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Old Dogs

Old Dogs

📅 Release: November 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Seth Green, Kelly Preston, Matt Dillon, Rita Wilson, Lori Loughlin, Ella Bleu Travolta, Bernie Mac, Laura Allen
📖 Synopsis: In a whirlwind of laughter and chaos, "Old Dogs" follows the misadventures of best friends and business partners, Dan [c=John Travolta] and Charlie [c=Robin Williams], who are suddenly thrust into th...
Glorious 39

Glorious 39

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, Christopher Lee, Juno Temple, David Tennant, Eddie Redmayne, Asier Newman, Hugh Bonneville
📖 Synopsis: Set in the sweltering summer of 1939, this gripping drama-thriller from writer-director [c=Stephen Poliakoff] follows Anne Keyes, a young woman from a privileged English family, played with compellin...
Fix

Fix

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Tao Ruspoli, Olivia Wilde, Shawn Andrews, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Dedee Pfeiffer, Rodney Eastman
📖 Synopsis: Racing across Los Angeles in one, unwieldy day, documentary filmmakers Bella (HOUSE's Olivia Wilde) and Milo (Tao Ruspoli) must race from Beverly Hills to Watts - and places in between - in order to g...
Missing Person, The

Missing Person, The

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyDramaMystery
🎬 Starring: Michael Shannon, Frank Wood, Amy Ryan, Linda Emond, Margaret Colin, John Ventimiglia, Yul Vazquez
📖 Synopsis: Writer/Director Noah Buschel's third feature, "The Missing Person", stars Michael Shannon as John Rosow, a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles...
Mammoth

Mammoth

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Michelle Williams, Gael Garcia Bernal, Sophie Nyweide, Marife Necesito
📖 Synopsis: The internationally-acclaimed director of "Together" and "Lilja 4-ever", Lukas Moodysson, presents a globe-spanning, modern family drama in "Mammoth". Gael Garcia Bernal and Oscar-nominee Michelle Wil...
Red Cliff

Red Cliff

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Vicki Zhao, You Yong, Hu Jun, Shido Nakamura, Lin Chiling
📖 Synopsis: Legendary action cinema master John Woo and international superstar Tony Leung reunite for the first time since the 1992 classic HARD BOILED with this epic historical drama set based on a legendary 20...
Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluis Homar, Jose Luis Gomez, Angela Molina, Rossy de Palma
📖 Synopsis: "Broken Embraces" is a four-way tale of amour-fou, shot in the style of '50s American film noir at its most hard-boiled, and will mix references to works like Nicholas Ray's "In a Lonely Place" and Vi...
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: CrimeDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Michael Shannon, Vondie Curtis Hall, Shawn Hatosy, Denzel Whitaker, Katie Chonacas, Shea Wigham, Brad Dourif
📖 Synopsis: In Werner Herzog's new film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans", Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs - while playing fast and loose with ...
Planet 51

Planet 51

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventureSci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: The Rock, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese
📖 Synopsis: "Planet 51" is a galactic sized animated alien adventure comedy revolving around American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker, who lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on...
Blind Side, The

Blind Side, The

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaSportComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon, Ashley LeConte Campbell, IronE Singleton
📖 Synopsis: Sandra Bullock ("The Proposal"), Tim McGraw ("Friday Night Lights") and Oscar-winner Kathy Bates ("Misery," "Revolutionary Road") star in Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Blind Side...
Twilight Saga's New Moon, The

Twilight Saga's New Moon, The

📅 Release: November 20, 2009
🎭 Genre: RomanceThrillerDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene, Taylor Lautner, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Cameron Bright, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Tyson Houseman, Elizabeth Reaser
📖 Synopsis: In the second installment of Stephenie Meyer's phenomenally successful "Twilight" series, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) delves deeper into...
Women In Trouble

Women In Trouble

📅 Release: November 13, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Connie Britton, Cameron Richardson, Elizabeth Berkley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marley Shelton, Sarah Clarke, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Simon Baker, Caitlin Keats, Paul Cassell
📖 Synopsis: From acclaimed writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez comes an outrageous, genre-bending, multi-layered comedy about one day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women - including a porn star, a fligh...
Uncertainty

Uncertainty

📅 Release: November 13, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lynn Collins, Olivia Thirlby, Nelson Landrieu, Assumpta Serna, Sara Chase, Chris Meyer, Greg D'Agostino
📖 Synopsis: What would you do if a single coin toss could change the course of your entire life? This is the provocative question at the heart of "Uncertainty," a gripping drama directed by [c=Scott McGehee] tha...
Messenger (2009), The

Messenger (2009), The

📅 Release: November 13, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaRomanceWar
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, J.D. Daniels
📖 Synopsis: In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification se...
Dare

Dare

📅 Release: November 13, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer, Ana Gasteyer, Alan Cumming, Sandra Bernhard, Rooney Mara, Cady Huffman
📖 Synopsis: Emmy Rossum ("The Day After Tomorrow"), Zach Gilford (TV's "Friday Night Lights") and Ashley Springer ("Teeth") head up a stellar cast including Ana Gasteyer ("Mean Girls"), Rooney Mara ("A Nightmare ...
Fantastic Mr. Fox, The

Fantastic Mr. Fox, The

📅 Release: November 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Helen McCrory, Michael Gambon, Brian Cox, Anjelica Huston, Wallace Wolodarskym, Jarvis Cocker
📖 Synopsis: "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" is visionary director Wes Anderson's first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop motion techniques to tell the story of the best selling children's book by Roald Dahl ...
Pirate Radio

Pirate Radio

📅 Release: November 13, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gemma Arterton, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, January Jones, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, Chris O'Dowd, Tom Sturridge
📖 Synopsis: Rock and roll will live forever - but can it float? "Pirate Radio" is the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of "Four Weddings" and a "Funeral" and "Notting Hill", and ...
2012

2012

📅 Release: November 13, 2009
🎭 Genre: Sci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Thomas McCarthy, Chin Han
📖 Synopsis: In a world on the brink of apocalypse, the gripping sci-fi disaster film "2012" unfolds as catastrophic events threaten the very fabric of civilization. As massive earthquakes and tsunamis wreak havo...
Precious: Based On The Novel PUSH By Sapphire

Precious: Based On The Novel PUSH By Sapphire

📅 Release: November 6, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd, Nealla Gordon
📖 Synopsis: Lee Daniels's "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome. Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the stor...
Endgame

Endgame

📅 Release: November 6, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mark Strong, Jonny Lee Miller, Derek Jacobi, Clarke Peters, Timothy West
📖 Synopsis: South Africa...the late 1980s. The African National Congress (ANC) wages an armed struggle against apartheid; President P.W. Botha clings to the last threads of power; the country is on the brink of b...
Christmas Carol (2009), A

Christmas Carol (2009), A

📅 Release: November 6, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, Molly C. Quinn, Daryl Sabara, Bob Hoskins, Cary Elwes, Sammi Hanratty, Fay Masterson, Ryan Ochoa, Raymond Ochoa
📖 Synopsis: In a richly animated retelling of a classic tale, "A Christmas Carol" immerses viewers in the timeless story of Ebenezer Scrooge, brilliantly voiced by [c=Jim Carrey]. This cold-hearted miser is infa...
Fourth Kind, The

Fourth Kind, The

📅 Release: November 6, 2009
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Enzo Cilenti, Corey Johnson
📖 Synopsis: 1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the...
Men Who Stare At Goats, The

Men Who Stare At Goats, The

📅 Release: November 6, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Mader, Stephen Lang, J.K. Simmons, Robert Patrick, Stephen Root, Waleed Zuaiter
📖 Synopsis: In this quirky dark comedy inspired by a real life story you will hardly believe is actually true, astonishing revelations about a top-secret wing of the U.S. military come to light when a reporter en...
Box, The

Box, The

📅 Release: November 6, 2009
🎭 Genre: Horror
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Basil Hoffman, Gillian Jacobs, James Rebhorn, Michele Durrett, Andria Blackman, Lisa K. Wyatt
📖 Synopsis: What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars...but simultaneously take the life of someone you don't know? Would you do it? And what would be t...
How To Seduce Difficult Women

How To Seduce Difficult Women

📅 Release: October 30, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Stephanie Szostak, Jackie Hoffman, Rachel Roberts, Lorie Baker, Gregg Bello, Bill Dawes, Diana Gettinger, Jonathan Hova, Ann Hu, Justin Morck
📖 Synopsis: Before the Game... before players, pimps, and pickup artists, where was the art of seduction truly born? "How To Seduce Difficult Woman" is about bringing American men back full circle to the roots of...
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, The

Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, The

📅 Release: October 30, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionCrimeDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz, Peter Fonda, Billy Connolly, David Della Rocco, Brian Mahoney, David Ferry
📖 Synopsis: "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day" is the much-anticipated sequel to the indie cult classic, The Boondock Saints. The film is the continuation of writer/director Troy Duffy's tough, stylized cut...
Gentlemen Broncos

Gentlemen Broncos

📅 Release: October 30, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Michael Angarano, Jennifer Coolidge, Jemaine Clement, Mike White, Sam Rockwell, Josh Pais, Suzanne May
📖 Synopsis: From the wonderfully offbeat mind of director [c=Jared Hess] comes a delightfully quirky comedy that celebrates the awkward, passionate spirit of young creators. The film centers on Benjamin Purvis, ...
This Is It

This Is It

📅 Release: October 28, 2009
🎭 Genre: DocumentaryMusic
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Michael Jackson
📖 Synopsis: Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that wo...
Stan Helsing

Stan Helsing

📅 Release: October 23, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyHorror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Steve Howey, Diora Baird, Leslie Nielsen, Kenan Thompson, Tara Wilson, Ben Cotton, Holly Eglington, Ildiko Ferenczi, Desi Lydic, Charles Zuckermann, Gray Szakacs
📖 Synopsis: It's Halloween night, and slacker video clerk Stan Helsing (Steve Howey of "Reba") - along with his insanely sexy ex-girlfriend (Diora Baird of "The Wedding Crashers" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The...
Ong Bak 2

Ong Bak 2

📅 Release: October 23, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventure
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Tony Jaa, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Nirut Sirichanya, Janista Choochuaisuwan, Patthama Panthong
📖 Synopsis: In the heart of ancient Thailand, a young warrior named Tien, portrayed by the electrifying [c=Tony Jaa], seeks vengeance for his family's brutal murder. As he embarks on a perilous journey through a...