Archive for the ‘Mystery’ Category
Friday, February 27th, 2009
All Genres:
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: Sweden | Denmark | Germany
Runtime: 152 min
Languages: Swedish
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Nikolaj Arcel (screenplay) Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay)
Cast: Michael Nyqvist … Mikael Blomkvist
Noomi Rapace … Lisbeth Salander
Lena Endre … Erika Berger
Peter Haber … Martin Vanger
Sven-Bertil Taube … Henrik Vanger
Peter Andersson … The Lawyer Nils Bjurman
Ingvar Hirdwall … Dirch Frode
Marika Lagercrantz … Cecilia Vanger
Björn Granath … Gustav Morell
Ewa Fröling … Harriet Vanger
Michalis Koutsogiannakis … Dragan Armanskij
Annika Hallin … Annika Giannini
Sofia Ledarp … Malin Erikson
Tomas Köhler … 'Plague'
David Dencik … Janne Dahlman
Plot: Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson’s novel about a journalist and a young female hacker.
Awards: 4 nominations
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 105 min
Languages:
Director:
Tagline: Security comes at a price…
Cast: Shane West … Max Peterson
Edward Burns … John Reed
Ving Rhames … Agent Dave Grant
Jonathan Pryce … Mueller
Tamara Feldman … Kamila
Yuriy Kutsenko … Russian General
Sergey Gubanov … Yuri Malanin
Martin Sheen … Raymond Burke
Ilan Goodman … Dennis
Todd Jensen … Agent Fletcher
Steven Elder … Charles
Sandra De Sousa … Female Casino Tech
Greg Donaldson … Casino Tech
Andrea Enright … NSA Tech #2
Trevor White … Paul Spencer
Plot: At first, the strange phone messages promised great wealth. Soon, though, government agents pursue the young engineer receiving them around the world.
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 162 min | 186 min (director's cut) | 215 min (ultimate cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face.
Cast: Malin Akerman … Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
Billy Crudup … Dr. Manhattan / Jon Osterman
Matthew Goode … Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Jackie Earle Haley … Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
Jeffrey Dean Morgan … Edward Blake / The Comedian
Patrick Wilson … Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
Carla Gugino … Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
Matt Frewer … Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
Stephen McHattie … Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
Laura Mennell … Janey Slater
Rob LaBelle … Wally Weaver
Gary Houston … John McLaughlin
James M. Connor … Pat Buchanan (as James Michael Connor)
Mary Ann Burger … Eleanor Clift
John Shaw … Doug Roth
Plot: In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: UK
Runtime: 102 min | Germany:102 min (European Film Market)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: David Peace (novel) Tony Grisoni (screenplay)
Cast: Andrew Garfield … Eddie Dunford
David Morrissey … Maurice Jobson
John Henshaw … Bill Hadley
Anthony Flanagan … Barry Gannon
Warren Clarke … Bill Molloy
Jennifer Hennessy … Mrs Kemplay
Mary Jo Randle … Eddie's Mum
Rachel Jane Allen … Susan Dunford
Rita May … Aunty Win
Graham Walker … Uncle Eric
Berwick Kaler … George Greaves
Katherine Vasey … Steph (as Katharine Vasey)
Danny Cunningham … Gaz
Michelle Dockery … Kathryn Tyler
Robert Sheehan … BJ
Plot: A rookie journalist looks to solve the increasingly vexing case of a serial killer on the loose. add synopsis
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | Canada | Germany
Runtime: 87 min
Languages: English
Director: Charles Guard
Thomas Guard
Tagline: Fear moves in
Cast: Emily Browning … Anna
Arielle Kebbel … Alex
David Strathairn … Steven
Elizabeth Banks … Rachel Summers
Maya Massar … Mom
Kevin McNulty … Sheriff Emery
Jesse Moss … Matthew Hendricks
Dean Paul Gibson … Dr. Silberling
Don S. Davis … Mr. Henson
Lex Burnham … Iris Wright
Matthew Bristol … David Wright
Danny Bristol … Samuel Wright
Heather Doerksen … Mildred Kemp
Alf Humphreys … Priest (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
Ryan Cowie … Orderly #1
Plot: Anna Rydell returns home to her sister (and best friend) Alex after a stint in a mental hospital, though her recovery is jeopardized thanks to her cruel stepmother, aloof father, and the presence of a ghost in their home.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: UK
Runtime: 97 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The last place you'd ever expect to find yourself
Writers: Duncan Jones (original story) Nathan Parker (screenplay)
Cast: Sam Rockwell … Sam Bell
Kevin Spacey … GERTY (voice)
Dominique McElligott … Tess Bell
Rosie Shaw … Little Eve
Adrienne Shaw … Nanny
Kaya Scodelario … Eve
Benedict Wong … Thompson
Matt Berry … Overmeyers
Malcolm Stewart … Technician
Robin Chalk … Sam Bell Clone
Plot: Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet’s power problems.
Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 14 wins & 9 nominations
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: On January 16, Get Your Heart Broken.
Cast: Jensen Ackles … Tom Hanniger
Jaime King … Sarah Palmer
Kerr Smith … Axel Palmer
Betsy Rue … Irene
Edi Gathegi … Deputy Martin
Tom Atkins … Sheriff Jim Burke
Kevin Tighe … Ben Foley
Megan Boone … Megan
Karen Baum … Deputy Ferris
Joy de la Paz … Rosa
Marc Macaulay … Riggs
Todd Farmer … Frank the Trucker
Jeff Hochendoner … Red
Bingo O'Malley … Officer Hinch
Liam Rhodes … Michael
Plot: Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine’s night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, however, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one will believes he’s innocent.
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min | 89 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Hebrew
Director:
Tagline: Evil will do anything to live.
Cast: Odette Yustman … Casey Beldon
Gary Oldman … Rabbi Sendak
Cam Gigandet … Mark
Meagan Good … Romy
Idris Elba … Arthur Wyndham
Jane Alexander … Sofi Kozma
Atticus Shaffer … Matty Newton
James Remar … Gordon Beldon
Carla Gugino … Janet Beldon
C.S. Lee … Dr. Lester Caldwell
Rhys Coiro … Mr. Shields
Michael Sassone … Eli Walker
Ethan Cutkosky … Barto
Craig J. Harris … Rick Hesse (as Craig Harris)
Rachel Brosnahan … Lisa
Plot: A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 166 min
Languages: English | Russian | French
Director:
Tagline: Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments
Cast: Cate Blanchett … Daisy
Julia Ormond … Caroline
Faune A. Chambers … Dorothy Baker
Elias Koteas … Monsieur Gateau
Donna DuPlantier … Blanche Devereux
Jacob Tolano … Martin Gateau (as Jacob Wood)
Earl Maddox … Man at Train Station
Ed Metzger … Teddy Roosevelt
Jason Flemyng … Thomas Button
Danny Vinson … Priest Giving Last Rites
David Jensen … Doctor at Benjamin's Birth
Joeanna Sayler … Caroline Button
Taraji P. Henson … Queenie
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali … Tizzy
Fiona Hale … Mrs. Hollister
Plot: Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 31 wins & 72 nominations
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 104 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: There is no evidence. There are no witnesses. But for one, there is no doubt.
Cast: Meryl Streep … Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Philip Seymour Hoffman … Father Brendan Flynn
Amy Adams … Sister James
Viola Davis … Mrs. Miller
Alice Drummond … Sister Veronica
Audrie Neenan … Sister Raymond
Susan Blommaert … Mrs. Carson
Carrie Preston … Christine Hurley
John Costelloe … Warren Hurley
Lloyd Clay Brown … Jimmy Hurley
Joseph Foster … Donald Miller (as Joseph Foster II)
Mike Roukis … William London
Haklar Dezso … Zither Player
Frank Shanley … Kevin
Robert Ridgell … Organist
Plot: Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play’s quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and authority.
Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 33 nominations
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: Canada | USA
Runtime: 100 min | 103 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Russian | Spanish
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Mark Wahlberg … Max Payne
Mila Kunis … Mona Sax
Beau Bridges … BB Hensley
Ludacris … Lt. Jim Bravura (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Chris O'Donnell … Jason Colvin
Donal Logue … Det. Alex Balder
Amaury Nolasco … Jack Lupino
Kate Burton … Nicole Horne
Olga Kurylenko … Natasha Sax
Rothaford Gray … Joe Salle
Joel Gordon … Owen Green
Jamie Hector … Lincoln DeNeuf
Andrew Friedman … Trevor Duncan
Marianthi Evans … Michelle Payne
Nelly Furtado … Christa Balder
Plot: Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a police detective whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister’s death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 89 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: On March 11 2008, the government sealed off an apartment complex in Los Angeles. The residents were never seen again. No details. No witnesses. No evidence. Until now.
Cast: Jennifer Carpenter … Angela Vidal
Steve Harris … Scott Percival
Jay Hernandez … Jake
Johnathon Schaech … George Fletcher
Columbus Short … Danny Wilensky
Andrew Fiscella … James McCreedy
Rade Serbedzija … Yuri Ivanov (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Greg Germann … Lawrence
Bernard White … Bernard
Dania Ramirez … Sadie
Elaine Kagan … Wanda Marimon
Marin Hinkle … Kathy
Joey King … Briana
Jermaine Jackson … Nadif
Sharon Ferguson … Jwahir
Plot: A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 93 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The Truth Can't Hide Forever
Cast: Anne Hathaway … Claire
Patrick Wilson … Eric
Andre Braugher … Perry
Dianne Wiest … Toni
David Morse … Arkin
William B. Davis … Jack
Ryan Robbins … Dean
Clea DuVall … Shannon
Don Thompson … Norman
Andrew Wheeler … Blonde Man
Chelah Horsdal … Janice
Karen Austin … Hospital Receptionist
Elzanne Fourie … Young Emma
Stacy Grant … Emma
Conner Dwelly … Young Claire
Plot: A grief counselor working with a group of plane-crash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients begin to disappear. add synopsis
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 118 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: If you want to live you will obey
Cast: Shia LaBeouf … Jerry Shaw
Michelle Monaghan … Rachel Holloman
Rosario Dawson … Zoe Perez
Michael Chiklis … Defense Secretary Callister
Anthony Mackie … Major William Bowman
Ethan Embry … Agent Toby Grant
Billy Bob Thornton … Agent Thomas Morgan
Anthony Azizi … Ranim Khalid
Cameron Boyce … Sam Holloman
Lynn Cohen … Mrs. Wierzbowski
Bill Smitrovich … Admiral Thompson
Charles Carroll … Mr. Miller
William Sadler … Jerry's Dad
Deborah Strang … Jerry's Mom
Dariush Kashani … Translator
Plot: Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move.
Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English | Spanish | Russian
Director:
Tagline: Most people respect the badge. Everybody respects the gun.
Cast: Robert De Niro … Tom 'Turk' Cowan
Al Pacino … David 'Rooster' Fisk
50 Cent … Spider (as Curtis Jackson)
Carla Gugino … Karen Corelli
John Leguizamo … Det. Simon Perez
Donnie Wahlberg … Det. Ted Riley
Brian Dennehy … Lieutenant Hingis
Trilby Glover … Jessica
Saidah Arrika Ekulona … Gwen Darvis
Alan Rosenberg … Stein
Sterling K. Brown … Rogers
Barry Primus … Dr. Prosky
Melissa Leo … Cheryl Brooks
Alan Blumenfeld … Martin Baum
Shirly Brener … Natalya
Plot: Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Romania
Runtime: 110 min | 112 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: There Is Evil……..On The Other Side
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland … Ben Carson
Paula Patton … Amy Carson
Cameron Boyce … Michael Carson
Erica Gluck … Daisy Carson
Amy Smart … Angela Carson
Mary Beth Peil … Anna Esseker
John Shrapnel … Lorenzo Sapelli
Jason Flemyng … Det. Larry Byrne
Tim Ahern … Dr. Morris
Julian Glover … Robert Esseker
Josh Cole … Gary Lewis
Ezra Buzzington … Terrence Berry
Aida Doina … Rosa (as Doina Aida Stan)
Ioana Abur … Front Desk Sister
Darren Kent … Jimmy Esseker
Plot: An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 104 min | USA:108 min (director's cut)
Languages: English | Russian | Czech
Director:
Tagline: Believe Again
Cast: David Duchovny … Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson … Dana Scully
Amanda Peet … ASAC Dakota Whitney
Billy Connolly … Father Joseph Crissman
Xzibit … Agent Mosley Drummy (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner)
Mitch Pileggi … Walter Skinner
Callum Keith Rennie … 2nd Abductor – Janke Dacyshyn
Adam Godley … Father Ybarra
Alex Diakun … Gaunt Man
Nicki Aycox … 2nd Victim – Cheryl Cunningham
Fagin Woodcock … 1st Abductor – Franz Tomczeszyn
Marco Niccoli … Christian Fearon
Carrie Ruscheinsky … Margaret Fearon
Spencer Maybee … Blair Fearon
Veronika Hadrava … Female Assistant
Plot: Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min | USA:100 min | France:85 min | USA:103 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The most terrifying ride you'll ever take
Cast: Bradley Cooper … Leon
Leslie Bibb … Maya
Brooke Shields … Susan Hoff
Vinnie Jones … Mahogany
Roger Bart … Jurgis
Tony Curran … Driver
Barbara Eve Harris … Detective Lynn Hadley
Peter Jacobson … Otto
Stephanie Mace … Leigh Cooper
Ted Raimi … Randle Cooper
Nora … Erika Sakaki (as NorA)
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson … Guardian Angel
Dan Callahan … Troy Taleveski
Don Smith … Station Cop (as Donnie Smith)
Earl Carroll … Jack Franks
Plot: A New York photographer hunts down a serial killer.
Awards: 4 wins
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Family, Mystery
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Abigail Breslin … Margaret Mildred 'Kit' Kittredge
Julia Ormond … Margaret Kittredge
Chris O'Donnell … Jack Kittredge
Jane Krakowski … Miss May Dooley
Wallace Shawn … Mr. Gibson
Max Thieriot … Will Shepherd
Willow Smith … Countee Garby
Glenne Headly … Louise Howard
Zach Mills … Stirling Howard IV
Kenneth Welsh … Uncle Hendrick
Madison Davenport … Ruthie Smithens
Joan Cusack … Miss Lucinda Bond
Dylan Smith … Freidreich (as Dylan Scott Smith)
Stanley Tucci … Jefferson Jasper Berk
Douglas Nyback … William 'Billy' Peabody
Plot: Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | India
Runtime: 91 min
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline: We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now… It's Happening.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg … Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel … Alma Moore
John Leguizamo … Julian
Ashlyn Sanchez … Jess
Betty Buckley … Mrs. Jones
Spencer Breslin … Josh
Robert Bailey Jr. … Jared
Frank Collison … Nursery Owner
Jeremy Strong … Pvt. Auster – MP
Alan Ruck … Principal
Victoria Clark … Nursery Owner's Wife
M. Night Shyamalan … Joey (voice)
Alison Folland … Claire – Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly … Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack … Construction Foreman
Plot: A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it.
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations
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