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Boys Are Back, The

Boys Are Back, The

📅 Release: September 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, Emma Booth, George MacKay, Nicholas McAnulty, Tommy Bastow, Erik Thomson
📖 Synopsis: Inspired by a true story, "The Boys Are Back" is a deeply moving, wryly confessional tale of fatherhood, that intimately evokes both the fragility and wonders of family life. It follows a witty, wisec...
Pandorum

Pandorum

📅 Release: September 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: Sci-FiThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Cung Le, Eddie Rouse, Andre Hennicke, Norman Reedus
📖 Synopsis: In Pandorum, actors, Dennis Quaid (Vantage Point, The Express) and Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, Alpha Dog), join Cam Gigandet (Never Back Down, Twilight), Cung Le (Tekken, Fighting), newcomer Antje Traue...
Fame

Fame

📅 Release: September 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaMusical
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Debbie Allen, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, Collins Pennie, Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth, Kherington Payne, Kristy Flores, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill, Naturi Naughton, Kay Panabaker, Walter Perez, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle
📖 Synopsis: A reinvention of the original Oscar-winning hit film, "Fame" follows a talented group of dancers, singers, actors, and artists over four years at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, a di...
Surrogates

Surrogates

📅 Release: September 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionThrillerSci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Rosamund Pike, Valerie Azlynn, David Conley, Michael Cudlitz, Trevor Donovan, Ned Vaughn
📖 Synopsis: In a futuristic world where humans live vicariously through robotic surrogates, the boundaries of reality and identity blur in the action-packed thriller, Surrogates. Directed by [c=Jonathan Mostow],...
Informant!, The

Informant!, The

📅 Release: September 18, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaThrillerComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Mike O'Malley, Andrew Daly, Adam Paul, Eddie Jemison, Rusty Schwimmer, Thomas F. Wilson, Rick Overton, Tom Papa
📖 Synopsis: What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing ...
Love Happens

Love Happens

📅 Release: September 18, 2009
🎭 Genre: RomanceDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, Judy Greer, Martin Sheen, Joe Anderson, John Carroll Lynch, Frances Conroy, Gina Holden, Darla Vandenbossche
📖 Synopsis: Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston star in the romantic drama Love Happens.When a self-help author arrives in Seattle to teach a sold-out seminar, he unexpectedly meets the one person who might finall...
Jennifer's Body

Jennifer's Body

📅 Release: September 18, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyHorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons, Amy Sedaris, Nicole Leduc, J.K. Simmons, Chris Pratt, Juno Ruddell, Kyle Gallner
📖 Synopsis: When small town high school student Jennifer (Megan Fox) is possessed by a hungry demon, she transitions from being "high school evil" - gorgeous (and doesn't she know it), stuck up and ultra-attitudi...
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

📅 Release: September 18, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationFamily
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Lauren Graham, Will Forte
📖 Synopsis: In a delightful blend of whimsy and imagination, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" tells the story of an aspiring inventor named Flint Lockwood, voiced by [c=Bill Hader], whose innovative but often...
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

📅 Release: September 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Joel David Moore, Megan Brown, David Jensen, Mysti Nash
📖 Synopsis: High profile lawyer, Martin Hunter (Michael Douglas) has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist...
I Can Do Bad All By Myself

I Can Do Bad All By Myself

📅 Release: September 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Brian J. White, Gladys Knight, Adam Rodriguez, Mario, Hope Olaide Wilson, Frederick Siglar, Kwesi Boakye
📖 Synopsis: When Madea, America's favorite pistol-packing grandma, catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the ...
Sorority Row

Sorority Row

📅 Release: September 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Margo Harshman, Audrina Patridge, Jamie Chung, Julian Morris, Leah Pipes, Carrie Fisher, Adam Berry, Matt O'Leary
📖 Synopsis: In the heart of college life, a seemingly innocent prank turns deadly in "Sorority Row," a chilling horror thriller directed by [c=Stewart Hendler]. A tight-knit group of sorority sisters, led by the...
Whiteout

Whiteout

📅 Release: September 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: ThrillerDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Alex O'Loughlin, Tom Skerritt, Shawn Doyle
📖 Synopsis: In the gripping thriller drama, [m=Whiteout], directed by [d=Dominic Sena], a U.S. Marshal finds herself in a race against time. Set in the harsh and unforgiving landscape of Antarctica, the story un...
9

9

📅 Release: September 9, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationActionSci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Crispin Glover
📖 Synopsis: A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to pro...
Gamer

Gamer

📅 Release: September 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: ThrillerSci-Fi
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman, Logan Lerman, Kyra Sedgwick, Milo Ventimiglia, Ludacris, John Leguizamo, Terry Crews, Aaron Yoo, John de Lancie, Jonathan Chase, Zoe Bell, Noel Gugliemi
📖 Synopsis: "Gamer" is a high-concept action thriller set in the near future, a time when mind-control technology has taken society by storm. Humans control other humans in a mass-scale, multiplayer online game. ...
All About Steve

All About Steve

📅 Release: September 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls, Keith David, Howard Hesseman, Sara Sanderson, Katy Mixon
📖 Synopsis: "The Proposal's" Sandra Bullock, Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church, and "The Hangover's" Bradley Cooper star in a hilarious tale of a woman who, after falling hard for a guy, thinks they're an item; u...
Extract

Extract

📅 Release: September 4, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben Affleck, Kristen Wiig, J.K. Simmons, Clifton Collins Jr., David Koechner, Dustin Milligan, T.J. Miller
📖 Synopsis: In the comedy film [m=Extract], directed by [c=Mike Judge], we delve into the chaotic life of Joel, played by [c=Jason Bateman], who is the owner of a struggling extract plant. As he navigates the co...
H2: Halloween 2

H2: Halloween 2

📅 Release: August 28, 2009
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Sheri Moon Zombie, Chris Hardwick, Caroline Williams, Danielle Harris, Daniel Roebuck, Ezra Buzzington, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Brea Grant, Margot Kidder
📖 Synopsis: In the chilling sequel to the iconic horror franchise, "H2: Halloween 2" plunges viewers back into the terrifying world crafted by [c=Rob Zombie]. Following the harrowing events of the previous Hallo...
Final Destination, The

Final Destination, The

📅 Release: August 28, 2009
🎭 Genre: ThrillerHorror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella, Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo, Haley Webb, Richard T. Jones, Lara Grice, Justin Welborn, Billy Slaughter, Jackson Walker
📖 Synopsis: On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into t...
Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

📅 Release: August 28, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Liev Schreiber, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Dan Fogler, Mamie Gummer
📖 Synopsis: A generation began in his backyard... From Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"), comes "Taking Woodstock," a new comedy inspired by the true ...
Casi Divas

Casi Divas

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyMusical
🎬 Starring: Patricia Llaca, Julio Bracho, Ana Layevska, Diana Garcia, Daniela Schmidt, Maya Zapata, Dario T. Pie, Daniel Figueroa, Ianis Guerrero, Monica Huarte
📖 Synopsis: Four ambitious and beautiful young women. From four very different worlds. Just like hundreds of others, they are caught up in the frenzy that sweeps the nation when Alejandro Mateos (Julio Bracho), o...
Baader Meinhof Complex, The

Baader Meinhof Complex, The

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaHistory
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz, Nadja Uhl, Jan Josef Liefers, Stipe Erceg
📖 Synopsis: Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still fragile German democracy. The radicalised children ...
Fifty Dead Men Walking

Fifty Dead Men Walking

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jim Sturgess, Rose McGowan, Kevin Zegers, Ben Kingsley, Tom Collins, Nathalie Press, Gavin O'Connor
📖 Synopsis: Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks...
Marc Pease Experience, The

Marc Pease Experience, The

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick, Jay Paulson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Zachary Booth, Amber Wallace, Kassie Hight
📖 Synopsis: Schwartzman plays Marc Pease, ten years out of high school and still coasting on his success in high school musicals under the tutelage of Mr. Gribble, his teacher and mentor, to be played by Stiller....
Five Minutes Of Heaven

Five Minutes Of Heaven

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaCrime
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca, Juliet Crawford
📖 Synopsis: Lurgan Northern Ireland, 1975. A low level civil war has been underway, with the IRA targeting British loyalists and the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force exacting revenge on Catholics they claim are mi...
World's Greatest Dad

World's Greatest Dad

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara, Tom Kenny, Lorraine Nicholson, Geoffrey Pierson, Henry Simmons
📖 Synopsis: A thoughtful but outrageous comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, "World's Greatest Dad" is a story about a man that learns the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and that being ...
My One And Only

My One And Only

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Renee Zellweger, Kevin Bacon, Chris Noth, Steven Weber, Eric McCormack, Nick Stahl, Logan Lerman, Mark Rendall, Robin Weigert, Molly C. Quinn, Dan John Miller, David Koechner, Maury Ginsberg
📖 Synopsis: Beautiful, mercurial Ann Devereaux (Renee Zellweger) has just left her philandering husband Dan (Kevin Bacon), a society bandleader, and taken to the road with her teenage sons, George (Logan Lerman) ...
Post Grad

Post Grad

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Bobby Coleman, Carol Burnett, Michael Keaton, Rodrigo Santoro, Jane Lynch, Andrew Daly, Catherine Reitman, Alexandra Holden
📖 Synopsis: Ryden Malby (Bledel) had a plan. Do well in high school, thereby receiving a great college scholarship. Now that she's finally graduated, it's time for her to find a gorgeous loft apartment and land h...
Shorts

Shorts

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: AdventureFamilyFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings, Trevor Gagnon, William H. Macy, Rebel Rodriguez, Jake Short, Leslie Mann, Jon Cryer, James Spader, Leo Howard, Devon Gearhart, Jolie Vanier
📖 Synopsis: "Shorts" is set in the suburb of Black Falls, where all the houses look the same and everyone works for BLACK BOX Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated, whose Mr. Black's BLACK BOX is the ultima...
Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

📅 Release: August 21, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaAction
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Melanie Laurent, Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, B.J. Novak, Michael Fassbender, Samm Levine, Mike Myers, Daniel Bruhl, Julie Dreyfus, Til Schweiger, Paul Rust, Gedeon Burkhard, Jacky Ido, Omar Doom
📖 Synopsis: "Inglourious Basterds" begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosan...
Spread

Spread

📅 Release: August 14, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva, Sarah Buxton, Maria Conchita Alonso, Eric Balfour, Sonia Rockwell, Shane Brolly, Hart Bochner
📖 Synopsis: SPREAD is a fresh, funny, and racy look at the trials and tribulations of sleeping your way to a life of privilege in Los Angeles. Comic and karmic, the film is an "immorality tale" about a gorgeous ...