Inkheart

Opens: Jan 23, 2009
Runtime: 1 hr. 45 min.
Rated: PG
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren
Genre: Action/Adventure, Family, SciFi/Fantasy

Synopsis:

Mo Folchart is a father who possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when Mo accidentally brings a power-hungry villain from a rare children’s fable to life, the villain kidnaps Mo’s daughter and demands Mo bring other evil fictional characters to life.

In an attempt to rescue his daughter, Mo assembles a disparate group of friends - both real and magic - and embarks on a journey to save her and set things right.…

Hotel for Dogs

Opens: Jan 16, 2009
Runtime: 2 hr. +
Rated: NR
Cast: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow
Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi (Emma Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (Jake T. Austin) to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday.

The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce’s talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday – and eventually for all Friday’s friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering “who let the dogs in.”…

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Opens: Jan 16, 2009
Runtime: 2 hr. +
Rated: PG
Cast: Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keir O’Donnell
Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

In Columbia Pictures comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James stars as the title character, a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. Its a job he takes very seriously, though no one else does. When Santas helpers at the mall stage a coup, shutting down the megaplex and taking hostages (Pauls daughter and sweetheart among them), Jerseys most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day.

Notorious

Opens: Jan 16, 2009
Runtime: 2 hr. +
Rated: R
Cast: Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke
Genre: Drama

Synopsis:

Centers on the life of murdered rapper Notorious B.I.G, from his beginnings as a Brooklyn crack dealer to East Coast hip-hop sensation.

The Unborn

Opens: Jan 9, 2009
Runtime: 2 hr. +
Rated: PG-13
Cast: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good
Genre: Horror, Suspense/Thriller

Synopsis:

The Unborn is a supernatural thriller film written and directed by David S. Goyer which is slated for release in 2009.

Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a
tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spiritual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can make it stop. With Sendak’s help, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany—a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born...

Not Easily Broken

Opens: Jan 9, 2009
Runtime: 2 hr. +
Rated: PG-13
Cast: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan
Genre: Drama

Synopsis:

A car accident tests the bonds of a marriage.

Bride Wars

Opens: Jan 9, 2009
Runtime: 2 hr. +
Rated: NR
Cast: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnston
Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) are best friends who since childhood have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal “must have” list: a ceremony at New
York’s ultimate bridal destination, the Plaza Hotel. Now, at age 26, they’re both about to get married; they’re about to realize their dreams; and they’re about to live happily ever after. When a clerical error causes a clash in wedding dates - they’re now to be married on the same date! - Liv, Emma and their lifelong friendship are put to the ultimate test.

Liv, a successful lawyer who is used to getting what she wants, including the perfect job and the perfect man, won’t settle for anything less than the perfect wedding she has dreamed of for years. Emma, a schoolteacher who has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking after herself, discovers her inner Bridezilla and comes out swinging when her own dream wedding is imperiled...

Marley & Me

Opens: Dec 25, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr. 0 min.
Rated: PG
Cast: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane
Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

The Grogans adopt the cute, twelve pound yellow Labrador, who in no time at all, grows into a 100-pound steamroller of unbridled energy that turns the Grogan home into a disaster area..

Kaashh… Mere Hote!

Opens: Dec 19, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: PG-13
Cast: Sneha Ullal, Kumar Sahil, Anupam Kher, Rajesh Khanna, Hemant Birje, Johnny Lever, Mushtaq Khan, Sanna Mirza
Genre: Romance

Synopsis:

The story revolves around an independent, self- willed professional photographer who finds himself in the midst of a love triangle. Krishna and Radhika are passionately in love with each other. Their life is full of love, romance, compassion, and thoughts of being together forever. But, soon their joyful life becomes a living hell when a pretty teenage girl Kia, has her eyes focused on Krishna.

Music - When a top composer (Shravan of Nadeem-Shravan fame) of an era gone by decides to become a film producer, the least you expect is a good musical score.

Alladin

Opens: Dec, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: PG
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Juhi Chawla, Sameera Reddy
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

Synopsis:

“Alladin & the Mystery of the Lamp”, A film by Sujoy Ghosh starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Juhi Chawla and Sameera Reddy.

Valkyrie

Opens: Dec 26, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: PG
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy
Genre: Suspense/Thriller

Synopsis:

The July 20th Plot on Hitler’s life is one of the most heroic, but least known episodes of World War II history. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance, and help create Operation Valkyrie, the complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler’s once he is dead.

But fate and circumstance conspire to thrust Stauffenberg from one of many in the plot to a double-edged central role. Not only must he lead the coup and seize control of his nation’s government–he must kill Hitler himself.…

The Spirit

Opens: Dec 25, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: PG-13
Cast: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama

Synopsis:

A detective prevents an attempt to release a substance that will leave the citizens of Central City in suspended animation. He is exposed to the goo, which gives him the ability to withstand any beating. He battles crime and a slew of femme fatales.…