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Nine
From the creative team behind the Oscar-winning adaptation of Chicago comes a lavish feature take on the Tony award-winning musical inspired by Federico Fellini's whimsical classic 8 1/2. Directed by Rob Marshall, Nine details the effort made by world-class filmmaker Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) in realizing his latest cinematic vision while simultaneously balancing his relationships with the many passionate and influential women in his life, including his mistress, Carla (Penélope Cruz), and wife, Luisa (Marion Cotillard). Original lyricist and composer Maury Yeston serves as co-executiv...
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis » Nicole Kidman » Penélope Cruz » Marion Cotillard » Sofia Loren » Judi Dench » Kate Hudson » Stacy Ferguson »
Director: Rob Marshall »
Movie category: Music films » Comedy » Drama »
The Visitor
A lonesome widower and college economics professor finds his mundane existence suddenly shaken up when he befriends a pair of illegal immigrants, one of whom has recently been threatened with deportation by U.S. immigration authorities, in the sophomore feature from The Station Agent director Tom McCarthy. Years after losing his wife, 62-year-old Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) has also lost his passion for writing and teaching. In an effort to fill the empty void that his life has become, Walter makes a half-hearted attempt to learn to play classical piano. Later, when Walter's college sends hi...
Actors: Richard Jenkins » Haaz Sleiman » Danai Jekesai Gurira » Hiam Abbass » Michael Cumpsty » Richard Kind » Marian Seldes »
Director: Thomas McCarthy »
Tooth Fairy
Derek Thompson is 'The Tooth Fairy,' a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster's hopes, he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand. At first, Derek "can't handle the tooth" - bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers' homes...doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.
Actors: Dwayne Johnson » Ashley Judd » Dame Julie Andrews » Stephen Merchant » Ryan Sheckler » Seth MacFarlane » Chase Ellison » Destiny Whitlock »
Director: Michael Lembeck »
Movie category: Kids & Family » Comedy »
Slipstream
An actor and would-be screenwriter, who at the very moment of his meeting with Fate, comes to discover that life is random and fortune is sightless. He is thrown into a vortex where time, dreams, and reality collide in an increasingly whirling slipstream. It's a surreal and dreamlike tale of one man's journey.
Actors: Sir Anthony Hopkins » Lisa Pepper » Michael Clarke Duncan » Mónica García » Christopher Lawford » John Littlefield » Christian Slater » Jeffrey Tambor »
Director: Sir Anthony Hopkins »
Extract
Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben Affleck, Kristen Wiig, Clifton Collins, and J.K. Simmons star in writer/director Mike Judge's comedy about a flower-extract plant owner contending with an ever-growing avalanche of personal and professional disasters. An employee at the factory has just suffered an unfortunate accident on the assembly line, but little does the put-upon owner realize that things are about to get much worse. As the injured employee threatens to sue and it begins to look like his company will be bought out, the frazzled owner attempts to catch the culprit responsible for stealing wa...
Actors: Ben Affleck » J.K. Simmons » Jason Bateman » Mila Kunis » Kristen Wiig » Clifton Collins Jr. » Dustin Milligan » David Koechner » Beth Grant »
Director: Mike Judge »
Movie category: Comedy »
Black Dynamite
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House...
Actors: Michael Jai White » Arsenio Hall » Tommy Davidson » Kevin Chapman » Richard Edson » Darrell Heath » Buddy Lewis »
Director: Scott Sanders »
Movie category: Action & Adventure » Comedy »
Bridal Fever
An editor (Andrea Roth) looking for a husband is advised by her new client, a famous romance novelist (Delta Burke) whose personal life outshines fiction. But once her search nears fruition, Gwen (Roth) must decide if true love comes from a formula or from a more unexpected place.
Actors: Delta Burke » Andrea Roth » Gabriel Hogan » Vincent Walsh » Melinda Deines » Richard Fitzpatrick »
Director: Ron Oliver »
Movie category: Comedy » Lovestory »
Valentine's Day
Gary Marshall's ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day follows nearly two dozen people as they find and lose love in all its many forms over the course of the title holiday. The numerous characters include a very busy florist (Ashton Kutcher) and his schoolteacher best friend (Jennifer Garner). She's having an affair with a married doctor (Patrick Dempsey). Meanwhile, a businessman (Bradley Cooper) and a military captain (Julia Roberts) on leave share a long conversation during an international flight. There's also an elderly couple (Hector Elizondo and Shirley MacLaine) who are caring for t...
Actors: Jessica Alba » Julia Roberts » Jessica Biel » Bradley Cooper » Patrick Dempsey » Jamie Foxx » Jennifer Garner » Anne Hathaway » Ashton Kutcher » Queen Latifah » Emma Roberts » Kathy Bates »
Director: Garry Marshall »
Movie category: Comedy » Lovestory »
One Week
Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) has been diagnosed with cancer. With a grim chance of survival in the best case scenario even if he immediately begins treatment, he instead decides to take a motorcycle trip from Toronto through the Canadian prairies to British Columbia. Along the way, he makes new friends, reevaluates his relationship with his fiancée Samantha (played by Liane Balaban), his job, and his dream of becoming a writer, and, after suffering some near-death experiences, learns to appreciate life.
Actors: Joshua Jackson » Liane Balaban » Campbell Scott » Colin Fox » Chuck Shamata » Leonard George » Fiona Reid »
Director: Michael McGowan »
The Open Road
Carlton Garrett, son of Hall of Famer Kyle Garrett, plays minor league ball in Corpus Christi. He's in a slump when his grandfather calls to say that his mother, in Houston, is refusing a heart operation she needs to prolong her life. She says she won't have the operation until Kyle, her ex-husband, comes to see her. So Carlton, with his close friend Lucy, who used to be his girlfriend, goes to Columbus, Ohio, where Kyle is signing autographs. They haven't spoken in four years. Will Kyle go to Texas or will he find a way to duck out, as he's done for years? In addition to the father and son re...
Actors: Justin Timberlake » Jeff Bridges » Kate Mara » Mary Steenburgen » Harry Dean Stanton » Lyle Lovett » Loyd Catlett » Douglas M. Griffin »
Director: Michael Meredith »
Did you hear about the Morgans?
A bickering New York couple on the verge of divorce is placed in the Witness Protection Program and relocated to Wyoming after witnessing a murder. Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant) have all the money a couple could want -- it's love they're running short on. Upon witnessing a contract killing and being targeted by the triggerman, the couple find themselves at the mercy of the feds, who hastily send them packing for an extended stay in the Rockies. Could a peaceful life away from the city be just the thing to bring Meryl and Paul back together, or will the deafening s...
Actors: Hugh Grant » Sarah Jessica Parker » Sam Elliott » Mary Steenburgen » Michael Kelly »
Director: Marc Lawrence »
Movie category: Comedy » Lovestory »
It's complicated
An aged, divorced mother becomes "the other woman" in her ex-husband's life when the pair enters into an unexpected affair during an out-of-town trip. Jane (Meryl Streep) has been divorced from Jake (Alec Baldwin) for a decade. The mother of three grown children, she owns a successful Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and maintains a friendly relationship with Jake, who has since been remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell). Jane and Jake are attending their son's college graduation when they agree to an innocent meal together. Before long a simple dinner date has erupted into an all-ou...
Actors: Meryl Streep » Steve Martin » Alec Baldwin » John Krasinski » Caitlin Fitzgerald » Zoe Kazan » Hunter Parrish » Rita Wilson » Mary Kay Place » Alexandra Wentworth » Nora Dunn » Lake Bell »
Director: Nancy Meyers »
Movie category: Comedy » Lovestory »
Old Dogs
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's up tight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids...
Actors: John Travolta » Robin Williams » Kelly Preston » Seth Green » Ella Bleu Travolta » Lori Loughlin » Matt Dillon » Conner Rayburn » Bernie Mac » Rita Wilson »
Director: Walt Becker »
Movie category: Comedy » Kids & Family »
Infestation
Our hero, Cooper, awakes to find himself nauseous, weak and covered in webbing, hanging from the ceiling of an office where, just minutes ago, he started his new job. As he struggles out of his slimy prison he comes face to face with his opponent - a grotesque, powerful and very angry bug. All 3 ft of it. And so begins a hideous, nail-biting, comedic, all-action adventure to find a safe haven while constantly outwitting an infestation of monstrous proportions. As Cooper embarks on his journey, he befriends a ragtag group of survivors including Sara, a feisty attractive female. Although the sit...
Actors: Chris Marquette » Brooke Nevin » Kinsey Packard » Ray Wise » E. Quincy Sloan » Wesley Thompson » Linda Park » Deborah Geffner »
Director: Kyle Rankin »
Motherhood
In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.
Actors: Uma Thurman » Minnie Driver » Anthony Edwards » Samantha Bee » Stephanie Szostak »
Director: Katherine Dieckmann »
Movie category: Comedy » Kids & Family »
ZMD - Zombies of Mass Destruction
Life is wonderful for the people in the quiet, island town of Port Gamble....until a zombie virus outbreak!
Actors: Janette Armand » Doug Fahl » Cooper Hopkins » Bill Johns » Russell Hodgkinson » Ali Hamedani » Cornelia Moore » James Mesher » Andrew Hyde »
Director: Kevin Hamedani »
(500) Days of Summer
After it looks as if she's left his life for good this time, Tom Hansen reflects back on the just over one year that he knew Summer Finn. Despite being physically average in almost every respect, Summer had always attracted the attention of men, Tom included. For Tom, it was love at first sight when she walked into the greeting card company where he worked, she the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knew that Summer was the woman with whom he wanted to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer did not believe in relationships or boyfriends - in her assertion, real life will always ultim...
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt » Zooey Deschanel » Geoffrey Arend » Clark Gregg » Minka Kelly » Chloe Moretz » Rachel Boston » Matthew Gray Gubler »
Director: Marc Webb »
Movie category: Drama » Comedy » Lovestory »
The Minis
Starring Former NBA Superstar Dennis Rodman! Trash-talk doesn t faze them. Taller competition doesn t rattle them. In fact, this team of little people has street ball credentials and tricks that would make the Globetrotters stop and take notes. Still, they are faced with a monumental challenge winning a $50,000 prize in a local basketball tournament so that Roger (a little person) can afford to send his son to college. As the days count down to the tournament, the team of little people is on a quest to find the right man for the middle. The guys chase after former NBA superstar Dennis Rodman...
Actors: Dennis Rodman » Gabriel Pimentel » Richard Portnow » Joe Gnoffo » Dana Woods » Bradley Laise » Kalan Shires » Rusty Burns »
Director: Valerio Zanoli »
Movie category: Action & Adventure » Comedy »
Witless Protection
The story centers on a small-town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue a woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big Enron-type corruption trial in Chicago but are later found to be on the take and are villains who are bent on killing her.
Actors: Larry The Cable Guy » Jenny McCarthy » Ivana Milicevic » Peter Stormare » Eric Roberts » Joe Mantegna » Yaphet Kotto » Will Clinger » Sean Bridgers »
Director: Charles Robert Carner »
Movie category: Action & Adventure » Comedy »
Planet 51
An American astronaut believing himself to be the first person ever to set foot on Planet 51 gets the shock of his life in this animated adventure comedy featuring the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, John Cleese, and Gary Oldman. Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker (voice of Johnson) was on a mission to boldly go where no man had gone before, a remote celestial body dubbed Planet 51. The scientific community had surmised that Planet 51 was uninhabited, so when Captain Baker steps out of his spacecraft to discover a race of tiny green people living in quaint communities reminiscent of 1950s A...
Director: Jorge Blanco » Javier Abad » Marcos Martínez »
Movie category: Action & Adventure » Kids & Family » Comedy »
All Inclusive
A family visits an idyllic five-star resort in the Mayan Riviera in order to spend some quality time together for the first time in many years. A series of events will affect each member of the family that will change them forever.
Actors: Vince Vaughn » Jason Bateman » Faizon Love » Jon Favreau » Malin Akerman » Kristen Bell » Kristin Davis » Kali Hawk » Jean Reno » »
Director: Peter Billingsley »
Movie category: Comedy »
My Life in Ruins
Georgia (Nia Vardalos) came to Greece to follow a man. A few years later, she's been cast aside -- alone and adrift in a foreign land. Eventually, her passion for history leads her to a job as a tour guide. But Georgia is bored, and has lost her "kefi" (Greek for mojo) to boot. When taciturn sasquatch Poupi (Alexis Georgoulis) replaces the regular driver at the last minute, the frazzled tour guide thinks that her luck has just hit rock bottom. Thankfully, Georgia's latest batch of tourists is a more lively bunch than she's anticipated, and in between bouts with rival tour guide Nico (Alistair ...
Actors: Nia Vardalos » Richard Dreyfuss » Maria Adanez » Sheila Bernette » María Botto » Jareb Dauplaise » Rachel Dratch » Alexis Georgoulis » Simon Gleeson » Ian Gomez » Caroline Goodall »
Director: Donald M. Petrie »
Movie category: Comedy » Lovestory »
Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Squeakquel
Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's twenty-something nephew Toby. The boys must put aside music super stardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school's music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes -– Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off.
Actors: Zachary Levi »
Director: Betty Thomas »
Movie category: Kids & Family » Comedy »
Jennifer's body
Nerdy, reserved bookworm Needy and arrogant, conceited cheerleader Jennifer are best friends, though they share little in common. They share even less in common when Jennifer mysteriously gains an appetite for human blood after a disastrous fire at a local bar. As Needy's male classmates are steadily killed off in gruesome attacks, the young girl must uncover the truth behind her friend's transformation and find a way to stop the bloodthirsty rampage before it reaches her own boyfriend Chip.
Actors: Megan Fox » Amanda Seyfried » Johnny Simmons » J.K. Simmons » Amy Sedaris » Adam Brody »
Director: Karyn Kusama »
Ca$h!
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence... All in the name of money.
Actors: Sean Bean » Chris Hemsworth » Victoria Profeta » Mike Starr » Glenn Plummer » Michael Mantell »
Director: Steve Anderson »
Movie category: Action & Adventure » Comedy »
