Killshot

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Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an extortion scheme go wrong. Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced intimidating hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer. The ensuing struggle will test Carmen to the limit.

Cast
Diane Lane as Carmen Colson
Mickey Rourke as Armand "The Blackbird" Degas
Thomas Jane as Wayne Colson
Rosario Dawson as Donna
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Richie Nix

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Directed by John Madden
Produced by Lawrence Bender, Richard N. Gladstein
Written by Hossein Amini
Cinematography Caleb Deschanel
Distributed by

• The Weinstein Company
• Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Release date(s) Jan 23, 2009
Country United States
Language English

The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom

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The world's greatest con men, the Brothers Bloom, have made a living off of swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Stephen (Ruffalo) and Bloom (Brody), and their silent partner and sidekick Bang-Bang (Kikuchi) team up for one last job, conning beautiful heiress Penelope (Weisz) by taking her on a tour of the world and relieving her of US$2.5 million. On the way, Bloom (who has no first name in the entire movie) falls for Penelope, which complicates the con severely.

Cast
Mark Ruffalo
Adrien Brody
Rachel Weisz
Rinko Kikuchi
Andy Nyman
Maximillian Schell
Nora Zehetner

Detail Info
Directed by Rian Johnson
Produced by Wendy Japhet
Ram Bergman
James D. Stern
Written by Rian Johnson
Music by Nathan Johnson
Cinematography Steve Yedlin
Distributed by Summit Entertainment (USA)
Release date(s) December 19, 2008
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20,000,000 (estimate)

Shanghai

In the months leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an American man arrives in Shanghai to find his friend recently murdered. In investigating his friend's death, he stumbles upon a secret the United States government has been keeping and falls in love in the process.

Cast
John Cusack as Paul Soames
Gong Li as Anna Lan-Ting
Chow Yun-Fat as Anthony Lan Ting
Ken Watanabe
Franka Potente
Rinko Kikuchi

Detail Info
Directed by Mikael Håfström
Produced by Mike Medavoy, Barry Mendel, Jake Myers
Written by Hossein Amini
Music by Gabriel Yared
Cinematography Benoît Delhomme
Distributed by The Weinstein Company
Release date(s) December 25, 2008
Country United States
Language English

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Repo! The Genetic Opera

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An epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Panic erupts and scientists feverishly make plans for a massive organ harvest. Out of the tragedy, GeneCo, a multi-billion dollar biotech company, emerges. GeneCo provides organ transplantation for a profit. In addition to financing options, GeneCo reserves the right to implement default remedies, including repossession. For those who can't keep up with their organ payments, collection is the responsibility of "organ repo men", skilled assassins contracted by GeneCo, ordered to recover GeneCo's property by any means necessary.

At the heart of the story is Shilo Wallace (Alexa Vega), a 17 year-old girl with a rare blood disease. She has been kept locked up and protected in her house, where she is guarded from the outside world by her father, Nathan Wallace (Anthony Head). While Shilo struggles with her wish to leave the house and experience the outside world, Nathan struggles with his secret job as the Repo Man, and more specifically, his next target, a woman named Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman). Blind Mag, an opera singer, was a friend of Nathan's now-deceased wife, and is Shilo's godmother.

The Largo family, consisting of GeneCo president Rotti (Paul Sorvino), his daughter Amber (Paris Hilton), and his two sons Luigi and Pavi (Bill Moseley and Nivek Ogre, respectively), have their own plans. Rotti is dying, and the three siblings bicker and fight about who is to take the role as head of GeneCo. But, disappointed with his own children, Rotti takes an interest in Shilo.

The stories intertwine and merge at the GeneCo opera.

Cast
Anthony Head as Nathan Wallace
Alexa Vega as Shilo Wallace
Paul Sorvino as Rotti Largo
Sarah Brightman as Blind Mag
Paris Hilton as Amber Sweet
Bill Moseley as Luigi Largo
Nivek Ogre as Pavi Largo
Terrance Zdunich as GraveRobber
Sarah Power as Dead Marni
Jake Reardon as Single Mother
Darren Smith as Band Leader

Detail Info
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Produced by Darren Lynn Bousman, Yoshiki Hayashi
Written by Darren Smith, Terrance Zdunich
Music by Darren Smith, Terrance Zdunich
Cinematography Joseph White
Editing by Harvey Rosenstock
Distributed by
Lionsgate
Twisted Pictures
Release date(s) November 7, 2008
Running time 98 minutes
Country US
Language English
Budget $8,500,000

The Time Traveler's Wife

Based on the premise of The Time Traveler's Wife, a Chicago librarian (Eric Bana) has a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel when he is stressed. Though he disappears often for long periods of time, he tries to build a romantic relationship with an artist (Rachel McAdams).

Cast
Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble, a Chicago librarian.
Rachel McAdams as Clare Abshire, an artist.
Ron Livingston as Gomez, Clare's best friend, Charisse's boyfriend and a liberal attorney who works for nonprofit organizations.
Jane McLean as Charisse, Clare's best friend and roommate
Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr.David Kendrick
Arliss Howard as Richard DeTamble, Henry's father
Brooklynn Proulx as Young Clare
Hailey McCann as Alba
Michelle Nolden as Annette DeTamble, Henry's Mother
Maggie Castle as Alicia Abshire, Clare's younger sister
Fiona Reid as Lucille Abshire, Clare's mother
Philip Craig as Philip Abshire, Clare's Father
Brian Bisson as Mark Abshire, Clare's Brother

Detail Info
Directed by Robert Schwentke
Produced by Brad Pitt, Nick Wechsler, Dede Gardner
Written by Jeremy Leven, Bruce Joel Rubin
Distributed by

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• New Line Cinema

Release date(s) December 25, 2008
Country United States
Language English

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The Tale of Despereaux

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Desperaux Tilling is a mouse in love with light and beauty and a princess, which makes him an odd mouse and gets him banished to the rat-invested darkness of the castle dungeon. Betrayal and intrigue follow him on his quest to escape to the glittering castle above.

Cast
Matthew Broderick as Despereaux Tilling
Emma Watson as Princess Pea
Dustin Hoffman as Roscuro (Chiaroscuro)
Tracey Ullman as Miggery "Mig" Sow
Sigourney Weaver as The Narrator
William H. Macy as Lester
Kevin Kline as Andre
Stanley Tucci as Boldo
Robbie Coltrane as Gregory
Ciarán Hinds as Botticelli
Christopher Lloyd as Hovis
Tony Hale as Furlough

Detail Info
Directed by Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
Produced by Gary Ross, Allison Thomas
Written by Kate DiCamillo (novel), Will McRobb, Gary Ross, Chris Viscardi
Narrated by Sigourney Weaver
Music by William Ross
Cinematography Brad Blackbourn
Editing by Mark Solomon
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) December 19, 2008
Running time 100 min.
Country United States, United Kingdom
Language English

External Link
Official Website

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Fear(s) of the dark

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A wildly inventive and visually dazzling collection of fearful tales by six of the world's most renowned comic and graphic artists - Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, and Richard McGuire. From a besotted student whose girlfriend is weirdly ardent in her affections, to a Japanese schoolgirl menaced by a long-dead samurai, and a pack of hounds on a bloodthirsty rampage, there's a story strand to trouble every sleep -- not to mention a stunning range of animation styles. Shot in shimmering black and white, the six intertwined tales create an unprecedented epic where phobias and nightmares come to life and reveal Fear at its most naked and intense.

Cast
Nicole Garcia
Arthur H
Francois Creton
Christian Hecq
Guillaume Depardieu
Aure Atika
Amellie Lerma
Adriana Piasek-Wanski
Brigitte Sy

Detail Info
Director Charles Burns
Producers Denis Friedman, Vincent Tavier, Philippe Kauffmann
Writers Screenplay: Charles Burns
Editors Celine Kelepikis
Music Rene Aubry, Georges Van Dam
Running Time 1 hr. 20 min.
Release Date October 22nd, 2008 (limited)

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The Spirit

Writer-director Frank Miller described the main character:

The character has a terrifying side to him. This is a man who’s died and come back to life. So it twists into fantasy. And of course there are tons of women in it. There have to be — it’s The Spirit. They’re all in love with him, and he’s in love with all of them. You might say he’s a bit of a slut.

The film series will not begin with an origin story, but will instead open with the adventures of The Spirit already having begun. The film will be more contemporary than the '40s and '50s era of the strip and will aim for a "timeless feel."

The protagonist will be involved in a love triangle with Sand Saref and Ellen Dolan, the daughter of Central City's Police Commissioner Dolan. The controversial character Ebony White will not appear in the film.

Cast

• Gabriel Macht as Denny Colt / The Spirit: A rookie cop who returns from the dead to fight crime in Central City from the shadows
• Samuel L. Jackson as The Octopus: A villain who plans to wipe out all of Central City and will kill anyone unlucky enough to see his face
• Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss: A femme fatale secretary and accomplice to the Octopus
• Eva Mendes as Sand Saref
• Sarah Paulson as Dr. Ellen Dolan: The police commissioner's daughter
• Dan Lauria as Commissioner Dolan
• Stana Katic as Morgenstern
• Johnny Simmons as Young Denny Colt
• Louis Lombardi as Phobos: One of the Octopus's henchmen.
• Jaime King as Lorelei Rox
• Paz Vega as Plaster of Paris
• Meeghan Holaway as Holly

Detail Info
Directed by Frank Miller
Produced by Michael Uslan, Deborah Del Prete, Gigi Pritzker, Ben Waisbren
Written by

• Screenplay: Frank Miller
• Comic Book:Will Eisner

Music by David Newman
Cinematography Bill Pope
Editing by Gregory Nussbaum
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date(s) December 25, 2008
Country United States
Language English

External Links
Official Website

The Secret Life of Bees

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Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on a peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lily (Her real mother died in a horrendous accident that happened when she was a toddler). but when Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town, Lily is forced to take Rosaleen and run away to a town Lily believer her mother once lived. They go to live with three estranged sisters on a honey farm, and Lily soon learns what it is like to have a real family.

Cast
Dakota Fanning
Queen Latifah
Paul Bettany
Jennifer Hudson
Alicia Keys
Sophie Okonedo
Tristan Wilds

Detail Info
Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith, James Lassiter, Joe Pichrallo, Overbrook Entertainment
Written by Gina Prince-Bythewood, Sue Monk Kidd
Cinematography Rogier Stoffers
Editing by Terilyn A. Shropshire
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date(s) October 17, 2008
Country United States
Language English

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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Adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" follows a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century. "Benjamin Button," is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

David Fincher said "It's dark, it's romantic, and it also deals with mortality in a pretty unflattering way."

Cast
Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button
Cate Blanchett as Daisy
Taraji P. Henson as Queenie
Julia Ormond as Caroline
Jason Flemyng as Thomas Button
Elias Koteas as Monsieur Gateau
Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth Abbott

Detail Info
Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
Written by Eric Roth
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography Claudio Miranda
Editing by Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Distributed by

• Paramount Pictures (USA)
• Warner Bros. (Overseas)

Release date(s) December 25, 2008
Country United States
Language English
Budget $150 million

External Links
Official Website

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Valkyrie

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During World War II, German Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) is severely wounded in Africa and returns home to Nazi Germany. Stauffenberg helps conceive Operation Valkyrie, a plan approved by Adolf Hitler which, in order to manage turmoil within Germany, would implement a shadow government in the event of the Nazi Führer's death. The Colonel eventually joins the German Resistance and becomes part of the July 20 plot, a conspiracy to assassinate Hitler and execute Valkyrie in order to take control of the country and make peace with the Allies. Stauffenberg finds himself taking on not only the responsibility of leading the coup, but also the task to assassinate Hitler himself.

Cast
Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
Kenneth Branagh as Major General Henning von Tresckow
Christian Berkel as Colonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
Bill Nighy as General Friedrich Olbricht
David Schofield as Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben

Detail Info
Directed by Bryan Singer
Produced by Christopher McQuarrie, Bryan Singer, Gilbert Adler, Chris Lee
Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander
Music by John Ottman
Cinematography Newton Thomas Sigel
Editing by John Ottman
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United Artists
Release date(s) December 26, 2008
Country United States
Language English
Budget $100 million (reported)

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Revolutionary Road

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Set in 1955, the plot focuses on the hopes and aspirations of Frank and April Wheeler, self-assured Connecticut suburbanites who see themselves as very different from their neighbors in the Revolutionary Hill Estates. April is an aspiring actress who yearns to move to Paris, while Frank copes with toiling away at a corporate job he despises by drinking too heavily and engaging in an affair with a co-worker. The couple's marriage slowly dissolves into an endless cycle of bitter arguments and jealous recriminations.

Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler
Kate Winslet as April Wheeler
Kathy Bates as Helen Givings
Kathryn Hahn as Milly Campbell
Michael Shannon as John Givings
Zoe Kazan as Maureen Grube
David Harbour as Shep Campbell

Detail Info
Directed by Sam Mendes
Produced by Bobby Cohen
Sam Mendes
Scott Rudin
Written by Justin Haythe
Novel by Richard Yates
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography Roger Deakins
Editing by Tariq Anwar
Distributed by Paramount Vantage
Release date(s) December 26, 2008
Country United States
Language English