131. Broken Embraces ( abrazos rotos, Los )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez, Tamar Novas, Rubén Ochandiano
Plot: After an accident took from him his sight and his love, writer Mateo Blanco increasingly turns to his pseudonym, Harry Caine, eventually erasing all traces of his old life. But what begins as a simple bedtime story for a child turns into an emotional roller-coaster, forcing him to once again face his true self.
132. The Shortcut
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholaus Goossen
Actors: Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, Dave Franco, Katrina Bowden, Raymond J. Barry, Wendy Anderson
Plot: Two brothers come upon a rarely used shortcut in their new town.
133. World's Greatest Dad
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Goldthwait
Actors: Robin Williams, Henry Simmons, Daryl Sabara, Jermaine Williams, Michael Thomas Moore, Ellie Jameson
134. Taking Chance
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ross Katz
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker, Guy Boyd, James Castanien
135. Blood and Bone
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ben Ramsey
Actors: Michael Jai White, Julian Sands, Eamonn Walker, Dante Basco, Nona Gaye, Michelle Belegrin
136. Paranormal Activity
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oren Peli
Actors: Michael Bayouth, Katie Featherston, Randy McDowell, Ashley Palmer, Tim Piper, Amber Armstrong
Plot: A couple moves into a typical suburban tract house, but soon begins to experience strange phenomena at night. Setting up a video camera, they hope to capture evidence of the force, demonic or otherwise, that is terrorizing them.
137. No Greater Love
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brad J. Silverman
Actors: Danielle Bisutti, Eric Bivens-Bush, Alexis Boozer, Michelle Delynn, Anthony Tyler Quinn, Aaron Sanders
138. Diary of a Tired Black Man
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Alexander
Actors: Jimmy Jean-Louis, Paula Lema, Tim Alexander, Natasha M. Dixon, Shavsha Israel, Shavonne Sciarillo
139. Vampire Party ( dents de la nuit, Les )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Cafiero, Vincent Lobelle
Actors: Patrick Mille, Frédérique Bel, Julie Fournier, Vincent Desagnat, Sam Karmann, Hélène de Fougerolles
Plot: A group of friends sneak into a VIP party called "Medici Night" only to
discover that it is hosted by vampires! The friends must fight for their
lives against the vampires and find a way out of the party using various
weapons and tactics against the blood-sucking fiends.
140. Arn: The Knight Templar ( Arn - Tempelriddaren )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Flinth
Actors: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist, Simon Callow, Vincent Perez
Plot: Coming from nobility Arn is raised as a monastic warrior but forbidden love sends him and the woman he was with to 20 years in separate monasteries. But Arn is given a higher calling - to become a Templar and help the holy order stop Saladin and his army from taking Jerusalem.
