2008 movies

Straight From The Barrio

2008 | Action | Crime | Drama | Music | Puerto Rico

Raymond Ayala (better known as Daddy Yankee) stars as Edgar Dinero, an angry young man from the slums of Puerto Rico who gets tangled between the thug life of his neighborhood and the beat of his barrio. On that path Edgar encounters disruption among his crew men while falling in ...

A Christmas Tale

2008 | Comedy | Drama | France

The Vuillard's shared history of physical and mental illness, estrangement, self harm, and loss doesn't lead itself to the idea of a cheerful holiday season. But can a Christmastime reunion, a scheme concocted by three of the youngest family members, finally bring peace their clan?

Cornered!

2008 | Comedy | Horror | USA

During their nightly poker game a group of lowlifes are terrorized in their own convenience store by a masked killer.

The Penguins of Madagascar

2008 | Animation | Comedy | USA

The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation: DVD Premiere is a future DreamWorks Animation direct-to-DVD feature starring the characters of The Penguins of Madagascar, a spin-off TV show stemming from the popular Madagascar movie franchise. The two-hour-long DVD, scheduled for release on February 9, 2010, will consist of both all-new content and ...

Free Style

2008 | Canada | Drama | Germany | USA

Cale Bryant is determined to win a coveted spot on the Grand National motocross racing team. With the support of his loving mother, precocious little sister and new girlfriend, Cale proves against all odds that he has the heart, the willpower and the courage never to give up on his ...

Playing with Fire

2008 | Thriller | USA

The beautiful and seductive rich girl, Daphne, gets her kicks playing mind games; finding and seducing young working-class men until she cruelly kicks them to the curb. But when she comes across handsome med student Nick, she discovers a challenge.

Me & You, Us, Forever

2008 | USA

A love story based in 1974 and 2004. A 47-year-old Christian man, on the other side of an unwanted divorce, reminisces about his old high school girlfriend from 30 years prior.

Chevolution

2008 | Documentary | Mexico

On March 5, 1960, Che Guevara, one of the architects of the Cuban revolution, attended a memorial service for seventy-five men who died while explosive cargo was being unloaded from a ship in the Havana harbor. Photographer Alberto Korda snapped a picture of Guevara at the event, and while it ...

Rome & Jewel

2008 | Drama | Musical | USA

This modernization of Shakespear's tragic love story Romeo and Juliette is set in Los Angeles against a backdrop of inter-racial romance.

More Than a Game

2008 | Documentary | Sport | USA

This documentary follows NBA superstar LeBron James and four of his talented teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Ohio and James' journey to fame.

The Errand of Angels

2008 | Family | USA

A wide-eyed sister missionary arrives in Austria to begin her 18-month-long mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Despite having to make a few cultural adjustments, Sister Taylor meets every challenge with optimism. Her enthusiasm to share the Gospel makes her indomitable, until she finds herself with ...

Troglodyte aka Sea Beast

2008 | Sci-Fi | USA

Being a fisherman is a difficult job, particularly during a rough storm. But things can only get worse when a sea beast decides to make your crew its meal. In this small fishing town, the sea beast and his family follow the seamen ashore... to destroy every living thing in ...