Ripples of Desire / Hua Yang (2012)
Action | Drama | History | Romance
The height of gaiety on Piao Dao. Merchants and pirates may have their treasures but the biggest prizes are the sensational twin singing courtesans…
Starring: Michelle Chen, Yi-han Chen, Joe Cheng, Xiaoran Li, Zhiru Lin, Zijun Mao, Sandra Ng, Yongzhi Pang, Simon Yam, Jerry Yan
Director: Meiling Zhou
Passion Island / Re ai dao (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
On a magnificent resort in Cagayan, a group of people with different background arrives for their own reasons and beliefs. It is on this island where they will paint three humorous and passionate stories of love, family and friendship.
Starring: Janice Man, Chen Chang, Simon Yam, Joan Chen, Jia Song, Francis Ng
Director: Kwok-Leung Gan
Tenshi no koi / My Rainy Days (2009)
Drama
17-year-old high school student Rio (Nozomi Sasaki) is always the centre of attention due to her beauty. Yet, she has never cared about anyone but herself due to her traumatic past. Her friends and boyfriends exist only so she can use them for her gains. Rio is only interested in money. Then one day, she meets a 35-year-old college professor Kouki (Shosuke Tanihara) and falls in love for the first time. Rio feels confused by her emotional change and expresses her love to Kouki honestly. Although Kouki becomes interested in Rio, there is a reason he can't pursue the relationship.
Starring: Nozomi Sasaki, Shôsuke Tanihara, Hikaru Yamamoto, Mitsuki Ôishi, Saki Kagami
Director: Yuri Kanchiku
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War
Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head a Himalayan expedition in 1939, only to fall into the hands of the Allied forces as a prisoner of war. He and a fellow escapee, Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), make their way to the Forbidden City of Tibet, where Peter finds a wife and Heinrich befriends the Western culture-obsessed teenage Dalai Lama (Jaamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk), the spiritual leader of his Buddhist nation. As Heinrich waits out the war, his friendship with the Dalai Lama begins to transform him from naughty to humble.
Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
The Seafarers (1953)
Documentary | Short
Stanley Kubrick's first feature made in color. Lost for over 40 years! The documentary extols the benefits of membership to the Seafarers International Union.
Starring: Don Hollenbeck
Director: Stanley Kubrick
The Majestic (2001)
Drama
Set in 1951, an unjustly blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident and loses loses his memory. Due to a remarkable resemblance, the residents of a small town mistake him for a local war hero presumed dead.
Starring: Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden, Martin Landau, Brent Briscoe
Director: Frank Darabont
In America (2002)
Drama
Following the tragic death of their two-year-old son Frankie, Irish couple Johnny and Sarah Sullivan and their remaining two offspring, 10 year old Christy Sullivan and 5 year old Ariel Sullivan, emigrate illegally to the United States via Canada with little in their pockets. Their final destination is Manhattan where Johnny hopes to work as a stage actor.
Starring: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Djimon Hounsou, Emma Bolger
Director: Jim Sheridan
Love, Wrinkle-free (2011)
Comedy | Drama
"Love, Wrinkle-free" is a slice of life romantic comedy about a dysfunctional family who live in the Calangute area of Goa. Set in the Roman Catholic world of Goa, "Love, Wrinkle-free" takes a light-hearted look at the obsession of today's society on 'looks' and 'youth' – a universally recognizable theme that should find resonance across the world.
Starring: Ash Chandler, Shernaz Patel, Sohrab Ardeshir, Seema Rahmani, Ashwin Mushran, Marianne Borgo, Giju John, Arika Silaichia, Dasang Tensing, Theron C., Ankush Batra
Director: Sandeep Mohan
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Norman (2010)
Comedy | Drama
A troubled high-school kid pretending to be dying of cancer confronts problems with his new girlfriend and terminally ill father as he struggles with his daily existence.
Starring: Dan Byrd, Emily VanCamp, Richard Jenkins, Adam Goldberg, Billy Lush, Camille Mana, Jesse Head, John Aylward, Sewell Whitney
Director: Jonathan Segal
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Movie 43 (2013)
Comedy
An ensemble comedy intertwining different tales.
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Emma Stone, Gerard Butler, Stephen Merchant, Richard Gere, Elizabeth Banks
Director: Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, James Gunn
Superman: Unbound (2013)
Action | Adventure | Animation
Based on the Geoff Johns/Gary Frank 2008 release "Superman: Brainiac," Superman: Unbound finds the horrific force responsible for the destruction of Krypton – Brainiac – descending upon Earth. Brainiac has crossed the universe, collecting cities from interesting planets – Kandor, included – and now the all-knowing, ever-evolving android has his sights fixed on Metropolis. Superman must summon all of his physical and intellectual resources to protect his city, the love of his life, and his newly-arrived cousin, Supergirl.
Starring: Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, Alexander Gould, Molly C. Quinn, Wade Williams, John Noble, Diedrich Bader, Frances Conroy, Stephen Root, Steve Blum
Director: James Tucker
Love Sick Love (2012)
Thriller
A 'boy meets girl' romance that quickly turns into a twisted thriller. Dori, a sexy siren, traps Norman, a slick New York businessman, and forces him to live through a year of holidays to prove they're a perfect couple. But with Dori, Valentine's Day, Christmas and New Year's celebrations take place over one weekend in an isolated country house far from help or a phone tower. "Love Sick Love" is a complex and suspenseful journey into the darker side of passion.
Starring: Lindsay Rose Binder, Jim Gaffigan, Dean Kapica, Megan Raye Manzi, Charlotte Rae, Matthew Settle, M. Emmet Walsh, Katia Winter
Director: Christian Charles
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Crossroad (2012)
Drama
Fueled by revenge, Michael sets up a meeting with Clef Robie, the man who murdered his wife and child 6 years ago. His plans of killing him come to a standstill when two gunmen rob the diner. Michael takes matters into his own hands when he shoots them and holds the entire diner hostage until he kills his target.
Starring: Philip Bulcock, Kim Estes, Sean Galuszka, Amy Weber, Matt Jones, Nathan Reid, Bryna Weiss, Ben Corns, Jasmine Jade
Director: Shervin Youssefian
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Pegasus vs. Chimera / The Blood of Pegasus (2012)
Fantasy | Sci-Fi
A father hunts with his son, slays a monstrous dragon and is confronted by a corrupt tyrant who forces them into battle.
Starring: Sebastian Roché, Nazneen Contractor, Rae Dawn Chong, James Kidnie, Mimi Kuzyk, Carlo Rota
Director: John Bradshaw
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Waga haha no ki / Chronicle of My Mother (2012)
Drama
"Chronicles Of My Mother" recounts the relationship of an author (Koji Yakusho) and his elderly parents. The author has a strained relationship with his father and his mother's (Kirin Kiki) memory grows weaker by the day. A reconciliation is attempted by the son.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Kaho Minami, Aoi Miyazaki, Kirin Kiki, Rentarô Mikuni, Mimura, Erina Mano, Takahiro Miura, Akiko Kikuchi, Midoriko Kimura, Mariko Akama
Director: Masato Harada
Kirishima, bukatsu yamerutteyo / The Kirishima Thing (2012)
Drama
"Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo" tells the story of two high school students who crosses social boundaries between the elite and lower class at their school. Ryoya Maeda, from the lower class, is a member of the film club, while Hiroki Kikuchi, from the elite class, is a non-participating member of the high school baseball team.
Starring: Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Ai Hashimoto, Suzuka Ohgo
Director: Daihachi Yoshida
Border Run / The Mule (2012)
Thriller
A female American reporter searches for her missing brother against the backdrop of violence and human smuggling across the US/Mexican border.
Starring: Sharon Stone, Billy Zane, Rosemberg Salgado, Miguel Rodarte, Giovanna Zacarías, Olga Segura, Manolo Cardona, Gilmer Bejarano, Sevestino Salazar, Promise LaMarco
Director: Gabriela Tagliavini
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Jim Sheridan
The Railway Children (1970)
Drama | Family
Set during the early part of the 20th century, "Railway Children" tells the emotional stories of a father wrongfully imprisoned, a mother who demonstrates bravery and a cheerful disposition for the sake of her three children, and ultimately, a man in search of his wife and family. Based on the novel by E. Nesbit.
Starring: Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Sally Thomsett, Iain Cuthbertson
Director: Lionel Jeffries
Flying Padre / Flying Padre: An RKO-Pathe Screenliner (1951)
Documentary | Short
Two days in the life of priest Father Fred Stadtmuller whose New Mexico parish is so large he can only spread goodness and light among his flock with the aid of a mono-plane. The priestly pilot is seen dashing from one province to the next at the helm of his trusty Piper Club administering guidance (his plane, the Flying Padre) to unruly children, sermonizing at funerals and flying a sickly child and its mother to a hospital.
Starring: Bob Hite, Fred Stadmueller
Director: Stanley Kubrick
