Monday, 10 October 2011 15:15 Last Updated on Monday, 10 October 2011 15:48 Written by Ruth J. Morrison

Horrible Bosses

DVD Release Date: October 11, 2011

Theatrical Release Date: July 8, 2011

Stars:Jason Bateman, Jason, Sudeikis, Colin Farrell, Charlie Day, Jamie Foxx

Directed by: Seth Gordon

Plot: A workplace comedy about three frustrated employees who hatch a plan to kill their micro-managing bosses, only to find their murderous plot snowballing into disaster.

Genre:Comedy

 

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ZOOKEEPER

DVD Release Date: October 11, 2011

Theatrical Release Date: July 8, 2011

Stars: Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb, Adam Sandler, Ken Jeong

Directed by: Frank Coraci

Plot: In ZOOKEEPER, the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes (Kevin James). Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship -- animal style. The film also features the voices of Cher, Nick Nolte, and Sylvester Stallone.

Genre: Comedy

 

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Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

DVD Release Date:October 18, 2011

Theatrical Release Date: July 8, 2011

Stars: Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White, Adam Yauch

Directed by: Michael Rapaport

Plot:'Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest' is a documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history.

Genre: Documentary

 

 

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Page One: Inside the New York Times

DVD Release Date: October 18, 2011

Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 2011

Stars: Sarah Ellison, David Carr, Bruce Headlam, Richard Pérez-Peña, Clay Shirky

Directed by: Andrew Rossi

Plot:  Several writers track print journalism's metamorphosis even as their own newspaper struggles to stay vital and solvent.

Genre:  Documentary

 

Tuesday, 30 August 2011 12:56 Written by Ruth J. Morrison

The Tempest

DVD Release Date:  SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Stars: Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Russell Brand, Djimon Hounsou, Alfred Molina

Directed by: Julie Taymor

Plot: In her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's mystical thriller 'The Tempest,' Academy Award-nominated Julie Taymor ('Across the Universe', 'Frida', 'Titus') brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Oscar winner Helen Mirren ('The Queen'). Prospera's journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies in this exciting, masterly mix of romance, tragicomedy and the supernatural.

Genre:  Drama, Fantasy

 

35 and Ticking

Stars: Meagan Good, Kevin Hart, Tamala Jones, Keith Robinson, Nicole Ari Parker

Directed by: Russ Parr

Plot:Four lifelong friends enter into a race against their biological clocks while working to find the perfect mates and start families. Victoria (Tamala Jones), Zenobia (Nicole Ari Parker), Clevon (Kevin Hart), and Phil (Keith Robinson) are on the cusp of middle age, yet somehow they've managed to reap the rewards of adulthood. Though Victoria has come down with a bad case of baby fever, her husband resists the idea of fatherhood. Meanwhile, Zenobia is on the hunt for a man who wants to settle down and have kids, and nerdy Clevon just wants to find a girl who will accept him at face value. The only one who has succeeded in starting a family is Phil. Unfortunately motherhood is the last thing on his wife's list of priorities. Perhaps by supporting each other, these four friends will finally find the companionship that will give their lives true meaning.

Genre: Comedy

Tuesday, 30 August 2011 12:50 Written by Ruth J. Morrison

Madea’s Big Happy Family

Release Date:  August 30, 2011

Stars: Isaiah Mustafa, Loretta Devine, Bow Wow, Tyler Perry

Directed by: Tyler Perry

Plot: This movie is adapted from the multi-talented playwright/filmmaker's hit stage play of the same name, Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family. Itfinds the cantankerous family matriarch using her unique brand of tough love to help her family weather some particularly rough waters. Madea's niece Shirley has received a frightening medical diagnosis, and she's having a hard time figuring out how to break the news to the rest of the family. Unfortunately she's not the only one in the midst of a crisis, either: Kimberly is suffering from anger issues that are threatening to destroy her marriage; Tammy's marital problems are being compounded by her disobedient children; and Byron is struggling to stay out of the drug trade after spending two years behind bars. Later, as a skeleton in the family closet pops into the picture, Madea and Aunt Bam show that love and laugher can help to overcome even the biggest obstacles.

Genre:Comedy

Monday, 27 June 2011 15:02 Written by Register.com

Stars:  Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan, Jeffrey Wright

Directed by: Duncan Jones

Plot: When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicagocommuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the “Source Code,” a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.

Genre:  Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction, Fantasy