Tagline: A cyber killer has finally found the perfect accomplice: You. Ben “Finn” Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is an affable, modern-day treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queen’s Dowry–40 chests of priceless treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his…
Category: Comedies
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
From the producers of “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up” comes a comic look at one guy’s arduous quest to grow up and get over the heartbreak of being dumped — if he can only make himself start “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” Struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel, “How I Met Your Mother”) has spent six…
Four Christmases (2008)
When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation–and unable to escape–they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities, increasingly mortified to find childhood…
Get Smart (2008)
Tagline: Saving the World… And Loving It. Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice…
Ghost Town (2008)
Tagline: He sees dead people… and they annoy him. Dr. Bertram Pincus, DDS is a big-city curmudgeon, a cynical snob and a self consumed loner who just wants to get away from the teeming masses who surround him in Manhattan. But Pincus is about to have his entire world-view punctured in the wake of a…
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Poppy is a thirty-year old Primary School teacher in contemporary North London. She has great friends, a job she loves and a full life. The movie watches her confront the harsh realities of life and deal with them head-on, never losing her sense of humour. Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan star in director Mike Leigh’s…