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Angels & Demons

Who is killing off the College of Cardinals? Tom Hanks, reprising his role from The Da Vinci Code as professor/sleuth Robert Langdon, races through half ... More
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Release Date: 05/15/2009
Running Time: 140 mins
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Thure Lindhardt, David Pasquesi and Cosimo Fusco
Producer: Brian Grazer
Writer: Akiva Goldsman and Dan Brown
Distributor: Sony/Columbia Pictures

At the Circus

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Running Time: 87 mins

Away We Go

This funny and heartfelt film follows the journey of an expectant couple as they travel the U.S. in search of the perfect place to ... More
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 06/05/2009
Running Time: 97 mins
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Chris Messina, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Schneider, Carmen Ejogo and Jim Gaffigan
Producer: Sam Mendes
Writer: Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida
Distributor: Focus Features

The Brothers Bloom

Con men siblings Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo lollygag around Europe hatching schemes to separate a gullible heiress (Rachel Weisz at her most radiant) from ... More
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 05/15/2009
Running Time: 109 mins
Director: Rian Johnson
Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Nora Zehetner, Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Robbie Coltrane, Andy Nyman, Maximilian Schell, Noah Segan and Zachary Gordon
Producer: Wendy Japhet
Writer: Rian Johnson
Distributor: Summit Entertainment

Cheri

A large, fluffy, overstuffed mattress of a costumed romance, courtesy novelist Colette and director Stephen Frears, who embalms Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Colette’s tragic love ... More
Genre: Romance
Release Date: 06/26/2009
Running Time: 100 mins
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Frances Tomelty, Anita Pallenberg, Harriet Walter, Iben Hjejle, Toby Kebbell and Rollo Weeks
Producer: Andras Hamori
Writer: Colette and Christopher Hampton
Distributor: Miramax

Cosmic Voyage

Morgan Freeman explains the universe to you in a 40-min IMAX documentary.
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: 01/01/1996
Running Time: 35 mins
Director: Bayley Silleck
Cast: Morgan Freeman
Producer: Jeffrey Marvin and Bayley Silleck
Writer: Bayley Silleck

Departures (Okuribito)

"Departures" follows Daigo Kobayashi, a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and who is suddenly left without a job. Daigo ... More
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 05/29/2009
Running Time: 131 mins
Director: Yojiro Takita
Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano, Tôru Minegishi, Tetta Sugimoto, Yukiko Tachibana and Tatsuo Yamada
Producer: Yasuhiro Mase, Toshiaki Nakazawa and Toshihisa Watai
Writer: Kundo Koyama
Distributor: Regent Releasing

Drag Me to Hell

After directing three Spider-Man movies, Sam Raimi makes a masterful return to the horror genre, though the crazed kineticism of his Evil Dead trilogy is ... More
Genre: Horror and Suspense/Thriller
Release Date: 05/29/2009
Running Time: 99 mins
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer and Adriana Barraza
Producer: Grant Curtis
Writer: Ivan Raimi and Sam Raimi
Distributor: Universal Pictures

Food, Inc.

It’s worse than we thought. Robert Kenner’s alarming food industry exposé documentary will not only make you want to swear off factory-farmed meat, but practically ... More
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: 06/04/2009
Running Time: 93 mins
Director: Robert Kenner
Cast: Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards, Carole Morison, Michael Pollan, Troy Roush, Larry Johnson, Allen Trenkle, Patricia Buck and Barbara Kowalyck
Producer: Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
Writer: Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein and Kim Roberts
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

Ghost

After he's murdered, a young executive attempts to communicate with his girlfriend through a phony psychic.
Genre: Comedy, Romance and Suspense/Thriller
Release Date: 07/13/1990
Running Time: 127 mins
Director: Jerry Zucker
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, Stanley Lawrence, Christopher J. Keene, Susan Breslau, Martina Deignan, Rick Kleber and Macka Foley
Producer: Lisa Weinstein
Writer: Bruce Joel Rubin
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

The Girlfriend Experience

Chelsea, the high-priced escort in Steven Soderbergh’s drama (played by adult film actress Sasha Grey) is a commodity herself. As she and her gym trainer/gigolo ... More
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 05/22/2009
Running Time: 77 mins
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Sasha Grey, Christopher Santos, Bridget Storm, Jeff Grossman, Timothy J. Cox, Kimberly Magness, Peter Zizzo, Ken Myers, Timothy Davis and Ted Jessup
Producer: Mark Cuban
Writer: Brian Koppelman and David Levien
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

The Hangover

Standard-brand meathead road-trip bromance runs four guys through a drunken Las Vegas bachelor-party weekend in which they forget everything that happened the night before. If ... More
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 06/05/2009
Running Time: 96 mins
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Bryan Callen and Sasha Barrese
Producer: Todd Phillips and Dan Goldberg
Writer: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Herb & Dorothy

"Herb & Dorothy" tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of ... More
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: 06/05/2009
Running Time: 87 mins
Director: Megumi Sasaki
Cast: Herbert Vogel and Dorothy Vogel
Producer: Megumi Sasaki
Distributor: ArtHouse Films

Hotel for Dogs

A Nickelodeon movie in every sense, Hotel for Dogs is most remarkable for not featuring one joke that would appeal to anyone older than thirteen. ... More
Genre: Action/Adventure and Comedy
Release Date: 01/16/2009
Running Time: 100 mins
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Cast: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle
Producer: Jack Leslie, Lauren Shuler Donner and Jonathan Gordon Ewan Leslie
Writer: Lois Duncan and Jeff Lowell
Distributor: DreamWorks Pictures

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Not even 3D can save this third entry in the Fox animation franchise about a motley crew of prehistoric creatures. This time they face threats ... More
Genre: Animation
Release Date: 07/01/2009
Running Time: 87 mins
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, Queen Latifah and Chris Wedge
Producer: Lori Forte and John C. Donkin
Writer: Michael Berg
Distributor: 20th Century Fox/Emerging Pictures

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MOVIE GENRES

Action/Adventure 12
Animation 4
Comedy 16
Documentary 8
Drama 13
Family 2
Horror 1
Musical 1
Program 2
Romance 4
SciFi/Fantasy 8
Suspense/Thriller 9

BOX OFFICE LEADERS

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $109.0 million
2. The Proposal - $18.6 million
3. The Hangover - $17.0 million
4. Up - $13.1 million
5. My Sister's Keeper - $12.4 million
6. Year One - $6.0 million
7. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - $5.5 million
8. Star Trek - $3.7 million
9. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - $3.6 million
10. Away We Go - $1.7 million

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