Iron Will (1994)
Adventure | Family
When his father is accidentally killed, South Dakota farmboy Will Stoneman (Mackenzie Astin) decides to enter the dog-sled race in order to save his family from financial ruin.
Starring: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, August Schellenberg, Brian Cox
Director: Charles Haid
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Grace (2009)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
After years of trying to conceive, Madeline (Ladd) and Michael Matheson (Stephen Park, 'Scary Movie 3', 'The Pink Panther') are finally about to become parents. But with only weeks to go before delivery, an accident leaves both Michael and the unborn child dead. Devastated, Madeline decides to carry the child to term and deliver naturally. What seemed like madness becomes a miracle when, after delivering a dead child, Madeline finds her baby is indeed alive… and hungry. She soon discovers that her baby – now named Grace – thirsts for something more than mother's milk, and Madeline is determined to feed her child, no matter the consequences. With nowhere to turn, Madeline must make a mother's ultimate decision: What will she sacrifice to keep her child alive?
Starring: Jordan Ladd, Samantha Ferris, Gabrielle Rose, Serge Houde, Stephen Park, Malcolm Stewart
Director: Paul Solet
The Bomber / Ballad about the Bomber / Ballada o bombere (2011)
Action | Drama | War
During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio operator Katya miraculously survive. Another survivor is flight navigator Linko, who ejected from the plane. Each of them has to find his way and perform military tasks, return to his own forces and simply to stay alive. The situation becomes more complicated because of an act of sabotage, which has been committed before their take-off at the aerodrome. Honest Grivtsov gets on the bad side of the colonel of SMERSH by defending his friends. Instead of being granted a medal "Star" for his 100th flight, he is pronounced a traitor and is to be executed.
Starring: Nikita Efremov, Ekaterina Astakhova, Aleksandr Davydov
Director: Vitaliy Vorobyov
Fastest (2011)
Documentary | Sport
Shot around the world in 2010 and 2011 and narrated by Ewan McGregor, 'Fastest' captures the intense and thrilling reality of the MotoGP World Championship, documenting a pivotal moment in the sport. With Valentino Rossi chasing his tenth World Championship title the Italian ran into one of the toughest challenges of his career: a crop of exceptionally fast young competitors, a horrific leg break at his home race, and an amazing comeback little over 40 days later. Confronting such a monumental task and with rival Jorge Lorenzo taking the 2010 title, Rossi faced up to one of the most testing year's in his illustrious career and along with his fellow competitors was left asking: Who is the fastest rider now?
Starring: Jorgë Lorenzo, Ewan McGregor, Valentino Rossi, Ben Spies, Casey Stoner
Director: Mark Neale
Bride Flight (2008)
Drama
A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides.
Starring: Karina Smulders, Waldemar Torenstra, Rutger Hauer, Pleuni Touw, Anna Drijver, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Elise Schaap
Director: Ben Sombogaart
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Holes (2003)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Mystery | Romance
"But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity." Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay the gypsy Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a major league baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake, it hasn't for one hundred years. The secretive and mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to "build character." But when an artifact from the famous "Kissin' Kate" Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time leading Stanley to deduce they're digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley's family curse?s
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Patricia Arquette, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Khleo Thomas, Byron Cotton, Jake M. Smith, Brenden Jefferson, Max Kasch, Miguel Castro
Director: Andrew Davis
Bobby (2006)
Drama | History
The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and 22 people in the hotel whose lives were never the same.
Starring: Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood
Director: Emilio Estevez
Day Watch / Night Watch 2 / Dnevnoy dozor (2006)
Action | Fantasy | Thriller
A man (Konstantin Khabensky) who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event. The second installment of a trilogy based on the best-selling sci-fi novels of Sergei Lukyanenko, entitled Night Watch, Day Watch and Dusk Watch.
Starring: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Maria Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina, Victor Verzhbitsky
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Night Watch / Nochnoy dozor (2004)
Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Ancient prophecy foretells that one day a "Great One" will arrive who can end the apocalyptic battle between Light and Dark conclusively. That time has arrived in Moscow – but which side will the Great One choose? The first installment of a trilogy based on the best-selling Russian sci-fi novels of Sergei Lukyanenko (which also include Day Watch and Dusk Watch).
Starring: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Valery Zolotukhin, Maria Poroshina, Galina Tyunina, Victor Verzhbitsky
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
A Federation starship crash-lands on the distant alien planet OM-1, stranding beloved leader Sky Marshal Anoke and several others, including comely but tough pilot Lola Beck. It's up to Colonel Johnny Rico, reluctant hero of the original Bug Invasion on Planet P, to lead a team of Troopers on a daring rescue mission.
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Jolene Blalock, Amanda Donohoe, Marnette Patterson, Stephen Hogan, Boris Kodjoe
Director: Ed Neumeier
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi
We are sent back to the battlefield, as the Federation's best Mobile Infantry unit are slowly being overpowered by the killer bugs. They are light years from the nearest reinforcements and are trapped on a remote outpost. They set up protection around the post, keeping all the bugs waiting for them to leave. But now the enemy is in the outpost, in a way which they would have never thought of.
Starring: Billy Brown, Richard Burgi, Kelly Carlson, Colleen Porch, Cy Carter, Sandrine Holt, Ed Lauter
Director: Phil Tippett
Starship Troopers (1997)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with shrieking, fire-spitting, brain-sucking special effects creatures, acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven crafts a dazzling epic based on Robert A. Heinlein's classic sci-fi adventure about the courageous soldiers who travel to the distant and desolate Klendathu system for the ultimate showdown between the species.
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown
Director: Paul Verhoeven
The Truth of Lie / Die Wahrheit der Lüge (2011)
Drama
Two women are held hostage in a deep basement of an abandoned industrial site. They're chained to the wall, sharing a moldy mattress, some food and a bucket. From time to time their captor drops by in order to torture them, to drive them to the point of breaking. Unfortunately, early into the kidnapping, the captor has made a mistake by letting them know when exactly he is going to release them. On one hand, this gives hope to the women, on the other hand this creates the necessity for maximum cruelty on the captor's side as he wants to break them for that little project of his. The whole situation threatens to escalate when the captor's partner in crime suddenly shows up and makes new demands.
Starring: Christoph Baumann, Marina Anna Eich, Julia Jaschke, Antje Mönning
Director: Roland Reber
The Jackal (1997)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
The FBI's Deputy Director must stop the Jackal, a ruthless professional killer, before he makes his next assassination. He teams up with a female Russian officer and an imprisoned IRA terrorist in a global race against the clock to stop the Jackal before he strikes.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Diane Venora, Sidney Poitier, Mathilda May, Richard Lineback
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
A distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs. The team on the fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence safely back to Earth. Carl Jenkins, now ministry of Paranormal Warfare, takes the starship on a clandestine mission before its rendezvous with the Alesia and goes missing in the nebula. Now, the battle-hardened troopers are charged with a rescue mission that may lead to a much more sinister consequence than they ever could have imagined….
Director: Shinji Aramaki
Tales of the Night / Les contes de la nuit (2011)
Animation | Fantasy
Every night, a boy, a girl and an elderly technician meet in a closed, rather dilapidated old cinema. But the old picture palace harbours a secret. If truth be known, the cinema is a magical place where the three friends enjoy rummaging about, fantasizing, dressing up and playing parts in make-believe stories which, at night, become all too real for the three friends. For this is the time when sorcerers and elves take over in the auditorium, courageous stable hands long for beautiful princesses, werewolves howl and hard-hearted ladies swish their heavy silk skirts. Here, there are cities of gold and forests that are so deep that nobody ever finds their way out again. This is a magical universe pervaded by waves of harmony, where heavenly choirs compete with the dull thud of magical drums. On nights such as these, malevolence can unleash great misfortune. But, in the end, good always triumphs.
Starring: Julien Beramis, Marine Griset, Michel Elias, Olivier Claverie, Isabelle Guiard, Yves Barsacq
Director: Michel Ocelot
The Lucky One (2012)
Drama | Romance
A Marine travels to North Carolina after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.
Starring: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner, Adam Le Fevre, Robert Hays, Joe Chrest
Director: Scott Hicks
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Comedy | Drama
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston) had three childrenóChas, Margot, and Richieóand then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Wes Andersonís hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption.
Starring: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson
Director: Wes Anderson
War of The Dead – Stone's War /War of the Dead (2011)
Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War
A platoon of American and Finnish soldiers is driven deep into a Russian forest where its Captain discovers a terrifying secret.
Starring: Andrew Tiernan, Mikko Leppilampi, Samuel Vauramo, Jouko Ahola, Antti Reini
Director: Marko Mäkilaakso
Lightbulb / Ingenious (2009)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A rags-to-riches story of two friends, a small-time inventor and a sharky salesman, who hit rock bottom before coming up with a gizmo that becomes a worldwide phenomenon.
Starring: Dallas Roberts, Jeremy Renner, Ayelet Zurer, Marguerite Moreau, Amanda Anka
Director: Jeff Balsmeyer
