Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:91 min | Canada:91 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:91 min
Languages: English | French | Wolof | Spanish
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Bahareh Azimi (screenplay) Ramin Bahrani (screenplay)
Cast: Souleymane Sy Savane … Solo
Red West … William
Diana Franco Galindo … Alex
Lane 'Roc' Williams … Roc
Mamadou Lam … Mamadou
Carmen Leyva … Quiera rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter N. Anyieth … DVD Seller
Jim Babel … Airline Interviewer
Sarah S. Brooks … Passenger with Hat
Lasheka Brown … Crack Passenger
Alexandra Dimopoulos … Nurse
Neill Fleeman … Airline Interviewer
Jamill 'Peaches' Fowler … Pork Chop
Evelia Garcia … Bar Owner
Chris Greene … Thug
Viktor Hernandez … Quiera's Cousin
Wel Mayom Jok … DVD Seller
J. Malaak Juuk … Motel Janitor
Damian Jewan Lee … Passenger
Linda Lindsly … Airline Interviewer
Djibril Lo … Bank Cab Driver
Ken Lugen … Taxi Cab Employee
Angus MacLachlan … Crack Passenger
Trevor Metscher … Ticket Attendant
Caleb Paul … Solo's Baby
Christian Prince … Thug
Greg Prince … Thug
Jeff Prince … Thug
Navani Reyes … Navani
Catherine Sewell … Hospital Receptionist
Norman L. Sloan … Pharmacist
Virgilio Tix … Quiera's Cousin
Donald Wardlow … Sleeping Passenger
Pat West … Diner Hostess
Plot: Two men form an unlikely friendship that will change both of their lives forever.
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK
Runtime: 120 min
Languages: English | Hindi | French
Director: Danny Boyle
Loveleen Tandan (co-director: India)
Tagline: Love and money… You have mixed them both.
Writers: Simon Beaufoy (screenplay) Vikas Swarup (novel)
Cast: Dev Patel … Jamal K. Malik
Saurabh Shukla … Sergeant Srinivas
Anil Kapoor … Prem Kapur
Rajendranath Zutshi … Director (as Raj Zutshi)
Jeneva Talwar … Vision Mixer
Freida Pinto … Latika
Irrfan Khan … Police Inspector
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail … Youngest Salim
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar … Youngest Jamal
Jira Banjara … Airport Security Guard (as Hira Banjara)
Sheikh Wali … Airport Security Guard
Mahesh Manjrekar … Javed
Sanchita Choudhary … Jamal's Mother
Himanshu Tyagi … Mr Nanda
Sharib Hashmi … Prakash
Plot: A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.
Awards: Won 8 Oscars. Another 98 wins & 47 nominations
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:103 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Nicole Beharie … Dee Roberts
Will Patton … Sam Conroy
Alfre Woodard … Alma Roberts
Michael O'Keefe … Calvin Beckett
Tim Blake Nelson … David Cohen
Scott A. Martin … Jerry Arnold rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Malcolm Barrett … Byron Hill
Jackson Beals … Officer Carter
Michael Beasley … Tony Flair
Samantha Beaulieu … Mrs. Lloyd
Tody Bernard … Judge Pryor
Allen Boudreaux … Lawyer
Jeanne Bourgeois … Reporter #1
Andrew Buchler … Deposition Videographer
Kesha Bullard … Angry Woman
J. Omar Castro … Cisco
John Will Clay … Henry Franklin
Portia Cue … Laquathia
Daurice Cummings … Pedestrian
Charles S. Dutton … Reverend Sanders
Roslyn D. Evans … Magnolia
Jon Eyez … Bar Owner
Rodney Hebert … Cisco's Diner Patron
Louis Herthum … Officer Smith
Elton LeBlanc … Restaurant patron
Jerry Leggio … Norman
Jessie Blake Lough … Reporter #3
Anthony Mackie … Eddie Porter
Christopher McCann … Joe Fisher
Hunter McGregor … Reporter
Lance E. Nichols … Mr. Moss
Zardis Nichols … Gayzeen
Henry Pelitire … Texas State Trooper
Lyssa Prine … Deposition Stenographer
Ryan Reinike … Audio Dude
Tarra Riggs … Lavosha
Glenn Robin … Court Bailiff
Sue Rock … Elizabeth Beckett
C. Stuart Rome … Bailiff
Michael Scialabba … Thomas Willis
Janet Shea … Helen
Chaz Smith … Still photographer
Terry Lee Smith … SWAT
Lindsay Soileau … Julie Beckett
Antoine Spillers … Mr. Roberts
Defecio Stoglin … Brian Green
Paul David Story … David Higgins
Deneen Tyler … Suzzannha
Jearl Vinot … County Sheriff
Tim Ware … Mark Shelby
David Warshofsky … Robert Foster
Karimah Westbrook … Claudia Johnson
Michael Wozniak … Bailiff
Xzibit … Darrell Hughes
Richard Zeringue … Store Manager
Plot: A single African-American mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas. add synopsis
Awards: 8 nominations
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: 94 min | Israel:93 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A timeless story of innocence lost and humanity found.
Writers: John Boyne (novel) Mark Herman (screenplay)
Cast: Asa Butterfield … Bruno
Zac Mattoon O'Brien … Leon (as Zac Mattoon-O'Brien)
Domonkos Németh … Martin
Henry Kingsmill … Karl
Vera Farmiga … Elsa – Mother
Cara Horgan … Maria
Zsuzsa Holl … Berlin Cook
Amber Beattie … Gretel
László Áron … Lars
David Thewlis … Father
Richard Johnson … Grandpa
Sheila Hancock … Grandma
Charlie Baker … Palm Court Singer
Iván Verebély … Meinberg
Béla Fesztbaum … Schultz
Plot: Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | UK | France
Runtime: 96 min
Languages: English
Director: Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Tagline: Intelligence is relative.
Cast: George Clooney … Harry Pfarrer
Frances McDormand … Linda Litzke
Brad Pitt … Chad Feldheimer
John Malkovich … Osbourne Cox
Tilda Swinton … Katie Cox
Richard Jenkins … Ted Treffon
Elizabeth Marvel … Sandy Pfarrer
David Rasche … Palmer DeBakey Smith, CIA Officer
J.K. Simmons … CIA Superior
Olek Krupa … Krapotkin
Michael Countryman … Alan
Kevin Sussman … Tuchman Marsh Man
J.R. Horne … Divorce Lawyer
Hamilton Clancy … Peck
Armand Schultz … Olson
Plot: A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 10 nominations
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Music
Release Year: 2008
Country: Japan
Runtime: 130 min
Languages: Japanese
Director:
Tagline: The gift of last memories
Cast: Masahiro Motoki … Daigo Kobayashi
Tsutomu Yamazaki … Ikuei Sasaki
Ryoko Hirosue … Mika Kobayashi
Kazuko Yoshiyuki … Tsuyako Yamashita
Kimiko Yo … Yuriko Kamimura
Takashi Sasano … Shokichi Hirata
Tetta Sugimoto … Yamashita
Tôru Minegishi … Yoshiki Kobayashi
Tatsuo Yamada … Togashi
Yukari Tachibana
Tarô Ishida … Sonezaki
Sanae Miyata … Naomi Togashi
Ryôsuke Ohtani … Tomeo's father
Mitsuyo Hoshino … Kazuko Kobayashi
Tatsuhito Okuda
Plot: A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. add synopsis
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 32 wins & 3 nominations
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English | Thai
Director: Oxide Pang Chun
Danny Pang
Tagline: The hitman has become the target
Cast: Nicolas Cage … Joe
Shahkrit Yamnarm … Kong
Charlie Yeung … Fon (as Charlie Young)
Panward Hemmanee … Aom
Nirattisai Kaljaruek … Surat
Dom Hetrakul … Aran
Tuck Napaskorn … Kong's Brother
Steve Baldocchi … Michigan
Chris Heebink … USC
James With … Chicago
Peter Shadrin … Anton
Arthajid Puengvicha … Official
Duangjai Srisawang … Man in Arena
Veerasak Boonchard … Winai
Joe Sakol Palvanichkul … Tuk Tuk Driver (as Sakol Palvanichkul)
Plot: A hitman who’s in Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs falls for a local woman and bonds with his errand boy.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany | UK
Runtime: USA:111 min (unrated version) | 98 min (theatrical version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Get ready for a killer ride.
Cast: Jason Statham … Jensen Ames
Joan Allen … Warden Hennessey
Ian McShane … Coach
Tyrese Gibson … Machine Gun Joe Mason
Natalie Martinez … Elizabeth Case
Max Ryan … Pachenko
Jacob Vargas … Gunner
Jason Clarke … Guard Ulrich
Frederick Koehler … Lists
Justin Mader … Travis Colt
Robert LaSardo … Hector Grimm
Robin Shou … 14K
Benz Antoine … Joe's Navigator #1
Danny Blanco … Joe's Navigator #2 (as Danny Blanco Hall)
Christian Paul … Joe's Navigator #3
Plot: Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world’s most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:94 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Best. Weekend. Ever.
Cast: Drake Bell … Kevin Brewer
Andrew Caldwell … Carter Scott
Andree Moss … Ashley
Carolyn Moss … Riley
Wendy Talley … Kevin's Mom
Kevin Covais … Morris Hooper
Alona Tal … Gina
Ryan Pinkston … Fletcher
Brandi Coleman … College Girl #1
Jessica Heap … College Girl #2
Finch Nissen … Sweaty Guy
Camille Mana … Heather
Haley Bennett … Kendall
Nathalie Walker … Amy
Nick Zano … Teague
Plot: A wild weekend is in store for three high school seniors who visit a local college campus as prospective freshmen.
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 114 min
Languages: English | Arabic
Director:
Tagline: The truth is complicated.
Cast: Don Cheadle … Samir Horn
Guy Pearce … Roy Clayton
Saïd Taghmaoui … Omar
Neal McDonough … Max Archer
Alyy Khan … Fareed
Archie Panjabi … Chandra Dawkin
Raad Rawi … Nathir
Hassam Ghancy … Bashir
Mozhan Marnò … Leyla (as Mozhan Marno)
Adeel Akhtar … Hamzi
Jeff Daniels … Carter
Lorena Gale … Dierdre Horn
Scali Delpeyrat … Inspector Gilles
Mehdi Ortelsberg … Ali (as Medhi Ortelsberg)
Aizoun Abdelkader … Ahmed
Plot: When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.
Awards: 5 nominations
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary, Family, Music
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime:
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast:
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Plot: A live Cirque du Soleil performance featuring remixed music, visuals, musicians, singers, and dancers… add synopsis
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | France | UK
Runtime: 90 min | 101 min (extended version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Maurice G. Dantec (novel) Mathieu Kassovitz (scenario and dialogue) …
Cast: Vin Diesel … Toorop
Michelle Yeoh … Sister Rebeka
Mélanie Thierry … Aurora
Lambert Wilson … Darquandier
Mark Strong … Finn
Jérôme Le Banner … Killa
Charlotte Rampling … High Priestess
Gérard Depardieu … Gorsky
Joel Kirby … Dr. Newton
Souleymane Dicko … Jamal
David Belle … Kid with Tattoos
Radek Bruna … Karl
Jan Unger … Fight Promoter
Abraham Belaga … Assistant to High Priestess
Gary Cowan … Neolite Executive
Plot: Veteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Romania
Runtime: 110 min | 112 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: There Is Evil……..On The Other Side
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland … Ben Carson
Paula Patton … Amy Carson
Cameron Boyce … Michael Carson
Erica Gluck … Daisy Carson
Amy Smart … Angela Carson
Mary Beth Peil … Anna Esseker
John Shrapnel … Lorenzo Sapelli
Jason Flemyng … Det. Larry Byrne
Tim Ahern … Dr. Morris
Julian Glover … Robert Esseker
Josh Cole … Gary Lewis
Ezra Buzzington … Terrence Berry
Aida Doina … Rosa (as Doina Aida Stan)
Ioana Abur … Front Desk Sister
Darren Kent … Jimmy Esseker
Plot: An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Henry Gilroy (written by) & Steven Melching (written by) …
Cast: Matt Lanter … Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Ashley Eckstein … Ahsoka Tano (voice)
James Arnold Taylor … Obi-Wan Kenobi / 4-A7 / Medical Droid (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker … Clone Troopers / Captain Rex / Cody (voice)
Tom Kane … Yoda / Narrator / Admiral Yularen (voice)
Nika Futterman … Asajj Ventress / Tee-C-Seventy (voice)
Ian Abercrombie … Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
Corey Burton … General Loathsom / Ziro the Hutt / Kronos-327 (voice)
Catherine Taber … Padmé Amidala (voice)
Matthew Wood … Battle Droids (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson … Jabba the Hutt (voice)
David Acord … Rotta the Huttlet (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson … Mace Windu (voice)
Anthony Daniels … C-3PO (voice)
Christopher Lee … Count Dooku (voice)
Plot: As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace…
Awards: 1 nomination
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Drama, History, Sport
Release Year: 2008
Country: Germany | Austria | Switzerland
Runtime: 126 min
Languages: German | Swiss German | French | Italian
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Christoph Silber (writer) and Philipp Stölzl (writer) …
Cast: Benno Fürmann … Toni Kurz
Florian Lukas … Andreas Hinterstoisser
Johanna Wokalek … Luise Fellner
Georg Friedrich … Edi Rainer
Simon Schwarz … Willy Angerer
Ulrich Tukur … Henry Arau
Erwin Steinhauer … Emil Landauer
Branko Samarovski … Albert von Allmen
Petra Morzé … Elisabeth Landauer
Hanspeter Müller … Schlunegger
Peter Zumstein … Adolf Rubi
Martin Schick … Christian Rubi
Erni Mangold … Großmutter Kurz
Johannes Thanheiser … Großvater Kurz
Arnd Schimkat … Hotelbesitzer
Plot:
Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 111 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The darkest age is yet to come. Have faith.
Cast: Thomas Jane … Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter
Ron Perlman … Brother Samuel
Devon Aoki … Cpl. Valerie Duval
Sean Pertwee … Capt. Nathan Rooker
Benno Fürmann … Lt. Maximillian von Steiner
John Malkovich … Constantine
Anna Walton … Severian
Tom Wu … Cpl. Juba Kim Wu
Steve Toussaint … Capt. John McGuire
Luis Echegaray … Cpl. Jesus 'El Jesus' de Barrera
Pras … Captain Michaels (as Pras Michel)
Shauna Macdonald … Adelaide
Roger Ashton-Griffiths … Science Monk
Christopher Adamson … Hodge
Nicholas Ball … Plutocrat
Plot: 28th century soldier Mitch Hunter leads a fight against an army of underworld Mutants.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 111 min | USA:117 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Cantonese | Korean
Director:
Tagline: Put this in your pipe and smoke it.
Cast: Seth Rogen … Dale Denton
James Franco … Saul Silver
Danny McBride … Red
Kevin Corrigan … Budlofsky
Craig Robinson … Matheson
Gary Cole … Ted Jones
Rosie Perez … Carol / Female Cop
Ed Begley Jr. … Robert
Nora Dunn … Shannon
Amber Heard … Angie Anderson
Joe Lo Truglio … Mr. Edwards
Arthur Napiontek … Clark
Cleo King … Police Liaison Officer
Bill Hader … Private Miller
James Remar … General Bratt
Plot: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations
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