Release Date: June 12, 2009 Genre: Action, Thriller Cast: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, James Gandolfini Director: Tony Scott Producers: Todd Black, Tony Scott Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: In The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Denzel Washington stars as New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. John Travolta stars as Ryder, the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the trains passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But theres one riddle Garber can\'t solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape? [More] [Less]

Release Date: Feb 13, 2009 Genre: Drama Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Moni Moshonov, Isabella Rossellini, John Ortiz Director: James Gray Writers: James Gray, Richard Menello Studio: Magnolia Pictures Plot: Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, TWO LOVERS is a classic romantic drama, with Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable performance as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man who moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in Leonard\'s staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family\'s dry-cleaning business. 

Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him. [More] [Less]

Release Date: 2009 Genre: Foreign, Horror Cast: Clovis Cornillac, Gabriella Wright, Alexandra Ansidei Director: Franck Vestiel Studio: Magolia Pictures Plot: In this French frightener, a man (Clovis Cornillac) wakes up to find himself at the bottom of a cavern. But this is no ordinary cave; it appears to be the abandoned labs of a company called Eden Log. However, the underground labyrinth isn\'t entirely empty. A creature prowls the halls, and the man must do all he can to escape its clutches. [More] [Less]

Release Date: Oct 24, 2008 Genre: Foreign, Thriller Cast: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist Director: Tomas Alfredson Writer: John Ajvide Lindqvist Studio: Magnolia Pictures Plot: A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy\'s wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father. A pale, serious young girl, she only comes out at night and doesn\'t seem affected by the freezing temperatures.

Coinciding with Eli\'s arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. One man is found tied to a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck. Blood seems to be the common denominator and for an introverted boy like Oskar, who is fascinated by gruesome stories, it doesn\'t take long before he figures out that Eli is a vampire. But by now a subtle romance has blossomed between Oskar and Eli, and she gives him the strength to fight back against his aggressors. Oskar becomes increasingly aware of the tragic, inhuman dimension of Eli\'s plight, but cannot bring himself to forsake her. Frozen forever in a twelve-year-old\'s body, with all the burgeoning feelings and confused emotions of a young adolescent, Eli knows that she can only continue to live if she keeps on moving. But when Oskar faces his darkest hour, Eli returns to defend him the only way she can ... [More] [Less]

Release Date: May 15, 2009 Genre: Foreign, Comedy Cast: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi, Ryunosuke Kamiki Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto Studio: Magnolia Pictures Plot: A middle-aged slacker living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum, Daisatos job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform him into a stocky, stick-wielding giant several stories high who is entrusted with defending Japan from a host of bizarre monsters. But while his predecessors were national heroes, he is a pariah among the citizens he protects, who bitterly complain about the noise and destruction of property he causes. And Daisato has his own problems an agent insistent on branding him with sponsor advertisements, an Alzheimer-afflicted grandfather who transforms into a giant in dirty underwear, and a family who is embarrassed by his often cowardly exploits. A wickedly deadpan spin on the giant Japanese superhero, BIG MAN JAPAN is an outrageous portrait of a pathetic but truly unique hero. [More] [Less]

Release Date: Mar 20, 2009 Genre: Comedy Cast: John Malkovich, Emily Blunt, Ricky Jay, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks Writer: Sean McGinly
Producers: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman MPAA Rating: PG for some language including suggestive remarks, and a drug reference. Studio: Magnolia Pictures Plot: Law-school dropout Troy Gable answers an ad for a \"personal assistant to a celebrity performer,\" hoping it will catapult him to a glamorous career in the entertainment industry. Little does he know that performer is Buck Howard, a \"mentalist\" infamous for his 61 appearances on The Tonight Show, who has been reduced to a has-been magician in need of a pretty big trick to get him out of this slump. Writer/director Sean McGinly does the near impossible by successfully encapsulating a whole era of entertainment in one outrageous character. Played with perfection by John Malkovich, Buck is a bigger-than-life mix of ego, sweetness, and delusion packaged in a flamboyant style. As Troy, Colin Hanks does a remarkable job of holding his own, even when deflecting Buck\'s diva-esque tantrums. In an inspired bit of casting, Tom Hanks plays Troy\'s father, who ironically disapproves of show business, and Emily Blunt is the fiery publicist hired to stage the comeback of a lifetime. McGinly\'s secret is that he never allows the film to wallow in sentimentality because Buck doesn\'t need our pity. He has confidence in his stage presence, and he may even have some authentic magic powers up his sleeve. The true magic of The Great Buck Howard, however, is remembering the power of staying true to yourself even if the world around you has changed. -- © Sundance Film Festival [More] [Less]

Release Date: July 24, 2009 Genre: Comedy, Kids/Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Animation Cast: Gary Oldman, John Cleese, Dwayne ´The Rock´ Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long Director: Jorge Blanco, Marcos Martinez Writers: Joe Stillman, Etan Cohen Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: Planet 51 is a galactic sized animated alien adventure comedy revolving around American astronaut Captain Charles \"Chuck\" Baker, who lands on Planet 51 thinking he\'s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders...like Chuck! With the help of his robot companion \"Rover\" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum. [More] [Less]

Release Date: Jan 16, 2009 Genre: Comedy Starring: Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keir O\'Donnell, Bobby Cannavale Director: Steve Carr Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: In Columbia Pictures\' comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James stars as the title character, a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. Though no one else takes his job seriously, Paul considers himself on the front lines of safety. When a heist shuts down the megaplex, Jersey\'s most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day. [More] [Less]

This collection of drive-in movie ads are in the public domain.

Back in the 50\\\'s and 60\\\'s, this is what they would run at the Drive in between features, to advertise the snack bar fare, and to let you know how much time you had to get back to your car. Campy, nostaligic, and fun.

A compilation of drive-in intermission films mostly from the 1950s and 1960s.

Release Date: May 15, 2009 Genre: Foreign, Comedy Cast: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi, Ryunosuke Kamiki Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto Studio: Magnolia Pictures Plot: A middle-aged slacker living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum, Daisatos job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform him into a stocky, stick-wielding giant several stories high who is entrusted with defending Japan from a host of bizarre monsters. But while his predecessors were national heroes, he is a pariah among the citizens he protects, who bitterly complain about the noise and destruction of property he causes. And Daisato has his own problems an agent insistent on branding him with sponsor advertisements, an Alzheimer-afflicted grandfather who transforms into a giant in dirty underwear, and a family who is embarrassed by his often cowardly exploits. A wickedly deadpan spin on the giant Japanese superhero, BIG MAN JAPAN is an outrageous portrait of a pathetic but truly unique hero. [More] [Less]

Release Date: Jan 16, 2009 Genre: Comedy Starring: Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keir O\'Donnell, Bobby Cannavale Director: Steve Carr Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: In Columbia Pictures\' comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James stars as the title character, a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. Though no one else takes his job seriously, Paul considers himself on the front lines of safety. When a heist shuts down the megaplex, Jersey\'s most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day. [More] [Less]

Release Date: June 12, 2009 Genre: Action, Thriller Cast: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, James Gandolfini Director: Tony Scott Producers: Todd Black, Tony Scott Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: In The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Denzel Washington stars as New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. John Travolta stars as Ryder, the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the trains passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But theres one riddle Garber can\'t solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape? [More] [Less]

Release Date: Feb 13, 2009 Genre: Drama Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Moni Moshonov, Isabella Rossellini, John Ortiz Director: James Gray Writers: James Gray, Richard Menello Studio: Magnolia Pictures Plot: Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, TWO LOVERS is a classic romantic drama, with Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable performance as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man who moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in Leonard\'s staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family\'s dry-cleaning business. 

Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him. [More] [Less]

Release Date: Oct 24, 2008 Genre: Foreign, Thriller Cast: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist Director: Tomas Alfredson Writer: John Ajvide Lindqvist Studio: Magnolia Pictures Plot: A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy\'s wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father. A pale, serious young girl, she only comes out at night and doesn\'t seem affected by the freezing temperatures.

Coinciding with Eli\'s arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. One man is found tied to a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck. Blood seems to be the common denominator and for an introverted boy like Oskar, who is fascinated by gruesome stories, it doesn\'t take long before he figures out that Eli is a vampire. But by now a subtle romance has blossomed between Oskar and Eli, and she gives him the strength to fight back against his aggressors. Oskar becomes increasingly aware of the tragic, inhuman dimension of Eli\'s plight, but cannot bring himself to forsake her. Frozen forever in a twelve-year-old\'s body, with all the burgeoning feelings and confused emotions of a young adolescent, Eli knows that she can only continue to live if she keeps on moving. But when Oskar faces his darkest hour, Eli returns to defend him the only way she can ... [More] [Less]

Release Date: May 15, 2009 Genre: Action/Adventure Cast: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgaard Director: Ron Howard Studio: Sony PIctures Plot: The team behind the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code returns for the highly anticipated Angels & Demons, based upon the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard religious expert Robert Langdon, who once again finds that forces with ancient roots are willing to stop at nothing, even murder, to advance their goals. Ron Howard again directs the film, which is produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and John Calley. The screenplay is by David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman. When Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati - the most powerful underground organization in history - he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization\\\'s most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican\\\'s only hope for survival. [More] [Less]

Release: Feb 20, 2009 Genre: Comedy Starring: Sarah Roemer, Molly Sims, Annalynne McCord, John Michael Higgins Director: Will Gluck Plot: Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D\'Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen), the stars of the Gerald R. Ford High School football team, are dreading the prospect of another summer at football camp. When Nick hatches a scheme for the two to join their schools cheerleaders at cheer camp instead, they find themselves awash in a sea of gorgeous young women. It all goes great until Shawn falls for Carly (Sarah Roemer), the beautiful head cheerleader who sees right through them. [More] [Less]

Release Date: Feb 13, 2009 Genre: Drama Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian F. O\'Byrne Director: Tom Tykwer Studio: Sony PIctures Plot: In this gripping thriller, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the worlds most powerful banks. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Milan to New York to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as their targets will stop at nothing even murder to continue financing terror and war. Directed by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) from an original screenplay written by Eric Singer, The International is being shot on location in Germany and throughout Europe. [More] [Less]

Release Date: September 19, 2008  Genre: Thriller, Crime/Gangster Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Keith Loneker, Jaishon Fisher, Patrick Wilson Director: Neil LaBute Producers: Will Smith, James Lassiter, Orin Woinsky MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense thematic material, violence, sexuality, language and some drug reference. Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: A young interracial couple move into their dream home and are increasingly harassed by their next-door neighbor, a tightly wound black LAPD officer. When the couple decides to fight back the feud turns deadly. [More] [Less]

Release Date: Jul 17, 2009 Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham-Carter, David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Helen McCrory, Hero Fiennes Tiffin Director: David Yates Writer: Steve Kloves Studio: Warner Bros. Plot: J.K. Rowling\\\'s sixth novel about the boy wizard appears on screen in this film from David Yates, the director of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson are back as the beloved Hogwarts students, and Oscar winner Jim Broadbent joins the cast as Horace Slughorn. [More] [Less]

Release Date: Jan 16, 2009 Genre: Comedy Starring: Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keir O\'Donnell, Bobby Cannavale Director: Steve Carr Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: In Columbia Pictures\' comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James stars as the title character, a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. Though no one else takes his job seriously, Paul considers himself on the front lines of safety. When a heist shuts down the megaplex, Jersey\'s most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day. [More] [Less]

Release Date: July 24, 2009 Genre: Comedy, Kids/Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Animation Cast: Gary Oldman, John Cleese, Dwayne ´The Rock´ Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long Director: Jorge Blanco, Marcos Martinez Writers: Joe Stillman, Etan Cohen Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: Planet 51 is a galactic sized animated alien adventure comedy revolving around American astronaut Captain Charles \"Chuck\" Baker, who lands on Planet 51 thinking he\'s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders...like Chuck! With the help of his robot companion \"Rover\" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum. [More] [Less]

A grief counselor helps six plane crash survivors and develops a connection with one of them. When the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, she suspects a conspiracy and becomes determined to uncover the truth.   Genres: Thriller Release Date: October 24, 2008 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements including some scary images, and sensuality. Starring: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, Chelah Horsdal, Ryan Robbins (II), Andrew Wheeler (II) Directed By: Rodrigo Garcia Produced By: Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane, Julie Lynn [More] [Less]