Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Case 39



Case 39

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper
Directed by: Christian Alvart
Screenplay by: Ray Wright
Release Date: April 10th, 2009
MPAA Rating: R for violence and terror, including disturbing images.
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) is a family social services worker who gets involved in a mysterious and potentially fatal new case in “Case 39.”
Paramount Pictures Presents A Misher Films/Anonymous Content Production “Case 39” starring Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane and Bradley Cooper.
The film is directed by Christian Alvart and written by Ray Wright. The producers are Steve Golin and Kevin Misher.
“Case 39” is a horror film starring Renée Zellweger as family services social worker Emily Jenkins. Emily thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case, troubled 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland). Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to kill Lilith, their only daughter. Emily saves her and decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.
Then the real horror begins...

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The Uninvited



The Uninvited

Starring: Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Arielle Kebbel, Jesse Moss
Directed by: Guard Brothers
Screenplay by: Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro
Release Date: January 30th, 2009
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for for violent and disturbing images, thematic material, sexual content, language and teen drinking.
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures

Based on the Kim Jee-Woon's 2003 Korean horror film of the same name, the story revolves around two sisters who return home to their father after spending time in a mental institution. Their recovery is hindered by their cruel stepmother's (Banks) obsessiveness and an interfering ghost.
In the suspense thriller “The Uninvited,” based on Kim Jee-Woon's 2003 Korean horror film, “Changhwa Hongryon,” Anna (Emily Browning) returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), has moved into their house and become engaged to her father, Steven (David Strathairn).
Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions. Together, Anna and her sister (Arielle Kebbel) must convince their father that his new fiancée is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.

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