May 2009 Movies

With Ryan Reynolds • Hugh Jackman • Avi Arad • Taylor Kitsch • Liev Schreiber • Lynn Collins • Lauren Shuler Donner • Danny Huston • Dominic Monaghan • David Benioff • Will.i.am • Peter O'Brien • Gavin Hood

Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar – as the fierce fighting machine who possesses amazing healing powers, retractable claws and a primal fury. Leading up to the events of "X-Men," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" tells the story of Wolverine’s epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe whose appearances in the film series have long been anticipated.

With Chris Evans • Dennis Quaid • Justin Long • Evan Rachel Wood • Danny Trejo • Luke Wilson • Danny Glover • Brian Cox • Rosanna Arquette • David Cross • Ron Perlman • Evan Spiliotopoulos • James Garner • Aristomenis Tsirbas

The story tells of a conflict between the inhabitants of a peaceful world and the human warriors who want to colonize it.

With Matthew McConaughey • Emma Stone • Jennifer Garner • Jeff Nathanson • Michael Douglas • Mark Waters • Daniel Sunjata • Robert Forster • Jon Shestack • Scott Moore • Breckin Meyer • Noureen Dewulf • Marcus Viscidi • Lacey Chabert • Anne Archer • Brad Epstein • John Lucas

Celebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women...in that order. A committed bachelor who thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call, Connor's mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill for his kid brother, Paul, and a houseful of well wishers on the eve of Paul's wedding. Just when it looks like Connor may single-handedly ruin the wedding, he is visited by the ghosts of his former jilted girlfriends, who take him on a revealing and hilarious odyssey through his failed relationships--past, present and future. Together they attempt to find out what turned Connor into such an insensitive jerk and whether there is still hope for him to find true love...or if he really is the lost cause everyone thinks he is.

With Amir Harel • Tatia Rosenthal • Etgar Keret • Emile Sherman

Have you ever wondered what is the meaning of life? Why do we exist? The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach. The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating exquisite color pictures and could be yours for a mere $9.99. The ad alters the life of Dave Peck--unemployed, 28-years-old and still living at home. His story, along with several others are woven together, examining the meaning of hell and heaven on earth.

With Christian Petzold

A remake of The Postman always Rings Twice.

With Götz Spielmann

At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, "Revanche" is the stunning, Oscar–nominated, international breakthrough film from Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex (the mesmerizing Johannes Krisch) works as an assistant in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara (Irina Potapenko). Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop (Andreas Lust) and his seemingly content wife (Ursula Strauss). With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.

With Michael Keaton • Bobby Cannavale • Kelly MacDonald • Steven Jones • Ron Lazzeretti • William Dick • Tom Bastounes

Running away from a troubled marriage, Kate Frazier (Kelly Macdonald, No Country for Old Men) hopes to find anonymity with a new home and a new job in Chicago. What Kate finds instead is Frank Logan (Michael Keaton, Batman), a veteran hit man who intends to kill her when he learns she may be a witness to his latest hit. But when he realizes she is like him, a troubled soul haunted by the past, their relationship deepens, and his plans change. Now, Logan must decide if he should walk away from his old life or use it as a way to secure their future.

With Bill Murray • Tilda Swinton • Isaach De Bankolé • Gael García Bernal • Jim Jarmusch • Hiam Abbass • Luis Tosar • Youki Kudoh • John Hurt • Alex Descas

The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger (Isaach De Bankolé), whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. The new picture from independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch is set in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and otherwise).

With Zoe Saldana • Tim Daly • Edward Herrmann • Tom Arnold • Tennyson Bardwell • Isen Robbins • Aimee Schoof • Mary-Beth Taylor

After the mysterious death of his Aunt, Bryan Becket dismisses reports that the Aunt's house is haunted and moves in.

With Isabelle Huppert • Denis Freyd • Denis Delcampe • Olivier Gourmet • Ursula Meier • Thierry Spicher • Elena Tatti

Life for a family in a rural town is is upended when a major highway is constructed nearby.

With Deirdre Allen Timmons

Ten ordinary women learn the art of the striptease when they dive into the glamorous world of burlesque.

With Omari Hardwick • Lauren London • Wood Harris • Benny Boom • Inny Clemons • Donald Faison • Mos Def • Darius McCrary • Scott Aronson • Blair Cobbs • Cisco Reyes

Donald Faison stars as a hapless delivery man who finds himself at the center of a drug deal gone horribly awry in "Next Day Air", an uproarious action comedy with an all-star cast. Life isn’t going smoothly for Leo Jackson(Faison). He still lives at home, he just broke up with his co-worker girlfriend and he’s had so many complaints about his sloppy work habits that his own mother is threatening to fire him. But Leo isn’t one to let a few bad breaks ruin his day—as long as he’s got plenty of weed to take his mind off his troubles. But when the wacked-out courier accidentally delivers a box containing 10 kilos of high quality cocaine to the wrong apartment, it sets in motion a hilarious and harrowing chain of events that could cost him his life.

With Tyler Perry • Winona Ryder • Eric Bana • Chris Hemsworth • J.J. Abrams • Karl Urban • Alex Kurtzman • Zachary Quinto • Chris Pine • John Cho • Zoe Saldana • Simon Pegg • Jimmy Bennett • Clifton Collins Jr. • Bruce Greenwood • Anton Yelchin • Leonard Nimoy • Ben Cross • Bryan Burk • Roberto Orci • Damon Lindelof

From director J.J. Abrams and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci ("Transformers," "MI: III") comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, "Star Trek," featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before. Star Trek explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Amanda Grayson (Winona Ryder), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho), and Chekhov (Anton Yelchin). A Romulan, Nero (Eric Bana), and a much older Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are influences, as well as Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood), the first captain of the USS Enterprise.

With Kirby Dick

An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the U.S.

With Diego Luna • Gael García Bernal • Alfonso Cuarón • Carlos Cuarón

Tato (Gael García Bernal) and Beto (Diego Luna), two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico, have a simple dream of saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans; a friendly game of soccer leads to first one, then the other being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout, Batuta, and gives rise to the first of many emotional head to heads between brothers. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes—fame, riches, fast cars, and beautiful women. But every dream has a dark side, and when they are forced to compete on rival teams, bitterness brews between them. Mutual trust gives way to resentment and betrayal, while the dangers of their wild new lifestyles threaten debt and the safety of their entire family. In the end, all will ride on the one big game between their two clubs. Tato and Beto must face each other on the pitch but also reunite again as brothers before they lose everything they had once dreamed of.

With Robert Pattinson • Philippa Goslett • Jonny Persey • Jaume Vilalta • Paul Morrison • Javier Beltran • Carlo Dusi

The young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí.

With Billy Zane • Amy Smart • Betty White • Robert Iscove • Tom Malloy

Jake and Jessica must try to elude all obstacles, romantic or otherwise, to stay focused on the goal - winning the World Title and winning each other.

With Forest Whitaker • Jessica Biel • Ray Liotta • Eddie Redmayne • Kris Kristofferson • Patrick Swayze • Timothy Linh Bui • Stephane Gauger • Alejandro Romero

The story follows four eclectic characters — a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest and a stripper — brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.

With Scott Speedman • Arsinee Khanjian • Atom Egoyan • Raoul Bhaneja • Simone Urdl • Robert Lantos • Laurent Petin • Katie Boland • Michele Halberstadt • Jennifer Weiss

A high school student misrepresents himself as a figure from recent history, and draws a group of schoolmates and survivors into a community mourning a tragedy that never happened.

With Tilda Swinton • Kate Del Castillo • Saul Rubinek • Erick Zonca

An alcoholic woman becomes involved in a nefarious ransom kidnapping scheme with a stranger from an AA meeting.

With Tom Hanks • Stellan Skarsgard • Brian Grazer • Ewan McGregor • Ron Howard • Nikolaj Lie Kaas • Ayelet Zurer • Dan Brown • Armin Mueller-Stahl • Akiva Goldsman • John Calley • Todd Hallowell • Kristof Konrad • Masasa Moyo

The team behind the global phenomenon "The Da Vinci Code" returns for the highly anticipated "Angels & Demons," based upon the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard religious expert Robert Langdon, who once again finds that forces with ancient roots are willing to stop at nothing, even murder, to advance their goals. Ron Howard again directs the film, which is produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and John Calley.

When Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati - the most powerful underground organization in history - he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization's most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican's only hope for survival.

With Jennifer Aniston • Woody Harrelson • Steve Zahn • Fred Ward • Wyck Godfrey • Stephen Belber • Marty Bowen • William Horberg • Jim Tauber

"Management" is a romantic comedy that chronicles a chance meeting between Mike Cranshaw (Steve Zahn) and Sue Claussen (Jennifer Aniston). When Sue checks into the roadside motel owned by Mike's parents in Arizona, what starts with a bottle of wine "compliments of management" soon evolves into a multi-layered, cross-country journey of two people looking for a sense of purpose. Mike, an aimless dreamer, bets it all on a trip to Sue's workplace in Maryland - only to find that she has no place for him in her carefully ordered life. Buttoned down and obsessed with making a difference in the world, Sue goes back to her yogurt mogul ex-boyfriend Jango (Woody Harrelson), who promises her a chance to head his charity operations. But having found something worth fighting for, Mike pits his hopes against Sue's practicality, and the two embark on a twisted, bumpy, freeing journey to discover that their place in the world just might be together.

With Baard Owe • Bent Hamer • Henny Moan

The Norwegian film "O’Horten" centers on a train driver who is stumped as to what to do when he hits retirement.

With Adrien Brody • Mark Ruffalo • Rian Johnson • Rachel Weisz • Rinko Kikuchi • Nora Zehetner • Ram Bergan • Wendy Japhet

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust, intrigue and the most complex literary-inspired setups imaginable. Now they've decided to take on one last job -- showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress named Penelope the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world -- from New Jersey to Greece to Russia and Prague -- in pursuit of priceless artifacts wanted by some of their most unsavory competitors.

With Juliette Binoche • Charles Gillibert • Nathanaël Karmitz • Olivier Assayas • Marin Karmitz

Three kids must sell all their childhood valuables to ensure their dead mother’s wishes are granted.

With Christian Bale • Sam Worthington • Bryce Dallas Howard • Linda Hamilton • Common • McG • Moon Bloodgood • Moritz Borman • Anton Yelchin • Danny Elfman • Jeanne Allgood • Victor Kubicek • Derek Anderson • Michael Ferris • John Brancato • Peter D. Graves

In the highly anticipated new installment of "The Terminator" film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

With Marlon Wayans • Affion Crockett • Keenen Ivory Wayans • Shawn Wayans • Damon Wayans • Damien Wayans • Essence Atkins • Rck Alvarez • Richard Vane • Craig Wayans

A rich, white girl from the suburbs finds herself on a series of misadventures when she moves to the mean streets of the inner-city.

With Sasha Grey • Steven Soderbergh • David Levien • Brian Koppelman • Chris Santos • Greg Jacobs

A revealing look at the world of prostitution from an elite call girl's point of view.

With Jon Bernthal • Ben Stiller • Shawn Levy • Amy Adams • Eugene Levy • Bill Hader • Robin Williams • Owen Wilson • Steve Coogan • Thomas Lennon • Ricky Gervais • Christopher Guest • Robert Ben Garant • Dick Van Dyke • Ben Garant • Alain Chabat

It's a new "Night" and "Museum" for Ben Stiller, who is joined by several other stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair. No major film has ever shot inside the Smithsonian in Washington…until "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian".

With Colin Firth • Jessica Biel • Kristin Scott Thomas • Cynthia Nixon • Ben Barnes • Stephen Elliott

Based on the Noel Coward play, the film tells the story of an American divorcee (Jessica Biel) who heads to the South of France. Once there she jumps into a whirlwind romance and wedding with an English guy (Ben Barnes). Then the newly weds travel to the UK to face the music with his disapproving parents (Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas).

With Ben Stiller • David Permut • Jeff Sherman • Gregory V. Sherman

A documentary about Academy Award and Grammy-winning songwriters Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman.

With Mark Becker • Jennifer Grausman

High school students compete for scholarships to culinary college.

With Justin Long • Sam Raimi • Alison Lohman • Jessica Lucas • Reggie Lee • Joe Drake • David Paymer • Nathan Kahane • Josh Donen • Grant Curtis • Rob Tapert • Ivan Raimi • Dileep Rao • Lorna Raver

Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home.

In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse?

With Christopher Plummer • Pete Docter • Ed Asner • John Ratzenberger • Jordan Nagai • Jonas Rivera • Bob Peterson

From the Academy Award®-nominated team of director Pete Docter ("Monsters, Inc.") and co-director Bob Peterson comes "Up," a comedic adventure taking off (and lifting spirits) in summer 2009. Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. "Up" takes audiences on a thrilling journey where the unlikely pair encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures. When seeking adventure next summer -- look "Up."

With Adrien Brody • Mark Ruffalo • Rian Johnson • Rachel Weisz • Rinko Kikuchi • Nora Zehetner • Ram Bergan • Wendy Japhet

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust, intrigue and the most complex literary-inspired setups imaginable. Now they've decided to take on one last job -- showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress named Penelope the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world -- from New Jersey to Greece to Russia and Prague -- in pursuit of priceless artifacts wanted by some of their most unsavory competitors.

With Yojiro Takita • Kundo Koyama

A cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved, leaving him without a job. He decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work, finding a job in a funeral home.

With Hilary Duff • Molly Shannon • Steve Coogan • Olivia Thirlby • Jonathan Glazer • Robert Lawson • R.D. Robb

A reporter covering the Challenger Space Shuttle launch becomes mixed up in the lives of some local students.