Sam's Lake
Release Date: 04/21/2009
A scary legend becomes a far more terrifying reality in this independent horror picture. Samantha (Fay Masterson), known to her friends as Sam, grew up in a small lakefront community, and though she moved away to the big city years ago, she still feels strong emotional ties to the town. On the anniversary of her father's death, Sam feels the need for some solace away from the city, and invites a group of her friends to join her for a long weekend at the family's lake house. Spending time in the woods ...
Actor(s): Fay Masterson, Sandrine Holt, William Gregory Lee
Director(s): Andrew Christopher Erin
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Saw V
Release Date: 01/20/2009
Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) might be dead, but his traps live on in this fifth Saw entry, which finds the series' production designer David Hackl at the helm for his debut directing gig. Costas Mandylor reprises his role as Hoffman, the detective whose involvement in the string of grisly murders turns out to be more than meets the eye. Picking up where the fourth entry left off, Hoffman is revealed to be a hidden accomplice in Jigsaw's grisly games of death, which look to be continued by the lawman. The plot ...
Actor(s): Tobin Bell, Julie Benz, Meagan Good
Director(s): David Hackl
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Horror, Feature
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Seven Pounds
Release Date: 03/31/2009
Academy Award nominee Will Smith reunites with the director and producers of The Pursuit of Happyness for this emotional drama concerning an IRS agent whose quest for redemption is unexpectedly complicated after he inadvertently falls in love. Ben Thomas is an IRS agent with a fateful secret. Assuming the identity of his younger brother, Ben sets out in search of redemption. Instead, Ben discovers true love while forever changing the lives of seven complete strangers. Woody Harrelson, Rosario Dawson, ...
Actor(s): Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson
Director(s): Gabriele Muccino
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Drama, Feature
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Sex Drive
Release Date: 02/24/2009
Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, and James Marsden star in this teen sex comedy concerning an inexperienced adolescent who rounds up the gang for a road trip from Chicago to Knoxville after receiving a particularly enticing message from a girl he met on the Internet. Ian (Zuckerman) has just turned 18, and he feels like the last American virgin. He works at the mall donut shop, he's taunted by his womanizing older brother, Rex (Marsden), and he's even losing ladies to his 14-year-old brother. Having stru ...
Actor(s): Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew
Director(s): Sean Anders
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Shadowheart
Release Date: 08/04/2009
Bounty hunter James Conners (Justin Ament) has his sights set on the evil rancher (Angus Macfadyen) who ruined his life. But when Conners's plan for vengeance goes horribly wrong, he discovers a different way to settle the scores of the past with the help of a Navajo mystic. ~ All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Justin Ament, Angus MacFadyen, Tonantzin Carmelo
Director(s): Dean Alioto
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Western, Feature
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Shortcut
Release Date: 09/29/2009
Adam Sandler takes his Happy Madison producing arm to new territory with this debut of Scary Madison, a new division focusing on genre fare, starting with this thriller helmed by Nicholaus Goossen (Grandma's Boy). Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, and Dave Franco star in the production, which will focus on two brothers who discover a suspicious untrodden path in their small town. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, Dave Franco
Director(s): Nicholaus Goossen
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Skeleton Crew
Release Date: 07/21/2009
A horror film shoot in an abandoned mental hospital with a dark history turns terrifying after the cast and crew make a morbid discovery in the bowels of the dilapidated building. Back in the early 1970s, at a mental institution near the Russian border, a crazed doctor violated the Hippocratic Oath in the most repulsive manner imaginable. Consumed by murderous bloodlust, Dr. Andersson assumed the persona of "the Auteur," and began murdering his patients while filming the atrocities with his 8mm camer ...
Actor(s): Rita Suomalainen
Director(s): Tommi Lepola
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Horror, Feature
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Ski Trippin'
Release Date: 04/26/2005
A trio of fun-loving friends in search of a good time head for a local ski resort in this comedy starring Tommy "2 Smooth" as well as Poochman and Grammy-winning producer Eddie Hustle. A local radio station is holding a special event at the resort for one weekend only, and though these three friends probably wouldn't even be able to make it down the kiddie hill -- that's not going to stop them from having fun in the snow and partying the weekend away. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
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Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Slumdog Millionaire
Release Date: 03/31/2009
Accused of cheating and desperate to prove his innocence, an eighteen-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai reflects back on his tumultuous life while competing to win 20 million rupees on India's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in Danny Boyle's inspirational drama. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) may not have a penny to his name, but that could all change in a matter of hours. He's one question away from taking the top prize on India's most popular television game show, but as with everything else in Jamal ...
Actor(s): Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal
Director(s): Danny Boyle
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Feature
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Smother
Release Date: 05/05/2009
When an everyday thirtysomething is fired from his job, his unemployment woes are soon compounded as the ticking of his wife's maternal clock reaches a deafening pitch, and his overbearing mother announces plans to move in with the struggling couple. Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, and Diane Keaton star in a film directed by Vince Di Meglio, co-scripted by Di Meglio and Tim Rasmussen, and produced by Rasmussen, Bill Johnson, and Jay Roach. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Diane Keaton, Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler
Director(s): Vince Di Meglio
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Comedy Drama, Feature
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Sonic the Hedgehog: Freedom Fighters Unite!
Release Date: 05/05/2009
Contains the following episodes - Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic Conversion, Sonic the Hedgehog: Dulcy, Sonic the Hedgehog: The Void, Sonic the Hedgehog: Spyhog ...
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Genres: Children's/Family, Animated
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Space Chimps
Release Date: 11/25/2008
Jeff Daniels, Stanley Tucci, Cheryl Hines, and Andy Samberg lend their voices to this computer-animated comedy following the descendants of the first chimps in space as they blast off for fun and adventure on a far-away planet. Ham III (Samberg) is the grandson of Ham, the first-ever chimp astronaut. This ne'er-do-well chimp may not be the most qualified ape for the job, but a scheming senator (Tucci) has recruited him for a most dangerous mission. It seems that a powerful tyrant (Daniels) has overta ...
Actor(s): Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton
Director(s): Kirk De Micco
MPAA Rating: G
Genres: Children's/Family, Animated
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Spinning Into Butter
Release Date: 06/09/2009
Sarah Jessica Parker produces and stars in stage director Mark Brokaw's adaptation the Rebecca Gilman play concerning a newly hired dean of students at an elite New England college who finds her life consumed by chaos following a vicious series of hate crimes. Sarah Daniels (Parker) was just settling into her new position when she was placed in charge of the investigation into a series of racially motivated campus crimes. Having previously worked at an inner-city school, Sarah makes the decision to g ...
Actor(s): Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti Williamson, Beau Bridges
Director(s): Mark Brokaw
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Feature
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Spread
Release Date: 11/10/2009
A modern tale of morality, director David Mackenzie's stylish sex comedy centers on the exploits of a Los Angeles gigolo working his way to infamy one mattress at a time. Nicki (Ashton Kutcher) is the epitome of big-city sexuality. Terminally hip and always fashionable, he's a sexual grifter who operates by his own set of rules. But in Nicki's world of money, power, and fame, true stardom is fleeting. As Nicki climbs the ladder of conquest and begins focusing his attentions on an older, well-to-do cl ...
Actor(s): Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva
Director(s): David Mackenzie
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Spring Breakdown
Release Date: 06/02/2009
A trio of thirtysomething friends (Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, and Parker Posey) go vacationing at a popular spring break resort frequented by college coeds in order to prevent a politician's daughter from embarrassing her family. Larry Kennar and Rick Berg produce a script penned by director Ryan Shiraki in collaboration with star Dratch. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Parker Posey
Director(s): Ryan Shiraki
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Spy School
Release Date: 01/20/2009
The Boy Who Cried Wolf gets an action packed twist in this tale of a class clown who stumbles across a secretive plot to kidnap the President's daughter, and attempts to convince everyone that it's not merely another one of his many tall tales. Thomas has a reputation for stretching the truth so when he discovers that the president's daughter is in danger, no one is willing to listen. But this time it's no joke, and since no one is willing to lend a helping hand, Thomas must leap into action himself. ...
Actor(s): Forrest Landis, AnnaSophia Robb, Rider Strong
Director(s): Mark Blutman
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Feature
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Star Trek
Release Date: 11/17/2009
Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto assumes the role of the Federation Starfleet lieutenant and Vulcan made famous in the original series by Leonard Nimoy (who also appears in an older incarnation of his original role), Spock, ...
Actor(s): Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy
Director(s): J.J. Abrams
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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State of Play
Release Date: 09/01/2009
The Last King of Scotland director Kevin McDonald teams with screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan for this American adaptation of the hit British miniseries concerning the suspicious circumstances that set a rising congressman and a dogged reporter on a dangerous collision course. U.S. congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is handsome, unflappable, and ascending the ladder of power with unprecedented speed. He's the future of his political party, and as the chairman of a committee assigned to ov ...
Actor(s): Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams
Director(s): Kevin Macdonald
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Drama, Feature
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Step Brothers
Release Date: 12/02/2008
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly re-team with that film's director, Adam McKay, to tell the tale of two pampered best friends whose single parents fall in love and decide to marry. McKay and Ferrell share screenwriting credits, and Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller produce. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen
Director(s): Adam McKay
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Stiletto
Release Date: 03/03/2009
A deadly seductress sets out to avenge her sister, in the process uncovering a dark conspiracy that makes her question everything she's been fighting for in this action thriller featuring Tom Berenger, Tom Sizemore, William Forsythe, and Michael Biehn. Raina (Stana Katic) was deeply in love with powerful crime boss Virgil Vadalos (Berenger) until she discovered that he was involved with her sister's disappearance. After that, their relationship met a violent end. Now Raina is determined to take out V ...
Actor(s): Tom Berenger, Paul Sloan, Stana Katic
Director(s): Nick Vallelonga
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Still Waiting...
Release Date: 02/17/2009
The shenanigans continue in this outrageous sequel to Waiting. . . that finds the staff of everyone's favorite good time restaurant entering into a stiff competition with the new Ta-Ta's Wing Shack opening up right next door. It's been two years since the events of the first film, and though there are still some familiar faces on duty, a whole new crop of employees are searching for exciting new ways to kill time and annoy customers at Shenanigans. But when Ta-Ta's Wing Shack announces its grand open ...
Actor(s): John Michael Higgins, Rob Benedict, Steve Howey
Director(s): Jeff Balis
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Release Date: 06/30/2009
As the {*Street Fighter saga celebrates its 20th anniversary, fight fans are invited to follow along with fearsome fighter Chun-Li (Smallville's Kristin Kreuk) as she faces off against a series of formidable opponents in this feature adaptation of the popular video-game franchise directed by Exit Wounds' Andrzej Bartkowiak. Previously adapted for the screen in the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme film, the series continues to thrive as eager gamers across the globe go toe-to-toe to determine who is the mos ...
Actor(s): Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough
Director(s): Andrzej Bartkowiak
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Streets of Blood
Release Date: 07/28/2009
Six months after one of the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, crime and corruption sink to new levels of depravity as a pair of New Orleans cops work to clean up the streets. New Orleans has been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, opening the floodgates for a sea of criminals seeking to assert their control over the city's seedy underworld. But when the stakes are this high, there's sure to be corruption within the ranks of the local police force, too. When a veteran detective with a violent history ...
Actor(s): Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, 50 Cent
Director(s): Charles Winkler
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Sunshine Cleaning
Release Date: 08/25/2009
A thirtysomething single mother whose boundless potential was squandered through a series of failed relationships and a misguided effort to help her younger sister succeed in life finds the fruits of her labors finally coming together in director Christine Jeffs' dark family comedy. Back in high school, the future looked pretty bright for Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams); not only was she the cheerleading captain, but she was also dating the star quarterback. Flash forward a little over a decade, and Rose ...
Actor(s): Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin
Director(s): Christine Jeffs
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy Drama, Feature
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Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: Showdown in Brooklyn
Release Date: 05/05/2009
Contains the following episodes - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: Brooklyn Bound, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: Flatbush Koopa, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: Plumbers Academy, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: Koopa Klaus, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: Escape From Koopatraz ...
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Surfer, Dude
Release Date: 12/30/2008
Hands on a Hard Body director S.R. Bindler directs this wave-twisting tale of a soul-searching surfer (Matthew McConaughey) in the midst of an existential crisis. Steve Addington (McConaughey) is an herb-toking long-boarder with a keen sense of balance and a mellow outlook on life. Upon returning to his hometown of Malibu to spend the summer with old friends, Steve begins to sense that the good vibes he remembers as a boy have been hopelessly corrupted by the powers that be. When the earthen surfer i ...
Actor(s): Matthew McConaughey, Alexie Gilmore, Jeffrey Nordling
Director(s): S.R. Bindler
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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Swing Vote
Release Date: 01/13/2009
When the mischievous antics of a precocious 12-year-old girl result in the outcome of the United States presidential election hinging on the vote of her apathetic, likable loser of a father, the man who thought that life had long since passed him by is reluctantly thrust into the national spotlight in this political-themed comedy starring Kevin Costner. Bud Johnson (Costner) is your typical American -- a simple man and loving father who never would have thought he had the power to change the world. T ...
Actor(s): Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton
Director(s): Joshua Michael Stern
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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