New Movies in Theaters January 8, 2010
January 8, 2010
Daybreakers
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Screenwriter: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Movie Website: Daybreakersmovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Isabel Lucas, Sam Neill
Plot Summary: Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.
Leap Year
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Anand Tucker
Screenwriter: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Movie Website: LeapYearfilm.net
Actors/Actresses: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow
Plot Summary: Amy Adams and Matthew Goode star in “Leap Year,” a romantic comedy that follows one woman’s determined quest to get married to the perfect guy… despite what fate has in store for her.
When their four-year anniversary passes without a marriage proposal, Anna (Amy Adams) decides to take matters into her own hands. Investing in an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on February 29th, Anna decides to follow her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) to Dublin and get down on one knee herself.
But airplanes, weather and fate leave Anna stranded on the other side of Ireland, and she must enlist the help of handsome and surly Declan (Matthew Goode) to get her across the country. As Anna and Declan bicker across the Emerald Isle, they discover that the road to love can take you to very unexpected places.
Youth in Revolt
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Dimension Films (The Weinstein Company), MGM
Director: Miguel Arteta
Screenwriter: Gustin Nash, Miguel Arteta, Michael Cera
Actors/Actresses: Michael Cera, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Justin Long, Jean Smart, Ari Graynor, Fred Willard, Zach Galifianakis, Mary Kay Place
Plot Summary: “Youth in Revolt,” is the outrageous and heartwarming tale of Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) and his quest to win the heart of Sheeni (newcomer Portia Doubleday) and hopefully lose his virginity along the way. Based on C.D. Payne’s cult-hit novel of the same name, “Youth in Revolt”.
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