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Sunshine Cleaning debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.  It took a little while for the film to get distribution, but I think it was worth the wait.  In Sunshine Cleaning, Amy Adams plays the role of Rose Lorkowski, a former high school cheerleader turned single mom working a dead-end job as a house cleaner.  She [...]

Bolt (3D Version)
Ever since I was a child, Disney has always been synonymous with bringing the best quality animation to every one of their movies. They combined that animation with creative storytelling, music and laughter. That tradition carries on even today and its seen in its most recent form with BOLT.
The film, which was produced [...]

Rated: R

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release: Nov 7, 2008 Wide

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Sean Hayes, Affion Crockett, Adam Herschman, John Legend, Jennifer Coolidge
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Screenwriter: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Producer: David T. Friendly, Steven Greener, Charles Castaldi
Composer: Stanley Clarke
Studio: Warner Brothers

Synopsis: Two former backup soul singers Louis (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd (Bernie [...]

by: Ben Songer
Sex Drive
Rating: “R”
Runtime: 109 min
Starring: Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, Clark Duke, James Marsden and Seth Green
Director: Sean Anders
Release Date: October 17, 2008
For all of those who loved SuperBad, Sex Drive is the movie for you. I would go as far as saying that it is the new SuperBad. This instant classic is about [...]

Director: D.J. Caruso

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language
Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release: Sep 26, 2008 Wide

Synopsis: Eagle Eye is a race-against-time thriller starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Mackie and Billy Bob Thornton. Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Monaghan) are two strangers thrown together by [...]

Ghost Town
Director: David Koepp
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell
Rated: PG-13 for some strong
language, sexual humor and drug references
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release: September 19, 2008
Synopsis: Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that [...]

After No Country for Old Men the Coen brothers follow-up with an ironic dark comedy Burn After Reading. A dark goofball irony film about some of the most idiotic people in Washington. Mixing Washington brass with normal everyday “joes” that are looking for slice this ensemble uses some of the best chracter actors in the [...]

Director:Fred Wolf
Starring: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis
Screenwriter: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Producer: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Allen Covert, Heather Parry
Rated: “PG-13″
Theatrical Release: Aug 22, 2008 Wide
Synopsis: In this Columbia Pictures’ comedy, Anna Faris charms as Shelley Darlington, a Playboy Bunny who teaches an awkward sorority about the opposite sex [...]

Henry Poole Is Here
Director: Mark Pellington
Starring: Luke Wilson, Radha Mitchell, George Lopez, Adrianna Barraza, Cheryl Hines, Richard Benjamin and Morgan Lily.
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Rating: PG
From director, Mark Pellington, this is a project that is seemingly contrary to his repertoire of films such as Arlington Road and the Mothman Prophecies. His newest endeavor, Henry Poole [...]