2008 Fall Movie Sneaks

September 2008 Movies[-] Hide Month

12	Righteous Kill After spending much of the last decade dabbling in self-caricature, Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino join forces in the hopes of recapturing some of that Heat magic.	» view trailer
12	Burn After Reading The Coen Brothers pull a complete 180 after last year's relentlessly bleak No Country for Old Men, serving up a comedy some have compared to fan favorites The Big Lebowski and Fargo.	» view trailer
12	The Family that Preys Together Filmmaker/mogul Tyler Perry looks to build on his impressive record of success with this dramedy about two matriarchs (Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard) who conspire to set their wayward offspring straight.	» view trailer
12	The Women Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, and a host of others star in this estrogen-drenched ensemble dramedy about -- what else? -- relationships.	» view trailer
19	My Best Friend's Girl After the abject failure of his two previous starring vehicles, Employee of the Month and Good Luck Chuck, inexplicably popular comedian Dane Cook goes for the trifecta with another romantic comedy.	» view trailer
19	The Duchess Period-film veteran Keira Knightley once again dons a corset to play Georgiana Cavendish, the scandal-plagued Duchess of Devonshire, in this saucy pre-Victorian epic.	» view trailer
19	Lakeview Terrace Writer-director Neil LaBute looks to redeem himself after 2006's disastrous The Wicker Man with this suburban thriller. Samuel L. Jackson stars as a racist cop who goes bonkers when an interracial couple moves in next door.	» view trailer
19	Ghost Town Ricky Gervais stars as a dentist who sees spirits after a near-death experience. An especially pesky one (Greg Kinnear) persuades him to sabotage the impending marriage of his widow (Tea Leoni).	» view trailer
26	Eagle Eye Reunited with Disturbia director D.J. Caruso and sporting an impressive coat of peach fuzz, reigning it-kid Shia LaBeouf plays a slacker who unwittingly becomes the centerpiece of a terror cell's assassination plot.	» view trailer
26	Miracle at St. Anna At this year's Cannes Film Festival, Spike Lee got more publicity for calling out Clint Eastwood than for this World War II drama, about four African-American soldiers trapped in Tuscany during the Italian Campaign.	» view trailer
26	Nights in Rodanthe Based on the novel by Nicolas Sparks, the author responsible for the uber-chick flick The Notebook, this romantic drama stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane as two unhappy souls who get a second chance at romance.	» view trailer
26	Choke Sam Rockwell (Joshua) stars in this darkly comic tale of a med-school dropout who pays for his ailing mother's nursing home care by working as a con man. Based on the bestselling novel by Fight Club author Chuck Pahluniak.	» view trailer

October 2008 Movies[-] Hide Month

3	Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Superbad's Michael Cera and newcomer Kat Dennings fall for each other over the course of one crazy night in downtown Manhattan. Trailers imply a strange combo of teen sex comedy and weepy chick flick.	» view trailer
3	Appaloosa In this old-fashioned Western, two freelance lawmen (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) battle to free the residents of a New Mexico town from the yolk of a murderous rancher and his band of outlaws.	» view trailer
3	What Just Happened? After a lukewarm reception at Sundance, Barry Levinson's snarky send-up of the movie industry, featuring Robert Deniro as a struggling Hollywood producer and Bruce Willis as his diva star, finally makes it to theaters.	» view trailer
3	Flash of Genius Based on a true story, Greg Kinnear stars as a college professor and part-time inventor who fights the auto industry, claiming that the intermittent windshield wiper was his invention.	» view trailer
10	City of Ember Bill Murray and Tim Robbins star in this family-friendly fantasy flick, about an underground city powered by a huge generator that appears to be failing. When the lights start to dim, it's up to a pair of plucky teens to save the day.	» view trailer
10	Body of Lies Oscar-winning duo Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott join forces with Departed writer William Monaghan and star Leonardo DiCaprio for a politically charged spy thriller the Academy can't possibly ignore.	» view trailer
10	The Express Under the guidance of Syracuse University football coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid), Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) overcomes poverty and prejudice to become the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.	» view trailer
17	Max Payne Can the latest videogame adaptation, featuring Mark Wahlberg in the titular role as a vengeance-seeking DEA agent, succeed where virtually all of its predecessors have failed?	» view trailer
17	The Secret Life of Bees Dakota Fanning and Jennifer Hudson bond over beekeeping while fleeing racism and abuse in '60s-era South Carolina. Based on Sue Monk Kidd's acclaimed 2002 novel.
17	Sex Drive Wary of entering college as a virgin, a horny teen (Josh Zuckerman) hits the road in a raucous cross-country quest to bed a girl he met online. Otherwise known as American Pie 12.
17	W Controversy-craving director Oliver Stone chronicles George W. Bush's hard-partying early years with this first-ever biopic of a sitting president. No Country for Old Men's Josh Brolin stars in the title role.
24	High School Musical 3 Tired of slumming it on the Disney Channel, Zac Efron brings his bright orange glow to the big screen as he and his college-bound pals dance and sing their separation anxiety away.	» view trailer
24	Saw V With three-time Saw director Darren Lynn Bousman off making his organ-harvesting musical, it's up to first-time director David Hackl and newly crowned Jigsaw heir Costas Mandylor to carry on the horror saga's "torture-porn" tradition.	» view trailer
24	Pride and Glory Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, and Jon Voight star in this cop drama about a family of NYPD officers torn apart by a massive corruption scandal. The release date was pushed from March to October after its studio, New Line, imploded.	» view trailer
31	RocknRolla Guy Ritchie's first post-Madonna project -- a sprawling, frenetic gangster flick starring 300's Gerard Butler -- is enjoying positive buzz on par with 2001's well-received Snatch. Coincidence?	» view trailer
31	Zack and Miri Make a Porno Slumping filmmaker Kevin Smith recruited Apatow alums Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks to play a pair of debt-ridden pals who devise an unusual scheme for raising money in this ribald comedy.
31	Changeling After her son is kidnapped and later found, a woman (Angelina Jolie) in Prohibition-era L.A. insists that the boy who was returned to her is not her child. Her battle with the police and city is based on actual events.	» view trailer

November 2008 Movies[-] Hide Month

Quantum of Solace

A puzzling title and a slew of on-set accidents haven't deterred Daniel Craig's "Blonde Bond," who hunts for his lover's killer and battles a would-be water baron in the 22nd installment of the fabled 007 franchise.

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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen, and others return to lend their voices to the long-awaited (by preteens, at least) sequel to the talking-animal animated hit of 2005.

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Role Models

In order to avoid jail, two irresponsible men (Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott) are forced to serve 150 hours in a mentoring program, where they must help a pair of impressionable boys navigate the troubled waters of youth.

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