I Am Potential (2015)
Drama
A father's journey to help his blind and wheel-chair bound son to overcome impossible odds and allow the world to see his God-given potential.
Starring: Burgess Jenkins, Jimmy Bellinger, Judge Reinhold, Jama Williamson
Director: Zach Meiners
The Sea of Trees (2015)
Drama
Arthur Brennan treks into Aokigahara, known as The Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan's Mount Fuji where people go to contemplate life and death. Having found the perfect place to die, he encounters Takumi Nakamura, a Japanese man who has also lost his way. The two men begin a journey of reflection and survival, which affirms Arthur's will to live and reconnects him to his love with his wife.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, Ken Watanabe, Katie Aselton, Jordan Gavaris, James Saito
Director: Gus Van Sant
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The Intervention (2016)
Comedy | Drama
A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their marriage.
Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Alia Shawkat, Cobie Smulders, Clea DuVall, Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter
Director: Clea DuVall
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Blood in the Water / Pacific Standard Time (2016)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
20-somethings Percy and Veronica try to live above their means and take on a housesitting gig at a palatial modern spread in the Hollywood Hills for the summer. The tranquility is broken by an unwanted visit by a former college classmate. His time since their liberal arts' years has been marked by imprisonment, shady business associations, and drug dealing and they're now trapped in a bizarre love triangle that winds up going terribly wrong.
Starring: Willa Holland, Miguel Gomez, Alex Russell
Director: Ben Cummings, Orson Cummings
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Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery / Ace the Case (2016)
Family | Mystery
A plucky kid puts herself in peril when she matches wits with three scheming criminals in Kid Witness, a suspenseful Manhattan mystery and family comedy caper from writer, director and producer Kevin Kaufman. Left in the care of her teenage brother Miles while their mom is out of town, 10-year-old Olivia Haden takes her dog Charlie for a late-night walk and witnesses a brazen kidnapping on the deserted streets of New York City. But when she tells Miles what she has seen, he dismisses her, and when she reports it to the NYPD, only a sympathetic detective named Dottie will even listen. Without solid evidence, there’s nothing Dottie can do, so the intrepid tween sets out to solve the crime herself. Facing down a trio of bumbling crooks, a mysterious fixer toting an oversized bunny, and a rapidly ticking clock, Olivia crisscrosses lower Manhattan in an exciting family-oriented thriller sure to delight kids of all ages, as well as their parents.
Starring: Ripley Sobo, Lev Gorn, Susan Sarandon, Marc Menchaca
Director: Kevin Kaufman
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Remember the Titans (2000)
Biography | Drama | Sport
In Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971, African-American football coach Herman Boone is hired to guide an integrated but racially polarized high school football team. Boone faces a cool reception from the team's players as well as an awkward relationship with assistant coach Bill Yoast, a local white coach who was bypassed for the job. As the two men learn to overcome their ignorance and bigotry, they work together to transform a group of angry unfocused players into a dynamic winning team of responsible young men. Based on a true story.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Faison, Craig Kirkwood
Director: Boaz Yakin
Chasing Mavericks (2012)
Biography | Drama | Sport
Gerard Butler stars in this surfing drama. Santa Cruz teenager Jay Moriarty (Jonny Weston) discovers that the Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists only a few miles from his home. Instantly gripped by the dream of surfing the wave, he begs local surfing legend Frosty Hesson (Butler) to help him achieve his goal. But with tide patterns dictating that the Mavericks is due to reappear in just 12 weeks, has Jay got what it takes to conquer this epic wave?
Starring: Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin, Taylor Handley, Jonny Weston
Director: Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
Drama | Thriller
In this seductive spy thriller based on the best-selling novel by John Le Carre, Academy Award-winner Geoffrey Rush (Quills, Shine) delivers a dazzling performance as Harry Pendel, an ex- con turned tailor to the rich and infamous and married to smart and sexy Louisa (Jamie Lee Curtis – 'Halloween H20', 'True Lies'). Directed by Academy Award -nominee John Boorman ('Hope and Glory', 'Deliverance') and set in steamy Panama, where nothing is what it seems, Andrew Osnard (Pierce Brosnan – 'The World is Not Enough', 'The Thomas Crown Affair'), a suave and ruthless British spy, entices Harry to eavesdropping on the powerful politicians he clothes. But Harry's talent for storytelling compels him to weave an elaborate tale that's not only taken as truth, but sets off a chain of events that threatens to destroy everything he treasures most in life.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack, Leonor Varela
Director: John Boorman
Deep Impact (1998)
Action | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MSNBC reporter Jenny Lerner, while investigating a high-level scandal in Washington, stumbles upon the story that a comet is on a collision course with Earth. A year earlier, amateur teenage astronomer Leo Biederman discovered a new comet that is the one now certified to hit within the year. U.S. President Beck announces to the world that a spaceship called the Messiah will blast off in two months to plant nuclear bombs in the comet in hope of blowing it to bits. This plan fails, splitting the comet into two sections. The smaller will hit off the east coast creating a tital wave that will destroy New York and Washinton while the larger portion will land in Canada causing an ELE, or Extinction Level Event, complete with Earth-enshrouding clouds of dust that will wipe out all life. Declaring martial law, President Beck reveals that a network of caves is being built to accommodate 1 million citizens, most to be chosen by a national lottery.
Starring: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Maximilian Schell
Director: Mimi Leder
Kingpin (1996)
Comedy | Sport
A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, William Jordan
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Street of Joy / Akasen tamanoi: Nukeraremasu (1974)
Drama
It's the evening before the day all brothels must be shut-down, according to the new law, in 1958. At the Kofukuya's (literally, the house that sells happiness), five prostitutes decide to celebrate the day. Erotism, drama, and comedy mix as each hour, and a different event passes, in which all the women's stories come to the surface.
Starring: Junko Miyashita, Meika Seri, Naomi Oka, Aoi Nakajima, Keizô Kanie
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
The Four Horsemen return for a second mind-bending adventure, elevating the limits of stage illusion to new heights in hopes of clearing their names and exposing the ruthlessness of a dangerous tech magnate.
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan
Director: Jon M. Chu
Me Before You (2016)
Drama | Romance
A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she's taking care of.
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Charles Dance
Director: Thea Sharrock
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising / Bad Neighbours 2 (2016)
Comedy
Now that Mac and Kelly Radner have a second baby on the way, they are ready to make the final move into adulthood: the suburbs. But just as they thought they’d reclaimed the neighborhood and were safe to sell, they learn that the new occupants next door are a sorority even more out of control than Teddy and his brothers ever dreamed of being.
Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloë Grace Moretz, Selena Gómez, Dave Franco
Director: Nicholas Stoller
D'Ardennen / The Ardennes (2015)
Drama
A brutal home-jacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much has changed. Dave has his life back on track and is trying to help Kenneth however possible, but is witnessing how the highly strung Kenneth tries to win back his ex-girlfriend Sylvie.
Starring: Kevin Janssens, Jeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens, Jan Bijvoet
Director: Robin Pront
The Hunted (1995)
Action | Drama | Thriller
Paul Racine (Christopher Lambert) is an American salesman with a computer firm who is in Japan on business. While spending an evening in a bar, he meets Kirina (Joan Chen), a beautiful but mysterious woman. Paul buys Kirina a drink, one thing leads to another, and he ends up spending the night with her. However, when Paul returns to her room to retrieve a set of keys he left behind, he discovers that Kirina is being murdered by Kinjo (John Lone), the master of a cult of bloodthirsty ninjas. Kinjo informs Karina that no one has ever seen his face and lived, so when Paul witnesses Kirina's execution and the face Kinjo hides behind his mask, he's a marked man. With the help of Takeda (Yoshio Harada), an experienced ninja fighter, Paul learns how to defend himself against his new adversaries as he plots a final showdown with the deadly Kinjo.
Starring: Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen, Yoshio Harada, Yôko Shimada
Director: J.F. Lawton
Deux jours, une nuit / Two Days, One Night (2014)
Drama
The film follows Sandra, a young woman assisted by her husband, who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Batiste Sornin, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
The Player (1992)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
"Movies. Now more than ever!" That's the motto of the movie studio where fast-tracking exec Griffin Bell works. But rumor has it a power play could push Bell out. And a rejected writer who's sending anonymous death threats could push him under.
Starring: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Robert Altman
Genius (2016)
Biography | Drama
From Academy Award-nominated screenwriter JOHN LOGAN (Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo, Skyfall) and acclaimed, Tony Award-winning director MICHAEL GRANDAGE in his feature film debut, comes Genius, a stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between the world-renowned book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and the larger-than-life literary giant Thomas Wolfe. Based on the biography "Max Perkins: Editor of Genius" by A. SCOTT BERG.
Starring: Guy Pearce, Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Jude Law, Laura Linney, Dominic West
Director: Michael Grandage
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The Darkness / 6 Miranda Drive (2016)
Horror | Thriller
A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Matt Walsh, Jennifer Morrison
Director: Greg McLean
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