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Movie Release Awareness - January '09 (Gim and Bigfoot seen being abducted by UFO)
TehSpectre
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The Week of January 2nd
Good -Limited- (I love Viggo, but the reviews aren't looking good)
Director: Vicente Amorim
Stars: Viggo Mortensen
Studio: Paramount Vantage
Trailer & Review
The Plot: John Halder (Mortensen) is a 'good' and decent individual with family problems: a neurotic wife, two demanding children and a mother suffering from senile dementia. A literary professor, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder finds his career rising in an optimistic current of nationalism and prosperity. Seemingly inconsequential decisions lead to choices, which lead to more choices... with eventually devastating effect.
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The Week of January 9th
Bride Wars (Nothing like Star Wars)
Director: Gary Winick
Stars: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen (Full Cast)
Studio: Fox 2000 Pictures
Trailer
The Plot: Two best friends (Hudson and Hathaway) become rivals when a clerical error results in their respective weddings being held at the same place ... on the same day.
The Unborn (I'm looking forward to this. Actually looks scary)
Director: David S. Goyer
Stars: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet (Full Cast)
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Trailer
The Plot: Haunted by strange dreams and recurring ghostly visions, Casey Beldon (Yustman) turns to a spiritual advisor (Oldman) for help. Together, they learn that Casey had a twin brother who never made it to term, and that her intended sibling is tied to a curse that requires Casey's death in order to manifest itself in our world.
Not Easily Broken (I got nothin')
Director: Bill Duke
Stars: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Trailer
The Plot: A car accident threatens to sever the already fragile bond between Clarice Johnson (Henson) and her husband, Dave (Chestnut) -- especially when they both begin to develop feelings for other people.
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The Week of January 16th
My Bloody Valentine 3-D (Why wasn't this released in February?)
Director: Patrick Lussier
Stars: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith (Full Cast)
Studio: Lionsgate
Trailer & Review
The Plot: Tom (Ackles) returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. And when another horrific event occurs soon after Tom's appearance, he finds himself suspected of the deadly acts.
Notorious (Casting an unknown as Biggie? Ergh...)
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Stars: Jamal Woolard, Anthony Mackie, Derek Luke (Full Cast)
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Trailer
The Plot: A chronicle of Christopher Wallace's (Woolard) rise from the streets of Brooklyn to become Notorious B.I.G., one of biggest and best rappers of the 1990s, under the tutelage of mentor/producer Sean Combs (Luke)
Defiance (Man-crushing all up ins)
Director: Edward Zwick
Stars: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell (Full Cast)
Studio: Paramount Vantage
Trailer & Review
The Plot: In 1941, a group of Jewish brothers organize the largest armed rescue of Jews during the Holocaust.
Hotel for Dogs (Don Cheadle, noooo)
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Stars: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow (Full Cast)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Trailer
The Plot: Orphaned teens Andi (Roberts) and Bruce (Austin) are sent to live with their aunt, which is just fine with the kids until they meet a stray dog who needs their help. Since their aunt is allergic to dogs, the siblings decide to turn a nearby abandoned house into a canine hostel. But can they kept their secret under wraps as more and more four-legged guests arrive?
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (I am a security guard, so this movie looks hilarious)
Director: Steve Carr
Stars: Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Trailer
The Plot: When a shopping mall is overtaken by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to the a mild-mannered security guard (James) to save the day.
Gran Torino (Get off mah lawn)
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Clint Eastwood
Trailer & Review
The Plot: Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.
Last Chance Harvey
Director: Joel Hopkins
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson
Trailer & Review
Plot: In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.
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The Week of January 23rd
Inkheart (Looks fun & Andy Serkis is amazing)
Director: Iain Softley
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Trailer & Review
The Plot: A little girl (Bennett) rallies her friends -- both real and imaginary -- to rescue her father (Fraser), a bookbinder who can bring characters to life by reading aloud, from the clutches of an evil-doer (Serkis).
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Seems like it should be straight to DVD)
Director: Patrick Tatopoulos
Stars: Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy
Studio: Screen Gems
Trailer
The Plot: A look at how the werewolf named Lucian (Sheen) led an uprising against an aristocratic vampire sect -- a revolt that will mark the beginning of a centuries-old war between the two races.
Killshot (This movie has been slated for release 6 times over 3 years)
Director: John Madden
Stars: Thomas Jane, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Trailer
The Plot: A botched scam sends an old-school hitman (Rourke) and a young stick-up kid (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) on a mission to find and kill an innocent couple (Jane and Lane) in order to protect their identities.
Donkey Punch -Limited Release- (Best title, or bestest title)
Director: Oliver Blackburn
Actors: Robert Boulter, Sian Breckin
Trailer & Review
Plot: Things go drastically wrong for a group of British holidaymakers in Spain.
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The Week of January 30th
The Uninvited (This looks really bad)
Director: Charles Guard Thomas Guard
Stars: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
Trailer
The Plot: After her mother's death and her subsequent hospital stay, Anna Rydell (Browning) returns home to be with her sister (Krebbel) and her father (Strathairn), who has become engaged to Rachel (Banks), her mother's former nurse. During her first night back, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who reveals that the new woman in her father's life is not who she pretends to be, leading to a fateful confrontation between the women of the house.
Taken (Liam Neeson looks so badass in this)
Director: Pierre Morel
Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Trailer & Review
The Plot: A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his daughter (Grace), who was kidnapped by slave traders during her vacation in Paris.
New in Town (Eww, Zellweger...Yay, Fillion)
Director: Jonas Elmer
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., Nathan Fillion
Studio: Gold Circle Films
Trailer
The Plot: A Miami-based consultant (Zellweger) is shipped out to small-town Minnesota for her newest project: supervising the restructuring of a local manufacturing plant. After a frosty reception, she warms to the townspeople (and vice versa), though a tough business mandate causes her to reconsider her personal and professional objectives.
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Notable Movie News of December '08
Tron 2 gets a title and plot
Zombie to direct Halloween sequel
World War Z to start filming soon
Jurassic Park 4 isn't gonna happen
It seems Mickey Rourke doesn't want to be in Sin City 2
Cathrine Hardwicke fired from Twilight sequel
Kojima talks Metal Gear Solid - The Movie
The Crow nets itself a remake
Stephen Chow will not direct Green Hornet, hell, he may not even play Kato
Judge rules in Fox's favor over Watchmen lawsuit
Good -Limited- (I love Viggo, but the reviews aren't looking good)
Director: Vicente Amorim
Stars: Viggo Mortensen
Studio: Paramount Vantage
Trailer & Review
The Plot: John Halder (Mortensen) is a 'good' and decent individual with family problems: a neurotic wife, two demanding children and a mother suffering from senile dementia. A literary professor, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder finds his career rising in an optimistic current of nationalism and prosperity. Seemingly inconsequential decisions lead to choices, which lead to more choices... with eventually devastating effect.
____________________________________________________________________________
The Week of January 9th
Bride Wars (Nothing like Star Wars)
Director: Gary Winick
Stars: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen (Full Cast)
Studio: Fox 2000 Pictures
Trailer
The Plot: Two best friends (Hudson and Hathaway) become rivals when a clerical error results in their respective weddings being held at the same place ... on the same day.
The Unborn (I'm looking forward to this. Actually looks scary)
Director: David S. Goyer
Stars: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet (Full Cast)
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Trailer
The Plot: Haunted by strange dreams and recurring ghostly visions, Casey Beldon (Yustman) turns to a spiritual advisor (Oldman) for help. Together, they learn that Casey had a twin brother who never made it to term, and that her intended sibling is tied to a curse that requires Casey's death in order to manifest itself in our world.
Not Easily Broken (I got nothin')
Director: Bill Duke
Stars: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Trailer
The Plot: A car accident threatens to sever the already fragile bond between Clarice Johnson (Henson) and her husband, Dave (Chestnut) -- especially when they both begin to develop feelings for other people.
____________________________________________________________________________
The Week of January 16th
My Bloody Valentine 3-D (Why wasn't this released in February?)
Director: Patrick Lussier
Stars: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith (Full Cast)
Studio: Lionsgate
Trailer & Review
The Plot: Tom (Ackles) returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. And when another horrific event occurs soon after Tom's appearance, he finds himself suspected of the deadly acts.
Notorious (Casting an unknown as Biggie? Ergh...)
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Stars: Jamal Woolard, Anthony Mackie, Derek Luke (Full Cast)
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Trailer
The Plot: A chronicle of Christopher Wallace's (Woolard) rise from the streets of Brooklyn to become Notorious B.I.G., one of biggest and best rappers of the 1990s, under the tutelage of mentor/producer Sean Combs (Luke)
Defiance (Man-crushing all up ins)
Director: Edward Zwick
Stars: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell (Full Cast)
Studio: Paramount Vantage
Trailer & Review
The Plot: In 1941, a group of Jewish brothers organize the largest armed rescue of Jews during the Holocaust.
Hotel for Dogs (Don Cheadle, noooo)
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Stars: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow (Full Cast)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Trailer
The Plot: Orphaned teens Andi (Roberts) and Bruce (Austin) are sent to live with their aunt, which is just fine with the kids until they meet a stray dog who needs their help. Since their aunt is allergic to dogs, the siblings decide to turn a nearby abandoned house into a canine hostel. But can they kept their secret under wraps as more and more four-legged guests arrive?
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (I am a security guard, so this movie looks hilarious)
Director: Steve Carr
Stars: Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Trailer
The Plot: When a shopping mall is overtaken by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to the a mild-mannered security guard (James) to save the day.
Gran Torino (Get off mah lawn)
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Clint Eastwood
Trailer & Review
The Plot: Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.
Last Chance Harvey
Director: Joel Hopkins
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson
Trailer & Review
Plot: In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.
____________________________________________________________________________
The Week of January 23rd
Inkheart (Looks fun & Andy Serkis is amazing)
Director: Iain Softley
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Trailer & Review
The Plot: A little girl (Bennett) rallies her friends -- both real and imaginary -- to rescue her father (Fraser), a bookbinder who can bring characters to life by reading aloud, from the clutches of an evil-doer (Serkis).
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Seems like it should be straight to DVD)
Director: Patrick Tatopoulos
Stars: Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy
Studio: Screen Gems
Trailer
The Plot: A look at how the werewolf named Lucian (Sheen) led an uprising against an aristocratic vampire sect -- a revolt that will mark the beginning of a centuries-old war between the two races.
Killshot (This movie has been slated for release 6 times over 3 years)
Director: John Madden
Stars: Thomas Jane, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Trailer
The Plot: A botched scam sends an old-school hitman (Rourke) and a young stick-up kid (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) on a mission to find and kill an innocent couple (Jane and Lane) in order to protect their identities.
Donkey Punch -Limited Release- (Best title, or bestest title)
Director: Oliver Blackburn
Actors: Robert Boulter, Sian Breckin
Trailer & Review
Plot: Things go drastically wrong for a group of British holidaymakers in Spain.
____________________________________________________________________________
The Week of January 30th
The Uninvited (This looks really bad)
Director: Charles Guard Thomas Guard
Stars: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
Trailer
The Plot: After her mother's death and her subsequent hospital stay, Anna Rydell (Browning) returns home to be with her sister (Krebbel) and her father (Strathairn), who has become engaged to Rachel (Banks), her mother's former nurse. During her first night back, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who reveals that the new woman in her father's life is not who she pretends to be, leading to a fateful confrontation between the women of the house.
Taken (Liam Neeson looks so badass in this)
Director: Pierre Morel
Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Trailer & Review
The Plot: A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his daughter (Grace), who was kidnapped by slave traders during her vacation in Paris.
New in Town (Eww, Zellweger...Yay, Fillion)
Director: Jonas Elmer
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., Nathan Fillion
Studio: Gold Circle Films
Trailer
The Plot: A Miami-based consultant (Zellweger) is shipped out to small-town Minnesota for her newest project: supervising the restructuring of a local manufacturing plant. After a frosty reception, she warms to the townspeople (and vice versa), though a tough business mandate causes her to reconsider her personal and professional objectives.
____________________________________________________________________________
Notable Movie News of December '08
Tron 2 gets a title and plot
Zombie to direct Halloween sequel
World War Z to start filming soon
Jurassic Park 4 isn't gonna happen
It seems Mickey Rourke doesn't want to be in Sin City 2
Cathrine Hardwicke fired from Twilight sequel
Kojima talks Metal Gear Solid - The Movie
The Crow nets itself a remake
Stephen Chow will not direct Green Hornet, hell, he may not even play Kato
Judge rules in Fox's favor over Watchmen lawsuit
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Also the security gaurd thing, I wish my job as a security gaurd had been that entertaining, my consisted of hanging out in the alley of a partially built apartment building in downtown Tacoma while watching crack heads periodically scale a car rentalot to shoot up. I also had a black guy strole up to my truck at three in the morning once under the presumption that I was a hooker, only to hightail it out of their when i found out I wasn't in fact a girl, I just had shaggy hair. Man good times.
Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
You could say I am looking forward to it
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A bunch of awesome Jews kicking German ass? Fuck yeah. The only thing that could make the movie better is more beards.
Really? The first time I saw the trailor for it, it just seemed like this faux at eastwood type films. Like its trying too hard to be "vintage" eastwood and instead just comes off as the lousy comeback.
Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
Also, spectre, The Unborn looks scary? Are you a 13 year old girl? :P
security guard excitement...
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer
Seriously though.
Fetus ghosts in general, are pretty scary.
I mean, disregarding the sheer, palpable terror of fetus ghosts, I guess I just can't watch trailers for big, modern horror movies without thinking about how they're all made for that intended audience. That, and seeing the same overdone scare techniques all the time has sucked all the scariness out of these movies for me.
Now, give me fetus zombies and we're talkin...
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer
Goofy exploitation/action movie with the casts of Xena and Hercules? Yes please.
I don't believe I've ever seen a dog with an upside-down head before.
I may see the Underworld film if it has decent reviews. There really isn't any films I'm dying to see till Watchmen.
I agree on both points.
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The Unborn looks good* and I like David Goyer.
I'll probably check out Gran Torino on video. Actually, who am I kidding? I probably won't make it to the theater to see any of these.
* It should be noted that it is insanely easy to make a horror movie look good in a trailer. It's pretty damn hard to make a horror movie good.
For some reason that I can't quite put my finger on, the premise reminds me of the movie {proof} with Gwenyth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Anthony Hopkins. I loved that movie and I thought it was underrated.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
The Wrestler, Revolutionary Road, The Reader (Isn't that suppose to be in here?) are ones I plan on seeing over the next few weeks
edit: nevermind, it had a limited release in early December
I could have sworn I read a corroborating article about the LA-on-the-15th release, but I'm not seeing anything now. I am now officially sad.
And I don't care how ridiculous it looks or how bad the effects are, it's got Kevin Sorbo as a hitman and Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor as nuns. I... just can't argue with that.
This looks great, and Killshot is at the very least worth a watch (Levitt has been crazy good the last few years).
I can wait for it all on DVD.
(I already saw Gran Torino, and it is awesome.)
It's supposed to be scary. Young pretty girls get on yacht with young handsome boys and then they do drugs and party and one apparently dies via donkey punch. via donkey punch. And then the boys want to cover up the murder and the girls want to get away and then there's chasing and violence etc.
DONKEY PUNCH
I wonder if they got donkeypunch.com
Really? I mean...really?
I mean maybe if it was a super-dark comedy like Very Bad Things, but come on.
Just saw this tonight and it is indeed awesome.
This movie is shaping up to be worse than the original Street Fighter.
It's very tongue in cheek and an overall odd film.
Also, Sam Jackson is awesome throughout.
The original Street Fighter is a goddamn masterpiece.