Movies Released August 14, 2009

Friday, August 14

111 mins

Bandslam PG

A high school outcast's bond with a popular girl over their shared love of music results in them assembling a rock group that looks to win their school's upcoming battle of the bands competition.
Vanessa Hudgens, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Ron Schmidt, Aly Michalka, Scott Porter, Todd Graff, Marisa Yeres, Josh Cagan
Drama Comedy Teen Music
89 mins

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard R

A used-car liquidator is hired to save a struggling dealership during a Fourth of July weekend sale.
Kathryn Hahn, Ving Rhames, Jeremy Piven, Will Ferrell, David Koechner, Chris Henchy, Adam McKay, Neal Brennan
Comedy
In Theaters
3 / 5
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108 mins

The Time Traveler's Wife PG-13

The love story focuses on a couple in which the man has a genetic disorder known as "chrono-impairment," a condition that causes him to involuntarily travel through time. Jeremy Leven wrote the adaptation.
Brad Pitt, Ron Livingston, Eric Bana, Robert Schwentke, Jeremy Leven, Rachel McAdams, Dede Gardner, Nick Wechsler
Drama Fantasy Romance Sci-Fi
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100 mins

Ponyo G

An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.
Liam Neeson, Matt Damon, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Hayao Miyazaki, Steve Alpert, Cate Blanchett, Betty White
Adventure Animation
112 mins

District 9 R

"District 9" depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa.
Sharlto Copley, Neill Blomkamp, Peter Jackson, David James, Ken Kamins, Bill Block, Carolynne Cunningham, Jason Cope
Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Paper Heart PG-13

Described as part-documentary, part-scripted comedy about the real-life relationship between Michael Cera and his girlfriend, Charlyne Yi.
Michael Cera, Jake Johnson, Nicholas Jasenovec, Sandra Murillo, Elise Salomon, Charlyne Yi
Comedy Documentary
97 mins

Spread R

Los Angeles is often the customary site for mythmaking in the American cultural iconography. It is a place, for instance, where the legend of the sexual exploits of the male gigolo seems perfectly at home in the decadent universe of Hollywood dreams and nightmares. Surely inspired by the classic tradition of American Gigolo and Shampoo, Spread is such a perfectly tuned, contemporary depiction of the trials and tribulations of sleeping your way to wealth and success that, guilty pleasure or not, it’s irresistible. Especially so since it’s driven by the iconic persona of Ashton Kutcher, who plays Nikki and breathes the charged sexuality, fashion and hipness, and sense of entitlement of the sexual grifter as if he were born to it. Stylishly directed by David MacKenzie (Hallam Foe, Young Adam), Spread is a moral tale in a very-modern sense with its characters of a young man and his middle-aged, well-to-do client (played by Anne Heche), his various associates and conquests, and a waitress whom he begins to really care about (unbeknownst to him, she is playing the same game). The world of money, sex, and privilege is an ephemeral one, and the fall can be as sudden as the ascent. Spread is a finely crafted vision of ambition, indulgence, vanity, and self-realization that epitomizes the lifestyle of a fabled Mecca.
Ashton Kutcher, Peter Morgan, Anne Heche, Anthony Callie, David MacKenzie, Jason Goldberg, Jason Dean Hall, Maria Conchita Alonso
Comedy

Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders

In the war-zones of Liberia and Congo, four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions. With different levels of experience, each volunteer must find their own way to face the challenges, the tough choices, and the limits of their idealism.
Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Sarah E. Johnson, Mark N. Hopkins, Naisola Grimwood, Daniel Holton-Roth, Erika Bertin, Geralyn White Dreyfous
Documentary
New York / Los Angeles
1 / 5
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97 mins

It Might Get Loud PG

A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.
Thomas Tull, Bert Ellis, Carson Hood, Michael Mailis, Davis Guggenheim, Peter Afterman, Lesley Chilcott, Jack White
Documentary Music

Friday, August 14