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Slumdog Millionaire is a British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, and co-directed by Loveleen Tandan,[2] and written by Simon Beaufoy. It is an adaptation of the Boeke Prize-winning and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-nominated novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. The film received the Academy Awards for Best...

It is the fourth Terminator film and stars Christian Bale as John Connor and Sam Worthington as the Terminator Marcus Wright. It also introduces a young version of the first film's hero, Kyle Reese, played by Anton Yelchin. The film, set in 2018, focuses on the war between humanity and Skynet. It abandons the formula of previous entries in...

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is a 2009 American adventure comedy film and the sequel to the American adventure comedy film Night at the Museum. The film stars Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Rami Malek, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Ricky Gervais, Christopher Guest and Steve Coogan....

It is the sequel to 2007's Transformers, which was the first live action Transformers film. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg return respectively as director and executive producer, while Shia LaBeouf reprises the role of Sam Witwicky, the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons. The film introduces many more robots and the...

Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American feature film adaptation of the Lois Duncan novel of the same name about two orphans who take in stray dogs at an empty house. The film, which began shooting November 2007, is directed by Thor Freudenthal and stars Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Kyla Pratt, and Don Cheadle. The book...

Starring: Kirk Cameron, Jason McLeod Director: Alex KendrickFireproof' is the story of Captain Caleb Holt (Kirk Cameron), a firefighter in Albany, Georgia who when at work lives by the old adage, "Never leave your partner behind". But Caleb's home life is a completely different story as his seven-year marriage to his wife Catherine (Erin...

Changeling is a 2008 American period thriller directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski.Starring: Angelina Jolie, Colm FeoreIn 1928 Los Angeles, single mother Christine Collins (Jolie) returns home one day to discover her nine-year-old son, Walter (Griffith), is missing. Reverend Gustav Briegleb (Malkovich) publicizes...

Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a 2008 Golden Globe Award-winning/Academy Award-nominated film written and directed by Woody Allen.Starring: Javier Bardem, Penelope CruzVicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) visit Barcelona for the summer, staying with Vicky's distant relative Judy (Patricia Clarkson) and her husband, Mark Nash...

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a 2008 sequel to the 2005 film, Madagascar about the continuing adventures of Alex the Lion, Gloria the Hippo, Marty the Zebra and Melman the Giraffe.Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath As a cub, Alex the lion was called Alekey and was the son of Zuba (Bernie Mac), the alpha...

Lakeview Terrace is a 2008 thriller film directed by Neil LaBute, produced by Will Smith.starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington.The movie opens on a family breakfast in a luxurious suburban home in Southern California, two African American children with their single father, Abel Turner (Samuel L. Jackson). He scolds...

Frozen River is an Academy Award-nominated 2008 drama film written and directed by Courtney Hunt.Starring: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham Director: Courtney HuntThe film is set in the North Country of Upstate New York, near the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation and the Canadian border.Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) is struggling to make a living and raise two...

The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film, adapted from the novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The film was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by Will Smith with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.Starring: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer HudsonSet in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning),...

Australia is an Academy Award-nominated 2008 Australian epic romance.Starring: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman Director: Baz LuhrmannIn 1939, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels from England to northern Australia to force her (in her opinion) philandering husband to sell his faltering Australian cattle station, Faraway Downs. Her husband...

Burn After Readingis a 2008 black comedy film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan CoenStarring: George Clooney, Brad PittOsborne Cox (John Malkovich) is a CIA analyst who quits his job at the agency after being demoted because of a drinking problem. He then decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, pediatrician...

Prince Caspian is a 2008 epic fantasy film based on Prince Caspian, the second published novel in C. S. Lewis's fantasy series.Starring: Ben Barnes, Cornell John Starring: Ben Barnes, Cornell John Director: Andrew Adamson Andrew Adamson.1,300 years after the Pevensie siblings leave Narnia, a Telmarine prince, Caspian, is awakened by his mentor...

On Monday, February 9, 2009, Amazon announced the Kindle 2 (Amazon Kindle-2 is an e-book reader, an embedded system for reading electronic books), which will be available for purchase starting February 24, 2009. Price of the unit is $359.00 in pre-order. The new Kindle features improved battery life, 20 percent faster page-refreshing, a text-to-speech...

Percy Jackson has been invited to Goode High School by Paul Blofis, his mom's new boyfriend. While at the freshmen orientation Percy has a run in with Rachel Elizabeth Dare, the mysterious mortal he met the previous winter at the Hoover Dam who can see through the Mist, and two demonic cheerleaders, the (empousai). He's able to defeat one...

The term Night World refers to both the title of a series young adult fiction novels by L. J. Smith and the secret society in the series The series (9 published novels with 1 remaining) takes place in a universe very similar to reality, except that there are many supernatural races or species that have secretly existed alongside humanity...