Archive for September, 2007
Friday, September 21st, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Romance
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 108 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Freshman year is no fairy tale.
Cast: Amanda Bynes … Sydney White
Sara Paxton … Rachel
Matt Long … Tyler
Jack Carpenter … Lenny
Jeremy Howard … Terrence
Crystal Hunt … Dinky
Adam Hendershott … Jeremy
Danny Strong … Gurkin
Samm Levine … Spanky
Libby Mintz … Christy
John Schneider … Paul White
Arnie Pantoja … George
Donté Bonner … Embele
Brian Patrick Clarke … Professor Carleton
Lauren Leech … Katy
Plot: A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: Spain
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: Spanish
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Karra Elejalde … Héctor
Candela Fernández … Clara
Bárbara Goenaga … La Chica en el Bosque
Nacho Vigalondo … El Joven
Juan Inciarte … Héctor Ocasional (as Ion Inciarte)
Miguel Ángel Poo … Locución Radiofónica (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Libby Brien … Clara (voice)
Philip Hersh … Radio Announcer (voice)
Plot: A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Awards: 7 wins & 4 nominations
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Sport
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:87 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Letting Go Of Your Past Is Hard… Especially When It's Dating Your Mom.
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton … Jasper Woodcock
Seann William Scott … John Farley
Susan Sarandon … Beverly Farley
Amy Poehler … Maggie
Melissa Sagemiller … Tracy
Ethan Suplee … Nedderman
Jacob Davich … Nedderman's Brother
Kyley Baldridge … Young Farley
Alec George … Young Nedderman
Joseph Michael Sargent … Young Watson
M.C. Gainey … Hal – Barber #1
Brent Briscoe … Barber #2
Dave Kuhr … Bookish Guy
Lisa K. Wyatt … Housewife
Kurt Fuller … Councilman Luke
Plot: Taken aback by his mother’s wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 102 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: To find the truth, you have to find who's hiding it.
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix … Ethan Learner
Elle Fanning … Emma
Jennifer Connelly … Grace Learner
Sean Curley … Josh
Samuel Ryan Finn … Cello Player
Eddie Alderson … Lucas
Mark Ruffalo … Dwight Arno
Susan Powell … Elegant Parent
Cordell Clyde … Jimmy McBride (as Cordell Clyde Lochin)
Antoni Corone … Sergeant Burke
Kevin Herbst … Driving Trooper
Mira Sorvino … Ruth Wheldon
Gary Kohn … Norris Wheldon
John Slattery … Steve Cutter
Nora Ferrari … Nora Fannelli
Plot: On a warm September evening, college professor Ethan Learner, his wife Grace, and their daughter Emma are attending a recital…
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK | Australia
Runtime: 97 min
Languages: English | Hungarian
Director:
Tagline: There is no escape.
Writers: Tony Grisoni (written by) & Brian Ward (written by)
Cast: Guy Pearce … Harry Houdini
Catherine Zeta-Jones … Mary McGarvie
Timothy Spall … Sugarman
Saoirse Ronan … Benji McGarvie
Malcolm Shields … Leith Romeo
Leni Harper … Leith Romeo's wife
Ralph Riach … Mr. Robertson
Olivia Darnley … Flower Stall Seller
Anthony O'Donnell … Oily Librarian
Billy McColl … McTavish
James Holmes … Ugly Mug
Melanie Harris … Rose (as Frankey Martyn)
Aileen O'Gorman … Effie – Elderly Seamstress
Raymond Griffiths … Music Hall Dwarf
Shaun Mason … Heckler
Plot: On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 91 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Do you know what really goes on in the mind of the person with whom you sleep?
Cast: Chris Cooper … Harry Allen
Annabel Kershaw … Miss Jones
Pierce Brosnan … Richard Langley
Patricia Clarkson … Pat Allen
Rachel McAdams … Kay Nesbitt
Sheila Paterson … Mrs. Walsh
David Richmond-Peck … Tom
Erin Boyes … Becky
Elijah St. Germain … Little Charlie
Terence Kelly … Dr. Anderson
Timothy Webber … Alvin Walters
Rebecca Codling … Photo Store Clerk
David Wenham … John O'Brien
Dolores Drake … Cinema Cashier
Malcolm Boddington … Well-Tailored Man
Plot: A 1940s-set drama where an adulterous man plots his wife’s death instead of putting her through the humiliation of a divorce. add synopsis
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2007
Country: Canada | UK
Runtime: USA:116 min | Canada:90 min | Canada:115 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes it takes your whole life to get it right.
Writers: Margaret Laurence (novel) Kari Skogland (screenplay)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn … Hagar
Christine Horne … Young Hagar
Cole Hauser … Young Bram
Ellen Page … Arlene
Sheila McCarthy … Doris
Kevin Zegers … John
Dylan Baker … Marvin
Peter MacNeill … Jason
Aaron Ashmore … Matt
Luke Kirby … Leo
Janet-Laine Green … Lottie
Judy Marshak … Silver Elms Matron
Doreen Brownstone … Silver Elms Bridge Player
Samantha Weinstein … Hagar – Child
Ryland Thiessen … Telford – Child
Plot: In Manitoba, Hagar Shipley is nearing 90. She has little, she tells us, but her memories. Over several weeks…
Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 106 min
Languages: English | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: The search for true love begins outside the box
Cast: Ryan Gosling … Lars Lindstrom
Emily Mortimer … Karin
Paul Schneider … Gus
R.D. Reid … Reverend Bock
Kelli Garner … Margo
Nancy Beatty … Mrs. Gruner
Doug Lennox … Mr. Hofstedtler
Joe Bostick … Mr. Shaw
Liz Gordon … Mrs. Schindler
Nicky Guadagni … Mrs. Petersen
Patricia Clarkson … Dagmar
Karen Robinson … Cindy
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos … Kurt
Billy Parrott … Erik
Sally Cahill … Deb
Plot: A delusional young guy strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK | Canada | USA
Runtime: 100 min | Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English | Russian | Turkish | Ukrainian | Urdu
Director:
Tagline: Every sin leaves a mark.
Cast: Josef Altin … Ekrem
Mina E. Mina … Azim
Aleksander Mikic … Soyka
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse … Tatiana (as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse)
Lalita Ahmed … Customer
Badi Uzzaman … Chemist
Naomi Watts … Anna
Doña Croll … Nurse (as Dona Croll)
Raza Jaffrey … Doctor Aziz
Sinéad Cusack … Helen (as Sinead Cusack)
Jerzy Skolimowski … Stepan
Tatiana Maslany … Tatiana (voice)
Viggo Mortensen … Nikolai
Vincent Cassel … Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl … Semyon
Plot: A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 24 wins & 35 nominations
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 93 min
Languages: Spanish | English
Director: Bernie Goldmann
Melisa Wallack
Tagline: A comedy about someone you know.
Cast: Aaron Eckhart … Bill
Jessica Alba … Lucy
Elizabeth Banks … Jess
Logan Lerman … The Kid
Holmes Osborne … Mr. Jacoby
Todd Louiso … John Jr.
Timothy Olyphant … Chip Johnson
Reed Diamond … Paul
Kristen Wiig … Jane Whittman
Jason Sudeikis … Jim Whittman
Andy Zou … Donald Choo
Ana Lucasey … Sarah Sheldon
Constance Barron … Mrs. Jacoby
Conor O'Farrell … Principal
Julia Pace Mitchell … Dana
Plot: A guy fed up with his job and married to a cheating wife reluctantly mentors a rebellious teen.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Diana's life is not what it seems.
Writers: Laura Kasischke (novel) Emil Stern (screenplay)
Cast: Uma Thurman … Diana McFee
Evan Rachel Wood … Young Diana
Eva Amurri … Maureen
Gabrielle Brennan … Emma McFee
Brett Cullen … Paul McFee
Oscar Isaac … Marcus
Jack Gilpin … Mr. McClood
Maggie Lacey … Amanda – adult
John Magaro … Michael Patrick
Lynn Cohen … Sister Beatrice
Nathalie Paulding … Amanda – teen
Molly Price … Diana's Mother
Oliver Solomon … Detective
Isabel Keating … Maureen's mother
Anna Moore … Blonde Student (as Anna Renee Moore)
Plot: A woman’s survivor’s guilt from a Columbine-like event twenty years ago causes her present-day idyllic life to fall apart. add synopsis
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK
Runtime: 106 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Who Decides Who Gets A Second Chance?
Writers: Jonathan Trigell (novel) Mark O'Rowe (screenplay)
Cast: Andrew Garfield … Jack Burridge
Peter Mullan … Terry
Siobhan Finneran … Kelly
Alfie Owen … Eric Wilson
Victoria Brazier … Teacher
Skye Bennett … Angela
Madeleine Rakic-Platt … Schoolgirl
Josef Altin … Bully
Dudley Brewis … 2nd Bully
Leigh Symonds … Eric's Dad
Maria Gough … Eric's Mum
Taylor Doherty … Philip Craig
Jeremy Swift … Dave
Shaun Evans … Chris
Carlene Hanson … Waitress
Plot: The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Awards: 10 wins & 8 nominations
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:124 min
Languages: English | French | Arabic | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: How Can You Find Yourself if No One Can See You?
Cast: Summer Bishil … Jasira Maroun
Chris Messina … Barry
Maria Bello … Gail Monahan
Peter Macdissi … Rifat Maroun (as Peter MacDissi)
Gemmenne de la Peña … Denise
Robert Baker … Mr. Joffrey
Eamonn Roche … School Photographer
Aaron Eckhart … Travis Vuoso
Carrie Preston … Evelyn Vuoso
Chase Ellison … Zack Vuoso
Irina Voronina … "Snow Queen" Centerfold
Cleo King … Sales Clerk
Michael McShae … Middle School Jerk #1
D.C. Cody … Middle School Jerk #2
Soledad St. Hilaire … Janitor
Plot: A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:85 min | Canada:85 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: They are coming
Writers: Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay) Aristomenis Tsirbas (story)
Cast: Chad Allen … Terrian Scientist (voice)
Rosanna Arquette … Professor Lina (voice)
Bill Birch … Terrian 2 (voice)
Brooke Bloom … Technician Quinn (voice)
Tom Connolly … Technician Williams (voice)
Brian Cox … General Hemmer (voice)
David Cross … Giddy (voice)
Beverly D'Angelo … Interrogator Wright (voice)
Jim Devoti … Colonel Wheeler (voice)
Chris Evans … Stewart Stanton (voice)
James Garner … Doron (voice)
Danny Glover … President Chen (voice)
Mark Hamill … Elder Orin (voice)
Alec Holden … Tulo (voice)
Masam Holden … Tumi (voice)
Plot: A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Awards: 3 wins
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 122 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: What if someone you love…just disappeared?
Cast: Omar Metwally … Anwar El-Ibrahimi
Reese Witherspoon … Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
Aramis Knight … Jeremy El-Ibrahimi
Rosie Malek-Yonan … Nuru El-Ibrahimi
Jake Gyllenhaal … Douglas Freeman
Hadar Ratzon … Safiya
Moa Khouas … Khalid El-Emin
Zineb Oukach … Fatima Fawal
Yigal Naor … Abasi Fawal (as Igal Naor)
Laila Mrabti … Lina Fawal
David Fabrizio … William Dixon
Mounir Margoum … Rani
Driss Roukhe … Bahi
J.K. Simmons … Lee Mayer
Meryl Streep … Corrine Whitman
Plot: A CIA analyst questions his assignment after witnessing an unorthodox interrogation at a secret detention facility outside the US.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Romance, Sport
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK
Runtime: 100 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Love. Commitment. Responsibility. There's nothing he can't run away from.
Writers: Michael Ian Black (screenplay) & Simon Pegg (screenplay) …
Cast: Simon Pegg … Dennis Doyle
Thandie Newton … Elizabeth Olivia 'Libby' Odell
Hank Azaria … Whit
Dylan Moran … Gordon
Harish Patel … Mr. Goshdashtidar
India de Beaufort … Maya G. Das
Matthew Fenton … Jake
Simon Day … Vincent
Ruth Sheen … Claudine
Tyrone Huggins … Grover
Nevan Finegan … Mickey
Iddo Goldberg … News Reporter
Ameet Chana … Taxi Driver
Chris Hollins … Himself
Denise Lewis … Herself
Plot: Five years after jilting his pregnant fianc
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 100 min
Languages: English | Hebrew
Director:
Tagline: Life can change in a heartbeat.
Writers: Alice Arlen (screenplay) and Victor Levin (screenplay) …
Cast: Helen Hunt … April Epner
Bette Midler … Bernice Graves
Colin Firth … Frank
Matthew Broderick … Ben Green
Ben Shenkman … Dr. Freddy Epner
Lynn Cohen … Trudy Epner
John Benjamin Hickey … Alan
Salman Rushdie … Dr. Masani
Daisy Tahan … Ruby
Tommy Nelson … Jimmy Ray
Stephanie Yankwitt … Stacey
Lillias White … Sheila (as Lillias D. White)
David Callegati … Gianni
Rabbi Kenneth Stern … Rabbi (as Rabbi Kenneth A. Stern)
Robert LuPone … Ted
Plot: A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother… add synopsis
Awards: 2 wins
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
All Genres:
Documentary, Drama, History
Release Year: 2007
Country: Canada
Runtime: Argentina:80 min | Canada:80 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Guy Maddin (written by) and George Toles (dialogue writer)
Cast: Ann Savage … Mother
Louis Negin … Mayor Cornish
Amy Stewart … Janet Maddin
Darcy Fehr … Guy Maddin
Brendan Cade … Cameron Maddin
Wesley Cade … Ross Maddin
Lou Profeta … Himself
Fred Dunsmore … Himself
Kate Yacula … Citizen Girl
Jacelyn Lobay … Gwenyth Lloyd
Eric Nipp … Viscount Gort
Jennifer Palichuk … Althea Cornish
Deborah Carlson
Kevin Harris
Scott Hamel
Plot: A personal portrait of filmmaker Guy Maddin’s hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. add synopsis
Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2007
Country: Russia
Runtime: 159 min
Languages: Russian | Chechen
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Nikita Mikhalkov (writer) & Aleksandr Novototsky (writer) …
Cast: Sergei Makovetsky … Juror #1
Nikita Mikhalkov … Juror #2
Sergey Garmash … Juror #3
Valentin Gaft … Juror #4
Aleksei Petrenko … Juror #5
Yuriy Stoyanov … Juror #6
Sergey Gazarov … Juror #7
Mikhail Efremov … Juror #8
Aleksey Gorbunov … Juror #9
Sergei Artsybashev … Juror #10
Viktor Verzhbitskiy … Juror #11
Roman Madyanov … Juror #12
Aleksandr Adabashyan … Bailiff
Apti Magamaev … The Boy
Abdi Magamayev … Little Chechen
Plot: 12 jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen teenager charged with murdering his stepfather.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Australia
Runtime: 122 min | Canada:119 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: How many wrongs to make it right?
Cast: Jodie Foster … Erica Bain
Terrence Howard … Detective Mercer
Nicky Katt … Detective Vitale
Naveen Andrews … David Kirmani
Mary Steenburgen … Carol
Ene Oloja … Josai
Luis Da Silva Jr. … Lee
Blaze Foster … Cash
Rafael Sardina … Reed
Jane Adams … Nicole
Gordon MacDonald … Murrow
Zoë Kravitz … Chloe
John Magaro … Ethan
Victor Colicchio … Cutler
Jermel Howard … Thug on Subway
Plot: A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations
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