Summer 2009 Movie Guide

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1	The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past In the role he was born to play, Matthew McConaughey stars as a serial womanizer forced to reckon with his exes. The twist? Jennifer Garner, not Kate Hudson, co-stars.	» view trailer
1	X-Men Origins: Wolverine Hugh Jackman tries to make everyone forget about the epic disaster Australia by reminding them that he can be a badass in this X-Men prequel.	» view trailer
8	Star Trek J.J. Abrams attempts to relaunch the trekkie franchise with a prequel. Chris Pine is the young Kirk, Eric Bana's the villain Nero, and Winona Ryder is Spock's momma.	» view trailer
15	Angels & Demons Opie is back behind the camera, and Tom Hanks in front, for the Da Vinci Code sequel. Ewan McGregor joins the action as a papal aide who helps Hanks stop an attack on the Vatican.	» view trailer
21	Terminator Salvation Director McG has warned of a "twist ending" to the massive Christian Bale action pic. Here's hoping it will also be the beginning of an exciting new trilogy.	» view trailer
22	Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian Amy Adams plays Amelia Earhart in this unnecessary sequel to 2006's Night at the Museum. But hey, it's not like Robin Williams has anything better to do.	» view trailer
29	Drag Me to Hell After more than a dozen years, Sam Raimi returns to horror and goes to hell with Alison Lohman and that dude from the Apple commercials.	» view trailer
29	UP In Pixar's first 3-D feature, a cranky, retired balloon salesman ties hundreds of balloons to his house and sets off for the wilds of South America -- only to discover a Boy Scout stowaway.	» view trailer

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5	Land of the Lost In this classic '70s TV remake, Will Ferrell plays a loser paleontologist sucked back in time to a world populated with dinosaurs, monkey people, and the degenerate Sleestaks. The movie, unlike Ferrell's character, could be a winner.	» view trailer
5	My Life in Ruins My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos goes to Greece to get her groove back. Richard Dreyfuss is along for the ride. Not sure viewers will want to be.	» view trailer
5	The Hangover What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, including a drunken groom who goes missing two days before his wedding? His buddies try to undo the stag party damage.	» view trailer
12	Imagine That Eddie Murphy continues his family friendly run with this story of an overworked exec who turns to his daughter's imaginary world for business advice. Who's advising Murphy?	» view trailer
12	The Taking of Pelham 123 Cool, old director (Tony Scott) directs cool, old dudes (Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini) in remake of cool, old movie about a subway train taken hostage.	» view trailer
19	The Year One Michael Cera and Jack Black sporting loincloths in the Old Testament era is funny enough. But with Judd Apatow producing and Harold Ramis directing? This cup overfloweth.	» view trailer
19	The Proposal In real life, Ryan Reynolds got to marry ScarJo. In this movie, he has to marry Sandra Bullock, who plays his pushy boss in need of a quick green-card wedding.	» view trailer
19	Whatever Works Larry David plays Woody Allen (who directs) in this familial tale of tangled New York romance. Hannah and Her Sisters take two?	» view trailer
24	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Whether or not they can be trusted, we can always count on the giant robots for a good time -- and Megan Fox for a better one.	» view trailer
26	My Sister's Keeper Need a little less sunshine with your summer? Don't miss this tale of a girl conceived to help her older sister fight cancer, who then grows tired of the treatment regimen and sues her parents.	» view trailer

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1	Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Scrat is back and still trying to get his paws on those acorns. This time, dinosaurs are around to thwart his effort.	» view trailer
1	Public Enemies Michael Mann directs this 1930's gangster flick. Stars Christian Bale and Johnny Depp look really pretty in fedoras. We're there.	» view trailer
10	Bruno In his flamboyant Austrian fashionista guise, Sacha Baron Cohen infiltrates the Medium set and pisses off small-town Arkansas. We can't wait until he sneaks into a theater near us.	» view trailer
15	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince After an eight-month delay, the boy wizard finally comes to theaters. We're betting it's worth the wait.	» view trailer
24	G-Force First cooking rats, now crime-fighting guinea pigs. Nicolas Cage, Tracy Morgan, and Penelope Cruz voice a squad of specially trained rodents trying to save the world from an evil billionaire. Will Arnett plays a person.	» view trailer
31	Funny People Will this Adam Sandler-Seth Rogen flick, with its seemingly cheesy comedian-with-terminal-illness plot, be the movie where we stop laughing with Judd Apatow? Probably not.	» view trailer

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7	G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Getting your ticket well in advance will be half the battle when this film finally hits theaters. But it will be well worth the effort with Dennis Quaid as General Hawk, Channing Tatum as Duke, and Sienna Miller as the Baroness.	» view trailer
7	Julie & Julia Meryl Streep plays Julia Child and Amy Adams plays a woman intent on cooking every one of her classic recipes in this movie-based-on-a-book-based-on-a-blog.
21	Shorts Robert Rodriguez returns to his Spy Kids realm for this children's film about a young boy who discovers a wish-granting rock.	» view trailer
21	Inglourious Basterds Just when we thought we couldn't stand another WWII flick, Quentin Tarantino does one ... and casts Brad Pitt as a Tennessee hick who assembles a team of Jewish-American soldiers to fight the Nazis.	» view trailer
28	Final Destination: Death Trip 3D This 3-D horror picture makes good use of the extra dimension with a gory opening in which a gruesome racetrack accident sends car parts flying into the audience.	» view trailer

September 2009 Movies[-] Hide Month

Gamer

The dynamic duo who brought you Crank direct Gerard Butler in a Sci-Fi thriller that has the potential to be just as fast-paced and (over-)stimulating.

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Whiteout

Kate Beckinsale tries to ditch the pretty-girl act and solve some murders in Antarctica in this graphic novel adaptation. Will she succeed ... on either count?