Plot: alternate universe where domesticated zombies play a functional role in society by delivering the milk, carrying the mail, and even helping out with household chores, one boy is about to find out just how big of a personal responsibility "pet" ownership truly is. When the Earth passed through a cloud of space dust and the dead arose from their graves to devour the flesh of the living, it first seemed that all hope for humanity was lost. Society's rapid slide into chaos, however, was soon halted when scientists at a company called ZomCon created a special collar that turned the rampaging animated corpses docile. Now, thanks to ZomCon, everything is under control - or is it? Timmy Robinson (K'Sun Ray) isn't quite convinced. Quiet and withdrawn, the skeptical young boy spends so much time locked away in his room that he's almost become invisible around the household. His mother Helen (Carrie-Anne Moss) has recently purchased a zombie to help keep things tidy around the house, though, and when the creature attempts to engage the curious youngster in a game of catch, a friendship is forged between boy and zombie that finds the amiable gut-muncher nicknamed "Fido" (Billy Connolly) practically becoming a part of the family. Things take a turn for the worse, however, when "Fido"'s collar malfunctions and Timmy's neighbors (and sister) begin dying in droves. When ZomCon's top zombie control specialist Mr. Bottoms (Henry Czerny) moves in across the street from Timmy, the increasingly complicated situation threatens to place a serious stumbling block in the path of human-zombie relations.
Genre: comedy
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Dylan Baker, K'Sun Ray, Henry Czerny, Tim Blake Nelson
Director: Andrew Currie
Produced by Trent Carlson, Patrick Cassavetti, Blake Corbet, Kevin Eastwood, Daniel Iron, Michael Shepard, Mary Anne Waterhouse, Ki Wight
Written by Robert Chomiak, Andrew Currie, Dennis Heaton
Distributed by Lions Gate Films
Release date: March 16 (Canada), June 15 (U.S.) 2007
Budget $11 million
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Fido - Film, Movie - Trailer
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Labels: 2007, Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss, comedy, Dylan Baker, Henry Czerny, K'Sun Ray, Tim Blake Nelson
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Golden Door, The (Nuovomondo) - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: During the turn of the 20th Century, the poor Mancuso family (headed by the widowed Salvatore, Vincenzo Amato), from Sicily, Italy, emigrates to the United States. They dream of the land of opportunity, where immigrants swim in white liquid, and coins fall from the sky. Salvatore takes his family, as well as his fiery and proud mother, Fortunata (Aurora Quattrocchi). While on the ship to America, Salvatore meets the British Lucy (Charlotte Gainsbourg). Lucy is quickly noted by many of the men for her sexuality. For reasons unknown, Lucy wants to be married quickly and before arriving to Ellis Island. Without much struggle, the two are married. Upon arriving at Ellis Island, the families realize that their trials and tribulations have just begun. The whole family is put through extreme and humiliating trials, both mentally and physically. Not all of the family members are prepared for these tasks, especially Pietro (Filippo Pucillo), who is deaf and mute.
Genre: drama
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Francesco Casisa, Filippo Pucillo, Vincent Schiavelli
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Producers: Bernard Bouix, Tommaso Calevi,
Alexandre Mallet-Guy
Written by Emanuele Crialese
Music by Antonio Castrigano
Editing by Maryline Monthieux
Distributed by Miramax
Release dates: May 25, 2007 (US limited), September 22, 2006 (Italy)
Country Italy
Language Italian, English
Budget: ~ €10,000,000
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Labels: 2007, Charlotte Gainsbourg, drama, Filippo Pucillo, Francesco Casisa, Vincent Schiavelli, Vincenzo Amato
Friday, May 18, 2007
Angel-A - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: Drowning in debt, without a Euro to his name and refused the benefits of the US green card he won in a lottery, André (Jamel Debbouze) decides the best thing for all concerned is to chuck himself into the Seine. Just as he is about to end it all on the Pont-Neuf, however, he is interrupted by a beautiful blonde (Rie Rasmussen) who leaps in first. When he pulls her to safety, she offers to help him out of his current malaise.
Angela, of course, is no ordinary stunner, though it takes time for the sceptical André to realise she has latched onto him for a reason. The twist is that she needs him just as much as he needs her, if only to feel the emotional connections that divinity has denied her.
Genres: comedy, fantasy, romance
Directed by Luc Besson
Produced by Luc Besson
Written by Luc Besson
Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine
Music by Anja Garbarek
Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast
Editing by Frédéric Thoraval
Distributed by EuropaCorp
Release date: December 21, 2005 (France), July 28, 2006 (UK), May 25, 2007 (USA)
Country: France
Language: French, Spanish (a few words)
Budget: €15,000,000 (estimated)
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Labels: 2007, comedy, fantasy, Gilbert Melki, Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, romance, Serge Riaboukine
The Wendell Baker Story - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: In his return to writing and as director, Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend (Eva Mendes) as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption. Owen Wilson co-stars as the head nurse.
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Starring: Luke Wilson, Eva Mendes, Owen Wilson
Directors: Andrew Wilson, Luke Wilson
Produced by David L. Bushell, Mark Johnson
Written by Luke Wilson
Distributed by Wendell Distribution Inc.
Release date March 11, 2005
Language English
Budget: $8,000,000
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Labels: 2007, comedy, drama, Eva Mendes, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, romance
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Severance - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: Palisade Defense isn't just the leading supplier of weaponry for the war on terror, it's a company that truly cares about its employees. When the Palisade Defense's European sales division exceeds expectations, the president decides that his dedicated employees deserve a relaxing, corporate team-building retreat. The trip takes a turn for the worst, however, when a deadly enemy infiltrates the retreat with the singular goal of ensuring that no one gets out alive.
Genres: comedy, horror, thriller
Directed by Christopher Smith
Produced by Jason Newmark
Written by James Moran, Christopher Smith
Starring: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, Andy Nyman, Claudie Blakley
Music by Christian Henson
Cinematography Ed Wild
Editing by Stuart Gazzard
Distributed by Pathe
Release date: 25th August, 2006
Running time 91 minutes
Country UK
Language English
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Labels: 2007, Andy Nyman, Claudie Blakley, comedy, Danny Dyer, horror, Laura Harris, thriller, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens
Once - Film, Movie - Trailer
Description: Once is a 2006 drama film written and directed by John Carney. It stars Irish musician Glen Hansard, of the popular Irish group The Frames, along with Czech musician Markéta Irglová. Hansard plays a busker (nominally titled Guy) who works in his father's hoover repair shop to earn money. Irglová is a Czech immigrant (nominally titled Girl) who sells flowers on the street. They meet during one of his late night street performances and strike up a friendship based on their shared love for music. The film then follows them as they write and record songs over a week.
Genres: drama, music
Starring: Alaistair Foley, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Geoff Minogue
Directed by John Carney
Produced by Martina Niland
Written by John Carney
Cinematography Tim Fleming
Editing by Paul Mullen
Release date: March 23, 2007
Running time 85 min
Country Ireland
Language English
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Labels: 2007, Alaistair Foley, drama, Geoff Minogue, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, musical
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Brooklyn Rules - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: In 1985 Brooklyn, three boyhood friends come of age on the streets where the violent have power. When one becomes enamored by the mafia lifestyle, all three friends are placed in grave danger as relationships and lives are threatened. Michael (Freddie Prinze Jr.), the narrator, is a lovable charmer with the soul of a con man who successfully scams his way into the pre-law program at Columbia University. In contrast to Michael's desire to leave the Brooklyn streets behind, his close friend Carmine (Scott Caan), a handsome lady-killer enamored of the Mafia lifestyle, wants nothing more than to stay there. Rounding out the trio is Bobby (Jerry Ferrara), an endearing cheapskate who longs for a simple life of working at the Post Office and settling down with his fiancee. While at Columbia, Michael falls for a beautiful young student named Ellen (Mena Suvari), a society girl whom he initially wins over with his preppy schoolboy cover. As their relationship blossoms, leaving the streets behind seems increasingly possible, but when Carmine catches the eye of Caesar (Alec Baldwin), a feared mobster who controls their Brooklyn neighborhood, Michael and Bobby are drawn into that world despite their reluctance to get involved.
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Scott Caan, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mena Suvari, Jerry Ferrara
Genre: drama
Directed by Michael Corrente
Written by Terence Winter
Music by Benny Rietveld
Release date: Flag of United States December 15, 2006
Running time 1 hour 35 minues
Language English
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Labels: 2007, Alec Baldwin, drama, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jerry Ferrara, Mena Suvari, Scott Caan
Monday, May 7, 2007
Vacancy - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox's (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, the estranged couple is forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them. Soon they discover that the low-budget slasher movies they're watching were all filmed in the very room they're staying in and are actually snuff films that they're soon to be a part of. With hidden cameras aimed at them - trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces, underground tunnels - and filming their every move, David and Amy must struggle to get out alive before whoever is watching them can finish their latest masterpiece.
Director: Nimród Antal
Producers: Stacy Cramer, Hal Lieberman, Brian Paschal
Written by Mark L. Smith
Starring: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale, Frank Whaley
Distributed by Screen Gems
Release date: April 20, 2007
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Labels: 2007, Frank Whaley, horror, Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, thriller
Kickin' It Old Skool - Film, Movie - Trailer
Description: Kickin' It Old Skool is an American comedy film directed by Harvey Glazer and written by Trace Slobotkin. The cast includes Jamie Kennedy, Maria Menounos, Michael Rosenbaum, and Vivica A. Fox. This movie was released on April 27, 2007 and grossed just 2.49 million that weekend. The movie is about a young breakdancer who hits his head during a talent show and slips into a coma for twenty years. Waking up in 2006, he looks to revive his and his team's career with the help of his girlfriend and his parents.
Director: Harvey Glazer
Written by Trace Slobotkin, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan
Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Maria Menounos, Michael Rosenbaum, Vivica A. Fox
Music by James L. Venable
Cinematography Robert M. Stevens
Editor: Sandy S. Solowitz
Distributed by Yari Film Group
Release date: April 27, 2007
Country: United States
Budget: $20-25 Million
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Labels: 2007, comedy, Jamie Kennedy, Maria Menounos, Michael Rosenbaum, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Vivica A. Fox
The Host - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: The movie opens with an American military pathologist commanding a Korean assistant to dispose of formaldehyde down the drain.
The plot shifts to the present, focusing on a small family. Park Gang-du is a slow-witted man who runs a snack-bar with his father, Hee-bong. Hyun-seo is Gang-du's only daughter, a schoolgirl. Nam-joo is Gang-du's sister, and a national medalist archer. Nam-il is Gang-du's brother, an alcoholic who has not made much of himself since graduating from college.
Gang-du is sent to serve a customer and notices that a crowd has gathered along the edge of the Han River, pointing at something hanging off the Wonhyo Bridge. This turns out to be a large creature that drops into the water. The crowd throw food into the river, to see what will happen, but as the creature emerges, it attacks and devours people whole. Gang-du and an American man try to combat the creature. As Gang-du runs away from the monster, he sees Hyun-seo, recently emerged from the snack bar, unaware of the danger. Gang-du grabs her hand and tries to lead her to safety, but stumbles and grabs the hand of another girl instead. Realizing his error too late, he sees the monster grab Hyun-seo and drag her into the river.
The family grieves at the loss of the young girl. Nam-il blames Gang-du for Hyun-seo's death. Government representatives in biohazard suits arrive and demand to know who has had direct contact with the creature, to which Gang-du raises his hand. The family is dragged away to a hospital for quarantine. The Korean government announces that the monster is not only a direct risk, but also the host of a virus. While quarantined at the hospital, Gang-du receives a phone call from Hyun-seo, who is not dead, but trapped in a sewer. She is cut off as the cell phone battery runs out. No-one believes Gang-du except his family. They escape the hospital, determined to rescue Hyun-seo. In a confrontation with the creature, Hee-bong is killed. Gang-du is captured by soldiers, and Nam-il and Nam-joo separate.
Nam-il goes to a former college friend for help, and is able to trace Hyun-seo's phone call. He is betrayed and barely escapes capture. He manages to send a text message to Nam-joo with the information. Nam-joo meets the creature outside its lair, but she is knocked unconscious. Gang-du, trapped in the hospital, overhears that there is no virus, but the government is going through the motions anyway to save face (including attempting to extract Gang-du's brain to perform tests on it). After they take a sample of his brain tissue, he takes a hostage and escapes from the hospital.
Meanwhile, Hyun-seo survives in the sewer by hiding in a pipe, but she cannot escape. The creature drops the bodies of its victims nearby, saving them for later. Hyun-seo finds them dead or mortally wounded, except for one young orphan boy. She devises a plan to climb out of the sewer using the victims' clothes as a rope. The plan fails and the creature swallows the two children.
Gang-du arrives and realizes that his daughter is inside the beast. He chases it as it swims into the river. The three siblings converge on the monster, just as it is coming up on the riverbank where demonstrators are gathering to protest the use of Agent Yellow, a chemical that will be released by the government in order to combat the fictional virus. Chaos ensues as the creature comes on shore and is shot at. Agent Yellow is released, and it causes the creature to collapse temporarily. Gang-du manages to open its jaws and pull out the bodies of the two children. The creature then revives and tries to return to the river. Nam-il throws molotov cocktails at the creature, but none of them strike it. Then the homeless man who arrived with Nam-il pours gasoline on it and Nam-joo shoots a flaming arrow into its eye, setting it on fire. The creature runs towards the river, but Gang-du blocks its way, impaling it on a broken street sign. Gang-du tries to revive the children but only the orphan boy survives.
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Producer: Yong-Bae Choi
Written by Baek Chul-hyun, Bong Joon-ho
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Byeon Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona, Ko Ah-seong
Music by Byeong Woo Lee
Release date: July 27, 2006 (South Korea), November 10, 2006 (UK), March 9, 2007 (US)
Running time 119 min.
Language Korean
Budget: US$ 10,000,000
Worldwide Box Office Gross $88,183,897
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Labels: 2007, action, adventure, Bae Doona, Byeon Hee-bong, comedy, drama, fantasy, Ko Ah-seong, Park Hae-il, Song Kang-ho
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Trade - Film, Movie - Trailer
Synopsis: Jorge (Cesar Ramos), a 17-year-old boy from Mexico, must illegally sneak into the United States in a desperate attempt to rescue his younger sister Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) after she is kidnapped by sex traffickers. In Texas, he meets a cop named Ray (Kline), and the two forge a close bond as they continue on the quest to rescue Adriana before she and her friend Veronica (Alicja Bachleda-Curuś) fall victim to the international underground of the sex trade forever.
Genres: crime, drama
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Producers: Roland Emmerich, Rosilyn Heller
Written by Peter Landesman, Jose Rivera
Starring: Kevin Kline, Cesar Ramos, Paulina Gaitan, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś
Music by Jacabo Lieberman
Cinematography Daniel Gottschalk
Distributed by Lions Gate Films
Centropolis Entertainment
Release date: August 31, 2007 (USA)
Budget: $12,000,000 (estimated)
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Labels: 2007, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Cesar Ramos, crime, drama, Kevin Kline, Paulina Gaitan
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Are We Done Yet? - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: This sequel picks up as the newly formed family of Nick, Suzanne, Lindsey and Kevin move from the city to the suburbs in the pursuit of an idyllic life. A house renovation leads to chaos, however, as Nick clashes with the eccentric contractor who bonds with Suzanne and the kids. Nick also has to deal with a pregnant wife as well as a raccoon who proves impossible to catch.
Genre: comedy
Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long, John C. McGinley, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden, Tahj Mowry
Director: Steve Carr
Producers: Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Todd Garner, Neil A. Machlis, Aaron Ray
Written by Hank Nelken
Music by Teddy Castellucci
Cinematography Jack N. Green
Editor: Craig Herring
Distributed by Revolution Studios
Release dates:April 4, 2007 (Australia), April 5, 2007 (US)
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Labels: 2007, Aleisha Allen, comedy, Ice Cube, John C. McGinley, Nia Long, Philip Bolden, Tahj Mowry
Ten 'til Noon - Film, Movie - Trailer
Desription: Ten 'Til Noon (2007) is a crime thriller movie that has won awards at multiple festivals (San Francisco Independent Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival).
It is a taut crime thriller in the vein of Memento and Pulp Fiction with a structural signature of witnessing the same ten minutes from the often tense perspective of ten different characters.
Its official description is: Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what exactly happened...and why.
Directed by Scott Storm (graduate of the New York School of Visual Arts and classmate of Bryan Singer) and produced by Michael Creighton Rogers, Michael Mannheim, Gavin Franks, and Brian Osborne, Ten 'til Noon stars Morgan Freeman's son Alphonso and was shot during separate months on a shoestring budget with the help of countless crew and friend favors.
After a Los Angeles Premiere screening, Jon Voight's company, Crystal Sky, signed on to sell foreign and domestic distribution and the film opened theatrically in Los Angeles on March 30, 2007.
Genres: thriller, crime
Director: Scott Storm
Written by Paul Osborne
Starring: Alfonso Freeman, Rick D. Wasserman, Rayne Guest, Jenya Lano, Thomas Kopache
Music by Joe Kraemer
Cinematography Alice Brooks
Editors: Kalman Alexander, Scott Storm
Distributed by Radio London Films
Release date: March 30, 2007
Budget: $750,000
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Labels: 2007, Alfonso Freeman, crime, Jenya Lano, Rayne Guest, Rick D. Wasserman, Thomas Kopache, thriller
Dead Silence - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: There is an old ghost story in the sleepy town of Ravens Fair about Mary Shaw, a ventriloquist who went mad. Accused of the murder of a young boy, she was hunted down by vengeful townspeople who tore out her tongue and killed her. They buried her along with her "children," a hand-made collection of vaudeville dolls. Since that time, Ravens Fair has been plagued by death. The ghastly dolls from Mary Shaw's collection have gone missing from the grave and reappeared over the decades. In the dead of night--wherever they are glimpsed--families are found gruesomely murdered, with their tongues torn out like Mary Shaw.
Far from the pall of their hometown, newlyweds Jamie and Lisa Ashen thought they had established a fresh start, but when his wife is grotesquely killed, Jamie reluctantly returns to Ravens Fair for the funeral, intent on unraveling the mystery of her death.
Once reunited with his ill father and his father's new young bride, Jamie must dig into the town's bloody past to find out who killed his wife and why. As he uncovers the legend of Mary Shaw, Jamie unlocks the story of her curse and the truth behind the song from his childhood: Beware the stare of Mary Shaw. She had no children, only dolls. If you see her do not scream, or she'll rip your tongue out at the seam.
Genres: horror, mystery, thriller
Starring: Steve Adams, Cody Arens, Jason Deline, Michael Fairman, Keir Gilchrist, Ryan Kwanten, J. Larose, Kennedy McGuckian, Liam McGuckian, Laura Regan, Steven Taylor, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg
Director: James Wan
Producers: Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules
Written by Leigh Whannell
Cinematography John R. Leonetti
Editor: Michael Knue
Release date: March 16th, 2007
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Labels: 2007, Cody Arens, horror, J. Larose, Jason Deline, Keir Gilchrist, Kennedy McGuckian, Laura Regan, Liam McGuckian, Michael Fairman, mystery, Ryan Kwanten, Steve Adams, Steven Taylor, thriller
Full of it - Film, Movie - Trailer
Premise: The film surrounds a teenage boy named Sam (Ryan Pinkston), who makes it clear that he's the new kid in town. He desperately tries to fit in, but to no avail. To fix his problem he becomes a somewhat of a habitual liar, making up elaborate stories to impress everyone. Unfortunately, he is soon met with a whole new set of problems, when his little white lies start coming true.
Genres: drama, comedy
Starring: Ryan Pinkston, Teri Polo, Craig Kilborn, Carmen Electra, Kate Mara
Director: Christian Charles
Producers: Ryan Kavanaugh, Lynwood Spinks,
Mark Canton
Written by John Lucas, Scott Moore
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date: 2007
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Labels: 2007, Carmen Electra, comedy, Craig Kilborn, drama, Kate Mara, Ryan Pinkston, Teri Polo
Black Book - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: The film tells the story of Rachel Steinn (Carice van Houten) at the end of the Second World War. She is a Jewish singer who used to live in Berlin before the war and who is now hiding from the Nazi regime in the occupied Netherlands. She meets members of the Dutch resistance Gerben Kuipers (Derek de Lint) and Hans Akkermans (Thom Hoffman), and the German SD officers Ludwig Müntze (Sebastian Koch) and Günther Franken (Waldemar Kobus), and she becomes friends with her Dutch colleague Ronnie (Halina Reijn).
Genres: thriller, war
Starring: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Producers: Jeroen Beker, San Fu Maltha, Frans van Gestel, Jos van der Linden
Written by Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven
Music by Anne Dudley
Cinematography Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Editors: Job ter Burg, James Herbert
Distributed by A-Film
Release date: April 6, 2007 (US)
Budget €17,000,000
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Labels: 2007, Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn, Patrick Warburton, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, thriller
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
The Lives of Others - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: Stasi agent Gerd Wiesler, a heart-felt supporter of the communist regime, is assigned to spy on playwright Georg Dreymann, who is suspected of Western leanings. He soon finds out that the real reason why Dreymann is being spied on is that a minister and member of the Party's Central Committee is attracted to Dreymann's girlfriend, actress Christa-Marie; if Dreymann is arrested he will have free rein. Dreymann is a supporter of the regime, but dislikes the way dissidents are treated. When an artist friend commits suicide because of his marginalisation, Dreymann publishes anonymously in West Germany an article on suicide rates in the GDR. Wiesler's empathy for the writer and his girlfriend having grown as time went on, he lies in his reports to protect Dreymann. When Christa-Marie is arrested for drug abuse, she turns Dreymann in, but Wiesler removes evidence from his apartment preventing him from being detained. Christa-Marie dies when she walks in front of a truck and the operation becomes pointless; hence Wiesler's chief officer, Anton Grubitz, calls it off and ensures the end of Wiesler's career: he is demoted to Department M, where he tediously opens letters all day. At the end of the film, after German reunification, Dreymann finds the truth while searching his process in Stasi's archives and releases a book dedicated to "HGW XX/7" (Wiesler's Stasi codename). He finds out the location of Wiesler and sees that he has meanwhile become a leaflet deliverer. But Dreymann turns away and doesn't talk to him. When Wiesler buys the book and the vender asks him if he should package it as a present, Wiesler responds: "No. It's for me."
Genre: drama
Starring: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Producers: Max Wiedemann, Quirin Berg
Written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Music by Gabriel Yared, Stephane Moucha
Cinematography Hagen Bogdanski
Editor: Patricia Rommel
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics (USA), Buena Vista International (German-speaking areas), Lions Gate Films (UK)
Release dates: Mar 23, 2006 (Germany), Feb 9, 2007 (US), Mar 29, 2007 (Australia), Apr 11, 2007 (UK)
Country: Germany
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Labels: 2007, drama, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Mühe, Ulrich Tukur
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles - Animated, Movie - Trailer
Plot: The story begins with the attempted reclamation of Earth by the returning Robotech Expeditionary Force, with an all-out attack launched on the Invid central hive known as "Reflex Point". This revisits the battle chronicled in the final episodes of the original Robotech's New Generation storyline, except this time it is told from the standpoint of the arriving space fleet instead of that of Scott Bernard's freedom fighters. The human forces are bolstered by new "Shadow" technology given to them by a cyborg alien race befriended by the forces of Admiral Hunter. This technology gives the Robotech forces a marked advantage against the Invid, because it prevents the energy signatures emitted by their mecha's protoculture engines from being detected by Invid sensors. However, the Invid Regis quickly recogizes this technology as that of the "Children of the Shadow", the treacherous race responsible for driving the Invid from their original home world.
The battle rages on Earth's surface as well as in orbit, with Invid forces eventually overwhelming their human foes. When the Robotech forces realize that their attack has failed, they have no choice but to launch their newly-developed Neutron-S Missiles directly at Reflex Point. This last-ditch effort guarantees the eradication of the Invid horde, but at the cost of several million human lives, both military and civilian. The Invid Regis, realizing that this final destruction is pointless due to the ultimate threat posed by the Children of the Shadow, decides to leave the earth and take all protoculture with her. The Regis' daughter, Ariel (a.k.a. "Marlene" in the original series), decides to remain with love interest Scott Bernard on Earth. As a final gift to her daughter and the people of Earth, the Regis destroys the incoming Neutron-S Missles, harmlessly vaporizing them as she exits the planet's atmosphere.
Meanwhile, the human forces lose contact with the SDF-3 and Admiral Hunter, who are carrying out a final test on the Neutron-S missiles. A ship is dispatched, The Icarus, under the command of Vince Grant, to the SDF-3's location in the Omicron sector. Upon arriving at the location of the SDF-3, they are nearly drawn into a black hole. They manage to escape by using their fold system to create a field around the ship. They establish short range contact with SDF-3 and are subsequently warned by Admiral Hunter that the Neutron S missiles contain a serious flaw and must not be fired. Soon after establishing contact with the SDF-3, Vince Grant's rescue team is attacked by an unknown alien force. The rescue team attempts an escape, using the Icarus' fold system to envelope not only their ship, but the damaged research vessel and the SDF-3 as well. However, due to an alien battle cruiser ramming the SDF-3, they are forced to leave SDF-3 behind.
Genres: animation, sci-fi
Directors: Tommy Yune, Dong-Wook Lee
Producers: Frank Agrama, Alan Letz, Jason Netter
Written by Ford Riley, Frank Agrama
Music by Scott Glasgow
Editor: David W. Foster
Distributed by FUNimation Entertainment
Release dates: August 25, 2006 (festival), January 5, 2007 (USA), February 6, 2007 (DVD)
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Desamuduru - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: Bala Govind (Allu Arjun) is a programme director in MAA TV. He is good at heart and has an excellent muscle power through which he used to save innocents whenever necessary. Basically, he is in crime division and as part of his duty he goes to Dhoolpet to shoot the illicit breweries. In the process, he saves one person (Raja Ravindra) from goons and bashes Murugan (Subbaraju) son of a notorious arrack smuggler Tambi Durai (Pradeep Rawat). To avoid revenge attack by Tambi Durai, the MAA TV crew send Bala goes to Kulu Manali to shoot a travel episode, where Bala meets Vaishali (Hansika Motwani), who was a sanyasin. Bala loses is heart right in his first sight and finally wins her love. The head sanyasin of the ashram Ramaprabha (Ramaprabha) unites both of them. By the time Bala wanted to take Vaishali to Hyderabad, some goons kidnap her. Bala returns to Hyderabad and finds that she is with Tambi Durai. The person, whom Bala saved in the beginning reveals the flashback that Vaishali is the daughter of Narayana Patwari. In order to grab his property, Tambi Durai kills him and his wife and perform the marriage of Vaishali with Murugan before their dead bodies. However, Vaishali escapes and reaches Kulu Manali. So, Bala decides to save Vaishali from their clutches and succeeds in his attempt finally.
Genres: action, romance
Starring: Allu Arjun, Hansika Motwani, Pradeep Rawat
Director: Puri Jagannadh
Producer: D.V.V. Danayya
Written by Puri Jagannadh
Music by Chakri
Cinematography Shyam K. Naidu
Editor: Marthand K. Venkatesh
Distributed by Universal Media
Release date: January 12, 2007
Country: India
Language: Telugu
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Labels: 2007, action, Allu Arjun, Hansika Motwani, Pradeep Rawat, romance
Nancy Drew - Film, Movie - Trailer
Plot: Teen detective Nancy Drew (Roberts) accompanies her father, Carson Drew (Tate Donovan) on a business trip to Los Angeles, where she happens upon clues to a long-unsolved murder mystery about a beautiful movie star who was murdered years ago. Nancy (Emma Roberts) sees herself in a mirror murdering the movie star in her house. And meets a funny kid named Corky(Josh Flitter) who helps save the day.
Genres: adventure, thriller, crime, family
Starring: Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan, Kay Panabaker, Amy Bruckner, Daniella Monet
Directior: Andrew Fleming
Producers: Cherylanne Martin, Jerry Weintraub, Susan Ekins (executive), Mark Vahradian (executive), Ben Waisbren (executive)
Writter: Andrew Fleming, Tiffany Paulsen
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date: June 15, 2007
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Labels: 2007, adventure, Amy Bruckner, crime, Daniella Monet, Emma Roberts, family, Josh Flitter, Kay Panabaker, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan, thriller