Maiko wa redî (2014)
Comedy | Musical
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a geisha, like her now-deceased mother. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.
Starring: Mone Kamishiraishi, Hiroki Hasegawa, Sumiko Fuji, Eri Watanabe
Director: Masayuki Suo
Unbroken (2014)
Biography | Drama | Sport | War
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney, Domhnall Gleeson, Alex Russell, Finn Wittrock
Director: Angelina Jolie
'71 (2014)
Action | Drama | Thriller
In 1971, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, a young British squaddie deploys with his unit on the dangerous streets of Belfast.Action | Drama | Thriller
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Paul Anderson, Valene Kane, Sean Harris, Sam Reid, Charlie Murphy
Director: Yann Demange
Aagadu (2014)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Family
Shankar (Mahesh Babu) is an orphan who is adopted by a sincere police officer (Rajendra Prasad). But he is forced to leave and become a cop on his own. Shankar is a powerful police officer who uses unconventional methods to bring criminals to justice. He is posted to a village where Damodhar (Sonusood) is building a power plant, which is fiercely opposed by the locals. Shankar finds a personal connection after going to the village. Rest of the story is all about how Shankar sets everything right.
Starring: Mahesh Babu, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sonu Sood
Director: Sreenu Vaitla
Effie Gray / Effie (2014)
Drama
Based on the real-life scandal that shocked Victorian-era England, the film tells the story of Euphemia "Effie" Gray. At 19, she married the prominent art historian and critic John Ruskin, but Ruskin refused to consummate their marriage. Lonely and frustrated Effie is drawn to pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, and finds a friend and champion in Lady Elizabeth Eastlake.
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Claudia Cardinale, Robbie Coltrane, Russell Tovey, Julie Walters
Director: Richard Laxton
The Canal (2014)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Film archivist David has been having a rough time lately, as he suspects that his wife Alice has been cheating on him with Alex, one of her work clients. This stress is compounded when David's work partner Claire gives him a reel of to-be-archived footage that shows that his house was the setting for a brutal murder in 1902.
Starring: Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra, Steve Oram
Director: Ivan Kavanagh
Mommy (2014)
Drama
A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
Starring: Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard, Alexandre Goyette
Director: Xavier Dolan
Une nouvelle amie / The New Girlfriend (2014)
Drama
A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.
Starring: Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier, Raphaël Personnaz, Isild Le Besco, Aurore Clément
Director: François Ozon
Magical Girl (2014)
Drama | Thriller
Alicia, a sick child who dreams with the dress of her favorite Japanese series "Magical Girl Yukiko." Luis, her father, will try to do everything in his hand to achieve it. But his fate intersects with Barbara, an attractive young woman with mental disorders and with Damian, a teacher retired from everything but from his troubled past. Luis, Barbara and Damian will be trapped in a world of blackmails, where instincts and reason will struggle in a tragic battle, changing their lives forever.
Starring: Bárbara Lennie, José Sacristán, Luis Bermejo
Director: Carlos Vermut
Loreak (2014)
Drama
Ane's life turns around when, week after week, she receives a bunch of flowers at home. Always at the same time and always without a senders note.
Starring: Itziar Aizpuru, Nagore Aranburu, Josean Bengoetxea, Jox Berasategui, Ane Gabarain
Director: Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga
The Trip (2010)
Comedy | Drama
When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon…
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005)
Animation | Comedy | Mystery
Shaggy, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang hit the bodacious beaches of Hawaii for the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest – only to discover there's a terribly real monster about to show all the true meaning of wipeout! The locals are convinced that island spirits are furious over a new resort being built on sacred ground and when an army of tiny demons attacks the surfers, the ancient prophecies appear to be true. Could this be the first mystery that Daphne finally can't figure out before trouble – in the form of a huge volcano – erupts? Grab your surfboards and hold onto your coconuts – unless Scooby-Doo and Shaggy don't munch'em down first – for a spectacularly colorful and splashy animated adventure.
Starring: Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle
Director: Tim Maltby
The Place Where the Sun Sits / Taiyô no Suwaru Basho (2014)
Drama
Former high school classmates, now adults, hold jealous thoughts, hidden intentions and lust for revenge. Graduates from a high school have held reunions since they graduated 10 years ago. The high school itself is located 2 hours from Tokyo by train and past reunions were held by different teams for different areas. An upcoming reunion is the first time where everyone will gather again. Kyoko Takama (Asami Mizukawa) works as an announcer for a local station. Back in her high school days, Kyoko was the queen of the high school. Nowadays, Kyoko Suzuhara (Fumino Kimura) is the person everyone talks about. Kyoko was an ordinary student, but she now works as a popular actress. For the first time since their graduation, Kyoko Suzuhara appears in front of them.
Starring: Asami Mizukawa, Fumino Kimura, Takahiro Miura, Kanna Mori, Shingo Tsurumi, Aoi Koizumi
Director: Hitoshi Yazaki
Top Five / Finally Famous (2014)
Comedy | Romance
A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.
Starring: Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, J.B. Smoove, Gabrielle Union, Romany Malco, Hayley Marie Norman
Director: Chris Rock
Crackerjack (2013)
Comedy
In the off-beat style of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, this southern tale, narrated by executive producer, Jeff Foxworthy, follows the comical missteps of a lovable loser, Bill "Crackerjack" Bailey IV (CJ). His residence of choice is a single-wide. His entrepreneurial endeavors include collecting state quarters and Dinky Dolls. And the only diamond that he gets near is not on the finger of his live-in girlfriend, Sherry, but instead a softball diamond, which is CJ's drug of choice. However, when Sherry learns she's pregnant and moves out to prod CJ into action, the real root of CJ's artful dodging comes into play: a curse in which Bailey men become absent as soon as a baby becomes present. Faced with losing his true love or confronting the curse and his impending fatherhood, CJ does what any man would do- play ball!
Starring: Wes Murphy, Bethany Anne Lind, L. Warren Young, Aaron Beelner, Phillip DeVona, Rick Dial, Rob Bouton
Director: Bryan Coley
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First Period (2013)
Comedy
New girl Cassie (Brandon Alexander III) and outcast Maggie (Dudley Beene) are easily the most awkward girls in high school. Together, they decide the way to win the hearts of the cute boys and popular girls is to come in first at the school talent show. But rivals Heather, Other Heather, and their popular boyfriends Brett and Dirk will stop at nothing to keep our heroes the laughing stock of the school. It's going to take makeovers, courage, and maybe even a little rapping to beat them in true 80s style.
Starring: Brandon Alexander III, Dudley Beene, Lauren Rose Lewis, Michael Turchin, Leigh Wakeford
Director: Charlie Vaughn
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Along the Roadside (2013)
Comedy | Music | Romance
Two young people from different parts of the world, their vastly different cultures and their journey of self-discovery during the drive to the largest music festival in California.
Starring: Michael Madsen, Iman Crosson, Angelina Häntsch, Lazar Ristovski, Rhomeyn Johnson, Daniel Grozdich
Director: Zoran Lisinac
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Fatal Frame / Zero / Gekijô-ban : Zero (2014)
Horror
At an all girls' high school located in a mountain village, Aya (Ayami Nakajo) lives in a dormitory at the school. One day, she sees a vision of herself dying and becomes shocked. From that moment, she is unable to leave her dorm room. Other students begin to see a female ghost within the dormitory. Girls begin to disappear one by one. The girls that went missing all saw a picture of a girl who looked like Aya before they disappeared. Michi (Aoi Morikawa) lives in the same dormitory as Aya. Michi’s friend Kasumi disappears right in front of Michi. Michi thinks all the disappearances maybe caused by Aya. Michi tries to talk to Aya through her dorm room door. Soon, Kasumi's body is found.
Starring: Ayami Nakajô, Aoi Morikawa, Fujiko Kojima, Karen Miyama, Kasumi Yamaya, Minori Hagiwara, Yuri Nakamura, Kôdai Asaka, Noriko Nakagoshi, Jun Miho
Director: Mari Asato
Into the Woods (2014)
Adventure | Fantasy | Musical
A baker and his wife embark on a quest to break a witch’s curse in order to start a family. Along the way, they encounter several well-known fairy tale characters, and together they learn what happens after "happily ever after".
Starring: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Huttlestone, Lilla Crawford
Director: Rob Marshall
Barefoot (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding to convince his family that he's finally straightened out his life. She impresses the family with her genuine, if unstable charm. Along the way they fall into an improbable love.
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, Treat Williams, Kate Burton, J.K. Simmons, David Jensen
Director: Andrew Fleming
