Movies Releasing: the Week of April 24, 2009 |
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The Informers |
Réalisateur : Gregor Jordan. |
Starring : Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Amber Heard, Rhys Ifans, Brad Renfro, Jon Foster. |
Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.theinformers.com/ |
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In such works as "Less Than Zero" and "American Psycho," Brett Easton Ellis brilliantly dissects contemporary American society, a culture in which too much is never enough. Now, adapting his own acclaimed novel for the screen, he returns to the Los Angeles of the early 1980's with a multi-strand narrative that deftly balances a vast array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con).
Connecting all his intertwining strands are the quintessential Ellis protagonists—a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs—and one another—with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano.
Filmed with uncommon glamour and grit by acclaimed Australian director Gregor Jordan ("Ned Kelly," "Buffalo Soldiers"), The Informers" is an alternately blistering and chilling portrait of hedoni... |
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Earth |
DVD Release Date : ( France : April 10, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield. |
Starring : Anggun ,Patrick Stewart. |
Runtime : 90 minutes. Genre : Documentary. |
Official Website : http://www.disney.com/nature |
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The Walt Disney Studios will celebrate Earth Day 2009 (April 22nd) with the debut of "Earth," the first feature-length nature documentary from its new production banner, Disneynature. This amazing new film is from award-winning British producer/director Alastair Fothergill, whose credits include the Emmy and Peabody award-winning "Planet Earth" series (BBC and The Discovery Channel) and "The Blue Planet."
"Earth," takes moviegoers on an extraordinary tour of our home planet as its never been seen before. The film will be narrated by renowned actor James Earl Jones. |
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Mutant Chronicles |
Réalisateur : Simon Hunter. |
Starring : Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, John Malkovich. |
Runtime : 101 minutes. Genre : Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.mutantchroniclesthemovie.com/ |
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At the end of the Ice Age, The Machine came from the outer space with the purpose to change men into mutants. However, a hero defeated the device and a great seal was laid over The Machine. In 2707, the depleted world is ruled by four Corporations: Mishima, Bauhaus, Capitol and Imperial that are in constant war. During a battle between Capitol and Bauhaus, the great seal is broken and The Machine works again transforming soldiers and civilians in hordes of mutants. A small part of the population escapes to Mars, leaving millions of people behind. The man of faith and leader of an ancient brotherhood Brother Samuel is a believer of God and the Chronicles, a bible about the mutants. With the city under siege of the mutants, he visits the Corporations' leader Constantine asking for an aircraft and twenty men for a suicide mission to destroy The Machine, planting a bomb and a detonator following the knowledge of the Chronicles. He recruits the tough Major 'Mitch' Hunter; the Bauhaus Lieute... |
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Fighting |
DVD Release Date : ( France : October 27, 2009 ) |
Réalisateur : Dito Montiel. |
Starring : Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Brian White, Luis Guzmán, Zulay Henao. |
Runtime : 105 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.fightingmovie.net/ |
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Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur (Channing Tatum) has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard) sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership.
As Shawn's manager, Harvey introduces him to the corrupt bare-knuckle circuit, where rich men bet on disposable pawns. Almost overnight, he becomes a star brawler, taking down professional boxers, mixed martial arts champs and ultimate fighters in a series of staggeringly intense bouts. But if Shawn ever hopes to escape the dark world in which he's found himself, he must now face the toughest fight of his life. |
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Obsessed |
Réalisateur : Steve Shill. |
Starring : Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter, Bruce McGill, Jerry O'Connell, Christine Lahti. |
Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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Derek Charles (Idris Elba), a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage to the beautiful Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles). But when Lisa (Ali Larter), a temp worker, starts stalking Derek, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy. |
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