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Coraline

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: UK:96 min | USA:100 min

Languages: English | Russian

Director:

Tagline: Be careful what you wish for.

 

Cast: Dakota Fanning … Coraline Jones (voice)
Teri Hatcher … Mel Jones / Other Mother / Beldam (voice)
Jennifer Saunders … Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Dawn French … Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
Keith David … The Cat (voice)
John Hodgman … Charlie Jones / Other Father (voice)
Robert Bailey Jr. … Wyborne 'Wybie' Lovat (voice)
Ian McShane … Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Aankha Neal … Sweet Ghost Girl (voice)
George Selick … Ghost Boy (voice)
Hannah Kaiser … Tall Ghost Girl (voice)
Harry Selick … Photo Friend #1 (voice)
Marina Budovsky … Photo Friend #2 (voice)
Emerson Hatcher … Magic Dragonfly (voice)
Jerome Ranft … Mover (voice)

 

Plot: An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 20 nominations

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He's Just Not That Into You

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Germany | Netherlands

Runtime: 129 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Are you the exception…or the rule?

 

Cast: Morgan Lily … 5 yr. old Girl
Trenton Rogers … 6 yr. old Boy
Michelle Carmichael … Mother
Jasmine Woods … Crying 20-Something (as Kristen Faye Hunter)
Sabrina Revelle … Consoling Friend
Zoe Jarman … Sorority Girl #1
Alia Rhiana Eckerman … Sorority Girl #2
Julia Pennington … Sous Chef #1
Renee Scott … Sous Chef #2
Chihiro Fujii … Tokyo Girl #1
Sachiko Ishida … Tokyo Girl #2
Claudia DiMartino … Jogger #1
Eve Curtis … Jogger #2
Carmen Perez … Army Recruit #1
Traycee King … Army Recruit #2

 

Plot: The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

 

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

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The International

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Germany | UK

Runtime: 118 min

Languages: English | Italian | French

Director:

Tagline: They control your money. They control your government. They control your life. And everybody pays.

 

Cast: Clive Owen … Louis Salinger
Naomi Watts … Eleanor Whitman
Armin Mueller-Stahl … Wilhelm Wexler
Ulrich Thomsen … Jonas Skarssen
Brian F. O'Byrne … The Consultant
Michel Voletti … Viktor Haas
Patrick Baladi … Martin White
Jay Villiers … Francis Ehames
Fabrice Scott … Nicholai Yeshinski
Haluk Bilginer … Ahmet Sunay
Luca Barbareschi … Umberto Calvini (as Luca Giorgio Barbareschi)
Alessandro Fabrizi … Inspector Alberto Cerutti
Felix Solis … Detective Iggy Ornelas
Jack McGee … Detective Bernie Ward
Nilaja Sun … Detective Gloria Hubbard

 

Plot: An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution’s role in an international arms dealing ring.

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Confessions of a Shopaholic

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 104 min

Languages: English | Finnish

Director:

Tagline: All she ever wanted was a little credit…

 

Cast: Isla Fisher … Rebecca Bloomwood
Hugh Dancy … Luke Brandon
Krysten Ritter … Suze
Joan Cusack … Jane Bloomwood
John Goodman … Graham Bloomwood
John Lithgow … Edgar West
Kristin Scott Thomas … Alette Naylor
Fred Armisen … Ryan Koenig
Leslie Bibb … Alicia Billington
Lynn Redgrave … Drunken Lady at Ball
Robert Stanton … Derek Smeath
Julie Hagerty … Hayley
Nick Cornish … Tarquin
Wendie Malick … Miss Korch
Clea Lewis … Miss Ptaszinski

 

Plot: A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.

 

Awards: 3 nominations

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Shrink

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 104 min | Germany:110 min (European Film Market)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The doctor is out.

 

Cast: Kevin Spacey … Henry Carter
Joe Nunez … Recording Supervisor (as Joseph A. Nuñez)
Mark Webber … Jeremy
Keke Palmer … Jemma
Sierra Aylina McClain … Carina
Ada Luz Pla … Teacher
Saffron Burrows … Kate Amberson
Jack Huston … Shamus
Pell James … Daisy
Mei Melançon … Miyu
Dallas Roberts … Patrick
Andrew Sibner … Richie
Troy Metcalf … O.T.
Kendall Clement … Uncle Jim
Jesse Plemons … Jesus

 

Plot: Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA’s top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients. add synopsis

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The Young Victoria

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, History, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: UK | USA

Runtime: USA:105 min | Germany:100 min (European Film Market)

Languages: English | German

Director:

Tagline: Love rules all

 

Cast: Emily Blunt … Young Victoria
Rupert Friend … Prince Albert
Paul Bettany … Lord Melbourne
Miranda Richardson … Duchess of Kent
Jim Broadbent … King William
Thomas Kretschmann … King Leopold of Belgium
Mark Strong … Sir John Conroy
Jesper Christensen … Baron Stockmar
Harriet Walter … Queen Adelaide
Jeanette Hain … Baroness Lehzen
Julian Glover … Duke of Wellington
Michael Maloney … Sir Robert Peel
Michiel Huisman … Ernest
Genevieve O'Reilly … Lady Flora Hastings
Rachael Stirling … Duchess of Sutherland

 

Plot: A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria’s rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert. add synopsis

 

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations

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