Movies Released September 25, 2009

Friday, September 25

100 mins

Fame PG

Much like in the Oscar-winning original, directed by Alan Parker, the story will track the failures and fortunes of super-ambitious young performers and their teachers as they navigate a school year at the prestigious High School for the Performing Arts in New York.
Mark Canton, Kevin Tancharoen, Thomas Dekker, Naturi Naughton, Charles S. Dutton, Becky Sloviter, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi
Drama Remake Musical
108 mins

Pandorum R

In "Pandorum", actors, Dennis Quaid ("Vantage Point", "The Express") and Ben Foster ("3:10 to Yuma", "Alpha Dog"), join Cam Gigandet ("Never Back Down", "Twilight"), Cung Le ("Tekken", Fighting"), newcomer Antje Traue and director Christian Alvart ("Antibodies") to tell the terrifying story of two crew members stranded on a spacecraft who quickly realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the spacecraft. They can't remember anything - who are they, what is their mission? The only way out of the chamber is a dark and narrow airshaft. Corporal Bower (Foster), the younger of the two, crawls inside, while the other, Lt. Payton (Quaid), stays behind for guidance on a radio transmitter. As Bower ventures deeper and deeper into the ship, he begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking and deadly secrets come unraveled, and the astronauts realize that the survival of mankind hinges on their actions.
Cung Le, Robert Kulzer, Jeremy Bolt, Ben Foster, Norman Reedus, Antje Traue, Cam Gigandet, Christian Alvart
Drama Fantasy Thriller Suspense Sci-Fi
89 mins

Surrogates PG-13

Set in the near future, humans live in isolation and interact vicariously through surrogate robots who are better-looking versions of themselves. A cop is forced to venture from his own home for the first time in years to solve a murder mystery.
Elizabeth Banks, Todd Arnow, Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Jonathan Mostow, Todd LIeberman, Michael Ferris, Boris Kodjoe
Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Family
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99 mins

Paranormal Activity R

A young couple move in together, but the woman is convinced that she's been haunted all of her life. The presence that's watched over her has apparently followed her everywhere, including this new house, and the apparition that resides with them seems to have a fond interest in her. Her vain and selfish boyfriend seeks to document the spectacle with his camera & equipment and purposely ignores her pleas to respect the paranormal presence and refrain from taunting it. But as the nights pass, the events in the house become much more harrowing.
Micah Sloat, Ashley Palmer, Steven Schneider, Ashley Brooks, Oren Peli, Jason Blum, Katie Featherston, Mark Friedrichs
Suspense Horror
105 mins

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell R

A guy tries to patch things up with his soon-to-be-married pal after botching things up at his bachelor party.
Sean McKittrick, Tucker Max, Bob Gosse, Karen Firestone, Ted Hamm, Richard Kelly, Aaron Ray, Max Wong
Comedy

The Pool Boys NR

A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.
Stuart Gibbs, Matthew Lillard, J.B. Rogers, Julie O'Hora, Justin Ware, Efren Ramirez, Rachelle Lefevre
Comedy
80 mins

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men NR

Julianne Nicholson stars as a grad student trying to cope with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with a wide variety of men.
John Krasinski, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Meloni, Eva Kolodner, Yael Melamede, James Suskin, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cerveris
Documentary
104 mins

The Boys Are Back PG-13

In the adaptation of Simon Carr's serio-comic novel "The Boys Are Back in Town," Owen plays a widower struggling to raise his two sons.
Alan Cubitt, Laura Fraser, Scott Hicks, Emma Booth, Clive Owen
Drama Adaptation
192 mins

What's Your Raashee? NR

A young man has only ten days to locate his soulmate as dictated by the stars, otherwise he could lose a fortune. He thus embarks on a journey through love, looking through twelve girls to find the one who fits his horoscope.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ashutosh Gowariker, Naushil Mehta
Comedy Romance

The Other Man NR

"The Other Man" tells the story of Peter (Liam Neeson) who discovers that his wife Lisa (Laura Linney) has been receiving emails and mobile messages from Ralph (Antonio Banderas), a man he never knew existed. Peter's obsession with this unknown rival escalates and, against the advice of his daughter Abigail (Romola Garai), a hurt and vengeful Peter flies to Milan to seek out the mysterious Ralph and the truth about his relationship with Lisa.
Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Richard Eyre, Bernhard Schlink, Antonio Banderas, Romola Garai
Drama
105 mins

Coco Before Chanel PG-13

Biopic of pioneering French fashion designer Coco Chanel.
Anne Fontaine, Christopher Hampton, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Camille Fontaine, Anne Wiazemsky, Audrey Tautou, Emmanuelle Devos
Drama Biography
92 mins

The Providence Effect PG

A year after his arrival, Paul J. Adams became principal of Providence St. Mel, only to be told the following year that Chicago’s archdiocese was going to close the school. After orchestrating a fundraising campaign that received national and local media attention, funds poured in and enabled Adams to buy the school from the Sisters of Providence and convert it to a not-for-profit independent school. He then set about achieving a new goal: To turn Providence St. Mel into a first rank college preparatory school, and its African-American student body into a corps of driven, disciplined, high achieving students.
Rollin Binzer, Tom Hurvis
Documentary

Friday, September 25