The Poker House (2008)
Drama
A dramatization of Lori Petty's teenage years spent in small town Iowa.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chloë Grace Moretz, Selma Blair
Director: Lori Petty
White Reindeer (2013)
Comedy
After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne struggles to put her life back together during a sad, strange Christmastime in suburban Virginia.
Starring: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Laura Lemar-Goldsborough, Lydia Hyslop, Joe Swanberg, Chris Doubek
Director: Zach Clark
Artifact (2012)
Documentary
Telling harsh truths about the modern music business, this riveting and award-winning documentary gives intimate access to singer/actor Jared Leto (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Dallas Buyers Club”) and his band Thirty Seconds to Mars as they fight a relentless lawsuit with record label Virgin/EMI and write songs for their album “This Is War.” Opening up his life for the camera during months of excruciating pressures, Leto reveals the struggles his band must face over questions of art, money and integrity. A FilmBuff Presentation.
Starring: Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Milicevic
Director: Jared Leto
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery
When the man who replaced Jesse as Paradise Police Chief was killed when his car exploded. So Jesse is asked to return and he does. So he goes to the crime scene and there's evidence leads people to believe that the man may have been corrupt. And Jesse who didn't like him because he took his job, says that he is allowed the benefit of the doubt. Jesse finds himself alone because Suitcase and Rose left when the other Chief was there. Jesse suspects that Hasty might know something. And a guy is following Jesse.
Starring: Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Gloria Reuben, Stephen McHattie, William Sadler, Robert Carradine, Jeff Geddis, Saul Rubinek, William Devane
Director: Robert Harmon
Enemies Closer (2013)
Thriller
Deep within a forest on the US-Canadian border, two sworn enemies must work together to escape a ruthless drug cartel hell-bent on retrieving a drug shipment which went missing there.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Everett Scott, Orlando Jones
Director: Peter Hyams
Crave (2012)
Drama | Thriller
A downtrodden photographer, haunted by the urban violence and decay around him, retreats into an inner world of dark fantasies. Those dangerous visions explode in reality with deadly consequences when his intoxicating new relationship with a beautiful young woman goes sour.
Starring: Josh Lawson, Emma Lung, Ron Perlman , Edward Furlong, Christopher Stapleton
Director: Charles de Lauzirika
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Unbeatable / Ji Zhan (2013)
Action | Drama | Sport
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and ones he cares…
Starring: Singh Hartihan Bitto, Nick Cheung, Feier Li, Ting Mei, Andy On, Eddie Peng, Fatih Ugurlu
Director: Dante Lam
My Lucky Star / Feichang Xingyun (2013)
Adventure | Comedy | Romance
A woman gets caught up in an international diamond heist that draws her near to a spy trying to save the world.
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Leehom Wang, Ruby Lin, Chen Yao, Singh Hartihan Bitto
Director: Dennie Gordon
Swamp Shark (2011)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Open on gorgeous swamplands of the Atchafalaya Basin in the summer. Lots of beautiful teens are at the beach the weekend before Gator Fest. That night an animal smuggling deal goes wrong and a large sea creature escapes into a swampy backwoods river. At the McDaniel's "Gator Shack" restaurant, a local, Jackson is drunk, and gets mangled to bits. The town sheriff blames the carnage on the McDaniel's "escaped" pack of gators and tries hauling them off to jail. Rachel McDaniel, head of the family, claims to have seen the fin of a shark! Rachel and her family, along with the help of a mysterious stranger, Charlie, take on the Swampshark and the law to clear their names, save Rachel's kid sister Krystal and prevent the unwitting folks at the upcoming Gator Fest from being torn to shreds by a beast the likes of which no one has ever seen!
Starring: Kristy Swanson, D.B. Sweeney, Robert Davi, Jeff Chase, Jason Rogel, Richard Tanne, Sophie Sinise, Wade Boggs
Director: Griff Furst
One Direction: This Is Us (2013)
Documentary | Music
Morgan Spurlock, the man behind 'Super Size Me' (2004), is the surprise director of this documentary on the highly successful British pop group. The band, comprised of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, shot to fame off the back of their appearance in the seventh series of 'The X Factor'. Following the show they signed to Simon Cowell's label Syco Records for the release of their debut album 'Up All Night' (2011), which soared to the top of the charts in both Britain and the USA. The documentary captures both the onstage and offstage lives of the boys, featuring a blend of behind the scenes and performance footage, as well as charting the origins of each member and the journey that led them to become part of the group.
Starring: Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Prisoners (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
In the rural New England town of Brockton, Massachusetts, neighbors and friends the Dovers and the Birches gather for Thanksgiving dinner, but by the end of the night, their celebration turns to panic when the families' two youngest daughters go missing. As the hours pass and the girls don't turn up, it becomes terrifyingly apparent they've been kidnapped. After the cops fail to find them, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) decides to take the law into his own hands, running up against dedicated Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal). But even as Loki is diligently working against the clock to solve the case, Keller will stop at nothing to get their prime suspect to talk before it's too late.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United (2013)
Action | Adventure | Animation
Iron Man and the Hulk team up in groundbreaking Marvel CG Animation.
Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Dee Bradley Baker, Fred Tatasciore
Sorry Baby / Mei wan mei liao (1999)
Comedy
Han is a minibus driver working for the Ruan, the boss of a small travel company. Ruan owes Han 98,000rmb in wages and constantly delays paying Han back. In desperation, Han kidnaps Ruan’s girlfriend Liu to force Ruan to pay him. Unable to follow through with the kidnapping, Han lets Ruan go. Ruan decides to help Han get his money back and at the same time see if Ruan values money or her more.
Starring: Biao Fu, You Ge, Chien-lien Wu, Hanyu Zhang, Honglei Sun, Fan Xu
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Be There or Be Square / Bu jian bu san (1998)
Comedy | Romance
Liu is a carefree Beijing native living in the US in a caravan while making a living doing odd jobs such as working for a film company and selling life insurance. He comes across Li who is an old acquaintance and just arrived in the US. Li cannot speak any English and appears to be totally out of her depth so Liu buys her a ticket back to Beijing and sees her off at the airport. A year later Liu has a small car crash in a supermarket car park and to his surprise, the other driver is Li. Unbeknown to Liu, Li could not bear to leave the US so she refund her ticket at the airport and has been working hard to build a good life in the US for the last year. Their relationship appears to be cursed because Liu takes Li to a restaurant while it is being held up and they are both robbed. He then arranges for Li to work with him at his friend’s travel agency only to find out after they are arrested that the agency is smuggling Chinese in the US. Unable to face any more bad luck, Li thanks Liu and asks him to forget her and never contact her again. Another year passes and Liu meets Li again after she responds to an add Liu placed in a local newspaper trying to find her. Liu makes his affection and desire for Li very clear to her but she maintains a distance and does not let their relationship progress beyond work and friendship. Liu is determined to win Li’s heart and resorts to desperate measures with predictable consequences.
Starring: You Ge, Fan Xu
Director: Xiaogang Feng
The Dream Factory / Jiafang yifang (1997)
Comedy
Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.
Starring: You Ge, Xiaogang Feng, Biao Fu, Bing He, Bin Li, Qi Li, Pei Liu, Fan Xu, Da Ying
Director: Xiaogang Feng
The Company You Keep (2012)
Drama | Thriller
A thriller centered on a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run from a journalist who has discovered his identity.
Starring: Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon, Anna Kendrick, Julie Christie, Sam Elliott
Director: Robert Redford
2Bobule / Grapes 2 (2009)
Comedy | Romance
The film follows Marie, Jirka and their wealthy parents, as well as murderer Jiří Tichý. The film takes place mostly in southern Moravia.
Starring: Jan Antonín Duchoslav, Krystof Hádek, Jirí Korn, Jirí Krampol, Lukás Langmajer
Director: Vlad Lanne
Bobule / Grapes (2008)
Comedy
Film about two friends who find out that you do not have to fly to sea to spend fantastic holidays.
Starring: Krystof Hádek, Lukás Langmajer, Marian Roden, Tereza Vorísková, Václav Postránecký
Director: Tomás Barina
Zatoichi the Fugitive / Zatôichi kyôjô-tabi / Zatôichi 4 (1963)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman/masseur Ichi (known as Zatoichi, or "Masseur Ichi") angers a local yakuza gang when he defeats several of them in a wrestling match. When he finds that his long lost love Tane is nearby and romantically involved with a tough samurai in the employ of the gang, he remains in the village. Meanwhile, the young heir to the leadership is forced to confront his own fear and weakness when the gang insists he fight Ichi.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka
SDU: Sex Duties Unit / Fei hu chu zheng (2013)
Comedy
The Special Duties Unit (SDU) is an elite paramilitary tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force and is considered one of the world's finest in its role. But being the best carries takes a toll. Like everyone else, they go through troubles with love, with family and with their jobs…And sometimes they get horny. This is a touching story about Special Duties Unit Team B and their trip to Macau for a weekend of unadulterated debauchery.
Starring: Chapman To, Shawn Yue, Kwok Cheung Tsang, Matt Chow
Director: Gary Mak
