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Leap Year

Leap Year

📅 Release: January 8, 2010
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, Kaitlin Olson, Peter O'Meara, John Burke
📖 Synopsis: Amy Adams and Matthew Goode star in Leap Year, a romantic comedy that follows one woman's determined quest to get married to the perfect guy...despite what fate has in store for her.When their four-ye...
Daybreakers

Daybreakers

📅 Release: January 8, 2010
🎭 Genre: ActionDramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Isabel Lucas, Michael Dorman, Claudia Karvan, Vince Colosimo, Paul Sonkkila
📖 Synopsis: This January, Lionsgate takes vampires in a new direction with the futuristic sci-fi thriller, "Daybreakers". The year is 2019. A mysterious plague has swept over the earth, transforming the majority ...
Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond, The

Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond, The

📅 Release: December 30, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Will Patton
📖 Synopsis: Widely considered the most important American playwright of the post-WWII era, Williams wrote the "Teardrop Diamond" screenplay at the height of his late-50's heyday, amid such classic plays, (which t...
Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, The

Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, The

📅 Release: December 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: FantasyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Johnny Depp, Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer, Mark Benton, Jose Perez
📖 Synopsis: "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a travelling show where members of...
It's Complicated

It's Complicated

📅 Release: December 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Rita Wilson, Hunter Parrish, Zoe Kazan
📖 Synopsis: Writer/director Nancy Meyers ("What Women Want", "Something's Gotta Give", "The Holiday") directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in "It's Complicated", a comedy about love, divorce and ev...
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

📅 Release: December 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: AdventureDramaThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly, William Hope
📖 Synopsis: In a thrilling reimagining of a classic tale, "Sherlock Holmes" delves into the mind of the legendary detective, portrayed by [c=Robert Downey Jr.]. Holmes is not just a master of deduction; he is a ...
Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

📅 Release: December 23, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedyFamily
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Justin Long, Jason Lee, Jesse McCartney, JoJo, David Cross, Anna Faris, Matthew Gray Gubler, Cameron Richardson, Christina Applegate, Zachary Levi, Sean Astin
📖 Synopsis: In the animated family comedy "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," the beloved chipmunk trio returns for a new adventure filled with laughter, music, and a dash of chaos. Following a disastrous...
Nine

Nine

📅 Release: December 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaMusical
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson
📖 Synopsis: "Nine" is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while ...
Avatar

Avatar

📅 Release: December 16, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionSci-FiThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, Peter Mensah, Wes Studi, Laz Alonso, Joel Moore, Matt Gerald, CCH Pounder, Stephen Lang
📖 Synopsis: In a stunningly realized world far from Earth, "Avatar" immerses viewers in the lush, vibrant moon of Pandora, where nature and technology clash in a battle for survival. The story follows Jake Sully...
Did You Hear About The Morgans?

Did You Hear About The Morgans?

📅 Release: December 18, 2009
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, Elisabeth Moss, Mary Steenburgen, Sam Elliott, Michael Kelly, Kim Shaw
📖 Synopsis: The comedy "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable...
Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart

📅 Release: December 16, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaMusic
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Beth Grant, Sarah Jane Morris, Tom Bower
📖 Synopsis: Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film "Crazy Heart" from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is...
Tenderness

Tenderness

📅 Release: December 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub, Laura Dern, Alicia Harding, Alexis Dziena, Tim Hopper, Michael Kelly, David Larosa, Jazmine Rodriguez, Jake M. Smith
📖 Synopsis: Eric Komenko is a charming, attractive high school student with devout, domineering parents. Following an angry outburst from his mother upon her discovery of his promiscuity, Eric maliciously and vi...
Lovely Bones, The

Lovely Bones, The

📅 Release: January 15, 2010
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Michael Imperioli, Amanda Michalka, Rose McIver, Carolyn Dando
📖 Synopsis: In a haunting exploration of love, loss, and the afterlife, "Lovely Bones" delves into the story of Susie Salmon, portrayed by the talented [c=Saoirse Ronan]. After being tragically murdered, Susie w...
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

📅 Release: December 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
🎬 Starring: Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, Brad Dourif, Michael Pena, Bill Cobbs, Grace Zabriskie
📖 Synopsis: Based on a harrowing true story...The film opens as officers arrive at the scene - a typical middle-class neighborhood in San Diego. The suspect has barricaded himself inside a home and appears to hav...
Slammin' Salmon, The

Slammin' Salmon, The

📅 Release: December 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Michael Clarke Duncan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske, Cobie Smulders, April Bowlby
📖 Synopsis: In the latest comedy from Broken Lizard, (the creators of Supertroopers and Beerfest) "Slammin" Cleon Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan) is a former Heavyweight Champion of the World turned celebrity owne...
Single Man, A

Single Man, A

📅 Release: December 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Ginnifer Goodwin, Nicholas Hoult, Lee Pace
📖 Synopsis: In a poignant exploration of love and loss, "Single Man, A" follows George Falconer, portrayed by [c=Colin Firth], a college professor grappling with the profound grief of losing his long-term partne...
Princess And The Frog, The

Princess And The Frog, The

📅 Release: December 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedyMusical
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, Keith David, Jenifer Lewis, Michael-Leon Wooley, John Goodman, Ritchie Montgomery, Jennifer Cody
📖 Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical "The Princess and the Frog," an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans. From the creators of "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" comes a...
Invictus

Invictus

📅 Release: December 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Scott Eastwood, Robert Hobbs, Langley Kirkwood, Bonnie Henna, Grant Roberts
📖 Synopsis: In the inspiring drama Invictus, directed by [c=Clint Eastwood], the story unfolds in post-apartheid South Africa, where the newly elected President Nelson Mandela, portrayed by [c=Morgan Freeman], s...
Armored

Armored

📅 Release: December 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Matt Dillon, Columbus Short, Milo Ventimiglia, Skeet Ulrich, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Amaury Nolasco, Fred Ward, Andre Kinney
📖 Synopsis: In the heart-pounding thriller "Armored," a group of security guards find themselves caught in a treacherous web of deception and greed. Led by the seasoned and weary Mike Cofield, portrayed by [c=Ma...
Breaking Point

Breaking Point

📅 Release: December 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Tom Berenger, Busta Rhymes, Armand Assante, Sticky Fingaz, Musetta Vander, Frankie Faison
📖 Synopsis: Steven Luisi (Tom Berenger), a once prominent criminal defense attorney is attempting to come back to the profession after a struggle with drug addiction and a family tragedy. Steven stumbles into a c...
Serious Moonlight

Serious Moonlight

📅 Release: December 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kristen Bell, Meg Ryan, Justin Long, Timothy Hutton, Kimberlee Peterson, Bill Parks
📖 Synopsis: Louise (Meg Ryan), a high-powered Manhattan lawyer, is touched when she arrives for the weekend to her family's upstate getaway to find it strewn with rose petals by her husband of 13 years, Ian (Timo...
Last Station, The

Last Station, The

📅 Release: December 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff, James McAvoy, Kerry Condon, Patrick Kennedy, Tomas Spencer
📖 Synopsis: After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren), Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer) devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary-she's copied out War and Peace six times...
Everybody's Fine

Everybody's Fine

📅 Release: December 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: AdventureComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Katherine Moennig, Melissa Leo, James Frain, Ben Schwartz
📖 Synopsis: In a heartfelt exploration of family and connection, "Everybody's Fine" follows Frank Goode, portrayed by the legendary [c=Robert De Niro], a widower who embarks on a cross-country journey to reconne...
Brothers

Brothers

📅 Release: December 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaWar
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare, Mare Winningham, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins Jr., Carey Mulligan, Patrick Flueger, Jenny Wade, Ethan Suplee, Luce Rains, Omid Abtahi
📖 Synopsis: When a decorated Marine goes missing overseas, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home-with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family. "Brothers"...
Up In The Air

Up In The Air

📅 Release: December 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman, Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, J.K. Simmons, Danny McBride, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Lowell, Sam Elliott, Steve Eastin
📖 Synopsis: In the sharp and poignant comedy-drama "Up in the Air," directed by [c=Jason Reitman], viewers are introduced to Ryan Bingham, portrayed by [c=George Clooney], a corporate downsizer who spends most o...
Home

Home

📅 Release: November 27, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
🎬 Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet, Adelaide Leroux, Madeleine Budd, Kacey Mottet Klein
📖 Synopsis: "Home" is the tale of a boisterous, middle class family that enjoys everyday life in a simple house that lies on a lush, grassy field next to an abandoned highway. With no neighbors or cars for miles,...
Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, The

Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, The

📅 Release: November 27, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Robin Wright Penn, Blake Lively, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Julianne Moore, Monica Bellucci, Alan Arkin, Maria Bello, Mike Binder, Zoe Kazan, Ryan McDonald, Madeline McNulty
📖 Synopsis: From all outward appearances, Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn) leads a charmed existence. She is the devoted wife of an accomplished publisher (Alan Arkin) thirty years her senior, the proud mother of tw...
Me And Orson Welles

Me And Orson Welles

📅 Release: November 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Kelly Reilly, Imogen Poots, Eddie Marsan, Leo Bill, Aidan McArdle
📖 Synopsis: In the vibrant world of 1937 New York City, a young aspiring actor named Richard Samuels, portrayed by [c=Zac Efron], finds himself thrust into an extraordinary whirlwind when he lands a role in a pr...
Road, The

Road, The

📅 Release: November 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: ThrillerDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael K. Williams, Bob Jennings
📖 Synopsis: From Cormac McCarthy, author of "No Country for Old Men", comes the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of the beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "TheRoad", Academy Award-nom...
Ninja Assassin

Ninja Assassin

📅 Release: November 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventure
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune, Sung Kang, Randall Duk Kim
📖 Synopsis: Raizo (Rain) is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is con...