Battle for Terra
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Aristomenis Tsirbas
Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Brian Cox, Luke Wilson, David Cross, Justin Long, Chris Evans
Plot: The last remnants of Earth have depleted the resources of yet another planet and now set their sites on the peaceful world of Terra. When a human pilot crash lands, a rebellious Terrian teenager rescues him and forges a friendship. Working together, they form a plan to save both the human race and the planet.
Be Calm and Count to Seven ( Aram bash va ta hatf beshmar )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ramtin Lavafipour
Actors: Omid Abdollahi, Hedayat Hashemi
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Michael Douglas, Orlando Jones, Tony Bentley, Juli Erickson, David Jensen, Amber Tamblyn
Plot: A high-profile criminal lawyer finds his bid for the governorship in jeopardy when an ambitious rookie journalist begins suspecting him of tampering with evidence in order to secure his many convictions.
Blind Revenge ( Closed Book, A )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Actors: Tom Conti, Daryl Hannah, Miriam Margolyes, Elaine Paige, Simon MacCorkindale, Matt Kaufman
Break
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marc Clebanoff
Actors: Frank Krueger, Sarah Thompson, Chad Everett, Mackenzie Firgens, Michael Madsen, David Carradine
Eldorado
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bouli Lanners
Actors: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Françoise Chichéry, Stefan Liberski
Plot: Two unlikely characters are brought together under equally unlikely circumstances.
Escape, The ( Flugten )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kathrine Windfeld
Actors: Iben Hjejle, Lars Mikkelsen, Faegh Zamani, Henrik Prip, Sonja Richter, Vibeke Hastrup
Plot: A Danish journalist helps the young man that saved her when she was kidnapped in
Afghanistan.
A Fork in the Road
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jim Kouf
Actors: Jaime King, Daniel Roebuck, Josh Cooke, Silas Weir Mitchell, Rick Overton, William Russ
Frankenhood
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Blaxwell Smart
Actors: DeRay Davis, Charles Q. Murphy, J.B. Smoove, Angell Conwell, Drew Sidora, Jasper Redd
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert, Emma Stone, Christina Milian, Michael Douglas
Plot: A life-long bachelor who has no compulsion against using women, Connor Mead is a real buzz-kill at his younger brother Paul's wedding. On the verge of ruining the event, he is visited by his jilted exes and taken on a journey of self-discovery,
Home (2009/I)
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ursula Meier
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet, Adélaïde Leroux, Madeleine Budd, Kacey Mottet Klein, Renaud Rivier
Plot: A rural family finds their idyllic life in jeopardy when a major highway is constructed nearby.
Involuntary ( De ofrivilliga )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ruben Östlund
Actors: Villmar Björkman, Linnea Cart-Lamy, Leif Edlund, Sara Eriksson, Lola Ewerlund, Olle Liljas
The Last Lullaby
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeffrey Goodman
Actors: Tom Sizemore, Sasha Alexander, Sprague Grayden, Bill Smitrovich, Ray McKinnon, Omid Abtahi
The Limits of Control
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Actors: Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, John Hurt, Gael García Bernal, Paz de la Huerta, Hiam Abbass
The Merry Gentleman
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Keaton
Actors: Michael Keaton, Kelly Macdonald, Bobby Cannavale, Darlene Hunt, Guy Van Swearingen , William Dick
Plot: Two lonely souls, a man and a woman, form a friendship in Chicago. In mutual silence, their friendship soon becomes necessary for survival. Each will have to face who they truly are, no matter how painful it will be.
Newcastle
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dan Castle
Actors: Lachlan Buchanan, Xavier Samuel, Reshad Strik, Kirk Jenkins, Anthony Hayes, Shane Jacobson
Nine Miles Down
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Waller
Actors: Adrian Paul, Kate Nauta, Meredith Ostrom, Amanda Douge, Anthony Waller, Arcadiy Golubovich
Office of the Dead
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matthew Chung
Actors: Teddy Chen Culver, Christina July Kim, Shawn Parikh, Robbie Daymond, Jani Blom, Amelia Meyers
Plot: A company working on a program to make people happy, conducts experiments that instead turn people in the office into zombies.
Other Bank, The ( Gagma napiri )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Ovashvili
Actors: Tedo Bekhauri, Sopho Gvritishvili, Tamar Meskhi, Nika Alajajev, Berdia Inckirveli, Archil Tabukashvili
Penance
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 1.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jake Kennedy
Actors: Marieh Delfino, Graham McTavish, Alice Amter, Jason Connery, Valorie Hubbard, Michael Rooker
PoliWood
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Sting, Annette Bening, Alan Cumming, Anne Hathaway
Revanche
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Götz Spielmann
Actors: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss, Johannes Thanheiser, Hanno Pöschl
Plot: Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Shank
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Simon Pearce
Actors: Wayne Virgo, Marc Laurent, Alice Payne, Tom Bott, Garry Summers, Bernie Hodges
The Skeptic
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tennyson Bardwell
Actors: Tim Daly, Tom Arnold, Zoe Saldana, Andrea Roth, Edward Herrmann, Robert Prosky
Steam Experiment, The ( Chaos Experiment, The )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Philippe Martinez
Actors: Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts, Megan Brown, Patrick Muldoon, Eve Mauro
Plot: A scientist (Val Kilmer) shows up at a newspaper and demands to speak to the chief editor. He wants to get his thesis about global warming printed, and he tells the chief editor about an experiment he has running as they speak to prove his theory: six people are locked in a steam room and will die in two hours.
Three Monkeys ( Üç maymun )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Turkish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Actors: Yavuz Bingol, Hatice Aslan, Rifat Sungar, Ercan Kesal, Cafer Köse, Gürkan Aydin
Plot: A family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to to get through their hardships.
The Tournament
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Scott Mann
Actors: Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu, Ving Rhames, Ian Somerhalder, Sebastien Foucan, Liam Cunningham
Plot: Every seven years the world's 30 deadliest assassins converge on an unsuspecting town for a battle royale worth $10 million and the right to call themselves the #1 assassin in the world... and command a high premium.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Theatrical Release Date: 05/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will i Am, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch
Plot: Before the events of X-Men, the life of Wolverine intertwines romance and violence. Seeking revenge, he joins the Weapon X program in order to track down Victor Creed (Sabertooth) and meets many mutants, some familiar, some new, along the way.
The Lionshare
Theatrical Release Date: 04/30/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joshua Bernhard
Actors: Nell Becker, Jonathan Hansen, Jessi Kneeland, Michael Pantozzi, Bracey Smith
Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry
Theatrical Release Date: 04/30/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Grecco
Actors: Joanna Angel, Jenna Jameson, Jesse Jane, Sunny Lane
Phantom Pain ( Phantomschmerz )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/30/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matthias Emcke
Actors: Til Schweiger, Jana Pallaske, Stipe Erceg, Luna Schweiger, Alwara Höfels, Ellenie Salvo González
Blood ( Buraddo )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/29/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ten Shimoyama
Actors: Aya Sugimoto, Guts Ishimatsu, Jun Kaname, Satoshi Matsuda, Hidejiro Mizumoto, Yuri Morishita
A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home
Theatrical Release Date: 04/29/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joshua Grossberg
Actors: Dan Sheffer, Edwin Pierre, Cynthia Pierre
Forgotten Ones, The ( After Dusk They Come )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/29/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jorg Ihle
Actors: Jewel Staite, Justin Baldoni, Marc Bacher, Nikki Griffin, Kellan Lutz, Helena Barrett
Romaine, 30 Below ( Romaine par moins 30 )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/29/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Agnès Obadia
Actors: Sandrine Kiberlain, Pascal Elbé, Elina Löwensohn, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Louis Morissette, Maxim Roy
Salamander
Theatrical Release Date: 04/29/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jen Heck
Actors: Mae Roney, Mackenzie Lesser-Roy, Simon Pincus, Carson Harold, David Alan Basche, Heather Vincequere
Plot: A young girl is left vulnerable after beginning to experience feelings she is unfamiliar with
towards an ex-friend.
Legally Blondes
Theatrical Release Date: 04/28/2009
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Actors: Camilla Rosso, Rebecca Rosso, Chloe Bridges, Chad Broskey, Brittany Curran, Christoph Sanders
Plot: Moving from England to California, the youngest cousins of Elle Woods must defend themselves when their schools reigning forces turn on the girls and try to frame them for a crime.
Make Me Young: Youth Knows No Pain
Theatrical Release Date: 04/28/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mitch McCabe
Actors: Sherry Lee Mecom, Norman Deesing, Erica Rose, Mitch McCabe, Chris Villa, Anthony Youn
Never Surrender
Theatrical Release Date: 04/28/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hector Echavarria
Actors: Hector Echavarria, Patrick Kilpatrick, James Russo, Silvia Koys, Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre
About Elly ( Derbareye elly )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2009
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Actors: Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Merila Zare'i, Mani Haghighi, Peyman Moaadi
An Englishman in New York
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Laxton
Actors: John Hurt, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker, Cynthia Nixon, Swoosie Kurtz, Richard Joseph Paul
Beautiful
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dean O'Flaherty
Actors: Michelle Chin, Peta Wilson, Tahyna Tozzi, Erik Thomson, Rebekah Rimington, Deborra-Lee Furness
Descendents ( Solos )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jorge Olguín
Actors: Karina Pizarro, Cristobal Barra, Patricio Lynch, Patricia López, Rosa Luiz Ramos, Jenny Cavallo
Plot: The earth has been destroyed & a virus in the air is turning humans into zombies.
Fish Child, The ( niño pez, El )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lucía Puenzo
Actors: Inés Efron, Mariela Vitale, Pep Munné, Diego Velázquez, Carlos Bardem, Julián Doregger
A Matter of Size
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Hebrew
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sharon Maymon, Erez Tadmor
Actors: Itzik Cohen, Dvir Benedek, Alon Dahan, Shmulik Cohen, Irit Kaplan, Togo Igawa
Plot: A group of obese men in Israel despise the culture of "thinness" and instead find a way to embrace their weight when the discover the sport of Sumo. With the help of a Japanese restaurant manager, they hope to capitalize on their dreams.
Modern Boy
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ji-woo Jung
Actors: Sang-kyeong Hwang, Ki-yong Jang, Hye-su Kim, Hae-il Park
My Neighbor, My Killer
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2009
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anne Aghion
Into Temptation
Theatrical Release Date: 04/26/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patrick Coyle
Actors: Kristin Chenoweth, Jackson Bond, Jeremy Sisto, Julie Madden, Tom Carey, Patrick Coyle
Knuckle Draggers
Theatrical Release Date: 04/26/2009
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Director: Alex Ranarivelo
Actors: Ross McCall, Paul J. Alessi, Omar Gooding, Jennifer Alden, Amie Barsky, Danielle Nicolet
Plot: After being dumped by his girlfriend of three years, Ethan tries to follow the advice of his older brother Kyle, who isn't afraid to speak his mind and put women in their place. But no amount of advice can help unless Ethan can discover his own strength and realize that only he controls his own destiny.
TiMER
Theatrical Release Date: 04/26/2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jac Schaeffer
Actors: Emma Caulfield, Michelle Borth, John Patrick Amedori, Desmond Harrington, JoBeth Williams, Eric Jungmann
Plot: In our near future is made a clock that tells with certainty the time when you will meet your one and only soul mate. The question is, your life goes regardless the timer, so what would you really do when you meet him/her?
2:13
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Adelman
Actors: Mark Thompson, Mark Pellegrino, Teri Polo, Kevin Pollak, Dwight Yoakam, Patrick J. Adams
Between Us ( Entre nos )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gloria La Morte, Paola Mendoza
Actors: Paola Mendoza, Sebastian Villada, Laura Montana, Anthony Chisholm, Andres Munar, Sarita Choudhury
Con Artist
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2009
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Sladek
Actors: Mark Kostabi, Robin Leach, Randy Jones, Michel Gondry, Allan Kostabi, Shelleen Kostabi
Cropsey
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2009
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman
Actors: Trina Rose, Andre Rand
Plot: What happens when an urban legend becomes reality? A documentary about a real-life bogeyman of Staten Island.
Flores negras
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Carreras
Actors: Héctor Colomé, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Marta Etura, Belén Fabra, Eduard Fernández, Georg Friedrich
Handsome Harry
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bette Gordon
Actors: Jamey Sheridan, Steve Buscemi, Mariann Mayberry, Aidan Quinn, John Savage, Campbell Scott
Plot: A man will do everything in his power to fulfill the dying with of his ex-
navy friend, even if it means uncovering the truth of a long-buried crime.
Queen to Play ( Joueuse )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2009
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Caroline Bottaro
Actors: Jennifer Beals, Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Laurence Colussi, Didier Ferrari, Francis Renaud
Plot: Hélène is a middle-aged chambermaid in Corsica who finds herself obsessed with chess. Seeking out a reclusive American expat, who is a master of chess, she will ignite a fire in both their lives.
Rain Fall
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2009
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Max Mannix
Actors: Kippei Shiina, Gary Oldman, Kyoko Hasegawa, Misa Shimizu, Takumi Bando, Dirk Hunter
Plot: A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.
Something Unknown is Doing We Don't Know What
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Renee Scheltema
