Sparkle (2012)
Drama | Music
Set in the 1960s, three sisters form girl group and soon become Motown sensations, but fame becomes a challenge as the close-knit family begins to fall apart.
Starring: Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Beach, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, CeeLo Green
Director: Salim Akil
The Apparition (2012)
Horror | Thriller
A couple are haunted by a supernatural presence that is unleashed during a college experiment.
Starring: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill, Rick Gomez
Director: Todd Lincoln
Lan Kwai Fong 2 / Xi ai ye pu 2 (2012)
Drama | Romance
Promiscuous things going on every night at LKF. Tonight, a photographer hits it off with a girl that just broke up with her rich ex-boyfriend; an office boy in advertising mistakes his cell phone for a pretty married woman?s; a broker gets to know a prostitute a lot more than he should; a patrol officer comes across a female DJ working at a night club, they?re like familiar strangers to each other.
Starring: Lik-Sun Fong, Leo Ku, Chor-yiu Kwan, Shiga Lin, William So
Director: Wilson Chin
American Horror Story (TV Series 2011- )
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
American Horror Story is a dramatic television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. The story focuses on a family that moves to a decrepit mansion in Los Angeles, unaware that the once-noble home is haunted.
Starring: Evan Peters, Jessica Lange, Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Taissa Farmiga, Denis O'Hare, Frances Conroy, Alexandra Breckenridge, Lily Rabe, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Joseph Fiennes, Lizzie Brocheré
Creator: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
The Twilight Zone (TV Series 1959-1964)
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The Twilight Zone was a popular American anthology series. The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic. They may be scary or just thought-provoking. Most episodes have unexpected endings and a moral lesson. But, no matter what, it's "a journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of the imagination."
Starring: Rod Serling
Creator: Rod Serling
Nitro Circus: The Movie (2012)
Action | Comedy | Documentary
Travis Pastrana and his tight-knit, highly-skilled, adrenaline-addicted friends bring their impossible, ridiculous, insane and hysterical adventures to the big screen for the first time
Starring: Travis Pastrana, Jolene Van Vugt, Jim DeChamp, Gregg Godfrey, Jeremy Rawle, Tommy Passemante, Greg Powell, Erik Roner
Director: Gregg Godfrey, Jeremy Rawle
Fanny och Alexander / Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery
Fanny and Alexander are the children in the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow has to marry the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children become immediately miserable.
Starring: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Börje Ahlstedt, Allan Edwall, Ewa Fröling, Gunn Wållgren
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Drama | Romance
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – house, husband, successful career – yet she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, embarking on a journey around the world in a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, I. Gusti Ayu Puspawati, Hadi Subiyanto, Billy Crudup
Director: Ryan Murphy
Serenity (2005)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family–squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal. When Mal takes on two new passengers–a young doctor and his unstable, telepathic sister–he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, who will stop at nothing to reclaim the girl. The crew that was once used to skimming the outskirts of the galaxy unnoticed find themselves caught between the unstoppable military force of the Universal Alliance and the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers, savages who roam the very edge of space. Hunted by vastly different enemies, they begin to discover that the greatest danger to them may be on board Serenity herself.
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite
Director: Joss Whedon
Danny Deckchair (2003)
Comedy | Romance
Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy. Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied with helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. In this new town, he rockets into the world of Glenda, the town's only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in this new town, and in his great adventure, he discovers a true soulmate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually, as Danny's true identity is revealed and Trudy–now a tabloid celebrity–comes to the idyllic town to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny, however, is a changed man; he's discovered what it means to be happy and has found a new self-worth…
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon, John Batchelor
Director: Jeff Balsmeyer
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007)
Documentary
If it weren't for a series of cataclysmic events, a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could well still be the domain of dinosaurs. Following Pr Rodolfo Coria, a world-reknown Argentinian paleontologist, we visit sites of major discoveries he has contributed to in Patagonia and travel back in time to see these amazing beasts come to life in 3D…
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Rodolfo Coria
Director: Marc Fafard
Coffee and Cigarettes / Coffee & Cigarettes (2003)
Comedy | Drama | Music
A series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide–all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes.
Starring: Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Attack on Leningrad / Leningrad (2009)
Drama | War
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad.
Starring: Mira Sorvino, Gabriel Byrne, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director: Aleksandr Buravsky
Boy Wonder (2010)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.
Starring: Caleb Steinmeyer, Zulay Henao, Bill Sage, James Russo, Tracy Middendorf
Director: Michael Morrissey
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Centred around a weekend party at the home of inventor Andrew Hobbs and his wife Adrian, attended by randy doctor Maxwell Jordan, his nurse Dulcy, renowned philosopher Dr.Leopold Sturgis and his fiancée, this is a light comedy concerning their various emotional, intellectual and sexual entanglements, loosely based on Ingmar Bergman's 'Smiles of a Summer Night' .
Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Tony Roberts, Mary Steenburgen
Director: Woody Allen
Ghosted (2011)
Drama | Thriller
'GHOSTED' tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done his time. After his wife confirms that she is leaving him, on the anniversary of their son's death, the only thing that keeps him from going under is the new prisoner, Paul. Jack's cell mate Ahmed, attempts to guide him on a path of salvation, a path that involves saving Paul from the clutches of the wing beast, Clay. Jack struggles between the curiosity of the head prison officer Donner, and the violent determination of clay, eventually saving Paul. As Jack and Paul finally accept each other, it soon becomes clear that Paul is not all he seems and may have a closer connection to Jack than he could ever imagine.
Starring: John Lynch, David Schofield, Martin Compston, Craig Parkinson, Art Malik, Amanda Abbington, Hugh Quarshie, Liran Nathan
Director: Craig Viveiros
The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Comedy | Romance
Janeane Garofalo plays Dr. Abby Barnes, the "Truth About Cats and Dogs" radio question-and-answer show host who unwittingly entices a listener over the radio with her soothing voice and personality. This listener, Brian, tries to meet the Abby from the radio, but Noelle, played by Uma Thurman, is mistaken for the real thing when Brian comes to the studio. Instead of clearing things up right away, the self-conscious Abby allows her best friend, Noelle, a tall, stunning blonde, to take her place for a while. Abby takes on the made-up persona of Donna, while thinking Brian would never go for her, a short, cute, brunette, who thinks she's unattractive. As the real Abby woos Brian over the phone and radio, Noelle, the pseudo-Abby, takes her place in the flesh.
Starring: Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Chaplin, Jamie Foxx, James McCaffrey
Director: Michael Lehmann
A Simple Plan / Un plan simple (1998)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Two brothers and a friend find $4 million in the cockpit of a downed plane. The pilot is dead. No one is looking for the money.
Starring: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda
Director: Sam Raimi
The Santa Clause 2 / The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause (2002)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Scott Calvin has given sterling service as Santa Claus for nearly ten years and enjoyed every minute, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus.
Starring: Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, David Krumholtz, Elizabeth Mitchell, Wendy Crewson
Director: Michael Lembeck
The Santa Clause (1994)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Scott Calvin accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall to his death from his roof on Christmas Eve. When Scott and his young son, Charlie, finish the late St. Nick's deliveries, they go to the North Pole where Scott learns he must become the new Santa and convince those he loves that he is indeed Father Christmas.
Starring: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Wendy Crewson, Peter Boyle
Director: John Pasquin
