Inkheart:
Release Date: 1/23/2009

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Adaptation

cast: Helen Mirren,Roger Allam, Brendan Fraser,Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis, Rafi Gavron, Sienna Guillory ect.

Inkheart may be a tad Lord of the Rings-ish, but it’s still a whimsical, exciting and entertaining family flick.

Synopsis: Mortimer “Mo” Folchart and his 12-year-old daughter, Meggie, 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, vanished into its mystical world. But Mo’s plan to use the book to find and rescue Resa is thwarted when Capricorn, 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.

Story: Based on Cornelia Funke’s best-selling children’s book, Inkheart takes its literary inspirations literally.

It revolves around a father, Mortimer “Mo” Folchart (Brendan Fraser) and his 12-year-old daughter Meggie (Eliza Hope Bennett), who share a gift -- or curse -- of being able to make characters leap out of the pages just by reading aloud. Unfortunately, whenever they do this, a real person must then be transferred into the book as a replacement. It can get complicated, especially when Mo accidentally sends his wife (Sienna Guillory) into a book called Inkheart, only to bring out its villains to wreak havoc on the real world. He spends the next nine years, trying to find another copy of the book and bring her back, while one of the book’s main characters, Dustfinger (Paul Bettany), follows Mo, trying to get back into the book. An adventure waiting to happen!

42 Kms :

Language: Hindi
Release Date: Jan 23, 20

cast: Bikram Saluja, Mandira Bedi, Purab Kohli, Sammir Dattani, Prashant Chianani etc.

Story :
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is a roller coster ride filled with crazy rib tickling events and plenty of edge of the seat thrills.The two main pillars of the story are Raja and Nisha.Raja – can be best described as a grownup version of "Dennis the menace".He is a prankster, who keeps on irritating everyone with his playful nature. Almost everybody including his neighbors, professors, principal and even his father, who is also a police commissioner, had been the victims of his mischievous pranks.

Troubled by complaints against Raja, Raja's father thinks of a plan to teach him a lesson and also to get rid of his pranks. He decides to send him to his uncle who is a strict disciplinarian military man in Dehradun. He somehow convinces Raja to go his uncle's house in Dehradun for a holiday. His uncle is probably the only person who can instill some discipline and focus in the wavered life and attitude of Raja.On the other hand, Nisha is a con woman who has not only stolen diamonds worth Rs.100 crores from an exhibition but has also double crossed the boss of the most notorious gang which she was part of. Now she is on the run with the diamonds.Just imagine what would happen when a notorious prankster meets a super con woman? Destiny gets Raja and Nisha to meet in most unexpected and bizarre circumstances, when the smartest con girl and the biggest prankster meet, lots of fireworks follow in unwantingly.They follow it up with a set of wacky events and exchange of hearts.And a cat and a mouse game starts where couple of gangs dacoits and police all are on their hot trail.Will the duo reach their destination?Do they manage to keep the diamonds with them? Watch the answers in this funfilled romantic comedy...

Underworld: The Rise of the Lycans
Release Date: 01/23/09
genre: Thriller, Romance, Horror, Sequel

cast:Michael Sheen ,Bill Nighy ,Rhona Mitra ,Shane Brolly ,Kevin
Grevioux, Steven MacKintosh, David Aston etc.

“Unnecessary” and “unrewarding” are two of the terms which come to mind when considering the merits -- meager such as they are -- of the third in the Underworld series.

Synopsis: Depicts the origins of the centuries-long blood feud between two powerful and immortal tribes, the aristocratic Vampires, known as Death Dealers, and the barbaric Lycans, a line of fierce werewolves.

Story:
Taking the bare bones of The Ten Commandments and Romeo and Juliet,

this pedestrian tale explains the origins of Lucian (Michael Sheen), a “Lycan” (read: lycanthrope), who served the vicious vampire king Viktor (Bill Nighy) but would eventually lead a revolt of his fellow Lycans (read: slaves) after his illicit affair with Viktor’s daughter Sonja (Rhona Mitra) was revealed. From this, the war between vampires and werewolves would be waged for generations to come, depicted in Underworld and Underworld: Evolution. Those unfamiliar with the previous films might be a little lost here, and it’s highly unlikely that Rise of the Lycans will win many new fans to the franchise.

Defiance:

Release Date: 01/16/09

Action, Drama, War, Adaptation

Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Tomas Arana, Mark Feuerstein, Mia Wasikowska, Jodhi May etc.

Defiance is a powerful, gripping and quite remarkable true story of courage and fierce determination against overwhelming odds.

Synopsis:
The year is 1941 and the Jews of Eastern Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death, three brothers take refuge in the dense surrounding woods they have known since childhood. There they begin their desperate battle against the Nazis. At first it is all they can do to stay alive. But gradually, as whispers of their daring spreads, they begin to attract others--men and women, young and old--willing to risk everything for the sake of even a moment’s freedom. Tuvia is a reluctant leader and his decisions are challenged by his brother, Zus, who worries that Tuvia’s idealistic plans will doom them all. Asael is the youngest--caught between his brothers’ fierce rivalry. As a brutal winter descends, they work to create a community, and to keep faith alive when all humanity appeared to be lost.

Story:

Although most Holocaust-themed works present the Jews as victims, this true story shows there were small bands who did manage to fight back no matter how difficult the challenge. Starting near the beginning of World War II, the film focuses on three Jewish brothers, who lead a small but effective resistance against the surging Nazi presence in the forests of Belarussia. Eldest brother Tuvia Bielski (Daniel Craig) returns home to find most of his family murdered. His only surviving siblings are his wild, quick-tempered brother Zus (Liev Schreiber), prone to shoot first and ask questions later, and his youngest brother Asael (Jamie Bell), whose gentle nature allows to him to act as a buffer between his two older siblings. Crux of the film is the conflict between Zus’ quest for revenge at any cost and Tuvia’s more measured desire to save lives. As they round up more and more Jewish outcasts, the Bielskis form a community deep in the woods. But soon Tuvia must rise to the occasion and lead the 1,200 strong group deeper into hiding in order to survive the winter and the lurking Nazi threat.

The President Is Coming

Language: English,

Released on Jan 9, 2009

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Konkona Sen, Sharma Shernaz Patel, Ira Dubey, Vivek Gomber, Satchit Puranik etc.
Story: In 2006, George Bush, President of The United States, visited India. In addition to the many diplomatic and political things on the agenda was a rather unique event - a meeting with one of the young faces responsible for shaping "The New India".This is a fact. The rest is fiction.The US Consulate hires a PR agency that “knows America” to find 1 young Indian to be the face of the New India before The American President. The agency brings in 6 Young Indians who have been listed in India Today magazine (the biggest English-language weekly in the country) as the “top Indian achievers under 30”.The winner is to be selected in a day through a round of bizarre tests that get progressively tougher in a room in the US Consulate. The President will shake their hand among a long line of waiting Indian luminaries, the next day.Each is desperate to win and will resort to any means to do so.

Not Easily Broken:

Release Date: 01/09/09

Cast: Morris Chestnut, Cannon Jay, Eddie Cibrian, Kwame Boateng, Maeve Quinlan, Jenifer Lewis, Wood Harris, Kevin Hart, Elizabeth Uhl, Jeffrey Krebs, Louis C Simon etc.

Synopsis:
Dave and Clarice Johnson are in their second decade of marriage. Dave’s dreams of major league baseball success were dashed by an injury in college, leading him to a steady but unfulfilling career as the head of a small construction firm. Clarice is basking in the glow of real estate stardom, creating a life that revolves around her rise to the top. She has become blind to Dave’s needs, the most important being his desire to become a father and start a family with her. They face a total disruption in their lives when a car crash seriously injures Clarice, whose meddling mother, Mary, blames Dave for her daughter’s leg injuries and derailed career. Help comes in the form of kind-hearted physical therapist and single mom Julie Sawyer, whose son Bryson is coached by Dave and his pals Brock and Tree in Little League baseball. Though Clarice is helped by Julie’s care, she becomes concerned that her constant criticism of Dave has pushed her husband away--possibly into the arms of the empathetic Julie. Soon Dave and Clarice must face a married couple’s most serious questions: are we really meant to be together, and if we are, how do we fight to keep what we have built as man and wife?

Story:

Dave Johnson’s (Morris Chestnut) dreams of playing in the major leagues have long been dashed and now he’s left to coach Little League and try to make a go of his modest construction firm. He’s a good guy, but after more than a decade of marriage, he’s is constantly harassed by his successful realtor/wife Clarice (Taraji P. Henson) and her obnoxious mother, Mary (Jenifer Lewis). A tragic automobile accident brings things to a marital boiling point -- Clarice becomes housebound with severe leg injuries, and Dave just might be attracted to the physical therapist Julie (Maeve Quinlan), a white single mother who has arrived to help out.

Bad Luck Govind:

Language: Hindi
Released on Jan 9, 2009

Bad Luck Govind is the story of an obsessive, compulsive, down-on-his-luck, young man Govind (VJ Gaurav Kapur), who has somewhat of a mind-blowing disconnect with the higher powers of the universe. His luck is such that even cows stop producing milk when he walks by a tabela. Even fresh milk instantly curdles when poured into a cup of tea. A hilarious national incident with news anchor Mamta (special appearance Archana Puran Singh) lands Govind in Mumbai from his native Delhi, where the stage is now set for Bad Luck Govind, when six madcap underworld 'bhai' satta bookies (Govind Namdev, Parmeet Sethi, Vrajesh Hirjee, Lalit Mohan Tiwari and Ganesh Yadav) and a gorgeous nurse (Hrishitaa Bhatt), collide - as their collective kismat’s and luck intertwine to explode as well implode in more ways than one can keep count. What follows, is madness, mayhem and hyper drama as Govind learns to romance life and rediscover faith in the power of positive.

Kash Mere Hote:

Language: Hindi

Released on Jan 9, 2009
Genre: Romance
Cast: Kumar Saahil, Sneha Ullal, Hemant Birje, Sanna Mirza, Johnny Lever etc.

Story:
With the main storyline of the film being teenage attraction is not love and infatuation is only one sided of it. Krish Kapoor (Kumar Saahil) is a well known fashion photographer, who is in love with his wife Radhika (Sneha Ullal). The duo together make up a very happy couple. While Radhika works in a departmental store, Krish gets an assignment to shoot in Mauritius for a magazine. For this, he shoots on the beaches and roads of Mauritius, where Piya (Sana Khan) first sees him and falls in love. Later on, Krish gets Karnal Batra's (Rajesh Khanna) bungalow on rent for a few months. Knowing this makes Piya always want to meet him and stay with him. For Piya, it is the perfect opportunity to seduce him, while she tells her romantic angle to all her friends in college. Her ultimate goal is that she wants to make love with him in her dreams. However her conviction is so great that Piya will kill everyone and anyone who will come in her way of love. If that's not all, she will also resort to black magic to get her love. Not much later one after another murders begin to occur in town. And this case is given to be solved by I.G. Danda (Johnny Lever), who is, as usual, a very funny character in the film.

Unborn

(Theatrical released 01/09/09)

This supernatural thriller about a malevolent spirit rarely capitalizes on its potential.

Cast
Gary Oldman, Odette Yustman, Cam Gigandet, Jane Alexander, Meagan Good, Carla Gugino, Idris Elba, Rhys Coiro, James Remar, Atticus Shaffer, C S Lee, Michael Sassone, Ethan Cutkosky, Craig J Harris, Rachel Brosnahan, Kymberly Mellen, Brian Boland, Mindy Bell, Roslyn Alexander,Maury Cooper etc.

Synopsis:
Casey Beldon hated her mother for abandoning her as a child. But when inexplicable events begin to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only person, Rabbi Sendak, who can make it stop. With the help of Sendak, her best friend Romy and boyfriend Mark, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany--a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born.

Story:

Attractive college co-ed Casey (Odette Yustman) finds herself the target of the diabolical Dybbuk, a spirit which has bided its time since her birth to make its nefarious presence known. Is it perhaps a manifestation of her twin brother, who died in the womb all those years ago? Since dear old Dad (James Remar) is away on business -- seemingly for the entire length of the movie -- concerned Casey seeks answers from Sofi Kozma (Jane Alexander), a survivor of the Holocaust who may hold the key to Casey’s past. Needless to say, those to whom Casey confides her fears often find themselves in danger of being offed in gruesome fashion. (Misery may love company, but the Dybbuk doesn’t.) In a last-ditch effort to rid herself of the evil spirit, Casey turns to Rabbi Sendak (Gary Oldman), who finally agrees to perform an exorcism after he, too, sees the signs.

Bride Wars (PG)
(Theatrical released 01/09/09)
An amusing premise falls flat as this unfunny war turns ugly and silly.

Cast: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg, Steve Howey, Chris Pratt, Michael Arden, John Pankow etc.

Synopsis:
Liv and Emma are best friends who since childhood have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal "must have" list: a ceremony at New York's ultimate bridal destination, the Plaza Hotel. Now, at age 26, they're both about to get married; they're about to realize their dreams; and they're about to live happily ever after. Or maybe not. When a clerical error causes a clash in wedding dates--they're now to be married on the same date!--Liv, Emma and their lifelong friendship are put to the ultimate test. Liv, a successful lawyer who is used to getting what she wants, including the perfect job and the perfect man, won't settle for anything less than the perfect wedding she has dreamed of for years. Emma, a schoolteacher who has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking after herself, discovers her inner Bridezilla and comes out swinging when her own dream wedding is imperiled. Now, the two best friends who'd do anything for each other find themselves in a no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners struggle that threatens to erupt into all-out war.

Story:
Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) are lifelong best friends obsessed with getting married -- and more importantly, having the perfect wedding at New York’s Plaza Hotel. Except there’s a glitch: Their June weddings get scheduled for the same Saturday and no other date is available for three years! When neither agrees to move to a different venue, the battle is on. And the pranks: There’s Emma’s disastrous trip to a tanning salon where her skin becomes solid orange and Liv’s appointment at a beauty salon where her blonde locks are turned mysteriously blue.

Marley & Me

(Running over the world from 25/12/08)

This isn’t just about a dog. Marley & Me is a heartwarming tale of a family with dog DRAMA. Be prepared to laugh and cry, equally as hard.

cast: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin, Eric Dane, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble, Ann Dowd, Clarke Peters, Kathleen Turner

Synopsis: As the snow falls on their wedding night, newlyweds John and Jenny Grogan decide to leave behind the harsh winters of Michigan and head south to begin their new lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. They obtain jobs as journalists at competing local newspapers, buy their first home, and begin to make their way through the challenges of a new marriage, new careers and, possibly, the life-changing decision to start a family. Unsure of his preparedness for raising children, John confesses his fears to his friend and fellow journalist Sebastian, who comes up with the perfect solution: John should get Jenny a puppy. “There’s nothing to it,” says Sebastian. “You walk ‘em. You feed ‘em, you let ‘em out now and then.” Then came Marley. The Grogans adopt the cute, twelve pound yellow Labrador, who in no time at all, grows into a 100-pound steamroller of unbridled energy that turns the Grogan home into a disaster area. He flunks obedience school, chews off dry-wall, takes a bite out of the sofa, overturns garbage cans, steals a Thanksgiving turkey, consumes pillows and flowers, drinks toilet water, and chases the UPS guy. Even a newly-purchased, expensive necklace isn’t safe from Marley’s voracious antics. Amidst the mayhem he generates through the years, Marley sees the Grogans through the ups and downs of family life, through job and home changes, and most of all, through the myriad challenges of a growing family. As John and Jenny come to realize, Marley--“the world’s worst dog”--somehow brings out the best in them.

Story: Based on newspaper columnist John Grogan’s best-selling book about his life, Marley & Me is a study of a married couple, who happen to own one of the more destructive Labradors known to the canine species. From the minute newlyweds John (Owen Wilson) and Jenny Grogan (Jennifer Aniston) pick out Marley from a pen of cute Lab puppies, they realize something’s up when the seller says they can have him for a discounted price. Soon, it becomes very apparent Marley is un-trainable, as he proceeds to jump and climb and chow down on anything he can. Still, John and Jenny fall for the mutt and as their family begins to grow, as they change jobs, have babies, move to new places, Marley remains a constant fixture. For better or worse.

Bedtime Stories
(Theatrical Released 25/12/08)

Cast: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Teresa Palmer, Guy Pearce, Lucy lawless,Richard Griffiths

Synopsis:

Hotel handyman Skeeter Bronson's life is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true. When he tries to help his family by telling one outlandish tale after another, it’s the kids’ unexpected contributions that turn all of their lives upside down.

Story:

Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) is a handyman at a hotel his father once owned. When Skeeter’s dad sold it to Mr. Nottingham (Richard Griffiths), it was with the proviso that Skeeter would one day become manager, but unfortunately, the job is given to Skeeter’s main nemesis Kendall (Guy Pearce). But Skeeter’s luck is about to change. While babysitting for his niece and nephew (Laura Ann Kesling and Jonathan Morgan Heit), Skeeter starts telling them bedtime stories that come to life the next day, using characters from his real life, including the kids and their mom’s best friend, Jill (Keri Russell). Set in Medieval Times, Ancient Greece, the Old West -- and even outer space -- the stories usually show Skeeter triumphing over the bad guys like The Booger Monster and Sir Buttkiss. And beware of raining gum balls; it’s that kind of movie.