Mo Folchart possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when Mo accidentally brings a power-hungry villain from a rare children's fable to life, the villain kidnaps Mo's daughter and demands Mo bring other evil fictional characters to life. In an attempt to rescue his daughter, Mo assembles a disparate group of friends --both real and magic--and embarks on a journey to save her and set things right.
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| Also Known As: | Tintenherz |
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| Production Status: | Released |
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| Genres: | Action/Adventure, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: | 1 hr. 43 min. |
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| Release Date: | January 23rd, 2009 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: | PG for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language. |
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| Distributors: | New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution |
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| Production Co.: | Chicken House Publishing Ltd |
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| Studios: | New Line Cinema |
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| U.S. Box Office: | $14,885,535 |
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| Filming Locations: | Italy Shepperton, United Kingdom |
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| Produced in: | Germany |
Liv and Emma are best friends who since childhood have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal "must have" list: a ceremony at New York's ultimate bridal destination, the Plaza Hotel. Now, at age 26, they're both about to get married; they're about to realize their dreams; and they're about to live happily ever after. Or maybe not. When a clerical error causes a clash in wedding dates--they're now to be married on the same date!--Liv, Emma and their lifelong friendship are put to the ultimate test. Liv, a successful lawyer who is used to getting what she wants, including the perfect job and the perfect man, won't settle for anything less than the perfect wedding she has dreamed of for years. Emma, a schoolteacher who has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking after herself, discovers her inner Bridezilla and comes out swinging when her own dream wedding is imperiled. Now, the two best friends who'd do anything for each other find themselves in a no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners struggle that threatens to erupt into all-out war.
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| Production Status: | Released |
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| Genres: | Comedy |
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| Running Time: | 1 hr. 30 min. |
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| Release Date: | January 9th, 2009 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: | PG for suggestive content, language and some rude behavior. |
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| Distributors: | 20th Century Fox Distribution |
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| Production Co.: | New Regency Productions, Firm Films, Dune Entertainment, Riche Productions |
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| Studios: | Regency Enterprises, Fox 2000 |
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| U.S. Box Office: | $56,244,349 |
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| Filming Locations: | Boston, Massachusetts USA Boston, Massachusetts, USA New York, New York USA New York City, New York, USA |
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| Produced in: | United States |
Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a 1980s-era pro wrestler, has become a burnt-out shell of his former self. After he has a heart attack during a small-time match, a doctor tells him he could die if he fights again. In an effort to build a new life, Robinson takes a job at a deli, moves in with an aging stripper and tries to build a relationship with her son. But the prospect of a rematch with his old nemesis, the Ayatollah, proves too tempting to resist, even if it means risking his life.
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| Production Status: | Released |
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| Genres: | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama and Sports |
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| Running Time: | 1 hr. 45 min. |
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| Release Date: | December 17th, 2008 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: | R for violence, sexuality/nudity, language, some drug use. |
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| Distributors: | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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| Production Co.: | Protozoa Pictures, Saturn Films, Wild Bunch |
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| Financiers: | Winchester Capital Partners |
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| U.S. Box Office: | $16,170,788 |
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| Filming Locations: | New Jersey, United States New Jersey, USA |
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| Produced in: | United States |
Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. Then, exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day, Harry Warden woke up--and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed. Ten years later, Tom Hanniger returns to Harmony on Valentine's Day, still haunted by the deaths he caused. Struggling to make amends with his past, he grapples with unresolved feelings for his ex-girlfriend Sarah, who is now married to his best friend Axel, the town sheriff. But tonight, after years of peace, something from Harmony's dark past has returned. Wearing a miner's mask and armed with a pickaxe, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. And as his footsteps come ever closer, Tom, Sarah and Axel realize in terror it just might be Harry Warden who's come back to claim them.
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| Also Known As: | My Bloody Valentine 3-D My Bloody Valentine 3D |
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| Production Status: | Released |
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| Genres: | Suspense/Horror and Remake |
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| Running Time: | 1 hr. 41 min. |
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| Release Date: | January 16th, 2009 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: | R for graphic brutal horror violence and grisly images throughout, some strong sexuality, graphic nudity and language. |
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| Distributors: | Lionsgate |
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| Studios: | Lionsgate |
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| U.S. Box Office: | $48,182,383 |
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| Filming Locations: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Produced in: | United States |
When he falls ill on his way home from school, 15 year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. The two begin an unexpected and passionate affair only for Hanna to suddenly and inexplicably disappear. Eight years later, Michael, now a young law student observing Nazi war trials, meets his former lover again, under very different circumstances. Hanna is on trial for a hideous crime, and as she refuses to defend herself, Michael gradually realizes his boyhood love may be guarding a secret she considers to be more shameful than murder.
| | Production Status: | Released | | | Genres: | Drama, Romance and Adaptation | | | Running Time: | 2 hr. 2 min. | | | Release Date: | December 12th, 2008 (limited) | | | MPAA Rating: | R for some scenes of sexuality and nudity. | | | Distributors: | The Weinstein Company | | | Production Co.: | Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH | | | Studios: | The Weinstein Company | | | Financiers: | FFA Filmfoerderungsanstalt, Deutscher Filmfoerderfonds (DFFF) | | | U.S. Box Office: | $16,033,070 | | | Filming Locations: | Berlin, Germany | | | Produced in: | Germany | |
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Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man, moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents, Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle, a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in Leonard's staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family's dry-cleaning business. Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision - between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love - or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him.
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| Also Known As: | 2 Lovers |
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| Production Status: | In Production/Awaiting Release |
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| Logline: | A Brooklyn man is torn between a family friend his parents wish he would marry and the beautiful but volatile new neighbor with whom he falls in love. |
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| Genres: | Drama and Romance |
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| Running Time: | 1 hr. 48 min. |
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| Release Date: | February 13th, 2009 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: | R for language, some sexuality and brief drug use. |
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| Distributors: | Magnolia Pictures |
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| Production Co.: | 2929 Productions, Wild Bunch, Tempesta Films |
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| Filming Locations: | New York, USA New York, USA New Jersey, USA New Jersey, USA |
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| Produced in: | United States |
Searching for his missing sister, Clay Miller heads up to the eerie woods of legendary Crystal Lake, where he stumbles on the creaky remains of rotting old cabins behind moss-covered trees. And that's not the only thing lying in wait under the brush. Against the advice of police and cautions from the locals, Clay pursues what few leads he has in the search for his missing sister, Whitney, with the help of Jenna, a young woman he meets among a group of college kids up for an all-thrills weekend. But they are all about to find much more than they bargained for. Little do they know, they've entered the domain of one of the most terrifying specters in American film history -- the infamous killer who haunts Crystal Lake, armed with a razor-sharp machete... Jason Voorhees.
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| Production Status: | In Production/Awaiting Release |
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| Genres: | Suspense/Horror and Remake |
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| Running Time: | 1 hr. 35 min. |
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| Release Date: | February 13th, 2009 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: | R for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, language and drug material. |
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| Distributors: | Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution |
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| Production Co.: | Platinum Dunes, MTV Films |
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| Studios: | New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures |
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| Filming Locations: | Austin, Texas USA |
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| Produced in: | United States |
A Miami businesswoman is transferred to rural Minnesota, and while she is there she re-evaluates her big-city values.
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| Also Known As: | 32 and Single Chilled in Miami Thirty Two and Single |
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| Production Status: | Released |
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| Genres: | Comedy |
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| Running Time: | 1 hr. 36 min. |
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| Release Date: | January 30th, 2009 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: | PG for language and some suggestive material. |
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| Distributors: | Lionsgate |
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| Production Co.: | Gold Circle Films, Epidemic Pictures and Management, Inc., The Safran Company, Edmonds Entertainment |
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| Studios: | Universal Pictures |
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| Financiers: | Gold Circle Films |
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| U.S. Box Office: | $11,856,481 |
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| Filming Locations: | Miami, Florida USA Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada |
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| Produced in: | United States |
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth -- then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability of the entire world.
| | Genres: | Action/Adventure, Thriller and Mystery | | | Release Date: | February 27th, 2009 (limited) | | | MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some sexuality and brief language. | | | Distributors: | After Dark Entertainment | |
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The US offers hope--but that often comes at a price. Many can earn citizenship legally through a lengthy bureaucratic process, but others find themselves out of luck in a country where virtually anything can be bought. Sex, violence and betrayal become their currency. Some wait in line for permission to enter the U.S. while others take matters into their own hands. Working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles, Max Brogan is an agent sworn to protect our borders, he deals with the thousands that try to cross over into the US in search of a better life. The lives of Brogan, his ICE partner, Hamid, immigration defense attorney, Baraheri Denise Frankel, and her husband, Cole Frankel, intersect, by necessity, accident or fate, with Mexican factory worker Mireya Sanchez; Hamid Baraheri’s sister Zahra; young Bangladeshi Taslima Jahangir; British musician Gavin Kossef; Australian actress Claire Shepard; and Korean teen Yong Kim. Each has a different struggle: a single mother deported without her child; a high school girl whose provocative essay draws FBI attention; an actress who willingly prostitutes herself to earn her green card; a struggling musician trying to build a career while working his day job; and finally, a Korean teen caught between two worlds, while his family is desperate to naturalize.
| | Production Status: | In Production/Awaiting Release | | | Genres: | Drama | | | Running Time: | 1 hr. 53 min. | | | Release Date: | February 27th, 2009 (limited) | | | MPAA Rating: | R for pervasive language, some strong violence and sexuality/nudity. | | | Distributors: | The Weinstein Company | | | Production Co.: | Kennedy/Marshall Company | | | Filming Locations: | Los Angeles, California, USA Los Angeles, California, USA | | | Produced in: | United States | |
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When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce's talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday--and eventually for all Friday's friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering "who let the dogs in."
| | Production Status: | Released | | | Logline: | A teen secretly fills a vacant house with stray dogs after she moves in with her fastidious aunt and has to leave behind the dog who's her best friend. | | | Genres: | Comedy, Kids/Family and Adaptation | | | Running Time: | 1 hr. 40 min. | | | Release Date: | January 16th, 2009 (wide) | | | MPAA Rating: | PG for brief mild thematic elements, language and some crude humor. | | | Distributors: | DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures | | | Production Co.: | Donners Company, Nickelodeon Movies, The Montecito Picture Company | | | Studios: | DreamWorks | | | U.S. Box Office: | $55,125,062 | | | Filming Locations: | Los Angeles, California, United States | | | Produced in: | United States | |
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Filmmaker Morgan Dews was very close to his grandmother Allis, but it wasn't until after her death in 2001 that he became aware of an astounding archive she'd amassed throughout the 1960s. Filled with startlingly intimate and candid audio recordings detailing her family's increasingly turbulent lives, the collection also contained hundreds of silent home movies, photographs and written journals. Using only these found materials, Dews has fashioned a searing family portrait that affords fly-on-the-wall access to one family's struggles amid an America on the verge of dramatic transformation. Must Read After My Death follows Allis, her husband Charley and their four children in Hartford, Connecticut. Charley's work takes him to Australia four months each year, so the couple purchases Dictaphone recorders as a way to stay in touch throughout Charlie's extended absences. A modern woman at least a decade ahead of her time, Allis struggles against conformity --against the conventional roles of wife and mother. She finds the recordings cathartic and, with the family's cooperation, incorporates them into their everyday existence. When the family turns to psychologists and psychiatrists, their strife increases and the recordings turn progressively darker -- even desperate. All the while, Dews employs the family's many home movies and the seemingly placid, typically American facade that they convey, as visual counterpoint to the raw and sobering tape recordings.
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| Production Status: | In Production/Awaiting Release |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
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| Running Time: | 1 hr. 16 min. |
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| Release Date: | February 20th, 2009 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
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| Distributors: | Gigantic Pictures |
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| Produced in: | United States |
PUSH
11:42 AM
| Author:
Game Online
The Division, a shadowy government agency, is genetically transforming citizens into an army of psychic warriors--and brutally disposing of those unwilling to participate. Nick Gant, a second-generation telekinetic or "mover," has been in hiding since the Division murdered his father more than a decade earlier. He has found sanctuary in densely populated Hong Kong--the last safe place on earth for fugitive psychics like him--but only if he can keep his gift a secret. Nick is forced out of hiding when Cassie Holmes, a 13-year-old clairvoyant or "watcher," seeks his help in finding Kira, an escaped "pusher" who may hold the key to ending the Division's program. Pushers possess the most dangerous of all psychic powers: the ability to influence others' actions by implanting thoughts in their minds. But Cassie's presence soon attracts the attention of the Division's human bloodhounds, forcing Nick and Cassie to flee for their lives. With the help of a team of rogue psychics, the unlikely duo traverses the seedy underbelly of the city, trying to stay one step ahead of the authorities as they search for Kira. But they find themselves square in the crosshairs of Division Agent Henry Carver, a pusher who will stop at nothing to keep them from achieving their goal.
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| Production Status: | Released |
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| Logline: | A group of young American expats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities hide from a U.S. government agency in Hong Kong, using their different talents to band together for a final job to escape the agency forever. |
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| Genres: | Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller |
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| Running Time: | 2 hrs. 1 min. |
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| Release Date: | February 6th, 2009 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, brief strong language, smoking a scene of teen drinking. |
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| Distributors: | Summit Entertainment, LLC |
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| Production Co.: | Infinity Media, Inc., Icon Productions, Infinity Features |
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| Financiers: | Co-Financier: Summit Entertainment, LLC, Icon Entertainment International |
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| U.S. Box Office: | $10,079,109 |
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| Filming Locations: | Hong Kong |
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| Produced in: | United States |
Chronicles Project Runway's season one winner, Jay McCarroll, as he frantically scrambles to produce Transit, a collection of transportation-inspired clothing for New York's spring 2007 Fashion Week.
| | Also Known As: | 11 Minutes | | | Production Status: | In Production/Awaiting Release | | | Genres: | Documentary | | | Running Time: | 1 hr. 48 min. | | | Release Date: | February 20th, 2009 (limited) | | | MPAA Rating: | R for language. | | | Distributors: | Regent Releasing | | | Production Co.: | Maximum Vacuum, Zero Point Zero Productions, Inc. | | | Filming Locations: | New York City, New York, USA | | | Produced in: | United States | |
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A single, suburban dad tries to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. It's a job he takes very seriously, though no one else does. When Santa's helpers at the mall stage a coup, shutting down the megaplex and taking hostages (Paul's daughter and sweetheart among them), Jersey's most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day.
| | Also Known As: | Mall Cop Mall Cop (Sony) Untitled (Columbia Pictures/Kevin James Comedy) | | | Production Status: | Released | | | Genres: | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids/Family and Crime/Gangster | | | Running Time: | 1 hr. 31 min. | | | Release Date: | January 16th, 2009 (wide) | | | MPAA Rating: | PG for some violence, mild crude and suggestive humor, and language. | | | Distributors: | Sony Pictures Releasing | | | Production Co.: | Happy Madison Productions, Relativity Media | | | Studios: | Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group | | | U.S. Box Office: | $96,886,687 | | | Filming Locations: | Massachusetts, USA | | | Produced in: | United States | |
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When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts.
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| Production Status: | Released |
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| Genres: | Comedy, Thriller and Sequel |
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| Running Time: | 1 hr. 32 min. |
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| Release Date: | February 6th, 2009 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: | PG for some suggestive humor, brief mild language and action. |
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| Distributors: | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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| Production Co.: | Robert Simonds Company |
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| Studios: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group |
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| U.S. Box Office: | $11,588,150 |
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| Filming Locations: | Boston, Massachusetts USA Paris, France |
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| Produced in: | United States |
After a high-speed freeway chase puts Madea in front of the judge, her reprieve is short-lived as anger management issues get the best of her and land her in jail. A gleeful Joe couldn't be happier at Madea's misfortune. But Madea's eccentric family members the Browns rally behind her, lending their special "country" brand of support. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Hardaway is on the fast track to career success. But Hardaway lands a case too personal to handle - defending young prostitute and former drug addict Candace Washington - and asks his fiancée and fellow ADA Linda Holmes to fill in on his behalf. When Candace ends up in jail, Madea befriends the young woman, protecting her in a "motherly" way as only Madea can.
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| Also Known As: | Madea Goes to Jail |
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| Production Status: | In Production/Awaiting Release |
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| Genres: | Comedy and Adaptation |
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| Release Date: | February 20th, 2009 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for mature thematic material, drug content, some violence and sexual situations. |
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| Distributors: | Lionsgate |
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| Production Co.: | The Tyler Perry Company |
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| Studios: | Lionsgate |
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| Filming Locations: | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
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| Produced in: | United States |
TAKEN
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| Author:
Game Online
Former government operative Bryan Mills begins the longest 96-hours of his life--and the hunt for the fearsome organization that has taken his daughter Kim. Mills had only recently given up his government career as what he calls a “preventer†to be near Kim, who lives with Bryan’s ex-wife Lenore and her new husband. To make ends meet, Bryan joins some former colleagues for special security details (like guarding a pop diva), but most of his time and energy are spent re-connecting with Kim. Bryan’s familial goal is nearly derailed when Kim requests his permission to spend time in Paris with a friend. All too aware of the dangers that could lie ahead for Kim in a foreign land, Bryan says no, but Kim’s disappointment leads him to very reluctantly relent. Bryan’s worst fears are realized when Kim and her friend Amanda are suddenly abducted--in broad daylight--from the Paris apartment at which they’ve just arrived. Moments before Kim is dragged away by the as yet unseen and unknown assailants, she manages to phone Bryan, who begins to expertly piece together clues that will take him to the darkness of Paris’s underworld, and to the City of Light’s plushest mansions. He will face nightmares worse than anything he experienced in black ops--and let nothing and no one stop him from saving his daughter.
| | Production Status: | Released | | | Genres: | Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign, Drama and Thriller | | | Running Time: | 1 hr. 34 min. | | | Release Date: | January 30th, 2009 (wide) | | | MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language. | | | Distributors: | 20th Century Fox Distribution | | | Production Co.: | EuropaCorp, M6 Films, Grive Productions | | | Financiers: | Studio Canal, TPS Star | | | U.S. Box Office: | $53,610,944 | | | Filming Locations: | Paris, France | | | Produced in: | France | |
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Mo Folchart possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when Mo accidentally brings a power-hungry villain from a rare children's fable to life, the villain kidnaps Mo's daughter and demands Mo bring other evil fictional characters to life. In an attempt to rescue his daughter, Mo assembles a disparate group of friends --both real and magic--and embarks on a journey to save her and set things right. 
