Soundtracks Released January 13, 2009

Tuesday, January 13

123 mins

Notorious R

This biopic from executive producer Sean "Diddy" Combs explores the life and death of East Coast rapper Notorious B.I.G. Newcomer Jamal Woolard stars as Biggie Smalls, but big names fill out the rest of the cast: Angela Bassett plays the rapper's mother, Derek Luke costars as Combs, and Anthony Mackie plays rival Tupac Shakur. Bassett's real life counterpart, Voletta Wallace, acts as one of the film's producers.
George Tillman, Jr., Jamal Woolard, Anthony Mackie, Naturi Naughton, Voletta Wallace, Wayne Barrow, Mark Pitts, Cheo Hodari Coker
Drama Biography Music

The Reader R

A haunting love story based on the best-selling novel of the same name, "The Reader" is set in postwar Germany and tells the story of a man whose life has been shaped by an illicit affair with a passionate, elusive older woman during his youth.
Scott Rudin, Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Daldry, David Hare, Kate Winslet, Bruno Ganz, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack
Drama Period
100 mins

Hotel for Dogs PG

"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."
Emma Roberts, Don Cheadle, Johnny Simmons, Lisa Kudrow, Marc Haimes, Thor Freudenthal, Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock
Comedy Family

Tuesday, January 13