2008 movies

Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | War
Year: 2008
Actors: Derek Luke | Michael Ealy | Laz Alonso | Omar Benson Miller
Directors: Spike Lee
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Spike Lee’s World War II film Miracle at St. Anna begins in 1983 with Hector Negron, a veteran of that war, unexpectedly shooting a customer dead. Police discover that the suspect, a quiet postal worker, kept a statue head worth millions of dollars in his apartment. An eager young reporter (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) interviews Negron in his cell about the mysterious artifact. While serving in the all-minority 92nd “Buffalo Soldier” Division, Negron and three comrades managed to sneak deep into enemy territory in Italy. One of the men, Sam Train (Omar Benson Miller), picked the head up while they were serving in Florence and believes it brings him good luck. Negron (Laz Alonso), Train, and Bishop Cummings (Michael Ealy), along with their sergeant, Aubrey Stamps (Derek Luke), take refuge in the Italian village of St. Anna, harbored by locals who are resisting the Nazis — who themselves surround the area. Train also protects an injured Italian boy he discovers while investigating a seemingly abandoned dwelling. Eventually, the soldiers make contact with their superiors, and are ordered to capture a German so that he may be interrogated about an upcoming attack. Lee adapted Miracle at St. Anna from a novel by James McBride, who also penned the screenplay.

Bled

Bled
Genres: Horror
Year: 2008
Actors: Sarah Farooqui | Chris Ivan Cevic | Alex Petrovitch | Michele Morrow
Directors: Christopher Hutson
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre executive producer Christopher Hutson crafts this eerie tale of a downtown artist who falls prey to a dimensional vampire seeking to cross over into the real world. Sai is a talented artist who’s about to be drawn into an ancient world of blood and lust. Seduced into trying a strange new drug by an enigmatic foreigner, Sai enters into a dreamlike realm where reality and fantasy collide. Awaiting her arrival in that world is a dimensional vampire who needs her newfound thirst for blood to cross into the physical plane. The stronger her addiction grows, the closer the being comes to realizing his true power.

Killer Movie

Killer Movie
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Year: 2008
Actors: Paul Wesley | Kaley Cuoco | Gloria Votsis | Al Santos
Directors: Jeff Fisher
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Writer/director Jeff Fisher, who cut his teeth directing episodes of such popular reality shows as The Simple Life and The Real World/Road Rules Challenge, make his feature directorial debut with this slasher satire about a television crew being stalked by a murderous psychopath. Up and coming television director Jake Tanner is out of a job. The reality show he was working on, “Back to the Ranch,” has been cancelled, and now his agent has landed him a job as replacement director on yet another reality show - this one tracing the unlikely winning streak of a North Dakota high school hockey team. The first order of business for Jake is to contend with demanding celebutante Blanca Champion, who has been hired on as a production assistant. But Blanca doesn’t seem to be taking the job too seriously, because when she’s not taking cat naps or hitting on the local teenage boys, she spends most of her time researching an upcoming film role that she hopes will be her big breakthrough. Later, when Tanner’s crew-members start disappearing, Blanca proves to be the least of his worries. The body count is piling up fast, but who could be responsible? Is it the bible-thumping ex-convict from the backwoods, the short-fused hockey coach, or perhaps the producer with an unhealthy fixation on ratings?

Shine a Light

Shine a Light
Genres: Documentary | Music
Year: 2008
Actors: Mick Jagger | Keith Richards | Charlie Watts | Ron Wood
Directors: Martin Scorsese
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After exploring the careers of the Band and Bob Dylan in The Last Waltz and No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, respectively, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese turns his lens on rock & roll legends the Rolling Stones for this feature focusing on two concerts from the band’s 2006 A Bigger Bang tour. In addition to extensive coverage of the band’s two-night stand at New York’s Beacon Theater (an engagement that was staged as part of President Bill Clinton’s lavish birthday bash), the film also features historical footage, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage from decades past. Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson (JFK and The Aviator) supervised photography for the film, with an impressive array of A-list talents, including Andrew Lesnie, John Toll, Ellen Kuras, Anastas Michos, Stuart Dryburgh, Declan Quinn, Emmanuel Lubezki, Robert Elswit, and Albert Maysles, stepping in to insure that the Beacon performances were covered from every angle possible.

Wisegal

Wisegal
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Year: 2008
Actors: Alyssa Milano | Jason Gedrick | James Caan | Alessandro Costantini
Directors: Jerry Ciccoritti
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A drama centered around Patty Montanari, the widowed mother of two who went to work for her lover Frank Russo, a captain in a Brooklyn crime family.

Changeling

Changeling
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Mystery
Year: 2008
Actors: Angelina Jolie | Gattlin Griffith | Michelle Martin | Jan Devereaux
Directors: Clint Eastwood
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Inspired by actual events that occurred in 1920s-era Los Angeles, Clint Eastwood’s The Changeling tells the story of a woman driven to confront a corrupted LAPD after her abducted son is retrieved and she begins to suspect that the boy returned to her is not the same boy she gave birth to. The year was 1928, and the setting a working-class suburb of Los Angeles. As Christine (Angelina Jolie) said goodbye to her son, Walter, and departed for work, she never anticipated that this was the day her life would be forever changed. Upon returning home, Christine was distressed to discover that Walter was nowhere to be found. Over the course of the following months, the desperate mother would launch a search that would ultimately prove fruitless. Yet just when it seemed that all hope was lost, a nine-year-old boy claiming to be Christine’s son seemed to appear out of thin air. Overcome with emotions and uncertain how to face the authorities or the press, Christine invites the child to stay in her home despite knowing without a doubt that he is not her son. As much as Christine would like to accept the fact that her son has been returned to her, she cannot accept the injustice being pushed upon her and continues to challenge the Prohibition-era Los Angeles police force at every turn. As a result, Christine is slandered by the powers that be, and painted as an unfit mother. In this town, a woman who challenges the system is putting her life on the line, and as the situation grows desperate, the only person willing to aid her in her search is benevolent local activist Reverend Briegleb (John Malkovich).

Edge of Love, The

Edge of Love, The
Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance
Year: 2008
Actors: Simon Armstrong | Ben Batt | Geoffrey Beevers | Paul Brooke
Directors: John Maybury
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The Jacket director John Maybury adapts playwright Sharman MacDonald’s account of the true-life relationships shared between Welsh poet Dylan Thomas; his wife, Caitlin; his lifelong friend Vera Phillips; and her husband, William Killick, in this biographical drama centering on the curious incident in which Thomas found his home turned into a war zone when Phillips and Killick attacked the abode with a machine gun and a grenade. Sienna Miller assumes the role of Dylan’s wife, Caitlin, and Keira Knightley joins the cast as the trigger-happy Phillips in a film that not only reunites Knightley with Jacket director Maybury, but takes its cue from the play penned the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s mother as well. Lindsay Lohan was originally tapped to play Caitlin, but dropped out due to contractual disagreements. The film also stars Matthew Rhys (Brothers & Sisters) as Thomas and Cillian Murphy as Killick.

Fifth Commandment, The

Fifth Commandment, The
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Year: 2008
Actors: Rick Yune | Keith David | Bokeem Woodbine | Dania Ramirez
Directors: Jesse V. Johnson
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In Bangkok, an assassin who turns down a job that hits too close to home finds himself targeted by the elite members of his profession.

Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia!
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance
Year: 2008
Actors: Meryl Streep | Pierce Brosnan | Colin Firth | Stellan Skarsgård
Directors: Phyllida Lloyd
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Longing to discover the identity of her true father before she exchanges her wedding vows, the daughter of a once-rebellious single mother secretly invites a trio of paternal candidates to her upcoming wedding in this feature adaptation of the beloved stage musical. Independent-minded single mother Donna (Meryl Streep) has always done her best to raise her spirited daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), while simultaneously running a successful hotel on a small Greek island, but now the time has come for this hardworking mom to finally let go. In just a few days, Sophie will be married, and Donna will stand by bittersweetly as her little girl takes flight. Of course, Donna’s lifelong friends Rosie (Julie Walters) and Tanya (Christine Baranski) will both be present at the wedding, but unbeknownst to the mother, Sophie has furtively invited three very special guests of her own. When Sophie walks down the aisle on that fateful day, she wants her father to hand her off. The only problem is that Donna has never revealed the true identity of Sophie’s father, leaving the resourceful future bride to narrow the list down to three potential candidates. Now, as three key figures from Donna’s past return to the picturesque Mediterranean shores they all walked 20 years prior, one beautiful bride will discover the secret of her past while one lonely mother finds out that it’s never too late for a little romance. Phyllida Lloyd, director of both the original London sensation as well as the hit Broadway incarnation, makes her feature directorial debut with this big-screen version of the beloved musical featuring 22 classic ABBA hits. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, and Dominic Cooper co-star.

Otto; or Up with Dead People

Otto; or Up with Dead People
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Horror
Year: 2008
Actors: Jey Crisfar | Katharina Klewinghaus | Susanne Sachße | Marcel Schlutt
Directors: Bruce La Bruce
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An gay teenage zombie falls in with a pretentious experimental filmmaker who casts him in a politically themed porno while documenting his experiences as a walking corpse in this existential gut-muncher from Canadian provocateur Bruce LaBruce. Adorable twink Otto (Jey Crisfar) was wandering the streets of Berlin and feasting on road-kill when avant-garde filmmaker Medea Yarn recruited him to appear in her latest film, a porno-political-zombie flick set during the gay zombie uprising. Gradually, over the course of shooting, Medea’s interest in Otto grows and she decides to make a documentary about him. Flattered by the attention lavished upon him by both the filmmaker and his smitten fellow cast-members, Otto suddenly finds his life — or death — gaining a newfound sense of purpose.

Beach Kings

Beach Kings
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Year: 2008
Actors: David Charvet | Torrey DeVitto | Kristin Cavallari | Brody Hutzler
Directors: Paul Nihipali
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A former college basketball star has one final shot at greatness when he participates in a professional beach volleyball tour.

Andromeda Strain, The

Andromeda Strain, The
Genres: Sci-Fi
Year: 2008
Actors: Benjamin Bratt | Ted Atherton | Biski Gugushe | Daniel Bacon
Directors: Mikael Salomon
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Adapted from the best-selling novel by author Michael Crichton, director Mikael Salomon’s made for television mini-series follows a group of specialized scientists as they race to cure a fast-spreading plague. A U.S. military satellite has crashed near a small Utah town, unleashing a deadly pathogen. Everyone who’s come into contact with the virus has died, except for two survivors. Could something in the blood of these two survivors prove the key to immunizing the rest of mankind and preventing a devastating outbreak? Now, as a lone reporter begins investigating what he believes to be a vast government conspiracy, the military quarantines the area and a specialized team of scientists race to find a cure for the pathogen they have given the code name, “Andromeda.”

Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda
Genres: Action | Animation | Comedy | Family
Year: 2008
Actors: Jack Black | Jackie Chan | Dustin Hoffman | Lucy Liu
Directors: Mark Osborne
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A clumsy panda bear becomes an unlikely kung fu hero when a treacherous enemy spreads chaos throughout the countryside in this animated martial arts adventure featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, and Jackie Chan. On the surface, Po (voice of Black) may look like just another portly panda bear, but beneath his fur he bears the mark of the chosen one. By day, Po works faithfully in his family’s noodle shop, but by night he dreams of becoming a true master of the martial arts. Now an ancient prophecy has come to pass, and Po realizes that he is the only one who can save his people from certain destruction. With time running short and malevolent snow leopard Tai Lung (Ian McShane ) closing in, Furious Five legends Tigress (Jolie), Crane (David Cross ), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), Monkey (Chan), and their wise sensei, Master Shifu (Hoffman), all draw on their vast knowledge of fighting skills in order to transform a lumbering panda bear into a lethal fighting machine. Now, if the noble Po can master the martial arts and somehow transform his greatest weaknesses into his greatest strengths, he will fulfill his destiny as the hero who saved his people during their darkest hour.