Cinema Log 2008
Contains 48 title(s)
Films I have seen at the local cinema in 2008.
1
10,000 B.C.
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 5.5/10
It was a time when man and beast were untamed and the mighty mammoth roamed the earth. A time when ideas and beliefs were born that forever shaped mankind. 10,000 B.C. follows a young hunter (Steven Strait) on his quest to lead an army across a vast desert, battling saber tooth tigers and...
2
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
2007
MPAA: R
Avg. Rating: 4/10
Warring alien and predator races descend on a small town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.
3
Atonement
2007
MPAA: R
Avg. Rating: 7.8/10
A mischievous girl accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit, only to find that her words have irrevocably and permanently changed the lives of all involved in a film that re-teams the filmmakers behind Pride
4
Cloverfield
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 7/10
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
5
Death Race
2008
MPAA: R
Avg. Rating: 5.8/10
Ex-con Jensen Ames (Statham) is forced by the warden of a notorious prison (Allen) to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
6
Definitely, Maybe
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 7.2/10
Ryan Reynolds stars as Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love.
7
Drillbit Taylor
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 5.9/10
When two high-school freshmen hire a man whom they believe to be low-rent soldier of fortune to protect them from the most sadistic bully in school, they soon find out just how deceptive appearances can be in this comedy based on a story by John Hughes, and featuring a script by Seth Rogen and...
8
Eagle Eye
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 7.3/10
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations--using the technology of everyday life to track and...
9
Fool's Gold
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 6.4/10
Ben "Finn" Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is an affable, modern-day treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queen's Dowry--40 chests of priceless treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess...
10
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
MPAA: R
Avg. Rating: 7.5/10
After a devastating break-up with his girlfriend, TV sitcom star Sarah Marshall, a heartbroken and depressed Peter heads to Hawaii for a little vacation to try his best to forget every detail of his relationship. But love laughs at Peter, because Sarah is vacationing in the same exclusive resort...
11
Get Smart
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 7.2/10
In the all-new action comedy, Maxwell Smart is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote...
12
Hancock
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 6.5/10
A hard-living superhero (Smith) who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife (Theron) of the public relations professional (Bateman) who's trying to repair his image.
13
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 7.4/10
After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it's up to the planet's...
14
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the...
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 6.8/10
Nineteen years after the search of the Holy Grail, Indiana returns to the big screen once again. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) must return the Ark of the Covenant (from the first film) to its original place. However, they need the All Seeing Eye Jewel of 12 Stones "Ephod" for its hypnotic...
15
Iron Man
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 8/10
Based upon Marvel's iconic Super Hero, "Iron Man" tells the story of Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity....
16
Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008
MPAA: PG
Avg. Rating: 5.6/10
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
17
Jumper
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 5.8/10
A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between "Jumpers" and those who have sworn to kill them.
18
Kung Fu Panda
2008
MPAA: PG
Avg. Rating: 7.5/10
Kung Fu Panda features Jack Black as Po the Panda, a lowly waiter in a noodle restaurant, who is a kung fu fanatic but whose shape doesn't exactly lend itself to kung fu fighting. In fact, Po's defining characteristic appears to be that he is the laziest of all the animals in ancient China. That's...
19
Leatherheads
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 6.7/10
A romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s football, where the owner of a professional team drafts a straight-laced college sensation, only to watch his new coach fall for his fiancée.
20
Made Of Honor
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 6.5/10
Tom Bailey is in love with his best friend Claire. But Tom has a fear of commitment and refuses to admit the obvious--he should propose to Claire before she finds a less procrastinating suitor. When Colin, a rich Scotsman sweeps Claire off her feet and asks for her handin marriage, Tom must...
21
Mamma Mia!
2008
MPAA: PG
Avg. Rating: 7.5/10
An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends--practical and no-nonsense Rosie...
22
Max Payne
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 5.3/10
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent (Wahlberg) whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin (Kunis) out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
23
National Treasure: Book Of Secrets
2007
MPAA: PG
Avg. Rating: 6.6/10
In this follow up to the box-office hit "National Treasure," treasure hunter Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) once again sets out on an exhilarating, action-packed new global quest to unearth hidden history and treasures.

When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben's...
24
One Missed Call
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 5.9/10
Shannyn Sossamon and Ed Burns star in director Eric Valette's remake of Takashi Miike's frightful tale about a cell-phone call from the future that foreshadows one's own death. Beth Raymond (Sossamon) is a college student whose friends have all been dying in droves, and the one connecting factor...
25
Prom Night
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 5.1/10
Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of magic, beauty, and love. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be safe from the horrors of her past. But when the night turns from magic to murder there is only one man who could be responsible... the man she thought was...
26
Quarantine
2008
MPAA: R
Avg. Rating: 6.7/10
Television reporter Angela Vidal (Carpenter) and her cameraman (Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams...
27
RocknRolla
2008
MPAA: R
Avg. Rating: 7.3/10
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London%u2019s criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune.
28
Run, Fatboy, Run
2007
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 6.9/10
An overweight man leaves his fiancee on their wedding day, only to realize years later that she's the one and only woman of his dreams in a romantic comedy that reunites Big Nothing co-stars Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer. It's not easy to win back a woman after leaving her at the alter, but when...
29
Saw V
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 5.5/10
Forensics expert Hoffman (Mandylor) goes on the hunt in order to protect the secret that he is the newest person to carry on Jigsaw's legacy.
30
Sex And The City: The Movie
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 6.7/10
The hit cable series Sex and the City catwalks its way to the big screen in this feature-film continuation that fans all over have been clamoring for. Sarah Jessica Parker returns once again as Carrie Bradshaw, the style maven journalist whose romantic exploits were the key focus of the show. Also...
31
Shutter
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 5.6/10
A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
32
Speed Racer
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 6.6/10
In the world of violent, high-speed racing, brothers Rex and Speed Racer become rivals as powerful racer Mondragan manipulates their careers in order to kill them both during the world championships, but the brothers learn its all just an act of vengeance against Pops Racer, who caused the death...
33
Step Brothers
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 6.5/10
In "Step Brothers," Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). Reilly plays Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When Robert and Nancy marry and...
34
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 6.6/10
The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.
35
The Dark Knight
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 8.6/10
The Dark Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan with star Christian Bale, who returns to continue Batman%u2019s war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good....
36
The Eye
2008
MPAA: PG-13
Avg. Rating: 5.5/10
Sydney Wells is an accomplished concert violinist who has been blind since a childhood tragedy. Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant, and her sight is restored. But Sydney's happiness is short-lived as unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Are they a passing...
37
The Happening
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 5.8/10
The Lady in the Water director M. Night Shyamalan puts "PG-13" suspense on pause to tell this grim apocalyptic tale about a family fleeing a natural disaster that poses a grave threat to the whole of humanity. Mark Wahlberg and Spencer Breslin star.
38
The Midnight Meat Train
2008
MPAA: R
Avg. Rating: 6/10
Based on Clive Barker's short story. Bradley Cooper stars as an inquisitive photographer who comes across Mahogany (Jones), a butcher who uses the subway system as his killing floor. But who is he killing for and where is he delivering the meat of his victims?
39
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008
MPAA: NR
Avg. Rating: 5.2/10
In the Far East, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick (Fraser) and Alex O'Connell (Ford) unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin (Li) -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard (Yeoh) centuries ago.
40
The Ruins
2008
MPAA: R
Avg. Rating: 5.4/10
Based on the novel by A Simple Plan author Scott Smith, director Carter B. Smith's Yucatan-set thriller follows four American tourists as they unwisely venture off the beaten path while vacationing in Cancun. When a friendly German tourist implores the Americans to help search the jungle for his...