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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Tim Story
Screenwriter: Don Payne
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Gonzalo Menendez, Laurence Fishburne
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG (for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo)
Plot Summary: Marvel's first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in "Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer" as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.
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DOA: Dead or Alive
Studio: Dimension Films (The Weinstein Company)
Director: Corey Yuen
Screenwriter: J.F. Lawton, Seth Gross, Adam Gross, Granz Henman
Starring: Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Matthew Marsden, Jamie Pressly, Eric Roberts, Holly Valance
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for pervasive martial arts and action violence, some sexuality and nudity)
Plot Summary: In "DOA: Dead or Alive" four beautiful women begin as rivals in a secret invitation-only martial arts contest, but find themselves teaming up with one another against a sinister force. Tina Armstrong, played by Jamie Pressly is a superstar in the world of women’s wrestling. Christie, played by best-selling pop recording artist and actor Holly Valance, is a beautiful cat-thief and assassin-for-hire. Princess Kasumi, played by international fashion model and actor Devon Aoki, is an Asian warrior-aristocrat, schooled by martial arts masters. Helena Douglas, played by Sarah Carter, is an extreme sports athlete whose tragic past binds her to the remote palace in Southeast Asia where the Dead or Alive tournament takes place.
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Eagle vs. Shark
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Taika Waititi
Screenwriter: Taika Waititi
Starring: Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, Brian Sergent, Rachel House, Craig Hall, Joel Tobeck, Jackie van Beek
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for language, some sexuality, and brief animated violence)
Plot Summary: "Eagle vs. Shark," directed by Academy Award®-nominee Taika Waititi (the short, "Two Cars One Night"), is a wry comedy that chronicles the quirky romance of two awkward misfits, Lily (Loren Horsley), a shy fast-food restaurant cashier, and her crush, Jarrod (Jemaine Clement, HBO's "One Night Stand: The Flight of the Conchords"), an electronic store clerk. On the day Lily gets fired from her job at Meaty Boy, she musters up the courage to attend Jarrod's annual "come as your favorite animal" costume party. The dressy affair sparks the beginnings of a romance as well a small journey for the pair to Jarrod's quiet hometown, in which Jarrod plans to seek revenge on an old nemesis and where Lily unwittingly finds herself stranded amongst Jarrod's family of eccentrics.
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Fido
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Andrew Currie
Screenwriter: Andrew Currie, Robert Chomiak, Dennis Heaton
Starring: Carrie Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Tim Blake Nelson, Henry Czerny, Dylan Baker, K'Sun Ray
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for zombie-related violence)
Plot Summary: Welcome to Willard, a small town lost in the idyllic world of the 50's, where the sun shines every day, everybody knows their neighbor, and rotting zombies deliver the mail.
Years ago, the earth passed through a cloud of space dust, causing the dead to rise with a craving for human flesh. A war began, pitting the living against the dead. In the ensuing revolution, a corporation was born: ZomCon, who defeated the legions of undead, and domesticated the zombies, making them our industrial workers, our domestic servants - a productive part of society. ZomCon would like the people of Willard to believe they have everything under control… but do they?
Timmy Robinson doesn't think so. At eleven, Timmy already knows the world is phony baloney - Mom and Dad just won't admit it. Now ZomCon's head of security has moved in across the street, and Timmy's Mom refuses to be the only housewife on the block who doesn't have a zombie of her own. When she brings a zombie servant home, Timmy discovers a new best friend, and names him Fido. And even though Dad has a bad case of zombie-phobia, Timmy is determined to keep Fido, even if he does eat the odd person...
Sometimes, it takes a dead man to teach us all what it means to be alive.
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Macbeth
Studio: Union Station Media
Director: Geoffrey Wright
Screenwriter: Victoria Hill, Geoffrey Wright
Starring: Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Anna Anderson, Steve Bastoni, Kate Bell, Louis Corbett, Peter Davenport, Matt Doran, Nash Edgerton, Bob Franklin, Hai Ha, Rel Hunt, Christopher Kirby, John Molloy, Mick Molloy, Miranda Nation, Jonathon Pasvolsky, Simon Scott, Christopher Shen, Kat Stewart Gary Sweet, Damian Walshe-Howling, Edwina Wren
Genre: Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Plot Summary: Melbourne, present day.
The story begins when Macbeth (Sam Worthington), a loyal henchman, is rewarded with gifts from his crime boss Duncan (Gary Sweet) for serving him faithfully and performing bravely in a vicious gangland rip-off. But these gifts are nothing compared to what Duncan lavishes on his son Malcolm (Matt Doran). Macbeth wonders why he bothers to stick his neck out when Malcolm does nothing at all.
Macbeth is then visited by some extraordinary young witches, dabblers in the occult arts, who indicate that he shall be the new crime 'king'. Banquo (Steve Bastoni) won't be of the same standing, but he will father a 'king'. Macbeth is intrigued, but when Lady Macbeth (Victoria Hill) drops the hint that they might kill Duncan and take over the gang for themselves, he realises he may simply be fulfilling his destiny.
Duncan is killed in Macbeth's own home, with Lady Macbeth providing the drugs to silence the bodyguards and Macbeth, reluctantly, carrying out the murder. Suspicion for the murder falls on Malcolm and he has to leave town. Macbeth seizes power and becomes ruler of the gang. But still, he knows there may be rivals. The madness that drove Macbeth to kill Duncan now compels him to dispose of Banquo, followed by Macduff (Lachy Hume), or at least his young family, when Macduff is not to be found.
Some of the gang members begin to have their doubts about Macbeth's regime. Macbeth's wife is particularly affected by the brutal killing of Macduff's family; after all, she's lost a child of her own. Perhaps she isn't as ruthless as she thought; perhaps Macbeth is more ruthless than he thought?
Meanwhile, Malcolm returns and joins forces with Macduff and war is waged. While Macbeth waits for the blow to come, his wife commits suicide, leaving him and the rump of his men to take on his enemies who storm his country house, using all the power they can procure, including a corrupt police force. Macbeth fights like a man possessed, becoming bolder as the situation worsens. He is a mighty warrior. But will it be enough?
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Nancy Drew
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Andrew Fleming
Screenwriter: Andrew Fleming, Tiffany Paulsen
Starring: Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG (for mild violence, thematic elements and brief language)
Plot Summary: Based on characters created by Carolyn Keene, "Nancy Drew" follows Nancy (Emma Roberts) as she accompanies her father, Carson Drew (Tate Donovan), to Los Angeles on one of his business trips and stumbles across evidence about a long-unsolved crime involving the mysterious death of a beautiful movie star. Nancy's resourcefulness and personal responsibility are put to the test when she finds herself in the middle of the fast-living, self-indulgent world of Hollywood.
Beyond Hatred
Studio: First Run Features
Director: Olivier Meyrou
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: "Beyond Hatred" is a unique film about one family’s need to forgive. On the night of September 13, 2002 Francois Chenu, because he admitted his homosexuality, was beaten to death by three skinheads and thrown into a pond. The gang was known to the police and quickly caught. Two years after the tragedy Francois’s parents continue to struggle with their grief and anger – but part of their struggle was to fight for tolerance and respect for others.
"Beyond Hatred" depicts the details of this crime but primarily focuses on its aftermath. Director Oliver Meyrou traveled to Reims before the trials to get to know Francois’ family and the attorneys for those accused. Before and during the trial he sought to learn more about the men accused of the crime and their backgrounds of prejudice and neglect.
He also began to observe the Chenu family who demonstrated great dignity as they tried to comprehend the circumstances that led to their inconsolable loss. Their grief was gradually replaced by a desire to understand the murderers, who came from socially and culturally underprivileged families and had been exploited by right-wing radical groups. The film documents the family’s effort to move from understanding to forgiveness.
Meyru shot the film more with a filmmaker’s eye, than with that of a journalist, intending to make a documentary not about homophobia, but a more universal film about tolerance.
Blood and Tears
Studio: THINKFilm
Director: Isidore Rosmarin
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot Summary: Like an open wound that will not heal the Arab-Israeli conflict refuses to be resolved. Acclaimed documentary producer and director, Isidore Rosmarin, and co-producer, Jeff Helmreich, have made "Blood and Tears" - the definitive film on this seemingly irresolvable conflict. Rosmarin uncovers the truth beneath the hype and the headlines. Rosmarin and his team of Middle East experts have gone right to the source: the ministers and mullahs, the fanatics and peaceniks, the soldiers and terrorists, and the ordinary families battling extraordinary forces as they try to live a normal life. They have interviewed top officials from both sides, from former Israeli Prime Ministers to senior Palestinian officials to the leaders of the militant extremist group Hamas, Sheikh Bitawi and the late Dr. Abdel aziz Rantisi. They have also interviewed renowned Mideast scholars Bernard Lewis & Fouad Ajami and the foremost Palestinian scholar, Rashid Khalidi. "Blood and Tears" explores the origin of the confrontation itself, and challenges many of the deep-rooted myths we all hold about this epicenter of human conflict.
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Studio: Yash Raj Films
Director: Shaad Ali
Screenwriter: Habib Faisal
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Lara Dutta, Amitabh Bachchan
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Busy London station. Delayed train from Birmingham. Two strangers waiting for the train... Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) born in Bhatinda, living in London; and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) more Brit than the Queen herself, however with Lahori blood in her veins.
Crowded café. One table to share. Two hours to kill. Perfect setting for the start of a love-story. Hitch? Both Rikki and Alvira are engaged and have come to pick up their fiancés who are coming by the same train. To kill time, they end up telling each other their "how I met my fiancé" stories.
Rikki met his fiancé Anaida (Lara Dutta) at The Ritz (Paris), the same night that Princess Diana and Dodi walked out of the hotel and into the paparazzi. As Rikki says, "When two lovers die, another two are a born." They dance... they sing... they're in love! Alvira, a princess by nature discovers her prince at Madame Tussaud’s. When a gigantic wax model of Superman falls from the ceiling, Alvira is a sitting target. But Steve the Prince (Bobby Deol), a lawyer by profession saves her life but steals her heart! They also sing, they also dance and they also fall in love...
Stories unfold, time passes, the two strangers start enjoying each other. That Alvira is a Pakistani Brit and Rikki originally from India... that Rikki is crooked, earthy, and rakish: dabbler in various businesses; that Alvira is prim-n-proper, wannabe blue-blood, stiff upper-lip: Asst. Manager at House of Fraser’s... none of these details matter. They have gotten alarmingly attracted to each other! Their brief encounter has created a complicated quadrangle... Rikki Thukral and Alvira Khan have gotten themselves and Steve and Anaida into a lovely mess... To get out of it both of them bend over backward, thinking quickly on their feet, dancing around each other’s emotions... After all when you’re playing musical chairs with love, there’s nothing you can do but... "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom" (Dance Baby Dance)!
Strike
Studio: Red Envelope Entertainment/Laemmle Zeller Films
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Screenwriter: Andreas Pflüger
Starring: Katharina Thalbach
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: "Strike" is the true story of a remarkable and little known figure who was integral in beginning the Solidarity movement and setting Poland on the course to democracy. It's a touching tribute to a true overlooked hero, a woman who undergoes an important awakening – the realization of an ordinary person who simply looks around her and distinguishes right from wrong. Just as the simple action of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat provided a catalyst for the entire Civil Rights Movement, so the actions of this single worker set the strikes in the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk in motion, ultimately bringing about the Solidarity Movement, the rise of Lech Walesa, Perestroika, and eventually to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Tell No One
Studio: Revolver Entertainment
Director: Guillaume Canet
Screenwriter: Guillaume Canet, Philippe Lefebvre
Starring: Kristin Scott-Thomas, François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Jean Rochefort, Marina Hands
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Plot Summary: Pediatric Alex Beck (François Cluzet), still devastated by the savage murder of his wife Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) in the early days of their marriage eight years ago, receives an anonymous email.
When he clicks on the link he sees a woman's face standing in a crowd and being filmed in real time - Margot's face. Is she still alive? And why does she instruct him to 'tell no one'?
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Studio: THINKFilm
Director: Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
Screenwriter: Anne Sundberg
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: More than a decade in the making, and winner of nearly 20 film festival audience and jury prizes, Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "The Trials of Darryl Hunt" documents the aftermath of a brutal rape/murder and harrowing wrongful conviction in the modern American South. Told from the point-of-view of three principal subjects, an enterprising investigative journalist; an unyielding defense attorney; and a wrongfully convicted man, the film offers an eye-opening, provocative and haunting examination of a community – and a criminal justice system – subject to racial bias and tainted by fear. Chronicling this capital case from 1984 through 2004, with extensive personal narratives and exclusive footage from two decades, filmmakers Stern and Sundberg painstakingly frame the judicial and emotional responses to this chilling crime - and the implications surrounding Darryl Hunt's wrongful conviction - against a backdrop of class and bigotry in America.
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion
Studio: First Run Features
Director: Stephen Fell, Will Thompson
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: "Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion" is a revealing and provocative look into the deep secrets and deep pockets of the pro-life movement. This documentary weaves a riveting story from more than 70 exclusive interviews with pro-life activists and seldom-seen archival footage to document one of the most controversial social movements in American history.
When the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade affirmed a woman’s constitutional right to privacy, a new movement – dedicated to criminalizing abortion – was born. Now, more than 30 years later, with President George W. Bush’s conservative appointments to the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade teeters on the brink of reversal. "Unborn In The USA" asks and answers the question, “In the struggle for dominance over a woman’s right to privacy, who wins?”
Filmmakers Stephen Fell and Will Thompson began their documentary on the pro-life movement as seniors at Rice University when they were required to create a portrait of a person they did not know as part of a documentary course. They gained unprecedented access to pro-life groups, movement icons, fundraising machines, and even university students being specially groomed to carry the pro-life message for college credit. Fell and Thompson traveled across 35 states to bring us this eye-opening, often startling story.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Tim Story
Screenwriter: Don Payne
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Gonzalo Menendez, Laurence Fishburne
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG (for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo)
Plot Summary: Marvel's first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in "Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer" as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.
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DOA: Dead or Alive
Studio: Dimension Films (The Weinstein Company)
Director: Corey Yuen
Screenwriter: J.F. Lawton, Seth Gross, Adam Gross, Granz Henman
Starring: Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Matthew Marsden, Jamie Pressly, Eric Roberts, Holly Valance
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for pervasive martial arts and action violence, some sexuality and nudity)
Plot Summary: In "DOA: Dead or Alive" four beautiful women begin as rivals in a secret invitation-only martial arts contest, but find themselves teaming up with one another against a sinister force. Tina Armstrong, played by Jamie Pressly is a superstar in the world of women’s wrestling. Christie, played by best-selling pop recording artist and actor Holly Valance, is a beautiful cat-thief and assassin-for-hire. Princess Kasumi, played by international fashion model and actor Devon Aoki, is an Asian warrior-aristocrat, schooled by martial arts masters. Helena Douglas, played by Sarah Carter, is an extreme sports athlete whose tragic past binds her to the remote palace in Southeast Asia where the Dead or Alive tournament takes place.
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Eagle vs. Shark
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Taika Waititi
Screenwriter: Taika Waititi
Starring: Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, Brian Sergent, Rachel House, Craig Hall, Joel Tobeck, Jackie van Beek
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for language, some sexuality, and brief animated violence)
Plot Summary: "Eagle vs. Shark," directed by Academy Award®-nominee Taika Waititi (the short, "Two Cars One Night"), is a wry comedy that chronicles the quirky romance of two awkward misfits, Lily (Loren Horsley), a shy fast-food restaurant cashier, and her crush, Jarrod (Jemaine Clement, HBO's "One Night Stand: The Flight of the Conchords"), an electronic store clerk. On the day Lily gets fired from her job at Meaty Boy, she musters up the courage to attend Jarrod's annual "come as your favorite animal" costume party. The dressy affair sparks the beginnings of a romance as well a small journey for the pair to Jarrod's quiet hometown, in which Jarrod plans to seek revenge on an old nemesis and where Lily unwittingly finds herself stranded amongst Jarrod's family of eccentrics.
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Fido
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Andrew Currie
Screenwriter: Andrew Currie, Robert Chomiak, Dennis Heaton
Starring: Carrie Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Tim Blake Nelson, Henry Czerny, Dylan Baker, K'Sun Ray
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for zombie-related violence)
Plot Summary: Welcome to Willard, a small town lost in the idyllic world of the 50's, where the sun shines every day, everybody knows their neighbor, and rotting zombies deliver the mail.
Years ago, the earth passed through a cloud of space dust, causing the dead to rise with a craving for human flesh. A war began, pitting the living against the dead. In the ensuing revolution, a corporation was born: ZomCon, who defeated the legions of undead, and domesticated the zombies, making them our industrial workers, our domestic servants - a productive part of society. ZomCon would like the people of Willard to believe they have everything under control… but do they?
Timmy Robinson doesn't think so. At eleven, Timmy already knows the world is phony baloney - Mom and Dad just won't admit it. Now ZomCon's head of security has moved in across the street, and Timmy's Mom refuses to be the only housewife on the block who doesn't have a zombie of her own. When she brings a zombie servant home, Timmy discovers a new best friend, and names him Fido. And even though Dad has a bad case of zombie-phobia, Timmy is determined to keep Fido, even if he does eat the odd person...
Sometimes, it takes a dead man to teach us all what it means to be alive.
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Macbeth
Studio: Union Station Media
Director: Geoffrey Wright
Screenwriter: Victoria Hill, Geoffrey Wright
Starring: Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Anna Anderson, Steve Bastoni, Kate Bell, Louis Corbett, Peter Davenport, Matt Doran, Nash Edgerton, Bob Franklin, Hai Ha, Rel Hunt, Christopher Kirby, John Molloy, Mick Molloy, Miranda Nation, Jonathon Pasvolsky, Simon Scott, Christopher Shen, Kat Stewart Gary Sweet, Damian Walshe-Howling, Edwina Wren
Genre: Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Plot Summary: Melbourne, present day.
The story begins when Macbeth (Sam Worthington), a loyal henchman, is rewarded with gifts from his crime boss Duncan (Gary Sweet) for serving him faithfully and performing bravely in a vicious gangland rip-off. But these gifts are nothing compared to what Duncan lavishes on his son Malcolm (Matt Doran). Macbeth wonders why he bothers to stick his neck out when Malcolm does nothing at all.
Macbeth is then visited by some extraordinary young witches, dabblers in the occult arts, who indicate that he shall be the new crime 'king'. Banquo (Steve Bastoni) won't be of the same standing, but he will father a 'king'. Macbeth is intrigued, but when Lady Macbeth (Victoria Hill) drops the hint that they might kill Duncan and take over the gang for themselves, he realises he may simply be fulfilling his destiny.
Duncan is killed in Macbeth's own home, with Lady Macbeth providing the drugs to silence the bodyguards and Macbeth, reluctantly, carrying out the murder. Suspicion for the murder falls on Malcolm and he has to leave town. Macbeth seizes power and becomes ruler of the gang. But still, he knows there may be rivals. The madness that drove Macbeth to kill Duncan now compels him to dispose of Banquo, followed by Macduff (Lachy Hume), or at least his young family, when Macduff is not to be found.
Some of the gang members begin to have their doubts about Macbeth's regime. Macbeth's wife is particularly affected by the brutal killing of Macduff's family; after all, she's lost a child of her own. Perhaps she isn't as ruthless as she thought; perhaps Macbeth is more ruthless than he thought?
Meanwhile, Malcolm returns and joins forces with Macduff and war is waged. While Macbeth waits for the blow to come, his wife commits suicide, leaving him and the rump of his men to take on his enemies who storm his country house, using all the power they can procure, including a corrupt police force. Macbeth fights like a man possessed, becoming bolder as the situation worsens. He is a mighty warrior. But will it be enough?
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Nancy Drew
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Andrew Fleming
Screenwriter: Andrew Fleming, Tiffany Paulsen
Starring: Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG (for mild violence, thematic elements and brief language)
Plot Summary: Based on characters created by Carolyn Keene, "Nancy Drew" follows Nancy (Emma Roberts) as she accompanies her father, Carson Drew (Tate Donovan), to Los Angeles on one of his business trips and stumbles across evidence about a long-unsolved crime involving the mysterious death of a beautiful movie star. Nancy's resourcefulness and personal responsibility are put to the test when she finds herself in the middle of the fast-living, self-indulgent world of Hollywood.
Beyond Hatred
Studio: First Run Features
Director: Olivier Meyrou
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: "Beyond Hatred" is a unique film about one family’s need to forgive. On the night of September 13, 2002 Francois Chenu, because he admitted his homosexuality, was beaten to death by three skinheads and thrown into a pond. The gang was known to the police and quickly caught. Two years after the tragedy Francois’s parents continue to struggle with their grief and anger – but part of their struggle was to fight for tolerance and respect for others.
"Beyond Hatred" depicts the details of this crime but primarily focuses on its aftermath. Director Oliver Meyrou traveled to Reims before the trials to get to know Francois’ family and the attorneys for those accused. Before and during the trial he sought to learn more about the men accused of the crime and their backgrounds of prejudice and neglect.
He also began to observe the Chenu family who demonstrated great dignity as they tried to comprehend the circumstances that led to their inconsolable loss. Their grief was gradually replaced by a desire to understand the murderers, who came from socially and culturally underprivileged families and had been exploited by right-wing radical groups. The film documents the family’s effort to move from understanding to forgiveness.
Meyru shot the film more with a filmmaker’s eye, than with that of a journalist, intending to make a documentary not about homophobia, but a more universal film about tolerance.
Blood and Tears
Studio: THINKFilm
Director: Isidore Rosmarin
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot Summary: Like an open wound that will not heal the Arab-Israeli conflict refuses to be resolved. Acclaimed documentary producer and director, Isidore Rosmarin, and co-producer, Jeff Helmreich, have made "Blood and Tears" - the definitive film on this seemingly irresolvable conflict. Rosmarin uncovers the truth beneath the hype and the headlines. Rosmarin and his team of Middle East experts have gone right to the source: the ministers and mullahs, the fanatics and peaceniks, the soldiers and terrorists, and the ordinary families battling extraordinary forces as they try to live a normal life. They have interviewed top officials from both sides, from former Israeli Prime Ministers to senior Palestinian officials to the leaders of the militant extremist group Hamas, Sheikh Bitawi and the late Dr. Abdel aziz Rantisi. They have also interviewed renowned Mideast scholars Bernard Lewis & Fouad Ajami and the foremost Palestinian scholar, Rashid Khalidi. "Blood and Tears" explores the origin of the confrontation itself, and challenges many of the deep-rooted myths we all hold about this epicenter of human conflict.
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Studio: Yash Raj Films
Director: Shaad Ali
Screenwriter: Habib Faisal
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Lara Dutta, Amitabh Bachchan
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Busy London station. Delayed train from Birmingham. Two strangers waiting for the train... Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) born in Bhatinda, living in London; and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) more Brit than the Queen herself, however with Lahori blood in her veins.
Crowded café. One table to share. Two hours to kill. Perfect setting for the start of a love-story. Hitch? Both Rikki and Alvira are engaged and have come to pick up their fiancés who are coming by the same train. To kill time, they end up telling each other their "how I met my fiancé" stories.
Rikki met his fiancé Anaida (Lara Dutta) at The Ritz (Paris), the same night that Princess Diana and Dodi walked out of the hotel and into the paparazzi. As Rikki says, "When two lovers die, another two are a born." They dance... they sing... they're in love! Alvira, a princess by nature discovers her prince at Madame Tussaud’s. When a gigantic wax model of Superman falls from the ceiling, Alvira is a sitting target. But Steve the Prince (Bobby Deol), a lawyer by profession saves her life but steals her heart! They also sing, they also dance and they also fall in love...
Stories unfold, time passes, the two strangers start enjoying each other. That Alvira is a Pakistani Brit and Rikki originally from India... that Rikki is crooked, earthy, and rakish: dabbler in various businesses; that Alvira is prim-n-proper, wannabe blue-blood, stiff upper-lip: Asst. Manager at House of Fraser’s... none of these details matter. They have gotten alarmingly attracted to each other! Their brief encounter has created a complicated quadrangle... Rikki Thukral and Alvira Khan have gotten themselves and Steve and Anaida into a lovely mess... To get out of it both of them bend over backward, thinking quickly on their feet, dancing around each other’s emotions... After all when you’re playing musical chairs with love, there’s nothing you can do but... "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom" (Dance Baby Dance)!
Strike
Studio: Red Envelope Entertainment/Laemmle Zeller Films
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Screenwriter: Andreas Pflüger
Starring: Katharina Thalbach
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: "Strike" is the true story of a remarkable and little known figure who was integral in beginning the Solidarity movement and setting Poland on the course to democracy. It's a touching tribute to a true overlooked hero, a woman who undergoes an important awakening – the realization of an ordinary person who simply looks around her and distinguishes right from wrong. Just as the simple action of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat provided a catalyst for the entire Civil Rights Movement, so the actions of this single worker set the strikes in the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk in motion, ultimately bringing about the Solidarity Movement, the rise of Lech Walesa, Perestroika, and eventually to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Tell No One
Studio: Revolver Entertainment
Director: Guillaume Canet
Screenwriter: Guillaume Canet, Philippe Lefebvre
Starring: Kristin Scott-Thomas, François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Jean Rochefort, Marina Hands
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Plot Summary: Pediatric Alex Beck (François Cluzet), still devastated by the savage murder of his wife Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) in the early days of their marriage eight years ago, receives an anonymous email.
When he clicks on the link he sees a woman's face standing in a crowd and being filmed in real time - Margot's face. Is she still alive? And why does she instruct him to 'tell no one'?
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Studio: THINKFilm
Director: Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
Screenwriter: Anne Sundberg
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: More than a decade in the making, and winner of nearly 20 film festival audience and jury prizes, Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "The Trials of Darryl Hunt" documents the aftermath of a brutal rape/murder and harrowing wrongful conviction in the modern American South. Told from the point-of-view of three principal subjects, an enterprising investigative journalist; an unyielding defense attorney; and a wrongfully convicted man, the film offers an eye-opening, provocative and haunting examination of a community – and a criminal justice system – subject to racial bias and tainted by fear. Chronicling this capital case from 1984 through 2004, with extensive personal narratives and exclusive footage from two decades, filmmakers Stern and Sundberg painstakingly frame the judicial and emotional responses to this chilling crime - and the implications surrounding Darryl Hunt's wrongful conviction - against a backdrop of class and bigotry in America.
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion
Studio: First Run Features
Director: Stephen Fell, Will Thompson
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: "Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion" is a revealing and provocative look into the deep secrets and deep pockets of the pro-life movement. This documentary weaves a riveting story from more than 70 exclusive interviews with pro-life activists and seldom-seen archival footage to document one of the most controversial social movements in American history.
When the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade affirmed a woman’s constitutional right to privacy, a new movement – dedicated to criminalizing abortion – was born. Now, more than 30 years later, with President George W. Bush’s conservative appointments to the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade teeters on the brink of reversal. "Unborn In The USA" asks and answers the question, “In the struggle for dominance over a woman’s right to privacy, who wins?”
Filmmakers Stephen Fell and Will Thompson began their documentary on the pro-life movement as seniors at Rice University when they were required to create a portrait of a person they did not know as part of a documentary course. They gained unprecedented access to pro-life groups, movement icons, fundraising machines, and even university students being specially groomed to carry the pro-life message for college credit. Fell and Thompson traveled across 35 states to bring us this eye-opening, often startling story.