State of Play
Genre: Thriller/Drama/Crime
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Witten by: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Helen Mirren
Release Date: April 17, 2009

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STATE OF PLAY

Movie Plot:
Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party’s contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.
McCaffrey (Russel Crowe), has the dubious fortune of both an old friendship with Collins and a ruthless editor, Cameron (Helen Mirren), who has assigned him to investigate. As he and partner Della (Rachel McAdams) try to uncover the killer’s identity, McCaffrey steps into a cover-up that threatens to shake the nation’s power structures. And in a town of spin-doctors and wealthy politicos, he will discover one truth: when billions are at stake, no one’s integrity, love or life is ever safe.

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The Code
Genre: Crime
Directed by: Mimi Leder
Witten by: Ted Humphrey
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Radha Mitchell
Release Date: June 23, 2009

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THE CODE

Movie Plot:
A veteran thief recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to the Russian mob. Mitchell plays a temptress whose romantic liaison with a thief (Banderas) threatens to come between him and his partner in crime, her godfather (Freeman).

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Public Enemies
Genre: Crime/Drama
Directed by: Michael Mann
Witten by: Ronan Bennett (screenplay), Ann Biderman (screenplay), Michael Mann (screenplay), Bryan Burrough (book)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum
Release Date: July 01, 2009

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PUBLIC ENEMIES
Movie Plot:
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

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Burn After Reading
Genre: Comedy/Crime
Directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen
Witten by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: John Malkovich, George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins
Release Date: September 12, 2008

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BURN AFTER READING

Movie Plot:
Ozzie Cox (John Malkovich) is a CIA veteran who is fired because he is an alcoholic. He takes his revenge by writing some inflammatory memoirs. Cox’s soon-to-be ex-wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) steals the disc containing his memoirs and accidentally leaves it at the gym where it is found by a trainer, Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) and the gym’s owner, Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand). They believe they can use the info to blackmail Cox.
Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney) is an oversexed, fanatically fit, lactose-intolerant federal marshal who is sleeping with Cox’s estranged wife. He meets Linda via an online dating service and gets entangled in the blackmail scheme, when he stumbles across Chad breaking into his and Katie’s house.

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Punisher War Zone
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller
Directed by: Lexi Alexander
Witten by: Nick Santora, Matt Holloway, Arthur Marcum
Starring: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Wayne Knight
Release Date: December 05, 2008

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PUNISHER WAR ZONE

Movie Plot:
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the ‘Punisher Task Force’ hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.

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Righteous Kill
Genre: Crime/Drama
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Witten by: Russell Gewirtz
Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent
Release Date: September 12, 2008

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RIGHTEOUS KILL

Movie Plot:
Two veteran New York City detectives (Robert De Niro and Al Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?

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Max Payne
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller
Directed by: John Moore
Witten by: Beau Thorne
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris
Release Date: October 17, 2008

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MAX PAYNE
Movie Plot:
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a police detective whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister’s death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.

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Pineapple Express
Genre: Comedy/Crime/Thriller
Directed by: David Gordon Green (Produced by Judd Apatow)
Witten by: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny R McBride, Amber Heard, Rosie Perez, Gary Cole, Craig Robinson, Kevin Corrigan, Bill Hader
Release Date: August 06, 2008

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PINEAPPLE EXPRESS

Movie Plot:
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

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Midnight Meat Train
Genre: Crime/Horror/Mystery/Thriller
Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura
Witten by: Jeff Buhler, Clive Barker
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields, Roger Bart
Release Date: August 01, 2008

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MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
Movie Plot:
Next stop…death. When Leon Kaufman’s (Bradley Cooper) latest body of work – a collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its inhabitants – earns the struggling photographer interest from prominent art gallerist Susan Hoff (Brooke Shields), she propels him to get grittier and show the darker side of humanity for his upcoming debut at her downtown art space. Believing he’s finally on track for success, Leon’s obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany (Vinnie Jones), the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters – ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable. With his concerned girlfriend Maya (Leslie Bibb) fearing for his life, Leon’s relentless fascination with Mahogany lures him further and further into the bowels of the subways and ultimately into an abyss of pure evil – inadvertently pulling Maya right along with him.

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The Oxford Murders
Genre: Crime/Thriller/Mystery
Directed by: Alex de la Iglesia
Witten by: Jorge Guerricaechevarria, Alex de la Iglesia
Starring: Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling
Release Date: 2008

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THE OXFORD MURDERS

Movie Plot:
Wood plays an American student at Oxford University who becomes intrigued by a murder. He is taken under the wing of a Sherlock Holmes-style mentor (Hurt), who uses logic and mathematical symbols to try to stop a series of murders.

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