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Doomsday
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Neil Marshall
Screenwriter: Neil Marshall
Starring: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig, Malcolm McDowell
Genre: Action, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content/nudity)
Official Website: DoomsdayisComing.com
Plot Summary: In the action-packed new thriller from writer/director Neil Marshall ("The Descent"), authorities brutally quarantine a country as it succumbs to fear and chaos when a virus strikes. The literal walling-off works for three decades – until the dreaded Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, captained by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.
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Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Screenwriter: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Starring: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Jaime Pressly, Jonah Hill, Josh Flitter
Genre: Animation, Family
MPAA Rating: G
Official Website: Hortonmovie.com
Plot Summary: The film is based on the beloved book, first published in 1954, by Ted Geisel, who wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss. "Horton Hears a Who" is about an imaginative elephant who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community which thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help.
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Funny Games
Studio: Warner Independent Pictures
Director: Michael Haneke
Screenwriter: Michael Haneke
Starring: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Boyd Gaines, Siobhan Fallon, Devon Gearhart
Genre: Psychological Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for terror, violence and some langauge)
Official Website: FunnyGames-themovie.com
Plot Summary: In this provocative and brutal thriller from director Michael Haneke, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive.
Remade from his own acclaimed 1997 film, "Funny Games" is written and directed by Michael Haneke ("Caché"), and stars Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet and Devon Gearhart.
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Never Back Down
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Screenwriter: Chris Hauty
Starring: Sean Faris, Djimon Hounsou, Cam Gigandet, Amber Heard, Evan Peters, Wyatt Smith
Genre: Action, Drama, Sports
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic material involving intense sequences of fighting/violence, some sexuality, partying and language - all involving teens)
Official Website: NeverBackDownthemovie.com
Plot Summary: Set against the action-packed world of Mixed Martial Arts, "Never Back Down" is the story of Jake Tyler, a tough kid who leads with his fists, and, often, with his heart. Jake Tyler, played by Sean Faris, is the new kid in town with a troubled past. He has recently moved to Orlando, Florida with his family who has relocated to support his younger brother's shot at a professional tennis career. Jake was a star athlete on the football team at home, but in this new city he is an outsider with a reputation for being a quick tempered brawler.
Making an attempt to fit in, at the invitation of a flirtatious classmate, Baja (Amber Heard) Jake goes to a party where he is unwittingly pulled into a fight with a bully named Ryan McCarthy (Cam Gigandet). While he is defeated and humiliated in the fight, a classmate introduces himself to Jake and tells him about the sport known as Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). He sees a star in Jake and asks that he meet with his mentor, Jean Roqua, played by Djimon Hounsou ("Blood Diamond," "In America").
It is immediately apparent to Jake that MMA is not street fighting, but rather an art form he wants to master. Roqua will take Jake under his wing, but it is up to Jake to find the patience, discipline, willingness and reason within him to succeed. For Jake, there is much more at stake than mere victory. His decision will not just settle a score; it will define who he is.
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Sleepwalking
Studio: Overture Films
Director: Bill Maher
Screenwriter: Zac Stanford
Starring: Charlize Theron, Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Hopper
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for language and a scene of violence)
Official Website: Sleepwalking-themovie.com
Plot Summary: A moving drama about the deep familial bond that develops between a 30-year-old man and his young niece after the girl's mother suddenly leaves town. Forced out of her home after her boyfriend is arrested, Joleen Reedy needs a place to stay with her 11-year-old daughter, Tara. She turns for help to her younger brother, James--a simple and overly trusting man who doesn't hesitate to welcome them into his modest rental apartment. Almost as soon as she moves in, however, Joleen hits the road with another man. Utterly ill-equipped to be the sole guardian of an adolescent girl, James does his best to make his distraught niece happy. But before long, things spin out of control: he loses his road crew job and Tara is put into foster care. Additionally, old wounds from his emotionally abusive and sometimes violent father begin to reopen as James is forced to re-examine his life. That's when James makes a fateful decision that will bring his life full circle and force him to face his demons. He takes off with Tara and the pair assumes new identities as father and daughter. What starts out as a ploy to evade authorities takes on a deeper significance as James strives to become the dad Tara never had, and for the first time finds a true purpose in life.
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Sputnik Mania
Studio: Balcony Releasing
Director: David Hoffman
Screenwriter: David Hoffman, Paul Dickson, Lindsey Palatino
Starring: Liev Schreiber
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: SputnikMania.com
Plot Summary: At the height of the Cold War, Sputnik almost provoked World War III, were it not for a private agreement between two ex-generals...
Historians say that there have been three great shocks that brought America to its knees. The events of Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and the launch of Sputnik. Narrated by actor Liev Schreiber, "Sputnik Mania" reveals the dramatic and fast-moving story of what happened to America after the Soviet Union's launch of the world's first artificial satellite. Sputnik placed the U.S. and the USSR on a collision-course missile and space race. "Sputnik Mania" is a journey that chronicles how quickly the swing from Americans' initial thrill and awe turned to panic, fear and anxiety as leading politicians and the media whipped the public into an escalating mass frenzy. Perceived as evidence of an imminent attack by the Soviet Union, Sputnik not only created a deep fear among the American public, but also ushered in an era of remarkable educational, social and scientific developments with profound political and national-security implications for the United States and fascinating parallels to the present.
Flash Point
Studio: Third Rail Releasing
Director: Wilson Yip
Screenwriter: Kam-Yuen Szeto, Lik-Kei Tang
Starring: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Collin Chou
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Official Website: FlashPointhemovie.com
Plot Summary: A visually stimulating cavalcade of destruction and mayhem that highlights the pulse-pounding combat with a new dynamic mixed martial arts action style.
Like the flashy sports car he controls, Detective Sargent Jun Ma of the Serious Crimes Unit is precise and brutal. Determined to destroy his criminal nemeses Archer, Tiger and Tony, a gang of three powerful brothers, Jun Ma infiltrates their corrupt organization with the planting of a mole, Wilson. When Wilson's dual role is exposed, he becomes the last living witness to testify against Archer and now Jun Ma must battle to protect his partner from the murderous thugs to ensure they are put out of business permanently.
Heartbeat Detector
Studio: New Yorker Films
Director: Nicolas Klotz
Screenwriter: François Emmanuel, Elisabeth Perceval
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Edith Scob, Lou Castel, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Paris today. Simon works as psychologist in human resources department of petrochemical corporation. When Management gets him to investigate one of the factory's executives, Simon'perception goes disturbingly chaotic and cloudy. The experience affects his body, his mind, his personal life and his sensibility. The calm assurance that made him such a rigorous technician starts to falter.
On Broadway
Director: Dave McLaughlin
Screenwriter: Dave McLaughlin
Starring: Joey McIntyre, Eliza Dushku, Jill Flint, Mike O'Malley, Sean Lawlor, Lance Greene, Vincent Dowling, Lucas Caleb Rooney
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: OnBroadwaythemovie.com
Plot Summary: "On Broadway" tells the story of Jack O'Toole, a 30-something Boston everyman, who writes a play about his dead uncle as a way to reconnect with his hard-nosed dad. With no money and just his gut to guide him, Jack quits his job as a carpenter so that he can mount a production of his play on the only stage he can afford: in the back room of his neighborhood pub, on a little street called Broadway.
Towards Darkness (Hacia La Oscuridad)
Studio: Peace Arch Entertainment
Director: Antonio Negret
Screenwriter: Antonio Negret
Starring: Roberto Urbina, America Ferrera, David Sutcliffe, Tony Plana, Cameron Daddo, William Atherton, Alejandra Borrero
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for some strong violence, language, and a scene of sexuality)
Official Website: TDmovie.com
Plot Summary: The son of a Colombian banker, photographer José (Roberto Urbina) lives abroad in New York . While visiting his family back home for the Christmas holidays, he is reunited with a streetwise old flame (America Ferrera) and reacquainted with the casual violence that mars his country. Within days of his return, José is beaten and kidnapped, his captors demanding an exorbitant ransom from his parents. Aware that the local police would do more harm than good, Jose's frantic parents enlist the aid of a covert American special operations team to recover their son alive. Jose's father (Tony Plana) is soon forced to make an unsavory deal with a Colombian warlord in order to secure the million-dollar payment. Meanwhile, Jose remains bound, gagged and blindfolded in an abandoned warehouse in the rainforest, contemplating what he assumes is his imminent murder. The lives and backstories of various characters converge in a slick non-linear narrative that humanizes each one: from the rescuer (David Sutcliffe) looking for redemption for a past killing, to the kidnappers driven to crime out of pure desperation. Twenty-four-year-old director Antonio Negret's debut is a nail-biting, clock-ticking thriller that eschews stereotypes and blatant moralism, presenting a portrait of Colombia as a vibrant nation of resilience and exuberance, but plagued by extortion and turmoil.
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
Studio: Media Education Foundation
Director: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp
Screenwriter: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp
Starring: Sean Penn, Norman Solomon
Genre: Documentary
Official Website: WarMadeEasyTheMovie.org
Plot Summary: "War Made Easy" reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.
"War Made Easy" gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam War and the War in Iraq. Guided by media critic, Norman Solomon’s, meticulous research and tough-minded analysis, the film presents disturbing examples of propaganda and media complicity from the present alongside rare footage of political leaders and leading journalists from the past, including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne Morse, and news correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer.
Doomsday
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Neil Marshall
Screenwriter: Neil Marshall
Starring: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig, Malcolm McDowell
Genre: Action, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content/nudity)
Official Website: DoomsdayisComing.com
Plot Summary: In the action-packed new thriller from writer/director Neil Marshall ("The Descent"), authorities brutally quarantine a country as it succumbs to fear and chaos when a virus strikes. The literal walling-off works for three decades – until the dreaded Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, captained by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.
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Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Screenwriter: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Starring: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Jaime Pressly, Jonah Hill, Josh Flitter
Genre: Animation, Family
MPAA Rating: G
Official Website: Hortonmovie.com
Plot Summary: The film is based on the beloved book, first published in 1954, by Ted Geisel, who wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss. "Horton Hears a Who" is about an imaginative elephant who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community which thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help.
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Funny Games
Studio: Warner Independent Pictures
Director: Michael Haneke
Screenwriter: Michael Haneke
Starring: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Boyd Gaines, Siobhan Fallon, Devon Gearhart
Genre: Psychological Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for terror, violence and some langauge)
Official Website: FunnyGames-themovie.com
Plot Summary: In this provocative and brutal thriller from director Michael Haneke, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive.
Remade from his own acclaimed 1997 film, "Funny Games" is written and directed by Michael Haneke ("Caché"), and stars Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet and Devon Gearhart.
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Never Back Down
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Screenwriter: Chris Hauty
Starring: Sean Faris, Djimon Hounsou, Cam Gigandet, Amber Heard, Evan Peters, Wyatt Smith
Genre: Action, Drama, Sports
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic material involving intense sequences of fighting/violence, some sexuality, partying and language - all involving teens)
Official Website: NeverBackDownthemovie.com
Plot Summary: Set against the action-packed world of Mixed Martial Arts, "Never Back Down" is the story of Jake Tyler, a tough kid who leads with his fists, and, often, with his heart. Jake Tyler, played by Sean Faris, is the new kid in town with a troubled past. He has recently moved to Orlando, Florida with his family who has relocated to support his younger brother's shot at a professional tennis career. Jake was a star athlete on the football team at home, but in this new city he is an outsider with a reputation for being a quick tempered brawler.
Making an attempt to fit in, at the invitation of a flirtatious classmate, Baja (Amber Heard) Jake goes to a party where he is unwittingly pulled into a fight with a bully named Ryan McCarthy (Cam Gigandet). While he is defeated and humiliated in the fight, a classmate introduces himself to Jake and tells him about the sport known as Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). He sees a star in Jake and asks that he meet with his mentor, Jean Roqua, played by Djimon Hounsou ("Blood Diamond," "In America").
It is immediately apparent to Jake that MMA is not street fighting, but rather an art form he wants to master. Roqua will take Jake under his wing, but it is up to Jake to find the patience, discipline, willingness and reason within him to succeed. For Jake, there is much more at stake than mere victory. His decision will not just settle a score; it will define who he is.
View attachment 49432
Sleepwalking
Studio: Overture Films
Director: Bill Maher
Screenwriter: Zac Stanford
Starring: Charlize Theron, Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Hopper
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for language and a scene of violence)
Official Website: Sleepwalking-themovie.com
Plot Summary: A moving drama about the deep familial bond that develops between a 30-year-old man and his young niece after the girl's mother suddenly leaves town. Forced out of her home after her boyfriend is arrested, Joleen Reedy needs a place to stay with her 11-year-old daughter, Tara. She turns for help to her younger brother, James--a simple and overly trusting man who doesn't hesitate to welcome them into his modest rental apartment. Almost as soon as she moves in, however, Joleen hits the road with another man. Utterly ill-equipped to be the sole guardian of an adolescent girl, James does his best to make his distraught niece happy. But before long, things spin out of control: he loses his road crew job and Tara is put into foster care. Additionally, old wounds from his emotionally abusive and sometimes violent father begin to reopen as James is forced to re-examine his life. That's when James makes a fateful decision that will bring his life full circle and force him to face his demons. He takes off with Tara and the pair assumes new identities as father and daughter. What starts out as a ploy to evade authorities takes on a deeper significance as James strives to become the dad Tara never had, and for the first time finds a true purpose in life.
View attachment 49433
Sputnik Mania
Studio: Balcony Releasing
Director: David Hoffman
Screenwriter: David Hoffman, Paul Dickson, Lindsey Palatino
Starring: Liev Schreiber
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: SputnikMania.com
Plot Summary: At the height of the Cold War, Sputnik almost provoked World War III, were it not for a private agreement between two ex-generals...
Historians say that there have been three great shocks that brought America to its knees. The events of Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and the launch of Sputnik. Narrated by actor Liev Schreiber, "Sputnik Mania" reveals the dramatic and fast-moving story of what happened to America after the Soviet Union's launch of the world's first artificial satellite. Sputnik placed the U.S. and the USSR on a collision-course missile and space race. "Sputnik Mania" is a journey that chronicles how quickly the swing from Americans' initial thrill and awe turned to panic, fear and anxiety as leading politicians and the media whipped the public into an escalating mass frenzy. Perceived as evidence of an imminent attack by the Soviet Union, Sputnik not only created a deep fear among the American public, but also ushered in an era of remarkable educational, social and scientific developments with profound political and national-security implications for the United States and fascinating parallels to the present.
Flash Point
Studio: Third Rail Releasing
Director: Wilson Yip
Screenwriter: Kam-Yuen Szeto, Lik-Kei Tang
Starring: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Collin Chou
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Official Website: FlashPointhemovie.com
Plot Summary: A visually stimulating cavalcade of destruction and mayhem that highlights the pulse-pounding combat with a new dynamic mixed martial arts action style.
Like the flashy sports car he controls, Detective Sargent Jun Ma of the Serious Crimes Unit is precise and brutal. Determined to destroy his criminal nemeses Archer, Tiger and Tony, a gang of three powerful brothers, Jun Ma infiltrates their corrupt organization with the planting of a mole, Wilson. When Wilson's dual role is exposed, he becomes the last living witness to testify against Archer and now Jun Ma must battle to protect his partner from the murderous thugs to ensure they are put out of business permanently.
Heartbeat Detector
Studio: New Yorker Films
Director: Nicolas Klotz
Screenwriter: François Emmanuel, Elisabeth Perceval
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Edith Scob, Lou Castel, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Paris today. Simon works as psychologist in human resources department of petrochemical corporation. When Management gets him to investigate one of the factory's executives, Simon'perception goes disturbingly chaotic and cloudy. The experience affects his body, his mind, his personal life and his sensibility. The calm assurance that made him such a rigorous technician starts to falter.
On Broadway
Director: Dave McLaughlin
Screenwriter: Dave McLaughlin
Starring: Joey McIntyre, Eliza Dushku, Jill Flint, Mike O'Malley, Sean Lawlor, Lance Greene, Vincent Dowling, Lucas Caleb Rooney
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: OnBroadwaythemovie.com
Plot Summary: "On Broadway" tells the story of Jack O'Toole, a 30-something Boston everyman, who writes a play about his dead uncle as a way to reconnect with his hard-nosed dad. With no money and just his gut to guide him, Jack quits his job as a carpenter so that he can mount a production of his play on the only stage he can afford: in the back room of his neighborhood pub, on a little street called Broadway.
Towards Darkness (Hacia La Oscuridad)
Studio: Peace Arch Entertainment
Director: Antonio Negret
Screenwriter: Antonio Negret
Starring: Roberto Urbina, America Ferrera, David Sutcliffe, Tony Plana, Cameron Daddo, William Atherton, Alejandra Borrero
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for some strong violence, language, and a scene of sexuality)
Official Website: TDmovie.com
Plot Summary: The son of a Colombian banker, photographer José (Roberto Urbina) lives abroad in New York . While visiting his family back home for the Christmas holidays, he is reunited with a streetwise old flame (America Ferrera) and reacquainted with the casual violence that mars his country. Within days of his return, José is beaten and kidnapped, his captors demanding an exorbitant ransom from his parents. Aware that the local police would do more harm than good, Jose's frantic parents enlist the aid of a covert American special operations team to recover their son alive. Jose's father (Tony Plana) is soon forced to make an unsavory deal with a Colombian warlord in order to secure the million-dollar payment. Meanwhile, Jose remains bound, gagged and blindfolded in an abandoned warehouse in the rainforest, contemplating what he assumes is his imminent murder. The lives and backstories of various characters converge in a slick non-linear narrative that humanizes each one: from the rescuer (David Sutcliffe) looking for redemption for a past killing, to the kidnappers driven to crime out of pure desperation. Twenty-four-year-old director Antonio Negret's debut is a nail-biting, clock-ticking thriller that eschews stereotypes and blatant moralism, presenting a portrait of Colombia as a vibrant nation of resilience and exuberance, but plagued by extortion and turmoil.
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
Studio: Media Education Foundation
Director: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp
Screenwriter: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp
Starring: Sean Penn, Norman Solomon
Genre: Documentary
Official Website: WarMadeEasyTheMovie.org
Plot Summary: "War Made Easy" reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.
"War Made Easy" gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam War and the War in Iraq. Guided by media critic, Norman Solomon’s, meticulous research and tough-minded analysis, the film presents disturbing examples of propaganda and media complicity from the present alongside rare footage of political leaders and leading journalists from the past, including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne Morse, and news correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer.