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BOUNTY HUNTER
OUR FAMILY WEDDING (PG-13)
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730 950
SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE (R)
- ID REQ'D
Fri. - Thu. (1205 230)455
720 1000
REMEMBER ME (PG-13)
Fri. - Thu. (1210 245)520
800 1040
GREEN ZONE (R) - ID REQ'D
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740 1020
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Sun. (110)955
Mon. (110)700
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Sun. 405 700
Mon. 405 955
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND IN
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220)345 445 645 745 915 1015
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG)
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250)415 515 715 815 945 1045
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Mon. (1215 115 250)415 515
715 815 945 1045
Tue. (1215 115 250)515 715
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945 1045
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PERCY JACKSON AND THE
OLYMPIANS (PG)
Fri. - Thu. (1255)355 650
VALENTINE'S DAY (PG-13)
Fri. - Thu. (225)750
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (R) -
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DEAR JOHN (PG-13)
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 Repo Men
starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker is set in an alternative
future, where humans can prolong their lives with artificial organs
that can be purchased on credit from the mega-giant corporation
known as The Union. |
 The Bounty Hunter
stars the rumored couple Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler.
Butler stars as a bounty hunter hired to retrieve his wife, Aniston,
after she skips out on jail. |
 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
is an adaptation of the book chronicling the
adventures of middle school student Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon)
and his best friend Rowley Jefferson (Robert Capron) over the course
of an academic year, as told through Greg's journal and hand-drawn
cartoons. |
 The Runaways
is a musical biographical drama film, based on the 1970s all-girl
rock band of the same name, starring Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett
and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie. |
 Remember Meis a
romantic-drama film directed by Allen Coulter based on a screenplay
written by Will Fetters and Jenny Lumet. The film stars Robert
Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin and Pierce Brosnan. |
 She's Out Of My League
is an American romantic comedy film, directed by Jim Field Smith and
written by Sean Anders and John Morris. The film stars Jay Baruchel
and Alice Eve, and was produced by Jimmy Miller for DreamWorks. |
 Our
Family Wedding is a comedy film starring Forest
Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Lance Gross and Regina
King.
|
 Brooklyn's Finest is an American crime film
starring
Richard Gere,
Don Cheadle,
Ethan Hawke, and
Wesley Snipes. It is directed by
Antoine Fuqua, and written by Michael C. Martin, a one-time subway
flagger from East New York. |
 Alice In Wonderlandis
a surreal/fantasy-adventure film directed by
Tim Burton. It is an extension to the
Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through
the Looking-Glass. |
 Cop Out
is a 2010 buddy cop comedy film written by brothers Mark and Robb
Cullen and directed by Kevin Smith. The film stars Bruce Willis and
Tracy Morgan. Two veteran cops (Willis and Morgan) are tracking down
a stolen vintage baseball card. On the chase, they rescue Gabriela
(Ana de la Reguera), dealing with gangsters and money laundering. |
 The Crazies is
an
American horror film directed by Breck Eisner. The story revolves
around a town whose
water supply has
been poisoned by an
unknown toxin. It is
a remake of the 1973
film of the same
name. |
 Shutter Island
is a thriller directed
by Martin Scorsese and starring
Leonardo DiCaprio. The film is based on the 2003 novel of the
same name by
Dennis Lehane. In 1954, two U.S. marshals investigate the
disappearance of a
patient from a
hospital for the
criminally insane on
an island in
Massachusetts. They
run into trouble
when they are
deceived by the
hospital's chief
administrator, a
hurricane hits, and
an inmate riot traps
them on the island. |
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 Valentine's Day
is a 2010 American
romantic comedy film
directed by
Garry Marshall.
The screenplay was
written by
Katherine Fugate.
The film deals with
casually
intertwining stories
of the heart that
take place over the
course of one
Valentine's Day.
|
 The Wolfman
is a remake of the 1941
classic horror film of the same name. The remake is directed by
Joe Johnston and stars
Benicio del Toro,
Anthony Hopkins,
Emily Blunt,
Hugo Weaving and
Geraldine Chaplin. Although originally scheduled for a November
6, 2009 release, it has been pushed back several times and is slated
to be released on February 12, 2010. |
 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
(known as Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief in the UK and
Australia) is an upcoming fantasy-adventure film directed by
Chris Columbus. The film is an adaptation of The Lightning
Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series
by
Rick Riordan. It will star
Logan Lerman as the titular Percy Jackson alongside an ensemble
cast which includes
Brandon T. Jackson,
Alexandra Daddario,
Jake Abel,
Rosario Dawson,
Steve Coogan,
Uma Thurman,
Catherine Keener,
Sean Bean and
Pierce Brosnan. It is set to be released on February 12, 2010. |
 Dear John
is a
romantic
drama/war
film starring
Channing Tatum
and
Amanda Seyfried.
Directed by
Lasse Hallström,
the film is an
adaptation of
Nicholas Sparks'
novel of the same
name. It shows the
life of a young
woman (Amanda
Seyfried) after she
falls in love with a
soldier (Channing
Tatum). They decide
to exchange letters
to each other after
he was deployed to
the war. The film
will be released
theatrically in
North America on
February 5, 2010.
John (an army man)
and Savannah fall in
love during an
annual leave for
John. The two write
several letters to
each other to keep
in touch, but as the
years pass by,
everything starts to
drift apart,
including John's
father, and the
seemingly
unbreakable bond
between Savannah and
John.
John (an army man)
and Savannah fall in
love during an
annual leave for
John. The two write
several letters to
each other to keep
in touch, but as the
years pass by,
everything starts to
drift apart,
including John's
father, and the
seemingly
unbreakable bond
between Savannah and
John. |
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 From Paris With Love
is an upcoming
action film starring
John Travolta
and
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
and directed by
Pierre Morel.
The screenplay was
co-written by
Luc Besson.
In Paris, a young
employee (Jonathan
Rhys Meyers)
in the office of the
US Ambassador joins
forces with FBI
Agent Charlie Wax (John
Travolta)
looking to stop a
terrorist attack in
the city.
|
 When
in
Rome
is a
romantic
comedy
film
directed
by
Mark
Steven
Johnson,
co-written
by
Johnson,
David
Diamond
and
David
Weissman,
and
starring
Kristen
Bell.
A
successful
and
single
art
curator
(Kristen
Bell)
goes
to
Rome
to
attend
her
younger
sister's
impulsive
wedding.
While
there,
she
picks
up
coins
from
a
reputed
“fountain
of
love,”
(probably
based
on
the
Trevi
Fountain)
and
when
she
leaves
she
is
pursued
back
to
New
York
by a
band
of
aggressive
suitors
whose
coins
she
took. |
 Edge
of Darkness is a film
adaptation of the
1985 BBC television
series, Edge of
Darkness. The film
stars Mel Gibson and
Ray Winstone, and is
directed by Martin
Campbell and
produced by Michael
Wearing, who also
directed and
produced the series
respectively. Edge
of Darkness follows
a detective (Mel
Gibson)
investigating the
murder of his
activist daughter (Bojana
Novakovic),
uncovering political
conspiracies and
cover-ups in the
process. |
 Legion
is an apocalyptic
thriller film,
directed and written
by
Scott Stewart
and Peter Schink, it
stars
Paul Bettany,
Kate Walsh and
Dennis Quaid.
After God loses
faith in humanity,
the archangel
Michael (Paul
Bettany), who has
become a fallen
angel, is the only
one standing between
mankind and
Armageddon. This
time using angels to
execute the Last
Judgment, God's
wrath descends on
Earth to exterminate
the world's
population. In a
desperate,
last-chance gambit,
Michael leads a
group of strangers
to a small New
Mexico diner to
protect a young
waitress (Adrianne
Palicki) who may be
pregnant with Christ
in his second
coming. |
 Tooth
Fairy
is
an
upcoming
comedy-fantasy
film
starring
Dwayne
Johnson
as
the
title
character
and
Julie
Andrews,
produced
by
Walden
Media
and
due
for
release
by
20th
Century
Fox
on
January
22,
2010.
Dwayne
Johnson
is
"The
Tooth
Fairy",
also
known
as
Derek
Thompson,
a
hard-charging
minor
league
hockey
player
whose
nickname
comes
from
his
habit
of
separating
opposing
players
from
their
bicuspids.
When
Derek
discourages
a
youngster's
hopes,
he's
sentenced
to
one
week's
hard
labor
as a
"real"
tooth
fairy,
complete
with
the
requisite
tutu,
wings,
and
magic
wand.
At
first,
Derek
"can't
handle
the
tooth"—bumbling
and
stumbling
as
he
tries
to
furtively
wing
his
way
through
strangers'
homes...doing
what
tooth
fairies
do.
But
as
Derek
slowly
adapts
to
his
new
position,
he
begins
to
rediscover
his
own
forgotten
dreams. |
 Extraordinary
Measures
is a
2010
Medical
drama
film
starring
Brendan
Fraser,
Harrison
Ford,
and
Keri
Russell.
It
is
distributed
by
CBS
Films
and
is
scheduled
for
release
on
January
22,
2010.
This
motion
picture
was
shot
in
Beaverton,
Oregon,
Portland,
and
Vancouver,
Washington.
Brendan
Fraser
plays
John
Crowley,
a
biotechnology
executive,
whose
two
youngest
children
were
afflicted
with
Pompe
disease
(Glycogen
storage
disease
type
II
or
acid
maltase
deficiency).
Along
with
his
wife,
Aileen
(Keri
Russell),
he
raises
money
for
research
scientist
Robert
Stonehill
(Harrison
Ford)
(representing
Dr.
William
Canfield),
forming
a
company
to
develop
a
drug
to
save
his
children's
lives. |
|
 The
Spy
Next
Door
is
an
upcoming
martial
arts
action
comedy
film
starring
Jackie
Chan,
Billy
Ray
Cyrus,
George
Lopez,
and
Magnus
Scheving.
Filming
started
in
late
October
in
New
Mexico
and
was
finished
in
late
December
2008.
The
movie
is
to
be
released
on
January
15,
2010.
Plot: While
babysitting
his
girlfriend's
children,
former
CIA
agent
Bob
Ho (Jackie
Chan)
winds
up
having
to
fight
off
his
nemesis,
a
Russian
terrorist,
after
one
of
the
kids
inadvertently
downloads
a
secret
formula. |
|
 The
Book
of
Eli
is a
2010
American
post-apocalyptic
film
directed
by
the
Hughes
brothers
and
starring
Denzel
Washington,
Gary
Oldman
and
Mila
Kunis.
In
post-apocalyptic
2043,
a
lone
person,
Eli
(Denzel
Washington),
guards
the
Book
of
Eli
(a
Bible
which,
to
his
knowledge,
is
the
last
in
the
world),
which
provides
knowledge
that
could
redeem
society,
and
the
source
of
all
their
pain.
The
despot
(Gary
Oldman)
of a
small
makeshift
town
plans
to
take
possession
of
the
book. |
 In
Leap Year
Anna
(Amy Adams) travels
to Dublin, Ireland
to propose to her
boyfriend Jeremy
(Adam Scott) on
February 29, leap
day, because
according to Irish
legend, a man who is
proposed to on a
leap day must
accept.[1] While
mid-flight to
Dublin, there is a
storm and they must
divert to Cardiff.
Anna hires a boat to
take her to Cork,
but gets only as far
as the Dingle
Peninsula, where she
enlists the help of
a surly Irish
innkeeper, Declan
(Matthew Goode), to
make an unexpected
cross-country trek
across land and
water to pull off
the perfect proposal
in time, and begins
to question her
intentions with
Jeremy when she
makes a connection
with Declan. |
 Daybreakers
In
2019, a major viral
outburst transformed
a majority of the
world's population
into vampires 10
years before the
start of the movie.
With only a handful
of humans left to
provide blood for
the starving
population of
vampires, extinction
is a very real risk
for the new dominant
species of humanity.
The vampires are
depicted as being
immortal, and
possessing similar
physical appearances
as regular humans.
Vampires are
depicted as having
yellow tinted irises
and pale skin. They
also have most of
the 'classic'
vampiric traits;
lack of a
reflection, fangs,
vulnerability to
sunlight and stakes
through the heart.
They also have no
pulse.
In response to the
dwindling blood
supply, the vampires
seek to hunt and
farm the remaining
humans for their
blood and to find a
blood substitute to
prolong their
existence. If a
vampire doesn't
drink blood, then
they will transform
from having a
recognizable human
form into a violent,
uncontrollable, and
bat-like creature of
the night.[3] A
secret team of human
and 'cured'
researchers try to
uncover a way that
would rescue the
human race.[4]
At the same time,
small factions of
surviving humans
wish to repopulate
the species, often
using violent means
to retain their
humanity. |
 In
Youth
in Revolt,
Nick
Twisp (Michael Cera)
is a cynical
sex-obsessed
16-year-old who,
while on vacation in
a trailer park,
meets Sheeni
Saunders (Portia
Doubleday), an
intellectual and
beautiful girl. The
only things really
standing in his way
are Sheeni's
poetry-writing
ex-boyfriend Trent
(Jonathan B.
Wright), Nick's
temperamental
divorced parents
(Steve Buscemi and
Jean Smart), and
Nick's mom's
boyfriends (Zach
Galifianakis and Ray
Liotta). When Nick
realizes she is not
interested, he comes
up with an
alter-ego, named
François, who
resembles Nick, but
has blue eyes, a
mustache, a deeper
voice, and a
player/bad boy
attitude to help him
with his pursuit of
Sheeni. But when
Francois ends up
making Nick a wanted
criminal, everything
spins out of
control. |
|
 It's Complicated
is a
2009
American
romantic comedy
feature film
written and directed
by
Nancy Meyers,
starring
Meryl Streep,
Steve Martin and
Alec
Baldwin
Jane
is a
self-reliant
divorcee
who
owns
a
successful
bakery
in
Santa
Barbara.
After
ten
years
of
separation
and
3
grown
children,
she
finally
achieves
a
good
relationship
with
her
ex-husband
Jake,
a
successful
attorney
who
has
remarried
the
much-younger
Agness.
Jane
and
Jake
meet
when
out
of
town
and
attending
the
college
graduation
of
their
son.
A
dinner
together
develops
into
an
affair,
making
Jane
"the
other
woman".
Complicating
matters
is
Adam,
an
architect
hired
to
remodel
Jane’s
kitchen,
who
is
himself
healing
from
a
divorce
of
his
own,
and
who
has
begun
to
fall
in
love
with
Jane.
He
realizes
he
is
now
part
of a
very
strange
love
triangle.
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|
 Sherlock Holmes
is an upcoming 2009
film adaptation of
Arthur Conan Doyle's
fictional character
of the same name.
The film was
directed by
Guy Ritchie and
produced by
Joel Silver,
Lionel Wigram,
Susan Downey and
Dan Lin. The
screenplay by
Michael Robert
Johnson,
Anthony Peckham
and
Simon Kinberg is
based on Lionel
Wigram's story and
Doyle's characters.
Robert Downey, Jr.
and
Jude Law portray
Holmes and
John Watson
respectively. The
film will be
released on December
25, 2009.
The
film
is
set
in
1891
and
revolves
around
Holmes
(Robert
Downey,
Jr.)
and
Watson
(Jude
Law)
stopping
a
conspiracy
to
destroy
Britain.
The
film
opens
with
Holmes
apprehending
the
murderous
cult
leader
Lord
Blackwood
(Mark
Strong),
who
promises
he
will
return
from
the
dead
and
exact
his
revenge
as
he
is
being
led
to
the
gallows.
|
 The
Young
Victoria
is a
2009
British
film
based
around
the
accession
to
the
throne
and
early
reign
of
Queen
Victoria,
and
her
marriage
to
Prince
Albert.
It
stars
Emily
Blunt,
Rupert
Friend,
Miranda
Richardson,
and
Jim
Broadbent.
The
film
is
produced
by
Graham
King,
Martin
Scorsese,
Sarah,
Duchess
of
York,
and
Tim
Headington.
The
world
premiere
was
held
at
the
Electric
Palace
in
Bridport,
Dorset
in
South
West
England,
United
Kingdom.
It
is
scheduled
to
be
released
in
limited
markets
in
the
US
on
December
18th,
2009.
The
film
is a
romantic
dramatization
of
some
of
the
events
preceding
and
following
the
coronation
of
Queen
Victoria,
focusing
on
her
early
reign
and
romance
with
Prince
Albert
in
the
1830s.
|
 Nine,
is a 2009 American
musical romantic
film directed and
produced by
Rob Marshall.
The screenplay, by
Michael Tolkin
and
Anthony Minghella,
is based on
Arthur Kopit's
book for the 1982
Tony Award-winning
musical of the same
name, which was
derived from an
Italian play by
Mario Fratti
inspired by
Federico Fellini's
autobiographical
film 8½.
Maury Yeston
composed the music
and wrote the lyrics
for the songs. The
film is scheduled to
be released in the
US on December 18,
2009, in New York
City and Los
Angeles, and open
for wide release on
December 25, 2009.
The
principal cast
consists of Academy
Award winners
Daniel Day-Lewis,
Judi Dench,
Nicole Kidman,
Marion Cotillard,
Penélope Cruz,
and
Sophia Loren;
Academy Award
nominee and Golden
Globe Award winner
Kate Hudson; and
Grammy winner
Fergie.
Having
reached
the
age
of
fifty,
director
Guido
Contini
(Daniel
Day-Lewis)
is
facing
a
midlife
crisis
that
is
stifling
his
creativity
and
leading
him
into
a
variety
of
complicated
romantic
involvements.
As
he
struggles
to
complete
his
latest
film,
he
is
forced
to
balance
the
numerous
formative
women
in
his
life,
including
his
wife,
Luisa
(Marion
Cotillard),
his
mistress,
Carla
(Penélope
Cruz),
his
film
star
muse,
Claudia
(Nicole
Kidman),
his
confidant
and
costume
designer
(Judi
Dench),
an
American
fashion
journalist,
Stephanie
(Kate
Hudson),
a
prostitute
from
his
youth,
Saraghina
(Fergie),
and
his
mother
(Sophia
Loren).
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|
 Avatar,
also known as
James Cameron's
Avatar, is a
3-D science fiction
epic film written
and directed by
James Cameron,
due to be released
on December 16, 2009
by 20th Century Fox.
The film is
Lightstorm
Entertainment's
latest project, and
focuses on an epic
conflict on a
far-away world
called Pandora,
where humans and the
native species of
Pandora, the Na'vi,
engage in a war over
the planet's
resources and
existence.
The
story’s
protagonist,
Jake
Sully
(Sam
Worthington),
is a
former
U.S.
Marine
who
was
wounded
and
paralyzed
from
the
waist
down
in
combat
on
Earth.
Jake
is
selected
to
participate
in
the
Avatar
program,
which
will
enable
him
to
walk.
Jake
travels
to
Pandora,
a
lush
jungle-covered
extraterrestrial
moon
filled
with
incredible
life
forms,
some
beautiful,
many
terrifying.
Pandora
is
also
home
to
the
Na’vi,
a
sentient
humanoid
race,
who
are
considered
primitive,
yet
are
more
physically
capable
than
humans.
Standing
three
meters
tall
(approximately
10
feet),
with
tails
and
sparkling
blue
skin,
the
Na’vi
live
in
harmony
with
their
unspoiled
world.
As
humans
encroach
deeper
into
Pandora's
forests
in
search
of
valuable
minerals,
the
Na’vi
unleash
their
formidable
warrior
abilities
to
defend
their
threatened
existence.
Jake
has
unwittingly
been
recruited
to
become
part
of
this
encroachment.
Since
humans
are
unable
to
breathe
the
air
on
Pandora,
they
have
created
genetically-bred
human-Na’vi
hybrids
known
as
Avatars.
On
Pandora,
through
his
Avatar
body,
Jake
will
be
able
to
walk
again.
Sent
deep
into
Pandora's
jungles
as a
scout
for
the
soldiers
that
will
follow,
Jake
encounters
many
of
Pandora's
beauties
and
dangers.
There
he
meets
a
young
Na’vi
female,
Neytiri
(Zoe
Saldaña).
Over
time,
Jake
integrates
himself
into
the
Na'vi
clan,
and
begins
to
fall
in
love
with
Neytiri.
As a
result,
Jake
finds
himself
caught
between
the
military-industrial
forces
of
Earth
and
the
Na’vi,
forcing
him
to
choose
sides
in
an
epic
battle
that
will
decide
the
fate
of
Pandora
forever.
|
 Did You Hear About the Morgans?,
is an upcoming 2009 comedy film written
and
directed
by
Marc
Lawrence,
and
starring
Hugh
Grant
and
Sarah
Jessica
Parker.
The
film
will
be
released
in
North
America
on
December
18,
2009
by
Columbia
Pictures.
Did
You
Hear
About
the
Morgans?
follows
a
highly
successful
Manhattan
couple,
Meryl
and
Paul
Morgan
(Sarah
Jessica
Parker
and
Hugh
Grant),
whose
almost-perfect
lives
have
only
one
notable
failure
–
their
dissolving
marriage.
But
the
turmoil
of
their
romantic
lives
is
nothing
compared
to
what
they
are
about
to
experience:
they
witness
a
murder
and
become
targets
of a
contract
killer.
The
Feds,
protecting
their
witnesses,
whisk
away
the
Morgans
from
their
beloved
New
York
to a
tiny
town
in
Wyoming,
and
a
relationship
that
was
on
the
rocks
threatens
to
end
completely
in
the
Rockies...
unless,
in
their
new
BlackBerry-free
lives,
the
Morgans
can
slow
down
the
pace
and
rekindle
the
passion. |
 The Princess and the Frog,
is a 2009
American animated
family feature film
produced by Walt
Disney Animation
Studios, which is
loosely based on E.D.
Baker's novel The
Frog Princess, which
was in turn inspired
by the Grimm
brothers' fairy tale
"The Frog Prince".
When
the free-spirited,
jazz-loving Prince
Naveen of Maldonia
(Bruno Campos) comes
to town, a deal with
a shady voodoo
doctor (Keith David)
goes bad and the
once suave royal is
turned into a frog.
In a desperate
attempt to be human
again, a favor in
exchange for a
fateful kiss on the
lips from the
beautiful girl,
Tiana (Anika Noni
Rose), takes an
unexpected turn and
leads them both on a
hilarious adventure
through the mystical
bayous of Louisiana
to the banks of the
almighty Mississippi
and back in time for
Mardi Gras in New
Orleans. An
unforgettable tale
filled with music,
humor and heart
where two
frogs—along with the
help of a
197-year-old voodoo
priestess, a
love-sick Cajun
firefly, and a
trumpet-playing
alligator—discover
that what they want
is not as important
as what they need. |
 Invictus,
is a 2009 feature film based on Nelson
Mandela's life
during the 1995
Rugby World Cup in
South Africa.
Directed by Clint
Eastwood, the film
stars Morgan Freeman
as the then South
African President
Mandela, and Matt
Damon as Francois
Pienaar, the South
African team
captain. The story
is based on the John
Carlin book Playing
the Enemy: Nelson
Mandela and the Game
That Changed a
Nation. The film is
due for release on
December 11, 2009.
Invictus is a look
at Nelson Mandela
(Morgan Freeman)
after the end of
apartheid. The story
is about Mandela's
release from prison,
his election as
President of South
Africa and his
attempts to use the
1995 Rugby World Cup
as a vehicle to
bring his people
together. Led by
their captain
Francois Pienaar
(Matt Damon), the
South African team
wins the tournament,
upsetting the
favorites New
Zealand 15–12 in the
final. |
 The Lovely Bones,
is a
2009 film adaptation
of the novel of the
same name by Alice Sebold. The film was
directed by Peter
Jackson and stars
Saoirse Ronan as the
protagonist Susie
Salmon along with
Mark Wahlberg and
Rachel Weisz as her
parents, Jack and
Abigail Salmon
respectively.
In
1973, Susie Salmon
(Ronan) is murdered
by a neighbor,
George Harvey
(Stanley Tucci), a
serial killer of
young girls and
women. She finds
herself in 'the
in-between' a
Heaven-like place,
observing her family
as they grieve for
her. She also
watches her killer
who, having covered
his tracks
successfully, is
preparing to murder
again. Susie
struggles to balance
her desire for
vengeance on Harvey
and her desire to
have her family
recover from their
loss |
|
 A Single Man,
is a 2009
American drama film
directed by Tom
Ford. The film is
based on the
Christopher Isherwood novel of
the same name and
stars Colin Firth as
the protagonist
George Falconer, a
gay British college
professor living in
Southern California
in the 1960s. The
rest of the cast
includes Julianne
Moore, Matthew
Goode, and Nicholas
Hoult. The film is
Ford's directorial
debut, coming off a
career and
experience with
fashion design. |
 The Slammin' Salmon,
is a
2009 film by Broken
Lizard. The film is
about the owner of a
restaurant
initiating a contest
to see which of his
waiters can earn the
most money in a
single night, with a
prize of $10,000.
For the loser, a
beating by the
owner, Cleon Salmon,
a former heavyweight
boxer (played by
Michael Clarke
Duncan). Kevin
Heffernan directed
the film; it was his
first time directing
a Broken Lizard
film. "Salmon" was
filmed in 25 days at
the beginning of
2008. |
 Armored,
is a 2009 American
crime thriller film
directed by Nimród
Antal, written by
first-time
screenwriter James
V. Simpson, and
starring Matt
Dillon, Jean Reno
and Laurence
Fishburne. It is set
to be released on
December 4, 2009. Ty
Hackett (Columbus
Short) is a young
armored car guard.
When he has
difficulties making
ends meet, the
veteran guards
convince him to join
them in emptying a
truck of its $42
million cargo.
Conflict arises when
the guards shoot a
cop (Milo
Ventimiglia) and Ty
insists on helping
him. A standoff
ensues, with Ty
locked in the
armored car with the
cop and the money. |
|
 Brothers,
is an upcoming
2009 drama/war film
starring Tobey
Maguire, Jake
Gyllenhaal and
Natalie Portman.
Directed by Jim
Sheridan, the film
is based on Susanne
Bier's 2004 Danish
film Brødre which
partially takes
place in
Afghanistan,
replacing Denmark.
Both films take
inspiration from
Homer's epic poem
The Odyssey.
The
film
tells
the
story
of
two
siblings,
Sam
Cahill
(Tobey
Maguire)
and
younger
brother
Tommy
(Jake
Gyllenhaal).
A
Marine
about
to
embark
on
his
fourth
tour
of
duty,
Sam
is a
steadfast
family
man
married
to
his
high
school
sweetheart,
Grace
(Natalie
Portman),
with
whom
he
has
two
young
daughters,
Isabelle
and
Maggie
(Bailee
Madison,
Taylor
Grace
Geare).
The
film
opens
with
Tommy
being
released
from
jail
for
armed
robbery,
not
long
before
Sam
departs
for
Afghanistan.
With
Sam
gone,
Tommy
attempts
to
redeem
himself
in
the
eyes
of
his
family
by
wrangling
old
friends
to
help
with
kitchen
repairs
for
Grace
and
the
kids.
As
Grace
slowly
sheds
her
previous
resentment
towards
her
brother-in-law,
news
comes
that
Sam's
helicopter
has
crashed
over
the
water,
leaving
him
presumed
dead.
In
reality,
he
and
a
hometown
friend,
Private
Joe
Willis
(Patrick
Flueger),
have
been
taken
prisoner
in a
mountain
village.
As
months
pass,
Grace
and
Tommy
bond
over
their
mutual
mourning,
culminating
in a
passionate
fireside
kiss.
They
regret
it
afterward,
and
do
not
take
this
attraction
any
further,
though
Tommy
continues
to
win
the
favor
of
his
nieces.
Meanwhile,
Sam
and
Joe
are
abused
and
tortured
by
militants,
forced
to
make
videotaped
dismissals
of
the
military
and
their
mission,
though
only
Joe
cracks.
The
captors
eventually
deem
him
useless,
forcing
Sam
at
gunpoint
to
beat
him
to
death
with
a
lead
pipe.
Some
time
later,
Sam
is
rescued.
He
returns
home,
clearly
traumatized
by
his
experience.
He
drifts
through
encounters
in a
cold,
paranoid
daze,
and
refuses
to
explain
what
happened
to
his
family.
He
also
believes
Tommy
and
Grace
had
a
sexual
relationship
in
his
absence.
At
Maggie's
birthday
party,
a
resentful
and
jealous
Isabelle
claims
that
Sam's
paranoid
assumptions
are
true:
that
Tommy
and
Grace
have
repeatedly
slept
together.
That
night,
Sam
snaps,
destroying
the
newly
remodeled
kitchen
and
pulling
a
gun
on
Tommy.
The
police
arrive,
and
after
a
frantic
confrontation,
Sam
surrenders.
He
is
admitted
to a
sanitarium.
During
a
visit
from
Grace,
he
finally
admits
to
killing
Joe,
and
they
embrace.
A
letter
between
husband
and
wife
is
read
in
voice
over,
with
Sam
wondering
if
he
will
be
able
to
continue
living
a
normal
life.
|
 Everybody's Fine,
is
an upcoming remake
of the Giuseppe Tornatore film
Stanno Tutti Bene
that is written and
directed by Kirk
Jones and stars
Robert De Niro, Drew
Barrymore, Sam
Rockwell and Kate
Beckinsale. |
 The Road,
is a film
directed by John Hillcoat and written
by Joe Penhall.
Based on the 2006
novel of the same
name by Cormac
McCarthy, author of
No Country for Old
Men, the film stars
Viggo Mortensen and
Kodi Smit-McPhee as
a father and his son
in a
post-apocalyptic
wasteland. Filming
took place in
Pennsylvania,
Louisiana, and
Oregon. The film was
released on 25
November 2009 and is
scheduled to be
released on 4
January 2010 in UK
cinemas.
The Road
follows the premise
from the
book of the same
name. An unnamed
father (Mortensen)
and his young son (Smit-McPhee)
struggle to survive
after an unspecified
apocalypse and make
their way toward the
coast for possible
food, shelter,
safety, or to
potentially find
other survivors of
the cataclysmic
events. Along the
way, they encounter
grave struggles and
hardships across the
barren landscapes,
with scarce shelter
and resources
available to them,
and having to avoid
bands of cannibals
and other desperate
gangs looking to
pillage valuables
and food. Various
flashback sequences
occur where the Man
remembers events
prior to the
catastrophe, many
involving his
deceased wife, who
has a much more
expanded role in the
film than in the
original book. |
 Me and Orson Welles,
(2009) is a
period-drama film
directed by Richard Linklater and
starring Zac Efron,
Christian McKay, and
Claire Danes. Based
on Robert Kaplow's
novel of the same
name, the story, set
in 1937 New York,
tells of a teenager
hired to star in
Orson Welles'
production of Julius
Caesar, where he
becomes attracted to
a career-driven
production
assistant. The film
was shot in the Isle
of Man, London, and
New York in
February, March, and
April 2008, and is
released in the US
on November 25, 2009
and it will be
released in the UK
on December 4.
In
New York in 1937,
17-year-old Richard
Samuels (Efron)
meets theatre
director
Orson Welles
(McKay), whom he
convinces to give
him the role of
Lucillus in
Julius Caesar,
Broadway's first
Shakespearean
production. Welles,
who is having an
extramarital affair
with the leading
actress while his
wife is pregnant,
couples Richard with
production assistant
Sonja Jones (Danes)
to rehearse. Welles
decides the entire
production crew
would benefit from a
coupling game, and
Richard cheats to
ensure he is paired
with Sonja. |
 Ninja Assassin,
is a
martial arts film
directed by James
McTeigue and
starring Rain. The
film was produced by
Joel Silver and the
Wachowski brothers,
and filming took
place in Berlin,
Germany.
Raizo
(Rain)
is one of the
world's deadliest
assassins, having
been kidnapped as a
child and raised by
the Ozunu Clan,
believed by the
world to be a myth.
When Raizo's friend
is executed by the
clan, Raizo flees
into hiding. He
later reemerges,
seeking revenge.
Meanwhile, Mika
Coretti (Naomie
Harris) is a
Europol agent who
investigates money
linked to political
murders and finds
that it is linked to
the Ozunu Clan. She
defies her superior,
Ryan Maslow (Ben
Miles), and
retrieves secret
agency files to find
out more. The clan,
finding out about
the investigation,
attempts to
assassinate her, but
she is rescued by
Raizo. Hiding in
Europe, Raizo and
Mika must find a way
to take down the
Ozunu Clan. |
 Old Dogs,
is a 2009
American comedy film
directed by Wild Hogs's Walt Becker
and starring John
Travolta and Robin
Williams with
supporting roles
played by Kelly
Preston, Matt
Dillon, Justin Long,
Seth Green, Rita
Wilson, Dax Shepard
and Bernie Mac. It
was released on
November 25, 2009.
Old Dogs received
poor reception from
film critics. The
Orlando Sentinel
called the film
"badly written and
broadly acted". The
Chicago Daily Herald
said the film
"should be put out
of our misery". The
San Jose Mercury
News and The Boston
Globe both described
the film as a
"turkey". Reviews in
the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel and
AV Club said the
movie was not
recommended for
adults or children.
Charlie (John
Travolta) and
Dan (Robin
Williams) are
best friends and
co-workers who have
no clue about the
importance of family
or what life is
truly about. Dan's
ex-wife, Vicki (Kelly
Preston), shows
up after a long
period of time and
reveals that she and
Dan have
seven-year-old
twins: a son and a
daughter. Dan
recruits Charlie and
together they take
care of the twins
along with Charlie's
aging
fourteen-year-old
dog Lucky. With help
from a younger
co-worker friend
named Ralph (Seth
Green), they go
from outdoor
activities with the
kids and a rough
instructor (Matt
Dillon), to
enduring mix-ups of
medicine and even a
flamboyant
children's
entertainer (Bernie
Mac), and
eventually they will
learn the true
meaning of life and
family. Continued
after the jump onto
Wikipedia, Old Dogs |
 The Twilight Saga: New Moon,
New
Moon (marketed as
The Twilight Saga:
New Moon and also
known as Twilight 2)
is an upcoming 2009
American romantic
fantasy film
scheduled for
release on November
20, 2009. It is
based on the novel
of the same name by
Stephenie Meyer and
is the sequel to
2008's Twilight,
which is based on
Meyer's previous
novel. Summit
Entertainment
greenlit the sequel
in late November
2008, following the
early success of
Twilight. Directed
by Chris Weitz, the
film stars Kristen
Stewart, Robert
Pattinson, and
Taylor Lautner,
reprising their
roles as Bella Swan,
Edward Cullen, and
Jacob Black,
respectively.
Melissa Rosenberg
returns as the
screenwriter for the
film. She handed in
a draft of the film
script during the
opening weekend of
Twilight. When asked
about the sequel,
Twilight director
Catherine Hardwicke
stated, "It's got
werewolves, it's got
visual effects that
turn people into
werewolves, it's got
motorcycle stunts,
you go to Italy.
It's probably twice
as much as [Twilight
to film]."
On December 13,
2008, Summit
Entertainment
released a synopsis
of New Moon, which
states: "Bella Swan
is devastated by the
abrupt departure of
her vampire love,
Edward Cullen, but
her spirit is
rekindled by her
growing friendship
with the
irresistible Jacob
Black. Suddenly she
finds herself drawn
into the world of
the werewolves,
ancestral enemies of
the vampires, and
finds her loyalties
tested." |
 Pirate Radio
,
(The
Boat That Rocked) is
a British ensemble
comedy film,
released in the
United Kingdom on 1
April 2009. It was retitled Pirate
Radio for release in
the United States
and Canada on 13
November 2009. Set
in 1966, it tells a
story about a
fictitious pirate
radio station
broadcasting from a
ship to the United
Kingdom. The film
was written and
directed by Richard
Curtis and made by
Working Title Films
for Universal
Pictures. Carl (Tom
Sturridge) arrives
on the pirate radio
ship, Radio Rock,
after being sent to
stay with the ship's
Captain, his
godfather, Quentin
(Bill Nighy), to
hopefully set his
life on a different
track after being
expelled from
school. Here he
meets Radio Rock's
crew of ramshackle
disc jockeys, led by
The Count (Philip
Seymour Hoffman), a
buoyant rock-loving
American, along with
the suave and bawdy
Dave (Nick Frost)
and the naive but
good hearted Simon
(Chris O'Dowd). Also
filling the airwaves
is self proclaimed
New Zealand "nut,"
Angus (Rhys Darby),
the mysterious
Midnight Mark (Tom
Wisdom) and the even
more mysterious,
reclusive and
downright
disillusioned
late-night DJ Smooth
Bob (Ralph Brown).
Serving as the
ship's crew are the
shy lesbian cook
Felicity (Katherine
Parkinson) and radio
assistants, Harold
(Ike Hamilton) and
the appropriately
nicknamed Thick
Kevin (Tom Brooke).
Continued on
Wikipedia after the
Jump,
Pirate Radio |
 2012,
is a 2009 disaster
film directed by
Roland Emmerich. The
film has an ensemble
cast, including John
Cusack, Amanda Peet,
Danny Glover,
Thandie Newton,
Oliver Platt,
Chiwetel Ejiofor,
and Woody Harrelson.
The film will be
distributed by
Columbia Pictures.
Filming began in
August 2008 in
Vancouver. 2012 is
inspired by the idea
of a global doomsday
event coinciding
with the end of the
Mayan Long Count
Calendar's current
cycle on or around
December 21, 2012
(the northern
hemisphere's winter
solstice). |
 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. |
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Two
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Fired
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Madea
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Confessions of a
Shopaholic,
The
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The
Pink Panther 2
Push,
He's
Just Not
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Coraline,
Taken,
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Killshot,
Underworld:
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Defiance,
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My
Bloody
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3-D,
Hotel
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Bride Wars,
The Unborn,
Yes Man,
Seven Pounds,
Not Easily Broken,
Nothing But The Truth,
The Day the Earth Stood Still,
Doubt,
In Nothing Like the Holidays,
Breakfast
with Scot,
Milk,
Bolt,
Twilight,
Tru Loved,
Quantum of Solace,
Madagascar: Back 2 Africa,
Soul Men,
House,
Repo! The Genetic Opera,
The
Haunting of Molly Hartley,
Zack and Miri Make a Porno,
RocknRolla,
Changeling,
High School Musical 3,
Pride and Glory,
Passengers,
Saw V,
The
Secret Life of Bees,
What
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W.,
Max Payne,
Brideshead
Revisited,
The House
Bunny,
Hamlet 2,
Vicky
Cristina Barcelona,
Mirrors
Tropic
Thunder,
The
Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants 2
Pineapple
Express,
The
Midnight Meat Train,
Swing Vote,
The Mummy:
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,
Journey To
The Center Of The Earth,
Batman:
The Dark Night,
The
X-Files,
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