Movies Releasing: the Week of March 20, 2009 |
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Knowing |
DVD Release Date : July 07, 2009 |
Réalisateur : Alex Proyas. |
Starring : Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne. |
Runtime : 120 minutes. Genre : Fantasy, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://knowing-themovie.com/ |
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In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one of the students, a mysterious girl who seems to hear whispered voices, fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.
Fast forward 50 years to the present: A new generation of students examines the contents of the time capsule and the girl's cryptic message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Myles. But it is Caleb's father, professor Ted Myles (Nicolas Cage), who makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts with pinpoint accuracy the dates, death tolls and coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50 years. As Ted further unravels the document's secrets, he realizes it foretells three additional events—the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve Ted and his son.
When Ted's attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears, he takes i... |
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The Great Buck Howard |
DVD Release Date : ( France : February 03, 2010 ) |
Réalisateur : Sean McGinly. |
Starring : Colin Hanks, John Malkovich, Emily Blunt, Kevin Kline, Tom Hanks, Matthew Gray Gubler. |
Runtime : 90 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.greatbuckhowardmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
Once upon a time, Buck Howard (John Malkovich) spent his days in the limelight. His mind-boggling feats as a mentalist extraordinaire – not to be confused with those of a mere magician - earned him a marquee act in Vegas and 61 appearances on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. In his own humble opinion, his talents go far beyond simple sleight of hand – he can read minds and hypnotize not just a single soul but an entire room of people! But nowadays, it's clear to everyone but Buck that his act has lost its luster; he performs in faded community centers and hasn't sold out a theater in years.
Yet, with a hearty handshake and a trademark "I love this town!" Buck Howard perseveres, confident in his own celebrity, convinced his comeback is imminent. He just needs a new road manager and personal assistant. As it turns out, recent law school drop-out and unemployed, would-be writer Troy Gable (Colin Hanks) needs a job and a purpose. Working for the pompous, has-been mentalist fills the former r... |
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Duplicity |
Réalisateur : Tony Gilroy. |
Starring : Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Rick Worthy. |
Runtime : 122 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Romance, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.duplicitymovie.net/ |
Plot Summary : |
Oscar® winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen reunite for "Duplicity," from writer/director Tony Gilroy (seven-time Oscar®-nominated "Michael Clayton").
In the film, they star as spies-turned-corporate operatives in the midst of a clandestine love affair. When they find themselves embroiled in a high-stakes espionage game, they discover the toughest part of the job is deciding how much to trust the one you love.
CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts) and MI6 agent Ray Koval (Owen) have left the world of government intelligence to cash in on the highly profitable cold war raging between two rival multinational corporations. Their mission? Secure the formula for a product that will bring a fortune to the company that patents it first.
For their employers—industry titan Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson) and buccaneer CEO Dick Garsik (Paul Giamatti)— nothing is out of bounds. But as the stakes rise, the mystery deepens and the tactics get dirtier, the trickiest secret for Claire and Ray is thei... |
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I Love You, Man |
DVD Release Date : ( France : January 19, 2010 ) |
Réalisateur : John Hamburg. |
Starring : Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Jaime Pressly, Rashida Jones, Rob Huebel, Jon Favreau, Colleen Crabtree, Caroline Farah. |
Runtime : 105 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.iloveyouman.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
"I Love You, Man" centers on a man about to get married who actively seeks out a male friend to be his best man for the wedding. |
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