Director: Betty Thomas
Written by:
Jon Vitti
Jonathan Aibel
Plot:
Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville’s twenty-something nephew Toby (Levi). The boys must put aside music superstardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school’s music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes -– Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off.
Runtime: 88 min
Director: Brian Levant
Written by:
Jonathan Bernstein
James Greer
Tagline:
Spying is easy, babysitting is hard.
Plot:
Former CIA spy Bob Ho (Chan) takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend’s three kids, who haven’t exactly warmed to their mom’s beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob’s longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.
Runtime: 92 min
Director: Nancy Meyers
Written by:
Nancy Meyers
Tagline:
First comes marriage. Then comes divorce. And then…
Plot:
During his son’s college graduation, Jane hooks up with her ex-husband, Jake, who’s married to a younger woman. As if being your ex’s mistress isn’t tough enough, Jane also finds herself drawn to Adam, a smitten architect.
Runtime: 120 min
Award: Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 2 nominations
Director: Anand Tucker
Written by:
Deborah Kaplan
Harry Elfont
Tagline:
Anna planned to propose to her boyfriend on February 29th. This is not her boyfriend.
Plot:
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country odyssey just might result in her getting engaged.
Runtime: 100 min
Director: Jason Reitman
Written by:
Jason Reitman
Sheldon Turner
Tagline:
The story of a man ready to make a connection.
Plot:
Ryan Bingham’s job is to fire people from theirs. The anguish, hostility, and despair of his “clients” has left him falsely compassionate, living out of a suitcase, and loving every second of it. When his boss hires arrogant young Natalie, she develops a method of video conferencing that will allow termination without ever leaving the office – essentially threatening the existence Ryan so cherishes. Determined to show the naive girl the error of her logic, Ryan takes her on one of his cross country firing expeditions, but as she starts to realize the disheartening realities of her profession, he begins to see the downfalls to his way of life.
Runtime: 109 min
Award: Won Golden Globe. Another 32 wins & 43 nominations
Director: Miguel Arteta
Written by:
Gustin Nash
C.D. Payne
Tagline:
Every “Revolution” Needs A Leader
Plot:
While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she’ll be the one to take away his virginity. When Nick realizes she is not interested, he comes up with an alter-ego, named François Dillinger, who resembles Nick, but has blue eyes, a mustache, a deeper voice, and a player/bad boy attitude to help him with his pursuit of Sheeni. But when François makes Nick a wanted criminal, everything spins out of control.
Runtime: 90 min
Award: Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations
Director: Tim Allen
Written by:
Judd Pillot
John Peaslee
Tagline:
He survived three years of hard time. Now comes a little family time.
Plot:
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.
Runtime: 1o4 min
Director: Marc Lawrence
Written by:
Marc Lawrence
Tagline:
We’re not in Manhattan anymore.
Plot:
Did You Hear About the Morgans? follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming.
Runtime: 103 min
Director:
David Hillenbrand & Scott Hillenbrand
Written by:
Patrick Casey
Worm Miller
Tagline:
Euro-trashed! Euro-smashed! Euro-slashed!
Plot:
Spoof horror in which a group of college kids do a semester abroad in Romania and realise that if the partying doesn’t kill them, the vampires just might!
Runtime: 92 min
Director: Kirk Jones
Written by:
Kirk Jones
Massimo De Rita (original screenplay)
Tonino Guerra (original screenplay)
Giuseppe Tornatore (original screenplay)
Tagline:
Frank wanted the holidays to be picture perfect. What he got was family.
Plot:
A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children.
Runtime: 99 min
Awards: 2 wins
