FANBOYS

Starring: Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, Carrie Fisher, Ray Park, Danny Trejo, Billy Dee Williams, Joe Lo Truglio, David Denman
Director: Kyle Newman
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Rating: PG-13 (For pervasive crude and sexual material, language and drug content.)
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Release Date: February 6, 2009
Official Site: http://www.myspace.com/fanboys

SYNOPSIS:
In this riotous new road movie from producer Kevin Spacey, a group of friends who are avid Star Wars fans travel west to see the Holly Grail of all sci-fi movies, Star Wars: Episode I. The year is 1999 and for these death star dorks, the Star Wars films are more than just movies; they are a way of life. So, after one of the group takes sick it is nothing short of a moral imperative that the friends break into George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch to watch the seminal sci-fi picture together before its release. Enlisting the help of an estranged friend, who has traded in his Darth Vader mask for a proper day job, the adventure lays way to some extremely funny situations, including an outrageous brawl with some hard-core Trekkies.

CHOCOLATE

Starring: Yanin Vismitananda
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Studio: Magnet Releasing
Rating: R (For violence throughout, and brief sexuality/nudity. )
Genre: Action
Release Date: February 6, 2009
Official Site: http://www.chocolate-movie.com

SYNOPSIS:
An autistic woman with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.

The Uninvited (Horror)

Starring: Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Arielle Kebbel, Emily Browning
Director: Thomas Guard, Charles Guard
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (For violent and disturbing images, thematic material, sexual content, language and teen drinking.)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Release Date: January 30, 2009
Official Site: http://www.uninvitedmovie.com

SYNOPSIS:
Based on Kim Jee-Woon's 2003 Korean horror film, The Uninvited revolves around Anna (Emily Browning), who returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father (David Strathairn) has become engaged to her mother's former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks). That night, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her of Rachel's intentions. Together, Anna and her sister (Arielle Kebbel) try to convince their father that his current fiancee is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.

The Pink Panther 2

Starring: Steve Martin, Andy Garcia, John Cleese, Alfred Molina, Aishwarya Rai, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Molly Sims
Director: Harald Zwart
Studio: Columbia Pictures / MGM Studios
Rating: PG (For some suggestive humor, brief mild language and action.)
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: February 6, 2009
Official Site: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thepinkpanther2/

SYNOPSIS:
The Pink Panther 2, the sequel to the 2006 worldwide hit, stars Steve Martin as he reprises the role of intrepid-if-bumbling French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) is forced to assign Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts. Martin is joined by his co-stars Jean Reno (as Ponton, his partner) and Emily Mortimer (as Nicole, the object of his awkward affections). The investigative dream team is played by Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Yuki Matsuzaki (Letters from Iwo Jima) and Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Lily Tomlin also stars. The story is set in Paris and Rome.

TAKEN

Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Goran Kostic, Anatole Taubman
Director: Pierre Morel
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG-13 (For intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.)
Genre: Action / Thriller
Release Date: January 30, 2009
Official Site: http://www.takenmovie.com

SYNOPSIS:

Liam Neeson stars in this action-packed international thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. When his estranged daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter.

New In Town

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., J.K. Simmons, Frances Conroy, Siobhan Fallon, Rashida Jones
Director: Jonas Elmer
Studio: Lionsgate
Rating: PG (For language and some suggestive material.)
Genre: Romance / Comedy
Release Date: January 30, 2009
Official Site: http://www.newintownmovie.com

SYNOPSIS:
Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger) is an ambitious, up and coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment - in the middle of nowhere - to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straight forward job assignment becomes a life changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams (Harry Connick, Jr.).

HOTEL FOR DOGS

Starring: Emma Roberts, Don Cheadle, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Simmons, Troy Gentile, Robinne Lee
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Screenwriter: Jeff Lowell
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG (For brief mild thematic elements, language and some crude humor.)
Genre: Family
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Official Site: http://www.hotelfordogsmovie.com

SYNOPSIS:
Hotel for Dogs stars Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle in a smart, funny comedy adventure that shows how far love and imagination can take you. When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi (Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (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."

CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA

Starring: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Mithun Chakraborty, Ranvir Shorey, Chia Hui Liu
Director: Nikhil Advani
Studio: Warner Bros.
Rating: NR
Genre: Action / Adventure / Musical
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Official Site: http://www.cc2c-thefilm.com/

SYNOPSIS:
Chandni Chowk to China, the first ever Bollywood Kungfu comedy takes you on a madcap journey from the by-lanes of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, to Shanghai, the Great Wall and rural China, marrying in its wake hilarious gags, breathtaking action, spectacular locations and heart stirring emotions. Our protagonist Sidhu (Akshay Kumar) is the lowest on the totem pole, cutting vegetables at a road side food stall in Chandni Chowk in Delhi. He longs to escape his dreary existence and looks for shortcuts- with astrologers, tarot readers, & fake fakirs- basically believing anything except himself, despite his father figure Dada’s (Mithun Chakravorty) best efforts. His redeeming moment arrives when two strangers from China claim him as a reincarnation of a war hero in the past and take him to China. Sidhu now dreams of wine, women and a princely existence in foreign lands. Thanks to the devious translator, a conman by the name Chopstick (Ranvir Shorey), little does he know that he is being taken to the promised land to rid the Chinese village of the vicious smuggler Hojo (Gordon Liu)! So Sidhu blissfully sets forth to China with Chopstick who instigates dreams of a delicious future and forgets to reveal the perils which await him. Along the way he meets Sakhi (Deepika Padukone), Ms. Tele Shoppers Media (Ms TSM) who has embarked on a journey to pay homage to the land of her birth and her dead father and twin. Initially Sidhu through a series of lucky coincidences manages to sidestep being beaten by Hojo’s men but finally Hojo catches up with him and exposes him as the country buffoon that he really is. Sidhu has the fire of revenge in his belly and finds the one man who will make him a Kungfu expert and set the village free. Armed with his Sifu(master), faith in himself and the love of the fair Sakhi Sidhu sets forth to conquer all!

The Unborn

Starring: Odette Yustman, Meagan Good, Jane Alexander, Gary Oldman, Idris Elba, Rhys Coiro, Cam Gigandet, James Remar
Director: David S. Goyer
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (For intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images, thematic material and language including some sexual references.)
Genre: Supernatural / Thriller
Release Date: January 9, 2009
Official Site: http://www.theunbornmovie.net/

SYNOPSIS:
Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit.

And sometimes it actually succeeds.

Writer/director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.

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.

BRIDE WARS

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg, Steve Howey, John Pankow
Director: Gary Winick
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG (For suggestive content, language and some rude behavior.)
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Release Date: January 9, 2009
Official Site: http://www.bridewars.com/

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.

Or maybe not...

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.

Now, the two best friends who'd do anything for each other, find themselves in a no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners struggle that threatens to erupt into all-out war.