Movies Released August 14, 2009

Released Friday, August 14th

87%

4.1 / 5

(50)

District 9

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"District 9" depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa.

Peter Jackson, Bill Block, Neill Blomkamp, Sharlto Copley, Ken Kamins, Carolynne Cunningham, Jason Cope, Robert Hobbs

R Drama Fantasy 1 hr, 52 mins

87% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

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77%

4.1 / 5

(16)

Bandslam

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A high school outcast's bond with a popular girl over their shared love of music results in them assembling a rock group that looks to win their school's upcoming battle of the bands competition.

Vanessa Hudgens, Todd Graff, Lisa Kudrow, Scott Porter, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Marisa Yeres, Aly Michalka, Ryan Donowho

PG Drama Comedy 1 hr, 51 mins

77% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

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89%

4.5 / 5

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The love story focuses on a couple in which the man has a genetic disorder known as "chrono-impairment," a condition that causes him to involuntarily travel through time. Jeremy Leven wrote the adaptation.

Brad Pitt, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Eric Bana, Nick Wechsler, Dede Gardner, Stephen Tobolowsky, Robert Schwentke

PG-13 Drama Fantasy 1 hr, 48 mins

89% WILL SEE

4.5 / 5

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77%

3.3 / 5

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Ponyo

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An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.

Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Matt Damon, Betty White, Hayao Miyazaki, Steve Alpert

G Adventure Animation 1 hr, 40 mins

77% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

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84%

3.2 / 5

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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell H...

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A used-car liquidator is hired to save a struggling dealership during a Fourth of July weekend sale.

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, Jeremy Piven, Kathryn Hahn, Kevin Messick, Chris Henchy

R Comedy 1 hr, 29 mins

84% WILL SEE

3.2 / 5

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Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders Poster

100%

1 / 5

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Living in Emergency: Stories...

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In the war-zones of Liberia and Congo, four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions. With different levels of experience, each volunteer must find their own way to face the challenges, the tough choices, and the limits of their idealism.

Christopher Woodrow, Sarah E. Johnson, Molly Conners, Mark N. Hopkins, Naisola Grimwood, Daniel Holton-Roth, Erika Bertin, Geralyn White Dreyfous

Documentary

100% WILL SEE

1 / 5

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67%

3 / 5

(1)

Paper Heart

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Described as part-documentary, part-scripted comedy about the real-life relationship between Michael Cera and his girlfriend, Charlyne Yi.

Michael Cera, Jake Johnson, Charlyne Yi, Nicholas Jasenovec, Sandra Murillo, Elise Salomon

PG-13 Comedy Documentary

67% WILL SEE

3 / 5

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85%

3.2 / 5

(35)

Spread

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Los Angeles is often the customary site for mythmaking in the American cultural iconography. It is a place, for instance, where the legend of the sexual exploits of the male gigolo seems perfectly at home in the decadent universe of Hollywood dreams and nightmares. Surely inspired by the classic tradition of American Gigolo and Shampoo, Spread is such a perfectly tuned, contemporary depiction of the trials and tribulations of sleeping your way to wealth and success that, guilty pleasure or not, it’s irresistible. Especially so since it’s driven by the iconic persona of Ashton Kutcher, who plays Nikki and breathes the charged sexuality, fashion and hipness, and sense of entitlement of the sexual grifter as if he were born to it. Stylishly directed by David MacKenzie (Hallam Foe, Young Adam), Spread is a moral tale in a very-modern sense with its characters of a young man and his middle-aged, well-to-do client (played by Anne Heche), his various associates and conquests, and a waitress whom he begins to really care about (unbeknownst to him, she is playing the same game). The world of money, sex, and privilege is an ephemeral one, and the fall can be as sudden as the ascent. Spread is a finely crafted vision of ambition, indulgence, vanity, and self-realization that epitomizes the lifestyle of a fabled Mecca.

Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, David MacKenzie, Myles Nestel, Peter Morgan, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jason Goldberg, Aaron Kaufman

R Comedy 1 hr, 37 mins

85% WILL SEE

3.2 / 5

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82%

5 / 5

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It Might Get Loud

Limited

A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.

Davis Guggenheim, Peter Afterman, Thomas Tull, Lesley Chilcott, Carson Hood, Jack White, The Edge, Jimmy Page

PG Documentary Music 1 hr, 37 mins

82% WILL SEE

5 / 5

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