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I Love You, Beth Cooper

I Love You, Beth Cooper

📅 Release: July 10, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Alan Ruck, Samm Levine, Andrea Savage, Jack Carpenter, Shawn Roberts, Lauren Storm, Lauren London
📖 Synopsis: In a whirlwind of teenage bravado and unexpected romance, "I Love You, Beth Cooper" unfolds as a charming comedy about unrequited love and the chaos that ensues when a high school nerd decides to sei...
Bruno

Bruno

📅 Release: July 10, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alice Evans, Sandra Seeling, Ben Youcef, Tom Yi, Alexander von Roon, Candice Cunningham
📖 Synopsis: In a bold and outrageous exploration of fame and identity, Bruno takes viewers on a wild ride through the life of an eccentric Austrian fashionista, brilliantly portrayed by [c=Sacha Baron Cohen]. Ar...
Kambakkht Ishq

Kambakkht Ishq

📅 Release: July 3, 2009
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedyAction
🎬 Starring: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Amrita Arora, Kirron Kher, Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh, Denise Richards, Holly Valance
📖 Synopsis: "Kambakkth Ishq" explores the relationship between two individuals as different from each other as chalk & cheese. No matter how many times they are pushed together, there are only fireworks... no fir...
I Hate Valentine's Day

I Hate Valentine's Day

📅 Release: July 3, 2009
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Judah Friedlander, Zoe Kazan, Stephen Guarino, Amir Arison
📖 Synopsis: Meet Genevieve (Nia Vardalos). She loves romance. She loves flowers. She loves Valentine's Day. All of which is fitting as the owner of "Roses for Romance," a quaint flower shop in the heart of a frie...
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

📅 Release: July 1, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventureComedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg, Bill Hader, Chris Wedge, Atticus Shaffer
📖 Synopsis: The sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbusters "Ice Age" and "Ice Age: The Meldown" are back, on an incredible adventure...for the ages. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while, ...
Public Enemies

Public Enemies

📅 Release: July 1, 2009
🎭 Genre: CrimeDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Emilie de Ravin, Stephen Dorff, Jason Clarke, John Ortiz, Billy Crudup, Stephen Lang, David Wenham, Leelee Sobieski, Stephen Graham
📖 Synopsis: In the action-thriller "Public Enemies," acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw ...
Hurt Locker, The

Hurt Locker, The

📅 Release: June 26, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, Evangeline Lilly, David Morse
📖 Synopsis: "The Hurt Locker" is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military's unrecognized heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and save live...
Cheri

Cheri

📅 Release: June 26, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Frances Tomelty, Anita Pallenberg, Harriet Walter, Iben Hjejle
📖 Synopsis: It all begins as Lea de Lonval (Pfeiffer) realizes that the time has come for her to retire as Paris's most envied seductress of the rich and famous. After all, though she's still breathtaking, she's ...
Surveillance

Surveillance

📅 Release: June 26, 2009
🎭 Genre: ThrillerSci-Fi
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James, Ryan Simpkins, French Stewart, Kent Harper, Cheri Oteri, Kyle Briere
📖 Synopsis: What if nothing is as it seems? What if the murderers are the ones you trust... waiting for the kill.Somewhere deep inside the Santa Fe desert there have been a number of blood curdling murders... a r...
My Sister's Keeper

My Sister's Keeper

📅 Release: June 26, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Sofia Vassilieva, Abigail Breslin, Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Thomas Dekker
📖 Synopsis: In the emotionally charged drama "My Sister's Keeper," directed by [c=Nick Cassavetes], the complexities of family dynamics and moral dilemmas take center stage. The film follows Anna Fitzgerald, por...
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

📅 Release: June 24, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureSci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas, Rainn Wilson, Matthew Marsden, Ramon Rodriguez, Frank Welker
📖 Synopsis: This time, the story finds Sam and Mikaela under attack by the evil Decepticons because of something Sam has learned about the origins of the Transformers and their ancient history on Earth.To acquire...
$9.99

$9.99

📅 Release: June 19, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson, Barry Otto, Joel Edgerton, Ben Mendelsohn, Leeanna Walsman
📖 Synopsis: Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, "$9.99" is a stop motion animated feature which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life.Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of ...
Whatever Works

Whatever Works

📅 Release: June 19, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Henry Cavill, Kristen Johnston, Patricia Clarkson, Michael McKean, Ed Begley Jr.
📖 Synopsis: In the whimsical romantic comedy "Whatever Works," directed by [c=Woody Allen], the story unfolds around a brilliant yet eccentric man, played by [c=Larry David], who finds love in the most unexpecte...
Year One

Year One

📅 Release: June 19, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, June Diane Raphael, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Hank Azaria, Vinnie Jones, Matt Willig, Bill Hader, Juno Temple
📖 Synopsis: In the uproarious comedy "Year One," directed by [c=Harold Ramis], audiences are taken on a wild journey through prehistoric times with two hapless hunter-gatherers, Zed and Oh, portrayed by [c=Jack ...
Proposal, The

Proposal, The

📅 Release: June 19, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomantic
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Craig T. Nelson, Mary Steenburgen, Denis O'Hare, Betty White
📖 Synopsis: When high-powered book editor Margaret (Sandra Bullock) faces deportation to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she's actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andr...
Moon

Moon

📅 Release: June 12, 2009
🎭 Genre: Sci-FiThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Matt Berry, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Malcolm Stewart, Dominique McElligott, Robin Chalk
📖 Synopsis: It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lon...
Imagine That

Imagine That

📅 Release: June 12, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Eddie Murphy, Yara Shahidi, Thomas Haden Church, Vanessa A. Williams, Nicole Ari Parker, DeRay Davis, Ronny Cox, James Patrick Stuart, Timm Sharp, Patricia Place, Zachary Gordon
📖 Synopsis: In the whimsical comedy-fantasy "Imagine That," the boundaries between reality and imagination blur as a busy executive discovers the power of childhood creativity. Starring [c=Eddie Murphy] as Evan ...
Taking Of Pelham 123, The

Taking Of Pelham 123, The

📅 Release: June 12, 2009
🎭 Genre: ActionThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, James Gandolfini, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Victor Gojcaj, Ramon Rodriguez, Alex Kaluzhsky
📖 Synopsis: In "The Taking of Pelham 123," Denzel Washington stars as New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train....
Tetro

Tetro

📅 Release: June 11, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdu, Carmen Maura, Rodrigo De la Serna, Leticia Bredice, Mike Amigorena, Sofia Gala, Francesca De Sapio
📖 Synopsis: In Francis Ford Coppola's visually stunning and emotionally charged drama, the prodigal younger brother Bennie, played by [c=Alden Ehrenreich], arrives in Buenos Aires seeking his long-estranged olde...
Tennessee

Tennessee

📅 Release: June 5, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Mariah Carey, Ethan Peck, Adam Rothenberg, Lance Reddick, Bill Sage, Michele Harris, Christopher Andrews
📖 Synopsis: In the emotionally charged drama "Tennessee," two brothers, played by [c=Ethan Peck] and [c=Adam Rothenberg], embark on a poignant journey filled with hope and heartache as they search for their estr...
Downloading Nancy

Downloading Nancy

📅 Release: June 5, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
🎬 Starring: Maria Bello, Jason Patric, Rufus Sewell, Amy Brenneman, Matthew Harrison, David Brown
📖 Synopsis: When Albert Stockwell came home from work one day he found a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she had gone to see friends. It was a lie.After waiting several days Albert realizes that his...
Away We Go

Away We Go

📅 Release: June 5, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Carmen Ejogo, Melanie Lynskey, Chris Messina, Kevin J. O'Connor, Paul Schneider, Jim Gaffigan
📖 Synopsis: In the heartfelt comedy-drama "Away We Go," directed by [c=Sam Mendes], viewers embark on a poignant journey of self-discovery and the search for belonging. The film centers on Verona De Tessant, por...
Hangover, The

Hangover, The

📅 Release: June 5, 2009
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Mitch Holleman, Andrew Astor, Mike Tyson, Casey Margolis
📖 Synopsis: Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three friends drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they'll never forget. But, in fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can...
My Life In Ruins

My Life In Ruins

📅 Release: June 5, 2009
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch, Rita Wilson, Alexis Georgoulis
📖 Synopsis: In the delightful romantic comedy "My Life in Ruins," [c=Nia Vardalos] stars as Georgia, a disillusioned tour guide in Greece who struggles to find joy in her mundane job. Surrounded by a group of ec...
Land Of The Lost

Land Of The Lost

📅 Release: June 5, 2009
🎭 Genre: AdventureComedySci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Raymond Ochoa, Jorma Taccone, Mousa Kraish, Kristina Krofft, Amyrh Harris, Pollyanna McIntosh
📖 Synopsis: Space-time vortexes suck.Will Ferrell stars as has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, sucked into one and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and questionable sma...
What Goes Up

What Goes Up

📅 Release: May 29, 2009
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Steve Coogan, Hilary Duff, Molly Shannon, Olivia Thirlby, Josh Peck, Molly Price, Max Hoffman, Patrick Gilmore
📖 Synopsis: This poignant slice-of-life film revolves around Campbell Babbitt (Steve Coogan), a morally challenged and emotionally distraught New York reporter sent to cover the New Hampshire hometown hoopla surr...
Up

Up

📅 Release: May 29, 2009
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo, John Ratzenberger, Jerome Ranft
📖 Synopsis: From the Academy Award-nominated team of director Pete Docter ("Monsters, Inc.") and co-director Bob Peterson comes "Up," a comedic adventure taking off (and lifting spirits) in summer 2009. Carl Fred...
Drag Me To Hell

Drag Me To Hell

📅 Release: May 29, 2009
🎭 Genre: ThrillerHorror
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Jessica Lucas, Dileep Rao, Reggie Lee, Fernanda Romero, Bonnie Aarons, Joanne Baron, Adriana Barraza, Lorna Raver, David Paymer
📖 Synopsis: Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy, Evil Dead series) returns to the horror genre with "Drag Me to Hell", an original tale of a young woman's desperate quest to break an evil curse.Christine Brown...
Easy Virtue

Easy Virtue

📅 Release: May 22, 2009
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Barnes, Kris Marshall, Katherine Parkinson, Kimberley Nixon
📖 Synopsis: The twenties have roared... the thirties have yet to swing. John Whittaker, a young Englishman, falls madly in love with Larita, a sexy and glamorous American woman, and they marry impetuously. Howeve...
Girlfriend Experience, The

Girlfriend Experience, The

📅 Release: May 22, 2009
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, Timothy Davis, Glenn Kenney, Mark Jacobson
📖 Synopsis: Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, "The Girlfriend Experience" is five days in the life of Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream film debut), an ultra high-...