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Movie Trailers - October 2008

Hotel for Dogs

October 31st 2008 20:13

Hotel For Dogs is a early 2009 film based on the book of the same name by Lois Duncan. The release dates are January 15th in Australia and January 16th in America.
The story revolves around an orphaned brother and sister who keep their dog in an abandoned hotel, which soon becomes home to many other stray dogs from around the city.

The brother is a keen inventor and conjures up a number of contraptions to help care for the dogs such as automatic tennis ball throwers, poop collectors, feeders and more.
The movie also stars Lisa Kudrow as the kid's foster parent and Don Cheadle as a social worker.
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Soul Men

October 29th 2008 11:10

Starring Samuel L. Jackson & Bernie Mac, who do their own musical performances, Soul Men will be released on November 7th, 2008 in the USA and February 19th, 2009 in Australia.

Louis (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd (Bernie Mac) play two former soul backup singers who haven't spoken to each other in 20 years but agree to put aside their differences in order to perform a series of reunion concerts to honour their recently departed lead singer. As they try to perform together again after all that time the results are quite comedic.
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Watchmen

October 27th 2008 09:57

Who is watching the watchmen?

Watchmen is the 2009 film adaptation from the comic book series of the same name.
Set in 1985, the movie is set in an alternative universe where superheroes are a way of life, the US and Soviet Union are about to break into war, and Richard Nixon is still president.
The story follows the vigilante Rorschach who, after one of his colleagues is murdered uncovers a plot to kill or discredit all superheroes. He re-unites his former legion of rag-tag crime fighters and uncovers a conspiracy larger than he could ever have imagined.
Watchmen will be released in the USA on March 6th. The Australian release date in March 5th.

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Tale Of Despereaux

October 24th 2008 20:02

The Tale of Despereaux is a computer animated family/ fantasy film based on the book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo . It boasts a star studded voice cast including Robbie Coltrane, Ciarán Hinds, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Christopher Lloyd, Justin Long, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Tracey Ullman and Sigourney Weaver.

Despereaux Tilling is not like the other mice who live under the castle, he is brave, likes sunlight, the outdoors and he dares to talk to humans - especially the beautiful princess. However he is caught and thrown into the rat-infested dungeon below.
In his quest to escape he not only brings light to the other mice, but enlightens an entire village.

The Tale of Despereaux will be released in the USA on Christmas Day 2008. The Australian release date is January 8th.

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Posted By: Jack - Category: Kids / Children

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Yes Man

October 22nd 2008 02:03

Danny Wallace is a humourist who once challenged himself to say "Yes" where once he would have said no to open up his life and make it more interesting and positive. That includes every favour, request, suggestion and invitation. He then wrote a book on the experience.

In the film Yes Man which is based on the book, Jim Carrey plays Carl Allen, a man who promises to say yes to everything for an entire year. In true Carrey style, this leads to a number of comedic events.
The film will be released in the USA on December 19th and January 1st in Australia.

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Changeling

October 20th 2008 01:35

In Los Angeles in 1928, Christine Collins' 10 year old son Walter was kidnapped and murdered in the Wineville Chicken Murders. After Walter's disappearance, police found a runaway in Illinois who claimed to be Walter Collins. They gave this boy to Christine and tried to convince her that he was her son. She of course refused to believe it leading to great embarrassment for the police force. Christine was then thrown in the psychiatric ward of the Los Angeles County General Hospital, and was only released after the boy admitted he was not Walter after all. Walter's remains were later found near a Chicken Coup in Wineville.
The case gained nationwide attention throughout the saga.

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Youth Without Youth

October 17th 2008 11:57

Youth Without Youth is Francis Ford Coppola's first film in ten years. It is based on the Novella of the same name which Coppola loves very much. He has said it is very personal and not a standard Hollywood film

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Dying Breed

October 15th 2008 02:47

Starring writer/actor, Leigh Whannell (Saw) and Nathan Phillips, Dying Breed is an Australian horror film shot in Tasmania and Melbourne. It will be released on November 6th.

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Brideshead Revisited

October 13th 2008 02:21

Brideshead Revisited is the film adaptation of the novel written by Evelyn Waugh in 1945. It stars Matthew Goode and Emma Thompson and will be released in Australia on October 23rd.

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The Spirit

October 10th 2008 12:03

The Spirit is the film adaptation of the newspaper strip of the same name. It stars Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes

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Bedtime Stories

October 8th 2008 07:54

Bedtime Stories is a fantasy/ comedy film starring Adam Sandler who plays Skeeter Bronson, a man who reluctantly agrees to babysit his niece and nephew to help his sister out. When they won't go to sleep he resorts to storytelling, taking much input from the kids.
One by one the stories start to mysteriously come true. When Skeeter discovers this he tries to take advantage of the situation by including his own aspirations in each tale, however the kids foil his plan with hilarious consequences.

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Posted By: Jack - Category: Comedy

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Ghost Town

October 6th 2008 07:35

Ghost Town is a romantic comedy starring Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Téa Leoni.
Ricky Gervais plays a misanthropic dentist who has a near death experience on what was supposed to be a routine trip to hospital. After the incident, he discovers he now has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts, who all start to pester him for help. One ghost in particular (Greg Kinnear), befriends Gervais and promises to stop the other ghosts from annoying him, if he helps Kinnear with one thing - stop his widow (Téa Leoni) from re-marrying. This puts Gervais in the middle of a bizarre supernatural love triangle.

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Posted By: Jack - Category: Romantic Comedy

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Four Christmases

October 3rd 2008 11:41

Four Christmases (also called Four Holidays) is a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn.
The story focuses on Witherspoon and Vaughn as a young couple who have divorced parents that have all remarried. Thus they are expected to attend four separate celebrations on Christmas Day

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American Teen

October 1st 2008 11:19

American Teen is a documentary following the lives of five teenagers during their final year of high school in Warsaw, Indiana. The teens fit into the typical American high school archetypes of the rebel, jock, princess, nerd and heartthrob

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Posted By: Jack - Category: Documentary

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