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Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, The

Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, The

📅 Release: August 14, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jeremy Piven, Kathryn Hahn, Ving Rhames, David Koechner, Noureen DeWulf, Vanessa Ross, Jordana Spiro, Ken Jeong, Rob Riggle, Ed Helms, Tony Hale
📖 Synopsis: Who is Don Ready? Salesman? Lover? Song Stylist? Semi-professional dolphin trainer? Ready is all of the above, except for a dolphin trainer. When he's asked to help save an ailing local car dealership...
Bandslam

Bandslam

📅 Release: August 14, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyDramaMusic
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Alyson Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Gaelan Connell, Lisa Kudrow, Scott Porter, Ryan Donowho, David Bowie, Tim Jo, Will Johnson
📖 Synopsis: Disney Channel superstars Vanessa Hudgens ("High School Musical 1 & 2," "High School Musical 3") and Alyson Michalka ("Phil of the Future," pop duo Aly and AJ) join Gaelan Connell ("Chocolat"), Scott ...
Ponyo

Ponyo

📅 Release: August 14, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventureFamily
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Noah Cyrus, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Frankie Jonas, Cloris Leachman, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White
📖 Synopsis: In a magical world beneath the sea, a curious goldfish with a mysterious power escapes her home and washes ashore, where she is discovered by a kind-hearted five-year-old boy named Sosuke. Naming her...
Time Traveler's Wife, The

Time Traveler's Wife, The

📅 Release: August 14, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Jane McLean, Stephen Tobolowsky, Arliss Howard, Brooklynn Proulx, Alex Ferris, Michelle Nolden, Hailey McCann
📖 Synopsis: In the enchanting drama "The Time Traveler's Wife," directed by [c=Robert Schwentke], love and fate intertwine in a way that transcends the boundaries of time. The story centers on Henry DeTamble, po...
District 9

District 9

📅 Release: August 14, 2009
🎭 Genre: Sci-Fi
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jason Cope, Sharlto Copley, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William Allen Young, Vanessa Haywood, Devlin Brown, Kenneth Nkosi
📖 Synopsis: In a gripping blend of science fiction and social commentary, "District 9" transports viewers to an alternate reality where extraterrestrial beings arrive on Earth, only to find themselves marginaliz...
G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra

G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra

📅 Release: August 7, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Arnold Vosloo, Lee Byung-hun, Christopher Eccleston
📖 Synopsis: In a world teetering on the brink of chaos, "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" thrusts viewers into a high-octane adventure filled with action and intrigue. The film follows a specialized military unit known ...
I Sell The Dead

I Sell The Dead

📅 Release: August 7, 2009
🎭 Genre: HorrorComedy
🎬 Starring: Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm, Ron Perlman, Eileen Colgan, John Speredakos, Brenda Cooney, Daniel Manche, Joel Garland, James Godwin, Aidan Redmond
📖 Synopsis: In "I Sell the Dead", 19th century justice has finally caught up with two of the craftiest grave robbers in town. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, body-snatcher Arthur ...
Paper Heart

Paper Heart

📅 Release: August 7, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Michael Cera, Charlyne Yi, Jake M. Johnson
📖 Synopsis: Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least, she doesn't believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her into y...
Cold Souls

Cold Souls

📅 Release: August 7, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Emily Watson, Lauren Ambrose, Dina Korzun, Oksana Lada, Katheryn Winnick
📖 Synopsis: Is your soul weighing you down? Paul Giamatti has found a solution! In the surreal comedy "Cold Souls", Paul Giamatti plays an actor named... Paul Giamatti. Stumbling upon an article in The New Yorker...
Perfect Getaway, A

Perfect Getaway, A

📅 Release: August 7, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Chris Hemsworth, Marley Shelton, Kiele Sanchez, Dale Dickey
📖 Synopsis: Cliff and Cydney (Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich) are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii. Hiking the wild...
Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia

📅 Release: August 7, 2009
🎭 Genre: BiographyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Chris Messina, Brian Avers, Dave Annable, Vanessa Ferlito, Jillian Bach
📖 Synopsis: Based on Julie Powell's book "Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen." Julie Powell recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking...
Coco Before Chanel

Coco Before Chanel

📅 Release: September 25, 2009
🎭 Genre: BiographyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos
📖 Synopsis: A little girl who is sent with her sister to an orphanage in the heart of France, who waits in vain every Sunday for her father to come for her...A cabaret performer with a weak voice who sings to an ...
Collector, The

Collector, The

📅 Release: July 31, 2009
🎭 Genre: ThrillerCrime
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Josh Stewart, Madeline Zima, Karley Scott Collins, Andrea Roth, Robert Wisdom, Michael Reilly Burke, Daniella Alonso, Juan Fernandez, Jabari Thomas, Colvin Roberson
📖 Synopsis: In the gripping thriller "Collector, The," directed by [c=Marcus Dunstan], a sinister game unfolds as a man becomes trapped in a deadly situation. The film delves into the dark underbelly of crime, s...
Fragments

Fragments

📅 Release: July 31, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaCrime
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Forest Whitaker, Kate Beckinsale, Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Josh Hutcherson, Embeth Davidtz, Jennifer Hudson, Walton Goggins, Hayley McFarland
📖 Synopsis: In a gripping exploration of shattered lives and the quest for truth, "Fragments" delves into the aftermath of a violent crime that irrevocably alters the lives of those involved. The narrative cente...
Aliens In The Attic

Aliens In The Attic

📅 Release: July 31, 2009
🎭 Genre: AdventureFantasyComedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Tim Meadows, Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Kevin Nealon, Gillian Vigman, Ashley Boettcher, Henri Young
📖 Synopsis: In the adventurous and comedic film [m=Aliens in the Attic], directed by [c=John Schultz], a group of kids discovers that their summer vacation takes an unexpected turn when they encounter a group of...
Adam

Adam

📅 Release: July 29, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker, Terry Walters
📖 Synopsis: In movies, when two twentysomethings serendipitously wind up under the same Manhattan roof, witty repartee usually transpires, then sparks fly, and eventually they fall into bed. But the boy and the g...
Thirst

Thirst

📅 Release: July 31, 2009
🎭 Genre: HorrorThrillerDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Kim Ok-bin, Mercedes Cabral, Eriq Ebouaney
📖 Synopsis: In [c=Park Chan-wook]'s audacious and genre-defying film, a devout priest's faith is tested by a monstrous temptation. [c=Song Kang-ho] delivers a captivating performance as Sang-hyun, a man of the c...
Funny People

Funny People

📅 Release: July 31, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, RZA, Aubrey Plaza, Aziz Ansari
📖 Synopsis: Over the past few years, writer/director Judd Apatow ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up") has shown that nothing-not even losing your virginity or the miracle of childbirth-is sacred. About his th...
Deadgirl

Deadgirl

📅 Release: July 24, 2009
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen, Candice Accola, Andrew DiPalma, Eric Podnar, Nolan Gerard Funk
📖 Synopsis: A horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful wom...
Shrink

Shrink

📅 Release: July 24, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kevin Spacey, Keke Palmer, Robin Williams, Laura Ramsey, Jesse Plemons, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Griffin Dunne, Pell James, Gore Vidal, Robert Loggia, Dallas Roberts, Mark Webber
📖 Synopsis: Henry Carter (Kevin Spacey) is a psychiatrist with an A-list clientele, including a once-famous actress (Saffron Burrows), an insecure young writer (Mark Webber), and a comically obsessive-compulsive ...
Answer Man, The

Answer Man, The

📅 Release: July 24, 2009
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, Kat Dennings, Olivia Thirlby, Max Antisell, Tony Hale, Jennifer Wiener, Nora Dunn, Brandon Hanson
📖 Synopsis: From first-time director John Hindman, comes "The Answer Man", a romantic comedy starring Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale), Lauren Graham ("Gilmore Girls") and Lou Taylor Pucci (Thumbsucker). Ar...
In The Loop

In The Loop

📅 Release: July 24, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
🎬 Starring: James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, Gina McKee, Mimi Kennedy, Anna Chlumsky, Steve Coogan, Enzo Cilenti, Paul Higgins
📖 Synopsis: The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller (James Gandolfini) doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary o...
Ugly Truth, The

Ugly Truth, The

📅 Release: July 24, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Cheryl Hines, Eric Winter, Bree Turner, Bonnie Somerville, Holly Weber, Vicki Lewis, Nick Searcy, Nathan Corddry
📖 Synopsis: In the sharp-witted romantic comedy, "The Ugly Truth," the complexities of modern dating are hilariously unraveled. [c=Katherine Heigl] stars as Abby Richter, a successful but romantically challenged...
Orphan

Orphan

📅 Release: July 24, 2009
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Lorry Ayers, Margo Martindale, Karel Roden
📖 Synopsis: The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past. ...
G-Force

G-Force

📅 Release: July 24, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Will Arnett, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Kelli Garner, Tracy Morgan, Bill Nighy, Zach Galifianakis, Niecy Nash, Loudon Wainwright III, Tyler Patrick Jones, Justin Mentell, Gabriel Casseus
📖 Synopsis: A comedy adventure about the latest evolution of a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs disc...
Homecoming

Homecoming

📅 Release: July 17, 2009
🎭 Genre: ThrillerDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Mischa Barton, Matt Long, Jessica Stroup, Michael Landes, Joshua Elijah Reese, Allen Williamson, Alex Hooper, Joe Forgione, Nick Pasqual
📖 Synopsis: A small-town homecoming celebration turns into a waking nightmare in this tense psychological thriller. [c=Mischa Barton] stars as Shelby, a young woman who returns to her rural hometown with her boy...
500 Days Of Summer

500 Days Of Summer

📅 Release: July 17, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Chloe Moretz, Rachel Boston, Clark Gregg, Matthew Gray Gubler, Minka Kelly
📖 Synopsis: In the charming and bittersweet romantic comedy "500 Days of Summer," directed by [c=Marc Webb], the story unfolds through the eyes of Tom Hansen, portrayed by [c=Joseph Gordon-Levitt], a hopeless ro...
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

📅 Release: July 15, 2009
🎭 Genre: AdventureDramaFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Griffiths, Natalia Tena, Julie Walters, David Thewlis, Evanna Lynch
📖 Synopsis: Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledor...
Humpday

Humpday

📅 Release: July 10, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Lynn Shelton, Trina Willard
📖 Synopsis: It's been a decade since Ben (Duplass) and Andrew (Leonard) were the bad boys of their college campus. Ben has settled down and found a job, wife, and home. Andrew took the alternate route as a vagabo...
Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire

📅 Release: July 10, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionHorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Koyuki, Liam Cunningham, JJ Feild, Andrew Pleavin, Michael Byrne
📖 Synopsis: On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling." Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries bee...