Movies I've seen in April

I've decided to track the films I see since April 2009. Let's see how it goes... In the meantime, let me tell you why I decided to do so. Well, because I forgot and because my memory remembers more what I write down. :(

Surfing on the net I found this cinema club that could be interesting for you:
http://www.meetup.com/montreal-movie/about/


Taken
Director:Pierre Morel
Writers (WGA):Luc Besson (written by) &Robert Mark Kamen (written by)
Contact:View company contact information for Taken on IMDbPro.
Release Date:30 January 2009 (Canada) more
Genre:Action Crime Drama Thriller more
Cast:
Liam Neeson... Bryan Mills

Famke Janssen... Lenore

Leland Orser... Sam

Radivoje Bukvic... Anton (as Rasha Bukvic)

Mathieu Busson...Undercover agent

Holly Valance...Sheerah

Katie Cassidy... Amanda

Xander Berkeley... Stuart

Nicolas Giraud... Peter

Maggie Grace... Kim

Jon Gries... Casey

Plot Summary:
The seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father, the retired agent Bryan Mills that left the secret service to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart; she convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with the stranger Peter and Amanda tells to him that they are alone in Paris. When Bryan succeeds in contacting his daughter, she tells that criminals have just break in the spot and they are kidnapped by an Albanese gang of human trafficking. Bryan promises in the phone to kill the kidnapper of his daughter and immediately travels to Paris to find Kim and chase the criminals.


Slumdog Millionaire

Directors:Danny BoyleLoveleen Tandan (co-director: India)
Writers:Simon Beaufoy (screenplay) andVikas Swarup (novel)
Contact:View company contact information for Slumdog Millionaire on IMDbPro.
Release Date:23 January 2009 (Canada) more
Genre:Crime Drama Romance more
Plot Summary:
A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.

Cast:

Dev Patel... Jamal K. Malik

Anil Kapoor... Prem Kumar

Saurabh Shukla... Sergeant Srinivas

Rajendranath Zutshi... Director (as Raj Zutshi)

Jeneva Talwar... Vision Mixer

Freida Pinto... Latika

Irrfan Khan... Police Inspector

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail... Youngest Salim

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar... Youngest Jamal

Sunil Kumar Agrawal... Mr Chi (as Sunil Aggarwal)

Jira Banjara... Airport Security Guard #1

Sheikh Wali... Airport Security Guard #2

Mahesh Manjrekar... Javed

Sanchita Choudhary... Jamal's Mother

Himanshu Tyagi... Mr Nanda


Knowing

Director:Alex Proyas
Writers:Ryne Douglas Pearson (screenplay) andJuliet Snowden (screenplay) ...more
Contact:View company contact information for Knowing on IMDbPro.
Release Date:20 March 2009 (USA) more
Genre:Action Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller more
Tagline:Knowing is Everything...
Plot:A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Cast:

Nicolas Cage... John Koestler

Chandler Canterbury... Caleb Koestler

Rose Byrne... Diana Wayland

D.G. Maloney... The Stranger

Lara Robinson... Lucinda Embry / Abby Wayland

Nadia Townsend... Grace Koestler

Alan Hopgood... Rev. Koestler

Adrienne Pickering... Allison

Joshua Long... Younger Caleb

Danielle Carter... Miss Taylor (1959)

Alethea McGrath... Miss Taylor (2009)



Sunshine Cleaning

Director:Christine Jeffs
Writer (WGA):Megan Holley (written by)
Contact:View company contact information for Sunshine Cleaning on IMDbPro.
Release Date:27 March 2009 (USA) more
Plot:
In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.

Cast:
Amy Adams... Rose Lorkowski

Emily Blunt... Norah

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State of Game

Director:Kevin Macdonald
Writers (WGA):Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay) andTony Gilroy (screenplay) ...more
Contact:View company contact information for State of Play on IMDbPro.
Release Date:17 April 2009 (Canada) more
Genre:Crime Drama Thriller more
Tagline:Find The Truth
Plot:A team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman's mistress.

Cast:

Russell Crowe... Cal McAffrey

Ben Affleck... Rep. Stephen Collins

Rachel McAdams... Della Frye

Helen Mirren...Cameron Lynne

Robin Wright Penn... Anne Collins

Jason Bateman... Dominic Foy