DEFINITELY, MAYBE

DEFINITELY, MAYBE

The Story:
Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds), a 30-something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will’s story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the presidential campaign.

For Maya, Will relives his past as an idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. Will hopelessly attempts a gentler version of his story for his daughter and changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the woman her father finally married.

Is her mother Will’s college sweetheart, the dependable girl next door Emily (Elizabeth Banks)? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April (Isla Fisher)? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist Summer (Rachel Weisz)? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad’s romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it’s definitely never.

Starring:
Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks

Directed By:
Adam Brooks

Release:
2008

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NIGHT TRAIN

NIGHT TRAIN

The Story:
Christmas Eve… when a veteran conductor Miles (Danny Glover), a young pre-med student Chloe White (Leelee Sobieski) and a struggling salesman Pete Dobbs (Steve Zahn) discover a dead body onboard a night train, the three strangers find themselves on a collision course with destiny.

Among the deceased man’s possessions is a mysterious box, which fascinates their attention. Upon looking inside, they see a treasure so valuable that the three conspire to hide the body and split the fortune themselves.

This decision sets in motion a tense game of obsession and deceit, where greed betrays reason and morality gives way to temptation. With local authorities at every stop and an assortment of suspicious passengers along for the ride, can the three strangers overcome their fixation with the coveted box or will they delve even deeper into the trenches of depravity? They then become paranoid, as they might turn on each other...

Starring:
Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, Harry Anichkin, Geoff Bell, Luca Bercovici, Ivo Ivailov Georgiev, Constantine Gregory, Togo Igawa, Jo Marr, Takatsuna Mukai, Richard O'Brien, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sofia Leticia Morales, Yana Atanasova Popova

Directed By:
Brian King.

Release:
2009

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GOOD

GOOD

The Story:

John Halder (Viggo Mortensen), is a professor of literature. When he's not teaching, most of John's time is dedicated to looking after his neurotic wife, tending to the couple's two young children, and caring for his elderly mother, who suffers from senile dementia. Disheartened by his mother's downward spiral, John authors a novel supporting euthanasia for the terminally ill. Much to John's surprise, the Nazi party singles out his tome as the "way forward," and soon begins to heap flattery on the author in the form of glowing compliments and extravagant gifts.

As a result, John accepts a well-paid research assignment from the Nazis. He explains his rationale for accepting the work to his Jewish psychiatrist friend Maurice (Jason Isaacs) in pragmatic terms. Sometimes, one must collaborate with the enemy in order to survive and have a chance to fight back. Meanwhile, John leaves his wife (Anastasia Hille) for one of his students, a young Aryan woman called Anne (Jodie Whittaker), and begins a new life with her. John becomes more than a collaborator and soon he is unable to think of himself as a good man simply in the employ of bad people.

Unfortunately for Maurice, the situation is quickly worsening for the Jews of Germany as John continues his ascent in the party ranks. While John does everything within his power to save Maurice, the risks involved in truly removing his old friend from harm's way may already be too great for the morally compromised author to consider.

Starring:

Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Mark Strong, Steven Mackintosh, Gemma Jones

Directed By:

Vicente Amorim

Release:

2009

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YOUNG PEOPLE F***ING (Y.P.F)

YOUNG PEOPLE F***ING (Y.P.F)

The Story:
We follow five different young couples in one night during their relational and sexual encounters. with specific chapters for each one: prelude, foreplay, sex, interlude, orgasm and afterglow. Each couple represents a specific archetype:

There are the two friends, Matt (Aaron Abrams) and Kris (Carly Pope), who hope to end their sexual need, but do not want to hurt their platonic relationship.

Next is the married couple of Abby (Kristen Booth) and Andrew (Josh Dean), who are having troubles in the bedroom.

Then there are the exes of Mia (Sonja Bennett) and Eric (Josh Cooke), who have just come off of awkward date but want to satisfy their needs.

Ken (Callum Blue) is a womanizer that does not want to take advantage of the sweet good girl Jamie (Diora Baird).

Finally there is the Gord (Ennis Esmer) and Inez (Natalie Lisinska), who has invited Gords annoyed roommate Dave (Peter Oldring) to join them in the bedroom.

Starring:
Aaron Abrams, Carly Pope, Kristin Booth, Josh Dean, Sonja Bennett, Callum Blue, Josh Cooke, Natalie Lisinska, Ennis Ermer, Peter Oldring, Diora Baird

Directed By:
Martin Gero

Release:
2008

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THE INVENTION OF LYING

THE INVENTION OF LYING

The Story:
Set on an alternate reality in which lying doesn’t exist. Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais), a man who lives in a world where people are incapable of lying. In fact, the word “lie” doesn’t even exist. One day Mark heads on a date with his dream girl Jennifer (Jennifer Garner). Things look bleak from the outset when she tells him that a relationship is unlikely based simply on his looks and his lack of financial security.

Sure enough, Mark gets fired from his job and, with only $300 in the bank, is faced with eviction. He heads to the bank to take out his cash to move his belongings out of his apartment, but the bank’s computers are down. Instead he tells them he has $800 in the bank — just enough to pay the rent. Since he couldn’t possibly be lying, the teller forks over the cash and Mark realizes he’s stumbled onto something big.

Starring:
Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., John Hodgman, Tina Fey, Christopher Guest, Jeffrey Tambor, Nate Corddry, Patrick Stewart, Jason Bateman.

Directed By:
Ricky Gervais and Matt Robinson

Release:
2009

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KING OF CALIFORNIA

KING OF CALIFORNIA

The Story:
At the age of sixteen, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has already had to live with her share of disappointments. Abandoned by her mother, shes dropped out of school and has been supporting herself as an employee at McDonalds while her father Charlie (Michael Douglas) resides in a mental institution.

When Charlie is released and sent back to their home, Miranda finds the relatively peaceful existence shes built for herself completely disrupted. Charlie has become obsessed with the notion that the long-lost treasure of Spanish explorer Father Juan Florismarte Garces is buried somewhere near their suburban California housing unit. Armed with a metal detector and a stack of treasure-hunting books, Charlie soon finds reason to believe that the gold resides underneath the local Costco, and encourages Miranda to get a job there so that they can plan a way to excavate after hours.

Initially skeptical, Miranda soon finds herself joining in Charlies questionable antics in an effort to give him one last shot at accomplishing his dreams in this darkly funny, exciting and surprisingly hopeful take on the modern family and the American dream.

Starring:
Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber and Kathleen Wilhoite.

Directed By:
Mike Cahill

Release:
2007

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SWAMP DEVIL

SWAMP DEVIL

The Story:
The dark secrets of a small town (Gibbington) in America's deep south are revealed after a series of gruesome murders. When the local police accuse local resident and former-sheriff Howard Blaime of the latest crime (the pretty blond homecoming queen dies in the swamp), he goes into hiding. After receiving notice that her estranged father, Howard (Bruce Dern), is dying, Melanie Blaime (Cindy Sampson) returns home after being away 17 years.

Upon her arrival, her creepy friend Jimmy Fuller (Nicolas Wright) admits that Melanies father is not dying but is on the run from the law. Jimmy's mother is more than a bit creepy, herself. With her command of "electricity", she brings dead watches back to life and hangs them on walls, cures migraines, and who knows what else.

After the sheriff is also killed, it is evident that the perpetrator isn't Melanie's father. Melanie attempts to clear her father's name of the trumped-up charges, but she soon discovers that the real killer isn't even human.

But an inhuman, killing mass of mud and vines, more surprises emerge from the bog those of a town healer, of a secret buried years ago, and of the true identity of the vengeful Swamp Devil.

Starring:
Bruce Dern, Cindy Sampson, Nicolas Wright, Mari-Pier Gaudet, Allison Graham, Robert Higden, James Kidnie, Bronwen Mantel, Kwasi Songui

Directed By:
David Winning

Release:
2008

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GENOVA

GENOVA

The Story:
A young American mother Marianne (Hope Davis) is driving in winter when she suffers an accident which kills her. Left behind are husband Joe (Colin Firth) and two girls, 16-year-old Kelly (Willa Holland) and ten-year-old Mary (Perla Haney-Jardine).

Five months later, Joe accepts a year long teaching job in Genova (Italy) and moves there with his two daughters. The Italian city is also home to an old college friend Barbara (Catherine Keener) who helps them settle in but may also have thoughts of rekindling an old college crush on Joe.

As they adjust to life in a new city, Mary feels responsible for the accident and is haunted by nightmares.Barbara and Mary bond over local history, while Kelly,rapidly makes new friends, proving a hit with the local boys. Joe arranges for both girls to have piano lessons but, as he is teaching during the day, cannot be there to look after them. Tired of babysitting her little sister, Kelly often stomps off leaving Mary to her own devices and it is on one such occasion that Mary thinks she sees Marianne for the first time. .

With Joe distracted by both his new job and the attentions of an attractive student Rosa (Margherita Romeo) and Kelly enjoying la dolce vita, Mary is plagued by nightmares, but after this sighting she sees Marianne regularly and is comforted by the fact, though of course she doesn’t tell anyone. Barbara, however, proves sympathetic and Mary plucks up the courage to confide in her. In the meantime Kelly is spending more and more time with her new friends, to Joe’s concern; she is out every night and becoming more and more defiant, reacting with hostility to any rules.


Starring:
Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis, Willa Holland, Perla Heny-Jardine, Monica Bennati, Dante Ciari, Gherardo Crucitti, Alessandro Giuggioli, Demetri Goritsas, Kyle Griffin.

Directed By:
Michael Winterbottom

Release:
2009

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KANDIDATEN

KANDIDATEN (The Candidate) (Danish)

The Story:
Jonas Bechmann (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), defence lawyer working hard to achieve his goals. His dad died under mysterious circumstances, and that bothers him, but now he is aiming to get his job at the big advokat office. Everything goes wrong at the job interview though. The boss, who is also Jonas' godfather, discovers his obsession of his dad's unsolved case, and rejects to give him the job.

Frustrated and disillusioned he takes a wild night out, drinking his brains out and ends up in bed with a girl he doesn't know. When he wakes up he finds himself in a rented hotel room, and the girl is laying dead on the bathroom floor. Brutally murdered. He doesn't remember anything of what happened the night before, and soon he is charged for a murder he didn't commit. Or did he? His best friend and his girlfriend begin to doubt, and he has to flee alone. He is being dragged deeper and deeper into a criminal underworld, where nothing is what it seems to be.

Starring:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulf Pilgaard, Laura Christensen, Tuva Novotny, David Dencik

Directed By:
Kasper Barfoed

Release:
2008

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I'LL NEVER DIE ALONE

I'LL NEVER DIE ALONE (NO MORIRÉ SOLA)

The Story:

Four attractive university students, Leonor (Marisol Tur), Moira (Andrea Duarte), Carol (Gimena Blesa) and Yasmin (Magdelena De Santo) are driving home through the sub-bleached rural community of the La Plata region in Argentina. There journey is interrupted when they pass a mortally-injured woman beside the road. Not far into the undergrowth they spot the perpetrators; three men illegally hunting the wild life. The four girls manage to rescue the semi-conscious woman and swiftly drive to the local village and its police station, but the woman dies in the backseat.

The sergeant (Rolf Garcia) starts the paperwork when the van with the hunters arrives. It turns out they’re his plain-clothes superiors. The girls quietly panic and after being released they skip town pronto. But the van is in hot pursuit and the police order them to stop at gun-point. The girls try to escape but Yasmin is shot and wounded. The girls are forced into the bushes and while Yasmin is tied to a tree and beaten the other three girls are each stripped naked and raped.

After Yasmin is abducted the remaining three, in a state of shock, manage to trudge through the undergrowth until they reach an abandoned cottage. But the nightmare isn’t over. The three men surprise them and further shocking violence ensues. The uniformed sergeant arrives, but he is entirely ineffectual. It’s up to Leonar and Moira, who’ve become almost mute through shock and steely determination, to settle the score.

Starring:

Julissa Erretegui, Sofia Urosevich, Magdalena De Santo, Gimena Blesa, Marisol Tur, Leonardo Cuchetti, Leonardo Alfredo Canga, Andrés Aramburu, and Rolf García Puga.

Directed By:

Adrian Garcia Bogliano

Release:

2008

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HUMAINS

HUMAINS (French)

The Story:
Professor Schneider (Philippe Nahon) and his two closest assistants travel to a remote Alps valley region in Switzerland for an essential anthropology expedition, as they found strong evidence about the origin of the human race that could actually alter all existing evolution theories as we know them. Shortly after their arrival, and after picking up a stranded and constantly bickering family of three, their minivan dramatically crashes down a mountain.

The survivors are first subjected to a devastating showdown with nature itself before facing a rough and deadly confrontation with the greatest anthropological discovery in history.

Starring:
Dominique Pinon, Philippe Nahon, Sara Forestier, Lorant Deutsch, Elise Otzenberger, Manon Tournier, Marci Olinger

Directed By:
Jacques-Olivier Molon and Pierre-Olivier Thevenin

Release:
2009

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MUM & DAD

MUM & DAD

The Story:
A Polish cleaner Lena (Olga Fedori) get drawn into a nasty home life of a twisted family. Mum (Dido Miles) and Dad (Perry Benson), together with their children Birdie (Ainsley Howard) and Elbie (Toby Alexander) live off whatever they can scavenge from cargo holds, offices and hotels – including transient workers who popular the airport.

They imprison their victims in a house full of murder and perversity, and Lena is lured one night after finishing the late shift when she misses her last bus. As soon as she arrives, she realises something is amiss with locked doors and odd sounds coming from the other side. Lena's only options appear to be to become part of the family, and join them in their insanity - or die.

Starring:

Perry Benson, Dido Miles, Olga Fedori, Toby Alexander, Ainsley Howard

Directed By:

Steven Sheil

Release:

2008

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PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND

PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND

The Story:
Phoebe Lichten (Elle Fanning) a troubled suburban schoolgirl experiencing symptoms that include obsessive compulsive step climbing and handwashing till her skin bleeds, uncontrollable hurling of insults and spitting at schoolmates when they tease her, and a fixation on roof ledges while trying to keep herself from jumping off them. Her parents (Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman), who seem to have their own fixations on their writing careers, are more often than not into denial about Phoebe's behavior, dismissing her episodes as phases she'll grow out of eventually. Or, perhaps the result of a child with a creative mind of her own, mirroring her own parents as dedicated nonconformists.

Always on the verge of being thrown out of school, Phoebe, who does indeed have the family DNA of a gifted imagination, is drawn to the new drama teacher, Miss Dodger (Patricia Clarkson), who is intent on mounting a student production of Alice In Wonderland. The two rather whimsically minded kindred souls for whom everyday reality is merely an impediment to creative inspiration, magically bond when Phoebe is chosen to play Alice, a situation which sparks maternal jealousy in her alienated mom, and overall exasperation on the part of the school authorities, who assess in the teacher's captivating influence over these children, a pathological loon.

Starring:
Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Elle Fanning, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott, Peter Gerety, Ian Colletti

Directed By:
Daniel Barnz

Release:
2008

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THE COMBINATION

THE COMBINATION

The Story:
Set in the maligned western suburbs of Sydney, Lebanese-Australian John (George Basha) gets out of gaol to discover his younger brother Charlie (Firass Dirani) is caught up with drugs, hookers and crime. Charlie oscillates between the streets and school.

Daily clashes between Scott (Vaughn White) and Charlie's gang escalate. This feud spills into the streets in a territory and identity battle that turns bloody. The Combination dares to shed light on the racial tension that has often boiled over into incidents like the Cronulla riots. Suburban stereotypes are challenged when John falls for an Australian girl named Sydney (Clare Bowen). She presents an opportunity for a new start - yet with each step closer to her he is made painfully aware of the choice he will have to make - family or love.

Starring:
George BashaCast: Firass Dirani, Doris Younane, Firass Dirani, Clare Bowen John Brumpton, Vaughn White, Ali Haider, Michael Denkha, and Rahel Abdul Rahman

Directed By:
David Field

Release:
2009

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LA LINEA

LA LINEA (THE LINE)

The Story:
A veteran assassin Mark Shields (Ray Liotta) tracks down, Pelon (Easi Morales), the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate, Shields ends up with a local woman, Olivia (Valerie Cruz) who is also fighting her own demons for the sake of her daughter. Set in the rich and atmospheric backdrop of Tijuana, Mexico.

Starring:
Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Esai Morales, Armand Assante, Joe Morton, Bruce Davison, Jason Connery, Michael DeLorenzo, Valerie Cruz, Danny Trejo,

Directed By:
James Cotten

Release:
2008

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DEAN SPANLEY

DEAN SPANLEY

The Story:
Set in Edwardian England, immediately after the Boer War. In the very early 1900s, Henslowe Fisk (Jeremy Northam) lives beholden to his father, a difficult Horatio Fisk (Peter O'Toole). The Fisk family has suffered the loss of the youngest son named Harrington (Xavier Horen) killed in the Boer War shortly followed by the death of his grieving wife. Fisk Senior is looked after by his house keeper Mrs Brimley (Judy Parfitt) who herself has lost her husband. Fisk Junior reluctlantly visits his father every Thursday.

One day, trying to entertain his father, Fisk Junior brings him to a lecture by a visiting swami(Art Malik) about the transmigration of souls that is attended by the new local clergyman, Dean Spanley (Sam Neill).

Later the same day he sights the Dean at his father's club. A chance third meeting leads to an introduction. Fisk Junior is intrigued by the Dean's oddly open-minded views on reincarnation, and, getting beyond the appearance of an affable, rather bland clergyman, by his weakness for certain peculiar sensations, produced by Hungarian Imperial Tokay wine, which leads him into a dreamlike state. Working with his clever friend Wrather (Bryan Brown), an Australian "conveyancer", Fisk secures a large batch of fine Tokay and the two entertain the Dean, who acts ever more strangely, starting to reveal memories of his previous life – as a Welsh Spaniel.

These memories are acute and convincing, including the rich feelings around food and communication with other canines, a deep distaste for cats and pigs, and the joy of serving his master. As the story unfolds, Fisk Junior comes to understand his father's background better, and the two draw closer.

Starring:
Peter O'Toole, Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Art Malik, Judy Parfitt, Ramon Tikaram,

Directed By:
Toa Fraser

Release:
2008

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LOVE. BLOOD. KPYPTONITE

LOVE. BLOOD. KRYPTONITE

The Story:
Jimmy Donovan (Alex Goode), is a pot-dealing teenager from a broken home resorts to selling heroin in order to pay his six year old sister's tuition to a private school and save her from wandering the same destructive path in life. Jimmy hails from a diverse suburban neighborhood. His mother is a hopeless drug addict who's incapable of caring for herself much less two children, and when she's hospitalized Jimmy suddenly finds himself faced with some truly difficult decisions.

Up to this point, Jimmy has earned enough cash to support his family by selling pot around the neighborhood, but now circumstances demand that he move on to more profitable endeavors. But while making the leap from marijuana-dealer to heroin-hustler is no easy decision for Jimmy, he's determined to give his innocent sister Angie (Abi McKenzie) a fighting chance in life. His struggle to stay afloat is filled with numerous problems, all of which surround his world in what he calls “kryptonite.”

Starring:
Alex Goode, Allison Henry, Lucas Ellman, Angela Latham, Rob Bou-Saab, Eric Watkins, Abi McKenzie, Angela Latham, Michael Cicetti, Morgan Flin, Paul Noble

Directed By:
Matt Mitchener and Kristopher Rey-Talley

Release:
2008

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SPLINTER

SPLINTER

The Story:
Seth and Polly (Paulo Constanzo and Jill Wagner) are a fairly happy couple who are going camping on their anniversary. Seth is not the outdoor type though and convinces Polly that a night in a motel is a better idea. Unfortunately the couple runs into Dennis and Lacey (Shea Wigham and Rachel Krebs). Believing Dennis and Lacey are stranded motorists, Seth and Polly pick them up. To their dismay it turns out Dennis and Lacey are criminals, and the duo takes Seth and Polly hostage.

They drive on together, trading insults and digging through their wallet and purse for valuables until Polly hits an animal in the road and blows a tire. Further investigation reveals that the pulped animal is still moving, which freaks out the already manic Lacey, who had been convinced that it was some animal she owned named ‘Ginger’ to begin with. Polly and Dennis have changed the flat, with Dennis catching a strange splinter in his finger from the punctured tire.

They continue on their journey, with Dennis trying to calm Lacey down, none of the aware that the accident also punctured the radiator, spiked by the spiny projections off the dead animal. The vehicle soon begins to overheat and they pull in at the deserted gas station. Lacey heads to the bathroom for a hit, as she’s still freaking out only to discover the attendant locked in the room, begging her to kill him. The mutation/virus/whatever has taken over most of his body, and he pursues her to the front of the building and attacks her while Dennis and Polly are inside and Seth is gassing up the SUV.

Dennis manages to kill the attendant, but not before he makes short work of Lacey, the three survivors hole up inside the station, but Dennis soon notices that Lacey is still moving when he looks at the security camera feed from outside…

Seth, Polly and Dennis are forced to barricade themselves in the gas station for safety. From there tensions rise as Seth, Polly and Dennis must learn to trust and rely on each other in order to keep the creature out and survive the night

Starring:
Shea Whigham, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Wagner, Rachel Kerbs

Directed By:
Toby Wilkins

Release:
2008

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SEXYKILLER

SEXYKILLER, MORIRAS POR ELLA (Spanish)

The Story:
Barbara (Macarena Gómez) is a medical student in an exclusive Spanish university. She is young, beautiful and attractive, surrounded by the best and brightest that her country has to offer. Barbara adores fashion, compulsively consumes Cosmo, and is a man-eater par excellence. She is, in essence, the culmination of the American dream: beautiful, sexy and with nowhere to go but up. But Barbara also has a dark side. When not in classes or out shopping she is a brutally violent serial killer carving her way through the university population, students and faculty alike. But her search for the perfect boy is about as successful as the authorities’ search for the Campus Killer.

That is, until she meets Tomás (César Camino), a fellow med student assigned to morgue duty. However, Tómas’ real passion lies in developing a secret device to decode brainwaves in hopes of curing migraines. Instead, under the right conditions, his machine visualizes any cadaver’s final image before death. And while his invention could bring the Campus Killer to justice, it might just put a nasty damper on his steamy love life with Bárbara.

Starring:
Macarena Gomez, Alejo Sauras, Paco Leon, Ramon Langa, Ángel de Andrés Lópz, Javier Botet, Fernando Ramallo, Jimmy Barnat, Lanau Maria, Juan Carlos Vello, Luciano Federico, Juan Diaz, Eloi Yebra, Carolina Bona, Pablo Pinedo, Javier Ambrossi, César Camino, Andreu Castro, Diego Garcia Romaña, Nadia Casado

Directed By:
Miguel Martí.

Release:
2008

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CLEANER

CLEANER

The Story:
Tom Cutler (Samuel L. Jackson),who is an ex-cop that now specializes in cleaning up bloody scenes after the deceased are taken away by the police. Besides running the company named Steri-Clean, is also a widower raising his teenage daughter Rose (Keke Palmer). After finishing up a job at upscale home with no one around, Tom forgets to leave the key to the house under a plant as instruction by the job request paperwork. However, when he arrives back at the house, the owner Ann Norcut (Eva Mendes) has no idea of who he is and Tom learns that her husband has mysteriously disappeared. Tom smells a setup and looks to the assist of his old partner, Eddie Lorenzo (Ed Harris) and Detective Wallace (Luis Guzman) for assistance. As the impatient Ann continues to ask questions, Tom begins to pinpoint clue after clue as to what happens as he learns he is in a lot more than he first anticipated.

Starring:
Samuel L Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes, Keke Palmer, Luis Gizman

Directed By:
Renny Harlin

Release:
2009

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THE ECHO

THE ECHO

The Story:
Bobby (Jesse Bradford), a man who’s just been released from prison after serving an untold amount of years for involuntary manslaughter.


He moves into his mother’s apartment in New York, his mother having passed away while he was inside, and starts trying to rebuild his life. Bobby is able to find a job, working for Hector (Carlos Leon) as a mechanic, though he's on a short leash there. He's isolated most of the time, though - none of his old friends talk to him other than his ex Alyssa (Amelia Warner), and she's as wary as you might expect.


Unfortunately this new life is constantly interrupted the family next door, a cop Walter (Kevin Durand) who likes to abuse his wife Gina (Iza Calzado) and young daughter Carly (Jamie Bloch). The husband is a very violent man, given to bouts of rage at the drop of a hat, and he doesn’t like to be interfered with.

When they’re not fighting, Bobby’s hearing strange noises at all hours of the night. Scraping sounds, whispering, the padding of feet on a bare floor; it’s all very disconcerting for him since he’s trying so hard to be “normal” but nothing around him is allowing it to happen. Is it the solitude that’s getting to him? Perhaps he was inside too long and can’t deal with the real world anymore? The more Bobby learns about his mother’s last days, the more he realizes he’s seeing exactly what she saw, which drove her to stay locked in her apartment for weeks.

It’s up to him to get to the bottom of what’s going on with the sounds he’s hearing and how the people next door are connected to them, but as he learns the truth, he finds himself even more divorced for anything resembling a normal reality.

Starring:
Jesse Bradford, Amelia Warner, Kevin Durand, Carlos Leon, Iza Calzado, Jamie Bloch

Release:
2008

Directed By:
Yam Laranas

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PASSENGERS

PASSENGERS

The Story:
Claire Summers (Anne Hathaway), a grief counselor who is called in the middle of the night by her boss Perry (Andre Braugher). There’s been a big plane crash, and Claire’s services are needed for the handful of survivors. Claire responds at once.

She starts a group therapy sessions for the survivors, who include Shannon (Clea DuVall), Dean (Ryan Robbins), and Eric (Patrick Wilson). The survivors all have different recollections of what happened prior to and during the crash, and Claire is determined to help them work out their memories to get everything straight. The task is made more difficult, however, by the near-constant presence of Arkin (David Morse), an ominous looking representative of the airline. He’s determined to write the crash off as pilot error, which Claire and the survivors think is merely a ploy to try to save the airline from a massive lawsuit.

Eric refuses to come to group sessions, so Claire decides to follow up with him on her own. She thinks that he’s exhibiting classic symptoms of PTSD, but he won’t listen to her, insisting that everything is fine. Eric also flirts constantly, and Claire eventually finds herself giving in and crossing that ethical line that exists between all counselors and their patients. But Eric is not really a patient, he reminds her, so they do indeed get it on.

Meanwhile, some of the survivors start disappearing from the group sessions without a trace. Perry thinks they probably just don’t want to come anymore, but Claire believes something more nefarious is going on. She thinks the airline is getting rid of the survivors in an effort to keep them quiet about the crash. She’s therefore determined to get to the bottom of what’s going on before anyone else disappears.

Starring:
Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, Clea DuVall, David Morse,Andre Braugher, Dianne Wiest, William B. Davis, Ryan Robbins

Directed By:
Rodrigo García

Release:
2008

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DYING BREED

DYING BREED

The Story:

On their quest to find a rare tiger, four adventurers in Tasmania enter an isolated township named Sarah, once a hideout for an infamous cannibal called The Pieman. The four hunters suddenly become the hunted as they discover that the township still upholds its cannibalistic heritage - and need fresh to breed.

Nina (Mirrah Foulkes), a zoology student who sets up a team that includes her partner Matt (Leigh Whannell), his old friend Jack (Nathan Phillips) and his girlfriend Rebecca (Melanie Vallejo), to breach Tasmanias dense and dangerous forests, for getting the proof of the existence of the Tasmanian tiger. However, Nina and her team are unaware of a small settlement made up of the descendents of the Pieman roaming in the forests in search of human meat to keep their bloodline strong.

Starring :

Mirrah Foulkes, Leigh Whannell, Nathan Phillips, Melanie Vallejo, Bille Brown, Peter Docker, Brendan Donoghue, Elaine Hudson, Sally McDonald

Directed By :

Jody Dwyer

Release:

2008

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THE DISAPPEARED

THE DISAPPEARED

The Story:
Matthew’s (Harry Treadaway), life is devastated after the disappearance of his younger brother, Tom (Lewis Lemperuer Palmer). Matthew’s father had left him to look after Tom and now Matthew feels responsible. His father is trying to hold back the anger and the blame but the cracks are beginning to show.

One day Matthew is looking through a box of press clippings and video tapes about Tom’s disappearance. Suddenly he hears a ghostly voice on one of the video tapes telling him “you never came for me!”. It’s the voice of his missing brother. He shows the tape to his father, Jake (Greg Wise). This time there’s no voice and Jake flies into a rage as the wound is reopened.
Matthew tells his best friend Simon (Tom Felton) about the voices on the tape. Is he losing his mind, is Tom alive or dead?

At home, Matthew plays the tape and hears Tom’s voice again, desperately pleading for help. Then Matthew sees Tom at the window, gaunt and haggard. He rushes out to Tom but no one is there…

Matthew strikes up a friendship with next-door neighbour Amy (Ros Leeming), who is beautiful but troubled. He talks to her about Tom and she suggests he visits a local medium. Matthew is unsure but he is again haunted by nightmarish visions of Tom. When he tries to sleep he has recurring nightmares that he is being buried alive.

In desperation he goes to visit Melissa, Shelley (Nikki Amuka-Bird) the medium, who tells him that the area has been cursed through the ages. Her daughter gives Matthew a present, the drawing of a young girl. The following day Matthew is shocked when he finds out that Simon’s sister, Sophie (Georgia Groome), has been abducted. Matthew realises that the drawing by the medium’s daughter is of Sophie.

The hauntings escalate, Matthew’s state of mind deteriorates. Only Amy seems to believe him, as a tentative romance grows between them.

Matthew knows that he needs to get to the bottom of Tom’s disappearance if he is ever going to save Sophie. There is no going back as he hurtles towards the stark, chilling truth…

Starring:
Harry Treadaway, Greg Wise, Tom Felton, Ros Leeming, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Bronson Webb, Georgia Groome

Directed By:
Johnny Kervorkian

Release:
2008

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