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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