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May 29, 2010

Alice in Wonderland


Tim Burton was born to bring Alice in Wonderland to the big screen. Ironically, his version of the Victorian text plays more like The Wizard of Oz than a Lewis Carroll adaptation. On the day of her engagement party, the 19-year-old Alice (a nicely understated Mia Wasikowska) is lead by a white-gloved rabbit to an alternate reality that looks strangely familiar--she's been dreaming about it since she was 6 years old. Stranded in a hall of doors, she sips from a potion that makes her shrink and nibbles on a cake that makes her grow. Once she gets the balance right, she walks through the door that leads her to Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Matt Lucas), the Dormouse (Barbara Windsor), the Blue Caterpillar (Alan Rickman), and the Cheshire Cat (a delightful Stephen Fry), who inform her that only she can free them from the wrath of the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter channeling Bette Davis) by slaying the Jabberwocky. To pull off the feat, she teams up with the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp in glam-rock garb), rebel bloodhound Bayard (Timothy Spall), and Red's sweet sister, the White Queen (Anne Hathaway in goth-rock makeup). While Red welcomes Alice with open arms, she plans an execution for the hat-maker when he displeases her ("Off with his head!"). Drawing from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Burton creates a candy-colored action-adventure tale with a feminist twist.
Actors: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska
Directors: Tim Burton

Secrets of Jonathan Sperry , The


Best buddies Dustin, Albert and Mark are twelve year old boys looking forward to a summer of fun in 1970. When Dustin mows the lawn of seventy-five year old Jonathan Sperry, a man he has seen at church, a unique friendship develops. What happens the rest of this summer is something Dustin and his friends will never forget.

Actors: Gavin MacLeod, Robert Guillaume, Jansen Panettiere
Directors: Rich Christiano

Pope Joan aka Die Päpstin


A woman as pope, the highest rank in the catholic church? For 1200 years the legend of Joan’s existence hasn’t died. In a world were Christianity was reducing a woman’s role to homemaker and mother a brave woman disguised as a man sat for two years on the papal throne.

Johanna Wokalek ... Johanna von Ingelheim
David Wenham ... Gerold
John Goodman ... Pope Sergius
Iain Glen ... Village Priest
Edward Petherbridge ... Aesculapius

Paris


This movie is in French with English subtitles
In Paris, a superb cast led by by Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) and Juliette Binoche (The English Patient,Caché) give emotional heft to a delicate web of social relationships. Previous films of French director Cedric Klapisch have made a microcosm of a neighborhood (When the Cat’s Away) and a shared apartment (L’auberge espagnole). Paris encompasses the City of Lights in an Altman-esque merry-go-round: When a dancer (Duris) discovers he has heart trouble, he’s reluctant to tell his sister (Binoche), a social worker raising three children by herself. Meanwhile, a middle-aged historian (Fabrice Luchini, Claire’s Knee) finds sudden fortune as the host of a television series, but can’t keep himself from sending Baudelaire poems via text message to a lovely young student (Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds). In between these two primary storylines, a multitude of other characters overlap in significant and trivial ways. Minor disappointments and casual pleasures brush against life-changing troubles and, every once in a while, the tantalizing possibility of a lasting happiness. Klapisch has broad ideas about the importance of community, spontaneity, and human contact, but the movie’s success lies in the grit and vividness of simple social interactions--awkward, combative, misunderstood, and joyous. There are missteps (a flimsy dream sequence jars against the movie’s deft naturalism), but they’re small and forgivable. Paris is a lovely and moving film, full of offhand gestures and accidents that will linger in your memory, charged with unexpected resonance.

Actors: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Albert Dupontel, Mélanie Laurent
Directors: Cédric Klapisch

Last Stop 174


SYNOPSIS:
The story expands on a real-life event, the hijacking of a bus in Rio de Janeiro in 2000, that inspired Jose Padilha's documentary Bus 174 (2002). It supposedly tells the story of the hostage-taker, Sandro do Nascimento, a 21 year old homeless man who terrorized 11 passengers for 4½ hours and was killed by asphyxiation in a police car on the way to the hospital. Last Stop 174 focuses on how he was doomed to become a criminal. After seeing his mother being murdered when he was six years old, Sandro became a street kid and later started to steal to sustain his drug addition. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Toronto International Film Festival,

Actors: Anna Cotrim, Chris Vianna, Gabriela Luiz, Jana Guinoud, Marcello Melo Junior
Directors: Bruno Barreto

Inconceivable


A physician who helps his clients bring new life into the world is accused of an ethical breach that's also criminal in this independent drama. Dr. Freeman (Colm Feore) is a doctor who runs an upscale fertility clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. Freeman specializes in helping women who have had trouble getting pregnant conceive, usually through artificial insemination techniques or transplanting donated eggs into his patients. Over the course of several weeks, Freeman inseminates nine women from different walks of life, ranging from middle-aged but newly married Lottie (Andie MacDowell) and a lesbian whose reproductive clock is ticking, Elsa (Donna D'Errico) to Frances (Geraldine Chaplin), an aging socialite who needs a son to inherit her husband's fortune and sassy, outspoken Salome (Jennifer Tilly). Of these nine women, eight become pregnant and give birth to healthy children, but when the new mothers compare notes, they discover their children bear a striking resemblance to one another. When journalist Tallulah (Elizabeth McGovern) looks into their story, they begin to suspect that Freeman used his own sperm to fertilize his patients rather than the donor samples they selected, a breach of conduct that lands the doctor in court. Inconceivable also stars Kerry Fox, Amanda Plummer and Colin Mochrie; Geraldine Chaplin's daughter Oona Chaplin co-stars as Frances's grown daughter.

Starring:Colm Feore, Jennifer Tilly, Andie MacDowell, Elizabeth McGovern, Geraldine Chaplin
Director(s):Mary McGuckian

Blue Tooth Virgin


A writer asks a writer friend for his honest, truthful, no-holds-barred opinion on a newly-completely screenplay. This can only end badly. The Bluetooth Virgin is the concentrated tale of this dire situation, rolled out in a series of discrete scenes that (appropriately enough for a movie about writing) highlight the word above all else. Sam (Austin Peck) is the author looking for feedback, and David (Bryce Johnson) is his pal, a magazine editor; the script in question has the frankly terrible title of The Bluetooth Virgin. One high point comes early, on the golf course, as David's initial encouraging reactions to the piece gradually give way to admitting that, well, the script had a lot of problems. Primarily a batch of two-person dialogues, the movie also gets boosts from Lauren Stamile and a formidable Karen Black. Writer-director Russell Brown arranges the movie around the Mamet-esque exchanges of his characters, who are generally not really wanting the thing they say they're wanting. This sort of assertively "written" dialogue can be exciting to listen to, especially in an age that values a lax naturalism in movie dialogue, and Brown has a fine ear for self-delusion. The danger in such an approach, and Brown doesn't elude it, is that such a movie can feel like a self-contained system, without room for breath or uncertainty. But it's an undeniably clever system.

Actors: Lance Aaron, Amber Benson, Bryce Johnson, Karen Black, Zrinka Domic
Directors: Russell Brown

As Good As Dead



Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them on a path toward a shocking twist.

Cary Elwes ... Ethan Belfrage
Brian Cox ... Reverend Kalahan
Andie MacDowell ... Helen Kalahan
Matt Dallas ... Jake
Jess Weixler ... Amy

Wolfman, The


Synopsis
Academy Award winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) and Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) tear up the screen in this action-packed thriller. Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) is lured back to his family estate to investigate the savage murder of his brother by a bloodthirsty beast. There, Talbot must confront his childhood demons, his estranged father (Hopkins), his brother's grieving fiancée (Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada) and a suspicious Scotland Yard Inspector (Hugo Weaving, The Matrix Trilogy). When Talbot is bitten by the creature, he becomes eternally cursed and soon discovers a fate far worse than death.

Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Emily Blunt
• Anthony Hopkins
• Benicio Del Toro
• Hugo Weaving

Writers:
• Andrew Kevin Walker
• David Self

Producers:
• Benicio Del Toro
• Sean Daniel
• Scott Stuber
• Rick Yorn

Directors:
• Joe Johnston

Blood of the Beast


Synopsis
In the year 2012, the 3rd Great War comes to an end. The war claims no victors, but both sides succeed in executing their chemical warfare campaigns. The result is over 3 billion deaths. Ninety-eight percent of the male survivors are rendered sterile. Human reproduction is realized by means of cloning. The First Strand of clones are harvested in December of 2012 and received with overwhelming success. It was not until nineteen years later that the first problems arose.

**Please be advised that while a great effort is made in restoring these films in their entirety, portions which have been destroyed beyond repair may have been edited out.**

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Sharon Chudnow
• Keia McCarty
• Natalie Sullivan
• Carol Zarzecki
• Georg Koszulinski
• Derrick Aguis
• Joshua Breit
• Matt DeVine
• Charles Norton
• Brian Tamm

Writers:
• Georg Koszulinski

Producers:
• Georg Koszulinski

Directors:
• Georg Koszulinski

Spun


Synopsis
A swaggering journey into hell that conveysia chortling amusement... withia hip gallows humor.

Three days of epic drug binging become a meth-induced odyssey for college drop out Ross when he becomes the local Crystal Meth cook's personal driver in exchange for free drugs. Bouncing from one bizarre situation to another, Ross slowly slips deeper and deeper into the crazy anonymous world of speed freaks in which there exists no boundaries or morality. With an all star cast including Brittany Murphy, Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fugit, Mena Suvari, and an unfortunate green dog, get ready to see the city through eyes that can't sleep. It's Spun.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Eric Roberts
• Mickey Rourke
• Brittany Murphy
• Mena Suvari
• Debbie Harry
• John Leguizamo
• Jason Schwartzman
• Patrick Fugit

Writers:
• William de los Santos
• Creighton Vero

Producers:
• Chris Hanley
• Danny Vinik
• Timothy Wayne Peternel
• Fernando Sulichin

Directors:
• Jonas Akerlund

Watercolors


Synopsis
When Danny (Tye Olson) arrives at the opening of his first art exhibition, his erotic paintings trigger memories of his fist love, Carter (Kyle Clare), a troubled athlete, who depression and self-loathing mirrored his own adolescent turmoil.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Tye Olson
• Casey Kramer
• Ellie Araiza
• Kyle Clare
• William C. Mitchell
• Jeffrey Lee Woods

Writers:
• David Oliveras

Producers:
• Larry Allen
• Penny Styles McLean

Directors:
• David Oliveras

Rain Fall


Synopsis
Based on the novel by best-selling author Barry Eisler, Rain Fall follows John Rain, a former U.S. Special Forces operative turned lethal assassin whose clients pay extraordinary sums for his ability to make murder look like natural death. In the aftermath of an otherwise routine hit on a government bureaucrat, Rain is brought to the attention of two men he knows from the old days in Vietnam. When the CIA lists a woman that Rain has come to love as a target, his worlds collide.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Gary Oldman
• Akira Emoto
• Kyoko Hasegawa
• Kippei Shiina
• Misa Shimizu

Writers:
• Max Mannix

Producers:
• Tsutomu Sakurai
• Satoru Iseki

Directors:
• Max Mannix

Undisputed III: Redemption


Synopsis
Eight Elite Fighters - prisoners from maximum security prison around the world - are brought together by a powerful underground gambling syndicate for a secret, survival-of-the-fiercest battle competition. The prize: freedom for the champion...and a payday of millions to the organizers. Except the syndicate really doesn't plan on allowing anyone to walk free.
Scott Adkins (The Fearsome Weapon XI in X-Men Original: Wolverine) returns as Boyka in a spin-kicking, iron-fisted, ground-and-pound fury of martial arts mastery. With the odds against him overwhelming, Boyka will take on the syndicate his way. If his gambit works, it might send the whole scheme crashing down around them.


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Hristo Shopov
• Robert Costanzo
• Scott Adkins
• Mykel Shannon Jenkins
• Mark Ivanir

Writers:
• David White

Producers:
• Israel Ringel

Directors:
• Isaac Florentine

Youth In Revolt


Synopsis
Youth In Revolt is a coming-of-age comedy that puts a fresh and outrageous stamp on a tale of adolescent obsession and rebellion. Based on the acclaimed novel by C.D. Payne, Youth In Revolt is the story of Nick Twisp - a unique, but affable teen with a taste for the finer things in life like Sinatra and Fellini - who falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful, free-spirited Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday) while on a family vacation. But family, geography and jealous ex-lovers conspire to keep these two apart. With Sheeni's encouragement, Nick abandons his dull, predictable life and develops a rebellious alter ego: Francois. With his ascot, his moustache and his cigarette, Francois will stop at nothing to be with Sheeni, and leads Nick Twisp on a path of destruction with unpredictable and uproarious consequences.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Mary Kay Place
• Jean Smart
• Portia Doubleday
• Justin Long
• Steve Buscemi
• Ray Liotta
• Fred Willard
• Michael Cera
• Zach Galifianakis

Writers:
• Gustin Nash

Directors:

Wild Things: Foursome


Synopsis
Wild Things: Foursome is the seductive next film in the hot and sexy Wild Things series. Hotel magnate Ted Wheetley is tough on his arrogant hard partying son, Carson (Ashley Parker Angel), who believes his wealthy, womanizer father drove his mother to her death. When Ted is killed in a speed boat accident, Detective Frank Walker (John Schneider) is assigned to investigate the case. As he digs deeper into the death, he becomes more and more suspicious of the scheming, seduction, greed, double-crossing and possibly even cold blooded murder.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Marnette Patterson
• Ashley Parker Angel
• Jillian Murray
• Mary Rachel Dudley
• Jessie Nickson
• John Schneider

Directors:
• Andy Hurst

From Paris With Love


Synopsis
A low-ranking intelligence operative (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) working in the office of the U.S. ambassador in France takes on more than he bargained for when he partners with a wisecracking, fast-shooting, high-ranking U.S. agent (John Travolta) who's been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• John Travolta
• Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
• Richard Durden

Directors:
• Pierre Morel

Shutter Island


Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up for a fourth time for this adaptation of Shutter Island, a novel by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River). The film opens in 1954 as World War II veteran and current federal marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner, Chuck (Mark Ruffalo), ferry to Shutter Island, a water-bound mental hospital housing the criminally insane. They have been asked to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer), a patient admitted to the asylum after she murdered her three children. As Teddy quizzes Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley), the head of the institution, he begins to suspect that the authorities in charge might not be giving him the whole truth, and that a terrible fate may befall all the patients in the spooky Ward C -- a unit devoted to the most heinous of the hospital's inmates. Complicating matters further, Teddy has a secret of his own -- the arsonist who murdered his wife is incarcerated on Shutter Island. Driven to confront his wife's killer, and stranded on the island because of a hurricane, Teddy must unravel the secrets of the eerie place before succumbing to his own madness


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Max Von Sydow
• Michelle Williams
• Ben Kingsley
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Mark Ruffalo

Writers:
• Laeta Kalogridis

Directors:
• Martin Scorsese

Misconceptions


Synopsis
Christian conservative Miranda Bliss (A.J. Cook) receives a "divine calling" to act as a surrogate mother for Terry (Orlando Jones) and Sandy (David Moscow), a married gay couple. But she gets more than she bargained for when one of the doting dads shows up on her doorstep.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Sarah Carter
• Orlando Jones
• Tom Bower
• A.J. Cook
• David Moscow
• David Sutcliffe
• Sam Ball

Writers:
• Ira Pearlstein
• Ron Satlof

Producers:
• Steven J. Brown

Creators:
• Ron Satlof

Book of Eli, The


Synopsis
Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Denzel Washington is Eli, who keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland...and into explosive conflict with a resourceful warlord (Gary Oldman) set on possessing the book. "We walk by faith, not by sight," quotes Eli. Under the taut direction of the Hughes Brothers (Menace II Society), those words hit home with unexpected meaning and power.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Denzel Washington
• Gary Oldman
• Mila Kunis

Directors:
• Allen Hughes
• Albert Hughes

May 12, 2010

To Be Fat Like Me


Synopsis
Kaley Cuoco ("8 Simple Rules") stars in the Lifetime Original Movie To Be Fat Like Me, the story of an attractive high school junior who experiences firsthand the prejudice and heartbreak overweight teens face when she goes from in shape to obese overnight. A popular student athlete, Aly (Cuoco) always planned on getting into college by landing a softball scholarship. But when a sports injury leaves her sidelined, she decides to enter a documentary film contest in hopes of winning the prize money to pay for college. Armed with a fat suit and hidden camera, Aly enrolls at a rival high school and attempts to prove that personality can outshine physical appearance. But her confidence is quickly shattered when she is tested, mocked and harassed - a harrowing experience that forces her to recognize how intolerant she has been of her own family's weight issues.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Kaley Cuoco
• Caroline Rhea
• Rachel Cairns
• Adrienne Carter
• Melissa Halstrom
• Carlo Marks
• Scott Little
• Brandon Olds
• Michael Phenice

Writers:
• Michelle Lovretta

Producers:
• Paul Rayman
• Michael Shepard

Directors:
• Douglas Barr

St. Trinians 2 - The Legend Of Fritton's Gold


ST. TRINIANS 2: THE LEGEND OF FRITTON'S GOLD sees the girls return for a new term at the eponymous academy, with all the usual hi-jinks and mayhem with which that entails. This being a school where anything seems to happen and usually does, on a regular basis, the students soon find themselves thrown into an action-packed treasure hunt that will see them fighting off fierce competition for the coveted Fritton's Gold from establishment rivals and the mischievous Pomfrey (David Tennant – TV's DOCTOR WHO) and his assortment of woman-hating sidekicks.

Actors: David Tennant, Gemma Arterton, Rupert Everett, Juno Temple, Colin Firth
Directors: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson

Harlem Hostel


Friends from Queens decide to move into a run down Harlem brownstone ultimately converting it into an illegal youth hostel in order to make ends meet.

Julissa Bermudez ... Julie
Celinez Bosque ... Social Worker
Judy Courtland ... Waitress
Lloyd DeLeon ... Manolo / Jealous Husband
Danny A. Gonzales ... Alonzo

May 11, 2010

Tetro


Synopsis
Fresh-faced and naive, 17-year-old Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) arrives in Buenos Aires to search for his older brother who has been missing for more than a decade. The family had emigrated from Italy to Argentina, but with the great musical success of their father Carlo (Klaus Maria Brandauer), an acclaimed symphony conductor, the family moved from Argentina to New York. When Bennie finds his brother, the volatile and melancholy poet Tetro (Vincent Gallo), he is not at all what Bennie expected. In the course of staying with Tetro and his girlfriend Miranda (Maribel Verdú), Bennie grapples with his brother and the haunting experiences of their shared past in this widely acclaimed film by legendary director Francis Ford Coppola.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Vincent Gallo
• Carmen Maura
• Maribel Verdu
• Klaus Maria Brandauer
• Alden Ehrenreich

Writers:
• Francis Ford Coppola

Producers:
• Francis Ford Coppola

Directors:
• Francis Ford Coppola

Shark City


Synopsis
Two friends living in the big city are looking for love in all the wrong places when one of them finds his 'dream girl' - who happens to be the daughter of a mobster.

Kenny, a slick stockbroker who can't fly straight, aspires the high life but can't afford what he's got, and Dagen, ladies man and mild mannered real estate agent, have to involve their stable married house bound buddies to get them out of a huge jam. Mob Boss Ventura Ritt is onto them after Dagen falls for his daughter Samantha, and Kenny - along with the help of his crocked assistant, Jen - scam Ritt out of a million dollars in a stock deal. Subsequently, involving a high stakes poker game, they come up with a plan to get out of the mess, get the girl, get the cash and get the mob's thugs off their backs.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Vivica A. Fox
• Phillips, David
• Samantha Gutstadt
• Carlo Rota
• Jordan Madley
• Jefferson Brown

Writers:
• Justin Levine
• Evan Shear

Producers:
• Justin Levine

Directors:
• Dan Eisen

Left Bank


Synopsis
In this graphically shocking and internationally acclaimed debut feature by Belgian writer/director Peter Van Hees, Eline Kuppens stars as a dedicated professional runner sidelined by an infection. But when she impulsively decides to move into her new boyfriend's high-rise apartment on the outskirts of Antwerp, she will discover that his 'perfect' home may hold strange powers and even darker secrets: Their sexual passion becomes extreme. Her body undergoes bizarre changes. The previous tenant disappeared under mysterious circumstances. And deep within the building's dark basement lurks an ancient evil that waits to be reborn. Welcome to a neighborhood where obsession meets madness, history is written in blood, and modern horror is alive and well in a place called Left Bank.

Georgia O'Keeffe


Synopsis
Joan Allen gives the performance of a lifetime as American icon Georgia O'Keeffe.
O'Keeffe's breathtaking paintings are chronicled through her love affair with charismatic photographer Alfred Stieglitz (Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons, 1990 Actor in a Leading Role, Reversal Of Fortune), her breakdown after learning of his infidelity, and her eventual self-discovery in Taos, New Mexico. A captivating drama for both fans of her work and those new to it, Georgia O'Keeffe is a must-see film!


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Jeremy Irons
• Joan Allen
• Tyne Daly
• Linda Emond
• Kathleen Chalfant
• Ed Begley Jr.
• Henry Simmons

Writers:
• Michael Cristofer

Producers:
• Tony Mark

Directors:
• Bob Balaban

May 7, 2010

Virtuality


Synopsis
Nothing is what it seems in this daring, futuristic movie event from legendary Director Peter Berg (Hancock) and Executive Producers Michael Taylor and Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica). Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In order to endure the stress of being confined to their high-tech vessel, the crew passes the time using advanced virtual reality modules that allow them to take on various identities. But as the ship approaches a critical phase of their journey, a deadly flaw is discovered in the virtual system, forcing them to question if someone onboard might be a killer. Starring Clea DuVall (Carnivale), Joe Bryant (Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins), Sienna Guillory (Eragon) Ritchie Costar (The Dark Knight) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Firewall), it's a dazzling trip to unexplored reaches of outer space and the inner imagination that Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune calls a "complex and intriguing film."

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Clea DuVall
• Joy Bryant
• Sienna Guillory
• James D'Arcy
• Jose Pablo Cantillo
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• Ritchie Coster

Directors:
• Peter Berg

Surviving Crooked Lake


A fun-filled camping trip turns into a grueling struggle to survive in this independent thriller. Steph (Stephanie Richardson) is a 14-year-old girl who has been terrified of the water ever since the traumatic death of her father. However, Steph is persuaded by three of her friends -- Alysha (Alysha Aubin), Candice (Candice Mausner), and Morgan (Morgan McCunn) -- to join them for an overnight canoe trip, with Jonah (Guy Yarkoni), Steph's older brother, serving as their guide. What starts as a playful trip down the river takes a sudden and unpleasant turn when an accident claims Jonah's life. Suddenly the four teenage girls are stranded in the wilderness, with no idea of where they are or how to get home. Making the journey all the more perilous is Steph's insistence that they can't leave her brother's body behind. Produced and originally screened under the title Portage, Surviving Crooked Lake was the first feature film from the writing and directing team of Sascha Drews, Ezra Krybus, and Matthew Miller

Actors: Alysha Aubin, Candice Mausner, Morgan McCunn, Stephanie Richardson, Guy Yarkoni
Directors: Ezra Krybus, Sascha Drews;=, Matt Miller

Spectacular Spider-Man, The: Volume 8


Synopsis
Big decisions and even bigger surprises await Peter Barker and Spiderman in these revealing action-packed episodes. Green Goblin is back in a big way and more devious than ever with the help of Chameleon and a new villain, Molten Man. Spiderman gets some unexpected help from Black Cat and Cat burglar to survive the night. You won't want to miss one second of this lightning-fast, web-slinging action as Spiderman fights to save us...and himself as well!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Lacey Chabert
• Josh Keaton

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief


Synopsis
Modern and mythical worlds collide in this thunderous fantasy-adventure starring Pierce Brosnan, Kevin McKidd and Uma Thurman as you've never seen them before! Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager...he's just learned he's the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt - the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt and prevent a war amongst the gods that could destroy our world!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Uma Thurman
• Kevin McKidd
• Rosario Dawson
• Sean Bean
• Pierce Brosnan
• Steve Coogan
• Logan Lerman
• Brandon T. Jackson

Directors:
• Chris Columbus

Invictus


Synopsis
He was imprisoned 27 years for his heroic fight against apartheid. So what does Nelson Mandela do after he is elected president of South Africa? He rejects revenge, forgives his oppressors and finds hope of national unity in an unlikely place: the rugby field. Clint Eastwood (the National Board of Review's 2009 Best Director choice) powerfully directs an uplifting film about a team and a people inspired to greatness. In a performance that won him NBR's Best Actor Award and an Oscar nomination, Morgan Freeman portrays Mandela, who asks the national rugby team captain (Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Matt Damon) and his underdog squad to do the impossible and win the World Cup. One team, one country. The universal language of sports has never spoken so thrillingly as in Eastwood's Invictus.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Matt Damon
• Nelson Mandela
• Morgan Freeman

Writers:
• Anthony Peckham

Producers:
• Mace Neufeld
• Lori McCreary
• Robert Lorenz

Directors:
• Clint Eastwood

Flicka 2


The uplifting film, directed by Michael Damian (Moondance Alexander), a continuation of the popular 2006 Flicka that starred Tim McGraw, features Patrick Warburton (Family Guy, Seinfeld), newcomer Tammin Sursok (The Young And The Restless) and country legend Clint Black in a thrilling story of the special bond between one girl and the mustang no one could tame. Carrie (Sursok) is a big-city teenager whose life is turned upside down when she moves to a horse ranch in Wyoming to live with her father (Warburton). But everything changes when Carrie meets Flicka, a wild, jet-black mustang who's just as free-spirited and strong-willed as Carrie. The two form a special bond and Carrie opens her heart to her father and a handsome, local boy, but when a jealous rival puts Flicka's life in jeopardy, Carrie must do whatever it takes to save her best friend.

Actors: Patrick Warburton, Tammin Sursok, Clint Black
Directors: Michael Damian

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin and the Chipettes in Cinderella Cinderella


The Chipettes take center stage in a hilarious retelling of the classic Cinderella story! Additional adventures include the hair-raising detective chase “Alvie’s Angels” and Chipettes mischief like you’ve never seen in “The Brunch Club.” Enjoy over an hour of music and laughter starring the Chipettes, and, of course Alvin, Simon and Theodore!

May 5, 2010

Korean, The


Betrayed by his four most trusted associates and on the verge of being sent to prison, the biggest crime boss in Pittsburgh calls on the most notorious assassin around - a man known only as "The Korean" - to dispatch his enemies and restore his top dog status.

Cast
Josiah Lee -
Jennifer Vos -
John Yost -
Jack Erdie -
Rik Billok -
Rose Smith -

Valentine's Day


Synopsis
All those stars, all those laughs! AN all-star cast sparkles in this hilarious and heartwarming romantic comedy from the director of Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries. Stories crisscross, collide and boomerang in this look at a day in the life of love. There's a proposal. Flowers didn't get sent. A big fat secret that's finally told. The "I'll show up and surprise him" that ended up surprising her. Fights, kisses, wrong turns, right moves and so much more. Whether new to love or through with love, you'll fall in love with this 19-star, funny-side-up celebration of romance.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Julia Roberts
• Shirley MacLaine
• George Lopez
• Emma Roberts
• Taylor Swift
• Kathy Bates
• Queen Latifah
• Jessica Biel
• Jessica Alba
• Jennifer Garner
• Anne Hathaway
• Jamie Foxx
• Ashton Kutcher
• Patrick Dempsey
• Hector Elizondo
• Bradley Cooper
• Topher Grace
• Eric Dane
• Taylor Lautner

Writers:
• Katherine Fugate

Producers:
• Wayne Rice
• Mike Karz

Directors:
• Garry Marshall

Messenger, The


An Iraq War veteran who just narrowly escaped death in combat struggles with his new post at the Casualty Notification Office while anticipating his upcoming discharge in this military drama starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, and Samantha Morton. Will Montgomery (Foster) has spent his fair share of time in army hospitals, and with just three months to go before returning to civilian life, he discovers that his girlfriend back home (Malone) has decided to move on with her life. Crestfallen, Will discovers that his latest hope for a fresh start will be training to work for the Casualty Notification Office under the mentorship of senior officer Tony (Harrelson). As someone who had a close brush with death himself, Will isn't sure that he's the man to tell families that their own loved ones will never be coming home. Thankfully, in between his assignments, Tony offers a sympathetic ear and the two men form a bond that will ultimately help them to readjust to "normal" life. But once you've been in the thick of it, any true hope for a "normal" life after the military is just wishful thinking. Later, Will is drawn to the grieving widow (Morton) of a fallen soldier, a development that forces him to ponder the ethical dilemma of starting a relationship with a woman in such a vulnerable position.

Ben Foster - Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery
Woody Harrelson - Capt. Tony Stone
Samantha Morton - Olivia Pitterson
Jena Malone - Kelly
Steve Buscemi - Dale Martin
Eamonn Walker - Col. Stuart Dorsett

Single Man, A


Synopsis
A Single Man is based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, it is the story of a British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner. The story is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and, ultimately, the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.

Cast & Crew

Actors:
• Colin Firth
• Julianne Moore
• Matthew Goode
• Nicholas Hoult

Writers:
• Tom Ford

Directors:
• Tom Ford

May 4, 2010

Leap Year


Synopsis
When Anna's (Amy Adams) four-year anniversary to her boyfriend passes without an engagement ring, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Inspired by an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on Leap Day, Anna follows Jeremy (Adam Scott) to Dublin to propose to him. But after landing on the wrong side of Ireland, she must enlist the help of the handsome and carefree local Declan (Matthew Goode) to get her across the country. Along the way, they discover that the road to love can take you to very unexpected places.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• John Lithgow
• Amy Adams
• Matthew Goode
• Adam Scott

Writers:
• Deborah Kaplan
• Harry Elfont

Producers:
• Chris Bender
• Gary Barber
• Jonathan Glickman
• Roger Brinbaum
• Jake Weiner

Directors:
• Anand Tucker

Edge of Darkness


Synopsis
The bullet that killed his daughter was meant for Boston cop Thomas Craven. That's what police brass and Craven himself think, but that's not what the investigation finds. Clue after clue and witness after witness, the search leads him into a shadowy realm where money and political intrigue intersect. If Craven wasn't a target before, he - and anyone linked to his inquiry - now is. Mel Gibson stars in his first screen lead in eight years, making Craven's grief palpable and his quest for payback stone-cold and relentless. Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) directs from a screenplay co-written by The Departed's William Monahan. Gibson is back, taking us to the edge...and into the sinister darkness.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Bojana Novakovic
• Mel Gibson
• Ray Winstone
• Danny Huston

Writers:
• William Monahan
• Andrew Bovell

Producers:
• Graham King
• Tim Headington
• Michael Wearing

Directors:
• Martin Campbell

Dante's Inferno - An Animated Epic


Synopsis
Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud and Treachery! These are the 9 Circles of Hell made famous by Dante Alighieri in his famed masterpiece, Dante's Inferno, his first story of The Divine Comedy. Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic will take you on a harrowing trip through Hell as Dante braves the forces of evil, slaying demons and monsters of extraordinary imagination, all to save his love Beatrice from the clutches of Lucifer. The companion piece to the hit Electronic Arts game, Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic, is inventively told through the eyes of visionary animation directors from around the world. 6 Directors, 6 terrifying visions of Hell, 1 heart-stopping epic adventure!

Cast & Crew

Actors:
• Victoria Tennant
• Vanessa Branch
• Mark Hamill
• Graham McTavish

Writers:
• Brandon Auman

Producers:
• Joe Goyette