Eight Men Out (1988)
Drama | History | Sport
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
Starring: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, John Mahoney, Charlie Sheen
Director: John Sayles
Between Two Worlds (2015)
Comedy | Romance
The tale of a young writer trying to get over the girl that left him behind and survive the intricacies of the capital's nightlife with only the help of his hard partying, wisecracking friends as they drag him from one London nightspot and party to the next.
Starring: Chris Mason, Hannah Britland, Lucien Laviscount, Example, Mark Womack
Director: James Marquand
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Satyricon / Fellini – Satyricon / The Degenerates (1969)
Drama | Fantasy | History
A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first century Rome.
Starring: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone, Mario Romagnoli, Magali Noël
Director: Federico Fellini
Bad Building (2015)
Horror
The Desmond – the building's pleasant sounding name hides a troubled past. The high rise has a long history of fires, murders, madness and even colonial era genocide upon the site. The towering building has stood empty for the better part of a century and even squatters dare not enter it's fortress like walls. But now Johnny Craig, the host of the popular TV paranormal investigation show 'America's Most Haunted' is planning to do a prime-time special from inside The Desmond. With no known way in, or out, Craig has contacted a group of urban explorers to help him and his film crew enter the building. But when Craig and his team set foot inside The Desmond the events that caused the building to be abandoned in the first place begin to repeat.
Starring: Simone Alexander, Jimmy Breau, Kindall Charters, Bram Costello, Paige Farbacher, Havana Guppy, Taylor Hastings
Director: Philip Granger
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins, Bobby Henrey
Director: Carol Reed
Ant-Man (2015)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Anthony Mackie
Director: Peyton Reed
Mercury Rising (1998)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries combats ruthless Federal agents to protect Simon, a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked MERCURY, the government's new billion-dollar "unbreakable" code. Program Chief Nick Kudrow orders the "security threat" eliminated.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Kim Dickens, Carrie Preston, Chi McBride
Director: Harold Becker
La désenchantée / The Disenchanted (1990)
Drama | Romance
Seventeen-year-old Beth is just finishing school, and lives in Paris with her bedridden mother and younger brother. She is annoyed because her boyfriend suggested she try sleeping with other men – the uglier the better. Sugardad, a doctor who visits her mother, and supports them with occasional cheques, now has his eyes on Beth. Alphonse, an older man, intervenes when Beth's boyfriend is fighting with her on the banks of the Seine. When she visits Alphonse later, they end up discussing poetry.
Starring: Judith Godrèche, Marcel Bozonnet, Ivan Desny
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Ricki and the Flash (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Music
An aging rock star tries to connect with her estranged kids.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Ben Platt, Sebastian Stan, Rick Springfield
Director: Jonathan Demme
The Big Chill (1983)
Comedy | Drama
A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a posh South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends.
Starring: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Don't Look Now (1973)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie mesmerize as a married couple on an extended trip to Venice following a family tragedy. While in that elegantly decaying city, they have a series of inexplicable, terrifying, and increasingly dangerous experiences. A masterpiece from Nicolas Roeg, Don’t Look Now, adapted from a story by Daphne du Maurier, is a brilliantly disturbing tale of the supernatural, as renowned for its innovative editing and haunting cinematography as its explicit eroticism and unforgettable denouement, one of the great endings in horror history.
Starring: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato, Renato Scarpa
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Turbo Kid (2015)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic future, THE KID, a young solitary scavenger obsessed with comic books must face his fears and become a reluctant hero when he meets a mysterious girl named APPLE. Despite their efforts to keep to themselves, ZEUS, the sadistic and self-proclaimed leader of the Wasteland, plagues THE KID and APPLE. Armed with little more than blind faith and an ancient turbocharged weapon, THE KID learns of justice and friendship and embarks on an incredible journey to rid the Wasteland of evil and save the girl of his dreams.
Starring: Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside, Edwin Wright, Aaron Jeffery, Romano Orzari
Director: François Simard, Anouk Whissell , Yoann-Karl Whissell
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
Documentary
In his signature black turtleneck and blue jeans, shrouded in shadows below a milky apple, Steve Jobs' image was ubiquitous. But who was the man on the stage? What accounted for the grief of so many across the world when he died? From Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, 'Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine' is a critical examination of Jobs who was at once revered as an iconoclastic genius and a barbed-tongued tyrant. A candid look at Jobs' legacy featuring interviews with a handful of those close to him at different stages in his life, the film is evocative and nuanced in capturing the essence of the Apple legend and his values which shape the culture of Silicon Valley to this day.
Starring: Steve Jobs
Director: Alex Gibney
Savage Weekend / The Upstate Murders (1979)
Horror
Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask.
Starring: William Sanderson, David Gale
Director: David Paulsen
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
After the destruction of the human colonies, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift refugee fleet in a search for Earth.
Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Maren Jensen, Tony Swartz
Director: Richard A. Colla
#Horror (2015)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Inspired by actual events, a group of 12 year old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity.
Starring: Sadie Seelert, Haley Murphy, Bridget McGarry, Stella Schnabel, Sadie Seelert, Haley Murphy, Bridget McGarry
Director: Tara Subkoff
Ted 2 (2015)
Comedy
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth, Giovanni Ribisi, Morgan Freeman
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Ronaldo (2015)
Documentary | Sport
From the makers of 'Senna' and 'Amy', Ronaldo takes audiences on an intimate and revealing journey of what it's like to live as an iconic athlete in the eye of the storm. Filmed over 14 months with unprecedented access into the inner circle of the man and the sport, this is the first official and fully authorised film of one of the most celebrated figures in football. For the first time ever, the world gets a vividly candid and unparalleled, behind closed doors access to the footballer, father, family man and friend in this moving and fascinating documentary. Through in-depth conversations, state of the art football footage and never before seen archival footage, the film gives an astonishing insight into the sporting and personal life of triple Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo at the peak of his career.
Starring: Cristiano Ronaldo
Director: Anthony Wonke
A Room with a View (1985)
Drama | Romance
Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, Lucy Honeychurch must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil. A brilliant adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel.
Starring: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench
Director: James Ivory
Ruben Guthrie (2015)
Drama | Romance
Life is good for ad man Ruben Guthrie – he leads a party boy lifestyle, has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water. He's at the top of his game, until some drunken skylarking lands Ruben at the bottom of his infinity pool, lucky to be alive. His mum hits the panic button, and then his fiancée leaves him, but not before issuing him one final challenge: If Ruben can do one year without a drink, she'll give him another chance… Ruben Guthrie is the story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won't let him put it down.
Starring: Patrick Brammall, Alex Dimitriades, Abbey Lee, Robyn Nevin, Jack Thompson
Director: Brendan Cowell
