George hires Ira to be his personal assistant but instead they become friends. After believing for a long time that he’s going to die, the doctor tells him one day that he’s cured. In the light of that news, George decides to get the girl he’s in love and has been for a long time, but who is married with another guy (an Australian) and has two little girls.

Ira tries to persuade George not to get involved in such a messy business, but he’s determined “to save” her from a life of unhappiness and monotony. The guy is not for her – he knows it.

Will he get what he wants after all?

Release Date: July 31^st, 2009

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Cast: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann

Director: Judd Apatow

After a few years, when Charlie and his best friend, Danny, are in college, Mick storms back into their lives, claiming to be in town for a short visit. Charlie is afraid that Mick found out that he’s the one who sold him to the police, and in fact, the purpose of his visit is to make his life a living Hell.

Charlie realizes that Mick is toying with him and that he’s up to something but unfortunately, his friends, including Danny, do not realize that Mick is jut pretending to be nice. In fact they begin to like Mick to the Charlie’s exasperation.

Release Date: March 27th, 2009

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri

Director: Fred Durst

Officer Aidan Bresly becomes consumed with the case, devoting all his time to the discovery of the killers, but at one point he realizes that, shockingly, the killers are sending a coded message. He interviews a weird Asian girl, who’s involved somehow in the killings and who seems to know more than she’s telling. However he cannot get too much out of her because she’s not cooperating.

As the killings continue and more and more clues appear, Breslin realizes that something terrible is about to happen and he has to find out what before is too late.

Release Date: March 13th, 2009

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Crifton Collins Jr.

Director: Jonas Akerlund

Her drama teacher, who is trying to stage “Alice in Wonderland, inspires the girl to imagine a better reality. This apparently harmless game becomes destructive as Phoebe secludes herself into her fantasy more and more, until the two worlds become indistinguishable. The drama teacher is the only one who understands Phoebe’s peculiarity, which frustrates her mother who begins to consider herself a failure as a parent. Her parents become more and more alarmed by her behavior and even begin to question Phoebe’s sanity to the point that they take her to a psychotherapist.

The girl is disturbed from her fantasies and becomes frustrated because she doesn’t understand what she’s doing wrong. Will the girl realize the dangers of her daydreaming?

Release Date: March the 6^th, 2009

Genre: Drama, Family

Cast: Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson

Director: Daniel Barnz

But, while he’s best men at his little brother’s wedding, in the style of “A Christmas Carol” By Charles Dickens, a ghost appears and tells him that he’ll be visited during the night by another three ghosts who’ll transport him back into the past, but whatever happens, it’s for his own good.The ghost appears when Connor prepares his charming strategy for Jenny, his former childhood friend and former girlfriend who got the same treatment as every other girl he dated: seduced and dumped.

The ghosts show Connor his past love affairs in an effort to make him realize his mistakes and also realize that he’s still in love with (of course!) Jenny, which he finally does. Once he realizes that he’s in love with Jenny, Connor tries to undo the mistakes he made in the past, but will that be enough to regain her?

Release Date: May the 1^st, 2009

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert, Christina Milan, Emma Stone

Director: Mark Waters

Jessie is a woman with a turbulent past. She however settled for a normal and quiet life with Roy, but, sometimes, misses the thrill and adventure of her old past. When they meet Annie and Carlos she suspects something rather fishy about them. Annie is at least 10 years older than Carlos and the latter seems to have a more than friendly interest on Jessie.

When Roy is left behind accidentally at one train stop, Jessie realizes that Annie and Carlos are in fact drug smugglers and when another character, officer Grinko, comes into scene, she fears for the worst.

Release Date: July the 18^th, 2008

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime, Action

Cast: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega

Director: Brad Anderson

The starting point of this process of dissolution and rebirth is Sylvie Fowler’s ending marriage. Sylvie, the editor at a very important fashion magazine and fashion guru, finds out that her husband is cheating on her with Crystal, a beautiful and seductive perfume salesgirl.

Sylvia’s romantic crisis puts strain on her friendship with Mary Haines, also a very successful woman, married with a wealthy man and mother of an 11-years-old daughter. Little by little, the entire group of female friends is involved in a process of self-questioning and ultimately self-discovery.

Release Date: September 12th, 2008

Genre: Drama

Cast: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing

Director: Diane English

Under the guidance of Cesar Faz, who himself was a non-successful Major League baseball player, and their priest, the children go to the U. S. following their dream of becoming real Little League players, propelled only by their passion for the sport and their belief in God.

They have to surpass many obstacles on the way: lack of material resources, the disapproval of the parents, bigotry (they weren’t allowed into some buses and restaurants) and even being deported but in the end arrive at their destination – Williamsport and earn their place into the history of baseball.

Release Date: N/A

Genre: Drama, Sports

Cast: Clifton Collins Jr., Cheech Marin

Director: William Dear

This is the true story of an American having the dream of developing the perfect Chardonnay in a region that didn’t have any tradition in wine making. Jim, the owner of Château Montelena struggles but somehow doesn’t manage to get his business to be profitable.

His chance comes when an unsuccessful British owner of a wine shop in Paris, Steven Spurrier, gets the idea to sponsor and organize a blind wine-tasting contest to get some media attention to his shop. He gets this idea from his seemingly only client Maurice, who tells him that Californian wines are starting to get attention.

He therefore goes to Napa to test some of their wines and meets Jim. Little do they realize that together they’ll put Californian wines on the map.

Release Date: August 6th, 2008

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Cast: Bill Pullman, Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Dennis Farina

Director: Randall Miller

Hunter S. Thompson was an icon in the 1960s and 70s, known for his genius and creativity as a writer, journalist and sociopolitical commentator but also for his decadent lifestyle, involving heavy drinking and alcohol.

In an effort to make an exhaustive recount of Thompson’s life and impact on the life of those closest to him and on his society at large, the documentary includes testimonials from Thompson’s family and friends, authentic materials (documentary footages, home movies, audio recordings) but also inspired reenactments to give the story a more personal touch.

Release Date: July 4th, 2008

Genre: Documentary, Drama

Cast: Johnny Depp, Sonny Barger, Sondi Wright, Jimmy Carter

Director: Alex Gibney

Ray, a mother of two boys, is in the desperate position of not being able to take proper care of her children.  That’s why when Annie, a Mohawk smuggler, gives her the opportunity to make seemingly easy money, she accepts. That’s how Ray and Annie begin their partnership in crime, transporting Chinese and Pakistani immigrants from the Mohawk reservation in Quebec to the Mohawk reservation in New York across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River.

Although they are literally walking on thin ice, the money they can make in one single night of smuggling is more than they could make in a month having a regular job. This makes crime an easy choice, but as expected, dirty money comes as a costly price.

Release Date: August 1st, 2008

Genre: Drama and Crime/Gangster

Cast: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott

Director: Courtney Hunt

David (played by Ben Kingsley) and Consuela (played by Penelope Cruz) begin a love affair at first based on physical attraction, David being mesmerized by her beauty. But soon he realizes that there’s more to her than physical beauty and falls in love with her. Their love affair turns sour when David’s passion for Consuela turns into an obsession. He becomes consumed with jealousy and fear of losing her, makes violent scenes until, finally, he manages to drive her away.

David fears he’ll never see Consuela again but, after two years of absence, the former mistress returns asking from David a favor that will change their lives forever.

Release Date: August 8th, 2008

Genre: Drama, Romance

Cast: Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard

Director: Isabel Coixet

When his friend Martine comes with a proposition, he just can’t say no. Martine, who works as a model, is dating a secret agent who told her about a bank that will be without alarms for a while, as the old alarms had to be replaced. Her plan is to plunder the safe deposit boxes, knowing that people won’t press charges.

This theory is based on the fact that people will, most likely, want to maintain secrecy regarding the belongings that they stored in those safe boxes. After the heist, the gang of robbers realize that some things are better left not stolen as they came across various incriminating photos and documents. This unleashes a whirlwind of pursuits that build the suspense and action of any heist movie.

Release date: March 7th, 2008

Cast: Jason Statham,

Director: Roger Donaldson

After starting to feel depressed, he agrees to participate in a pharmaceutical trial and test a new antidepressant called Special – Specioprin Hydrochloride. The main effect of this drug is removal of self-doubt. So much so that Les starts to feel as if he has developed superpowers.

From this point on, strange things start happening. He thinks he is a telepath and can hear other people’s thoughts, believes he can float in midair or even walk through walls. He is engaged in a variety of comic situations, as his friends can’t tell if he’s really a superhero or merely a nut case. Having found new inner strengths, Les is determined to continue taking the Special pills and live a life of crime fighting.

Release date: November 21st, 2008

Cast: Michael Rapaport, Josh Peck

Director: Jeremy Passmore, Hal Haberman

He never lets anything stand in the way of his jobs, neither buildings nor cars, roads or trains. He spares nothing and knows that the bills would be paid by the city. The problem is that the city has had enough and want either Hancock to stop his crime-fighting or move to another city.

His life is about to change when he rescues Ray Embrey from being hit by a train. Ray works as a public relations executive and feels in debt to Hancock who saved his life. He came up with a way to pay him back and decides to take up the difficult task of changing Hancock’s public image. His objective was to make the public love Hancock and cheer his successes. There is one person – Ray’s wife, Mary – who thinks Hancock can’t change and tries to keep Ray from getting hurt in the process.

Release date: July 2nd, 2008

Cast: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan, Johnny Galecki

Director: Peter Berg

Riots and chaos take control of the entire area. The protestants manage to stop the officials from meeting.

Among the people who protest against the summit, we find Django, Sam , Lou and Jay. Each of them has a unique personal story. Now, they are united by a common cause. They are led by the desire of making themselves heard and making a difference in this world. For them, everything is personal and the stake is much higher than a simple political problem.

Release Date: March 10, 2008

Genre: Drama, Action

Cast:

Martin Henderson (Jay)

Michelle Rodriguez (Lou)

Woody Harrelson (Dale)

Andre Benjamin (Django)

Director: Stuart Townsend

Becky Sharp is the orphan daughter of a painter and of a French opera girl; she has lived in an orphanage almost all her life, but she decides to leave and work as a governess.

She is determined, bright, pretty, she speaks fluent French and she has all the characteristics of a social climber.

Contemporary high society members will do almost anything to stop her. The film shows us 20 years of her life; her marriage, her birth, her loyalties, all the hardships.

Release Date: 1 September 2004

Genre: Drama, Romance

Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Bob Hoskins, Romola Garai, Rhys Ifans, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, James Purefoy, Robert Pattinson, Mathew Horne

Director: Mira Nair

Her best friend Patti is there for her all along and as she sees that she is feeling worse every day, she convinces Frances to move to Tuscany.

In Italy, she buys a villa and starts a new life; she soon starts feeling better and likes her life amongst Italians.

At some point, she meets Marcelo, an antique dealer from Portobello, and she falls so crazily in love that she is even thinking about remarrying.

Release Date: 26 September 2003

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Cast: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova, Dan Bucatinsky, Vince Riotta, Giulia Steigerwalt, Kate Walsh

Rosario wants to give her son Carlitos a better life than the one she had. She thinks she can do that by working illegally in the United States while her mother is still in Mexico, taking care of the boy.

Unexpected circumstances make both Carlitos and Rosario get involved in all kinds of tricky situations, in a desperate attempt to get together.

On the way, there are moments in which they think they might not make it, but they manage to keep hoping that they will be together.

Release Date: 19 March 2008

Genre: Drama

Cast: Adrian Alonso, Kate Del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Maya Zapata, Carmen Salinas, Maria Rojo, Mario Almada, America Ferrera, Los Tigres Del Norte.

Director: Patricia Riggen

Alma is on the edge of depression, because her husband Leon, a very good psychiatrist, has left her while she was pregnant. She also has to confront her brother-in-law, Salvador, who has a secret crush on her.

Olivia, Alma’s sister and Salvador’s wife, has sexual problems in her marriage and confesses to Alma, in hopes of getting good advice.

When frustrations are left aside, the family unites to help Alma find her husband Leon. They decide the best way to do so is by finding four of his former cases. One of those cases turns out to be Olivia.

Release Date: April 25, 2006

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Cast:

Adam LeFevre (Detective Rice)

Benjamin Walker (John Stradlater)

Director: Bradley Wigor