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October 31, 2010

Winter's Bone


Synopsis
After her deadbeat father jumps bail and mysteriously disappears, 17-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) must find a way to track him down or she'll be left without a home or custody of her two young siblings. To avoid losing everything, Ree must hack through the lies and threats looming everywhere in her rural town to piece together the dangerous truth about her father - without getting herself killed - in this taut, pulse-pounding thriller.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Tate Taylor
• Sheryl Lee
• Jennifer Lawrence
• Lauren Sweetser
• John Hawkes
• Garret Dillahunt
• Dale Dickey
• Kevin Breznahan

Writers:
• Debra Granik
• Anne Rosellini

Producers:
• Alix Madigan
• Anne Rosellini

Directors:
• Debra Granik

Shoot The Hero


Shoot the Hero is an action-comedy about a 30-something couple who, while shopping for a wedding ring, unintentionally become involved in a botched jewel heist. The plot thickens when the crooked casino owner who engineered the heist hires two unassuming hitmen to clean up the mess, and the soon-to-be husband and wife find themselves discovering new things about themselves and their relationship.

Actors: Danny Trejo, Jason Mewes, Samantha Lockwood, Nick Turturro, Katie Morgan
Directors: Christian

Night of the Demons


Synopsis
Angela (Shannon Elizabeth) is throwing a decadent Halloween party at New Orleans' infamous Broussard Mansion. But after the police break up the festivities, Maddie (Monica Keena) and a few friends stay behind. Trapped inside the locked mansion gates, the remaining guests uncover a horrifying secret and soon fall victim to seven vicious, blood-thirsty demons.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Edward Furlong
• Shannon Elizabeth
• Monica Keena
• Diora Baird
• Michael Copon
• Bobbi Sue Luther
• John Beach

Writers:
• Adam Gierasch
• Jace Anderson

Producers:
• Kevin S. Tenney
• Michael Arata

Directors:
• Adam Gierasch

Lottery Ticket



Loose and cheerful neighborhood comedy is just the ticket in Lottery Ticket. Kevin Carson (Bow Wow, Roll Bounce) learns the value of friendship when the lottery ticket he buys on a lark wins $370 million. Suddenly the sexy girl who wouldn't give him the time of day wants to hook up; a local gang boss wants to take him under his wing; and a surly thug just wants to pummel him and take the ticket. Kevin starts to suspect that even his best friend Benny (Brandon T. Jackson, Percy Jackson & the Olympians) just wants the money. But this story hook isn't really what makes the movie tick (which is good, because the plot falls apart at the end); most of the movie follows Kevin and Benny as they ramble around, riffing and bantering with each other and various quirky characters, including Loretta Devine (Death at a Funeral) as Kevin's grandmother, Charlie Murphy (King's Ransom) as a nosy neighbor, and Ice Cube (who also executive produced) as a reclusive ex-boxer. Lottery Ticket clearly owes a debt to Cube's Friday; Bow Wow and Jackson don't quite have the charisma of Cube and Chris Tucker, but they come across as goodhearted kids trying to motor-mouth their way out of a jam. The movie is silly but buoyant fun.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Ice Cube
• Bow Wow
• Charlie Murphy
• Loretta Devine
• Naturi Naughton
• Keith David
• Terry Crews
• Brandon T. Jackson
• Gbenga Akinnagbe

Directors:
• Erik White

Killing Machine, The


If you thought he was hardcore in THE EXPENDABLES, he's now totally unstoppable as the KILLING MACHINE: Action icon Dolph Lundgren (ROCKY IV, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER) stars as Edward Genn, a divorced Vancouver father and investment broker who also happens to be the infamous KGB-trained assassin known as Icarus . But when his two worlds collide in a storm of bullets, bloodshed and betrayal by the Russian Mob, Icarus reloads for the most personal and punishing contract of his entire career. When revenge is not enough, how far will a one-man death squad go to get even? Stefanie Von Pfetten, Samantha Ferris (SUPERNATURAL) and Bo Svenson (INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, WALKING TALL) co-star in this bone-snapping, skull-blasting, badass throwback to extreme '80s action movies, directed by Lundgren himself!

Actors: Dolph Lundgren, David Lewis, Stefanie von Pfetten, Bo Svenson, Samantha Ferris
Directors: Dolph Lundgr

Charlie Valentine


Charlie Valentine is a rich and gritty gangster flick from the writer and director of The 5th Commandment and Green Street Hooligans 2.

The film chronicles the exploits of Charlie - Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) - a career criminal whose tools of the trade are sawn-off shotguns and straight razors. Charlie's intent on scoring one last big pay day, but when his 'perfect crime' goes bad, he flees to LA to hide out with his estranged son, Danny, Michael Weatherly (CBS mega hit N.C.I.S.). What ensues reveals the true nature of some of the most brutal and unsavoury characters.

Actors: Raymond J Barry, Michael Weatherly
Directors: Jesse V Johnson

Unmade Beds


Fernando Tielve (THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE) and Deborah Francois (THE CHILD) star in this film from director Alexis Dos Santos (GLUE). In UNMADE BEDS, two immigrants find their paths crossing whilst squatting in a hip building in London's East End: in search of his roots, Axl (Tielve) is scouring the city for his long-lost father, while broken-hearted Vera (Francois) attempts to recover from a failed love affair by striking up a playful romance with a sexy and mysterious stranger.

Déborah François ... Vera
Fernando Tielve ... Axl
Michiel Huisman ... X Ray Man
Iddo Goldberg ... Mike
Richard Lintern ... Anthony Hemmings
Katia Winter ... Hannah
Alexis Dos Santos ... Alejo

Trick


Synopsis
"It's big, it's beautiful, andiyou're goingito love it"

What do drag queens, aspiring sex therapists and Tori Spelling have in common? They're part of a madcap night out in Manhattan for two frustrated guys that are desperate to find a place...any place.

Gabe (Christian Campbell) and Mark (J.P. Pitoc) aren't asking for much - just a simple one night stand. All they need is a place to seal the deal. Sound easy? Not when your neurotic best friend (Tori Spelling, The House of Yes, TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210") is trying to revive a dying musical career off-off-off- Broadway, your cabaret singing co-worker has just broken up with his boyfriend of seven years and the entire city seems set for a nervous breakdown.

It's one chaotic event after another as these two hopeful romantics try to stop the city so they can get off!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Tori Spelling
• Lorri Bagley
• Christian Campbell
• Brad Beyer
• Clinton Leupp
• Steve Haryes
• John Paul Pitoc

Writers:
• Jason Schafer

Producers:
• Ross Katz
• Jim Fall
• Eric D'Arbeloff

Directors:
• Jim Fall

Mid-August Lunch


Please note this movie is in Italian language with English subtitles

Synopsis
The charismatic Gianni Di Gregorio (co-writer of the smash hit Gomorrah), stars in his directorial debut - an utterly charming tale of great food, feisty ladies and unlikely friendships during a very Roman holiday.
Broke, and armed with only a glass of wine and a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni resides with his 93-year-old mother in their ancient apartment. The condo debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Pranzo di Ferragosto (Italy's biggest summer holiday, and the Feast of the Assumption), all will be forgiven. Then the manager also shows up with an auntie, and then a doctor friend appears with his mother in tow...Can Gianni keep four such lively mamas well fed and happy in these cramped quarters?


Cast & Crew
Writers:
• Gianni Di Gregorio

Producers:
• Matteo Garrone

Directors:
• Gianni Di Gregorio

Four Boxes


Synopsis
Trevor (Justin Kirk), Amber (Terryn Westbrook) and Rob (Sam Rosen) stumble upon a bizarre website Fourboxes.tv, featuring Havoc, a man who sleeps in a cage and builds bombs in his basement. After they learn his mass murdering plot may be more than fiction, they have a choice...stop him or let innocent people die.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Terryn Westbrook
• Justin Kirk
• Sam Rosen

Writers:
• Wyatt McDill

Producers:
• Megan Huber

Directors:
• Wyatt McDill

For Heaven's Sake


Synopsis
Sarah Miller (Henderson) known to her grand children as "Nanny," is still slim and athletic in her early seventies. She's a successful author, feisty, intellectual and full of fun. Her grand daughter Katie (Stephanie Patton Shadowheart) is closest to her and together they prepare Katie's 11th birthday. But before it arrives, Sarah suffers a fatal heart attack and finds herself on a celestial roller coaster en route to heaven. Not particularly religious, Sarah is nevertheless accepted into Heaven, and begins her preparation to meet her parents, the love of her life and others that past before her. Back on Earth, Katie is not taking her grandmother's passing lightly, and on her birthday she collapses and is rushed to the hospital. After heavenly bureaucratic rambling, Sarah gets one last chance to visit her grand daughter on Earth, and appears to Katie in the hospital. Katie wants nothing more than to join her grandmother in heaven, but Sarah convinces her that life on Earth is a beautiful journey worth experiencing. For Heaven's Sake! Is an emotional, life affirming roller coaster ride for the entire family, with resounding overtones of faith.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Florence Henderson
• Allison Lange
• David Paetkau

Producers:
• Nat Christian

Directors:
• Nat Christian

Dark Lurking, The


Synopsis
At Outpost 320, located one mile beneath the earth, the researchers make a critical error and something has now gone terribly wrong. All communications are gone, all means of escape destroyed and an extremely dangerous horde of ancient creatures is on the looseafter a doorway to an unspeakable evil has been opened.

Actors: Bret Kennedy, Ozzie Devrish, Tonia Renee
Directors: Gregory Connors

All American Orgy


Synopsis
Nothing is more relaxing then a trip to cottage country with a group of friends. Enjoying the outdoors, beers by the lake, and a friendly orgy... Hoping to broaden their horizons and save their relationships, see the mayhem that ensues when three couples mix sex, drugs and alcohol in a crazy weekend getaway to Cummings Farm.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Jordan Kessler
• Yasmine Kittles
• Laura Silverman
• Aimee-Lynn Chadwick
• Adam Busch
• Ted Beck
• Edrick Browne

Writers:
• Ted Beck

Producers:
• Jordan Kessler
• James Bruce

Directors:
• Andrew Drazek