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ASSIGNED TO:
Adam Warren
aka “Punisher 2”
Tagline: Vengeance has a name.
Official site: punishermovie.com
Open: December 5, 2008 (wide - 2,400 theaters)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Adaptation R Dec 6
ASSIGNED TO:
Kelly M. Barron
Official site: transporter3film.com
Open: November 26, 2008 (wide - 2,500 theaters)
Action, Thriller, Sequel PG-13 Dec. 3
Friday, December 5, 2008
Open: December 5, 2008 (750 theaters)
Comedy, Drama R  

Open: December 5, 2008 (wide - 600 theaters)
Musical, History, Drama R  
Open: December 5, 2008
Biography, Drama R  
Open: December 5, 2008
Biography, History, Drama Not rated yet, as of Dec. 1  
TUESDAY, December 9, 2008
ASSIGNED TO:
Michael Karounos
DVD Release Date: December 9, 2008
Western, Action R  
Friday, December 12, 2008
Open: December 12, 2008
Christmas, Comedy, Drama PG-13  
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While She Was Out
Tagline: Everyone has a breaking point. Tonight she reaches hers.
Open: December 12, 2008 (limited)

Anchor Bay Entertainment — Starring: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas / Director: Susan Montford

Della Myers is an upper-class housewife that lives in a private condominium in the suburbs with her twin children and her abusive husband Kenneth. Della gives all the attention to the twins, neglecting their house and her appearance and upsetting Kenneth. On the Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall in the night to buy wrapping paper for the gifts, and she does not find any parking space available. When she sees an old car parked on two spots, she leaves a message to the owner calling him ‘selfish jerk.’ When the mall closes, Della's car is hold by the driver of the old car and she is threatened by four punks - Chuckie, the Afro-American Huey, the Chinese-American Vingh and the Latin Tomás. When the security guard of the mall protects her, he is shot on the head by Chuckie, Della speeds up her car trying to escape from the criminals. However she crashes her truck nearby a forest while chased by the gang. She takes the toolbox and hides in the wood, fighting against the gang to survive.

88 min.

Thriller    
ASSIGNED TO:
Rev. Bryan Griem
Alternate:
Thomas Golden
Daniel Thompson
Open: December 12, 2008 (limited)
Drama, Adaptation PG-13 Opening weekend
ASSIGNED TO:
Angela Bowman
Official site: delgo.com
Open: December 12, 2008
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance PG  
ASSIGNED TO:
Kenneth R. Morefield
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Official site: dtessmovie.com
Open: December 12, 2008 (wide)
Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama, Remake PG-13 Opening Day
December 19, 2008
ASSIGNED TO:
Thaisha Geiger
Alternate:
Jonathan Rodriguez
poster
Official site: YesIsTheNewNo.com
Open: December 19, 2008 (wide)
Comedy PG-13 Dec 20
ASSIGNED TO:
Mia J. Best
Applicants:
Thaisha Geiger
Official site: SevenPounds.com
Open: December 19, 2008
Drama PG-13 Within 24 hours of release
ASSIGNED TO:
Dymphna Meeds
Open: December 19, 2008
Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure, Fantasy G Dec 19
CHRISTMAS DAY, December 25, 2008
ASSIGNED TO:
Daniel Thompson
Alternate:
Thomas Golden
Official site: frostnixon.net
Open: December 25, 2008 (wide)
December 5, 2008 (limited - 3 theaters)
Drama, History, Adaptation R Dec 27
ASSIGNED TO:
Thaisha Geiger
Alternate:
Misty Wagner
aka
Official site: marleyandmemovie.com
Open: December 25, 2008
Comedy, Family, Drama PG 24-48 hours
ASSIGNED TO:
Sheri McMurray
Alternate:
Dymphna Meeds
poster
Open: December 25, 2008
Fantasy, Comedy, Family PG within 24 hrs of viewing
ASSIGNED TO:
Misty Wagner
Alternate:
Jonathan Rodriguez
poster
Official site: benjaminbutton.com
Open: December 25, 2008
Romance, Fantasy, Mystery, Drama PG-13 24 hours after local release
ASSIGNED TO:
Michael Karounos
Open: December 25, 2008
Superhero, Action, Drama PG-13 within 24-36 hours
ASSIGNED TO:
Misty Wagner
Official site: thereader-movie.com
Open: December 10, 2008 (New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco)
December 25, 2008 (wider)
January 9, 2009 (nationwide)
Romance, Drama, Adaptation R within 24 hours
ASSIGNED TO:
Thaisha Geiger
Alternate:
Rachel Teichrob
Christopher Walker
Jon Wymer
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Open: December 25, 2008
Biography, History, Thriller, War, Drama PG-13 day after release
December 26, 2008
ASSIGNED TO:
Misty Wagner
Alternate:
Jonathan Rodriguez
Open: December 26, 2008 (limited)
Romance, Drama R within 24 hours
Open: December 26, 2008
Horror, Thriller R  
December 30, 2008
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Beethoven's Big Break
DVD release: December 30, 2008

Universal — Starring: Jonathan Silverman, Eddie Griffin, Jennifer Finnigan, Rhea Perlman, Moises Arias, Stephen Tobolowsky, Oscar Nunez, Cesar Millan, Joey Fatone, Briana Vega, Chris Adler

Comedy, Family PG
for some mild rude humor.
 
December 31, 2008
Applicants:
Misty Wagner
Sheri Mcmurray
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Big Sky
aka “Western Big Sky”
Tagline: Follow your bliss.
Official site: bigskymovie.com
Open: December 31, 2008

Starring: Jeremy London, Jeffrey Combs

‘Big Sky’ is about a group of people who over the course of one day, learn how to make life-changing decisions after spending their entire lives conscientiously avoiding any kind of disruption in their predictable existence. The film centers on Bill, an aimless young cowboy and sheep herder in a small Montana town. Bill passes endless hours at the bar with his eccentric friends, talking about everything and doing nothing. He is also having an affair with the local bigshot's wife. When the bigshot finds out, Bill's life of intoxicated and humorous desperation is disrupted. Suddenly, outrageous events begin to take place over the course of one day. Adding to Bill's newfound sense of urgency to change his life are pressures from the other strange citizens of the town. With gunfights at midnight and shocking revelations, Bill confronts these new forces and knows he must change his life under the Big Sky. With the help of his friends—an emotionally wounded Vietnam vet and a Native-American intellectual—he chooses to leave everything behind and head off to an uncertain future far from Montana. A dramatic comedy with a film noirish feel.

Comedy Not rated yet, as of Dec. 1  
Friday, January 2, 2009
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The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Tagline: In the 1990’s a serial killer terrorized an upstate New York town. Some murderers leave clues. Some leave warnings. This one left…
Open: January 2, 2009

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) — When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

Director: John Erick Dowdle / Starring: Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Samantha Robson, Ivar Brogger, Lou George, Amy Lyndon, Michael Lawson, Ron Harper, Kim Kenny, Bobby Alexander, Iris Bahr, Scott Beehner, Adarsha Benjamin, Kelli Bielema, Linda Bisesti, Lisa Black, Marissa Blanchard, Bill Bookston, Oto Brezina, Jules Bruff, Paul Buxton, Todd Cahoon, Blaire Chandler, Larry Clarke, Donna Cooper, Bruce Cronander, Meredith Cross, Henry Dittman, Dennis Garber, Chip Godwin, Jennifer Griswold, David Haack, Tom Hauser, Keisuke Hoashi, Mike Hyland¹, David James, Ceciley Jenkins, Zale Kessler, Morgan Lariah, Fiona Lincke, Sierra Marcoux, James Mathers, Leah McLean, Tracy Miller, Naveen, Phil Newby, Bruno Oliver, Steven M. Porter, Adrian Roberts, Brad Satin, Brooke Sikkema, Erin Stutland, Beth Tapper, David Wilcox, Mark McClain Wilson

Horror, Thriller, History    
January 9, 2009
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Gran Torino
Open: January 9, 2009 (wide)
December 12, 2008 (limited)

Warner Bros. — Starring: Clint Eastwood / Director: Clint Eastwood

Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possesion: his 1972 Gran Torino.

Clint Eastwood stars in the drama ‘Gran Torino,’ marking his first film role since his Oscar-winning ‘Million Dollar Baby.’ Eastwood also directs the film in which he plays Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices.

Action, Drama R
for language throughout, and some violence.
 
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The Unborn
Tagline: It wants to be born… now.
Open: January 9, 2009

Rogue Pictures — Starring: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Jane Alexander / Director: David S. Goyer

Producer's Synopsis: “Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit. And sometimes it actually succeeds.

Writer/director David Goyer (“Blade: Trinity,” “The Invisible,” “Batman Begins”) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in ‘The Unborn,’ a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.

Casey Bell (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spirtual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can make it stop.

With Sendak’s help, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany—a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born.”

Horror, Thriller    
Applicants:
Mia J. Best
Misty Wagner
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Bride Wars
Open: January 9, 2009

Fox 2000 Pictures — Candice Bergen, Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Bryan Greenberg, Steve Howey, Chris Pratt / Director: Gary Winick (“13 Going on 30,” “Charlotte's Web”)

Two best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.

Comedy, Romance Not rated yet, as of Dec. 1  
Lionsgate
Kill Theory
Tagline: Deep down… we're all killers.
Open: January 9, 2009

Lionsgate — Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Patrick Flueger, Teddy Dunn, etc.

Are you capable of the unthinkable? That's the question seven college students face when they visit a secluded vacation home to celebrate graduation. Trapped in a deadly game, they're forced to kill one another in order to survive. Friends and couples must test their trust, and as the clock ticks away: alliances form, tension escalates, and hope begins to fade. Some will fight for love, others to survive, but all will change. Because deep down… we're all killers.

A group of college students visit a secluded vacation home to celebrate their upcoming graduation. The fun doesn't last long when a sadistic psychopath forces them to participate in his deadly contest. The rules are simple—in order to survive they must kill each other. As tension builds, and relationships begin to crumble, they realize that only one can make it out alive. Could you trust your boyfriend? Your girlfriend? Your best friend? Only one can go home. So who will be the last man or woman standing?

Thriller, Horror R
for strong bloody violence, pervasive language and some sexual content.
 
Nothing But the Truth
Open: January 9, 2009 (limited)

Yari Film Group Releasing, LLC — Starring: Kate Beckinsale (“The Aviator,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Underworld”), David Schwimmer, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Angela Bassett, Noah Wyle, Alan Alda / In Washington, D.C., a female reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source. / Director: Rod Lurie (“The Last Castle,” “Resurrecting the Champ,” “The Contender”)

Drama R
for language, some sexual material and a scene of violence.
 
ASSIGNED TO:
Misty Wagner
Official site: possessionmovie.com
Open: January 9, 2009
Supernatural Thriller, Drama, Romance, Remake PG-13 within 24 hours
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Two Lovers
Open: January 9, 2009

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow / A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor. / Director/Writer: James Gray (“We Own the Night,” “The Yards,” “Little Odessa”)

Drama R
for language, some sexuality and brief drug use.
 
ASSIGNED TO:
Malaika Ware
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Not Easily Broken
Official site: noteasilybroken.com
Open: January 9, 2009

Screen Gems / Sony Pictures Entertainment — Director: Bill Duke (“Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,” “Knots Landing,” “Predator”) / Starring: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan, Jenifer Lewis, Kevin Hart, Cannon Jay, April Betts

Based on a novel by T.D. Jakes

After years of disagreeing on what true happiness, success, and love really are, Dave and Clarice Johnson have finally reached a breaking point in their marriage. When Clarice is hurt in a car accident, the obvious truth that more than just her injuries need immediate attention is exposed. Their odds of making it worsen as Clarice begins to see a physical therapist, and Dave develops a friendship with Julie and her teenage son Bryson. The acceptance and comfort he finds in them stirs his longing for a family and a passionate partner. As temptation tugs at Dave and Clarice pulls farther away, they must confront whether their vows are or are NOT EASILY BROKEN.

Drama PG-13
for sexual references and thematic elements.
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January 13, 2009
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Hit and Run
DVD release: January 13, 2009

MGM — Starring: Laura Breckenridge, Kevin Corrigan, Christopher Shand, Kiersten Hall / Director: Enda McCallion

A night of Spring Break partying turns into a living nightmare for student Mary Murdock (Laura Breckenridge) after hitting a bump on a dark road only to find a man dangling from her car’s bumper. Panicked, Mary frantically beats him unconscious, buries him in the woods and returns home to cover her tracks. But when it becomes clear that her victim survived her brutal attack and wants her dead, Mary stops worrying about evidence and becomes more concerned with living through the night. / 84 Minutes

Suspense Not rated yet, as of Dec. 1  
January 16, 2009
Official site: thewrestlermovie.com
Open: January 16, 2009 (wide)
December 31, 2008 (limited)
Action, Comedy, Drama, Sports R  
ASSIGNED TO:
Sheri McMurray
Alternate:
Taran Gingery
Open: January 16, 2009
December 31, 2008 (limited)
War, Drama R within 24 hrs
Sony Pictures
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Open: January 16, 2009

Columbia Pictures / Happy Madison Productions / Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) — Starring: Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell

When a shopping mall is overtaken by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to the a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.

Comedy PG
for some violence, mild crude and suggestive humor, and language.
 
Applicants:
Daniel Thompson
I Love You, Man
Open: January 16, 2009

DreamWorks SKG — Starring: Jason Segel (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Knocked Up,” “Slackers”), Paul Rudd (“Knocked Up,” “The 40 Year Old Virgin,” “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”), Jaime Pressly (“Not Another Teen Movie,” “DOA: Dead or Alive”), Jon Favreau

Director: John Hamburg (Along Came Polly / Meet the Parents / Zoolander)

A newly engaged guy sets out to find the perfect ‘Best Man’ for his wedding. John Hamburg directs ‘I Love You’ from a script he wrote about a man about to get married (Rudd) who seeks out a stranger to be his best man for the wedding. Jones will play the fiancée.

Comedy Not rated yet, as of Dec. 1  
Applicants:
Misty Wagner
Jonathan Rodriguez
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The Brothers Bloom
Official site: thebrothersbloom.com
Open: December 19, 2008 (limited)
January 16, 2009 (wider)

Summit Entertainment — Starring: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie Coltrane, Nora Zehetner, Maximilian Schell, Noah Segan, Andy Nyman, Zachary Gordon, Stefan Kapicic, Kevin Ford, Miranda Vidak, Ljiljana Blagojevic, Mira Banjac, Ram Bergman, Josif Tatic, Alek Rodic, Skip Lotem

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job—showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.

Directed by: Rian Johnson (“Brick”)

Adventure, Romance, Crime PG-13
for violence, some sensuality and brief strong language.
 
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Notorious
Open: January 16, 2009

Fox Searchlight Pictures — Starring: Angela Bassett, Jamie Hector, Derek Luke, etc.

The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.

Biography, Drama, Music R
for pervasive language, some strong sexuality including dialogue, nudity, and for drug content.
 
Applicants:
Patty Moliterno
Misty Wagner
Dymphna Meeds
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Hotel for Dogs
Official site: hotelfordogsmovie.com
Open: January 16, 2009

Dreamworks / Paramount Distribution — Starring: Emma Roberts, Don Cheadle, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Simmons, Troy Gentile, Robinne Lee / Director: Thor Freudenthal

‘Hotel for Dogs’ stars Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle in a smart, funny comedy adventure that shows how far love and imagination can take you. When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi (Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (Austin) to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce's talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday – and eventually for all Friday's friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering ‘who let the dogs in.’

Comedy, Family PG
for brief mild thematic elements, language and some crude humor.
 
January 23, 2009
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Guerrilla
aka “Che,” “Che - 39 sai wakare no tegami,” “Che - kapinallinen,” “Che: Part Two”
Open: January 24, 2009
December 12, 2008 (limited)

IFC Films — Starring: Demián Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro, Benicio Del Toro

In 1964, Argentine revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio del Toro) travels to New York City to address the United Nations.

Biography, Drama, History    
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The Rebound
Open: January 23, 2009

DDDDDDDDDDDD — Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, John Schneider

In New York City, a single mom captivates her new neighbor, a much younger man.

Comedy, Romance    
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Taken
Open: January 23, 2009

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation — Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley, Katie Cassidy, etc. / Luc Besson - Writer/Producer / Director: Pierre Morel (“The Transporter,” “Before Sunset,” “Unleashed”)

A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter (Grace), who has been forced into the slave trade.

Action, Thriller PG-13
for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.
 
Applicants:
Misty Wagner
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Last Chance Harvey
Tagline: It's never too late to fall in love. / It's about first loves, last chances, and everything in between.
Open: January 23, 2009

Overture Films / Paramount VantageStarring: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, James Brolin, Kathy Baker, Richard Schiff, Michael Landes, Eileen Atkins, Daniel Lapaine, Liane Balaban, Patrick Baladi, Mickey Sumner, Masato Kamo, Imogen Byron, Alex Avery, Rhydian Jones, Elliot Levey, Mark Kempner

In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.

Directed by: Joel Hopkins

Romance, Drama PG-13
for brief strong language.
 
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Tagline: Every war has a beginning.
Open: January 23, 2009

Screen Gems — Starring: Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy

An origins story centered on the centuries-old feud between the the race of aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers, and their onetime slaves, the Lycans.

Director: Patrick Tatopoulos (“Underworld,” “Stargate,” “Independence Day”)

Sequel to: “Underworld” (2003), “Underworld: Evolution” (2006)

Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Sequel R
for bloody violence and some sexuality.
 
ASSIGNED TO:
Brian Johnson
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My Bloody Valentine 3D
Open: January 16, 2009

Lionsgate Films — Starring: Jaime King, Jensen Ackles

Director: Patrick Lussier

Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry Warden wanted revenge. Exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day, he woke up… and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed.

Ten years later, Tom Hanniger returns to Harmony on Valentine's Day, still haunted by the deaths he caused. Struggling to make amends with his past, he grapples with unresolved feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Sarah, who is now married to his best friend, Axel, the town sheriff. But tonight, after years of peace, something from Harmony's dark past has returned. Wearing a miner's mask and armed with a pickaxe, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. And as his footsteps come ever closer, Tom, Sarah and Axel realize in terror that it just might be Harry Warden who's come back to claim them…

Presented in stunningly real, cutting edge 3-D projection, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D stars Jensen Ackles (TV's ‘Smallville’ and ‘Supernatural’), Jaime King (THE SPIRIT, SIN CITY, SIN CITY 2) and Kerr Smith (FINAL DESTINATION, ‘Dawson's Creek’). A remake of the 1981 horror classic, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D is directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Jack Murray.

Thriller, Horror, 3D R
for graphic brutal horror violence and grisly images throughout, some strong sexuality, graphic nudity and language.
January 25
ASSIGNED TO:
Robert A. Kouba
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Tagline: Yesterday she was a witness. Today she's a target.
Open: January 23, 2009
Action, Thriller, Adventure, Crime, Drama R
for violence, language and brief nudity.
 
Applicants:
Sheri McMurray
David Criswell, Ph.D.
Dymphna Meeds
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Inkheart
Open: January 23, 2009

New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Brothers Entertainment — Starring: Brendan Fraser

Mo has the special talent to bring characters out of books. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta, two villains, and Dustfinger, a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Meggie discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp.

Fantasy, Adventure, Family PG
for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language.
 
January 30, 2009
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New in Town
aka “32 And Single,” “Chilled in Miami”
Tagline: She's an executive on the move. But her career is taking her a little farther than she expected.
Open: January 30, 2009

Lions Gate Films / Gold Circle Films — Starring: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr. / Director: Jonas Elmer

A Miami businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a tiny Minnesota town. Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger) is an ambitious, up and coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment—in the middle of nowhere—to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straight forward job assignment becomes a life changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams (Harry Connick, Jr.).

Comedy, Romance PG-13
for brief strong language.
 
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The Class
Open: January 30, 2009 (limited)

Sony Pictures — Starring: François Bégaudeau / Director: Laurent Cantet

François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students.

Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeapordize any teacher's enthusiasm for the low-paying job.

François insists on an atmosphere of respect and diligence. Neither stuffy nor severe, his extravagant frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods…

Drama PG-13
for language.
 
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The Uninvited
aka “A Tale of Two Sisters,” “A Tale of 2 Sisters”
Tagline: From the producers of “The Ring” and “Disturbia” / Fear moves in
Open: January 30, 2009

DreamWorks SKG — Starring: Emily Browning (“Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events” - Violet Baudelaire), David Strathairn (“The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “The Bourne Ultimatum”), Elizabeth Banks (“Definitely, Maybe,” “W.” - Laura Bush), Arielle Kebbel

Director: Thomas Guard, Charles Guard

Anna returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father has become engaged to her mother's former nurse. That night, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her of Rachel's intentions. Together, Anna and her sister try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.

Based on Kim Jee-Woon's 2003 Korean horror film ‘Tale of Two Sisters,’ ‘The Uninvited’ revolves around Anna (Emily Browning), who returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father (David Strathairn) has become engaged to her mother's former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks). That night, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her of Rachel's intentions. Together, Anna and her sister (Arielle Kebbel) try to convince their father that his current fiancee is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.

Thriller, Drama, Horror, Remake PG-13
for violent and disturbing images, thematic material, sexual content, language and teen drinking.
 
February 3, 2009
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Major Movie Star
Tagline: The Few. The Proud. The Blonde.
DVD release: February 3, 2009

When fluffy, bubble gum movie star Megan Parker suddenly finds herself broke and humiliated in the public eye, she wanders from the wreckage of a car accident and witlessly enlists in the U.S. Army hoping in vain that it will change her life. / The film centers on a pampered star who decides to enlist in the Marines to win approval from a producer and a studio who considers her unsuitable for an upcoming military-themed pic. Upon arriving at Camp Pendleton, she realizes she's made a mistake but decides to persist so she won't let her country down.

Directed by: Steve Miner / Cast: Jessica Simpson, Vivica A. Fox, Steve Guttenberg, Olesya Rulin, Aimee Garcia, Keiko Agena, Cheri Oteri, Jill Marie Jones, Bryce Johnson, Ryan Sypek, Michael Hitchcock, Kip Cummings, John F. Daniel, Gary Grubbs, Katie Chonacas, Marco St. John, Chuck Vail, Eric Kelly McFarland, Lara Grice, Cory Patt, John T. Billingsley, Breon Pugh, Brad Dison, Bill Stinchcomb, Darcel White Moreno, Drew Waters, Keith Pratt, Brent Weisner, Amy McGee, Randy Bordelon, Amanda Weisner, Dante Swain, Michael Byrnes, Ryan Glorioso, David E. Brown, Rebecca Holloway, Erika Perez, DeAnna Charett, Steven Miramontz, Christopher Ware, Jennifer Finley

Comedy PG-13
for sexual content including references, and some drug material.
 
ASSIGNED TO:
Misty Wagner
Alternate:
Lacey Mical (Callahan) Walker
DVD release: ___________
Thriller, Drama, Horror PG-13 within 24 hours
ASSIGNED TO:
Daniel Thompson
Alternate:
Sheri McMurray
DVD release: ___________ Comedy, Drama R Late
February 6, 2009
Applicants:
Christopher Walker
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Dance Flick
Tagline: From the Wayans Brothers, the funniest dance movie of all time
Official site: thedanceflick.com
Open: February 6, 2009

Paramount Pictures — A rich, white girl from the suburbs finds herself on a series of misadventures when she moves to the mean streets of the inner-city.

In this spoof of dance movies, aspiring professional dancers Megan and Thomas try and help one another realize their dreams.

Starring: Chelsea Makela, Brennan Hillard, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr. / Directed by: Damien Dante Wayans

Action, Comedy    
Applicants:
Misty Wagner
Lacey Mical (Callahan) Walker
He's Just Not That Into You
Open: February 6, 2009

New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Brothers Entertainment — Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Justin Long, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Affleck, Kris Kristofferson

Director: Ken Kwapis (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” “License to Wed”)

Based on the best-selling book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior. Jennifer Connelly plays a woman stuck in a tired marriage with Cooper's character. Kevin Connolly, meanwhile, is a man pining after a woman, still not cast, who is having an affair with Cooper.

Goodwin is a young woman obsessed with Kevin Connolly's character who tries to set up accidental meetings with him only to run across his friend, played by Long, who takes her on as a ‘My Fair Lady’ experiment.

Barrymore plays a woman perpetually confused by dating, now more than ever in a culture that is more obsessed with technology than actual human contact.

Romance, Drama, Comedy PG-13
for sexual content and brief strong language.
 
Applicants:
Thaisha Geiger
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Push
Open: February 6, 2009

Summit Entertainment — ‘Push’ is a sci-fi thriller that takes us into the secret world of psychic espionage. Our hero is Nick Gant (Chris Evans), a young man whose father was genetically altered to be the perfect government assassin. After the brutal murder of his father, Nick swears revenge on the agency that created him.

Hidden in the underworld of Hong Kong, Nick assembles a group of rogue psychics to defeat Division, the covert agency responsible for creating and experimenting with psychic drugs for decades.

Nick teams up with Cassie Holmes, a thirteen-year-old girl who can see the future, to track down a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could potentially bring the downfall of Division — the key to their mutual revenge. Combining their skills, they outwit assassins and learn about Division's latest secret weapon — a powerful and new experimental drug called R16, which could shift the tides of psychic warfare.

Starring: Chris Evans (“Fantastic Four,” “4: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” “TMNT”), Dakota Fanning (“War of the Worlds,” “Man on Fire”), Camilla Belle (“10,000 BC,” “When a Stranger Calls”), Djimon Hounsou, Joel Gretsch, Maggie Siff, Colin Ford, Scott Michael Campbell, Neil Jackson, Nate Mooney, Corey Stoll, Hal Yamanouchi / Directed by: Paul McGuigan

Sci-Fi, Thriller PG-13
for intense sequences of violence and action, brief strong language, smoking and a scene of teen drinking.
 
Applicants:
Dymphna Meeds
Michael Karounos
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Coraline
Tagline: Be careful what you wish for.
Open: February 6, 2009 (prior to this, it may open in limited theaters in December 2008)

Focus Featurs / Universal Pictures — Starring: Dakota Fanning (voice of Coraline), Teri Hatcher, etc.

A high-definition stop-motion animated feature—the first to be originally filmed in 3-D—with spectacular CG effects, based on Neil Gaiman's international best-selling book. A young girl (Dakota Fanning) walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life – only much better. But when this wondrously off-kilter, fantastical adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents (including Other Mother [Teri Hatcher]) try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home – and save her family.

Animation, Family, Fantasy PG
for thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor.
 
ASSIGNED TO:
Patty Moliterno
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Fanboys
a.k.a. “Fan Boys”
Tagline: Never tell them the odds.
Open: February 6, 2009

The Weinstein Company / Dimension — In this ‘riotous’ road movie from producer Kevin Spacey, a group of friends who are avid Star Wars fans travel west to see the Holly Grail of all sci-fi movies, ‘Star Wars: Episode I.’

It's 1998 and Star Wars fanboys across the globe eagerly await the release of Episode I. But for Eric, Linus, Hutch and Windows the term ‘fanboy’ is more than just a title, it's a badge of honor. Spurred by impatience and an undying loyalty to their cause, these former high school friends reunite to undertake the road trip of their fan-tasies. Traveling West across the country to visit their Mecca - George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch - the plan is to break in, steal the film and stake their claim as the first fanboys in history to watch it. But to secure their place in the fanboy hall of fame, they'll have to contend with bizarre bikers, a crazy pimp, a deranged group of trekkies and the quiet intensity of William Shatner.

Starring: Dan Fogler, Kristen Bell, Jay Baruchel, Christopher Marquette, Sam Huntington

Directed by: Kyle Newman / Produced by: Kevin Mann, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti

Adventure, Comedy, Drama PG-13
for pervasive crude and sexual material, language and drug content.
within 24 hrs
February 13, 2009
Applicants:
Misty Wagner
Dymphna Meeds
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
Tagline: All she ever wanted was a little credit.
Open: February 13, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur. Based on the bestselling novel Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella.

Directed by: P.J. Hogan

Starring: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, Leslie Bibb, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Lithgow, Julie Hagerty, Lynn Redgrave, Stephen Guarino, Sonny Vellozzi, Elisangela, Michael Panes, Jennifer Wiener, Kathy Searle, Robert Stanton, Ken Sladyk, Jennifer Merrill, Claire Lautier, Ramon Flowers, Jabari Gray, Brandi Burkhardt, Chase Wilmot, Jenn Harris, Lauren Steffany, Steve Greenstein / Producers: Ronald M. Bozman, Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman, Mike Stenson

Romance, Comedy, Adaptation PG
for some mild language and thematic elements.
 
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Friday the 13th
Open: February 13, 2009

New Line Cinema, Warner Brothers — Director: Marcus Nispel (“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Pathfinder”)

Starring: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, Derek Mears

Horror Not rated yet, as of Dec. 1  
Applicants:
Thomas Golden
Dymphna Meeds
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Pink Panther 2
aka “The Next Pink Panther,” “The Pink Panther Deux”
Open: February 13, 2009

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / Columbia Pictures — Starring: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, John Cleese, Alfred Molina, Aishwarya Rai, Molly Sims

Director: Harald Zwart

Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.

Comedy, Mystery PG
for some suggestive humor, brief mild language and action.
 
February 19, 2009
Applicants:
Misty Wagner
New Line Cinema
The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Open: February 19, 2009

New Line Cinema — Starring: Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, Emma Stone

Director: Mark Waters (“Mean Girls,” “Freaky Friday,” “Just Like Heaven”)

A bachelor is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends at his younger brother's wedding.

Romance, Comedy Not rated yet, as of Dec. 1  
February 20, 2009
Youth in Revolt
Open: February 20, 2009 (limited)

Dimension Films - Starring: Michael Cera, Ari Graynor, Justin Long, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta

‘Youth in Revolt’ is the irreverent story about the wild adventures of a teenage boy named Nick Twisp who meets the girl of his dreams while on a family vacation and has to turn his life and the lives of all those around him upside down in order to be with her. / Based on a novel by C.D. Payne

Comedy, Romance, Drama Not rated yet, as of Dec. 1  
Applicants:
Christopher Walker for submission: 72 hours after release
Lionsgate
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Open: February 20, 2009

Lionsgate — At long last, Madea returns to the big screen in TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL. This time America's favorite irreverent, pistol-packin' grandmomma is raising hell behind bars and lobbying for her freedom… Hallelujer!

After a high-speed freeway chase puts Madea (TYLER PERRY) in front of the judge, her reprieve is short-lived as anger management issues get the best of her and land her in jail. A gleeful Joe (TYLER PERRY) couldn't be happier at Ma