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Based in real theatrical history, ME AND ORSON WELLES is a romantic coming-of-age story about a teenage actor who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it’s being re-imagined by a brilliant, impetuous young director named Orson Welles at his newly-founded Mercury Theater in NYC, 1937. The rollercoaster week leading up to opening night has the charismatic-but-sometimes-cruel Welles (impressive newcomer Christian McKay) staking his career on this risky production while Richard (Zac Efron) mixes with everyone from starlets to stagehands in behind-the-scenes adventures bound to change him.

Actors

Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan, Kelly Reilly, James Tupper

Directors

Richard Linklater

Producers

CinemaNX, Cinetic Media, Detour Filmproduction, Framestore, Fuzzy Bunny Films (I)

Writers

Holly Gent Palmo, Robert Kaplow, Vincent Palmo Jr.

Genre

Drama

Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But, when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.

Actors

Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, Michael J. Fox, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins

Directors

Robert Zemeckis

Producers

Walt Disney Pictures, ImageMovers

Writers

Charles Dickens (novel), Robert Zemeckis (screenplay)

Genre

Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy

The story follows a clique of six girls whose dynamic is thrown off kilter by the arrival of a beautiful new Spanish student Fiamma. The hazy summer days by the lake provide the perfect setting for Fiamma's wild and intriguing tales of her travels in India with her father. Miss G is captivated but it's not long before ripples appear on the surface and the cracks beneath emerge in the relationship between teacher and pupil.

Actors

Eva Green, Juno Temple, María Valverde, Imogen Poots, Ellie Nunn, Adele McCann, Zoe Carroll, Clemmie Dugdale

Directors

Jordan Scott

Producers

Element Pictures, HandMade Films, Industry Entertainment, John Wells Productions, Future Films, Killer Films, Scott Free Productions

Writers

Ben Court, Caroline Ip, Sheila Kohler, Jordan Scott

Genre

Drama

From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure "Alice in Wonderland," a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror. Capturing the wonder of Lewis Carroll's beloved "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) and "Through the Looking-Glass" (1871) with stunning, avant-garde visuals and the most charismatic characters in literary history, "Alice in Wonderland" comes to the big screen in Disney Digital 3D.

Actors

Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, Christopher Lee

Directors

Tim Burton

Producers

Walt Disney Pictures, Zanuck Company, The, Roth Films, Team Todd

Writers

Linda Woolverton, Lewis Carroll

Genre

Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A village in Protestant northern Germany. 1913-1914. On the eve of World War I. The story of the children and teenagers of a choir run by the village schoolteacher, and their families: the baron, the steward, the pastor, the doctor, the midwife, the tenant farmers. Strange accidents occur and gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Who is behind it all? The village schoolteacher observes, investigates and little by little discovers the incredible truth. Are we being asked to consider whether these events heralded something that would explode years later with the rise of Nazi Germany? Did these events contain the germs of the tragedies that followed? Acclaimed auteur Michael Haneke (HIDDEN, FUNNY GAMES) returns to his classic themes of guilt, denial and violence in this haunting and provocative feature which was awarded the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Actors

Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Tukur, Mercedes Jadea Diaz, Janina Fautz, Burghart Klaußner, Josef Bierbichler

Directors

Michael Haneke

Producers

X-Filme Creative Pool

Writers

Michael Haneke

Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write. Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful, curious young woman with an inchoate but unshakeable sense that other possibilities exist for her. Threatened with expulsion, Precious is offered the chance to transfer to an alternative school, Each One/Teach One. Precious doesn't know the meaning of "alternative," but her instincts tell her this is the chance she has been waiting for. In the literacy workshop taught by the patient yet firm Ms. Rain, Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness to light, love and self-determination.

Actors

Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz

Directors

Lee Daniels

Producers

Lee Daniels Entertainment, Smokewood Entertainment Group

Writers

Geoffrey Fletcher, Sapphire

Genre

Drama

In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) in Universal’s new 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me. Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. The world’s greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.

Actors

Steve Carrell, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Jason Segel

Directors

Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud

Producers

Illumination Entertainment

Writers

Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul

Genre

Animation, Family

Four friends try to escape a viral pandemic in the American West. They ultimately discover that they are more dangerous to each other.

Actors

Sequoyah Adams-Rice, Josh Berry, Jeremy Burnell, Brighid Fleming

Directors

Àlex Pastor, David Pastor

Producers

Paramount Vantage, Likely Story, This Is That Productions, Ivy Boy Productions

Writers

Àlex Pastor, David Pastor

Genre

Drama, Horror, Thriller

Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore’s new documentary, will be release by Overture Films on October 2, 2009. Capitalism will explore the root causes of the global economic meltdown and take a comical look at the corporate and political shenanigans that culminated in what Moore described as “the biggest robbery in the history of this country” - the massive transfer of U.S. taxpayer money to private financial institutions. Moore has made three of the top six highest-grossing documentaries of all time including Cannes Palme d’Or winner Fahrenheit 9/11, 2008 Academy Award(r) nominee Sicko, and Bowling for Columbine, the Academy Award(r) winner for Best Documentary in 2003. His debut film was 1989’s groundbreaking Roger and Me.

Actors

William Black, Jimmy Carter, Congressman Elijah Cummings, Baron Hill, Marcy Kaptur, Sarah Palin, Michael Moore, Thora Birch

Directors

Michael Moore

Producers

Paramount Vantage, Weinstein Company, Dog Eat Dog Films, Overture Films

Writers

Michael Moore

Genre

Documentary, Drama

BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF SERAPHINE DE SENLIS, Biopic of an unconventional artist. 1912, in a little town North of Paris. Séraphine Louis, works as a maid for Madame Duphot, who rents an apartment to a German art critic and dealer, Wilhelm Uhde, an enthusiastic advocate of modern and "primitive" artists. In her spare time, Séraphine paints with everything that comes to hand (wine, mud, fruits & flowers mixture). When Wilhelm comes across a small painting that she brought over a few days previously, he's mesmerized, snaps it up and insists that Séraphine show him the rest of her work. It is the beginning of a nurturing relationship which will eventually get Séraphine's work to be exposed all over the world. But as Séraphine paints her most inspired canvas, the grace of her work leads her into the realms of madness.

Actors

Ulrich Tukur, Yolande Moreau, Françoise Lebrun, Serge Larivière, Anne Benoît

Directors

Martin Provost

Producers

TS Productions

Writers

Martin Provost, Marc Abdelnour

Genre

Biography, Drama, War

AVATAR takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of actual production work, AVATAR delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film, disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.

Actors

Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Giovanni Ribisi

Directors

James Cameron

Producers

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Ingenious Film Partners, Dune Entertainment, Giant Studios, Lightstorm Entertainment

Writers

James Cameron

Genre

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Frequently featured in the top five of the Sight & Sound Critics’ polls, Ozu's emotionally piercing masterpiece Tokyo Story has made the director's reputation in the west.

Actors

Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sô Yamamura

Directors

Yasujiro Ozu

Producers

Shochiku Co. Ltd.

Writers

Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu

Genre

Drama

Based on Cormac McCarthy’s best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “The Road” is the epic post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son across a barren landscape that was blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and most life on earth.

Actors

Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce

Directors

John Hillcoat

Producers

2929 Productions, Chockstone Pictures, Nick Wechsler Productions, Road Rebel

Writers

Cormac McCarthy, Joe Penhall

Genre

Drama, Thriller

After a young, middle class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban "starter" tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night.

Actors

Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Michael Bayouth, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong

Directors

Oren Peli

Producers

Blumhouse Productions

Writers

Oren Peli

Genre

Horror

Imagine John Lennons childhood A spirited teenager, curious, sharp and funny, growing up in the war shattered city of Liverpool in dreary post-war Britain. Two extraordinary sisters tussle for his love - Mimi, the formidable aunt who raised him from the age of 5 and Julia, the spirited mother who gave him up to Mimis care. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into art and the new music flooding in from the US. His fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the young Paul McCartney. But just as Johns new life begins, the truth about his past leads to a tragedy he would never escape.

Actors

Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Morrissey, Thomas Sangster, Anne-Marie Duff

Directors

Sam Taylor Wood

Producers

Film4, Lipsync Productions, UK Film Council, Aver Media, Ecosse Films, North West Vision

Writers

Matt Greenhalgh, Julia Baird

Genre

Biography, Drama, Music

twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, director Matthew Vaughn brings KICK-ASS to the big screen. KICK-ASS tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers. His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes — including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) — and forges a friendship with another fledgling superhero, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong), that new alliance will be put to the test.

Genre

Action, Comedy

Roman and Maru, two troubled teenagers, attempt an impossible rebellion against the adult world. Maru, a 15-year-old loner, meets Roman, the reckless son of a corrupt right wing politician. United by their desire to fight the inertia that they feel surrounding them, the two embark on a revolt against everything and everyone when they decide to run away to a place where they are free of other peoples expectations. This leads them to an accidental new intimacy and the discovery of their sexuality, a bond that both unites and confuses them. Despite the risk of getting caught by the police and their parents, the young fugitives jeopardize the security of their hiding place and seek to expand the limits of their paradise. But this will mean a return to reality, where wounds are genuine and actions have consequences.

Actors

Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Maria Deschamps, Pedro González, Rebecca Jones

Directors

Gerardo Naranjo

Producers

Canana Films, Fidecine, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Cinematografica Revolcadero, Verisimilitude

Writers

Gerardo Naranjo

Genre

Drama

Scott Hicks (“Shine”) directs the poignant and sometimes comic story of a widower (Clive Owen) struggling to raise his two sons alone. Adapted by Allan Cubitt from Simon Carr’s novel, “The Boys Are Back In Town”. Laura Fraser and Emma Booth also star.

Actors

Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, Emma Booth, George MacKay, Emma Lung

Directors

Scott Hicks

Producers

BBC Films, Hopscotch Productions, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, The, Southern Light Films, Tiger Aspect Productions

Writers

Simon Carr, Allan Cubitt

Genre

Drama

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's First Earth Battalion, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

Actors

George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Rebecca Mader

Directors

Grant Heslov

Producers

BBC Films, Smoke House, Westgate Film Services, Winchester Capital Partners

Writers

Peter Straughan, Jon Ronson

Genre

Comedy, Drama

A twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, director Matthew Vaughn brings KICK-ASS to the big screen. KICK-ASS tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers. His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes — including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) — and forges a friendship with another fledgling superhero, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong), that new alliance will be put to the test.

Actors

Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Directors

Matthew Vaughn

Producers

Plan B Entertainment, Marv Films

Writers

Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, Mark Millar

Genre

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Alexis Dos Santos' vivid, seductive second feature UNMADE BEDS is a lyrical tale of two solitary expats crossing paths in the cosmopolitan art-rock milieu of a sprawling East London squat. Axl (Fernando Tielve) arrives in the UK to look for his long lost father and instead is adopted by the bohemian Mike and Hannah who introduce him to gigs in English pubs and free spirit living. Vera (Deborah Francois) is a Belgian heartbreaker who strikes up a charming romance with X Ray Man until a failed meeting sets her on a quest to recapture traces of time they spent together by taking polaroids. An idiosyncratic and atmospheric anti-romance, Unmade Beds has screened competitively in 2009 at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Featuring music from Plaster of Paris, (We Are) Performance and Tindersticks as well as many more, Unmade Beds is this year’s coolest paean to good music, bad hangovers and lost love.

Actors

Deborah Franco, Fernando Tielve

Directors

Alexis Dos Santos

Writers

Alexis Dos Santos, Marianela Maldonado

Genre

Comedy, Drama

"Starsuckers" is a revelatory documentary exposing the shams and deceit involved in creating a pernicious celebrity culture.

Directors

Chris Atkins

Producers

S2S Productions

Writers

Chris Atkins

Genre

Documentary

The colourful and fantastical story of Ian Dury, one of England's most original and influential singer-songwriters of the last 30 years. Crippled by polio as a 10-year-old boy and told he would amount to nothing, Dury's dogged determination, perseverance and wit led to him becoming one of the founders of the punk movement in the 1970s.

Actors

Olivia Williams, Naomie Harris, Andy Serkis, Ray Winstone, Luke Evans

Directors

Mat Whitecross

Producers

Lipsync Productions, UK Film Council, 104 Films, Prescience Film Fund

Writers

Paul Viragh

Genre

Biography, Drama

Lawrence Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother’s fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate. As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself…one he never imagined existed.

Actors

Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Geraldine Chaplin, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving

Directors

Joe Johnston

Producers

Universal Pictures, Stuber Productions

Writers

Andrew Kevin Walker, David Self

Genre

Horror, Thriller

After years of hard work and precious restoration, Hollywood A-lister Eric Bana and his three closest childhood friends decided to enter his beloved first car, a Ford GT Falcon Coupe THE BEAST, into one of the most grueling and dangerous motor races that exists: The Targa Tasmania Rally. This would be a personal Everest for both man and machine With help, advice and banter along the way from Jeremy Clarkson the stage is set for Bana and his Beast to face their ultimate challenge.

Actors

Eric Bana, Jeremy Clarkson, Steve Coad, Grant Denyer

Directors

Eric Bana

Genre

Documentary, Sport

What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars…but simultaneously take the life of someone you don’t know? Would you do it? And what would be the consequences? The year is 1976. Norma Lewis is a teacher at a private high school and her husband, Arthur, is an engineer working at NASA. They are, by all accounts, an average couple living a normal life in the suburbs with their young son…until a mysterious man with a horribly disfigured face appears on their doorstep and presents Norma with a life-altering proposition: the box. With only 24 hours to make their choice, Norma and Arthur face an impossible moral dilemma. What they don’t realize is that no matter what they decide, terrifying consequences will have already been set in motion. They soon discover that the ramifications of this decision are beyond their control and extend far beyond their own fortune and fate.

Actors

Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Michael Zegen, Gillian Jacobs, Lisa K. Wyatt, Andrew Levitas, James Rebhorn

Directors

Richard Kelly

Producers

Lin Pictures, Media Rights Capital, Radar Pictures, Darko Entertainment

Writers

Richard Matheson, Richard Kelly

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

In the romantic drama Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler didn’t think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. But soon, hidden secrets are revealed, and the circumstances that brought them together slowly threaten to tear them apart. Remember Me is an unforgettable story about the power of love, the strength of family, and the importance of living passionately and treasuring every day of one’s life.

Actors

Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan, Martha Plimpton, Chris Cooper, Lena Olin

Directors

Allen Coulter

Producers

Underground Films and Management

Writers

Jenny Lumet, Will Fetters

Genre

Drama, Romance

In 2005, "Ong-Bak" introduced a whole new level of martial arts mayhem to unsuspecting action movie fans around the world and raised the bar as far as on-screen, in-your-face fight and action choreography was concerned. Now, producer Adirek Watleela (Bang Rajan; Bangkok Dangerous) and director Thanakorn Pongsuwan (Opapatika; The Story Of X-Circle) take things in a new direction with the electrifying and relentlessly violent Fireball, starring popular Thai rock star Preeti "Bank" Barameeanant in the dual roles of twin brothers who become dangerously involved in Thailand's ultimate underground bloodsport.

Actors

Preeti Barameeanat, Khanutra Chuchuaysuwan, Kumpanat Oungsoongenern

Directors

Thanakorn Pongsuwan

Writers

Thanakorn Pongsuwan, Kiat Sansanandana

Genre

Action

Set in modern day Los Angeles, Spread is a hard biting story about a high-end lethario, Nikki (Ashton Kutcher), who has slept his way into a life of privilege. He shares his secrets with us as he hosts parties and beds scores of women, all while living it up at the Hollywood Hills home of a middle-aged female attorney, Samantha (Anne Heche). Everything is going swimmingly until Nikki meets a gorgeous waitress named Heather (Margarita Levieva), who, unbeknownst to him, is playing the same game that he is. As the truth of their life unravels, they find themselves sexually charged by a game of one-upsmanship until the truth of their lives forces them to choose between love and money. Directed by David Mackenzie (HALLAM FOE, YOUNG ADAM), SPREAD is inspired by classics like SHAMPOO, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S and AMERICAN GIGOLO and asks what karmic price for the Hollywood lifestyle, and whether it is a business doing pleasure.

Actors

Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva, Maria Conchita Alonso

Directors

David Mackenzie

Producers

Barbarian Films, Katalyst Films, Oceana Media Finance

Writers

Jason Dean Hall, Paul Kolsby

Genre

Drama, Romance

After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya, Leo Tolstoy’s devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary—she’s copied out War and Peace six times…by hand—suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name of his newly created religion, the great Russian novelist has renounced his noble title, his property and even his family in favor of poverty, vegetarianism and even celibacy. After she’s born him thirteen children! When Sofya then discovers that Tolstoy’s trusted disciple, Chertkov —whom she despises—may have secretly convinced her husband to sign a new will, leaving the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his very own family, she is consumed by righteous outrage. This is the last straw. Using every bit of cunning, every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, she fights fiercely for what she believes is rightfully hers.

Actors

James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff

Directors

Michael Hoffman

Producers

Egoli Tossell Film, SamFilm Produktion, Zephyr Films, Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky

Writers

Michael Hoffman, Jay Parini

Genre

Drama

Ryden Malby (Bledel) had a plan. Do well in high school, thereby receiving a great college scholarship. Now that she’s finally graduated, it’s time for her to find a gorgeous loft apartment and land her dream job at the city’s best publishing house. But when Jessica Bard (Reitman), Ryden’s college nemesis steals her perfect job, Ryden is forced to move back to her childhood home. Stuck with her eccentric family – a stubborn do-it-yourself dad (Keaton), an overly thrifty mom (Lynch), a politically incorrect grandma (Burnett), a very odd little brother (Coleman) – and a growing stack of rejected job applications, Ryden starts to feel like she’s going nowhere. The only upside is spending time with her best friend, Adam (Zach Gilford) – and running into her hot next-door neighbor, David (Santoro). But if Ryden’s going to survive life as a post grad, it may be time to come up with a new plan…

Actors

Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch, Bobby Coleman, Carol Burnett, Rodrigo Santoro, Catherine Reitman

Directors

Vicky Jenson

Producers

Cold Spring Pictures, Fox Atomic, Montecito Picture Company, The

Writers

Kelly Fremon

Genre

Comedy

Detective Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Actors

Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan

Directors

Guy Ritchie

Producers

Village Roadshow Pictures, Lin Pictures, Silver Pictures, Wigram Productions

Writers

Lionel Wigram, Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael Robert Johnson

Genre

Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences. During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.

Actors

Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Antoni Corone

Directors

Paul Greengrass

Producers

Studio Canal, Working Title Films, Antena 3 Films, Piel De Toro Productions

Writers

Brian Helgeland, Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Genre

Thriller

This installment follows the mischief-making heroines of St. Trinian's as they set off on a treasure hunt after they discover headmistress Miss Fritton is related to pirates.

Actors

Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, David Tennant, Gemma Arterton, Talulah Riley, Tamsin Egerton

Directors

Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson

Producers

Ealing Studios, Fragile Films

Writers

Piers Ashworth, Jamie Minoprio, Nick Moorcroft, Jonathan M. Stern

Genre

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Ryan Bingham, a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road, is forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget. He is required to spend more time at home just as he is on the cusp of a goal he's worked toward for years: reaching five million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.

Actors

George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga, Melanie Lynskey

Directors

Jason Reitman

Producers

Cold Spring Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Right of Way Films, DW Studios, The Montecito Picture Company

Writers

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Terror mounts as fear cuts deeper in the chilling continuation to the globally successful horror hit "The Descent". Traumatized, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the cave system where she confronted her darkest dread. With no rational explanation to what happened, the authorities force her back into the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing girlfriends. But as the rescue party enters further uncharted domains, flashbacks start haunting Sarah as shocking memories of the past hit home. For they are venturing into the habitat of a new tribe of Crawlers, even more viciously feral than Sarah faced before.

Actors

Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Krysten Cummings, Gavan O'Herlihy, Joshua Dallas, Anna Skellern, Douglas Hodge

Directors

Jon Harris

Producers

Celador Films

Writers

James Watkins, J Blakeson, James McCarthy

Genre

Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Widely praised following its world premiere as a Special Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival, director Rithy Panh's (RICE PEOPLE) celebrated period epic set in the rich landscape of French colonial Indochine is a highly successful adaptation of Marguerite Duras' acclaimed and semi-autobiographical novel "Un Barrage Contre le Pacifique", featuring a leading performance by BAFTA Award Winner and recipient of the European Film Academy's 2009 Achievement in World Cinema, Isabelle Huppert. Deceived into investing all of her savings in worthless, regularly flooded farmland, incapable of supporting crops and perilously close to the ocean, THE SEA WALL tells the compelling story of one mother's fight to protect her family - Joseph (Gaspard Ulliel, HANNIBAL RISING, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT) and Suzanne (Astrid Berges-Frisbey) from destitution at the hands of a corrupt administration. Battling both the colonial bureaucrats and nature itself, she enlists the help of the local villagers, putting into place an elaborate scheme: building a dam against the sea to secure the future of both her family and the local community.

Actors

Lucy Harrison, Gaspard Ulliel, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Randal Douc, Stéphane Rideau, Isabelle Huppert

Directors

Rithy Panh

Producers

Genevieve Lemal, Alexandre Lippens, Cati Couteau, Catherine Dussart

Writers

Rithy PanhRithy Panh, Michel Fessler, Marguerite Duras

Genre

Drama

From Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) and featuring an incredible voice cast, including Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Frankie Jonas and Noah Cyrus, Ponyo is a magical adventure the whole family won’t want to miss. Ponyo is a mischievous and adventurous little goldfish who meets Sosuke, a five-year-old boy who lives by the sea with his mother. Sosuke gently cares for Ponyo and quickly wins her heart. Magically transforming herself into a little girl, Ponyo embarks on a series of adventures with her new friend. But Ponyo’s desire to be human upsets the delicate balance of nature and triggers a gigantic storm. Only Ponyo’s mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature’s balance – and perhaps make Ponyo’s dreams come true.

Actors

Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Jôji Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi

Directors

Hayao Miyazaki

Producers

Studio Ghibli

Writers

Hayao Miyazaki

Genre

Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

A SINGLE MAN is based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, it is the story of a British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner. The story is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.

Actors

Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Ginnifer Goodwin, Nicholas Hoult

Directors

Tom Ford

Producers

Artina Films, Depth of Field, Fade to Black Productions

Writers

Tom Ford, Christopher Isherwood

Genre

Drama

From director Clint Eastwood, “Invictus” tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.

Actors

Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern

Directors

Clint Eastwood

Producers

Warner Bros. Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Revelations Entertainment, Mace Neufeld Productions

Writers

Anthony Peckham, John Carlin

Genre

Biography, Drama, History

Rightly regarded as a groundbreaking masterpiece, Orson Welles’ debut remains a monumental achievement, its imaginative scope amply repaying countless viewings. Seldom seen on the big screen in recent years, Welles’ witty, gripping film famously views the controversial life of the late Charles Foster Kane (Welles) – a media tycoon partly inspired by William Randolph Hearst – from the sometimes contradictory perspectives of his friends, employees and mistress. It’s an extraordinary work, not just technically (Gregg Toland’s cinematography, Bernard Herrmann’s score, the editing, design and quietly bravura direction are all superb); but in its dramatic sophistication and thematic richness. An affecting meditation on memory, self-knowledge, solitude and mortality; a wry reflection on fame, fortune and the spirit of America; an exhilarating exploration of the artistic possibilities of the film medium – Citizen Kane is all this… and so very much more. – Geoff Andrews

Actors

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Directors

Orson Welles

Producers

RKO Radio Pictures, Mercury Productions

Writers

Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

When a homicide detective's family is killed, she seeks revenge of biblical proportions. Things go as planned until she and her partner are assigned to investigate the murders that she is responsible for.

Actors

Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Caterina Scorsone

Directors

Martin Campbell

Producers

Warner Bros. Pictures, BBC Films, GK Films, Icon Productions

Writers

William Monahan, Andrew Bovell

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Robin Hood chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard’s army against the French. Upon Richard’s death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.

Genre

Action, Drama

Robin Hood chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard’s army against the French. Upon Richard’s death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.

Actors

Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Matthew MacFadyen, Cate Blanchett, Kevin Durand

Directors

Ridley Scott

Producers

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Imagine Entertainment, Scott Free Productions

Writers

Brian Helgeland, Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris

Genre

Action, Drama

Written and directed by Academy Award winner Jane Campion, Bright Star is a riveting drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which was cut short by Keats’ untimely death at age 25. Ben Whishaw (The International, I’m Not There) and Abbie Cornish (Stop-Loss, Elizabeth: The Golden Age) star as Keats and Brawne, respectively. The film is co-produced by Jan Chapman and Caroline Hewitt.

Actors

Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Thomas Sangster, Paul Schneider

Directors

Jane Campion

Producers

BBC Films, UK Film Council, Jan Chapman Pictures, Hopscotch Productions, Pathé Renn Productions

Writers

Jane Campion

Genre

Biography, Drama, Romance

This January, Lionsgate takes vampires in a new direction with the futuristic sci-fi thriller, DAYBREAKERS. The year is 2019. A mysterious plague has swept over the earth, transforming the majority of the world’s population into vampires. Humans are now an endangered, second-class species – forced into hiding as they are hunted and farmed for vampire consumption to the brink of extinction. It’s all up to Edward Dalton, a vampire researcher who refuses to feed on human blood, to perfect a blood substitute that might sustain vampires and spare the few remaining humans. But time and hope are running out – until Ed meets Audrey, a human survivor who leads him to a startling medical breakthrough. Armed with knowledge that both humans and vampires will kill for, Ed must battle his own kind in a deadly struggle that will decide the fate of the human race.

Actors

Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas, Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill

Directors

Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig

Producers

Lionsgate, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Furst Film, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Pictures in Paradise

Writers

Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig

Genre

Action, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

An action-packed, multi-award winning Australian thriller that features a range of powerhouse performances in an unflinching study of grief & retribution. Explore the dark fantasies we all dream up as Christian (Peter Marshall) grieves over the suspicious death of his teenage daughter. As he travels through rural Queensland to investigate, he picks up Alice (Caroline Marohasy), an awkward young runaway and an unlikely bond develops. But as the crime is pieced together, an ugly truth is revealed and Christian spirals down a dangerous path.

Actors

Peter Marshall, Caroline Marohasy, Brad McMurray, Jack Henry, Evert McQueen, Hannah Levien

Directors

Steven Kastrissios

Producers

Kastle Films

Writers

Steven Kastrissios

Genre

Action, Thriller

Stephen Turnbull hasn't been outside in months, and when he finds his mind hurtling back to the disastrous trek around Europe he undertook with his friend Bunny, a catalogue of adventures unfold. Stephen's flat becomes the springboard for an extraordinary odyssey through lands made up of snapshots and souvenir replica landmarks within his imagination. "Bunny & the Bull" is a touching and beautiful journey to the end of the room.

Actors

Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby, Verónica Echegui, Richard Ayoade, Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding

Directors

Paul King

Producers

Warp X

Writers

Paul King

Genre

Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

When nineteen year-old Malik (Tahar Rahim) is condemned to six years in prison he arrives in jail friendless and alone. With no-one to protect him, he soon finds himself drawn into the brutal violence and gang warfare of daily prison life. Taken under the wing of a powerful boss, Malik is initiated into the criminal ranks. Once on the outside, he is entrusted with more and more important missions. But Malik is brave and a fast learner and secretly has his own plans that don’t involve taking orders from anyone else. Jacques Audiard, acclaimed director of The Beat That My Heart Skipped, now brings us the winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes and Best Film award at the London Film Festival. Hailed by critics as a classic in the same vein as The Godfather, A Prophet is an extraordinary, mould-breaking crime thriller that is not to be missed.

Actors

Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi

Directors

Jacques Audiard

Producers

Why Not Productions, Chic Films, Page 114

Writers

Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard

Genre

Crime, Drama