The Hurt Locker
Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Guy Pearce, Christian Camargo, Anthony Mackie, David Morse, Ralph Fiennes, Brian Geraghty, Jeremy Renner
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
US Army Sergeant First Class Will James, Sergeant JT Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit currently stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When James arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment. It will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with their new leader. James is a renegade for who the thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate goal regardless of the safety of his fellow team members, others on the scene or himself. On the other hand, Sanborn is by the books: he knows his place and...
Largo Winch
Year: 2008
Country: France, Belgium
Director: Jérôme Salle
Starring: Karel Roden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Benedict Wong, Anne Consigny, Steven Waddington, Mélanie Thierry, Gérard Watkins
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Billionaire Nerio Winch is found dead, drowned. An obviously suspicious death as Nerio is the founder and majority shareholder of the powerful and sprawling W Group. Who will inherit this financial empire? Officially, Nerio had no family. But he had a secret he kept well-hidden: a son, Largo, adopted nearly thirty years before from a Bosnian orphanage. The only problem is this young heir has just been thrown in prison deep in the Amazon. Accused of drug trafficking, he claims he's innocent. Nerio murdered. Largo in prison. What if these two events were part of a plot to take control of the Winch empire?
Everybody Hates Chris - Season Four
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood, Dennie Gordon, Chris Rock, Eric Laneuville, Ali LeRoi
Starring: Terry Crews, Tichina Arnold, Vincent Martella, Tequan Richmond, Imani Hakim
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Inspired by his childhood experiences, comedian Chris Rock narrates the hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused into a predominantly white middle school two hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high. This responsible, resilient adolescent brings a distinct, funny spin to his everyday trials and traumas in this single-camera comedy.
Twilight
Genres: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Jackson Rathbone, Billy Burke, Kristen Stewart, Anna Kendrick, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Michael Welch
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks to live with her father. As she starts her junior year in high school she becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen who holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. Edward falls in love with Bella as well but knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk. Edward warns Bella that she should leave him but she refuses to listen and to understand why he is saying this. Bella learns his secret. He is a vampire, however she is not afraid of his blood-thirsty needs and the fact he could kill her at any moment. Bella is afraid of losing him, th...
Desperate Housewives - Season Five
Genres: Comedy
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Arlene Sanford, Larry Shaw, David Grossman, David Warren, Wendey Stanzler
Starring: Teri Hatcher, Nicollette Sheridan, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria Parker
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
There was much speculation about the fifth season of the show, due to the many cliffhangers at the end of season four, such as the departure of Edie Britt, and whether she would return after the events of the "Mother Said" episode. When asked about Sheridan's departure, Cherry commented "She won't be back for a few years", a reference to the 'five-year leap' that the show is undertaking. Edie returned to Wisteria Lane with a new husband, Dave, played by Neal McDonough, who joined the cast as a series regular.There had also been speculation whether the character of Mike Delfino would return, after the final scene in season four, set five years...
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List - Season Four
Genres: Comedy, Reality Show
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Matthew Blaine, Toby Oppenheimer
Starring: Kathy Griffin, Maggie Griffin, Tiffany Rinehart
Available Quality: DivX
Griffin had titled her first Bravo comedy special The D-List (2004), to imply that her pull as a bottom-feeder celebrity was so low, she didn't even make the "C-list." The special was so popular that the network later approached Griffin to film a reality series based on her celebrity-bashing comedy.
Corner Gas - Season Five
Genres: Comedy
Year: 2008
Country: Canada
Director: Brent Butt
Starring: Fred Ewanuick, Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller
Available Quality: DivX
The series was created by Canadian comedian Brent Butt, who came up with the idea for the series after wondering what his life would be like if he had not pursued stand-up comedy (he would still be in a small town in Saskatchewan pumping gas). With the exception of the first season finale and second season premiere episodes, which are linked, most other Corner Gas episodes are stand-alone storylines that can be viewed in virtually any order, though occasional incidental references to previous episodes can be found.
Keepsake
Genres: Horror
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Paul Moore
Starring: Courtney Hogan
Available Quality: DivX
A murderous psychopath kidnaps a woman stranded on a deserted road and locks her in his cellar, claiming he will kill her in 30 days.
Nip/Tuck - Season Six
Genres: Drama
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Ryan Murphy, Jamie Babbit, Nelson McCormick, Jeremy Podeswa, Craig Zisk
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Roma Maffia, Vanessa Redgrave, Famke Janssen, Valerie Cruz, Sanaa Lathan, Portia de Rossi
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod
Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy. Each episode typically involves the cosmetic procedures of one or more patients, and also features the personal and professional lives of its main cast.
Pushing Daisies - Season Two
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Bryan Fuller
Starring: Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Lee Pace
Available Quality: DivX
Pushing Daisies is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007 to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations. The cast also includes Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene and Swoosie Kurtz. The series is narrated by Jim Dale.
Chrysalis
Genres: Sci-Fi
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Tony Baez Milan
Starring: Elina Madison, John Klemantaski, Larry Dirk, Darren Kendrick, Liesel Kopp, Glen Vaughan, Corey Landis
Available Quality: DivX
As our world suffers the ravages of humankind, scientists look for ways to sustain life. When one of them falls ill and a chrysalis forms around him, a tug of war ensues about the future of the stricken scientist... and ultimately the fate of the Earth. A compelling thriller from a story by Ray Bradbury.
Prince of Broadway
Genres: Drama
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Sean Baker
Starring: Prince Adu, Karren Karagulian, Aiden Noesi, Keyali Mayaga, Kat Sanchez, Victoria Tate
Available Quality: DivX
Prince of Broadway is the story of Lucky and Levon, two men whose lives converge in the underbelly of New York's wholesale fashion district. Lucky, an illegal immigrant from Ghana, makes ends meet by soliciting shoppers on the street with knock-off brand merchandise. Levon, a Armenian-Lebanese immigrant, operates an illegal storefront with a concealed back room where counterfeit goods are showcased to interested shoppers. Lucky's world is suddenly turned upside down when a child is thrust into his life by a woman who insists the toddler is his son. While Lucky copes with his new domestic dilemma, Levon struggles to save a marriage that is fal...
Belladonna
Year: 2008
Country: Australia, Poland
Director: Annika Glac
Starring: Todd MacDonald, Indiana Avent, Anne Cordiner, Katie Jean Harding, John Jacobs, Kate Kendall, Katia Mazurek
Available Quality: DivX
Luke, a GP is about to get married to vivacious Katherine. On the surface everything is perfect, but as the wedding preparations intensify Luke is plagued by nightmares that throw him into chaos. Unable to sleep he visits a hypnotherapist. They travel down deep into Luke's subconscious mind and a mysterious world of forests, witches and fire is revealed. He attempts to reach out to Katherine but she is lost in the fever of the preparations and is blind to his disquiet. In the midst of this chaos, Amelia enters his life, she seem so familiar and something deep in him unravels.
Ice People
Genres: Documentary
Year: 2008
Country: USA, France
Director: Anne Aghion
Starring: Allan Ashworth, Andrew Podoll, Adam R. Lewis, Kelly Gorz, Jena Ferrarese, Phil Jacobsen, Andrew Asher
Available Quality: DivX
Unique in the genre of exploration and adventure films, ICE PEOPLE takes you on one of the earth's most seductive journeys-Antarctica. Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Anne Aghion spent four months "on the ice" with modern-day polar explorers, to find out what drives dedicated researchers to leave the world behind in pursuit of science, and to capture the true experience of living and working in this extreme environment. And, as it turns out, the film also witnesses one of the most significant discoveries about climate change in recent Antarctic science. Intense public focus on climate change has turned the shores of Antarctica into a new t...
Vlog
Genres: Horror
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Joshua Butler
Starring: Skyler Caleb, Denyce Lawton, Brooke Marks, Trevor Trout, Rudy Perez, Leesel Boulware, Timothy Mahony
Available Quality: DivX
From the producers of SAW, VLOG is a groundbreaking extreme-horror film about a real-life webcam girl whose online murder is not what it seems.
One of Those Days
Year: 2008
Country: UK
Director: Hattie Dalton
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Joe Absolom, Loli Adefope, Jessica Asz, Benjamin Barling, Alexandra Barrois, Diego Bellini
Available Quality: DivX
Mild mannered suburban Englishman Howard Whittham discovers that due to a clerical error on Judgment Day he has been confused with the genocidal tyrant Vlad the Impaler and must endure a seemingly never ending bureaucracy to clear his name and get to heaven.
Jamie at Home - Season Two
Genres: Reality Show
Year: 2008
Country: UK
Director: Jamie Oliver, Brian Skilton, Geoff Garrod
Starring: Jamie Oliver, Brian Skilton, Geoff Garrod
Available Quality: DivX
The show premiered in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on August 7, 2007. The series is also airing on Food Network Canada and began airing in the United States on Food Network on January 6, 2008. The show began a second run in the US on the Cooking Channel in 2010.
Pimp My Ride - Season Five (US)
Genres: Reality Show
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Ari Shofet, Bruce Beresford-Redman, Claudia N. Calabrese, Jen Berkowitz
Starring: Xzibit, Mad Mike, Toy Holmes, Jason Ewing, 2Shae
Available Quality: DivX
The original United States version was hosted by rapper Xzibit (one episode featured guest host Chamillionaire). Recently, MTV2 has begun airing episodes from Pimp My Ride UK hosted by DJ Tim Westwood, which features cars being customised in the UK, and Pimp My Ride International, featuring cars in central Europe, hosted by hip hop artists Fat Joe and Lil' Jon, as well as the related CMT series Trick My Truck.
Two And a Half Men - Season Seven
Genres: Comedy
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones
Available Quality: DivX
Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake. Charlie's free-wheeling life is complicated when his brother gets divorced and moves, along with his son, into Charlie's beach-front Malibu house. The series' premise was revamped in the ninth season, focusing on Alan and Jake moving on with their lives after the death of Charlie with help from their new roommate, Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher), who is also dealin...
Valkyrie
Genres: Thriller, Drama, History
Year: 2008
Country: Germany, USA
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Kenneth Cranham, Thomas Kretschmann, David Bamber, Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, Terence Stamp, Kevin McNally
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod
In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convinced he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings co...