Starring: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Lake Bell, John Krasinski Release date: 25 December 2009 Genre: comedy, romantic Synopsis: Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has—after a decade of divorce—an amicable relationship...

Starring: Anna Farris, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler Release: 25 December 2009 Rating: PG Genre: Animation,  Comedy,Family Synopsis: Because having a freak accident involving Alvin and Dave Seville, chipmunks go to live with Dave Seville’s cool cousin Toby and must enroll in school just like...

Starring:  Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver Release date: 18 December 2009 Runtime: 166 mins Genre: adventure, sci-fi, action, thriller Synopsis: Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms....

Starring:  Saoirse Ronan; Mark Wahlberg; Rachel Weisz; Susan Sarandon; Stanley Tucci Release date: 11 December 2009 Runtime: 136 mins Genre: crime, drama, fantasy, horror, thriller Synopsis: In 1973, Susie Salmon (Ronan) is raped and murdered by a neighbor, George Harvey (Tucci), a serial killer...

Starring: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell Release date: 4 December, 2009 Runtime: 100 mins Rating: PG-13 Genre: drama, comedy, adventure Synopsis: A widower (Robert De Niro) takes his grown kids on a road trip in order to reconnect with them after his wife’s death...

Starring: Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal Release: 4 December 200 Rating: R Genre: drama, war Synopsis: Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast...

Starring: Naomie Harris, Rain, Randall Duk Kim Release date: 25 November, 2009 Runtime: 99 mins Rating: R Genre: action, crime, drama, thriller Synopsis: Raizo (Rain) is one of the world’s deadliest assassins, having been kidnapped as a child and raised by the Ozunu Clan, believed by the world...

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman Release date: 25 December 2009 Rating: PG-13 Genre: musical, romance Synopsis: Nine is the musical re-telling of Federico Fellini’s semi-autobiographical “8 and a half”. It tells the story of Guido Contini...

Starring: Bill Murray, George Clooney, Meryl Streep Release date: 25 November 2009 Runtime: 87 mins Rating: PG Genre: adventure, animation, comedy Synopsis: A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director...

Starring: Carla Gugino, Connie Britton, Adrianne Palicki Release date: 13 November 2009 Runtime: 92 mins Rating: R Genre: comedy Synopsis: Undercover cop Tony Baretta (Robert Blake) launches a search for Ricki (Tasha Lee Zemrus), a young runaway from a midwestern orphanage. Ricki is determined to...