Across the Hall
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Merkin
Actors: Mike Vogel, Brittany Murphy, Danny Pino, Brad Greenquist, Arie Verveen, Natalie Smyka
Plot: A thriller about a standoff between a young man, his fiancée and his best friend who comes to his aide.
Armored
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nimród Antal
Actors: Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, Milo Ventimiglia, Columbus Short
Plot: A rookie is convinced by a veteran force to pull off a $42 million armored-car heist, but a witness puts a wrinkle in their plan that forces a breakdown in the group and soon it's each man for himself.
Breaking Point
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeff Celentano
Actors: Tom Berenger, Busta Rhymes, Armand Assante, Sticky Fingaz, Musetta Vander, Frankie Faison
Plot: "Breaking Point" is a dramatic tale of corruption and self-realization, in which one man has to overcome a deep seeded conspiracy and his own lingering past in order to gain the redemption he desires.
Brothers
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Sheridan
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Mare Winningham, Sam Shepard, Bailee Madison
Plot: Family man and life-long soldier Sam Cahill goes MIA in Afghanistan. His brother, Tommy Cahill leaves his former drifter lifestyle behind to care for his brother's wife and two daughters. When Sam returns and finds his life has been taken from his by his own brother, no one's life will be the same.
Everybody's Fine
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kirk Jones
Actors: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell, Katherine Moennig, Melissa Leo
Plot: After his wife dies, a widower realizes she was the only connection to his family. He decides to go on a cross-country trip in order to connect with each of his adult children.
The Last Station
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Hoffman
Actors: James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff, Kerry Condon
Plot: Explores the turbulent final years in the life of author and philosopher Leo Tolstoy and his stormy relationship with his wife of 43 years, Sofia.
Paa
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: R. Balki
Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal
The Secret of Kells
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Liam Hourican, Mick Lally, Michael McGrath, Evan McGuire, Christen Mooney
Plot: A young boy goes on a quest in order to complete the magical Book of Kells while evading a barbarian invasion.
Serious Moonlight
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cheryl Hines
Actors: Kristen Bell, Justin Long, Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kimberlee Peterson, Andy Ostroy
Plot: A high-powered attorney duct tapes her adulterous husband to the toilet ... right before their home is invaded by burglars.
Spanish Movie
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 1.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Joaquín Reyes, Carlos Areces, Eduardo Gómez, Belén Rueda, Michelle Jenner
Transylmania
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand
Actors: Patrick Cavanaugh, James DeBello, Tony Denman, Paul H. Kim, Jennifer Lyons, Oren Skoog
Plot: Spoof horror in which a group of college kids do a semester abroad in Romania and realize that if the partying doesn't kill them, the vampires just might.
Up in the Air
Theatrical Release Date: 12/04/2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride
Plot: A corporate downsizing expert finds his job, and frequent flyer-mile goal, on the line when he learns his company plans to switch to firing over the Internet. Although is life is empty, he plans on showing that this is a face-to-face job and just may find solace in a female frequent flyer.
Inside the Mind of Google
Theatrical Release Date: 12/03/2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: N/A
Actors: Maria Bartiromo, Eric Schmidt, Marissa Mayer, Paul Bond, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Vic Gundotra
Moonlight Serenade
Theatrical Release Date: 12/03/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Giancarlo Tallarico
Actors: JB Blanc, Amy Adams, Moon Bloodgood, Scott Cohen, Jeremy Glazer, Alec Newman
Rabbit Without Ears 2 ( Zweiohrküken )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/03/2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Til Schweiger
Actors: Til Schweiger, Nora Tschirner, Matthias Schweighöfer, Emma Schweiger, Ken Duken, Uwe Ochsenknecht
The Descent: Part 2
Theatrical Release Date: 12/02/2009
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jon Harris
Actors: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Krysten Cummings, Gavan O'Herlihy, Joshua Dallas, Anna Skellern
Plot: Two days after the conclusion of The Descent, search parties are trying to locate the missing girls in the Appalachian Mountains. Local authorities find and secure the lone survivor, and force her to lead them back into the mysterious underground caverns, and that's when everything goes wrong.
Crush (2009/II)
Theatrical Release Date: 12/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael J. Saul
Actors: Randy Bautista, Jorge Diaz, Nick Endres, Dennis Yeap, Kyle Fain, Edwin Kho
Deadline
Theatrical Release Date: 12/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean McConville
Actors: Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch, Tammy Blanchard, Marc Blucas, Claudia Troll, Michael Piscitelli
Plot: A screenwriter who travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
End Game
Theatrical Release Date: 12/01/2009
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruce Koehler
Actors: Kurt Angle, Jenna Morasca, Sam Nicotero, Clayton Hill, Eric Wright, Jonas Chaney
Plot: When a psychotic killer kidnaps a cop's girlfriend and daughter, a typical murder case turns personal.
Left/Right
Theatrical Release Date: 12/01/2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matthew Wolfe, Todd Wolfe
Actors: Matthew Wolfe, Caitlin Mulhern, Stephen David Calhoun, Sabra Berger, Charlie Yoder, Sean MacKenna
The Only Good Indian
Theatrical Release Date: 12/01/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin Willmott
Actors: Wes Studi, J. Kenneth Campbell, Winter Fox Frank, Paul Butler, Thirza Defoe, Laura Kirk
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Theatrical Release Date: 11/30/2009
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
Actors: William Kunstler, Harry Belafonte, Yusef Salaam, Phil Donahue, Alan M. Dershowitz, Barry Slotnick
Plot: William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. The New York Times called him "the most hated and most loved lawyer in America." His clients included Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Phillip and Daniel Berrigan, Abbie Hoffman, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Leonard Peltier. In Disturbing the Universe: Radical Lawyer William Kunstler, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore their father's life, from middle-class family man, to movement lawyer, to "the most hated lawyer in America."
Eden of the East the Movie I: The King of Eden ( Higashi no Eden Gekijoban I: The King of Eden )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/28/2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Actors: Christine M. Auten, John Burgmeier, Leah Clark, Rei Igarashi, Hayato Taya, Saori Hayami
