Drift (2013)
Drama | Sport
In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.
Starring: Sam Worthington, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Xavier Samuel, Robyn Malcolm, Myles Pollard
Director: Ben Nott, Morgan O'Neill
The Getaway (1994)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol McCoy) to tell him that he's for sale if Benyon can get him out of prison.
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilly
Director: Roger Donaldson
Lost on Purpose (2013)
Drama
Our story takes place in the fertile, San Joaquin Valley. Fueled by gin and sheer determination, Elizabeth James (Ms. Liz) operates her third generation dairy farm outside the region's domineering co-ops. To help keep the place afloat, she's employed five renegade ranch hands. These boys have put a pin in responsibility and opted to stretch out the party as long as possible. Unfortunately, women, booze, and fisticuffs can only lead to one outcome: trouble. With the dairy farm reporting its third straight deficit year, Ms Liz is attracting some unwanted attention. Delbert Furgeson, the owner of the area's largest co-op, is pushing to buy her out. This only incenses the prideful Ms Liz and starts a volatile feud between the two. Sharing the narrative are the ranch hands. Randel and Rooker Lee are brothers caught in the crossfire of their parents' separation. Leslie Williams and Jackie Remmington are aspiring musicians, trying not to get caught up in their own success. Wade Kitchanski is at ends with his father, striving to find his own path outside the family paint business. As the boys struggle to find direction, Ms Liz and Delbert Furgeson launch into a full-blown war. When the dust settles, we realize it's not simply a story about winners and losers or finding your way. It's about purpose: to find what you believe in, through change, through loss, even if it's the small things. Then hold on to it and fight for it, because in the end that's all you have.
Starring: Jane Kaczmarek, C. Thomas Howell, James Lafferty, Aaron Hill, Dale Dickey, Octavia Spencer, Jeremy Ratchford
Director: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
It's a Girl! (2012)
Documentary
In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of this so-called "gendercide." Girls who survive infancy are often subject to neglect, and many grow up to face extreme violence and even death at the hands of their own husbands or other family members. The war against girls is rooted in centuries-old tradition and sustained by deeply ingrained cultural dynamics which, in combination with government policies, accelerate the elimination of girls. Shot on location in India and China, It's a Girl reveals the issue. It asks why this is happening, and why so little is being done to save girls and women. The film tells the stories of abandoned and trafficked girls, of women who suffer extreme dowry-related violence, of brave mothers fighting to save their daughters' lives, and of other mothers who would kill for a son. Global experts and grassroots activists put the stories in context and advocate different paths towards change, while collectively lamenting the lack of any truly effective action against this injustice.
Director: Evan Grae Davis
Lord of Illusions (1995)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult, who are waiting for the resurrection of their leader Nix. 13 years ago Nix was calmed down by his best trainee Swann. In the meantime Swann is advanced to a populary illusionist like David Copperfield and is married to the charming Dorothea. She hires D'Amour to protect Swann against the evil cult members. Short time later Swann is killed by one of his own tricks and the occurrences are turning over. And it crackles between Dorothea and D'Amour…
Starring: Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Joseph Latimore, Sheila Tousey, Susan Traylor
Director: Clive Barker
Shield of Straw / Wara no tate (2013)
Action | Thriller
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru (Tatsuya Fujiwara). Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing. Three months after the murder of his granddaughter, Ninagawa places a whole page ad in the 3 big Japanese newspapers. The ad states "Please kill this man Kunihide Kiyomaru and I will pay you 1,000,000,000 yen as a reward." Meanwhile, Kunihide Kiyomaru sees the ad and begins to fear for his life. Kunihide Kiyomaru then turns himself in at the Fukuoka Police Station. Five detectives from the security section (SP) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department travel to Fukuoka to escort Kunihide Kiyomaru back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The distance between Fukuoka and Tokyo is apprixmately 1,200 km. During their fateful trip, a significant portion of the Japanese population plot to kill Kunihide Kiyomaru. Many of those people, actually pursue Kunihide Kiyomaru while he goes back to Tokyo to get the 1 billion yen reward. The lonely fight of the five detectives to protect this man begins…
Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takao Ohsawa, Gorô Kishitani, Masatô Ibu, Kento Nagayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Hirotarô Honda
Director: Takashi Miike
The Unbroken / The Sun That Doesn't Set / Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
Drama
A drama based on the 1985 plane crash that caused 520 deaths, the worst aviation event in Japanese history.
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Erika Toda, Teruyuki Kagawa, Shun Sugata, Tomokazu Miuram, Misa Shimizu
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu
Chocolat (2000)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Leslie Caron
Director: Lasse Hallström
Speed Racer (2008)
Action | Family | Sport
Born to race cars, Speed Racer is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized – the legendary Rex Racer, whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer, the designer of Speed's thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company's maniacal owner but uncovers a terrible secret – some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won't drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line. The only way for Speed to save his family's business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie, Speed teams with his one-time rival – the mysterious Racer X – to win the race that had taken his brother's life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, John Goodman, Rain
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
New Police Story / Xin jing cha gu shi (2004)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Massive explosions and incredible stunts abound as Jackie Chan makes what many refer to as a comeback with this Chinese release. He plays the burned-out Inspector Wing, whose motivation died when the rest of his police team was wiped out at the hands of a wily and brutal new gang. When, against the odds, a rookie cop rouses the weathered Inspector to go after the gang, however, there is no stopping him until justice has been served.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu, Charlie Yeung, Charlene Choi, Dave Wong, Andy On, Terence Yin, Rongguang Yu, Coco Chiang, Tony Leung
Director: Benny Chan
Police Story II / Ging chaat goo si juk jaap (1988)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
His personal war against crime has earned Kevin Chan a demotion from detective to traffic cop just as Hong Kong is hit with a wave of bomb scares. Chan unofficially follows up his own leads and tracks down the bombers, but not before his girlfriend is abducted.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung
Director: Jackie Chan
Police Story / Ging chat goo si (1985)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A police raid on a drug gang goes awry, and for detective Kevin Chan, nothing seems to go right from there. Even when the gang boss is brought to trial, he is acquitted when Kevin's evidence disappears from under his nose. His attempt to rescue a beautiful but reluctant key witness results in Kevin being wanted for murder and on the run from both the gang and his own squad. To bring the gang to justice he has to find the evidence and the witness–and stay alive long enough to convince his colleagues of his innocence.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung
Director: Jackie Chan
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live from Madison Square Garden (2009)
Drama | Music | Musical
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood perform live at New York's Madison Square Garden in February 2008. Songs include the Blind Faith numbers 'Had To Cry Today', 'Presence of the Lord', 'Sleeping in the Ground' and 'Well All Right', songs from Clapton's solo career, including 'Forever Man', 'Cocaine', 'Double Trouble' and 'After Midnight', and Winwood/Traffic tracks 'Georgia On My Mind', 'Dear Mr Fantasy', 'Glad' and 'Pearly Queen', as well as renditions of 'Them Changes' and 'Voodoo Chile'. Two documentaries, 'The Road to Madison Square Garden' and 'Rambling On My Mind', are also included.
Starring: Eric Clapton, Chris Stainton, Ian Thomas, Willie Weeks, Steve Winwood
Director: Martyn Atkins
Cats (1998)
Musical
Cats is a pop-cultural phenomenon that has been performed on stage for more than 50 million patrons in 26 countries for almost 18 years, resulting in more than two billion dollars in ticket sales. Now that Cats has finally made it to the small screen, attention must be paid not just by fans of this critic-proof show, but also by those entertainment mavens who have somehow avoided it until now.
Starring: James Barron, Jo Bingham, Jacob Brent, Kaye Brown, Veerle Casteleyn
Director: David Mallet
Only God Forgives (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Ryan Gosling and Kristin Scott Thomas star in this violent, Thai-set revenge thriller directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Lying low in Bangkok ten years after killing a cop, Julian (Gosling) runs a Thai boxing club as a cover for his family's drugs business. But when his brother kills a local prostitute, and is then slain in retribution, Julian's mother Jenna (Scott Thomas) arrives in the city demanding that he track down the killer and mete out revenge. After learning that the man responsible is a retired police officer and lone dispenser of justice known as 'The Angel of Vengeance' (Vithaya Pansringarm), Julian, confident of success, sets out to find him, little realising what he has taken on.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Burke, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Isis Rising: Curse of the Lady Mummy (2013)
Horror
In ancient Egypt, Isis and Osiris ruled the land. All were happy for the couple except one, Set, a jealous man who killed Osiris in order to take over his kingdom. Isis snuck into Osiris' tomb and tried to raise him from the dead using her black magic. Set caught Isis in the act and had Osiris cut to pieces, with each piece buried in a different part of the land, so Isis could never again raise her husband. Isis vowed to avenge Osiris' death and return with him to rule over all the worlds. Now, six college students Kyle, Dustin, Felicia, Jay, Serena and Amy take their last course in archeology in anticipation for graduation. Their last assignment is to uncover and document the museum's new acquisitions with their teacher, Professor Shields and world-renowned Egyptologist Dr. Nasir. During the night they haphazardly awaken the ancient spirit of Isis' lost soul and her wrath is unleashed on the group. As students start to disappear one by one, they must band together to stop Isis from rising her dead lover Osiris and his evil army of the dead, and exacting their revenge upon the world.
Starring: Priya Rai, James Bartholet, Michael Alvarez, William Connor, Robin Daniel Egan
Director: Lisa Palenica
Les gamins / The Brats (2013)
Comedy
A young, frustrated musician finds unexpected kinship with his girlfriend's father.
Starring: Alain Chabat, Max Boublil, Sandrine Kiberlain, Mélanie Bernier, Arié Elmaleh
Director: Anthony Marciano
Stuck in Love / Writers (2012)
Comedy | Drama
A successful writer tries to reconnect with his two children following his divorce.
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, Kristen Bell, Nat Wolff, Greg Kinnear
Director: Josh Boone
Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary (2012)
Biography | Documentary | History
It was a strange and curious misfit. Though born a Buick, the Grand National was clearly something else. It was too quick and too brutish to carry that stodgy name. There was something inside the car trying to get out. BLACK AIR is a feature-length documentary about Buick's premier but paradoxical 1980s performance car.
Starring: Tony Assenza, Paul Castle, Richard Clark
Director: Andrew Filippone Jr.
The March (2013)
Documentary
Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. This programme tells the story of the how the march for jobs and freedom began, speaking to the people who organised and participated in it. Using rarely seen archive footage the film reveals the background stories surrounding the build up to the march as well as the fierce opposition it faced from the JFK administration, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and widespread claims that it would incite racial violence, chaos and disturbance. The film follows the unfolding drama as the march reaches its ultimate triumphs, gaining acceptance from the state, successfully raising funds and in the end, organised and executed peacefully – and creating a landmark moment in the struggle for civil rights and racial equality in the united states.
Starring: Denzel Washington
Director: John Akomfrah
