“Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of Contraband, an action-thriller about a man trying to stay out of a world he worked hard to leave behind and the family he'll do anything to protect. Set in New Orleans, the film explores the cutthroat underground world of international smuggling – full of desperate criminals and corrupt officials, high-stakes and big payoffs-where loyalty rarely exists and death is one wrong turn away. Chris Farraday (Wahlberg) long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), Chris is forced back into doing what he does best-running contraband-to settle Andy's debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian (Ben Foster), to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills. Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach the cash, Chris must use his rusty skills to successfully navigate a treacherous criminal network of brutal drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife, Kate (Kate Beckinsale), and sons become their target. Written by Universal Pictures”

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• Director: Michael Bay
• Release Date: 24 June 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: 150 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material.

Tagline: Revenge is coming.

Trivia: The letters T-1000 can be seen on the Pretender Alice. This is an allusion to The Terminator (1984), which debuted alongside “Transformers” (1984) in the same year. In fact this film was competing with Terminator Salvation (2009); according to Scott Farrar, “we did it because we like to give a nod to the competition. It’s OK; we’re all friends.”

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: Only one Pyramid in Giza has a smooth top, namely the Pyramid of Khafre. The machine to harvest Energon is hidden in that pyramid and the whole fight takes place there. You can see the smooth top when Devastator is climbing the Pyramid. However, every actual shot is taken on the Pyramid of Khufu. For example, when agent Simmons is climbing the Khufu Pyramid, the actual Pyramid he should be climbing (Pyramid of Khafre) is visible in the back. This mistake is visible many times during the last fight scene.

“The story begins with Goku, who seeks out upon his adoptive grandfather Grandpa Gohan’s dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls. Of which he has one, in order to prevent the evil Lord Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world. And Goku’s quest is to obtain the mystical Dragonballs before Piccolo does. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}”

• Director: James Wong
• Release Date: 10 April 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: 84 min
• Country: USA , Hong Kong
• Genre: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated PG for intense sequences of action/violence and brief mild language.

Tagline: This Easter the legend comes to life.

Trivia: According to the film’s make-up expert Ed French, it took four hours to apply the prosthetics to James Marsters to change him into Piccolo. At first it took 17 hours, but Marsters had difficulty breathing and Piccolo’s look also seemed overdone, so some prosthetics were removed, thus shortening the time to 4 hours.

“Heading back to the streets where it all began, two men rejoin two women to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Connor. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel. Written by Universal Studios”

• Director: Justin Lin
• Release Date: 3 April 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: 107 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual content, language and drug references.

Tagline: New Model. Original Parts.

Trivia: With $72.5 mio., had the highest-grossing opening weekend for a car-themed movie (beating Cars (2006)’ $60.1 million).

Goofs: Continuity: During the scene when Walker and the gangbanger fall from the window, they land on the car facing the rear, yet when the camera view changes to inside the car, they are facing front.

Movie: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

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• Director: Spike Jonze
• Release Date: 16 October 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Drama , Family , Fantasy

Tagline: There’s one in all of us.

Trivia: Early development of a film version was leaning towards a fully-animated film.

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• Director: Alex Proyas
• Release Date: 20 March 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: USA:121 min
• Country: Australia
• Genre: Action , Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language.

Tagline: Knowing is Everything…

“The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show’s questions. Each chapter of Jamal’s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show’s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love. Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures”

• Release Date: 23 January 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: 120 min
• Country: UK
• Genre: Crime , Drama , Romance
• MPAA: Rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language.

Tagline: Love and money… You have mixed them both.

Trivia: The children on the film were only paid a little above local wages for 30 days of work. One child’s father said, “We have barely got any money from the film-makers. In fact, whatever came, has already been spent.”

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: You also hear Dev Patel’s British accent when he tells the host (Anil Kapoor) in the bathroom that he will “not be a million-ahe.”

“In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot. Written by evan murphy”

• Director: Zack Snyder
• Release Date: 6 March 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: 162 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language.

Tagline: This city is afraid of me. I’ve seen its true face.

Trivia: Ozymandias is a Greek name for Rameses II, and a reference to a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The inscription from a ruined statue quoted in the poem appears under a massive Egyptian bust in his lair.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When the Comedian heedlessly fires a smoke grenade at one of the poor bystanders in the riot, you can see that the victim’s body slumps down against the wall in a manner which suggest that it is just a dummy.

“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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”

• Director: Pierre Morel
• Release Date: 30 January 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: 93 min | USA:91 min (edited)
• Country: France
• Genre: Action , Crime , Drama , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.

Tagline: Die Zeit für Rache ist gekommen. (The time for revenge has come.)

Trivia: The fighting art primarily used in this movie is Shinsai Goshin Kai. Liam Neeson was trained by Mick Gould who is a senior practitioner of this art and previously taught members of the SAS, including Andy McNab with whom he later worked on the Michael Mann movie, Heat.

Goofs: Continuity: In the Paris apartment when Bryan is re-listening to the recorded phone conversation, Kim is heard to say the line, “They took her.” Earlier in the film Bryan doesn’t begin to record the conversation until after this line is said. This line should not be part of the recorded conversation.