The Matador

About David Fandila's quest to become the world's top-ranked bullfighter, tracing his three-year journey across Spain and Latin America and into the pages of bullfighting history.

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Co-Director Nina Gilden Seavey
Producer Nina Gilden Seavey
Cinematographer Christopher Jenkins (II)
Editor Ian Rummer
Composer John Califra
Running Time 1 hr. 14 min.
Release Date October 31st, 2008 (limited)
Distributors City Lights Pictures

The First Basket

When Ossie Schectman, a Jewish kid from Brooklyn, made the first basket for the New York Knickerbockers back in 1946, who knew it was the precursor of today's NBA? For Jewish immigrants, especially youth, sports played an important role in helping them assimilate. By the 1920s, almost all urban Jewish neighborhoods had a basketball team. When these teams evolved into professional leagues by the late 1940s, Jewish players and coaches led the way.

Detail Info
Editor Carol Slatkin
Cinematographer Gary Griffin
Cinematographer Dennis P. Boni
David Vyorst Producer
Katri Billard Associate Producer
David Vyorst Screenwriter
David Vyorst Director
Running Time 1 hr. 26 min.
Release Date October 29th, 2008 (NY)
Distributors Laemmle/Zeller Films
Production Co. Zej Media
Produced in US

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

On the evening of November 5, 2001, Dr. Andrew Bagby was murdered in a parking lot in western Pennsylvania; the prime suspect, his ex-girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner, promptly fled the United States for St. Johns, Newfoundland -- where she announced that she was pregnant with Andrew's child. She named the little boy Zachary. Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne, Andrew's childhood friend, originally began shooting the film as a way for little Zachary to learn about his father -- until Shirley Turner, whom Canada allowed to walk free on bail while awaiting extradition to the United States, killed again.

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Running Time 1 hr. 35 min.
Release Date Oct 31st, 2008
Distributors Oscilloscope Pictures, MSNBC Films
Produced in US

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)

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

What Just Happened

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Two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. Ben is besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of things -- a money maker, an ego buster, a bad news breaker, an artistic champion, a loyal husband, an all-knowing father, not to mention sexy, youthful and tuned-in -- everything except for the one thing he and all the preposterously behaved people he's surrounded by really are: bumbling human beings just trying to survive by any means necessary.

Cast
Robert De Niro
Sean Penn
Catherine Keener
John Turturro
Robin Wright Penn
Stanley Tucci
Kristen Stewart
Bruce Willis

Detail Info
Director Barry Levinson
Producers Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Eric Kopeloff, Robert De Niro, Art Linson, Jane Rosenthal, Barry Levinson
Writer :

• Screenplay (adaptation) : Art Linson
• Book: Art Linson

Running Time 1 hr. 50 min.
Release Date October 17th, 2008 (limited)
MPAA Rating R
Filming Locations Los Angeles, California USA

Synecdoche, New York

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Caden, the main character, is a theatre director. After the inception of his new play, he discovers that his various autonomic functions are shutting down one at a time. The movie goes into themes such as the nature of family, of home, and of male-female relationships, all while blurring the nature of reality and representation in a nature consistent with the earlier work of Charlie Kaufman.

Cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Catherine Keener
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Michelle Williams
Samantha Morton
Hope Davis
Emily Watson
Dianne Weist
Tom Noonan

Detail Info
Directed by Charlie Kaufman
Produced by Anthony Bregman
Spike Jonze
Charlie Kaufman
Written by Charlie Kaufman
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s) North America:
October 24, 2008
Country United States
Language English

Pride and Glory

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Ray Tierney (Norton) is a New York police officer who is part of a multi-generational police family. Tierney investigates a troublesome case that involves his older brother and brother-in-law, compelling the family to choose sides between their blood and the New York Police Department.

Cast
Edward Norton as Ray Tierney
Colin Farrell as Jimmy Egan
Jon Voight as Francis Tierney Sr. Nick Nolte was originally cast in the role, but after a chronic knee injury become too severe, he was unable to perform and was replaced by Voight.
Noah Emmerich as Francis Tierney Jr. Emmerich

Detail Info
Directed by Gavin O'Connor
Produced by Gavin O'Connor, Gregory O'Connor, Paula Weinstein
Written by Gavin O'Connor, Joe Carnahan
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
New Line Cinema
Release date(s) October 24, 2008
Country United States
Language English

Morning Light

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Morning Light is a documentary that follows the second youngest crew (by average age) to compete in the Transpac. All crew members were between 18 and 23 at the time. The film follows the formation of the Morning Light sailing team, their six months of training in advance of the yacht race, and finally the weeklong Los Angeles to Honolulu race itself.

The crew numbered 15 young sailors of varied experience: Chris Branning, Graham Brant-Zawadzki, Chris Clark, Charlie Enright, Jesse Fielding, Robbie Kane, Steve Manson, Chris Schubert, Kate Theisen, Mark Towill, Genny Tulloch, navigator Piet van Os (at 18, the youngest crew member), Chris Welch, Kit Will and the 21-year-old skipper, Jeremy Wilmot.

Detail Info
Directed by Mark Monroe
Produced by Roy Disney, Leslie DeMeuse, Morgan Sackett
Editing by Paul Crowder
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s) October 17, 2008
Country United States
Language English

External Links
Official Website

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

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Smith has released little information about the film, except that it is a comedy about two lifelong platonic friends who have managed to trudge into adulthood with a satisfying lack of accomplishment. However, a high school reunion and dire rent problems spark the novel moneymaking idea of pulling together an amateur porn enterprise with their friends. As the film begins shooting, however, Zack and Miri realize their feelings for each other might be more than just that of friends.

Casting
Seth Rogen
Elizabeth Banks
Craig Robinson
Jason Mewes
Traci Lords
Jeff Anderson
Katie Morgan
Ricky Mabe

Detail Info
Directed by Kevin Smith
Produced by Scott Mosier
Written by Kevin Smith
Music by James L. Venable
Cinematography Dave Klein
Editing by Kevin Smith
Distributed by The Weinstein Company
Release date(s) October 31, 2008
Country USA
Language English
Budget $25 million

W.

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W. is a biographical film in production based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. The film is written, produced, and directed by Oliver Stone, and stars Josh Brolin as George W. Bush. Stone has compared his goal for W. to the approaches of The Queen (2006) and his own Nixon (1995). Filming began on May 12, 2008 in Louisiana with the release date being set for October 17, 2008. The MPAA rated the film PG-13 for language including sexual references, some alcohol abuse, smoking and brief disturbing war images

Cast
Josh Brolin as George W. Bush
Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush
Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice
Jesse Bradford as Thatcher, a college buddy of Bush
James Cromwell as George H. W. Bush
Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney
Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld
Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush
Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair
Jason Ritter as Jeb Bush
Noah Wyle as Donald Evans
Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell
Bruce McGill as George Tenet
Rob Corddry as Ari Fleischer
Toby Jones as Karl Rove

Detail Info
Directed by Oliver Stone
Produced by Moritz Borman, Jon Kilik, Bill Block, Oliver Stone
Written by Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone
Distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment
Release date(s) October 17, 2008
Language English
Budget US$30 million

External Links
Official Website

Sex Drive

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Is a 2008 comedy film about a high school senior who goes on a cross-country road trip to hook up with a girl he met online. It is based on the novel All The Way, by Andy Behrens. The film was directed by Sean Anders, and stars Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, James Marsden, Seth Green, and Amanda Crew.

Loveable underdog IAN (Josh Zuckerman) is the last American virgin. At least that's how it feels to him now that he's 18, about to go to college, and losing girls to his 14-year-old brother. Ian's always been the nice guy, the best friend... never the boyfriend. But his luck finally seems to be changing when he meets "Ms. Tasty". She's everything he's ever wanted in a girlfriend -- fun, sexy, and she really likes him. There's just one problem. She lives in Knoxville. And he lives in Chicago. And she thinks he's the Brad Pitt lookalike he's pretending to be online. At the urging of his best friend, LANCE (Clark Duke), Ian decides to confront his fear of rejection when "Ms.Tasty" makes him the offer of a lifetime: "If you drive all the way for me, I'll go all the way for you." Fall Out Boy is said to have a cameo appearance as a band playing while Amish adolescents get drunk.

Cast
Josh Zuckerman
Clark Duke
Amanda Crew
James Marsden
Seth Green

Detail Info
Directed by Sean Anders
Produced by Bob Levy, Leslie Morgenstein, John Morris
Written by John Morris, Andy Behrens
Music by Stephen Trask
Cinematography Tim Orr
Editing by George Folsey Jr.
Distributed by Summit Distribution
Release date(s)

• October 9, 2008 (Netherlands)
• October 17, 2008 (US)

Country United States
Language English

External Links
Official Website

Passengers

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After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire (Anne Hathaway), is assigned by her mentor (Andre Braugher) to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident -- which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened -- Claire is intrigued by Eric (Patrick Wilson), the most secretive of the passengers. Just as Claire's professional relationship with Eric -- despite her better judgment -- blossoms into a romance, the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, one by one. Claire suspects that Eric may hold all the answers and becomes determined to uncover the truth, no matter the consequences.

Cast
Anne Hathaway as Claire Summers
Patrick Wilson as Eric
Clea DuVall
David Morse
Dianne Wiest

Detail Info
Directed by Rodrigo Garcia
Produced by Joseph Drake
Written by Ronnie Christensen
Music by Ed Shearmur
Cinematography Igor Jadue-Lillo
Editing by Thom Noble
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date(s) October 24, 2008
Country United States
Language English
Budget $25 million

Happy-Go-Lucky

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Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is a life-loving, irrepressibly cheerful, Pollyanna-type primary school teacher who is thirty years old, single, and infinitely optimistic and accepting. She lives with her best friend and flatmate Zoe (Alexis Zegerman) in London. She is tested by a repressed driving instructor with anger problems (Eddie Marsan), and tests him in turn. She has exciting flamenco lessons, an encounter with a homeless man, a row with her pregnant sister, and a love-affair with the social worker guiding one of her students.

Cast
Sally Hawkins as Poppy
Alexis Zegerman as Zoe
Andrea Riseborough as Dawn
Samuel Roukin as Tim
Sinead Matthews as Alice
Kate O'Flynn as Suzy
Sarah Niles as Tash
Eddie Marsan as Scott
Joseph Kloska as Suzy's friend
Sylvestra Le Touzel as Heather
Elliot Cowan as Bookseller
Nonso Anozie as Ezra
Trevor Cooper as Patient
Philip Arditti as Flamenco Student
Karina Fernandez as Flamenco - Spanish Dance Teacher
Jack Macgeachin as Nick
Oliver Maltman as Jamie
Caroline Martin as Helen
Rebekah Staton as Flamenco Student
Stanley Townsend as Tramp
Tim Glanfield as Man in Pub

Detail Info
Directed by Mike Leigh
Produced by Simon Channing-Williams
Written by Mike Leigh
Music by Gary Yershon
Cinematography Dick Pope
Editing by Jim Clark
Distributed by

• Miramax Films (US)
  
• Alliance Films (Canada)
  

Release date(s)

• 18 April 2008 (UK)
  
• 10 October 2008 (US)
  

Running time 118 min
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Changeling

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The film is set in 1920s Los Angeles and is based upon the Wineville Chicken Murders, an infamous kidnapping and murder case that occurred from 1928 through 1930 and received nationwide attention in the United States. When the son of Christine Collins (Jolie) is returned to her after being kidnapped, she suspects that the child is not her own. After being vilified as an unfit mother, Christine confronts the city authorities and corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department in order to find out the truth.

Cast
Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins
John Malkovich as firebrand Presbyterian evangelist Gustav Briegleb
Amy Ryan plays Collins' best friend, Carol Dexter
Jason Butler Harner plays Gordon Northcott, a mechanic accused of murder
Jeffrey Donovan plays J.J. Jones, the Los Angeles Police Department captain
Michael Kelly plays Det. Lester Ybarra

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Directed by Clint Eastwood
Produced by Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Robert Lorenz
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Music by Clint Eastwood
Cinematography Tom Stern
Editing by Joel Cox
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) October 24, 2008
Running time 140 min.
Country United States
Language English

Quarantine

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Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. Sara (Crystal Lowe) joins them, when she recognizes her best friend Angela going in the building. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.

Cast
Jennifer Carpenter as Angela Vidal
Steve Harris as Angela's Cameraman
Crystal Lowe as Sara
Jay Hernandez as Jake
Johnathon Schaech as Fletcher
Columbus Short as Wilensky
T.I. as James

Detail Info
Directed by John Erick Dowdle
Produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Sergio Aguero, Drew Dowdl, Carlos Fernández, Julio Fernández, Glenn Gainor
Written by

• Quarantine Screenplay: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle
  
• Screenplay: Jaume Balagueró 
  

Music by Pilar McCurry
Cinematography Ken Seng
Editing by Elliott Greenburg
Distributed by Sony Pictures/Screen Gems[2]
Release date(s)

• October 10, 2008 (USA/CAN) 
  
• November 14, 2008 (UK)
  

Country United States
Language English

The Express

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It is based on the life of Syracuse University football player Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Cast
Rob Brown as Ernie Davis
Dennis Quaid as Ben Schwartzwalder
Charles S. Dutton as Pops
Clancy Brown as Roy Simmons Sr.
Jordan Goone as Arlington Cowboys

Detail Info
Directed by Gary Fleder
Produced by John Davis
Written by Charles Leavitt, Robert C. Gallagher
Editing by Padraic McKinley, William Steinkamp
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) October 10, 2008
Country United States
Language English

Rachel Getting Married

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When Kym (Anne Hathaway), an ex-model who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years, returns home for the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt), she brings a long history of personal crisis and family conflict along with her. The wedding party's abundant cast of friends and relations have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym with her black-comic one-liners and knack for bombshell drama is a catalyst for long-simmering tensions in the family dynamic.

Cast
Anne Hathaway
Rosemarie DeWitt
Debra Winger
Bill Irwin
Anna Deavere Smith
Tunde Adebimpe
Mather Zickel

Detail Info
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Produced by Neda Armian, Marc E. Platt
Written by Jenny Lumet
Music by Zafer Tawil
Cinematography Declan Quinn
Editing by Tim Squyres
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s)
United States: October 3, 2008 (limited)
Running time 114 min.
Country United States
Language English

Flash of Genius

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Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers, who he accuses of stealing his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper.

Cast

• Greg Kinnear as Bob Kearns, the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper who spent most of his life battling the Detroit automakers he charged with stealing his invention.
• Lauren Graham as Phyllis Kearns, Bob's wife
• Dermot Mulroney as Gil Privick, Kearns' best friend
• Alan Alda as Gregory Lawson, Kearns' lawyer
• Mitch Pileggi as a Ford Motor Company executive

Detail Info
Directed by Marc Abraham
Produced by Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Michael Lieber
Written by Philip Railsback, Scott Frank
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) October 3, 2008
Country United States
Language English

City of Ember

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The story follows two children, Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow, who live in the City of Ember, an underground city built to house a human community for 200 years. Having reached the end of its 200-year mission, Ember's power source begins to become problematic and the lamps start to flicker. Together, the children search for clues that will unlock ancient mysteries about the city and save the people of Ember before it's too late.

Cast
Bill Murray as Mayor Cole
Saoirse Ronan as Lina Mayfleet
Harry Treadaway as Doon Harrow
Mackenzie Crook as Looper
Mary Kay Place as Mrs. Murdo
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Clary
Liz Smith as Granny
Lucinda Dryzek as Lizzie Bisco
Martin Landau as Sul
Toby Jones as Barton Snode
Tim Robbins as Loris Harrow
Miles Thompson as Smat

Detail Info
Directed by Gil Kenan
Produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
Written by Caroline Thompson, Jeanne Duprau (novel)
Music by Andrew Lockington
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) October 10, 2008
Country United States
Language English