Archive for the '2008 Movies' Category

Freakonomics

Title: Freakonomics
Theatrical Release: TBA
Genres: Documentary
Freakonomics SYNOPSIS
Based on the bestseller Freakonomics, where economist Steven D. Levitt uses statistics and theory to analyze pop culture.

Free Style

Title: Free Style
Theatrical Release: Friday, February 6, 2009
Starring: Corbin Bleu
Penelope Ann Miller
Madison Pettis
Matt Bellefleur
Grant Langston
Directed by: William Dear
Genres: Action Adventure Sports
Keywords: School High School
Free Style SYNOPSIS
The story of an aspiring motocross racer who juggles dreams of Amateur National Championship glory with the reality of being relied upon to support his entire family.

Nico and the Way to the Stars

Title: Nico and the Way to the Stars
Theatrical Release: TBA
Genres: Family Animation Holiday
Nico and the Way to the Stars SYNOPSIS
The film is about a little reindeer named Nico, who dreams of flying like his father, one of the elite troop that pulls Santa’s sleigh every Christmas. When Niko uncovers a plot by the Big [...]

Scary Movie 5

Title: Scary Movie 5
Theatrical Release: TBA
Starring: Leslie Nielsen
Donna Harrison
Directed by: David Zucker
Genres: Comedy Sequel Horror
Distributor: Dimension Films
Scary Movie 5

U2 3D

Title:U2 3D
Theatrical Release: Friday, January 25, 2008
Starring: Bono
Adam Clayton
Larry Mullen Jr
Dave Evans
Directed by: Mark Pellington
Catherine Owens
Genres: Musical Documentary
Distributor: National Geographic Cinema
U2 3D SYNOPSIS
Concert film of rock band U2 as they trek from Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Brazil.

Son of Rambow

Title: Son of Rambow
Theatrical Release: Friday, May 2, 2008
DVD Release: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Starring: Neil Dudgeon
Jessica Stevenson
Jules Sitruk
Anna Wing
Ed Westwick
Directed by: Garth Jennings
Genres: Comedy Foreign
Distributor: Paramount Vantage
Son of Rambow SYNOPSIS
A coming of age comedy about two young English boys who are inspired after seeing “Rambo: First Blood” to make a Rambo movie of their own. [...]

Paranoid Park

Title aranoid Park
Theatrical Release: Friday, March 7, 2008
DVD Release: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Starring: Gabe Nevins
Jake Miller
Taylor Momsen
Lauren McKinney
Daniel Lui
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Genres: Thriller Teen
Distributor: IFC Films
Paranoid Park SYNOPSIS
after a young skateboarder accidentally kills a security guard in self-defense with his skateboard at Paranoid Park, he falls into a world of crime, guilt, [...]

Misconceptions

Title: Misconceptions
Theatrical Release: TBA
Starring: A.J. Cook
David Moscow
Directed by: Ron Satlof
Genres: Drama Indie Comedy
Misconceptions SYNOPSIS
The project stars A.J. Cook (CBS’ “Criminal Minds”) as a religious conservative who receives a message from God telling her to act as a surrogate mother for two gay men desiring to raise a child.

The Reader

Title:The ReaderTheatrical Release: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 (Wide)
Starring: Kate Winslet
Ralph Fiennes
David Kross
Bruno Ganz
Karoline Herfurth
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Genres: Drama Period
Keywords: War based on novel love story
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Box Office Total: $179,970
The Reader SYNOPSIS
A haunting love story based on the best-selling novel of the same name, “The Reader” is set in postwar Germany and tells the [...]

Cadillac Records

Title: Cadillac Records
Theatrical Release: Friday, December 5, 2008 (Limited, 686 theaters)
Starring:Adrien Brody
Jeffrey Wright
Columbus Short
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Cedric the Entertainer
Directed by: Darnell Martin
Genres: Drama Biography Music
Distributor: Sony BMG Film
Cadillac Records SYNOPSIS
Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright will portray blues/R&B record exec Leonard Chess and blues musician Muddy Waters, respectively. Leonard Chess launched the Chicago blues label Chess Records and [...]