Movies Released August 28, 2009

Friday, August 28

101 mins

Halloween II R

Picks up at the exact moment the first movie stopped and follow the aftermath of Michael Myers murderous rampage through the eyes of heroine Laurie Strode.
Scout Taylor-Compton, Rob Zombie, Andy Gould, Bob Weinstein, Tyler Mane, Malek Akkad, Malcolm McDowell, Daeg Faerch
Sequel Suspense Horror

The Final Destination R

On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave...escaping seconds before Nick's frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they've cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one--in increasingly gruesome ways--Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination. The film marks the latest in the highly popular "Final Destination" series, and its first 3D installment, giving horror fans an especially visceral thrill ride.
Nick Zano, Richard Brener, David R. Ellis, Craig Perry, Warren Zide, Tawny Ellis-Lehman, Eric Bress, Shantel VanSanten
Sequel Thriller Suspense Horror 3D Shot-In-3D

Taking Woodstock R

The new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. A 1969-set true story about a man, Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village during culturally and politically exciting times, Mr. Tiber felt empowered by the gay rights movement. But he was also still staked to the family business – a Catskills motel. Upon hearing that a planned concert had lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Mr. Tiber called producer Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff) at Woodstock Ventures to offer his motel. Soon the Woodstock staff was moving into the El Monaco; half a million people were on their way to Mr. Tiber’s neighbor’s Max Yasgur’s (Eugene Levy) farm in White Lake, NY; and Mr. Tiber found himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.
James Schamus, Emile Hirsch, Ang Lee, Henry Goodman, Demetri Martin, Eugene Levy, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Groff
Drama Comedy
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The Open Road PG-13

Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake and Mary Steenburgen will star in "The Open Road", about a young man trying to reconnect with his father, a legendary athlete, as he struggles to get him home to his ailing mother's bedside.
Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Harry Dean Stanton, Lyle Lovett, Michael Meredith, Kate Mara, Mary Steenburgen
Drama Comedy

We Live in Public NR

Josh Harris started an experiment in New York City where 100 people lived together and have their lives broadcast on the net.
Ondi Timoner, Keirda Bahruth
Documentary
86 mins

Big Fan R

Paul Aufiero, a hardcore New York Giants football fan, struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.
Michael Rapaport, Robert D. Siegel, Elan Bogarin, Jean Kouremetis, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan
Drama
105 mins

Mystery Team R

A group of kid detectives called The Mystery Team struggle to solve a double murder to prove they can be real detectives before they graduate from high school.
Dan Eckman
Comedy
90 mins

The September Issue PG-13

The story of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and her team of editors creating the 2008 fall-fashion issue.
R.J. Cutler, Eliza Hindmarch, Sadia Shepard
Documentary
114 mins

Still Walking NR

Grown children visit their elderly parents one summer day. They gather to commemorate the tragic death of the eldest son, who drowned in an accident 15 years ago.
Hirokazu Koreeda
Drama

Friday, August 28