Hancock
Release Date: 11/25/2008
A hard-drinking lush finds himself thrust into superhero mode in director Peter Berg's unconventional look at the private life of a crime-fighter. Will Smith stars as the embittered do-gooder whose lifestyle is more akin to a rock star than a role model, and who has grown as disillusioned with his once-admiring public as they have of him. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman
Director(s): Peter Berg
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Hannah Montana: The Movie
Release Date: 08/18/2009
Hannah Montana: The Movie opens with Hannah's ($Miley Cyrus) hectic lifestyle wrecking the important relationships in her life. Because she gets into a catfight over shoes with Tyra Banks, she forgets to say goodbye when her brother leaves for college, and she's late for her best friend's sweet sixteen because she's being chased by the paparazzi. Anxious to get Miley back to her roots, her manager/father (Billy Ray Cyrus), whisks her away to their hometown in Tennessee, where he hopes grandma and the ...
Actor(s): Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment
Director(s): Peter Chelsom
MPAA Rating: G
Genres: Children's/Family, Feature
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Henry Poole Is Here
Release Date: 01/20/2009
Given a grim diagnosis during a routine doctor's checkup, a man who once had it all finds his attempt to disappear into a working-class suburb and spend his remaining days subsisting on vodka and junk food hopelessly disrupted when he falls for the beautiful divorcTe next door and a busybody neighbor notices a miraculous stain on his stucco wall. Henry Poole (Luke Wilson) had a comfortable life and a beautiful fiancTe. But just when it seemed that the future couldn't look any brighter for Henry, a vi ...
Actor(s): Luke Wilson, Radha Mitchell, Adriana Barraza
Director(s): Mark Pellington
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Comedy Drama, Feature
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He's Just Not That Into You
Release Date: 06/02/2009
Ken Kwapis' adaptation of Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo's best-selling self-help book He's Just Not That Into You follows the love lives of a dozen or so characters. Ginnifer Goodwin stars as Gigi, a young women attempting to understand the mixed signals she gets from the men she's dating. She gets advice from a bar owner (Justin Long) who prides himself on understanding the ins and outs of the dating scene. Gigi's co-worker Janine (Jennifer Connelly) finds herself involved in a major redecorating p ...
Actor(s): Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore
Director(s): Ken Kwapis
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Release Date: 02/17/2009
High School Musical 3: Senior Year continues the ongoing tune-filled love story between basketball player Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and brainy beauty Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens). As they head toward high-school graduation, the couple realizes that they'll be separated when they head to different colleges in the fall, so they join with their friends to produce a spring musical that will help them express their hopes and fears about the future. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale
Director(s): Kenny Ortega
MPAA Rating: G
Genres: Musical, Feature
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Hindsight
Release Date: 05/26/2009
A pregnant woman who lacks the means to properly raise her child convinces her boyfriend to sell the baby on the black market, only to discover that the couple they have selected have a horrifying agenda of their own in this thriller from debut director Paul Holahan. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Leonor Varela, Jeffrey Donovan, Waylon Payne
Director(s): Paul Holahan
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Horton Hears a Who
Release Date: 12/09/2008
When a kindly elephant hears a faint cry of help from a floating speck of dust, his attempts to protect the tiny particle cause his neighbors to question his sanity in this animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic 1954 children's book of the same name. Produced by Ice Age makers Blue Sky, scripted by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, and directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, Horton Hears a Who reunites Bruce Almighty co-stars Jim Carrey and Steve Carell as the eponymous elephant and the mayor of Who ...
Actor(s): Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett
Director(s): Steve Martino
MPAA Rating: G
Genres: Children's/Family, Animated
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Hotel for Dogs
Release Date: 04/28/2009
Adapted from author Lois Duncan's 1971 children's book of the same name, director Thor Freudenthal's Hotel for Dogs follows two mischievous orphans as they attempt to hide dozens of stray dogs in an abandoned hotel. Disheartened by their new guardians' announcement that pets are strictly forbidden, 16-year-old Andi (Emma Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (Jake T. Austin), race to find a home for their loyal dog Friday. Fortunately for Friday, there's an abandoned hotel just around the corner, a ...
Actor(s): Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle
Director(s): Thor Freudenthal
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Children's/Family, Feature
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How to Be a Serial Killer
Release Date: 10/13/2009
A parody of self-help literature and motivational speakers, Luke Ricci's dark comedy follows charismatic serial killer Mike Wilson as he mentors his first pupil in the fine art of mass murder. Mike is the kind of guy who knows what he wants out of life, and knows how to get it. Now that Mike is living the dream, he wants to share his knowledge with others, too. In order to give aspiring serial killers all the tools they'll need to become the next Jeffrey Dahmer, he's crafted a ten-lesson program that ...
Actor(s): Matthew Gray Gubler, Laura Regan, George Wyner
Director(s): Luke Ricci
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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