Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min | Turkey:92 min (DVD version)
Languages: English | Spanish
Director: David Moreau
Xavier Palud
Tagline: How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?
Cast: Jessica Alba … Sydney Wells
Alessandro Nivola … Dr. Paul Faulkner
Parker Posey … Helen Wells
Rade Serbedzija … Simon McCullough
Fernanda Romero … Ana Christina Martinez
Rachel Ticotin … Rosa Martinez
Obba Babatundé … Dr. Haskins
Danny Mora … Miguel
Chloe Moretz … Alicia (as Chloë Grace Moretz)
Brett A. Haworth … Shadowman
Kevin K. … Tomi Cheung
Tamlyn Tomita … Mrs. Cheung
Esodie Geiger … Nurse
Karen Austin … Mrs. Hillman
Ryan J. Pezdirc … Nurse Room Attendant
Plot: The remake of the Hong Kong film “Jian Gui”, a woman who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world. add synopsis
Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 96 min | 107 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Their World Is Closer Than You Think
Cast: Freddie Highmore … Jared Grace / Simon Grace
Mary-Louise Parker … Helen Grace
Nick Nolte … Mulgarath
Sarah Bolger … Mallory Grace
Andrew McCarthy … Richard Grace
Joan Plowright … Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
David Strathairn … Arthur Spiderwick
Seth Rogen … Hogsqueal (voice)
Martin Short … Thimbletack (voice)
Jordy Benattar … Young Lucinda
Tod Fennell … Helen's Co-Worker
Mariah Inger … Nurse
Jeremy Lavalley … Tow Truck Driver
Lise Durocher-Viens … Mrs. Spiderwick
Tyler Patrick Jones … Additional Performer
Plot: Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: Hong Kong
Runtime: 86 min
Languages: Cantonese
Director:
Tagline: It's out of this world.
Writers: Stephen Chow (written by) & Vincent Kok (written by) …
Cast: Stephen Chow … Ti
Jiao Xu … Dicky
Lei Huang … Johnny
Kitty Zhang Yuqi … Miss Yuen (as Kitty Zhang)
Chi Chung Lam … Boss (as Tze Chung Lam)
Shing-Cheung Lee … Mr. Cao (as Sheung Ching Lee)
Wen Xue Yao … Storm Dragon
Min Hun Fung … P. E. Teacher
Yong Hua Han … Maggie
Yu Lei … Johnny's Entourage rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cole Barba … Johnny (voice: English version)
Qing Dong … Classmate
Hang-Sang Poon … Reporter (as Hang Sang Poon)
Tristan Price … Dicky (voice: English version)
Qian Shen … Classmate
Shun-Yee Yuen … Farmer (as Shun Yi Yuen)
Plot: A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy.
Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Family
Release Year: 2008
Country: Belgium | USA
Runtime: 84 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: First ever animated movie created for 3D
Cast: Tim Curry … Yegor (voice)
Robert Patrick … Louie (voice)
Kelly Ripa … Nat's Mom (voice)
Buzz Aldrin … Himself
Trevor Gagnon … Nat (voice)
Philip Bolden … I.Q. (voice)
Nicollette Sheridan … Nadia (voice)
Ed Begley Jr. … Poopchev (voice)
David Gore … Scooter (voice)
Christopher Lloyd … Amos (voice)
Adrienne Barbeau … Scooters Mom (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neil Armstrong … Himself (archive sound)
Cam Clarke … Ray (voice) (as Cam Clark)
Grant George … Other Russian Fly (voice)
Steve Kramer … Leonide (voice)
Mimi Maynard … IQ's Mom (voice)
Scott Menville … Butch (voice)
Lorraine Nicholson … Katie (voice)
Gigi Perreau … Amelia (voice)
Sandy Simpson … Neil Armstrong (voice)
Sophie Simpson … Polly (voice)
Doug Stone … Russian Announcer (voice)
Plot: Three young houseflies stow away aboard the Apollo 11 flight to the moon.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: Sweden
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: Swedish
Director:
Tagline: Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years and, she just moved in next door.
Writers: John Ajvide Lindqvist (novel) John Ajvide Lindqvist (screenplay)
Cast: Kåre Hedebrant … Oskar
Lina Leandersson … Eli
Per Ragnar … Håkan
Henrik Dahl … Erik
Karin Bergquist … Yvonne
Peter Carlberg … Lacke
Ika Nord … Virginia
Mikael Rahm … Jocke
Karl-Robert Lindgren … Gösta (as Karl Robert Lindgren)
Anders T. Peedu … Morgan (as Anders Peedu)
Pale Olofsson … Larry (as Paul Olofsson)
Cayetano Ruiz … Magister Avila
Patrik Rydmark … Conny
Johan Sömnes … Andreas
Mikael Erhardsson … Martin
Plot: Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 57 wins & 17 nominations
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: Argentina:86 min | UK:84 min
Languages: English
Director: Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer
Tagline: The Bigger the Hit, The Harder They Fall
Cast: Sean Maguire … Leonidas
Carmen Electra … Queen Margo
Ken Davitian … Xerxes
Kevin Sorbo … Captain
Diedrich Bader … Traitoro
Method Man … Persian Emissary
Jareb Dauplaise … Dilio
Travis Van Winkle … Sonio
Phil Morris … Messenger
Jim Piddock … Loyalist / Simon Cowell Look-a-Like
Nicole Parker … Paula Abdul Look-a-Like / Britney Spears Look-a-Like / Ellen DeGeneres Look-a-Like / Hunchback Paris
Ike Barinholtz … Dane Cook Look-a-Like / Bond Villain / Prophet
Crista Flanagan … Spartan Woman / Ugly Betty Look-a-Like
Hunter Clary … Leo Jr.
Emily Wilson … Lindsay Lohan Look-a-Like
Plot:
Awards: 5 nominations
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA | France
Runtime: UK:112 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Three relationships. Three disasters. One last chance.
Cast: Ryan Reynolds … Will Hayes
An Nguyen … Ad Exec
Matthew Mason … Headphone Guy
Rick Derby … Visitor from Planet Ordon (as Ricky Jay Derby)
Sakina Jaffrey … School Mom
Bob Wiltfong … School Dad
Ryder Chasin … Boy with Book
Fiona Lane … Angry Girl
Dana Eskelson … Angry Girl's Mom
Blake Benitez … School Kid #1
Paulina Gerzon … School Kid #2
Victoria Goldsmith … School Kid #3
Ashtyn Greenstein … School Kid #4
Ashley Greiner … School Kid #5
Dylan Hartigan … School Kid #6
Plot: A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English | Burmese | Thai
Director:
Tagline: Heroes never die…. They just reload.
Cast: Sylvester Stallone … John Rambo
Julie Benz … Sarah
Matthew Marsden … School Boy
Graham McTavish … Lewis
Reynaldo Gallegos … Diaz (as Rey Gallegos)
Jake La Botz … Reese
Tim Kang … En-Joo
Maung Maung Khin … Tint
Paul Schulze … Michael Burnett
Cameron Pearson … Missionary #4 (Jeff)
Thomas Peterson … Missionary #2 (Dentist)
Tony Skarberg … Missionary #3 (Videographer)
James With … Missionary #5 (Preacher) (as James Wearing Smith)
Kasikorn Niyompattana … Snake Hunter #2
Shaliew 'Lek' Bamrungbun … Snake Hunter #1
Plot: In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit. add synopsis
Awards: 1 win
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A cyber killer has finally found the perfect accomplice: You.
Cast: Diane Lane … Jennifer Marsh
Billy Burke … Detective Eric Box
Colin Hanks … Griffin Dowd
Joseph Cross … Owen Reilly
Mary Beth Hurt … Stella Marsh
Peter Lewis … Richard Brooks
Tyrone Giordano … Tim Wilks
Perla Haney-Jardine … Annie Haskins
Tim De Zarn … Herbert Miller (as Tim deZarn)
Christopher Cousins … David Williams (as Chris Cousins)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson … Arthur James Elmer
Trina Adams … Female Cop #3
Brynn Baron … Mrs. Miller
John Breen … Richard Weymouth
Dan Callahan … Trey Restom
Plot: FBI agent Jennifer Marsh is tasked with hunting down a seemingly untraceable serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet. As time runs out, the cat and mouse chase becomes personal.
Awards: 1 win
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 84 min
Languages: English
Director: Jay Duplass
Mark Duplass
Tagline:
Writers: Jay Duplass (written by) & Mark Duplass (written by)
Cast: Ross Partridge … Matt
Steve Zissis … Chad
Greta Gerwig … Michelle
Elise Muller … Catherine
Jett Garner … Jett Garner
Anthony Cristo … 'Priest' the Bouncer rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephanie Huettner … Girl in the Front Row
Jennifer Lafleur … Kristen Thompson
Cass Naumann … Cass
Amy Quick Parrish … Festival Audience Member
Plot: Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Problem is: What happens when their story idea — a horror flick about a group of friends tormented by a villain with a bag over his head — starts to come true?
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Comes just before the fall.
Cast: Ron Insana … Himself
Marc Klee … Himself
Josh Hartnett … Tom Sterling
Adam Scott … Joshua Sterling
Robin Tunney … Melanie Hanson
Andre Royo … Dylan Gottschalk
Athena Currey … Girl in Bathroom
John Lavelle … Suit #1 (Brad)
Sanjit De Silva … Suit #2 (Jonathan)
Jeremy Bobb … Suit #3 (Mason Neuberger)
Carmine DiBenedetto … Tyler
Zoe Kazan … Gal Employee
Robin Taylor … Guy Employee (as Robin Lord Taylor)
Emmanuelle Chriqui … Morela Sterling
Naomie Harris … Sarrah
Plot: August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary, Crime
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: USA:94 min | USA:90 min (Sundance Film Festival)
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline: 1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century.
Cast: Philippe Petit … Himself
Jean François Heckel … Himself (as Jean-François Heckel)
Jean-Louis Blondeau … Himself
Annie Allix … Herself
David Forman … Himself
Alan Welner … Himself
Mark Lewis … Himself
Barry Greenhouse … Himself (as N. Barry Greenhouse)
Jim Moore … Himself
Guy F. Tozzoli … Himself (as Guy Tozzoli)
Paul McGill … Philippe – Drama Reconstructions
David Demato … Jean-Louis – Drama Reconstructions
Ardis Campbell … Annie – Drama Reconstructions
Aaron Haskell … Jean-François – Drama Reconstructions
Shawn Dempewolff-Barrett … David – Drama Reconstructions (as Shawn Dempewolff)
Plot: A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century.”
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 27 wins & 7 nominations
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: This party is going overboard
Writers: Oliver Blackburn (writer) David Bloom (writer)
Cast: Robert Boulter … Sean
Sian Breckin … Lisa
Tom Burke … Bluey
Nichola Burley … Tammi
Julian Morris … Josh
Jay Taylor … Marcus
Jaime Winstone … Kim
Plot: Things go drastically wrong for a group of British holidaymakers in Spain.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary, Comedy, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: France | USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English | Arabic | French
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Jeremy Chilnick (screenplay) & Morgan Spurlock (screenplay)
Cast: Morgan Spurlock … Himself rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Bush … Himself (archive footage)
Dick Cheney … Himself (archive footage)
Daryl Isaacs … Himself (as Daryl M. Isaacs)
Alexandra Jamieson … Herself
Donald Rumsfeld … Himself (archive footage)
Laken James Spurlock … Himself
Plot: Morgan Spurlock tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror with Arabic people.
Awards: 2 wins
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:92 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes what you lose is not as important as what you find.
Writers: Doug Bost (additional written material) Sherwood Kiraly (writer)
Cast: Matthew Broderick … Cooper
Virginia Madsen … Charlotte
Alan Alda … Uncle Rollie
Jimmy Bennett … Dillon
Louis C.K. … Stan
Jim True-Frost … Donny Prine
Dylan Baker … Mad Dog McClure
Bobby Cannavale … Lee Vivyan
Jeff Perry … Casey Dean
Lois Smith … Belle Tyke
Tom Aldredge … Wendell Kendall
Ray Thomas … Gordy
Chris Bauer … Lloyd
Heidi Neurauter … Irene Sasso
Carolyn Baeumler … Diane McClure
Plot: A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer’s-impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame. add synopsis
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Changing his attitude will take a miracle.
Cast: Luke Wilson … Henry Poole
Radha Mitchell … Dawn Stupek
Adriana Barraza … Esperanza Martinez
George Lopez … Father Salazar
Cheryl Hines … Meg Wyatt
Richard Benjamin … Dr. Fancher
Morgan Lily … Millie Stupek
Rachel Seiferth … Patience
Beth Grant … Josie
Earl Carroll … Mr. Lawrence
Noah Dahl … Young Henry Poole
Gloria Garayua … Female Worshipper
Molly Hagan … Pediatrician
Michelle Krusiec … Young Nurse
Kate Mulligan … Waitress
Plot: Henry Poole moves in to a house in his old neighborhood, to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a “miracle” by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: One high school drama teacher is about to make a huge number 2
Cast: Steve Coogan … Dana Marschz
Catherine Keener … Brie Marschz
Joseph Julian Soria … Octavio
Skylar Astin … Rand Posin
Phoebe Strole … Epiphany Sellars
Melonie Diaz … Ivonne
Arnie Pantoja … Vitamin J
Michael Esparza … Chuy
Natalie Amenula … Yolanda
Marshall Bell … Principal Rocker
David Arquette … Gary
Elisabeth Shue … Elisabeth Shue
Amy Poehler … Cricket Feldstein
Shea Pepe … Noah Sapperstein
Marco Rodríguez … Mr. Marquez
Plot: In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: From the author of Fight Club
Cast: Kathryn Alexander … Mousy Girl / Agnes
Teodorina Bello … Jamaican Lady
Kate Blumberg … Edwin's Wife
Jonah Bobo … Young Victor
Willi Burke … Deranged Socialite (as Wilma 'Willi' Burke)
Heather Burns … Internet Date / Gwen
David Wolos-Fonteno … Edwin (as David Fonteno)
Matt Gerald … Detective Ryan
Clark Gregg … Lord High Charlie
Joel Grey … Phil
Viola Harris … Eva Muller
Brad William Henke … Denny
Paz de la Huerta … Nico (as Paz De La Huerta)
Michelle Hurst … Shapely Nurse
Anjelica Huston … Ida J. Mancini
Plot: A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother’s hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | Ireland
Runtime: 102 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: 5 Men. 4 Walls. 1 Plan.
Writers: Daniel Hardy (writer) Rupert Wyatt (writer)
Cast: Brian Cox … Frank Perry
Damian Lewis … Rizza
Joseph Fiennes … Lenny Drake
Seu Jorge … Viv Batista
Liam Cunningham … Brodie
Dominic Cooper … Lacey
Steven Mackintosh … Tony
Ned Dennehy … Jumpy Con
Vinnie McCabe … Sam (as Vincent McCabe)
Jack Walsh … Sikes
Frank O'Sullivan … Hedges
Stephen Farrelly … Two Ton
Domhnall O'Donoghue … Mary
George Seremba … Stan
Eleanor McLynn … Frank's Daughter
Plot: Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict fourteen years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill…
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Sport
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 120 min
Languages: English | Spanish
Director: Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck
Tagline:
Cast: Algenis Perez Soto … Miguel 'Sugar' Santos
Rayniel Rufino … Jorge Ramirez
Andre Holland … Johnson
Ann Whitney … Helen Higgins
Ellary Porterfield … Anne Higgins
Jaime Tirelli … Osvaldo
Jose Rijo … Alvarez
Michael Gaston … Stu Sutton
Alina Vargas … Reyna
Richard Bull … Earl Higgins
Kelvin Leonardo Garcia … Salvador
Joendy Pena Brown … Marcos rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karl Bury … Rudy Hubbard
Greg D'Agostino … Gregory the Delivery Man
Larry E. Donaldson … Michael Higgins
Barbara P. Engstrom … Hilary Higgins
Brandon Gorrell … Randy
Chris Harkins … Batter – Fight Scene
Taylor Hogue … Baseball Fan
Rita Kurtz … Dominican Baseball Fan
Eddie Martinez … Rafael
Cesar Minaya … Pedro
Sabien Minteer … Hardy / Team Mascot
Antonia Molina … Wife
Alyssa Simmons … Baseball fan
Issac Thomas Richer Smith … Clubby
Tom Sponberg … Baseball Fan
Randolph Wehofer … Jack Jeffries
Michael Robert Yeager … Fan at spring training game
Chelsea Zeleny … Baseball Fan
Plot: Dominican baseball star Miguel “Sugar” Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.
Awards: 5 nominations
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