 SHERLOCK HOLMES
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
Release date: December 25, 2009
Plot:
Detective Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
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 FUNNY PEOPLE
Directed by: Judd Apatow
Starring: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, RZA, Aubrey Plaza, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow
Release date: July 31, 2009
Plot:
“When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship cause him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.”
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 THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3
Directed by: Tony Scott
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, Michael Rispoli, James Gandolfini
Release date: June 12, 2009
Plot:
“In The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Denzel Washington stars as New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. John Travolta stars as Ryder, the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the train’s passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But there’s one riddle Garber can’t solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape?”
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 PUBLIC ENEMIES
Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Giovanni Ribisi, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Rory Cochrane, Stephen Lang, David Wenham, Stephen Graham, Channing Tatum, Jason Clarke
Release date: July 1, 2009
Plot:
“The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.”
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 JULIE AND JULIA
Directed by: Nora Ephron
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond
Release date: August 7, 2009
Plot:
“Julie Powell recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and saved her soul. Julie Powell is 30-years-old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a soul-sucking secretarial job that’s going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment. She will take her mother’s dog-eared copy of Julia Child’s 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and she will cook all 524 recipes. In the span of one year.”
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 PIXAR’s UP
Directed by: Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
Starring: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Jordan Nagai
Release date: May 29, 2009
Plot:
“The story of Up follows Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) who spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But one day, Carl finds himself to be 78-years old and his life has seemingly passed him by, until he befriends a chubby 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. The two opposites match up for thrilling adventures as they encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains, and all the terrifying creatures that wait in the jungle.”
More –> UP Movie
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 THE SOLOIST
Directed by: Joe Wright
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Lisa Gay Hamilton
Release date: April 24, 2009
Plot:
“A Los Angeles Journalist, befriends a homeless Julliard trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.”
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 FAME
Directed by: Kevin Tancharoen
Starring: Debbie Allen, Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, Bebe Neuwirth, Thomas Dekker, Kristy Flores, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill, Naturi Naughton, Kay Panabaker, Kherington Payne, Collins Pennie, Walter Perez, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Asher Book
Release date: September 25, 2009
Plot:
“An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.”
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 TERMINATOR SALVATION
Directed by: McG
Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common, Jadagrace, Helena Bonham Carter
Release date: May 21, 2009
Plot:
“After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor (Bale) struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.”
More –> Terminator 4 Movie
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 500 DAYS OF SUMMER
Directed by: Marc Webb
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly, Rachel Boston, Matthew Gray Gubler, Chloe Moretz
Release date: July 17, 2009
Plot:
“Romantic comedy which centers on a man (Gordon-Levitt) who falls hopelessly in love with a woman (Deschanel) who doesn’t believe in love.”
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 AMELIA
Directed by: Mira Nair
Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Eccleston, Mia Wasikowska
Release date: October 23, 2009
Plot:
“A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.”
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 WHATEVER WORKS
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Larry David, Patricia Clarkson, Evan Rachel Wood
Release date: TBA 2009
Plot:
“Whatever Works revolves around an eccentric man (Larry David) taken into a series of adventures and encounters with his friends from Greenwich, a young woman from the South (Evan Rachel Wood), and her parents.”
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 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, B. J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Samuel L. Jackson, Mike Myers
Release date: August 21, 2009
Plot:
“Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” Raine’s squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich.”
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 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Starring: Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, Ricky Gervais
Release date: May 22, 2009
Plot:
“Security guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) infiltrates the Smithsonian Institute in order to rescue Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Octavius (Steve Coogan), who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.”
More –> Night at the Museum 2 Movie
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 MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
Directed by: Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Stephen Colbert
Release date: March 27, 2009
Plot:
“When a meteorite from outer space hits a young girl and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years.”
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 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
Directed by: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon
Release date: July 17, 2009
Plot:
“Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching”
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 ANGELS AND DEMONS
Directed by: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer and Ewan McGregor
Release date: May 15, 2009
Plot:
“Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.”
More –> Angels and Demons Movie
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 OLD DOGS
Directed by: Walt Becker
Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu Travolta, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon
Release date: November 25, 2009
Plot:
“Two best friends—one unlucky-in-love divorcee (Robin Williams) and the other a fun-loving bachelor (John Travolta)—have their lives turned upside down when they’re unexpectedly charged with the care of six-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. The not-so kidsavvy bachelors stumble in their efforts to take care of the twins (newcomers Ella Blue Travolta and Conner Rayburn), leading to one debacle after another, and perhaps to a new-found understanding of what’s really important in life.”
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 ICE AGE DAWN OF TEH DINOSAURS
Directed by: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah
Release date: July 1, 2009
Plot:
“Our friends are trapped in a strange underground world! Guess what Scrat the squirrel is gonna have a girlfriend! But there could be an issue between the two lovers: Scrat’s precious acorn.”
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 THE BOAT THAT ROCKED
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, Chris O’Dowd, January Jones
Release date: April 3, 2009
Plot:
“A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960’s.”
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 AN EDUCATION
Directed by: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson, Cara Seymour, Matthew Beard, Sally Hawkins
Release date: TBA 2009
Plot:
“A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.”
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 STATE OF PLAY
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Helen Mirren
Release date: April 17, 2009
Plot:
“Based on the BBC mini-series of the same title, a team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman’s mistress.”
More –> State of Play Movie
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 IMAGINE THAT
Directed by: Karey Kirkpatrick
Starring: Eddie Murphy
Release date: June 12, 2009
Plot:
“A financial executive (Murphy) who can’t stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter’s imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.”
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 G-FORCE
Directed by: Hoyt Yeatman
Starring: Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan
Release date: July, 24, 2009
Plot:
“A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.”
More –> G-Force Movie
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Just a few days before the official release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and we now have plenty of preview clips from the movie. If you have to watch only one, then watch this clip showing a confrontation between a determined Harry Potter and a confused Draco Malfoy:
