THE MEN WHO STARE GOATS

THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS

The Story:
Inspired by Jon Ronson’s non-fiction bestseller of the same name. Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is in search of his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), a shadowy figure who claims to be part of an experimental U.S. military unit. According to Cassady, the New Earth Army is changing the way wars are fought. A legion of “Warrior Monks” with unparalleled psychic powers can read the enemy’s thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat simply by staring at it.

Now, the program’s founder, Bill Django (Jeff Bridges), has gone missing and Cassady’s mission is to find him. Intrigued by his new acquaintance’s far-fetched stories, Bob impulsively decides to accompany him on the search. When the pair tracks Django to a clandestine training camp run by renegade psychic Larry Hooper (Kevin Spacey), the reporter is trapped in the middle of a grudge match between the forces of Django’s New Earth Army and Hooper’s personal militia of super soldiers. In order to survive this wild adventure, Bob will have to outwit an enemy he never thought possible.

Starring:
George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Robert Patrick, Stephen Lang, Stephen Root, Glenn Morshower, Rebecca Mader.

Directed By:
Grant Heslov

Release:
2009

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AN AMERICAN CRIME

AN AMERICAN CRIME

The Story:
Based on a true story that shocked the nation in 1965, the film recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim.

Two teenage girls - 16-year-old Sylvia Liken (Ellen Page) and her polio-stricken 14-year-old sister Jennie (Hayley McFarland), who are the daughters of travelling carnival workers. One summer, her parents Lester (Nick Searcy) and Betty Likens (Romy Rosemont), go on theroad and leave the girls with a complete stranger, a cash-strapped singlemother of six who attends their church - one Gertrude Baniszewski (Catherine Keener) -in return for weekly payments of $20.

Sylvia and Jennie are welcomed into the new family. Sylvia becomes fastfriends with 17-year-old Paula (Ari Graynor), who contributes to the household'smeagre earnings through a part-time job. Gertrude barely gets by with moneyshe makes from ironing and sporadic maintenance payments for her new babyfrom his father Andy (James Franco), a young layabout 15 years her junior who isabout to go off on military service.

Gertrude battles asthma, exhaustion and depression and starts to take outher frustrations on the new girls. She beats them with a belt when herparents' cheque fails to arrive one day, for example, an illogical act whichis the harbinger of much worse to come.

Indeed, when Paula tells Sylvia that she is pregnant by her marriedboyfriend, the real problems start. Paula falls out with Sylvia and lies toGertrude that she is spreading rumours about her at school; Gertrude stepsup her disciplinary action against Sylvia. She burns her with cigarettes andforces Paula to slap her.

When rumours of Paula's pregnancy start to surface, Gertrude refuses tobelieve that they are true and blames Sylvia. She has Sylvia thrownliterally down the cellar steps and keeps her locked up there, enlisting herkids and their friends to teach her a lesson - which consists of unspeakableand repeated violence and abuse.

Starring:

Ellen Page, Catherine Keener, Hayley McFarland, Michael O'Keefe, Ari Graynor, Nick Searcy, Bradley Whitford, Evan Peters.

Directed By:

Tommy O'Haver

Release:

2007

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ADVENTURES OF POWER

ADVENTURES OF POWER

The Story:
In the midst of tough times, small town mine worker Power (Ari Gold) only wishes one thing- that he'd learned to play drums. But his father (Michael McKean) could never afford to buy him a drum set, so Power has embraced the next best thing- air drumming. Tired of the constantly ridicule from his father and the local mine workers, with only the support of his Aunt Joanie (Jane Lynch) Power sets off across the country to the "paradise" of Newark- where an underground air drummer crew has invited him to join their team. But as the competition looms, so does a rival- multi-millionaire drummer Dallas Houston (Adrian Grenier), who thinks air drumming is an abomination and seeks to embarrass Power and his crew.

Starring:
Ari Gold, Adrian Grenier, Chiu Chi Ling, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Shoshannah Stern

Directed By:
Ari Gold

Release:
2008

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RAGING PHOENIX (JIJA DEU SUAY DOO)

RAGING PHOENIX (JIJA DEU SUAY DOO) จีจ้า ดื้อสวยดุ (Thailand)

The Story:
Raging Phoenix is thai martial arts starlet Jija Yanin's second film. Yanin returns after starring in Chocolate in what appears to be a plot involving her efforts to rescue another young girl from human traffickers.

Starring:
"Jija" Yanin Wismistananda, Kazu Patrick Tang, Nui Saendaeng, Sompong Lertwimonkaisom, Boonprasayrít Salangam, Roongtawan Jindasee.

Directed By:
Rashane Limtrakul

Release:
2009

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THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

The Story:

In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes (Jocelin Donahue) who's sick of living in the dorms and is preparing to move into an apartment with her friend Megan (Greta Gerwig). Eager to earn some money to facilitate the move, Samantha responds to a flier posted on a campus bulletin board looking for a babysitter. The flier is blank except for a phone number and the words "BABYSITTER WANTED."

Once she convinces Megan to give her a ride to the creepy old house, Samantha learns that the job is not quite what was advertised. The clients are the Ulmans, Mr. Ulman (Tom Noonan) is a tall, gentle-voiced man who uses a walking stick; his wife (Mary Woronov) is old-school sophisticated, a woman whose evening wear requires fur.

The Ulmans don't even have a child. He tells Samantha that she just has to stay in the house with his elderly mother-in-law while he and the missus go out to celebrate the lunar eclipse. When she balks at the change of plans, he offers her more money. As the night goes on, it becomes clear that Samantha slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret; they plan to use her in a satanic ritual.

Starring:

Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, AJ Bowen, Dee Wallace

Directed By:

Ti West

Release:

2009

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MOTHER

MOTHER (South Korean)

The Story:
Widowed for a long time, a mother (Kim Hye-ja) lives alone with her only son, Do-joon (Won Bin). He is 28 years old, a shy and quiet young man. In the aftermath of a terrible murder, the woman’s hopeless, helpless son becomes the prime suspect. There is no real evidence against him, but the police throw groundless suspicion at him simply because there is no way he can prove his innocence. Eager to close the case, the police are happy with their cursory investigation and arrest the boy. His defense attorney turns out to be incompetent and unreliable, making a conviction seem inevitable. Faced with no other choice, his mother gets involved, determined to prove her son’s innocence.

Starring:
Bin Won, Ku Jin, Hye-ja Kim.

Directed By:
Bong Joon-ho

Release:
2009

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RICKY

RICKY (France)

The Story:
Based on a short story by Rose Tremain. Katie (Alexandra Lamy) is a single mom and factory worker who lives on a council estate in the Seine-et-Marne region, just east of Paris with her 7-year-old daughter Lisa (Melusine Mayance).Every day, she drives her daughter to school on her scooter, puts in a shift at the factory, picks up the girl again, and goes home.

Things are set to change when Katie falls for Spanish co-worker, Paco (Sergi Lopez), Lisa resents the new man coming into their life, and that sense of resentment is increased when Katie realizes she is pregnant.

The baby Ricky (Arthur Peyret), is particularly fractious and difficult at first.

Once Katie returns to work, Paco works night shifts and looks after the child in the day time. After noticing bruises on the baby’s back, near his shoulder blades, Katie accuses Paco of abusing him while she has been working. He is so hurt by this, he decides to leave the relationship.

The bruises worsen and turn into lumps. Then some growths that look like featherless chicken wings begin to protrude. One day the child is missing from his crib and Katie and Lisa eventually see that somehow he has made his way on top of a wardrobe.

It becomes apparent that the child is developing wings. Not the white wings of an angel, but proper birdlike wings. He can actually fly.

On a trip to the supermarket one day. The boy flies up to the ceiling lights. The secret is out. The media descend on Katie and Lisa’s home, and Paco returns to try to build a family again.

Starring:
Alexandra Lamy, Sergi Lopez, Melusine Mayance, Arthur Peyret, Andre Wilms, Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat

Directed By:
Francois Ozon

Release:
2009

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ROCKET SCIENCE

The Story:

Hal Hefner (Reece Thompson) is a smart and perceptive high-schooler -- but thanks to his bullying brother (Vincent Piazza) and a debilitating stutter, he's paralyzed by neuroses and panic attacks. His father recently left his mother. His mother then shacked up with a judge (Steve Park) with a horrifying sense of humor. And Hal gets terrible advice from everyone -- including a school counselor (Maury Ginsberg) with the barest understanding of speech pathology who advises Hal to "go back to where you were before you tried to exceed expectations."

But Hal's real journey into hell begins when he joins the Plainsboro High debate team because of a woman. Specifically, he joins the team because of Ginny Ryerson (Anna Kendrick), a master debater.

After a humiliating defeat at the previous year’s state championship, where her whiz partner, the slick-tongued Ben Wekselbaum (Nicholas D’Agosto), came to the realization as he was closing in on the title, that the whole thing was a pointless charade. Suddenly stopping mid-sentence, he effectively gave the trophy to the opposing school. Ginny becomes desperate to reclaim her superiority, and back on the bus convinces Hal of his potential when she says “deformed people” are always the best. “It must be their deep source of anger.”

Completely infatuated, Hal falls for Ginny and her rifling speech patterns. He looks up to her as nature’s perfect creation, and decides to make a move, but Ginny is seemingly not prepared to get so close, and in response leaves the team for a rival school.On top of this, Hal’s home life is shit. Lacking the support of a father (or mother) figure and being forced to fend for himself, he manages to survive on his own

Not willing to give in so easily, he goes in search of the legend. Wekselbaum, now living alone, is found working happily at a cleaners in the slums of Trenton, N.J., and it is here that Hal plans to stage a comeback to prove his worth—but to whom?

Starring:
Reece Daniel Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas DiAgosto, Vincent Piazza, Margo Martindale, Steve Park, Maury Ginsberg.

Directed By:

Jeffrey Blitz

Release:

2007

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NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS

The Story:
It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas. For Jesse (Freddy Rodriguez), coming home has rekindled feelings for an old flame, although she can’t seem to forgive him for leaving. His older sister Roxanna, a struggling actress, has been chasing her Hollywood dreams for years with little to show for it. And much to the dismay of their mother Anna (Elizabeth Peña), eldest brother Mauricio (John Leguizamo) brings home a high-powered executive wife (Debra Messing) who would rather raise capital than a child. In the course of one eventful week, traditions will be celebrated, secrets revealed and major life decisions made. It all begins when Anna announces to her children she is divorcing their father Eduardo (Alfred Molina).

Starring:
Freddy Rodriguez, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, Elizabeth Peña and Vanessa Ferlito.

Directed By:
Alfredo De Villa.

Releaese:
2008

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YOGA (요가학원) (Yo-ga-hak-won)

Yoga [요가학원] (Yo-ga-hak-won) (South Korea)

The Story:
There are seven characters, all of whom are women seeking a cure for their respective insecurities. These four women have the most interesting problems. One is a career woman determined to outshine everybody in the workplace, including a newcomer. Another is a former actress who is now planning to make a big comeback. The third woman is someone who just underwent a bad plastic surgery and an even worse marriage. The last one is a girl trying to come to terms with her obesity issues. They are lured to the Yoga School, a place that promises absolute beauty once finished.

There are five rules for them to follow during the one week course: 1. do not eat, 2. do not take showers within an hour after the class, 3. do not look at the mirror, 4. do not go out of the building, 5. do not call anyone. As the training goes on, girls get tempted to break the rules caused by hidden craving of each girl’s.

They soon realize that they are in the wildest and deadliest encounters of their lives, as the school turns out to be one horrific place. Unfortunately, they agreed to be trapped in it for seven days and be cut off from communication to the outside world.

Starring:
Eugene, Park Han-byul, Jo-Eun-ji, Cha Soo-yeon, Kim Hye-na, Lee Young-jin, and Hwang Seung-eon.

Directed By:
Yoon Jae-yeon

Release:
2009

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DORIAN GRAY

The Story:
Based on the classic novel by Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray tells the story of a strikingly beautiful young man named Dorian (Ben Barnes). He arrives in Victorian London and is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), who introduces Dorian to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. When a portrait of Dorian is unveiled, such is it's beauty that he makes a pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture - even his soul.

Starring:
Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, Michael Culkin.

Directed By:

Oliver Parker.

Release:

2009

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BELLA

The Story:
Inspired by a true story, this feature debut shows how one day in New York alters the lives of two people forever. Jose, a handsome soccer star (Eduardo Verástegui) who is on his way to sign a multi-million dollar contract when he accidentally kills a little girl in an automobile accident that bring his career to an abrupt end. Having retreated from the world, the once-famous athlete now works as a cook at his brother Manny’s (Manny Perez) Mexican restaurant in Manhattan.

A beautiful waitress, Nina, (Tammy Blanchard), struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she’s unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down… until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable one.

Jose recognises something in Nina, and reaches out to her. The charming pair fall into an easy confidentiality over the course of their eventful day. On a whim they go to the beach near Jose and Manny's parents' house in the suburbs. Within the colour and comfort of Jose's family home, Nina keenly feels she is missing the intimacy, support and peace that such a close family provides, and she makes a decision that is key to the enigmatic Jose's redemption. In the course of this single day, he not only confronts his own haunting past but shows her how the healing power of love can help her embrace the future.

Starring:

Eduardo Verastegui, Tammy Blanchard, Manuel Perez, Ali Landry

Directed By:
Alejandro Monteverde

Release:

2007

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INTODUCING THE DWIGHTS

introducing the dwights

The Story:
Jeanie Dwight (Brenda Blethyn) works as a short-order cook in a Sydney cafeteria, but she used to be a comedy star and wishes she still was.

Jeanie lives in a modest house in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney with her two sons, Mark (Richard Wilson), who suffers from a mental disability but knows his way around a bon mot, and Tim (Khan Chittenden), an exceptionally handsome but painfully introverted 20-year-old virgin. Jeanie is intent on reclaiming her former glory, now 25 years gone and all but forgotten, and Tim serves as her chauffeur, moral support and official joke tester while making payments on a moving truck to set himself up in business.

Their father (Frankie J. Holden), a one-hit wonder 25 years earlier, works as a security guard and hopes for another break. And so, when Tim meets a beautiful girl named Jill (Emma Booth) during a moving job and falls in love, Jeanie feels so threatened by the relationship that it takes her to the edge of a nervous breakdown. On her way there, she refuses to remember Jill's name, guilt-trips Tim mercilessly over an uneaten ratatouille the first time he spends the night at Jill's house and bullies him into getting on stage with her during a benefit performance so that she can humiliate him in front of his girlfriend.

Starring:
Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden, Emma Booth, Frankie J. Holden, Richard Wilson, Rebecca Gibney

Directed By:
Cherie Nowlan

Release:
2007

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THE OTHER MAN

THE OTHER MAN

The Story:
Peter (Liam Neeson), the CEO of a computer software company, has been married to Lisa (Laura Linney), a successful shoe designer, for well over 20 years. Her work means frequent travel, but their marriage seems happy, and they have a grown up daughter, Abigail (Romola Garai). Missing his wife, Peter discovers that she has been receiving emails and messages from a man he never knew existed.

Against Abigail’s advice, feeling betrayed and vengeful, Peter flies to Milan to find out the truth about the mysterious other man, Ralph (Antonio Banderas). As Peter begins to unravel his wife’s secret, the focus shifts to a suspenseful cat and mouse relationship between the two men.

Starring:
Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Romola Garai, Craig Parkinson

Directed By:
Richard Eyre

Release:
2009

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FORMOSA BETRAYED

The Story:
Inspired by actual events, Formosa Betrayed is the story of FBI Agent Jake Kelly's (James Van Der Beek) investigation of the brutal murder of a Taiwanese-American professor on U.S. soil. With the help of his partner Tom Braxton (John Heard) and a sharp Chicago police detective (Leslie Hope), Agent Kelly discovers that the murderers have fled to Taiwan.

Agent Kelly is sent overseas to assist the Taiwanese government's search for the killers. Initially guided by an American diplomat (Wendy Crewson) and a Taiwanese official (Tzi Ma), he soon realizes that not only is he an unwelcome guest in a foreign land, but that something even more treacherous is happening beneath the surface.

With the help of Ming (Will Tiao), a Taiwanese activist, Agent Kelly discovers the unsettling truth about the island once called Formosa, leading to dangerous and painful consequences. Agent Kelly finds himself on a collision course with the U.S. State Department, the Chinese Mafia, and ultimately the highest levels of the Republic of China government in Taiwan, where this FBI agent discovers how a complex web of politics, identity, and power affects the lives and destinies of the citizens in all three countries – including his own.

Starring:
James Van Der Beek, Wendy Crewson, Will Tiao, Tzi Ma, John Heard, Leslie Hope, Kenneth Tsang,

Directed By:
Adam Kane

Release:
2009

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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS?

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS?

The Story:
A highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming, and a relationship that was on the rocks threatens to end completely in the Rockies... unless, in their new BlackBerry-free lives, the Morgans can slow down the pace and rekindle the passion.

Starring:
Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Kelly

Directed By:
Marc Lawrence

Release:
2009

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YOUTH IN REVOLT

The Story:
Nick Twisp (Michael Cera), lives a dull life with his cougar mother, Estelle (Jean Smart), and her truck-driving, loutish boyfriend, Jerry (Zach Galifianakis). When Jerry sells a group of strapping young sailors a lemon Chevy Nova, they want revenge. In true heroic fashion, Jerry takes the family to hide out in a trailer park until the coast is clear.

Nick is sorely out of place, thinking himself condemned to slum it with his barbaric family, until he meets Sheeni (Portia Doubleday), the precocious Ozu-loving dilettante in the nearby two-storey trailer. It's love at first sight, further cemented when Sheeni plays him French crooners on vinyl. But Nick's romanticized vision is shattered when he discovers that Sheeni is dating Trent (Jonathan B. Wright), a sickeningly handsome fop in tennis shoes and a cream-coloured sweater. With the stakes raised, Nick goes to hilarious lengths to secure Sheeni's love, including buying her a puppy named Albert (after Camus, of course) and even creating an alter ego for himself, François Dillinger. A chain-smoking Frenchman sporting a devil-may-care moustache, François gets Nick into disaster after disaster in his quest for Sheeni's attention.

Starring:
Michael Cera, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Jean Smart, Portia Doubleday, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Long

Directed By:
Miguel Arteta

Release:
2009

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LAW ABIDING CITIZEN

The Story:
Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice.

Fast forward ten years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the flawed justice system that failed his family, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of spectacularly diabolical assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented.

Philadelphia is gripped with fear as Shelton’s high-profile targets are slain one after another and the authorities are powerless to halt his reign of terror. Only Nick can stop the killing, and to do so he must outwit this brilliant sociopath in a harrowing contest of wills in which even the smallest misstep means death. With his own family now in Shelton’s crosshairs, Nick finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who seems always to be one step ahead.

Starring:

Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Regina Hall, Viola Davis

Directed By:

F. Gary Gray

Release:

2009

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THE WOLFMAN

THE WOLF MAN

The Story:
Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro), a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins), Talbot sets out to find his brother...and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.

Lawrence's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate.

As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself one he never imagined existed.

Starring:
Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Art Malik

Directed By:
Joe Johnsto

Release:
2010

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AVATAR

The Story:
Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), is a former Marine who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. Jake is selected to participate in the Avatar program, which will give him a healthy body. Jake travels to Pandora, a lush rainforest-covered extraterrestrial moon filled with incredible life forms – some beautiful, many terrifying. Pandora is also home to the Na’vi, a sentient humanoid race that humans consider primitive, but are actually more evolutionarily advanced than humans. Standing three meters tall, with tails and sparkling blue skin, the Na’vi live in harmony with their unspoiled world. As humans encroach deeper into Pandora's forests in search of valuable minerals, the Na’vi unleash their formidable warrior abilities to defend their threatened existence.

Jake has unwittingly been recruited to become part of this encroachment. Since humans are unable to breathe the air on Pandora, they have created genetically-bred human-Na’vi hybrids known as Avatars. The Avatars are living, breathing bodies that are controlled by a human 'driver' through a technology that links the driver’s mind to their Avatar body. On Pandora, through his Avatar body, Jake can be whole once again. Sent deep into Pandora's jungles as a scout for the soldiers that will follow, Jake encounters many of Pandora's beauties and dangers. There he meets a young Na’vi female, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), whose beauty is matched by her ferocity in battle.

Over time, Jake integrates himself into Neytiri's clan, and begins to fall in love with her. As a result, Jake finds himself caught between the military-industrial forces of Earth, and the Na’vi – forcing him to choose sides in an epic battle that will decide the fate of an entire world.

But joining the Na’vi in a battle against the human invaders comes with a terrible price: he can’t stay within his avatar forever. When the avatar sleeps, Jake wakes up in his human body, and must use an interface to rejoin his consciousness and the avatar. If he joins the Na’vi at war with the humans, he’ll lose the option to rejoin his avatar, and therefore be stuck as an immobile human without that Na’vi he’s grown to love.

Starring:
Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore,

Directed By:
James Cameron.

Release:
2009

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UNTITLED

The Story:
Set in the artsy Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Adrian Jacobs (Adam Goldberg), a difficult composer of equally difficult music whose sparsely attended performances involve musicians breaking glass and kicking metal buckets.

In contrast, Adam's brother, Josh (Eion Bailey), is a commercially successful painter of vapid canvasses that corporate clients snap up by the dozen. But, Adrian's luck appears set to change when Josh brings the stunning Madeleine (Marley Shelton) to one of his concerts.

Not only does she embrace his work and ask him to perform at her gallery, she invites him into her bed. As the two embark on a fiery affair, Adrian is introduced to a world of pretentious art collectors, dueling gallerists and eccentric artists, including Ray Barko (Vinnie Jones), whose bizarre creations include chandeliers of stuffed animals and dead cows draped with jewelry.

When Josh discovers Adrian and Madeleine's relationship and Madeleine refuses to exhibit Josh's paintings—even though the money they bring in is what keeps the gallery afloat—the stage is set for a showdown as comedic and discordant as Adrian's music.

Starring:
Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Vinnie Jones, Lucy Punch

Directed By:
Jonathan Parker

Release:
2009

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THE GRAVES

THE GRAVES

The Story:
Present day. Arizona. Megan (Clare Grant) and Abby Graves (Jillian Murray) are inseparable sisters that couldn’t be less alike. Megan is a self-assured, naturally attractive, ass kicker. Abby is a cute, caustic, Hot Topic Goth who’s afraid of her own shadow.They plan to visit the Skull City Mine roadside attraction in the desert. Their plight turns into a fight for survival against menaces both human and supernatural.

On their last weekend together, Megan and Abby Graves become lost in a remote part of the Arizona desert where they are lured to Skull City, an abandoned mine town. But Skull City is anything but abandoned, and there’s no way out.The sisters are now prey, forced to unleash their most primitive instincts in a desperate, fight for survival against unspeakable horrors -- both human and supernatural:

Caleb aka “Pig Man” (Bill Moseley) the twisted, wife-seeking serial killer, Reverend Abraham Stockton (Tony Todd ), the insane leader of The Church of Devout Ascension, Deacon Luke (D. Randall Blythe), the church’s enforcer who is quite possibly a cannibal, Darlene Atwood (Amanda Wyss), the seemingly friendly waitress at Screamer’s diner who delivers tourists to their doom, Jonah Lee Atwood (Shane Stevens) - the ruthlessly efficient, reluctant killer and “Mama” Heinbecker (Barbara Glover) – the cold-hearted ticket taker who’s “handy” with knitting needles.

Can Megan and Abby unlock the terrifying secrets of Skull City in time to save themselves or will they become the latest in a long line of victims?

Starring:

Clare Grant, Jillian Murray, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd, Amanda Wyss, Shane Stevens, Barbara Glover

Directed By:

Brian Pulido

Release:

2010

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MY NAME IS BRUCE

My Name is: BRUCE

The Story:
A small mining town (Gold Lick, Oregon) to rid itself of a vengeful monster. Guan-di (Jamie Peck), the Chinese god of war and protector of the dead, has been unleashed by cemetery desecrating teenagers to protect the graves of Chinese miners lost in a deadly cave-in of yesteryear.

The deadly demon’s mission is to eradicate all those who transgressed against the tomb (relatives included), which is virtually the entire population of Gold Lick. The inbred community has to find a solution so Jeff (Taylor Sharpe), the sole survivor of a deadly Guan-Di encounter, takes it upon himself to kidnap his idol, Bruce Campbell (Bruce Campbell), star of countless B-movie horror films, and recruit him to be their local savior.

Mortified at first, Bruce eventually goes along with Jeff’s prank, convinced that it’s all an elaborate birthday present from his agent (Ted Raimi), and begins to enjoy the spoils of being a movie hero, including free liquor and Jeff’s attractive mother, Kelly (Grace Thorsen).

But Jeff’s scheme goes horribly wrong when his hero, known more for fighting directors than mythical warriors, haphazardly leads the town in battle against Guan-Di. Confronted by a monster that’s not a guy in a rubber suit, and with the blood of innocents on his hands, Bruce abandons the harsh reality of Gold Lick for the sanctity of his former, artificial life.

In his ramshackle desert trailer, Bruce resumes the daily grind of genre sequels, poor housekeeping and cheap whiskey, but a gut-wrenching call from his biggest fan, Jeff - now forced to take on Guan-Di alone - prompts the actor to re-evaluate his destiny.
Against his better judgment (and the angry citizens of Gold Lick), Bruce returns to defeat Guan-Di, save Jeff, and snag his hot mother. In the climactic, mano-a-monster, Bruce tries to rise above the miserable, off-screen schmuck that he is and become a hero…in real life.

Starring:
Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Ted Raimi, James Peck, Ben McCain (II), Adam Boyd, Mike Estes

Directed By:
Bruce Campbell

Release:
2007

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MY SON, MY SON WHAT HAVE YE DONE

MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE

The Story:

Loosely based on the true story of a San Diego man whose mystifying experiences lead him to commit a shocking act of matricide.

Detective Havenhurst (Willem Dafoe) and partner (Michael Peña) arrive at the scene - a typical middle-class neighborhood in San Diego. The suspect has barricaded himself inside a home and appears to have taken hostages.Two friends he had urgently telephoned earlier that morning arrive, but too late. As they and their neighbors try to come to grips with what has happened, they tell their stories to the detective in charge of the crime scene.

In a series of flashbacks, the bizarre story of Brad Macallam (Michael Shannon) begins to emerge. After an ill-fated white-water kayaking trip in a distant land, Brad finds readjustment to suburban life increasingly difficult. As his disaffection grows and his relations with those around him become strained, he glimpses a world more vivid and strangely frightening than others can see. The detectives try to penetrate the mystery of his story, but the questions only multiply.

Brad’s unfolding personal and family drama leads to an obsession with the ancient play, finally driving him to murder.

Starring:
Michael Shannon, Chloë Sevigny, Willem Dafoe, Michael Pena, Grace Zabriskie, Udo Kier.

Directed By:
Werner Herzog

Release:

2010

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