Archive for March, 2009

Duplicity

Title: Duplicity
Director: Tony Gilroy
Stars: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkins
Studio: Universal Pictures
The Plot: A pair of corporate spies (Owen and Roberts) who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses — but can they learn to truly love and trust one another?
THE BUZZ: Tony Gilroy (Michael [...]

I Love You, Man

Title: I Love You, Man
Director: John Hamburg
Stars: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
The Plot: Friendless Peter Klaven (Rudd) goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But when his insta-bond his new B.F.F.(Segel) puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée (Jones) can the trio learn [...]

Knowing

Title: Knowing
Director: Alex Proyas
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne
Studio: Summit Entertainment
The Plot: When Ted Myles (Cage) begins to suspect that his son has discovered an artifact that accurately predicts natural disasters and other catastrophes, he goes on to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
THE BUZZ: Great [...]

Shall We Kiss?

Title: Shall We Kiss?
Director: Emmanuel Mouret
Stars: Julie Gayet, Michaël Cohen, Virginie Ledoyen
Studio: Music Box Films
The Plot: At the end of their casual evening together, Emilie (Gayet) rejects Gabriel’s (Cohen) offer of a “kiss without consequences” and proceeds to tell him a story, which unfolds in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting [...]

The Education of Charlie Banks

Title: The Education of Charlie Banks
Director: Fred Durst
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
The Plot: College student Charlie Banks (Eisenberg) has to face old problems when Mick (Ritter), a troubled young man from his past, arrives on campus and begins to insinuate himself into Charlie’s life.
THE BUZZ: Jesse Eisenberg is the indie [...]

12 Rounds

Title: 12 Rounds
Director: Renny Harlin
Stars: John Cena, Ashley Scott
Studio: Fox Atomic
The Plot: Detective Danny Fisher (Cena) discovers his girlfriend (Scott) has been kidnapped by a ex-con tied to Baxter’s past, and he’ll have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to secure her safe release.
THE BUZZ: Yes, this sounds like an action film take on [...]

The Haunting in Connecticut

Title: The Haunting in Connecticut
Director: Peter Cornwell
Stars: Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas
Studio: Lionsgate
The Plot: For reasons related to their son’s health, Peter and Sara Campbell (Donovan and Madsen) relocate their family to Northern Connecticut. As they settle into their new Victorian home, however, they come face to face with their abode’s unsettling history and [...]

Monsters vs. Aliens

Title: Monsters vs. Aliens
Director: Rob Letterman Conrad Vernon
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution
The Plot: After being hit by a meteorite on her wedding day, Susan Murphy (Witherspoon) is transformed into a monster named Ginormica and subsequently whisked away to a secret government compound where others like her have been rounded up over [...]

Coraline

Title : Coraline
Coraline Jones is a girl of 11 who is feisty, curious, and adventurous beyond her years. She and her parents have just relocated from Michigan to Oregon. Missing her friends and finding her parents to be distracted by their work, Coraline tries to find some excitement in her new environment. She is befriended–or, [...]

He’s Just Not That Into You

Title: He’s Just Not That Into You
A group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirtysomethings navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life, trying to read the signs of the opposite sex–and hoping to be the exceptions to the “no-exceptions”; rule. Gigi just wants [...]