Rambo (2008)

When a group of missionary aid workers in Myanmar disappear into the vast green inferno, vigilante Vietnam War veteran John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) leaves his job as a Salween River boatman behind to accompany a group of mercenaries on a daring rescue mission. It's been twenty years since Rambo helped mujahedeen rebels fend off Soviet invaders in Afghanistan, and these days the former soldier lives a simple life in northern Thailand. Yet despite the fact that Rambo has long since traded his guns for a fishing reel, the world's longest running civil war rages into its sixtieth year on the nearby Thai-Burma border. It seems like every day more rebels, mercenaries, medics, and peace workers cross through the remote village where Rambo lives, most of them never to be seen again. One day, human rights missionaries Sarah (Julie Benz) and Michael Bennett (Paul Schulze) show up asking Rambo to guide them up the Salween so they can get some much needed food and medical supplies to the desperate Karen tribe. According to Sarah and Michael the Burmese military has planted landmines all along the roads leading into the tribe's village, making it virtually impossible to reach the tribe via land. At first Rambo flatly refuses to cross into Burma, but these refugees will most certainly die without aid and he eventually relents. Two weeks after Rambo drops the group off in dangerous territory, pastor Arthur Marsh (Ken Howard) arrives with a chilling message: the aid workers never returned from their mission into the jungle, and the embassies refuse to help Marsh and his fellow missionaries find their missing friends. Pastor Marsh knows that Sarah, Michael, and the rest of the missing missionaries are being held hostage by the Burmese army, and in order to hire the mercenaries needed for a rescue mission he has mortgaged his house and taken up a special collection from his congregation. Now, despite the fact that Rambo has long since sworn off all forms of violence, the knowledge that innocent missionaries are being used as pawns in a brutal war leaves him with no other choice than to venture behind enemy lines on his most dangerous mission to date.

Overview

Director : Sylvester Stallone

Writers (WGA) : Art Monterastelli and Sylvester Stallone

Release Date : 25 January 2008 (Indonesia)

Genre : Action / Drama / Thriller

Tagline:

Heroes never die.... They just reload.

Plot Outline:

In Thailand, John Rambo (Stallone) assembles a group of mercenaries and leads them up the Salween River to a Burmese village where a group of Christian aid workers allegedly went missing.

27 Dresses (2008)

A single woman who has served as a bridesmaid a stunning twenty-seven times prepares to support her sister at the altar on number twenty-eight despite having fallen helplessly in love with her smitten sibling's handsome husband-to-be.

Overview

Director : Anne Fletcher

Writer (WGA) : Aline Brosh McKenna (written by)

Release Date : 18 January 2008 (USA)

Genre : Comedy / Romance

Tagline:

This January, always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

Plot Outline:

After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman (Heigl) wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with.

The Bucket List (2007)

Corprate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.

Overview

Director : Rob Reiner

Writer (WGA) : Justin Zackham (written by)

Release Date : 11 January 2008 (USA)

Genre : Adventure / Drama / Comedy

Plot Outline:

Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.

Cloverfield (2008)

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.

Overview

Director : Matt Reeves

Writer (WGA) : Drew Goddard (written by)

Release Date : 18 January 2008 (USA)

Genre : Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Tagline:

Some Thing Has Found Us

Plot Outline:

Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.

Alvin And The Chipmunks (2007)

Three lively singing chipmunk brothers, Alvin - the unchained leader, Simon - the genius, and the tender rotund Theodore are living their lives in the forest storing nuts away for the winter when one day their tree is cut down and carried off into the city to become a Christmas tree. They must find a new home and they end up at Daves house. The only thing that makes them different is that they can talk and even sing. Dave Seville (Jason Lee) is a struggling song writer who has a great idea about making the chipmunks a new show act, singing his songs. The only thing is that you must remember is that they are chipmunks and they act like chipmunks by tearing up Daves house and interrupting his love life. David will adopt the Chipmunks taking care of them as lovely father and manager of their famous rock band. The chipmunks become a big hit and superstars with cute voices and fancy dance moves. The record company executive Ian (David Cross) sees big money in his future and takes over the act and pushes Dave to the side. Dave must try to save his little family before they becomes a show biz disaster.

Overview

Director : Tim Hill

Writers (WGA) : Jon Vitti (screenplay) and Will McRobb (screenplay) ...

Release Date : 14 December 2007 (USA)

Genre : Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Music

Tagline : Here comes trouble.

Plot Outline:

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

Juno (2007)

Juno (Ellen Page) is a Mid-Western highschooler, who decides one day, out of boredom or curiosity, to have sex with her friend Bleeker (Michael Cera), a member of her school's track team. She likes him well enough, but isn't hung up on him. This one time encounter results in Juno's pregnancy. She and her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) decide to take control of the situation by browsing for prospective adoptive parents in the local Pennysaver, and Juno settles on seemingly perfect, affluent couple Mark and Vanessa (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner.)

Overview

Director : Jason Reitman

Writer : Diablo Cody

Release Date : 25 December 2007 (USA)

Genre : Comedy / drama

Plot Outline :

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Awards :

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 16 wins & 12 nominations

National Treasure : Book Of Secrets (2007)

While Ben is presenting new information about John Wilkes Booth and the 18 pages missing from Booth's diary, one man stands up and presents a missing page of John Wilkes Booth's diary. Thomas Gates, Ben's great-grandfather, is mentioned in the page. It shows that Ben's great-grandfather could have been a person involved with Abraham Lincoln's murder. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail, and Riley to Buckingham Palace(which they break into). It takes them to a book in the White House(which they break into also)and they even steal a page from the book. But in order to see more from the book, their choice is either get elected president or kidnap the President of the United States. Which do they choose? It's obvious. The conspiracy then crosses to Mount Rushmore and they even mention the JFK conspiracy. Could Ben clear his family's name? Or will his family be known as the descendant of Abraham Licoln's murderer?

Overview

Director : Jon Turteltaub

Writers : Cormac Wibberley (screenplay) & Marianne Wibberley (screenplay) ...

Release Date : 21 December 2007 (Indonesia)

Genre : Action / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller

Plot Outline:

Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates (Cage) looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth's diary.