LA RAGAZZA DEL LAGO (THE GIRL BY THE LAKE)

La ragazza del lago (The Girl By The Lake) (Italian)

The Story:
It is eight o’clock in the morning when Marta (Nicole Perrone), biting a doughnut, is returning home after having slept at her aunt’s house. A truck stops: Mario (Franco Ravera), a deranged local young man, convinces her to follow him to his farm. The alarm goes off immediately, Marta is only six years old.

Inspector Sanzio (Toni Servillo), an experienced policeman, who recently moved to that remote area comes to the town. The younger collegue Siboldi, born in those valleys, becomes his guide also to get to know the family ties and relationships of that small community.

The two of them, accompanied by Alfredo (Nello Mascia), Sanzio’s loyal collegue since his time in homicide, will have to stay in town because another crime is about to be committed; a crime probably connected to one of the families in the village, born from a sentimental or emotional tie: everyone that Sanzio meets and interrogates could be a potential killer. The inspector enters into the story with unusual participation: even his own family is crossed by a sharp pain that runs parallel to the investigation.

Starring:
Toni Servillo, Nello Mascia, Giulia Michelini, Marco Baliani

Directed By:
Andrea Molaioli

Release:
2009

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IT'S COMPLICATED

it's complicated

The Story:
Jane (Meryl Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has—after a decade of divorce—an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake (Alec Baldwin). But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son’s college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable—an affair. With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell), Jane is now, of all things, the other woman. Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam (Steve Martin), an architect hired to remodel Jane’s kitchen. Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realizes he’s become part of a love triangle. Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It’s…complicated.

Starring:
Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell

Directed By:
Nancy Meyers

Release:
2009

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ROTKAPPCHEN: THE BLOOD OF RED RIDING HOOD

ROTKAPPCHEN: THE BLOOD OF RED RIDING HOOD

The Story:
Rose (Stefanie Geils), a precocious German 17 year old, as her mother brings her from Germany to live with her grandmother in America. Although she is happy to see her grandmother, Rose hates her new life: she misses her friends back in Germany and she is teased and ridiculed by the other students at school.

Rose can only find comfort in her tattered book of fairy tales until she meets and develops a crush on Nick (Phil Gibson), the most popular guy at school, and is befriended by Summer (Sativa Verte), a beautiful sexy coed. But things become complicated as Rose is tormented by Nick’s girlfriend Bridgette (Nicole Leigh Vuono), and the once quiet town finds itself rattled by a series of gruesome, mysterious murders…

Starring:
Stefanie Geils, Sativa Verte, Nicole Leigh Vuono, Chris O'Brocki, Phil Gibson, Svannah Costello, Kerri Taylor and Debbie D.

Directed By:
Harry Sparks

Release:
2009

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DON'T LOOK UP

DON'T LOOK UP

The Story:
Tells a terrifying tale of Director Marcus Reed who sets out to remake a cursed horror film. When an ominous presence begins to filter through the camera lens and Marcus’ premonitions, mysterious events threaten the film’s completion and Marcus senses a fierce supernatural force searching for new victims.

Starring:
Reshad Strik, Henry Thomas, Carmen Chaplin, Kevin Corrigan, Elena Satine, Lothaire Bluteau, Daniela Sea, Brian Henderson, Shiloh Fernandez, Zelda Williams, Eli Roth.

Directed By:
Fruit Chan

Release:
2009

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THE BOYS ARE BACK

THE BOYS ARE BACK

The Story:

Inspired by a true story, Joe Warr (Clive Owen) is a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter who, in the wake of his wife's tragic death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. With turbulent emotions swirling just below the surface, Joe throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: "just says yes."

Raising two boys - a curious six year-old (Nicholas McAnulty) and a rebel teen Harry (George MacKay) from a previous marriage -- in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with an unabashed lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless . . . and on the constant verge of disaster.

United by unspoken love, conflicted by fierce feelings and in search of a road forward, the three multi-generational boys of the Warr household, father and sons alike, must each find their own way, however tenuous, to grow up.

Starring:
Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser, George MacKay, Nicholas McAntulty

Directed By:

Scott Hicks

Release:

2009

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BULL

B U L L

The Story:
Charlie (Craig Lauzon) isn't very good at his job — something his powerbroker boss Jay (Craig Lauzon) explains to him in exactly so many words. But then Jay also offers him an opportunity: a vague and somewhat shady opportunity, sure, but Charlie doesn't have much choice. And before long Charlie finds himself mixed up with all manner of dangerous characters, persistent detectives, beautiful women wearing surprisingly little, and a threatening and mysterious individual named Roland G (Maury Chaykin)

Starring:
Craig Lauzon, Lindsey Deluce, Simon Reynolds, Maury Chaykin, Jeff Seymour, Lori Hallier, Ellen Dubin.

Directed By:
Kent Tessman

Release:
2009

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ONLY

ONLY

The Story:
Daniel (Jacob Switzer) is a lonely twelve-year-old who lives in a motel that his parents manage in northern Ontario. One day, he stumbles across Vera (Elena Hudgins Lyle), another twelve-year-old who is staying at the hotel with her constantly bickering parents. After a curt first meeting, they head off into the snowy woods to escape their boring, solitary lives. Without realizing what’s going on, something inexplicably sweet starts stirring between them.
A glimpse into the heightened impressions and dreams of two unlikely 12-year-olds. Over the course of a single day, they venture on a journey, exploring deep secrets, dark fears, and first love in a pure and powerful meeting of young heart

Starring:
Jacob Switzer, Elena Hudgins Lyle, Ingrid Veninger, Christopher Sutherland.

Directed By:
Ingrid Veninger and Simon Reynolds

Release:
2009

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THE POKER HOUSE

The Story:
Based on actual events, Agnes (Jennifer Lawrence), a smart and self-aware teenager who reluctantly presides over the decrepit abode where her addict-whore mother Sarah (Selma Blair) and two younger sisters Bee (Sophia Bairley) and Cammie (Chloe Moretz) live. Waking on the morning of the biggest game of her high school basketball career, Agnes goes through the motions of her daily routine, which means rousing whoever Sarah bedded the previous evening, rolling newspapers for Bee's local route, and flirting with Sarah's pimp Duval (Bokeem Woodbine), who shows an unhealthy interest in the minor.

But as the day unwinds, she discovers that even her resignation and preternatural maturity are not enough to prepare her when she finds herself caught between the innocence and optimism of childhood and the dangerous realities of the adult world.

Starring:
Selma Blair, Jennifer Lawrence, Bokeem Woodbine, David Alan Grier, Sophia Bairley

Directed By:
Lori Petty

Release:
2009

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