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June 23, 2015

Woman in Gold


Synopsis
Woman In Gold is the remarkable true story of one woman's journey to reclaim her heritage and seek justice for what happened to her family. Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds), she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court, and forces her to confront difficult truths about the past along the way.

Cast
Max Irons
Daniel Bruhl
Tatiana Maslany
Ryan Reynolds
Katie Holmes
Helen Mirren
Jonathan Pryce

Director
Simon Curtis

Phantom Halo


Brothers Samuel and Beckett Emerson are barely scraping by. Their father, Warren, continues to gamble and drink away any money they bring home. With all the havoc that is constantly going on in their lives, the family members each find solace in his own way, through Shakespeare, comic books and impossible love affairs. Beckett seizes the opportunity to make some easy money by counterfeiting in hopes of repaying his father's debts. When Beckett's plan goes awry, the family must decide to change their ways or pay the ultimate price

Director: Antonia Bogdanovich
Writers: Antonia Bogdanovich, Antonia Bogdanovich, 2 more credits »
Stars: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rebecca Romijn, Luke Kleintank

Manglehorn


Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend.

Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Paul Logan
Stars: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine

June 22, 2015

Cinderella


When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writer: Chris Weitz (screenplay)
Stars: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden

Gunman, The


Synopsis
From the director of Taken comes The Gunman, a pulse-pounding action thriller starring two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn. It's been eight years since Jim Terrier (Penn) worked as a black ops assassin and now someone from his old organization wants him dead. Pursued across Africa and Europe by elite hit men, Terrier is dragged back into his dangerous past as he engages in a relentless cat-and-mouse game to take out the man who betrayed him. Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance and Oscar winner Javier Bardem costar in a hair-trigger thrill ride the critics are calling, "Intense!" (Dave Karger, Fandango)

Cast
Jasmine Trinca
Peter Franzen
Idris Elba
Mark Rylance
Ray Winstone
Javier Bardem
Sean Penn

Director
Pierre Morel

June 21, 2015

Wild Horses


A detective opens up a fifteen-year-old missing persons case and begins to suspect that the boy it belongs to was murdered - and that a local rancher was involved.

Director: Robert Duvall
Writers: Robert Duvall, Michael Shell (story)
Stars: Robert Duvall, James Franco, Josh Hartnett

Woman In Black 2, The : Angel Of Death


Synopsis
The supernatural terror returns and unspeakable evil sets its sight on new prey when a group of orphaned children are forced to move into the abandoned Eel Marsh House with their caretakers, Eve and Jean. As the children begin to mysteriously disappear, Eve makes a shocking discovery... it may not be a coincidence that she has come to reside in a place inhabited by the murderous Woman in Black.

Cast
Ned Dennehy
Leanne Best
Phoebe Fox
Jeremy Irvine
Helen McCrory
Adrian Rawlins

Director
Tom Harper

We Are Still Here


In the cold, wintery fields of New England, a lonely old house wakes up every thirty years - and demands a sacrifice.

Director: Ted Geoghegan
Writers: Ted Geoghegan, Richard Griffin (based on a concept by)
Stars: Barbara Crampton, Andrew Sensenig, Lisa Marie

Unfinished Business


Synopsis
In this hilarious drink-like-a-fish-out-of-water comedy, Vince Vaughn stars as a hard-working entrepreneur who travels to Europe with his two associates (Dave Franco, Tom Wilkinson) to close the most important business deal of their lives. But the journey quickly spins out of control as the hapless trio encounters all kinds of crazy obstacles, including Oktoberfest bar brawls, hotel foul-ups, foreign GPS directions, and a global fetish festival. In the end, these guys gone wild might just land the deal...if they can survive the trip. Bottoms up!

Cast
Vince Vaughn
Tom Wilkinson
Dave Franco
June Diane Raphael
Sienna Miller
James Marsden

Director
Ken Scott

Survivor


Synopsis
After being mysteriously framed for a terrorist bombing, a Foreign Service Officer (Milla Jovovich) must evade government capture and death by a ruthless assassin (Pierce Brosnan) in order to stop the real perpetrators' master-and much deadlier-plan. Survivor is directed by James McTeigue and also stars Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett and Robert Forster.

Cast
Milla Jovovich
Angela Bassett
Dylan McDermott
Pierce Brosnan
Antonia Thomas
James D'Arcy
Roger Rees
Robert Forster
Emma Thompson

Director
James McTeigue

SpongeBob Movie, The: Sponge Out Of Water


Synopsis
On a mission to save his world, SpongeBob SquarePants is headed to ours for the first time ever! When pirate Burger Beard (Antonio Banderas) steals the secret recipe for the beloved Krabby Patties, SpongeBob and friends come ashore to bring back the missing formula. To succeed, they must team up with former rival, Plankton, but soon realize that to defeat a super-villain, they must unleash their inner superheroes. Don't miss the movie critics are calling "laugh-out-loud funny" (Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times).

Cast
Rodger Bumpass
Bill Fagerbakke
Tom Kenny
Carlos Alazraqui
Kevin Michael Richardson
Cree Summer
Billy West
Rob Paulsen
Tim Conway
Eddie Deezen
Antonio Banderas
Nolan North
Eric Bauza

Director
Paul Tibbitt

Shaun The Sheep Movie


When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

Directors: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Writers: Mark Burton (screenplay), Richard Starzak (screenplay)
Stars: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili

Run All Night


Synopsis
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past-as well as a dogged police detective who's been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years.

Cast
Liam Neeson
Bruce McGill
Beau Knapp
Joel Kinnaman
Boyd Holbrook
James Martinez
Daniel Stewart Sherman
Common
Patricia Kalember
Vincent D'Onofrio
Ed Harris

Director
Jaume Collet-Serra

Miss Julie


Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.

Director: Liv Ullmann
Writers: August Strindberg (play), Liv Ullmann (screenplay)
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton

It Follows


Synopsis
For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Jay and her teenage friends must now find a way to escape the horrors that seem to be only a few steps behind in this critically-acclaimed chiller that Bloody Disgusting calls "the scariest movie of 2015."

Cast
Olivia Luccardi
Maika Monroe
Keir Gilchrist

Director
David Robert Mitchell

Horsehead


Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy with Sean, her mentor and boyfriend, to try and understand the origin of her nightmares. Following the death of her maternal grandmother she hardly knew, Jessica reluctantly returns to the family home. She doesn't get along with her mother very well and is not looking forward to seeing her again. Upon her arrival, Jessica discovers that her late grandmother is lying in the adjoining room to her own during the wake. After a rough first night made restless by a strange nightmare in which she meets her dead grandmother, Jessica suddenly becomes ill. Stuck in bed with a high fever, the young woman decides to use her lethargic state to try out lucid dreaming. In order to do so, and on Sean's advice, Jessica breathes a little bit of ether whenever she needs to sink deeper into the other world to try and take control of her nightmares. Jessica then begins to wander in a nightmarish world inhabited by twisted versions of her family members. She gradually improves her skills as a lucid dreamer and investigates to solve the mystery that gnaws her and haunts the family home...

Director: Romain Basset
Writers: Romain Basset, Karim Chériguène
Stars: Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux, Catriona MacColl, Murray Head

Home


Oh, an alien on the run from his own people, lands on Earth and makes friends with the adventurous Tip, who is on a quest of her own.

Director: Tim Johnson
Writers: Tom J. Astle (screenplay), Matt Ember (screenplay),
Stars: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin

Big Game


A young teenager camping in the woods helps rescue the President of the United States when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite.

Director: Jalmari Helander
Writer: Jalmari Helander
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson

AWOL-72


An AWOL marine in possession of secret government information, is a wanted man, pursued by Russian special ops, the LAPD, and a dangerous assassin.

Director: Christian Sesma
Writers: Cecil Chambers, Christian Sesma
Stars: Luke Goss, RZA, Bokeem Woodbine

American Sniper


Synopsis
Chris Kyle's (Bradley Cooper) mission is to protect his brothers in arms while bring a prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the spirit of the SEAL creed to "leave no one behind." But upon returning to his wife, Taya Renae Kyle (Sienna Miller), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.

Cast
Sienna Miller
Bradley Cooper
Luke Grimes
Jake McDorman
Kyle Gallner

Director
Clint Eastwood

June 1, 2015

Vengeance of an Assassin


The Assassins' Code - Stick to the mission. Never take your eyes off the target. Show no mercy. Natee (Dan Chupong) became a killer for one reason- to discover who killed his parents. As he gets closer to uncovering a secret network of power and corruption, he's double-crossed on a job, making him a target and putting everyone he loves in danger. Betrayed, exposed, and hunted by the deadliest killers in the business, now Natee has a new code. Be faster. Stronger. Hit harder. Survive. Director, fight choreographer of ONG BAK and mentor to action star Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai reunites with Dan Chupong of BORN TO FIGHT (2004) in his final film.

Director: Panna Rittikrai
Writer: Panna Rittikrai
Stars: Nantawooti Boonrapsap, Dan Chupong, Kessarin Ektawatkul

Unbroken


Synopsis
Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces this epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived on a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII - only to be caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's (Seabiscuit: An American Legend) enormously popular book, it's the inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit.

Cast
Jack O'Connell
Domhnall Gleeson
Miyavi
Finn Wittrock
Garrett Hedlund

Director
Angelina Jolie

Taken 3


Synopsis
The hunter becomes the hunted when Liam Neeson returns as former CIA operative Bryan Mills, who finds himself framed for the brutal murder of his ex-wife (Famke Janssen). Consumed with rage, and pursued by a savvy police inspector (Forest Whitaker), Mills must rely on his "particular set of skills" one last time to find the real killers, clear his name, and protect the only thing that matters to him now - his daughter (Maggie Grace).

Cast
Liam Neeson
Famke Janssen
David Warshofsky
Andrew Borba
Jon Gries
Maggie Grace
Don Harvey
Dylan Bruno
Leland Orser
Dougray Scott
Forest Whitaker
Sam Spruell
Jonny Weston

Director
Olivier Megaton

Seventh Son


Synopsis
In a time of enchantments when legends and magic collide, the sole remaining warrior of a mystical order (Oscar winner Jeff Bridges) travels to find a prophesized hero born with incredible powers, the last Seventh Son (Ben Barnes of The Chronicles of Narnia). Torn from his quiet life as a farmhand, the unlikely young hero embarks on a daring adventure with his battle-hardened mentor to vanquish a dark queen (Oscar winner Julianne Moore) and the army of supernatural assassins she has dispatched against their kingdom.

Cast
Julianne Moore
Jeff Bridges
Alicia Vikander
Kit Harington
Antje Traue
Ben Barnes
Djimon Hounsou
Olivia Williams

Director
Sergei Bodrov

Selma


Synopsis
From the Oscar winning producers of 12 Years a Slave and acclaimed director Ava DuVernay comes the true story of courage and hope that changed the world forever. Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo shines as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who rallied his followers on the historic march from Selma to Montgomery in the face of violent opposition, an event that became a milestone victory for the civil rights movement. Also starring Oscar nominees Oprah Winfrey and Tom Wilkinson, Selma is the landmark achievement that critics are calling "one of the most powerful films of the years."

Cast
Jim France
Andre Holland
David Oyelowo
Carmen Ejogo
Giovanni Ribisi
Tom Wilkinson
Oprah Winfrey

Director
Ava Duvernay

Russell Madness


Synopsis
This tail-wagging comedy-adventure from the creators of Air Bud and Air Buddies stars John Ratzenberger, Will Sasso and Fred Willard. Russell is an undersized but big-hearted terrier who dreams of having a family of his own. After running away from his pet store, Russell gets taken in by the Ferraros, a family desperate to revive their grandfather's pro wrestling arena. That's when they discover their new pet pooch has incredible wrestling skills. With help from his coach, Hunk, a savvy and hilarious monkey, Russell rockets to the top of the pro wrestling world and becomes a famous sports superstar. But when a dishonest promoter double-crosses the Ferraros, Russell will face his biggest challenge and discover that the strongest tag team is family.

Cast
Fabio Chiesa
Ameko Eks Mass Carroll
Will Sasso
Chris Coppola
Fred Willard
John Ratzenberger

Director
Robert Vince

Road Within, The


A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.

Director: Gren Wells
Writer: Gren Wells
Stars: Zoë Kravitz, Dev Patel, Robert Patrick

Project Alamanc


Synopsis
From producer Michael Bay (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers) comes the action-packed thrill ride starring Jonny Weston (Divergent Series: Insurgent). When a brilliant high school student and his friends discover blueprints for a machine that can send them back in time, the possibilities seem endless. They rewrite history to win the lottery, ace exams, and party like there's no tomorrow. But by changing the past, they have threatened the future of our world. Can they undo the damage they have unleashed before it's too late?

Cast
Amy Landecker
Jonny Weston
Sofia Black-D'Elia

Paddington


Synopsis
From the beloved novels by Michael Bond and producer David Heyman (Harry Potter), Paddington tells the story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw) who travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck that says "Please look after this bear. Thank you," and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist (Nicole Kidman).

Cast
Nicole Kidman
Ben Whishaw
Sally Hawkins
Peter Capaldi
Hugh Bonneville
Julie Walters
Jim Broadbent

Director
Paul King

Nightcrawler


Synopsis
Nightcrawler is a pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling - where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars. Aided by Nina (Rene Russo), a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal
Riz Ahmed
Bill Paxton
Rene Russo

Director
Dan Gilroy

Mortecai


Synopsis
Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ewan McGregor lead an all-star cast in this criminally funny comedy. After a priceless painting is stolen, shady art dealer Charlie Mortdecai (Depp) is recruited by an old rival (McGregor) to get it back. Mortdecai questions his rival's intentions, but takes the job for the money and to keep his high-maintenance wife (Paltrow) happy. With the help of his manservant, Mortdecai must face terrorists, angry Russians, and more in a hilarious globe-trotting chase.

Cast
Gwyneth Paltrow
Ewan McGregor
Johnny Depp
Olivia Munn
Paul Bettany
Jeff Goldblum

Director
David Koepp

Marine 4: Moving Target


Synopsis

WWE superstar Mike "The Miz" Mizanin is back as American hero Jake Carter in an all-new, thrill-packed Marine adventure! Now in the private sector, Carter is assigned to protect a "high-value package" - a beautiful whistleblower trying to expose a corrupt military defense contractor. But a heavily armed team of mercenaries has been hired to kill her, along with anyone who gets in their way, and it's going to take a fearless one-man fighting machine to stop them. Co-starring WWE diva Summer Rae in her feature film debut, The Marine 4: Moving Target is locked and loaded with explosive action from start to finish!

Cast
Mike Mizanin
Summer Rae
Josh Blacker
Melissa Roxburgh
Matthew MacCaull
Paul McGillion

Director
William Kaufman

Kingsman: The Secret Service


Synopsis
A super-secret organization recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a dire global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. A phenomenal cast, including Academy Award Winners Colin Firth and Michael Caine and Oscar Nominee Samuel L. Jackson, leads this action-packed spy-thriller directed by Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class).

Cast
Sofia Boutella
Geoff Bell
Jack Davenport
Mark Strong
Mark Hamill
Colin Firth
Michael Caine
Samuel L. Jackson

Director
Matthew Vaughn

Jupiter Ascending


Synopsis
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

Cast
Mila Kunis
Channing Tatum
Christina Cole
Douglas Booth
Tuppence Middleton
Eddie Redmayne
Ariyon Bakare
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Ramon Tikaram
Sean Bean

Director
Andy Wachowski
Lana Wachowski

Good KIll


A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.

Director: Andrew Niccol
Writer: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoë Kravitz

Gambler, The


Synopsis
Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg delivers a "career-defining performance" as Jim Bennett, an English professor leading a secret double life as a high-stakes gambler. When Jim is forced to borrow from a notorious gangster, he places the lives of those he loves in mortal danger. With time running out, he must enter the criminal underworld and risk everything to keep from losing it all. John Goodman. Brie Larson and Academy Award winner Jessica Lange also star in this "slick, stylish thriller."

Cast
Michael Kenneth Williams
Brie Larson
John Goodman
Mark Wahlberg
Jessica Lange

Director
Rupert Wyatt

Focus


Synopsis
Nicky (Will Smith) is a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot Robbie). As he's teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort, and he breaks it off. Three years later, Jess - now an accomplished femme fatale - shows up in Buenos Aires during the high-stakes race-car circuit, throwing Nicky off his game in the middle of his latest dangerous scheme.

Cast
Will Smith
Margot Robbie
Adrian Martinez
Rodrigo Santoro
Gerald McRaney
Robert Taylor
B.D. Wong

Director
John Requa
Glenn Ficarra

Duff, The


Synopsis
Bianca's (Mae Whitman) universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a 'DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock (Robbie Amell) and her favorite teacher (Ken Jeong). Together they'll face the school's mean girl (Bella Thorne) and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF... and that's totally fine.

Cast
Bianca Santos
Bella Thorne
Robbie Amell
Ken Jeong
Mae Whitman

Director
Ari Sandel

Demonic


A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.

Director: Will Canon
Writers: Max La Bella (story), Will Canon (screenplay)
Stars: Maria Bello, Frank Grillo, Cody Horn

Chappie


Synopsis
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings -- some good, some bad -- and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot. The first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. That's a dangerous idea -- and it's a challenge that will pit Chappie against powerful, destructive forces that would ensure that he is the last of his kind.

Cast
Sharlto Copley
Dev Patel
Hugh Jackman
Sigourney Weaver

Director
Neill Blomkamp

Boy Next Door


Synopsis
Jennifer Lopez (Maid in Manhattan, Out of Sight, Monster-in-Law, The Wedding Planner) stars as Claire Peterson, a high school literature teacher struggling to get back in the dating game after separating from her cheating husband (John Corbett, TV's Parenthood and United States of Tara). When handsome and charismatic 19-year-old Noah (Ryan Guzman, Step Up series, TV's Pretty Little Liars) moves in next door, Claire has a moment of weakness that leads to an extremely intense and intimate night together. Noah's attraction quickly turns into a dangerous, violent obsession, forcing Claire to her limits as she protects her world from being torn apart.

Cast
Jennifer Lopez
Ryan Guzman
Ian Nelson
Travis Schuldt
Adam Hicks
Bailey Chase
Hill Harper
Kristin Chenoweth
Jack Wallace
John Corbett

Director
Rob Cohen

Black or White


Synopsis
Oscar winners Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer co-star in this touching comedy-drama based on real events. When two grandparents, Elliott (Costner) and Rowena (Spencer), engage in a heated custody dispute over their beloved granddaughter, the ensuing legal battle forces them to confront their true feelings on race and forgiveness. Can people from two seemingly different worlds find common ground when nothing is as simple as black or white?

Cast
Kevin Costner
Octavia Spencer
Jennifer Ehle
Andre Holland
Gillian Jacobs
Bill Burr
Anthony Mackie
Mpho Koaho

Director
Mike Binder