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Jun. 20, 2008 Brick Lane— Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee) is a 17-year-old girl who is forced to move from her Indian home to London's East End as part of an arranged marriage to a much older man, Chanu (Satish Kaushik). Homesick and missing her family, Nazneen does her best to be a dutiful wife, but all that changes when she begins an affair with an English guy (Christopher Simpson) closer to her age. Brick Lane
Jun. 20, 2008 Get Smart— The nation's security is put at risk when the terrorist organization KAOS hacks into the computer system of Control, the top U.S. spy agency, and uncovers the names of all their agents. So, it's up to lowly systems analyst Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) to go out into the field with the only other agent whose identity hasn't been compromised, Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), to put a stop to KAOS. However, that task is easier said than done thanks to Smart's ineptness and the devious machinations of key terrorist Siegfried (Terence Stamp) and his evil sidekick Shtarker (Kenneth Davitian). Based on the hit TV series. Get Smart
Jun. 20, 2008 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl— Kit Kittredge (Abigail Breslin) is a young girl trying to survive the Great Depression in 1934 in this first feature film based on the popular doll and book series. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Jun. 20, 2008 The Love Guru— Pitka (Mike Myers) is an American who was raised by gurus in an ashram in India. As an adult, he moves back to his home country and tries to set himself up as a self-help expert. His first task: save the marriage between the Toronto Maple Leaf's star hockey player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) and his estranged wife. When she starts dating L.A. Kings player Jacques Grande (Justin Timberlake), Darren becomes so depressed that the Leaf's season goes into freefall. So the team's owner, Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba), and coach (Verne Troyer) put extra pressure on Pitka to help Darren so that the team can go on to win the Stanley Cup. The Love Guru
Jun. 27, 2008 Finding Amanda— Taylor Peters (Matthew Broderick) can't catch a lucky break.A low-level writer on a lame half-hour sitcom, he's blown most of the money he's ever earned in his life on drugs, alcohol and betting on the horses. When his wife (Maura Tierney) discovers he's been gambling after he promised her he wouldn't anymore, he becomes desperate to win her back. To do so, he plans to go to Las Vegas to find his young niece Amanda (Brittany Snow), who has become a prostitute, and rescue her from a life of degeneracy. Finding Amanda
Jun. 27, 2008 Red Roses and Petrol— When Enda Doyle (Malcolm McDowell) passes away, his children gather at their homestead to honor his memory at a wake. During the celebration, the siblings flash back on their very different relationships with their crotchety old man. Red Roses and Petrol
Jun. 27, 2008 WALL*E— In the year 2700, WALL*E is a happy little trash-compacting robot who suddenly gets big dreams about his ultimate destiny, leading him on a wild journey across the universe. WALL*E
Jun. 27, 2008 Wanted— Based on the hit comic book series by Mark Millar, Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) a pathetic office drone discovers that he has superpowers after his estranged father passes away. Inducted into a team of secret assassins, Wesley gains the ability to move super fast and uses his newfound ability to quickly dispatch evildoers. However, when he learns that his fellow killers aren't necessarily killing in the name of justice, Wesley must discover the true hero within himself. Wanted
Jul. 2, 2008 Hancock— A once-popular superhero (Will Smith) has now fallen from grace and is reviled by his formerly adoring public. Hoping to become the idol of millions again, he hires a public relations expert (Jason Bateman), which is a good move until he starts dating the expert's hot wife (Charlize Theron). Hancock
Jul. 3, 2008 The Wackness— In 1994 New York City, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is a teenage pot dealer who trades his product for therapy sessions with psychiatrist Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley). Both men are terribly depressed. Luke is a virgin desperately trying to arrange his first time, while Dr. Squires' marriage to his drug-addled wife (Famke Janssen) is falling apart. Together, they travel through NYC's seemy underbelly to connect with a wide array of freaks and weirdos, including a hippie chick (Mary-Kate Olsen) and a New Wave musician (Jane Adams). The Wackness
Jul. 11, 2008 August— In the summer of 2001, Tom Sterling (Josh Hartnett) co-founds a popular website with his brother Joshua (Adam Scott). When the site becomes flush with cash during that first big Internet boom, Tom dives headfirst into a crazy hedonistic lifestyle filled with loose girls and fancy cars, which unknown to him is heading for a big crash. August
Jul. 11, 2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army— The demonic superhero (Ron Perlman) returns to save the world from a rampaging horde of otherworldly creatures. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Jul. 11, 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D— Trevor (Brendan Fraser) is a science professor whose radical theories have completely tarnished his reputation. While backpacking across Iceland with his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson), the two explorers find a cave that leads them deep down into the bowels of the planet. There they discover a bizarre landscape filled with terrifying creatures. Based on the classic novel by Jules Verne. Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
Jul. 11, 2008 Meet Dave— A crew of tiny extraterrestrials are the pilots of an unusual spacehip, i.e., one that looks and acts exactly like an Earth human being (Eddie Murphy). While the aliens are on a desperate mission to save their planet, their ship has other ideas, namely romancing a hot female (Elizabeth Banks). Meet Dave
Jul. 18, 2008 The Dark Knight— Gotham City is under siege once again and it's time for Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) to put on his bat-costume and do battle with two evil enemies: the nefarious Joker (Heath Ledger) and district-attorney-turned-villain Two Face (Aaron Eckhart). The Dark Knight
Jul. 18, 2008 Mamma Mia!— Based on the hit Broadway musical, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is about to get married but feels she can't go through with the ceremony until she knows definitively who her father is. While her mother (Meryl Streep) remains as notoriously tight-lipped as she always has about the situation, Sophie invites three men she suspects may be her father to the nuptials in a last-ditch effort to find out the truth. Includes songs by the '70s disco hitmakers, ABBA. Mamma Mia!
Jul. 18, 2008 Space Chimps— Ham III (voice of Andy Samberg) may be the grandson of the first chimp to ever be blasted into outer space, but he has no intentions of ever leaving the planet. However, when NASA loses a probe in a wormhole, they force Ham to lead an expedition to retrieve it. When he and his crewmates, including Lt. Luna and Commander Titan, get to the far side of the galaxy, they pitch in to help save the inhabitants of an alien planet from an evil dictator's icy grip. Space Chimps
Jul. 18, 2008 Transsiberian— Roy and Jessie (Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer) are a married couple taking a simple vacation on the Trans-Siberian train that travels all the way from China to Moscow. However, unbeknownst to Roy, there may be a more sinister reason for the trip. Jessie is smuggling heroin on board the train and the two find themselves stuck between a man calling himself a police detective (Ben Kingsley) and another pair of mysterious travelers (Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega).
Jul. 23, 2008 Boy A— When he was younger, Jack (Andrew Garfield) helped kill another kid. Now that he's 24 and spent most of his life in juvenile prison, Jack is a supposedly free man with a new name, job and home. However, trapped by his past, Jack can never tell anyone he now meets his true identity. Boy A
Jul. 25, 2008 The Longshots— Based on a true story, Jasmine Plummer (Keke Palmer) has a difficult dream she wishes to make a reality: to become the first female quarterback in Pop Warner football history. Although most people in her small Illinois town are initially skeptical about her abilities, her uncle Curtis (Ice Cube) trains her to become the star of the their local team, the Harvey Colts.
Jul. 25, 2008 Step Brothers— Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) is a thirty-nine-year-old slacker who still lives at home with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). When Nancy marries Robert (Richard Jenkins), Brennan discovers he's now related to his most hated enemy, Dale (John C. Reilly), another terminally unemployed loser. The two adversaries are forced to share a bedroom and slowly become the best of friends.
Jul. 25, 2008 The X-Files: I Want to Believe— Special Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Special Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) return to solve another spooky FBI case. The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Aug. 1, 2008 Brideshead Revisited— Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) is a poor painter who befriends a rich young aristocrat, Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw), and goes to live in the Flyte mansion called Brideshead Castle. Sebastian's mother, Lady Marchmain (Emma Thompson) takes a liking to Charles and welcomes into her fold. Sebastian's sister Julia (Hayley Atwell) also likes Charles and the two embark on a romantic dalliance, even though it becomes apparent that Sebastian is romantically interested in Charles, too. But the relationships between the young adults turns sour when Lady Marchmain constantly reminds Charles that somebody as poor as him can never be considered a true equal to the Flytes. Based on the classic novel. Brideshead Revisited
Aug. 1, 2008 Frozen River— When her husband walks out on her after having gambled away all of the family's savings, Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) is desperate to find a way to make ends meet. Opportunity knocks on her door in the form of Lila Littlewolf (Misty Upham), a Mohawk woman who smuggles illegal immigrants into the U.S. Ray becomes Lila's main driver and the two women must put their differences aside to transfer their latest group of illegals across the frozen St. Lawrence River.
Aug. 1, 2008 He's Just Not That Into You— Several young Baltimore residents have a tough time finding love. A bored wife contemplates leaving her inattentive husband. The reason he's inattentive? He's having an affair with another woman, who in turn is being pursued by a single guy who's got the hots for her. However, the single guy could find happiness with another woman who's obsessed with him if his attention wasn't focused elsewhere.
Aug. 1, 2008 Midnight Meat Train— Leon Kauffman (Bradley Cooper) has big dreams about becoming a famous photographer, but he still has a lot more pictures to take before anybody takes him seriously. While looking for some gritty shots on the subway, Leon snaps some photos of a serial killer (Vinnie Jones) dispatching his latest victim. Then, returning night after night while the murderer claims more bodies, Leon hopes to figure out the killer's motives and to see where he's taking the corpses. Midnight Meat Train
Aug. 1, 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor— In 1946, Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) have just finished a tour of duty as spies for the British army and are looking for an exciting new adventure to go on. Their new assignment — to transport an historical artifact to Shanghai, China — seems easy enough, but trouble brews when they meet up with their son Alex (Luke Ford), who has just discovered the secluded resting place of the Dragon Emperor. When the ancient ruler (Jet Li) is re-awakened, the O'Connell family must stop him from also bringing back his terra cotta army with which he wants to reconquer all of China. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Aug. 1, 2008 The Rocker— Robert "Fish" Fishman (Rainn Wilson) was the drummer of the '80s rock band Vesuvius who was unceremoniously booted out of the group just before they went on to become one of the biggest bands of the decade. Forced to get a "real" job after the incident, Fish has toiled away in obscurity ever since his one chance at fame was taken from him. Now, twenty years later, Fish finally has his one shot at becoming a rock 'n' roll superstar. The Rocker
Aug. 1, 2008 Swing Vote— Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner) has been a major underachiever his entire life who currently splits his time between bartending and raising his twelve-year-old daughter, Molly (Madeline Carroll). However, Bud inexplicably finds himself in the spotlight when Molly mischieviously creates a scenario when her dad's vote becomes the deciding one on Election Day. Swing Vote
Aug. 6, 2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2— Bridget, Lena, Carmen and Tibby (Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera and Amber Tamblyn) continue on their journey into adulthood as they take off for their first year of college. Although they are separated by big distances, they still share the intimate moments of their lives with each other. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Aug. 8, 2008 Fly Me to the Moon— In 1969, three tiny flies — Nat (voice of Trevor Gagnon), IQ (Philip Daniel Bolden) and Scooter (David Gore) — get the bright idea to hide on the Apollo 11 rocket so that they can be the first insects to land on the moon. When the three friends are discovered on the ship, instead of swatting them, the astronauts keep the critters as test subjects where they come in handy when there's an electrical problem in a section of the craft the humans can't reach. Fly Me to the Moon
Aug. 8, 2008 Quentin Tarantino's Hell Ride— Pistolero (Larry Bishop) is the leader of the notorious biker gang the Victors who want revenge for the murder of one of their members by rival gang the 666ers. But their plans for retribution may get derailed when Pistolero's buddies the Gent (Michael Madsen) and Comanche (Eric Balfour) start to question their chief's loyaties — and vice versa.
Aug. 8, 2008 Pineapple Express— Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) is just your average slacking stoner. But when he sees a police officer commit a murder, he must go on the lam and his harried dealer, Saul (James Franco) is forced to help him out.
Aug. 8, 2008 Towelhead— Jasira (Summer Bishil) is a 13-year-old Arab-American who is sent by her mother to live with her father (Peter Macdissi) in Houston. Stranded in an unfamiliar environment, Jasira is taken under the wing by her neighbors, Mr. Vuoso (Aaron Eckhart) and Melina (Toni Collette). She also gets a boyfriend (Eugene Jones III), which takes a little bit of the sting out of her existence, but her troubles only seem to multiply the longer she stays with her dad. Towelhead
Aug. 15, 2008 Henry Poole Is Here— Henry Poole (Luke Wilson) is an extremely depressed little guy who just wants to escape into an invisible existence in his tiny L.A. home. But his quiet reverie is shattered when one of his neighbors (Adriana Barraza) sees the face of Jesus in Henry's stucco. Soon, his home is crawling with religious fanatics who start claiming the image has miraculous healing powers. Bothered by all the attention, Henry at least finds small comfort in befriending another one of his neighbors, a cute divorcée (Radha Mitchell) who has an eight-year-old daughter (Millie Stupek) who doesn't speak. Henry Poole Is Here
Aug. 15, 2008 Man on Wire— Philippe Petit may not be a familiar name, but he committed one of the boldest stunts of the 1970s. This documentary traces Petit's obsession to walk on a wire between the two World Trade Center towers without a harness or a net. With a team of eager accomplices, Petit managed to smuggle a ton of equipment up both towers while they were still unfinished to help realize his crazy stunt — all right underneath the noses of WTC security.
Aug. 15, 2008 Mirrors— Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland) has a fairly dull job as a mall security guard. However, things start to get interesting when he discovers that people start doing odd things after looking in one particular mirror in an abandoned department store. Convinced that an evil spirit resides in the mirror, Ben can't seem to get anybody else to believe, especially his soon-to-be-ex-wife (Paula Patton).
Aug. 15, 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars— George Lucas presents an all-new animated continuation of his mythos set in a galaxy far, far away. Taking place between Episodes II and III, Anakin Skywalker and his young female padawan Ahsoka attempt to keep the peace during turbulent times. The young Jedi and his apprentice team up with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padme Amidala to stop the destruction of the Republic by Lord Palpatine, Count Dooku and General Grievous. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Aug. 15, 2008 Tropic Thunder— Four actors shooting a war film in a foreign country are forced to step up and become real heroes when they find themselves stuck in an actual real, live war. The motley band is led by Speedman (Ben Stiller), an actor who's a little too into his part, and includes Jeff "Fats" Portnoy (Jack Black), an out-of-shape comedian, Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), a four-time Oscar winner, and Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), an up-and-coming star. Tropic Thunder
Aug. 22, 2008 The Accidental Husband— Emma Lloyd (Uma Thurman) is a successful radio-talk-show host who dispenses relationship advice. She advises a distraught caller named Sofia (Justina Machado) to dump her fiancé, Patrick (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), on the eve of their marriage, which Sofia promptly does. To get revenge, Patrick has records altered so it looks like he has gotten married to Emma, which throws a wrench in her plans to wed the man (Colin Firth) she's already engaged to. The Accidental Husband
Aug. 22, 2008 Crossing Over— This sprawling drama chronicles the hopes and dreams of several immigrants who hope to find a better life in Los Angeles. Crossing Over
Aug. 22, 2008 Death Race— An update of the cult classic Death Race 2000, in the not-so-distant future, a prisoner (Jason Statham) is forced to compete in a no-holds-barred car race. Death Race
Aug. 22, 2008 Hamlet 2— Dan Marschz (Steve Coogan) is a failed actor who could never make it in Hollywood, so he takes a job teaching drama to high school students. When he learns that the school plans to cut back his program and that he'll soon be out of a job, Dan comes up with the brilliant idea to produce a raunchy, sacrilegious sequel to Shakespeare's most famous play. Hamlet 2
Aug. 22, 2008 The House Bunny— Shelley Darlington (Anna Faris) is a top model living a charmed existence in the Playboy Mansion, i.e. until she's kicked out on her butt for being too old. With no job skills to get by with and nowhere to live, Shelley signs up to be the house mother for the Zeta Alpha Zeta sorority. However, the sorority is filled with seven total female losers who are about to lose their charter if they can't get a new pledge to join. So, it's up to Shelley to groom these social outcasts into the hottest bunch of babes on campus.
Aug. 22, 2008 I Served the King of England— A citizen of the Czech Republic reminisces on his naive, youthful days while trying to cope with his current existence. A young Jan Dite (Ivan Barnev) accidentally finds himself working for the German occupation during WWII while the older Jan (Oldrich Kaiser) romances a vivacious young woman.
Aug. 22, 2008 Momma's Man— Mikey (Matt Boren) is a thirtysomething husband and father. However, he's forced to leave home on a business trip to NYC where he moves back into his childhood bedroom in his parents' downtown loft. Although he doesn't get much business done, Mikey finds every available excuse to stay in the city so that he doesn't have to return to his wife, newborn child and all his old responsibilities.
Aug. 27, 2008 Traitor— Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) is a rogue operative who is helping terrorists to attack the West. Meanwhile, a CIA agent (Jeff Daniels) and an FBI agent (Neal McDonough) try to track down the elusive Horn. Traitor
Aug. 29, 2008 Babylon A.D.— In the near future, Toorop (Vin Diesel) is a mercenary who takes the job of escorting a woman from Russia to Germany. While he thinks this is just an ordinary mission, he gradually finds out that his guest is carrying an organism that has the potential to become the next Messiah — and everybody wants to get their hands on it.
Aug. 29, 2008 Ballast— Although Lawrence (Micheal J. Smith Sr.) survives a suicide attempt, his brother Darius does not. After a bit of therapy to help him readjust to life, Lawrence visits his brother's widow, Marlee (Tarra Riggs), to deliver Darius' will. Now as a single mother, Marlee is struggling to raise her 12-year-old son James (JimMyron Ross) and to keep him away from the drugs and the violence that dominate their small town. Mother and son both convince Lawrence to stay with them and to somehow get all three of their lives back on the right track.
Aug. 29, 2008 College— A trio of high school seniors have no idea what they're in for when, after graduation, they go on a weekend-visit to the college they want to attend.