Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Release Date: 02/06/2009
Hopelessly stranded on the remote shores of Madagascar, the New Yorkers hatch a plan to get back to Central Park that instead finds them soaking up sun in the picturesque plains of Africa. Madagascar may be a nice place to visit, but for the gang of animals who spent most of their lives in New York, there is truly no place like home. After discovering the remnants of a crashed airplane, the penguins quickly set about making the repairs needed to get the craft airborne again. When the plane finally ta ...
Actor(s): Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
Director(s): Tom McGrath
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Comedy, Animated
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Maiden Voyage: Ocean Hijack
Release Date: 11/25/2008
A former firefighter and Special Forces officer takes on a team of murderous terrorists when the oceanliner he's working on is hijacked shortly after leaving port. Hired to evaluate security on a luxury cruise ship, blaze battler and former military man Kyle Considine (Casper Van Dien) brings his young son Zach along for a week of fun at sea. The fun stops, however, when the ship sets sail and a highly organized team of terrorists threaten the lives of everyone onboard. Should the ransom fail to be p ...
Actor(s): Casper Van Dien, Delroy Lindo, Rosemary Dunsmore
Director(s): Colin Budds
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Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Mamma Mia!
Release Date: 12/16/2008
Longing to discover the identity of her true father before she exchanges her wedding vows, the daughter of a once-rebellious single mother secretly invites a trio of paternal candidates to her upcoming wedding in this feature adaptation of the beloved stage musical. Independent-minded single mother Donna (Meryl Streep) has always done her best to raise her spirited daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), while simultaneously running a successful hotel on a small Greek island, but now the time has come fo ...
Actor(s): Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried
Director(s): Phyllida Lloyd
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Musical, Feature
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Management
Release Date: 09/29/2009
After a one-night fling, a motel manager (Steve Zahn) impulsively follows a small-time art dealer (Jennifer Aniston) across the country in this romantic comedy from playwright-turned-director Stephen Belber. Woody Harrelson co-stars as Aniston's wealthy boyfriend in the MGM production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson
Director(s): Stephen Belber
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Marley & Me
Release Date: 03/31/2009
Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston go to the dogs with Marley & Me, a tale of a couple embarking on the adventure of marriage, career, family, and the world's worst dog. At least that's how writer and newlywed John comes to describe his blonde lab, Marley, when he takes the puppy home and finds that the fluff-ball has an uncanny ability to eat and/or destroy just about anything. As years go by, John and his wife, Jennifer, contemplate having babies and moving across the country, while Marley grows ...
Actor(s): Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane
Director(s): David Frankel
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Max Payne
Release Date: 01/20/2009
Rockstar Games' double-gunned action franchise comes to the big screen thanks to director John Moore (The Omen) and Mark Wahlberg, who embodies the title character of Max Payne, a widowed cop hell-bent on delivering justice no matter what the cost as he investigates a string of killings in his city. Mila Kunis and Chris O'Donnell head up the supporting cast, with Beau Thorne adapting the screenplay for the 20th Century Fox production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges
Director(s): John Moore
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Feature
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Michael Jackson: Live In Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour
Release Date: 07/26/2005
In the fall of 1992, Michael Jackson was in the midst of a world concert tour in support of his album {^Dangerous when he appeared in Bucharest for a show that was videotaped for broadcast on the premium cable network HBO. The show garnered HBO's biggest ratings to date, and became one of the biggest cable music events of the year. Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest brings this legendary show to home video, with Jackson performing a career-spanning selection of his greatest hits. Songs include {&"Bil ...
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Genres: Music , Performance
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Milk
Release Date: 03/10/2009
Academy Award winner Sean Penn takes the title role in Gus Van Sant's biopic tracing the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the ill-fated politician and gay activist whose life changed history, and whose courage still inspires people. When Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, he made history for being the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office. But the rights of homosexuals weren't Milk's primary concern, as tellingly evidenced ...
Actor(s): Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin
Director(s): Gus Van Sant
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Feature
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Mirrors
Release Date: 01/13/2009
Kiefer Sutherland stars as an NYPD detective-turned-security guard who discovers something sinister lurking in the mirrors of a fire-damaged department store in Haute Tension writer/director Alexandre Aja's menacing study in the origins of evil. It's been just about a year since mercurial police detective Ben Carson (Sutherland) was suspended from the NYPD for the fatal shooting of an undercover officer, and ever since that fateful day he's been locked in a self-destructive spiral of anger and alcoho ...
Actor(s): Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart
Director(s): Alexandre Aja
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Horror, Feature
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Monsters vs. Aliens
Release Date: 09/29/2009
When human-hating aliens disrupt earthbound cable-television signals, it's up to a monster-hunting superhero to take out the pesky extraterrestrials and ensure that television viewers are not deprived in this animated adaptation of the popular comic-book series. The DreamWorks Animation release is being helmed by Shrek 2 director Conrad Vernon and Shark Tale's Rob Letterman. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen
Director(s): Rob Letterman
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Science Fiction, Animated
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My Best Friend's Girl
Release Date: 01/13/2009
Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, and Alec Baldwin star in this romantic comedy about a man (Cook) who makes his living convincing women to run back into the arms of the men they have recently dumped by taking them on the worst possible dates imaginable. The nightmare lothario's lucrative scheme hits an unexpected hitch, however, when he is hired by his best friend (Jason Biggs) to take out the beauty he longs to win back. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs
Director(s): Howard Deutch
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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My Bloody Valentine
Release Date: 01/13/2009
It's Valentine's Day in the tiny mining town of Valentine's Bluff, Nova Scotia, and for the first time in two decades the residents are planning a holiday dance. The long hiatus is due to the tragic events of 20 years earlier, when a pair of mining supervisors were too busy enjoying themselves at the dance to prevent an accident from killing a large contingent of their workers. The lone survivor, Harry Warden, took his revenge the next year by removing the hearts of his bosses and promising similar c ...
Actor(s): Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck
Director(s): Georges Mihalka
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Horror, Feature
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My Sister's Keeper
Release Date: 11/17/2009
Director Nick Cassavetes collaborates with screenwriter Jeremy Leven (The Notebook) for this drama about a pair of parents who resort to unorthodox methods in order to save their young daughter's life, only to find their decision coming back to haunt them in a manner neither could have ever foreseen. Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric) are coasting through life with their young son and daughter when tragedy threatens to tear the family apart. Suddenly, their baby girl falls ill, and her only ...
Actor(s): Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin
Director(s): Nick Cassavetes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Drama, Feature
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