Role Models - November 2008

Role Models - November 2008

Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star in Role Models as Danny and Wheeler, two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn’t look half bad.

Surrounded by annoying do-gooders, Danny struggles with his every neurotic impulse to guide Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) through the trials of becoming a man. Unfortunately, the guy just dumped by his girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks) has only sarcasm to offer a bashful 16-year-old obsessed with medieval role play.

Meanwhile, charming Wheeler tries to trade in an addiction to partying and women to assist a fifth-grader named Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thompson) redirect his foul-mouthed ways. It would probably help if Ronnie’s new mentor wasn’t an overgrown adolescent whose idea of quality time includes keggers in Venice Beach.

Once the center’s ex-con director (Jane Lynch) gives them an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to tailor their brand of immature wisdom to their charges. And if they can just make it through probation without getting thrown in jail, the world’s worst role models will prove that, sometimes, it takes a village idiot to raise a child.

Directed by David Wain
Produced by Luke Greenfield
Mary Parent
Written by Timothy Dowling, Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, David Wain
Genre:Comedy
Release Date: November 14, 2008

Cast:

• Paul Rudd as Danny
• Seann William Scott as Wheeler
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Augie
• Jane Lynch as Gail Sweeney
• Elizabeth Banks as Beth
• Kerri Kenney as Lynette
• Nicole Randall Johnson as Karen
• Bobb'e J. Thompson as Ronnie
• Nate Hartley
• Vincent Martella
• Ken Jeong

Sex Drive - October 2008

Sex Drive - October 2008

Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best friends Lance and Felicia in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he met on the Internet. But the journey, filled with hilarious misadventures and raunchy escapades, teaches all three more than they expected about life and love. Randy, raucous and unexpectedly romantic, "Sex Drive" follows three friends on the road trip of a lifetime!

Directed by: Sean Anders
Produced by: Bob Levy, Leslie Morgenstein, John Morris
Written by: Sean Anders, John Morris
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: October 17, 2008

Loveable underdog Ian (Josh Zuckerman) is the last American virgin. At least that’s how it feels to him now that he’s 18, about to go to college, and losing girls to his 14-year-old brother. Ian’s always been the nice guy, the best friend … never the boyfriend. But his luck finally seems to be changing when he meets Danielle. She’s everything he’s ever wanted in a girlfriend – fun, sexy, and she really likes him. There’s just one problem. She lives in Knoxville. And he lives in Chicago. And she thinks he’s the Brad Pitt-lookalike he’s pretending to be on Facebook. At the urging of his best friend, Lance (Clark Duke), Ian decides to confront his fear of rejection when Danielle makes him the offer of a lifetime: “If you drive all the way for me, I’ll go all the way for you.”

Cast:

• James Marsden
• Josh Zuckerman
• Amanda Crew
• Katrina Bowden
• Seth Green
• Clark Duke

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Movie Trailer - December 2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Movie Trailer - December 2008

In the early 20th century, 80 year old Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt), is born aging backwards (he was an old man as a baby and vice versa), causing complications when he falls in love with a 30 year old woman (Cate Blanchett). Director David Fincher said "It's dark, it's romantic, and it also deals with mortality in a pretty unflattering way. Button is born in 1919 - with the film itself beginning in World War I, traveling around the world and carrying on all the way through to the year 2000."

Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin
Written by Eric Roth
Release Date: December 25, 2008
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

Cast:

• Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button
• Cate Blanchett as Daisy
• Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth Abbott
• Taraji P. Henson as Queenie
• Madisen Beaty as Daisy - Age 10
• Jason Flemyng as Thomas Button
• Elias Koteas as Monsieur Gateau
• Julia Ormond as Caroline
• Ed Metzger as President Theodore Roosevelt
• Elle Fanning as Daisy - Age 6

Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the movie features Benjamin Button, played by Brad Pitt, as old man who physically ages backward. He is born an old man and ages in reverse until he becomes a baby and then finally vanishes from the earth. At age 50, he falls in love with a 30-year-old woman, Blanchett. And then must come to terms with the relationship as they literally grow in opposite directions.

Seven Pounds - December 2008

Seven - December 2008

Ben (Will Smith) is an IRS agent who is depressed and guilt-ridden about mistakes from his past. He sets out to make amends by helping seven strangers. When he meets Emily (Rosario Dawson), a beautiful woman with a heart condition, he falls in love with her, thereby complicating his plans. Woody Harrelson also appears as a blind pianist who befriends Ben.

Directed by Gabriele Muccino
Produced by Todd Black
Jason Blumenthal
James Lassiter
Will Smith
Steve Tisch
Written by Grant Nieporte
Genre: Drama
Release Date: December 19, 2008

Starring:

• Will Smith
• Rosario Dawson
• Michael Ealy
• Barry Pepper
• Woody Harrelson

Bedtime Stories - December 2008

An adventure comedy starring ADAM SANDLER as Skeeter Bronson, a hotel handyman whose life is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true. He attempts to take advantage of the phenomenon, incorporating his own aspirations into one outlandish tale after another, but it’s the kids’ unexpected contributions that turn Skeeter’s life upside down

Director Adam Shankman
Producer: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Andrew Gunn
Written: Matt Lopez
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Release Date: December 25, 2008

Cast:

• Adam Sandler as Skeeter Bronson
• Keri Russell as Jill
• Guy Pearce as Kendall
• Teresa Palmer as Violet
• Courteney Cox as Wendy
• Lucy Lawless as Aspen
• Russell Brand as Mickey
• Richard Griffiths as Barry