Mutant Chronicles

August 7th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 111 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The darkest age is yet to come. Have faith.

 

Cast: Thomas Jane … Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter
Ron Perlman … Brother Samuel
Devon Aoki … Cpl. Valerie Duval
Sean Pertwee … Capt. Nathan Rooker
Benno Fürmann … Lt. Maximillian von Steiner
John Malkovich … Constantine
Anna Walton … Severian
Tom Wu … Cpl. Juba Kim Wu
Steve Toussaint … Capt. John McGuire
Luis Echegaray … Cpl. Jesus 'El Jesus' de Barrera
Pras … Captain Michaels (as Pras Michel)
Shauna Macdonald … Adelaide
Roger Ashton-Griffiths … Science Monk
Christopher Adamson … Hodge
Nicholas Ball … Plutocrat

 

Plot: 28th century soldier Mitch Hunter leads a fight against an army of underworld Mutants.

Pineapple Express

August 6th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 111 min | USA:117 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Cantonese | Korean

Director:

Tagline: Put this in your pipe and smoke it.

 

Cast: Seth Rogen … Dale Denton
James Franco … Saul Silver
Danny McBride … Red
Kevin Corrigan … Budlofsky
Craig Robinson … Matheson
Gary Cole … Ted Jones
Rosie Perez … Carol / Female Cop
Ed Begley Jr. … Robert
Nora Dunn … Shannon
Amber Heard … Angie Anderson
Joe Lo Truglio … Mr. Edwards
Arthur Napiontek … Clark
Cleo King … Police Liaison Officer
Bill Hader … Private Miller
James Remar … General Bratt

 

Plot: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

 

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations

Brideshead Revisited

July 25th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2008

Country: UK | Italy | Morocco

Runtime: USA:133 min

Languages: English | Italian | Arabic | Latin | French

Director:

Tagline: Love is not ours to control

 

Writers: Andrew Davies (written by) and Jeremy Brock (written by) …

 

Cast: Matthew Goode … Charles Ryder
Thomas Morrison … Hooper
David Barrass … Ship's Barber
Anna Madeley … Celia Ryder
Sarah Crowden … Lady Guest
Stephen Carlile … English Lord
Peter Barnes … American Professor
Hayley Atwell … Julia Flyte
Patrick Malahide … Mr Ryder
Richard Teverson … Cousin Jasper
Joseph Beattie … Anthony Blanche
Ben Whishaw … Sebastian Flyte
Roger Walker … Lunt
Mark Field … Boy Mulcaster
Mark Edel-Hunt … Oxford Student

 

Plot: A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War. add synopsis

 

Awards: 10 nominations

Step Brothers

July 25th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min | 106 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: They grow up so fast.

 

Cast: Will Ferrell … Brennan Huff
John C. Reilly … Dale Doback
Mary Steenburgen … Nancy Huff
Richard Jenkins … Dr. Robert Doback
Adam Scott … Derek
Kathryn Hahn … Alice
Andrea Savage … Denise
Lurie Poston … Tommy
Elizabeth Yozamp … Tiffany
Logan Manus … Chris Gardoki
Travis T. Flory … Redheaded Kid (as Travis Flory)
Lili Rose McKay … 7-year-old Girl (as Lili McKay)
Shira Piven … Nurse
Seth Morris … Doctor
Wayne Federman … Blind Man

 

Plot: Two spoiled guys become competitive stepbrothers after their single parents get hitched.

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

The X Files: I Want to Believe

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.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

July 24th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: Germany | USA

Runtime: 112 min

Languages: English | Mandarin

Director:

Tagline: A New Evil Awakens.

 

Cast: Brendan Fraser … Richard 'Rick' O'Connell
Jet Li … Emperor Han
Maria Bello … Evelyn O'Connell
John Hannah … Jonathan Carnahan
Michelle Yeoh … Zi Juan
Luke Ford … Alex O'Connell
Isabella Leong … Lin
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang … General Yang (as Chau Sang Anthony Wong)
Russell Wong … General Ming Guo
Liam Cunningham … Mad Dog Maguire
David Calder … Prof. Roger Wilson
Jessey Meng … Choi
Tian Liang … Li Zhou
Albert Kwan … Chu Wah
Jacky Wu … Assassin #1 (as Wu Jing)

 

Plot: In the Far East, Alex O’Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O’Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin — a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago.

 

Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations

The Midnight Meat Train

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

Gake no ue no Ponyo

July 19th, 2008

All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Release Year: 2008

Country: Japan

Runtime: 101 min

Languages: Japanese

Director:

Tagline: Welcome To A World Where Anything Is Possible.

 

Cast: Yuria Nara … Ponyo (voice: Japanese Version)
Hiroki Doi … Sosuke (voice: Japanese Version)
Jôji Tokoro … Fujimoto (voice: Japanese Version)
Tomoko Yamaguchi … Risa (voice: Japanese Version)
Yûki Amami … Guranmamare (voice: Japanese Version)
Kazushige Nagashima … Kôichi (voice: Japanese Version)
Akiko Yano … Ponyo no kyôdai (voice: Japanese Version)
Shinichi Hatori … Anchorman (voice: Japanese Version)
Tokie Hidari … Kayo (voice: Japanese Version)
Eimi Hiraoka … Kumiko (voice: Japanese Version)
Rumi Hîragi … Young Mother (voice: Japanese Version)
Tomoko Naraoka … Yoshie (voice: Japanese Version)
Nozomi Ôhashi … Karen (voice: Japanese Version)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki … Toki (voice: Japanese Version)
Akihiko Ishizumi … (voice: Japanese Version)

 

Plot: An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.

 

Awards: 6 wins & 8 nominations

Repo! The Genetic Opera

July 18th, 2008

All Genres:
Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min | USA:150 min (original cut)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Not Your Parent's Opera

 

Writers: Darren Smith (screenplay) & Terrance Zdunich (screenplay) …

 

Cast: Alexa Vega … Shilo Wallace
Paul Sorvino … Rotti Largo
Anthony Head … Nathan / Repo Man (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Sarah Brightman … Blind Mag
Paris Hilton … Amber Sweet
Bill Moseley … Luigi Largo
Nivek Ogre … Pavi Largo (as Ogre)
Terrance Zdunich … Graverobber
Sarah Power … Marni
Jessica Horn … Jessica Adams
Branko Lebar … Rotti's Chauffeur
Brianna Buckmaster … Sherrie Alviso (as Briana Buckmaster)
Anna Kostan … Young Mormon Woman
Brad Austin … Young Mormon Man
Marty Adams … Big Man

 

Plot: A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.

 

Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination

Harold

July 11th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:90 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr. … Cromer
Spencer Breslin … Harold
Ally Sheedy … Maureen
Stella Maeve … Shelly rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dave Attell … Barker
Charlene Biton … Dancer
Joey Blonsky … Malcolm
Nikki Blonsky … Rhonda
Meredith Anne Bull … Belinda
Rachel Dratch … Ms. Norris
Daniel Farcher … Brad
Michelle Fields
Samantha Futerman … Katy
Edward Gelbinovich … James
Elizabeth Gillies … Evelyn Taylor
Robert Gorrie … Patrick
Christina Jackson … Traci
Erika J. … Bartender
Nicky Katt … Police officer #1
Chris Margaritis … Prisoner
Julian Mazzola … The Kid
Lorraine Mazzola … Ms. Colage
Lathan McKay … Officer Shannon
Lian Moy … Student
Judy Nazemetz … Nurse
Derek Nelson … Mason
Chris Parnell … Coach Vanderpool
Nicola Peltz … Becki
Sarge Pickman … Alibi Club Patron
Colin Quinn … Reedy
Newman Sakhi … Jugdish
Bob Sands … Slinky
Pat Shannon … Rhonda's Dad
Suzanne Shepherd … Maude
Angel Sing … Chang
Dylan Snyder … Dylan
Jake Sokoloff … Byron
Wass Stevens … Prisoner
Paul Thornton … Mr. Kahane
Lou Wagner
Jillian Wiegand … Beautiful Waitress
William Wiggins … Vince
Fred Willard … Dr. Pratt

 

Plot: A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school’s janitor.

Mamma Mia!

June 30th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Release Year: 2008

Country: UK | USA | Germany

Runtime: 108 min

Languages: English | Hungarian

Director:

Tagline: Take a trip down the aisle you'll never forget

 

Writers: Catherine Johnson (screenplay) Catherine Johnson (musical book)

 

Cast: Amanda Seyfried … Sophie
Stellan Skarsgård … Bill
Pierce Brosnan … Sam
Nancy Baldwin … Sam's PA
Colin Firth … Harry
Heather Emmanuel … Harry's Housekeeper
Colin Davis … Harry's Driver
Rachel McDowall … Lisa
Ashley Lilley … Ali
Meryl Streep … Donna Sheridan
Julie Walters … Rosie
Christine Baranski … Tanya
Ricardo Montez … Stannos
Mia Soteriou … Arina
Enzo Squillino Jr. … Gregoris

 

Plot: The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular ’70s group ABBA.

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 13 nominations

Chi bi

June 30th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War

Release Year: 2008

Country: China

Runtime: Singapore:150 min (PG version) | China:146 min | South Korea:134 min | UK:148 min

Languages: Mandarin

Director:

Tagline: The future will be decided.

 

Writers: John Woo (screenplay) & Khan Chan (screenplay) …

 

Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai … Zhou Yu (as Tony Leung)
Takeshi Kaneshiro … Zhuge Liang
Fengyi Zhang … Cao Cao
Chen Chang … Sun Quan
Wei Zhao … Sun Shangxiang
Jun Hu … Zhao Yun
Shido Nakamura … Gan Xing (as Shidou Nakamura)
Chiling Lin … Xiao Qiao (as Chi-Ling Lin)
Yong You … Liu Bei
Yong Hou … Lu Su
Dawei Tong … Sun Shucai
Jia Song … Li Ji
Ba Sen Zha Bu … Guan Yu
Jinsheng Zang … Zhang Fei
Shan Zhang … Huang Gai

 

Plot: The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China’s Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).

 

Awards: 11 wins & 17 nominations

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

June 28th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA | Germany

Runtime: 120 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Saving the world is a hell of a job

 

Cast: Ron Perlman … Hellboy
Selma Blair … Liz
Doug Jones … Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
John Alexander … Johann Krauss / Bethmoora Goblin
James Dodd … Johann Krauss
Seth MacFarlane … Johann Krauss (voice)
Luke Goss … Prince Nuada
Anna Walton … Princess Nuala
Jeffrey Tambor … Tom Manning
John Hurt … Professor Broom
Brian Steele … Wink / Cronie / Spice Shop Troll / Cathedral Head / Fragglewump
Andrew Hefler … Agent Flint
Iván Kamarás … Agent Steel
Mike Kelly … Agent Marble
Jeremy Zimmerman … Auctioneer

 

Plot: The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 12 nominations

WALL·E

June 23rd, 2008

All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: An Adventure Beyond the Ordinar-E

 

Writers: Andrew Stanton (original story) & Pete Docter (original story) …

 

Cast: Ben Burtt … WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Elissa Knight … EVE (voice)
Jeff Garlin … Captain McCrea (voice)
Fred Willard … Shelby Forthright – BnL CEO
MacInTalk … AUTO (voice)
John Ratzenberger … John (voice)
Kathy Najimy … Mary (voice)
Sigourney Weaver … Ship's Computer (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kim Kopf … Hoverchair Mother (voice)
Sherry Lynn … Additional voices (voice)

 

Plot: In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

 

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 44 wins & 40 nominations

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

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

The Love Guru

June 20th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Romance, Sport

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA | UK | Germany

Runtime: 87 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: His Karma is Huge

 

Cast: Mike Myers … Maurice / Guru Pitka / Young Pitka / Teenage Pitka / Himself
Jessica Alba … Jane Bullard
Justin Timberlake … Jacques 'Le Coq' Grande
Romany Malco … Darren Roanoke
Meagan Good … Prudence Roanoke
Ben Kingsley … Guru Tugginmypudha
Verne Troyer … Coach Punch Cherkov
Jessica Simpson … Herself
Kanye West … Himself
Deepak Chopra … Himself
Rob Blake … Himself
Manu Narayan … Rajneesh
John Oliver … Dick Pants
Stephen Colbert … Jay Kell
Jim Gaffigan … Trent Lueders

 

Plot: Pitka an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.

 

Awards: 3 wins & 7 nominations

Get Smart

June 19th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Comedy

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 110 min

Languages: English | Russian

Director:

Tagline: Saving The World. And Loving It.

 

Cast: Steve Carell … Maxwell Smart / Agent 86
Anne Hathaway … Agent 99
Dwayne Johnson … Agent 23
Alan Arkin … The Chief
Terence Stamp … Siegfried
Terry Crews … Agent 91
David Koechner … Larabee
James Caan … The President
Bill Murray … Agent 13
Patrick Warburton … Hymie
Masi Oka … Bruce
Nate Torrence … Lloyd
Ken Davitian … Shtarker
David S. Lee … Krstic
Dalip Singh … Dalip

 

Plot: Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL, battles the forces of KAOS with the-competent Agent 99 at his side.

 

Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations

Hancock

June 16th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 92 min | USA:102 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Japanese

Director:

Tagline: There are heroes. There are superheroes. And then there's…

 

Cast: Will Smith … John Hancock
Charlize Theron … Mary Embrey
Jason Bateman … Ray Embrey
Jae Head … Aaron Embrey
Eddie Marsan … Kenneth 'Red' Parker Jr.
David Mattey … Man Mountain
Maetrix Fitten … Matrix
Thomas Lennon … Mike
Johnny Galecki … Jeremy
Hayley Marie Norman … Hottie
Dorothy Cecchi … Woman in Dive Bar
Martin Klebba … Convict #12
Akiva Goldsman … Executive #1
Michael Mann … Executive #2
Brad Leland … Executive #3

 

Plot: A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who’s trying to repair his image.

 

Awards: 2 wins & 7 nominations

The Square

June 15th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, Thriller See  »

Release Year: 2008

Country: Australia

Runtime: 105 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Some things can't be buried.

 

Writers: Joel Edgerton (written by) and Matthew Dabner (written by) … See »

 

Cast: David Roberts … Raymond Yale
Claire van der Boom … Carla Smith
Joel Edgerton … Billy
Anthony Hayes … Greg 'Smithy' Smith rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lisa Bailey … Wendy
Lucy Bell … Martha Yale
Paul Caesar … Sergeant Gary Miles
Mia Chippendale … Mia
Thomas Chippendale … Thomas
Amanda Crompton … Jenny
Maree D'Arcy … Smithy's Mum
Kieran Darcy-Smith … Barney
Brendan Donoghue … Leonard Long
Luke Doolan … Smithy's Mate
Tracey Furtchmann … Lauren
Greg Hatton … Smithy's Mate
Paul He … Restaurant Manager
Damon Herriman … Eddie
Jacinta Hocking … News Reporter
Bill Hunter … Gil Hubbard
Mia Irvin … Jake & Jenny's Baby
Eliza Logan … Rita Smith
Tony Lynch … Santa The Fireman
Hanna Mangan Lawrence … Lily
Julian Morrow … Dale
Peter Phelps … Jake
Stephen Weston … Charlie

 

Plot: A man’s life begins to unravel when his mistress brings him a bag of cash. Full synopsis »

 

Awards: 2 wins & 11 nominations See »

Wanted

June 12th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA | Germany

Runtime: 110 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Choose your destiny.

 

Cast: James McAvoy … Wesley Gibson
Morgan Freeman … Sloan
Angelina Jolie … Fox
Terence Stamp … Pekwarsky
Thomas Kretschmann … Cross
Common … Gunsmith
Kristen Hager … Cathy
Marc Warren … The Repairman
David O'Hara … Mr. X (as David Patrick O'Hara)
Konstantin Khabenskiy … The Exterminator (as Konstantin Khabensky)
Dato Bakhtadze … The Butcher
Chris Pratt … Barry
Lorna Scott … Janice
Sophiya Haque … Puja
Brian Caspe … The Pharmacist

 

Plot: A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father’s superhuman killing abilities.

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 11 nominations