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September 2009 Movie and Film News
 
September 4th
Gamer: In the not too distant future, Kabel (Gerard Butler), a death row inmate, has unwittingly become a pop culture hero. Every week, millions worldwide tune in online to watch him and hundreds of other convicts battle in Slayers, an ultra-violent multi-player online game invented by technological genius Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall). To the wealthy young gamer who controls his every move, Kable is just a sim (simulation) character. To the resistance group that opposes Castle's games as high-tech slavery, he is a critical element in their battle to take down the inventor. Caught in the crosshairs of two opposing forces and under the command of a teenager's remote device, Kable must use his extraordinary fighting skills to escape the game, bring down Castle and overthrow the system. Featuring Gerard Butler and Alison Lohman.
Trailer: Genre: Crime Director: Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor
All About Steve: Crossword puzzle constructor Mary Horowitz (Bullock) is smart, pretty - and a natural disaster that shakes news cameraman Steve (Cooper) to the core. Set up on a blind date with Steve, Mary thinks the chemistry is undeniable and just knows she's found her soulmate.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Phil Traill

Carriers: Four kids are driving through the desert on the way to the beach, their faces anything but cheery; this isn't Spring Break. They're trying to outrun the end of the world - and each other.
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: Phil Traill

 
Shanghai: Set in Shanghai in 1941, an American spy (John Cusak) becomes entangled in intrigue and romance.. Rated: N-A
Trailer: Genre: Drama Director: Mikael Hafstrom
September 9th
9: Another Broadway musical hits the bigscreen. A star studded cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, and Sophia Loren. Nine, was inspired by the Federico Fellini film 8½ and focused on Guido (Day-Lewis) a film director stuck in neutral as he tries to make a film while haunted by the demands of all the women in his life, including a wife, mistress and even his deceased mother. Rated:
Trailer: Genre: Animation Director: Rob Marshall
September 11th
White on Rice: a misguided 40-year-old divorceé trying to navigate his way through a new life in America and out of his sister Aiko's (Japanese Academy Award winner Nae) basement. Disgraced by his disgruntled brother-in-law Tak (Mio Takada, "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"), the immature yet adorable Jimmy spends his nights searching for a new wife who shares his love of dinosaurs and geology.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Dave Boyle
I Can Do Bad All By Myself: Tyler Perry's Madea is at it again! This time he brings his first play to life on the big screen. But be advised... This is NOT a Madea movie! Rated:
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Tyler Perry
 
Daybreakers:Ethan Hawke plays Ed, a researcher in the year 2017, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. Rated:
Trailer: Genre: Action Director: Nelson McCormick
 
The Red Canvas: Calling itself a full-contact action drama, The Red Canvas features martial artist Ernie Reyes Jr. Bad boy street kid Johnny Sanchez (Ernie Reyes, Jr.) feeds his pride during his prison sentence by fighting in "gladiator wars" promoted by his warden, Harbin Rask (John Savage). Rated:
Trailer: Genre: Action Director: Kenneth Chamitoff & Adam Boster
The September Issue: Anna Wintour, the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine for twenty years, is the most powerful and polarizing figure in fashion. Hidden behind her trademark bob and sunglasses, she has never allowed anyone to scrutinize the inner workings of her magazine. Until now.
Sorority Row: When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives.
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: Stewart Hendler
Whiteout: After two years stationed at Antarctica's South Pole research base, lone U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) is as anxious as anyone to be going home.
Trailer: Genre: Action Director: Doinic Sena
September 18th
Love Happens: As each struggles with the hurt of love and loss they realize that in order to move forward, they need to let go of their past. And if they can, they'll find that sometimes, love happens when you least expect it.
Trailer: Genre: Romantic Drama Director: Brandon Camp
The Burning Plain: A romantic mystery about a woman on the edge who takes an emotional journey back to the defining moment of her life. Oscar-winner Charlize Theron plays Sylvia, a beautiful restaurant manager whose cool, professional demeanor masks the sexually charged storm within.
Trailer: Genre: Drama Director: Guillermo Arriaga
Bright Star: Bright Star is a portrait of love and loss between the 19th-century Romantic poet John Keats and the 18-year-old muse next door, Fanny Brawne. Based on the true story, Bright Star chronicles the brief yet torrid love affair between the struggling poet and the girl who would inspire some of the most passionate prose ever written.
Trailer: Genre: Drama Director: Jane Campion
Armored: A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist... against their own company.. Rated: PG-13
Trailer: Genre: Drama Director: Nimrod Antal
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Food falls from they sky after scientist attempt to solve world hunger. Rated: G
Trailer: Genre: Animation Director: Phil Lord & Chris Miller
The Informant: What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Steven Soderbergh
Jennifer's Body: The ex-stripper Diablo Cody who wrote Juno is at it again. A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror? Featuring Hollywood's latest it girl, Megan Fox.
Trailer: Genre: Horror Director: Karyn Kusama
September 23rd

► Irene In Time: Irene In Time is a puzzle about love and time, a mystery in which clues are found and secrets are revealed, Irene in Time is a look at the complex relationships between fathers and daughters and the consequences - years later - on the grown women's relationships to the men in their lives.

Coming to theaters in New York.

September 25th
Fame: In Alan Parker's Fame, teenagers selected for New York City's High School for the Performing Arts push their talents to the limit to make it big in show business. This episodic tale follows savvy Coco (Irene Cara), timid Doris (Maureen Teefy), gay Montgomery (Paul McCrane), macho Raul (Barry Miller), soulful Bruno (Lee Curreri), and others as they struggle to achieve their dreams of stardom while coping with the universal teenage problems of loneliness, insecurity, and embattled, mercurial identity.
Trailer: Genre: Musical Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Pandorum: Dennis Quaid stars in a dark and claustrophobic tale about two crewmen who awaken aboard their spacecraft, unaware of their mission or their identities. As they piece things together, the men make a harrowing discovery that threatens the survival of mankind.
Trailer: Genre: Sci-Fi Director: Christian Alvart
Surrogates: People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates--sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves.
Trailer: Genre: Sci-Fi Director: Jonathan Mostow
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell: Hope They Serve Beer in Hell–based on the shocking, ridiculous and hilarious real life adventures of Tucker Max–is the story of an impromptu bachelor party gone horribly awry thanks to a midget, a fat girl, a gaggle of strippers, an overly destructive public intoxication ordinance, and the consequence of Tucker’s unflinching narcissism.
Trailer: Genre: Comedy Director: Bob Gosse, Dieter H. Busch, Mark Carter
Bronson: In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office.
Trailer: Genre: Drama Director: Nicholas Winding Refn

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