Across the Hall (2009)
Thriller
Terry learns that his fiancée, June, has checked into a hotel with another man, sending him into a fit of near-homicidal fury. Desperate to hear a friendly voice, he calls his best friend, admitting he's in a hotel room across the hall from June and plans to kill her lover.
Starring: Brittany Murphy, Danny Pino, Mike Vogel
Director: Alex Merkin
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WALL·E (2008)
Adventure | Animation | Family
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL·E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick- knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL·E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL·E chases EVE across the galaxy.
Starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Macintalk
Director: Andrew Stanton
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Up (2009)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. Their journey to a lost world, where they encounter some strange, exotic and surprising characters, is filled with hilarity, emotion and wildly imaginative adventure.
Starring: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Bob Peterson, Jordan Nagai
Director: Pete Docter
The Incredibles (2004)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Bob Paar used to be one of the world's greatest superheroes (known to all as "Mr. Incredible"), saving lives and fighting evil on a daily basis. But now, 15 years later, Bob and his wife (a famous former superhero in her own right) have adopted civilian identities and retreated to the suburbs to live normal lives with their three kids. Now he's a clock-punching insurance claims adjuster fighting boredom and a bulging waistline. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment.
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Wallace Shawn
Director: Brad Bird
Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales (2008-2010)
Animation | Family
Rev up your engines for this unforgettable collection of Cars Toons starring Mater, the lovable and hilarious tow truck from the hit movie Cars. From the creative minds of Disney/Pixar come nine highly entertaining "Tall Tales" involving bullfights, drag races, rock concerts, monster truck showdowns and even UFOs – plus, check out the new, exclusive, never-before-seen Cars Toons Mater Private Eye and Moon Mater. Join Mater, the heart and soul of Radiator Springs, and all your favorite characters from the world of Cars as they take you on a fun-filled ride that will have your family roaring with laughter!
Starring: Keith Ferguson, Larry the Cable Guy
Director: Rob Gibbs, John Lasseter, Victor Navone
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon (2011)
Documentary
Known to millions of fans worldwide for his record-breaking albums, groundbreaking music videos, mesmerizing dance moves and humanitarian efforts, his true story has never really been told until now. This unprecedented look into the King of Pop's fascinating life includes all-new interviews with his mother Katherine Jackson as well as siblings Tito and Rebbie Jackson, family, friends and music legends such as Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick and many more.
Starring: Michael Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Tito Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, Smokey Robinson, David Gest
Director: Andrew Eastel
Dark Matter (2007)
Drama
Liu Xing is a scholarship boy from China, newly arrived in Salt Lake City, a graduate student in cosmology, in Utah to study in Professor Reiser's prestigious program. Back in China, Liu Xing's parents are proud of him, and he dedicates himself to fulfilling their hopes. All the graduate students in the program work on projects that extend and further Reiser's model of the origins of the universe. Liu Xing does well until his own theories move him away from Reiser's. Will Reiser and the department recognize Liu Xing's brilliance? Can the young man's benefactor, Joanna Silver, intercede?
Starring: Meryl Streep, Ye Liu, Peng Chi, Aidan Quinn, Blair Brown
Director: Shi-Zheng Chen
Agnosia (2010)
Drama | Thriller
Everything in the movie is a vehicle to narrate a touching, passionate and dark love story.
Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Martina Gedeck, Bárbara Goenaga, Jack Taylor, Félix Gómez
Director: Eugenio Mira
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Romance
In Falls City, Nebraska, Brandon Teena arrives to start a new future for himself. The local community falls for his charms and everyone becomes drawn to his innocence and wit. However, behind the charming persona is a totally different person – Brandon is actually a woman. After falling for a local karaoke singer, Brandon moves in with her family and wins them over. But when Brandon's secret is finally out, the rest of the family all turn against him, branding him sick and evil.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alison Folland, Alicia Goranson
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Ballast (2008)
Drama
In the Mississippi Delta, a mother and her 12-year-old son try desperately to escape the poverty that rules the region. But their efforts are confounded when the boy's attempts to win the favor of his fellow teens lead him into a dangerous situation with a lonely and broken man
Starring: Michael J. Smith, Sr., Jim Myron Ross, Tarra Riggs
Director: Lance Hammer
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
A Marine Staff Sergeant who has just had his retirement approved goes back into the line of duty in order to assist a 2nd Lieutenant and his platoon as they fight to reclaim the city of Los Angeles from alien invaders.
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ramon Rodriguez, Cory Hardrict, Ne-Yo
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Unknown (2011)
Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Black Swan (2010)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A thriller that zeros in on the relationship between a veteran ballet dancer and a rival during the staging of "Swan Lake".
Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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Middle Men (2010)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
In 1995, straight-and-narrow businessman Jack Harris who builds the first online billing company dealing exclusively with adult entertainment, finds himself in the middle of a whirlwind filled with starlets, con men, Russian mobsters, federal agents, and international terrorists. Caught between a porn star and the FBI, Harris learns that even becoming one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs of his generation may not be enough to keep him out of trouble.
Starring: Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, Gabriel Macht, James Caan, Jacinda Barrett, Kevin Pollak, Laura Ramsey
Director: George Gallo
The Son of No One (2011)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.
Starring: Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, James Ransone, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Brian Gilbert
Director: Dito Montiel
Gia (1998)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Fact-based story of top fashion model Gia Marie Carangi follows her life from a rebel working in her father's diner at age 17 to her death in 1986 at age 26 from AIDS, one of the first women in the U.S. whose death was attributed to the disease. In between, she followed a downward spiral of drug abuse and failed relationships.
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Louis Giambalvo, John Considine
Director: Michael Cristofer
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The New Protocol / Le nouveau protocole / The Protocol – Jeder Tod hat seinen Preis (2008)
Drama | Mystery
A man investigating his son's death learns some horrific truths about the pharmaceutical industry.
Starring: Clovis Cornillac, Marie-Josée Croze, Dominique Reymond, Stéphane Hillel, Gilles Cohen
Director: Thomas Vincent
Jericho Mansions (2003)
Drama | Thriller
Leonard Grey has been the super of the apartment building Jericho Mansions owned by Lily Melnick for thirty years. Leonard is slow and agoraphobic, as well as having amnesia, and dedicates his leisure time to build a complex bridge with clips. When the husband of the landlady (Lily) dies and she receives a call from her sister that lives in Europe, Lily rebukes Leonard and tries to force him to be fired or arrested by the police, forging evidences that he is a thief. However, most of the dwellers like Leonard and he stays working in the building. When Bill Cherry, husband of the masseuse Donna Cherry and lover of Dolores O'Donell, is murdered in Jericho Mansions during the night, the police investigate. There are many suspects, including Dolores's betrayed husband Eugene; Lily and Leonard. However, Jericho Mansions hides a dark and cruel secret.
Starring: James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Jennifer Tilly, Maribel Verdú, Peter Keleghan, Pierre Rioux, Bruce Ramsay
Director: Alberto Sciamma
Hook (1991)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
An update of "Peter Pan" from the original stage play and books of James M. Barrie, finds an adult Peter Pan returning to Neverland to rescue his own children from the vengeful Captain Hook.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Caroline Goodall, Charlie Korsmo
Director: Steven Spielberg
War, Inc. (2008)
Action | Comedy | Thriller | War
War, Inc. is a political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by a U.S. private corporation run by a former US Vice-President. In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation's CEO hires a troubled hit man, to kill a Middle East oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growing demons, the assassin must pose as the corporation's Trade Show Producer in order to pull off this latest hit, while maintaining his cover by organizing the high-profile wedding of Yonica Babyyeah, an outrageous Middle Eastern pop star, and keeping a sexy left wing reporter in check.
Starring: John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Ben Kingsley
Director: Joshua Seftel
