“Law Abiding Citizen is a thriller about a brilliant sociopath who orchestrates a series of high-profile murders that grip the city of Philadelphia -- all from inside his jail cell -- and the prosecutor assigned to his case who realizes he is the only one who can end the reign of terror. Written by Overture Films”

• Director: F. Gary Gray
• Release Date: 16 October 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language.

Trivia: Catherine Zeta-Jones was attached to the project in early development.

“Young, mischievous Max is sent to bed without his supper, but when his bedroom turns in to a magical jungle landscape filled with strange creatures, he embarks on a wild imaginary adventure.”

• Director: Spike Jonze
• Release Date: 16 October 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Drama , Family , Fantasy
• MPAA: Rated PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language.

Tagline: There’s one in all of us.

Trivia: The creatures are being portrayed by actors in 6-8 foot tall costumes, with some additional animatronics, and computer-generated faces. The costumes were created by The Jim Henson Company, who were responsible for the Muppets and Labyrinth creatures.

“A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London (Mulligan) and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age (Sarsgaard).”

• Director: Lone Scherfig
• Release Date: 22 October 2009 (Australia)
• Run Time: USA:95 min
• Country: UK
• Genre: Drama
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking.

Trivia: Made Variety’s 2007 list of best unproduced British screenplays.

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“Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles.”

• Director: Jeff Stilson
• Run Time: 95 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Documentary , Comedy
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some language including sex and drug references, and brief partial nudity.

“Four couples settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort’s therapy sessions is not optional.”

• Director: Peter Billingsley
• Release Date: 9 October 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy

Tagline: It may be paradise… but it’s no vacation.

“In the horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus is a big wuss — but when you’re afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive. Tallahassee is an AK-toting, zombie-slaying’ bad ass whose single determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita and Little Rock, who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombies. Written by Columbia Pictures”

• Director: Ruben Fleischer
• Release Date: 9 October 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Comedy , Horror

Trivia: Director Ruben Fleischer have stated that he was inspired to make this by Shaun of the Dead (2004) -- another zombie comedy.

“St Trinians proudly continues to represent the unacceptable face of British education. When the new Minister of Education announces he will personally sort the place out he doesn’t realise either the enormity of the task or that the headmistress is an old flame. The school is anyway threatened with closure by their bank; with the staff clearly a waste of space the girls realise the responsibility to save the day falls on them. Perhaps a painting popularised by Scarlett Johansson might be the way out? Written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}”

• Release Date: 21 December 2007 (UK)
• Run Time: UK:97 min | Germany:100 min (European Film Market)
• Country: UK
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, drug and alcohol content, sexual material and language.

Tagline: School can be a riot

Trivia: The uniforms that Posh Totty (when they are at the Schools Challenge competition) wear are based on the original St Trinians uniforms from the original movies. Except the school’s emblem is smaller.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: There is one shot where the Goth girl, whilst dancing to avoid the security beams guarding the picture, puts her leg through a beam but nothing happens.

“Go back in time and follow LeBron James and four of his teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Ohio and James’s journey to fame in the NBA.”

• Director: Kristopher Belman
• Run Time: Canada:105 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Documentary
• MPAA: Rated PG for brief mild language and incidental smoking.

“A black comedy set in 1967 and centered on Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg), a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother (Kind) won’t move out of the house.”

• Release Date: 2 October 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated R for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence.

“Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man’s expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him. Written by Anonymous”

• Director: David Bowers
• Release Date: 23 October 2009 (USA)
• Country: Hong Kong , USA , Japan
• Genre: Action , Animation , Sci-Fi
• MPAA: Rated PG for some action and peril, and brief mild language.

Tagline: Have a blast.

Trivia: The original cartoon of Astro Boy (or “Mighty Atom” in Japanese) was first seen on Japanese television from 1963 to 1966 as ‘Astroboy (1963)’ which is credited as the first anime cartoon. The character of Astro Boy first appeared in print as a manga in 1952 by Osamu Tezuka. Another Astro Boy series was remade in the 1980s and again in the 21st century.