Archive for January, 2007

The Signal

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

All Genres:
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 103 min

Languages: English

Director: David Bruckner

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Tagline: Do you have the crazy?

 

Writers: David Bruckner (screenplay) & Jacob Gentry (screenplay) …

 

Cast: Anessa Ramsey … Mya Denton
Sahr Ngaujah … Rod (as Sahr)
AJ Bowen … Lewis Denton
Matthew Stanton … Jerry (as Matt Stanton)
Suehyla El-Attar … Janice
Justin Welborn … Ben Capstone
Cheri Christian … Anna
Scott Poythress … Clark
Christopher Thomas … Ken
Lindsey Garrett … Laura
Chad McKnight … Jim Parsons (as Chadrian McKnight)
Claire Bronson … Sightless Woman
David Bruckner … Screaming Man (as Dave Bruckner)
Dan Bush … Screaming Man
John Clifton … Maintenance Man

 

Plot: A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.

 

Awards: 2 nominations

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The Nines

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

All Genres:
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 100 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Y9u never kn9w when y9ur number is up

 

Cast: Ryan Reynolds … Gary / Gavin / Gabriel
Melissa McCarthy … Margaret / Melissa / Mary
Hope Davis … Sarah / Susan / Sierra
Elle Fanning … Noelle
David Denman … Parole Officer / Agitated Man
Octavia Spencer … Streetwalker
Ben Falcone … Himself
Dahlia Salem … Herself
John Gatins … Himself
Andy Fielder … Moderator
Jodi Sellards … Piano Player
Greg Baine … Delivery Boy
Martin Yu … Focus Group Participant #1
Gregg Naaman … Focus Group Participant #2
Lorene Scafaria … Game Night Guest

 

Plot: A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

 

Awards: 2 nominations

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Grace Is Gone

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 85 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: John Cusack … Stanley Phillips
Emily Churchill … First Woman
Rebecca Spence … Second Woman
Jennifer Tyler … Third Woman
Susan Messing … Fourth Woman
Shélan O'Keefe … Heidi Phillips
Gracie Bednarczyk … Dawn Phillips
Doug Dearth … Captain Riggs
Doug James … Chaplain Johnson
Alessandro Nivola … John Phillips
Zach Gray … Boy at Pool (as Zachary Gray)
Marisa Tomei … Woman at Pool
Penny Slusher … Ear Piercer
Dana Lynne Gilhooley … Grace Phillips
Mary Kay Place … Woman at Funeral

 

Plot: Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

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Teeth

Friday, January 19th, 2007

All Genres:
Comedy, Horror

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 94 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Every rose has its thorns.

 

Cast: Jess Weixler … Dawn O'Keefe
John Hensley … Brad
Josh Pais … Dr. Godfrey
Hale Appleman … Tobey
Lenny von Dohlen … Bill
Vivienne Benesch … Kim
Ashley Springer … Ryan
Julia Garro … Gwen
Nicole Swahn … Melanie
Adam Wagner … Phil
Hunter Ulvog … Little Brad
Ava Ryen Plumb … Little Dawn
Trent Moore … Mr. Vincent
Mike Yager … Elliot
Nathan Parsons … Soda Spritzer

 

Plot: Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.

 

Awards: 3 wins & 3 nominations

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Chicago 10

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

All Genres:
Documentary, Animation, History

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:110 min | Argentina:110 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The convention was drama. The trial was comedy.

 

Cast: Hank Azaria … Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)
Dylan Baker … David Dellinger / David Stahl (voice)
Nick Nolte … Thomas Foran (voice)
Mark Ruffalo … Jerry Rubin (voice)
Roy Scheider … Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Liev Schreiber … William Kunstler (voice)
Jeffrey Wright … Bobby Seale (voice)
Debra Eisenstadt … Mary Ellen Dahl / Waitress (voice)
Lloyd Floyd … Robert Pierson / Arthur Aznavoorian / Police Officer (voice)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach … Paul Krassner (voice)
James Urbaniak … Rennie Davis / Richard Schultz (voice)
Leonard Weinglass … Himself (voice)
David Boat … Norman Mailer / Marshal 1 (voice)
Catherine Curtin … Barbara Callender (voice)
Julian Dean … Reporter 2 (voice)

 

Plot: Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

 

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations

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