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
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
Only specific members can view this post! Check the TIPS4U page to find more details.
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
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
Room (2015)
Drama
A modern-day story about the boundless love between mother and child; young Jack knows nothing of the world except for the single room in which he was born and raised.
Starring: Brie Larson, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Megan Park, Amanda Brugel, Sean Bridgers
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Only specific members can view this post! Check the TIPS4U page to find more details.
I Am a Ghost (2012)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
Emily, a troubled spirit, haunts her own house every day, wondering why she can't leave. With the help of Sylvia, a clairvoyant hired to rid the house of spirits, Emily is forced into a 'patient/therapist' relationship, uncovering disturbing mysteries about her past that may help her move on to 'the next place'.
Starring: Jeannie Barroga, Rick Burkhardt, Anna Ishida
Director: H.P. Mendoza
Looking for Eric (2009)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sport
Follows Eric, a Manchester-based postman, who finds himself in a personal crisis because of his broken heart and chaotic family life.
Starring: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns, Stefan Gumbs, Lucy-Jo Hudson
Director: Ken Loach
Fathers and Daughters (2015)
Drama
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul, Ryan Eggold, Russell Crowe, Diane Kruger, Jane Fonda
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Kätilö / Wildeye / The Midwife (2015)
Drama | Romance | War
A Finnish girl fell in love with a German solider in WW2.
Starring: Krista Kosonen, Tommi Korpela, Leea Klemola, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Lauri Tilkanen, Mindaugas Papinigis
Director: Antti Jokinen
3 hommes à abattre / Three Men to Destroy (1980)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him as a potential witness. Soon they are killing everyone he even comes in contact with in order to get him.
Starring: Alain Delon, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michel Auclair, Pascale Roberts, Lyne Chardonnet, Jean-Pierre Darras
Director: Jacques Deray
The Captive City (1952)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
A small town newspaperman's investigation into a local bookie operation turns up a web of organized crime.
Starring: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Victor Sutherland, Ray Teal, Martin Milner, Geraldine Hall
Director: Robert Wise
Second Coming (2014)
Drama
Set in present day London, Jackie is pregnant and knows it’s not her husband’s. She says she hasn’t slept with anybody else. Now, she doesn’t know if she is losing her mind. Communication, trust and intimacy are at the heart of this warm, fearless family drama as Jackie struggles to explain news of her pregnancy. Over the course of a year the film follows Jackie, husband Mark and their 11 year old son JJ as this ordinary family struggles for answers and accusations start to fly.
Starring: Nadine Marshall, Idris Elba, Kai Francis Lewis, Sharlene Whyte, Seroca Davis
Director: Debbie Tucker Green
Spotlight (2015)
Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup
Director: Tom McCarthy
Swung (2015)
Drama | Romance
David's life is on the slide: he's in the middle of a divorce, broke and 'can't get it up'. His girlfriend, Alice, is his rock, but the magazine she writes for is going down and the pressure is on to find a story. While job hunting online, David stumbles across the perfect antidote to his boredom: a 'Swingers' site. The resulting inbox of lewd invitations on the home-laptop justifiably upsets Alice, until she realises this could be just the 'story' she needs. The idea of uncovering the swinging scene causes quite a stir in Alice's office and, much to David's chagrin, she is urged to pursue the story. Their first reluctant foray is an hysterically low-rent initiation, however, an unexpected upturn for David's manhood is all the extra encouragement they need. As events accelerate beyond their control the once adoring couple become lost and fundamental questions are asked of their relationship and them as individuals. In darkness, touched by many others, they will have to find themselves or lose each other forever. SWUNG is a graphic, touching and funny drama about the secret underside of a very modern relationship taken to its emotional and sexual limits.
Starring: Elena Anaya, Owen McDonnell, Elizabeth McGovern, Gerry McLaughlin
Director: Colin Kennedy
