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Push

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This sci-fi thriller involves a group of young American expatriates with telekinetic, telepathic, and clairvoyant abilities, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency referred to as "The Division." They must use their different talents and band together for a final job enabling them to escape the agency forever.

The film reportedly focuses on a group of American ex-pats in Hong Kong. Since they're also sheltering telekinetic and clairvoyant powers, the government is after them. - Variety

Cast
Dakota Fanning - Cassie Holmes
Chris Evans - Nick Gant
Camilla Belle - Kira Hudson
Djimon Hounsou - Agent Henry Carver
Joel Gretsch - Nick's Father
Maggie Siff - Teresa Stowe
Scott Michael Campbell - Agent Holden
Neil Jackson - Victor Budarin
Colin Ford - Young Nick
Corey Stoll - Agent Mack

Detail Info
Directed by Paul McGuigan
Written by David Bourla
Distributed by Summit Entertainment
Release date(s) February 6, 2009
Country United States
Language English

Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother slain in Chicago

Friday October 24 11:57 PM ET

The mother and brother of Jennifer Hudson were found shot dead Friday at a South Side home, and police were looking for a missing child who is the nephew of the singer and Oscar-winning actress.

A man suspected in the deaths was in custody Friday night, but the 7-year-old boy had not been located, according to published reports.

William Balfour was being questioned, but Julian King's whereabouts were not known, law enforcement sources told the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. Balfour has not been charged.

Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said investigators were talking to "a number of people in custody" but she declined to elaborate.

An Amber Alert issued Friday said Balfour was a suspect in the double homicide of Darnell Donerson, 57, and Jason Hudson, 29, whose bodies were found Friday afternoon in a South Side home.

Jennifer Hudson's personal publicist, Lisa Kasteler, confirmed the deaths.

"We can confirm that there is an ongoing investigation concerning the deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson," Kasteler said in a statement. "No further comment will be made and the family has asked that their privacy be respected at this difficult time."

The deaths appeared to be the result of domestic abuse, Bond said. The Cook County medical examiner's office said autopsies for Donerson and Jason Hudson were pending.

Deputy Chief Joseph Patterson said a family member entered the home around 3 p.m. Friday, found a woman shot on the living room floor and left to notify authorities. Responding officers found a man shot in the bedroom, Patterson said. There was no sign of forced entry.

Police tape blocked access to the large, white house, where a crowd gathered outside. Investigators with dogs and flashlights searched foliage surrounding a church that faces the home.

Authorities issued the Amber Alert for King and sought a 1994 white Chevrolet Suburban. The child was the grandson of the female victim, officials said.

The alert said the child was possibly abducted and could be accompanied by Balfour, who was considered armed and dangerous and called a suspect in the double homicide investigation.

Records from the Illinois Department of Corrections show Balfour, 27, is on parole and spent nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possessing a stolen vehicle. Public records show one of Balfour's addresses as the home where Donerson and Jason Hudson were shot.

The alert said the boy could also be in a teal or green Chrysler Concorde with a temporary license plate, a left front headlight hanging out and scratches on the left side of the vehicle.

The tragedy comes as Hudson, who grew up in Chicago, continues to reach new heights in her career. Her song "Spotlight" is No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts and her recently released, self-tiled debut album has been a top seller. She was featured in this year's blockbuster "Sex and the City" movie and is also starring in the hit film "The Secret Life of Bees"

She won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2007 for her role in "Dreamgirls." In an interview last year with Vogue, Hudson credited her mother with encouraging her to audition for "American Idol," which launched her career.

The singer, whose father died when she was a teenager, described herself as very close to her family. In a recent AP interview she said her family, which includes older siblings Julia and Jason, helped keep her grounded.

"My faith in God and my family, they're very realistic and very normal, they're not into the whole limelight kind of thing, so when I go home to Chicago that's just another place that's home," she said. "I stand in line with everybody else, or, when I go home to my mom I'm just Jennifer, (so she says), 'You get up and you take care of your own stuff.' And I love that; I don't like when people tell you everything you want to hear, I want to hear the truth, you know what I mean."

Hudson recently announced her engagement to David Otunga, best known for his stint on VH1's reality show "I Love New York."

Hudson's representatives would not disclose her whereabouts Friday. She had been scheduled to appear Monday in Los Angeles to collect an ensemble cast honor at the Hollywood Awards for "The Secret Life of Bees" with co-stars including Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning.

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Possession

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Jess (Gellar), a woman whose life turns surreal after an automobile accident leaves both her husband Ryan and her brother-in-law Roman (Pace) in a coma. Things take an even darker turn when Roman wakes believing that he is Ryan. As Jess tries to deal with these increasingly disturbing events, she also struggles with the possibility that either the spirit of her husband has returned to her or that something very sinister is at work.

Cast
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Jess
Lee Pace as Roman
Michael Landes as Ryan
Chelah Horsdal as Miranda
William B. Davis as Hypnotist

Detail Info
Directed by Joel Bergvall, Simon Sandquist
Written by Michael Petroni, Won-mi Byun
Distributed by Yari Film Group Releasing
Running time 86 mins
Country United States
Language English

Chilled in Miami (New in Town)

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A high-powered consultant (Renée Zellweger) in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle, adjusts to her new life in a tiny Minnesota town. She has been sent to oversee the restructuring of a factory. The locals give her a frosty reception. When she is ordered to shut down the manufacturing plant, the factory's union man (Harry Connick, Jr.) fights to protect his co-worker's jobs.

Cast
Renee Zellweger as Lucy Hill
Harry Connick Jr. as Ted Mitchell
J.K. Simmons
Nathan Fillion
Siobhan Fallon as Blanche Gunderson
Frances Conroy as Trudy Van Uuden
Rashida Jones as Natalie
Nancy Drake as Flo
Kristen Harris
Tracy McMahon
Blane Cypurda as boy in supermarket
Westdale Warriors & Varsity View Falcons

Detail Info
Directed by Jonas Elmer
Produced by Peter Safran, Darryl Taja, Tracey E. Edmonds, Paul Brooks, Phyllis Laing, Andrew Paquin
Written by C. Jay Cox, Ken Rance
Distributed by Lions Gate Films, Gold Circle Films
Release date(s) January 30, 2009
Country United States
Language English

Vanessa Hudgens loved her `High School' graduation

Friday October 24 3:19 PM ET

Vanessa Hudgens, who was home schooled, says starring in the "High School Musical" movies allowed her to live the rites of passage she missed.

Says Hudgens, "I got to experience my prom, I got to wear a cap and gown for the very first time, graduate with people who I really love, the cast. So it's been a lot of fun."

Hudgens co-stars in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" with Zac Efron and Ashley Tisdale.

As for Efron's real-life high school experience, the heartthrob actor says: "I got really good grades. I'm not going to lie."

Tisdale, who did not belong to any clique and mingled with everyone, says she became friends with the popular kids before realizing "they are not that cool."

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Hotel for Dogs

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Four kids (Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Troy Gentile, and Kyla Pratt) secretly take in nine stray dogs at a vacant house.

Cast
Emma Roberts as Andi
Jake T. Austin as Bruce
Lisa Kudrow
Don Cheadle
Troy Gentile as Mark
Kyla Pratt as Heather
Johnny Simmons as Dave
Kenny Vibert as Jason
Kevin Dillon
Yvette Nicole Brown as Mrs. Camwell

Detail Info
Directed by Thor Freudenthal
Produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, Ivan Reitman (exec.)
Written by Lois Duncan (novel), Jeff Lowell
Music by John Debney
Cinematography Michael Grady
Distributed by

• DreamWorks Pictures
• Columbia Pictures (some countries)
• Universal Studios (overseas)
• Nickelodeon Movies
• Warner Bros. (some countries)

Release date(s) January 16, 2009
Country United States
Language English
Budget $75 million

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They Came from Upstairs

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A group of teenagers relax in their vacation home in Maine. Meanwhile, aliens are invading the upstairs. With the help of others, Bethany, Ricky, Tom, Lee, and Art must team up and get rid of the aliens that are trying to take over to save their home.

Cast
Robert Hoffman as Ricky
Ashley Tisdale as Bethany Pearson
Carter Jenkins as Tom Pearson
Gillian Vigman as Nina Pearson
Henri Young as Art Pearson
Regan Young as Lee Pearson
Tim Meadows as Doug Armstrong
Austin Butler as Jake
Ashley Boettcher as Hannah Pearson
Kevin Nealon as Stuart Pearson
Andy Richter
Doris Roberts as Nana

Aliens

• Skip: 478 years old (earth age equivalent: 48), Skip may not be large but he's certainly in charge - even when things don't go his way. He's continually frustrated with his team, and he's not afraid to knock them around, especially brainy little Sparks. Work - taking over the Earth, that is - means everything to him which makes it even more frustrating for him when things go.
• Assasin: 238 years old (earth age equivalent: 24), he's the muscle behind is alien team, but he leaves the brainy work to the others. He's confident and quick... and has occasionally been knonw to go head - first through a wall, not realizing that it might actually hurt. But that doesn't mean he isn't two and half feet of trouble for the earthlings he's been asigned to conquer.
• Razor: 218 years old (earth age equivalent: 23), she is a one-woman powerhouse, brains and brawn all in one feisty package. She's annoyed when missions don't go well - because she knows that if she on her own, she'd already be done. Her eyes are always on the prize - the planet to be conquered - and won't be stopped by anyone who gets in her ways.
• Sparks: 204 years old (earth age equivalent: 21), Geeky, tech savvy Sparks is the kindest - and the most excitable - member of the group. Sparks went the rest of the team to like him, but this is a challenge, because - as some Zirkonians say - a brainy, considerate, and peaceful Zirkonian hardly a Zirkonian at all!.

Detail Info
Directed by John Schultz
Produced by Barry Josephson
Written by Mark Burton, Adam F. Goldberg
Music by John Debney
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) February 13, 2009
Country United States
Language English
Budget $60 million USD

The Pink Panther 2

The Pink Panther 2

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Inspector Clouseau must team up with detectives from other European countries to rout the daring cat burglar, The Tornado, who has returned after a decade of inactivity.

Cast
Steve Martin as Inspector Jacques Clouseau
John Cleese as Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus
Jean Reno as Gendarme Gilbert Ponton
Emily Mortimer as Nicole Nuveau
Andy García as Inspector Vicenzo Brancaleone
Alfred Molina as Chief Inspector Randall Pepperidge
Aishwarya Rai as Sonia Solandres
Yuki Matsuzaki as Kenji Mazuto
Jeremy Irons as Alonso Avellaneda
Johnny Halliday as Laurence Millikin
Lily Tomlin as Yvette Berenger
Molly Sims as Marguerite
Jack Metzger as Antoine Ponton

Detail Info
Directed by Harald Zwart
Produced by Robert Simonds
Written by Scott Neustadter, Michael M. Weber, Steve Martin, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Music by Christophe Beck
Cinematography Denis Crossan
Editing by Julia Wong
Distributed by

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Columbia Pictures

Release date(s) February 6, 2009
Country USA
Language English
Preceded by The Pink Panther

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The Uninvited

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Anna Rydell (Emily Browning) returns home to her father (David Strathairn) and sister, Alex (Arielle Kebbel), after spending time in hospital following the tragic death of her mother (Maya Massar). Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father has become engaged to her mother's former nurse, Racheal (Elizabeth Banks). That night, Anna is visited by the ghost of her mother, who warns her of Rachael's intentions. Together, Anna and Alex try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.

Cast
Emily Browning as Anna Rydell
Arielle Kebbel as Alex Rydell
Elizabeth Banks as Rachael Rydell (Stepmother)
David Strathairn as Father
Maya Massar as Mother
Danny Bristol as Middle Wright Child
Matthew Bristol as Younger Wright Child
Dean Paul Gibson as Dr.Silberman
Lex Burnham as Iris Wright

Detail Info
Directed by Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
Produced by Michael Grillo,Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Riyoko Tanaka
Written by

• Screenplay: Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard
• Original Screenplay: Kim Jee-Woon

Music by Christopher Young
Editing by James S. Page
Distributed by

• DreamWorks
• Paramount Pictures

Release date(s) January 30, 2009
Country United States
Language English

External Link
Official Website

My Bloody Valentine

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Tom (Ackles) returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the life of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders.

Cast
Jensen Ackles as Tom
Jaime King as Sarah Palmer
Kerr Smith as Axel
Edi Gathegi as Martin
Tom Atkins as Burke
Kevin Tighe as Ben Foley
Marc Macaulay as Riggs
Betsy Rue as Irene
Ma'tay Williams as Ken
Megan Boone as Megan

Detail Info
Directed by Patrick Lussier
Produced by John Dunning, Andre Link, Jack L. Murray, Mike Paseornek, John Sacchi
Written by Zane Smith, Todd Farmer
Music by Michael Wandmacher
Cinematography Brian Pearson
Editing by Cynthia Ludwig, Patrick Lussier
Distributed by North America: Lionsgate
Release date(s) January 16, 2009
Country Canada
Language English

Pitt and Clooney at top of UK box office

Tuesday October 21 1:04 PM ET

"Burn after Reading," with Brad Pitt and George Clooney, topped the British box office after its opening weekend, according to Screen International on Tuesday.

The comic story of intrigue and blackmail in a health club is the latest offering from directors Joel and Ethan Coen who won four Oscars in February for "No Country for Old Men."

Their new film took 2.04 million pounds ($3.4 million), almost double the take of terrorist thriller "Eagle Eye" which came in at No.2.

Third was another newcomer, "Igor," an animated tale of evil scientists and frustrated ambition set in the Kingdom of Malaria.

Last week's chart-topper, Playboy-themed "The House Bunny," was down at four, while horror movie "Mirrors" was down from two to five with its tale of an angry spirit seeking vengeance on Earth.

Liam Neeson in kidnap drama "Taken" was down two places at six, above "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," with Simon Pegg as a British journalist trying to fit in at style magazine "Vanity Fair," which was down at seven from three.

At eight, down one place, was Abba-based musical "Mamma Mia!" which has now taken 64.4 million pounds ($110.3 million) in its 15-week UK Top 10 run.

Science fiction movie "City of Ember" was down three places at nine while the week's biggest faller, war movie satire "Tropic Thunder," slipped to 10 from five.

(Editing by Paul Casciato)

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When Mo (Brendan Fraser) reads aloud from books, he has the ability to make the characters come out of the book, into real life. Mo discovered his power when his daughter Meggie (Eliza Bennett), was just a baby. Mo read aloud from the book Inkheart, which caused several of the book's wicked characters, including Capricorn (Andy Serkis), to literally come to life. But while he read them out of the book, he accidentally read Meggie’s mother, Theresa (Sienna Guillory) into the story.

Meggie is 12 years old, but knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent. But Meggie is annoyed that Mo still refuses to read to her. Capricorn, a man who burns for pleasure and being so evil that he would "feed a bird to a cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart", has searched for Meggie's father for years, seeking to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. Finally, Capricorn realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his beloved daughter Meggie as bait. While Meggie discovers Capricorn's ruthless plan, she too, can pluck people from pages and bring them to life, but it takes a while for her to realize her power.

Cast
Brendan Fraser as Mortimer Folchart
Eliza Bennett as Meggie Folchart
Paul Bettany as Dustfinger
Andy Serkis as Capricorn
Jim Broadbent as Fenoglio
Helen Mirren as Elinor Loredan
Rafi Gavron as Farid
Sienna Guillory as Theresa "Resa" Folchart
Lesley Sharp as Mortola
Matt King as Cockerell
Jamie Foreman as Basta
Marnix Van Den Broeke as The Shadow
Steve Speirs as Flatnose
Jessie Cave as Nymph, an original character created for the film.
Adam Bond as Prince Charming, an original character created for the film.
Tereza Srbova as Rapunzel, an original character created for the film.

Detail Info
Directed by Iain Softley
Produced by Cornelia Funke, Ileen Maisel, Barry Mendel
Written by

• David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay)
• Cornelia Funke (novel)
• Gary David Goldberg

Music by Javier Navarrete
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date(s) January 9, 2009
Country United States
United Kingdom
Language English
Budget £30,000,000

External Links
Official Website

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Bride Wars

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Two best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.

Cast
Kate Hudson - Liv
Anne Hathaway - Emma
Candice Bergen - Marion St. Claire
Chris Pratt - Fletcher
Bryan Greenberg - Nate
Steve Howey - Daniel
Kristen Johnston - Deb
Casey Wilson - Stacy Kindred
John Pankow - Emma's Dad
Paul Scheer - Nicky Coo
June Raphael - Amanda
Hettienne Park - Marisa
Malvin Romero - Laughing student

Detail Info
Directed by Gary Winick
Produced by Kate Hudson, Matt Luber, Alan Riche, Peter Riche, Julie Yorn
Written by Greg DePaul, June Raphael, Casey Wilson, Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Distributed by

• New Regency
• Firm Films

Release date(s) January 9, 2009 (USA)
Country United States
Language English

The Informant

The Informant is the upcoming tale of an Ivy League Ph.D. known as Mark Whitacre, played by Matt Damon. Whitacre was a rising star at Decatur’s Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in the early 1990s who wound up blowing the whistle on the company’s price-fixing tactics.

One night in early November, 1992, the high-ranking ADM executive did something extraordinary when he confessed to FBI agent Brian Shepard, played by Scott Bakula, that ADM executives-including Whitacre himself-had routinely met with competitors to fix the price of lysine, a food additive. As the highest-ranked executive to ever turn whistleblower in US history, Whitacre secretly gathered hundreds of hours of video and audio over several years to present to the FBI.

In the upcoming film — a dark comedy/thriller in director Steven Soderbergh’s hands — Whitacre’s good deed dovetails with his own major infractions and struggle with bipolar disorder. In a stunning turn of events immediately following the covert portion of the case, headlines around the world reported that the whistleblower defrauded $9 million from his own company at the same period of time he was secretly working for the FBI and taping his co-workers. Because of this major infraction and Whitacre’s bizarre behavior that was laced with bipolar disorder, he was sentenced to prison three times longer than the white-collar criminals he helped to nab. However, ten years later (2008), the former FBI supervisor of the price fixing case, Dean Paisley (played by Allan Havey), with backing from the two other FBI agents and a former prosecutor, went public with praise about Whitacre. "Had it not been for the fraud conviction, he would be a national hero", Paisley said. "Well, he is a national hero", the former FBI supervisor stated.

Cast
Matt Damon portrays a top Archer Daniels Midland executive, Mark Whitacre.
Scott Bakula portrays FBI agent Brian Shepard.
Melanie Lynskey portrays Mark Whitacre's wife, Ginger.
Thomas F. Wilson portrays Mark Cheviron.
Joel McHale portrays FBI agent Robert Herndon.
Allan Havey portrays FBI Supervisor Dean Paisley.
Jimmy Pardo and Paul F. Tompkins.

Detail Info
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Produced by Jennifer Fox and Gregory Jacobs
Written by Scott Z. Burns
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) March 27, 2009
Country United States
Language English

Monsters vs. Aliens

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When California girl Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall (An inch short of being 50 feet tall, a joke on Attack of the 50 Foot Woman) and is instantly labeled a "monster" named Ginormica. The military jumps into action, and she is captured and held in a secret government compound. The world learns that the military has been quietly rounding up other monsters over the years. This ragtag group consists of the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. (voiced by Hugh Laurie); the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link (voiced by Will Arnett); the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B. (voiced by Seth Rogen); and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement time is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot named Gallaxhar (voiced by Rainn Wilson) lands on Earth and begins storming the country.

As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) and with a desperate order from The President (voiced by Stephen Colbert), the motley crew of monsters is called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction.

Cast
Reese Witherspoon as Susan Murphy / Ginormica
Paul Rudd as Derek
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.
Will Arnett as The Missing Link
Seth Rogen as B.O.B.
Kiefer Sutherland as Gen. W.R. Monger
Stephen Colbert as The President
Rainn Wilson as Gallaxhar

Detail Info
Directed by Conrad Vernon,Rob Letterman
Produced by Lisa Stewart, Jill Hopper, Lisa Stewart
Music by Henry Jackman
Distributed by USA:

• DreamWorks Animation
• Paramount Pictures
• United International Pictures
• Universal Pictures

Release date(s) March 27, 2009
Country US
Language English

External Link
Official Website