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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence. (edited; originally Rated R for some sexual content and language.)
Runtime: 97 mins.
Director: Harold Ramis
Writer: Harold Ramis & Gene Stupnitsky
Cast: Jack Black; Michael Cera; Oliver Platt David Cross
Tagline: Meet your ancestors.
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "Well there won't be any berries in the fruit salad now, so we all lose.
Release Date: June 19, 2009
DVD Release Date: Not yet on DVD.
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material.
Runtime: 150 mins.
Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci
Cast: Shia LaBeouf; Megan Fox; Josh Duhamel; Tyrese Gibson
Tagline: Revenge is coming.
Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
Memorable Quote: "Bumblebee, just hear me out okay. You know freshmen aren't allowed to have cars, that's all it is. It is best for both of us. I know it doesn't sound like it but... you're an Autobot, you shouldn't be living in my dad's garage. I mean you're suffocating in here. Hey will you look at me please? Hey, come on big guy... "
Release Date: June 24, 2009
DVD Release Date: Not yet on DVD.
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: R for gangster violence and some language.
Runtime: 140 mins.
Director: Michael Mann
Writer: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann
Cast: Johnny Depp; Christian Bale; Marion Cotillard ... complete cast
Tagline: Public Enemies.
Genre: Crime | Drama
Memorable Quote: "The only way you're walking out of this jail cell is when we take you out to execute you."
Release Date: July 1, 2009
DVD Release Date: December 8, 2009.
Distributor: Universal Pictures
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for sadistic brutal violence including a rape and disturbing images, language, nudity and some drug use.
Runtime: 110 mins.
Director: Dennis Iliadis
Writer: Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth
Cast: Garret Dillahunt; Michael Bowen; Josh Cox
Tagline: The Last House on the Left.
Genre: Horror
Memorable Quote: "You know Krug, considering the rather notorious nature of the prison you're headed to, I think I'd pray for something a little more substantial" ... more quotes
Release Date: March 13, 2009.
DVD Release Date: August 18, 2009.
Distributor: Rogue Pictures
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MPAA Rating: R for grisly and disturbing content, some sexual images and language.
Runtime: 110 mins.
Director: Jonas Ã…kerlund
Writer: Dave Callaham
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci, Clifton Collins Jr, Paul Dooley, Chelcie Ross.
Tagline: The Horsemen.
Genre: Drama | Horror
Memorable Quote: "Are you going to catch the person that did this?"
Release Date: March 6, 2009
DVD Release Date: July 14, 2009
Distributor: Lionsgate
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language.
Runtime: 81 mins.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen; Gustaf Hammarsten; Clifford Banagale
Tagline: Bruno.
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "We have chosen your baby to be dressed as a Nazi Officer, pushing a wheelbarrow, with a Jewish baby, into an oven! "
Release Date: July 10, 2009
DVD Release Date: April 25, 2010.
Distributor: Universal Pictures
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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual material and language.
Runtime: 95 mins.
Director: Marc Webb
Writer: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Cast: Zooey Deschanel; Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Matthew Gray Gubler
Tagline: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Memorable Quote: "Darling. I don't know how to tell you this but, there's a Chinese family in our bathroom. " ... more quotes
Release Date: July 17, 2009
DVD Release Date: Not yet on DVD.
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures.
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: PG (Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence)
Runtime: 165 mins.
Director: John Guillermin Irwin Allen
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Cast: Steve McQueen; Paul Newman; William Holden; Faye Dunaway ... complete cast
Tagline: One Tiny Spark Becomes A Night Of Blazing Suspense.
Genre: Action | Thriller
Memorable Quote: "For what it's worth, architect, this is one building I figured would never burn." ... more quotes
Release Date: December 14, 1974
Blu-ray Release Date: July 14, 2009
Distributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language.
Runtime: 129 mins.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Connelly
Tagline: Are you the exception...or the rule?
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "How stupid is it that a girl has to wait for a guy's call anyway, right?"
Release Date: February 6, 2009
DVD Release Date: June 2, 2009
Distributor: New Line Home Video
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- By Christopher Symonds
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some intense sequences of terror and disturbing images.
Runtime: 92 mins.
Director: Peter Cornwell
Writer: Adam Simon & Tim Metcalfe
Cast: Virginia Madsen; Kyle Gallner; Elias Koteas
Tagline: Some things cannot be explained.
Genre: Horror
Memorable Quote: "Okay don't tell anyone, But there are these buildings all over the country where secret knowledge is kept. "
Release Date: March 27, 2009
DVD Release Date: July 14, 2009
Distributor: Lionsgate
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for strong crude and sexual content, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use.
Runtime: 90 mins.
Director: Zach Cregger Trevor Moore
Writer: Zach Cregger Trevor Moore
Cast: Raquel Alessi; Hugh Hefner; Carlan Jiminez
Tagline: After four years in a coma, Eugene Pratt is going to be reunited with his high school sweetheart...on pages 95-97.
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "Well the country is like, what, 10 states wide? And each state is roughly 100 miles across. So that's like 1000 miles. We're going about 60 miles an hour, so we should be there in like 600 minutes. "
Release Date: March 13, 2009
DVD Release Date: July 28, 2009
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality.
Runtime: 123 mins.
Director: Nora Ephron
Writer: Nora Ephron
Cast: Meryl Streep; Amy Adams; Stanley Tucci ... complete cast
Tagline: Passion. Ambition. Butter. Do You Have What It Takes?
Genre: Drama | Comedy
Memorable Quote: "I'm growing in front of you." ... more quotes
Release Date: Aug 7, 2009
DVD Release Date: December 8, 2009.
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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- By Anime Diet
MPAA Rating: G for general audiences.
Runtime: 100 mins.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Lliam Neeson; Tina Fey; Cate Blanchett (English dubbed version)
Tagline: Welcome To A World Where Anything Is Possible.
Genre: Animated/family
Memorable Quote: "The fish are following us now." ... more quotes
Release Date: August 14, 2009
DVD Release Date: March 2, 2010.
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality.
Runtime: 153 mins.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Brad Pitt; Eli Roth; Christoph Waltz; Mélanie Laurent ... complete cast
Tagline: Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France.
Genre: Action | Drama | War
Memorable Quote: "Each and every man under my command owes me one hundred Nazi scalps... and I want my scalps! " ... more quotes
Release Date: August 21, 2009
DVD Release Date: December 22, 2009.
Distributor: The Weinstein Company.
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, terror, disturbing graphic images, language, and some crude sexual content and nudity.
Runtime: 101 mins.
Director: Rob Zombie
Writer: Rob Zombie
Cast: Sheri Moon Zombie; Brad Dourif; Malcolm McDowell
Tagline: Family Is Forever.
Genre: Horror
Memorable Quote: "I know he's not gonna come back just because of some stupid holiday. "
Release Date: August 28, 2009
DVD Release Date: Not yet on DVD.
Distributor: Dimension Films
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