200 Pounds Beauty ( Minyeo-neun goerowo )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yong-hwa Kim
Actors: Ah-jung Kim, Jin-mo Ju, Han-wi Lee, Hyeon-sook Kim, Yong-geon Kim, Dong-il Song
Plot: Hanna is a lip sync vocalist for Ammy, the famous Korean pop singer. Though Hanna is always ignored due to her appearance, she has always been a bright and happy girl until Ammy humiliated her in front of Sang-jun, the one she secretly admired. Finally, she made a life-changing decision: to have a major cosmetic surgery. With this move, will her unrequited love be returned?
All the Days Before Tomorrow
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: François Dompierre
Actors: Joey Kern, Alexandra Holden, Richard Roundtree, Darcy Halsey, Montré Burton, Matt Braaten
Around June
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Savoca
Actors: Samaire Armstrong, Brad William Henke, Jon Gries, Oscar H. Guerrero, Michael A. Goorjian, David Fine
Ashes of Time Redux
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai
Billy: The Early Years
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robby Benson
Actors: Martin Landau, Armie Hammer, Lindsay Wagner, Abbi Butler, Stefanie Butler, Rivkah Edelman
Body of Lies
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Strong, Carice van Houten, Vince Colosimo, Golshifteh Farahani
Plot: A special CIA agent is sent to Jordan to infiltrate a potential Jordan terrorist. He is aided by another individual who also has links to Jordan. It becomes a moral dilemma and no one knows who is telling the truth or what the outcome will be.
Breakfast with Scot
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Laurie Lynd
Actors: Thomas Cavanagh, Cameron Ansell, Noah Bernett, Benz Antoine, William Cuddy, Colin Cunningham
Choose Connor
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luke Eberl
Actors: Steven Weber, Alex D. Linz, Escher Holloway, John Rubinstein, Michael Welch, Erick Avari
Christmas Tale, A ( conte de Noël, Un )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Anne Consigny, Mathieu Amalric, Melvil Poupaud, Hippolyte Girardot
Plot: A family with a history of illness and dysfunction convenes over Christmas and decides how best to deal with their mother's need for a bone marrow transplant.
City of Ember
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gil Kenan
Actors: Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, Bill Murray, Martin Landau, Tim Robbins, Mackenzie Crook
Plot: A city of lights and fascination begins to fail due to the failure of its powerful generator. Two teen agers search the city for clues that may help discover what is really causing the failure and how will they fix it. Fantasy.
Cold Prey 2 ( Fritt vilt II )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mats Stenberg
Actors: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik, Kim Arne Hagen, Johanna Mørck, Fridtjov Såheim, Robert Follin
Plot: Jannicke finds herself in the hospital after all her friends are killed. But the nightmare isn't
over.
The Express
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gary Fleder
Actors: Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Clancy Brown, Charles S. Dutton, Geoff Stults, Saul Rubinek
Plot: The dramatic story of the life of Ernie Davis, the first African American to ever win the Heisman trophy. It displays his troubles, the controversy and everything he must prove to show that he is the greatest college football athlete in the country. It also depicts his early childhood and the poverty he lived in before going to college.
Flight Before Christmas, The ( Niko - Lentäjän poika )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen
Actors: Emma Roberts, Gavin Morgan, Paul Tylack, Susan Zelouf, Susan Slott, Alan Stanford
Happy-Go-Lucky
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan, Samuel Roukin, Andrea Riseborough, Sinead Matthews
Plot: Poppy is a 30-year-old London primary school teacher whose cheerful
demeanor enables her to deal with whatever life throws at her. We follow
Poppy as she deals with her long-time roommate Zoe, a dour driving
instructor, a fiery flamenco dance instructor and a troubled student.
Throughout it all, Poppy's charm and exuberance shines through.
Lads & Jockeys
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Benjamin Marquet
Let It Rain ( Parlez-moi de la pluie )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Agnès Jaoui
Actors: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jamel Debbouze, Agnès Jaoui, Pascale Arbillot, Guillaume De Tonquedec, Frédéric Pierrot
Lower Learning
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mark Lafferty
Actors: Jason Biggs, Eva Longoria Parker, Rob Corddry, Ryan Newman, Monica Potter, Will Sasso
Nights and Weekends
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Director: Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg
Actors: Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg, Jay Duplass, Elizabeth Donius, Lynn Shelton, Kent Osborne
Quarantine
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Actors: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech, Dania Ramirez, Columbus Short
Plot: A reporter and her assistant are sent to a Los Angeles fire-station to research their ways. On an emergency 911 call they here a mysterious scream. What they later find out is that her scream was caused by a mysterious disease. As they try to escape, they realize that authorities have quarantined the area. When they uncover the mess, all that is left is the documentary tape.
Straight from the Barrio ( Talento de barrio )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/10/2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: José Iván Santiago
Actors: Daddy Yankee, Maestro, Erik Rodriguez, Katiria Soto, César Farrait, Angélica Alcaide
Assembly ( Ji jie hao )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/09/2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Actors: Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan, Yan Tang, Fan Liao, Baoqiang Wang
Plot: Gu Zidi is officer in the People's Liberation Army during Chinese Civil War and is sent to prison for breaking orders. He and friend Wang are freed from army prison to go back to battle. Gu is in charge of securing a mine and to defend the rest of the company's flank. He is ordered not to retreat his men until he hears a bugle call. The unit is soon surrounded by the enemy. Gu and Wang (mortality wounded) are the last ones standing and they decide to blow the mine to protect the bodies of their fallen comrades laid deep inside. Gu wakes up in a hospital where he is believed to be a POW. There are no records of his unit, their brave actions or proof that he is an ally. He spends his life trying to prove his story and his unit's sacrifice.
Afterschool
Theatrical Release Date: 10/08/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Antonio Campos
Actors: Emory Cohen, Ezra Miller, Christopher McCann, Addison Timlin, Dariusz M. Uczkowski, Michael Stuhlbarg
Delwende
Theatrical Release Date: 10/08/2008
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: S. Pierre Yameogo
Actors: Blandine Yaméogo, Claire Ilboudo, Célestin Zongo, Abdoulaye Komboudri, Daniel Kabore, Jules Taonssa
If You Could Say It in Words
Theatrical Release Date: 10/08/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicholas Gray
Actors: Marin Ireland, Alvin Keith, Gerry Lehane, Yvonne Woods, Suzanna Guzman, PaSean Wilson
In Your Absence ( En tu ausencia )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/07/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Iván Noel
Actors: Francisco Alfonsin, Pedro Salido Saborido, Gonzalo Sánchez Salas, Anabel Azuar, Ana Tutor, Juanjo Galiardo
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
Theatrical Release Date: 10/07/2008
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Louis Morneau
Actors: Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid, Mark Gibbon, Laura Jordan, Krystal Vrba
Kill Switch
Theatrical Release Date: 10/07/2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeff King
Actors: Steven Seagal, Holly Dignard, Chris Thomas King, Michael Filipowich, Isaac Hayes, Mark Collie
Addicted to Plastic
Theatrical Release Date: 10/04/2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ian Connacher
Plot: This documentary explores the harm that plastic has done to the environment and the different methods scientists and environmentalists are finding to be more green.
Everywhere but Here
Theatrical Release Date: 10/04/2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Snider
Actors: Michael Snider, Nikki Snider, Paul Snider
Plot: A man who is trying to sell an advanced cell phone (works everywhere) is marooned on an island with two children.
