Archive for January, 2009
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:95 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: He wrote the book on life's big questions. But the truth is he hasn't got a clue.
Cast: Jeff Daniels … Arlen Faber
Lauren Graham … Elizabeth
Lou Taylor Pucci … Kris Lucas
Olivia Thirlby … Anne
Kat Dennings … Dahlia
Nora Dunn … Terry Fraser
Tony Hale … Mailman
Annie Corley … Mrs. Gold
Max Antisell … Alex
Thomas Roy … Riley Lucas
Peter Patrikios … Ross
Greg Wood … Businessman #1
Richard G. Lyntton … Journalist
Richard Barlow … Paul
Sally Mercer … Customer
Plot: A reclusive author of spiritual books, is pursued for advice by a single mother and a man fresh out of rehab.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2009
Country: UK
Runtime: USA:95 min
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Lynn Barber (memoir) Nick Hornby (screenplay)
Cast: Carey Mulligan … Jenny
Olivia Williams … Miss Stubbs
Alfred Molina … Jack
Cara Seymour … Marjorie
William Melling … Small Boy #1
Connor Catchpole … Small Boy #2
Matthew Beard … Graham
Peter Sarsgaard … David
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes … Hattie
Ellie Kendrick … Tina
Dominic Cooper … Danny
Rosamund Pike … Helen
Nick Sampson … Auctioneer
Kate Duchêne … Latin Teacher (as Kate Duchene)
Bel Parker … Small Girl
Plot: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 41 nominations
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
All Genres:
Documentary, Comedy
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 96 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sit back and relax.
Writers: Lance Crouther (written by) Paul Marchand (ghostwriter)
Cast: Maya Angelou … Herself
Vanessa Bell Calloway … Herself
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton … Herself (as Salt-N-Pepa)
Eve … Herself
Melyssa Ford … Herself
Meagan Good … Herself
Andre Harrell … Himself
Ice-T … Himself
Cheryl 'Salt' James … Herself (as Salt-N-Pepa)
Sarah Jones … Herself
KRS-One … Himself
Nia Long … Herself
Paul Mooney … Himself
Faheem Najm … Himself (as T-Pain)
Raven-Symoné … Herself
Salli Richardson-Whitfield … Herself
Chris Rock … Himself
Al Sharpton … Himself
Tracie Thoms … Herself
Kerry Washington … Herself
Plot: Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles. add synopsis
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Comedy
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Michael Jai White … Black Dynamite
Arsenio Hall … Tasty Freeze
Tommy Davidson … Cream Corn
Kevin Chapman … O'Leary
Richard Edson … Dino
Darrel Heath … Militant 2
Buddy Lewis … Gunsmoke rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pete Antico … Abraham Lincoln
Phyllis Applegate … Aunt Billy
Obba Babatundé … Osirus
William Bassett … Captain Yancy
Sorana Black … Disguised Waitress #1
Fredella Calloway … Waitress
Cheryl Carter … Black Dynamites Mother
Juka Ceesay … Valet Girl
Sean Christopher … Nipsy
Deidee Deionne … Afroditey
Jason Jack Edwards … Soul Brother (as Jason Edwards)
Jon Kent Ethridge … Young Black Dynamite
Deionne Gibson … Afroditey
Cory Gluck … Young Jimmy
Andray Johnson … Karate Instructor
John Kerry … Mafia Chief
Irwin Keyes … Mob Goon
Lauren Mary Kim … Hoe
Daniel Leavitt … Teasing Boy #1
Jesse Lewis IV … Militant #3
Neil Lewis … Young black dynamite
Alexis McCombs … Hooker
Brian McKnight … Sweetmeat
James McManus … Richard Nixon
K.J. Middlebrooks … Pimp in barbershop
Byron Minns … Bullhorn
Jessica Moreno … Dumb Blonde
Phil Morris … Saheed
Kevin Murry … Nipsy's neighbor
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. … Mo
Loren Oden … Leon St. James
Nicole Ari Parker … Mahogany Black
Garen Petrossian … Goon 3
Candace Rice … Shawanda
Salli Richardson-Whitfield … Gloria (as Salli Richardson)
John Salley … Kotex
Tucker Smallwood … Congressman James
Brittney Sorensen … White Chick
Chris Spencer … Militant 1
Mike Starr … Rafelli
Charlotte Stokely
Larnell Stovall … Pool Hall Thug
Nicole Sullivan … Patricia Nixon
Nakia Syvonne … Euphoria
Pretty Terry … Paul Taylor
Al Vicente … Capo
Erika Vution … Black girl (as Ashlie R. Jackson)
Jimmy Walker Jr. … Roscoe
Kym Whitley … Honeybee
Lee Whittaker … Donut man (as Lee Whitaker)
Billy 'Sly' Williams … Willy Sly
Mykelti Williamson … Chicago Wind
Bokeem Woodbine … Black Hand Jack
Cedric Yarbrough … Chocolate Giddy-Up
Roger Yuan … Fiendish Dr. Wu
Poco Zocko … Goon (as Jeffrey M. Gelman)
Plot: This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother… add synopsis
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Languages: English | French | Swedish
Director:
Tagline: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Tom Hansen
Zooey Deschanel … Summer Finn
Geoffrey Arend … McKenzie
Chloe Moretz … Rachel Hansen
Matthew Gray Gubler … Paul
Clark Gregg … Vance
Patricia Belcher … Millie
Rachel Boston … Alison
Minka Kelly … Autumn – Girl at interview
Charles Walker … Millie's New Husband
Ian Reed Kesler … Douche
Darryl Alan Reed … Bus Driver
Valente Rodriguez … Employee #1
Yvette Nicole Brown … New Secretary
Nicole Vicius … Partygoer
Plot: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 16 nominations
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | France
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A soul searching comedy.
Cast: Paul Giamatti … Giamatti – Paul
Dina Korzun … Nina
Emily Watson … Claire
David Strathairn … Dr. Flintstein
Katheryn Winnick … Sveta
Lauren Ambrose … Stephanie
Boris Kievsky … Oleg
Oksana Lada … Sasha
Natalia Zvereva … Anastasia
Rebecca Brooksher … Yelena
Yevgeniy Dekhtyar … Hotel Receptionist
Floanne Ankah … Ballerina
Fabrizia Dal Farra … Ballerina
Polina Gorokhovskaya … Sophisticated Prostitute rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Aronov … Mafioso
Seth Austin … Androgynous Person
Marie-Pierre Beausejour … Sonya
Brienin Bryant
Kevin Cannon … Angry Protestor
Erin Cronican … Assistant to Director
Alexandra Donhoeffner … Ballerina
John Farrer … Dream Sequence Violinist
Gabriel Furman … Russian Soap Doctor
Laura Heisler
Ted Koch … INS Officer
Gregory Korostishevsky … Yuri
Eliezer Meyer … Russian Airline Passenger
Armand Schultz … Astrov
Stella Stark … Paul's young mother
Wendy Rich Stetson … Soul Storage Mother
Michael Stuhlbarg … Hedge Fund Consultant
Michael Tucker … Frank- Director
Plot: Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov’s play, Vanya.
Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 97 min | USA:97 min (Sundance Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: It's a business doing pleasure.
Cast: Ashton Kutcher … Nikki
Anne Heche … Samantha
Margarita Levieva … Heather
Sebastian Stan … Harry
Ashley Johnson … Eva
Sonia Rockwell … Christina
Rachel Blanchard … Emily
Shane Brolly … Prince Stelio
Eric Balfour … Sean
Maria Conchita Alonso … Ingrid
Tommy Kijas … Jason – 'Head Waiter' (as Thomas Kijas)
Derek Carter … Delivery Guy
Dani Levine … Nadia
Peter Marc Jacobson … Plastic Surgeon
Hart Bochner … Will
Plot: A sex comedy centered on a serial womanizer and his jilted lover.
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:90 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Bring a bib, it's gonna get messy
Writers: Jay Chandrasekhar (writer) Kevin Heffernan (writer)
Cast: Jeff Chase … Anthony
Carla Gallo … Stacy
Paul Soter … Dave / Donnie
Michael Yurchak … Jamie the Line Chef
Nat Faxon … Carl the Manager
Jolie Martin … Waitress
Erik Stolhanske … Guy
Jay Chandrasekhar … Nuts
April Bowlby … Mia
Cobie Smulders … Tara
Steve Lemme … Connor
Carrie Clifford … Patty the Hostess
Will Forte … Horace the Lone Diner
Rosalie Ward … Merlot Customer
Marc Evan Jackson … Dry Sac Customer
Plot: The owner of a Miami restaurant indebted to the mob institutes a contest to see what waiter can earn the most money in one night.
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 140 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: This is War. This is Brooklyn.
Cast: Richard Gere … Eddie Dugan
Don Cheadle … Tango
Ethan Hawke … Sal
Wesley Snipes … Caz
Jesse Williams … Eddie Quinlan
Lili Taylor … Angela
Ellen Barkin
Will Patton … Lt. Bill Hobarts
Brian F. O'Byrne … Ronny Rosario
Vincent D'Onofrio … Carlo rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Adams … Doctor
Wade Allain-Marcus … C-Rayz
Jas Anderson … K Rock
Nicoye Banks … Slim
Ismail Bashey … Radio Interviewer (voice)
Shaun B'Laurent … Tim (as Ed Pelle)
James Thomas Bligh … Detective Steve Ryan
Diana Bologna … Italian Woman
Robert John Burke … Trooper Scarborough
Raquel Castro … Katherine
Carl Clemons … Club Goon
Rosalyn Coleman … Mother
Tawny Cypress … Allisa Hughes
Isabella David … Sarie's Friend
Paul Diomede … The Italian
John D'Leo … Vinny
Ramon Flowers … Junky
Lebroz Ariel James … Brooklyn Bruiser
Michael Jeremiah … Narc
Hassan Johnson … Beamer
Shannon Kane … Chantel
Ebony J Lewis … Shortie
Steve Lord … FBI Wiretap Agent
Bruce MacVittie … Father Scarpetti
Stella Maeve … Cynthia
Logan Marshall-Green … Melvin Panton
Tanda Mercer … Shortie
Ed Moran … Investigator #2
Kevin Navayne … Drug dealer
Michael Pemberton … Capt. Jenkins
Armando Riesco … Detective George Montress
Clifford Rivera … Thug Ballplayer #2
Wass Stevens … Patrick Leary
Will Stewart … Plainclothes Officer
Tika Sumpter … Neighborhood Girl
Joshua Thompson … Jojo
Sarah Thompson … Sarie
Tobias Truvillion … Gutta
Isiah Whitlock Jr. … Kordell
Michael K. Williams … Red
Yan Xi … Chinese Waitress
Rick Zahn … Police Commissioner
Plot: Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. add synopsis
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, Music
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 122 min | 128 min (unrated director's cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: No dream is too big
Cast: Jamal Woolard … Christopher 'Biggie' Wallace
Mohamed Dione … Record Executive at Party
Derek Luke … Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Dennis L.A. White … Damion 'D-Roc' Butler
Marc John Jefferies … Lil Cease
Menyone DeVeaux … Hot Girl
Ginger Kroll … Debbie
Ricky Smith … Wally
Christopher Jordan Wallace … Biggie (age 8-13)
Amanda Christopher … Keisha
Angela Bassett … Voletta Wallace
Nina Daniels … Street Commentator
Jasper Briggs … Damion (age 8-13)
Cyrus Farmer … Selwyn
David Costabile … Mr. Webber
Plot: The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
Awards: 6 nominations
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: On January 16, Get Your Heart Broken.
Cast: Jensen Ackles … Tom Hanniger
Jaime King … Sarah Palmer
Kerr Smith … Axel Palmer
Betsy Rue … Irene
Edi Gathegi … Deputy Martin
Tom Atkins … Sheriff Jim Burke
Kevin Tighe … Ben Foley
Megan Boone … Megan
Karen Baum … Deputy Ferris
Joy de la Paz … Rosa
Marc Macaulay … Riggs
Todd Farmer … Frank the Trucker
Jeff Hochendoner … Red
Bingo O'Malley … Officer Hinch
Liam Rhodes … Michael
Plot: Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine’s night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, however, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one will believes he’s innocent.
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: Argentina:94 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | USA:94 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes male bonding can be taken a little too far.
Cast: Mark Duplass … Ben
Joshua Leonard … Andrew
Alycia Delmore … Anna
Lynn Shelton … Monica
Trina Willard … Lily
Plot: Two guys take their bromance to another level when they participate in an art film project. add synopsis
Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Documentary
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 89 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Creativity can solve anything
Writers: Gregory Beauchamp (original concept) and Kirk Souder (original concept) …
Cast: Lee Clow … Himself
Jim Durfee … Himself
Cliff Freeman … Himself
Jeff Goodby … Himself
David Kennedy … Himself
George Lois … Himself
Charlie Moss … Himself
Hal Riney … Himself
Phyllis K. Robinson … Herself
Ed Rollins … Himself
Rich Silverstein … Himself
Mary Wells … Herself
Dan Wieden … Himself
Plot:
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Documentary
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:90 min | Germany:90 min (Sundance Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Fashion is a religion. This is the bible.
Cast: Oscar De la Renta … Himself
Patrick DeMarchelier … Himself
John Galliano … Himself
Jean-Paul Gaultier … Himself
Candy Pratts … Herself
Hilary Rhoda … Herself
Coco Rocha … Herself
André Leon Talley … Himself
Mario Testino … Himself
Caroline Trentini … Herself
Vera Wang … Herself
Anna Wintour … Herself
Plot: A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min | Canada:109 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Life is hard. Life is short. Life is painful. Life is rich. Life is….Precious.
Cast: Gabourey Sidibe … Precious
Mo'Nique … Mary
Paula Patton … Ms. Rain
Mariah Carey … Mrs. Weiss
Sherri Shepherd … Cornrows
Lenny Kravitz … Nurse John
Stephanie Andujar … Rita
Chyna Layne … Rhonda
Amina Robinson … Jermaine
Xosha Roquemore … Joann
Angelic Zambrana … Consuelo
Aunt Dot … Tootsie
Nealla Gordon … Mrs. Lichtenstein
Grace Hightower … Social Worker
Barret Helms … Tom Cruise (as Barret Isaiah Mindell)
Plot: In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 58 nominations
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Family
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 100 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: No stray gets turned away
Cast: Emma Roberts … Andi
Jake T. Austin … Bruce
Don Cheadle … Bernie
Johnny Simmons … Dave
Kyla Pratt … Heather
Troy Gentile … Mark
Lisa Kudrow … Lois Scudder
Kevin Dillon … Carl Scudder
Ajay Naidu … ACO Jake
Eric Edelstein … ACO Max
Robinne Lee … Carol
Yvette Nicole Brown … Ms. Camwell
Maximiliano Hernández … Officer Mike (as Maximiliano Hernandez)
Andre Ware … Officer Jeff
Jonathan Klein … Evan
Plot: Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2009
Country: India | USA
Runtime: USA:154 min
Languages: Hindi | Cantonese
Director:
Tagline: This Diwali, two great civilizations… will wish they had never met!
Writers: Rajat Arora (dialogue) Bohemia (lyrics)
Cast: Akshay Kumar … SidhulLiu Sheuyn
Deepika Padukone … Sakhi / Suzy 'Meow Meow' 'Miss TSM'
Mithun Chakraborty … Dada
Ranvir Shorey … Chopstick
Chia Hui Liu … Hojo (as Gordon Liu)
Roger Yuan … Inspector Chiang Kohung rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kiran Juneja … Mrs. Kohung
Yuk-Ting Lau (as Lau Yuk-Ting)
Jun Li … Wong
Chang En Lu … Han
Conan Stevens … Joey
Kevin Wu … Frankie
Plot: An action-comedy about a simple cook from Chandni Chowk mistaken for the reincarnation of an ancient peasant warrior Liu Shengh by residents of an oppressed Chinese village.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Morris Chestnut … Dave Johnson
Taraji P. Henson … Clarice Clark
Maeve Quinlan … Julie Sawyer
Kevin Hart … Tree
Wood Harris … Darnell Gooden
Eddie Cibrian … Brock Houseman
Jenifer Lewis … Mary 'Mama' Clark
Niecy Nash … Michelle
Cannon Jay … Bryson Sawyer
Albert Hall … Bishop Wilkes
Jeff Krebs … Trauma Doctor
Nathaniel Carter … Deshawn
Brendon Terrell Ferguson … Marcus (as Brendon Terrell)
Kwame Boateng … Darius
Henry Brown … Mr. Reid
Plot: A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple. add synopsis
Awards: 2 nominations
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min | 89 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Hebrew
Director:
Tagline: Evil will do anything to live.
Cast: Odette Yustman … Casey Beldon
Gary Oldman … Rabbi Sendak
Cam Gigandet … Mark
Meagan Good … Romy
Idris Elba … Arthur Wyndham
Jane Alexander … Sofi Kozma
Atticus Shaffer … Matty Newton
James Remar … Gordon Beldon
Carla Gugino … Janet Beldon
C.S. Lee … Dr. Lester Caldwell
Rhys Coiro … Mr. Shields
Michael Sassone … Eli Walker
Ethan Cutkosky … Barto
Craig J. Harris … Rick Hesse (as Craig Harris)
Rachel Brosnahan … Lisa
Plot: A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Horror
Release Year: 2009
Country: Norway
Runtime: USA:91 min | Norway:90 min
Languages: Norwegian
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Stig Frode Henriksen (written by) Tommy Wirkola (written by)
Cast: Vegar Hoel … Martin
Stig Frode Henriksen … Roy
Charlotte Frogner … Hanna
Lasse Valdal … Vegard
Evy Kasseth Røsten … Liv
Jeppe Laursen … Erlend
Jenny Skavlan … Chris
Ane Dahl Torp … Sara
Bjørn Sundquist … The Wanderer
Ørjan Gamst … Herzog
Plot: A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
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