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July 2009 Movie and Film News
 
 
Killing Kasztner: Israel Kasztner. A Hungarian Jew who negotiated for lives with Adolf Eichman. A trial and verdict that forever stamped him as the "man who sold his soul to the devil." Murdered by Israeli assassins who gunned him down in front of his doorstep. Now fifty years later, his daughter's desperate efforts to restore her father's place as the greatest Jewish hero of the Holocaust, and to uncover the mystery that still clouds his death.
Trailer: Genre: Documentary Director: Gaylen Ross
July 1st
 ► Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: The whole cast from one and two are back for three! While the entire crew adapts to each other as extended family they meet up with Dinosaurs.
Trailer: Genre: Family Director: Carlos Saldanha
 
Public Enemies: Set in the era of the Great Depression, the Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Trailer: Genre: Foreign Director: Anne Fontaine
The Beaches of Agnes (Les Plages d'Agnes): Recording the beaches in her life, and the people in her life, tells the story of filmmaker Agnes Varda's existence.
July 2nd
 ► City Island: Shot in NY and winner at Tribeca Film Festival (Audience Award), it's a vibrant comedy of a couple that is as much a drama about a family caught in modern family issues set in the small fishing village island ... City Island.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Raymond De Felitta
July 3rd
I Hate Valentine's Day: From the creators of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' comes 'I Hate Valentine's Day' - a new romantic comedy starring Nia Vardalos
 ► Girl From Monaco: Features the explosive meeting in Monaco between a brilliant lawyer, a 70-something murderer, a taciturn security guard and a very sexy weathergirl. A brilliant and neurotic attorney (Fabrice Luchini) goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil (Louise Bourgoin), who turns him into a complete wreck...(Limited)
Trailer: Genre: Foreign Director: Anne Fontaine
July 10th
 ► Humpday: Sometimes male bonding can be taken a little too far. Two old buddies try to re-kindle their single days with one now married in this bromance starring Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, and Alycia Delmore:
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Lynn Shelton
 ► Bruno: Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again. This time based on his character Bruno the flamboyant fashionista from his HBO show "Da Ali G. Show."
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Dan Mazer
Soul Power: The three-day music festival Zaire '74 and the emerging musical crossover between Africa and America is documented. (NY- LA)
Trailer: Genre: Documentary Director: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
Weather Girl: After learning her boyfriend (Harmon) cheated on her with his co-host (Olson), a Seattle morning show weather girl (O'Kelley) freaks out on-air and is fired. Forced to move in with her little brother (Devlin) and deal with his best friend (Adams), she has to learn to cope with being 35, single, unemployed, and unfortunately famous for being the Sassy Weather Girl who lost it on live television.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Blayne Weaver
Blood: The Last Vampire: On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year old girl, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400 year-old "halfling".
Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner, obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts.
Trailer: Genre: Thriller Director: Chris Nohan
I Love You Beth Cooper: chronicles the story of a nerdy valedictorian who proclaims his love for the hottest and most popular girl in school--Beth Cooper--during his graduation speech. Much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that very night and decides to show him the best night of his life.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Chris Columbus
July 15th
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Trailer: Genre: Fantasy Director: David Yates
July 17th
Homecoming: A former highschool quatrterback returns to his small hometown over break with a new girlfriend, a pretty rich girl from Chicago. No one is moreshocked than his jealous former prom queen ex-girlfriend, who sets out to take care of the problem at any costs. A girl never forgets her 1st love...
July 24th
 
Deadgirl: Ferris Bueuller never took a day off like this! Two friends cut school one day and find a deadgirl. They both react differently effecting their lifelong friendship and the people around them. Sure to be a cult classic, it is not your typical horror film. PCM EARLY REVIEW
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: Marcel Sarmiento & Gadi Harel
 ► The Answer Man: A reclusive author of spiritual books, is pursued for advice by a single mother and a man fresh out of rehab
Trailer: Genre: Romantic Comedy Director: John Hindman
 ► Orphan: Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga play Kate and John. The tragic loss of their unborn child has taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past.
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: Jaume Serra
G-Force: (3D) A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.
Trailer: Genre: Family Director: Hoyt Yeatman
 
500 Days of Summer: This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be -- it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days "together" to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Marc Webb
Shrink: This is a tart, funny, and uplifting drama about the courage it takes to achieve happiness. Henry Carter (Kevin Spacey) is a psychiatrist with an A-list clientele. Henry is not in a good place, however. He has been asked to take his first pro bono case, a troubled teenage girl from a neighborhood far from the Hollywood hills. Considering his present state of mind, is he ready for the real-life troubles of a young woman who loves the world of movies he has become so jaded by?
Trailer: Genre: Dramady Director: Jonas Pate
 
The Ugly Truth: Chick flick! Starring Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, it's your typical beautiful woman resists chauvinist man story. Notice where each sex's heart is? Did a woman come up with this?
Trailer: Genre: Romantic Comedy Director: Robert Luketic
July 31st
The Collector: Follows the story of handyman and ex-con Arkin, who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer's country home
 
The Cove: In the 1960's, Richard O'Barry was the world's leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular television program Flipper. Day in and day out, O'Barry kept the dolphins working and television audiences smiling. But one day, that all came to a tragic end. THE COVE, directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story of how Psihoyos, O'Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The mysteries they uncovered were only the tip of the iceberg.
Trailer: Genre: Documentary Director: Louie Psihoyosf
 
Bandslam: A high school outcast's bond with a popular girl over their shared love of music results in them assembling a rock group that looks to win their school's upcoming battle of the bands competition.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Todd Graff
Funny People: When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship cause him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Judd Apatow
Thirst: A priest becomes a vampire'another man's wife is coveted?a deadly seduction triggers murder. Thirst is the new film from director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance). Already a boxoffice smash in Korea, Thirst was honored with the Prix du Jury [Jury Prize] at the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival.
Not Quite Hollywood: Full of outrageous anecdotes, a large cast of local and International names and a genuine, infectious love of Australian movies, Not Quite Hollywood is a fast-moving journey through an unjustly forgotten cinematic era.
Trailer: Genre: Documentary Director: Mark Hartley
 They Came From Upstairs: In Maine, a group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.
Trailer: Genre: Fantasy Director: John Schultz



 
 
 

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