Movies Releasing: the Week of March 07, 2008 |
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CJ7 |
DVD Release Date : ( France : September 10, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Stephen Chow. |
Starring : Stephen Chow, Xu Jian, Kitty Zhang Yuqi. |
Genre : Comedy, Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.sonypictures.net/movies/cj7/ |
Plot Summary : |
From Stephen Chow, the director and star of "Kung Fu Hustle," comes "CJ7," a new comedy featuring Chow's trademark slapstick antics. Ti (Stephen Chow) is a poor father who works all day, everyday at a construction site to make sure his son Dicky Chow (Xu Jian) can attend an elite private school. Despite his father's good intentions to give his son the opportunities he never had, Dicky, with his dirty and tattered clothes and none of the "cool" toys stands out from his schoolmates like a sore thumb.
Ti can't afford to buy Dicky any expensive toys and goes to the best place he knows to get new stuff for Dicky – the junk yard! While out "shopping" for a new toy for his son, Ti finds a mysterious orb and brings it home for Dicky to play with. To his surprise and disbelief, the orb reveals itself to Dicky as a bizarre "pet" with extraordinary powers. Armed with his CJ7 Dicky seizes this chance to overcome his poor background and shabby clothes and impress his fellow schoolmates for the fir... |
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The Accidental Husband |
DVD Release Date : ( France : July 01, 2009 ) |
Réalisateur : Griffin Dunne. |
Starring : Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sam Shepard, Isabella Rossellini, Lindsay Sloane, Justina Machado. |
Genre : Comedy, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.theaccidentalhusbandmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
When talk radio host Emma Lloyd (Thurman) advises one of her listeners (Machado) to break up with her boyfriend (Morgan), the jilted ex sets about getting his revenge. |
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
Réalisateur : Bharat Nalluri. |
Starring : Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciaran Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Lee Pace. |
Runtime : 90 minutes. Genre : History. |
Official Website : http://www.filminfocus.com/misspettigrew |
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A sophisticated and heartfelt comedy. In the 1939-set romantic tale, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand), a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse (Academy Award nominee Amy Adams). Within minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a heady high-society milieu – and, by the end of the day, discovers her own romantic destiny. |
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Married Life |
DVD Release Date : ( France : March 24, 2009 ) |
Réalisateur : Ira Sachs. |
Starring : Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams. |
Runtime : 90 minutes. Genre : Drama, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.sonyclassics.com/marriedlife |
Plot Summary : |
A wry blend of dark humor, romantic deception, and stylish melodrama-with an invigorating dash of suspense-"Married Life" is an unconventional fable for grown-ups about the irresistible power and utter madness of love.
After decades of marital contentment, Harry (Chris Cooper) concludes that he must kill his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry has fallen hard for the young and lovely Kay (Rachel McAdams), but his best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) wants to win Kay for himself.
As Harry implements his maladroit plans for murdering his wife, the other characters are entangled with their own deceptions. Like Harry, they race towards their passions but trip over their scruples, seemingly well-intended towards all, but truthful to none.
Married Life is an uncommonly adult film that surprises and confounds expectations. While it plays with mystery, comedy, and intrigue, its ultimate concern is: "What is married life?"
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College Road Trip |
Réalisateur : Roger Kumble. |
Starring : Arnetia Walker, Will Sasso, Donny Osmond, Raven-Symone ,Martin Lawrence. |
Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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Choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time of a young woman's life... unless your overprotective father isn't quite ready to let you go. In the Disney family comedy, "College Road Trip," Melanie (Raven-Symone) is eagerly looking forward to her first big step towards independence when she plans a "girls only" road trip to check out prospective universities. But when her overbearing police chief father (Martin Lawrence) insists on escorting her instead, she soon finds her dream trip has turned into a hilarious nightmare adventure full of comical misfortune and turmoil. |
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10,000 B.C. |
DVD Release Date : ( France : September 17, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Roland Emmerich. |
Starring : Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Omar Sharif, Tim Barlow, Marco Khan, Reece Ritchie, Mo Zinal, Mona Hammond, Joel Virgel Vierset, Suri van Sornsen, Joel Fry, Nathanael Baring, Joe Vaz. |
Runtime : 109 minutes. Genre : Adventure. |
Official Website : http://www.10000bcmovie.com/ |
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It was a time when man and beast were untamed and the mighty mammoth roamed the earth. A time when ideas and beliefs were born that forever shaped mankind. 10,000 B.C. follows a young hunter (Steven Strait) on his quest to lead an army across a vast desert, battling saber tooth tigers and prehistoric predators as he unearths a lost civilization and attempts to rescue the woman he loves (Camilla Belle) from an evil warlord determined to possess her. |
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The Bank Job |
DVD Release Date : ( France : March 17, 2009 ) |
Réalisateur : Roger Donaldson. |
Starring : Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Richard Lintern, Don Gallagher, David Suchet. |
Runtime : 100 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.lionsgate.com/thebankjob |
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"The Bank Job" was inspired by a real-life 1971 London bank robbery that was never solved. A band of thieves tunneled their way into a safe deposit vault, taking millions of dollars in cash and jewelry. The robbery made headlines for several days, but then all reporting stopped as a result of a government gag order. In "Bank Job," the crime involves murder, corruption and a sex scandal with links to the royal family. Ultimately, the thieves are among the most innocent involved. |
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Snow Angels |
Réalisateur : David Gordon Green. |
Starring : Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Angarano, Griffin Dunne, Amy Sedaris, Olivia Thirlby. |
Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.snow-angels.com/ |
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"Snow Angels," adapted from the novel of the same title by Stewart O'Nan, is two stories of love and loss converging. One is of a recently separated couple attempting to pick up the threads of a future when faced with tragedy. The second is about an awkward young man, currently in the throes of discovering his first romance, forced to deal with the separation and subsequent strife of his parents' relationship. |
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Paranoid Park |
DVD Release Date : ( France : April 24, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Gus Van Sant. |
Starring : Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen, Jake Miller, Lauren McKinney. |
Runtime : 85 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : Not Available |
Plot Summary : |
A teenage skateboarder's life begins to fray after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard. |
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