Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A small-time crime boss kills a drug dealer without realizing that the drug dealer works for the biggest crime boss in the country.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Keitel, Alex Meneses, Leonor Varela, Michael Sean Tighe
Director: Franck Khalfoun
Scenic Route (2013)
Drama | Thriller
The relationship between two old friends is tested as they are stranded in the desert.
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Dan Fogler, Miracle Laurie, Christie Burson, Peter Michael Goetz, Jamie Donovan, Ethan Maher
Director: Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz
The Time Being (2012)
Mystery
An artist meets a mysterious and wealthy benefactor and their relationship is not what it appears to be.
Starring: Wes Bentley, Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, Ahna O'Reilly, Jeremy Allen White, Frank Langella
Director: Nenad Cicin-Sain
Anything Else (2003)
Comedy | Romance
In medias res: narrator Jerry Falk, a fledgling comedy writer with an inept agent, is about to celebrate an anniversary with his girlfriend Amanda. There's trouble in paradise: she's late (and has already eaten), she's been uninterested in sex for months, and her quixotic mother is moving in with them. Jerry looks back to meeting Amanda and dumping Brooke. A constant is his friendship with another wannabe comedy writer, a 60 year old teacher named David, prone to long walks and advice filled talks. As Amanda and Jerry's relationship founders and her mom's noisy presence makes writing difficult for him, he and David plan something different. Wouldn't anything else be better?
Starring: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Danny DeVito, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Fallon, Stockard Channing
Director: Woody Allen
Cabin Boy (1994)
Comedy | Music | Romance
Elliott stars as Nathaniel Mayweather, a spoiled rich kid whose plans for a ritzy Hawaiian cruise backfire, finding him lost at sea with a gang of salty old sailors. And when his crusty cabinmates get a whiff of his highfalutin' attitude, they give him every rotten chore on the boat – and take him on the wackiest adventure yet to sail the Seven Seas.
Starring: Chris Elliott, Ritch Brinkley, James Gammon, Brian Doyle-Murray, Brion James, Melora Walters
Director: Adam Resnick
Red Line (2013)
Thriller
Terrified commuters are on the ride of their lives when terrorists send a subway train speeding out of control during rush hour. With the saboteur among them, a group of citizens are now trapped underground and in a race against time if they hope to see daylight again. Full of fast-paced action and suspense, Redline is a thriller that will have you holding on for safety.
Starring: Nicole Gale Anderson, John Billingsley, Kunal Sharma, Kevin Sizemore, Joseph Williamson, Mark Saul, Keena Ferguson
Director: Robert Kirbyson
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Mud (2012)
Drama
Two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios-he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn't long until Mud's visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon
Director: Jeff Nichols
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Arcadia (2012)
Drama
Greta's dad Tom is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that's missing is Mom.
Starring: Ryan Simpkins, John Hawkes, Kendall Toole, Ty Simpkins
Director: Olivia Silver
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Science Friction (2012)
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi
When a dope run into Mexico goes terribly wrong due to a faulty GPS and an unseen entity, Jack (Spencer Heney), a quiet college student and a rowdy group of party girls-the Vamps- find themselves lost on the fabled road Walpurgisnacht. Fear emerges when their '67 convertible and their 300k delivery mysteriously go missing. They seek shelter and safety descending deeper into terror as they face a dangerous local named Billy (L.Paschal Tenet) who seems to be the key to the cursed Walpurgisnacht Road and the secret to survive. Desperation mounts as they are chased into the belly of a deep dark mine and even deeper into their own consciousness. The frantic group search for redemption as they dodge the inevitable.
Starring: Spencer Heney, Cristina Magirescu, Stephanie Kollmar, Roubina Karina, L. Paschal Tenet, Eric Jutras, Helene Rousse
Director: Liam Kiernan
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West of Memphis (2012)
Documentary
An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
Starring: Michael Baden, Jason Baldwin, Damien Wayne Echols, Jamie Clark Ballard, Jennifer Bearden, Patrick Benca, Steve Braga
Director: Amy Berg
The Castle of Crossed Destinies / Ôoku: Eien – Emonnosuke · Tsunayoshi-hen (2012)
Drama | Sci-Fi
In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun.
Starring: Masato Sakai, Miho Kanno, Machiko Ono, Tasuku Emoto, Koki Tanaka, Jun Kaname, Ren Kiriyama
Director: Fuminori Kaneko
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Action | Comedy | Romance
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith (Pitt and Jolie) are stuck in a rut the size of the Grand Canyon until the truth comes out! Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly paid assassins working for rival organizations. And when they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry that gives an all-new meaning to "Till death do us part!"
Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington, Jennifer Morrison
Director: Doug Liman
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Comedy | Drama
Lars Lindstrom is a loveable introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of what is almost solitude, he invites Bianca, a friend he met on the internet to visit him. He introduces Bianca to his brother Gus and his wife Karen and they are stunned. They don't know what to say to Lars or Bianca–because she is a life-size doll, not a real person and he is treating her as though she is alive. They consult the family doctor Dagmar who explains this is a delusion he's created–for what reason she doesn't yet know but they should all go along with it. What follows is an emotional journey for Lars and the people around him.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, Kelli Garner, Nancy Beatty
Director: Craig Gillespie
Yoga Lin: Fugue World Tour Taipei Live (2013)
Music
Yoga Lin embarked on his biggest tour yet in 2012, including a show at the Taipei Arena on June 2. Yoga performed many of his distinctive ballads and pop hits at the Taipei flagship of his Fugue World Tour, including Si Fan, "Perfect Life," "Good Night," "Fool," "Mystery Guest" and "Cruel Moonlight." He also jammed with special guest Mayday for "Leaving the Earth's Surface" and "Romeo and Juliet." During the encore, Yoga thrilled fans by revisiting "You Are My Eyes" and "The One I Love," which he covered back in his One Million Star days.
Starring: Yoga Lin
Strawberry Night (2013)
Thriller
Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case…
Starring: Yûko Takeuchi, Takao Osawa, Ken'ichi Endô, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Renji Ishibashi, Tomokazu Miura
Director: Yûichi Satô
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Flash traverses time to right a violent, decades-past crime against his mother, but the ripples of his good intentions prove disastrous, as a fractured, alternate reality now exists in place of the familiar one. Stumbling through this twisted reality where even Superman is nowhere to be found, The Flash seeks the trusted wisdom of Batman, only to find a grittier, more violent Dark Knight in his place. Together with the help of Cyborg, they race to restore the continuity of Flash's original timeline while this new world is ravaged by a fierce war between Wonder Woman's Amazons and the Atlanteans, led by a battle hardened Aquaman.
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Nathan Fillion, Ron Perlman, Cary Elwes, Dana Delany, Kevin McKidd, C. Thomas Howellm Justin Chambers, Danny Huston, Kevin Conroy, Sam Daly, Vanessa Marshall
Director: Jay Oliva
Eat Drink Man Woman / Yin shi nan nu (1994)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Senior Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity, Jia-Chien, an airline executive, and Jia-Ning, a student who also works in a fast food restaurant. Life in the house revolves around the ritual of an elaborate dinner each Sunday, and the love lives of all the family members.
Starring: Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-Mei Yang, Sylvia Chang
Director: Ang Lee
The Wedding Banquet / Xi yan (1993)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Simon and Wei-Tung are a gay couple living together in Manhattan. To defer the suspicions of Wei-Tung's parents, Simon suggests a marriage of convenience between Wei-Tung and Wei-Wei, an immigrant in need of a green card. When Wei-Tung's parents come to America for the wedding, they insist upon an elaborate banquet, resulting in several complications.
Starring: Ya-lei Kuei, Sihung Lung, May Chin, Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein
Director: Ang Lee
Pushing Hands / Tui shou (1992)
Comedy | Drama
Master Chu, a retired Chinese Tai-Chi master, moves to Westchester, New York to live with his son Alex, his American daughter-in-law Martha, and their son Jeremy. However, Martha's second novel is suffering from severe writers' block brought on by Chu's presence in the house. Alex must struggle to keep his family together as he battles an inner conflict between cultural tradition and his modern American lifestlye.
Starring: Sihung Lung, Lai Wang, Bo Z. Wang, Deb Snyder, Fanny De Luz
Director: Ang Lee
Sakuran (2006)
Drama | History
Set in Edo era Japan, “Sakuran” traces the life of Kiyoha (Anna Tsuchiya) as she rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. Kiyoha was determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
Starring: Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shiina, Yoshino Kimura, Hiroki Narimiya, Miho Kanno, Masatoshi Nagase
Director: Mika Ninagawa
