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
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
Stories We Tell (2012)
Documentary
Sarah Polley (Away From Her, Take This Waltz) makes her maiden voyage into documentary with this exploration of a family's secrets, and the varying narratives that each member has created to explain their tangled past.
Starring: Pixie Bigelow, Deirdre Bowen, Geoffrey Bowes, John Buchan, Susy Buchan, Tom Butler
Director: Sarah Polley
Punk in Africa (2012)
Documentary | History | Music
Three chords, three countries, one revolution…PUNK IN AFRICA is the story of the multiracial punk movement within the recent political and social upheavals experienced in three Southern African countries: South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Starring: Paulo Chibanga, Michael Fleck, Ivan Kadey, Ruben Rose, Warwick Sony, Lee Thomson
Director: Keith Jones, Deon Maas
A Legend or Was It? / Legend of a Duel to the Death / Shito no densetsu (1963)
Action | Drama
A young woman who has been evacuated to Hokkaido with her family during wartime receives a marriage proposal from the son of the village head, but declines on account of his barbarous acts during the war. She and her family are ousted from the village, but her suitor refuses to give up…
Starring: Shima Iwashita, Gô Katô, Mariko Kaga, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsutomu Matsukawa, Bunta Sugawara, Yoshi Katô, Kikue Môri, Tatsuya Ishiguro
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Curse of Chucky / Child's Play 6 (2013)
Horror | Thriller
Nica is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother's affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica's plans for the future, Barb's young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. A string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household and Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn't know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He's determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he's going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.
Starring: Fiona Dourif, Brad Dourif, Danielle Bisutti, Chantal Quesnelle, Maitland McConnell
Director: Don Mancini
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4Closed (2013)
Thriller
When a young family moves into a foreclosed home, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
Starring: James Denton, Christina DeRosa, Jamie Kennedy, Marlee Matlin, Paul Sorvino
Director: Nick Lyon
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Anything Is Possible (2013)
Family
Ethan Bortnick plays the leading role as Nathan,a young boy who's separated from his mother when she goes missing during a trip to Japan to help after the tsunami. The movie explores issues like homelessness, military family life and adoption. Ethan co-wrote the music with Grammy award winning songwriter and producer, Gary Baker and will also score the entire film. Ethan will become the youngest actor to co-write the soundtrack and play the leading role in a feature film. When Army lieutenant, MARGARET PETERS (Lacy Chabert) goes missing during a tsunami rescue mission in Japan, back in Detroit, her son, NATHAN (Ethan Bortnick), discovers that his father GEORGE (Jonathan Bennett) isn't his biological father. Learning that Child Care Services could take him away, Nathan runs away before his father can explain. While George goes on a frantic search, Nathan takes to the streets of Detroit where he meets CAPTAIN MILES, a homeless Iraqi war veteran. Captain Miles takes the boy under his wing and tricks him into finding shelter at the home of wealthy philanthropist, EVELYN STRASSER. Evelyn discovers that JESSEE, her 10 year old daughter, has been hiding Nathan in the basement of her house and, by accident, finds out that the boy is a gifted pianist. Evelyn reunites stepfather and son, but until Child Care Services straightens everything out, Nathan will remain in the custody of the State at the orphanage. When Jesse, Nathan and the children of the orphanage, find out about the impending shut down of the orphanage, they take it upon themselves to organize a fundraiser. They go on a city wide marketing campaign, advertising a concert hosted by ten-year-old sensation, Nathan Peters. Nathan uses his new found gift and puts on a show that mesmerizes its audience and raises the funds needed to keep the orphanage opened. In the midst of all the success, there's something missing in Nathan's life-his mother. Where is Maggie?
Starring: Ethan Bortnick, Jonathan Bennett, Lacey Chabert, Fatima Ptacek, David Haines, Erlinda Navarro, Kym Whitley
Director: Demetrius Navarro
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Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Stunning new vision of Shakespeare's classic comedy. When Leonato, the Governor of Messina is visited by his friend Don Pedro, he is accompanied by two of his officers: Benedick and Claudio. Claudio falls for Leonato's daughter Hero, while Benedick verbally spars with Beatrice, the governor's niece. A series of comic and tragic events help keep the two couples from truly finding happiness – but then again, perhaps love may prevail in the end!
Starring: Amy Acker, Emma Bates, Sara Blindauer, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, Jillian Morgese
Director: Joss Whedon
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Bloody Homecoming (2012)
Horror
Three years after a tragic accident leaves a student dead at the annual Homecoming dance, a group of senior friends anxious about the return of Homecoming Night to their sleepy Southern town find themselves visited by a deadly presence from their past in the dark and desolate halls of their very own high school.
Starring: Jim Tavaré, Rae Latt, Lexi Giovagnoli, Alex Dobrenko, Randi Lamey, Branden Lee Roth
Director: Brian C. Weed
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