Movies Released January 23, 2009

Released Friday, January 23rd

88%

4 / 5

(50)

Underworld: Rise of the Lyca...

The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja (Mitra), in his battle against the Death Dealer army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.

Len Wiseman, Bill Nighy, Skip Williamson, Danny McBride, Michael Sheen, Henry Winterstern, Patrick Tatopoulos, Tom Rosenberg

R Action Adventure 1 hr, 32 mins

88% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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94%

3.3 / 5

(43)

Inkheart

Theaters

"Inkheart" is a thrilling adventure that stars Brendan Fraser as Mo Folchart, a father who possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when Mo accidentally brings a power-hungry villain from a rare children's fable to life, the villain kidnaps Mo's daughter and demands Mo bring other evil fictional characters to life. In an attempt to rescue his daughter, Mo assembles a disparate group of friends - both real and magic - and embarks on a journey to save her and set things right.

Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Paul Bettany, Brendan Fraser, Mark Ordesky, Ileen Maisel, Diana Pokorny

PG Drama Fantasy 1 hr, 46 mins

94% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

Rent or buy On Amazon

40%

3.3 / 5

(6)

Revolutionary Road

Theaters

Set in the 1950's, a happy suburban couple with two children find themselves caught between their true desires and the pressure to conform -- with explosive consequences.

David Harbour, Sam Mendes, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Scott Rudin, Zoe Kazan, Bobby Cohen

R Drama 1 hr, 59 mins

40% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

89%

4.6 / 5

(301)

The Dark Knight

Limited

Batman (Christian Bale) raises the stakes in his war on crime in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight." With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker (Heath Ledger).

Morgan Freeman, Michael Jai White, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Christopher Nolan, Gary Oldman, Charles Roven

PG-13 Action Adventure 2 hrs, 32 mins

89% WILL SEE

4.6 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

83%

2.8 / 5

(10)

Killshot

Limited

In the thriller, based on the Elmore Leonard novel, a woman and her blue-collar husband become the targets of two killers after they stumble on an extortion plot hatched by the bad guys. Carmen (Lane) saw the scam and now she and Wayne (Jane), her ironworker husband, have to pay.

Blackbird (Rourke) kills smart and deadly. Richie kills stupid and crazy. Both are out to erase any living evidence--and when these lethal partners take up the chase, a safe place from killing is awfully hard to find.

John Madden, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Thomas Jane, Quentin Tarantino, Johnny Knoxville, Lawrence Bender

R Action Adventure 1 hr, 24 mins

83% WILL SEE

2.8 / 5

Rent or buy On Amazon

93%

4.2 / 5

(17)

Outlander

Limited

"Outlander" begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world – Kainan – and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen. Man and monster both seeking revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster - before it destroys them all.

Ron Perlman, Don Carmody, Jim Caviezel, John Hurt, Jack Huston, Christopher Eberts, Kia Jam, Andreas Schmid

R Action Adventure 1 hr, 55 mins

93% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

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56%

1 / 5

(1)

Donkey Punch

Things go drastically wrong for a group of British holidaymakers in Spain.

Nichola Burley, Oliver Blackburn, Mark Herbert, Robin Gutch, Angus Lamont, David Bloom

R Thriller 1 hr, 39 mins

56% WILL SEE

1 / 5

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62%

4.3 / 5

(3)

Possession

Limited

A woman's life turns surreal after an automobile accident leaves both her husband Ryan and her brother-in-law Roman in a coma. Things take an even darker turn when Roman wakes believing that he is Ryan. As Jess tries to deal with these increasingly disturbing events, she also struggles with the possibility that either the spirit of her husband has returned to her or that something very sinister is at work.

Lee Pace, Michael Petroni, Sonny Mallhi, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alex Brunner, Nigel Sinclair, Joel Bergvall, William B. Davis

PG-13 Thriller Suspense 1 hr, 26 mins

62% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

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