WALK ALL OVER ME

WALK ALL OVER ME

The Story:

Alberta (Leelee Sobieski) has fled her small-town existence, travelling to the big city. She looks up the only person she knows, Celene (Tricia Helfer), her former babysitter, who is now a full-time dominatrix. Finding herself strapped for cash, Alberta decides to borrow Celene’s identity to rake in on her three-hundred dollar an hour pay day.

She soon meets her first client, Paul (Jacob Tierney), who isn’t anything like she expected. He’s normal. So normal that she decides to go back to his house with him to continue their strange, sexually-charged role play. Their soirée is interrupted by a trio of criminals who believe Paul has a half million of their money.

When Paul refuses to confess, the men go to work on him, beating him savagely. Alberta flees during the mellay, but Rene (Lothaire Bluteau), firmly convinced that Alberta knows the whereabouts of the remaining money, tracks her to Celene's house. Life suddenly spins out of control as Alberta struggles to step back over the line she's crossed.

Starring:

Leelee Sobieski, Tricia Helfer, Lothaire Bluteau, Jacob Tierney, Michael Eklund, Michael D. Adamthwaite.

Directed By:

Robert Cuffley

Release:

2007

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CHARLIE BARTLETT

CHARLIE bartlett

The Story:
Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) who has been kicked out of every private school he ever attended. His mother, Marilyn (Hope Davis), is an enabler - her solution is to turn a blind eye to Charlie's faults. His father is an absentee dad, spending his days and nights in prison where he serves a term for tax evasion.

Eventually, Charlie gets kicked out from his current prep school for making fake IDs, He is forced to attend public school of last resort, the local high school. He arrives with ludicrous grandeur by chauffeured limousine, wearing a blue blazer with Latin insignia and toting a fancy briefcase.

Predictably, Charlie's overly formal attire attracts the unwelcome attention of the school's scowling bully, Murphey Bivens (Tyler Hilton), who lets Charlie know what he thinks of such duds with his fists.

Undaunted, Charlie visits a psychiatrist to bemoan his lack of popularity. The therapist's suggestion: he take Ritalin.After trying out the drug for a few days, Charlie has an idea: sell it to students. He holds court in the boys' lavatory. He sits in one stall while his patient sits in the next, pouring out his or her life's story. It ends with a "prescription" for drugs, dispensed by Charlie's new partner, Murphey.

Meanwhile, at home, Charlie keeps charming his way out of an inevitable confrontation with his adoring but utterly overwhelmed mother Marilyn

Then, Charlie Bartlett makes his big mistake: falling in love with the beautiful and bold daughter (Kat Dennings) of the school's increasingly disenchanted Principal (Robert Downey, Jr.), who is hot on his trail. As Charlie Bartlett's world and fledgling psychiatric practice unravel, he begins to discover there's a whole lot more to making a difference than handing out pills.

Starring:
Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Tyler Hilton, Ishan Davé, Megan Park, Jonathan Malen, Jake Epstein

Directed By:
Jon Poll

Release:
2007

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SKJULT (HIDDEN)

SKJULT (Hidden) (Norwegian)

The Story:

Following a bizarre accident on a desert road and an odd encounter with another boy about the same age, KK (Kristoffer Joner) returns to his hometown after a long period of estrangement.

It's a cozy yet slightly spooky place, a rural locale with a massive waterfall, surrounded by a daunting forest, and filled with unpleasant memories: the memory of the abusive mother who practically drove KK away, and who is now mercifully dead.

In her will, she left KK a home in the heart of the woods; entering the house and coming face-to-face with disturbing memories conjures up torrents of evil that lurk inside of KK - malice that he suppressed for years but that now manifests itself with devastating force.

Starring:

Kristoffer Joner, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Arthur Berning, Marko Iversen Kanic, Anders Danielsen Lie, Cecilie A. Mosli, Karin Park

Directed By:

Pål Øie

Release:

2009

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KILLING ZELDA SPARKS

KILLING ZELDA SPARKS

The Story:
At two o'clock in the morning, Terry Seville (Geoffrey Arend) receives a panicked phone call from his old high-school friend, Craig Blackshear (Vincent Kartheiser). It's been awhile since they last spoke and their lives have gone in very different directions.

Craig sweats it out humping boxes for a nearby factory. His only enjoyment comes from dating an 18-year-old high school angel named Ellen (Krystin Pellerin). Terry is the fashion columnist at the New Essex Beagle and takes empowerment classes with his fiance, Jane (Robin Brûlé). Tonight, something awful has happened and Craig believes Terry is the only one that can help. Craig had taken Ellen out on a date to apologize for a fight they'd had. Just as the signs of forgiveness are appearing, disaster strikes in the form of Zelda Sparks (Sarah Carter). Zelda, a woman so smoking hot, enters the bar and all hell breaks loose.

Craig and Zelda dated back in high school. Since then, she has been a recurring plague. Craig is determined not to allow Zelda to destroy his current relationship with Ellen. Regardless of his desires, Zelda always finds new ways to humiliate Craig. This time, she vanishes with Ellen.

In one night, Craig and Terry will have to face their demons and realize exactly what has changedand what they haven't left behind. Who's lying? Who's telling the truth? Whose face will appear the next morning in the obituary column of the New Essex Beagle?

Starring:
Vincent Kartheiser, Sarah Carter, Geoffrey Arend, Krystin Pellerin, Colm Feore

Directed By:
Jeff Glickman

Release:
2007

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SEVENTH MOON

Seventh Moon

The Story:
According to a Chinese myth, the dead are free to roam among the living every seventh full moon. Yul (Tim Chiou) and Melissa (Amy Smart) are newlyweds enjoying their honeymoon trip in China during the Hungry Ghost Festival.

After a day in town, they set out for a long drive through the countryside with their guide who ends up stranding them outside a tiny, seemingly abandoned town after nightfall. As the moon rises, the couple realize that the noises they keep hearing out in the field aren’t animals and that the superstitions connected to the festival might not be folklore after all.

Soon it becomes apparent they’re being used as bait for the undead in order to keep them from killing the townspeople and Yul and Melissa must fight to stay alive until dawn comes and the demons return to their caves.

Starring:
Amy Smart, Tim Chiou, Dennis Chan

Directed By:
Eduardo Sanchez

Release:
2009

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LARS AND THE REAL GIRL

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL

The Story:
Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) a loveable introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. Despite his unsocial behavior, or maybe because of it, Lars is well liked by everyone in the small, wintry Wisconsin-or-maybe-Minnesota town where the film is set. His co-workers at his undefined cubicle-based job include him in their activities. One in particular, Margo (Kelli Garner), tries to ask him on dates, but Lars is impervious to hints.

Then Lars' shipment arrives, he invites Bianca, a Brazilian/Danish missionary he met online who has to get around in a wheelchair. He introduces Bianca to his Brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer) and they are stunned.

They don’t know what to say to Lars or Bianca — because she is a a fully dressed, anatomically correct, life-size silicone doll, not a real person and he is treating her as though she is alive. They consult the family doctor Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson) who explains this is a delusion he’s created — for what reason she doesn’t yet know but they should all go along with it.

And so the entire town goes along with it. They pretend Bianca is as real as Lars seems to think she is. Bianca gets a part-time job as a mannequin at the mall. She volunteers at the hospital by "reading" to sick children. (The nurses prop a book in her hands and turn on the audiobook version.) Only a few townspeople are initially skeptical, and that dissolves over time.

Starring:
Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson, Nancy Beatty, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Karen Robinson.

Directed By:
Craig Gillespie

Release:
2007

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DUKUN

DUKUN (Witch Doctor) (Malaysian)

The Story:
Based on the true story of the murder of a Malaysian politician, Datuk Mazlan Idis, by Mona Fandy, a once mildly popular Malaysian singer in 1993. In a case that had the nation riveted and human rights organizations the world over up in arms due to the death sentence handed out to the accused, comes a tale about the lure of riches, power, eternal youth, beauty and the blood one must spill to achieve this. It was believed that Mona Fandey had uttered the words "aku takkan mati" ("I will never die") with her infamous grin just before her execution.

The plot is loosely based on the true events above. In the film, the murderer and main character is Diana Dahlan, (Umie Aida). The victim was Datuk Jefri (Adlin Aman Ramlie). and narrated by Diana's lawyer, Karim,(Faizal Hussein)

Starring:
Umie Aida, Faizal Hussein, Elyana, Adlin Aman Ramlie, Nam Ron, Sofi Jikan

Directed By:
Dain Iskandar Said

Release:
2007

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