Hannah Arendt (2012)
Biography | Drama
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for The New Yorker on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
Starring: Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, Axel Milberg, Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen, Nicholas Woodeson
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Pedaldance / Petal Dance (2013)
Comedy
Four women, who have their own different sorrows, embark on a road trip. They look back at their past and restart their lives.
Starring: Aoi Miyazaki, Shiori Kutsuna, Sakura Andô, Kazue Fukiishi, Masanobu Andô
Director: Hiroshi Ishikawa
Golden Swallow / Jin yan zi (1968)
Action | Adventure | Romance
Golden Swallow (Pei-pei Cheng) is living peacefully with her "friend" ('Lo Lieh' ) by a waterfall. She has seemingly given up her death-dealing ways but soon she is accused of going on a bloody rampage against an evil clan. As it turns out, the actual culprit is an old beau named Silver Roc ('Jimmy Wang Yu' ) who is impersonating her to draw her out into the open. A complicated love triangle develops as her affections are torn between the two men while all three must also deal with the evil kungfu clan.
Starring: Pei-pei Cheng, Yu Wang, Lieh Lo, Hsin Yen Chao, Chia-Liang Liu
Director: Cheh Chang
Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale (2013)
Animation | Family | Fantasy
Barbie and her sisters set off on a Swiss adventure to the majestic Alps, where they are excited to spend the summer at a fun-filled riding academy! Barbie can't wait to find a new horse to bring back to Malibu. Stacie is super excited to prove she's an amazing equestrian. All Chelsea wants to do is ride the big horses, and Skipper… well let's just say she's more interested in writing about the great outdoors than experiencing it. The sisters' vacation gets off to a rocky start, but when Barbie discovers a mysterious wild horse in the woods, their visit becomes truly magical.
Starring: Kelly Sheridan, Kazumi Evans, Claire Corlett, Ashlyn Drummond, Alex Kelly, Tabitha St. Germain
Director: Kyran Kelly
Planes (2013)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
This spinoff of the beloved Cars films follows Dusty the crop duster, who dreams of flying in a race around the world. But in order to qualify for the competition, he'll have to overcome his fear of heights.
Starring: Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Priyanka Chopra, Cedric the Entertainer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Cleese
Director: Klay Hall
House of Usher (1960)
Horror
After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher (Vincent Price) have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax…
Starring: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
Director: Roger Corman
Baby Doll (1956)
Drama
Times are tough for cotton-miller Archie (Karl Malden) but at least he has his child-bride (Carroll Baker), who'll soon be his wife in title and truth. The one-year agreement keeping them under the same roof – yet never in the same bed – is about to end. But a game with a sly business rival (Eli Wallach) is about to begin. In Baby Doll, as in A Streetcar Named Desire, director Elia Kazan and writer Tennessee Williams broke new ground – earning condemnation by the then-powerful Legion of Decency. They earned laurels too: four Academy Award nominations, Golden Globe Awards for Baker and Kazan and a British Academy Award for Wallach. Watch this funny, steamy classic that, as Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide proclaims, "still sizzles."
Starring: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock
Director: Elia Kazan
Chastity Bites (2013)
Comedy | Horror
In the early 1600's, Countess Elizabeth Bathory slaughtered more than 600 young women, believing if she bathed in the blood of virgins that she would stay young and beautiful forever. Still alive today, she's found a perfect hunting ground for her 'botox' as an abstinence educator in conservative America, and the young ladies of San Griento High are poised to be her next victims. But will her unholy ritual finally be stopped by Leah Ratliff, a feminist blogger and ambitious reporter for the school paper?
Starring: Allison Scagliotti, Francia Raisa, Louise Griffiths, Eduardo Rioseco, Chloë Crampton, Amy Okuda, Sarah Stouffer, Lindsey Morgan, Laura Niemi
Director: John V. Knowles
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Enemy Mine (1985)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
A soldier from Earth crash-lands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world.
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Lance Kerwin, Carolyn McCormick, Bumper Robinson
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Big Sur (2013)
Drama
Sudden fame and a self-destructive lifestyle were taking a toll on Jack Kerouac's mind and body following the unparalleled success of the groundbreaking novel, On The Road. Once the handsome literary maverick and hero of the Beat Generation, Kerouac now sees only a vestige of his former self, ravaged by alcohol and drugs, aged beyond his years and tormented by self-doubt. Questioning his talent, his faith, and his mortality, Kerouac leaves New York for California, on a quest for redemption at an isolated, fog-banked cabin in the primitive landscape of the Big Sur woods. What ensues in those fateful 3 weeks of August, 1960, is both terrifying and revelatory. While Kerouac is able to find beauty and elation in his surroundings, the dichotomy of his psyche renders him unable to face his demons alone. He sets off on a visceral collision course of paranoia, sex, delirium tremens, misery and madness. His desperation culminates in an intense, hallucinatory breakdown, but the duality of his nature (again) comes into play and he emerges from his dark place – however fleeting – with a modicum of peace and optimism.
Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell, Stana Katic
Director: Michael Polish
Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant (TV 2013)
Awards
Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant, the only beauty contest held in China, is one of the annual events of Phoenix Satellite TV. It is the event that turns all heads in every Chinese community around the world and it endeavors to consolidate the glamorous image of women of the new era, which combines wisdom and beauty.
Hosts: Ian Cover, Jason Fang, Charles Qiao
In Another Country / Da-reun na-ra-e-suh (2012)
Drama
A three-tiered story centered on a trio of French tourists visiting the same seaside resort.
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Kwon Hye Hyo, Jung Yu Mi, So-ri Moon, Moon Sung Keun, Jun-Sang Yu, Youn Yuh Jung
Director: Sang-soo Hong
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Mysteries (2013)
Animation | Family | Fantasy
It's mischief, mystery and marvelous fun as Strawberry and her pals face their fears and find some missing VIPs (Very Important Pets) in these delightful tales about friendship.
Starring: Anna Cummer, Janyse Jaud, Andrea Libman, Britt McKillip, Ingrid Nilson
Director: Bob Hathcock
The Lunatics / Din lo jing juen (1986)
Comedy | Drama
Mr Tsui is a social worker specializing in patients with mental disorder. One day Tsui successfully pacifies a psycho Doggie who is behaving lunatic at street market. A columnist Miss Lau accidentally watches the whole process. It attracts Lau to take psychiatry as her new topic. Then, Lau partners with Tsui for work in order to gather information. During the patient visits, Lau meets many psychos, such as Dr Sham, an old woman residing at building alley, Chung living at blockhouse and Tsuen getting insane caused by missing his son…
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Deannie Yip, Tony Leung
Director: Tung-Shing Yee
Nobody's Daughter Haewon / Nugu-ui ttal-do anin Haewon (2013)
Drama
University student Hae-Won (Jung Eun-Chae) wants to break up with Teacher Sung-Joon (Lee Sun-Kyun). They have had a secret relationship. Hae-Won meets her mother (Kim Ja-Ok), who is going to emigrate to Canada tomorrow. After meeting her mother, Hae-Won feels depressed and she decides to meet Sung-Joon for the first time in a long while. On that day, Hae-Won and Sung-Joon happen to meet students at a restaurant who study the same major and their relationship becomes known to others. Hae-Won becomes more depressed. Sung-Joon then suggests they runaway to somewhere else.
Starring: Jeong Eun-Chae, Seon-gyun Lee, Joon-sang Yoo, Ji-won Ye, Ja-ok Kim, Eui-sung Kim, Jane Birkin
Director: Sang-soo Hong
Sorum / Goosebumps (2001)
Drama | Horror | Mystery
Yong-hyun moves into a creepy apartment which seems somehow familiar to him. His apartment was formerly occupied by a writer who burned to death in his room, but that doesn't seem to bother the detached young taxi driver. Across the hall from him is Jin-young who endures daily beatings from her husband. Her husband knows of a brutal murder that occurred about 30 years ago within the walls of this building and mysteriously touches on all their lives. Strange secrets begin to reveal themselves sending the characters down a path of terror…
Starring: Jin-Young Jang, Myung-min Kim, Ju-bong Gi, An Jo, Young-hoon Park
Director: Jong-chan Yun
Alone for Christmas / Alone for Xmas (2013)
Family | Fantasy
When a family visits Grandma's house on Christmas Eve, they leave their dog at home alone. And when burglars try to take the presents from under the tree, the dog must use every trick it knows to stop them.
Starring: Davis Cleveland, David DeLuise, Kevin Sorbo
Director: Joseph J. Lawson
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I'll Be Homeless for Christmas (2012)
Drama | Family
When a petty thief learns that his latest mark is a struggling single mother who works at a homeless shelter, he decides to use his savvy street smarts to make this Christmas one to remember for her and her young son.
Starring: Mandi Christine Kerr, Travis Breedlove, Walter Robert, Kristin Melin Link, Landon Breedlove, Ryan Norton, Slade Curtis
Director: Bren Allison
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Desperate Acts of Magic (2013)
Comedy
A magician competes in an international magic competition where he goes head to head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with. This film shows great magic performed by a cast of professional magicians. Like a great musical where the songs and the story are seamlessly intertwined, Desperate Acts of Magic does the same, mixing story and magic as one.
Starring: Joe Tyler Gold, Valerie Dillman, Jonathan Levit, Sascha Alexander, John Getz, Stephen Wastell, William Salyers, Jordi Caballero, Hiawatha Johnson Jr., Tammy Caplan, Cameron Sanders, Rob Zabrecky, Felix Ryan, Melanie Merkosky
Director: Tammy Caplan, Joe Tyler Gold
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So Young / Zhi wo men zhong jiang shi qu de qing chun (2013)
Drama
In the brink of the 90s, 18-year-old Zheng Wei steps into her university life with a hopeful heart for love. She forms a great friendship with her roommates and united as a group, they embark on their university life together. Wei meets Chen Hao-Zheng in a chance encounter, and despite initial reluctance, Chen accepts Wei as his girlfriend and the two become inseparable. Four years of university life pass and Wei looks forward to establishing a life together with Chen. However, Chen is forced into an impossible decision to leave Wei. Devastated, Wei decides to start afresh. A decade later, Wei's previous lovers Lin and Chen both find their way back into her life and she has to make a choice of her next step in life..
Starring: Mark Chao, Geng Han, Zishan Yang, Shuying Jiang, Bei-Er Bao, Kai Zheng, Yao Zhang, Yase Liu
Director: Wei Zhao
