The Skeleton Key (2005)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Starring: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant
Director: Iain Softley
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Adventure | Drama | Family
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Starring: Jason James Richter, Francis Capra, Mary Kate Schellhardt, August Schellenberg, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson
Director: Dwight H. Little
The Videoblogs (2016)
Drama
The life of a struggling young woman takes a surprise turn when a troubled teenager finds her private video journal.
Starring: Rebecca De Ornelas, Phoebe Allegra, Masha King, Richard Brundage, Bryan Schany
Director: Michael DiBiasio
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Quitters (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Family
Quitters is a dark comedy about families in San Francisco, centered on Clark Rayman, a precocious high schooler whose world is crumbling around him. When his mother checks into rehab and he and his father clash, Clark goes in search of a better home life. Craving the affection of his new girlfriend Natalia's much more stable family, he convinces her to let him move in. As his presence becomes more intrusive, Natalia and her family grow increasingly uncomfortable with this arrangement. When Clark is finally asked to leave, he has nowhere left to go.
Starring: Ben Konigsberg, Greg Germann, Mira Sorvino, Kara Hayward
Director: Noah Pritzker
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Don't Worry Baby (2015)
Comedy | Drama
Struggling photographer Robert (John Magaro) and his philandering father Harry (Christopher McDonald) realize that they both had a one-night stand with the same woman, Sara-Beth, in the same week. Years later, they realize that either one of them might be the biological father of her adorable four-year-old daughter. The two begrudgingly agree to share fatherly duties until the results of a paternity test come back, forcing the two to finally spend some time with each other.
Starring: John Magaro, Christopher McDonald, Dreama Walker, Tom Lipinski, Talia Balsam
Director: Julian Branciforte
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Love in Disguise / Lian ai tong gao (2010)
Comedy | Romance
Impossibly famous an incredibly young age, DMH (Leehom Wang) has only ever known a celebrity pop star existence. Yet, despite all the perks and glamour, there is still something lacking in his charmed life: True love. Refuses to give up in his search, with the help of fellow musician and friend WZB, DMH disguised as regular Joes in hope to find true love. While incognito, DMH and WZB strmble across the performance of a classical Chinese orchestra and DMG is immediately captivated by the melodies of the guzheng soloist, LMQ (Crystal Liu), a classical music student at the Shanghai Conservatory, who's affections lie with the accomplished, if not arrogant, conservatory virtuoso, ZXZ. DMH nevertheless promisses to help bring them together, deteermined to spend more time with LMQ.
Starring: Leehom Wang, Yifei Liu, Joan Chen, Han Dian Chen
Director: Leehom Wang
The Secret / Si j'étais toi (2007)
Drama | Romance
This French remake of the Japanese film, "Hinitsu", based on the novel by Keigo Higashino tells the story of a man whose life is devastated when a bus carrying his wife and daughter is involved in an accident. His beloved wife dies but the couple's strong bond may be responsible for an unusual twist of fate that keeps their love alive – at the expense of their daughter!
Starring: David Duchovny, Lili Taylor, Olivia Thirlby, Brendan Sexton III, Jane Wheeler, Millie Tresierra
Director: Vincent Perez
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)
Documentary | Music
A look at the life of the late pop star Michael Jackson from his early days at Motown Records to the release of his hit 1979 album, Off the Wall.
Starring: Michael Jackson
Director: Spike Lee
Operasjon Arktis / Operation Arctic (2014)
Adventure | Family
Accidentally, three sibling children are left alone in a winter storm on the island of Spitsbergen. No-one on the main land, an ocean apart, knows where they are. It's a dramatic fight for survival.
Starring: Kaisa Gurine Antonsen, Ida Leonora Valestrand Eike, Leonard Valestrand Eike, Line Verndal, Nicolai Cleve Broch
Director: Grethe Bøe-Waal
Comet (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell and the quick-witted Kimberly, the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time-from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call-an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges.
Starring: Emmy Rossum, Justin Long
Director: Sam Esmail
Serious Moonlight (2009)
Comedy | Crime | Romance
Things aren't going exactly as planned for high-powered, Manhattan lawyer louise (Meg Ryan). Her husband of 13 years, Ian (Timothy Hutton), announces to her that he's leaving her for a younger woman (Kristen Bell). Taking things into her own hands, Louise holds Ian captive until he agrees to work on their marriage. The unexpected arrival of a gardener turned opportunistic thief (Justin Long) and Ian's impatient mistress serve only to complicate the spiraling situation further.
Starring: Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, Justin Long
Director: Cheryl Hines
Fireworks / Hana-bi (1997)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
A hard-boiled ex-cop, haunted by a troubled past and pushed to the edge by the shooting of his partner, confronts his demons in a ruthless quest for justice and redemption.
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima, Tetsu Watanabe, Hakuryû
Director: Takeshi Kitano
I Love Wing Chun / Xiao Yong Chun (2011)
Action | Comedy
A romantic comedy about the origins of the Wing Chun fighting style.
Starring: Liang Tian, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen, Pak-Cheung Chan, Mei Yan Gan, Kwun-Fung Law
Director: Lex Tsai
Palm Trees in the Snow / Palmeras en la nieve (2015)
Drama | Romance
The accidental discovery of a long lost letter drives Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Spain to Africa, to visit the land where his father Jacobo and uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo. In the heart of a land as lush and seductive as dangerous, Clarence unearths the secret of a forbidden love story framed within turbulent historical circumstances whose consequences will have repercussions in her present-day life.
Starring: Mario Casas, Adriana Ugarte, Laia Costa, Daniel Grao, Luis Callejo, Macarena García
Director: Fernando González Molina
Traders (2015)
Thriller
What if it made perfect sense for ordinary people to kill each other for money? Better than slow grinding financial ruin and misery, and all done according to a strict code by consenting adults. This is Trading.
Starring: Killian Scott, John Bradley, Peter O'Meara, Nika McGuigan, Barry Keoghan, Kelly Byrne
Director: Rachael Moriarty, Peter Murphy
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Welcome to the terrifying Melbourne crime underworld, where tensions are on the brink of exploding between felons and renegade cops. The Cody brothers, a gang of armed robbers, are initiating their nephew Joshua 'J' into their frightening world after the death of his mother and under the watchful eye of his matriarchal grandmother, Smurf, who seems to be pulling the strings. Pope, the oldest brother, tries unsuccessfully to come to terms with the fact that his partner, Barry 'Baz' Brown, wants out of the game. Craig, the middle brother, deals and does cocaine while youngest brother Darren is fighting with his conscience. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world, but soon discovers that the entire situation is far larger and more menacing than he could ever imagine and must determine how the game is played and choose his place in this brutal animal kingdom.
Starring: James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver
Director: David Michôd
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Comedy | Drama
The Hoovers. Father Richard is desperately trying to sell his motivational success program…with no success. Meanwhile, "pro-honesty" mom Sheryl lends support to her eccentric family, including her depressed brother, fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers – the seven-year-old, would-be beauty queen Olive and Dwayne, a Nietzsche-reading teen who has taken a vow of silence. Topping off the family is the foul-mouthed grandfather, whose outrageous behavior recently got him evicted from his retirement home. When Olive is invited to compete in the "Little Miss Sunshine" pageant in far-off California, the family piles into their rusted-out VW bus to rally behind her – with riotously funny results.
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Drama | Musical | Romance | Thriller
Musical Drama based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's celebrated musical phenomenon. The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a disfigured musical genius (Gerard Butler) who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely Christine (Emmy Rossum), the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Jennifer Ellison
Director: Joel Schumacher
Never Say Goodbye: The Wynners Live in Concert (2016)
Music
Despite increasing speculations about their disbandment, Hong Kong veteran pop band The Wynners quashed the rumors during their Never Say Goodbye Concert held at the Hong Kong Coliseum in February 2016. The band performed more than 50 songs including classic English songs, their hit numbers and new songs like "Fortunate to be Together" and "Wynners Spirit," which serves as the concert's theme song. The concert also features each member's solo stages and collaborations with guest singers such as Gin Lee and even Kenny Bee's daughters, who performed the adorable "Dad I'm Coming."
Starring: Wynners
Barbershop: The Next Cut / Barbershop 3 (2016)
Comedy
It's been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin's Barbershop. Calvin and his longtime crew, including Eddie, are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. The ladies bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop challenging the fellas at every turn. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, forcing Calvin and our crew to come together to not only save the shop, but their neighborhood.
Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson, Eve, J.B. Smoove
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
