Movie Releases
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Movies Released January 2010
Release Date 1/1/2010
Did You Hear About The Morgans? (PG)Genre: Romantic comedy
UK release date: 1/1/2010
Directed by: Marc Lawrence
Length: 103 mins
Who´s in it?
Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliot, Mary SteenburgenWhat´s the plot?
Comedy starring Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker, ‘Did you hear about the Morgans?’ is the story of a successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan, whose marriage is on the rocks. But that becomes the least of their worries when they witness a murder and become the targets of a contract killerNow the Morgans must leave New York and live on a witness protection program in a small town in Wyoming. Will their marriage finally fall apart now they are forced to live the quiet life, or will it be the making of them?
Post Grad (12A)Genre: Comedy
UK release date: 1/1/2010
Director :Vicky Jenson
Length: 88 mins
Who’s in it?
Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Andrew Daly, Kirk Fox, Catherine Reitman, Craig Robinson, Carol Burnett, Michael KeatonWhat’s The Plot?
Ryden Malby had a plan. Do well in high school, thereby receiving a great college scholarship. Now, that she’s finally graduated college, it’s time for her to find a gorgeous loft apartment and land her dream job at the city’s best publishing house. But when Jessica Bard, Ryden’s college nemesis steals her perfect job, Ryden is forced to move back to her childhood home. Stuck with her eccentric family–a stubborn do-it-yourself dad, an overly thrifty mom, a politically incorrect grandma, a very odd little brother–and a growing stack of rejected job applications, Ryden starts to feel like she’s going nowhere. The only upside is spending time with her best friend, Adam–and running into her hot next-door neighbor, David. But if Ryden’s going to survive life as a post grad, it may be time to come up with a new plan.
It’s Complicated (15)UK release date: 8/1/2010Genre: Romantic comedyDirected by: Nancy MeyersLength: 121 minWho´s in it?Meryl Streep, John Krasinski, Alec Baldwin, Steve MartinWhat´s the plot?Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin star in ‘It’s Complicated’, a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between.Jane has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake, who is now married to the much younger Agness.But when Jane and Jake meet up for their son’s graduation, an innocent meal turns into an affair, and Jane now finds that she is ‘the other woman’.Also caught up in the situation is Adam, a recent divorcé, who is falling in love with Jane.So, as love triangles go…’It’s Complicated’.
It’s Complicated (15)Genre: Romantic comedy
UK release date: 8/1/2010
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Length: 121 min
Who´s in it?
Meryl Streep, John Krasinski, Alec Baldwin, Steve MartinWhat´s the plot?
Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin star in ‘It’s Complicated’, a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between. Jane has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake, who is now married to the much younger Agness. But when Jane and Jake meet up for their son’s graduation, an innocent meal turns into an affair, and Jane now finds that she is ‘the other woman’. Also caught up in the situation is Adam, a recent divorcé, who is falling in love with Jane. So, as love triangles go…’It’s Complicated’.
The Road (15)Genre: Drama
UK release date: 8/1/2010
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Length: 112 min
Who´s in it?
Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Charlize TheronWhat´s the plot?
‘The Road’ is the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, featuring an all-star cast including Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall and Guy Pearce. In an epic tale of post-apocalyptic survival, a father and son journey across a desolate America that has been destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. In this masterpiece adventure, men are taken to the limits and pushed to their best and their worst. But sustained by their love, the father and son march bravely on.
Daybreakers (15)UK release date: 8/1/2010
Advance screenings: 06/01/10,07/01/10
Genre:
Directed by: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Length: 98 min
Who´s in it?
Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas, Ethan Hawke, Sam NeillWhat´s the plot?
The year is 2019 and a plague has transformed nearly the entire population into blood thirsty vampires. Now, as the supplies of new blood begin to run dry, vampires have turned into high-tech blood farmers – with haemoglobin factories where humans have their blood sucked out of them by machine. Meanwhile, a renegade researcher attempts to convert a group of vampires to help him in a in a last ditch attempt to save mankind.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (15)Genre: Drama
UK release date: 8/1/2010
Directed by: Mat Whitecross
Length: 115 min
Who´s in it?
Olivia Williams, Naomie Harris, Andy Serkis, Ray WinstoneWhat´s the plot?
The biopic of Ian Dury, ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’ stars Andy Serkis as the punk rock legend. The film follows Ian Dury’s battle with the debilitating disease polio, and the effect it had on his lifestyle and relationships. However, against all odds Dury went on to become a founder member of the 1970’s punk rock movement and of the UK’s most respected recording artists with his band Ian Dury and the Blockheads.
Exam (15)Genre: Thriller
UK release date: 8/1/2010
Directed by: Stuart Hazeldine
Film running length: 102 min
Who´s in it?
Luke Mably, Adar Beck, Chris Carey, Gemma ChanWhat´s the plot?
‘Exam’ is a tense, claustrophobic thriller about eight talented candidates who reach the final selection stage for a dream job at a mysterious corporation. Called into a room, they are left alone and given a set time to complete a task. However, the task they are set isn’t clear and, as time begins to run out, they must decide what extremes they are prepared to go to in order to land the ultimate job.
