New Movies in Theaters November 25, 2009

 

Old Dogs

Genre: Comedy

MPAA Rating: PG

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Director: Walt Becker

Screenwriter: David Diamond, David Weissman

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Movie Website: Disney.com/OldDogs

Actors/Actresses: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu Travolta, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon, Conner Rayburn

Plot Summary: Two best friends — one unlucky-in-love divorcee (Robin Williams) and the other a fun-loving bachelor (John Travolta) — have their lives turned upside down when they’re unexpectedly charged with the care of six-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors stumble in their efforts to take care of the twins (newcomers Ella Bleu Travolta and Conner Rayburn), leading to one debacle after another, and perhaps to a new-found understanding of what’s really important in life.

The Road

Genre: Thriller

MPAA Rating: R

Studio: The Weinstein Company

Director: John Hillcoat

Screenwriter: Joe Penhall, Nick Wechsler

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Movie Website: TheRoad-movie.com

Actors/Actresses: Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Plot Summary: Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and 12-year-old Kodi Smit McPhee star in the big-screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Road” – the story of a man (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) traveling through a desperate, post-apocalyptic world.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Genre: Animation

MPAA Rating: PG

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Director: Wes Anderson

Screenwriter: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach

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Movie Website: FantasticMrFoxmovie.com

Actors/Actresses: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep

Plot Summary: “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is visionary director Wes Anderson’s first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop motion techniques to tell the story of the best selling children’s book by Roald Dahl (author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “James and the Giant Peach”). The film features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson and Jarvis Cocker.

Mr. and Mrs. Fox (Clooney and Streep) live an idyllic home life with their son Ash (Schwartzman) and visiting young nephew Kristopherson (Eric Anderson). But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox’s wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers – Boggis, Bunce and Bean – who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr. Fox at any cost.

Ninja Assassin

Genre: Action

MPAA Rating: R

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Director: James McTeigue

Screenwriter: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski

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Movie Website: Ninja-Assassin-movie.com

Actors/Actresses: Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune

Plot Summary: Raizo (Rain) is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them…and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge. In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi (Rick Yune), to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive…and finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan.