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- DirectorBernt Amadeus CapraStarsLiv UllmannSam WaterstonJohn HeardPhilosophical conversations between a poet, politician, and scientist.Mont St. Michel philosophy and science discussion. Sam Waterson.
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorRichard GaleStarsJennifer EspositoNick MoranStephen LangAn undercover cop needs a female police officer to pretend to be his wife in order to get close to a ruthless crime boss. The boss's attraction to her entangles them in a complex and dangerous triangle.Lesser Nick Moran. See "Silent Partner."
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorJonathan DueckStarsJames Van Der BeekDarryn LucioTara Spencer-NairnAn aspiring screenwriter trying to write a new horror script finds himself mentally breaking down after days of isolation in his apartment.Locked-in writer of clown killings
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorJames MangoldStarsRussell CroweChristian BaleBen FosterA small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.Old-style Western with less-believeable chase scene of current Hollywood
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodBee VangChristopher CarleyAfter a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.Clint Eastwood in changing Detroit suburb
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorSarah KellyStarsConnie BrittonSarah ClarkeTate DonovanOn the eve of selling her mother's house, a thirty-something housewife wakes up to a hangover surrounded by her best friends from high school, who were used to partying in the house in an earlier era, and stirring memories of old teenage games and truths revealed about loves lost.Wild reunion of 1980s friends.
- DirectorJames D. DeckStarsTara ReidNick MoranGregg HenryGordon Patrick (Nick Moran), a young CIA analyst is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a major Russian political figure.Better Nick Moran vs. "The Proposal."
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorShekhar KapurStarsCate BlanchettLiz GilesRod CulbertsonThe early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.Shades of Shakespeare in Love, though Cate Blanchett not Gwenyth Paltrow.
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorScott DackoStarsJohn SheaMary Stuart MastersonHenry SimmonsWhen a disillusioned GI, an ex-prostitute and a small-time crook come under the spell of a charismatic, radical, left-wing academic, a terrorist cell emerges in our own backyard. Meet The Insurgents.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsCharlie CoxClaire DanesSienna MillerIn a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.Claire Danes. High imdb rating.
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorAlan ParkerStarsEmily WatsonRobert CarlyleJoe BreenAn Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.Biographical Frank McCourt. Well acted.
DATE: 2009-08-20 - DirectorBruce A. EvansStarsKevin CostnerDemi MooreWilliam HurtA well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego.Kevin Costner good. Demi Moore fair. William Hurt (still) boring. A unique story line.
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorPaul NewmanStarsPaul NewmanRobby BensonEllen BarkinHarry Keach has been widowed for two years and works as a demolition crane operator on a demolition crew.Only fair Paul Newman and Robby Benson.
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorKnut ElstermannStarsJens MeurerTilman BüttnerRon HollowayMaking of Russian Ark (2002), with on camera personal views by members of the cast and crew of the major film.Strolling thru the Hermitage and The Ages
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorCurtis HansonStarsMichael DouglasTobey MaguireFrances McDormandAn English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.Funny, different, well done by Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand.
DATE: 2009-08-23 - DirectorJulie DelpyStarsJulie DelpyAdam GoldbergDaniel BrühlMarion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents -- and several of her ex-boyfriends.Witty, well written, acted, directed by the actress
DATE: 2009-08-01 - DirectorOlivier AssayasFrédéric AuburtinGurinder ChadhaStarsJuliette BinocheLeonor WatlingLudivine SagnierThrough the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened."Confused, perhaps, but very happy."
DATE: 2009-09-02 - DirectorChiara ClementeStarsMarina AbramovicGhada AmerCaledonia CurryFilmed over the course of two years, "Our City Dreams" is the story of a woman's struggles and successes as an artist in New York City.How artists think - at least these NY artists.
DATE: 2009-09-05 - DirectorMarc ForsterStarsKhalid AbdallaAhmad Khan MahmoodzadaAtossa LeoniAfter spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.Not as good as Angela's Ashes for the foreigner story or the acting.
DATE: 2009-09-20 - DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsBrian KeithHelmut GriemIan HendryDuring WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland.Way down the list on decent, believeable war movies. Lots of annoyances.
DATE: 2009-10-01 - DirectorLiev SchreiberStarsElijah WoodEugene HutzBoris LyoskinA young Jewish American man, with the help of an eccentric local, endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village that was ultimately razed by the Nazis.Jewish American searches for family history in the Ukraine, and finds history disturbing. Good character development.
DATE: 2009-01-01