Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Brad Dourif
Plot: A detective battles his addictions in post-Katrina New Orleans while
investigating the deaths of five immigrants.
The Blind Side
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Lee Hancock
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Ray McKinnon, Quinton Aaron, Ashley LeConte Campbell
Plot: Based on the true story of Michael Oher, an overlooked young African-American who was taken in by the Touhys who provide him an education and groom his natural talents in football.
Blood Equity
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Felix
Actors: Mike Ditka, Harry Carson, Willie Wood, Tony Dorsett, Daryl Johnston
Plot: Explores the heavy toll of playing pro football.
Broken Embraces ( abrazos rotos, Los )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez, Tamar Novas, Rubén Ochandiano
Plot: After an accident took from him his sight and his love, writer Mateo Blanco increasingly turns to his pseudonym, Harry Caine, eventually erasing all traces of his old life. But what begins as a simple bedtime story for a child turns into an emotional roller-coaster, forcing him to once again face his true self.
Defamation ( Hashmatsu )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Hebrew
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yoav Shamir
Actors: Yoav Shamir, Norman Finkelstein, Abraham Foxman
Kurbaan
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Renzil D'Silva
Actors: Kareena Kapoor, Lewis Tan, Saif Ali Khan, Om Puri, Dia Mirza, Vivek Oberoi
Mammoth
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Actors: Gael García Bernal, Sophie Nyweide, Michelle Williams, Marife Necesito, Thomas McCarthy, Martin Delos Santos
The Missing Person
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Noah Buschel
Actors: Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Frank Wood, Linda Emond, Paul Sparks, Margaret Colin
Plot: A sardonic, gin-soaked detective contends with an odd cast of characters while tailing a mysterious, middle aged man traveling with a Mexican boy from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Planet 51
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, John Cleese
Plot: Astronaut Charles "Chuck" Baker lands on Planet 51 to proudly claim it for the U.S. only to find it inhabited by a quaint society of green men who want nothing to do with alien invaders.
Staten Island
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James DeMonaco
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Seymour Cassel, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, Dominic Fumusa
Plot: The lives of three residents of New York's Staten Island intersect as they struggle to get ahead.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Chris Weitz
Actors: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene
Plot: Bella Swan has to deal with the sudden departure of her vampire love Edward. Looking for help, she turns to Jacob Black where her friendship develops into something more. But Jacob has his own secrets, one that will test Bella's loyalty.
Until the Light Takes Us
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell
Actors: Varg Vikernes, Fenriz, Harmony Korine, Hellhammer
Must Love Death
Theatrical Release Date: 11/19/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andreas Schaap
Actors: Sami Loris, Manon Kahle, Jeff Burrell, Peter Farkas, Philipp Rafferty, Lucie Pohl
Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon
Theatrical Release Date: 11/19/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mary Mazzio
Actors: Jessica Cervantes, Alexander Niles, Amanda Loyola, Anné Montague, Gabriel Echoles, Ja'Mal Willis
Sun, The ( Solntse )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/18/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Actors: Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano, Naomasa Musaka, Georgi Pitskhelauri
The Band
Theatrical Release Date: 11/17/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anna Brownfield
Actors: Amy Cater, Rupert Owen, Jimstar, Butch Midway, Anthea Eaton, Brianna Heart
Hanger
Theatrical Release Date: 11/17/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ryan Nicholson
Actors: Debbie Rochon, Dan Ellis, Nathan Dashwood, Ronald Patrick Thompson, Lloyd Kaufman, Wade Gibb
ThanksKilling
Theatrical Release Date: 11/17/2009
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jordan Downey
Actors: Lindsey Anderson, General Bastard, Natasha Cordova, Ryan E. Francis, Chuck Lamb, Pat Love
Plot: A turkey resurrected from the days of the American pilgrims is brought back to life in the modern day where he continues his murdering rampage.
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
Theatrical Release Date: 11/17/2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Franck Khalfoun
Actors: Harvey Keitel, Cuba Gooding Jr., Miguel Ferrer, Leonor Varela, Johnny Messner, Mike Starr
The Yankles
Theatrical Release Date: 11/15/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David R. Brooks
Actors: Brian Wimmer, Bart Johnson, Don Most, Tyler Johnson, Gavin Bentley, Mark Brocksmith
