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July 25, 2010

Middle of Nowhere


Synopsis
From the director of Blue Crush comes Middle Of Nowhere, a witty, warm-hearted comedy about two precocious teens and their unusual families. A pair of co-workers at a small-town water park - restless troublemaker Dorian (Anton Yelchin, Star Trek) and the tightly wound Grace (Eva Amurri, Californication) - form an unlikely bond when Dorian cooks up an illicit plan to earn big money. With no assistance from a flaky, free-spending mom (Oscar winner Susan Sarandon) and competition from a sexy younger sister (Willa Holland, Legion), Grace needs all the help she can get if she's going to make it to college.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Susan Sarandon
• Eva Amurri
• Willa Holland
• Anton Yelchin
• Justin Chatwin

Writers:
• Michelle Morgan

Producers:
• Michel Litvak
• David Lancaster

Directors:
• John Stockwell

Last Song, The


Synopsis
Miley Cyrus shines as the star of this heartwarming coming-of-age movie that will strike your emotional chords. Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks (Dear John, The Notebook), The Last Song follows Ronnie (Cyrus) and her estranged father as he tries to restore the loving relationship they once had. But reconnecting with his rebellious daughter isn't easy, so he chooses the one thing they still have in common -- music. Complete with not-to-be missed bonus features - the Miley Cyrus music video "When I Look At You," exclusive interviews with the actress and more - this uplifting and touching drama about family, first loves and second chances is a heartfelt story you won't soon forget.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Greg Kinnear
• Miley Cyrus
• Liam Hemsworth

Directors:
• Julie Anne Robinson

Kick-Ass


Synopsis
"How come nobody's ever tried to be a superhero?" When Dave Lizewski - ordinary New York teenager and rabid comic-book geek - dons a green-and-yellow Internet-bought wetsuit to become the no-nonsense vigilante Kick-Ass, he soon finds an answer to his own question: because it hurts. But, over coming all the odds, the eager yet inexperienced Dave quickly becomes a phenomenon, capturing the imagination of the public. However, he's not the only superhero out there - the fearless and highly trained father-daughter crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, have been slowly but surely taking down the criminal empire of local mafioso Frank D'Amico. And, as Kick-Ass gets drawn into their no-holds-barred world of bullets and bloodletting with Frank's son Chris, now reborn as Kick-Ass's arch-nemesis Red Mist, the stage is set for a final showdown between the forces of good and evil, in which the DIY hero will have to live up to his name. Or die trying...

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Chloe Grace Moretz
• Nicolas Cage
• Mark Strong
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse
• Clark Duke
• Aaron Johnson

Directors:
• Matthew Vaughn

Human Contract, The


Synopsis
Corporate player Julian Wright (Jason Clarke) stands on the verge of the deal of his career but his life just crossed paths with a woman (Paz Vega) who will turn his world upside down triggering emotions Julian never knew he had. As he pursues her in a dangerous game of seduction, he is forced to confront his past. Ultimately, Julian must face the dark family secrets that continue to haunt him and his troubled sister (Jada Pinkett Smith). Jada Pinkett Smith makes her directorial debut with this sophisticated, stylish and suspenseful film.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Jada Pinkett Smith
• Paz Vega
• Jason Clarke

Writers:
• Jada Pinkett Smith

Producers:
• Dawn Thomas
• Miguel Melendez

Directors:
• Jada Pinkett Smith

Death of Evil


Synopsis
When David Thunder (Damian Chapa) was a child, his Native American grandmother assured him the serpents in his dreams could be cast out by the Great Spirit. David, now a blue collar worker. He falls in love with aristocrat Julieta Asher (Natasha Blasick). David doesn't realize Julieta belongs to a generational Satanic family. Julieta tries everything, sexually and within her witchcraft powers, to bring David to the side of the wicked. David battles through his dreams, the streets of Europe, and the family henchman before he realizes she is the victim of a sinister form of brainwashing. When David learns Julieta is pregnant, he battles every demon and dark force on the planet to save his child's life.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Damian Chapa

Date Night


Synopsis
The laughs last longer with the Date Night Extended Edition, which includes a never-before-seen version of the film with hilarious added footage not shown in theaters!
Steve Carell and Tina Fey are "a match made in comedy heaven" (Ben Lyons, E!) in this uproarious adventure about an ordinary couple in the right place...on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' "date night" turns into a wild ride they'll never forget!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Tina Fey
• Steve Carell
• Mark Wahlberg
• James Franco
• Mila Kunis

Directors:
• Shawn Levy

The Bone Man ( Der Knochenmann )


This movie is in German language with English subtitles

SYNOPSIS:

Something just happened again?. Ex-detective Brenner (Josef Hader) faces the challenges of a bizarre country inn. The dangers lurking there are deadly; the young landlady turns his head so much, he is lucky it remains stuck to his neck. After Come, Sweet Death and Silentium here is the third outing for the successful Hader/Murnberger/Haas trio. Cryptic cinematic entertainment at its very best. Private Investigator Brenner is handling a case at the grill-station 'Löschenkohl'. There he finds - besides some chicken - also other meat...that doesn't belong in a good meal

Actors: Josef Bierbichler, Josef Hader, Birgit Minichmayr, Christoph Luser, Pia Hierzegger
Directors: Wolfgang Murnberger

Black Lightning


Note: This movie is in Russian language with English subtitles.

A student’s life turns upside down when he discovers the battered old car his father gave him can fly…
After his entire world falls apart he makes a choice and shoots from zero to hero as a crime fighter known as Black Lightning. Little does he know that evil forces are watching... they want the incredible car and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means killing him and destroying the city.


Actors: Grigoriy Dobrygin, Ekaterina Vilkova
Producers: Timur Bekmambetov

Back-up Plan, The


Synopsis
Jennifer Lopez stars as Zoe, a single New Yorker who dreams about meeting Mr. Right, having a baby and living happily ever after. But after a string of Mr. Wrongs, Zoe commits to her back-up plan: to take on motherhood alone. Zoe's plan proves far from foolproof when moments after her procedure she's swept up into a whirlwind romance with Stan (Alex O'Loughlin), the man of her dreams. Can Zoe hide her pregnancy until Stan is ready for the truth? Or will the truth send him packing? The Back-Up Plan is a hilarious romantic comedy about courtship, love, marriage and parenthood - but not necessarily in that order!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Jennifer Lopez
• Linda Lavin
• Anthony Anderson
• Eric Christian Olsen
• Alex O'Loughlin

Directors:
• Alan Poul

Airline Disaster


When the President learns that domestic terrorists have skyjacked the passenger jet her brother is flying, she must choose between family and the safety of the people in the cities below

Actors: Lindsey McKeon, Meredith Baxter, Sarah Lieving, Paton Ashbrook, Scott Valentine
Directors: John Willis III

After.Life


After a horrific car accident, Anna (Christina Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified, and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesnt believe shes dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own death. But Anna's grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Justin Long) still can't shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isnt what he appears to be. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to unlocking the disturbing truth, but it could be too late; Anna may have already begun to cross over to the other side.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Liam Neeson
• Christina Ricci
• Justin Long

Directors:
• Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo

July 19, 2010

Ballistica



A man has been trained in a deadly form of hand-to-hand combat using ballistics and firearms. He is one of the few Americans who has perfected it, which makes him the CIA's best weapon against International Terrorism.

Paul Logan: Damian
Director: Gary Jones

Caught in the Crossfire


Synopsis
Two detectives investigating a gang-related crime find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Christine Lakin
• Chris Klein
• 50 Cent
• Richard T. Jones
• Adam Rodriguez
• Lyle Kanouse
• Michael Matthias

Writers:
• Brian Miller

Producers:
• Randall Emmett
• R.D. Miller

Directors:
• Brian Miller

Ghost Writer, The


Synopsis
When a gifted ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever. Co-starring Olivia Williams and Kim Cattrall, it's a taut and shocking thriller from acclaimed director Roman Polanski (The Pianist).

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Ewan McGregor
• Olivia Williams
• Kim Cattrall
• Pierce Brosnan
• Tom Wilkinson

Writers:
• Roman Polanski

Directors:
• Roman Polanski

July 17, 2010

Pimp


Soho: The Heart of London's sex industry. Stanley (Danny Dyer) rules this dark and sleazy world, employing hustler and pimp Woody (Robert Cavanah) as his right hand man. But Woody is having one of the worst weeks of his life, topped off when one of his girls (Barbara Nedeljakova) goes missing. Now, with a gangland turf war escalating, Woody finds himself on the run through the seedy Soho underworld and questioning his whole life - a life he now finds spiralling brutally out of control… Featuring an explosive cast (including Billy Boyd, Scarlett Alice Johnson, Martin Compston and Robert Fucilla), Pimp is a sexy, exciting and action-packed look at the darker side of London's glamorous and dangerous nightlife.

Actors: Danny Dyer, Robert Cavanah, Billy Boyd, Martin Compston, Scarlett Alice Johnson
Directors: Robert Cavanah

Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang


In Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Oscar®-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she’s needed the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.

In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green’s children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave.

Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

Actors: Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maggie Smith, Rhys Ifans
Directors: Susanna White

Killer Swarm


Deadly black bees threaten to wipe out an entire city. With venom three times as deadly as an Africanized bee one sting is a guaranteed death sentence. Scientists are working quickly to create an antidote, but time is running out and an attack by a massive swarm of the deadly bees is imminent.

Actors: Janin Reinhardt, Stephan Luca, Paula Schramm, Sonja Kirchberger, Klaus J. Behrendt
Directors: Michael Karen

Greenberg


Synopsis
Roger Greenberg (Stiller) is single, fortyish and deliberately doing nothing. In search of a place to restart his life, he agrees to housesit for his brother in LA and tries to reconnect with his former bandmate (Rhys Ifans) and ex-girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh). But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself forging a connection with his brother's personal assistant, Florence (Greta Gerwig). Despite his best attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg comes to realize that he may at last have found a reason to be happy.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Ben Stiller
• Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Greta Gerwig
• Rhys Ifans

Writers:
• Noah Baumbach

Producers:
• Scott Rudin
• Jennifer Jason Leigh

Directors:
• Noah Baumbach

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The


Synopsis
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved uncle is convinced she was murdered and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed and troubled yet resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) to investigate.
When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vanger's are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Lena Endre
• Noomi Rapace
• Marika Lagercrantz
• Michael Nyqvist
• Sven Bertil Taube
• Peter Andersson
• Bjorn Granath
• Peter Haber
• Ingvar Hirdwall

Writers:
• Nikolaj Arcel

Directors:
• Niels Arden Oplev

Formosa Betrayed


Based on the true events, when a Taiwanese-American professor is murdered, FBI agent Jake Kelly (James Van Deer Beak) races to track the killers back to Taiwan. Kelly soon finds himself immersed in a dangerous conspiracy as he dodges forces ranging from the U.S. State Department to the Chinese Mafia. A gripping thriller. Formosa Betrayed delivers and unbelievable true story that must be heard.

Actors: James Van Der Beek, Leslie Hope, John Heard
Directors: Adam Kane