Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
Documentary
The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, Richard Stanley
Director: Frank Pavich
Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey (TV Series 2014- )
Documentary
Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos continues from it's 1980 predecessor, exploring how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. It brings to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge and transport viewers to new worlds and across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale. The most profound scientific concepts are presented with stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder, and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience.
Starring: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Creator: Ann Druyan
Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 3 – Ghost Tears (2014)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Shunsuke Sakuya, Ikkyu Juku, Takurou Nakakuni, Yôji Ueda
Director: Kazuchika Kise
Spirited Away / Sen and the Mysterious Disappearance of Chihiro / Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes the most acclaimed film of 2002 and Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature. Hayao Miyazaki's latest triumph, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure, is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages. It's a "wonderfully welcoming work of art that's as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful and deep" (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal). SPIRITED AWAY is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world.
Starring: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tatsuya Gashûin
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro / Arsene Lupin and the Castle of Cagliostro / Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (1979)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
When master thief Lupin III, a.k.a. "The Wolf" inadvertently steals a fortune in counterfeit bills from a casino, he is quick to realize the high-quality printing plates that made them are worth even more. Tracing the source of the money to the small European country of Cagliostro, Lupin and his team of colorful outlaws cross swords with the nation's mysterious monarch over his forthcoming marriage to the last princess of the Cagliostro family. It's fast-paced adventure as Lupin must battle fearsome ninjas, rescue a damsel in distress and uncover the key to the lost Cagliostro fortune. Written and directed by Academy Award-winning anime pioneer and visionary Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY, PRINCESS MONONOKE, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE), everyone will enjoy this lighthearted romp which Steven Spielberg once called one of the greatest adventure movies of all time.
Starring: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Gorô Naya, Sumi Shimamoto
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
State of Play (2009)
Drama | Mystery
Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels
Director: Kevin Macdonald
The Train (1964)
Action | Thriller | War
In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon, Wolfgang Preiss
Director: John Frankenheimer
Love Happy (1949)
Comedy | Crime | Musical
The Marx Brothers' last film as a team finds "ace" detective Groucho searching for stolen diamonds that theater pianist Chico inadvertently passed on to happy wanderer Harpo. Lighthearted musical-comedy also features Ilona Massey, Raymond Burr, and a memorable cameo by a young Marilyn Monroe.
Starring: Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Raymond Burr
Director: David Miller
Killer Legends / The Urban Legend Project (2014)
Crime | Documentary | History | Horror
Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.
Starring: Rachel Mills, Joshua Zeman
Director: Joshua Zeman
Louder Than Words / Maria's Wish (2013)
Drama | Family
After the Fall is inspired by true events and tells the poignant story of grieving parents who used the unexpected death of their young daughter as inspiration to build a world class children's hospital. The hospital not only keeps their daughter's memory alive, but has also gone on to help thousands of children and their families, eventually becoming the template for all children's hospitals built thereafter.
Starring: Adelaide Kane, David Duchovny, Xander Berkeley, Timothy Hutton, Craig Bierko, Hope Davis
Director: Anthony Fabian
Transcendence (2014)
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
As two leading computer scientists, Will and Evelyn Caster, progress toward their goal of creating a machine possessing sentience and collective intelligence, a group of anti-technology extremists fights to stop them, fearing a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human mind.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Mara, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall
Director: Wally Pfister
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4 Minute Mile / One Square Mile (2014)
Drama
4 MINUTE MILE is the inspirational story of Drew (Kelly Blatz), a high school student struggling to overcome the inner-city surroundings that threaten to imprison him. After getting manipulated into running drug payments to a local dealer (Rhys Coiro), Drew has nowhere to turn in a family with a deadbeat older brother (Cam Gigandet) and an overwhelmed single mom (Oscar-winner Kim Basinger). His only outlet is track practice but that is taken from him as he continues down the path of his sibling; even the affections of a girl at school (Analeigh Tipton) can't set him straight. Just as it seems hopeless, an ex-track coach with his own demons (Oscar-nominee Richard Jenkins) witnesses Drew's speed and athleticism and decides to train him to reach for more than he ever imagined possible. Together they work towards finding solace in each other but Drew's resolve is threatened as tragedy strikes right before the biggest race of his life and forces him to confront everything that has been holding him back.
Starring: Analeigh Tipton, Cam Gigandet, Kim Basinger, Kelly Blatz, Richard Jenkins, Rhys Coiro
Director: Charles-Olivier Michaud
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Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper (2014)
Horror
When several young hunters arrive at a secluded lodge in the Pacific Northwest little do they know that they will become the hunted.
Starring: Eric Roberts, Linnea Quigley, Jordan Rodriguez, Nils Allen Stewart, Kyle George, Keith Metcalf, Liam Watkins, Adam Graff, D.J. Aiken
Director: David DeCoteau
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Infliction (2013)
Horror
Feature film director Jack Thomas Smith's current project he calls "Infliction" is the actual assembled footage taken from the cameras belonging to two brothers, who documented a murder spree in North Carolina in 2011. The footage reveals in disturbing detail their actions and motives. It details the effects of people's actions or inactions and its long-term effects on other's lives. "Infliction" presents in cold detail a hard look at the blurred line between society's criminals and victims.
Starring: Jason Mac, Elliott Armstrong, Ana Shaw, Catherine Trail, Don Henderson Baker, Mahri Shelton, Kimball Ewonus, Darren Kendrick
Director: Jack Thomas Smith
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Mutual Friends (2013)
Comedy
Surprise parties rarely go well. This one is no different, as a group of 30-somethings head through life, love and a day in New York City.
Starring: Caitlin FitzGerald, Cheyenne Jackson, Peter Scanavino, Michael Stahl-David, Christina Cole, Jennifer Lafleur, Ross Partridge, Annika Peterson, Devin Burnam, Michael Chernus
Director: Matthew Watts
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Matt's Chance (2013)
Comedy | Drama
Matt's Chance is a darkly comedic tale of love, revenge, and the fickle nature of human morality. It tells the story of Matt, a down-on-his-luck loser who on his birthday night discovers his fiancee, Jessica, in bed with another man. As Matt learns the true depth of Jessica's betrayal, he begins a downward spiral revenge quest that pits him face to face with a wide array of characters including an eccentric pawn shop owner, an aging stripper, and a barber with an agenda.
Starring: Edward Furlong, Lee Majors, Bill Sorice, Margot Kidder, Gary Busey, Edi Zanidache, Brandy Kopp, Edward Michael Scott
Director: Nicholas Gyeney
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Being Us (2013)
Drama
When a woman with multiple personality disorder finds herself uncontrollably chasing danger in the form of one-night stands with abusive men, she's ready to end it all. Can a relationship with one good man change her mind? Alanna Ubach (Meet the Fockers, Legally Blonde, Waiting) stars in this gritty exploration of a woman battling dangerous impulses while searching for the love that can bring her back to balance. Margaret lives with dissociative identity disorder, and while she strives to lead a normal life, at night she surrenders to a cycle of compulsive sex and brutal self-punishment. When she meets Walker, a compassionate man with a deep desire to help, the romance she thought would save her threatens to push her over the edge. Can she show her many faces to someone and still believe in love?
Starring: Alanna Ubach, Michael Navarra, Patrick Russell, Barbara Niven, Rolf Saxon
Director: Sam Hancock
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Day of the Siege / September Eleven 1683 / 11 settembre 1683 (2012)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History
In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna. The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe. On September 11. was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks.
Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Enrico Lo Verso, Alicja Bachleda, Jerzy Skolimowski, Piotr Adamczyk, Cristina Serafini
Director: Renzo Martinelli
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The Motel (2005)
Comedy | Drama
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.
Starring: Jeffrey Chyau, Sung Kang, Jade Wu, Samantha Futerman, Alexis Chang
Director: Michael Kang
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Dracula (TV Series 2013- )
Drama | Horror
Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as the iconic titular character in this provocative new drama, a twisted, sophisticated and sexy take on Bram Stoker's classic novel. It's the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He's especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night – useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: he hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan… until he becomes infatuated with a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Victoria Smurfit, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Nonso Anozie, Katie McGrath, Ben Miles
Creator: Cole Haddon
