UNCERTAINTY

UNCERTAINTY

The Story:
Bobby Thompson and Kate Montero (Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lynn Collins) are thrusts into two alternate realities on the same steamy summer day in New York City. With the flip of a coin, the couple are sent in opposite directions – a delicate drama set in Brooklyn examines familial love, self-discovery, loss and the ordinary choices we make everyday, while Manhattan offers a vastly different tale of intrigue, suspense and murder on the streets of Chinatown.

Starring:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lynn Collins, Olivia Thirlby, Assumpta Serna, Madeline Lee

Directed By:
David Siegel and Scott McGehee

Release:
2009

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EDGE OF DARKNESS

EDGE of DARKNESS

The Story:
Homicide detective Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) investigates the death of his activist daughter (Bojana Novakovic), he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent (Ray Winstone) tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

Starring:
Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, Bojana Novakovic, Frank Grillo, Gbenga Akinnagbe.

Directed By:
Martin Campbell

Release:
2010

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PAPADOM

PapaDom (Malaysia)

The Story:
Saadom (Afdlin Shauki), who is a successful Nasi Kandar businessman in Pulau Pinang. His wife Munirah (Noor Khiriah) last wishes before she passed away to take good care of their daughter Mia (Liyana Jasmay), changed Saadom’s life forever. From a very buzy businessman who is so infatuated with his Nasi Kandar business, Saadom changed into becoming a very dependable father who is very much focused on her daughter’s life.

As Mia, grows up she gets a bit annoyed with her father’s endless care and devotion towards her which at times seem to much to handle. Her friends are also annoyed with Uncle Saadom who tends to follow Mia wherever she goes. Saadom hugs and kisses his daughter in front of her friends, during lunch break Saadom would come to the school to send some lunch meals for her and her friends but this is not well appreciated by her friends because the Nasi Kandar would ruin their diet. He would also be often seen in the school premises in order to make sure of Mia’s safety and sometimes he is being forced out of the school by the Principle.

A huge dilemma arises as Mia is all grown up and ready for University life. Saadom wishes that her daughter would proceed with her studies somewhere near Pulau Pinang but Mia chooses otherwise in order she could be far away from her father. Saadom gets panic and have no idea on how to fulfill his late wife’s wishes to take care of their daughter.

Starring:
Afdlin Shauki, Noor Khiriah, Liyana Jasmay, Vanida Ibrahim, Pete Teo, Adham Malekk, Que Haidar, Farid Kamil

Directed By:
Afdlin Shauki

Release:
2009

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A BEAUTIFUL LIFE

A BEAUTIFUL LIFE

The Story:
Maggie (Angela Sarafyan) is a teenage runaway fleeing her family; David (Jesse Garcia) is a teenage illegal immigrant in search of his. When their paths cross, both are alone in the City of Angels, a place where some come to dream and others to hide. A bus drops off Maggie in downtown Los Angeles late one night. She is unsure of where she’s going; only knowing that she’s not going back home. After wandering the dangerous streets for hours, she finally falls asleep in the one place that seems safe – the garbage dump behind a strip club. It’s there that she’s discovered by David, who works as a janitor at the club.

He brings her in to let her use the bathroom and a kind stripper, Esther (Bai Ling), takes pity on Maggie, cleaning her up and begging David to take her home that night so she has a warm place to sleep. Maggie and David at first are suspicious of each other, but soon find they have more in common than they think and realize that their only chance of survival in the city may be if they stick together. In spite of themselves, they fall in love and together they struggle to find the courage to dream and hope again. Their blossoming love eventually lowers their defenses, allowing them to reveal their painful pasts to each other. Along the way they encounter hunger, desperation and danger. However, they also find kindness in a local librarian, Susan (Debi Mazar), and the family they never had with Esther. But when Maggie seeks out her mother’s (Dana Delany) help the truth catches up and she has to decide to face her past or keep running.

Starring:
Jesse Garcia, Angela Sarafyan, Bai Ling, Debi Mazar, Rena Owen, Jonathan Lapaglia and Dana Delany.

Directed By:
Alejandro Chomski

Release:
2009

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DON McKAY

DON McKAY

The Story:

It's been twenty-five years since Don McKay (Thomas Hayden Church) turned his back on his hometown, and he never imagined he would ever return. But when a letter from his former girlfriend Sonny (Elisabeth Shue) appears in Don's mailbox, he can't resist visiting his old flame one more time, before her light disappears forever. When Don comes home and realizes that his memories of Sonny don't match up with the woman she's become, it quickly becomes apparent that he harbors a shameful secret form years gone by. Meanwhile, Sonny's doctor (James Rebhorn) and caretaker (Melissa Leo) don't warm quickly to the returning visitor, and a chance run-in suddenly compounds Don's buried secret.

Starring:
Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo, Pruitt Taylor Vince, James Rebhorn

Directed By:
James Rebhorn

Release:
2009

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THE EXPENDABLES

THE EXPENDABLES

The Story:

A team of mercenaries led by Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator. The team consists of Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Bao (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), and Emanuel (Mickey Rourke), who head to South America on a mission to overthrow and assassinate a powerful, evil dictator and his army, who have been causing devastation, chaos and torture for the last twenty years.

Starring:
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, Danny Trejo, Charisma Carpenter.

Directed By:

Sylvester Stallone

Release:

2010

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THE CRAZIES

THE CRAZIES

The Story:
A reinvention loosely based upon the George Romero classic of the same name. The American Dream goes horribly wrong when the residents of this picture-perfect town begin to succumb to an uncontrollable urge for violence and the horrific bloodshed escalates into anarchy. In an attempt to contain the epidemic, the military uses deadly force to close off access into or out of town, abandoning the few healthy citizens to the growing mayhem as depraved killers lurk in the shadows.

Sheriff David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant), his pregnant wife, Judy (Radha Mitchell), Becca (Danielle Panabaker), an assistant at the medical center; and Russell (Joe Anderson), Dutton’s deputy and right-hand man, find themselves trapped in a once idyllic town they can no longer recognize. Unable to trust former neighbors and friends, deserted by the authorities and terrified of contracting the illness themselves, they are forced to band together in a nightmarish struggle for survival.

Starring:
Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson

Directed By:
Breck Eisner

Release:
2009

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WOMEN IN TROUBLE

WOMEN IN TROUBLE

The Story:
A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble.

Elektra Luxx (Carla Gugino), a world-famous porn star whose future is thrown for a loop with the news that she's pregnant and Holly Rocket (Adrianne Palicki), a not-too-bright adult industry newcomer with an inconvenient aversion to girl-girl action. Their paths intersect with, among others, a hilariously suave British Rock Star (Josh Brolin), a bright neurotic with a dark past (Connie Britton), and a call girl with a tricky client (Emmanuelle Chriqui).

Starring:
Carla Gugino, Connie Britton, Adrianne Palicki, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Simon Baker, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Directed By:
Sebastian Gutierrez

Release:
2009

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THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS'

The Story:
Set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick (Tom Waits), in which he won immortality.

Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina (Lily Cole) is now rapidly approaching this 'coming of age' milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. They are joined by a mysterious outsider named Tony (Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell) embark through parallel worlds to rescue the girl.
Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls.

Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter's hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all...

Starring:
Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer

Directed By:
Terry Gilliam.

Release:
2009

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THE REVENANT

THE REVENANT

The Story:
When Bart (David Anders) is killed in Iraq and his body shipped back to the United States for burial, he doesn’t stay dead for long. He comes back as a revenant – a zombie that requires blood for survival. Instead of approaching his once future bride Janet (Louise Griffiths) about his unique predicament, he instead approaches his slacker, slightly unhinged best friend Joey (Chris Wylde). What happens next is an escalating series of misadventures as Bart relies on Joey to help discover the pros and cons of being dead and needing to drink blood.

Starring:
David Anders, Chris Wylde, Louise Griffiths, Jacy King.

Directed By:
Kerry Prior

Release:
2009

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THE LITTLE TRAITOR

THE LITTLE TRAITOR

The Story:
Based on the novel “Panther in the Basement” by the world renowned author, Amos Oz, “Little Traitor” takes place in 1947 Palestine, just a few months before Israel becomes a state.

Proffy Liebowitz (Ido Port), a militant yet sensitive twelve year old, has grown up under British occupation and wants nothing more than for the occupying British to get out of his land. Proffy and his two friends are always plotting ways to terrorize the British until one evening, while he’s out after curfew; Proffy is seized by Sergeant Dunlop (Alfred Molina).

Instead of arresting him, Sergeant Dunlop escorts him back home and a friendship begins to develop in the following weeks. Proffy starts to consider Dunlop a father figure, as his own father is cold and remote. Dunlop, lonely and poetic, loves the spirited boy and reads the Book of Samuel, Dunlap’s favorite part of the Bible. Proffy helps Dunlap with his Hebrew while Dunlap teaches Proffy difficult English words and provides the fatherly guidance missing in Proffy’s life.

As neighborhood tensions escalate between the British and the underground Jewish rebellion, their relationship becomes increasingly complicated. While Proffy has learned a great deal from his mentor, he is also shunned by his friends for this friendship and thus called a “traitor” by his neighbors and community. The resulting trial and shock that he could have such genuine affection for his “enemy” will change Proffy’s life forever.

Starring:
Alfred Molina, Ido Port, Levana Finkelstein, Gilya Stern

Directed By:
Lynn Roth

Release:
2007

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THE TOOTH FAIRY

THE TOOTH FAIRY

The Story:
'The Tooth Fairy,' also known as Derek Thompson (Dwayne Johnson), a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster's hopes, he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand. At first, Derek "can't handle the tooth" - bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers' homes...doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.

Starring:
Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews, Billy Crystal, Chase Ellison, Brandon T. Jackson.

Directed By:
Michael Lembeck

Release:
2010

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SIN NOMBRE

(Spanish)

The Story:
Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young Honduran woman, Sayra (Paulina Gaytan), joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with a teenaged Mexican gang member, El Casper (Edgar M. Flores), who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates. Together they must rely on faith, trust and street smarts if they are to survive their increasingly perilous journey towards the hope of new lives.

Starring:
Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Diana García, Tenoch Huerta Mejía

Directed By:
Cary Fukunaga

Release:
2009

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