World War Z

Synopsis
"The suspense is killer!" proclaims Peter Travers of Rolling Stone in this fast-paced, pulse-pounding epic of the potential last days of the human race. Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is called upon to help stop the chaotic pandemic that has gripped populations around the world. Lane fights to keep his family safe, while searching for an answer to the outbreak before it destroys all of civilization. David Denby of The New Yorker calls World War Z the "most gratifying action spectacle in years!"

Cast
Brad Pitt
Matthew Fox
Peter Capell
Elyes Gabel
James Badge Dale
Mireille Enos

Director
Marc Forster

Reluctant Fundamentalist, The

Synopsis
Based on the international bestseller, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is both a gripping thriller and a fascinating look at the post-9/11 world. Kate Hudson (Glee, Something Borrowed), Kiefer Sutherland (24, Touch) and Liev Schreiber (X-Men Origins, Repo Men) lead a powerful cast in the story of a young man caught in the middle of an unfolding international crisis. When an American academic in Pakistan is kidnapped by anti-American radicals, the CIA thinks popular young Pakistani professor Changez (Riz Ahmed, Trishna) is involved. But as Changez tells his remarkable story about his life in the US - including his rising career on Wall Street and passionate relationship with a beautiful New York artist - to an American foreign correspondent, the truth becomes harder to pin down. Acclaimed director Mira Nair's (Monsoon Wedding) adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel is a tense tale of hidden agendas and best intentions gone wrong.

Cast
Kiefer Sutherland
Liev Schreiber
Kate Hudson
Riz Ahmed

Director
Mira Nair

Pawn Shop Chronicles

Synopsis
In this shop, these people may be pawning far more than they bargained for: Brendan Fraser (The Mummy), Elijah Wood (The Lord Of The Rings), Vincent D'Onofrio (Men In Black), Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon (Crash), Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead), Thomas Jane (Hung), Lukas Haas (Inception), and Paul Walker (Fast & Furious), star in 3 twisted tales all connected by items from a Southern small-town pawn shop. A man searching for his kidnapped wife, a couple of white-supremacist drug dealers, and a sad-sack Elvis impersonator, plus more desperate characters come to life in the action-packed and hilarious story written by Adam Minarovich and from the director of The Cooler and Running Scared, Wayne Kramer.

Cast
Elijah Wood
Vincent D'Onofrio
Brendan Fraser
Thomas Jane
Lukas Haas
Matt Dillon
Paul Walker
Norman Reedus

Director
Wayne Kramer

Now You See Me

Synopsis
In this visually spectacular blend of astonishing illusions and exhilarating action from director Louis Leterrier (Clash Of The Titans), four talented magicians mesmerize and international audience with a series of bold and original heists, all the while pursuing a hidden agenda that has the FBI and Interpol scrambling to anticipate their next move.

Cast
Morgan Freeman
Michael Caine
Woody Harrelson
Mark Ruffalo
Common
Isla Fisher
Jesse Eisenberg
Melanie Laurent
Dave Franco

Director
Louis Leterrier

I Spit On Your Grave 2

Synopsis
From the makers of the critically acclaimed 2010 Remake comes a new terrifying ordeal that will shock the world once again. Katie, a beautiful girl on her own in NY, is trying to make it in the cutthroat world of modeling. When Katie innocently accepts an offer to have new photos taken for her portfolio, the experience quickly turns into an unthinkable nightmare of rape, torture, and kidnapping. When a twist of fate finally frees her from her captors - beaten, battered, bruised, and broken, she will have to tap into the darkest places of the human psyche to not only survive her ordeal, but to ultimately find the strength to exact her brutal revenge.

Director: Steven R. Monroe
Writers: Neil Elman, Thomas Fenton
Stars: Jemma Dallender, Joe Absolom, Yavor Baharov

Expelled, The

Synopsis
Trapped by a mysterious hooded gang, a group of teachers and students find themselves locked inside a high school after hours. They must defend themselves as the murderous vigilantes hunt them down one-by-one. A blood-soaked tale, The Expelled is a test of wills for those pushed to their limits, full of scares and thrilling action.

Cast
Ruth Gemmell
Tom Mannion
Juliet Aubrey
David Schofield
Finlay Robertson
Eliza Bennett
Roxanne McKee
Emma Cleasby
Max Fowler

Director
Johannes Roberts

English Teacher, The

Synopsis
Linda (Julianne Moore, Game Change, The Kids Are All Right) is a forty-year-old unmarried high school English teacher in a small town. She shares a small apartment with two cats and her rich collection of great literature. She maintains no close personal relationships aside from those she has with her favorite authors. Her life is far less complicated than the dramas she devours on the page, and she likes it that way.

But Linda's simple life changes when former star pupil Jason (Michael Angarano, Haywire, Red State) returns to town after failing as a playwright in New York. Pressured by his overbearing father (Greg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine, The Kennedys), Jason may be forced to give up his dreams and go to law school. Unwilling to let that happen, Linda mounts his play at her school with flamboyant drama teacher Carl (Nathan Lane, The Producers, The Birdcage) directing, and puts her own reputation and teaching career on the line.

Cast
Julianne Moore
Greg Kinnear
Michael Angarano

Director
Craig Zisk

Disconnect

Synopsis
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.

Cast
Hope Davis
Jason Bateman
Michael Nyqvist
Alexander Skarsgard
Frank Grillo
Paula Patton

Director
Henry Alex Rubin

Compulsion

Synopsis
Lust was the entree death was dessert

Amy (Heather Graham) is a vivacious and charismatic gourmet chef, with a dangerous appetite. She uses the most sensual of cuisine to lure her prey and turn them into victims of her twisted methods of controlling relationships and creating intimacy. When Amy realizes her new neighbor Saffron (Carrie-Anne Moss) is the former child star she has always idolized, she uses her prowess in the kitchen in an attempt to dominate her through their shared connection with food and sex.



Cast
Kevin Dillon
Joe Mantegna
Heather Graham
Carrie-Anne Moss
Natalie Brown
Kate Trotter
James McGowan
Katie Douglas
Theresa Joy
Daiva Johnston
Jean Yoon

Director
Egidio Coccimiglio

Colony, The

Synopsis
Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Bill Paxton (Aliens) and Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead), headline an all-star cast in this savage and unrelenting thriller about mankind's greatest enemy: himself.

As an endless winter engulfs Earth, humans struggle to survive in remote underground outposts. When Colony 7 receives a distress call from a nearby settlement, Sam (Zegers) and Briggs (Fishburne) race through the snow on a dangerous rescue mission. What they find at the desolate base could mean mankind's salvation... or its total annihilation. Terrifying discoveries will unfold that will change the rules of survival forever.

Cast
Bill Paxton
Laurence Fishburne
Kevin Zegers

Director
Jeff Renfroe

Bling Ring

Synopsis
Inspired by actual events The Bling Ring tells the story of a group of fame-obsessed teenagers living in the suburbs of Los Angeles who use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their empty homes. Ringleader Rebecca (Katie Chang) leads the group of misfits including Marc (Israel Broussard), Nicki (Emma Watson), Sam (Taissa Farmiga) and Chloe (Claire Julien) on the ultimate heist for designer clothes and jewelry - and what starts out as teenage fun quickly spins out of control.

Cast
Emma Watson
Taissa Farmiga

Director
Sofia Coppola

Barbie: Mariposa And The Fairy Princess

Synopsis
Mariposa and her furry friend Zee return in Barbie: Mariposa & the Fairy Princess. In this magical adventure, Mariposa becomes the royal Ambassador of Flutterfield and is sent to bring peace between her fairy land and their rivals, the Crystal Fairies of Shimmervale. While Mariposa doesn't make a great first impression on their King, she becomes fast friends with his shy daughter, Princess Catania. However, a misunderstanding causes Mariposa to be banished from the fairy land. As Mariposa and Zee return to Flutterfield, they encounter a dark fairy on her way to destroy Shimmervale. Mariposa rushes back and helps Princess Catania save her fairy land and together, the two girls prove that the best way to make a friend, is to be a friend.

Barabbas

Synopsis
Based on the novel by Par Lagerkvist, winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, Barabbas is a four-part mini-series that explores the story of a man whose life was spared because of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. To be shot on location in Tunisia, this sweeping epic is an ultimate story of redemption that will pick up where the Bible left off.

Cast
Billy Zane
Paolo Seganti
Filippo Nigro
Hristo Shopov

Director
Roger Young

As Cool As I Am

Synopsis
Born to teenaged parents in a small town, sixteen-year-old Lucy Diamond (Sarah Bolger, Once Upon a Time) longs for a traditional family, but with an immature working mother (Claire Danes, My So-Called Life, Homeland) and a strict, frequently absent father (James Marsden, X-Men, Enchanted) she is mostly on her own. As she senses her parents' emotional distance, Lucy grows close to her childhood best friend, Kevin (Thomas Mann, Beautiful Creatures), who soon becomes her first sexual partner. After he abruptly moves away, Lucy struggles to make sense of her fledgling sex life, plan for her future, and help her mother start over again.

Featuring an all-star cast that includes Jeremy Sisto (Waitress), Jon Tenney (The Closer), Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) and Peter Fonda, As Cool As I Am is an insightful coming-of-age story that captures the real drama and bittersweet moments of adolescence.

Cast
Claire Danes
Alanis Morissette
Jon Tenney
James Marsden
Peter Fonda
Jeremy Sisto
Sarah Bolger
Thomas Mann
Anika Noni Rose

Director
Max Mayer

Arthur Newman

Synopsis
If you don't have a life, get someone else's.

Divorced, disconnected from his son and dissatisfied with his love life, Wallace Avery (Academy Award winner Colin Firth, The King's Speech) decides to make a radical change. He walks away from his old life, forges a new identity and hits the road as Arthur Newman to start over.

But his road trip is derailed by the entrance of mysterious Michaela "Mike" Fitzgerald (Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada), whom Arthur discovers passed out poolside at a motel. Mike see through Arthur's identity scam, and soon enough Arthur uncovers hers. Romance blossoms as the unexpected couple infiltrates the lives of random strangers, but is it possible to truly start all over again?

A cross-country odyssey of self-discovery and renewal, Arthur Newman is a comic romance about two unlikely souls who fall in love and find out who they really are.

Cast
Anne Heche
Colin Firth
Emily Blunt

Director
Dante Ariola

Answer This

Synopsis
Greatness is trivial.

Brilliant trivia whiz Paul Tarson is great at answering little questions but horrible at answering the big ones, like what's he going to do after grad school? When he and his buddy James get a shot at winning the First Annual Ann Arbor Pup Trivia Tournament at the exact same time his much procrastinated dissertation is due, Paul's course of action is not quite as trivial!

Cast
Kip Pardue
Christopher Gorham
Chris Parnell
Arielle Kebbel
Evan Jones
Kali Hawk