G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Release Date: 09/01/2009
Popular action figure G.I. Joe was reinvented in animation form in this pilot for the daily syndicated cartoon series of the same name. In keeping with the new marketing strategy established by Hasbro Toys, "G.I. Joe" was no longer an individual, but instead a team of specially trained guerilla fighters, led by Clayton M. "Hawk" Abernathy. The villains of the piece were the members of Cobra, led by Cobra Commander and his Darth Vader-like lieutenant (and frequent rival), Destro. In their first advent ...
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Director(s): Sam Weiss
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Action, Animated
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Release Date: 11/03/2009
Director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) adapts the beloved Hasbro G.I. Joe toy line with this Paramount Pictures production that pits the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity against the evil forces of the organization known as Cobra. Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum star as General Hawk and Duke Hauser, respectively, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marlon Wayans leading the rest of the cast, including Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ...
Actor(s): Dennis Quaid, Lee Byung-hun, Channing Tatum
Director(s): Stephen Sommers
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Feature
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Ghost Image
Release Date: 08/25/2009
When a video editor loses her boyfriend in a car accident and begins receiving communications from him through her computer, she begins to question whether he has transcended the barrier between life and death, or her fragile psyche has finally cracked. Jennifer has lost her family, and she's been plagued by horrifying visions of her younger sister ever since. The night before Wade (Waylon Payne) died, Jennifer noticed a stalker shadowing her every move. Was Wade's fatal car crash really an accident, ...
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Director(s): Jack Snyder
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Release Date: 09/22/2009
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past -- the Mark S. Waters directed fusion of A Christmas Carol with a traditional romantic comedy -- stars Matthew McConaughey as Connor Mead, a famous photographer and confirmed womanizer. He takes a break from his playboy lifestyle to attend his brother's wedding, where he becomes reacquainted with Jenny Perotti (Jennifer Garner), the only girl who ever captured his heart. After Connor delivers a drunken speech at the rehearsal dinner where he says that love isn't real, he's ...
Actor(s): Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas
Director(s): Mark S. Waters
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Gooby
Release Date: 08/11/2009
Willy (Matthew Knight) has a unique concern regarding his family's new house: he firmly believes it's inhabited by malevolent space aliens. Luckily for Willy, his wish for a savior is fulfilled with the entrance of Gooby (voiced by Robbie Coltrane), a strange but lovable creature who appears more anxious about the world's dangers than he is. As the unlikely pair become friends, Gooby helps Willy and his father reunite. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Matthew Knight, Robbie Coltrane, Eugene Levy
Director(s): Wilson Coneybeare
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Genres: Children's/Family, Feature
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Grace
Release Date: 09/15/2009
One couple's dream turns into the worst nightmare imaginable when their unborn child is declared dead in utero, and the devastated mother insists on carrying the stillborn baby to term. Madeline Matheson (Jordan Ladd) is eight months pregnant. She's determined to have a healthy child, and as such, she's adapted a pure-body lifestyle and decided to have a natural childbirth. Though her outspoken mother-in-law is adamant that Madeline receives standard hospital care during the delivery, the expectant m ...
Actor(s): Jordan Ladd, Samantha Ferris, Gabrielle Rose
Director(s): Paul Solet
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Horror, Feature
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Gran Torino
Release Date: 06/09/2009
A racist Korean War veteran living in a crime-ridden Detroit neighborhood is forced to confront his own lingering prejudice when a troubled Hmong teen from his neighborhood attempts to steal his prized Gran Torino. Decades after the Korean War has ended, ageing veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) is still haunted by the horrors he witnessed on the battlefield. The two objects that matter most to Kowalski in life are the classic Gran Torino that represents his happier days working in a Ford assembl ...
Actor(s): Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her
Director(s): Clint Eastwood
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Feature
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