Film 2008

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2008 (Film release dates are for Toronto, Ontario, Canada.) See IMDB.com for full list of Cast & Crew, Poster art, story synopsis, and viewer’s comments on any of the movie titles. Date Title Director Cast Jan. 4, 2008: One Missed Call Eric Valette Edward Burns There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson Daniel Day-Lewis Youth without Youth Francis Ford Coppola Tim Roth Jan. 11, 2008: First Sunday David E. Talbert Ice Cube For the Bible Tells Me So (Documentary) Daniel Karslake Chrissy Gephardt Imitation (Cdn) Federico Hidalgo Vanessa Bauche In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale Uwe Boll Joson Statham Persepolis (Animation) Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud Chiara Mastroinanni The Pirates who Don’t do Anything (Animation) Mike Nawrocki Jan. 18, 2008: 27 Dresses Anne Fletcher Brian Kerwin Cloverfield Matt Reeves Michael Stahl- David Kurt Cobain: About a Son (Documentary) A J Schnack Kurt Cobain Mad Money Callie Khouri Diane Keaton Starting Out in the Evening Andrew Wagner Frank Langella Steep (Documentary) Mark Obenhaus Peter Krause Jan. 23, 2008: U2 3D (Documentary) Catherine Owens, Mark Pellington Bono Jan. 25, 2008: All Hat (UK/Cdn/US) Leonard Farlinger Luke Kirby How She Move (Cdn) Ian Iqbal Rashid Rutina Wesley Meet the Spartans Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Sean Maguire Rambo Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone The Rape of Europa (Documentary) Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen Joan Allen Still Life (China/Hong Kong) Jia Zhang-ke Tao Zhao They Wait (Cdn) Ernie Barbarash Jaime King Untraceable Gregory Hoblit Diane Lane

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2008(Film release dates are for Toronto, Ontario, Canada.)

See IMDB.com for full list of Cast & Crew, Poster art, story synopsis, and viewer’s comments on any of the movie titles.

Date Title Director Cast

Jan. 4, 2008: One Missed Call Eric Valette Edward Burns There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson Daniel Day-Lewis Youth without Youth Francis Ford Coppola Tim Roth

Jan. 11, 2008: First Sunday David E. Talbert Ice Cube For the Bible Tells Me So (Documentary) Daniel Karslake Chrissy Gephardt Imitation (Cdn) Federico Hidalgo Vanessa Bauche In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale Uwe Boll Joson Statham Persepolis (Animation) Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud Chiara Mastroinanni The Pirates who Don’t do Anything (Animation) Mike Nawrocki

Jan. 18, 2008: 27 Dresses Anne Fletcher Brian Kerwin Cloverfield Matt Reeves Michael Stahl-David Kurt Cobain: About a Son (Documentary) A J Schnack Kurt Cobain Mad Money Callie Khouri Diane Keaton Starting Out in the Evening Andrew Wagner Frank Langella Steep (Documentary) Mark Obenhaus Peter Krause

Jan. 23, 2008: U2 3D (Documentary) Catherine Owens, Mark Pellington Bono

Jan. 25, 2008: All Hat (UK/Cdn/US) Leonard Farlinger Luke Kirby How She Move (Cdn) Ian Iqbal Rashid Rutina Wesley Meet the Spartans Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Sean Maguire Rambo Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone The Rape of Europa (Documentary) Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen Joan Allen Still Life (China/Hong Kong) Jia Zhang-ke Tao Zhao They Wait (Cdn) Ernie Barbarash Jaime King

Untraceable Gregory Hoblit Diane Lane Waiter (Ober) (Holland) Alex Van Warmerdam Alex Van Warmerdam

Feb. 1, 2008: The Eye David Moreau Jessica Alba Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Bruce Hendricks Miley Cyrus Honeydripper John Sayles Danny Glover Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (Documentary) Julien Temple Joe Strummer Love and Other Dilemmas (Cdn) Larry Di Stefano Gabrielle Miller Over Her Dead Body Jeff Lowell Eva Longoria Parker Strange Wilderness Fred Wolf Steve Zahn

Feb. 8, 2008: Fool’s Gold Andy Tennant Matthew McConaughey In Bruges (UK/Belgium) Martin McDonagh Colin Farrell Normal (Cdn) Carl Bessai Carrie-Anne Moss Up the Yangtze (Documentary) (China/Cdn) Yung Chang Jerry Bo Yu Chen

Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show (Documentary) Ari Sandel Vince Vaughn Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Malcolm D. Lee Martin Lawrence

Feb. 14, 2008: Definitely, Maybe (UK) Adam Brooks Rachel Weisz Jumper Doug Liman Hayden Christensen

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The Spiderwick Chronicles Mark Waters Freddie Highmore Step Up 2: The Streets Jon Chu Briana Evigan

Feb. 15, 2008: The Ants (Documentary) (Japan) Kaoru Ikeya Waichi Okumura The Band’s Visit (Israel/France) Eran Kolirin Ronit Elkabetz Diary of the Dead George A. Romero Michelle Morgan Garbage Warrior (Documentary) Oliver Hodge Mike Reynolds

Feb. 22, 2008: Be Kind Rewind Michel Gondry Jack Black Caramel (France/Lebanon) Nadine Labaki Nadine Labaki Charlie Bartlett Jon Poll Anton Yelchin Taxi to the Dark Side (Documentary) Alex Gibney Alex Gibney Vantage Point Pete Travis Dennis Quaid War Dance (Documentary) Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

Feb. 29, 2008: City of Men (Brazil) Paulo Morelli Darlan Cunha Continental, A Film Without Guns (Cdn) Stephane LaFleur Fanny Mellette The Counterfeiters (Austria/Germany) Stefan Ruzowitzky Karl Markovics Jodhaa Akbar (India) Ashutosh Gowariker Aishwarya Rai The Other Boleyn Girl (UK) Justin Chadwick Scarlett Johansson Penelope Mark Palansky Christina Ricci Semi-Pro Kent Alterman Will Ferrell Viva Anna Biller Anna Biller

March 7, 2008: 10,000 B.C. Roland Emmerich Steven Strait The Bank Job (UK) Roger Donaldson Jason Statham College Road Trip Roger Kumble Martin Lawrence Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (UK) Bharat Nalluri Amy Adams

March 14, 2008: CJ7 (Hong Kong) Stephen Chow Jiao Xu Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (Animation) Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino Jim Carrey Doomsday (UK) Neil Marshall Rhona Mitra Funny Games (UK/US/France) Michael Haneke Naomi Watts Never Back Down Jeff Wadlow Sean Faris Sleepwalking (Cdn/US) Bill Maher Nick Stahl

March 20, 2008: The Duchess of Langeais (France) Jacques Rivette Jeanne Balibar Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant Gabe Nevins

March 21, 2008: Days of Darkness (FrCdn) Denys Arcand Marc Labreche Drillbit Taylor Steven Brill Owen Wilson The Grand Zak Penn Woody Harrelson Married Life (US/Cdn) Ira Sachs Pierce Brosnan Meet the Browns Tyler Perry Angela Bassett Shutter Masayuki Ochiai Joshua Jackson Snow Angels David Gordon Green Sam Rockwell

March 28, 2008: 21 Robert Luketic Jim Sturgess Run Fatboy Run (UK/US) David Schwimmer Simon Pegg Stop-Loss Kimberly Peirce Ryan Phillippe Superhero Movie Craig Mazin Drake Bell The Year My Parents Went On Vacation (Brazil) Cao Hamburger Michel Joelsas

April 4, 2008: Kenny (Australia) Clayton Jacobosn Shane Jacobson Leatherheads George Clooney George Clooney

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Nim’s Island Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin Jodie Foster The Ruins (Australia/US) Carter Smith Jonathan Tucker Sex and Death 101 Daniel Waters Winona Ryder Shine a Light (Documentary) Martin Scorsese Rolling Stones Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) (US/Mexico) Patricia Riggen Kate del Castillo

April 11, 2008: Bella (US/Mexico) Alejandro Gomez Monteverde Eduardo Verastegui Chaos Theory Marcos Siega Ryan Reynolds Inside (France) Alexandre Bustilo, Julien Maury Alysson Paradis Persepolis (In English) (Animation) Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud Sean Penn Prom Night Nelson McCormick Brittany Snow Smart People Noam Murro Dennis Quaid Street Kings David Ayer Keanu Reeves

April 18, 2008: 88 Minutes Jon Avnet Al Pacino Ben X (Belgium/Netherlands) Nic Balthazar Greg Timmermans Emotional Arithmetic (Cdn) Paolo Barzman Susan Sarandon The Forbidden Kingdom Rob Minkoff Jackie Chan Forgetting Sarah Marshall Nicholas Stoller Jason Segel London to Brighton (UK) Paul Andrew Williams Lorraine Stanley Young @ Heart (Documentary) Stephen Walker

April 25, 2008: 14 Days in Paradise (Cdn/Uruguay) Bill Marks Jeff Roop Baby Mama Michael McCullers Tina Fey Deception Marcel Langenegger Ewan McGregor The Forgotten Woman (Cdn/India) (Documentary) Dilip Mehta Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg John Cho, Kal Penn It’s a Free World… (UK) Ken Loach Kierston Wareing The Singing Revolution (Estonia) (Documentary) Maureen Castle Tusty, James Tusty Linda Hunt Then She Found Me Helen Hunt Matthew Broderick The Visitor Thomas McCarthy Richard Jenkins War, Inc. Joshua Seftel John Cusack

May 2, 2008: Fugitive Pieces (Cdn/Greece) Jeremy Podeswa Stephen Dillane Iron Man Jon Favreau Robert Downey Jr. Made of Honor Paul Weiland Patrick Dempsey Standard Operating Procedure (Documentary) Errol Morris

May 9, 2008: The Babysitters David Ross John Leguizamo My Blueberry Nights (Hong Kong/China/France) Wong Kar-wai Jude Law A Previous Engagement (Cdn/Malta/UK) Joan Carr-Wiggin Juliet Stevenson Prom Wars (Cdn) Phil Price Ricky Ullman Redbelt David Mamet Chiwetel Ejiofor Son of Rambow (France/UK) Garth Jennings Neil Dudgeon Speed Racer Andy & Larry Wachowski Emile Hirsch The Stone Angel (Cdn) Kari Skogland Ellen Burstyn The Unknown Woman (Italy/France) Giuseppe Tornatore Kseniya Rappoport What Happens in Vegas… Tom Vaughan Cameron Diaz

May 16, 2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Andrew Adamson Liam Neeson Flight of the Red Balloon (France) Hou Hsiao-hsien Juliette Binoche S & M: Short and Male (Cdn) (Documentary) Howard Goldberg Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (Documentary) Morgan Spurlock Morgan Spurlock

May 22, 2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg Harrison Ford

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The Edge of Heaven (Germany/Turkey) Fatih Akin Nurgui Yesilcay Postal (US/Cdn/Germany) Uwe Boll Zack Ward This Beautiful City (Cdn) Ed Gass-Donnelly Kristin Booth

May 30, 2008: Mister Lonely (UK/France/Ireland) Harmony Korine Diego Luna Planet B-Boy (Documentary) Benson Lee Skwall Sex and the City: The Movie Michael Patrick King Sarah Jessica Parker The Strangers Bryan Bertino Liv Tyler

June 6, 2008: The Children of Huang Shi (Australia/China/Germany) Roger Spottiswoode Jonathan Rhys Meyers Finn’s Girl (Cdn) Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert Brooke Johnson The Go-Getter Martin Hynes Lou Pucci Kung Fu Panda (Animation) Mark Osborne, John Stevenson Jack Black Mongol (Germany/Kazakhstan/Russia/Mongolia) Sergei Bodrov Tadanobu Asano My Brother is an Only Child (Italy) Daniele Luchetti Elio Germano You Don’t Mess with the Zohan Dennis Dugan Adam Sandler

June 13, 2008: The Happening M. Night Shyamalan Mark Wahlberg The Incredible Hulk Louis Leterrier Edward Norton Irina Palm (Belgium/UK/Germany/France) Sam Garbarski Marianne Faithfull When Did You Last See Your Father? (UK/Ireland) Anand Tucker Colin Firth Young People Fucking (Cdn) Martin Gero Aaron Abrams

June 20, 2008: Before the Rains (India/UK/US) Santosh Sivan Linus Roache Family Motel (Cdn) Helene Klodawsky Nargis Ahmad The Foot Fist Way Jody Hill Danny McBride Get Smart Peter Segal Steve Carell Global Metal (Documentary) Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn Metallica The Love Guru Marco Schnabel Mike Myers My Winnipeg (Cdn) Guy Maddin Darcy Fehr

June 27, 2008: Angel (UK/Belgium/France) Francois Ozon Romola Garai Encounters at the End of the World (Documentary) Werner Herzog Ryan Andrew Evans Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Documentary) Nathan Frankowski Ben Stein The Promotion Steven Conrad Seann William Scott WallE (Animation) Andrew Stanton Ben Burtt Wanted Timur Bekmambetov James McAvoy

July 2, 2008: Hancock Peter Berg Will Smith

July 4, 2008: Brick Lane (UK) Sarah Gavron Tannishtha Chatterjee Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Patricia Rozema Abigail Breslin Savage Grace (Spain/US/France) Tom Kalin Julianne Moore

July 11, 2008: The 4th Life (Cdn) Francois Miron Janet Lane Alice’s House (Brazil) Chico Teixeira Carla Ribas Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo del Toro Ron Perlman Journey to the Center of the Earth Eric Brevig Brendan Fraser Meet Dave Brian Robbins Eddie Murphy Silent Light (Mexico/France/Holland) Carlos Reygadas Cornelio Wall Fehr The Wackness Jonathan Levine Ben Kingsley

July 18, 2008: The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan Christian Bale Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Doc.) Alex Gibney Hunter S. Thompson A Jihad for Love (Documentary) Parvez Sharma Muhsin Hendricks

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Mamma Mia! Phyllida Lloyd Meryl Streep Space Chimps (Animation) Kirk De Micco Andy Samberg Stuck (Cdn/US/UK) Stuart Gordon Mena Suvari

July 25, 2008: Brideshead Revisited (UK) Julian Jarrold Matthew Goode Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (Cdn) Jon Knautz Trevor Matthews

Just Buried (Cdn) Chaz Thorne Rose Byrne The Last Mistress (France/Italy) Catherine Breillat Asia Argento Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (Documentary) Marina Zenovich Roman Polanski Step Brothers Adam McKay Will Ferrell The X-Files: I Want to Believe Chris Carter David Duchovny

Aug. 1, 2008: American Teen (Documentary) Nanette Burstein Hannah Bailey Closing the Ring (UK) Richard Attenborough Shirley MacLaine The Last Continent (Documentary) (Cdn) Jean Lemire The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Rob Cohen Brendan Fraser Swing Vote Joshua Michael Stern Kevin Costner The World According to Monsanto (Documentary) (Fr) Marie-Monique Robin George Bush

Aug. 6, 2008: Bottle Shock Randall Miller Bill Pullman Pineapple Express David Gordon Green Seth Rogen The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Sanaa Hamri Alexis Bledel

Aug. 8, 2008: Amal (Cdn) Richie Mehta Rupinder Nagra Baghead Jay & Mark Duplass Steve Zissis Jellyfish (France/Israel) Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret Sarah Adler Man on Wire (Documentary) (UK/US) James Marsh Philippe Petit

Aug. 13, 2008: Tropic Thunder Ben Stiller Ben Stiller

Aug. 15, 2008: Fly Me to the Moon (Animation) Ben Stassen Buzz Aldrin Mirrors Alexandre Aja Frank Mayers Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Animation) Dave Filoni Christopher Lee ‘Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris (Documentary) Raymond De Felitta Jackie Paris Tkaronto (Cdn) Shane Belcourt Duane Murray Vicky Cristina Barcelona (US/Spain) Woody Allen Javier Bardem

Aug. 20, 2008: The Rocker Peter Cattaneo Rainn Wilson

Aug. 22, 2008: Beaufort (Israel) Joseph Cedar Oshri Cohen Boy A (UK) John Crowley Andrew Garfield Death Race Paul W.S. Anderson Jason Statham Elegy Isabel Coixet Ben Kingsley Frozen River Courtney Hunt Melissa Leo Hamlet 2 Andrew Fleming Steve Coogan Henry Poole is Here Mark Pellington Luke Wilson The House Bunny Fred Wolf Anna Faris The Longshots Fred Durst Ice Cube Tuya’s Marriage (China) Wang Quan An Yu Nan

Aug. 29, 2008: Babylon A.D. Mathieu Kassovitz Vin Diesel College Deb Hagan Drake Bell Disaster Movie Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Carmen Electra Goal II: Living the Dream (UK) Jaume Collet-Serra Kuno Becker

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Outsourced John Jeffcoat Josh Hamilton Traitor Jeffrey Nachmanoff Don Cheadle

Sept. 5, 2008: Bangkok Dangerous Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang Nicolas Cage

Sept. 12, 2008: Burn after Reading Joel & Ethan Coen George Clooney Righteous Kill Jon Avnet Robert De Niro Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys Tyler Perry Alfre Woodard The Women Diane English Meg Ryan

Sept. 19, 2008: Appaloosa Ed Harris Viggo Mortensen The Duchess (UK) Saul Dibb Keira Knightley Ghost Town David Koepp Ricky Gervais I Served the King of England (Czech/Slovakia) Jirí Menzel Ivan Barnev Igor (Animation) Anthony Leondis John Cusack Lakeview Terrace Neil LaBute Samuel L. Jackson My Best Friend’s Girl Howard Deutch Kate Hudson Sukiyaki Western Django (Japan) Takashi Miike Hideaki Ito

Sept. 26, 2008: Choke Clarke Gregg Sam Rockwell Eagle Eye D.J. Caruso Shia LaBeouf The Lucky Ones Neil Burger Rachel McAdams Miracle at St. Anna Spike Lee Derek Luke Nights in Rodanthe (US/Australia) George C. Wolfe Richard Gere Patti Smith: Dream of Life (Documentary) Steven Sebring Patti Smith Shoot on Sight Jag Mundhra Naseeruddin Shah Tell No One (France) Guillaume Canet Francois Cluzet

Oct. 3, 2008: Beverly Hills Chihuahua Raja Gosnell Drew Barrymore Blindness (Cdn/Brazil/Japan) Fernando Meirelles Julianne Moore Flash of Genius Marc Abraham Greg Kinnear How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (UK) Robert B. Weide Simon Pegg Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist Peter Sollett Michael Cera Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme Anne Hathaway Religulous (Documentary) Larry Charles Bill Maher The Secret of the Grain (France/Tunisia) Abdellatif Kechiche Habib Boufares

Oct. 8, 2008: RocknRolla (UK) Guy Ritchie Gerard Butler

Oct. 10, 2008: All Together Now! (Documentary) Adrian Wills The Beatles An American Carol David Zucker Kevin P. Farley Body of Lies Ridley Scott Leonardo DiCaprio City of Ember Gil Kenan Bill Murray The Express Gary Fleder Dennis Quaid Quarantine John Erick Dowdle Jennifer Carpenter

Oct. 17, 2008: Battle in Seattle Stuart Townsend Charlize Theron Flow: For Love of Water (Documentary) Irena Salina Penn & Teller Happy-Go-Lucky (UK) Mike Leigh Sally Hawkins Max Payne John Moore Mark Wahlberg Morning Light (Documentary) Mark Monroe Chris Branning Passchendaele (Cdn) Paul Gross Paul Gross The Secret Life of Bees Gina Prince-Bythewood Dakota Fanning Sex Drive Sean Anders Josh Zuckerman W. Oliver Stone Josh Brolin

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Oct. 24, 2008: Changeling Clint Eastwood Angelina Jolie Heaven on Earth (Cdn) Deepa Mehta Preity Zinta High School Musical 3: Senior Year Kenny Ortega Zac Efron I.O.U.S.A. (Documentary) Patrick Creadon David Walker Passengers Rodrigo Garcia Anne Hathaway Pride and Glory Gavin O’Connor Edward Norton Saw V David Hackl Costas Mandylor The Tiger’s Tail (Ireland) John Boorman Brendan Gleeson Towelhead Alan Ball Summer Bishil Who is KK Downey? (Cdn) Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely Darren Curtis

Oct. 31, 2008: Ashes of Time Redux (Hong Kong/China) Wong Kar Wai Leslie Cheung Filth and Wisdom (UK) Madonna Eugene Hutz The Haunting of Molly Hartley Mickey Liddell Haley Bennett Let the Right One In (Sweden) Tomas Alfredson Kare Hedebrant Made in Jamaica (Documentary) Jérôme Laperrousaz Toots The Other End of the Line James Dodson Shriya What Just Happened Barry Levinson Robert De Niro Zack and Miri Make a Porno Kevin Smith Seth Rogen

Nov. 7, 2008: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Mark Herman Asa Butterfield I’ve Loved You So Long (France/Germany) Philippe Claudel Kristin Scott Thomas Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Animation) Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath Ben Stiller Real Time (Cdn) Randall Cole Randy Quaid Role Models David Wain Seann William Scott Soul Men Malcolm D. Lee Samuel L. Jackson Synecdoche, New York Charlie Kaufman Philip Seymour Hoffman Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma (Doc) Patrick Reed James Orbinski The World Unseen (South Africa/UK) Shamim Sarif Lisa Ray

Nov. 12, 2008: Slumdog Millionaire (UK/US) Danny Boyle Dev Patel

Nov. 14, 2008: Died Young, Stayed Pretty (Documentary) Eileen Yaghoobian JCVD (Belgium/Luxembourg/France) Mabrouk El Mechri Jean-Claude Van Damme Quantum of Solace Marc Forster Daniel Craig

Nov. 21, 2008: Ballast Lance Hammer Michael J. Smith Sr. Bolt (Animation) Byron Howard, Chris Williams John Travolta Growing Op (Cdn) Michael Melski Steven Yaffee I Can’t Think Straight (UK) Shamim Sarif Lisa Ray Repo! The Genetic Opera Darren Lynn Bousman Alexa Vega Twilight Catherine Hardwicke Kristen Stewart

Nov. 26, 2008: Australia (Australia/US) Baz Luhrmann Nicole Kidman Four Christmases Seth Gordon Vince Vaughn Milk Gus Van Sant Sean Penn Transporter 3 (France) Olivier Megaton Jason Statham

Nov. 28, 2008: A Christmas Tale (Un Conte de Noël) (France) Arnaud Desplechin Mathieu Amalric FLicKeR (Documentary) (Cdn) Nik Sheehan Brion Gysin The Killer (Le Tueur) (France) Cédric Anger Grégoire Colin Restless (Israel/Germany/France) Amos Kollek Moshe Ivgy

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Dec. 5, 2008: Adam’s Wall (Cdn) Michael MacKenzie Jesse Aaron Dwyre Confessions of a Porn Addict (Cdn) Duncan Christie Spencer Rice Down to the Dirt (Cdn) Justin Simms Joel Hynes Frost/Nixon Ron Howard Frank Langella Nobel Son Randall Miller Alan Rickman The Punisher: War Zone Lexi Alexander Ray Stevenson A Touch of Spice (Greece/Turkey) Tassos Boulmetis Georges Corraface

Dec. 12, 2008: Canvas Joseph Greco Joe Pantoliano The Day the Earth Stood Still Scott Derrickson Keanu Reeves Delgo (Animation) Marc F. Adler, Jason Maurer Freddie Prinze Jr. Doubt John Patrick Shanley Meryl Streep Nothing Like the Holidays Alfredo de Villa John Leguizamo Rab Ne Bana di Jodi (India) Aditya Chopra Shahrukh Khan The Reader Stephen Daldry Kate Winslet Toronto Stories (Cdn) Aaron Woodley, Sook Yin Lee Gil Bellows

Dec. 19, 2008: Gran Torino Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Seven Pounds Gabrielle Muccino Will Smith The Tale of Despereaux (Animation) Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen Matthew Broderick Yes Man Peyton Reed Jim Carrey

Dec. 25, 2008: Bedtime Stories Adam Shankman Adam Sandler The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher Brad Pitt Marley & Me David Frankel Owen Wilson The Spirit Frank Miller Gabriel Macht Valkyrie Bryan Singer Tom Cruise The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky Mickey Rourke

Dec. 26, 2008: Waltz with Bashir (Israel/Germany) (Animation) Ari Folman Ron Ben-Yishai