Archive for January, 2008
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: 102 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: You name it, we shoot it
Cast: Jack Black … Jerry Gerber
Mos Def … Mike
Danny Glover … Elroy Fletcher
Mia Farrow … Miss Falewicz
Melonie Diaz … Alma
Irv Gooch … Wilson
Chandler Parker … Craig
Arjay Smith … Manny
Quinton Aaron … Q
Gio Perez … Randy
Basia Rosas … Andrea
Tomasz Soltys … Carl
Marcus Carl Franklin … Kid #1
Blake Hightower … Kid #2
Amir Ali Said … Kid #3
Plot: A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend’s video store. In order to satisfy the store’s most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:82 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A strange new American dream.
Cast: Nick Stahl … Isaac Knott
Rachel Black … Janice Musslewhite
Jessica Hecht … Edie
Jacob Pitts … Hugh
Ashlie Atkinson … Candy
Jamie McShane … Man on Sidewalk
Pablo Schreiber … Brooster
Jeane Fournier … Charlene Coke
Carmela Marner … A Female Wannabe
Phil LaMarr … Wannabe Group Leader
Matthew Carey … A Male Wannabe
Ben Siegler … Man with Trachea Tube
Michal Sinnott … Isaac's Mom
Joshua Leonard … Isaac's Dad
Vera Farmiga … Fiona
Plot: A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 93 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: How did a handful of corporations steal our water?
Cast: Maude Barlow … Herself
Shelly Brime … Herself
Anthony Burgmans … Himself
Dr. Kent Butler … Himself
Michel Camdessus … Himself
Charles-Louis de Maud'huy … Himself
Ashwin Desai … Himself
Siddharaj Dhadda … Himself
Shripad Dharmadhikary … Himself
Ashok Gadgil … Himself
Peter H. Gleick … Himself
Tyrone Hayes … Himself
David Hemson … Himself
Pamela Hill … Bottled Water Restaurant Patron
William Joseph Hill … Bottled water restaurant patron
Penn Jillette … Himself
Ronnie Kasrils … Himself
Gigi Kellett … Herself
Jean Luc-Touly … Himself
Anna Debwese Mape … Herself
William E. Marks … Himself
Patrick McCully … Himself
Fatima Meer … Herself
Gerard Mestrallet … Himself
Bob Nameng … Himself
Sunita Narain … Herself
Marcela Olivera … Herself
Oscar Olivera … Himself
Erik D. Olson … Himself
Jim Olson … Himself
Rod Parsley … Himself
Medha Patkar … Herself
Julian Perez … Himself
Boone Pickens … Himself
Mary Anne Rennet … Herself
Jim Schultz … Himself
Paul Schwartz … Himself
Vandana Shiva … Herself
Rajendra Singh … Himself
Holly Wren Spaulding … Herself
Achim Steiner … Himself
Terry Swier … Herself
Teller … Himself
James Wolfensohn … Himself
Plot: Water is the very essence of life, sustaining every being on the planet. ‘Flow’ confronts the disturbing reality that our crucial resource is dwindling and greed just may be the cause. add synopsis
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 96 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Dare to dream your life.
Cast: Felicity Huffman … Hillary Lichten
Elle Fanning … Phoebe Lichten
Patricia Clarkson … Miss Dodger
Bill Pullman … Peter Lichten
Bailee Madison … Olivia Lichten
Campbell Scott … Principal Davis
Ian Colletti … Jamie
Caitlin Sanchez … Monica / White Queen (credit only)
Mackenzie Milone … Sally
Austin Williams … Tommy rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tessa Albertson … Alice
Max Baker … 2nd Teacher / King of Hearts
Maya N. Blake … Debby
Conor Carroll … Jeremy
Maddie Corman … First teacher / White rabbit
Connor Douglas … Richie
Teala Dunn … Jenny
Peter Gerety … Dr. Miles / Humpty Dumpty
Tyler Hanes … Prince
Madhur Jaffrey … Miss Reiter
Cindy Joo … Sara
Danielle Kotch … 2 and 3 year old Phoebe
Gracie Lawrence … Julie
Alicia Nakhjavan … Ellen / White Rabbit
Michael Nostrand … Colleague 2
Marquis Rodriguez … Martin
Ron Simons … Colleague
April Yvette Thompson … Colleague
Miranda Wilkins … Janet
Plot: Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a little girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.
Awards: 3 nominations
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes life leads you to the most mysterious places.
Cast: Jon Foster … Art Bechstein
Peter Sarsgaard … Cleveland Arning
Sienna Miller … Jane Bellwether
Nick Nolte … Joe Bechstein
Mena Suvari … Phlox Lombardi
Omid Abtahi … Mohammed
Keith Michael Gregory … Keith
Don Wadsworth … Class Instructor
Christian Hand … Punk Rock Bathroom Patron
Jarid Faubel … Mohawk Man
Tim Hartman … Restaurant Manager
Seth Adams … Feldman
Jocelyn Wrzosek … Townie
Patrick Jordan … Phlox's New Boyfriend
Stephen Liska … Jimmy Breezy
Plot: Based on Michael Chabon’s novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Remember high school? It's gotten worse.
Cast: Jake Tusing … Himself
Megan Krizmanich … Herself
Colin Clemens … Himself
Mitch Reinholt … Himself
Hannah Bailey … Herself rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geoff Haase … Himself
Jennifer Lucht … Herself
Jennifer Sheopherd … Herself
Ali Wikalinska … Herself
Plot: A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 85 min
Languages: English | Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.
Writers: Patrick Creadon (writer) and Christine O'Malley (writer) …
Cast: Robert Bixby … Himself
Humphrey Bogart … Himself (archive footage)
Warren Buffett … Himself
George Bush … Himself (archive footage)
George W. Bush … Himself (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter … Himself (archive footage)
Bill Clinton … Himself (archive footage)
Stephen Colbert … Himself (archive footage)
Kent Conrad … Himself (as Sen. Kent Conrad)
Ander Crenshaw … Himself (as Rep. Ander Crenshaw)
Bing Crosby … Himself (archive footage)
Douglas Durst … Himself
Dwight D. Eisenhower … Himself (archive footage)
Gerald Ford … Himself (archive footage)
Alan Greenspan … Himself
Judd Gregg … Himself (as Sen. Judd Gregg)
Yoni Gruskin … Himself
Kay Harms … Herself
Sue Herrera … Herself (archive footage)
Chrissy Hovde … Herself
John F. Kennedy … Himself (archive footage)
Steve Kroft … Himself (archive footage)
George Miller … Himself (as Rep. George Miller)
Richard Nixon … Himself (archive footage)
Paul O'Neill … Himself
Chris Parnell … Budget Book Author (archive footage)
Ron Paul … Himself (as Rep. Ron Paul)
Peter G. Peterson … Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan … Himself (archive footage)
Diane Rehm … Herself
Franklin Delano Roosevelt … Himself (archive footage)
Robert Rubin … Himself
Donald Rumsfeld … Himself (archive footage)
Tim Russert … Himself (archive footage)
Scott Spradling … Himself
Mike Tully … Himself
David M. Walker … Himself
Brian Williams … Himself (archive footage)
Plot: Few are aware that America may be on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. explores the country’s shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster. add synopsis
Awards: 4 nominations
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:96 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Micheal J. Smith Sr. … Lawrence
JimMyron Ross … James
Tarra Riggs … Marlee
Johnny McPhail … John
Ventress Bonner … Teen
Jimez Alexander … Teen
Jean Paul Guillory … Teen
Marcus Alexander … Teen
Marquice Alexander … Teen
Lawrence Jackson … Teen
Jeremy Jordan … Paramedic
Steve Cabell … Paramedic
Samuel Dobbins … Ambulance Driver
Neil Pettigrew … Dispatcher (voice)
Sanjib Shrestha … Dr. Shrestha
Plot: A drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man’s suicide affects three people’s lives. add synopsis
Awards: 10 wins & 14 nominations
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 104 min
Languages: English | Hebrew | French
Director:
Tagline: In Hollywood, everybody can hear you scream.
Cast: Robert De Niro … Ben
Sean Penn … Himself
Catherine Keener … Lou Tarnow
Bruce Willis … Actor
John Turturro … Dick Bell
Robin Wright Penn … Kelly
Stanley Tucci … Scott Solomon
Kristen Stewart … Zoe
Michael Wincott … Jeremy Brunell
Jason Kravits … Pollster (as Jason Kravitz)
Mark Ivanir … Johnny
Remy K. Selma … Jimmy (as Remy Selma)
Christopher Evan Welch … Studio Marketing Guy
Lily Rabe … Dawn
Sam Levinson … Carl
Plot: Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who’s having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime:
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Pete Hamill (story) and Erin Dignam (screenplay)
Cast: William Hurt … Brett Hanson
Maria Bello … May
Kristen Stewart … Martine
Eddie Redmayne … Gordy
Emmanuel Cohn … Doctor
Nurith Cohn … Nurse
Veronica Russell … Warden Genaro rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric F. Adams … Bank Accessor
Barbara Balentine … Grocery store customer
Ross Britz … Blonde's Friend
Lisha Brock … Waitress
Victor Brunette … Chippy White
Grover Coulson … Farnsworth
Lucy Faust … Snotty girl in diner
Aimee Spring Fortier … Teenage mother
Ross Francis … Boyfriend
Jeff Galpin … Cop #2
Douglas M. Griffin … Cop
Michael D. Kennedy … Tony Freckles
Rebecca Newman … Ilene
Bello Nock … Bello Nock
Holly O'Quin … Female nurse
Ashlynn Ross … Delivery Girl
Shayne Tingle … Ferry Driver
John Gregory Willard … Blonde
Dawna Williams … Waitress
Plot: A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness. add synopsis
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things.
Cast: Ben Kingsley … Dr. Jeffrey Squires
Josh Peck … Luke Shapiro
Famke Janssen … Kristin Squires
Olivia Thirlby … Stephanie
Mary-Kate Olsen … Union
Jane Adams … Eleanor
Method Man … Percy
Aaron Yoo … Justin
Talia Balsam … Mrs. Shapiro
David Wohl … Mr. Shapiro
Bob Dishy … Grandpa Shapiro
Joanna Merlin … Grandma Shapiro
Shannon Briggs … Bodyguard #1
Roy Milton Davis … Homeless Man
Alexander Flores … Kid in Bar
Plot: It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter.
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: Spain | Germany | UK | Lithuania
Runtime: 111 min
Languages: English | Russian | Spanish | Chinese | French
Director:
Tagline: Arrive on time.
Cast: Woody Harrelson … Roy
Emily Mortimer … Jessie
Ben Kingsley … Grinko
Kate Mara … Abby
Eduardo Noriega … Carlos
Thomas Kretschmann … Kolzak
Etienne Chicot … Frenchman
Mac McDonald … Minister
Colin Stinton … Embassy Official
Perlis Vaisieta … Manager Hotel Pushkin
Mindaugas Papinigis … Young Detective
Mindaugas Capas … Military Officer
Visockaite Sonata … Female Train Attendant #1 (as Sonata Visockaite)
Larisa Kalpokaite … Female Train Attendant #2
Valentinas Krulikovskis … Young Waiter
Plot: A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Awards: 2 wins & 11 nominations
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 97 min
Languages: English | French | Chinese | Urdu
Director:
Tagline: Desperation knows no borders.
Cast: Melissa Leo … Ray Eddy
Misty Upham … Lila Littlewolf
Charlie McDermott … Troy J. 'T.J.' Eddy
Michael O'Keefe … Trooper Finnerty
Mark Boone Junior … Jacques Bruno
James Reilly … Ricky Eddy
Jay Klaitz … Guy Versailles
John Canoe … Bernie Littlewolf
Dylan Carusona … Jimmy
Michael Sky … Billy Three Rivers
Gargi Shinde … Pakistani Mother
Rajesh Bose … Pakistani Father
Azin Jahanbakhsh … Pakistani Dealer
Jack Phillips … Pakistani Baby
James Phillips … Pakistani Baby
Plot: Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec… add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 14 nominations
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English | French | German
Director:
Tagline: Based on a true story of love, victory and fermentation.
Cast: Chris Pine … Bo Barrett
Hal B. Klein … Shenky
Alan Rickman … Steven Spurrier
Jean-Michel Richaud … Maitre d'
Dennis Farina … Maurice Cantavale
Bill Pullman … Jim Barrett
Kirk Baily … Loan Officer
Freddy Rodríguez … Gustavo Brambila (as Freddy Rodriguez)
Philippe Bergeron … Pierre Tari
Rachael Taylor … Sam Fulton
Louis Giambalvo … George Taber
Jean-Pierre Gillain … Pierre Bréjoux
Greg Collins … Trucker
Luis Saguar … Man #1 (as Louis Saguar)
James Hiser … Man #2
Plot: The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as “Judgment of Paris”. add synopsis
Awards: 1 win
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 91 min | Germany:102 min (European Film Market)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: life's a messy business.
Cast: Amy Adams … Rose Lorkowski
Emily Blunt … Norah Lorkowski
Alan Arkin … Joe Lorkowski
Jason Spevack … Oscar Lorkowski
Steve Zahn … Mac
Mary Lynn Rajskub … Lynn
Clifton Collins Jr. … Winston
Eric Christian Olsen … Randy
Paul Dooley … Sherm
Kevin Chapman … Carl
Judith Jones … Paula Datzman-Mead
Amy Redford … Heather
Christopher Dempsey … Gun Shop Suicide
Vic Browder … Gun Shop Owner
Ivan Brutsche … Above and Beyond Worker
Plot: In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business — a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service — with her unreliable sister.
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Get ready for the comeback of a lifetime.
Cast: John Malkovich … Buck Howard
Colin Hanks … Troy Gable
Emily Blunt … Valerie Brennan
Ricky Jay … Gil Bellamy
Steve Zahn … Kenny
Tom Hanks … Mr. Gable
Griffin Dunne … Johnathan Finerman
Debra Monk … Doreen
Adam Scott … Alan Berkman
Patrick Fischler … Michael Perry
Wallace Langham … Dan Green
Jonathan Ames … Edward Kelly
Jacquie Barnbrook … Sheila Heller
Paul Darricarrere … Restaurant Manager
Terry Scannell … Kip
Plot: A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary, Biography, Music
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 80 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: At fourteen, they made a pact to rock together forever. They meant it.
Cast: Tiziana Arrigoni … Herself / Manager
Kevin Goocher … Himself
Glenn Gyorffy … Himself
William Howell … Himself
Steve 'Lips' Kudlow … Himself / Lead Guitar
Lemmy … Himself
Robb Reiner … Himself / Drummer
Slash … Himself
Chris Tsangarides … Himself
Lars Ulrich … Himself
Plot: At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the “demi-gods of Canadian metal… add synopsis
Awards: 11 wins & 6 nominations
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 104 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: They're having the crime of their lives…
Cast: Diane Keaton … Bridget Cardigan
Ted Danson … Don Cardigan
Katie Holmes … Jackie Truman
Adam Rothenberg … Bob Truman
Queen Latifah … Nina Brewster
Peyton 'Alex' Smith … Older Dante (as Peyton Smith)
Charlie Caldwell … Cop #1
Richard F Law … Cop #2 (as Richard Law)
Meagen Fay … Mindy Arbogast
Christopher McDonald … Bryce Arbogast (as Chris McDonald)
Denise Lee … Counselor
Sylvia Castro Galan … Selina
Morgana Shaw … Molly
Roger R. Cross … Barry (as Roger Cross)
Stephen Root … Glover
Plot: Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: 107 min
Languages: English | German
Director:
Tagline: Shoot first. Sightsee later.
Cast: Elizabeth Berrington … Natalie
Rudy Blomme … Ticket Seller
Olivier Bonjour … Film Director
Mark Donovan … Overweight Man
Ann Elsley … Overweight Woman #2
Colin Farrell … Ray
Jean-Marc Favorin … Policeman
Ralph Fiennes … Harry Walters
Brendan Gleeson … Ken
Eric Godon … Yuri
Zeljko Ivanek … Canadian Guy
Sachi Kimura … Imamoto
Anna Madeley … Denise
Louis Nummy … Harry's child #3
Clémence Poésy … Chloë Villette
Plot: Holed up in Bruges, Belgium after a difficult job, two hit men begin to differ on their views of life and death as they become used to local customs.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 13 wins & 32 nominations
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 85 min
Languages: English | Russian
Director:
Tagline: Some Thing Has Found Us
Cast: Lizzy Caplan … Marlena Diamond
Jessica Lucas … Lily Ford
T.J. Miller … Hudson 'Hud' Platt
Michael Stahl-David … Rob Hawkins
Mike Vogel … Jason Hawkins
Odette Yustman … Beth McIntyre
Anjul Nigam … Bodega Cashier
Margot Farley … Jenn
Theo Rossi … Antonio
Brian Klugman … Charlie
Kelvin Yu … Clark
Liza Lapira … Heather
Lili Mirojnick … Lei
Ben Feldman … Travis
Elena Caruso … Party Goer
Plot: Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
Awards: 4 wins & 11 nominations
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