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September 15, 2010

Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue


Synopsis
The engines are hard at work to build the new Sodor Search and Rescue Center. When Thomas helps a friend in need, he is rewarded with an exciting trip to the Mainland. Along the way, he gets lost at sea and finds himself on the mysterious Misty Island, where he meets new friends Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand. Together they try to help Thomas find his way home. Will Sir Topham Hatt's search party ever find Thomas? Find out in this action-packed movie adventure the whole family will enjoy!!

Lena Baker Story


SYNOPSIS:
Based on the true life story of Lena Baker, the first woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia for the murder of her employer, who forced her into sexual slavery, The Lena Baker Story takes place in the early 1900's through 1945 in Cuthbert, Georgia. It's the story of one woman's attempt to rise above the challenges of life, the choices she makes, and the consequences of those choices. The moment she thinks she has overcome her inner demons, she is called to work for Elliot Arthur, a father, a millworker and a drunk. As their relationship unfolds, it becomes strange, strained, and highly unacceptable for the time. Elliot Arthur needs Lena and in return Lena seems to need him. He abuses her and keeps her from her children by imprisoning her in his home. When she has finally had enough, Lena stands up and attempts to break free from the bondage of Elliot Arthur. A struggle ensues, and Elliot Arthur, a white man, is shot by Lena Baker, an African-American woman, on a hot, humid night in Southwest Georgia in 1945.
Actors: Chris Burns, Dwayne Boyd, Jasmine Farmer, Kenny Cook, Mike Hickman
Directors: Ralph Wilcox

Just Wright


Synopsis
Queen Latifah and Common deliver slam-dunk entertainment in this charming story of hoops, hope, and the game of love. Leslie Wright (Latifah) is a straight-shooting physical therapist who gets the gig of a lifetime working with injured NBA star Scott McKnight (Common). Leslie not only whips Scott into shape, she helps take his game to the next level and all is going well...until Leslie finds herself falling for him. Oblivious to her growing affection, Scott only has eyes for Morgan (Paula Patton), Leslie's sexy and seductive friend. With everything on the line, Leslie must take her best shot and find out if she and Scott are just right for each other.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Common
• Queen Latifah
• Paula Patton

Writers:
• Michael Elliot

Producers:
• Shakim Compere
• Queen Latifah
• Debra Martin Chase

Directors:
• Sanaa Hamri

Boy Called Dad, A


SYNOPSIS:
Fourteen-year-old Robbie lives in New Brighton across the River Mersey from Liverpool with his mum, Lynda and pain-in-the-neck nine year old sister, Katie. Ever since his dad, Joe, walked out when Robbie was just four years old, Robbie is a boy defined by the absence of a father. Ten years on, Robbie still feels hurt, angry and lost. Despite Lyndas failed relationship with Katies dad, Katie at least gets to see her dad every weekend, a part-time relationship which Robbie covets. All Robbie has ever wanted in life is a dad. Instead, he gets something very different...a son

Actors: Ian Hart, Sacha Parkinson, Louise Delamere, Kyle Ward, Steve Evets
Directors: Brian Per

September 13, 2010

Stomp the Yard: Homecoming


In the countdown to a national step-off, rivalries at Truth University run red hot. The Theta Nus are counting on new pledge Chance Harris (Collins Pennie) to lead the team to victory. But he’s too caught up in his own problems to focus. At odds with his father, caught up in romantic troubles and targeted by a street gang for an unpaid debt, Chance must decide what is truly important and make the choices that will shape his life. Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming unites a powerful cast featuring Terrence J and Pooch Hall with a soundtrack packed with pulse-pounding tracks.

Actors: Keith David, Columbus Short, Stephen Boss, Collins Pennie, Pooch Hall
Directors: Rob Hardy

Gruffalo, The


SYNOPSIS:
The protagonist of The Gruffalo is a mouse. The story of the mouse's walk through the woods unfolds in two phases; in both, the mouse uses cunning to evade danger. The mouse goes for a walk in the forest and on his way encounters several dangerous animals (a fox, an owl, and a snake). Each of these animals, clearly intent on eating the mouse, invites him back to their home for a meal. The cunning mouse declines each offer. To dissuade further advances, he tells each animal that he is going to dine with his friend, a gruffalo, whose favourite food happens to be the relevant animal. The mouse describes the outlandish features of the gruffalo's monstrous anatomy. Frightened that the gruffalo might eat them, each animal flees. The mouse gloats to himself; he knows the gruffalo is a fictional monster: Silly old fox/owl/snake, doesn't he know? there's no such thing as a gruffalo! After he has seen off the last animal, however, the mouse is shocked to encounter a real gruffalo, bearlike and hideous and with all the frightening features the mouse thought that he was inventing. True to his reputation, the gruffalo threatens to eat the mouse, but again the mouse is cunning. He tells the gruffalo that he, the mouse, is the scariest animal in the forest. Laughing, the gruffalo agrees to follow the mouse as he demonstrates how everyone is afraid of him. The two walk through the forest, encountering in turn the animals that had earlier menaced the mouse. Each is terrified by the sight of the pair and runs off, and each time the gruffalo be

Go Diego Go!: Diego's Ultimate Rescue League


Synopsis
Diego's International Rescue League
Welcome to Rescue Island, where Diego and his team of Animal Rescuers from all over the world need to use lots of different vehicles and gadgets, and work together, to save exotic desert, river, sea, and mountain animals in an Ultimate Animal Rescue!
Ocean Animal Rescuer
When There's an oil spill in the water, Bottlenose Dolphin needs your help to become an Ocean Animal Rescuer like his friends Diego and Baby Humpback Whale!

Diego Rescues Prince Vicuna
Team up with Diego and Victor Vicuna to search the mountains for the missing Prince Vicuna.

Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale


Join Barbie™ in a colorful, modern-day fairytale filled with fashion, friends and fun! Barbie™ and her dog, Sequin™, jet off to visit her aunt’s amazing fashion house in Paris, and much to her surprise it’s about to be shut down forever. After she discovers three enchanting Flairies™ with sparkle-magic powers, Barbie™ comes up with a brilliant idea to save the business. She even inspires Alice, a shy fashion designer, and together they create a dazzling runway fashion show. Barbie™ shows that magic happens when you believe in yourself.

Ajami


Please note that this is a foreign language movie with English subtitles

Synopsis
Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and winner of many international film prizes, Ajami is a bold new crime drama set on the margins of an Arab ghetto in the Israeli city of Jaffa that "could almost be in the los Angeles of 'Boyz N the Hood," the Baltimore of 'The Wire' or the Rio de Janeiro of 'City of God.' (Ney York Times)
Teaming with Palestinian illegal immigrants, Israeli Arabs, Christians and Jews, Ajami is a cloistered urban neighborhood as treacherous and potentially deadly as the front lines of Gaza. When a Bedouin extortionist is gunned down in self defense, a teenager is mistakenly killed in retribution, and an entire Arab family faces extinction. Under the same roof, a young Palestinian risks his life and freedom to pay for treatment that would save his dying mother. Out of the streets, a Jewish cop preys on the local drug trade by night while searching for his missing brother by day. Enemy, neighbor, or both, everyone in Ajami runs the same risk of death, arrest and heartbreak.

Cast & Crew
Writers:
• Scandar Copti
• Yaron Shani

Producers:
• Thanassis Karathanos
• Mosh Danon

Directors:
• Scandar Copti
• Yaron Shani

September 9, 2010

Four Lions


A handful of young men set out to take on the decadent West but are more of a threat to themselves than anyone else in this black comedy from the creator of Brass Eye, Chris Morris. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is a devout Muslim living in the United Kingdom who has decided to form a terrorist cell to bring forth a jihad against a culture he believes is dominated by the sinful and ignorant. However, Omar isn't much of leader, and he's assembled an unimpressive team of fellow terrorists, among them Waj (Kayvan Novak), who lacks the brainpower to come up with ideas or direction on his own; Faisal (Adeel Akhtar), who is shy and doesn't have much to say; and Barry (Nigel Lindsay), a recent convert to Islam who tries to make up for his lack of practical knowledge with fierce passion. As Omar and his comrades debate both doctrine and methods, they ponder such notions as using birds as explosive devices, creating video communiqués with a hip-hop flavor, and attacking mosques in an effort to provoke non-violent Muslims. But are Omar and his partners a legitimate threat to the safety of Great Britain, or just four half-bright twenty-somethings with more bluster than imagination?

Actors: Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar, Alex MacQueen, Kayvan Novak, Arsher Ali

Expendables, The


Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Directors: Sylvester Stallone

Desdemona A Love Story


Gil Garcia is at the end of his life. Wounded and bleeding in a church confessional, he tells an unsuspecting Father Wade his tragic story. At a young age, Gil's father takes him to America in search of a better life, forcing him to leave the girl he loves in Mexico. Orphaned shortly after arriving, Gil is taken in by his father's only friend, Dustin, who raises Gil along with his own son, Rod. Fifteen years later, Gil & Rod have yet to find their way in life, still living at home and playing basketball on the streets for money. When cancer overtakes Dustin, they are faced with a funeral bill they cannot afford. Desperately searching for a solution, Rod suggests kidnapping for ransom. Gil knows of the perfect person: a woman married to a wealthy man who would never risk the life of his loved one for the relatively small amount of money in question. But Rod doesn't know the whole truth - the woman is Desdemona, Gil's childhood love from Mexico. The misguided brothers proceed hastily with their ill-fated plan as love, betrayal and racism collide to produce unpredictable and tragic results

Actors: Glenn Morshower

Beneath Hill 60


BENEATH HILL 60 tells the extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward, the legendary Australian metal scientist. In 1916, Woodward faced the most difficult decision, ultimately having to separate from his new young love for the deadly carnage of the Western Front. On treacherous territory, behind the German enemy lines, Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers face a suicidal battle to defend a leaking, tunnel system. A tunnel packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War...

Actors: Alan Dukes, Brendan Cowell, Alex Thompson, Harrison Gilbertson, Gyton Grantley
Directors: Jeremy Sims

Barney - Music Music Everywhere


Synopsis
Jump onstage for a musical adventure full of high notes and sing-along fun, as Barney, Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends strike up the band! Discover that piano-playing is even better with Barney, join Rusty the diesel as he learns to toot his own horn, learn to sing with Lofty and his feathered friends, and pirouette alongside Angelina Ballerina as she teaches her pals that music is a beautiful language. Get ready for a harmonious ride that will have you singing and dancing for more! Episodes included on the DVD are Barney: "Play Piano With Me," Bob the Builder: "Roley's Important Job," Thomas & Friends: "Tuneful Toots," and Kipper: "Arnold's Drum."

American in China, An


Synopsis
"It's time I chose a direction and the Far East is as good as any," shrugs David Braddock (James Snyder, She's the Man), exactly the kind of aimlessness that has his parents worried about their newly minted college grad. Pressured to travel to Shanghai on behalf of the troubled family business, the party's over and David is reluctantly thrust into a country strangely unaltered by the modern world. His translator (popular Chinese actress Fei Fei Sun), a beautiful young girl as directed as he is directionless, attempts to help the struggling David. Problem is no one seems to take him seriously there either! But ñ despite the language barrier, cultural differences, culinary shock and a near international incident - romance blossoms. David returns a changed man, but the family business is in worse jeopardy than before. Determined, David returns to Chinato see things through both professionally and personally. Will this fish-out-of-water finally find his way?

Cast & Crew

Actors:
• Michael Gross
• Priscilla Barnes
• James Snyder

September 6, 2010

Versus


Note: Movie is in Japanese with English Subtitles

Synopsis
A Film By Ryuhei Kitamura

Deep within the mysterious Forest of Resurrection, the spectacular battle between good and evil has gone on since the dawn of time. When prisoner KSC2-303 escapes from a maximum security jail, he enters the forest believing it will lead him to a safe haven. Instead, he finds himself a pawn in an endless struggle played out against an ever-changing background across multiple temporal planes of existence. His opponent: a mysterious man who seemingly cannot be killed. The battle to be waged between these warriors: Good versus Evil in the pursuit of a beautiful woman who holds the power to grant eternal life. But what Prisoner KSC2-303 cannot remember is whether he is the personification of good or the very essence of evil.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Chieko Misaka
• Tak Sakaguchi
• Hideo Sakaki
• Kenji Matsuda

Writers:
• Ryuhei Kitamura
• Yudai Yamaguchi

Producers:
• Keishiro Shin

Directors:
• Ryuhei Kitamura

Vampiro


Synopsis
East Los Angeles has its nights filled with blood and darkness as Vampiros from a distant dimension are on the loose. Blanca, a Mexican American girl, is being chased by Sexicana, a very hot Vampira who wants nothing more than to kill Blanca for sexual pleasure. One night Blanca meets Casanova Vladimires (Damian Chapa) who falls in love with her and becomes her protector. During Blanca's stay with Casanova, he teaches her all the secrets of the evil Vampiros and how they want to destroy Casanova because he is half human and has the ability to procreate, which would ruin the pure DNA of the Vampiro line. Blanca helps Casanova fight off the evil Vampiros not knowing that Casanova has kept a secret from Blanca.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Vida Harlow
• Leslie Garza
• Veronica Rodriquez
• Damian Chapa

Directors:
• Jorge Ramirez Rivera

Skellig: The Owl Man


Synopsis
This moving tale of a boy who befriends a mysterious man with unearthly powers will cast a spell on the entire family!
Young Michael hates his dilapidated new home, he's worried about his sick baby sister and he's bullied at school. But life changes when he stumbles upon "Skellig" hiding out in a backyard shed (Tim Roth, The Incredible Hulk), and quickly realizes that there's something very special about him. As magical things start to happen, an entirely new world opens up to Michael, who turns to a reluctant Skellig for help when his baby sister takes a turn for the worse. Don't miss this unforgettable story about the power of friendship and family, the beauty of hope and the rapture of learning to fly.


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Kelly Macdonald
• Tim Roth
• John Simm
• Bill Milner

Writers:
• Irena Brignull

Producers:
• Annabel Jankel
• Nick Hirschkorn

Directors:
• Annabel Jankel

Nail, The


Synopsis
Tony Luke, Jr. stars as Joey Nardone, an out-of-shape boxer, who after 8 years in prison for an unfortunate accident leaves prison and gets a shot at redemption by fighting for one young boy's future - 14 year old Jesus. Joey and Jesus begin a relationship that gives them both a new and inspired life with a purpose: to only "fight for the right."

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Tony Danza
• William Forsythe
• Leo Rossi
• Tony Luke Jr.

Directors:
• James Quattrochi

Made For Each Other


Synopsis
A man cheats on his new wife - but who can blame him? After three months of marriage, Dan (Christopher Masterson, American History X) still can't get Marci (Bijou Phillips, Havoc) to consummate their union. Sexually frustrated, Dan gives in to the demands of his insatiable boss, Catherine (Lauren German, Happy Town). But he instantly regrets it and conceives a plan with his buddy Mike (Samm Levine, Inglorious Basterds) to make it all better: They'll find a guy for Marci to cheat with in order to ease Dan's guilty conscience. Finding the right man for the job, however, proves a unique challenge. Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld), Danny Masterson (That '70s Show), Leslie Hendrix (Law & Order) and Oscar® nominee George Segal (2012, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) co-star in this raunchy and riotous sex comedy.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Samm Levine
• Patrick Warburton
• Danny Masterson
• Bijou Phillips
• Christopher Masterson