81st Academy Awards main nominations

Best Picture:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor:
- Richard Jenkins: The Visitor
- Brad Pitt: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frank Langella: Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn: Milk
- Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler

Best Actress:
- Anne Hathaway: Rachel Getting Married
- Melissa Leo: Frozen River
- Meryl Street: Doubt
- Angelina Jolie: Changeling
- Kate Winslet: The Reader

Best Supporting Actor:
- Josh Brolin: Milk
- Robert Downey Jr.: Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman: Doubt
- Heath Ledger: The Dark Knight
- Michael Shannon: Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress:
- Amy Adams: Doubt
- Penelope Cruz: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis: Doubt
- Taraji P. Henson: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Director:
- David Fincher: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Ron Howard: Frost/Nixon
- Gus Van Sant: Milk
- Stephen Daldry: The Reader
- Danny Boyle: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Feature Film:
- Bolt
- Kung Fu Panda
- Wall-E

Best Adapted Screenplay:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Doubt
- Frost/Nixon
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Screenplay:
- Frozen River
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- In Bruges
- Milk
- Wall-E

The Pink Panther 2 Trailer [2009]

The Pink Panther 2 is a 2009 sequel to the 2006 film, The Pink Panther. In the new film, Inspector Clouseau must team up with detectives from other countries to rout the daring cat burglar, The Tornado, who has returned after a decade of inactivity. The film stars Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, Aishwarya Rai and John Cleese among others.
Release date: February 6, 2009

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Inkheart [2008]

Inkheart is a 2008 fantasy film starring Brendan Fraser which is based on the 2003 German novel of the same name by Cornelia Funke. A young girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero.
Release date: January 23, 2009

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The Uninvited [2009]

The Uninvited is an American remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film A Tale of Two Sisters. Anna Rydell (Emily Browning) returns home to her father and sister, Alex, after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father has become engaged to her mother's former nurse, Rachael (Elizabeth Banks). Anna is visited by the ghost of her mother, who warns her of Rachael's intentions. Together, Anna and Alex try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she appears to be.
Release date: January 30, 2009

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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Trailer [2009]

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is the third installment of films in the Underworld series. It is a prequel set prior to Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, tracing the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans (werewolves).
Release date: January 23, 2009

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Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story [2009]

Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story is an American film directed by Danny Leiner and stars Seann William Scott, Randy Quaid and Leonor Varela. The story is about this highly hyper guy named Gary Houseman (Scott) who was once a semi-decent tennis player, but now currently works as a high school janitor, but he ends up becoming the school's tennis coach after the current coach dies. The tennis team is full of misfit underdogs who just can't cut it, and it's up to Gary to inspire them to become better people both on and off the court.
Release date: January 13, 2009

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Gran Torino [2009]

Gran Torino is a 2009 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Clint Eastwood. The film features a predominantly Hmong cast, as well as Eastwood's younger son, Scott Eastwood. The film revolves around a disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski who sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal his prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.
Release date: January 9, 2009

Technorati Tags:Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Christopher Carley, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Adventureland [2009]

Adventureland is an upcoming 2009 comedy-drama film starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Martin Starr. It's the summer of 1987 and James Brennan (Eisenberg), a recent college graduate, is looking for a job. He finds it at a local amusement park and learns it's the perfect course to prepare him for the real world. He also finds love working at the amusement park.
Release date: March 27, 2009

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G-Force [2009]

G-Force is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures in Disney Digital 3-D. It features the voice talents of Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan and Penelope Cruz. The film revolves around a team of trained secret agent guinea pigs that take on a mission for the US government to stop an evil billionaire, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances.
Release date: July 24, 2009

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Two Lovers [2009]

Two Lovers is a 2008 American drama film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw. A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor. The film premiered in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in May.
Release date: February 13, 2008

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He's Just Not That Into You [2009]

He's Just Not That Into You is an American romantic comedy film, based on the self-help book of the same name by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, which was based on a dialogue line in Sex and the City. The movie boasts an ensemble cast including Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly and many others. The plot chronicles the romantic misadventures of several individuals in their twenties and thirties. The common thread is that one person in each relationship is more "into" the other person than vice versa.
Release date: February 6, 2009

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