Dirch / A Funny Man (2011)
Biography | Drama
A biography of the Danish actor and comedian, Dirch Passer.
Starring: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Ranthe, Lars Brygmann
Director: Martin Zandvliet
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler / A Courageous Heart (2009)
Biography | Drama | War
The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.
Starring: Anna Paquin, Marcia Gay Harden, Goran Visnjic, Nathaniel Parker, Steve Speirs, Paul Freeman, Michelle Dockery
Director: John Kent Harrison
The Brussels Business / The Brussels Business: Who Runs the European Union? (2012)
Documentary | History
THE BRUSSELS BUSINESS is a docu-thriller that dives into the grey zone underneath European democracy. An expedition into the world of the 15,000 lobbyists in the EU-capital, of the PR-conglomerates, think tanks and their all embracing networks of power and their close ties to the political elites.
Starring: Catherine Ashton, Leon Brittan, Maria Green Cowles, Etienne Davignon, Olivier Hoedeman
Director: Matthieu Lietaert, Friedrich Moser
Dragnet (1987)
Comedy | Crime
Friday and Streebek are assigned to some very strange robberies, like i.e. the stealing of one bat, a 30 feet long snake and the mane of a lion from a zoo. All the latest BAIT magazines were also recently stolen, and some chemichals that when are mixed correctly develops a very deadly gas. All these thefts have one thing in common; visit cards with the word "PAGAN" left at the crime scenes. Solving these crimes, including why plenty of police vehicles have been stolen lately, involves the usual; to drink coffee at strip tease bars, rescue kidnapped virgins from drowning and lose the job.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Jack O'Halloran, Elizabeth Ashley, Dabney Coleman, Kathleen Freeman, Bruce Gray
Director: Tom Mankiewicz
Jesus Henry Christ (2012)
Comedy
At the age of ten, Henry James Hermin, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father.
Starring: Jason Spevack, Toni Collette, Michael Sheen
Director: Dennis Lee
Comme Des Freres / Comme des frères (2012)
Comedy
Boris, Elie & Maxime are three men who take a journey to Corsica to honor the memory of the woman they cherished – Charlie. On the way they would realize that their time with Charlie had left a strong impact on their lives.
Starring: François-Xavier Demaison, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Pierre Niney, Mélanie Thierry
Director: Hugo Gélin
Sightseers / Touristes (2012)
Comedy
Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
Starring: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies, Richard Glover, Monica Dolan, Jonathan Aris, Richard Lumsden, Rachel Austin, Tony Way
Director: Ben Wheatley
When Pigs Have Wings / Cuando los chanchos vuelen (2011)
Comedy
After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting : imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the Faith of Islam but also by the Jewish religion. Determined to get rid of the animal, Jafaar tries desperately to sell it, first to a United Nations official, then to a Jewish colony where Yelena raises pigs not for their meat but for security reasons. Of course, going unnoticed in the company of a "forbidden" animal, among his Palestinian brothers, past Israeli soldiers and under the scrutiny of Islamic fundamentalists is no bed of roses and a series of misadventures await Jafaar….
Starring: Sasson Gabai, Baya Belal, Myriam Tekaïa, Gassan Abbas, Khalifa Natour
Director: Sylvain Estibal
Secret Defense / Secret défense (2008)
Thriller
Shows the recruitment and training of a young female Secret Service operative alongside a parallel story about how an unlikely but deadly young male terrorist is created.
Starring: Vahina Giocante, Gérard Lanvin, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Aurelien Wiik, Simon Abkarian, Rachida Brakni, Mehdi Nebbou
Director: Philippe Haïm
The Fly II / The Fly 2 (1989)
Horror | Sci-Fi
Raised in the confines of a laboratory at the enigmatic Bartok Industries, young Martin Brundle discovers that he's inherited insect genes from his father, Seth Brundle, the scientist who first morphed into The Fly years before. Worse, Martin realizes that powerful CEO Anton Bartok has nefarious plans for him, and now, Martin must use his fly powers to stop the madman's schemes.
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, John Getz, Lee Richardson, Frank C. Turner, Ann Marie Lee
Director: Chris Walas
I Am David (2003)
Drama
David, a 12-year-old, escapes from a Communist concentration camp with little more than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark. David is thrust into the free world for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. His spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctive mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimately, love, addresses the cruelties, politics, and suffering of warfare while celebrating the resilience of youth and the unbreakable spirit of a child.
Starring: Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright
Director: Paul Feig
Psycho (1998)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Marion Crane steals a lot of cash from a man whom her boss is in business with. On the way to see her boyfriend, she stops off by an old motel, run by the odd Norman Bates. She is murdered in the shower. Her sister, boyfriend, and a private investigator try to find out where she is, while we learn more about Norman Bates.
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, Robert Forster, Philip Baker Hall
Director: Gus Van Sant
Psycho III / Psycho 3 (1986)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Norman Bates is still running his little motel, and he has kept the dressed skeleton he calls mother. One of his guests is a young girl who has left the convent where she lived. To get some help he employs a young man. One day a nosy journalist comes to see him to ask questions about his past.
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Lee Garlington
Director: Anthony Perkins
Psycho II / Psycho 2 (1983)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Now declared legally sane, Norman Bates is released from a mental institution after spending 22 years in confinement over the protests of Marion Crane's sister Lila Loomis, who insists that he's still a killer and that the court's indifference to his victims by releasing him is a gross miscarriage of justice. Norman returns to his motel and the old Victorian mansion where his troubles started, and history predictably begins to repeat itself.
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz
Director: Richard Franklin
Tower Block (2012)
Thriller
The last remaining residents of a run-down London tower block find themselves targeted by a deadly sniper, in this tense British thriller written by James Moran. When they witness the brutal murder of a youth in their block, Becky (Sheridan Smith) and the other remaining residents on the 12th floor keep quiet, fearing retribution. One year later, and with the police investigation stalled, they awake one morning to find all communications to the outside world cut. Panic quickly spreads through the group when they begin to be picked off by an unknown sniper with a high-tech rifle, who prevents anyone from escaping the building, and shoots anything that moves. As the situation becomes ever more desperate, the group join together to try and find a way out. But with booby traps at every exit, it soon becomes apparent that not everyone will make it out alive.
Starring: Sheridan Smith, Jack O'Connell, Ralph Brown, Russell Tovey
Director: James Nunn, Ronnie Thompson
Alien Dawn (2012)
Sci-Fi
2012. The dawn of destruction. As giant alien machines enslave and feed off humanity, the few remaining survivors band together to form a armed militia that will be the last stand against total extinction.
Starring: Rachelle Dimaria, Brooke Lewis, Alex Bell, Michael Abruscato, Maria Luna, Cynthia Martin, Tiffany Martin
Director: Neil Johnson
De Marathon / The Marathon (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Sport
The marathon is a feelgood movie with a huge laugh and a tear about four friends from Rotterdam. They work in a garage but it doesn't go well. So the a-sportive guys get the idea to do a sponsor walk at the marathon from Rotterdam. But there is more on the line then only raise enough money for the garage…
Starring: Stefan de Walle, Martin van Waardenberg, Marcel Hensema, Frank Lammers, Mimoun Oaïssa
Director: Diederick Koopal
The Last Waltz (1978)
Documentary | Music
It started as a concert. It became a celebration. Join an unparalleled lineup of rock superstars as they celebrate The Band's historic 1976 farewell performance. Directed by Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, Goodfellas), The Last Waltz is not only "the most beautiful rock film evermade" (New York Times) it's "one of the most important cultural events of the last two decades" (Rolling Stone)!
For more about The Last Waltz and The Last Waltz Blu-ray release, see The Last Waltz Blu-ray Review
Starring: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cul-de-sac (1966)
Comedy | Drama | Thriller
A retired businessman and his young, vivacious wife are living quietly on small British Island until two gangsters on the run stumble into their home and into their lives.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier
Director: Roman Polanski
The Batman vs. Dracula (2005)
Action | Animation | Horror | Thriller
Gotham City sleeps under the cover of darkness while two legendary bats take flight. One is turning the city into an army of vampires while the other does everything he can to stop the mayhem. But Dracula isn't simply one of The Batman's usual foe's; he's got supernatural powers of strength, speed and mind control. Even with his arsenal of high-tech gadgets, the Dark Knight is still a mortal man. This is one face-off that could clip The Batman's wings permanently! Also starring favorite characters like The Joker, The Penguin and Vicky Vale, in her first appearance in the series, this feature-length animated movie is fang-tastic!
Starring: Rino Romano, Peter Stormare, Tara Strong, Tom Kenny, Kevin Michael Richardson, Alastair Duncan, Jeff Bennett
Director: Michael Goguen
