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May 29, 2012

Goon



Synopsis
Meet Doug, the nicest guy you'll ever fight.

Not content with his job as a bouncer, Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) dreams of a more rewarding job and gaining his parents' respect. When a chance encounter with an on-ice thug leads to a fistfight that Doug easily wins, the on-looking coach sees Doug's potential, in spite of his lack of any hockey playing ability. Joining the team and with the encouragement of his best friend (Jay Baruchel), Doug quickly becomes a rising star. Soon he'll have the opportunity to face-off against league thug Ross Rhea (Liev Schreiber), perhaps finally land a girlfriend and stick to a job he enjoys. Now - all he needs to do is learn how to skate.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Liev Schreiber
• Seann William Scott
• Jay Baruchel
• Kim Coates
• Alison Pill
• Eugene Levy
• Marc-Andre Grondin

Writers:
• Jay Baruchel
• Evan Goldberg

Producers:
• Jay Baruchel
• Don Carmody
• Andre Rouleau
• Ian Dimerman
• David Gross

Directors:
• Michael Dowse

Safe House


Synopsis
Tobin Frost (Oscar winner Denzel Washington), one of the CIA's most dangerous traitors, resurfaces in South Africa after eluding capture for almost a decade. During his interrogation, the safe house he's being held in is attacked by brutal mercenaries forcing rookie agent, Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) to take the infamous Frost on the run. As the masterful manipulator toys with his reluctant protégé, shaking the young operative's morality and idealism, the unlikely allies must fight to stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead. Packed with intense action and thrilling suspense, Safe House takes you on a deadly ride through a covert world where no one and no place is ever safe.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Denzel Washington
• Robert Patrick
• Ryan Reynolds

Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance



Synopsis
Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance. Still struggling with his curse as the devil's bounty hunter, Johnny is hiding out in a remote part of Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy and possibly rid himself of his curse forever.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Nicolas Cage
• Violante Placido
• Ciaran Hinds
• Idris Elba
• Johnny Whitworth
• Spencer Wilding

Writers:
• David S. Goyer

Producers:
• Steven Paul
• Avi Arad
• Michael De Luca

Directors:
• Brian Taylor
• Mark Neveldine

Firelight


Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire, Red Tails) stars in a new Hallmark Hall of Fame film, Firelight. Darnell Martin (Cadillac Records, Hallmark Hall of Fame's The Lost Valentine) directs from a script by Ligiah Villalobos (Under the Same Moon). Cuba Gooding Jr. plays Dwayne Johnson (D.J.) a counselor at a women's correctional center who dedicates his professional life to helping young people reclaim their own self-respect through selfless service to others. D.J. encourages the women to join an elite team that fights forest fires and assists civilian victims of natural disasters. A talented group of actors portray the young women who have made mistakes in the past but are working to redeem themselves with D.J.'s help. They include Q'orianka Kilcher (who played Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's The New World), DeWanda Wise (Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire) and Rebecca Rivera (making her film debut). You won't want to miss this gripping movie about how one person can make a difference-a positive difference-in the lives of others.

Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr., Q'Orianka Kilcher, Dewanda Wise, Rebecca Rivera
Directors: Darnell Martin

Dora's Enchanted Forest Adventures


Synopsis
Explore the enchanted forest with Dora, Boots and King Unicornio in this trilogy of magical adventures, concluding in an enchanted double-length episode!

Includes:
Tale Of The Unicorn King
Unicornio has been chosen King of Enchanted Forest, but he needs help from Dora, Boots, and you to see that he's kind, smart, brave, and strong enough for the job!

The Secret Of Atlantis
Dora, Boots, and King Unicornio leave the forest to join Diego in making the lost continent of Atlantis rise by ending an ancient feud between unicorns and dragons!

Dora Saves King Unicornio
Dora and Boots return to Enchanted Forest to save it from Owl, who has taken over as king and set up new rules banning scarecrows, elves, and fairies from the forest! But the Enchanted Forest is for everyone! Dora, Boots, and their forest friends need your help to restore Unicornio as king and make things fair again!

Brake


Synopsis
When Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff, Somewhere, Public Enemies) wakes up in a cramped space with the only light coming from the digital numbers ticking away above his head, he knows he's in trouble. Confused and disoriented with no one answering his cries for help, he suddenly hears an engine rev and his predicament becomes clear: he's trapped in the trunk of a moving car.
As his captors reveal themselves and their motives, Jeremy realizes he won't be set free until he gives up the whereabouts of a secret location where the U.S. President is taken in the event of a terrorist attack. With time running out and his options limited, Jeremy must use every ounce of his strength and intelligence to make it out of this ordeal alive.


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Chyler Leigh
• Stephen Dorff

Directors:
• Gabe Torres

May 21, 2012

Reuniting the Rubins


One man's mission to follow his dream is comically halted in its tracks at the request of his dear, but difficult, aged Jewish mother who is hell-bent on seeing her warring dysfunctional grown up grandchildren together one last time before she dies.

Director: Yoav Factor
Writer: Yoav Factor (screenplay)
Stars: Rhona Mitra, Timothy Spall and James Callis

Tom And Jerry - Hearts And Whiskers


Tom and Jerry are in love and on the run.
Cue the violins! Will Tom And Jerry be lucky in love? Your favourite cat and mouse couple explore the pangs of passion in 9 affectionately animated shorts. Featuring Toodles, a cute kitten who steals Tom's heart; an overeager eagle who makes a confused love connection; mouseketeer Jerry smuggling a message to his lady love and more! This family cartoon compilation will tickle your funnybone and touch your heart.
Episodes-
Spring Time FOr Thomas
Flirty Birdy Solid Serenade
The Zoot Cat Smitten Kitten
Blue Cat Blues
Love Me Love My Mouse
The Mouse comes To dinner
Tom And Cherie

Tom And Jerry - Follow That Duck


The Chase is on and the feathers are flying with cartoonland's rowdiest rivals!
Ton and Jerry star in 8 agitated, animated shorts featurin the adorable duck Little Quacker, a baby woodpecker with an appetite for destruction,a mama eagle in search of her baba and a special cameo from the Easter Bunny! Will Tom ever have duck on the menu ? Not if Jerry has anything to do with it! Fun takes flight in this family cartoon compilation that is utterly for the birds.
Episodes-
Happy Go Ducky
Little Quackes
Just Ducky
That's My Mommy
The Egg And Jerry
Southbond Duckling
The Vanishing Duck
Hatch Up Your Troubles.

Theatre Bizarre, The



Synopsis
Theatre Guignol
Down a seedy city street, a young woman is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. When she impulsively sneaks inside, she meets her host, an odd marionette-like man (Udo Kier) who introduces her to six tales of the truly bizarre. Directed By Jeremy Kastern
Mother Of Toads
A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees crosses paths with a lustful witch. Directed by Richard Stanley

I Love You
A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit. Directed by Buddy Giovinazzo

Wet Dreams
The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Directed by Tom Savini

The Accident
The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child. Directed by Douglas Buck

Vision Stains
A woman addicted to other people's memories gets her fix through the fluid of her victim's eyeballs. Directed by Karim Hussain

Sweets
A perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a could in too deep. Directed by David Gregory


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Debbie Rochon
• Udo Kier
• Tom Savini
• Catriona MacColl
• Lindsay Goranson
• Victoria Maurette
• Suzan Anbeh
• Lena Kleine
• Melodie Simard
• Andre Hennicke
• Guilford Adams

Producers:
• Michael Ruggieri
• David Gregory
• John Cregan
• Carl Daft
• Fabrice Lambot
• Jean-Pierre Putters

Directors:
• Karim Hussain
• Richard Stanley
• David Gregory
• Douglas Buck
• Jeremy Kasten
• Buddy Giovinazzo

Memorial Day


Synopsis
When SSgt. Kyle Vogel leaves a handwritten letter on the seat of his car, grabs a pistol and steps into a Minnesota forest, we wonder who he is and what he's about to do. Flash back a few months as Vogel lies wounded in a hospital near Anbar Province, Iraq. The night before he's due to return to combat, his doctor, Lt. Kelly Tripp, presses him on why he's so obsessed with collecting battle souvenirs. Kyle proceeds to tell her what happened on Memorial Day, 1993, when, as a 13-year old boy, he discovered his Grandpa Bud's WWII footlocker. Though reluctant to talk about the war, Bud, who served with the 82nd Airborne, strikes a deal with Kyle: Pick any three objects, and I'll tell you the story behind each one. As we see Bud's WWII tales from Europe, we also see how Kyle's experiences in Iraq have paralleled them - and how that day on the porch will affect how he ultimately deals with the losses, regrets and moral dilemmas that unite all soldiers across wars and generations.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• James Cromwell
• Jackson Bond
• John Cromwell
• Jonathan Bennett

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island


Synopsis
The follow-up to the 2008 hit! The new journey begins when young adventurer Sean (Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist - a place of trange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from going, Sean's new stepfather (Dwayne Johnson) joins the quest. Together with a helicopter pilot (Luis Guzman) and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter (Vanessa Hudgens), they set out to find the island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island under the sea and bury its treasures forever.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Michael Caine
• Dwayne Johnson (AKA The Rock)
• Josh Hutcherson

Writers:
• Brian Gunn
• Mark Gunn

Directors:
• Brad Peyton

John Carter



Synopsis
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton (Best Animated Film, Walle-E, 2008) comes John Carter -- a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic novel, John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands. Stunning special effects, great characters and villains -- and complete with extraordinary bonus features -- John Carter is a heroic and inspirational adventure that will thrill you beyond imagination.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Willem Dafoe
• Taylor Kitsch
• Lynn Collins

Writers:
• Mark Andrews
• Andrew Stanton

Directors:
• Andrew Stanton

In Darkness


Synopsis
From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland, In Darkness is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha's conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Kinga Preis Gosia Bednarek
• Agnieska Grochowska
• Maria Schrader
• Benno Furmann
• Herbert Knaup

Producers:
• Juliusz Machulski
• Paul Stephens
• Eric Jordan

Directors:
• Agnieszka Holland

Hirokin


In a planet where humans must scavenge the post-apocalyptic barren wasteland, Hirokin - a reluctant warrior with a dark past - sets off on mission to fulfill his destiny. Having fought to the death to save his wife and son from the planets evil dictator - Griffin - and his elite army of hunters, the lone warrior is left for dead in the vast desert. Armed with his samurai blade, Hirokin is forced to choose between avenging the murder of his family and fighting for the freedom his people. In a twist of fate and with a small rebellion by his side Hirokin s vision finally becomes clear.

Director: Alejo Mo-Sun
Writer: Alejo Mo-Sun
Stars: Wes Bentley, Jessica Szohr and Angus Macfadyen

Coriolanus


Synopsis
The classic legend of honor and betrayal has been astonishingly re-imagined in this exhilarating action thriller that wields a profound relevance for today. Caius Martius Coriolanus (star and director Ralph Fiennes) is a feared and revered Roman General, suddenly pitted against his own city and fellow citizens. Rebelling against the power-hungry designs of his manipulative mother (Vanessa Redgrave) and rejected by his own people, Coriolanus incites a riot that expels him from Rome. The banished hero joins forces with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler) to extract his revenge - and determine his destiny.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Ralph Fiennes
• Brian Cox
• Gerard Butler

Writers:
• John Logan

Directors:
• Ralph Fiennes

Afflicted, The


Synopsis
A mother's love has its limits

The Afflicted is an intense psychological thriller based on the true life story of Theresa Knorr, a truly disturbing and dark story. Leslie Easterbrook (Police Academy, Halloween, House, Devil's Rejects) plays the lead role of 'Maggie', a disturbed mother of four who delivers an unimaginable level of abuse to her children while defending her actions with her own twisted interpretations of the Bible. Kane Hodder, (Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th) plays the role of Hank, a husband who is desperate to leave his failed marriage and distant wife but finds leaving more difficult than he originally planned. Grace, the youngest of three sisters is the witness to the exhausting mental and physical abuse of her sisters. Escaping the wrath of their mother seems impossible and proves to be deadly. The Afflicted is a horrific story that takes you inside the lives of those who live in constant fear with no escape.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Leslie Easterbrook
• Kane Hodder
• Randi Jones
• Michele Grey
• Katie Holland
• Cody Allen
• J.D. Hart
• Daniel Jones

Writers:
• Jason Stoddard

Producers:
• Leslie Easterbrook
• Jason Stoddard

Act of Valor


Synopsis
Go "down range" with real, active-duty Navy SEALs in Act Of Valor, the adrenaline-fueled action-adventure that inserts you into the heart of the battle, alongside America's best and bravest. When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, elite, highly-trained U.S. SEAL teams speed to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack. Pulse-pounding combat sequences, cutting-edge battlefield technology and raw emotion fuel this unprecedented blend of real-world heroism and original filmmaking -- a thrilling tribute to the skills, courage and tenacity of the world's most revered warriors.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Roselyn Sanchez
• Nestor Serrano

Writers:
• Kurt Johnstad

Directors:
• Scott Waugh
• Mike McCoy

May 17, 2012

Too Big To Fail


Synopsis
Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Too Big To Fail offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• James Woods
• William Hurt
• John Heard
• Cynthia Nixon
• Paul Giamatti
• Tony Shalhoub
• Edward Asner
• Billy Crudup
• Topher Grace

Writers:
• Peter Gould

Directors:
• Curtis Hanson

Man On a Ledge


Synopsis
In the film critics call a "white-knuckle action thriller," ex-cop Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington, Avatar & Clash of the Titans) escapes from prison to plan the ultimate heist: steal a $40 million diamond from cutthroat businessman David Englander (Ed Harris), and in the process prove his innocence. From the ledge of the famous Roosevelt Hotel, with the whole world watching, Cassidy plays a clever game of cat & mouse with the NYPD while his dutiful brother Joey (Jamie Bell) works against the clock to extract the diamond and reveal the truth.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Elizabeth Banks
• Jamie Bell
• Sam Worthington

Directors:
• Asger Leth