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August 2009 Movie and Film News
 
August 7th
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe (G.I.JOE no longer represents a character but now stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity), operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.
Trailer: Genre: Action Director: Stephen Sommers
 ► Paper Heart: Follow Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand. Love.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy/Documentary? Director: Nicolas Jasenovec
 ► Cold Souls: In the midst of an existential crisis, a famous American actor stumbles upon a "Soul Storage," a private lab offering New Yorkers a relief from the burden of their souls..
Trailer: n-a Genre: Comedy Director: Sophie Barthes
Julie & Julia: A Julia Child movie? No you say? But wait, Meryl Streep plays Julia! Adapted from the Julie Powell book, Julie and Julia.
Trailer: Genre: Family Director: Nora Ephron
 
When In Rome: Beth Harper (Kristen Bell) is a young, successful real estate agent ... but she's completely unlucky in love. However, when the New Yorker travels to Rome to see her newlywed sister, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then aggressively pursued by a band of wannabe lovers.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Mark Steven Johnson
August 14th
Bandslam: When gifted singer-songwriter Charlotte Banks (Michalka) asks new kid in town Will Burton (Connell) to manage her fledgling rock band, she appears to have just one goal in mind: go head-to-head against her egotistical musician ex-boyfriend, Ben (Porter), at the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.
Trailer: Genre: Dramedy Director: Todd Graff
Spread: Spread is a fresh, funny, and racy look at the trials and tribulations of sleeping your way to a life of privilege in Los Angeles. Comic and karmic, the film is an “immorality tale” about a gorgeous guy who gives women what they want in order to live exactly as he likes.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: David Mackenzie
A Perfect Getaway: Cliff and Cydney are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii. Hiking the wild, secluded trails, they believe they've found paradise. But when the pair comes across a group of frightened hikers discussing the horrifying murder of another newlywed couple on the islands, they begin to question whether they should turn back. Unsure whether to stay or flee, Cliff and Cydney join up with two other couples, and things begin to go terrifyingly wrong. Far from civilization or rescue, everyone begins to look like a threat and nobody knows whom to trust. Paradise becomes hell on earth as a brutal battle for survival begins...
Trailer: Genre: Thriller Director: David Twohy
 ► District 9: Basically a stop-gap project for Peter Jackson in place of the Halo movie which is on indefinite hold due to budget concerns. DISTRICT 9's story is set in South Africa where it has become a haven for refugees--from outer space. You almost have to think, is Peter Jackson doing any secret additional second unit filming for Halo? After all Halo's main setting on Earth is... South Africa.
Trailer: Genre: Sci-fi Director: Neill Blomkamp
The Goods: The Don Ready Story: Used-car liquidator Don Ready is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Neal Brennan
The Time Traveler's Wife: Originally completed in 2008 but the release date pushed back twice. Eric Bana plays Henry De Tamble, a Chicago librarian with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel involuntarily. Though he disappears often for long periods of time, he tries to build a romantic relationship with artist Clare Abshire, played by Rachel McAdams.
Trailer: Genre: Sci-Fi Drama Director: Robert Schwentke
August 21st
Post Grad: A college grad?s big plans for the future are turned upside-down when she's forced to move back in with her crazy family.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Vicky Jenson
Shorts: The appearance of a wish-granting rock leads to chaos in the small town of Black Falls.
Trailer: Genre: Action Director: Robert Rodriguez
Final Destination: Death Trip 3D: After a teen's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: David R. Ellis
Goose On the Loose!: a young boy who befriends a talking goose in order to get over his mother's death. When he learns that the school's principal, played by Chase, is fattening up the bird for a Christmas cook-off, the boy join forces with his friends to save it. They plan to kidnap the principal's mother for ransom and get the bird to safety. Rated: PG
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Nicholas Kendall
Inglourious Basterds: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Trailer: Genre: Action Director: Quentin Tarantino
It Might Get Loud:The history of the electric guitar as seen from the point of view of three significant musicians: Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's Edge and the White Stripes' Jack White.
Trailer: Genre: Documentary Director: Davis Guggenheim
August 28th
Taking Woodstock: A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Ang Lee
 
The Boat That Rocked: A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960's
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Richard Curtis
H2: Halloween 2: Rob Zombie is back to remake of the classic John Carpenter movie Haloween 2. Featuring the franchise's psychopathic mass murderer Michael Myers.
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: Rob Zombie
 
Max's Mardi Gras: A group of college buddies sow their wild oats in New Orleans.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Phil Dornfeld



 
 
 

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