Dekh Bhai Dekh: Laughter Behind Darkness (2009)

Synopsis:
Seemingly naive village belle, Babli, who lives with her dad, Lala, and step-mother, conspires with her boyfriend, Shyam, to steal a Murthy of Bhagwan Shri Kishan from her estranged in-laws who had humiliated her. Shyam reluctantly agrees to assist her as he needs Rs.3 Lakhs to bribe a officer in order to find employment. They decide to involve local impoverished politician, Mayalal Yadav, who needs Rs.4 Lakhs to contribute to his political party, get a ticket to stand for elections as well as get his daughter married. They then involve an experienced alcoholic thief, Charan, to assist them. The four carry out the robbery from a Kishan Mandir and decide to travel to Delhi by the first train. They miss the train and end up in a mansion whose sole occupant is a woman named Amaa. The latter hesitantly agrees to let them sleepover for the night and even gives them something to eat. Mayalal is still hungry and wants more and asks Babli to approach Amaa - and it is this decision that will...

Starring:
Gracy Singh
Siddharth Koirala
Raghuvir Yadav

Director: Rahat Kazmi

Meri Life Main Uski Wife (2009)

Synopsis:
Generous and kind-hearted Aakash has four close friends, namely: businessman Padam Kumar Lele & his wife Diya; unemployed Basu Bose who is dependent on his wife's income; single Gaurav Shah who runs a PCO; and Kuch Bhi Singh, who is married to Parminder, and runs a store. He dramatically meets with Sheetal and both get married. Shortly after she has an accident and passes away. Unable to live alone, he gets married to Dipal, but is so involved in his work that he neglects her. His friends notice this, find out that the marriage has still not been consummated, and each one turns on his respective charms to woo, seduce, and lure Dipal - with results that will change everyone's lives forever. 

Starring:
Jatin Grewal
Hina Tasleem
Monalisa

Director: Partho Ghosh (=Parto Ghosh)

Nanjing! Nanjing! (2009)

AKA:
Nanking
City of Life and Death

Synopsis:
In 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.

Starring:
Ye Liu
Wei Fan
Hideo Nakaizumi

Director: Chuan Lu

Jugaad (2009)

Synopsis:
Delhi-based Sandip Kapoor, who lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife, Priya, had started his business, Promodome, with just Rs.15000/-, which, after a lot of hard work and diligence, has now grown to Rs.15 Crores. Just when he was preparing to make presentations to overseas clients, Commissioner I.M. Gupta issues demolition orders under the Urban Land Ceiling Act after determining that the business was located in a residential zone. Unable to even enter the premise, Sandip, with the assistance of a con-man, Bakshi Jugaad, rents a building without any water supply and electricity. He makes arrangements for tankers to deliver water and has diesel generators provide electricity. Hoping to make a stand until his lawyer resolves this issue, he is unprepared when his employees resign after informing him that they simply cannot stand the stress of seven hours travel back and forth. As if that was not enough of a shock, he is then informed by an enraged Commissioner that the matter is now.

Starring:
Manoj Bajpayee
Hrishitaa Bhatt
Vijay Raaz

Director: R. Anand Kumar

Well Done Abba! (2009)

Synopsis:
This is the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working for a senior executive in Mumbai. He takes a month's leave to find a husband for his teenage daughter, who lives near Hyderabad. When he is delayed and returns to work after three months, his employer threatens to sack him. But he is persuaded to listen to the reason for Armaan Ali's delay. The story he relates is delightful, hilarious -- and poignant.

Starring:
Boman Irani
Minissha Lamba
Sammir Dattani

Director: Shyam Benegal

Dark.Country (2009)

Breaking Point (2009)

AKA:
Tochka razloma >> Russian

Synopsis:
Breaking Point" is a dramatic tale of corruption and self-realization, in which one man has to overcome a deep seeded conspiracy and his own lingering past in order to gain the redemption he desires. Steven Luisi (Tom Berenger), a once prominent criminal defense attorney is attempting to come back to the profession after a struggle with drug addiction and a family tragedy. Steven stumbles into a complex, high profile murder case. Against his better judgment, he takes on the case that will eventually lead him down a path that brings him face to face with his own demons. While trying to solve the case Steven teams up with an ex-athlete turned gang member, Richard "Beanz" Allen. The two develop a fast friendship. Together they seek to reveal the truth and bring about justice in the court and on the street. Steven and Allen go head to head with the murderous Bowen (Busta Rhymes), a vicious Gang leader and Steven's old drug dealer. With Allen's help, Steven discovers that there are deep connections between Bowen, himself, and a corrupt police department. Throughout his journey, Steven learns more about the truth, and about himself. Allen and Steven discover that their common mission is the pursuit of redemption.

Starring:
Tom Berenger
Busta Rhymes
Armand Assante 

Director: Jeff Celentano

Slave (2009)

Synopsis:
One of these days they'll make an uncompromising dramatic film where they will possibly go all the way in explaining just what WOULD happen to a pretty white girl if she was captured in another country and forced into prostitution. Until then, we'll have to made do with this fantasy version of fat blokes in colourful shirts and impossibly beautiful models where they combine it with a cheap action movie script and end up with.. not much at all.

Crime or Punishment (2009)

Synopsis:
This is a black comedy in the Japanese/British style about an unsuccessful model named Ayame (the pretty Riko Narumi) who unwittingly steals a girlie magazine she is in from a convenience store. The magazine has her in it but upside down and having the remnants of a squashed bug on her upper lip. As a sentence, she has to be police chief for a day (according to the person introducing the film at the Japan Society in New York where this film premiered, this actually happens). Her assistant is a former lover who is a serial killer. He once tried to kill her but she as well as the police are looking the other way about that. Also in the mix is Sakura Ando as Momo. In the span of one week I've seen her in three films, "Love Exposure", "Ain't No Tomorrows" and this one. She is remarkably versatile and should have a great career ahead of her, like the equally talented Ms. Narumi. Anyway, throw in a salaryman who witnesses a murder done by the serial killer and then gets hit by a truck, as well as a trio of hapless robbers with a taser gun and you have a comedy which is all over the place. Stay with it, though. If you don't like black comedy I think you should skip it, but otherwise it is recommended. Don't take it seriously and you'll be fine.

Vacancy II: The First Cut (2009)

AKA:
Vacancy 2
Vacancy 2: The First Cut

Synopsis:
Set three years before the first film, the action takes place in and around the Meadow View Inn, a small roadside motel in rural North Carolina. But folks who check into this motel are never heard from again, because the sadistic Mr. Smith and his murderous accomplices have a habit of murdering their guests on camera and turning the tapes for a tidy profit. When Caleb, Jessica, and Tanner fall into Mr. Smith's diabolical trap, their only hope for survival is to fight though the night and become as brutal as their attackers.

Cornered! (2009)

AKA:
Saw Executioner >> English
Cornered - Das Killerspiel >> German

Synopsis:
In Los Angeles, a serial-killer with unknown identity is slaughtering clients in convenience stores. He steals the surveillance tapes and the police department offers a US$ 500,000 reward for him. In a trashy convenience store, the owner Steve, his clients, phone sex worker Mona, and the whore Jess, his employee Donny Donut and his junky nephew Jimmy discuss with the carrier Morty what they would do with the serial-killer if they caught him. Out of the blue, they are attacked by a masked killer during a night of terror.

Starring:
Steve Guttenberg
James Duval
Elizabeth Nicole


Director: Daniel Maze

Talhotblond (2009)

Synopsis:
This is the true story of a love triangle that takes place entirely online. Lies lead to murder in real life, as a teenage vixen (screen name 'talhotblond') lures men into her web. Revealing a shocking true crime story that shows the Internet's power to unleash our most dangerous fantasies.

Talhotblond is an 2009 documentary, detailing an Internet love triangle which resulted in a real life homicide, in a case called the "Internet Chatroom Murder." Thomas Montgomery (screen name: marinesniper), a 47-year-old married man, pleaded guilty to murdering his co-worker, 22-year-old Brian Barrett (screen name: beefcake). The two men were involved in a love triangle with "Jessi," an 18 year old girl with the screen name 'talhotblond'. While the both men knew each other from work, neither had ever met "Jessi" in person. However, "Jessi" was a real person, but it was actually her mother, Mary Shieler, who was posing as her daughter, online. Jessi was unaware of her mother's actions till after Barrett had been murdered and her mother's role in the case became widely known.

The film's TV rights were sold to MSNBC. Paramount Studios bought all remaining rights.[1][2] Directed and written by Emmy award winning journalist Barbara Schroeder, the film features appearances by convicted murderer Thomas Montgomery, clinical psychologist and attorney Dr. Rex Julian Beaber, Erie County prosecutor Ken Case, Erie County Sheriff Ron Kenyon, Oak Hill, West Virginia Sgt. Lee Kirk, the parents of Brian Barrett, and Tim Shieler. Dr. Beaber serves throughout the film as a commentator on the social-psychological dimensions of the case.

Starring:
Thomas Montgomery
Ken Case
Rex Beaber

Director: Barbara Schroeder

Wake Up Sid (2009)

Synopsis:
A spoiled young adult living in Mumbai experiences a change in his lazy ways when he meets a woman at a party, who inspires him to "wake up".

Starring:
Ranbir Kapoor
Anupam Kher
Konkona Sen Sharma
Shruti Bapna

Director: Ayan Mukherjee

The Bleeding (2009)

About:
Surrounded by carnage, slaughter, brutal crashes and total mayhem, Shawn Black is in a race to save the world from pure evil.

The Telling (2009)

Synopsis:
In this horror anthology film, three girls pledge the most popular and cruelest sorority on campus. For their final task, they must tell the scariest story they know.

Alien Trespass (2009)

Synopsis:
The story begins in 1957 in the star-filled skies above California's Mojave Desert. It is a special night for noted astronomer Ted Lewis, who is preparing a special dinner for his beautiful, adoring wife Lana to celebrate their wedding anniversary. In another part of town, Tammy, a waitress at small local diner with big plans for the future, looks out her window and is excited to see a shooting star, which she takes as a good sign for her dreams. But, what Dr. Lewis and Tammy assume is a shooting star, is really an alien spaceship. The fiery ball hurtles toward earth and crash-lands on a butte in the desert. The only witnesses are teens Dick and Penny who are necking in a nearby lover's lane. A tall, metallic alien named Urp emerges from the craft unharmed, alarmed to discover that the monstrous Ghota, who was also on board, has escaped. The menacing one-eyed creature's unquenchable appetite could mean the end of civilization as we know it. Urp is the only one who knows how to stop.

Starring:
Eric McCormack
Jenni Baird
Dan Lauria

Director: R.W. Goodwin

Moon (2009)

Starring:
Sam Rockwell
Kevin Spacey

Director: Duncan Jones

Profile of Malala Yousafzai (2009)

AKA:
Profile of Malala Yousafzai Pakistani Girl Shot by the Taliban - Class Dismissed

Synopsis:
A 2009 documentary by Adam B. Ellick profiled Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl whose school was shut down by the Taliban. Ms. Yousafzai was shot by a gunman on Tuesday.

Hachiko A dog's Tale (2009)

AKA:
Hachiko A Dogs Story
Hachiko - Eine wunderbare Freundschaft >> German

Synopsis:
In Bedridge, Professor Parker Wilson finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He finds that the dog is an Akita and names it Hachiko. However, nobody claims the dog so his family decides to keep Hachi.

Starring:
Richard Gere
Joan Allen
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Director: Lasse Hallström

Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)

AKA:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo >> English
Men Who Hate Women >> Sweden - literal English
Millennium 1: Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres >> Spainish
Menn som hater kvinner >> Norwegian
Millénium, le film >> French
Millenium, les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes >> French
Uomini che odiano le donne >> Italian
Verblendung >> German

Synopsis:
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.

Starring:
Michael Nyqvist
Noomi Rapace
Lena Endre
Peter Haber
Sven-Bertil Taube
Peter Andersson
Ingvar Hirdwall

Director: Niels Arden Oplev