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Movies produced in 2008
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Acting on impulse, CLAIRE DENNISON, enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath. |
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The undeniably charming romantic comedy revolves around Jane (Katherine Heigl), a sentimental, kind-hearted and attractive woman who has served as a bridesmaid in 27 weddings, each time planning her friends' nuptials absolutely selflessly, but has never been a bride herself. Jane is secretly in love with her boss, George (Edward Burns), and looks forward to her own big day. However, when George has his heart stolen by Jane's younger sister Tess (Malin Akerman), appealing and flirtatious by the way, and eventually even decides to marry her, the "perpetual bride" makes a firm decision to reconsider her lifestyle. |
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In September 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in London's Baker Street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewelry worth over three million pounds. None of it was recovered. Nobody was ever arrested. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then disappeared - the result of a 'D' Notice, gagging the press. This film reveals what was hidden for the first time. The story involves murder, corruption and a sex scandal with links to the Royal Family - a story in which the thieves were the most innocent people involved. |
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In this remake of the Japanese horror film "Chakushin Ari" (2003), several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves — messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths. |
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A scientist from the failed Philadelphia Experiment leads a team of Navy SEALs back in time to the Cretaceous Period to rescue the first team he sent back during the 1940s. Things go wildly awry though, when on his return he accidentally brings a giant, man-eating dinosaur back through the portal and into modern-day, downtown Los Angeles. |
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When the world is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors head to an underground military bunker in a last ditch effort to stay alive. |
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Big money can cause big problems. Duke (Brian Geraghty) and Amber (Jenna Dewan) are two young lovers who stumble across a large duffle bag stuffed with money after a shootout in their apartment complex. Inspired by the newfound riches, the newly married couple hit the road with the hopes of a better life. All of a sudden, their euphoria changes into a suffocating fear and their honeymoon turns into a desperate struggle for survival when a corrupt DEA agent, Pollen (Christian Slater), who will stop at nothing to retrieve what he believes is rightfully his, goes on a hair-raising, nonstop, action-packed chase. |
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A young woman, Marnie Watson, is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter (killing her husband - a violent NYC cop - in self defense) on condition she wear an electronic ankle bracelet and remain within her home, effectively under house arrest, for the remainder of her sentence. Her late husband's partner keeps tabs on her from a patrol car parked across the street, hoping she'll violate probation and he can send her back to prison. But the 100-foot radius her ankle bracelet allows isn't the worst of her problems. Her dead husband —now a malevolent ghost—is still in the house, where he died — intent on savage revenge. |
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Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion. |
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The story deals with the characters Pistolero, the Gent and Comanche and the deadly, unfinished business among them. |
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In a desolate place called the Badlands four men stand off with guns drawn their fingers ready at the trigger. Among them are a fugitive seeking redemption a son out to avenge his father's murder a loyal servant with a secret and a murderous criminal hired to kill with a vengeance. This is their story...in a place where revenge deception and cruelty are a way of life. |
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The plot explores the story of Athena, Ariel's mother, through the narration of Ariel. |
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Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough ... After learning from the steely head of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive's well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby's arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they'll discover two kinds of family: the one you're born to and the one you make. |
| Deception
[2008,
USA]
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| When you're in this world, no one is who they seem, and everyone is playing the game. |
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An accountant is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend. But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist. |
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Just how hard is it to be happy? In the effervescent new comedy from writer/director Mike Leigh ("Vera Drake," "Secrets & Lies"), Sally Hawkins stars as Poppy, an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher who brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to every situation she encounters, offering us a touching, truthful and deeply life-affirming exploration of one of the most mysterious and often the most elusive of all human qualities: happiness. Poppy’s ability to maintain her perspective is tested as the story begins and her commuter bike is stolen. However, she enthusiastically signs up for driving lessons with Scott (Eddie Marsan), who turns out to be her nemesis — a fuming, uptight cynic. As the tension of their weekly lessons builds, Poppy encounters even more challenges to her positive state of mind: a fiery flamenco instructor, her bitter pregnant sister, a troubled homeless man and a young bully in her class, not to mention that she has also thrown out her back. How this affects not only Poppy’s world view but also the outlook of those around her begs the question, "glass half full or half empty?" |
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Thrown naked into a desolate room with thirteen strangers, Tonya (Ailsa Marshall) discovers that she is the final contestant in a deadly game. Restrained by lethal electronic collars, the players must utilize hints and tools from a box marked "pieces" to find both an exit and the reason for their abduction. One by one the players are eliminated as their "curfew" begins and the lights go out. With each dead body comes another clue, which they use to discover that one of them is the killer. The question is ... which one? |
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Dennis Rader is an ordinary man with a seemingly normal life, a beloved husband and father of two daughters, and viewed as an upstanding member of the community, with a good job and the role of president at the local church. Rader’s outwardly normal life conceals his unquenchable thirst... |
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Bram Stoker has fallen in love with his girl friend Elizabeth but he is denied the opportunity to propose to her by her father, Admiral Murray. Elizabeth is heart broken and flees London only to be abducted by Count Dracula who keeps her hostage in his castle in Transylvania. Count Dracula knows that this will draw Bram Stoker to him as Bram will be compelled to rescue Elizabeth. Count Dracula's plan is to trap Bram Stoker and settle an old dispute among the two families. |
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A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy. |
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A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization. |
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