The Women (1939)
Comedy | Drama
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Starring: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine, Paulette Goddard
Director: George Cukor
The Back-up Plan / Plan B (2010)
Comedy | Romance
After years of directionless dating, Zoe has finally decided that the wait for the perfect man has been too long. Determined to become a mother before it is too late, she decides to go it alone and signs up to conceive a baby through artificial insemination. But when she meets Stan on the same day as successfully conceiving twins, a comedy of errors ensues as Zoe tries to keep her new relationship alive while struggling with the early stages of pregnancy.
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Michaela Watkins, Eric Christian Olsen, Anthony Anderson, Jared Gilmore
Director: Alan Poul
Naked Ambition 3D / Hao qing 2 / 3D Hao qing (2014)
Comedy
3D NAKED AMBITION is a sex comedy which parodies Japanese adult film industry through various iconic scenes with exaggerated expressions.
Starring: Josie Ho, Chapman To, Kwok Cheung Tsang, Candy Yuen, Nozomi Aso, Maiko Yuki, Anri Okita, Yui Tatsumi, Kana Yume
Director: Louis Koo
SPEC: Close~Reincarnation / SPEC: Closed – Kô no hen (2013)
Action | Comedy | Mystery | Thriller
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".
Starring: Erika Toda, Ryô Kase, Raita Ryû, Kazuki Kitamura, Chiaki Kuriyama
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Tomako in Moratorium / Moratorium Tamako (2013)
Comedy
Tamako (Atsuko Maeda) graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.
Starring: Atsuko Maeda, Suon Kan, Sairi Itô, Keiichi Suzuki, Kumi Nakamura, Yasuko Tomita
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Summer Wars / Samâ uôzu (2009)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi
Timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by his secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job. Turns out Kenji discovers his "summer job" is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiance, for the celebration of Natsuki's spunky grandmother's 90th birthday. There, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can't resist solving it. As it turns out, his solution creates chaos within the virtual world of OZ, translating into anarchy in real-life.
Starring: Nanami Sakuraba, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Ayumu Saitô, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji, Riisa Naka
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
5 Centimeters Per Second / Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru (2007)
Animation | Drama | Romance
Told in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man through his life as cruel winters, cold technology and, finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
Starring: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Another Life / Une autre vie (2013)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The South of France. Internationally famous pianist Aurore collapses one night during a performance, over-exhausted from too many concerts. Tired of music, she believes she no longer has anything to offer her public. Then she meets Jean, an electrician who installs residential security systems. Despite their differences, they immediately fall in love and plan a new life together. Jean intends to leave his long-time partner, Dolorès, but she will stop at nothing to keep him.
Starring: Joey Starr, Virginie Ledoyen, Jasmine Trinca, Stéphane Freiss
Director: Emmanuel Mouret
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Documentary | War
A courageous and startling film, Peter Davis's landmark documentary Hearts and Minds unflinchingly confronts the United States' involvement in Vietnam. Using a wealth of sources-from interviews to newsreels to documentary footage of the conflict at home and abroad-Davis constructs a powerfully affecting portrait of the disastrous effects of war. Explosive, persuasive, and shocking, Hearts and Minds is an overwhelming emotional experience and the controversial winner of the 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Starring: Georges Bidault, Clark Clifford, George Coker , Kay Dvorshock, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Daniel Ellsberg, Randy Floyd, J. William Fulbright
Director: Peter Davis
The Hooligan Factory (2014)
Comedy
Danny wants something more. Expelled from school and living in his grandfathers flat, he longs to live up to the image of his estranged father Danny Senior. Sent to prison for force feeding a judge his own wig Danny Senior was a legend and Danny is looking for a way to emulate his father's achievements and rise to be "top boy". Meanwhile in Wormwood Scrubs prison legendary football hooligan Dex is about to be released. Dex is on a quest of his own, one of vengeance against his nemesis and rival firm leader Yeti. But when Danny and Dex's paths cross they embark on a journey as old as hooliganism itself.
Starring: Jason Maza, Nick Nevern, Tom Burke, Ray Fearon, Steven O'Donnell, Morgan Watkins, Josef Altin
Director: Nick Nevern
Shine (1996)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lynn Redgrave, John Gielgud, Googie Withers
Director: Scott Hicks
The Dyatlov Pass Incident / Devil's Pass (2013)
Mystery | Thriller
In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What happened is a mystery that has baffled investigators and researchers for decades. It has become known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. When five ambitious American college students are issued a grant to return to the site of the original events, they gear up with the belief that they can uncover and document the truth of what happened to the supposedly experienced hikers. But what they find is more shocking than anything they could have imagined. Retracing the steps of the Russians' ill-fated journey, the students are plagued by strange and increasingly terrifying phenomena that suggest that in spite of the desolate surroundings, they are not alone. The forces at work in the Dyatlov Pass Incident have been waiting for them.
Starring: Holly Goss, Matt Stokoe, Luke Albright, Ryan Hawley, Gemma Atkinson, Nikolay Butenin
Director: Renny Harlin
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Drama
To escape her cruel, angry father – and discover the truth about her late mother’s past – 14-year old Lily Owens flees with her caregiver and friend Rosaleen to a South Carolina town where she’s taken in by the bee-keeping Boatwright sisters.
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys, Paul Bettany
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
I've Loved You So Long / Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)
Drama
Follows Juliette, who after 15 years in prison returns to her hometown of Nancy. When she is reunited with her younger sister Lea, with whom she stays, Juliette finds herself imprisoned by another pain and secret. Meanwhile, Lea seems to lead a happy, calm and "normal" life with her husband Luc , two young daughters, many friends and an exciting job. Although siblings, Juliette and Lea are complete strangers to each other.
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill, Frédéric Pierrot, Lise Ségur
Director: Philippe Claudel
Powder Room (2013)
Comedy
Socially awkward and unlucky in love, Sam's only relief from her lonely life is her visit to the nearby clubs at the weekend with her friends Chanel, Saskia and Paige. One night, Sam bumps into her old college friend Michelle who is home from her successful life in Paris with her beautiful and glamorous friend Jess. Feeling intimidated by their presence, Sam starts spinning a web of lies to make herself appear less of a loser, but with one lie leading onto another will she be able to survive the night while retaining some semblance of her own identity?
Starring: Sheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Kate Nash, Oona Chaplin, Riann Steele, Sarah Hoare
Director: M.J. Delaney
3 A.M. 3D: Part 2 / Ti sam khuen sam 3D (2014)
Horror
'The Third Night' follows a series of events that occur after a motorcycle gang leader by the name of Rang dies. 'The Convent' is about an all-girl convent school where occasionally the sound of someone playing a piano is heard from the old abandon chapel. 'The Offering' is about a shop that sells paper money and offerings to the dead.
Starring: Sinjai Plengpanit, Supanart Jittaleela, Ray MacDonald, Thawat Pornrattanaprasert, Hataichat Eurkittiroj, Intach Leorakwong, Jirawat Wachirasarunpat
Director: Isara Nadee, Kirati Nakintanon, Putipong Saisikaew
Trick The Movie: Last Stage / Torikku Gekijoban Rasto Suteji (2014)
Comedy | Mystery
Trade company employee Shinichi (Noriyuki Higashiyama) recommends to Naoko (Yukie Nakama) and Jiro (Hiroshi Abe) to go to a beautiful place abroad. There, Naoko and Jiro meets tribal shaman (Kiko Mizuhara) and sees through her tricks. The shaman has refused to leave her place.
Starring: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Katsuhisa Namase, Yôko Nogiwa, Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kazuki Kitamura, Kiko Mizuhara
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Beauty and the Beast (TV Series 2012- )
Drama | Thriller
Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. When she was a teenager, she witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen and herself was saved by someone – or something. Years have passed and while investigating a murder, Catherine discovers a clue that leads her to Vincent Keller, who was reportedly killed in 2002. Catherine learns that Vincent is actually still alive and that it was he who saved her many years before. For mysterious reasons that have forced him to live outside of traditional society, Vincent has been in hiding for the past 10 years to guard his secret – when he is enraged, he becomes a terrifying beast, unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses.
Starring: Kristin Kreuk, Jay Ryan, Nina Lisandrello, Austin Basis, Sendhil Ramamurthy
Creator: Ron Koslow
Affluenza (2014)
Drama
Suburbia, 2008. Swept up in a heady pre-recession world of absentee parents, plentiful booze and casual sex, aspiring photographer Fisher Miller (Ben Rosenfield) escapes his middle-class life for the moneyed mansions of the young, beautiful elite. With a stash of high-quality weed and a vintage camera, he gains access to his gorgeous cousin Kate’s (Nicola Peltz) circle of wealthy and indulged friends, just as their entitled reality is about to spin out of control. A revealing take on the hidden perils of privilege. Also starring Gregg Sulkin, Nicola Peltz, Grant Gustin, Samantha Mathis & Steve Guttenberg.
Starring: Ben Rosenfield, Gregg Sulkin, Nicola Peltz, Grant Gustin, Steve Guttenberg, Samantha Mathis, Valentina de Angelis, Carla Quevedo, Danny Burstein, Adriane Lenox
Director: Kevin Asch
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Going Bongo (2014)
Comedy | Drama
A newly recruited American doctor "mistakenly" volunteers to work in Africa for a month.
Starring: Ernest Napoleon, Emanuela Galliussi, Ashley Olds
Director: Dean Matthew Ronalds
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