The Impossible / Lo imposible (2012)
Drama | Thriller
An account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time.
Starring: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Geraldine Chaplin, Marta Etura, Ploy Jindachote
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Stardust (2007)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Romance
The sleepy English village of Wall is named for the cobblestone wall that has, for eons, kept the villagers safely apart from the supernatural parallel universe that lies just on the other side. It is here that young Tristan Thorne (Charlie Cox) makes a wild-eyed promise to the prettiest girl in the village (Sienna Miller), whose heart he hopes to win: that he will bring her back a fallen star. Now, in order to make good on his promise, Tristan will have to cross the forbidden wall, and enter a mysterious kingdom lit by unending magic and unfolding legends of which he will quickly become a part.
In this fantastical realm known as Stormhold, Tristan discovers that the fallen star is not at all what he expected but a spirited young woman (Claire Danes) injured by her cosmic tumble. Now, she is in terrible danger — sought after by colossal powers including the "King's" (Peter O'Toole) scheming sons for whom only she can secure the throne; and a chillingly powerful witch (Michelle Pfeiffer) desperate to use the star to achieve eternal youth and beauty.
As Tristan sets out to protect the star and bring her back to his beloved on the other side of the wall, his journey will bring incredible encounters with a pirate captain (Robert De Niro) and a shady trader (Ricky Gervais), among other surprises. But if he can survive by his wits and the strength of his newfound love, Tristan will also uncover the secret key to his own identity and a fate beyond his wildest dreams.
Starring: Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, David Kelly
Narrator: Ian McKellen
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Germania anno zero / Germany Year Zero (1948)
Drama
The concluding chapter of Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy is the most devastating, a portrait of an obliterated Berlin, seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy. Living in a bombed-out apartment building with his sick father and two older siblings, young Edmund is mostly left to wander unsupervised, getting ensnared in the black-market schemes of a group of teenagers and coming under the nefarious influence of a Nazi-sympathizing ex-teacher. Germany Year Zero (Deutschland im Jahre Null) is a daring, gut-wrenching look at the consequences of fascism, for society and the individual.
Starring: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger, Erich Gühne
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Dying Breed (2008)
Horror | Thriller
In the 1800s, against all odds, "The Pieman" (aka Alexander Pierce) escaped from the most feared penal settlement of the British Empire–Sarah Island–and disappeared into the impenetrable forests of Western Tasmania. Seven convicts escaped with him, yet Pearce was the only one that emerged–along with chunks of human flesh in his pockets. He was hanged for cannibalism in 1824, and the legend of Pearce was born. Another long forgotten legend, the extinct Tasmanian tiger, also had a desperate need to survive; both could now have living descendents within the Tasmanian bush. Many sightings of the tiger have been reported. Many hikers have gone missing. Hundreds in fact. Zoologist Nina is convinced there are still tigers remaining in the Tasmanian wilderness, and she has proof–a photograph of a paw print snapped by her sister just before she met with a fatal accident in the bush eight years before. Unable to attain funding for an expedition, Nina fears her wish to finish her sister's work (and perhaps lay to rest recurrent nightmares she has about her sister's death) will never happen. Her partner, Matt, manages to persuade an old mate Jack to help finance the trip–at a price. Jack brings along a girlfriend, Rebecca, who uses the trip as an escape from her stifling real estate job. On their quest to find the extinct tiger, the group venture deep into isolated territory and into the domain of "Pieman" descendants. "Sarah" is a small township that passionately upholds its cannibalistic heritage in honor of the convict patriarch that gave birth to it. It needs to stay hidden to survive–but it also needs fresh "stock" to breed. The four hunters become the hunted.
Starring: Nathan Phillips, Leigh Whannell, Bille Brown, Mirrah Foulkes, Peter Docker
Director: Jody Dwyer
Answer This! (2011)
Comedy
A brilliant trivia whiz, Paul Tarson (Christopher Gorham) is great at answering life's little questions, but horrible at answering the big ones. Now he and his friends will finally get a shot at beer, women and nerdy redemption when they enter the biggest challenge of their lives, a citywide pub trivia tournament. But when Paul falls for one of his students he'll find out that the little things are bigger than he bargained for and will have to make the biggest adult decision of his life!
Starring: Christopher Gorham, Arielle Kebbel, Nelson Franklin, Evan Jones, Kip Pardue, Kali Hawk, Chris Parnell
Director: Christopher Farah
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The Fields (2011)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Tells the story of a young boy and his family who are terrorized by an unseen presence.
Starring: Tara Reid, Cloris Leachman, Brian Anthony Wilson
Director: Tom Mattera, David Mazzoni
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Unnatural Causes / Clean Break (2008)
Drama | Thriller
Matt and Julia aren't having the greatest relationship on earth. They've got a successful advertising agency but Matt suspects his wife of having an affair and is getting so obsessed with this thought that he's actually asked his co-worker Trevor Jones to have her followed. Trevor, who wants to become partner in the company, does as requested and when he brings pictures to Matt that show Julia talking with another man, Matt goes berserk and wants Julia dead. When word of Julia's death little later spreads, Matt gets remorse and kills himself. But Julia isn't dead and it seems that Matt's suicide might actually have been a murder…
Starring: Tara Reid, Colm Meaney, Angus Macfadyen, Francesc Garrido, Robert Falcon Scott, Lorena Bernal, Mingo Ràfols
Director: Robert Malenfant
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Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Comedy | Music
For years, the record industries have inserted subliminal messages into music so that they can turn teenagers into braindead zombies who do nothing but buy, buy, buy. And whenever the musician or band finds out the truth, the record company silences them to keep the truth from coming out. When the hot boy band DuJour discovers this, their manager, Wyatt Frame, under his evil, corrupt boss, Fiona, has the plane they are flying in crashed and him looking for a new band to use for their evil schemes. Enter Josie, the ditzy Melody, and the tough Valerie, from Josie and the Pussycats, a small band who wants to make it to the big top. When they are discovered by Wyatt, they give in and become big rock stars. But will they find out that they are just pawns for the record industry or will fame take them over?
Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, Missi Pyle, Alan Cumming
Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
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Dr. T & the Women (2000)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Dr. Sullivan Travis "Dr. T." is a wealthy Dallas gynecologist for some of the wealthiest women in Texas who finds his idealist life beginning to fall apart starting when his wife, Kate, suffers a nervous breakdown and is commited to the state mental hospital. Dr. T's eldest daughter, Dee Dee, is planing to go through with her approaching wedding despite the secret that she is a lesbian and romantically involved with Marilyn, the maid of honor. Dr T's youngest daughter, Connie, is a conspiracy theorist freak who has her own agenda to everything, while Dr. T's loyal secretary, Carolyn, has romantic feelings for him, which are not mutual. Dr. T's sister-in-law, Peggy, meddles in every situation she stumbles into, while one woman, Bree, a golf instructor, is the only one who offers him any comfort and salvation.
Starring: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson, Liv Tyler
Director: Robert Altman
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Rebelle / War Witch (2012)
Drama | War
Komona, a girl in Sub-Saharan Africa, tells the story to her unborn child about her kidnapping by rebels and forced to join their bloody civil war. When she discovers a valuable intuition about the presence of the enemy, she is elevated as a witch and favored by the rebel leader. However, this special status threatens to be short-lived in this world of superstition and senseless brutality even as the ghosts of the war dead haunt her visions. However, when a newfound friend convinces her to desert, Komona finds escaping that brutal life is far from easy with its physical and spiritual consequences following her wherever she goes.
Starring: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga, Ralph Prosper
Director: Kim Nguyen
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical
An apprentice witch, 3 kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defence of Britain.
Starring: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, Bob Holt, Dal McKennon
Director: Robert Stevenson
The Black Cauldron (1985)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Whoever releases the mysterious Black Cauldron's powers will be invincible! The fearsome Horned King will do anything to possess it, but he is challenged by the most unlikely adversary: a young assistant pig keeper named Taran who dreams of doing heroic deeds. With a motley team of the brave Princess Eilonwy, a minstrel named Fflewddur Fflam, and Hen-Wen, a remarkable pig who can predict the future, Taran embarks on a quest to stop the Black Cauldron's evil once and for all. Will he have the courage to succeed?
Starring: Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, Arthur Malet
Narrator: John Huston
Director: Ted Berman, Richard Rich
Saludos Amigos (1942)
Animation | Family | Fantasy | Music | Short
Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: "Lake Titicaca" depicts tourist Donald Duck's troubles with a stubborn llama; "Pedro" tells of a little mail plane's adventures flying over the treacherous Andes; "El Gaucho Goofy" transplants an American cowboy into the Argentine pampas; and in "Aquarela do Brasil," Jose Carioca shows Donald the sights and sounds of Rio de Janiero.
Starring: José Oliveira
Narrator: Fred Shields
Director: Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts
Bully / The Bully Project (2011)
Documentary
A documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across America.
Starring: Alex, Ja'Maya, Kelby, David Long, Tina Long, Kirk Smalley
Director: Lee Hirsch
The Master (2012)
Drama
A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Price Carson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Ambyr Childers
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Jenkins
Director: Andrew Dominik
Octopussy (1983)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
James Bond (Agent 007) must investigate the murder of a fellow agent who was clutching a priceless Fabergé egg at the time of his death. The trail leads to the mysterious Octopussy, whose traveling circus features a company of gorgeous, athletic women. Bond and Octopussy share a passionate attraction, but soon 007 discovers that the elegant Kamal Khan is working with a mad Russian officer to hurl mankind into World War III. As Bond tries to stop the nightmarish scheme, his exploits include a tense chase through the streets of India, a deadly brawl on top of a speeding train, and a treacherous mid-air knife fight on an airplane wing.
Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, Kristina Wayborn
Director: John Glen
Reds (1981)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
Warren Beatty's award winning epic mixes drama and interviews with major social radicals of the period. "Reds" tells the story of the love affair between activists Louise Bryant and John Reed. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous start of the twentieth century, the two journalists' on-again off-again romance is punctuated by the outbreak of WWI and the Bolshevik Revolution. Louise's assignment in France at the outbreak of the war puts an end to their affair. John Reed's subsequent trip to Russia, and his involvement with the Communist party, rekindles their relationship. When Louise arrives in Petrograd, she finds herself swept up in the euphoria of the Revolution. Reed, however, eventually becomes disillusioned with Communism when he sees his words and intentions augmented and controlled by the growing Soviet propaganda machine.
Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Jerry Hardin
Director: Warren Beatty
Undercover Brother (2002)
Action | Comedy
A white faceless corporate despot known only as "The Man", has the power to unleash a terrifying top-secret weapon: an irresistibly packaged psycho-hallucinogenic drug that will reduce the entire population to mindless zombies. but black folks have soul. But with enough funky sense of style, a smooth way with the ladies and an absolute hunger for justice, with his Bruce Lee moves, Cadillac attitude and an arsenal of outrageous disguises and gadgets, Undercover Brother is recruited by the group of Good Guys, know as the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. an all-black justice league to foil the Man's plan to derail a Colin Powell-like presidential candidate, and Undercover Brother's undercover exploits keep the slim plot moving. But while he and his sassy cat-fighting partner known as Sistah Girl tries to find out what's going on, the leader's ruthless right arm, Mr. Feather, discovers the conspiracy's sexy secret weapon, Penelope Snow.
Starring: Eddie Griffin, Denise Richards, Aunjanue Ellis, Chris Kattan, Dave Chappelle, Chi McBride, Neil Patrick Harris
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
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The Third Wheel (2002)
Comedy | Romance
The clumsy and shy Stanley is a nice fellow, beloved by his colleagues in the office. He has a crush on the gorgeous new-hire Diana, but he has difficulties to get close to her. When Stanley finally invites Diana for a date, he hits the homeless Phil with his Taurus and his planned night turns upside down.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Luke Wilson, Denise Richards, Jay Lacopo
Director: Jordan Brady
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