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April 1, 2010

Reeds, The


Synopsis
In The Reeds, a weekend boating trip becomes a terrifying - and deadly - ordeal for six twentysomething friends.

Aboard the Corsair Star, a small cruiser, a boating party of young Londoners loses its bearings. A freak accident leads to a casualty, and then the boat runs aground. As the friends attempt to find a way to safety, they are terrorized by a group of young punks and a murderous hooded man. Alone in a vast waterway, they fight to survive the hellish curse that traps all who take passage on the Corsair Star.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Anna Brewster
• Emma Catherwood
• Scarlett Johnson
• Daniel Caltagirone
• Will Mellor

Writers:
• Chris Baker

Producers:
• Simon Sprackling

Directors:
• Nick Cohen

White Ribbon



Note: This movie is in German with English subtitles

In a village in Protestant northern Germany, on the eve of World War I, the children of a church and school run by the village schoolteacher and their families experience a series of bizarre incidents that inexplicably assume the characteristics of a punishment ritual. Who could be responsible for such bizarre transgressions? Leonie Benesch, Josef Bierbichler, and Rainer Bock star in this period drama directed by Michael Haneke (HIDDEN, FUNNY GAMES) which won the Palm d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Actors: Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesh, Burkhart Klaussner, Steffi Kühnert
Directors: Michael Haneke

Zombies Of Mass Destruction


Synopsis
A conservative island community is under attack! Port Gamble, Washington is being overrun with brain-eaters, and the people seem powerless to stave them off. A ragtag band of rebels led by Frida (Janette Armand), an Iranian college student suspected of being an Iraqi terrorist, and Tom (Doug Fahl), a gay businessman who has returned to town with his partner to come out to his mother, tries to turn the tide and push the invading hordes of undead back.

Cast & Crew

Actors:
• Janette Armand
• Ali Hamedani
• Linda Jensen
• Cornelia Moore
• Doug Fahl
• Russell Hodgkinson
• Cooper Hopkins
• Bill Johns
• James Mesher

Writers:
• Kevin Hamedani

Producers:
• John Sinno

Directors:
• Kevin Hamedani

Jake's Corner


Synopsis
Ex-football star, Johnny Dunn, (Richard Tyson) walked away from the game early in his career to live a relatively secluded life far from the spotlight in a small, desert town he owns called Jake's Corner, a rest stop for travelers crossing the Arizona desert but for the people who live there, it becomes a rest stop for life.

Johnny and the quirkily eclectic ensemble (Academy Award® Nominee Diane Ladd; 5 time Grammy Award Winer B.J. Thomas) that live and work in the town occupy trailers behind the Corner Store and Jake's Corner Bar. Through the years, this cast of colorful misfits have become closer than most families.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Diane Ladd
• Danny Trejo
• Richard Tyson
• Tony Longo
• B.J. Thomas
Directors:
• Jeff Santo

Dread


Synopsis
Stephen (Jackson Rathbone, the Twilight saga) and Cheryl are college students making a documentary about what people dread in life. But they have no idea that their partner, Quaid, witnessed his parents being murdered by an axe-wielding lunatic and wants to make others experience his own personal horror. This stylish horror/thriller is produced by Clive Barker, the Godfather of modern horror/fantasy and the creator of the Hellraiser and Candyman series.

Cast & Crew

Actors:
• Jackson Rathbone
• Shaun Evans
• Jonathan Readwin

Writers:
• Anthony DiBlasi

Producers:
• Clive Barker
• Jorge Saralegui
• Nigel Thomas
• Joe Daley

Directors:
• Anthony DiBlasi

Descent, The Part 2


Synopsis
Dazed, bloodied and speechless with trauma, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where the events of The Descent took place. Local sheriff Redmond Vaines forces her back underground to help the rescue team which is desperately searching for her five missing girlfriends. As the team moves deeper into the caves, Sarah's flashes of fractured memory intensify and she begins to realize the full horror of the would-be rescue mission. Only Sarah knows the terror which lurks in the shadows of the caves. But they are about to encounter a new tribe of crawlers - inbred, deformed and even more viciously feral than those Sarah faced before.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Shauna MacDonald
• Natalie Mendoza
• Douglas Hodge
• Joshua Dallas
• Gavan O'Herlihy
Directors:
• Jon Harris

Defendor


Synopsis
Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson, Zombieland) doesn¹t need super-powers or fancy toys to fight crime. Armed only with a child-like sense of wonder and his quirky arsenal of cheap, homemade gadgets, he becomes Defendor! He finds an unexpected partner when he rescues and falls for a hardened and abused prostitute (Kat Dennings, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist). Can the two of them take town the city¹s most fearsome crime boss without getting killed in the process? Defendor is an action-packed treat for the super-hero in all of us!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Woody Harrelson
• Elias Koteas
• Sandra Oh
• Kat Dennings
• Charlotte Sullivan
• Michael Kelly

Writers:
• Peter Stebbings

Producers:
• Nicholas D. Tabarrok

Directors:
• Peter Stebbings