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It's Kind Of A Funny Story

It's Kind Of A Funny Story

📅 Release: October 8, 2010
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan, Adrian Martinez, Zoe Kravitz, Aasif Mandavi
📖 Synopsis: In this New York City-set comedy-drama, 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist of "United States of Tara"), stressed out from the demands of being a teenager, checks himself into a mental health clinic. Th...
Life As We Know It

Life As We Know It

📅 Release: October 8, 2010
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Christina Hendricks, Josh Lucas, Alexis Clagett, Brynn Clagett, Hayes MacArthur, Melissa McCarthy
📖 Synopsis: In the heartfelt comedy-drama "Life as We Know It," directed by [c=Greg Berlanti], two seemingly incompatible individuals, Holly and Eric, find their lives forever altered after a tragic turn of even...
Secretariat

Secretariat

📅 Release: October 8, 2010
🎭 Genre: DramaSport
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Diane Lane, Dylan Walsh, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, Fred Thompson, James Cromwell, Fred Dalton Thompson, Kevin Connolly, Nestor Serrano, Amanda Michalka, Carissa Capobianco, Nelsan Ellis, Dylan Baker
📖 Synopsis: In the inspiring drama "Secretariat," directed by [c=Randall Wallace], viewers are taken on a heartwarming journey through the world of horse racing, centered around the incredible true story of a ra...
Leaving

Leaving

📅 Release: October 1, 2010
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
🎬 Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi Lopez, Yvan Attal, Bernard Blancan, Aladin Reibel, Alexandre Vidal, Daisy Broom, Berta Esquirol
📖 Synopsis: A riveting new drama by the prolific French filmmaker Catherine Corsini, LEAVING (PARTIR) stars Oscar-nominee Kristin Scott Thomas as a woman prepared to abandon everything in pursuit of passion. A su...
Hatchet II

Hatchet II

📅 Release: October 1, 2010
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
🎬 Starring: Kane Hodder, Danielle Harris, Tony Todd, Tom Holland, R.A. Mihailoff, Parry Shen, AJ Bowen, Alexis Peters, Ed Ackerman
📖 Synopsis: Picking up immediately after the brutal events of the original, [c=Adam Green]'s "Hatchet II" plunges viewers back into the haunted swamps of Louisiana with even more savage force. The sole survivor,...
Chain Letter

Chain Letter

📅 Release: October 1, 2010
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Nikki Reed, Brad Dourif, Keith David, Betsy Russell, Noah Segan, Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael Bailey Smith, Michael J. Pagan, Cherilyn Wilson, Clifton Powell
📖 Synopsis: Shot on location in Sacramento and El Dorado counties in California, "Chain Letter" tells the story of a group of high school friends who receive the same chain letter that includes the warning: "Brea...
Barry Munday

Barry Munday

📅 Release: October 1, 2010
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer, Chloe Sevigny, Malcolm McDowell, Missi Pyle, Colin Hanks, Christopher McDonald, Emily Procter, Cybill Shepherd, Jean Smart, Shea Whigham, Billy Dee Williams
📖 Synopsis: Barry Munday, a suburban wanna-be ladies man, wakes up in the hospital after being attacked in a movie theater, only to realize that he is missing one of his most prized possessions... his testicles. ...
Case 39

Case 39

📅 Release: October 1, 2010
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Renee Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Kerry O'Malley, Callum Keith Rennie, Bradley Cooper, Adrian Lester, Crystal Lowe, Cynthia Stevenson
📖 Synopsis: In "Case 39", family services social worker Emily Jenkins (Renee Zellweger) thinks she has seen it all... until she meets 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland) and the child's cruel and danger...
Let Me In

Let Me In

📅 Release: October 1, 2010
🎭 Genre: HorrorDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Seth Adkins, Elias Koteas, Cara Buono, Sasha Barrese, Chris Browning, Dylan Minnette, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
📖 Synopsis: Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kick-Ass) stars as Abby, a secretive 12-year old girl, who moves next door to Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road). Owen is a social outcast who is viciously bullied at school...
Social Network, The

Social Network, The

📅 Release: October 1, 2010
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Rashida Jones, Max Minghella, Rooney Mara, Dakota Johnson, Brenda Song, Joseph Mazzello, Malese Jow, Armie Hammer, Josh Pence, Wallace Langham
📖 Synopsis: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, w...
Virginity Hit, The

Virginity Hit, The

📅 Release: September 24, 2010
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Matt Bennett, Zack Pearlman, Jacob Davich, Justin Kline, Krysta Rodriguez, Nicole Weaver, Harry Zittel, Savannah Welch, Seth Barrish, Tina Parker, Sunny Leone
📖 Synopsis: Four guys with a video camera and too much free time who tell the tale of one of their own and his quest to lose his virginity. Matt's the only one of the four who hasn't gone all the way - he was goi...
Like Dandelion Dust

Like Dandelion Dust

📅 Release: September 24, 2010
🎭 Genre: DramaFamily
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Mira Sorvino, Barry Pepper, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Kate Levering, Cole Hauser
📖 Synopsis: Joey lives an idyllic life with his parents on the coast of Florida. His days are spent playing with his cousins, sailing with his dad, and making up stories with his mom.It's a perfect life until the...
Waiting For "Superman"

Waiting For "Superman"

📅 Release: September 24, 2010
🎭 Genre: Documentary
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: The Black Family, Geoffrey Canada, The Esparza Family, The Hill Family, Michelle Rhee, George Reeves, Bill Strickland, Randi Weingarten
📖 Synopsis: For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and politicians' promises, our buckling public-education sys...
Howl

Howl

📅 Release: September 24, 2010
🎭 Genre: BiographyDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: James Franco, Mary-Louise Parker, Jon Hamm, Jeff Daniels, David Strathairn, Alessandro Nivola, Treat Williams, Aaron Tveit
📖 Synopsis: James Franco stars as the young Allen Ginsberg - poet, counter-culture adventurer and chronicler of the Beat Generation. In his famously confessional, leave-nothing-out style, Ginsberg recounts the ro...
Buried

Buried

📅 Release: September 24, 2010
🎭 Genre: DramaWar
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Samantha Mathis, Ivana Mino, Jose Maria Yazpik, Joe Guarneri
📖 Synopsis: Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for sur...
Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole

Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole

📅 Release: September 24, 2010
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Emily Barclay, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, David Wenhem, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Anthony LaPaglia, Ryan Kwanten, Abbie Cornish, Helen Mirren, David Wenham, Jay Laga'aia, Miriam Margolyes
📖 Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Zack Snyder makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adventure "Guardians of Ga'Hoole," based on the beloved books by Kathryn Lasky. The film follows Soren, a young owl en...
You Again

You Again

📅 Release: September 24, 2010
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, Kristin Chenoweth, Betty White, Kyle Bornheimer, Christine Lakin, Victor Garber, Patrick Duffy, Jimmy Wolk
📖 Synopsis: In the uproarious comedy "You Again," the complexities of high school rivalries resurface when Marni (played by [c=Kristen Bell]) discovers that her brother is about to marry her former nemesis, the ...
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps

📅 Release: September 24, 2010
🎭 Genre: DramaCrime
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Susan Sarandon, Frank Langella, Vanessa Ferlito, John Bedford Lloyd, Austin Pendleton
📖 Synopsis: In the high-stakes world of finance, ambition and greed collide in "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," directed by [c=Oliver Stone]. The story unfolds as Jake Moore, portrayed by [c=Shia LaBeouf], a...
Freebie, The

Freebie, The

📅 Release: September 17, 2010
🎭 Genre: DramaComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Katie Aselton, Dax Shepard, Bellamy Young, Frankie Shaw, Ross Partridge, Sean Nelson
📖 Synopsis: Darren and Annie have an enviable relationship built on love, trust and communication - they still enjoy one another's company and laugh at each other's jokes. Unfortunately, they can't remember the l...
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger

📅 Release: September 22, 2010
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Antonio Banderas, Lucy Punch, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Anna Friel, Freida Pinto, Ewen Bremner, Pauline Collins, Christian McKay, Neil Jackson
📖 Synopsis: After Alfie leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited call girl named Charmaine (Lucy Punch), Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the loopy advice of a charlatan fo...
Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife

📅 Release: September 10, 2010
🎭 Genre: ActionSci-FiThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Boris Kodjoe, Wentworth Miller, Spencer Locke, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Norman Yeung, Sienna Guillory, Kacey Barnfield, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Kacey Barnfield, Norman Yeung
📖 Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by the T-virus, "Resident Evil: Afterlife" immerses viewers in a relentless battle for survival against the undead. Led by the fierce and determined Alice, portray...
Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

📅 Release: September 15, 2010
🎭 Genre: Sci-FiThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Sally Hawkins, Charlotte Rampling, Nathalie Richard, Andrea Riseborough
📖 Synopsis: In his highly acclaimed novel "Never Let Me Go", Kazuo Ishiguro created a remarkable story of love, loss and hidden truths. In it he posed the fundamental question: What makes us human? Now director M...
Devil

Devil

📅 Release: September 17, 2010
🎭 Genre: ThrillerSupernatural
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine, Geoffrey Arend, Caroline Dhavernas
📖 Synopsis: In a sleek Philadelphia high-rise, an ordinary elevator ride descends into a waking nightmare. Five strangers, including a guarded security guard [c=Logan Marshall-Green], a cynical mattress salesman...
Catfish

Catfish

📅 Release: September 17, 2010
🎭 Genre: Documentary
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Nev Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost
📖 Synopsis: In the digital age, where online connections blur the lines between reality and fantasy, the documentary [m=Catfish] follows New York photographer [c=Nev Schulman] as he embarks on a compelling journ...
Jack Goes Boating

Jack Goes Boating

📅 Release: September 17, 2010
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega
📖 Synopsis: Jack (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Connie (Amy Ryan) are two single people who on their own might continue to recede into the anonymous background of the city, but in each other begin to find the coura...
Alpha And Omega

Alpha And Omega

📅 Release: September 17, 2010
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventureFamily
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Danny Glover, Dennis Hopper, Larry Miller, Eric Price, Vicki Lewis, Kevin Sussman
📖 Synopsis: What makes for the ultimate road trip? Hitchhiking, truck stops, angry bears, prickly porcupines and a golfing goose with a duck caddy. Just ask Kate and Humphrey, two wolves who are trying to get hom...
Easy A

Easy A

📅 Release: September 17, 2010
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Alyson Michalka, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Malcolm McDowell, Dan Byrd
📖 Synopsis: In the sharp and witty comedy "Easy A," high school student Olive Penderghast, played by [c=Emma Stone], finds herself at the center of a scandalous rumor that leads to an unexpected social transform...
Town, The

Town, The

📅 Release: September 17, 2010
🎭 Genre: DramaThrillerRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively, Jeremy Renner
📖 Synopsis: Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attach...
Suck

Suck

📅 Release: September 2, 2010
🎭 Genre: HorrorComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Rob Stefaniuk, Jessica Pare, Iggy Pop, Malcolm McDowell, Moby, Alice Cooper, Dave Foley, Henry Rollins, Dimitri Coats, Alex Lifeson, Carol Pope
📖 Synopsis: In the darkly comedic horror film "Suck," a struggling rock band faces an unexpected twist of fate when they encounter a seductive vampire. Led by the ambitious yet hapless frontman, played by [c=Rob...
Winning Season, The

Winning Season, The

📅 Release: September 3, 2010
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Sam Rockwell, Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry, Shareeka Epps, Rooney Mara, Emily Rios, Margo Martindale, Jessica Hecht
📖 Synopsis: In the charming comedy-drama The Winning Season, [c=Sam Rockwell] stars as Bill, a washed-up former basketball star whose life has hit rock bottom, spending his days in a local bar. His fortunes appe...