STORY:
A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.
24 June, 2011
The Other Woman (2009)
STORY:
A drama that details the story of a woman's difficult relationship with her stepson.
In Manhattan, twenty-two year-old Harvard lawyer Emilia Greenleaf has a crush on her boss, Jack Woolf, and they have an affair. Jack's marriage is a sham but his son, William, is his pride and joy. Emilia soon discovers she's pregnant, and Jack divorces from his wife, Carolyne, in order to marry her. His son is poisoned against the partnership by his mother, and he is also resented by his stepmother. Emilia, who has issues with her womanizer father, delivers Isabel but three days later, the baby dies. Her marriage begins to suffer and unexpectedly William steps in to help find out the truth about Isabel's death.Director:
Don Roos.Writers:
Don Roos (screenplay), Ayelet Waldman (novel).Stars:
Natalie Portman, Scott Cohen and Lisa Kudrow.Release Date:
28 October 2010 (Russia).22 June, 2011
The Ninth Gate (1999)
STORY:
A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.
Dean Corso, a rare book dealer, is appointed by a renowned book collector, Balkan, to verify the authenticity of one of his books. According to sources, only three copies of that book exist, and in three different places. After losing his friend who has been killed for that book, he leaves on the mission. He wants to verify Balkan's book but finds something else! During his dramatic travels through Paris and Madrid, too many things beyond his expectations are revealed!Director:
Roman PolanskiWriters:
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (novel), John Brownjohn(screenplay).Stars:
Johnny Depp, Frank Langella and Lena Olin.Release Date:
10 March 2000 (USA).Prowl (2011)
STORY:
Amber dreams of escaping her small town existence and persuades her friends to accompany her to find an apartment in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, she and her friends gratefully accept a ride in the back of a semi. But when the driver refuses to stop and they discover the cargo is hundreds of cartons of blood, they panic. Their panic turns to terror when the truck disgorges them into a dark, abandoned warehouse where blood-thirsty creatures learn to hunt human prey, which, the friends realize, is what they now are...
Director:
Patrik Syversen.Writer:
Tim Tori.Stars:
Ruta Gedmintas, Joshua Bowman and Perdita Weeks.Release date: March 25, 2010 (USA).
Sniper: Reloaded (2011)
STORY:
The son of a renowned sniper decides to track down the sniper who ambushed his squad when they were sent to rescue a white planter in the Congo.
Brandon Beckett the son of Master Gunnery Sargent Thomas Beckett while serving as a UN peace keeper and government trainer is assigned the task to rescue a European farmer located in the middle of hostile rebel territory. Upon arrival a mysterious sniper ambushes them, wounding Beckett and killing everyone else. Becket returns to his base and desires to seek revenge by killing the sniper. during his time on the base Beckett becomes involved with British Army Lieutenant Ellen Abramowitz. Beckett Also meets his father's former protégé, sniper instructor Richard Miller.Director:
Claudio Fäh.Writers:
John Fasano (screenplay), Ross Helford (story).Stars:
Clyde Berning, Chad Michael Collins and Hlomla Dandala.Release date: April 26, 2011 (USA).
21 June, 2011
L.A. Confidential (1997)
STORY:
A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways.
1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.Director:
Curtis Hanson.Writers:
James Ellroy (novel), Brian Helgeland (screenplay).Stars:
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe,Release Date:
19 September 1997 (USA).20 June, 2011
The Mechanic (2011)
STORY:
Follows an elite hit man as he teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.
Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Sutherland) is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves.Director:
Simon West.Writers:
Richard Wenk (screenplay), Lewis John Carlino(screenplay).Stars:
Jason Statham, Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland.Release Date:
28 January 2011 (USA).The Hangover Part II (2011)
STORY:
Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.
Stu is getting married. Along with Doug, Phil, and his soon-to-be brother-in-law Teddy, he regretfully invites Alan to Thailand for the wedding. After a quiet night on the beach with a beer and toasting marshmallows by the camp fire, Stu, Alan and Phil wake up in a seedy apartment in Bangkok. Doug is back at the resort, but Teddy is missing, there's a monkey with a severed finger, Alan's head is shaved, Stu has a tattoo on his face, and they can't remember any of it. The wolf-pack retrace their steps through strip clubs, tattoo parlors and cocaine-dealing monkeys on the streets of Bangkok as they try and find Teddy before the wedding.Director:
Todd Phillips.Writers:
Craig Mazin, Scot Armstrong.Stars:
Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms.Release Date:
27 May 2011 (India).Provinces of Night (2010) [Bloodworth]
STORY:
E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after forty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and faded, his three sons are grown and angry. Warren is a womanizing alcoholic, Boyd is driven by jealousy to hunt down his wife and her lover, and Brady puts hexes on his enemies from his mamma's porch. Only Fleming, the old man's grandson, treats him with the respect his age commands, and sees past all the hatred to realize the way it can poison a man's soul. It is ultimately the love of Raven Lee, a sloe-eyed beauty from another town, that gives Fleming the courage to reject this family curse.
Director:
Shane Dax Taylor.Writers:
W. Earl Brown (screenplay), William Gay (novel).Stars:
Val Kilmer, Kris Kristofferson and Hilary Duff.Release Date:
20 May 2011 (USA).The Perfect Game (2009)
STORY:
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
In 1957 a rag-tag, shoeless, poor group of kids from Monterrey, Mexico shocked the world by winning 13 games in a row and the Little League World Series in the only perfect game ever pitched in the Championship. These kids, led by their priest and a down-and-out former major leaguer embark on a journey through the southern US and up into Williamsport, PA for the Championship game. They encountered many adversities including nearly being deported and the bigotry that wouldn't allow them into certain restaurants or travel on certain buses. They never lost their faith and eventually captured the hearts of both nations. This is a heart-warming inspirational story in the tradition of "Rudy", "Hoosiers", "Coach Carter" or "Friday Night Lights".Director:
William Dear.Writers:
W. William Winokur, W. William Winokur (book).Stars:
Clifton Collins Jr., Cheech Marin and Moises Arias.Release Date:
1 April 2010 (Mexico).Priest (2011)
STORY:
A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.
PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world -- one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece's boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.Director:
Scott Charles Stewart.Writers:
Cory Goodman, Min-Woo Hyung (graphic novel series "Priest").Stars:
Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet and Maggie Q.Release Date:
13 May 2011 (India).
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