Archive for July, 2008

Brideshead Revisited

Friday, July 25th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2008

Country: UK | Italy | Morocco

Runtime: USA:133 min

Languages: English | Italian | Arabic | Latin | French

Director:

Tagline: Love is not ours to control

 

Writers: Andrew Davies (written by) and Jeremy Brock (written by) …

 

Cast: Matthew Goode … Charles Ryder
Thomas Morrison … Hooper
David Barrass … Ship's Barber
Anna Madeley … Celia Ryder
Sarah Crowden … Lady Guest
Stephen Carlile … English Lord
Peter Barnes … American Professor
Hayley Atwell … Julia Flyte
Patrick Malahide … Mr Ryder
Richard Teverson … Cousin Jasper
Joseph Beattie … Anthony Blanche
Ben Whishaw … Sebastian Flyte
Roger Walker … Lunt
Mark Field … Boy Mulcaster
Mark Edel-Hunt … Oxford Student

 

Plot: A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War. add synopsis

 

Awards: 10 nominations

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Step Brothers

Friday, July 25th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min | 106 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: They grow up so fast.

 

Cast: Will Ferrell … Brennan Huff
John C. Reilly … Dale Doback
Mary Steenburgen … Nancy Huff
Richard Jenkins … Dr. Robert Doback
Adam Scott … Derek
Kathryn Hahn … Alice
Andrea Savage … Denise
Lurie Poston … Tommy
Elizabeth Yozamp … Tiffany
Logan Manus … Chris Gardoki
Travis T. Flory … Redheaded Kid (as Travis Flory)
Lili Rose McKay … 7-year-old Girl (as Lili McKay)
Shira Piven … Nurse
Seth Morris … Doctor
Wayne Federman … Blind Man

 

Plot: Two spoiled guys become competitive stepbrothers after their single parents get hitched.

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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The X Files: I Want to Believe

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

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

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 104 min | USA:108 min (director's cut)

Languages: English | Russian | Czech

Director:

Tagline: Believe Again

 

Cast: David Duchovny … Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson … Dana Scully
Amanda Peet … ASAC Dakota Whitney
Billy Connolly … Father Joseph Crissman
Xzibit … Agent Mosley Drummy (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner)
Mitch Pileggi … Walter Skinner
Callum Keith Rennie … 2nd Abductor – Janke Dacyshyn
Adam Godley … Father Ybarra
Alex Diakun … Gaunt Man
Nicki Aycox … 2nd Victim – Cheryl Cunningham
Fagin Woodcock … 1st Abductor – Franz Tomczeszyn
Marco Niccoli … Christian Fearon
Carrie Ruscheinsky … Margaret Fearon
Spencer Maybee … Blair Fearon
Veronika Hadrava … Female Assistant

 

Plot: Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: Germany | USA

Runtime: 112 min

Languages: English | Mandarin

Director:

Tagline: A New Evil Awakens.

 

Cast: Brendan Fraser … Richard 'Rick' O'Connell
Jet Li … Emperor Han
Maria Bello … Evelyn O'Connell
John Hannah … Jonathan Carnahan
Michelle Yeoh … Zi Juan
Luke Ford … Alex O'Connell
Isabella Leong … Lin
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang … General Yang (as Chau Sang Anthony Wong)
Russell Wong … General Ming Guo
Liam Cunningham … Mad Dog Maguire
David Calder … Prof. Roger Wilson
Jessey Meng … Choi
Tian Liang … Li Zhou
Albert Kwan … Chu Wah
Jacky Wu … Assassin #1 (as Wu Jing)

 

Plot: In the Far East, Alex O’Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O’Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin — a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago.

 

Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations

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The Midnight Meat Train

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min | USA:100 min | France:85 min | USA:103 min (unrated version)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The most terrifying ride you'll ever take

 

Cast: Bradley Cooper … Leon
Leslie Bibb … Maya
Brooke Shields … Susan Hoff
Vinnie Jones … Mahogany
Roger Bart … Jurgis
Tony Curran … Driver
Barbara Eve Harris … Detective Lynn Hadley
Peter Jacobson … Otto
Stephanie Mace … Leigh Cooper
Ted Raimi … Randle Cooper
Nora … Erika Sakaki (as NorA)
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson … Guardian Angel
Dan Callahan … Troy Taleveski
Don Smith … Station Cop (as Donnie Smith)
Earl Carroll … Jack Franks

 

Plot: A New York photographer hunts down a serial killer.

 

Awards: 4 wins

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Gake no ue no Ponyo

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Release Year: 2008

Country: Japan

Runtime: 101 min

Languages: Japanese

Director:

Tagline: Welcome To A World Where Anything Is Possible.

 

Cast: Yuria Nara … Ponyo (voice: Japanese Version)
Hiroki Doi … Sosuke (voice: Japanese Version)
Jôji Tokoro … Fujimoto (voice: Japanese Version)
Tomoko Yamaguchi … Risa (voice: Japanese Version)
Yûki Amami … Guranmamare (voice: Japanese Version)
Kazushige Nagashima … Kôichi (voice: Japanese Version)
Akiko Yano … Ponyo no kyôdai (voice: Japanese Version)
Shinichi Hatori … Anchorman (voice: Japanese Version)
Tokie Hidari … Kayo (voice: Japanese Version)
Eimi Hiraoka … Kumiko (voice: Japanese Version)
Rumi Hîragi … Young Mother (voice: Japanese Version)
Tomoko Naraoka … Yoshie (voice: Japanese Version)
Nozomi Ôhashi … Karen (voice: Japanese Version)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki … Toki (voice: Japanese Version)
Akihiko Ishizumi … (voice: Japanese Version)

 

Plot: An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.

 

Awards: 6 wins & 8 nominations

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Repo! The Genetic Opera

Friday, July 18th, 2008

All Genres:
Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min | USA:150 min (original cut)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Not Your Parent's Opera

 

Writers: Darren Smith (screenplay) & Terrance Zdunich (screenplay) …

 

Cast: Alexa Vega … Shilo Wallace
Paul Sorvino … Rotti Largo
Anthony Head … Nathan / Repo Man (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Sarah Brightman … Blind Mag
Paris Hilton … Amber Sweet
Bill Moseley … Luigi Largo
Nivek Ogre … Pavi Largo (as Ogre)
Terrance Zdunich … Graverobber
Sarah Power … Marni
Jessica Horn … Jessica Adams
Branko Lebar … Rotti's Chauffeur
Brianna Buckmaster … Sherrie Alviso (as Briana Buckmaster)
Anna Kostan … Young Mormon Woman
Brad Austin … Young Mormon Man
Marty Adams … Big Man

 

Plot: A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.

 

Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination

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Harold

Friday, July 11th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:90 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr. … Cromer
Spencer Breslin … Harold
Ally Sheedy … Maureen
Stella Maeve … Shelly rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dave Attell … Barker
Charlene Biton … Dancer
Joey Blonsky … Malcolm
Nikki Blonsky … Rhonda
Meredith Anne Bull … Belinda
Rachel Dratch … Ms. Norris
Daniel Farcher … Brad
Michelle Fields
Samantha Futerman … Katy
Edward Gelbinovich … James
Elizabeth Gillies … Evelyn Taylor
Robert Gorrie … Patrick
Christina Jackson … Traci
Erika J. … Bartender
Nicky Katt … Police officer #1
Chris Margaritis … Prisoner
Julian Mazzola … The Kid
Lorraine Mazzola … Ms. Colage
Lathan McKay … Officer Shannon
Lian Moy … Student
Judy Nazemetz … Nurse
Derek Nelson … Mason
Chris Parnell … Coach Vanderpool
Nicola Peltz … Becki
Sarge Pickman … Alibi Club Patron
Colin Quinn … Reedy
Newman Sakhi … Jugdish
Bob Sands … Slinky
Pat Shannon … Rhonda's Dad
Suzanne Shepherd … Maude
Angel Sing … Chang
Dylan Snyder … Dylan
Jake Sokoloff … Byron
Wass Stevens … Prisoner
Paul Thornton … Mr. Kahane
Lou Wagner
Jillian Wiegand … Beautiful Waitress
William Wiggins … Vince
Fred Willard … Dr. Pratt

 

Plot: A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school’s janitor.

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