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September 3, 2014

Varsity Blood


Synopsis

This football seaon, Hogeye High's Warriors and cheerleaders are out for blood. Unfortunately, someone is out for theirs and they'll be forced to take one for the team. After the big Halloween football game, the students are joined by an uninvited guest dressed as their high school mascot armed with a bow and arrow, a battle-ax, and an insatiable appetite for butchery. They find themselves fighting for more than the winning score as terror becomes the name of the game. Feature "enough inventive kills to keep even the most rabid gorehound happy," Varsity Blood is "a supremely entertaining slashing rollercoaster" (Hysteria Lives!)

Cast
Chris Hlozek
Elle LaMont
Melody Herron
Elyse Bigler
Blair Jackson
Natalie Peyton
Wesley Scott
Lexi Giovagnoli
Debbie Rochon

Director
Jake Helgren

Turks & Caicos


Johnny Worricker is hiding out from his work at MI5 on the tax-exile islands, Turks & Caicos. But an encounter with a CIA agent forces him into the company of some ambiguous American businessmen who claim to be on the islands for a conference on the global financial crisis. When one of them falls in the sea, then it's their financial PR who seems to know more than she's letting on. But will she help Johnny come to an understanding of what these men do and why they're here?

Director: David Hare
Writer: David Hare
Stars: Winona Ryder, Christopher Walken, Bill Nighy

Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge


Suffering from amnesia, a young man trying to discover his true identity is kidnapped by an underground crime organization and turned into a ruthless assassin.

Director: Wych Kaosayananda (as Wych Kaos)
Writers: Nicole Jones-Dion, Steven Paul
Stars: Kane Kosugi, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rade Serbedzija

Sector 4: Extraction


Synopsis
When an elite band of private military mercenaries known as Black Knight are caught behind enemy lines in the hellish combat zone Sector 4, their only hope for survival is their team leader, who managed to get away. But after escaping the clutches of Al-Qaeda, returning home and finding out that his men are still alive, he pledges to uphold the Black Knight motto: "No One Left Behind."

Cast
Jillian Alysse
Nash Gruner
Jeff Jay
Tino Struckmann
Olivier Gruner
Eric Roberts

Director
Olivier Gruner

Rosemary's Baby


Synopsis
Based on the best-selling suspense novels by Ira Levin, Rosemary's Baby centers on a young married couple that moves to Paris with hopes of leaving their past behind. After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can't refuse - an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city. They soon realize it comes with a haunted past, and an immeasurable price.

Part 1:
Rosemary (Zoe Saldana) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams) start a new life in Paris, where a good deed leads to friendship with a rich and powerful couple that may be hiding a dark secret.

Part 2:
Plagued by anxiety and illness, Rosemary becomes increasingly suspicious that her husband and neighbors have ulterior motives for her unborn son.

Cast
Zoe Saldana
Jason Isaacs
Patrick J. Adams
Olivier Rabourdin
Carole Bouquet
Christina Cole

Director
Agnieszka Holland

Quiet Ones, The


Synopsis
When a crazed university professor and his team of students set out to cure a disturbed patient, the unthinkable happens. Trusting in their leader and his motives, Brian (Sam Claflin) and his fellow students find themselves far from help... and all too close to a sinister force they never suspected.

Cast
Sam Claflin
Jared Harris
Olivia Cooke
Rory Fleck-Byrne
Erin Richards

Director
John Pogue

Prince, The


Synopsis
Bruce Willis, John Cusack and Jason Patric face off in this action-packed thriller. A mechanic and a retired assassin with ties to the underworld is drawn back into the life he gave up when his daughter is kidnapped. To rescue her, he must confront his former rival.

Cast
50 Cent
Gia Mantegna
Jessica Lowndes
Jason Patric
John Cusack
Bruce Willis

Director
Brian Miller

Normal Heart, The


Synopsis
Directed by Emmy Award winner Ryan Murphy and written by Academy Award nominee Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart tells the story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s. Based on Kramer's Tony Award winning play of the same name, it takes an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial. An ensemble of searing performances featuring Academy Award nominee Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Emmy winner Jim Parsons, and Academy Ward winner Julia Roberts.

Cast
Matt Bomer
Taylor Kitsch
Jim Parsons
Mark Ruffalo
Julia Roberts
Alfred Molina

Director
Ryan Murphy

Night Moves


Synopsis
Kelly Reichardt's suspense-thriller Night Moves is the story of three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam. Harmon (Peter Sarsgaard, The Killing) is a former Marine, radicalized by tours of duty overseas. His life in the military is behind him, but at heart he remains excited by the prospect of mayhem and destruction. Dena (Dakota Fanning, The Twilight Saga) is a high-society dropout who's moved west and cut ties with her family, edging ever deeper into radical politics. And Josh (Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network), their leader, is a self-made militant, devoted to the protection of the earth by any means necessary. As the three plan, carry out and then witness the fallout of their attention-grabbing act of sabotage, they find their own personal limits tested on a journey of doubt, paranoia and unintended consequences.

Cast
James Le Gros
Logan Miller
Katherine Waterston
Alia Shawkat
Kai Lennox
Jesse Eisenberg
Dakota Fanning
Peter Sarsgaard

Director
Kelly Reichardt

Neighbors


Synopsis
By all appearances, new parents Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) are living the American Dream - complete with an adorable baby girl and a beautiful new starter home in the suburbs. Still, the early-thirtysomethings want to believe that they have a modicum of coolness left within them. So when they discover that their new next-door neighbors are none other than dozens of Delta Psi Beta fraternity brothers led by charismatic president Teddy Sanders (Zac Efron), they try to play along and make the best of an awkward situation. But when the frat's parties grow increasingly more epic, both sides of the property line begin to fend for their turf. The neighbors' relentless sabotage escalates into outrageous one-upmanship, beginning an epic Greek war for the ages. Also stars Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.

Cast
Ali Cobrin
Dave Franco
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Ike Barinholtz
Zac Efron
Seth Rogen
Carla Gallo
Rose Byrne
Craig Roberts

Director
Nicholas Stoller


Moms' Night Out


Synopsis
All Allyson and her friends want is a peaceful, grown-up evening of dinner and conversation... a long-needed moms' night out. But in order to enjoy high heels, adult conversation and food not served in a paper bag, they need their husbands to watch the kids for three hours - what could go wrong?

Cast
Sean Astin
Sarah Drew
Trace Adkins
Patricia Heaton
David Hunt
Andrea White

Director
Jon Erwin

Maleficent


Synopsis
Maleficent explores the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the classic Sleeping Beauty and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king's newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever.

Cast
Brenton Thwaites
Ella Purnell
Sharlto Copley
Juno Temple
Sam Riley
Elle Fanning
Imelda Staunton
Lesley Manville
Michael Higgins
Angelina Jolie
Kenneth Cranham

Legends Of Oz: Dorothy's Return


Synopsis
Kids of all ages will love this musical, animated journey back to the magical world of Oz that features a legendary cast, including Lea Michele from TV's Glee, Dan Akroyd, Martin Short, Jim Belushi, Patrick Stewart, Kelsey Grammar and more. A devious new villain, the Jester, rules over Oz and Dorothy must return from Kansas to rescue her old friends: the Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man. Set to irresistible new songs from Academy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Bryan Adams and featuring a host of delightful new characters, this animated return to Oz is sure to be a family-favorite filled with fun and laughs for generations to come!

Cast
Kelsey Grammar
Dan Akroyd
Lea Michele
Jim Belushi
Patrick Stewart
Martin Short

Jarhead 2 : Field of Fire


Synopsis
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merriman is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy Seal flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merriman and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety. Intense and action-packed, Jarhead 2: Field of Fire stars Stephen Lang (Avatar), Esai Morales (Criminal Minds), Cole Hauser (Olympus Has Fallen), and Bokeem Woodbine (Riddick).

Cast
Ralitsa Paskaleva
Jesse Garcia
Ronny Jhutti
Josh Kelly
Esai Morales
Cole Hauser
Stephen Lang
Bokeem Woodbine

Director
Don Michael Paul

Godzilla


The world's most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

Director: Gareth Edwards
Writers: Max Borenstein (screenplay), Dave Callaham (story)
Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston

Frontera


A former Arizona sheriff's wife is killed while riding on their ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man illegally crossing into the US is at fault. As the former and the current sheriff search for answers, lives are changed forever.

Director: Michael Berry
Writers: Michael Berry, Louis Moulinet
Stars: Ed Harris, Eva Longoria, Michael Peña

Fading Gigolo


Synopsis
Murray (Woody Allen) talks his friend Fioravante (John Turturro) into becoming a gigolo as a way of making some much needed cash after an out-of-the-blue request from his dermatologist (Sharon Stone). With Murray acting as Fioravante's "manager," the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money. Also stars Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber and Sofia Vergara.

Cast
Woody Allen
Liev Schreiber
John Turturro
Sharon Stone
Vanessa Paradis
Sofia Vergara
Tonya Pinkins

Director
John Turturro

Draft Day


Synopsis
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver, Jr. has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.

Cast
Jennifer Garner
Kevin Costner
Chadwick Boseman
Terry Crews
Sean Combs
Frank Langella
Sam Elliot
Denis Leary
Ellen Burstyn

Director
Ivan Reitman

Crawl or Die


Synopsis
Earth as we know it is gone. A virus has destroyed the planet and rendered all its women infertile, all but one. An elite team of soldiers are tasked with bringing the woman to safety on the newly habitable Earth Two. But when they are forced underground they find themselves fighting for survival from a bloodthirsty create in a maze of ever shrinking tunnels. As the team's ranks start to dwindle, the tunnels shrink and the ammunition runs out, the crawl for survival becomes more and more desperate.

Cast
Tommy Ball
Torey Byrne
David Paul Baker
Nicole Alonso

Director
Oklahoma Ward

Blended


Synopsis
Blended marks the third comedy pairing of stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, following 50 First Dates and The Wedding Singer. After a disastrous blind date, single parents Lauren (Barrymore) and Jim (Sandler) agree only one thing: They never want to see each other again. But when they each separately sign up for a fabulous family vacation with their kids, they are all stuck sharing a suite at a luxurious African safari resort for a week.

Cast
Adam Sandler
Drew Barrymore
Joel McHale
Terry Crews
Wendi McLendon-Covey
Kevin Nealon

Director
Frank Coraci

Belle


The mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England.

Director: Amma Asante
Writer: Misan Sagay
Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson

Are You Here


Two childhood best friends embark on a road trip back to their hometown after one of them learns he has inherited a large sum of money from his recently deceased estranged father.

Director: Matthew Weiner
Writer: Matthew Weiner
Stars: Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler

Antboy


12-year-old Pelle is bitten by an ant and develops superpowers. Aided by comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as superhero Antboy. When a super villain The Flea enters the scene, Antboy must step up to the challenge.

Director: Ask Hasselbalch
Writers: Anders Ølholm (screenplay), Kenneth Bøgh Andersen (books)
Stars: Oscar Dietz, Amalie Kruse Jensen, Samuel Ting Graf