20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End ( 20-seiki shônen: Honkaku kagaku bôken eiga )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Actors: Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hidehiko Ishizuka, Takashi Ukaji
Amar a morir
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fernando Lebrija
Actors: José María de Tavira, Martina García, Alberto Estrella, Raúl Méndez, Mayra Serbulo, José Sefami
Better Things
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Duane Hopkins
Actors: Tara Ballard, Betty Bench, Frank Bench, Emma Cooper, Rachel McIntyre, Patricia Loveland
Plot: Heroin seeps through the empty lives of the kids in a rural Cotswold village in this quiet, desolate drama.
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stacy Peralta
Actors: Forest Whitaker
Dog Eat Dog ( Perro come perro )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carlos Moreno
Actors: Óscar Borda, Blas Jaramillo, Marlon Moreno, Paulina Rivas, Álvaro Rodríguez
Plot: In the crime world of Colombia, there is an unwritten code. When Víctor and Eusebio, two hoods who bungle a shake-down job, break that code, they unwittingly sign their own death sentence.
Donkey Punch
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oliver Blackburn
Actors: Robert Boulter, Sian Breckin, Tom Burke, Nichola Burley, Julian Morris, Jay Taylor
Plot: After meeting in a nightclub in the Mediterranea, a British group decides to continue the party aboard a yacht. After one of the group dies in a freak accident, the remaining are pitted against each other in a ruthless fight for survival.
Growing Out
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Graham Ratliff
Actors: Michael Hampton, Ryan Sterling, Devon Iott, Chase Hemphill, Ben Bowden, Bill Devlin
Hotel for Dogs
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Actors: Emma Roberts, Don Cheadle, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Jake T. Austin, Kyla Pratt
Plot: Two orphaned teens start to secretly take stray dogs to an abandoned hotel to care for them.
Ink
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jamin Winans
Actors: Christopher Soren Kelly, Quinn Hunchar, Jessica Duffy, Marty Lindsey, Shelby Malone, Troy Garner
Inkheart
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Iain Softley
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent
Plot: A man has a talent for bringing characters out of books into the real world, but must replace them with a person from the real-world. Ten years after trapping his wife and freeing three characters, including two villains, from Inkheart, he and his daughter seek to send them back but the villains have their own plans.
Killshot
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Madden
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Lois Smith, Don McManus
Plot: A woman and her husband are placed into the witness protection program after witnessing a crime. Thinking they are safe, they are soon targeted by an experienced hitman and an unbalanced young upstart.
The Lodger
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Ondaatje
Actors: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Donal Logue, Philip Baker Hall, Rachael Leigh Cook
Outlander
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Howard McCain
Actors: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Bailey Maughan
Plot: In the age of the Vikings, an alien man crash-lands on Earth along with a monstrous creature who destroyed his world. By fusing his technology with the Viking's, he hopes to stop beast before it can destroy the Earth as well.
Possession
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joel Bergvall
Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace, Michael Landes, Chelah Horsdal, William B. Davis, Paul Jarrett
Plot: A woman's life is thrown into turmoil when her husband and brother-in-law both wind in comas following a car accident. Things turn ever worse when her brother-in-law wakes up and claims he's her husband.
Taken
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Pierre Morel
Actors: Xander Berkeley, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser
Plot: An ex-CIA agent calls upon his skills when his estranged daughter is abducted by slave traders.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patrick Tatopoulos
Actors: Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Kevin Grevioux, Steven Mackintosh, Craig Parker
Plot: Prequel to the Underworld films, showing the relationship or the aristocratic vampires, the Death Dealers, and their Lycan slaves. A young Lycan will rally his werewolf kin and strike back against their cruel masters.
Bare Knuckles
Theatrical Release Date: 01/22/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Eric Etebari
Actors: Martin Kove, Jeanette Roxborough, Chris Mulkey, Teya Roxborough, Eric Etebari, Louis Mandylor
Marijuana Inc: Inside America's Pot Industry
Theatrical Release Date: 01/22/2009
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Trish Regan
Actors: Trish Regan
Wedding Song, The ( chant des mariées, Le )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/22/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Karin Albou
Actors: Lizzie Brocheré, Olympe Borval, Najib Oudghiri, Simon Abkarian, Karin Albou
Diamond 13 ( Diamant 13 )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/21/2009
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gilles Béhat
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Olivier Marchal, Asia Argento, Anne Coesens, Aïssa Maïga, Catherine Marchal
Of Time and the City
Theatrical Release Date: 01/21/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Terence Davies
Prayers for Bobby
Theatrical Release Date: 01/21/2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Ryan Kelley, Austin Nichols, Carly Schroeder, Dan Butler
UrFrenz
Theatrical Release Date: 01/21/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeff Phillips
Actors: Gayla Goehl, Lily Holleman, Michael Robert Kelly, Najarra Townsend, CaroleAnne Johnson, James Maslow
18 Year Old Virgin
Theatrical Release Date: 01/20/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tamara Olson
Actors: Olivia Alaina May, Lauren Walsh, Todd Leigh, Dustin Harnish, Karmen Morales, Daniel Sykes
Boogeyman 3
Theatrical Release Date: 01/20/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gary Jones
Actors: Erin Cahill, Charles Hittinger, Mimi Michaels, Matt Rippy, Nikki Sanderson, W.B. Alexander
Manure
Theatrical Release Date: 01/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Polish
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Téa Leoni, Mark Polish, Ed Helms, Kyle MacLachlan, Pruitt Taylor Vince
The Smell of Success
Theatrical Release Date: 01/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Polish
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Téa Leoni, Mark Polish, Ed Helms, Kyle MacLachlan, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Stingray Sam
Theatrical Release Date: 01/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cory McAbee
Actors: Ron Crawford, David Hyde Pierce, Cory McAbee, Michael De Nola, Robert Lurie, Caleb Scott
575 Castro St.
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jenni Olson
Actors: Harvey Milk
Plot: In a haunting recording, Harvey Milk discusses what to do in case he gets assassinated.
The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Russo
Actors: Marshall Allman, Melissa D. Brown, Russell Hodgkinson, Natasha Lyonne, Tania Raymonde, Tygh Runyan
mission, La
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Bratt
Actors: Benjamin Bratt, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Max Rosenak, Patrick Shining Elk, Tina Huang, Ruben Gonzalez
Once More with Feeling
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2009
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeff Lipsky
Actors: Drea de Matteo, Chazz Palminteri, Maria Tucci, Steven Maglio, Linda Fiorentino, Lauren Bittner
Plot: A successful psychiatrist Dr. Frank Gregorio (Chazz Palminteri) finds himself drifting back to the days when all he wanted in life was to become a professional singer. He begins to focus on his pursuing his personal dream oblivious to the fact that his eldest daughter Lana is struggling through her own life crisis as well.
Taking Chance
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ross Katz
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker, Guy Boyd, James Castanien
White Lightnin'
Theatrical Release Date: 01/19/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dominic Murphy
Actors: Edward Hogg, Stephanie Astalos-Jones, Kirk Bovill, Muse Watson, Carrie Fisher, Clay Steakley
Facing the Fat
Theatrical Release Date: 01/18/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenny Saylors
Actors: Kenny Saylors, Sonia Woodfield, L. Sullivan, Paul Allan Brunotto, Ata Servati, Jeremy Gilbreath
Graphic Sexual Horror
Theatrical Release Date: 01/18/2009
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Barbara Bell, Anna Lorentzon
Actors: Cyd Black, Barbara Nitke, Lorelei Lee, Claire Adams, Barry Goldman, Brent Scott
Son of the Sunshine
Theatrical Release Date: 01/18/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ryan Ward
Actors: Ryan Ward, Rebecca McMahon, Shantelle Canzanese, JoAnn Nordstrom, Steven L. Bird, Jordan Duarte
Spooner
Theatrical Release Date: 01/18/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Drake Doremus
Actors: Matthew Lillard, Nora Zehetner, Shea Whigham, Pat Healy, Joe Nunez, Wendi McLendon-Covey
Barking Water
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/2009
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sterlin Harjo
Actors: Casey Camp-Horinek, Richard Ray Whitman, Jon Proudstar, Aaron Riggs, Marcus Frejo, Laura Spencer
Grotesque ( Gurotesuku )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kôji Shiraishi
Actors: Tsugumi Nagasawa, Hiroaki Kawatsure, Shigeo Ôsako
Queen and I, The ( Drottningen och jag )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nahid Persson
Actors: Empress Farah, Zinat S. Lloyd, Nahid Persson
A Quiet Little Marriage
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mo Perkins
Actors: Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Cy Carter, Jimmi Simpson, Michael O'Neill, Charlie Day, Melanie Lynskey
The Vicious Kind
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/2009
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Actors: Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, Alex Frost, J.K. Simmons, Vittorio Brahm, Bill Buell
