Archive for February, 2009

Watchmen

Title: Watchmen
Director: Zack Snyder
Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
The Plot: Set in an alternate vision of the year 1985, the murder of an ex-superhero causes a vigilante named Rorshach (Haley) to look into the matter, an investigation that reunites him with his surviving old colleagues — all of them former [...]

Eleven Minutes

Title:Eleven Minutes
Director: Michael Selditch Robert Tate
Stars: Jay McCarroll
Studio: Regent Releasing
The Plot: One year in the life of Jay McCarroll, where the first-ever winner of “Project Runway” prepares for his independent runway show at New York’s Fashion Week, and the subsequent selling of his line to stores.

Fired Up

Title:Fired Up
Director: Will Gluck
Stars: Eric Christian Olsen, Nicholas D’Agosto, Sarah Roemer
Studio: Screen Gems
The Plot: Two high school jocks decide to ditch their annual football training session for cheerleading camp, where they think their ruse will result in plenty of hook-ups.
Info (apple):Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D’Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen), the stars of the Gerald [...]

Madea Goes to Jail

Title:Madea Goes to Jail
Director: Tyler Perry
Stars: Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Derek Luke
Studio: Lionsgate
The Plot: When Madea’s (Perry) trouble-making antics land her behind bars, among the cast of characters she meets is Candy (Pulliam), a prostitute whose life is off-track and in need of the type of tough love that only Madea can provide.
Movie info(apple): [...]

Under the Sea 3D

Title:Under the Sea 3D
Director: Howard Hall
Stars: Jim Carrey
Studio: IMAX
The Plot: Jim Carrey narrates this underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea, and the Indo-Pacific areas, and the impact of global warming on the oceans.

Gomorrah

Title:Gomorrah
Director: Matteo Garrone
Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abruzzese, Toni Servillo
Studio: IFC Films
The Plot: A drama of five interconnected stories, each of them illustrating the levels of organized crime in modern-day Naples.

Two Lovers

Title:Two Lovers
Director: James Gray
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw
Studio: 2929 Productions
The Plot: Leonard (Phoenix) returns to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, where he soon falls for two very different women: the family friend his parents wish he would marry (Shaw) and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor (Paltrow).

Friday the 13th

Title:Friday the 13th
Director: Marcus Nispel
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Derek Mears
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
The Plot: A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees (Mears) and his deadly intentions.

The International

Title:The International
Director: Tom Tykwer
Stars: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.
MPAA Rating: R for some sequences of violence and language.
Distributors: Sony Pictures Releasing
The Plot: Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) pool their resources in an [...]

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Movie Title:Confessions of a Shopaholic
Director: P.J. Hogan
Stars: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Rebecca Bloomwood is a sweet and charming New York City girl who has a tiny, little problem that is rapidly turning into a big problem: she’s hopelessly addicted to shopping and drowning in a sea of debt. While [...]