Movies Releasing: the Week of April 25, 2008 |
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Deal |
Réalisateur : Gil Cates Jr.. |
Starring : Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Bret Harrison, Gary Grubbs, Shannon Elizabeth, Jennifer Tilly, Maria Mason. |
Runtime : 86 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.dealthemovie.com/ |
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Set against the world of high stakes poker, "Deal" follows the story of Tommy Vinson, an ex-gambler who quit the game of Texas Hold'em over 30 years ago after missing a family emergency and swearing to his wife, Helen, "never again". Tommy tries to be content with his luggage business but while watching a poker tournament on television, he sees someone who reminds him of his younger self, Alex Stillman.
Alex is a cocky, hotshot card playing senior at Yale University. He is the best player there. Alex's parents would like him to go to law school, but Alex only dreams of playing professional poker, like the icons he sees on TV. After winning an on-line event that places him in the televised game, Alex loses early. He's close to greatness, but what he doesn't realize yet is that he focuses too much on the cards, and not the players… that's where Tommy comes in.
Tommy finds Alex and makes a pact with him: he'll front Alex the high priced entry fees to all the major tournaments if Alex pl... |
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Deception |
DVD Release Date : ( France : March 18, 2009 ) |
Réalisateur : Marcel Langenegger. |
Starring : Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Maggie Q, Natasha Henstridge, Rachael Taylor. |
Runtime : 108 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.deception-movie.com/ |
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An accountant (McGregor) is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend (Jackman). But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist. |
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Redbelt |
DVD Release Date : ( France : March 04, 2009 ) |
Réalisateur : David Mamet. |
Starring : Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alice Braga, Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer, Rodrigo Santoro, Rebecca Pidgeon, Randy Couture. |
Runtime : 99 minutes. Genre : Kung-fu. |
Official Website : http://www.sonyclassics.com/redbelt/ |
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Set in the west-side Los Angeles fight world, a world inhabited by bouncers, cage-fighters, cops, and special forces types, "Redbelt" is the story of Mike Terry (Chewitel Ejiofor), a Jiu-jitsu master who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, choosing to instead pursue an honorable life by operating a self defense studio with a samaurai's code.
Terry and his wife Sondra (Alice Braga) struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident on a dark, rainy night at the Academy between an off duty officer (Max Martini) and a distraught lawyer (Emily Mortimer) puts in motion a series of events that will change Terry's life dramatically introducing him to a world of promoters (Ricky Jay, Joe Mantegna) and movie stars (Tim Allen). Faced with this, in order to pay off his debts and regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his life. |
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Baby Mama |
DVD Release Date : ( France : February 03, 2009 ) |
Réalisateur : Michael McCullers. |
Starring : Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor, Sigourney Weaver. |
Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.babymamamovie.net/ |
Plot Summary : |
In a comedy that brings together some of today's sharpest talent, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler team with writer/director Michael McCullers and producers Lorne Michaels and John Goldwyn to tell the story of two women, one apartment and the nine months that will change their lives: "Baby Mama."
Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler) to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough...
After learning from the steely head (Sigourney Weaver) of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive's well-organized strategy is turne... |
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Then She Found Me |
DVD Release Date : ( France : April 15, 2009 ) |
Réalisateur : Helen Hunt. |
Starring : Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Ben Shankman. |
Runtime : 100 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name, Helen Hunt makes her feature directing debut with "Then She Found Me," a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth month (Bette Midler), who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth), only to find that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation. |
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Roman de Gare |
Réalisateur : Claude Lelouch. |
Starring : Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Zinedine Soualem, Myriam Boyer, Marc Rioufol, Michèle Bernier, Eric Delcourt, Boris Ventura Diaz, Thomas Le Douarec, Cyrille Eldin, Gilles Lemaire. |
Runtime : 103 minutes. Genre : Crime. |
Official Website : http://www.romandegarethefilm.com/ |
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In the still of the night, three lives are about to cross: a woman abandoned (Audrey Dana, Cesar nominee for Best Female Newcomer) a stranger awaiting his chance (Dominique Pinon,) and a best-selling author (Fanny Ardant,) who imagines the thriller of the year. Deceptively layered and intriguingly misleading, in a game with high stakes – and deadly consequences. |
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