Bab'aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nacer Khemir
Actors: Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Hossein Panahi, Golshifteh Farahani, Nessim Khaloul, Mohamed Graïaa
Band's Visit, The ( Bikur Ha-Tizmoret )
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eran Kolirin
Actors: Saleh Bakri, Shlomi Avraham, Uri Gavriel, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai, Khalifa Natour
Plot: A police orchestra from Egypt is stranded in a small town in Israel. Despite their differences, the locals and the band realize they have far more in common in this Wes Anderson-esque portrait of laughter, language barriers and loneliness.
Chocolate
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Thai
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Actors: JeeJa Yanin, Hiroshi Abe, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Taphon Phopwandee, Ammara Siripong, Dechawut Chuntakaro
Fool's Gold
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andy Tennant
Actors: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner, Roger Sciberras, Alexis Dziena
Plot: A struggling couple discover clues to a possible buried treasure, which
spurs more romance and a new adventurous life.
The Hottie and the Nottie
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 0.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tom Putnam
Actors: Christine Lakin, Joel Moore, Paris Hilton, Johann Urb, Adam Kulbersh, The Greg Wilson
In Bruges
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin McDonagh
Actors: Rudy Blomme, Olivier Bonjour, Mark Donovan, Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson
Plot: Two hitmen find themselves living in Bruges, Belgium where they disagree on life's final consequences: death and happiness.
London to Brighton
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Actors: Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris, Nathan Constance, Sam Spruell, Alexander Morton
Plot: Kelly (Lorraine Stanley), a desperate prostitute, is bullied by her pimp into finding an underage girl for the sadistic pleasure of a ruthless mobster. She discovers Joanne (Georgia Groome), a 12-year-old runaway, who naively complies. But when the pedophile turns violent, Kelly intervenes and everything goes horribly wrong.
Lying
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: M. Blash
Actors: Chloë Sevigny, Jena Malone, Maya Goldsmith, Halley Wegryn Gross, Leelee Sobieski, Henry Gummer
The Ramen Girl
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman
Actors: Brittany Murphy, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tammy Blanchard, Sohee Park, Kimiko Yo, Renji Ishibashi
Plot: A girl goes to Japan and decides to learn how to cook ramen.
Spiral
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Adam Green, Joel Moore
Actors: Joel Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Zachary Levi, Tricia Helfer, David Muller, Annie Neal
Plot: A reclusive telemarketer's dysfunctional friendship with his boss is alleviated when a whimsical co-worker enters his life. But as he begins to sketch his new friend''s portrait, disturbing feelings from his past threaten to lead him down a path of destruction.
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Actors: Martin Lawrence, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Cedric the Entertainer, Joy Bryant
Plot: An L.A. talk show host takes it upon himself to head back down south, to the place where he grew up to find things have changed and so has his life. Comedy.
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ari Sandel
Actors: Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Peter Billingsley, Justin Long, Dwight Yoakam, Ahmed Ahmed
You the Living ( Du levande )
Theatrical Release Date: 02/08/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roy Andersson
Actors: Jessika Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Björn Englund, Leif Larsson, Olle Olson, Birgitta Persson
Kung Fu Dunk ( Gong fu guan lan )
Theatrical Release Date: 02/07/2008
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yen-ping Chu
Actors: Jay Chou, Eric Tsang, Gang Wang, Charlene Choi, Bo-lin Chen, Chu-he Chen
Plot: Tells the story of a Chinese basketball star with Kung Fu skills.
The Vanguard
Theatrical Release Date: 02/07/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matthew Hope
Actors: Karen Admiraal, Jack Bailey, Ray Bullock Jr., Emma Choy, Steve Weston, Christopher Hatherall
Prom Night in Mississippi
Theatrical Release Date: 02/06/2008
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Saltzman
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Chasidy Buckley, Jessica Shivers, Bucky Smith
Killer Pad
Theatrical Release Date: 02/05/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Englund
Actors: Daniel Franzese, Eric Jungmann, Shane McRae, Emily Foxler, Jeff Bryan Davis, Corri English
Plot: Three friends use money from an insurance claim to move out of their parents' homes. They score a place in the Hollywood Hills and refuse to believe that the house has a dark history.
Snow Buddies
Theatrical Release Date: 02/05/2008
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Vince
Actors: James Belushi, Jimmy Bennett, Whoopi Goldberg, John Kapelos, Tom Everett Scott, Molly Shannon
Plot: Our group of intrepid talking puppies find themselves on another adventure when they wind up in the arctic and find themselves on a dogsled team.
Duck
Theatrical Release Date: 02/04/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicole Bettauer
Actors: Philip Baker Hall, Carol Mansell, Larry Cedar, Starletta DuPois, Noel Gugliemi, Gary Kasper
Plot: A lonely man finds and bonds with a duck
The Man Who Came Back
Theatrical Release Date: 02/02/2008
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Glen Pitre
Actors: Eric Braeden, Billy Zane, Carol Alt, James Patrick Stuart, Sean Young, George Kennedy
Plot: A tale of revenge set against the backdrop of a violent labor strike in 1870.
