covered include
everything from Wall
Street's "casino
mentality",
for-profit prisons,
Goldman Sachs'
influence in
Washington, DC, the
poverty-level of
many airline pilots,
the large wave of
home foreclosures,
and the consequences
of "runaway greed."
The film will be
widely released to
the public in the
United States on
October 2, 2009.
The
film alternates
between a fierce
critique of the
status quo, personal
portraits of the
suffering caused by
the recent economic
crisis, and comical
social satire. Some
featured stories
include an internal
Citibank report
happily declaring
the United States a
"plutonomy"
(plutocracy), with
the top 1 percent of
the population
controlling more
financial wealth
than the bottom 95
percent, along with
an expose of "dead
peasant insurance"
policies that have
companies cashing in
on the untimely
deaths of their
employees.
Additionally, the
film contrasts the
present economic
reality in America
with archival
footage of US
president Franklin
D. Roosevelt calling
for a Second Bill of
Rights that would
guarantee all
Americans "a useful
job, a decent home,
adequate health
care, and a good
education."
The documentary also
features a number of
positive portrayals,
which include
bailout watchdog
Elizabeth Warren,
Wayne County Sheriff
Warren Evans who put
forth a moratorium
on home evictions;
and Ohio
Representative Marcy
Kaptur, who on the
floor of the US
Congress encouraged
Americans to be
"squatters" in their
own homes, and
refuse to be
vacated. |
 The Invention of Lying,
is an upcoming 2009 comedy film,
written and directed
by Ricky Gervais and
Matthew Robinson.
The film was
originally being
produced under the
title This Side of
the Truth, but
Gervais announced on
his blog in April
2009 that the title
had indeed been
changed, reversing a
previous assertion
he had made to the
contrary several
weeks earlier. The
film will be
released in the
United States on
October 2, 2009.
The film is set in
an alternate reality
in which no one has
ever lied. It stars
Gervais as a writer,
who tells the
world's first lie,
and learns to wield
its power for
personal gain. |
 Whip It,
is an upcoming
comedy film directed
by Drew Barrymore
and written by
Shauna Cross, based
on Cross' novel
Derby Girl. The film
is Barrymore's
directorial debut.
It is due for
release on October
2, 2009 in the US.
A
misfit girl named
Bliss (Ellen Page)
is constantly being
pressured to enter
beauty pageants by
her mother. However,
she feels this isn't
something she's
meant to do, and
joins a roller derby
league instead. She
feels that these
girls are her new
heroes. She has no
idea how to skate
but Maggie Mayhem
(Kristen Wiig), one
of her teammates,
tells her to be her
own hero. This is a
recurring theme in
the movie. She then
is determined to
join their roller
derby league. She
realizes that she
skates well, and in
an effort to join
the league, tells
her parents she will
be taking SAT
preparation classes.
Her mom believes her
and is very happy
she is taking some
initiative in her
life. When her
mother finds out,
everything will
change. |
 Fame,
is an
upcoming 2009
American musical
film which is a
loose remake of the
1980 film of the
same title. It was
directed by Kevin
Tancharoen and
written by Allison
Burnett. It is
scheduled to be
released on
September 25, 2009.
A reinvention of the
original 1980 hit
film, Fame follows a
talented group of
dancers, singers,
actors, and artists
over four years at
the New York City
High School of
Performing Arts, a
diverse, creative
powerhouse where
students from all
walks of life are
given a chance to
live out their
dreams and achieve
real and lasting
fame...the kind that
comes only from
talent, dedication,
and hard work. In an
incredibly
competitive
atmosphere, plagued
by self-doubt, each
student's passion
will be put to the
test. In addition to
their artistic
goals, they have to
deal with everything
else that goes along
with high school, a
tumultuous time full
of schoolwork, deep
friendships, budding
romance, and
self-discovery. As
each student strives
for his or her
moment in the
spotlight, they'll
discover who among
them has the innate
talent and necessary
discipline to
succeed. With the
love and support of
their friends and
fellow artists,
they'll find out who
amongst them will
achieve Fame. |
 Billed as the
scariest movie ever
made,
Paranormal Activity,
is a 2007 horror film written and directed by Oren
Peli. The movie
premiered at the
Screamfest Film
Festival in US on
October 14, 2007. It
will see a limited
release on September
25, 2009, in the
United States. The
movie centers around
a young couple who
are haunted by a
demonic presence at
their home. The
movie is presented
through the cameras
set up by the couple
to capture such
activity. |
 Coco Before Chanel,
(Coco
Avant Chanel in
original French) is
a 2009 French cinema
film directed by
Anne Fontaine, about
the life of the
famed French fashion
designer Coco
Chanel. |
 Pandorum,
is a 2009
American/German
science
fiction/horror film
written by Travis
Milloy and directed
by Christian Alvart.
The film stars
Dennis Quaid and Ben
Foster. Filming
began in Berlin in
August 2008.
Pandorum is
scheduled to be
released on
September 25, 2009.
Two astronauts wake
to find themselves
drifting through
space and with no
memory of who they
are. They believe
that they must be
the only ones aboard
the spacecraft, but
can hear sounds
coming from its
center. Exploring
the spacecraft, they
encounter several
other surviving
crewmembers, and the
astronauts start to
learn that a
terrible event has
occurred on board
which might affect
the survival of the
entire human
race.[2] When they
discover other crew
members running from
something they learn
that it is the rest
of the crew who had
a disease that comes
from being in deep
space too long
called pandorum. |
 Surrogates,
is a 2009
science fiction
film, based on the
2005–2006 comic book
series of the same
name. The film is
directed by Jonathan Mostow and stars
Bruce Willis.
Surrogates is
scheduled to be
released on
September 25, 2009.
The year 2017 is a
future in which
humans live in
near-total
isolation, never
leaving the safety
and comfort of their
homes, and only
communicating with
their fellow man
through
remotely-controlled
robotic bodies that
serve as
"surrogates",
designed as
better-looking
versions of their
human operators.
Because people are
safe all the time,
and damage done to a
surrogate is not
even felt by its
owner, it is a
peaceful world free
from fear, pain, and
crime. Agent Greer
(Willis) is an FBI
agent who enlists
the aid of his own
surrogate to
investigate the
first murder in
years, of the genius
college student who
invented the
surrogates. The case
grows more
complicated,
however, when
several humans are
murdered because
their surrogates are
destroyed. The
withdrawn detective
discovers that in
order to actually
catch the killer he
will have to
physically venture
outside the safety
of his home for the
first time in many
years, and enlists
the aid of another
agent in tracking
his target down. |
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The
grade:
Go see
it! |
|
The
ten word
review:
Incredible
acting,
set
design
in a
true,
timeless
love
story. |
|
The
warning:
How
could
your
heart
survive
falling
in love
with the
greatest
poet of
all
time? |
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Bright Star, one of the
most highly praised
films at this year’s
Cannes Film
Festival, is a
portrait of love and
loss between the
19th-century
romantic poet John
Keats and the
18-year-old muse
next door, Fanny Brawne, a student of
fashion. The film’s
title comes from a
love poem for Brawne,
which Keats wrote in
the flyleaf of his
copy of the works of
Shakespeare. Jane
Campion’s return to
the big screen
features outstanding
performances from
Abbie Cornish
(Stop-Loss,
Elizabeth: The
Golden Age) as
Brawne, Ben Whishaw
(I’m Not There,
Perfume: The Story
of a Murderer,
Brideshead
Revisited) as Keats,
Paul Schneider (NBC’s “Parks
& Recreation,” Lars
and the Real Girl,
Away We Go) as
Charles Armitage
Brown and Kerry Fox
(Intimacy) as Mrs.
Brawne. |
 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is
a 2009
computer-animated
film produced by
Sony Pictures
Animation and
distributed by
Columbia Pictures.
It is scheduled for
a theatrical release
on September 18,
2009 and is inspired
by the children's
book of the same
name by Judi Barrett
and Ron Barrett. A
scientist named
Flint Lockwood
(voiced by Bill
Hader) has spent his
entire life creating
inventions that were
unwanted or faulty,
which doesn't help
his struggle to try
to see eye-to-eye
with his dad (voiced
by James Caan).
Finally, while
trying to solve
world hunger, he
develops a method to
directly convert
water into food and
releases the effects
on the world. Hunger
is eliminated as
weather delivers
food, but a problem
of global
proportions soon
evolves when the
food weather machine
that Flint invented
develops a mind of
its own, rebels
against his creator,
and starts wreaking
havoc on the world.
Flint is now saddled
with the task of
stopping his maniac
invention to end the
ensuing chaos and
save the town of
Chewandswallow and
the world. |
 Love Happens, formerly
known as Brand New
Day and Traveling,
is a 2009 romantic
drama film, directed
by Brandon Camp and
starring Aaron
Eckhart and Jennifer
Aniston. Filming
took place in in
Vancouver, Canada
and Seattle,
Washington. It is
set to be released
on September 18,
2009. A romantic
drama about a
widower (Eckhart)
whose book,
"A-Okay!", about
coping with loss
turns him into a
best-selling
self-help guru. On a
business trip to
Seattle, he falls
for a woman
(Aniston) who
attends one of his
seminars, only to
learn that he hasn't
yet truly confronted
his wife's passing. |
 Jennifer's Body is a
2009 dark comedy and
horror film written
by Diablo Cody. The
film is directed by Karyn Kusama, and
stars Megan Fox as
the title character,
Amanda Seyfried as
her best friend
Anita, and Adam
Brody as the
antagonist Nikolai.
It is scheduled for
theatrical release
in the United States
and Canada on
September 18, 2009.
Jennifer Check
(Megan Fox) is the
sexy, popular
captain of the high
school cheerleading
squad. All of the
girls want to be
friends with her and
all of the boys want
to be her boyfriend.
Jennifer's friend
since childhood,
Anita "Needy"
Lesnicky (Amanda
Seyfried), is a
nerdy, substantially
less popular, "plain
Jane" student.
Jennifer ends up as
the sacrifice in a
Satanic ritual, held
by the evil leader
of a
Devil-worshiping
rock band (Adam
Brody), hoping that
the sacrifice will
appease their
corrupt idol into
giving them success.
The ritual goes in a
different direction,
however, causing
Jennifer to get
possessed by a demon
and start feeding
off of the boys in
her high school —
first seducing them
to get close, and
then consuming them
in a manner similar
to that of a
man-eating demon or
that of a succubus.
It becomes Anita's
goal to stop
Jennifer from
killing more of her
classmates. |
 The Informant,
is an
upcoming 2009 dark
comedy thriller
film, directed by
Steven Soderbergh,
and based on true
events and the 2000
non fiction book
about Mark Whitacre,
The Informant, by
journalist Kurt
Eichenwald. The
script was written
by Scott Z. Burns
and the film stars
Matt Damon, Scott
Bakula, Joel McHale
and Melanie Lynskey.
The Informant! is
about Ivy League
Ph.D. Mark Whitacre
(Damon), a rising
star at Decatur,
Illinois based
Archer Daniels
Midland (ADM) in the
early 1990s who
wound up blowing the
whistle on the
company’s
price-fixing
tactics. Matt Damon
portrays the bipolar
whistleblower in the
film as Whitacre
displays bizarre
behavior including
recklessness and
grandiosity.
One night in early
November 1992, the
high-ranking ADM
executive confessed
to FBI agent Brian
Shepard (Bakula)
that ADM executives
— including Whitacre
himself — had
routinely met with
competitors to fix
the price of lysine,
a food additive. As
the highest-ranked
executive to ever
turn whistleblower
in US history,
Whitacre secretly
gathered hundreds of
hours of video and
audio over several
years to present to
the FBI. He assisted
in gathering
evidence by
clandestinely taping
the company’s
activity in business
meetings at various
locations around the
globe such as Tokyo,
Paris, Mexico City,
and Hong Kong.
In the upcoming film
— a dark
comedy/thriller in
director Steven
Soderbergh’s hands —
Whitacre’s good deed
dovetails with his
own major
infractions and
struggle with
bipolar disorder.
The film focuses on
Whitacre's meltdown
resulting from the
pressures of wearing
a wire for three
years. In a stunning
turn of events
immediately
following the covert
portion of the case,
headlines around the
world reported that
the whistleblower
defrauded $9 million
from his own company
at the same period
of time he was
secretly working for
the FBI and taping
his co-workers.
Because of this
major infraction and
Whitacre’s bizarre
behavior, he was
sentenced to a
prison term three
times longer than
the white-collar
criminals he helped
to nab. However, ten
years later (2008),
the former FBI
supervisor of the
price fixing case,
Dean Paisley (played
by Allan Havey),
with backing from
the two other FBI
agents and a former
prosecutor, went
public with praise
about Whitacre. "Had
it not been for the
fraud conviction, he
would be a national
hero", Paisley
stated. "Well, he is
a national hero", he
further stated. |
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|
The
grade:
Go see
it! |
|
The
ten word
review:
The real
Devil
Wears
Prada.
Suspenseful,
fascinating,
entertaining
and
authentic! |
|
The
warning:
You
need to
have at
least
some
interest
in
fashion
to get
it. |
 In
September Issue, Anna Wintour, the
legendary
editor-in-chief of
Vogue magazine for
twenty years, is the
most powerful and
polarizing figure in
fashion. Hidden
behind her trademark
bob and sunglasses,
she has never
allowed anyone to
scrutinize the inner
workings of her
magazine. Until now.
With unprecedented
access, filmmaker
R.J. Cutler's new
film, The September
Issue, does for
fashion what he did
for politics in The
War Room, taking the
viewer inside a
world they only
think they know.
|
 9
is
a 2009 animated
sci-fi/action film
directed by Shane
Acker and produced
by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov,
director of Wanted,
and stars Elijah
Wood, John C.
Reilly, Jennifer
Connelly, Crispin
Glover, Martin
Landau and
Christopher
Plummer. It is based
on Acker's Academy
Award-nominated
short film of the
same name. Although
CGI, the movie has a
stylized look
resembling stop
motion. The
screenplay was
written by Shane
Acker, Ben Gluck,
and Pamela Pettler,
co-writer of Tim
Burton's Corpse
Bride. Casting for
this film was done
by Mindy Marin,
production design by
Robert St. Pierre
and Fred Warter, and
art direction by
Christophe Vacher.
9
is rated
PG-13 by the MPAA
for violence and
scary images.
In the U.K., the
film has been rated
12A by the BBFC for
moderate sustained
threat. |
 I Can Do Bad All By Myself
is a 1999 play
directed by, written
by, and starring
Tyler Perry. The
play marks for the
first official
appearance of the
well-known fictional
character Mabel "Madea"
Simmons, who is
portrayed by Perry.
Vianne, a young
woman who has a
share of pain, moves
in with her 68
year-old
grandmother, Madea,
in order to escape
her verbally abusive
and cheating
husband. Soon after
her departure, she
files for divorce.
When Madea becomes
sick, (although she
is not as sick as
she seems) the
family comes to her
rescue; her
daughter, Cora; her
next-door-neighbor
Mr. Brown; also her
granddaughter,
Maylee, who also
comes to visit her
daughter Keisha that
Madea has been
taking care of since
she was eight years
old. However, Maylee
casually strolls in
and announces that
she is engaged to
Vianne's ex husband,
Anthony.
After a nearly
violent argument at
the dinner table,
Vianne realizes that
she has to let
Anthony go. Even
though they are
divorced, he still
has her in his
heart. No sooner
than she lets him
go, she realizes
that her hurt has
consumed most of her
life and she needs
to change her ways.
Bobby, a handy man
and boarder who
works for Madea,
immediately makes it
known that he is
interested in Vianne.
Much to their
reluctance, they
start to spend time
together and they
realize, even though
she was once a rich
foolish housewife
and he, a lowly
handy man and
ex-convict, that
when "it's right,
it's right".
Although grandma
Madea has a few
things to say about
their relationship,
she eventually
encourages it. And
Bobby realizes that
he is in love with
Vianne and he want
her hand in
marriage.
Meanwhile, Maylee
finds out that her
daughter Keisha got
pregnant by a boy
named Kelly and
she's holding their
child. But Keisha is
only 14 years old.
But through prayer,
they both come to an
understanding and
forgive one another.
In a shocking twist
of events, Maylee
breaks all ties with
Anthony and sends
him packing. |
 Whiteout
For
U.S. Marshal Carrie
Stetko, things are
about to get even
more dangerous. The
only law enforcement
in this unforgiving
territory, she has
just been sent to
investigate a body
on the ice.
Antarctica's first
homicide. A shocking
discovery in itself,
it will plunge her
into an even more
bizarre mystery and
the revelation of
secrets long-buried
under the endless
ice...secrets that
someone believes are
still worth killing
for.
As Stetko races to
find the killer
before he finds her,
winter is already
closing in. In the
deadly Antarctic
whiteout, she won't
see him till he's a
breath away.
Warner Bros.
Pictures presents,
in association with
Dark Castle
Entertainment, a
Dominic Sena Film:
the action thriller
"Whiteout," starring
Kate Beckinsale
("Underworld"),
Gabriel Macht ("The
Spirit"), Columbus
Short ("Stomp the
Yard") and Tom
Skerritt
("Contact"). The
film is directed by
Dominic Sena
("Swordfish") from a
screenplay by Jon
Hoeber & Erich
Hoeber and Chad
Hayes & Carey W.
Hayes, based on the
graphic novel by
Greg Rucka and Steve
Lieber and published
by Oni Press.
"Whiteout" is
produced by Joel
Silver, Susan Downey
and David Gambino.
Executive producers
are Steve Richards,
Don Carmody and Greg
Rucka. Co-producers
are Richard Mirisch
and Adam Kuhn. The
creative team
includes director of
photography Chris
Soos, supervising
editor Stuart Baird,
film editor Martin
Hunter and
production designer
Graham "Grace"
Walker. The costume
designers are Wendy
Partridge and
Nicoletta Massone.
Music is by John
Frizzell. |
 Sorority Row
is
a 2009 American
horror film.
Directed by Stewart
Hendler, the film
stars Briana Evigan,
Leah Pipes, Rumer
Willis, Jamie Chung,
Audrina Patridge and
Carrie Fisher.
Produced by Summit
Entertainment and
written by Josh
Stolberg and Pete
Goldfinger, the film
is a remake of the
1983 slasher film
The House on
Sorority Row,
directed by Mark
Rosman. Sorority Row
was released on
September 9, 2009 in
the UK and is due to
be released on
September 11, 2009
in the USA.
Six
Theta Pi sorority
sisters named
Jessica, Cassidy,
Ellie, Claire,
Chugs, and Megan
live perfect,
fun-filled college
lives. When Megan
discovers her
boyfriend Garrett is
cheating on her, the
sisters plot to
stage Megan's death
during a makeout
session with Garrett
as payback for being
unfaithful. During
the prank, the girls
and Garrett bring
Megan's "dead" body
to a steel mill.
While the girls
giggle and try to
prolong the prank,
they mention to
Garrett that they
need something to
chop up the body
with. When the
girls' backs are
turned, Garrett
impales a lug wrench
into her chest,
actually killing
her. The girls and
Garrett, shocked at
the murder of their
best friend, dump
Megan's body into a
well, and vow to
never ever speak of
that night again.
Eight months later,
during the party
after graduation,
the girls receive a
mysterious picture
sent to their
phones: a hooded
figure holding the
bloody wrench Garret
used to kill Megan.
They soon find the
hooded figure is
stalking them and
their boyfriends.
One by one the girls
are killed off as
the rest try to find
out who is behind
the brutal murders.
The killer uses the
same wrench on
various victims,
albeit with some
modifications and
flare with some
highly inventive
death scenes. He has
added large blades
to each end, and
sometimes spins or
throws it (not
unlike a large
shuriken). |
 All About Steve
is a
2009 American comedy
film directed by
Phil Traill and
produced by Sandra
Bullock, who also
stars in the film.
It is distributed by
20th Century Fox.
The movie's name is
a pun on the 1950
film All About Eve.
Crossword puzzle
constructor Mary
Horowitz (Sandra
Bullock) is smart
and pretty. Set up
on a blind date with
Steve (Bradley
Cooper), Mary thinks
the chemistry is
undeniable and just
knows she has found
her soulmate. She
decides to do
anything and go
anywhere to be with
him.
Mary’s escalating
infatuation is
encouraged by the
self-serving actions
of news reporter
Hartman Hughes
(Thomas Haden
Church) who enjoys
torturing Steve at
every opportunity.
As the news team
criss-crosses the
country covering
breaking news
stories, Steve
becomes increasingly
unhinged as Mary
trails them.
When the overzealous
Mary becomes
embroiled in the
news story of the
year, Steve and
Hartman begin to see
her differently.
Hartman is plagued
by guilt, knowing
his game of
one-upmanship with
Steve has placed her
squarely in harm's
way, while Steve is
feeling his own
pangs of remorse at
his callous
behavior. Despite
the media storm
surrounding her,
Mary with her upbeat
unaffected manner
not only brings
everyone together
but finds her own
oddball friends and
discovers her true
place in the world. |
 Carriers
is a 2009
horror film about
four people fleeing
a viral pandemic. It
was written and
directed by Àlex
Pastor and David
Pastor and stars
Chris Pine and Piper
Perabo. The horror
starts with a
pandemic virus that
spreads world-wide,
but escalates as
four teenagers
trying to escape the
virus find
themselves stranded
when their car
breaks down
somewhere in the
wasteland, where the
epidemic was
spreading. They soon
find themselves
battling the
infected and
desperate survivors,
and eventually
against each other
as the decisions
they must make to
survive become
increasingly more
gruesome. |
 Extract
is a 2009
comedy film written
and directed by Mike
Judge and starring
Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, J.K. Simmons,
and Ben Affleck.
This film is
scheduled to be
released on
September 4, 2009.
An extract factory
owner deals with
workplace problems
and a streak of bad
luck.[2]
In 'Extract' the
leading protagonist,
Joel (Bateman),
seeks more
excitement out of
life away from his
job running a
factory that makes
vanilla extract.
Joel's wife Suzie (Wiig)
is obsessed with
reality television.
If Joel does not
make his way home
from work before she
dons her dreaded
'sweatpants' it
means there will be
no possible chance
of him becoming
sexually active with
his wife for the
evening. Living a
life where his job
and home life are
unfulfilled, Joel
unwillingly turns to
his stable of
friends for advice.
His best friend, a
lowly slacker named
Dean (Affleck)
decides to bring his
friend out and
attempts to expose
his friend to life
away from the norm.
He explains that
experimentation and
living outside his
boundaries are his
best hopes for
breathing some life
into his boring
existence.
During this time
Joel is met with
hostility by several
members of his team
and this eventually
leads to accident
where a few key
staff members are
injured. In order to
keep the factory
operating at it's
full potential the
company hires a few
temps, one of which
is Cindy (Kunis). At
this time Joel
becomes infatuated
with Cindy. Joel,
wishing to pursue a
physical
relationship with
Cindy decides to
hire a womanizer to
clean the pool at
his home. Joel's
reasoning is that if
his wife will cheat
on him he will be
free to seek a
sexual relationship
with Cindy. After
finding out that
Cindy has no sexual
interest in Joel, he
in turn must
successfully remedy
the situation with
his wife in the
homestead. |
 Gamer
is
a 2009 science
fiction action
thriller film
written and directed
by Mark Neveldine
and Brian Taylor.
The film stars
Gerard Butler as an
unwilling
participant in an
online game in which
participants can
control human beings
as players. Gamer
will be released in
North America and
United Kingdom on
September 4, 2009.
In
2034, mind-control
technology has taken
society by storm,
and a multiplayer
on-line game called
"Slayers" allows
gamers to control
human death row
prisoners in
mass-scale
deathmatches. Any
inmate who lives
through 30 matches
wins his freedom.
Simon (Logan Lerman)
controls Kable
(Gerard Butler) the
on-line champion of
the game having won
27 matches and lived
through them all,
with his every move
tracked by millions,
his ultimate
challenge becomes
regaining his
identity and
independence by
defeating the game's
mastermind (Michael
C. Hall) through
launching an attack
on the system that
has imprisoned him. |
 World's Greatest Dad
(opens September 4,
2009)
stars Robin
Williams, Alexie
Gilmore and Daryl Sabara. The World's
Greatest Dad is a
thoughtful but
outrageous comedy
written and directed
by Bobcat Goldthwait
(Sleeping Dogs Lie).
Williams stars as
Lance Clayton, a man
who dreamed of being
a rich and famous
writer, but has only
managed to make it
as a high school
poetry teacher. His
only son Kyle (Daryl
Sabara) is an
insufferable jackass
who won’t give his
father the time of
day. Dad's dating
Claire (Alexie
Gilmore), the
school’s adorable
art teacher, but she
doesn’t want to get
serious -- or even
acknowledge publicly
that they are
dating.
Then, in the wake of
a freak accident,
Lance suffers the
worst tragedy and
greatest opportunity
of his life. He is
suddenly faced with
the possibility of
all the fame,
fortune and
popularity he ever
dreamed of, if he
can only live with
the knowledge of how
he got there. |
 Taking Woodstock
is
a 2009 American
comedy-drama film
about the Woodstock
Festival of 1969. It
is directed by Ang
Lee and written by
James Schamus based
on the autobiography
Taking Woodstock: A
True Story of a
Riot, a Concert, and
a Life by Elliot
Tiber and Tom Monte.
The film has been
rated R for graphic
nudity, some sexual
content, drug use,
and language. The
film premiered at
the 2009 Cannes Film
Festival. The film,
based upon the book
of the same name,
follows the true
life story of Elliot
Tiber (played by
Demetri Martin), an
aspiring Greenwich
Village interior
designer whose
parents owned a
small motel in
Upstate New York
and, at the time,
held the only
musical festival
permit in the entire
town of Bethel, New
York. Tiber offered
both the Catskills
motel and the permit
to the Woodstock
Festival's
organizers. |
 Halloween II
Halloween II is an
upcoming 2009
American horror film
written, directed,
and produced by Rob
Zombie. The film is
a sequel to Zombie's
2007 remake of
Halloween (1978).
Halloween II will
follow the aftermath
of the events of the
2007 remake,
particularly how
they affected Laurie
Strode. The film
will see the return
of lead cast members
Malcolm McDowell,
Scout
Taylor-Compton, and
Tyler Mane, who
portrayed Dr.
Loomis, Laurie
Strode, and Michael
Myers in the 2007
film, respectively.
Zombie originally
passed on doing a
sequel to his
remake, feeling as
though he had no
energy left to make
another Halloween
film. Two years
later, after
unsuccessful
attempts to draft a
script for a sequel,
the Weinstein
brothers, Malek
Akkad, and Rob
Zombie, who had a
renewed interest in
the film, secured a
deal for the
director to return.
Zombie plans to
focus on the
connection between
Laurie and Michael,
and the idea that
they both share
similar
psychological
problems. Halloween
II is scheduled for
release on August
28, 2009. |
 Final Destination
On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori (Shantel VanSanten), and their friends, Janet (Haley Webb) and Hunt (Nick Zano),
to leave, escaping seconds before Nick's frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they've cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one — in increasingly gruesome ways — Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination." |
 Post Grad
(opens August 21,
2009)
is a comedy
film starring Alexis Bledel, Carol
Burnett, Zach
Gilford, Michael
Keaton, Jane Lynch,
and Rodrigo Santoro,
about a recent
college graduate who
moves back in with
her family while she
figures out what she
wants to do next.
Originally under the
working titles of
Ticket to Ride and
then The Post-Grad
Survival Guide,
Amanda Bynes was
originally set to
star in the film,
but was replaced by
Bledel. The film is
scheduled to be
released on August
21, 2009.
Ryden
Malby (Alexis Bledel)
graduates from
college in the
middle of the late
2000s recession and
is forced to move
back in with her
parents, because her
dream job has been
given to her college
nemesis Jessica
Bard. Ryden and her
best friend Adam
(Zach Gilford) must
find a job for Ryden
before she loses
hope for her future
dream as an editor
of a big publishing
company. But will
sudden feelings for
her long time friend
interfere with her
dreams? |
 Inglourious Basterds
(opens
August 21, 2009)
is set in an
alternate history of
the Second World War
in which the entire
top leadership of
Nazi Germany, namely
Hitler, Goering,
Goebbels and Bormann
attend a film
premiere in Paris
celebrating the
exploits of a German
sniper who had
managed to kill 250
American soldiers in
Italy. The timeframe
of the film is set
in early June 1944,
after the D-Day
landings but before
the liberation of
Paris.
The film tracks the
separate attempts to
kill Hitler by two
disparate forces,
one being the "Basterds",
a motley crew of
Jewish American
soldiers out for
revenge against the
Nazis. The Basterds
have a modus
operandi whereby
each soldier must
cut off the scalp of
a dead Nazi soldier.
The Basterds allow
one German soldier
to survive each
incident so as to
spread the news of
the terror of their
attacks. However,
the Basterds carve a
swastika into the
forehead of that
German. The other
force concerns
Shosanna, the only
Jewish survivor of
an attack led by the
"Jew Hunter" that
had killed all her
family. The Basterds
and Shosanna remain
unaware of each
other throughout the
film.
The film opens with
Colonel Landa,
played by Christoph
Waltz, who is proud
of being known as
the "Jew Hunter",
interrogating
Perrier LaPadite, a
French dairy farmer,
over rumours that he
had been hiding a
Jewish family, the
Dreyfus. Landa
manages to break
down LaPadite and
locates the hiding
place of the Jews
underneath the
floorboards. He
orders his soldiers
to fire into the
floorboards in order
to kill the Jews.
Shosanna, played by
Mélanie Laurent,
manages to survive
the attack and
emerges to assume
the identity of
"Emmanuelle Mimieux".
How she manages to
do so is never
revealed. She had
also become the
proprietess of a
cinema, which is
chosen by Frederick
Zoller, played by
Daniel Brühl , the
sniper whose
exploits are
celebrated in the
Nazi propaganda
film, "A Nation's
Pride", as the
setting for the film
premiere. Since he
feels attracted to
Shosanna, he manages
to convince Goebbels
to hold the premiere
in her cinema.
Shosanna, however,
does not reciprocate
his feelings.
Shosanna, realizes
that the presence of
so many high ranking
Nazi officials and
officers provides an
excellent
opportunity for
revenge. She
resolves to burn
down her cinema
during the premiere
and makes a fourth
reel in which she
tells the Nazis
present of her
Jewish identity and
revenge.
In the meantime, the
British have also
learnt of the Nazi
leadership's plan to
attend the premiere
and dispatch a
British officer,
played by Michael
Fassbender, to Paris
to lead an attack on
the cinema with the
aid of the "Basterds"
and a German double
agent, an actress by
the name of Bridget
von Hammersmark,
played by Diane
Kruger. Continued at
Wikipedia after the
Jump,
Inglourious Basterds |
 District
9
is a 2009
science fiction film
directed by Neill Blomkamp, released
August 13, 2009. It
takes place in
Johannesburg, South
Africa. District 9
is based on Alive in
Joburg, a short film
directed by Neill
Blomkamp, and
features Sharlto
Copley, Simon Hansen
and Shanon Worley.
The
film opens with a
documentary-style
series of interviews
that explain events
that occurred twenty
years prior when an
alien ship settled
above Johannesburg,
South Africa. After
three months of
speculation as to
the ship's purpose,
humans cut their way
in, discovering a
large group of sick
and malnourished
non-humans. These
beings were later
assessed as being
"workers", with
their leadership
mysteriously
missing. A command
module later fell to
Earth, although it
was never found. The
creatures, primarily
referred to by the
derogatory term
"prawns", were
ultimately housed in
a government camp
inside Johannesburg
called District 9.
Overcrowding and
militarization
eventually turned
the area into a
slum, and a massive
black market was
established between
the aliens and a
group of Nigerians.
A private company
known as
Multinational United
(MNU), which
specializes in
weapons research and
security
subcontracting,
eventually came to
be in charge of the
situation in
District 9.
In
the present day, an
MNU field operative
named Wikus van der
Merwe (Sharlto
Copley) is assigned
the task of
relocating the 1.8
million aliens to a
new "District 10"
camp located 24 km
from Johannesburg,
with help from
private security
forces working for
MNU. While
inspecting a
suspicious alien
residence, Wikus
handles an alien
device which sprays
a dark liquid into
his face. After
confiscating the
device as evidence,
he soon becomes very
sick; a doctor at a
local hospital
discovers his left
arm has mutated into
an alien appendage.
Wikus is then taken
into custody by MNU,
and a series of
tests are performed
on him, revealing
that his now-alien
DNA allows him to
operate alien
weapons, which are
useless to humans
due to the weapons'
cyborganic reliance
on alien biology.
The scientists
intend to harvest
Wikus' DNA so as to
replicate it to
allow other humans
to operate alien
technology, but
Wikus overpowers his
captors and escapes... |
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