Sabtu, 26 Desember 2009
Grace Is Gone
Drama
USA / English
When Stanley Phillips (John Cusack) receives word that his wife has died on duty in Iraq he is distraught. He is also determined, at least for a time, to not tell his two daughters, Dawn (Gracie Bedarnczyk) and Heidi (Shelan O'Keefe), what has transpired, especially since he simply does not know how to tell them that their mother, whom they love and miss deeply, has died. To this end he decides that the three should embark on a road trip to the amusement park Enchanted Gardens. All of this is simply a postponement of what Stanley must eventually confront and relate to his daughters, and they must get there together.
Go Diego : Go Safari Rescue
Family, Animation
USA / English
Diego Marquez and his trusted companion Baby Jaguar are out to save the animals of the rain forest with the help from all of Diego's amazing devices and gadgets. Dora the Explorer's cousin is always at the ready, and he'll get all the help he needs from Click the Camera, his Rescue Pack, and those goofy spiders, the Bobo Brothers. All 15 animated episodes from the first season are included. No cry is too distant, no animal too small; if they need his help, Diego is on the way!
Garfield Gets Real
Animation
USA / English
“Garfield Gets Real” brings Garfield (Frank Welker) back to the big screen. This time, tired of his job as a comic strip icon, Garfield escapes by leaping from the black and white comic and heading into the ‘real world’. While living as a real house cat, Garfield learns that Odie (Gregg Berger) and company can’t carry on his comic without him and the strip is due for cancellation soon. Now Garfield has to make it through many obstacles to reach his now missed home. Along the way, Garfield makes new friends and encounters old enemies who would love to see him not make it back home.
Flakes
Comedy
USA / English
Flakes (2007) involves a slacker, Neal Downs (Aaron Stanford) who manages a New Orleans cereal bar (Flakes) and while dreaming of a future as a rock star. Neal’s girlfriend, Pussy Katz, (Zooey Deschanel) is similarly unambitious and dreams of traveling across America making music and art, Flakes is owned by Willie (Christopher Lloyd) an aging hippie with crazy hair who spends his days discussing the history of cereal and musing with customers over the ideal milk to cereal ratio. The eatery manages to survive on a deadbeat clientèle acting as a hangout for local slackers. One day, a yuppie businessman, Stuart (Keir O’Donnell) offers to take Flakes commercial, turning it into a lucrative business. When Neal and Willie decline the offer, Stuart opens up his own competing cereal bar across the street. Thus begins the cereal wars, complete with hijinks intended to drive the competitor out. As the fight gears up, Pussy goes to work for the competition, hoping to drive Flakes out of business and thus force Neal to finish his CD.
First Sunday
Comedy, Crime
USA / English
Where can $17,000 be found in one week? That is the question Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) must answer. Durell faces the unpleasant thought of losing contact with his young son when he learns that ex-girlfriend, Omunique, (Regina Hall) has plans to move away. She has become deep in debt to the tune of $17,000. Durell and LeeJohn are no strangers to crime, having been small-time criminals since their youth. Most of their past plans have ended in failure due to their bungling efforts. But this time, they believe they have hatched a fool-proof scheme, they plan to rob their church. Unfortunately for them, they end up taking some of their friends and church members hostage and their dismay discover someone has already pulled off the robbery. They end up spending the night in church with some strong believers in the Lord who urges them to change their ways.
Finishing The Game
Comedy
USA / English
In 1973 a low-budget production company owns twelve minutes of footage of the late Bruce Lee and his ill-fated film “Game of Death.” With a puerile director (Jake Sandvig) and his casting brassy director Eloise Gazdag (Meredith Scott Lee) in charge, they proceed to test for a replacement for Bruce Lee and finish the movie in “Finishing the Game.” They have a cattle call and cold reading, attempting to cut down on the dozens of hapless imitators who want the role. Their ultimate standard is the desire of the director to have sexual relations with his actor. Breeze Loo (Roger Fan) is the front-runner and close look-alike, but so is Troy Poon (Dustin Nguyen), a TV sidekick to Dean Silo (James Franco) costar on a bad television detective show. The finalists must fight it out literally in one audition, and their screen tests will round out the selection. Sly and satirical with a slightly skewered 1970s look, the so-called documentary comedy ends with the studio head and father of the director (Sam Bottoms) cutting to the core of exploitation with his decision.
The Minister
Crime
USA / English
Celeste Santana’s (Florencia Lozano) father was murdered more than ten years ago by a secret organization called The Ministers. Celeste had become a member of the NYPD. Her motivation was to be in a position to avenge the death of her father. The Ministers have made another appearance and Celeste is investigating. However, she is unaware that there a mole within her organization and investigation team that is connected to the mysterious group. Will the investigation end the existence of the group or will Celeste meet the same fate as her father did ten years ago without getting her revenge on the killers?
Forget Me Not
Horror, Romance, Thriller
USA / English
It's graduation weekend, and Sandy Channing, the popular class president of her small-town high school, should be enjoying the time of her life. But when her friends start disappearing, Sandy discovers they have unwittingly awakened the vengeful spirit of a girl they wronged long ago. Fighting for her sanity, Sandy must unlock a dark secret from her own past before it's too late.
Mulan
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Asia / English
Hua Mulan is a heroine who joined an all-male army, described in a famous Chinese poem known as the Ballad of Mulan. The poem was first written in the Musical Records of Old and New from the 6th century, the century before the founding of the Tang Dynasty; the original work no longer exists, and the original text of this poem comes from another work known as the Music Bureau Collection, an anthology of lyrics, songs, and poems, compiled by Guo Maoqian during the 12th century. The author explicitly mentions the Musical Records of Old and New as his source for the poem. Whether she was a historical person or whether the poem was an allegory has been debated for centuries—it is unknown whether the story has any factual basis.
Weather Girl
Comedy
USA / English
Seattle weather girl Sylvia (Tricia O’Kelley) is a well known face from the morning news show who finds out that her long time boyfriend Dale (Mark Harmon) and the show’s news anchor is cheating on her. To make things worse the affair is being carried on with the show’s co-host Sherry (Kaitlin Olson). Sylvia has an on air breakdown and jeopardizes her career that is now in a tailspin. She now has no place to stay has to move in with her irresponsible brother, Walt (Ryan Devlin). It seems no one wants a washed up 35 year old weather girl and Sylvia has a problem finding work. Walt’s friend Byron (Patrick J Adams) takes a liking to Sylvia and sees her potential. Together Walt and Byron try to show Sylvia that there is more to life than fame and fortune. Will Sylvia be able to overcome her dilemma and finally discover the secrets of really living and enjoying life or she doomed to continue on her destructive journey of a washed up weather girl?
Hurricane Season
Sports
USA / English
Hurricane Katrina devastated Marerro, La and the surrounding area. All the high schools were destroyed except for one and everyone was now attending one school. A year after Katrina hit, Al Collins (Forest Whitaker) a high school basketball coach has the job of putting a team together from 5 different schools that were once rivals. The struggle seems impossible. Former rivals that still have that competitive animosity toward one another find it hard to overcome that feeling as they pursue a state championship as a major underdog. Can Collins mold this unlikely team into winners or will Katrina have the last word once again?
Space Buddies
Family
USA / English
Pi (Bill Fagerbakke) starts a research about aliens and makes a super computer through which he sends different message in space, all in different languages and in different forms. But to no result. As a result Pi gets laughed at, leaves his research and joins as an engineer to a big investor’s (Mike Dorpud) firm. But as Pi's son Sam (Nolan Gould) grows up little by little, Sam starts to try every machine and other things in his father’s research room. He slowly learns how to operate computer and starts sending messages for the aliens like his father did before him. One day when Sam is working with the computer his six dogs bark together for some reason. All of a sudden Sam’s mind sparkles with an idea. He codes a new language with dogs barking and sends this message in the evening. When he goes to bed the same night he learns of breaking TV news. A big spaceship has landed on Earth.
Popeye
Comedy, Musical
USA / English
The story revolves around a sailor Popeye (Robin Williams) who moves to Sweet Haven town in search of his father Poopdeck Pappy (Ray Walston). There he makes many friends in the town one of them being Wimpy a burger eating freak. Soon he discovers Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall) and falls for her but she is actually Bluto’s (Paul L. Smith) girlfriend. Bluto is the villain of the town. Soon Popeye becomes the hero of the town by fighting all the evils. He also develops friendship with Olive. He finally succeeds in finding his father and also winning the battle against Bluto and all this strength is provided by spinach which gives him real energy.
Ghost Machine
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
USA / English
A group of young U. S. military technicians Tom (Sean Faris) and Vic (Luke Ford) steal a military software used for training soldiers to handle critical situation for one weekend in order to use it for playing games. They set it up inside a long abandoned prison which was earlier used to keep and torture prisoners after the 9/11 attack. However, they realize that something in addition to the software is present in their gaming system. It seems that a vengeful ghost Prisoner K (Halta Williams) has joined them in the game and is trying to torture and kill them in the virtual world.
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Mystery
USA / English
A run for Governor by a criminal attorney is in jeopardy when a journalist (Jesse Metcalfe) suspects him of evidence tampering in his years of practice. Mark Hunter (Michael Douglas) put criminals in jail for a living and he looks like a cinch to win the election. Can his record be held up to serious scrutiny? The reporter sets himself up as a suspect in a murder in hopes of catching the two in the act and revealing their true mode of operation. The reporter’s girlfriend Ella Crystal (Amber Tamblyn) is an Assistant DA and has no clue about her boyfriend’s assignment. She is grave danger as the evidence mounts against the two lawyers and she holds their fate in her hands.
Nine Miles Down
Thriller
USA / English
In a remote region of the Sahara Desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. Thomas ("Jack") Jackman (Adrian Paul), a security patrolman, battles through the high winds to find out why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent on drilling deeper into the earth’s crust than ever before. But now there is not a living soul left in the complex. Jack finds abundant food and resources, and some evidence of violence, including the destruction of all communications equipment. It is eerie, inexplicable and unsettling, but, stranded by the howling sandstorm, Mac is forced to stay the night.
The Tournament
Action, Thriller
USA / English
The tournament of the last man standing takes place every seven years in a small town. The tournament is for the worlds 30 most deadly assassins who battle to find the best. The winner takes home $10,000,000. Joshua Harlow (Ving Rhames) is the returning champ who has returned to avenge the death of his wife (Tamika Cameran) at the hands of one of the entrants. A surgically implanted tracking device keeps track of the opponents. Sebastian Foucan (Anton Bogart), one of the killers cuts his device out and puts it in Father Joseph’s (Robert Carlyle) coffee. Will Joshua be able to avenge his wife’s death or will he find it hard to have a repeat performance and remain alive?
Thirst
Horror
USA / English
A Catholic priest in Korea finds that the temptations of life don’t end with death. Sang-hyeon (Kang-ho Song) becomes a vampire after working with a serum designed to help end virus about to cause a pandemic. When he receives a transfusion of unchecked blood, he discovers the hemoglobin belonged to a vampire, and he is now doomed. His philosophy of life and death becomes a challenge by his seminary teacher Priest Noh (In-hwan Shin). Can a vampire priest remain true to Catholicism? Though dead, he can now save dying people by giving them eternal life as the undead, while sating his own thirst. First up is the son Kang-woo (Ha-kyun Shin) of Lady Ra (Hae-sook Kim).
End Game
Drama
USA / English
Brad Mayfield (Kurt Angle) has a secret. He seduces and then murders a woman. He also has an ability to disguise himself very effectively. His next target is a stripper (Jenna Morasca) and roommate of his first victim. She believes he is a detective investigating the murder of her friend. Mayfield plays cat and mouse games with the authorities as they seek the killer they have named the Stranglehold Killer because of his methods. The stripper remains oblivious to his deception. Will he succeed in his quest for his next victim or will the cops be able to stop him before he strikes again
Tidal Wave
Action, Drama
Asia / English
Located on the Southeast of the Korean peninsula is the international city of Busan. A popular vacation spot on the East Sea coast, Haeundae draws one milion visitors to its beaches every year. Man-sik, a native of Haeundae, went deep-sea fishing four years before and lost a co-workier in a tsunami; he has never returned. He now leads a simple life running a small sushi shop and is preparing to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Yeon-hee. While these seemingly banal domestic affairs unfold, geologist, an expert on tsunami research, discovers the East Sea is showing signs of activity similar to the Indian Ocean at the time of the 2004 tsunami. Despite his warnings, the Disaster Prevention Agency affirms that Korea is in no harm of being hit. When he discovers a super tsunami starting in Tsushima, Japan is headed stratight for the Korean peninsula, he quicklu heads down to Haeundae. Eventually, KIM gets a call about a deadly oncoming wave, with only ten minutes to spare! While the vacationers and citizens of Busan are enjoying a peaceful, hot summer day, a super-tsunami is headed straight for Haeundae.
Selasa, 22 Desember 2009
Surrogates
Science Fiction, Thriller, Action
USA / English
Tom Greer (Bruce Willis) is a young blond action-oriented FBI agent, or is he? When he investigates the death of a famous inventor named Dr. Lionel Canter (James Cromwell), but he is actually a robotic double, controlled by the much older Canter. In his probe into the case, Greer discovers that real people, called Dreads, who have rejected surrogate technology live in a brave new world reservation, run by a man called the Prophet (Ving Rhames). If Greer and his partner Agent Peters (Radha Mitchell) want to resolve the case, Tom Greer will have to show his real self to infiltrate the conspiracy and learn the truth.
Taking Woodstock
Comedy, Music
USA / English
In 1969 a music festival named Woodstock has its roots in the entrepreneurship of Eliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), a gay interior decorator from Greenwich Village. His parents Sonia Teichberg (Imedla Staunton) and Jake Teichberg (Henry Goodman) own a cheesy motel in the Catskills that is about to go out of business when Eliot steps in with his inspiration. He calls in the promoter of the concert Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff) and introduces him to Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy) whose large pastoral farmlands could be a perfect location for the music festival. In the meantime Eliot keeps his secret homosexual life private, but yearns to join the music festival crowd to unleash his true self. In the meantime, the festival turns into a happening when several hundred thousand budding hippies show up.
Minggu, 20 Desember 2009
Fast Tracks No Limit
Action, Sports, Thriller
USA / English
Speed...It s exhilaration. It s freedom. It s risk. And its money, fast money; quickly won and quickly lost. For four young people speed is a way of life, but as they soon come to realize speed comes at a high cost. On the streets debts are not settled with cash, they are settled in blood. Like a match to gasoline, FAST TRACK is the explosive combination of youth, passion, sex, and intrigue with the non-stop action of urban car racing.
Extraordinary Rendition
Thriller
USA / English
A suspected terrorist (Omar Berdouni – The Kingdom) is abducted from the streets of London and transported via secret flights to an unknown country. Held in solitary confinement and cut off from the outside world, he is plunged into a lawless nightmare of detention without trial, interrogation and torture, led by Maro (Andy Serkis – The Lord of the Rings). Returned without explanation to the UK many months later, he is left to pick up the pieces of a shattered life in a world he no longer recognizes.
Even Money
Drama, Crime
USA / English
In the movie “End Game”, the President is assassinated while under the protection of Secret Service agent Alex Thomas (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who takes a bullet through the hand, but suffers even more from personal guilt. Enter reporter Kate Crawford (Angie Harmon), whose investigation leads her to believe a conspiracy is about to occur. After a failed hit on his life and , Thomas quickly becomes a believer, but as we all know, realizing that there is a conspiracy and proving it are two entirely different matters. This movie is directed by Andy Cheng. It stars, far removed from his Oscar winning role in “Jerry Maguire”, Cuba Gooding Jr. is a action star, chasing after bad guys with steely determination and leaping out of ponds with weapon in hand with the best of them. Former “Law and Order” babe Angie Harmon’s Kate Crawford plays the comedic sidekick to Gooding’s straight man. The bad guys, led by perennial menacing henchman Peter Greene. Although not a full-fledged A-list Hollywood production, “End Game” does have a number of cameos, most notably James Woods as the head of the Secret Service, and Burt Reynolds.
Edison
Thriller, Crime
USA / English
With sweeping cinematic vision and appropriately sensitive portrayal of controversial subject matter, Edison brings to life the passion, ambition and verve of this century's greatest dog trainer, Charles H. E. "Edison" Schumacher. In the midst of his sqaulid upbringing by abusive foster parents, Edison learns from an early age the skills that dogs use to survive can also help him. Forming a special bond with an abandoned mutt in the alley behind his yard, Edison trains him to achieve unseen feats of leaping and magic. From this, we follow Edison as he brings several acts to the vaudeville stage, and eventually to the nascent silent movie industry. His tempestuous relationship with his half-sister and lover brings the movie to an exciting conclusion.
Dungeons & Dragons
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA / English
The story of the "Dungeons & Dragons" (2000) is based on the role-playing games called by the same name. It takes place in a world of DnD, a place where dragons, monsters and other weird animals are normal beings. The story starts with an evil Wizard named Profion (Jeremy Irons) who in the start of the movie expresses his wish to conquer the world of DnD by overthrowing the Empress Savina of Izmer (Thora Birch) by using the mysterious artifact to control the powerful red dragons. The hope of the world lies in the hands of young heroes, apprentice wizard named Marina Pretensa (Zoe McLellan) and in the hands of two thieves and Ridley Freeborn and Snails (Justin Whalin and Marlon Wayans) who accidentally got there.
Diary Of The Dead
Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
USA / English
“Diary of the Dead” is a movie depicting brutal images but having a wit that makes it go down easy. A mass zombie take-over is captured on video by Debra (Michelle Morgan) and her boyfriend Jason (Josh Close) , both college film students at a Pittsburgh college. Jason and Debra are working on a little horror film for Jason’s class project when they come afoul of zombies who are running wild. They decide to make their film into a documentary, with Jason doing the camera-work and Debra doing the voiceovers. They end up putting their work up on the Internet for all the world to see. Along with a small film crew of other students, they jut around town looking for horrific footage and finding it. The students realize that these zombies are quickly overtaking much of their city, and are compelled to start seeking out their loved ones to see if they’ve survived or have been turned into flesh-eaters.
Diamond Dogs
Adventure, Action
USA / English
A group of fortune hunters from America go to China to look for treasure that has been long lost in the movie “Diamond Dogs.” Xandar Ronson (Dolph Lundgren), an American expatriate, is hired to be a guide and protector as the group searches for the treasure in China. Xandar Ronsom was previously in the Army but after he left became a deviant who in Mongolia who was an alcoholic, womanizing rough and tumble fighter. They take off and their lives are changed forever! Anika (Yu Nan) and Ang Shaw (Xue Zuren) don't know how to handle themselves so far from home and in such strange situations.
Delirious
Comedy, Drama
USA / English
Photographer Les Galantine (Steve Buscemi) has big dreams but he can not get access to the right party to shoot one of those exclusive pictures wanted by all media. While waiting for a celebrity to show up he meets Toby (Michael Pitt). Toby is a young homeless who came to New York looking for success as he wants to become an actor. Les makes him his assistant and offers him a place to stay and food. Toby falls in love with a singer K’Harmo Leeds (Alison Lohman). As Toby gets an acting job the rift between the two friends becomes bigger. Toby becomes a star and Les is looking for revenge.
Death Defying Acts
Thriller, Romance
USA / English
Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) is saddened by the fact that he was not at his mother's side when she died. He is determined to find out by issuing a reward of ten thousand dollars for anyone who can help him determine his mother's last words by contacting her beyond the grave. When con artitst Mary McGarvie (Catherine Zeta-Jones), and her daughter Benji (Saoirse Ronan) find out about the reward they are determined to win it from him. There only obstacle to Houdini's confidences is Sugarman (Timothy Spall), who is Houdini's protective manager. Houdini is taken by the duo, but Sugarman is determined to intervene, each side taking every effort to win the day.
Deal
Comedy
USA / English
Tommy Vinson (Burt Reynolds) is an ex-poker player who has won a great deal of money in his life, but has decided that the life is to stressful so he retires. One day he meets up with a young hot shot card player named Alex Stillman (Bret Harrison) who pleads with Vinson to teach him his craft. Tommy reluctantly mentors the youngster and improves his card playing ability significantly. When Alex completes his training, Vinson has regained the itch to begin playing again and they both enter the World Series of Poker. Both men do very well and make it to the final table where they have to go head to head for an astounding amount of money.
Day Of The Dead
Horror, Thriller
USA / English
Day of the Dead is another in the line of remakes of George A. Romero’s classic series of the living dead that walk the Earth. In the not so far future, the world is over run with massive amounts of living dead. Only a small band of military officers and scientist who live underground in a bunker are all that seems to be left. All is well as can be until the Captain Crain (Stark Sands) is bit and killed by one of the zombies. Captain Rhodes (Ving Rhames ) is next in the chain of command but isn‘t all to sympathetic towards the scientist. Doctor Logan (Matt Rippy) has discovered that not only do the zombies mimic their once living functions and routines but they can be taught and educated. Logan feels that he can help the world adjust to a land of the walking dead. His only confident is Sarah Bowman (Mena Suvari). However Sarah has her own problems as she tries to calm an impending martial law of the bunker. Can these flesh eating monsters be tamed?
Columbus Day
Action
USA / English
John (Val Kilmer) is a brilliant thief who has recently pulled off the greatest heist of his career. He is now gifted with a great deal of wealth and an extremely luxurious lifestyle, yet he is still unhappy. He believes that his unhappiness stems from his guilt over the job and those who he has seriously hurt because of it. This introspection leads him to a conclusion that is unheard of amongst thieves; he must give all of the money back to those that he has taken it from. As he does, he becomes reunited with his family and discovers truly that money cannot buy happiness.
Cloverfield
Science Fiction, Thriller, Action
USA / English
A group of yuppie New York City friends meet together to bid their friend, Rob, who is about to leave the country for a new job. The party includes: Rob's brother, Jason, longtime crush Beth, and Hud, Rob's silly friend who documents the night, and Marlena, another friend on whom Hud develops a crush. In the middle of the party, after Beth stormed out in a fight, a monster attacks New York City. While trying to leave the city with the millions of New Yorkers forced to evacuate, the friends' journey is ruined by the monster's destruction of the Brooklyn Bridge. On their way to find another route out of the city, the friends get sidetracked and are compelled to find the injured Beth. All the while, the monster continues massacring America's largest city... Statue of Liberty included.
Closing The Ring
Romance
USA / English
A young man one day stumbles upon a mysterious and aged golden ring. At first he believes that he will keep the ring or sell it for a great profit, but as he begins to inspect its intricacy decides he will return it to its rightful owners. This stream on conscience takes him all over the world in search of the ring’s owner and finally he is directed to a couple named Jack (Gregory Smith and Christopher Plummer) and Ethel Ann (Mischa Barton and Shirley MacLaine). The couple is an intricate part of the amazing story and journey of the ring from Ireland during World War II to their current standing in America.
Paranormal Activity
Horror, Thriller
USA / English
Paranormal Activity is a documentary-styled horror film centering around a young, California couple named Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat), and a terrifying entity that has been haunting them. In an attempt to capture some of the paranormal phenomenon going on, primarily in their bedroom, Micah invests in a video camera. Most of the activity occurs when the couple are sleeping and it seems to get worse as the nights go on. Micah finds the haunting to be "cool", while Katie is petrified. While Micah taunts the demonic presence, he unwittingly seems to invite the entity in, allowing it to get closer and closer to Katie, whom the demon has been fixated on since she was eight years old.
This Is It
Music, Documentary
USA / English
This Is It (2009) is a film directed by Kenny Ortega of entertainer Michael Jackson and his cast getting ready for the concert tour, This Is It, that was supposed to happen the summer of 2009 in London, before Michael passed away in June of 2009. It shows Michael and his crew selecting dancers, working on lighting, and rehearsing singing and dancing. Michael runs through his series of hits, including Thriller and Jackson 5 numbers. This Is It Also shows a few things Michael had planned for the film, such as a new short black and white film for Smooth Criminal, a new 3-D graveyard film for Thriller, and a film with soldiers that multiply for “They Don't Care About Us.”
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