SUBURBAN MAYHAM

The Story:
When John Skinner is beaten to death in his suburban home, suspicion falls on his daughter Katrina (Emily Barclay), whose grief is short-lived. In fact, she seems to love the media attention that follows her new notoriety. Months after the case has gone to court, she tells a film crew her life story, which we see in a series of flashbacks.

Katrina is 19, an unwed mother of a baby girl called Bailee, and already legendary in the neighbourhood for her sexual availability. Her brother Danny (Laurence Breuls) is in jail for life for decapitating someone who called her a slut. Katrina loves her brother so much that she decides to speed up her inheritance, in order to get him a good lawyer. Her father (Robert Morgan) should never have promised to keep Danny out of jail, then failed to deliver.

Katrina tries to get her boyfriend Rusty (Michael Dorman) to do the deed; when he hesitates, she enlists Danny’s mentally deficient friend Kenny (Anthony Hayes), who’s dazzled by her burning sexuality. Katrina’s resolve is further strengthened when she realises her father is conspiring with a local detective (Steve Bastoni) to take her baby from her. A girl can only put up with so much.

Starring:
Emily Barclay, Michael Dorman, Robert Morgan, Anthony Hayes, Laurence Breuls, Steve Bastoni, Mia Wasikoska, Genevieve Lemon, Madeleine Jaine, Susan Prior

Directed By:
Paul Goldman

Release:
2007

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EMPEROR

E M P E R O R (Malaysia)

The Story:
Based on the novel “Emperor” by Braham Singh. Poh Sin (Alfred Loh), Victor (Adrian Lai) and Felix (Sean Yap) grew up in the shadow of a major Malaysian crime figure. Their lives get complicated as a series of events suck Poh Sin and Victor deep into the triad world while they struggle to protect Felix from a similar fate. A triad war erupts with Hong Kong gangs over lucrative international human trafficking contracts, while personal ambitions take their own toll. The Malaysian police hound Victor over an alleged string of sex crimes and matters spiral out of control.

Starring:
Sam Yap, Alfred Loh, Adrian Lai, Sean Yap, Wong Meng Kitt, Cheryl Lee, Nina Sharil Khan, Vicky Balasundran, JD Menon.

Directed By:
Juliane Block

Release:
2008

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NAAK (DEEP IN THE JUNGLE)

NAAK ปาฎิหาริย์ รักต่างพันธุ์ (DEEP IN THE JUNGLE) (Thailand)

The Story:
Nawin (Jesdaporn Pholdee), an army secret service agent decides to withdraw from a scientific investigation because of unlawful procedures involving International Forces. Although he has tried desperately to avoid the illegal acts of the armed forces, it seems the harder he tries the more involed he becomes.

He is constantly under surveillance no matter where he goes or what he does which makes him realize there is more to the situation than that meets the eye. Jin (Ploy Jindachote), a young woman whom Nawin once saved from a brutal attack, is undergoing a strange transformation within her body as her blood circulates through mutation.

This transformation on Jin is what Nawin believes the International Forces are after, the half-breed mix between animal and human. Nawin decies to help Jin by taking her back to her birth place. As he leads her home, her illness seems to subside. They will soon grow close and fall in love. When it comes time for Nawin to choose between her and his life, he awakes to find that it has all been an image of his imagination…or was it?

Starring:
Jesdaporn Pholdee, Ploy Jindachote, Sakda Keawbuadee

Directed By:
Teerawat Rujeenatham

Release:
2009

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L' ARMEE DU CRIME (THE ARMY OF CRIME)

L'ARMEE DU CRIME (THE ARMY OF CRIME) (French)

The Story:
Based on the true story of a French resistance group dubbed "the Army of Crime" in Vichy propaganda pieces.

Paris, 1943, a daring band of rebels take on Nazi forces in wartime. Born in Armenia, Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) had settled in France by the time World War II broke out; a socialist who stood in fierce opposition to the Axis forces occupying his country, he and a handful of other leftists formed the FTP-MOI, a faction of the French Resistance comprised of immigrants who came to France before the war. Working beside Manouchian was his wife Melinee (Virginie Ledoyen), a poet turned underground fighter; Marcel (Robinson Stévenin), a Jewish volunteer who is an excellent shot with a rifle, and Thomas (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), a passionate Marxist with a skill for making bombs. Along with several other activists, the FTP-MOI wage a propaganda campaign against the Nazis while targeting selected Axis leaders for execution. But despite their cunning and talent, Manouchian and his partners find it difficult to keep their work a secret, and in time they're found out by a ruthless detective (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) with the Vichy police.

Starring:
Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Louis Garrel, Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Lola Naymark,
Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Olga Legrand, Pierre Niney, Adrien Jolivet, Ivan Franek, Mirza Halilovic, Horatiu Malaele.

Directed By:
Robert Guediguian

Release:
2009

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JEZEBETH

The Story:

In the attic of an ancestral home, a devil worshipping sadist, Jezebeth Blandy (Bree Michaels), at war with God, unwittingly discovers a nineteenth century diary that details the summoning of a demon. Jezebeth succeeds in breaking a satanic code inside her hell room which creates for her two realities. Lenora Blandy (Madeline Maser), a devout catholic, endlessly tortured at the hands of Jezebeth, has come to the end of her rope. Nowhere to run, nor hide. She's forced to confront her demons.

Starring:

Bree Michaels, Madeline Maser, Amanda Jean, Katie Auerbach, Colleena Corrigan, Galina Emmerich, Kelsey Kozak, Jeff Swan, Baby D Frost, Gregg Potter, Drake Mefestta, Wolf and Davita Ranger.

Directed By:
Damien Dante

Release:

2009

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GOOD HAIR

The Story:
When Chris Rock’s daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head. Rock visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people. Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock while he struggles with the task of figuring out how to respond to his daughter’s question. What he discovers is that black hair is a big business that doesn’t always benefit the black community and little Lola’s question might well be bigger than his ability to convince her that the stuff on top of her head is nowhere near as important as what is inside.

Directed By:
Jeff Stilson

Release:
2009

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