The Messenger

January 19th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Romance, War

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: Germany:105 min (Berlin International Film Festival) | USA:112 min

Languages: English | Spanish

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Ben Foster … Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
Jena Malone … Kelly
Eamonn Walker … Colonel Stuart Dorsett
Woody Harrelson … Captain Tony Stone
Yaya DaCosta … Monica Washington
Portia … Mrs. Burrell
Lisa Joyce … Emily
Steve Buscemi … Dale Martin
Peter Francis James … Dr. Grosso
Samantha Morton … Olivia Pitterson
Paul Diomede … Motorcycle Cop
Jahmir Duran-Abreau … Matt Pitterson
Gaius Charles … Recruiter Brown
Brendan Sexton III … Recruiter Olson
Brian Adam DeJesus … Teenager #1 (as Brian DeJesus)

 

Plot: An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer. add synopsis

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 16 nominations

Mammoth

January 19th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: Sweden | Denmark | Germany

Runtime: USA:125 min

Languages: English | Tagalog | Thai

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Gael García Bernal … Leo Vidales
Michelle Williams … Ellen Vidales
Marife Necesito … Gloria
Sophie Nyweide … Jackie Vidales
Thomas McCarthy … Bob
Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot … Cookie (as Run Srinikornchot)
Jan David G. Nicdao … Salvador
Martin Delos Santos … Manuel
Maria Esmeralda del Carmen … Grandmother
Perry Dizon … Uncle Fernando rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rudina Hatipi … Linda – Air hostess

 

Plot: While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid’s family struggles to deal with her absence.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Finding Bliss

January 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Romance See  »

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: Germany:96 min (European Film Market) | USA:96 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: an arousing comedy See »

 

Cast: Leelee Sobieski … Jody Balaban
Matthew Davis … Jeff Drake (as Matt Davis)
Donnamarie Recco … Kathleen
Denise Richards … Laura
Caroline Aaron … Debra Balaban
Tim Bagley … Alan Balaban
Kristen Johnston … Irene
Jamie Kennedy … Richard 'Dick' Harder
Mircea Monroe … Sindi / Brandi
P.J. Byrne … Gary
Zach Cümer … Bobby Daples (as Zach Cumer)
Stormy Daniels … Porn Starlet rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maggy Bashaw … 15-year old Actress
Christa Campbell … Kato
Mario Cassem … Morris Goldstein
Wes Deitrick … Agent
R.J. Hampton … Awards Show Guest
Sammi Hanratty … Little Jody
Michael Harris … Professor Emerich
Bradley Hollibaugh … Bodyguard
Ron Jeremy … Actor
Kimbre Lancaster … Angie
Mr. Marcus … Jake B. Bigg
Garry Marshall … Himself
Sue Melanson … Graduate / Parent
Kevin Partridge … Brett Miller
Patrick Treadway … Marty

 

Plot: A romantic comedy that explores the adult film industry through the eyes of an idealistic 25 year-old award winning film school grad. Full synopsis »

I Love You Phillip Morris

January 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama See  »

Release Year: 2009

Country: France | USA

Runtime: Germany:102 min (European Film Market)

Languages: English

Director: Glenn Ficarra

John Requa

Tagline: The Conman who wouldn't go straight See »

 

Cast: Jim Carrey … Steven Russell
Ewan McGregor … Phillip Morris
Leslie Mann … Debbie
Rodrigo Santoro … Jimmy Kemple rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ted Alderman … Friend of Steven's
Nicholas Alexander … Steven's Brother
Michael Beasley … Prison Release Guard
Tony Bentley … Racist client
Allen Boudreaux … Harris County Sheriff Deputy
Sean Boyd … Policeman
Brennan Brown … Larry Bukheim
Marcus Lyle Brown … Young Doctor
Marylouise Burke … Barbara Bascombe
Beth Burvant … Sara
Trey Burvant … Blake
Edward D. Caiado … Miami Cop
Clay Chamberlin … Arnie
Dameon Clarke … Houston Lawyer
Ken Clement … Corrections Officer
Antoni Corone … Lindholm
David Dahlgren … Physician
Harrison C. Davies … Twink
Tommy Davis … Todd
Kibwe Dorsey … Gym Trainer
Lela Edgar … Blonde Wife
J.D. Evermore … Bossy Guard
Griff Furst … Mark
Jeff Galpin … Lead Officer
Larry Gamell Jr. … Driving Cop
Jim Garrity … Night Guard
Geraldine Glenn … Mandi / police receptionist
Annie Golden … Eudora
Douglas M. Griffin … Steven's Attorney
Jessica Heap … Secretary
Brent Henry … Prison Guard
Randy Herman … Steven's Dance Partner
Louis Herthum … Doctor
Tim Hickey … Blonde Inmate
Keith Hudson … Produce Manager
Jaime San Andres … Swat
DeVere Jehl … Samuel
David Jensen … Judge
Kennon Kepper … Little Steven
Jacqueline King … Lawyer
Elton LeBlanc … Fireman #1
Laurie Lee … Courtroom Spectator
Sharon K. London … Clerk
Audrey Lynn … Harried Woman
Marc Macaulay … Houston Cop
Reginald Mack … Jail Guard
Sammi-Jack Martincak … Stephanie @ 12
David Joseph Martinez … Harris County Sheriff
James B. McDaniel … Prison Inmate
Ann Mckenzie … Facelift Wife
Wendy Michaels … Housewife
Randall Newsome … Cop
Lance E. Nichols … Houston Judge
Victor Hugo Palacios … S.W.A.T.
Gianni Palermo … Inmate (as Giovanni Di Pietro)
Antonino Paone … Cab driver
Liann Pattison … Mrs. Lindholm
Henry Pelitire … Harrison County Sheriff Deputy
Nicholas Rich … K-9 cop
Denise Robin … Steven's sister
Johnny Rock … New Cellmate
Andrew Sensenig … Screecher
Morgana Shaw … Steven's Mom
Michael Showers … Gary
Andy Sims … County corrections officer
Lisa Mackel Smith … Care Center Rep.
Derek Southers … Prisoner
David Stanford … Paramedic
Elizabeth Tranchant … Nosey Neighbor
Jeremy Dean Turner … Aryan Gang Prisoner
Martha Twombly … Church member
Deneen Tyler … Caretaker
Jake Austin Walker … Church Boy
Jaycie Taylor Walker … Church Girl
Michael Wozniak … Phillip's friend
Jaymon Yates … First Prisoner

 

Plot: Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life… See » Full synopsis »

Sin nombre

January 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: Mexico | USA

Runtime: USA:96 min (Sundance Film Festival)

Languages: Spanish

Director:

Tagline: The greatest sin of all is risking nothing.

 

Cast: Marco Antonio Aguirre … Big Lips
Leonardo Alonso … Policía Judicial
Karla Cecilia Alvarado … Marera
Juan Pablo Arias Barrón … Niño #3
Rosalba Belén Barrón … Niño #2
Felipe Castro … Marero (as Sixto Felipe Castro)
Rosalba Quintana Cruz … Tierra Blanca Mujer
Marcela Feregrino … Kimberly
Kristian Ferrer … El Smiley
Édgar Flores … Willy / El Casper
Giovanni Florido … El Sipe
Paulina Gaitan … Sayra
Ariel Galvan … Migrante #1
Diana Garcia … Martha Marlene
Gabriela Garibaldi … Diana

 

Plot: Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S…

 

Awards: 12 wins & 9 nominations

Arlen Faber

January 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:95 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: He wrote the book on life's big questions. But the truth is he hasn't got a clue.

 

Cast: Jeff Daniels … Arlen Faber
Lauren Graham … Elizabeth
Lou Taylor Pucci … Kris Lucas
Olivia Thirlby … Anne
Kat Dennings … Dahlia
Nora Dunn … Terry Fraser
Tony Hale … Mailman
Annie Corley … Mrs. Gold
Max Antisell … Alex
Thomas Roy … Riley Lucas
Peter Patrikios … Ross
Greg Wood … Businessman #1
Richard G. Lyntton … Journalist
Richard Barlow … Paul
Sally Mercer … Customer

 

Plot: A reclusive author of spiritual books, is pursued for advice by a single mother and a man fresh out of rehab.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

An Education

January 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: UK

Runtime: USA:95 min

Languages: English | French

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Lynn Barber (memoir) Nick Hornby (screenplay)

 

Cast: Carey Mulligan … Jenny
Olivia Williams … Miss Stubbs
Alfred Molina … Jack
Cara Seymour … Marjorie
William Melling … Small Boy #1
Connor Catchpole … Small Boy #2
Matthew Beard … Graham
Peter Sarsgaard … David
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes … Hattie
Ellie Kendrick … Tina
Dominic Cooper … Danny
Rosamund Pike … Helen
Nick Sampson … Auctioneer
Kate Duchêne … Latin Teacher (as Kate Duchene)
Bel Parker … Small Girl

 

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.

 

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 41 nominations

Good Hair

January 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Documentary, Comedy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 96 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Sit back and relax.

 

Writers: Lance Crouther (written by) Paul Marchand (ghostwriter)

 

Cast: Maya Angelou … Herself
Vanessa Bell Calloway … Herself
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton … Herself (as Salt-N-Pepa)
Eve … Herself
Melyssa Ford … Herself
Meagan Good … Herself
Andre Harrell … Himself
Ice-T … Himself
Cheryl 'Salt' James … Herself (as Salt-N-Pepa)
Sarah Jones … Herself
KRS-One … Himself
Nia Long … Herself
Paul Mooney … Himself
Faheem Najm … Himself (as T-Pain)
Raven-Symoné … Herself
Salli Richardson-Whitfield … Herself
Chris Rock … Himself
Al Sharpton … Himself
Tracie Thoms … Herself
Kerry Washington … Herself

 

Plot: Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles. add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations

Black Dynamite

January 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Comedy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 90 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Michael Jai White … Black Dynamite
Arsenio Hall … Tasty Freeze
Tommy Davidson … Cream Corn
Kevin Chapman … O'Leary
Richard Edson … Dino
Darrel Heath … Militant 2
Buddy Lewis … Gunsmoke rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pete Antico … Abraham Lincoln
Phyllis Applegate … Aunt Billy
Obba Babatundé … Osirus
William Bassett … Captain Yancy
Sorana Black … Disguised Waitress #1
Fredella Calloway … Waitress
Cheryl Carter … Black Dynamites Mother
Juka Ceesay … Valet Girl
Sean Christopher … Nipsy
Deidee Deionne … Afroditey
Jason Jack Edwards … Soul Brother (as Jason Edwards)
Jon Kent Ethridge … Young Black Dynamite
Deionne Gibson … Afroditey
Cory Gluck … Young Jimmy
Andray Johnson … Karate Instructor
John Kerry … Mafia Chief
Irwin Keyes … Mob Goon
Lauren Mary Kim … Hoe
Daniel Leavitt … Teasing Boy #1
Jesse Lewis IV … Militant #3
Neil Lewis … Young black dynamite
Alexis McCombs … Hooker
Brian McKnight … Sweetmeat
James McManus … Richard Nixon
K.J. Middlebrooks … Pimp in barbershop
Byron Minns … Bullhorn
Jessica Moreno … Dumb Blonde
Phil Morris … Saheed
Kevin Murry … Nipsy's neighbor
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. … Mo
Loren Oden … Leon St. James
Nicole Ari Parker … Mahogany Black
Garen Petrossian … Goon 3
Candace Rice … Shawanda
Salli Richardson-Whitfield … Gloria (as Salli Richardson)
John Salley … Kotex
Tucker Smallwood … Congressman James
Brittney Sorensen … White Chick
Chris Spencer … Militant 1
Mike Starr … Rafelli
Charlotte Stokely
Larnell Stovall … Pool Hall Thug
Nicole Sullivan … Patricia Nixon
Nakia Syvonne … Euphoria
Pretty Terry … Paul Taylor
Al Vicente … Capo
Erika Vution … Black girl (as Ashlie R. Jackson)
Jimmy Walker Jr. … Roscoe
Kym Whitley … Honeybee
Lee Whittaker … Donut man (as Lee Whitaker)
Billy 'Sly' Williams … Willy Sly
Mykelti Williamson … Chicago Wind
Bokeem Woodbine … Black Hand Jack
Cedric Yarbrough … Chocolate Giddy-Up
Roger Yuan … Fiendish Dr. Wu
Poco Zocko … Goon (as Jeffrey M. Gelman)

 

Plot: This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother… add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

Days of Summer

January 17th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 95 min

Languages: English | French | Swedish

Director:

Tagline: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.

 

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Tom Hansen
Zooey Deschanel … Summer Finn
Geoffrey Arend … McKenzie
Chloe Moretz … Rachel Hansen
Matthew Gray Gubler … Paul
Clark Gregg … Vance
Patricia Belcher … Millie
Rachel Boston … Alison
Minka Kelly … Autumn – Girl at interview
Charles Walker … Millie's New Husband
Ian Reed Kesler … Douche
Darryl Alan Reed … Bus Driver
Valente Rodriguez … Employee #1
Yvette Nicole Brown … New Secretary
Nicole Vicius … Partygoer

 

Plot: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 16 nominations

Cold Souls

January 17th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | France

Runtime: 101 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: A soul searching comedy.

 

Cast: Paul Giamatti … Giamatti – Paul
Dina Korzun … Nina
Emily Watson … Claire
David Strathairn … Dr. Flintstein
Katheryn Winnick … Sveta
Lauren Ambrose … Stephanie
Boris Kievsky … Oleg
Oksana Lada … Sasha
Natalia Zvereva … Anastasia
Rebecca Brooksher … Yelena
Yevgeniy Dekhtyar … Hotel Receptionist
Floanne Ankah … Ballerina
Fabrizia Dal Farra … Ballerina
Polina Gorokhovskaya … Sophisticated Prostitute rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Aronov … Mafioso
Seth Austin … Androgynous Person
Marie-Pierre Beausejour … Sonya
Brienin Bryant
Kevin Cannon … Angry Protestor
Erin Cronican … Assistant to Director
Alexandra Donhoeffner … Ballerina
John Farrer … Dream Sequence Violinist
Gabriel Furman … Russian Soap Doctor
Laura Heisler
Ted Koch … INS Officer
Gregory Korostishevsky … Yuri
Eliezer Meyer … Russian Airline Passenger
Armand Schultz … Astrov
Stella Stark … Paul's young mother
Wendy Rich Stetson … Soul Storage Mother
Michael Stuhlbarg … Hedge Fund Consultant
Michael Tucker … Frank- Director

 

Plot: Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov’s play, Vanya.

 

Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations

Spread

January 17th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 97 min | USA:97 min (Sundance Film Festival)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: It's a business doing pleasure.

 

Cast: Ashton Kutcher … Nikki
Anne Heche … Samantha
Margarita Levieva … Heather
Sebastian Stan … Harry
Ashley Johnson … Eva
Sonia Rockwell … Christina
Rachel Blanchard … Emily
Shane Brolly … Prince Stelio
Eric Balfour … Sean
Maria Conchita Alonso … Ingrid
Tommy Kijas … Jason – 'Head Waiter' (as Thomas Kijas)
Derek Carter … Delivery Guy
Dani Levine … Nadia
Peter Marc Jacobson … Plastic Surgeon
Hart Bochner … Will

 

Plot: A sex comedy centered on a serial womanizer and his jilted lover.

The Slammin' Salmon

January 17th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:90 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Bring a bib, it's gonna get messy

 

Writers: Jay Chandrasekhar (writer) Kevin Heffernan (writer)

 

Cast: Jeff Chase … Anthony
Carla Gallo … Stacy
Paul Soter … Dave / Donnie
Michael Yurchak … Jamie the Line Chef
Nat Faxon … Carl the Manager
Jolie Martin … Waitress
Erik Stolhanske … Guy
Jay Chandrasekhar … Nuts
April Bowlby … Mia
Cobie Smulders … Tara
Steve Lemme … Connor
Carrie Clifford … Patty the Hostess
Will Forte … Horace the Lone Diner
Rosalie Ward … Merlot Customer
Marc Evan Jackson … Dry Sac Customer

 

Plot: The owner of a Miami restaurant indebted to the mob institutes a contest to see what waiter can earn the most money in one night.

Brooklyn's Finest

January 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 140 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: This is War. This is Brooklyn.

 

Cast: Richard Gere … Eddie Dugan
Don Cheadle … Tango
Ethan Hawke … Sal
Wesley Snipes … Caz
Jesse Williams … Eddie Quinlan
Lili Taylor … Angela
Ellen Barkin
Will Patton … Lt. Bill Hobarts
Brian F. O'Byrne … Ronny Rosario
Vincent D'Onofrio … Carlo rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Adams … Doctor
Wade Allain-Marcus … C-Rayz
Jas Anderson … K Rock
Nicoye Banks … Slim
Ismail Bashey … Radio Interviewer (voice)
Shaun B'Laurent … Tim (as Ed Pelle)
James Thomas Bligh … Detective Steve Ryan
Diana Bologna … Italian Woman
Robert John Burke … Trooper Scarborough
Raquel Castro … Katherine
Carl Clemons … Club Goon
Rosalyn Coleman … Mother
Tawny Cypress … Allisa Hughes
Isabella David … Sarie's Friend
Paul Diomede … The Italian
John D'Leo … Vinny
Ramon Flowers … Junky
Lebroz Ariel James … Brooklyn Bruiser
Michael Jeremiah … Narc
Hassan Johnson … Beamer
Shannon Kane … Chantel
Ebony J Lewis … Shortie
Steve Lord … FBI Wiretap Agent
Bruce MacVittie … Father Scarpetti
Stella Maeve … Cynthia
Logan Marshall-Green … Melvin Panton
Tanda Mercer … Shortie
Ed Moran … Investigator #2
Kevin Navayne … Drug dealer
Michael Pemberton … Capt. Jenkins
Armando Riesco … Detective George Montress
Clifford Rivera … Thug Ballplayer #2
Wass Stevens … Patrick Leary
Will Stewart … Plainclothes Officer
Tika Sumpter … Neighborhood Girl
Joshua Thompson … Jojo
Sarah Thompson … Sarie
Tobias Truvillion … Gutta
Isiah Whitlock Jr. … Kordell
Michael K. Williams … Red
Yan Xi … Chinese Waitress
Rick Zahn … Police Commissioner

 

Plot: Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. add synopsis

Notorious

January 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Biography, Drama, Music

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 122 min | 128 min (unrated director's cut)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: No dream is too big

 

Cast: Jamal Woolard … Christopher 'Biggie' Wallace
Mohamed Dione … Record Executive at Party
Derek Luke … Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Dennis L.A. White … Damion 'D-Roc' Butler
Marc John Jefferies … Lil Cease
Menyone DeVeaux … Hot Girl
Ginger Kroll … Debbie
Ricky Smith … Wally
Christopher Jordan Wallace … Biggie (age 8-13)
Amanda Christopher … Keisha
Angela Bassett … Voletta Wallace
Nina Daniels … Street Commentator
Jasper Briggs … Damion (age 8-13)
Cyrus Farmer … Selwyn
David Costabile … Mr. Webber

 

Plot: The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.

 

Awards: 6 nominations

My Bloody Valentine

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.

Humpday

January 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: Argentina:94 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | USA:94 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Sometimes male bonding can be taken a little too far.

 

Cast: Mark Duplass … Ben
Joshua Leonard … Andrew
Alycia Delmore … Anna
Lynn Shelton … Monica
Trina Willard … Lily

 

Plot: Two guys take their bromance to another level when they participate in an art film project. add synopsis

 

Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations

Art & Copy

January 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Documentary

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 89 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Creativity can solve anything

 

Writers: Gregory Beauchamp (original concept) and Kirk Souder (original concept) …

 

Cast: Lee Clow … Himself
Jim Durfee … Himself
Cliff Freeman … Himself
Jeff Goodby … Himself
David Kennedy … Himself
George Lois … Himself
Charlie Moss … Himself
Hal Riney … Himself
Phyllis K. Robinson … Herself
Ed Rollins … Himself
Rich Silverstein … Himself
Mary Wells … Herself
Dan Wieden … Himself

 

Plot:

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

The September Issue

January 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Documentary

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:90 min | Germany:90 min (Sundance Film Festival)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Fashion is a religion. This is the bible.

 

Cast: Oscar De la Renta … Himself
Patrick DeMarchelier … Himself
John Galliano … Himself
Jean-Paul Gaultier … Himself
Candy Pratts … Herself
Hilary Rhoda … Herself
Coco Rocha … Herself
André Leon Talley … Himself
Mario Testino … Himself
Caroline Trentini … Herself
Vera Wang … Herself
Anna Wintour … Herself

 

Plot: A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.

 

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

January 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 110 min | Canada:109 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Life is hard. Life is short. Life is painful. Life is rich. Life is….Precious.

 

Cast: Gabourey Sidibe … Precious
Mo'Nique … Mary
Paula Patton … Ms. Rain
Mariah Carey … Mrs. Weiss
Sherri Shepherd … Cornrows
Lenny Kravitz … Nurse John
Stephanie Andujar … Rita
Chyna Layne … Rhonda
Amina Robinson … Jermaine
Xosha Roquemore … Joann
Angelic Zambrana … Consuelo
Aunt Dot … Tootsie
Nealla Gordon … Mrs. Lichtenstein
Grace Hightower … Social Worker
Barret Helms … Tom Cruise (as Barret Isaiah Mindell)

 

Plot: In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.

 

Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 58 nominations