Friday, October 16, 2009

T.G.I.F.: What's new at the movies

Friday, October 16, 2009, Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, Rated R

After a home invasion, Clyde Shelton (Butler), a top-notch former spy, now retired, is told that one of the criminals who killed his wife and daughter would get off, due to his cooperation with the district attorney's office, and the other would be put on death row. Shelton seeks revenge, not just against the criminals, but the entire justice system. He is quickly captured, but Nick Rice (Foxx), a corrupt D.A. who got one of the murderers off, quickly realizes that prison isn't enough to keep Shelton from killing those who kept the criminals from getting the sentence they deserved.



Friday, October 16, 2009, More Than A Game, Starring Lebron James, Rated PG

Documentary that follows NBA superstar LeBron James and four of his talented teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Ohio and James' journey to fame.



Friday, October 16, 2009, Paranormal Activity, Starring Micah Sloat and Ashley Palmer, Rated R

The movie centers on a young couple, Katie and Micah, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. The movie is presented through the camera set up by the couple to capture what is haunting them.



Friday, October 16, 2009, The Stepfather, Starring Amber Heard and Dylan Walsh, Rated PG-13

Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother Susan (Sela Ward), happily in love with a man known as David Harris (Walsh). He seems like the perfect father and husband to everyone - except Michael, who suspects that he isn't quite the man he seems to be.

Along with his girlfriend Kelly (Heard), his biological father Jay (JonTenney), and Susan’s friends (Paige Turco and Sherry Stringfield), they slowly start to piece together the mystery of the man who is set to become his stepfather, but they may be too late in getting to the truth.



Friday, October 16, 2009, Where the wild things are, Starring Cathetine Keener and Mark Ruffalo, Rated PG

The film follows the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is angry when his mother, Connie (Keener), invites her boyfriend (Ruffalo) over. After he causes one mischievous antic after another, his mother tries to send him to his room. He ends up biting her and running away, feeling angry and unloved. He runs outside at night, through a fence until he stumbles upon a boat. He sails away to an island inhabited by seven imaginary monsters called the Wild Things, where they crown him as the ruler. Throughout Max's stay on the island , he and the wild things partake on an extraordinary adventure.

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