Newly Released Films

Director : Ari Folman

Release Date : 12 June 2008 (Israel)

Genre : Animation, Biography, Drama, War

Cast : (Credited cast) , Ron Ben-Yishai as Himself (voice), Ronny Dayag as Himself (voice), Ari Folman as Himself (voice), Dror Harazi as Himself (voice), Yehezkel Lazarov as Carmi Cna'an (voice), Mickey Leon as Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice), Ori Sivan as Himself (voice), Zahava Solomon as Herself (voice)

Plot : An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

Run Time : 90 min

Country : Israel | Germany | France | USA | Finland | Switzerland | Belgium | Australia

MPAA : Rated R for some disturbing images of atrocities, strong violence, brief nudity and a scene of graphic sexual content.

Language : Hebrew | German | English | Arabic

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Company : Bridgit Folman Film Gang

Trivia : The first animated film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

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Plot Summary : One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

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Director : Joe Wright

Release Date : 24 April 2009 (USA)

Genre : Drama, Biography, Music

Cast : (Credited cast) , Robert Downey Jr. as Steve Lopez, Catherine Keener, Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers, Stephen Root as Curt, Tom Hollander as Graham Claydon, Rachael Harris as Leslie, Angela Featherstone as Commuter #1, Nelsan Ellis as David, Justin Martin as Nathaniel – Age 13-16, Michael Bunin as Adam Crane, Lisa Gay Hamilton as Jennifer, Meggan Anderson as Paper Airplane Student, Alejandro Patino as Construction foreman, David Jean Thomas as Jim Trotter, Matt Besser as Commuter #4, Justin Rodgers Hall as Sgt. Harris, Ilia Volok as Mr. Barnoff, Maggie Wagner as Mrs. Villaraigosa, Hallie Lambert as Ballerina, Robyn Jean Springer as Disney Hall patron, Paul Greenberg as Commuter #2, Wayne Lopez as Officer Hank, Lejla Hadzimuratovic as Disney Hall Patron, Troy Blendell as New young editor, Susane Lee as Marisa, Marissa Ghavami as Ballerina, Lemon as Jeremy, Jules Sanchez as Skid Row Porta Potty Dweller, Ralph Cole Jr. as Enraged Homeless Man, Aurelius DiBarsanti as Paramedic, Ingrid Coree as Nurse, Artel Great as Leon (as Artel Kayàru), Rob Nagle as Neil, Karmyn Tyler as Juilliard Party Guest, Jeff Sutherland as Cowboy on Plane with Wife, Franklin Ruehl as Homeless man, Kai Nuuhiwa as Brawling Frat Guy, Paul Cruz as EMT, Annie McKnight as Linda, George Meyers as Cop, Edward Kiniry-Ostro as Craig, Kirsten Lea as Awards Presenter, Joshua Cabrera as Teenage Musician, Sharon Savene as LAPD Officer, Joe Hernandez-Kolski as EMT #1, Charlie Weirauch as Atheist, S. Zev Esquenazi as Sgt. Hendrickson, Janaya Sultze as Ballerina, Kitty Kreidler as Skid Row Homeless woman, Patrick Tatten as Paul, Esa-Pekka Salonen as Conductor, Marcos De Silvas as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Holly Sherman as Juilliard student, Troy Williams as Cop – Hospital Scene, Paul Edney as Driver, Michael Maddigan as Brawling Frat Guy, Heather La Bella as ER Doctor, Wally Lozano as Sign Spinner, Richard Hansen as L.A.P.D, Ricky Marciano as Cop, Jayce Bradley as Brawling Frat Guy, Halbert Bernal as EMT, Lauren E. Gates as Ballerina, Pete Brown as Composer, Valentyna Svyatchenko as Julliard Student, Pete Ilarius as Disney Hall Patron, Francesca Kortesmaki as Twin violinist, Therese Kortesmaki as Twin violinist, Palma Lawrence Reed as ER Nurse

Plot : A Los Angeles Journalist, befriends a homeless Julliard trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper. |

Run Time : 109 min

Country : UK | USA | France

MPAA : Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some drug use and language.

Language : English

Filming Locations : Biltmore Hotel – 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company : DreamWorks SKG

Trivia : In the film, Steve Lopez is portrayed as divorced. However, his real life counterpart remains happily married. Lopez said that while having himself portrayed as recently single in the film was a bit weird, it was much more important to him that the film makers captured the themes of his articles rather than absolute facts.

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Tag Lines : Life has a mind of its own

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Director : Ari Folman

Release Date : 12 June 2008 (Israel)

Genre : Animation, Biography, Drama, War

Cast : (Credited cast) , Ron Ben-Yishai as Himself (voice), Ronny Dayag as Himself (voice), Ari Folman as Himself (voice), Dror Harazi as Himself (voice), Yehezkel Lazarov as Carmi Cna’an (voice), Mickey Leon as Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice), Ori Sivan as Himself (voice), Zahava Solomon as Herself (voice)

Plot : One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs… more |

Run Time : 90 min

Country : Israel | Germany | France | USA

MPAA : Rated R for some disturbing images of atrocities, strong violence, brief nudity and a scene of graphic sexual content.

Language : Hebrew | German | English

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Company : Bridgit Folman Film Gang

Trivia : Israel’s 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.

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Plot Summary : One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

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Director : Ron Howard

Release Date : 26 December 2008 (Australia)

Genre : Biography, Drama, History

Cast : Frank Langella as Richard Nixon, Michael Sheen as David Frost, Sam Rockwell as James Reston, Jr., Kevin Bacon as Jack Brennan, Matthew Macfadyen as John Birt, Oliver Platt as Bob Zelnick, Rebecca Hall as Caroline Cushing, Toby Jones as Swifty Lazar, Andy Milder as Frank Gannon, Kate Jennings Grant as Diane Sawyer, Gabriel Jarret as Ken Khachigian, Jim Meskimen as Ray Price, Patty McCormack as Pat Nixon, Geoffrey Blake as Interview Director, Clint Howard as Lloyd Davis

Plot : A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

Run Time : 122 min

Country : USA | UK | France

MPAA : Rated R for some language.

Language : English

Filming Locations : Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company : Imagine Entertainment

Trivia : Even while off-camera, all of the actors would remain in character and continue the Frost/Nixon rivalry by bickering and making fun of each other.

Goofs : Anachronisms: When Frost is filming a segment opposite Sydney’s Opera House, buildings that wouldn’t be erected for another twenty years are clearly visible.

Tag Lines : 400 million people were waiting for the truth.
An epic battle for the truth

Plot Summary : Writer Peter Morgan’s legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well at a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost’s team harbored doubts about their boss’ ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

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Director : Gus Van Sant

Release Date : 22 December 2008 (Israel)

Genre : Biography, Drama

Cast : Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones, Josh Brolin as Dan White, Diego Luna as Jack Lira, James Franco as Scott Smith, Alison Pill as Anne Kronenberg, Victor Garber as Mayor George Moscone, Denis O’Hare as State Senator John Briggs, Joseph Cross as Dick Pabich, Stephen Spinella as Rick Stokes, Lucas Grabeel as Danny Nicoletta, Brandon Boyce as Jim Rivaldo, Howard Rosenman as David Goodstein, Kelvin Yu as Michael Wong, Jeff Koons as Art Agnos

Plot : The story of California’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White. |

Run Time : 128 min

Country : USA

MPAA : Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violence.

Language : English

Filming Locations : 29th & Dolores Streets, Noe Valley, San Francisco, California, USA

Company : Focus Features

Trivia : On Roger Ebert’s year-end list of the 20 best movies of 2008 (Ebert does not rank his lists, preferring alphabetical order instead).

Goofs : Anachronisms: While the parking meters on Castro Street were appropriately changed, the more modern painted T-lines (to define each parking space) were not covered up.

Tag Lines : His life changed history. His courage changed lives.
Never blend in

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Watch Trailer Online for Milk Trailer 2008

Director : Bryan Singer

Release Date : 25 December 2008 (USA)

Genre : Biography, Drama, History, Thriller

Cast : Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, Kenneth Branagh as Major-General Henning von Tresckow, Bill Nighy as General Friedrich Olbricht, Tom Wilkinson as General Friedrich Fromm, Carice van Houten as Nina von Stauffenberg, Thomas Kretschmann as Major Otto Ernst Remer, Terence Stamp as Ludwig Beck, Eddie Izzard as General Erich Fellgiebel, Kevin McNally as Dr. Carl Goerdeler, Christian Berkel as Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim, Andy Gatjen as Angry SS Officer, Jamie Parker as Lieutenant Werner von Haeften, David Bamber as Adolf Hitler, Tom Hollander as Colonel Heinz Brandt, David Schofield as Erwin von Witzleben

Plot : Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII. |

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Country : USA | Germany

MPAA : Rated PG-13 for violence and brief strong language.

Language : English | German

Filming Locations : Barton Flats, San Bernardino Mountains, California, USA

Company : United Artists

Trivia : The initially crew was not allowed to film on Bendler Block due to “the dignity of this place”. Eventually, authorities would allow filming as long as the dignity of the place was not tarnished. On the evening of the takes, the entire crew observed a moment of silence in commemorance of Stauffenberg. Initial rumors that the project was banned from filming in Germany due to Tom Cruise’s religious belief turned out not to be true.

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Tag Lines : Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.

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Director : Oliver Stone

Release Date : 17 October 2008 (USA)

Genre : Biography, Drama

Cast : (Credited cast) , J. Grant Albrecht as Jacques Chirac (as Charles Fathy), Sayed Badreya as Saddam Hussein, Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, David Born as Moderator, Dennis Boutsikaris as Paul Wolfowitz, Jesse Bradford as Thatcher, Jonathan Breck as Corndog, Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, Bruce Bryant as Odessa Debate Patron, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush, Wes Chatham as Jimmy Benedict, Maria Chen as Military Aid, Teresa Cheung as Asian Journalist, Rob Corddry as Ari Fleischer, James Cromwell as George Herbert Walker Bush, Jon Michael Davis as Campaign Aide, Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney, Chris Freihofer as Evangelical 2, Terry Gamble as Rove Aid, Jim Garrity as News Commentator, Michael Gaston as Gen. Tommy Franks, Jeff Gibbs as Josiah Pringle, Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld, Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair, Colin Hanks as Speechwriter 1, Jeff Hoferer as McCormick, Toby Jones as Karl Rove, Jonna Juul-Hansen as Jan O’Neil, Stacy Keach as Earle Hudd, James Martin Kelly as NSC Official, Tom Kemp as David Kay, Allan Kolman as Vladimir Putin, William Lanier as Resort Waiter, Brinkley A. Maginnis as Anita Bush, Madison Mason as Adm. Kelly, Bryan Massey as Skeeter, Lee Ann McDade as News Woman, Bruce McGill as George Tenet, John Neisler as White House Lawyer, Randall Newsome as Paul Bremer, Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice, Gabriela Ostos-Tamez as Reporter #2, Anne Pressly as Anchorwoman, Paul Rae as Kent Hance, Randal Reeder as Oilrig forman, Jason Ritter as Jeb Bush, Andrew Sensenig as Reporter #1, Marley Shelton as Fran, Jennifer Sipes as Susie Evans, Bill Stinchcomb as Secret Service, Ronan Summers as CIA #3, Paul T. Taylor as Texas Reporter #4, Taylor Treadwell as Anchor 2, Jonathon Tripp as News Boom Operator, Thomas Wallace as John Negroponte, W. Douglas Waterfield as Richard Armitage, Drew Waters as Navy Seal, Brent Weisner as Secret Service Agent, Jeffrey Wright as Gen. Colin Powell, Noah Wyle as Don Evans

Plot : A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. |

Run Time : USA:129 min

Country : USA | Hong Kong | Germany | UK | Australia

MPAA : Rated PG-13 for language including sexual references, some alcohol abuse, smoking and brief disturbing war images.

Language : English | Spanish

Filming Locations : Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company : Emperor Motion Pictures

Trivia : Josh Brolin, who plays George W. Bush, is the son of James Brolin, who played Ronald Reagan in The Reagans (2003) (TV).

Goofs : Anachronisms: When in the boardroom meeting regarding the war in Iraq, the date says 2002, though on the tables, there are clearly the new Aquafina bottles that were released in 2005.

Tag Lines : Get Ready
A life misunderestimated.
A life misunderestimated…

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Director : Gary Fleder

Release Date : 10 October 2008 (USA)

Genre : Biography, Drama, Sport

Cast : Rob Brown as Ernie Davis, Dennis Quaid as Ben Schwartzwalder, Darrin Dewitt Henson as Jim Brown, Omar Benson Miller as Jack Buckley, Nelsan Ellis as Will Davis, Jr., Charles S. Dutton as Willie ‘Pops’ Davis, Justin Martin as Young Ernie Davis, Justin Jones as Young Will, Nicole Beharie as Sarah Ward, Aunjanue Ellis as Marie Davis, Elizabeth Shivers as Elizabeth Davis, Clancy Brown as Roy Simmons Sr., Danny McCarthy as Bill Bell, Regina Hoyles as Sister, Chelcie Ross as Lew Andreas

Plot : A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. |

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Country : USA

MPAA : Rated PG for thematic content, violence and language involving racism, and for brief sensuality. (edited from PG-13 version)

Language : English

Filming Locations : Berwyn, Illinois, USA

Company : Davis Entertainment

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Goofs : Factual errors: The National Championship in 59 was awarded prior to the Bowl Games, so the speech about “whichever bowl we accept we will be National Champions if we win” was a moot point. It was just about defending the pollster’s choice at that point. It was the final regular season game against UCLA (which just beat #4 USC) that earned them the National Championship. The movie pays no attention to this game (which was broadcast on national TV) except to show the post game celebration.

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Watch Trailer Online for The Express (2008)

Director : Anand Tucker

Release Date : 5 October 2007 (Ireland)

Genre : Biography, Drama

Cast : Jim Broadbent as Arthur, Colin Firth as Blake, Juliet Stevenson as Kim, Gina McKee as Kathy, Sarah Lancashire as Beaty, Elaine Cassidy as Sandra, Claire Skinner as Gillian, Matthew Beard as Blake – Teen, Bradley Johnson as Blake – Child, Chris Middleton as Racing Steward, Elliot Avery as Peter, Rhiannon Howden as Sophie, Tom Butcher as Dr. Taggart, Alannah Barlow as Gillian – Child, Tara Berwin as Gillian – Teen

Plot : The story of a son’s conflicting memories of his dying father.

Run Time : 92 min

Country : UK | Ireland

MPAA : Rated PG-13 for sexual content, thematic material and brief strong language.

Language : English

Filming Locations : Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Company : Archer Street Productions

Trivia : Matthew Beard wore brown coloured contact lenses in order to look more like Colin Firth.

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Tag Lines : A parent and a child. The past and the present. Memories and secrets. Can you know someone for a lifetime…. and not know them at all? The life of a father. Through the journey of a son.
Between every father and his son there is a story to be told.

Plot Summary : And When Did You Last See Your Father? is Blake Morrison’s moving and candid memoir of his father in the weeks leading up to his death. When Arthur Morrison was diagnosed with terminal cancer he had only a few weeks left to live. Morrison traveled to Yorkshire to stay with his mother in the village where he grew up. He visited his father at the hospital where he had spent so much time with his own patients as a GP. As his father’s condition worsened Morrison contemplated their shared experiences, the intimacies and the irritations of their relationship. After his father’s death Morrison questions the nature of the bond between them, articulately expressing the contradictions, frustrations, love and loss bound into the complicated relationships which most of us have with our parents as we grow up.

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Director : Sergei Bodrov

Release Date : 20 September 2007 (Russia)

Genre : Biography, Drama, Romance, War

Cast : Tadanobu Asano as Temudjin, Honglei Sun as Jamukha, Khulan Chuluun as Börte, Aliya as Oelun – Temudjin’s Mother, Ba Sen as Esugei – Temudjin’s Father, Amadu Mamadakov as Targutai, Ying Bai as Merchant with Golden Ring, He Qi as Dai-Sechen, Ben Hon Sun as Monk, Ji Ri Mu Tu as Boorchu, You Er as Sorgan-Shira (as A You Er), Ba Tu as Altan (as Hong Jong Ba Tu), Deng Ba Te Er as Daritai (as E Er Deng Ba Te Er), Bao Di as Todoen, Su Ya La Su Rong as Girkhai (as Su You Le Si Ren)

Plot : The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. |

Run Time : 126 min

Country : Kazakhstan | Russia | Mongolia | Germany

MPAA : Rated R for sequences of bloody warfare.

Language : Mongolian | Mandarin

Filming Locations : China

Company : Andreevsky Flag Film Company

Trivia : A battle scene required 1500 horses and riders. These had to be imported from Kazakhstan to China. The riders, not being professional actors, needed 2 months of training.

Goofs : Factual errors: The Mongolian tribes, including the hordes that conquered their vast empire, rode on a very peculiar race of horses, stocky build, with relatively short legs and a large head. The horses used in the movie look like ordinary western horses

Tag Lines : Greatness comes to those who take it.
The untold story of Genghis Khan’s rise to power
Don’t despise a weak cub, it can appear the son of a tiger.

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