2008

Generation Kill 2008

A Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.

Category: Uncategorised

Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen

8.5 IMDB Rating 24,716 Views
Lakeview Terrace 2008

In California, the Caucasian Chris Mattson and his African-American wife Lisa Mattson move to a house in a gated community. The racist and dysfunctional next-door neighbor is the abusive LAPD Officer Abel Turner who feels uncomfortable with the relationship of the newcomers and transforms their lives into Hell on Earth.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson,Patrick Wilson,Kerry Washington,Ron Glass

6.1 IMDB Rating 7,233 Views
The Bank Job 2008

Business is slow for Terry Leather, a London car dealer, married with children. He's an artful dodger, so Martine, a former model with a thing for him, brings him her scheme: a bank's alarm is off for a couple weeks, so let's tunnel into the vault. He assembles a team, not realizing her real goal is a safe-deposit box with compromising photos of a royal: she needs the photos to trade for avoiding a jail sentence - and MI-5, or is it MI-6, is pulling the strings two steps removed. A Trinidadian thug, a high-end bordello owner, and a pornographer also have things stored in the vault, so the break-in threatens many a powerful personage. Is there any way these amateurs can pull it off?

Category: Crime, Thriller

Stars: Jason Statham,Saffron Burrows,Stephen Campbell Moore,Daniel Mays

7.3 IMDB Rating 9,254 Views
Ip Man 2008

In 1935 in Foshan, south China, there are martial arts schools on every street corner. Ip Man is the undisputed martial arts champion, yet he has not devoted himself to teaching. Despite this, it seems that all the kung fu masters of the city are eager to fight him to improve their reputation.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama

Stars: Donnie Yen,Simon Yam,Lynn Hung,Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

8.1 IMDB Rating 10,626 Views
The Hurt Locker 2008

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Category: Drama, Thriller, War

Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty

7.5 IMDB Rating 10,824 Views
Taken 2008

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

Category: Action, Thriller

Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries

7.8 IMDB Rating 11,730 Views
Nothing But the Truth 2008

In Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.

Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga

7.2 IMDB Rating 7,864 Views
Day of the Dead 2008

In Leadville, Colorado, Captain Rhodes and his army seals off the town to contain an influenza-type epidemic. The locals are not allowed to leave the town and the Pine Valley Medical Center is crowded with sick people. Corporal Sarah Bowman was born and raised in Leadville and goes to her home with Private Bud Crain to visit her mother. Sarah finds that her mother is ill and takes her to the local hospital. However, the sick people suddenly transform in flesh eating, fast moving zombies which attack the non-infected humans. Sarah, Bud and Private Salazar get a jeep and head to the town exit to escape from the dead. But Sarah hears the voice of her brother, Trevor, on the radio and is compelled to go to the radio station where Trevor is hidden with his girlfriend Nina. The group of survivors drives to the isolated Nike missile site seeking shelter, where they discover an underground army base.

Category: Action, Horror, Thriller

Stars: Mena Suvari,Nick Cannon,Michael Welch,AnnaLynne McCord,Stark Sands,Matt Rippy,Pat Kilbane,Taylor Hoover,Christa Campbell,Ian McNeice,Ving Rhames,Robert Rais,Michael McCoy,Laura Giosh,Vanessa Johansson

4.5 IMDB Rating 8,913 Views
In Bruges 2008

London based hit men Ray and Ken are told by their boss Harry Waters to lie low in Bruges, Belgium for up to two weeks following their latest hit, which resulted in the death of an innocent bystander. Harry will be in touch with further instructions. While they wait for Harry's call, Ken, following Harry's advice, takes in the sights of the medieval city with great appreciation. But the charms of Bruges are lost on the simpler Ray, who is already despondent over the innocent death, especially as it was his first job. Things change for Ray when he meets Chloe, part of a film crew shooting a movie starring an American dwarf named Jimmy. When Harry's instructions arrive, Ken, for whom the job is directed, isn't sure if he can carry out the new job, especially as he has gained a new appreciation of life from his stay in the fairytale Bruges. While Ken waits for the inevitable arrival into Bruges of an angry Harry, who feels he must clean up matters on his own, Ray is dealing with his own problems, not only with Harry, but with a Canadian couple and a half-blind thief named Eirik. Ray hopes he can count on both Chloe and Ken to help him carve out a new life for himself. In the end, Harry, involved in an incident with Jimmy, may have to keep to his own principles.

Category: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Stars: Elizabeth Berrington,Rudy Blomme,Olivier Bonjour,Mark Donovan

8.0 IMDB Rating 9,083 Views
Appaloosa 2008

1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole and Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy?

Category: Crime, Drama, Western

Stars: Robert Jauregui,Jeremy Irons,Timothy V. Murphy,Luce Rains

6.8 IMDB Rating 9,205 Views
The Black Balloon 2008

All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother?

Category: Drama, Romantic

Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson

7.3 IMDB Rating 8,843 Views
The Happening 20082008

A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.

Category: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez

5.0 IMDB Rating 8,480 Views
Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008

Zack and Miri are two lifelong platonic friends who make an adult film to pay the rent of their apartment. With their friend Delaney, the couple set out for auditionees for their porn film, but in the process of filming, they realize they feel more for each other than they had before.

Category: Comedy, Romantic

Stars: Elizabeth Banks,Seth Rogen,Craig Robinson,Gerry Bednob

6.6 IMDB Rating 9,149 Views
20 Years After 2008

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong: War, Terrorism, Natural Disasters. Evacuees were ushered from the cities to refugee camps in the surrounding counties. In-fighting, famine and disease took their toll on the survivors. Now, twenty years after the bombs fell and the plagues ran their course the few that remain live in fear and without hope. Azura Skye stars as Sarah in this Post-Apocalyptic Fairy Tale about a young woman's journey to deliver the first child born in 15 Years. Sarah's refusal to give up is inspired by a lone voice on her radio. Michael broadcasts dim and distant messages of hope mixed with the music he scavenges from the dead. Forced from her basement home by drought and relentlessly pursued by those who want her baby, Sarah crosses paths with Michael in a cavernous, underground refuge of disparate survivors. It is from Three Caves that Michael and Sarah will embark on a journey beyond the boundaries of the Southern Corridor and into the unknown future.

Category: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Stars: Joshua Leonard, Azura Skye, Diane Salinger

3,3 IMDB Rating 8,619 Views
City of Ember 2008

When mankind is about to come to an end, a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The city of Ember is to last for 200 years after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time however, the message is lost and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It's left to two young adults to unearth the secret of Ember and to lead the way out.

Category: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Kids

Stars: Saoirse Ronan,David Ryall,Harry Treadaway,Mary Kay Place

6.5 IMDB Rating 12,195 Views
The Strangers 2008

After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.

Category: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Alex Fisher,Peter Clayton-Luce,Scott Speedman,Liv Tyler

6.2 IMDB Rating 12,424 Views
Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008

In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince before The Golden Army can destroy humanity's existence.

Category: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Stars: Ron Perlman,Selma Blair,Doug Jones,John Alexander

7.0 IMDB Rating 12,576 Views
The Women 2008

A wealthy New Yorker wrestles with the decision to leave her cheating husband, as she and her friends discover that women really can have it all.

Category: Comedy, Drama

Stars: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Annette Bening

5.0 IMDB Rating 6,287 Views
The Secret of Moonacre 2008

Maria inherits a book of secrets from her dad. She moves to her uncle's Moonacre estate. A family curse was cast on the valley. Only Maria can break it using her book.

Category: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Kids, romance, Romantic

Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Dakota Blue Richards, Tim Curry

6.1 IMDB Rating 7,788 Views
First Sunday 2008

Durell Washington and LeeJohn Jackson are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When Durell learns that his ex-girlfriend plans to move to another state with their son Durell Jr.--unless they can get her $17,000 to pay off a debt-- and so Durell and LeeJohn ultimately comes up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. But when the duo fumbles their way through the break-in, they discover someone has beaten them to the punch. In order to get their hands on the money, Durell and LeeJohn are forced to spend the night in the presence of the Lord and his followers--and end up getting a lot more than they bargained for.

Category: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Stars: Ice Cube,Katt Williams,Tracy Morgan,Loretta Devine

4.1 IMDB Rating 7,217 Views