Disaster Movie
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Directed by	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer
Produced by	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer
Written by	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer
Starring	Carmen Electra Kim Kardashian Matt Lanter Vanessa Minnillo Nicole Parker Crista Flanagan
Music by	Christopher Lennertz
Cinematography	Shawn Maurer
Editing by	Peck Prior
Distributed by	Lionsgate (U.S.) Momentum Pictures (UK)
Release date(s)	August 29, 2008
Country	United States
Language	English

Disaster Movie is a 2008 comedy film. It is written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, and stars Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Matt Lanter, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan and Vanessa Minnillo.

In the year 10,000,001 BC, a caveman encounters a sabre-toothed Amy Winehouse, who prophesies that humanity will be extinct on August 29, 2008, and an orange crystal skull is somehow connected to it. The film then flash forwards to that same day, where the protagonist, Will, had dreamt the preceding sequence the night before and sees that a skull has been marked on that day in his calendar. He tries to tell this to his girlfriend, Amy, who breaks up with him since Will won’t commit.

During a party later that day, Will’s room suddenly shakes, and the radio suddenly announces the end of the world. Will and his friends run outside to find that meteors strikes and earthquakes are plaguing the city, and the characters note that the weather is getting colder. Will eventually learns that Amy was staying at a museum she works at to look after the artifacts when she became trapped under one of the statues. Will becomes determined to go to the museum to save Amy. Upon reaching the museum, he rescues Amy, who reveals that she had removed a crystal skull from its nearby altar, inheritably causing the catastrophe in the first place.

After enduring more obstacles and threats, Will meets his father (a parody of Indiana Jones) and manages to return the skull to the altar, averting further disaster. The movie ends with Will and Amy getting married, followed by the cast of the movie saying they are dating each other.

Cast

• Matt Lanter: Will
• Vanessa Minnillo: Amy
• Gary ‘G Thang’ Johnson: Calvin
• Nicole Parker: Princess Giselle, Amy Winehouse, Jessica Simpson
• Crista Flanagan: Juney, Hannah Montana
• Kim Kardashian: Lisa
• Ike Barinholtz: Wolf, Javier Bardem, Police Officer, Hellboy, Batman, Beowulf, Prince Caspian
• Carmen Electra: Beautiful Assassin
• Tony Cox: Indiana Jones
• Tad Hilgenbrink: Prince Edward
• Nick Steele (actor): Underwear Model
• John Di Domenico: The Love Guru, Dr. Phil
• Jason Boegh: Carrie Bradshaw

College
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Directed by	Deb Hagan
Produced by	Malcolm Petal Julie Dangel
Written by	Dan Callahan Adam Ellison
Starring	Drake Bell Andrew Caldwell Ryan Pinkston Kevin Covais Nick Zano Zach Cregger Gary Owen Haley Bennett Camille Mana May’tay Williams Nathalie Walker Alona Tal Verne Troyer Valentina Vought Heather Vendeven Brandi Colman
Cinematography	Dan Stoloff
Editing by	David Codron
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	August 29, 2008
Running time	94 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million

College is a 2008 film comedy starring Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, and Kevin Covais and directed by first-time director Deb Hagan. It was released on August 29, 2008, by MGM.

After Kevin (Drake Bell), a high school senior, gets dumped by his girlfriend Gina (Alona Tal) for being too boring, he doesn’t want to go to the freshman orientation weekend at Fieldmont University, where they had planned to go together. But his best friends Carter (Andrew Caldwell) and Morris (Kevin Covais) convince him that the weekend away will help get his mind off her. Once there, one of the rowdiest fraternities on campus pretends to recruit them as pledges in return for granting them access to the college party scene. Though forced to put up with the disgusting antics of fraternity brothers Teague (Nick Zano), Bearcat (Gary Owen), and Cooper (Zach Cregger), the guys meet sorority girls Kendall (Haley Bennett), Heather (Camille Mana), and Amy (Nathalie Walker), and sparks fly. But once Teague feels threatened by Kevin’s new relationship with Kendall, he takes the pre-frosh humiliation to a greater level, forcing the guys to decide to fight back.

Cast

• Drake Bell as Kevin Brewer
• Andrew Caldwell as Carter
• Andree Moss as Ashley
• Carolyn Moss as Riley
• Wendy Talley as Kevin’s Mom
• Ryan Pinkston as Fletcher
• Kevin Covais as Morris Hooper
• Nick Zano as Teague
• Zach Cregger as Cooper
• Gary Owen as Bearcat
• Haley Bennett as Kendall
• Camille Mana as Heather
• Nathalie Walker as Amy
• Alona Tal as Gina
• Verne Troyer as himself
• Valentina Vaughn as herself (Penthouse Pet)
• Heather Vandeven as herself (Penthouse Pet)
• Brandi Coleman as College Girl #1
• Jessica Heap as College Girl #2
• Todd Voltz as Nitrous Guy
• Melissa Lingafelt as Junior Girl
• Brandy Blake as Girl #1
• Ava Santana as Girl #2
• Stephanie Honore as Gina’s Friend
• Tracy Mulholland as Bitchy Sorority Sister

Babylon A.D.
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Directed by	Mathieu Kassovitz
Produced by	Alain Goldman Mathieu Kassovitz
Written by	Éric Besnard
Starring	Vin Diesel Michelle Yeoh Mélanie Thierry
Music by	Hans Zimmer Atli Orvarsson
Cinematography	Thierry Arbogast
Editing by	Benjamin Weill
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	August 29, 2008
Running time	90 min. (USA) / 101 min. (Europe)
Country	France United States
Language	English
Budget	$60 million

Babylon A.D. is a 2008 science fiction film based on the novel Babylon Babies by Maurice Georges Dantec. The film was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and stars Vin Diesel. It was released on August 29, 2008 in the United States.

In the near future, Toorop (Vin Diesel) is a mercenary who takes the job of escorting a woman named Aurora from Eastern Europe to New York. While he thinks this is just an ordinary mission, he gradually finds out that his guest is carrying twins that have the potential to become the next Messiahs — and everybody wants to get their hands on them.

Cast

• Vin Diesel as Hugo Cornelius Toorop, a mercenary
• Mélanie Thierry as Aurora, a young woman who has been genetically altered
• Michelle Yeoh as Sister Rebecca, an elder Japanese Noelite nun who knows how to fight, despite being against violence
• Lambert Wilson as Dr. Arthur Darquandier, Aurora’s father thought to be dead
• Mark Strong as Finn
• Gerard Depardieu as Gorsky, the man who hired Toorop to transport Aurora
• Charlotte Rampling as Noelite Priestess who paid for Aurora to be created and therefore sees herself as her mother

Hamlet 2
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Directed by	Andrew Fleming
Produced by	Eric Eisner Leonid Rozhetskin Aaron Ryder
Written by	Andrew Fleming Pam Brady
Starring	Steve Coogan Catherine Keener Amy Poehler David Arquette
Music by	Ralph Sall
Cinematography	Alexander Gruszynski
Editing by	Jeff Freeman
Distributed by	Focus Features
Release date(s)	August 22, 2008 August 27, 2008
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$9 million

Hamlet 2 is a comedy film directed by Andy Fleming, written by Fleming and Pam Brady, and starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, and David Arquette. It was produced by Eric Eisner, Leonid Rozhetskin, and Aaron Ryder. Hamlet 2 was filmed primarily at a high school in New Mexico from September 2007 to October 2007. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and will be distributed by Focus Features. The film had a limited release on August 22, 2008, followed by a wide release on August 29. The film is rated R by the MPAA for “language including sexual references, brief nudity and some drug content”.

After an opening recapping the highlights of Dana Marschz’s unsuccessful acting career (undignified television commercials and a bit acting part), the film joins him “where dreams go to die”: Tucson, Arizona. He is an even more unsuccessful suburban high school drama teacher, with only two (enthusiastic) students and a history of producing school plays that are merely stage adaptations of Hollywood films (his latest being Erin Brockovich). When the new term begins, a bunch of inner city kids are forced to transfer schools and take his class, as it is the only remaining arts elective available. He gets off to a rocky start with the new students, and is floored when the school notifies him that the drama program – a worthless waste of money in the administration’s judgment – is to be shut down at the end of the term. Unintentionally inspired by the school paper’s ruthless pre-adolescent drama critic, Dana undertakes to write and produce an original play: a sequel to Hamlet featuring a time-traveling title character, and a song-and-dance number featuring the Son of God, called “Rock Me Sexy Jesus”. He begins to win the cooperation of his students, but is further traumatized when his wife leaves him for the uninteresting – but fertile – boarder they had taken into their home to supplement their modest income. The students rally to finish the play, especially after the school shuts down the production over its controversial content, staging it in an abandoned warehouse and rave spot, amid a media frenzy.

Cast

• Steve Coogan – Dana Marschz
• Catherine Keener – Brie Marschz
• Amy Poehler – Cricket Feldstein
• Arnie Pantoja as Vitamin J
• David Arquette – Gary
• Elisabeth Shue – Elizabeth Shue
• Melonie Diaz

The Longshots
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Directed by	Fred Durst
Produced by	Matt Alvarez Ice Cube Nick Santora
Written by	Doug Atchison Nick Santora
Starring	Ice Cube Keke Palmer Tasha Smith Jill Marie Jones Dash Mihok Debby Ryan
Music by	John Swihart
Cinematography	Conrad W. Hall
Editing by	Jeffrey Wolf
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	August 22, 2008
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	Not out yet

The Longshots is a 2008 biopic family comedy-drama film sports movie based on the real life events of young athlete Jasmine Plummer. She was the first female to participate in the Pop Warner football tournament.

The film stars Ice Cube and Keke Palmer. It is directed by Fred Durst.

Curtis Plummer — a down-on-his-luck former high school football star — turns his niece, Jasmine, into the quarterback of the local team, the Minden Browns, and gets his stride back when he becomes the team coach. With Curtis as their new leader and their pigtail-wearing star player, this team of misfits wins its way to the Pop Warner Super Bowl and the small city of Minden, Illinois, is ignited with team spirit, town pride and the glory.

Cast

• Ice Cube as Curtis Plummer
• Keke Palmer as Jasmine Plummer
• Matt Craven as Coach Fisher
• Tasha Smith as Claire Plummer
• Jill Marie Jones as Ronnie Macer
• Alan Aisenberg as Feather
• Debby Ryan as Edith

The House Bunny
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Directed by	Fred Wolf
Produced by	Allen Covert Anna Faris (executive) Adam Sandler
Written by	Kirsten Smith Karen McCullah Lutz
Starring	Anna Faris Emma Stone Colin Hanks Kat Dennings Dana Goodman Katharine McPhee Rumer Willis Beverly D’Angelo Kiely Williams Sarah Wright Tyson Ritter
Cinematography	Shelly Johnson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	USA – August 22, 2008,Australia – September 25, 2008, UK – October 10, 2008, Netherlands – December 18, 2008, Spain – December 19, 2008
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million

The House Bunny is a 2008 American romantic comedy film written by Legally Blonde screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz. The film had its U.S. release on August 22, 2008 and stars Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis, Dana Goodman, Tyson Ritter, and Kat Dennings. It is the second film directed by Fred Wolf.

A twenty-seven year old Playboy bunny, Shelly Darlington (Anna Faris), is kicked out of the Playboy mansion due to her age. Subsequently, she stumbles upon the Greek Row of a university and becomes the house mother of a sorority. However, the sorority sisters are characterised as social outcasts, something the ex-bunny plans to fix.

Cast

• Anna Farris … Shelley Darlington
• Colin Hanks … Oliver
• Emma Stone … Natalie
• Kat Dennings … Mona
• Christopher McDonald … Dean Simmons
• Beverly D’Angelo … Mrs. Hagstrom
• Leslie Del Rosario … Sienna
• Katharine McPhee … Harmony
• Rumer Willis … Joanne
• Kiely Williams … Lilly
• Dana Goodman … Carrie Mae
• Kimberly Makkouk … Tanya
• Monet Mazur … Cassandra
• Tyson Ritter … Colby
• Sarah Wright … Ashley
• Rachel Specter … Courtney
• Owen Benjamin … Marvin
• Hugh M. Hefner … Himself
• Holly Madison … Herself
• Bridget Marquardt … Herself
• Kendra Wilkinson … Herself
• Sean Salisbury … Himself
• Matt Leinart … Himself
• Shaquille O’Neal … Himself

Death Race
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Directed by	Paul W. S. Anderson
Produced by	Paul W. S. Anderson Jeremy Bolt Roger Corman Paula Wagner
Written by	Paul W. S. Anderson
Starring	Jason Statham Joan Allen Tyrese Gibson Ian McShane Natalie Martinez
Music by	Paul Haslinger
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	August 22, 2008
Running time	105 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Death Race is an action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film is a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000, based on Ib Melchior’s short story “The Racer”, and stars Jason Statham in the lead role. The remake had been in development since 2002, though production was delayed by disapproval of early screenplays then placed in turnaround following a dispute between Paramount Pictures and the producer duo Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner. Death Race was acquired by Universal Studios, and Anderson re-joined the project to write and direct. Filming began in Montreal in August 2007, and the completed project was released on August 22, 2008.

In a future United States of America, prison inmates compete against each other in a driving arena. The film begins by showing a race near its end between two cars, a Dodge Ram and a Ford Mustang, both loaded with various guns and armor. The driver of the Mustang is a famous masked driver known as Frankenstein, who is accompanied by a female navigator. The driver of the Dodge Ram, Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson) fires various weapons at Frankenstein’s car, damaging it horribly, and Frankenstein’s defense weapons fail for unexplained reasons. As a last resort, Frankenstein drops his car’s rear armor plate (nicknamed “The Tombstone”) and succeeds in brutally damaging the Dodge Ram. However, Frankenstein’s fuel tank is exposed as a result, and Joe capitalizes, firing off a missile to the exposed fuel tank. Frankenstein tells his navigator to eject herself, but he continues on as the fuel tank explodes, propelling his flaming car upside down across the finish line, presumably leaving Frankenstein critically wounded, or dead.

At this point, title cards explain that within four years from 2008 the economy of the United States has fallen into disaster, and private corporations run most prisons across the nation for profit. The movie focuses on the Terminal Island Prison, where arena cage fights between prisoners fighting to the death are broadcast to the world via internet. After crowds became bored with the fighting, the prison adopted a new event for the entire world to see: Death Race, a race where cars armed with various weapons and armour would try to win, but survive each other while doing it. Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) works at a steel mill that closes due to bankruptcy, but things get worse when he returns home to tell his wife. She’s fine with it, but as Ames goes to check on their baby, his wife comes face to face with an intruder. Ames returns to see his wife on the floor dead and is knocked out by the intruder, awakening later with a bloody knife in his hand and his wife’s body next to him, with the police standing above him, framing him for her murder. Ames is sent to prison where he is coerced by the prison warden, Hennessey (Joan Allen) to become the new driver of the Ford Mustang. She tells Ames that she knows of his baby that was left in foster care, and that prisoners are freed upon winning five Death Races, but since he will take on the mask of the legendary Frankenstein (who had 4 wins at the time of his death), he will only need to win one race. The races are broken apart into three stages: Stage 1 and 2 are races in which the driver must survive, and Stage 3 you must win the race in order for it to add to the count towards freedom.

During the Stage 1 Race, Ames is introduced to his navigator, Case (Natalie Martinez), who happens to be Frankenstein’s previous navigator, and later in the race recognizes another driver, Pachenko, using the same exact hand gesture the intruder had made upon completing the framing, thus giving Ames a flashback and the realization to a very promising suspect to his wifes murder. Three drivers are killed during Stage 1 including Grimm and Travis Colt. Ames finishes last after taking a hard hit from Machine Gun Joe. Ames learns he is part of a plot to keep the legend of Frankenstein alive, solely for the personal profit of Hennessey. He confronts Hennessey about the driver, but instead she shows him pictures of his baby living with foster parents, asking him if he thinks he could provide for his baby better than the foster parents. Angered, he takes one of the pictures and leaves. The night before Stage 2 he makes a trip to the garage of Pachenko’s team to confront him. He is beaten down by a few members of the team but is helped by a member of his garage allowing Ames to retaliate and nearly kill Pachenko. His revenge is thwarted by the prison guards telling them to save it for the race. Ames goes into the Stage 2 race and immediately questions Case on her intentions. She tells him she was ordered to sabotage Frankenstein’s defense weapons so he would not win his freedom, and thereby earn her own. Ames realizes he is not meant to survive the Death Race at all, but is meant to die so another “Frankenstein” can be brought into the prison to keep viewers paying to see the races. He seeks revenge during Stage 2 by crippling and rolling Pachenko’s car allowing him to turn around drive back and to get revenge up close and personal by snapping Pachenko’s neck as he crawls away from the car wreck. Three drivers remain until 14K is killed by ‘The Dreadnought’, Hennessy’s secret weapon (an 18 wheeler filled with massive machine guns) that had been in production for months. Ames and Machine Gun Joe are able to destroy The Dreadnought then finish Stage 2. Then Ames sets his sights on Hennessey. Realizing that Ames knows what’s going on, Hennessey has Ames’ car armed with an explosive before the Stage 3 Race as insurance to make sure he does not cross the finish line alive. However, Ames devises his own scheme from an image shown by one of his crew members of a destroyed billboard in an earlier race.

The Stage 3 Race begins with only two drivers remaining: “Frankenstein” and Machine Gun Joe. Before the race, Ames adds an extra half-gallon fuel tank to his car, and tells Joe that he and Frankenstein should talk. The race begins, and Ames soon takes the lead. However, the odds are against Ames as Hennessey rigs the track to benefit Joe. Throughout the entire lap, Joe keeps hot on Ames’ tail, and as they near the beginning of the second lap, and the Tombstone starts to give out, Ames’ orders Case to release it, in an effort to make Joe back off. Unlike last time though, Joe expects it, and easily avoids the oncoming Tombstone. Now that Ames’ fuel tank is exposed, Joe preps newly added missiles and fires in Ames’ direction. However, they seem to miss the car and instead hit the billboard at the first turn of the track. It is shown that the image Ames saw was a pathway to the bridge leading off the island to the mainland behind the destroyed billboard.

It turns out that Ames and Joe had plotted their escape from the beginning of Stage 3, as they drive out onto the bridge to escape the island. However, Hennessey mobilizes helicopters and police cruisers to apprehend them. As the cruisers close in on the two cars, Ames releases his exposed fuel tank, causing it to explode and stop the pursuing cars. Turning to her back up plan, Hennessey then orders that the explosive under Ames’ car be set off, but nothing happens because Coach (Ames’ crew member) had found, removed, and deactivated the bomb prior to the start of the race. Escaping past the bridge, Joe and Ames separate, and Hennessey orders the helicopters to focus on Ames, but he switches seats with Case when she tells him that Hennessey had already signed her release papers for her work, and that she owed one to the old Frankenstein. He jumps from the car leading the helicopters to believe he is still inside. Joe meets up with Ames and they board a train to escape, lamenting on Hennessey’s continued existence. Soon, Ames’ Mustang is stopped and “Frankenstein” is apprehended.

Later, it is shown that Hennessey believes she still won after all, as a guard notifies her about presents sent to her for the record number of viewers subscribing to the Death Race. However, the explosive that was put on the Frankenstein car is found inside, and blows up as Coach is seen setting off the detonator and giving the quote “I love this game”. Six months later, Ames and Joe are shown working in a junkyard in Mexico, when Case unexpectedly arrives. The two men and her are happy to see each other, and Ames shows her his baby. The movie closes with Ames explaining that even though he knows he’s far from being the best parent in the world, no one could love his baby more than he could.

Cast

• Jason Statham as Jensen Ames / Frankenstein:A prisoner coerced to drive in the arena, becoming famously known as Frankenstein.
• Tyrese Gibson as “Machine Gun Joe” Joseph Mason: A sociopathic racer who looks to escape from prison and has a habit of killing his navigators.
• Joan Allen as Hennessey: The sadistic prison warden.
• Ian McShane as Coach.
• Natalie Martinez as Elizabeth Jayne Case: Frankenstein’s navigator.
• Jacob Vargas as Gunner: Ames car repair man.
• David Carradine as Frankenstein in the beginning of the film (voice over).

The Rocker
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Directed by	Peter Cattaneo
Produced by	Fox Atomic
Written by	Wallace Wolodarsky
Starring	Rainn Wilson Christina Applegate Teddy Geiger Josh Gad Will Arnett Emma Stone
Cinematography	Anthony B. Richmond
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	August 20, 2008
Running time	102 Minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Gross revenue	$5.93 million (as of September 1, 2008)

The Rocker is a comedy released on August 20, 2008. It stars Rainn Wilson, Josh Gad, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Will Arnett, Emma Stone, and Bradley Cooper. The film was written by Wallace Wolodarsky, best known for his Emmy-winning work on The Simpsons, and directed by Peter Cattaneo, whose most-acclaimed earlier work is The Full Monty, a film for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Director.

Robert Fishman, aka Fish was once the drummer for the hottest heavy metal band in the world, Vesuvius. When he’s kicked out of the band and replaced with another drummer, he goes apeshit and vows never to play drums again. One failed cubicle job, breakup with the girlfriend, and move-in with the sister later, Fish finds himself living in the attic “looking” for work. When it looks like he’ll be a loser for life, his dorky, socially awkward nephew Matt saves the day. Matt, played by Josh Gad, plays the piano in a band called A.D.D., joined by the dark brooding artist type Curtis (Teddy Geiger) and the adorably no-nonsense Amelia (Emma Stone). The band is set to play prom when their drummer gets thrown out of school for drawing a penis on a teacher. Running out of time, Matty suggests they give his Uncle Fish a try.

The prom turns into a disaster, it being Fish’s first time on stage, and his drum solo takes over the King and Queen’s dance in a fit of rage, sweat, and sheer embarrassment for A.D.D.

When Robert is kicked out of his sister’s house and forced to live in the basement of his favorite Chinese take-out place, the band invents a new way to practice, via four-way iChat. Because of the heat in Fish’s new “apartment”, he’s forced to drum naked, which quickly makes its way onto YouTube. Thousands of hit later, A.D.D. signs a contract and is hitting the road.

Fish and the kids wow audiences across the country, everyone wanting to see the infamous “Naked Drummer.” Fish starts taking his rockstar status a little too seriously though, and the whole band winds up in jail after a late-night party.

And that’s where the parents come in! Teddy’s mom, played by Christina Applegate, promises to stay for the remainder of the tour, so her children won’t be influenced by the wild ways of Fish.

Everything is going A.D.D.’s way. That is, until they get a chance of a lifetime opportunity. Their agent, played by the hilarious Jason Sudeikis of SNL, informs the band that they’re opening for Vesuvius in a free concert for their hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Fish flies off the handle, quits the band, and finds himself a miserable job with his brother in law in the corporate world.

Now it’s time for the kids to act like the adults. Lead singer Curtis decides the band is nothing without the spirit of Fish, and convinces him to do the gig. Fish and the band play an incredible show, and are on cloud nine. When they think things couldn’t get any better, Vesuvius takes the stage. And with one slip of the mic stand, the lead singer’s microphone goes crashing to the ground. The only problem is, the voice track is still going, revealing that they’ve been lip-synching the entire time! The audience goes wild, booing Vesuvius off the stage in a cloud of embarrassment, and chanting, “A.D.D.! A.D.D.!”

Cast

• Rainn Wilson as Robert “Fish” Fishman, drummer
• Christina Applegate as Kim
• Josh Gad as Matt Gadman, keyboardist
• Teddy Geiger as Curtis Wood, lead vocalist and guitarist
• Emma Stone as Amelia, bassist
• Will Arnett as Lex

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
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Directed by	Dave Filoni
Produced by	George Lucas Catherine Winder
Written by	Henry Gilroy Steven Melching Scott Murphy
Starring	James Arnold Taylor Matt Lanter Ashley Drane Tom Kane Christopher Lee Samuel L. Jackson
Music by	Kevin Kiner Theme: John Williams
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Lucasfilm Animation
Release date(s)	Australia: August 14, 2008 North America: United Kingdom: August 15, 2008
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8.5 million
Gross revenue	$52.38 million

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 CGI animated science-fiction film that follows the continuing adventures within the Star Wars universe. It is set between Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The film premiered on August 10, 2008 at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre and was released in theaters on August 14, 2008 across Australia, and August 15 in the United States, and United Kingdom by Warner Bros.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the seventh Star Wars feature to be released in theaters domestically (the eighth worldwide as Caravan of Courage enjoyed a European cinematic release in 1984) and is the first animated theatrical film for the franchise, and the first to be distributed by Warner Bros. It is the first theatrical Star Wars film to be directed by someone other than George Lucas since Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. It’s also the only theatrical Star Wars film not scored by John Williams. The Clone Wars is intended to act as an introduction to the television series of the same name, which is set to debut in October, 2008. It is set in roughly the same time period as the earlier 2003 series.

The film begins with a narrator explaining the state of the Clone Wars instead of an opening crawl, like its predecessors. The Separatists control the majority of the hyperlanes, leaving Republic forces stranded in different parts of the Outer Rim. Jabba the Hutt’s son Rotta is kidnapped as part of a plan to make the Hutts join the Separatists. Meanwhile, a fierce battle is taking place on the crystalline planet of Christophsis between the Republic’s very limited clone army and the Retail Clan forces.

With the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, the clones steadily advance on the Separatists’ forces, gaining the Republic an early victory. It doesn’t last long, though, as the droid army under the command of Whorm Loathsom soon returns. With no communications or the ability to fly in reinforcements, the fate of the few remaining clone soldiers are in the hands of Obi-Wan and Anakin. A shuttle arrives, but without the needed reinforcements. Instead, it is a young Padawan named Ahsoka Tano, who insists that she has been sent by Master Yoda to serve under Anakin, who is reluctant to take a student. The battle soon commences yet again, with the Separatist forces advancing behind an expanding shield that artillery can’t penetrate. Anakin and Ahsoka succeed in penetrating the enemy lines while Obi-Wan stalls for time by holding a fake surrender negotiation with Loathsom.

Soon after the final victory for the Republic on Christophsis, Yoda arrives and brings the Jedi up to date on the situation concerning Jabba’s son. The Republic needs Jabba on their side to ensure unfettered travel through Jabba’s trade routes. So Anakin and Ahsoka are tasked with retrieving the child, while Obi-Wan flies to Tatooine to assure Jabba that Rotta will be retrieved.

On the planet Teth, Anakin, Ahsoka and their clones assault a monastery that sits atop a high stone pillar. They find Rotta, but discover that he is ill, requiring them to get him help immediately. But they have been caught in a trap by Count Dooku, who hopes to frame the Jedi for Rotta’s disappearance (and possible death), thereby ending any chance of the Republic striking a deal with Jabba. He has sent his minion, Asajj Ventress to secure fake evidence of the Jedi’s supposed double dealing, then to recapture the young Hutt and return it to Jabba, putting the crime lord in the Separatists’ debt.

Anakin and Ahsoka manage to escape the trap along with R2-D2 and hijack a derelict transport which they use to travel to Tatooine. Obi-Wan, alerted by Anakin, arrives just in time to relieve the clone forces and engages Ventress in a lightsaber duel where he manages to defeat her, though Ventress flees in the face of capture. On board the derelict ship, Ahsoka manages to cure Rotta by the use of medical supplies on board.

In the meantime, Senator Padmé Amidala learns of Anakin’s mission and fears for his safety. She decides to contact Jabba’s uncle, Ziro, who lives in a shady part of Coruscant. The Hutt refuses to cooperate, claiming that it is the Jedi who are responsible for the situation. Padmé, however, soon discovers that Ziro has actually conspired with Dooku to engineer the downfall of his nephew in order to seize power over the Hutt clans. Padmé is discovered and detained, but a chance call by C-3PO enables her to summon help, and Ziro is arrested.

Upon their arrival on Tatooine, Anakin and Ahsoka are attacked and shot down. Faced with a long trek across desert sands and relentless opponents, Anakin devises a ruse: he confronts Dooku while carrying a decoy Rotta, leaving Ahsoka and R2-D2 to take the real Rotta to Jabba’s palace. While Anakin fights Dooku, Ahsoka is ambushed by three Magnaguards, whom she narrowly defeats. Anakin and Ahsoka enter the palace one after another and Rotta is returned to his father. Jabba, deceived by the lies of Count Dooku, orders for them to be executed. Just in time, Padmé calls and convinces Jabba of his uncle’s duplicity. Jabba agrees to allow the Republic safe passage through the Outer Rim territories, but only if the Jedi promise to make Dooku pay for his crimes against the Hutts. With their mission accomplished, Anakin and Ahsoka are triumphantly retrieved by Obi-Wan and Yoda.

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Mirrors
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alexandre Aja
Produced by	Alexandre Aja Grégory Levasseur
Written by	Alexandre Aja Grégory Levasseur
Starring	Kiefer Sutherland Paula Patton
Music by	Javier Navarrete
Cinematography	Maxime Alexandre
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	August 15, 2008
Country	Romania United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 Million

Mirrors is a horror film directed by Alexandre Aja, director of the remake of The Hills Have Eyes, and stars Kiefer Sutherland. The film was first titled Into the Mirror, but the name was later changed to Mirrors. Filming began on May 1, 2007. The film was released on August 15, 2008. The film carries an R rating by the MPAA for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity. Alexandre Aja has mentioned that this project is not a remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film Into the Mirror, though there are some similarities.

The movie starts with a man running away from something. He then runs into a locker room, where all of the lockers open to show his reflection. He desperately apologizes to his reflection for running away in hopes of forgiveness and begins fervently cleaning the mirrors. To his horror, the mirror begins to crack and a piece falls off. Trying to redeem himself, he picks up the shard with the intention of putting it back on the mirror. However, his reflection slashes his throat and the man dies.

Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland), a former undercover detective who was suspended after shooting another officer, takes a nighttime security job at a department store that was gutted by a fire. The department store used to be a psychiatric hospital that experimented in treating schizophrenia. In 1952, a mass killing took place and the hospital was closed. It was later reopened as a luxury department store, the Mayflower. Ben comments on the pristine mirrors throughout the store, and the guard comments that the man Ben is replacing was obsessed with cleaning them.

Ben’s round begins normally, though on his first night he sees a door open in a mirror’s reflection while it is actually closed. After investigating, he finds nothing. Following nights expose Ben to more intense visions, which he initially shrugs off as hallucinations. He also finds the wallet of Gary Lewis, the night watchman he is replacing. The only piece of information is a note that says “Esseker.” Ben further hallucinates being set on fire, as well as seeing victims in various parts of the store who were burned to death. Ben then receives a package from Gary Lewis that was sent several days before his death. The package contains newspaper clippings about the fire and other crimes. The man convicted of burning the Mayflower was also convicted of killing his wife and children.

Meanwhile, Angela (Amy Smart), Ben’s sister, is getting in the bath and begins to relax, when her reflection grips her jaw and begins to slowly tear it off, killing her. Ben returns to the store and attempts to destroy the mirrors, but they prove impervious and even regenerate from several bullets he fires at them. He demands to know what the mirrors want, and ESSEKER is written on the mirror. Ben investigates and finds the name Anna Esseker, a patient of the psychiatric institute. She supposedly died in the mass killing, but Ben discovers that she was actually transferred out two days prior to the event. After he learns of Angela’s death, he realizes that the mirrors will eventually kill his family if he does not bring Anna Esseker to them. He goes to his wife’s home and attempts to remove or paint the surface of every mirror in the house, but his estranged wife Amy (Paula Patton) believes that he is undergoing a breakdown. He tries to show Amy what happens when he tries to break the mirrors by shooting them, but nothing happens and she does not believe him. He looks in the window of his house and sees his children looking at him. Ben then leaves in frustration and embarrassment. Amy starts to believe Ben when she discovers her son Michael talking to his reflection. After calling him away, Michaels reflection remains, smiling at her. Amy calls Ben in a panic, who immediately returns home, and together they cover every reflective surface in the house. Shortly after, Ben discovers Anna Esseker’s home, but she is not there. The owner of the house says that when Anna was here strange things would happen with the mirrors, so they try to get her help. The doctor’s treatment was to lock Anna in a room of mirrors. Whatever was in her, left her and “entered” the mirrors. After that, Esseker was sent her to a convent, where there were no mirrors allowed. After finding Anna, she explains to Ben that she was possessed by a demon, and while in the hospital she was confined to a chair in a room which was surrounded by mirrors, as the doctors’ believed this treatment would cure her schizophrenia by forcing her to confront her own reflection. In reality, the demon within her was drawn from her and became trapped in the mirrors.

Ben begs Anna to come back to the department store so that the demon will leave his family alone, though Anna refuses. Meanwhile, Ben’s family is attacked by the mirrors. Because he feels the demon in the mirrors is a friend, Michael cleans the paint from all reflective surfaces with a butcher knife and turns all the faucets on, covering the floor with a thin, reflective layer of water. Amy is repeatedly attacked, but manages to save her daughter from having her throat slashed. Amy calls Ben for help, and he abducts Anna at gunpoint. Anna returns to the mirror room and tells Ben to strap her tight, then leave immediately. Amy finds Michael playing in the water. Michael is pulled through the surface of the water and is trapped on the other side.

As Anna opens her eyes and becomes repossessed, the mirrors explode. Ben returns to the mirror room and discovers that Anna is now crawling on the ceiling and walls and has superhuman strength. Ben shoots at her but fails to wound Anna. He then impales her on a broken steam pipe that ignites a nearby gas line. He tries to escape the crumbling building but Anna attacks again and he is forced to fight her off. The building gives away and comes down on Anna, killing her, and supposedly Ben as well.

At the family’s home, Amy claws at the surface of the water in an attempt to rescue her drowning son. Suddenly, Michael is released from the other side of the reflection and Amy is able to pull him to safety and revive him with CPR.

Ben, alive but injured, pulls himself out of the rubble and exits the building to the street. Police, paramedics and firemen are everywhere, but nobody stops Ben as he leaves. He realizes that something is different because the name on a badge is written in reverse, so is the word Police on a car; even a wound from earlier in the movie is on the opposite hand. Fleeing the scene, he happens upon a mirror in town, and he can not see his reflection. He places his hand on it. The scene then changes to the real world and the audience sees Ben’s hand print on the mirror… Ben is trapped in the mirror world.

Cast

• Kiefer Sutherland … Ben Carson
• Paula Patton … Amy Carson
• Cameron Boyce … Michael Carson
• Erica Gluck … Daisy Carson
• Amy Smart … Angela Carson
• Mary Beth Peil … Anna Esseker
• John Shrapnel … Lorenzo Sapelli
• Jason Flemyng … Larry Byrne
• Tim Ahern … Dr. Morris
• Christine Thompson … Mirror