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December 30, 2011

Moneyball



Synopsis
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) challenges the system and defies conventional wisdom when his is forced to rebuild his small-market team on a limited budget. Despite opposition from the old guard, the media, fans and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Beane - with the help of a young, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist (Jonah Hill) - develops a roster of misfits... and along the way, forever changes the way the game is played.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Robin Wright Penn
• Brad Pitt
• Jonah Hill

Writers:
• Aaron Sorkin

Producers:
• Rachael Horovitz
• Brad Pitt

Directors:
• Bennett Miller

Mercenaries


Andy Marlow, an ex British S.A.S serviceman turned mercenary, is sent into the Balkans after a military coup has arisen to rescue a U.S ambassador and his aide.

Director: Paris Leonti
Writer: Paris Leonti (screenplay)
Stars: Robert Fucilla, Billy Zane and Kirsty Mitchell

Bringing Up Bobby


Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until Olive's criminal past catches up with her. Consequently, she must make a choice: continue with a life of crime or leave the person she loves most in an effort to give Bobby a proper chance in life.

Actors: Alexander Hinsky, Brian Morvant, Liz Bucher, Jhey Castles, Adam Misenko
Directors: Chris Staron

December 16, 2011

Smurfs: A Christmas Carol


At Christmas, Grouchy Smurf behaves badly to everyone and it takes the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to teach him to appreciate Christmas.

Director: Troy Quane
Writers: Peyo (characters and works of), Todd Berger
Stars: Jack Angel, Fred Armisen and Hank Azaria

Thomas & Friends: Rescue On The Rails


Synopsis
Ready to rescue! The Sodor Search and Rescue Team is racing to the rescue - Bertie's stuck on the Shake Shake Bridge, Gordon's derailed, and Thomas' firebox is on fire! In these exciting episodes, your favorite engines brave the rails to rescue their friends. Discover that being heroic is more than having speed and strength; it's about teamwork and a big heart which puts every Really Useful Engine on the right track.

Margin Call


Synopsis
Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat.

Set in the high-stakes world of Wall Street, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm d uring the earliest hours of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Stanley Tucci
• Jeremy Irons
• Demi Moore
• Mary McDonnell
• Kevin Spacey
• Paul Bettany
• Simon Baker
• Zachary Quinto
• Penn Badgley

Writers:
• J.C. Chandor

Producers:
• Zachary Quinto
• Michael Benaroya
• Neal Dodson

Directors:
• J.C. Chandor

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special


Synopsis
Have you herd the news? Your favorite sub-zero heroes are back in an all-new holiday adventure for the whole family!

When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's "naughty list," he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his prehistoric posse to band together and save Christmas for the entire world!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Denis Leary
• Queen Latifah
• John Leguizamo
• Ray Romano

Writers:
• Sam Harper
• Mike Reiss

Producers:
• Andrea Miloro

Directors:
• Karen Disher

Final Destination 5


Synopsis
Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and in Final Destination 5 it strikes again. During the bus ride to a corporate retreat, Sam (Nicholas D'Agosto) has a premonition in which he and most of his friends - as well as numerous others - die in a horrific bridge collapse. When his vision ends, events begin to mirror what he had seen, and he frantically ushers as many of his colleagues - including his friend, Peter (Miles Fisher), and girlfriend, Molly (Emma Bell) - away from the disaster before Death can claim them. But these unsuspecting souls were never supposed to survive, and in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group tries to discover a way to escape Death's sinister agenda.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Tony Todd
• Arlen Escarpeta
• Emma Bell
• Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
• Ellen Wroe
• David Koechner
• Courtney B. Vance
• Nicholas D'Agosto
• P.J. Byrne
• Miles Fisher

Writers:
• Eric Heisserer

Producers:
• Warren Zide
• Craig Perry

Directors:
• Steven Quale

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark


Synopsis
Sally, a young girl, moves to Rhode Island to live with her father and his new girlfriend in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, Sally starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Guy Pearce
• Bailee Madison
• Alan Dale
• Katie Holmes

Writers:
• Guillermo Del Toro

Producers:
• Mark Johnson
• Guillermo Del Toro

Directors:
• Troy Nixey

Contagion


Synopsis
Nothing spreads like fear

Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne and Bryan Cranston, along with medical journalist Sanjay Gupta, explore the real science of global viruses and what they mean to the human race.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Matt Damon
• Laurence Fishburne
• Jude Law
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Kate Winslet
• Marion Cotillard

Writers:
• Scott Z. Burns

Producers:
• Michael Shamberg
• Stacey Sher
• Gregory Jacobs

Directors:
• Steven Soderbergh

Colombiana



Synopsis
Revenge isibeautiful.

Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents' deaths. Produced by Luc Besson and Ariel Zeitoun.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Zoe Saldana
• Jordi Molla
• Cliff Curtis
• Michael Vartan
• Lennie James

Writers:
• Robert Mark Kamen
• Luc Besson

Producers:
• Ariel Zeitoun
• Luc Besson

Directors:
• Olivier Megaton

Catch .44


Synopsis
If you are going down, take everyone with you.

When three friends are sent by their boss to intercept a drug deal at a remote diner, they think nothing of it... until a standoff ensues and the mystery of what brought them together slowly starts to unravel.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Bruce Willis
• Forest Whitaker
• Brad Dourif
• Malin Akerman
• Nikki Reed

December 6, 2011

Straw Dogs


Synopsis
A young couple (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth) moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control. Trapped by a pack of depraved locals led by a ruthless predator (Alexander Skarsgard, TV's True Blood), they face a night of agonizing suffering and endless bloodshed. Now their only hope for survival is to become more savage than their merciless torturers. Also starring two-time Academy Award Nominee James Woods (Best Actor, Salvador, 1986 and Best Supporting Actor, Ghosts of Mississippi, 1996).

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• James Woods
• Kate Bosworth
• James Marsden
• Alexander Skarsgard

Writers:
• Rod Lurie

Directors:
• Rod Lurie

Glee - The Concert Movie


Synopsis
Here's your front-row seat to a thrilling concert performed by the phenomenally talented cast of Glee. See your favorite stars from the hit TV show as they sing the songs you love and dance up a storm on stage. Get swept up in the energy of "Glee Live" - including performances not seen in theaters and exclusive interviews!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Cory Monteith
• Jane Lynch
• Jayma Mays
• Dianna Agron
• Amber Riley
• Naya Rivera
• Jenna Ushkowitz
• Mark Salling
• Matthew Morrison
• Chris Colfer

Creators:
• Ryan Murphy
• Brad Falchuk
• Ian Brennan

Dolphin Tale


Synopsis
In an inspiring story of the bond between animals and humans, a boy named Sawyer discovers an injured dolphin, who is brought to a marine hospital and named Winter. Unfortunately, her injuries cost Winter her tail, without which she may not survive. But with Sawyer's devotion, a marine biologist's (Harry Connick Jr.) and the brilliance of a prosthetist (Morgan Freeman) charged with creating a new tail, Winter may receive a second chance at life.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Ashley Judd
• Cozi Zuehlsdorff
• Morgan Freeman
• Kris Kristofferson
• Harry Connick Jr.
• Nathan Gamble

Writers:
• Noam Dromi
• Karen Janszen

Producers:
• Broderick Johnson
• Andrew A. Kosove
• Richard Ingber

Directors:
• Charles Martin Smith

Apollo 18


Synopsis
There'sia reason we've never gone backito theimoon.

Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later, in December of 1973, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Ali Liebert
• Ryan Robbins
• Warren Christie

Directors:
• Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego

1911


Synopsis
Fall Of The Last Empire

At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor, and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu (Joan Chen) is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power. With ordinary citizens beginning to revolt openly, the Qing Dynasty has created a powerful, modern army (the "New Army") to quash any rebellion. But weapons are expensive, and desperate for cash, the Qing leaders are trading anything they can get their hands on with foreign countries and selling China's future in the process. Huang Xing (Jackie Chan) has recently returned from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare. When he finds his country falling apart, he feels he has no choice but to pick up the sword, leading an increasingly desperate series of violent rebellions against the powerful Qing Dynasty and the New Army- several with tragic consequences. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, with no expense spared in production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy, 1911 is a true epic in every sense of the word.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Jackie Chan
• Jaycee Chan
• Duobuji
• Joan Chen
• Winston Chao

Producers:
• Jackie Chan

Directors:
• Jackie Chan

Salvation Boulevard


Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor.

Director: George Ratliff
Writers: Douglas Stone (screenplay), George Ratliff (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
Stars: Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan and Marisa Tomei

Killer Elite



Synopsis
Jason Statham (The Italian Job), Academy Award® nominee Clive Owen (Inside Man) and Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro (Raging Bull) star in Killer Elite, "one of the best action thrillers of the year!" (Richard Roeper) When two of the world's most elite operatives , Danny, a retired contract killer (Statham), and Hunter, his longtime mentor (De Niro) go up against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Owen), their hunt takes them around the globe from Australia to Paris, London, and the Middle East. As the stakes rise along with the body count, Danny and Hunter are soon plunged into an action-packed game of cat-and-mouse where no one is what they seem. Based on a shocking true story, it's an explosive, no-mercy thrill ride where the predator ultimately becomes the prey.

Actors: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young
Directors: Gary McKendry