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Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay

Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay SynopsisHAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY marks the triumphant return of these two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes. The movie stars John Cho (STAR TREK, AMERICAN PIE) as Harold and Kal Penn (THE NAMESAKE, HOUSE, VAN WILDER) as Kumar, two stoners who can't seem to get a break. Their last adventure found them traveling across the country to find a White Castle hamburger in order to satisfy a weed-induced case of "the munchies." This time, the boys get themselves in trouble trying to sneak a bong on board a flight to Amsterdam. Now, being suspected of terrorism, they are forced to run from law and try to find a way to prove their innocence. What follows is an irreverent and epic journey of deep thoughts, deeper inhaling and a wild trip around the world that is as "un-PC" as it gets.


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Release Date: April 25, 2008
Genre: Comedy and Sequel
Running Time: 102 min.
Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Tagline: This time they're running from the joint.
MPAA Rating:

Director(s):
Jon Hurwitz - Director
Hayden Schlossberg - Director

Writer(s):
Jon Hurwitz - Screenplay
Hayden Schlossberg - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Carsten Lorenz - Executive Producer
Joe Drake - Executive Producer
Toby Emmerich - Executive Producer
Richard Brener - Executive Producer
Greg Shapiro - Producer
Nathan Kahane - Producer
Nicole Brown - Co-Producer
Kelli Konop - Co-Producer
Michael Disco - Co-Producer
Samuel J. Brown - Co-Producer
Jon Hurwitz - Co-Producer
Hayden Schlossberg - Co-Producer

Movie Casts:
John Cho - Harold Lee
Kal Penn - Kumar Patel
Roger Bart - Dr. Beecher
Richard Christy - Kenny
Jack Conley - Deputy Frye
Rob Corddry - Ron Fox
Brad Dison - Wedding Priest
Juli Erickson - Old White Woman
Tamara Feldman - Chloe
Ted Ferguson - Wedding Greensman
Wilbur Fitzgerald - Colton's Father
Paula Garcés - Maria
Danneel Harris - Vanessa
Neil Patrick Harris - Neil Patrick Harris
Ed Helms - Interpreter
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Then She Found Me

Nearing 40, April Epner (Hunt), a schoolteacher in New York who was adopted at birth, wants to have a baby of her own - a desire made that much stronger by the fact that she never knew her biological mother. A snag in her plans presents itself when her sweet but immature husband Ben (Matthew Broderick) announces one night that their marriage was a mistake, leaving April devastated and bewildered. With her life in disarray, one more surprising bolt is thrown April's way in the form of Bernice (Bette Midler), an eccentric local talk show host, who declares herself to be April's birth mother. Despite the influence of her newfound mother and a relationship with Frank (Colin Firth), the father of one of her students, April's once simple life begins to spiral out of control.


Based on the eponymous first novel by writer Elinor Lipman, the film tells the funny and moving story of one woman's very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment.


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Release Date: April 25, 2008
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance and Adaptation
Running Time: 100 min.
Distributor(s): ThinkFilm
Tagline: A thoroughly modern woman in a thoroughly modern crisis
MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content.

Director(s):
Helen Hunt

Writer(s):
Victor Levin - screenplay (rewrite)
Helen Hunt - screenplay (rewrite)
Alice Arlen - screenplay
Elinor Lipman - Source Material (from novel: "Then She Found Me")

Producer(s):
Ralph Kamp - Executive Producer
Louise Goodsill - Executive Producer
John Wells - Executive Producer
Walter Josten - Executive Producer
Jeff Geoffray - Executive Producer
Chip Signore - Executive Producer
Victor Levin - Executive Producer
Connie Tavel - Producer
Helen Hunt - Producer
Christine Vachon - Producer
Pamela Koffler - Producer
Katie Roumel - Producer
Matthew Myers - Co-Producer

Movie Casts:
Helen Hunt - April Epner
Colin Firth - Frank
Bette Midler - Bernice Graves
Matthew Broderick - Ben
Lynn Cohen - Trudy
Ben Shenkman - Freddy
Floanne Ankah - Production assistant (as Florence Annequin)
Cherise Boothe - Mother #1
David Callegati - Gianni
Geneva Carr - Talk show guest
Chris Chalk - Orderly
Brother Eden Douglas - Penthouse Benefit Guest (as Brother Douglas)
Audrey Elizabeth Fafard - Penthouse host
John Benjamin Hickey - Alan
Rachel Konstantin - April's cousin
Stacie Linardos - Anne
Andy Miller - Limo Driver
Tommy Nelson - Jimmy Ray
Jonathan Roumie - Partygoer
Salman Rushdie - Dr. Masani
Maggie Siff - Girlfriend
Rabbi Kenneth Stern - Rabbi
Daisy Tahan - Ruby
Schuster Vance - Husband at PTA meeting
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Made of Honor

Made of Honor SynopsisFor Tom (Patrick Dempsey), life is good: he's sexy, successful, has great luck with the ladies, and knows he can always rely on Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), his delightful best friend, the one constant in his life. It's a great setup until Hannah goes overseas to Scotland on a six-week business trip, and he is stunned to realize how empty his life is without her. Tom resolves that when Hannah gets back, he will ask her to marry him. With great shock and distress, he learns that she has become engaged to a handsome and wealthy Scotsman and plans to move overseas. When Hannah asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor, he reluctantly agrees to fill the role... but only so he can attempt to win her over and stop the wedding before it's too late.



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Release Date: May 2, 2008
Genre: Comedy
Running Time:
Distributor(s): Sony Pictures Releasing
Tagline: It takes a real man to become a maid of honor.
MPAA Rating:

Director(s):
Paul Weiland

Writer(s):
Adam Sztykiel - Screenplay (Spec)
Deborah Kaplan - Screenplay (rewrite)
Harry Elfont - Screenplay (rewrite)

Producer(s):
Tania Landau - Executive Producer
Aaron Kaplan - Executive Producer
Sean Perrone - Executive Producer
Neal H. Moritz - Producer

Movie Casts:
Patrick Dempsey - Tom
Michelle Monaghan - Hannah
Kelly Carlson - Christine
Kevin McKidd - Colin McMurray
Busy Philipps - Melissa
Sydney Pollack
Kathleen Quinlan - Joan
Sarah Wright - (as Sarah Mason)
Beau Garrett
Kadeem Hardison
Jaime Ray Newman - Arielle
Christine Barger - Psycho Blogger
Chris Messina - Dennis
Veronica Alicino - Long Island Wife
Mary Birdsong - Sharon
James Sikking - Reverend Foote
Rab Affleck - Sheep Herder
Kevin Sussman - Tiny Shorts Guy
Lilly McDowell - Lingerie Sales Girl
Clive Russell - Cousin Finlay
Kimberly Dorsey - Sak's 5th AvenueShopper
Karen Berg - Christine's Bridesmaid
Whitney Cummings - Stephanie
Hannah Gordon - Colin's Mother
Geoffrey Gould - Taxi driver
Robbie DeNiro - Guest / Friend
Alexandra Nowak - Hanna's friend
Misty Kelley
Peter Conboy - Man getting in taxi
Jennifer De Minco - Woman in Saks
Christopher Maggi - Flower vendor
Ryan Manuel - Super Snake / Joystick junk
Brianna Womick - Restaurant patron
Valerie Edmond - Cousin Kelly
Ellie Knaus - Monica
DeNah Angel - Gary's Girlfriend
Eoin McCarthy - Cousin Ewan
Murray McArthur - Driver in Scotland
Forbes KB - Man at Highland Games
Emily Nelson - Hilary
Selma Stern - Grandma Pearl
Ron Donachie - Horse Owner
Annalaina Marks - Barbara
Robin Gwynne - (voice)
Marty Ryan - Chaise Husband
Brad Graiff
Russ Huard
Morne Botes - Scott
Grant Thomson - Scottish Footballer
Trip Davis - Waiter
Cathleen McCarron - Cousin Cathy
Finlay Welsh - Ferry Porter
Brandon Saario - Paul
Ewil Botes - Wedding Guest
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Falling For Grace

Falling For Grace SynopsisGrace Tang is an ambitious Wall Street banker determined to work her way up the ladder of life and out of working-class Chinatown. She seems to have done exactly that with an Associate position at a top notch Wall Street investment bank. But more than anything, Grace yearns to be part of the Upper East Side socialite world.

When Grace finally receives that elusive invitation to the Opera's prestigious Junior Committee Meet & Greet, she is prepared to shine. What she isn't prepared for, however, is being mistaken as "the Grace Tang" of the Shanghai Tangs, a heiress from Hong Kong. But before Grace can correct the situation, she is introduced to Andrew Barrington, Jr., one of the most eligible bachelors of New York City and she decides to run with her new identity.

What follows is a whirlwind ride of romance and white lies, where we are offered a glance into the greed and pressures of Wall Street and the human side of Chinatown - two worlds which unknowingly interconnect and affect one another. When Grace and Andrew's world finally collide, through humor, romance, heartbreak and forgiveness, Grace ultimately learns to accept herself for whom she is.


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Release Date: April 15, 2008
Genre: Comedy and Romance
Running Time:
Distributor(s):
Tagline: For anybody who's ever wanted to be somebody.
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for language.

Director(s):
Fay Ann Lee

Writer(s):
Fay Ann Lee
Karen Rousso

Producer(s):
Fay Ann Lee

Movie Casts:
Gale Harold - Andrew Barrington, Jr.
Fay Ann Lee - Grace
Michael Ariemma - Control Room Director
Billy Asher - Jim
Christine Baranski - Bree
Laura Benanti - Alexandra
Lewis Black - Rob York
Jeff Blumenkrantz - Richard
Peter Bron - Broker
Leanne Cabrera - Seamstress
Natalie Caron - Cafe Patron
Wayne Chang - Chinese Waiter
Cindy Cheung - Kari Mills
Clem Cheung - Ba
Fiona Cheung - Seamstress
Margaret Cho - Janie
Tim Cinnante - Bartender
John Cooney - Salesperson
Tania Deighton - Diane
Laura Derby - Janice Douglas
Jennifer Dilley - Girl at swim competition
David N. Dinkins - Himself
Sal Di Piazza - Delivery Man
Steven Drukman - Colleague
Kandiss Edmundson - Liz
Gretchen Egolf - Bridget
Ato Essandoh - Jamal
Tim Ewing - Jonathan Schwartz
Bobby Flay - Himself
Adam Ian Gelfand - Bartender
Mikal Saint George - Playboy
Ileen Getz - Salesperson
Michelle Glick - ABBA Dancer
Alex Greene - Golfer
Nick Gregory - William
Jonathan Hadary - Max
Ward Horton - Banker
Matt Jade - Messenger Service Boy
Ed Jewett - Gary
Brian Jose
Randall Duk Kim - Mr. Hung
Ken Leung - Ming
Jerome Loston - French Waiter
Stephanie March - Kay
Darryl Meadows
Tanda Mercer - Restaurant / Bar Patron (as Tanda)
Martha Millan - Elizabeth
Garett R. Nadrich - Dinner Guest
Robert Perillo - Admissions Clerk
Sarah Rafferty - Catherine
Roger Rees - Barrington Sr.
Robert Rickenbaker
Stephen Rinkacs - Waiter
Kali Rocha - Carla
Gregory Scarnici - Stock Brocker
Steve Sirkis - Stock Broker
Elizabeth Sung - Ma
John Walsh - Clark Douglas
Stephanie Wang - Dr. Takashi
Monica West - Girl Behind the Counter
Nicole Wilson - ABBA Dancer
Virginia Wing - Mrs. Hung
Johnny Francis Wolf - Dancer in Ballroom / Man on Stairs / Stand-in for Gale Harold
Keo Woolford - Butler
Debora Yung - Factory Waif
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What Happens in Vegas

What Happens in Vegas SynopsisTwo strangers awaken together to discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery in Sin City, and one of them has won a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. The newlyweds devise ever-escalating schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money – only to find themselves falling in love amid the mutual backstabbing.


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Release Date: May 9, 2008
Genre: Comedy and Romance
Running Time:
Distributor(s): 20th Century Fox
Tagline: Get Lucky.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual and crude content, and language, including a drug reference.

Director(s):
Tom Vaughan

Writer(s):
Dana Fox - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Dean Georgaris - Executive Producer
Arnon Milchan - Executive Producer
Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr - Executive Producer
Michael Aguilar - Producer
Shawn Levy - Producer
Jimmy Miller - Producer

Movie Casts:
Cameron Diaz - Joy McNally
Ashton Kutcher - Jack Fuller
Rob Corddry - Hater
Lake Bell - Tipper
Jason Sudeikis - Mason
Treat Williams - Jack Fuller Sr.
Deirdre O'Connell - Mrs. Fuller
Michelle Krusiec - Chong
Dennis Farina - Banger
Zach Galifianakis - Dave the Bear
Queen Latifah - Dr. Twitchell
Krysten Ritter - Kelly
Ricky Garcia - Fuller Closets Worker
Andrew Daly - Curtis
Benita Robledo - Maid
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Reprise

Reprise SynopsisThe freewheeling passion of youth and the unpredictable perils of fate are both the subject and the breathtaking form of Joachim Trier's lean and kinetic journey through friendship, love, madness, and creativity: REPRISE. Trier viscerally captures the way life takes off at rocket-speed in the beginning of adulthood - and the what-ifs and why-nots that both drive and haunt us as the unbridled hopes of youth come to a screeching halt.

The fast-moving story kicks off just as Phillip (ANDERS DANIELSON LIE) and Erik (ESPEN KLOUMANHOINER) stand at the maibox, two cocky, grinning rebels full of 20-year-old verve and dreams, their whole lives hanging in the balance at this singular moment. Each is about to ship off his first novel to publishers, each is hoping to become a wildly influential "cult author," each has visions of a new life of non-stop intensity, brilliance, romance and nightclubbing.

Fast-forward six months. These reveries have crashed, hard, into reality. Phillip, whose novel garnered instant acclaim and turned him into a mini-celebrity, has had a terrifying breakdown and is just about to be released from a psychiatric hospital. Erik, who never sold his novel, is still pecking away, determined to follow in the footsteps of his undying hero, a reclusive but idolized writing genius, no matter what it takes.

REPRISE explores not just what happens to Phillip and Erik as they pick up the pieces but what might have happened to them, what they imagine could happen, what they fear will possible happen and what they can't see actually happening. Nimbly moving both backwards and forwards in time - via a dazzling mix of flashbacks, rapid-fire editing, philosophical voiceovers and comical flights of fancy - the film traces how Erik and Phillip arrived at this precipice where exuberant youth runs into the harsh light of day... and witnesses the emotionally gripping aftermath.

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Release Date: May 16, 2008
Genre: Art, Foreign, Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 105 min.
Distributor(s): Miramax Films
Tagline:
MPAA Rating: R for sexuality and language.

Director(s):
Joachim Trier

Writer(s):
Joachim Trier - Screenplay
Eskil Vogt - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Karin Julsrud - Producer

Movie Casts:
Anders Danielsen Lie - Phillip
Espen Klouman-Høiner - Erik
Viktoria Winge - Kari
Henrik Elvestad - Henning
Christian Rubeck - Lars
Odd Magnus Williamson - Morten
Rebekka Karijord - Johanne
Henrik Mestad - Jan Eivind
Pål Stokka - Geir
Sigmund Sæverud - Sten Egil Dahl
Tone Danielsen - Inger, Phillip's mother
Eindride Eidsvold - Narrator
Kari Feilberg-Jacobsen - Guest at party
Silje Hagen - Lillian
Thorbjørn Harr - Mathis Wergeland
Ivar Lykke - Telesalgsjef
Elisabeth Sand - Hanne, Erik's mother
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Zombie Strippers

Zombie Strippers SynopsisNightmare on Elm Street's ROBERT ENGLUND and worldwide media sensation JENNA JAMESON star in Zombie Strippers. When a secret government agency lets out a deadly chemo virus causing the reanimation of the dead, the first place to get hit is Rhino's, a hot underground strip club. As one of the strippers gets the virus, she turns into a supernatural, flesh-eating zombie stripper, making her the hit if the club. Do the rest of the girls fight the temptation to be the star stripper, even if there is no turning back? Also featuring ROXY SAINT (of the Goth band Roxy Saint and the blackouts) and Ultimate Fighting Champion TITO ORTIZ, Zombie Strippers is a sexy, bloody, hilarious good time!


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Release Date: April 18, 2008
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Running Time: 94 min.
Distributor(s): Triumph Films
Tagline: They'll dance for a fee, but devour you for free.
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and gore, sexuality/nudity and language.

Director(s):
Jay Lee

Writer(s):
Jay Lee - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Larry Schapiro - Executive Producer
Andrew Golov - Producer
Angela J. Lee - Producer

Movie Casts:
Robert Englund - Ian Essko
Jenna Jameson - Kat
Roxy Saint - Lillith
Joey Medina - Paco
Shamron Moore - Jeannie
Penny Drake - Sox
Jennifer Holland - Jessy
John Hawkes - Davis
Jeannette Sousa - Berengé
Whitney Anderson - Gaia
Carmit Levité - Madame Blavatski
Calvin Green - Cole
Zak Kilberg - Byrdflough
Catero Colbert - Major Camus
Jen Alex Gonzalez - Lt. Ryker
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Wall-E

Wall-E SynopsisAfter hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL-E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Joining WALL-E in his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagine visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.


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Release Date: June 27, 2008
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance and Sci-Fi
Running Time:
Distributor(s): Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation
Tagline: After 700 years of doing what he was built for - he'll discover what he's meant for.
MPAA Rating:

Director(s):
Andrew Stanton

Writer(s):
Andrew Stanton - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Jim Morris - Producer
Lindsey K. Collins - Co-Producer

Movie Casts:
Sigourney Weaver - (voice)
John Ratzenberger - (voice)
Fred Willard - Shelby Forthright (voice)
Kathy Najimy - (voice)
Jeff Garlin - Captain (voice)
Paul Eiding - Additional Voices (voice)
Ben Burtt - (voice)
Kim Kopf - Hoverchair Mother (voice)
Garrett Palmer - Hover Chair Son (voice)
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Mister Lonely

Mister Lonely SynopsisOnly Harmony Korine (writer of KIDS, auteur of GUMMO, JULIEN DONKEY-BOY) could weave Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, her daughter Shirley Temple and flying nuns into a hypnotically funny and truly poignant tale of the instability behind fanaticism and the redemption we can hope to find in one another. The film follows a lonely Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) who is invited by a beautiful Marilyn Monroe (Samantha Morton) to a commune full of other impersonators including the Queen of England, Madonna, Sammy Davis Junior and James Dean, in the Scottish Highlands. In a parallel story line, the incomparable Werner Herzog plays a Latin American priest who learns his missionary of nuns can literally fly.


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Release Date: May 2, 2008
Genre: Art, Foreign, Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 112 min.
Distributor(s): First Take (IFC)
Tagline:
MPAA Rating:

Director(s):
Harmony Korine

Writer(s):
Harmony Korine - Screenplay
Avi Korine - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Peter Watson - Executive Producer
Agnes B - Executive Producer
Nadja Romain - Producer
Harmony Korine - Producer
David Reid - Co-Producer
Adam Bohling - Co-Producer
Anne Carli - Associate Producer
James Flynn - Associate Producer
Hengameh Panahi - Associate Producer
Richard Mansell - Associate Producer

Movie Casts:
Diego Luna - Michael Jackson
Samantha Morton - Marilyn Monroe
Denis Lavant - Charlie Chaplin
Werner Herzog - Father Umbrillo
James Fox - The Pope
Melita Morgan - Madonna
Anita Pallenberg - The Queen of England
Jason Pennycooke - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Esme Creed-Miles - Shirley Temple
David Blaine
Leos Carax - Renard
Britta Gartner - Nun
Quentin Grosset - Le petit garçon
Rachel Korine - Little red riding hood
Joseph Morgan - James Dean
Daniel Rovai - Moe
Richard Strange - Abraham Lincoln
Mal Whiteley - Larry - one of the 3 Stooges
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