Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
White Material is a 2009 French drama film directed by Claire Denis and co-written with Marie NDiaye. The film stars Isabelle Huppert as Maria Vial, a struggling French coffee producer in an unnamed French-speaking African country, who decides to stay at her coffee plantation in spite of an erupting civil war. The film was well received ...
Avatar broke The Day After Tomorrow ' s record ($68.7 million) for the highest opening weekend for an environmentalist film. It also broke Up ' s record ($68.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film and The Incredibles ' record ($70.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original film.
The most original British film was Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's low-key, low-budget Helen, a formally innovative look at provincial life. 2009 was a mostly undistinguished year for Hollywood, with indifferent films from Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Michael Mann (Public Enemies) and others, and deadly blockbusters such as Angels ...
First Look Studios / Millennium Films / Saturn Films Werner Herzog (director); William M. Finklestein (screenplay); Nicolas Cage , Eva Mendes , Val Kilmer , Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner , Jennifer Coolidge , Brad Dourif , Fairuza Balk , Irma P. Hall , Tom Bower , Michael Shannon , Vondie Curtis-Hall , Shawn Hatosy , Denzel Whitaker , Shea Whigham ...
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air; Best Screenplay – Original: Joel and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man; Best Screenplay – Adapted: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air; Best Animated Feature: Up; Best Foreign Language Film: A Prophet, France; Best Documentary Feature: The Cove; Best Ensemble Cast: It's ...
La Yuma is a 2009 Nicaraguan drama film directed by Florence Jaugey. [1] The film was selected as the Nicaraguan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards , [ 2 ] but did not make the final shortlist.
The film was well received by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on 15 reviews. [6] Michael Ordona of the Los Angeles Times remarked, "'Like Dandelion Dust' is a well-acted, earnest film about adoptive parents' worst nightmare, dealing sympathetically with all parties in a lose-lose situation."
3 Acts of Murder (2009) – Australian crime drama television film based on the true-life story of how author Arthur Upfield inadvertently inspired The Murchison Murders [1]; 12 Paces Without a Head (German: Zwölf Meter ohne Kopf) (2009) – German historical adventure film centering on the German folk hero Klaus Störtebeker, who was a pirate at the time [2]