It’s Complicated
Director: Nancy Meyers
Writer: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Krasinski, Zoe Kazan, Lake Bell, Hunter Parrish, Pat Finn, Rita Wilson
Plot: A romantic comedy in which two men vie for the affection of a woman.
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Release Date: December 25, 2009
A Christmas Carol
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes
Plot: An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Release Date: November 6, 2009
Zombieland
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Plot: In the horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus is a big wuss — but when you’re afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive. Tallahassee is an AK-toting, zombie-slaying’ bad ass whose single determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita and Little Rock, who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombies.
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Release Date: October 2, 2009
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Director: Samuel Bayer
Writer: Wesley Strick
Cast: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Thomas Dekker, Katie Cassidy
Plot: A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality.
Release Date: April 30, 2010
The Fourth Kind
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Enzo Cilenti, Corey Johnson
Plot: Fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.
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Release Date: November 6, 2009
Black Dynamite
Director: Scott Sanders
Writers: Michael Jai White (screenplay) & Byron Minns (screenplay)
Cast: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Salli Richardson
Plot: This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House
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Release Date: October 16, 2009
Takers
Director: John Luessenhop
Writers: Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus, John Luessenhop, Avery Duff
Cast: Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Michael Ealy, Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen
Plot: A group of bank robbers find their $20 million plan interrupted by a hard-boiled detective.
Release Date: February 19, 2010
Valentine’s Day
Director: Garry Marshall
Writers: Katherine Fugat, Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein
Cast: Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Shirley MacLaine, Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Emma Roberts, Hector Elizondo,
Bryce Robinson, Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane, Carter Jenkins, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah
Plot: Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine’s Day.
Release Date: February 12, 2010
From Paris with Love
Director: Pierre Morel
Writers: Luc Besson, Adi Hasak
Cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Amber Rose Revah, Melissa Mars
Plot: In Paris, a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city.
Release Date: February 5, 2010
Paris
Director: Cédric Klapisch
Writer: Cédric Klapisch
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Melanie Laurent, Fabrice Luchini, Francois Cluzet, Karin Viard
Plot: Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment. When Elise, his sister with three kids and no husband, moves in to his place to care for him, Pierre does not change his new habits. And instead of dancing himself, it is Paris and the Parisians who dance before his eyes.
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Did You Hear About The Morgans?
Director: Marc Lawrence
Writer: Marc Lawrence
Cast: Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Kelly
Plot: In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Whip It
Director: Drew Barrymore
Writer: Shauna Cross
Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Julieete Lewis, Eve, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern, Drew Barrymore
Plot: In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Big Fan
Director: Robert Siegel
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurt
Plot: Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described “world’s biggest New York Giants fan.” His life and obsession with the New York Giants hits new lows after his favorite player beats him up.
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Release Date: August 28, 2009
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Director: Wes Anderson
Writers: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach
Cast: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep, Owen Wilson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Brian Cox, Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston, Roman Coppola
Plot: Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family.
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Release Date: November 13, 2009