Pandemic
Release Date: 10/20/2009
Humans and animals alike become victims of the same illness in this action film directed by Jason Connery. The fate of the world lies in the hands of a veterinarian and a paranoiac who must work around a military quarantine. ~ All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Ray Wise, Graham McTavish, Alesha Clarke
Director(s): Jason Connery
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
|
Passengers
Release Date: 05/12/2009
A grief counselor (Anne Hathaway) begins to suspect foul play when the six airplane crash survivors she is tending to mysteriously begin to disappear and the truth behind the tragedy grows ever more clouded in Nine Lives director Rodrigo Garcfa's conspiratorial supernatural thriller. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, David Morse
Director(s): Rodrigo Garcfa
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
|
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Release Date: 05/19/2009
A New Jersey rent-a-cop gets his moment to shine as the holidays approach and Santa's little helpers stage a coup at the local shopping mall in this comedy starring King of Queens' Kevin James. Paul Blart (James) is a single suburban dad attempting to make ends meet by working as a mall security guard. Paul takes his job very seriously; unfortunately the same can't be said for the shoppers he deals with on a daily basis. That all changes the day that Santa's little helpers shut down the mall and star ...
Actor(s): Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell, Jayma Mays
Director(s): Steve Carr
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Comedy, Feature
|
Personal Effects
Release Date: 05/12/2009
Ashton Kutcher stars as a broken man who sets off on a vengeance-filled search for his sister's murderer, only to fall into the arms of a gorgeous older woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) who may share the same torment in this romantic drama from Insight Studios. TV veteran David Hollander directs from his own script. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher, Kathy Bates
Director(s): David Hollander
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Feature
|
Pineapple Express
Release Date: 01/06/2009
Critically acclaimed director David Gordon Green takes a break from the brooding drama that defined such early efforts as George Washington and Undertow for this action-flavored buddy comedy concerning two pot-smoking friends (Seth Rogen and James Franco) who unwittingly become involved with a vicious gang of drug dealers. Judd Apatow and Shauna Robertson produce a script co-penned by star Rogen and Evan Goldberg. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole
Director(s): David Gordon Green
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
|
Powder Blue
Release Date: 05/26/2009
Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, and Jessica Biel topline this ensemble drama regarding intersecting lives on Christmas Eve from writer/director Timothy Linh Bui (Green Dragon). Liotta plays an ex-convict who tracks down his estranged daughter (Biel) after serving a 25-year jail sentence. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, Jessica Biel
Director(s): Timothy Linh Bui
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Feature
|
Pride and Glory
Release Date: 01/27/2009
Director Gavin O'Connor collaborates with Narc director/screenwriter Joe Carnahan on this family-focused police drama concerning an honest homicide detective (Edward Norton) assigned to investigate the precinct run by his potentially crooked older brother (Noah Emmerich). As the investigation begins to reveal some troubling facts about the precinct, it gradually becomes apparent that the policeman who is also the older brother's best friend (Colin Farrell) may be the man orchestrating many of the sus ...
Actor(s): Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight
Director(s): Gavin O'Connor
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Feature
|
Punisher: War Zone
Release Date: 03/17/2009
Marvel Comics' vigilante character The Punisher gets another big-screen outing in this third film incarnation of the character, this time from Green Street Hooligans director Lexi Alexander. Fueled by revenge and aided by his trusted weapons expert, Microchip (Wayne Knight), vigilante Frank Castle (Rome's Ray Stevenson) turns the New York City streets red with blood as he takes down each and every member of the crime syndicate responsible for the death of his wife and two kids. As the law-appointed " ...
Actor(s): Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz
Director(s): Lexi Alexander
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
|
Push
Release Date: 07/07/2009
Lucky Number Slevin director Paul McGuigan takes the helm for this action thriller concerning a group of telekinetic American ex-patriots who band together in an attempt to take down the clandestine government agency that's genetically transforming normal citizens into powerful psychic warriors. The Division is a shadowy government operation devoted to making humankind the ultimate weapon. Those who accept this transformation have the power to move objects with the mind, see the future before it happ ...
Actor(s): Dakota Fanning, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Evans
Director(s): Paul McGuigan
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
| | | |