Of Mice and Men (1992)
Drama
Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
Starring: John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Casey Siemaszko, John Terry, Richard Riehle
Director: Gary Sinise
Entertainment (2015)
Drama
En route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave desert.
Starring: Gregg Turkington, John C. Reilly, Lotte Verbeek, Tye Sheridan, Amy Seimetz, Michael Cera
Director: Rick Alverson
Wilde (1997)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
Literary genius, legendary wit, bon vivant, and gay martyr, Oscar Wilde was a man whose legend has grown to iconic proportions since his death at the beginning of the 20th century. Establishing Wilde (Stephen Fry) as a loving family man, complete with a wife (Jennifer Ehle) and two adorable sons, the film takes pains to portray him as a dignified genius who was as pained by what he considered his own sin — his homosexuality — as he was delighted by the sins of others. From his initial encounters with Robbie Ross (Michael Sheen), his first male lover, through his tragic affair with the beautiful and bratty Alfred Lord Douglas (a perfectly cast Jude Law), Wilde is seen as a conflicted fellow, warring with his own urges even as he dazzles everyone around him.
Starring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt
Director: Brian Gilbert
Women's Prison Massacre / Blade Violent – I violenti (1983)
Action | Drama
Emanuelle, a reporter, comes just a little too close to exposing a corrupt official, and is sent to prison on trumped-up charges. In the prison, the inmates are constantly humiliated and tortured by the prison staff. Overly affectionate prisoners are forced underwater, while others are obliged to look on. Emanuelle finds an enemy in the deranged Albina, who "runs the prison." For the pleasure of the warden, Emanuelle and Albina are forced to fight each other with knives. Bad becomes worse when four men awaiting execution escape and take over the prison. Gore flows like water.
Starring: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Ursula Flores, Maria Romano, Antonella Giacomini, Raul Cabrera
Director: Bruno Mattei
The Brood (1979)
Horror | Sci-Fi
A man's wife is under the care of an eccentric and unconventional psychologist who uses innovative and theatrical techniques to breach the psychological blocks in his patients. When their daughter comes back from a visit with her mother and is covered with bruises and welts, the father attempts to bar his wife from seeing the daughter but faces resistance from the secretive psychologist. Meanwhile, the wife's mother and father are attacked by strangely deformed children, and the man begins to suspect a connection with the psychologist's methods…
Starring: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Nicholas Campbell, Henry Beckman, Nuala Fitzgerald
Director: David Cronenberg
On – drakon / He's a Dragon (2015)
Adventure | Fantasy | Romance
In the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island. Mira left everything behind in the past – family, friends and groom. Now the only things she had were a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman … but who is he and what is he doing on that island? Miroslava will know the truth too late: loving a dragon will reveal the bitter truth – love is scary.
Starring: Ieva Andrejevaite, Alyona Chekhova, Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Darya Dubnikova, Anastasiya Dubrovina
Director: Indar Dzhendubaev
Forsaken (2015)
Drama | Western
John Henry returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, but a local gang is terrorizing the town. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, however he has abandoned both his gun and reputation as a fearless quick-draw killer.
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Demi Moore, Brian Cox, Michael Wincott
Director: Jon Cassar
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Born to Dance (2015)
Action | Sport
Coming of age tale told through the eyes of 'Tu', an ambitious young man from Auckland who dreams of being a professional hip-hop dancer.
Starring: Parris Goebel, Stan Walker, Kherington Payne, Tia Maipi
Director: Tammy Davis
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Scream and Scream Again / Screamer (1970)
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The Police follow a serial killer, who drains his victims for blood is on the loose in London, to a house owned by an eccentric scientist (Vincent Price), who's creating a race of zombies…
Starring: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alfred Marks, Michael Gothard, Christopher Matthews
Director: Gordon Hessler
I Confess (1953)
Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller
Refusing to give into police investigators' questions of suspicion, due to the seal of confession, a priest becomes the prime suspect in a murder.
Starring: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne, O.E. Hasse, Roger Dann
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
The Danish Girl (2015)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Inspired by the true story of Danish artists Lili Elbe and her wife Gerda, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you love wants to change?
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Tusse Silberg, Adrian Schiller, Amber Heard, Emerald Fennell
Director: Tom Hooper
The Lobster (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.
Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux, Olivia Colman, Jessica Barden, John C. Reilly
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Coconut Hero (2015)
Comedy | Drama
In the middle of Nowheresville lives 16-year-old Mike who wants out of his crappy life – permanently! Spending his time devising ways to do himself in, he considers the fatal brain tumor in his head as a godsend. That changes when he meets a girl and falls in love for the first time – without even knowing what love is.
Starring: Alex Ozerov, Bea Santos, Krista Bridges, Sebastian Schipper
Director: Florian Cossen
Extraction (2015)
Action | Thriller
When a terrorist group kidnaps retired CIA field operative Leonard Turner, his son Harry Turner, a government analyst who has been repeatedly turned down for field service, launches his own unsanctioned rescue operation. While evading highly skilled operatives, deadly assassins, and international terrorists, Harry finally puts his combat training to the test in a high stakes mission to find his father and to stop a terrorist plot.
Starring: Kellan Lutz, Bruce Willis, Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney, Dan Bilzerian
Director: Steven C. Miller
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards 2016 (TV 2016)
Awards | Music
The 2016 Grammy Awards ceremony is being held on February 15, 2016, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony recognizes the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which is from October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015. The "pre-telecast" ceremony, officially known as the Premiere Ceremony, in which the majority of awards will be presented, will be held at the nearby Microsoft Theater. It will be the sixteenth Grammy ceremony to be held at the Staples Center, tying the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for hosting the most Grammy ceremonies. It also marks the latest date for a Grammy ceremony since 2003, which were held on February 23. Unlike previous years, where it was held on a Sunday, the 2016 edition will be held on a Monday for the first time to take advantage of the U.S. Presidents' Day long weekend. The ceremony will be televised in the United States by CBS; for the first time, CBS affiliates in the western half of the country will have the option of broadcasting the Grammys live from the East coast feed, in addition to an encore in local primetime. Nominations for the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony were announced on December 7, 2015. Kendrick Lamar received the most nominations with 11. For the latter, he went on to pass Eminem as the rapper with the most nominations in a single night, and second overall behind Michael Jackson (12 nominations in 1984). Taylor Swift and The Weeknd received seven nominations each. Producer Max Martin received the most nominations for a non-performing artist, with six. LL Cool J will host for the fifth straight year. Gwen Stefani's "Make Me Like You" music video was acted out, filmed and broadcast live during a four-minute Grammys commercial break on CBS.
Starring: Conan O'Brien, Bob Newhart, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Don Adams, Andrew Aguilar, Gillian Anderson, Will Arnett, Hank Azaria, Kevin Bacon, Tyra Banks, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Candice Bergen, Hilary Bevan Jones, Andre Braugher
Creator: Louis J. Horvitz
The British Academy Film Awards (TV 2016)
Awards
The 69th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, was held on 14 February 2016 at the Royal Opera House in London, to honour the best British and international contributions to film in 2015. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), accolades are handed out for the best in feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality, that were screened at British cinemas during 2015. The nominees were announced on 8 January 2016 by Stephen Fry and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw, with Bridge of Spies and Carol both having the most nominations at 9 each. The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One with a two-hour delay. The ceremony was watched by 4.5 million people, down from 4.9 million viewers in 2015 and the lowest television audience since 2010. Despite leading the field in nominations with nine each, Carol failed to gain any awards and Bridge of Spies won only one; Mark Rylance for Best Supporting Actor. The American film The Revenant won the most awards at the event, winning five including Best Film. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu won the award for Best Director, Emmanuel Lubezki for Best Cinematography and Leonardo di Caprio won the award for Best Actor. Other winners in the acting categories included Brie Larson, who won Best Actress for her role in Room, and Kate Winslet, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Steve Jobs. Mad Max: Fury Road won four BAFTAs in the editing, production design, costume design and makeup and hair categories. Sidney Poitier was awarded the Academy Fellowship for his contribution to cinema.
Hosts: Stephen Fry
Creed (2015)
Drama | Sport
A story that finds Rocky Balboa acting as a trainer and mentor to the grandson of his fellow boxing alumni, Apollo Creed.
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Graham McTavish, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad
Director: Ryan Coogler
Ginga-tetsudo no yoru / Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery
On the night of a festival, Giovanni embarks on a train that takes him across the Milky Way. Joining him in this trip is his friend Campanella. Together they meet peculiar passengers as they travel to an uncertain destination.
Starring: Mayumi Tanaka, Chika Sakamoto, Junko Hori, Kaori Nakahara, Yoshie Shimamura
Director: Gisaburo Sugii, Arlen Tarlofsky
Ogniem i mieczem / With Fire and Sword (1999)
Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | War
An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century, based on the classic novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz.
Starring: Izabella Scorupco, Michal Zebrowski, Bogdan Stupka, Aleksandr Domogarov, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Andrzej Seweryn
Director: Jerzy Hoffman
Mimino (1977)
Comedy
Pilot Mimino works at small local airlines in Georgia, flying helicopters between small villages. He dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Rubik from Armenia who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow.
Starring: Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mher Mkrtchyan, Elena Proklova, Evgeniy Leonov , Kote Daushvili
Director: Georgiy Daneliya
