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Release Date: 02/10/2009
Josh Brolin stars as George W. Bush in this Oliver Stone biopic that traces the head of state's rise to power from a privileged alcoholic to a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. Co-written by Stanley G. Weiser, Bush is produced by fellow Stone collaborators Moritz Borman and Jon Kilik, with Elizabeth Banks co-starring as the first lady, James Cromwell as the elder President Bush, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush and Richard Dreyfus ...
Actor(s): Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell
Director(s): Oliver Stone
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Drama, Feature
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Walled In
Release Date: 03/17/2009
An engineering graduate supervising the demolition of a mysterious building unearths some unsettling secrets about the pristine building and its previous inhabitants in this dark psychological thriller starring Mischa Barton. Adapted from Serge Brussolo's graphic novel of the same name, Walled In follows fledgling engineer Sam Walczak (Barton) as she ventures deep into the countryside, where the monolithic Malestrazza Building is being prepared for demolition. Constructed by an obsessed architect, th ...
Actor(s): Mischa Barton, Deborah Kara Unger, Cameron Bright
Director(s): Gilles Paquet-Brenner
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Wanted
Release Date: 12/02/2008
Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov helms his first English-language feature film with this big-screen adaptation of Mark Millar's action-packed graphic novel. Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) is a cube-dwelling hypochondriac whose uneventful life has become a mundane blur of terminal boredom. Repeatedly humiliated by his boss and constantly cuckolded by his cheating girlfriend, weakling Wes seems to be living right down to everyone's expectations that he would never amount to anything in life. Howeve ...
Actor(s): James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie
Director(s): Timur Bekmambetov
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Watchmen
Release Date: 07/21/2009
300's Zack Snyder brings Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' critically acclaimed comic book Watchmen to the big screen, courtesy of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film's world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the government-sponsored Keene Act, but that all changes with the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a robust ex-hero comma ...
Actor(s): Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode
Director(s): Zack Snyder
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Way of War
Release Date: 02/10/2009
A highly trained assassin uncovers evidence of a vast U.S. conspiracy that reaches to the upper ranks of government in this action thriller starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. Paramilitary operative David Wolfe (Gooding, Jr.) is on a mission to kill one of the most notorious terrorists in the Middle East when he discovers that the top members of the administration are deeply corrupt. A target of his own country due to the volatile knowledge he now possesses, Wolfe attempts to stay out of the crosshairs long e ...
Actor(s): Cuba Gooding, Jr., J.K. Simmons, John Terry
Director(s): John Carter
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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What Doesn't Kill You
Release Date: 04/28/2009
Inspired by his own tough childhood on the unforgiving streets of South Boston, director/co-screenwriter (along with Paul T. Murray and Donnie Wahlberg) Brian Goodman's tough-talking crime drama follows the journey of two childhood friends as they attempt to sever their powerful underworld ties. Ever since they were just young kids, Brian (Mark Ruffalo) and Paulie (Ethan Hawke) have always watched out for one another. From the petty crimes and misdemeanors of childhood to more serious criminal endeav ...
Actor(s): Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet
Director(s): Brian Goodman
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Feature
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What Just Happened
Release Date: 02/24/2009
Inspired by the personal memoirs of Hollywood producer Art Linson, Barry Levinson's fictional showbiz comedy stars Robert De Niro as a struggling movie producer who has just suffered through his second divorce, and slowly finds his soul being ground up in the machinations of the Hollywood machine. Ben (De Niro) is an aging producer whose career was already on a downward turn when his personal life went straight into the toilet. Not only is Ben juggling two ex-wives and a daughter who seems to have gr ...
Actor(s): Robert De Niro, Catherine Keener, Sean Penn
Director(s): Barry Levinson
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Feature
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While She Was Out
Release Date: 04/28/2009
A suburban housewife heads out for a quick trip to the local mall, only to find herself trapped in the forest and forced to fend for herself against four murderous hooligans. Kim Basinger and Lukas Haas star in a thriller produced by Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro and directed by Susan Montford. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Craig Sheffer
Director(s): Susan Montford
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Winter of Frozen Dreams
Release Date: 05/05/2009
The true story of the first televised murder trial in U.S. history, Winter of Frozen Dreams reveals the bizarre tale of a brilliant biochemistry student who lead a shocking double life. Barbara Hoffman (Thora Birch) was a top student at the University of Wisconsin, and one of Madison's most notorious prostitutes. But how could a girl known for her remarkable mind be drawn into such a lurid plot of passion and murder? When Barbara's fiancT Jerry Davies (Brenden Sexton III) reported the discovery of a ...
Actor(s): Thora Birch, Keith Carradine, Brendan Sexton III
Director(s): Eric Mandelbaum
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Wisegal
Release Date: 12/02/2008
The undercover agent whose compelling life story inspired the film Donnie Brasco serves as executive producer of this fact-based crime drama starring Alyssa Milano, James Caan, and Jason Gedrick. Patty Montanari (Milano) is a widowed mother of three who turned to selling contraband cigarettes as a means of supporting her three sons. Her ties to the local mafia quickly strengthening due to her criminal endeavor, Patty eventually strikes up a relationship with local mobster Frank Russo (Gedrick). Russo ...
Actor(s): Alyssa Milano, James Caan, Jason Gedrick
Director(s): Jerry Ciccoritti
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Drama, Feature
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Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: A Little Help from My Friends
Release Date: 02/03/2009
Contains the following episodes - Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: A Little Help From Your Friends, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: A Clean Sweep, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Mr. Cool, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Wubbzy in the Middle, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Gidget the Super Robot, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Broken Record, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Widget Gets the Blooey Blues, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Where's My Wiggle Wrench? ...
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MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Children's/Family, Animated
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