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September 18, 2011

X



Synopsis
A jaded call girl... A fledgling hooker... Their longest night...

In the erotic thriller X, the oldest profession becomes the most dangerous game when two call girls become hunted prey after they witness a murder.
High class prostitute Holly Rowe (the stunning Viva Bianca, Spartacus: Blood and Sand) needs a partner for the final "date" of her career - then it's off to Paris and retirement. She recruits 17-year-old runaway Shay (Hanna Mangan Lawrence) for the evening, and the two set off on what should be an easy job.

But when violence explodes unexpectedly, Holly must use her hard-earned savviness and sexual allure to keep them both safe through the most terrifying night of their lives.


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Belinda McClory
• Viva Bianca
• Hanna Mangan Lawrence
• Peter Docker
• Eamon Farren
• Stephen Phillips

Writers:
• Belinda McClory
• Jon Hewitt

Producers:
• Lizzette Atkins

Directors:
• Jon Hewitt

Win Win


Synopsis
In the game of life, you can't lose 'em all.

Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti stars as a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high-school wrestling coach who takes us on a brilliantly heartfelt journey through the game of life... where you can't lose 'em all. When Mike Flaherty (Giamatti) comes across a teenage runaway who also happens to be a champion wrestler, Mike's luck turns around in spectacular fashion. But his win-winsituation soon becomes more complicated than he ever imagined when the boy's family affairs come into play. Co-starring Oscar nominee Amy Ryan and directed by Oscar nominee Tom McCarthy, this touching and funny comedy will leave you cheering.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Melanie Lynskey
• Amy Ryan
• Jeffrey Tambor
• Paul Giamatti
• Bobby Cannavale

Writers:
• Tom McCarthy

Producers:
• Lisa Falcone
• Mary Jane Skalski
• Michael London
• Tom McCarthy

Directors:
• Tom McCarthy

Quarantine 2: Terminal


Synopsis
The most deadly mutant virus just went airborne andi escape is not an option.

Earlier tonight, a bizarre disease was unleashed in a run-down Los Angeles tenement... and no one got out alive. Yet something escaped. Now, aboard Flight 318, the first symptoms begin to show. As the infection begins to takes root, innocent passengers suddenly transform into terrifying, bloodthirsty killers. Forced to land at an isolated terminal, and surrounded by armed government agents, the crew and passengers grow increasingly desperate. The only question now is how far they will go to survive.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Bre Blair
• Mercedes Masohn
• Josh Cooke
• George Back
• Andrew Benator
• Jason Benjamin

Writers:
• John Pogue

Producers:
• Roy Lee
• Doug Davison
• Sergio Aguero

Directors:
• John Pogue

Perfect Host, The



Synopsis
Dinner parties are a dying art.

Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He's just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick's doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who's been mugged and lost his luggage. As the wine flows and the evening progresses, we become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be. With outstanding performances by David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford, co-writer/director Nick Tomnay takes us on a suspense-filled ride where nothing is as it seems. The Perfect Host is a slippery psychological thriller that exposes true human nature and reveals just how far we're willing to go to satisfy our needs.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• David Hyde Pierce
• Clayne Crawford
• Megahn Perry
• Nathaniel Parker

Writers:
• Krishna Jones
• Nick Tomnay

Producers:
• Stacey Testro
• Mark Victor

Directors:
• Nick Tomnay

Little Bit of Heaven, A


It's a comedy about a guarded woman who finds out she's dying of cancer, but when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.

Director: Nicole Kassell
Writer: Gren Wells
Stars: Kate Hudson, Peter Dinklage and Lucy Punch

Last Godfather, The


Synopsis
Mafia head Don Carini (Harvey Keitel) is retiring. When he gathers the family to give the good news, the Don surprises everyone by anointing his goofy adopted son Young-gu (Hyung Rae Shim) as the next godfather. Will Youg-gu bumble his way to success and prove his father proud? Or will his dumb antics play into his enemies' goal to leave Young-gu sleeping with the fishes? Don't miss this hysterical spoof on everyone's favorite mafia movies - starring a sidesplitting cast including Keitel (Bad Lieutenant), Jason Mewes (Clerks), Michael Rispoli (Kick Ass), stand-up comic John Pinette and Korean superstar Shim.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Jocelin Donahue
• Harvey Keitel
• Jason Mewes
• Michael Rispoli
• Hyung Rae Shim
• Jon Polito

Writers:
• Hyung Rae Shim

Directors:
• Hyung Rae Shim

Hoodwinked Too!: Hood Vs. Evil


Synopsis
The good. . . the bad . . . the Twitchy. The sequel finds out heroine, Red (Hayden Panettiere), training with a mysterious covert group called the Sisters of the Hood. But Red is forced to cut her training short when she gets an urgent call from Nicky Flippers (David Ogden Stiers), the head of the super secret Happily Ever After Agency, aka the HEA. A wicked witch (Joan Cusack) has abducted two innocent children, Hansel (Bill Hader) and Gretel (Amy Poehler), and Nicky needs the whole Hoodwinked gang - Red, Granny (Glenn Close), the ever clueless Wolf (Patrick Warburton) and his over caffeinated little partner, Twitchy (Cory Edwards) - for the search and rescue mission.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Martin Short
• Amy Poehler
• Glenn Close
• Hayden Panettiere
• Patrick Warburton
• Bill Hader
• Joan Cusack
• David Ogden Stiers
• Andy Dick

Writers:
• Cory Edwards
• Todd Edwards
• Mike Disa

Producers:
• Joan Collins Carey

Directors:
• Mike Disa

Children Of The Corn: Genesis


TIM and ALLIE seek shelter in a remote desert compound after becoming lost and stranded. A strange Manson-like character, PREACHER (Drago), reluctantly allows them inside with strict orders to be gone by morning and not wander "where you are not invited.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Barbara Nedeljakova
• Kai Caster
• Duane Whitaker
• Billy Drago

Writers:
• Joel Soisson

Directors:
• Joel Soisson

Day Of The Triffids, The


Dougray Scott and Joely Richardson star in this star-studded two-part BBC remake of the classic science fiction thriller. In the near future, humankind's search for an alternative fuel supply leads to the discovery of the ominous Triffid, a crop cultivated for its fuel that seems to have a life of its own. But when spectators gather worldwide for a much-anticipated solar storm, billions are left blinded and the few sighted survivors watch as society collapses into chaos. The Triffids, meanwhile, find their way out of captivity. Free to roam the planet with a fatal sting, and a retributive taste for human flesh, the Triffids begin rapid breeding. It is up to Dr Bill Masen (Scott) to lead the brave in their epic battle against the Triffids' reign of terror in what could be the last days for humankind.

Actors: Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Jason Priestley, Eddie Izzard, Vanessa Redgrave

Best and the Brightest, The



Synopsis
The Best And The Brightest follows a fresh-faced couple, Jeff (Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother) and Samantha (Bonnie Somerville, The Ugly Truth), and the lengths they must go to in order to get their daughter into a New York City private kindergarten.
An oddball consultant, Sue Lemon (Amy Sedaris, Strangers With Candy), gets them an interview, but it's based on a lie: that Jeff is a renowned poet, instead of the humdrum computer programmer he is in real life. Keeping this ridiculous lie aloft proves more and more difficult, as Jeff is forced to play the role of a raunchy "sexting" poet for the entire school board.

Featuring an all-star cast including Christopher McDonald (Harry's Law), Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager), Bridget Regan (Legend Of The Seeker), John Hodgman (The Daily Show With Jon Stewart) and Peter Serafinowicz (Couples Retreat), The Best And The Brightest offers a refreshingly "adult" twist on contemporary parenting.


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Neil Patrick Harris
• Amy Sedaris
• Bonnie Somerville
• Christopher McDonald
• Kate Mulgrew
• Jenna Stern
• Bridget Regan
• John Hodgman
• Peter Serafinowicz

Producers:
• Nicholas Simon

Assassination Games

Synopsis
Twice the fire. . . double the power!

Brazil (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint (Scott Adkins) left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer's brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the cold-blooded drug dealer, both Brazil and Flint want him dead - one for the money, the other for revenge. With crooked Interpol agents and vicious members of the criminal underworld hot on their trail, these two assassins reluctantly join forces to quickly take out their target before they themselves are terminated.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Jean-Claude Van Damme
• Scott Adkins
• Kevin Chapman

Writers:
• Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

Producers:
• Brad Krevoy
• Patrick Newall

Directors:
• Ernie Barbarash