September 2009 Movies

Sandra Bullock plays eccentric crossword puzzle constructor Mary Horowitz who, after one short blind date, falls for handsome cable news cameraman Steve (Cooper). Convinced they are soul mates, Mary follows Steve across the country, encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter Hartman Hughes (Church). Along the way, Mary befriends an endearing group of oddballs who embrace her idiosyncrasies.

Sandra Bullock, Kim Barker, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong, Phil Traill, Bradley Cooper, DJ Qualls, Nicholas Osborne

PG-13 Comedy Romance 1 hr, 39 mins

88% WILL SEE

3.1 / 5

66%

2.5 / 5

(6)

Extract

A flower extract plant owner deals with workplace issues and a stream of bad luck, including his wife's affair with a gigolo.

Ben Affleck, Mila Kunis, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, John Altschuler, Dustin Milligan, Tom Lassally, Dave Krinsky

R Comedy 1 hr, 32 mins

66% WILL SEE

2.5 / 5

87%

3.3 / 5

(29)

Gamer

The picture unfolds in a dystopian near-future, where computer devices are implanted in the brains of unlucky individuals, and the latest "craze" for a depraved few involves controlling the activities of these soulless guinea pigs. At the behest of the players, the subjects unwittingly participate in a massive, multiplayer online game called "Slayers"; its seemingly invincible hero (Gerard Butler) ranks as the most worshipped celebrity on the planet. As the story rolls on, however, he suddenly begins to wrest his own individuality away from the system and determines to destroy the entire framework of the game - while audiences of millions watch his every move.

Gerard Butler, Brian Taylor, Michael C. Hall, Logan Lerman, Gary Lucchesi, Mark Neveldine, Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman

R Fantasy Sci-Fi 1 hr, 35 mins

87% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

83%

3 / 5

(4)

Carriers

The film, which will be written and directed by Alex and David Pastor, revolves around four friends trying to escape a viral pandemic in the American West who discover that they are more dangerous to one another than any virus. Pine would play one of the friends.

Chris Pine, Anthony Bregman, Piper Perabo, Ray Angelic, Alex Pastor, Lou Taylor Pucci, Emily VanCamp, David Pastor

PG-13 Drama Thriller 1 hr, 24 mins

83% WILL SEE

3 / 5

33%

Aagey Se Right

Through a series of events which are beyond their control, a cop loses his gun and a terrorist loses his heart in Mumbai.

Indrajit Nattooji

NR Comedy

33% WILL SEE

50%

Sandstorm

Trapped at home for 12 days in a massive sandstorm, a policeman cares for his dying wife as they are run out of food and water and mourn the disappearance of their child in the storm.

Michael Mahonen

NR Drama 1 hr, 16 mins

50% WILL SEE

Released Wednesday, September 9th

88%

3.6 / 5

(64)

9

The surreal tale takes place in a world parallel to our own, a post-apocalyptic fantasy in which a band of courageous rag dolls battles for the survival of civilization.

Jennifer Connelly, Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jim Lemley, Dana Ginsburg, Shane Acker, Crispin Glover, Tim Burton

PG-13 Adventure Fantasy

88% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

43%

3 / 5

(2)

Walt & El Grupo

LA Only

At the request of the U.S. government, Walt Disney and fellow artists travel to South America to shore up relations during World War II.

Theodore Thomas

PG Documentary 1 hr, 46 mins

43% WILL SEE

3 / 5

100%

Repo Chick

The story will unfold against the backdrop of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the US, where repossessions of homes, cars and other forms of property is at a new high.

Alex Cox, David Lynch, Jaclyn Jonet, Alex Feldman, Chloe Webb, Del Zamora, Eric Bassett, Miguel Sandoval

NR Action Comedy

100% WILL SEE

89%

Mary Pickford: The Muse of t...

LA Only

Traces the life of silent film star and United Artists co-creator Mary Pickford.

Nicholas Eliopoulos

NR Documentary

89% WILL SEE

Coming Soon On Amazon

67%

Crude

Documentary focuses on the lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

Joe Berlinger

NR Documentary 1 hr, 45 mins

67% WILL SEE

Released Friday, September 11th

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself Poster

86%

4 / 5

(12)

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad A...

Remake of the 2002 direct-to-video movie of the same name. In the original, Madea's family comes to see her while she's sick, however it's the rest of the family that needs help.

Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Reuben Cannon, Roger Bobb, Brian White, Hope Olaide Wilson

PG-13 Comedy Remake 1 hr, 53 mins

86% WILL SEE

4 / 5

84%

3.8 / 5

(20)

Sorority Row

Focuses on a group of sorority sisters murdered at a party after they accidentally kill a teacher.

Mike Karz, Darrin Holender, Jamie Chung, Stewart Hendler, Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg, Audrina Patridge, Rumer Willis

R Thriller Suspense 1 hr, 41 mins

84% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

85%

3 / 5

(10)

Whiteout

Carrie Stetko, the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, is investigating the continent's first murder, which draws her into a shocking mystery. Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness and she is stranded with the killer.

Kate Beckinsale, Columbus Short, Tom Skerritt, Steve Richards, David Gambino, Gabriel Macht, Shawn Doyle, Dominic Sena

R Thriller Suspense 1 hr, 36 mins

85% WILL SEE

3 / 5

64%

3.5 / 5

(2)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

A newsman intentionally frames himself for a murder he didn't commit in order to point out the dangers of circumstantial evidence and to expose an overzealous district attorney who has manipulated evidence in the past to gain convictions. Everything is going as planned until his friend, the one person who can exonerate him, is killed.

Michael Douglas, Joel Moore, Jesse Metcalfe, Orlando Jones, Aaron Ray, Peter Hyams, Ted Hartley, Amber Tamblyn

PG-13 Drama Crime 1 hr, 45 mins

64% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

57%

4 / 5

(2)

Broken Hill

A gifted teenager composer dreams of being accepted into the famous Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Alexa Vega, Dagen Merrill, Timothy Hutton

PG Drama Musical

57% WILL SEE

4 / 5

43%

3 / 5

(2)

Walt & El Grupo

NYC/LA

At the request of the U.S. government, Walt Disney and fellow artists travel to South America to shore up relations during World War II.

Theodore Thomas

PG Documentary 1 hr, 46 mins

43% WILL SEE

3 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

63%

No Impact Man: The Documenta...

NYC/LA

A family attempts to live in their Manhattan apartment without having an impact on the environment.

Justin Schein, Laura Gabbert, Eden Wurmfeld

NR Documentary 1 hr, 33 mins

63% WILL SEE

Released Wednesday, September 16th

81%

4 / 5

(4)

Bright Star

The story centers on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which is cut short by Keats' untimely death at age 25.

Ben Whishaw, Jane Campion, Abbie Cornish

PG Drama Romance 1 hr, 59 mins

81% WILL SEE

4 / 5

Released Friday, September 18th

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Poster

94%

4.2 / 5

(98)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meat...

Bill Hader will voice Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone's life. Anna Faris, who recently turned heads as the star of the comedy hit The House Bunny, takes on the role of Sam Sparks, a weathergirl covering the phenomenon who hides her intelligence behind a perky exterior. James Caan plays Tim Lockwood, Flint's technophobic father. Andy Samberg plays Brent, the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Bruce Campbell plays Mayor Shelbourne, who figures out that Flint's invention can put the town, and more importantly himself, on the map. Mr. T plays the by-the-rules town cop Earl Devereaux, and Tracy Morgan takes on the role of Earl's rule-breaking son, Cal.

Phil Lord, Anna Faris, Chris Miller, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Pam Marsden, Bill Hader, James Caan

PG Comedy Family 1 hr, 30 mins

94% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

77%

3 / 5

(32)

Jennifer's Body

When small-town high school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) is possessed by a hungry demon, guys who never stood a chance with her, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer's insatiable appetite.

Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, J.K. Simmons, Daniel Dubiecki, Mason Novick, Adam Brody, Amy Sedaris, Karyn Kusama

R Thriller Suspense 1 hr, 42 mins

77% WILL SEE

3 / 5

55%

2.6 / 5

(11)

The Informant!

What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.

Matt Damon, Jeff Skoll, Steven Soderbergh, Scott Z. Burns, Scott Bakula, George Clooney, Michael London, Greg Jacobs

R Action Adventure 1 hr, 48 mins

55% WILL SEE

2.6 / 5

83%

2.1 / 5

(12)

Love Happens

A widower writes a book about grieving that turns him into a phenomenon. Reinvented as a charismatic self-help guru, he falls for a woman at a seminar and is forced to confront the fact that he hasn't come to grips with his own loss.

Jennifer Aniston, Martin Sheen, Mary Parent, John Carroll Lynch, Judy Greer, Brandon Camp, Scott Stuber, Mike Thompson

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 49 mins

83% WILL SEE

2.1 / 5

71%

3.2 / 5

(6)

The Burning Plain

People try to find the healing powers of love, forgiveness and redemption.

Laurie MacDonald, Charlize Theron, Todd Wagner, Walter Parkes, Kim Basinger, Danny Pino, Marc Butan, Guillermo Arriaga

R Drama 1 hr, 46 mins

71% WILL SEE

3.2 / 5

79%

4 / 5

(1)

Disgrace

John Malkovich stars as David Lurie, a South African professor who gets involved with a student and is fired. After moving to the Eastern Cape to stay with his daughter, he becomes wrapped up in racial politics.

John Malkovich, Steve Jacobs, Anna Maria Monticelli, Scott Cooper, Eriq Ebouaney

NR Drama 2 hrs, 0 mins

79% WILL SEE

4 / 5

41%

1.3 / 5

(4)

Pretty Ugly People

A dying woman wishes to bring six estranged friends together in the Montana wilderness. Upon arriving, the friends discover the situation isn't what they expected.

Tate Taylor, Missi Pyle

R Comedy 1 hr, 39 mins

41% WILL SEE

1.3 / 5

81%

4 / 5

(4)

Bright Star

The story centers on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which is cut short by Keats' untimely death at age 25.

Ben Whishaw, Jane Campion, Abbie Cornish

PG Drama Romance 1 hr, 59 mins

81% WILL SEE

4 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

41%

5 / 5

(1)

Blind Date

The movie will follow a married couple who very tragically lost their child in a car accident. Since the child's death they've been unable to spend time together, and they can't not be together, so they sort of meet on blind dates and role-play as strangers.

Nicolas Stiliadis, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Thijs Romer

Drama

41% WILL SEE

5 / 5

Buy DVD On Amazon

33%

Fuel

A comprehensive documentary looking at energy in America, reliance on oil and the potential of alternative energy sources.

Joshua Tickell, Johnny O'Hara

NR Documentary 1 hr, 51 mins

33% WILL SEE

Buy DVD On Amazon

35%

Paris

Romain Duris plays a dancer who is home-ridden when he suffers from heart disease. Instead of dancing, he watches as the city and its dwellers entertain him.

Cédric Klapisch, Romain Duris, Bruno Levy, Juliette Binoche

R Drama Comedy 2 hrs, 10 mins

35% WILL SEE

Released Wednesday, September 23rd

51%

2 / 5

(2)

Capitalism: A Love Story

NYC/LA

Michael Moore's follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11" will further explore the Bush administration's foreign and domestic policies and its continued response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Rumored to be about the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy.

Michael Moore

R Documentary 2 hrs, 7 mins

51% WILL SEE

2 / 5

Released Friday, September 25th

76%

3.3 / 5

(13)

Pandorum

In "Pandorum", actors, Dennis Quaid ("Vantage Point", "The Express") and Ben Foster ("3:10 to Yuma", "Alpha Dog"), join Cam Gigandet ("Never Back Down", "Twilight"), Cung Le ("Tekken", Fighting"), newcomer Antje Traue and director Christian Alvart ("Antibodies") to tell the terrifying story of two crew members stranded on a spacecraft who quickly realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the spacecraft. They can't remember anything - who are they, what is their mission? The only way out of the chamber is a dark and narrow airshaft. Corporal Bower (Foster), the younger of the two, crawls inside, while the other, Lt. Payton (Quaid), stays behind for guidance on a radio transmitter. As Bower ventures deeper and deeper into the ship, he begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking and deadly secrets come unraveled, and the astronauts realize that the survival of mankind hinges on their actions.

Paul W.S. Anderson, Dennis Quaid, Jeremy Bolt, Ben Foster, Christian Alvart, Martin Moszkowicz, Travis Milloy, Norman Reedus

R Drama Fantasy 1 hr, 48 mins

76% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

93%

3.7 / 5

(22)

Surrogates

Set in the near future, humans live in isolation and interact vicariously through surrogate robots who are better-looking versions of themselves. A cop is forced to venture from his own home for the first time in years to solve a murder mystery.

Bruce Willis, Rosamund Pike, Elizabeth Banks, David Hoberman, Todd LIeberman, John Brancato, Jonathan Mostow, Todd Arnow

PG-13 Adventure Fantasy 1 hr, 29 mins

93% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

87%

4.3 / 5

(7)

Fame

Much like in the Oscar-winning original, directed by Alan Parker, the story will track the failures and fortunes of super-ambitious young performers and their teachers as they navigate a school year at the prestigious High School for the Performing Arts in New York.

Mark Canton, Allison Burnett, Bebe Neuwirth, Gary Lucchesi, Aline Brosh McKenna, Thomas Dekker, Walter Perez, Kelsey Grammer

PG Drama Remake 1 hr, 40 mins

87% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

95%

5 / 5

(1)

What's Your Raashee?

A young man has only ten days to locate his soulmate as dictated by the stars, otherwise he could lose a fortune. He thus embarks on a journey through love, looking through twelve girls to find the one who fits his horoscope.

Ashutosh Gowariker, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Naushil Mehta

NR Comedy Romance 3 hrs, 12 mins

95% WILL SEE

5 / 5

78%

3.7 / 5

(112)

Paranormal Activity

A young couple move in together, but the woman is convinced that she's been haunted all of her life. The presence that's watched over her has apparently followed her everywhere, including this new house, and the apparition that resides with them seems to have a fond interest in her. Her vain and selfish boyfriend seeks to document the spectacle with his camera & equipment and purposely ignores her pleas to respect the paranormal presence and refrain from taunting it. But as the nights pass, the events in the house become much more harrowing.

Jason Blum, Katie Featherston, Oren Peli, Micah Sloat, Mark Friedrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer, Steven Schneider

R Suspense Horror 1 hr, 39 mins

78% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

81%

4.4 / 5

(17)

The Pool Boys

A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.

Efren Ramirez, Rachelle Lefevre, J.B. Rogers, Stuart Gibbs, Julie O'Hora, Justin Ware, Matthew Lillard

NR Comedy

81% WILL SEE

4.4 / 5

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men Poster

61%

2 / 5

(1)

Brief Interviews With Hideou...

Julianne Nicholson stars as a grad student trying to cope with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with a wide variety of men.

John Krasinski, Yael Melamede, Dominic Cooper, James Suskin, Julianne Nicholson, Bobby Cannavale, Josh Charles, Christopher Meloni

NR Documentary 1 hr, 20 mins

61% WILL SEE

2 / 5

The Providence Effect

A year after his arrival, Paul J. Adams became principal of Providence St. Mel, only to be told the following year that Chicago’s archdiocese was going to close the school. After orchestrating a fundraising campaign that received national and local media attention, funds poured in and enabled Adams to buy the school from the Sisters of Providence and convert it to a not-for-profit independent school. He then set about achieving a new goal: To turn Providence St. Mel into a first rank college preparatory school, and its African-American student body into a corps of driven, disciplined, high achieving students.

Rollin Binzer, Tom Hurvis

PG Documentary 1 hr, 32 mins

83%

The Boys Are Back

In the adaptation of Simon Carr's serio-comic novel "The Boys Are Back in Town," Owen plays a widower struggling to raise his two sons.

Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Scott Hicks, Alan Cubitt, Laura Fraser

PG-13 Drama Adaptation 1 hr, 44 mins

83% WILL SEE

70%

1 / 5

(1)

I Hope They Serve Beer In He...

A guy tries to patch things up with his soon-to-be-married pal after botching things up at his bachelor party.

Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick, Nils Parker, Matt Czuchry, Karen Firestone, Aaron Ray, Max Wong, Tucker Max

R Comedy 1 hr, 45 mins

70% WILL SEE

1 / 5

81%

3 / 5

(1)

Coco Before Chanel

Biopic of pioneering French fashion designer Coco Chanel.

Anne Fontaine, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Christopher Hampton, Camille Fontaine, Anne Wiazemsky, Emmanuelle Devos, Audrey Tautou

PG-13 Drama Biography 1 hr, 45 mins

81% WILL SEE

3 / 5