Cthulhu
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dan Gildark
Actors: Jason Cottle, Scott Patrick Green, Cara Buono, Tori Spelling, Robert Padilla, Rob Hamm
Death Race
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Robin Shou, Nathalie Girard, Max Ryan
Plot: A man who is accused of murdering his wife is sent to a jail when havoc often breaks loose. When he begins to win jail fights a sexy women approaches him with an offer to win his freedom...in a death race. He takes the offer to drive in a race where cars have rockets, grenades and other apparatuses attached. He must fight for his life with potential friends to ensure his freedom in the end.
The Fifth Commandment
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jesse V. Johnson
Actors: Rick Yune, Roger Yuan, Dania Ramirez, Keith David, Bokeem Woodbine, Booboo Stewart
Hamlet 2
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew Fleming
Actors: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, David Arquette
Plot: A high school teacher tries to turn his drama class into a new play that is based off the Shakespearian Hamlet. As a failed actor his depression turns to happiness with the potential success of his play that he must hide from the administration. Comedy.
The House Bunny
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Fred Wolf
Actors: Emma Stone, Anna Faris, Katharine McPhee, Sarah Wright, Kat Dennings, Rumer Willis
Plot: A longtime girlfriend of Hugh Hefner's playboy mansion, a young girl gets a little older when she is kicked out of the mansion for being too old. She sets to the streets to find her way in Los Angeles. She stumbles upon the ugliest, dumbest, and least popular sorority. Her ambition leads her to straighten it up and make them popular by showing them a good time and how to work it.
I Served the King of England ( Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jirí Menzel
Actors: Ivan Barnev, Julia Jentsch, Oldrich Kaiser, Martin Huba, Marián Labuda, Milan Lasica
I.O.U.S.A.
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Patrick Creadon
Actors: Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Paul O'Neill, Robert Rubin, Robert Bixby, Chrissy Hovde
Plot: Few are aware that America may be on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. explores the country's shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster.
The Longshots
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fred Durst
Actors: Ice Cube, Matt Craven, Keke Palmer, Glenn Plummer, Debby Ryan, Tasha Smith
Plot: A former football star puts his niece in the limelight as he puts her behind the line as the starting quarterback. Based on a true story.
Momma's Man
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Actors: Matt Boren, Ken Jacobs, Richard Edson, Piero Arcilesi, Dana Varon, Eleanor Hutchins
Plot: A man who has avoided his wife and child at home has a change of heart after an imposed stay in his own parents' loft.
Trouble the Water
Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
Plot: A couple living in the 9th Ward of New Orleans survives Hurricane Katrina, but has no idea of the troubles the aftermath will bring.
House of Small Cubes, The ( Tsumiki no ie )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/20/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kunio Katô
Actors: Masami Nagasawa
Plot: An elderly man living in a constantly flooding house begins to revisit memories of better times.
The Rocker
Theatrical Release Date: 08/20/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Actors: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Josh Gad, Emma Stone, Will Arnett, Jane Lynch
Plot: An 80's hair band drummer, who has been in seclusion with out any money or anything to do, is brought back to life when he hears his nephew has a new project for him. He has started a band and wants him to potentially join for success. He takes it to heart and promises to show them what life was like on the tour. Little does he know that things have changed in the last 20 years and some things just aren't cool anymore.
Safehouse
Theatrical Release Date: 08/20/2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Poague
Actors: Thomas Calabro, Robert Miano, Johnny Alonso, Sheila Cutchlow, Jonathon Ruckman, Carolina Hoyos
Evil aka Power of Fear, The ( Vedma )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/19/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oleg Fesenko
Actors: Ita Ever, Valeri Nikolayev, Lembit Ulfsak, Juhan Ulfsak, Tõnu Kark, Yevgeniya Kryukova
Restraint
Theatrical Release Date: 08/19/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Denneen
Actors: Travis Fimmel, Teresa Palmer, Stephen Moyer, Philip Holder, Nate Jones, Alyssa McClelland
Plot: Two fugitives on the run take a hostage with a dark past of his own. Dale (Teresa Palmer) and Ron (Travis Fimmel) find themselves inferior participants in a game of survival. Andrew (the hostage) takes a perverse liking to his new found companions.
The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior
Theatrical Release Date: 08/19/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Michael Copon, Karen David, Simon Quarterman, Tom Wu, Randy Couture, Andreas Wisniewski
Catching Dreams
Theatrical Release Date: 08/17/2008
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin Flint
Actors: Brian Flint, Tony Steele, Lisa Ratner
Dark Reel
Theatrical Release Date: 08/16/2008
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Josh Eisenstadt
Actors: Lance Henriksen, Edward Furlong, Daniel Wisler, Tiffany Shepis, Alexandra Holden, Rena Riffel
