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October 2009 Movie and Film News
 
 
► Eichmann: The man responsible for the Holocaust is Adolf Eichmann, outside of Hitler this man was the most wanted war criminal on the planet. This is the revealing docudrama about that man.
Trailer: Genre: Docudrama Director: Robert Young
October 2nd
► More Than A Game: a remarkable true-life coming of age story about friendship and loyalty in the face of great adversity. This moving documentary follows NBA superstar LeBron James and four of his talented teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Ohio and James' journey to fame.
Trailer: Genre: Documentary Director: Kristopher Belman
► A Serious Man: In 1967 it's the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe. Featuring Michael Stuhlbarg and Aaron Wolff.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Coen Bros (Ethan & Joel)
► The Invention of Lying: "The Invention of Lying" takes place in an alternate reality in which lying--even the concept of a lie--does not exist. Everyone--from politicians to advertisers to the man and woman on the street--speaks the truth and nothing but the truth with no thought of the consequences.
Trailer: Genre: Romantic Comedy Director: Ricky Gervais
October 9th
► St. Trinian's: In true St Trinian style the girls are in a league of their own; smart, fearless and determined to defend the school they love to the end. They need to unite the warring girl gang cliques and come up with the cash fast to save the school.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Gavin Finney
► Couples Retreat: Written by Jon Favreau (Swingers-Iron Man director) Four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation get into marital trouble when some fail to realize the resorts therapy sessions are optional.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Peter Billingsley
► Free Style: 'Free Style' stars "High School Musical"'s Corbin Bleu in an uplifting story about a young man and his determination to win a coveted spot on the Grand National motocross racing team.
Trailer: Genre: Drama Director: William Dear
► Peter and Vandy: Peter and Vandy is a love story told out of order. Set in Manhattan, Peter and Vandy go from strangers, to pie-eyed lovers, to a twisted and manipulative couple... just not in that order. They leave us asking what most couples ask themselves, "How the hell did we get this way?"
► Zombieland: In a world overrun by zombies, a guy described as "the most frightened person on Earth" looks to find refuge a band of people to safety.
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: Ruben Fleischer
October 16th
► Law Abiding Citizen: Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice.
Trailer: Genre: Drama Director: F. Gary Gray
► The Stepfather: A seemingly normal guy wants the perfect family, but when his new wife and stepchild don't measure up, he makes plans to eliminate them and move on to the next. Rated: N-A
Trailer: Genre: Thriller Director: Nelson McCormick
► Where The Wild Things Are: The book with no words becomes a film for the ages Rated: G
Trailer: Genre: Fantasy Director: Spike Jones
October 23rd
► Amelia: Starring Hilary Swank, its the story of pilot Amelia Earhart in the early stages of her career and how she is chosen to be the first female pilot to attempt the daring nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Trailer: Genre: Drama Director: Mira Nair
 
► Astro Boy: For those old enough to remember, a very old Japanese animated TV show becomes a full length 3D movie. Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him. Rated: G
Trailer: Genre: Animation Director: David Bowers
- Ong Bak 2: The highly anticipated sequel to ONG BAK: THE THAI WARRIOR, a big success for Magnolia and one of the most exciting new action properties of the last decade
Trailer: Genre: Action Director: Tony Jaa, John Hamburg
► Saw VI: Jigsaw and his protege are dead. Where does it go from here?
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
► Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire Assistant: Based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.
Trailer: Genre: Action Director: Paul Weitz
October 23rd
► The House of the Devil: Sam (Donahue) is a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman (cult actors Noonan and Woronov) are the older couple who lure Sam out to their creeky Victorian mansion deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse.
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: Ti West


 
 
 

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