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Extract

Friday, September 4th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:92 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: This Labor Day, the creator of OFFICE SPACE heads back to work.

 

Cast: Jason Bateman … Joel Reynolds
Mila Kunis … Cindy
Kristen Wiig … Suzie
Ben Affleck … Dean
J.K. Simmons … Brian
Clifton Collins Jr. … Step
Dustin Milligan … Brad
David Koechner … Nathan
Beth Grant … Mary
T.J. Miller … Rory
Javier Gutiérrez … Hector
Lidia Porto … Gabriella
Gene Simmons … Joe Adler
Matt Schulze … Willie
Lamberto Gutierrez … Victor

 

Plot: Joel, the owner of an Extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.

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The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans

Friday, September 4th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 122 min

Languages: English | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: The only criminal he can't catch is himself.

 

Cast: Nicolas Cage … Terence McDonagh
Val Kilmer … Stevie Pruit
Eva Mendes … Frankie Donnenfeld
Fairuza Balk … Heidi
Jennifer Coolidge … Genevieve
Michael Shannon … Mundt
Brad Dourif … Ned Schoenholtz
Shawn Hatosy … Armand Benoit
Shea Whigham … Justin
Denzel Whitaker … Daryl
Xzibit … Big Fate (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner)
Irma P. Hall … Binnie Rogers
Tom Bower … Pat McDonough
Lance E. Nichols … Jerimiah Goodhusband
Vondie Curtis-Hall … James Brasser
Douglas M. Griffin … Sergeant
Katie Chonacas … Tina
Brandi Coleman … Yvonne
Kyle Russell Clements … Lawrence
Nick Gomez … Evaristo Chavez
Lauren Pennington … Young woman
Brandy Moon … Duffy's wife
Sean Boyd … Lt. Stoyer
J.D. Evermore … Rick Fitzsimon
Jillian Batherson … D.A's Assistant
Marco St. John … Eugene Gratz
Tony Bentley … Hurley
Michael Wozniak … Undercover Officer
Deneen Tyler … Pharmacist
Deena Beasley … Miamouna
David Joseph Martinez … Juan Michel
Lucius Baston … Deshaun 'Midget' Hackett
Sam Medina … Andy
J. Omar Castro … Narcotics Detective
Armando Leduc … Jeff
Topher Jones … Undercover Detective
Noel Arthur … Renaldo Hayes
Victor Hugo Palacios … Police Officer
Tim Bellow … Gary 'G' Jenkins
Joe Nemmers … Officer Larry Moy
Lyssa Prine … Nurse
Roger J. Timber … Security Guard (as Roger Timber)
Robert Pavlovich … Dr. Milburn
Jeremy Aaron Johnson … Detective Yasco
Jaime San Andres … Officer Lasseigne
Michael Arnona … Police Captain
C. Stuart Rome … CSI Agent
Trey Burvant … Dealer
Lorin Moore … Promotion Reporter
Joel Davis … TV Play-by-play announcer (voice)
Michael Zimbrich … Waiter
Matt Borel … Bernie
Joshua Gillum … Host

 

Plot: Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. add synopsis

 

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

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The Last Station

Friday, September 4th, 2009

All Genres:
Biography, Drama, History

Release Year: 2009

Country: Germany | Russia | UK

Runtime: 112 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Intoxicating. Infuriating. Impossible. Love.

 

Cast: James McAvoy … Valentin Bulgakov
Christopher Plummer … Leo Tolstoy
Helen Mirren … Sofya Tolstoy
Anne-Marie Duff … Sasha Tolstoy
Paul Giamatti … Vladimir Chertkov
Kerry Condon … Masha
Patrick Kennedy … Sergeyenko
John Sessions … Dushan
David Masterson … Reporter
Nenad Lucic … Vanja
Tomas Spencer … Andrey Tolstoy
Maximilian Gärtner … Kind

 

Plot: A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. add synopsis

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 11 nominations

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Gamer

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 95 min

Languages: English

Director: Mark Neveldine

Brian Taylor

Tagline: In the near future, you don't live to play… you'll play to live.

 

Cast: Gerard Butler … Kable
Amber Valletta … Angie
Michael C. Hall … Ken Castle
Kyra Sedgwick … Gina Parker Smith
Logan Lerman … Simon
Alison Lohman … Trace
Terry Crews … Hackman
Ramsey Moore … Gorge
Ludacris … Humanz Brother (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Aaron Yoo … Humanz Dude
Jonathan Chase … Geek Leader
Dan Callahan … Backup Geek
Brighid Fleming … Delia
Johnny Whitworth … Scotch
Keith Jardine … Mean Slayer

 

Plot: Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments… add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 win

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The Road

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

All Genres:
Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 111 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: In a moment the world changed forever.

 

Writers: Cormac McCarthy (novel) Joe Penhall (adaptation) …

 

Cast: Viggo Mortensen … Father
Kodi Smit-McPhee … Boy
Charlize Theron … Mother
Robert Duvall … Old Man – Eli
Guy Pearce … Veteran
Molly Parker … Friendly woman
Michael K. Williams … The Thief (as Michael Kenneth Williams)
Garret Dillahunt … Gang Member
Bob Jennings … Bearded Man
Agnes Herrmann … Archer's Woman
Buddy Sosthand … Archer
Kirk Brown … Bearded Face
Jack Erdie … Bearded Man #2
David August Lindauer … Man On Mattress
Gina Preciado … Well Fed Woman

 

Plot: A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible.

 

Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

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[Rec] 2

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

All Genres:
Horror See  »

Release Year: 2009

Country: Spain

Runtime: 85 min

Languages: Spanish

Director: Jaume Balagueró

Paco Plaza

Tagline:

 

Writers: Jaume Balagueró (written by) Manu Díez (written by) See »

 

Cast: Jonathan Mellor … Dr. Owen
Manuela Velasco … Ángela Vidal
Óscar Zafra … Jefe (as Oscar Sánchez Zafra)
Ariel Casas … Larra
Alejandro Casaseca … Martos
Pablo Rosso … Rosso
Pep Molina … Padre Jennifer
Andrea Ros … Mire
Àlex Batllori … Ori
Pau Poch … Tito
Juli Fàbregas … Bombero
Ferran Terraza … Manu
Claudia Silva … Jennifer
Martha Carbonell … Sra. Izquierdo
Jorge-Yamam Serrano

 

Plot: The action continues from [Rec] (2007), with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation. Add synopsis »

 

Awards: 5 wins & 1 nomination See »

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The Concert

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Music See  »

Release Year: 2009

Country: France | Italy | Romania | Belgium | Russia

Runtime: 119 min

Languages: French | Russian

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Radu Mihaileanu (scenario) Matthew Robbins (collaboration) … See »

 

Cast: Aleksei Guskov … Andreï Semoinovitch Filipov
Mélanie Laurent … Anne-Marie Jacquet / Léa
Dmitri Nazarov … Aleksander Abramovitch 'Sacha' Grossman
Valeriy Barinov … Ivan Gavrilov
François Berléand … Olivier Morne Duplessis
Miou-Miou … Guylène de La Rivière (as Miou Miou)
Lionel Abelanski … Jean-Paul Carrère rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vasile Albinet … Rusian killer
Laurent Bateau
Ramzy Bedia … Ahmed – le patron du 'Trou Normand'
Ovidiu Cuncea
Maria Dinulescu … Mashenka – the bride
Roger Dumas … Maurice dit Momo
Guillaume Gallienne … Raymond Labérac – un critique musical à la dent dure
Anna Kamenkova … Irina Filipovna (as Anna Kamenkova Pavlova)
Aleksandr Komissarov … Victor Vikitch
Ion Sapdaru
Valentin Teodosiu

 

Plot: Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians… See » Add synopsis »

 

Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations See »

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Solitary Man

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 90 min

Languages: English

Director: Brian Koppelman

David Levien

Tagline: Ben loves his family almost as much as he loves himself See »

 

Cast: Michael Douglas … Ben Kalmen
Susan Sarandon … Nancy Kalmen
Danny DeVito … Jimmy Merino
Mary-Louise Parker … Jordan Karsch
Jenna Fischer … Susan Porter
Imogen Poots … Allyson Karsch
Jesse Eisenberg … Daniel Cheston
Richard Schiff … Steve Heller
Jake Richard Siciliano … Scotty (as Jake Siciliano)
David Costabile … Gary Porter
Ben Shenkman … Pete Hartofilias
Anastasia Griffith … Carol Solomonde
Alex Kaluzhsky … Ted Loof
Simone Levin … Nurse (as Simona Levin Williams)
James Colby … Sgt. John Haverford

 

Plot: A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions. Add synopsis »

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