Film Diary 2008
by ianbrd | created - 23 Sep 2011 | updated - 16 Oct 2011 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Kite Runner (2007)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub
Votes: 82,560 | Gross: $15.80M
CINEMA: Empire 2
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7
DATE: 11 January
2. Enchanted (2007)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil Queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.
Director: Kevin Lima | Stars: Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey
Votes: 217,358 | Gross: $127.81M
CINEMA: Empire 9
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6+
DATE: 18 January
3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall
Votes: 386,986 | Gross: $52.90M
CINEMA: Empire 1
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7
DATE: 4 February
4. Juno (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman
Votes: 549,347 | Gross: $143.50M
CINEMA: Empire 7
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 8 February
5. There Will Be Blood (2007)
R | 158 min | Drama
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Stringer
Votes: 641,355 | Gross: $40.22M
CINEMA: Empire 12
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7-
DATE: 15 February
6. The Conformist (1970)
R | 113 min | Drama
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio
Votes: 33,712 | Gross: $0.54M
CINEMA: NFT 1
LOCATION: London
RATING: 6-
DATE: 7 March
7. Margot at the Wedding (2007)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Flora Cross, Zane Pais
Votes: 22,724 | Gross: $1.96M
CINEMA: Cineworld 5, Shaftesbury Avenue
LOCATION: London
RATING: 4
DATE: 9 March
8. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny
Votes: 110,445 | Gross: $5.99M
CINEMA: Odeon 3, Covent Garden
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7+
DATE: 10 March
9. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess
Votes: 119,990 | Gross: $26.81M
CINEMA: Odeon 3, Metro Centre
LOCATION: Gateshead
RATING: 7
DATE: 14 March
10. The Orphanage (2007)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 163,635 | Gross: $7.16M
CINEMA: Empire 11
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7
DATE: 4 April
11. In Bruges (2008)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Berrington
Votes: 461,627 | Gross: $7.76M
CINEMA: Empire 4
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7
DATE: 18 April
12. Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, R.D. Reid
Votes: 155,441 | Gross: $5.97M
CINEMA: Cineworld 5, Shaftesbury Avenue
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7
DATE: 28 April
13. Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
A French public servant from Provence is banished to the far North. Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly come back.
Director: Dany Boon | Stars: Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoé Félix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret
Votes: 44,973 | Gross: $1.48M
CINEMA: Empire 2, Leicester Square
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7
DATE: 27 April
14. Iron Man (2008)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 1,125,248 | Gross: $318.41M
CINEMA: Odeon 11, Metro Centre
LOCATION: Gateshead
RATING: 6-
DATE: 16 May
15. Honeydripper (2007)
PG-13 | 124 min | Crime, Drama, History
1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the ... See full summary »
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Danny Glover, LisaGay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton
Votes: 2,194 | Gross: $0.27M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Electra
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 17 May
16. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure
Indiana Jones becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen
Votes: 491,536 | Gross: $317.10M
CINEMA: Empire 10
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 23 May
17. Caramel (2007)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Nadine Labaki, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Yasmine Al Massri
Votes: 14,607 | Gross: $1.06M
CINEMA: Odeon 1, Covent Garden
LOCATION: London
RATING: 6+
DATE: 1 June
18. XXY (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
The story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.
Director: Lucía Puenzo | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Carolina Pelleritti
Votes: 14,930 | Gross: $0.05M
CINEMA: Odeon 3, Panton Street
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7
DATE: 2 June
19. Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
R | 126 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Amadu Mamadakov, Khulan Chuluun, Honglei Sun
Votes: 49,197 | Gross: $5.70M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Roxy
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7
DATE: 17 June
20. Female Agents (2008)
TV-MA | 148 min | Drama, War
London, 1944: SOE's section for French ops parachute 4 women into France, plus a woman there, to free an English geologist and kill SS colonel Heindrich.
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Moritz Bleibtreu, Marie Gillain
Votes: 7,958
CINEMA: Phoenix
LOCATION: East Finchley, London
RATING: 6
DATE: 21 June
21. Priceless (2006)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Jean, a shy waiter who works at a high-end hotel, is mistaken for a young millionaire by the beautiful and intriguing fortune hunter Irene.
Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam, Vernon Dobtcheff
Votes: 33,212 | Gross: $1.50M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Classic
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6-
DATE: 24 June
22. The Visitor (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass
Votes: 44,533 | Gross: $9.42M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Electra
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7+
DATE: 8 July
23. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan
Votes: 293,021 | Gross: $20.30M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Electra
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7-
DATE: 25 July
24. Man on Wire (2008)
PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix
Votes: 58,684 | Gross: $2.96M
CINEMA: Cineworld 2, Haymarket
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7+
DATE: 10 August
25. WALL·E (2008)
G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Votes: 1,200,871 | Gross: $223.81M
CINEMA: Cineworld 7, Shaftesbury Avenue
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7+
DATE: 11 August
26. Jar City (2006)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir
Votes: 5,634
CINEMA: Tyneside - Electra
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 12 September
27. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, War
Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Zac Mattoon O'Brien
Votes: 246,583 | Gross: $9.03M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Classic
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 5
DATE: 19 September
28. Righteous Kill (2008)
R | 101 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Carla Gugino, 50 Cent
Votes: 92,221 | Gross: $40.08M
CINEMA: Cineworld 2, Shaftesbury Avenue
LOCATION: London
RATING: 6-
DATE: 28 September
29. The Wave (2008)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.
Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich
Votes: 115,144
CINEMA: Cineworld 4, Shaftesbury Avenue
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7+
DATE: 29 September
30. I've Loved You So Long (2008)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill
Votes: 20,711 | Gross: $3.17M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Roxy
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 8
DATE: 17 October
31. Burn After Reading (2008)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, John Malkovich
Votes: 353,345 | Gross: $60.36M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Classic
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 21 October
32. Cold Lunch (2008)
90 min | Drama
Bird droppings on a work shirt lead to extreme unintended consequences.
Director: Eva Sørhaug | Stars: Birgitte Victoria Svendsen, Ane Dahl Torp, Bjørn Floberg, Knut Husebø
Votes: 1,036
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 6+
DATE: 24 October
33. Frozen River (2008)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama
A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?
Director: Courtney Hunt | Stars: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 26,463 | Gross: $2.51M
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 5
DATE: 24 October
34. Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
R | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A music-infused drama about Joe Meek, the flamboyantly gay, tone deaf, songwriter-producer behind the '60s hits "Have I the Right," "Just Like Eddie," "Johnny, Remember Me" and "Telstar."
Director: Nick Moran | Stars: Con O'Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris, JJ Feild
Votes: 1,934
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 6-
DATE: 25 October
35. The Last Thakur (2008)
81 min | Action, Drama
Kala an armed, Ex-soldier arrives in a remote town in search of answers about his past. He becomes the focus of a rivalry between the two most powerful men in town. Chairman, a populist, ... See full summary »
Director: Sadik Ahmed | Stars: Tariq Anam Khan, Ahmed Rubel, Tanveer Hassan, Anisur Rahman Milon
Votes: 209
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 3
DATE: 25 October
36. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Christopher Evan Welch
Votes: 268,931 | Gross: $23.22M
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 6
DATE: 25 October
37. A Summer in Genoa (2008)
R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Colin Firth, Perla Haney-Jardine, Willa Holland, Catherine Keener
Votes: 6,780
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 5
DATE: 26 October
38. The Wrestler (2008)
R | 109 min | Drama, Sport
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis
Votes: 320,005 | Gross: $26.24M
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (Surprise Film)
RATING: 7
DATE: 26 October
39. Afterschool (2008)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Mystery
An Internet-addicted prep-school student captures on video camera the drug overdose of two girls.
Director: Antonio Campos | Stars: Ezra Miller, Jeremy Allen White, Emory Cohen, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 4,951 | Gross: $0.00M
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 7-
DATE: 27 October
40. Country Wedding (2008)
99 min | Comedy
A couple decide to get married in a church out in the country. It is 1 hour drive from Reykjavik but things do not go as planed.
Director: Valdís Óskarsdóttir | Stars: Hreinn Beck, Caroline Dalton, Erlendur Eiríksson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir
Votes: 434
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 6+
DATE: 27 October
41. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz
Votes: 40,133 | Gross: $0.48M
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 7
DATE: 28 October
42. The Brothers Bloom (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi
Votes: 52,608 | Gross: $3.52M
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 6
DATE: 28 October
43. Of Time and the City (2008)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Biography
A filmmaker looks at the history and transformation of his birthplace, Liverpool, England.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Terence Davies, George Harrison, Jack Hawkins, John Lennon
Votes: 2,257 | Gross: $0.03M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Roxy
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 4 November
44. Let it Rain (2008)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Agnes Jaoui plays a local political candidate Agathe Villanova, who returns to her childhood home in the south of France in order to help her sister Florence (Pascale Arbillot) sort through... See full summary »
Director: Agnès Jaoui | Stars: Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jamel Debbouze, Pascale Arbillot
Votes: 1,924 | Gross: $0.11M
CINEMA: Tyneside - Roxy
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7
DATE: 11 November
45. Changeling (2008)
R | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him. But when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quieten public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith
Votes: 265,314 | Gross: $35.74M
CINEMA: Empire 10
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7+
DATE: 28 November
46. Body of Lies (2008)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Votes: 239,585 | Gross: $39.39M
CINEMA: Empire 11
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6-
DATE: 2 December
47. Gomorrah (2008)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama
Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino
Votes: 51,218 | Gross: $1.58M
CINEMA: Odeon 1, Covent Garden
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7-
DATE: 21 December
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