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Crank
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Screenwriter: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, Jose Cantillo, Jay Xcala, Carlos Sanz, Keone Young
Genre: Action, Drama
Plot Summary: Chev Chelios is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that's barely beating, he hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona, who reveals Chev has been poisoned in his sleep and only has an hour to live.
As it turns out, Chev is a hit man who freelances for a major West Coast syndicate. A run of the mill job the night before instead went awry: he let his target slip away in an effort to quit professional killing and start a new life with his girlfriend Eve.
Now, Chev must keep moving to stay alive: the only way to prolong the poison from stopping his heart is to keep his adrenaline flowing. As the clock ticks, Chelios cuts a swath through the streets of Los Angeles, wreaking havoc on those who dare stand in his way. He must rescue Eve from danger, stay two steps ahead of his nemeses and search for an antidote to save his own life.
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Crossover
Studio: TriStar Pictures (Sony)
Director: Preston A. Whitemore II
Screenwriter: Preston A. Whitemore II
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Welsey Jonathan, Wayne Brady, Kristen Wilson, Lil' J.J., Phillip "Hot Sauce" Champion, Eva Pigford, Alecia Fears
Genre: Action, Drama, Sports
Plot Summary: The clock strikes midnight, the ball hits the floor, the word has spread and the converted rail station is alive with basketball. They don't play for a school and they don't cheer for a pro team. They play for the street and it's underground... way underground.
"Crossover" is a gripping urban drama set against the thrilling world of streetball. The story follows two young hopefuls, Tech (Anthony Mackie) and Cruise (Wesley Jonathan), who must bring every move they have to the floor to unseat the reigning champions from the throne they have held for far too long.
There are no rules. Only the respect that comes with winning.
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Idiocracy
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Mike Judge
Screenwriter: Mike Judge, Etan Cohen
Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, David Herman, Sara Rue, Stephen Root, Justin Long
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Plot Summary: Writer-director Mike Judge's ("Office Space") unique brand of humor examines an average guy who volunteers to be the subject of a hibernation experiment that goes awry. He wakes up 500 years in the future, discovering that he's the smartest guy on the planet.
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Lassie
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Roadside Attractions
Director: Charles Sturridge
Screenwriter: Charles Sturridge
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, Peter Dinklage, Lassie, Steve Pemberton, John Lynch, Jemma Redgrave, Gregor Fisher
Genre: Adventure, Family
Plot Summary: Set on the eve of World War II in a Yorkshire mining town. After falling on hard times, the Carraclough family is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog, to the Duke of Rudling. When she succeeds in escaping her cage, Lassie finds herself transported five hundred miles away to the Duke's remote castle on the northern coast of Scotland. However, she is determined to defy the odds and return to the home she loves. So begins an incredible adventure, set against a stunning series of landscapes, that sees Lassie facing dangers both natural and human and finding help in unexpected places as she makes her way across the country, to reach home in time for Christmas.
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Looking for Kitty
Studio: THINKFilm
Director: Edward Burns
Screenwriter: Edward Burns
Starring: Edward Burns, David Krumholtz, Rachel Dratch, Chris Parnell, Kevin Kash, Connie Britton
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Another witty and humane ode to male bonding, "Looking for Kitty" tells the story of Abe (Krumholtz), an upstate New York high school baseball coach, who wakes up to discover that his beautiful wife Kitty has disappeared. When someone sends Abe a photo from a newspaper showing a rock star and his entourage, including a woman who could be Kitty, Abe heads to New York City and hires a private detective to find her. The P.I. in question is Jack (Burns), a loner ex-cop who is burying himself in his work to avoid dealing with the loss of his own wife. Facing eviction from his apartment, Abe's case is an offer Jack can't refuse and a chance to finally put to rest his own grieving by reuniting Abe and Kitty. What emerges from this investigation changes both of their lives forever
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Mutual Appreciation
Studio: Goodbye Cruel Releasing
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Screenwriter: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Justin Rice, Andrew Bujalski, Rachel Clift, Seung-Min Lee, Pamela Corkey, Kevin Micka, Ralph Tyler, Peter Pentz, Bill Morrison, Tamara Luzeckyj, Mary Varn, Kate Dollenmayer, Keith Gessen, Salvatore Botti
Genre: Comedy
Plot Summary: Alan (Justin Rice), a musician whose band has just broken up, shows up in New York to pursue his burgeoning rock and roll career. He starts by searching for a drummer for a show he's already lined up, and otherwise goes about the mechanics of self-promotion. He finds a champion in Sara (Seung-Min Lee), a radio DJ who sets her sights on a submissive but uninterested Alan-and finds him a drummer. In his down time, Alan drinks and strategizes with his old friend Lawrence (Bujalski), a grad student, and Lawrence's girlfriend Ellie (Rachel Clift), a journalist. Alan endeavors to keep his shoulder to the wheel, while Ellie finds herself compelled by him. The attraction is mutual, but both parties are reluctant to take a next step.
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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Zhang Yimou
Screenwriter: Zhang Yimou, Jingzhi Zou
Starring: Takakura Ken, Terajima Shinobu, Nakai Kiichi
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: From three-time Academy Award nominated director Zhang Yimou comes a moving story of one man's journey across China's heartland. For the first time in many years, Takata Gou-ichi (Takakura Ken) takes the bullet train to Tokyo from the quiet fisherman's village where he lives on the northwest coast of Japan. His daughter-in-law, Rie (Terajima Shinobu) had telephoned to tell him that his son, Ken-ichi (Nakai Kiichi) is seriously ill, and asking for his father.
But when he arrives in the city, Takata finds that Rie was not entirely truthful: Ken-ichi has been hospitalized, but after years of painful estrangement, he still refuses to see Takata. Crushed, the old man quietly slips out of the hospital, but not before Rie gives him a videotape to watch. What Takata sees on the tape, Rie hopes, will help him get to know his son again.
Takata plays the tape and learns that Ken-ichi is studying a form of Chinese exorcising drama that dates back more than a thousand years. Ken-ichi had traveled all the way to Yunnan Province in Southern China to see the famous actor LI Jiamin perform, but the actor was ill and unable to sing. Li promised to sing the legendary song 'Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles' from the literary classic, 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' for Ken-ichi if he returns to Yunnan the following year.
Hoping to bridge the gap between himself and his son, Takata decides to find Li Jiamin and videotape his performance for the dying Ken-ichi. As the old man begins an odyssey into the heart of China, he encounters a number of strangers who colour his journey — from well-meaning translators who guide him through China's idiosyncrasies, to prison wardens anxious to promote Chinese culture abroad, to a young runaway with a complicated father-son relationship of his own.
What Takata discovers on his journey is kindness... and a sense of family he thought he had lost long ago.
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This Film is Not Yet Rated
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Kirby Dick
Screenwriter: Kirby Dick, Eddie Schmidt
Starring: Wayne Kramer, Allison Anders, David Ansen, Darren Aronofsky, Jamie Babbit, Maria Bello, Kirby Dick, Atom Egoyan, Steven Farber, Martin Garbus, Mary Harron, Richard Heffner, Lindsey Howell, Kimberly Peirce, Kimberly Price, Bingham Ray, Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, Michael Tucker, Mark Urman, John Waters
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" is a documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Kirby Dick and producer Eddie Schmidt - a breakthrough investigation into the MPAA film ratings system and its profound effect on American culture.
The documentary asks whether Hollywood movies and independent films are rated equally for comparable content; whether sexual content in gay-themed movies is given harsher ratings penalties than their heterosexual counterparts; whether it makes sense that extreme violence is given an R rating while sexuality is banished to the cutting room floor; whether Hollywood studios receive detailed directions as to how to change an NC-17 film into an R, while independent film producers are left guessing; and finally, whether keeping the raters and the rating process secret leaves the MPAA entirely unaccountable for its decisions.
"This Film Is Not Yet Rated" was kept under wraps by the filmmakers during more than a year of research into the MPAA's rating practices. Director Kirby Dick ("Twist of Faith," "Derrida") interviews filmmakers, critics, attorneys, authors and educators. Ultimately, Dick tries to uncover Hollywood's best-kept secret - the identities of the ratings board members themselves.
Filmmakers who speak candidly in "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" include John Waters ("A Dirty Shame"), Kevin Smith ("Clerks"), Matt Stone ("South Park"), Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry"), Atom Egoyan ("Where the Truth Lies"), Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a Dream"), Mary Harron ("American Psycho"), actress Maria Bello ("The Cooler") and distributor Bingham Ray (co-founder, October Films and former President, United Artists).
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The Wicker Man
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Neil LaBute
Screenwriter: Neil LaBute
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Leelee Sobieski, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker, Frances Conroy, Christa Campbell, Aaron Eckhart
Genre: Horror, Suspense Thriller
Plot Summary: Out patrolling a California highway, police officer Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) stops a station wagon to return a little girl's lost doll. Moments later, a runaway truck slams into the station wagon, igniting it into a fiery wreck with the mother and child trapped inside. Edward fails to save them before the car explodes...and then spends months of his life choking down pills to get the image of their faces out of his head.
But Edward is about to get a second chance.
A desperate letter from his former girlfriend, Willow (Kate Beahan), arrives at his home with no postmark. Willow came into his life and left just as unexpectedly years before. But now, her daughter Rowan has gone missing, and Edward is the only person she trusts to help locate her. She asks him to come to her home on a private island - Summersisle - a place with its own traditions where people observe a forgotten way of life. Edward seizes the opportunity to make his life right again, and soon finds himself on a seaplane bound for the islands of the Pacific Northwest.
But nothing is what it seems on isolated Summersisle, where a culture, dominated by its matriarch Sister Summersisle (Ellen Burstyn), is bound together by arcane traditions and a pagan festival called "the Day of Death and Rebirth." The secretive people of Summersisle only ridicule his investigation, insisting that a child named Rowan never existed there... or if she ever did was no longer alive.
But what Edward doesn't know is that Willow's plea for help has invited more into his life than a chance for redemption. In unraveling Summersisle's closely held secrets, Edward is drawn into a web of ancient traditions and murderous deceit, and each step he takes closer to the lost child brings him one step closer to the unspeakable. And one step closer to the Wicker Man.
Crank
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Screenwriter: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, Jose Cantillo, Jay Xcala, Carlos Sanz, Keone Young
Genre: Action, Drama
Plot Summary: Chev Chelios is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that's barely beating, he hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona, who reveals Chev has been poisoned in his sleep and only has an hour to live.
As it turns out, Chev is a hit man who freelances for a major West Coast syndicate. A run of the mill job the night before instead went awry: he let his target slip away in an effort to quit professional killing and start a new life with his girlfriend Eve.
Now, Chev must keep moving to stay alive: the only way to prolong the poison from stopping his heart is to keep his adrenaline flowing. As the clock ticks, Chelios cuts a swath through the streets of Los Angeles, wreaking havoc on those who dare stand in his way. He must rescue Eve from danger, stay two steps ahead of his nemeses and search for an antidote to save his own life.
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Crossover
Studio: TriStar Pictures (Sony)
Director: Preston A. Whitemore II
Screenwriter: Preston A. Whitemore II
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Welsey Jonathan, Wayne Brady, Kristen Wilson, Lil' J.J., Phillip "Hot Sauce" Champion, Eva Pigford, Alecia Fears
Genre: Action, Drama, Sports
Plot Summary: The clock strikes midnight, the ball hits the floor, the word has spread and the converted rail station is alive with basketball. They don't play for a school and they don't cheer for a pro team. They play for the street and it's underground... way underground.
"Crossover" is a gripping urban drama set against the thrilling world of streetball. The story follows two young hopefuls, Tech (Anthony Mackie) and Cruise (Wesley Jonathan), who must bring every move they have to the floor to unseat the reigning champions from the throne they have held for far too long.
There are no rules. Only the respect that comes with winning.
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Idiocracy
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Mike Judge
Screenwriter: Mike Judge, Etan Cohen
Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, David Herman, Sara Rue, Stephen Root, Justin Long
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Plot Summary: Writer-director Mike Judge's ("Office Space") unique brand of humor examines an average guy who volunteers to be the subject of a hibernation experiment that goes awry. He wakes up 500 years in the future, discovering that he's the smartest guy on the planet.
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Lassie
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Roadside Attractions
Director: Charles Sturridge
Screenwriter: Charles Sturridge
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, Peter Dinklage, Lassie, Steve Pemberton, John Lynch, Jemma Redgrave, Gregor Fisher
Genre: Adventure, Family
Plot Summary: Set on the eve of World War II in a Yorkshire mining town. After falling on hard times, the Carraclough family is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog, to the Duke of Rudling. When she succeeds in escaping her cage, Lassie finds herself transported five hundred miles away to the Duke's remote castle on the northern coast of Scotland. However, she is determined to defy the odds and return to the home she loves. So begins an incredible adventure, set against a stunning series of landscapes, that sees Lassie facing dangers both natural and human and finding help in unexpected places as she makes her way across the country, to reach home in time for Christmas.
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Looking for Kitty
Studio: THINKFilm
Director: Edward Burns
Screenwriter: Edward Burns
Starring: Edward Burns, David Krumholtz, Rachel Dratch, Chris Parnell, Kevin Kash, Connie Britton
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Another witty and humane ode to male bonding, "Looking for Kitty" tells the story of Abe (Krumholtz), an upstate New York high school baseball coach, who wakes up to discover that his beautiful wife Kitty has disappeared. When someone sends Abe a photo from a newspaper showing a rock star and his entourage, including a woman who could be Kitty, Abe heads to New York City and hires a private detective to find her. The P.I. in question is Jack (Burns), a loner ex-cop who is burying himself in his work to avoid dealing with the loss of his own wife. Facing eviction from his apartment, Abe's case is an offer Jack can't refuse and a chance to finally put to rest his own grieving by reuniting Abe and Kitty. What emerges from this investigation changes both of their lives forever
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Mutual Appreciation
Studio: Goodbye Cruel Releasing
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Screenwriter: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Justin Rice, Andrew Bujalski, Rachel Clift, Seung-Min Lee, Pamela Corkey, Kevin Micka, Ralph Tyler, Peter Pentz, Bill Morrison, Tamara Luzeckyj, Mary Varn, Kate Dollenmayer, Keith Gessen, Salvatore Botti
Genre: Comedy
Plot Summary: Alan (Justin Rice), a musician whose band has just broken up, shows up in New York to pursue his burgeoning rock and roll career. He starts by searching for a drummer for a show he's already lined up, and otherwise goes about the mechanics of self-promotion. He finds a champion in Sara (Seung-Min Lee), a radio DJ who sets her sights on a submissive but uninterested Alan-and finds him a drummer. In his down time, Alan drinks and strategizes with his old friend Lawrence (Bujalski), a grad student, and Lawrence's girlfriend Ellie (Rachel Clift), a journalist. Alan endeavors to keep his shoulder to the wheel, while Ellie finds herself compelled by him. The attraction is mutual, but both parties are reluctant to take a next step.
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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Zhang Yimou
Screenwriter: Zhang Yimou, Jingzhi Zou
Starring: Takakura Ken, Terajima Shinobu, Nakai Kiichi
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: From three-time Academy Award nominated director Zhang Yimou comes a moving story of one man's journey across China's heartland. For the first time in many years, Takata Gou-ichi (Takakura Ken) takes the bullet train to Tokyo from the quiet fisherman's village where he lives on the northwest coast of Japan. His daughter-in-law, Rie (Terajima Shinobu) had telephoned to tell him that his son, Ken-ichi (Nakai Kiichi) is seriously ill, and asking for his father.
But when he arrives in the city, Takata finds that Rie was not entirely truthful: Ken-ichi has been hospitalized, but after years of painful estrangement, he still refuses to see Takata. Crushed, the old man quietly slips out of the hospital, but not before Rie gives him a videotape to watch. What Takata sees on the tape, Rie hopes, will help him get to know his son again.
Takata plays the tape and learns that Ken-ichi is studying a form of Chinese exorcising drama that dates back more than a thousand years. Ken-ichi had traveled all the way to Yunnan Province in Southern China to see the famous actor LI Jiamin perform, but the actor was ill and unable to sing. Li promised to sing the legendary song 'Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles' from the literary classic, 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' for Ken-ichi if he returns to Yunnan the following year.
Hoping to bridge the gap between himself and his son, Takata decides to find Li Jiamin and videotape his performance for the dying Ken-ichi. As the old man begins an odyssey into the heart of China, he encounters a number of strangers who colour his journey — from well-meaning translators who guide him through China's idiosyncrasies, to prison wardens anxious to promote Chinese culture abroad, to a young runaway with a complicated father-son relationship of his own.
What Takata discovers on his journey is kindness... and a sense of family he thought he had lost long ago.
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This Film is Not Yet Rated
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Kirby Dick
Screenwriter: Kirby Dick, Eddie Schmidt
Starring: Wayne Kramer, Allison Anders, David Ansen, Darren Aronofsky, Jamie Babbit, Maria Bello, Kirby Dick, Atom Egoyan, Steven Farber, Martin Garbus, Mary Harron, Richard Heffner, Lindsey Howell, Kimberly Peirce, Kimberly Price, Bingham Ray, Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, Michael Tucker, Mark Urman, John Waters
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" is a documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Kirby Dick and producer Eddie Schmidt - a breakthrough investigation into the MPAA film ratings system and its profound effect on American culture.
The documentary asks whether Hollywood movies and independent films are rated equally for comparable content; whether sexual content in gay-themed movies is given harsher ratings penalties than their heterosexual counterparts; whether it makes sense that extreme violence is given an R rating while sexuality is banished to the cutting room floor; whether Hollywood studios receive detailed directions as to how to change an NC-17 film into an R, while independent film producers are left guessing; and finally, whether keeping the raters and the rating process secret leaves the MPAA entirely unaccountable for its decisions.
"This Film Is Not Yet Rated" was kept under wraps by the filmmakers during more than a year of research into the MPAA's rating practices. Director Kirby Dick ("Twist of Faith," "Derrida") interviews filmmakers, critics, attorneys, authors and educators. Ultimately, Dick tries to uncover Hollywood's best-kept secret - the identities of the ratings board members themselves.
Filmmakers who speak candidly in "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" include John Waters ("A Dirty Shame"), Kevin Smith ("Clerks"), Matt Stone ("South Park"), Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry"), Atom Egoyan ("Where the Truth Lies"), Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a Dream"), Mary Harron ("American Psycho"), actress Maria Bello ("The Cooler") and distributor Bingham Ray (co-founder, October Films and former President, United Artists).
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The Wicker Man
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Neil LaBute
Screenwriter: Neil LaBute
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Leelee Sobieski, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker, Frances Conroy, Christa Campbell, Aaron Eckhart
Genre: Horror, Suspense Thriller
Plot Summary: Out patrolling a California highway, police officer Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) stops a station wagon to return a little girl's lost doll. Moments later, a runaway truck slams into the station wagon, igniting it into a fiery wreck with the mother and child trapped inside. Edward fails to save them before the car explodes...and then spends months of his life choking down pills to get the image of their faces out of his head.
But Edward is about to get a second chance.
A desperate letter from his former girlfriend, Willow (Kate Beahan), arrives at his home with no postmark. Willow came into his life and left just as unexpectedly years before. But now, her daughter Rowan has gone missing, and Edward is the only person she trusts to help locate her. She asks him to come to her home on a private island - Summersisle - a place with its own traditions where people observe a forgotten way of life. Edward seizes the opportunity to make his life right again, and soon finds himself on a seaplane bound for the islands of the Pacific Northwest.
But nothing is what it seems on isolated Summersisle, where a culture, dominated by its matriarch Sister Summersisle (Ellen Burstyn), is bound together by arcane traditions and a pagan festival called "the Day of Death and Rebirth." The secretive people of Summersisle only ridicule his investigation, insisting that a child named Rowan never existed there... or if she ever did was no longer alive.
But what Edward doesn't know is that Willow's plea for help has invited more into his life than a chance for redemption. In unraveling Summersisle's closely held secrets, Edward is drawn into a web of ancient traditions and murderous deceit, and each step he takes closer to the lost child brings him one step closer to the unspeakable. And one step closer to the Wicker Man.