Penelope
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Fantasy
Directed by: Mark Palansky
Written by: Leslie Caveny
Starring: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O’Hara, Reese Witherspoon
Release Date: February 29, 2008

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PENELOPE

The tale of Penelope.
Movie Plot:
Generations ago, a witch placed a curse on the Wilhern family that would result in the next girl being born into the clan having a porcine snout — and now young Penelope (Christina Ricci) has fallen victim to the vengeful hag’s unsightly grudge. When tabloid reporter Lemon (Peter Dinklage) runs a misleadingly frightening photograph of the kind-hearted Penelope, her parents, Jessica (Catherine O’Hara) and Franklin (Richard E. Grant), lock the girl away in a sprawling mansion. Though it is said that the curse can be lifted if a man of Penelope’s status takes her hand in marriage, every man who lays eyes on the girl takes flight at first sight, never to return — until the arrival of Max (James McAvoy), that is. An unrepentant gambler with a heavy heart and an ulterior motive for meeting Penelope, Max is unexpectedly caught off guard by the pig-nosed girl’s disarming charm, and suddenly flees before having carried out his nefarious plan. Now determined to throw caution to the wind and explore the world on her own terms, Penelope makes the acquaintance of independent-minded delivery girl Annie (Reese Witherspoon), who quickly agrees to join her newfound friend on the ultimate journey of self-discovery.

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Smart People
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Directed by: Noam Murro
Written by: Mark Poirier
Starring: Denis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page
Release Date: April 11, 2008

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SMART PEOPLE
Movie Plot:
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant – but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he’s as downright flummoxed as the next guy. His teenaged daughter (Ellen Page) is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad’s misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne’er-do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church) has perfected the art of freeloading. A widower who can’t seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he’s an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age. When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him.

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The Children of Huang Shi
Genre: Drama/History
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Written by: Jane Hawksley, James MacManus
Starring: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh
Release Date: May 23, 2008

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CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI
Movie Plot:
As China is ravaged by war in the late 1930s, a young Englishman named George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) leads sixty orphans over the Liu Pan Shan mountains and into the safety of the Mongolian desert.

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Meet the Browns
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Written by: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett, Sofia Vergara, David Mann
Release Date: March 21, 2008

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MEET THE BROWNS
Movie Plot:
A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father — a man she never met. There, her clan is introduced to the crass, fun-loving Brown family.

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Sleepwalking
Genre: Drama
Directed by: William Maher
Written by: Zac Stanford
Starring: Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Charlize Theron, Denis Hooper
Release Date: March 14, 2008

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SLEEPWALKING
Movie Plot:
This is the story of James Reedy (Stahl), a simple man who leads a less than ordinary existence. When his sister Joleen (Theron) seemingly abandons her daughter Tara (Robb) with him, Reedy finds himself ill equipped to deal with the care of his 11-year-old niece. Faced with the prospect of losing Tara to a foster home, James manages to overcome his complacency, stealing away with the girl and taking to the road. In the course of their uneasy journey, their bond slowly begins to grow, as Tara must come to terms with her mother’s disappearance. James, for the first time, is forced to truly examine long buried past events and the consequences they have had on his life, and determine whether they will continue to haunt his future.

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Life before her Eyes
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Directed by: Vadim Perelman
Written by: Laura Kasischke (novel), Emil Stern (screenplay)
Starring: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amuri, Gabrielle Brennan
Release Date: April 18, 2008

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LIFE BEFORE HER EYES

What if we had the ability to competely shape our future?
What if in a single moment we could choose our destiny?
Who would you be?
How would you change?
And what would you sacrifice?

Some memories in life, we choose to remember.
And some, we can never forget…

The life before her eyes.

Movie Plot:
Oscar-nominee Uma Thurman plays a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life and perhaps her sanity on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler (played by Evan Rachel Wood of “Thirteen” and “The Upside of Anger”) who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies, cutting class, fantasizing about boys and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she’s now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana’s life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels.

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Everybody’s Fine
Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Drama
Directed by: Kirk Jones
Written by: Kirk Jones, Massimo De Rita
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell
Release Date: December 04, 2009

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EVERYBODY’S FINE
Movie Plot:
A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children.

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A Single Man
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Tom Ford
Written by: Tom Ford (screenplay), Christopher Isherwood (novel)
Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult
Release Date: 2009

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A SINGLE MAN
Movie Plot:
A story that centers on an English professor who, after the sudden death of his partner tries to go about his typical day in Los Angeles.

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Defiance
Genre: Drama/War
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Written by: Clayton Frohman, Edward Zwick
Starring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell
Release Date: January 16, 2009

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DEFIANCE

By the summer of 1941 Hitler’s army was on the move.
For millions it was a death sentence.
But for one man it was a declaration of war.

Based on the most incredible true story… you have never heard

From the director of “Blood Diamond” and “The Last Samurai”

Out of conflict comes courage.
Out of battle comes brotherhood.
Out of desperation comes defiance.

DEFIANCE

Movie Plot:
During World War II, three Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of Poland and join Russian resistance fighters to combat the Nazis. They build a village in a Belarussian forest and manage to save over 1,200 Jews.

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The Happening
Genre: Drama/Science-Fiction
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Written by: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo
Release Date: June 13, 2008

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THE HAPPENING

It will happen
on
Friday the 13th

The
HAPPENING

Movie Plot:
The Happening is a paranormal thriller in which a family must survive a global environmental crisis. The film will portray the earth’s vegetation unleashing airborne neurotoxins that cause all those who breathe it to commit violent suicide. The protagonist, a science teacher named Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg), goes on the run with his estranged wife (Zooey Deschanel) and friends as hysteria grips the planet.

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Romulus My Father
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Richard Roxburgh
Written by: Nick Drake (screenplay), Raimond Gaita (book)
Starring: Eric Bana, Franka Potente, Marton Csokas
Release Date: May 27, 2008

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ROMULUS MY FATHER

Movie Plot:
It tells the story of Romulus (Eric Bana), his beautiful wife, Christina (Franka Potente), and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

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Esther Blueburger
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Directed by: Cathy Randall
Written by: Cathy Randall
Starring: Danielle Catanzariti, Toni Collette, Keisha Caste-Hugues, Johny Pasvolsky
Release Date: March 20, 2008

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ESTHER BLUEBURGER

In every school
there’s a girl like Esther…

Now,
That’s all about to change!

Sometimes, to fit in, you need to stand out. :=)

Movie Plot:
he story revolves around the adventures of a 13-year-old Jewish girl as she attempts to navigate the pressures of family, school and her impending bat mitzvah. Convinced she was born into the wrong family, Esther secretly switches from a private school into a public school and reinvents herself.

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Creation
Genre: Biography/Drama
Directed by: Jon Amiel
Written by: John Collee (screenplay), Randal Keynes (biography)
Starring: Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly
Release Date: September 25, 2009 (UK)

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CREATION

His book was the most explosive in History.

It would change the world!

And test everything he loved…

Movie Plot:
English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his revolutionary theories on evolution and the relationship with religious wife, whose faith contradicts his work.

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