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Observe and Report (2009)

Director : Jody Hill

Release Date : 10 April 2009 (USA)

Genre : Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama

Cast : Seth Rogen as Ronnie Barnhardt, Ray Liotta as Detective Harrison, Michael Peña as Dennis, Anna Faris as Brandi, Dan Bakkedahl as Mark, Jesse Plemons as Charles, John Yuan as John Yuen, Matt Yuan as Matt Yuen, Celia Weston as Mom, Collette Wolfe as Nell, Randy Gambill as Pervert, Alston Brown as Bruce, Cody Midthunder as D-Rock, Deborah Brown as Female Reporter (as Debra-Jayne Brown), Aziz Ansari as Saddamn

Plot : Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper’s paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can’t bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective, is recruited to close the case. |

Run Time : 86 min

Country : USA

MPAA : Rated R for pervasive language, graphic nudity, drug use, sexual content and violence.

Language : English

Filming Locations : Bosque Farms, New Mexico, USA

Company : De Line Pictures

Trivia : Jody Hill has described his initial inspiration for this film as wanting to do a comedic version of Taxi Driver (1976).

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The Informers (2009)

Director : Gregor Jordan

Release Date : 1 May 2009 (Iceland)

Genre : Crime, Drama, Thriller

Cast : (Credited cast) , Billy Bob Thornton as William, Kim Basinger as Laura, Mickey Rourke as Peter, Winona Ryder as Cheryl Laine, Jon Foster as Graham, Amber Heard as Christie, Rhys Ifans as Roger, Chris Isaak as Les Price, Austin Nichols as Martin, Lou Taylor Pucci as Tim Price, Mel Raido as Bryan Metro, Brad Renfro as Jack, Theo Rossi as Spaz rest of cast listed alphabetically: , Milena Arango as Miss Nebraska, Denise Bradley as Mourner, Suzanne Ford as Bruce's mom, Valentina Garcia as The P.A., Cameron Goodman as Susan Sloan, Aaron Himelstein as Raymond, Simone Kessell as Nina Metro, Diego Klattenhoff as Dirk, Noli McCool as Joe, Katy Mixon as Patty, Daniel Rosenberg as Rocko, Angela Sarafyan as Mary, Peter Scanavino as Leon, Gabriel Schwalenstocker as Walter, Jessica Stroup as Rachel

Plot : A multi-strand narrative set in early 1980’s Los Angeles, centered on an array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting the intertwining strands are a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs — and one another –with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano.

Run Time : Germany:100 min (European Film Market)

Country : USA | Germany

MPAA : Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, drug use, pervasive language and some disturbing images.

Language : English

Filming Locations : Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company : Senator Entertainment Co

Trivia : Brad Renfro’s final film

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Tag Lines : Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.

Plot Summary : Published in 1995, the collection of loosely connected short stories captures a week in L.A. in 1983, featuring movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters in adventures laced with sex, drugs and violence.

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"Prison Break" (2005)

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Genre : Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Cast : (Series Cast Summary - 11 of 260), Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows (77 episodes, 2005-2009), Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield (77 episodes, 2005-2009), Robert Knepper as Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell (75 episodes, 2005-2009), Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre (74 episodes, 2005-2009), Wade Williams as Bradley 'Brad' Bellick / as (67 episodes, 2005-2008), Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi (64 episodes, 2005-2009), William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone (54 episodes, 2006-2009), Paul Adelstein as Paul Kellerman (44 episodes, 2005-2007), Marshall Allman as LJ Burrows (44 episodes, 2005-2008), Rockmond Dunbar as Benjamin Miles 'C-Note' Franklin / as (39 episodes, 2005-2009), Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Gretchen Morgan / as (31 episodes, 2007-2009)

Plot : Due to a political conspiracy an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out from the inside out.

Run Time : 42 min (plus commercials) | 60 min (including commercials)

Country : USA

MPAA :

Language : English | Spanish

Filming Locations : Building One, Studios at Las Colinas - 6301 North O'Connor Road, Irving, Texas, USA

Company : Rat Entertainment

Trivia : Paul Scheuring had said that the initial concept for the series (a man deliberately getting himself sent to prison in order to break out again) was suggested to him by a female colleague of his. He thought it was a great idea, but was initially stumped as to why someone would embark on such a strange mission or how he could stretch the idea out long enough for a TV show. He later came up with the idea of the wrongfully accused brother, and the conspiracy subplot. He then started work on writing the pilot script for the show.

Goofs : Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Michael says that he chose Panama because there is no extradition treaty. Based on the date on Sara’s father’s tombstone, 1 July 2005, Michael was still incarcerated on 8 May 2005 when the United States and Panama entered into an extradition treaty, explaining why he would be unaware that the brothers could be extradited.

Tag Lines : Breaking out was easy, getting away will be hard (Season 2).
Escaping Prison was Just the Beginning, Escaping the Country is now the priority (Season 2).
Break In. Break Out. Save Your Brother's Life (Season 1).
Most Men would do anything to get out of Prison…But Michael Scofield would do anything he can to get in (Season 1).
Escape is Just the Beginning (Season 1).
The Manhunt is on! (Season 2)
Your brother is innocent, but you are not . (Season 1).
The Most Wanted Men in America (Season 2)
Stay Out. Stay Free. Stay Alive. (season 2)
Freedom is an illusion. All that matters is staying alive. (Season 2)
Prisons were made to be broken. (season 3)
New Prison. New Break. (Season 3)
Revenge Begins Now (Season 4)
The only thing harder than breaking out is breaking in. (Season 4)
He ain't heavy, he's my wrongly accused brother. (Season 1)

Plot Summary : An engineer (Wentworth Miller) installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to help his brother (Dominic Purcell), a death-row inmate who insists he did not commit the crime for which he has been sentenced to die and help him escape.

Lincoln Burrows is on death row for the murder of the vice president’s brother. He insists he’s innocent and only his brother Michael Scofield believes him. As an engineer who helped design the prison where Lincoln is being held, Michael takes drastic measures to help his brother. He gets himself arrested and sent to the same prison so that with his knowledge of the building the two of them can escape together. However, while inside, Michael discovers a massive conspiracy that is determined to see Lincoln’s sentence carried out. Breaking out will be more difficult than he thought, but he’s still going to try.

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State of Play (2009)

Director : Kevin Macdonald

Release Date : 17 April 2009 (USA)

Genre : Crime, Drama, Thriller

Cast : Russell Crowe as Cal McAffrey, Ben Affleck as Stephen Collins, Rachel McAdams as Della Frye, Helen Mirren as Cameron Lynne, Robin Wright Penn as Anne Collins, Jason Bateman as Dominic Foy, Jeff Daniels as Rep. George Fergus, Michael Berresse as Robert Bingham, Harry Lennix as Det. Donald Bell, Josh Mostel as Pete, Michael Weston as Hank, Barry Shabaka Henley as Gene Stavitz, Viola Davis as Dr. Judith Franklin, David Harbour as PointCorp Insider, Sarah Lord as Mandi Brokaw

Plot : A team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman’s mistress.

Run Time : 127 min

Country : USA | UK

MPAA : Rated PG-13 for some violence, language including sexual references, and brief drug content.

Language : English

Filming Locations : Americana Hotel - 1400 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia, USA

Company : Andell Entertainment

Trivia : After Brad Pitt departed from the film, and before Russell Crowe replaced him, other actors considered for the role of Cal McAffrey were Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage and Tom Hanks.

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Tag Lines : Nothing Is Off The Record
Find The Truth

Plot Summary : A petty thief is gunned down in an alley and a Congressman’s assistant falls in front of a subway - two seemingly unrelated deaths. But not to wisecracking, brash newspaper reporter Cal McAffrey who spies a conspiracy waiting to be uncovered. With a turbulent past connected to the Congressman and the aid of ambitious young rookie writer Della Frye, Cal begins uprooting clues that lead him to a corporate cover-up full of insiders, informants, and assassins. But as he draws closer to the truth, the relentless journalist must decide if it’s worth risking his life and selling his soul to get the ultimate story.

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Angels & Demons (2009)

Director : Ron Howard

Release Date : 15 May 2009 (USA)

Genre : Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Cast : (Credited cast) , Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, Ewan McGregor as Carlo Ventresca, Stellan Skarsgård as Richter, Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra, Armin Mueller-Stahl as Straus, Carmen Argenziano as Silvano Ventivoglio, Pierfrancesco Favino as Commander Olivetti, Ursula Brooks as BBC Reporter, Thure Lindhardt as Chartrand, Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Mr. Gray, Elya Baskin as Cardinal, Kimberley Joseph as Australian Reporter, Andy Scott Harris as Vatican Choirboy, Norbert Weisser as Scientist 1, Endre Hules as CERN lead scientist, Victor Alfieri as Lieutenant Valenti, David Pasquesi as Vincenzi, Cosimo Fusco as Father Simeon, Masasa Moyo as South African Reporter, Skoti Collins as British Camerman, Shelby Zemanek as Young Girl In Square, Peggy Lane as Principal choir member, Gino Conforti as Cardinal, Arlo Hemphill as Carabinieri, Richard Schimmelpfenneg as Suspicious Man, Bryan Friday as Fireman, Rashmi as British Reporter, Yan Cui as Chinese Reporter, Ed Francis Martin as South American Reporter, Calvin Dean as Choir Member #1, Nancy Guerriero as Red Dot Nun, Michael Patrick Breen as Ukrainian General, Marc Fiorini as Cardinal (as Marco Fiorini), Curt Lowens as Cardinal Ebner, James Tumminia as Vatican Priest, Michael Arturo as Vatican Worker, Kristof Konrad as Polish Reporter, Dave Johnson as Press Photographer, Pascal Petardi as Italian Reporter, Luis Fernandez-Gil as Cardinal Strauss, Stephen Sepher as Carabinieri Lieutenant, Jonas Fisch as Bachman, Jeffrey Boehm as Swiss Guard Blue, Jason Ciok as Matthew - Choir Boy, Luca Costa as Fireman #2, Joel Shock as Swiss Guardsman, Ted Hollis as Vatican Choir Singer, Allen Dula as Vatican Police, Paul Richard as Swissguard, Cristy Joy Slavis as Sister Christy, Jerred Berg as Stem Cell Protestor #2, August Fredrik as Swiss Guardsman, Rocco Passafaro as Castel Cop #2, Alekséy Volchek as Stem Cell Protestor #3, Jon Lucero as Vatican Police Officer, Les Feltmate as Priest, Laura Mary Clarke as Dignitary, Bacha Chilaia as Carabineri Seargent, Craig Seitz as Patriarch, Shervin Davatgar as Arab Reporter, Aaron Denius Garcia as Carabinieri #2 (as Aaron Denius), Adriana Roze as Vatican Square Singer - Soloist, Robert W. Laur as Choir Member #2

Plot : Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

Run Time : 140 min

Country : USA

MPAA : Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material.

Language : Italian | Latin | English

Filming Locations : Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company : Columbia Pictures

Trivia : The production had to build a scale replica of St. Peter’s Square since Vatican officers banned the movie from being filmed in its grounds.

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Tag Lines : The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return.

Plot Summary : When a murder of a physicist, Leonardo Vetra, finds a symbolist, Robert Langdon, and Mr. Vetra’s daughter, Vittoria, on an adventure for a secret brotherhood, The Illuminati. Clues lead them all around the Vatican, including the four alters of science, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. An Assassin working for the Illuminati, have captured four cardinals, and murders each, painfully. Robert and Vittoria also are searching for a new very destructive weapon that could kill millions.

The Pope died and the conclave has been called for. 4 candidates were chosen. However, before the voting, the 4 candidates are killed one by one. The killer leaves clues that seems to say that he/she is from the Illuminati. Strangely though, the Illuminati was long thought to be extinct. Who is the mastermind? Who revived the Illuminati? What do they want?

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Next Day Air (2009)

Director : Benny Boom

Release Date : 8 May 2009 (USA)

Genre : Action, Comedy, Crime

Cast : (Credited cast) , Debbie Allen as Ms. Jackson, Malik Barnhardt as Hassie, Kevin Benton as Old Man #2, Lombardo Boyar as Carlos, Rachel Bruestale as Kid #2, Inny Clemons as Deuce, Mos Def as Eric, Yasmin Deliz as Chita, Mike Epps as Brody, Donald Faison as Leo, Omari Hardwick as Shavoo, Wood Harris as Guch, Shawn Michael Howard as Derrick, Jo D. Jonz as Wade, Lauren London as Ivy, Ravyn Lotito-Douglas as Fine Woman #2, Roman Macias as Kid #1, Trinidad Mann as Fine Woman #1, Luis Martinez as Louie the Worker, Darius McCrary as Buddy, Gerald Rawles as Bank Manager, Cisco Reyes as Jesus, Emilio Rivera as Bodega, Sadie as Junkyard Dog, Brizona Sambi Gayles as Bank Guard, Lobo Sebastian as Rhino, Madison Shockley as Old Man #1, Julia Vera as Mama

Plot : Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they’ve hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten people’s lives forever.

Run Time : USA:90 min

Country : USA

MPAA : Rated R for pervasive language, drug content, some violence and brief sexuality.

Language : English

Filming Locations : Los Angeles, California, USA

Company : Melee Entertainment

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Plot Summary : When a misguided delivery driver inadvertently delivers a package containing concealed bricks of cocaine to the wrong address, it sets in motion a desperate search and battle for the coke between the furious dealer that sent it, the fearful intended recipients that missed it, and the conniving accidental recipients that plan to flip it. Time is running out and everyone’s trying to get their hands on the package that’s been sent…Next Day Air!

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The Limits of Control (2009)

Director : Jim Jarmusch

Release Date : 21 May 2009 (Israel)

Genre : Crime, Drama, Thriller

Cast : , Bill Murray, John Hurt, Gael García Bernal, Tilda Swinton, Paz de la Huerta, Isaach De Bankolé, Hiam Abbass, Youki Kudoh, Luis Tosar, Óscar Jaenada, Jean-François Stévenin, Alex Descas, Floanne Ankah as Flight Attendant (voice)

Plot : The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job. |

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MPAA : Rated R for graphic nudity and some language.

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Filming Locations : Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company : Entertainment Farm (EF)

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Tag Lines : For every way in, there is another way out.

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Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

Director : Christine Jeffs

Release Date : 3 April 2009 (Norway)

Genre : Comedy, Crime

Cast : Amy Adams as Rose Lorkowski, Emily Blunt as Norah, Alan Arkin as Joe, Jason Spevack as Oscar, Steve Zahn as Mac, Mary Lynn Rajskub as Lynn, Clifton Collins Jr. as Winston, Eric Christian Olsen as Randy, Paul Dooley as Sherm, Kevin Chapman as Carl, Judith Jones as Paula Datzman-Mead, Amy Redford as Heather, Christopher Dempsey as Gun Shop Suicide, Vic Browder as Gun Shop Owner, Ivan Brutsche as Above and Beyond Worker

Plot : In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business — a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service — with her unreliable sister. |

Run Time : Germany:102 min (European Film Market)

Country : USA

MPAA : Rated R for language, disturbing images, some sexuality and drug use.

Language : English

Filming Locations : Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company : Back Lot Pictures

Trivia : Amy Adams played the girlfriend of John Krasinski’s character Jim Halpert on _”The Office” (2005)_ during the first season. Emily Blunt is Krasinski’s girlfriend in real life.

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Tag Lines : life’s a messy business.

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12 (2007)

Director : Nikita Mikhalkov

Release Date : 20 September 2007 (Russia)

Genre : Crime, Drama, Thriller, War

Cast : (Credited cast) , Sergei Makovetsky, Sergey Garmash, Aleksei Petrenko, Yuriy Stoyanov, Sergei Gazarov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Mikhail Yefremov, Valentin Gaft, Aleksey Gorbunov, Sergei Artsybashev, Viktor Verzhbitskiy, Roman Madyanov, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Apti Magamaev

Plot : 12 jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen teenager charged with murdering his stepfather.

Run Time : 159 min

Country : Russia

MPAA : Rated PG-13 for violent images, disturbing content, thematic material, brief sexual and drug references, and smoking.

Language : Russian | Chechen

Filming Locations : Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia

Company : Studio Trite

Trivia : Youri Stoyanov’s character (the guy “from” Harvard) shows the picture of his mom to the cemetery director. In fact it’s Youri himself on the photo in female dress and make-up. Picture is taken from the TV-show “Gorodok” which made him a star.

Goofs : Factual errors: In a scene showing a Chechen town the writing on the wall says “Don’t shoot. Only women and children here” but only in Russian. In Chechnia all signs like that were written in three languages - Russian, Chechen and Arabic because Middle Eastern mercenaries participating the conflict could not read in Russian. Besides, it’s difficult to believe someone would put such a sign and thus indicate there is SOMEONE in there.

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Plot Summary : A loose remake of <a href="/title/tt0050083/">12 Angry Men</a> (1957), set in a Russian school. 12 jurors are struggling to decide the fate of a Chechen teenager who allegedly killed his Russian stepfather. Stepfather took teenager to live with him to Moscow, during Chechnya war, in which teenager lost his parents. The jurors: a racist taxi-driver, a suspicious doctor, a vacillating TV producer, a Holocaust survivor, a flamboyant musician, a cemetery manager, and others represent the fragmented society of modern day Russia.A stray bird (a touch of New Age cinema) is flying above the jurors’ heads, alluding to tolerance.

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Taken (2008/I)

Director : Pierre Morel

Release Date : 30 January 2009 (USA)

Genre : Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Cast : Marc Amyot as Pharmacist, Arben Bajraktaraj as Marko, Xander Berkeley as Stuart, Radivoje Bukvic as Anton (as Rasha Bukvic), Mathieu Busson as Undercover agent, Katie Cassidy as Amanda, Michel Flash as Gio, Alejandra Flores as Maid (as Ivette Gonzalez), Nicolas Giraud as Peter, Maggie Grace as Kim, Jon Gries as Casey, George Hertzberg as Security Stuart’s Mansion, Rubens Hyka as Leka, Famke Janssen as Lenore, Camille Japy as Isabelle

Plot : A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade. |

Run Time : 94 min

Country : France

MPAA : Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.

Language : English | French | Albanian | Arabic

Filming Locations : Paris, France

Company : Europa Corp.

Trivia : Doing this film propelled Famke Janssen to take action in the real fight against corruption. She now serves as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime.

Goofs : Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Brian is listening to the mobile phone and the call ends, the audio sounds like a home phone cutting off instead of a mobile. However, it is actually the sound of the phone being smashed, which is confirmed later when the phone is discovered smashed.

Tag Lines : Die Zeit f&#252;r Rache ist gekommen. (The time for revenge has come.)
They took his daughter. He’ll take their lives.
His daughter was taken. He has 96 hours to get her back.

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