Movies Releasing: the Week of April 04, 2008 |
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Nim's Island |
DVD Release Date : ( France : October 09, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett. |
Starring : Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin, Gerard Butler, Alphonso McAuley. |
Runtime : 100 minutes. Genre : Adventure, Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.nimsisland.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover- the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now, they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island. |
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Leatherheads |
Réalisateur : George Clooney. |
Starring : George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Root, Ezra Buzzington, John Vance, Dan John Miller. |
Runtime : 114 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.leatherheadsmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
Oscar® winners George Clooney and Renée Zellweger match wits in "Leatherheads," a rapid-fire romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's pro-football league in 1925.
Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a swaggering, aging football hero who is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention.
Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), America's prodigal son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. But if Dodge thinks this new champ is too good to be true, then Lexie Littleton (Zellweger) can prove that's the case.
A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire ... |
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The Ruins |
DVD Release Date : ( France : December 11, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Carter Smith. |
Starring : Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore. |
Runtime : 91 minutes. Genre : Horror, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.ruinsmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
Based on the Scott Smith novel, "The Ruins" centers on a group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they accompany a fellow tourist on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins. |
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Water Lilies |
DVD Release Date : ( France : March 26, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Céline Sciamma. |
Starring : Pauline Acquart, Adèle Haenel, Louise Blachère, Warren Jacquin, Serge Brincat, Jérémie Steib, Christophe Van de Velde. |
Runtime : 85 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : (Not English Website) http://www.myspace.com/pieuvres |
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Summer in a new suburb outside Paris. Nothing to do but look at the ceiling. Marie, Anne and Floriane are 15. Their paths cross in the corridors at the local swimming pool, where love and the violence of desire erupts for the first time, bringing them together and tearing them apart. |
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Offside |
Réalisateur : Jafar Panahi. |
Starring : Sima Mobarak Shahi, Safar Samandar, Shayesteh Irani, Mohammad Kheyrabadi, Ida Sadeghi. |
Runtime : 88 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.sonyclassics.com/offside/ |
Plot Summary : |
Six Iranian girls disguise themselves as boys in order to enter Tehran's Azadi Stadium to watch the 2006 World Cup Asian zone qualifier between Iran and Bahrain. However, their presence is discovered and they are arrested one by one. |
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