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Release Date: June 23, 2009

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC

Cast: Hugh Dancy, Isla Fisher, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, Leslie Bibb

Synopsis: In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood (ISLA FISHER) is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping -- a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door -- until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company. As her dreams are finally coming true, she goes to ever more hilarious and extreme efforts to keep her past from ruining her future. ISLA FISHER ('Wedding Crashers') stars in the film from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director PJ. Hogan ('My Best Friend's Wedding'). The screenplay by Tracey Jackson, Tim Firth and Kayla Alpert is based on the books 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' and 'Shopaholic Takes Manhattan' by Sophie Kinsella.

INKHEART

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Paul Bettany, Sienna Guillory

Synopsis: Mortimer 'Mo' Folchart (Brendan Fraser) and his 12-year-old daughter, Meggie (Eliza Hope Bennett), share a passion for books. What they also share is an extraordinary gift for bringing characters from books to life when they read aloud. But there is a danger: when a character is brought to life from a book, a real person disappears into its pages.
On one of their trips to a secondhand book shop, Mo hears voices he hasn't heard for years, and when he locates the book they're coming from, it sends a shiver up his spine. It's Inkheart, a book filled with illustrations of medieval castles and strange creatures--a book he's been searching for since Meggie was three years old, when her mother, Resa (Sienna Guillory), vanished into its mystical world.
But Mo's plan to use the book to find and rescue Resa is thwarted when Capricorn (Andy Serkis), the evil villain of Inkheart, kidnaps Meggie and, discovering she has inherited her father's gift, demands that she bring his most powerful ally to life--the Shadow. Determined to rescue his daughter and send the fictional characters back where they belong, Mo assembles a small group of friends and family--some from the real world, some from the pages of books--and embarks on a daring and perilous journey to set things right.

THE PINK PANTHER 2

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Andy Garcia, Emily Mortimer, Jean Reno, Steve Martin

Synopsis: The Pink Panther 2, the sequel to the 2006 worldwide hit, stars Steve Martin as he reprises the role of intrepid-if-bumbling French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) is forced to assign Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts. Martin is joined by his co-stars Jean Reno (as Ponton, his partner) and Emily Mortimer (as Nicole, the object of his awkward affections). The investigative dream team is played by Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Yuki Matsuzaki (Letters from Iwo Jima) and Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Lily Tomlin also stars. The story is set in Paris and Rome.

TABLE FOR THREE

Cast: Brandon Routh, Jesse Bradford, Jennifer Morrison, Sophia Bush, Johnny Galecki

Synopsis: BRANDON ROUTH of Superman Returns stars as Scott, who is suddenly single and alone after his girlfriend dumps him during his marriage proposal and his roommate moves thousands of miles away. But when he invites super-nice strangers Ryan and Mary (SOPHIA BUSH of One Three Hill and JESSE BRADFORD of Bring It On) to share his apartment, they soon begin to intrude on every aspect of his life including his new relationship with the girl of his dreams JENNIFER MORRISON of House M.D.). Is Scott just being paranoid or does this seemingly 'perfect couple' need a third wheel to keep them rolling? JOHNNY GALECKI (The Big Bang Theory) and LIZA LAPIRA (NCIS, 21) co-star in this twisted romantic comedy about bad dates, worse friends and the madness that waits at a TABLE FOR THREE.

THE CODE

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman, Radha Mitchell, Rade Serbedzija, Robert Forster

Synopsis: From acclaimed director Mimi Leder (Deep Impact), with an all-star action cast led by Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas and Radha Mitchell, THE CODE is full of deceit, thievery and twists at every turn. While pulling a down-and-dirty jewelry heist on a subway train, Gabriel (Banderas) encounters Ripley (Freeman), a legendary thief who was casing the same job. In spite of Gabriel's initial reluctance, Ripley manages to rope him into an impossible job: the theft of two priceless Faberge Imperial Eggs from the heavily guarded vault of a New York diamond wholesaler. The stakes rise for Gabriel and Ripley when Ripley's goddaughter (Mitchell) is kidnapped by the KGB. Staying one step ahead of the NYPD, the FBI, the diamond merchants and the vicious Russian KGB crime boss determined to have the priceless eggs for himself, Gabriel and Ripley must find a way to pull off the heist and make it out alive.

PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND

Cast: Bailee Madison, Bill Pullman, Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson

Synopsis: This heartfelt, fantastical story of a troubled, imaginative girl (Elle Fanning, The Door in the Floor) devoted to Alice in Wonderland explores the agonies of growing up as an outsider and the complexities of parenting. Oscar nominee Felicity Huffman (Transamerica, TV's Desperate Housewives) gives one of the most powerful performances of her career as Phoebe's guilt-ridden mother. She and her perplexed husband (Bill Pullman, Independence Day) initially see Phoebe's unusual behavior as signs of creativity, but with the help of an unconventional drama teacher (Oscar nominee Patricia Clarkson, Lars and the Real Girl), they soon realize that their daughter is in danger of falling 'through the looking glass.'

WALTZ WITH BASHIR

Cast: Ari Folman, Dror Harazi, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Yehezkel Lazarov

Synopsis: One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images...

Source: CelebrityWonder.com

| Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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