Movies Releasing: the Week of August 17, 2007 |
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Death at a Funeral |
DVD Release Date : ( France : April 02, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Frank Oz. |
Starring : Alan Tudyk, Andy Nyman, Daisy Donovan, Jane Asher, Kris Marshall, Matthew Macfayden, Peter Dinklage, Rupert Graves. |
Runtime : 90 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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A dignified send-off for a loved one erupts into uproarious chaos when romance, jealousy, in-laws, hallucinogens, dark secrets, life-long yearnings and a spot of bold blackmail all collide in the irreverent British comedy "Death at a Funeral." Directed by Frank Oz ("Bowfinger," "In & Out") and featuring a cast made up of the cream of Britain's crop, the film mischievously explores what happens on the day when a typically divided family is finally forced to come to terms with each other's - bad behavior, outrageous faults, skeletons in the closet and all.
On the morning of their father's funeral, the family and friends of the deceased each arrive with his or her own roiling anxieties. Son Daniel (Matthew Macfayden) knows he will have to face his flirty, blow-hard, famous-novelist brother Robert (Rupert Graves) who's just flown in from New York, not to mention the promises of a new life he's made to his wife Jane (Keely Hawes). Meanwhile, Daniel's cousin Martha (Daisy Donovan) and her d... |
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The Hunting Party |
Réalisateur : Richard Shepard. |
Starring : Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg, James Brolin, Diane Kruger, Joy Bryant. |
Genre : Action, Adventure. |
Official Website : http://www.thehuntingpartymovie.com/ |
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Three guys (Richard Gere, Terrence Howard and Jesse Eisenberg) head to Bosnia to cover the anniversary of the war's end, then decide to go after the world's most notorious war criminal in this film, based on a true story. |
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The Invasion |
DVD Release Date : ( France : May 14, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Oliver Hirschbiegel. |
Starring : Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Malin Akerman. |
Runtime : 98 minutes. Genre : Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.theinvasionmovie.com/ |
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"The Invasion" is a nightmarish journey into a world where the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington D.C. psychiatrist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) and her colleague Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic: it attacks its victims while they sleep, leaving them physically unchanged but strangely unfeeling and inhuman. As the infection spreads, more and more people are altered and it becomes impossible to know who can be trusted. Now Carol's only hope is to stay awake long enough to find her young son, who may hold the key to stopping the devastating invasion. |
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Superbad |
DVD Release Date : ( France : May 06, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Greg Mottola. |
Starring : Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, Emma Stone. |
Runtime : 112 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.areyousuperbad.com/ |
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"Superbad" revolves around two co-dependent high school seniors (Hill and Cera) who set out to score alcohol for a party, believing that girls will then hook up with them and they will be ready for college. But as the night grows more chaotic, overcoming their separation anxiety becomes a greater challenge than getting the girls. |
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