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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

📅 Release: August 15, 2008
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventureAction
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Tom Kane, Ian Abercrombie, Dee Bradley Baker, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Lee, Matthew Wood, Nika Futterman
📖 Synopsis: In a galaxy torn apart by the brutal conflict of the Clone Wars, the fate of the Republic hangs in the balance. The animated adventure, directed by [c=Dave Filoni], follows Jedi Knights Anakin Skywal...
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day

Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day

📅 Release: March 7, 2008
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciaran Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Lee Pace, Christina Cole, Mark Strong
📖 Synopsis: Can you get a life and discover love, all in one day? Two women are about to find out. In the sophisticated and heartfelt comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Academy Award winner Frances McDormand ...
You Don't Mess With The Zohan

You Don't Mess With The Zohan

📅 Release: June 6, 2008
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Adam Sandler, Emmanuelle Chriqui, John Turturro, Rob Schneider, Nick Swardson, Shelley Berman, Sayed Badreya, Alex Luria
📖 Synopsis: In this outrageously irreverent comedy, [c=Adam Sandler] stars as Zohan, an Israeli counter-terrorism commando who is the best of the best, effortlessly defeating his nemesis, the Palestinian militan...
Fly Me To The Moon

Fly Me To The Moon

📅 Release: August 15, 2008
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventureFamily
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Tim Curry, Robert Patrick, Kelly Ripa, Trevor Gagnon, Philip Bolden, Christopher Lloyd, Nicollette Sheridan, Ed Begley Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, David Gore, Lorraine Nicholson
📖 Synopsis: In this groundbreaking 3-D animated adventure, three young flies set off on a courageous mission to become the first insects on the moon by hitching a ride on the historic Apollo 11 space flight. Base...
Henry Poole Is Here

Henry Poole Is Here

📅 Release: August 15, 2008
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Luke Wilson, Radha Mitchell, George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Cheryl Hines, Morgan Lily, Stephanie Mace, Rachel Seiferth
📖 Synopsis: Luke Wilson ("The Royal Tenenbaums," "Old School"), Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza ("Babel") and Radha Mitchell ("Finding Neverland") star in a modern day fable about the unexpected wonders of ...
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

📅 Release: August 15, 2008
🎭 Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Rebecca Hall, Chris Messina, Pablo Schreiber, Zak Orth
📖 Synopsis: In the romantic comedy-drama [m=Vicky Cristina Barcelona], directed by [c=Woody Allen], two American women, Vicky and Cristina, travel to Barcelona for a summer of exploration and self-discovery. The...
Fox & The Child, The

Fox & The Child, The

📅 Release: August 8, 2008
🎭 Genre: DocumentaryDramaFamily
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Bertille Noel-Bruneau, Isabelle Carre, Thomas Laliberte, Kate Winslet
📖 Synopsis: From the director of the acclaimed documentary [m=March of the Penguins], [c=Luc Jacquet] delivers a breathtaking and intimate tale of wonder in [m=Fox & the Child, The]. Narrated by [c=Kate Winslet]...
Make It Happen

Make It Happen

📅 Release: August 8, 2008
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Tessa Thompson, Julissa Bermudez, Riley Smith, Ashley Roberts, John Reardon, Karen LeBlanc, Aaron Merke, Matt Kippen, Erik Fjeldsted
📖 Synopsis: "Make It Happen" stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Live Free or Die Hard") in the role of Lauryn, a young woman from a small town who moves to Chicago with dreams of entering the Chicago School of Music...
Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, The

Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, The

📅 Release: August 1, 2008
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureHorror
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, John Hannah, Luke Ford, Russell Wong, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Isabella Leong, Liam Cunningham, Albert Kwan, Tian Liang
📖 Synopsis: The blockbuster global "Mummy" franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." Brendan Fraser re...
Elegy

Elegy

📅 Release: August 8, 2008
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper, Deborah Harry, Sonja Bennett, Chelah Horsdal
📖 Synopsis: Driven by Isabel Coixet's visually assured and deeply observant direction, "Elegy" charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishe...
Beer For My Horses

Beer For My Horses

📅 Release: August 8, 2008
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, Ted Nugent, Barry Corbin, Claire Forlani, Carlos Sanz, Greg Serano, Tom Skerritt, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe
📖 Synopsis: "Beer For My Horses" is a rough-ridin', beer-swillin', sheriff-dodgin', trouble-chasin', good ol' boys comedy-adventure written by and co-starring superstar Toby Keith and popular comedian/recording a...
What We Do Is Secret

What We Do Is Secret

📅 Release: August 8, 2008
🎭 Genre: BiographyDramaMusic
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Shane West, Bijou Phillips, Rick Gonzales, Noah Segan, Ashton Holmes, Tina Majorino, Thom Bishops
📖 Synopsis: Set in Los Angeles in the late 1970's, the story begins when Paul Beahm amd George Ruthenberg, driven by drugs, music and rebellion, became determined to make their mark on society. Paul adopted the n...
Hell Ride

Hell Ride

📅 Release: August 8, 2008
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Larry Bishop, Michael Madsen, Dennis Hopper, Vinnie Jones, Eric Balfour, David Carradine, Michael Beach, Leonor Varela, Laura Cayouette, Cassandra Hepburn, Julia Jones
📖 Synopsis: "Hell Ride" is a raucous throwback to the days of the Sergio Leone spaghetti western, with a heaping helping of testosterone-fueled chopper action thrown into the mix. Writer/director Larry Bishop tak...
Bottle Shock

Bottle Shock

📅 Release: August 6, 2008
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodriguez, Dennis Farina, Eliza Dushku, Miguel Sandoval, Bradley Whitford
📖 Synopsis: There are certain moments in history when America has proven itself to the world: Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon; or the US Men's Hockey team beating the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics. On...
Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2, The

Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2, The

📅 Release: August 6, 2008
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, Jesse Williams, Michael Rady, Blythe Danner, Rachel Nichols, Lucy Hale, Tom Wisdom
📖 Synopsis: In the heartwarming sequel to the beloved tale, four inseparable friends navigate the challenges of young adulthood while staying connected through a magical pair of jeans in Sisterhood of the Travel...
Sixty Six

Sixty Six

📅 Release: August 1, 2008
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Eddie Marsan, Helena Bonham Carter, Gregg Sulkin, Peter Serafinowicz, Catherine Tate, Ben Newton, Richard Katz, Stephen Rea
📖 Synopsis: England, the summer of '66 and the country is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12-year-old Bernie the biggest day of his life is looming, the day he becomes a man - his Bar Mitzvah. But hi...
Frozen River

Frozen River

📅 Release: August 1, 2008
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Mark Boone Junior, Michael O'Keefe, Jay Klaitz, Dylan Carusona, Michael Sky
📖 Synopsis: "Frozen River" is the story of Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom who is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that straddl...
Midnight Meat Train, The

Midnight Meat Train, The

📅 Release: August 1, 2008
🎭 Genre: ThrillerHorror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Brooke Shields, Leslie Bibb, Roger Bart, Peter Jacobson, Barbara Eve Harris
📖 Synopsis: Next stop...death. When Leon Kaufman's (Bradley Cooper) latest body of work -- a collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its inhabitants - earns the struggling photographer intere...
Swing Vote

Swing Vote

📅 Release: August 1, 2008
🎭 Genre: ComedyPolitical
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Madeline Carroll, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, Molly Johnson, Judge Reinhold
📖 Synopsis: In a razor-thin presidential election, the fate of the entire nation comes down to a single vote in a single New Mexico county, and due to a bizarre technicality, that vote belongs to one man. [c=Kev...
X-Files: I Want To Believe, The

X-Files: I Want To Believe, The

📅 Release: July 25, 2008
🎭 Genre: Sci-FiMystery
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Xzibit, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley
📖 Synopsis: In "X-Files: I Want to Believe, The," directed by [c=Chris Carter], the iconic duo of FBI agents Mulder and Scully, portrayed by [c=David Duchovny] and [c=Gillian Anderson], return to investigate a s...
Love Guru, The

Love Guru, The

📅 Release: June 20, 2008
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley, Meagan Good, Romany Malco, Verne Troyer, John Oliver
📖 Synopsis: In the comedy, "The Love Guru" (Myers), Pitka is an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the w...
Space Chimps

Space Chimps

📅 Release: July 18, 2008
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedyFamily
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, Omid Abtahi, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Breen, Kenan Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Kath Soucie
📖 Synopsis: When a $5 billion NASA probe disappears into an intergalactic wormhole, the agency recruits Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, to help retrieve the wayward craft. But Ham is a free-sp...
Dark Knight, The

Dark Knight, The

📅 Release: July 18, 2008
🎭 Genre: SuperheroAction
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cillian Murphy, Eric Roberts, Monique Curnen, Anthony Michael Hall
📖 Synopsis: In the heart of Gotham City, chaos reigns as a new breed of criminal emerges, prompting the legendary vigilante known as Batman to confront his most formidable foe yet. Directed by [c=Christopher Nol...
Boy A

Boy A

📅 Release: July 23, 2008
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Shaun Evans, Katie Lyons, Skye Bennett, Alfie Owen, Siobhan Finneran
📖 Synopsis: "Boy A" is a powerful coming-of-age drama that raises difficult questions about the morals of our times."Boy A" is a fictional story starring Andrew Garfield (Evening Standard and Critics' Circle thea...
Meet Dave

Meet Dave

📅 Release: July 11, 2008
🎭 Genre: ComedySci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Judah Friedlander, Scott Caan, Marc Blucas, Pat Kilbane, Stephanie Venditto
📖 Synopsis: In the uproarious sci-fi comedy "Meet Dave," the charming and multifaceted [c=Eddie Murphy] takes on the role of an extraterrestrial being who arrives on Earth in an unusual form: a life-sized humano...
Wall-E

Wall-E

📅 Release: June 27, 2008
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedySci-Fi
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Ben Burtt, Kim Kopf, Garrett Palmer, Paul Eiding
📖 Synopsis: What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?Academy Award-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo") and the inventive storytellers and technical ge...
Felon

Felon

📅 Release: July 18, 2008
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Harold Perrineau, Sam Shepard, Nick Chinlund, Marisol Nichols, Anne Archer, Nate Parker
📖 Synopsis: Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) lives a modest but comfortable life with a young family, a fledgling business and a promising future ahead.But in an instant, his life, and that of everyone he loves is thr...
Take

Take

📅 Release: July 18, 2008
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner, Bobby Coleman, David Denman, Adam Rodriguez, Bill McKinney, Rocky Marquette, Paul Schackman
📖 Synopsis: "Take" occurs over two days - one day in the present and one day in the past. In the present, Ana drives through the desert to witness the execution of the man who has dominated her life for the past ...
Transsiberian

Transsiberian

📅 Release: July 18, 2008
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Thomas Kretschmann, Ben Kingsley, Andrius Paulavicius, Emilis Welyvis, Antanas Surgailis
📖 Synopsis: An American couple, Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer), decide to take the long way home from their recent sojourn in Asia on the legendary Trans-siberian Express train from Beijing to ...