Archive for November, 2007

Awake

Friday, November 30th, 2007

All Genres:
Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 84 min

Languages: English | Japanese

Director:

Tagline: Every year, one in 700 people wake up during surgery. When they planned her husband's murder, they never thought he'd be the one.

 

Cast: Hayden Christensen … Clay Beresford
Jessica Alba … Sam Lockwood
Terrence Howard … Dr. Jack Harper
Lena Olin … Lilith Beresford
Christopher McDonald … Dr. Larry Lupin
Sam Robards … Clayton Beresford Sr.
Arliss Howard … Dr. Jonathan Neyer
Fisher Stevens … Dr. Puttnam
Georgina Chapman … Penny Carver
David Harbour … Dracula
Steven Hinkle … Young Clay (as Stephen Hinkle)
Denis O'Hare … Financial News Analyst
Charlie Hewson … Brian the Orderly
Court Young … Officer Doherty
Joseph Costa … Dr. Elbogen

 

Plot: The story focuses on a man who suffers “anesthetic awareness” and finds himself awake and aware, but paralyzed, during heart surgery. His mother must wrestle with her own demons as a drama unfolds around them, while trying to unfold the story hidden behind her son’s young wife.

 

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

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The Golden Compass

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

All Genres:
Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA | UK

Runtime: 113 min

Languages: English | Icelandic | Russian | French

Director:

Tagline: "It is the Alethiometer. It tells the truth. As for how to read it, you'll have to learn by yourself."

 

Cast: Nicole Kidman … Mrs. Coulter
Daniel Craig … Lord Asriel
Dakota Blue Richards … Lyra
Ben Walker … Roger
Freddie Highmore … Pantalaimon (voice)
Ian McKellen … Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Eva Green … Serafina Pekkala
Jim Carter … John Faa
Tom Courtenay … Farder Coram
Ian McShane … Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
Sam Elliott … Lee Scoresby
Christopher Lee … First High Councilor
Kristin Scott Thomas … Stelmaria (voice)
Edward de Souza … Second High Councilor
Kathy Bates … Hester (voice)

 

Plot: In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.

 

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 26 nominations

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Hitman

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: France | USA

Runtime: 89 min | 90 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Russian | Serbo-Croatian

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Timothy Olyphant … Agent 47
Dougray Scott … Mike Whittier
Olga Kurylenko … Nika Boronina
Robert Knepper … Yuri Marklov
Ulrich Thomsen … Mikhail Belicoff
Henry Ian Cusick … Udre Belicoff
Michael Offei … Jenkins
Christian Erickson … General Kormarov
Eriq Ebouaney … Bwana Ovie
Joe Sheridan … Captain Gudnayev
James Faulkner … Smith Jamison
Jean-Marc Bellu … Hitman #2
Nicky Naude … Hitman #3
Abdou Sagna … Hitman #4
Ilya Nikitenko … Hitman #5

 

Plot: A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as ‘The Organization’ is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.

 

Awards: 1 win

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The Mist

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 126 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Stephen King's Legendary Tale of Terror

 

Cast: Thomas Jane … David Drayton
Marcia Gay Harden … Mrs. Carmody
Laurie Holden … Amanda Dunfrey
Andre Braugher … Brent Norton
Toby Jones … Ollie Weeks
William Sadler … Jim
Jeffrey DeMunn … Dan Miller
Frances Sternhagen … Irene Reppler
Nathan Gamble … Billy Drayton
Alexa Davalos … Sally
Chris Owen … Norm
Sam Witwer … Private Jessup
Robert C. Treveiler … Bud Brown (as Robert Treveiler)
David Jensen … Myron
Melissa Suzanne McBride … Woman With Kids at Home (as Melissa McBride)

 

Plot: A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

 

Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations

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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

All Genres:
Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 93 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: You have to believe it to see it.

 

Cast: Ted Ludzik … Bellini, the Bookbuilder
Natalie Portman … Molly Mahoney, the Composer
Zach Mills … Eric Applebaum, the Hat Collector
Dustin Hoffman … Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer
Madalena Brancatella … Jessica, Who Got a Cowboy Hat
Paula Boudreau … Brenda, Who Wants a Mobile
Mike Realba … Dave Wolf, Who's an Engineer
Steve Whitmire … Kermit the Frog (voice)
Liam Powley-Webster … Andy, the Boy Who Likes to Color
Marcia Bennett … Lora, Who Wants a Fire Engine
Jason Bateman … Henry Weston, the Mutant
Oliver Masuda … Jordan, Who Said Hi
Samantha Harvey … Cassie, the Girl Chased by a Goose
Jesse Bostick … Derek, Who Opened the Door
Isaac Durnford … Jason, Who's a Little Too Curious

 

Plot: Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store, bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium.

 

Awards: 2 nominations

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P2

Friday, November 9th, 2007

All Genres:
Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:98 min | Argentina:98 min

Languages: English | Portuguese | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: A new level of fear.

 

Writers: Alexandre Aja (story) & Grégory Levasseur (story) …

 

Cast: Wes Bentley … Thomas
Rachel Nichols … Angela
Simon Reynolds … Jim Harper
Philip Akin … Karl
Stephanie Moore … Lorraine (voice)
Miranda Edwards … Jody
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee … Man in Elevator
Grace Lynn Kung … Woman in Elevator
Bathsheba Garnett … Homeless Woman
Philip Williams … Cop #1
Arnold Pinnock … Cop #2
Franck Khalfoun … Newsman

 

Plot: A businesswoman is pursued by a psychopath after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.

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Beowulf

Monday, November 5th, 2007

All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 115 min

Languages: English | Old English

Director:

Tagline: Pride is the curse.

 

Cast: Robin Wright Penn … Wealthow (as Robin Wright-Penn)
Anthony Hopkins … Hrothgar
Paul Baker … Musician #1
John Bilezikjian … Musician #2
Rod D. Harbour … Musician #3
Brice Martin … Musician #4 (as Brice H. Martin)
Sonje Fortag … Gitte (as Sonja Fortag)
Sharisse Baker-Bernard … Hild
Charlotte Salt … Estrith
Julene Renee … Cille
Greg Ellis … Garmund
Rik Young … Eofor
Sebastian Roché … Wulfgar (as Sebastian Roche)
Leslie Zemeckis … Yrsa
John Malkovich … Unferth

 

Plot: The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel’s mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

 

Awards: 12 nominations

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Fred Claus

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

All Genres:
Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 116 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Santa's brother is coming to town.

 

Cast: Vince Vaughn … Fred Claus
Paul Giamatti … Nick 'Santa' Claus
John Michael Higgins … Willie
Miranda Richardson … Annette Claus
Rachel Weisz … Wanda
Kathy Bates … Mother Claus
Trevor Peacock … Papa Claus
Ludacris … DJ Donnie (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Elizabeth Banks … Charlene
Jeremy Swift … Bob Elf
Elizabeth Berrington … Linda Elf
Kevin Spacey … Clyde
Rio Hackford … Leon
Bobb'e J. Thompson … Samuel 'Slam' Gibbons
Allan Corduner … Dr. Goldfarb

 

Plot: Fred Claus, Santa’s bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole.

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House

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 88 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The only way out… is in.

 

Writers: Ted Dekker (novel) Rob Green (screenplay)

 

Cast: Michael Madsen … Tin Man / Officer
Reynaldo Rosales … Jack Singleton
Heidi Dippold … Stephanie Singleton
Julie Ann Emery … Leslie Taylor
J.P. Davis … Randy Messsarue
Lew Temple … Pete
Leslie Easterbrook … Betty
Bill Moseley … Stewart
Pawel Delag … Officer Lawdale
Weronika Rosati … Mrs. Lawdale
Allana Bale … Susan (as Alana Bale)
Mark Fierer … Randy's Father
Florentyna Synowiecka … Melissa
Andrew Gorzen … Leslie's Uncle
Albert Pietrzak … Young Randy

 

Plot: In rural Alabama, two couples find themselves in a fight for survival. Running from a maniac (The Tin Man) bent on killing them…

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