151. Grey Gardens
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Sucsy
Actors: Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Daniel Baldwin, Arye Gross, Justin Louis
Plot: HBO Films presents a movie based on the two Edith Beales, relatives of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, and the creation of the 1975 documentary that featured their lives. Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore play the mother-daughter duo.
152. The Great Buck Howard
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sean McGinly
Actors: Colin Hanks, B.J. Hendricks, John Malkovich, Griffin Dunne, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks
Plot: A young, law-school dropout answers an ad to become an assistant and finds himself at the whim of a failing magician trying to stage the comeback of a lifetime.
153. Dead Snow ( Død snø )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Actors: Charlotte Frogner, Ørjan Gamst, Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel, Jeppe Laursen, Evy Kasseth Røsten
Plot: Evil Dead meets Shaun of the Dead. Young adults looking for fun in the snow find zombie Nazis instead. Zombie killing and typical humorous punchlines ensue.
154. Pandorum
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christian Alvart
Actors: Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Norman Reedus, Cung Le
Plot: Two astronauts wake up in a seemingly abandoned spacecraft with no idea where they are or what they're doing. After exploring they realize they are not alone and soon learn their situation may save or destroy mankind.
155. The Lovely Bones
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli
Plot: Based on the novel by Alice Sebold - When Susie Salmon is murdered, she watches from heaven as her family deals with the tragedy and their interactions with police, friends and even her own murderer.
156. Doghouse
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jake West
Actors: Danny Dyer, Stephen Graham, Noel Clarke, Terry Stone, Christina Cole, Lee Ingleby
Plot: Trying to bring their friend out a funk following his divorce, the group heads to a town to get really drunk. It's really too bad for them that a virus has turned all the women into men-hating, psychotic cannibals intent on ripping them apart.
157. The Ugly Truth
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Luketic
Actors: Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, Cheryl Hines, Bonnie Somerville, Vicki Lewis, Eric Winter
Plot: Abby Richter is a morning show producer looking for the perfect man. Mike Alexander is a chauvinistic personality on the show. When the higher-ups decide to team the two up to test theories on relationships, an unlikely truth will be revealed.
158. 2012
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Thomas McCarthy
Plot: Scholars and everyday people have long wondered why the Mayan calendar suddenly ends on 12/21/12. Director Roland Emmerich imagines a world torn apart by global catastrophe - earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis - and a group of people who dare to survive and try to stop the events before they wipe out all of humanity.
159. Ong bak 2
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Thai
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Jaa
Actors: Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nirut Sirichanya, Santisuk Promsiri, Primorata Dejudom
Plot: Tony Jaa returns in this epic story. Tien (Tony) is kidnapped from his family and raised by Pha Beek Krut (pirates). Cher Nung the pirate leader teaches Tien how to become a pirate. Once Tien has proven his physical and mental prowess, Cher Nung hands over the leadership of the clan. Tien now must embark on his mission to track down Lord Rajasena and bring his family's honor to justice.
If you have never seen a Tony Jaa movie before, you will be in for a real treat. His fight scenes are so action packed that you wont have time to drop your jaw! The final battle will rival the Tony's "bonebreaking" scene from Tom-Yum-Goong (The Protector).
160. Everybody's Fine
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kirk Jones
Actors: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell, Katherine Moennig, Melissa Leo
Plot: After his wife dies, a widower realizes she was the only connection to his family. He decides to go on a cross-country trip in order to connect with each of his adult children.
