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April 28, 2009

Last Word, The


Synopsis
An odd-but-gifted poet, Evan Merck (Wes Bentley, American Beauty) makes his living writing suicide notes for the soon-to-be departed. So when he meets Charlotte (Winona Ryder, Girl, Interrupted), the free-spirited sister of his latest client, Evan has no choice but to lie about his relationship to her late, lamented brother. Curiously attracted by his evasive charms, a smitten Charlotte begins her pursuit, forcing Evan to juggle an amorous new girlfriend, a sarcastic new client (Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond) and an ever-increasing mountain of lies.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Winona Ryder
• Wes Bentley
• Ray Romano
• Brendan Miller

Writers:
• Geoffrey Haley

Producers:
• Alexandra Milchan
• Bonnie Timmermann
• David Hillary
• David Bergstein
• Jack Utsick
• Tim Peternel
• Gary Michael Walters

Directors:
• Geoffrey Haley

Hearts Of War


Synopsis
Roy Scheider (Jaws, The French Connection), Darryl Hannah (A Walk To Remember, Kill Bill) and Jonathan Scarfe (Twilight, TV's Raising the Bar) star in this award-winning drama set at the dawn of World War II. A Nazi soldier (Scarfe) is torn between duty and his passion for Rachel (Nina Dobrev, Away From Her, How She Move), the beautiful daughter of a rabbi. Forced apart by the violence surrounding them, the lovers embark on a perilous journey to find each other...no matter how terrible the price.

Cast & Crew

Actors:
• Daryl Hannah
• Roy Scheider
• Kim Coates
• Nina Dobrev
• Colm Feore
• Zachary Bennett
• Jonathan Scarfe

Writers:
• Jack Crystal

Producers:
• Damian Lee
• Lowell Conn

Directors:
• Damian Lee

Fun In Girls Shorts 2


The second compilation of the best of lesbian film from Frameline. This compilation of short films includes OPERATED BY INVISIBLE HANDS by Nicole Brending, JUST ME? by Amy Neil, CRAFTY by Erik Gernand, NIGHT STAR by Kekeletso Khena, WILL YOU. by Robert Gaston, THE VICIOUS AND THE DELICIOUS by Tonnette Stanford, and EDDIE by Quentin Kruger.

WINNER, Best of Festival, Audience Choice, Palm Springs Intl ShortFest (OPERATED BY INVISIBLE HANDS) WINNER, Jury Award, Best Short Documentary, Long Island Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (JUST ME?) All short films were selections at some of the most pretigious Gay & Lesbian Film Festivals in the U.S.

Barney: Top 20 Countdown


Synopsis
It's time to sing and dance to Barney's Top 20 Countdown of your favorite songs! Along with Baby Bop and BJ, Barney shows you how to sing and count at the same time and how to move your feet to some great beats. So grab a friend and sing along to some of the best songs, like "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" and the classic "I Love You." It's a musical adventure of learning and fun that the whole family will enjoy.

April 22, 2009

Mutant Chronicles


Synopsis
In the year 2707, Earth's natural resources have been exhausted by mankind. Battle rages between the soldiers of four leading Corporations: Capitol, Bauhaus, Mishima and Imperial. When the violence breaks an ancient stone seal, Necromutants appear and begin to multiply by the millions, destroying all before them. The Corporations' leader, Constantine (John Malkovich), is about to abandon the planet and leave countless innocents to their desperate fate, when he is approached by Brother Samuel (Ron Pearlman), leader of the Brotherhood, an ancient monastic order who offers hope to the discouraged leader. Against the odds Constantine entrusts brother Samuel and other likeminded soldiers to save them from the mutant armies.



Actors: Sean Pertwee, Ron Perlman, Tom Wu, Thomas Jane, Steve Toussaint
Directors: Simon Hunter

Comanche Moon: The Second Chapter In The Lonesome Dove Saga


Synopsis
In the highly anticipated prequel to the Emmy Award winning mini series, Lonesome Dove, Texas Ranger Augustus McCrae (Steve Zahn) and Woodraw F. Call (Karl Urban) are now young men dealing with the ever increasing tensions of adult life - Gus with his great love, Clara (Linda Cardellini), and Call with Maggie (Elizabeth Banks), the young prostitute who is in love with him.

McCrae and Call join a Ranger troop in pursuit of three outlaws: Comanche Chief Buffalo Hump (Wes Studi). Comanche horse thief Kicking Wolf (Johathan Joss) and Ahumado (Sal Lopez), the deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for slow torture. Together, they struggle to protect an advancing western frontier against the defiant Comanche's who are determined to defend their territory and their way of life.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Steve Zahn
• Elizabeth Banks
• Rachel Griffiths
• Linda Cardellini
• Val Kilmer
• Karl Urban
• Adam Beach

Writers:
• Diana Ossana
• Larry McMurtry

Producers:
• Dyson Lovell

Directors:
• Simon Wincer

April 20, 2009

Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The

Synopsis
"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, Benjamin Button, is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Elias Koteas
• Cate Blanchett
• Julia Ormond
• Taraji P. Henson
• Brad Pitt

Writers:
• Eric Roth

Directors:
• David Fincher

Death Factory: Bloodletting, The


Synopsis
Ana Romero has lost all hope. Her daughter was tragically murdered and she's obsessed with finding the person responsible. When a video of her daughter's death surfaces on the internet, she tracks it to an underground website know only as the "Gorehouse". She poses as an online trader of illegal video material in hopes of finding her daughter's killer. Her quest takes her into the bowels of humanity and immerses her in a dark and twisted world of degradation and pain. Her only mission, to find her daughter's killer and bring him to justice! She joins a group of online deviants who are invited to an abandoned factory to witness a "Bloodletting", an event displaying the torture and murder of an innocent person. Once inside, they soon realize that they have been lured into a trap by a self-righteous madman, who uses the factory and its bloodthirsty inhabitant as his own personal version of Hell. Chalked full of baby killers, neo-Nazi's, pedophiles, nerco-sexuals, white slave traders, anarchists, whores, religious madmen, and of course flesh eating ravenous beasts, Death Factory Bloodletting puts the BLOOD in Bloodletting!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Kareem McRoy
• Claudia Vargas
• Michelle Mousel
• David C. Hayes
• Noah Todd

Writers:
• Sean Tretta
• Mike Marsh

Producers:
• Dustin Lowry

Directors:
• Sean Tretta

Legally Blondes


Synopsis
When Elle Woods' young, blonde cousins Annie and Izzy (Milly and Becky Rosso) moved from England to California, they thought their pink clothes, small dogs and street smarts would make them instantly fit in and feel at home. However, they find they are miles away from the uniform fashions and money-focused power structure of their new prep school. When the school's reigning forces turn on the girls and try to frame them for a crime, Izzy and Annie must use their cleverness and charm to clear their names and show the school that in the classroom or the courtroom, they should never underestimate the power of blondes!

Cast & Crew
Directors:
• Savage Steve Holland

Uninvited, The


Synopsis
From the producers of The Ring and Disturbia comes a nail-biting thriller, The Uninvited. Following the suspicious death of their mother, sisters Anna and Alex become entangled in a deadly battle of wills when their father becomes engaged to Rachel, their mother's former caretaker. As the two sisters investigate Rachel's questionable past, they are confronted with ghostly visions, terrifying nightmares and deadly consequences. All leading to an ending so shocking it "will send chills down your spine!"

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Elizabeth Banks
• Arielle Kebbel
• Emily Browning
• David Strathairn
Directors:
• Charles Guard
• Thomas Guard

Bride Wars


Synopsis
Lifelong best friends Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) have shared a dream since childhood: Each yearns for the perfect June wedding at New York's famed Plaza Hotel. But when a clerical error puts them both down for nuptials on the same day at the same time, one of them will just have to switch the date, right? As if! More than the bouquet goes flying when these desperate brides-to-be "duke it out" for matrimonial supremacy! Full of fun, fashion and heartwarming moments, Bride Wars "will keep you laughing all the way down the aisle" (Jeffrey Lyles, Gazette (MD).

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Candice Bergen
• Kate Hudson
• Anne Hathaway
• Kristen Johnston

Writers:
• June Diane Raphael
• Casey Wilson
• Greg DePaul

Directors:
• Gary Winick

April 17, 2009

Thick as Thieves


Synopsis
An experienced robber (Morgan Freeman) heavily in debt with the Russian mob engages a novice thief (Antonio Banderas) to pull off one last heist in this crime drama from director Mimi Leder (Deep Impact).



Actors: Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Radha Mitchell, Robert Forster, Rade Serbedzija
Directors: Mimi Leder
Writers: Ted Humphrey
Producers: Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Danny Lerner, David Varod, Henry Winterstern

Taking Chance


Synopsis
Based on the true experiences of Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl, who wrote eloquently of them in a widely circulated 2004 article, Taking Chance is a profoundly emotional look at the military rituals taken to honor its war dead, as represented by a fallen Marine killed in Iraq, Lance Corporal Chance Phelps. Working as a strategic analyst at Marine Corps Base Quantico in VA, Lt. Col. Strobl (Kevin Bacon) learns that Phelps had once lived in his hometown, and volunteers to escort the body to its final resting place in Wyoming. As Strobl journeys across America, he discovers the great diligence and dignity in how the military, and all those involved with preparing and transporting the body, handle their duties. Equally important, he encounters hundreds of people affected by Chances death, a vast majority of whom never knew him. This collective grieving eventually causes Lt. Col. Strobl, a veteran of Desert Storm now assigned to office duty, to probe his own guilt about not re-deploying to Iraq for the current conflict. Arriving in Wyoming, Lt. Col. Strobl completes his catharsis when he encounters Chances gracious family and friends, and discovers an extraordinary outpouring of community support.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Kevin Bacon
Directors:
• Ross Katz

Spirit, The


Synopsis
Above shadowy, crime-infested streets a masked avenger watches. Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht) was once Central City's finest cop until a gangster's bullet ended his life. Now Fate has brought him back from the beyond as The Spirit, a street-hardened hero who faces off against seductive foes like the voluptuous Sand Saref (Eva Mendes) or the alluring Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson). Then, of course, there's his evil archenemy, The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), with a mission to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality in this graphic action-thriller!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Eva Mendes
• Scarlett Johansson
• Jaime King
• Sarah Paulson
• Gabriel Macht
• Paz Vega
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Dan Lauria

Writers:
• Frank Miller

Producers:
• Gigi Pritzker
• Deborah Del Prete
• Michael E. Uslan

Directors:
• Frank Miller

Notorious


Synopsis
Chronicling the extraordinary life of Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, Notorious follows the young rapper from the tough streets of Brooklyn to the heights of superstardom as he juggles the increasing demands of fatherhood, marriage and a music career. Amid chaos and controversy, Biggie's remarkable talent and fierce determination help to solidify his legacy as one of hip-hop's greatest MCs.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Angela Bassett
• Derek Luke
• Anthony Mackie
• Jamal Woolard

Writers:
• Reggie Rock Bythewood
• Cheo Hodari Coker

Producers:
• Voletta Wallace
• Trish Hofmann
• Robert Teitel
• Wayne Barrow
• Mark Pitts

Directors:
• George Tillman Jr.

Meat Market 2


Synopsis
When Hell Spits Out theiDead, it will be theiDarkest Day of Terror Humankind has Ever Known!

More than a year after the events of Meat Market, the few survivors, Argenta, Nemesis, and others struggle for survival against the undead in the ruins of what was once society. In their search for a safe haven they come across what appears to be the last refuge of humanity - a fortified compound run by former motivational speaker Bill Wilhelm, and his cult of heavily armed fanatics. but when Argenta is subjected to indoctrination techniques and her comrades imprisoned, she begins to suspect that deep within the compound, more is going on than a simple attempt to 'rebuild' ... that Bill and his followers have more than one use for the living and the undead alike...

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Claire Westby
• Alison Therriault
• Terra Thomsen
• Chuck Depape
• Rob Nesbitt
• Stephan Eng
• Dave Krawchuk
• Dustan Roberts

Writers:
• Brian Clement

Producers:
• Brian Clement

Directors:
• Brian Clement

Into the Blue 2: The Reef


Synopsis
Ride the wave of extreme ocean adventure as Into The Blue 2: The Reef tells the white-knuckle tale of scuba divers Sebastion (Chris Carmack) and Dani (Laura Vandervoort), a sexy couple thrown into precarious waters when they are promised big money in exchange for leading dives along a treacherous Hawaiian reef. At the hands of dubious clients, the young couple is plunged into danger and an ultimate test of their diving skills, as well as their love, strength - and will to live.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Laura Vandervoort
• Chris Carmack
• Marsha Thomason
• Audrina Patridge

Writers:
• Mitchell Kapner

Producers:
• Hudson Hickman
• Sara Berrisford
• Craig Roessler

Directors:
• Stephen Herek

Inkheart


Synopsis
When Mo Folchart reads a story, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. Mo must somehow use his special powers to send the interlopers back to their world......and save ours. If ever a task was easier read than done, this is it. Mo and his daughter Meggie, aided by friends real and fictional, plunge into a thrilling quest that pits them against diabolical villains, fantastic beasts and dangers at every turn.

Brendan Fraser (The Mummy films, Journey to the Center of the Earth) leads a splendid cast (including Academy Award winners* Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent) in an all-fun, all-family film of Cornelia Funke's bestseller. Follow Mo and Meggie into adventure more exciting than any ever read. Because it's adventure they're going to live!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Brendan Fraser
• Helen Mirren
• Eliza Hope Bennett
• Sienna Guillory
• Rafi Gavron
• Paul Bettany
• Jim Broadbent
• Andy Serkis

Writers:
• David Lindsay-Abaire

Producers:
• Cornelia Funke
• Diana Pokorny
• Iain Softley

Directors:
• Iain Softley

Hotel for Dogs


Synopsis

When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi (Emma Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (Jake T. Austin) to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce's talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday—and eventually for all Friday's friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering "who let the dogs in."


Actors:
• Lisa Kudrow
• Kevin Dillon
• Emma Roberts
• Don Cheadle
• Jake T. Austin
Writers:
• Mark McCorkle
• Jeff Lowell
• Robert Schooley

Directors:
• Thor Freudenthal

Day the Earth Stood Still, The


Synopsis
Epic action and mind-blowing effects rock the planet in this thrilling reinvention of the sci-fi classic, The Day The Earth Stood Still. Keanu Reeves portrays Klaatu, an otherworldly being whose arrival on Earth triggers an unstoppable series of events that threaten all of mankind. In a desperate attempt to save humanity, governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind the visitor's appearance. When a woman (Jennifer Connelly) and her young stepson find themselves embroiled in the alien's plan, they become the world's only hope to stave off apocalyptic annihilation.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Keanu Reeves
• Kathy Bates
• Jennifer Connelly
• John Cleese
• Kyle Chandler
• Jon Hamm
• Jaden Smith

Writers:
• David Scarpa

Producers:
• Erwin Stoff
• Paul Harris Boardman
• Gregory Goodman

Directors:
• Scott Derrickson