Bringing Up Bobby

October 12th, 2012

Genre: Family

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 147

Language: English

Director: Famke Janssen

Plot: In an effort to escape her murky past and build a better future, Olive (Milla Jovovich), a nomadic European con-artist, and her 10-year-old American-born son, Bobby(Spencer List), find themselves living in Oklahoma.

As her top priority, Olive seeks to give Bobby the things she never had: she enrolls him in school, makes him do his homework and tries her hardest to be a good mother, and with the help of an old friend from Oklahoma, Walt (Rory Cochrane), Olive “provides” for Bobby in the only way she knows how. But despite of her efforts (or perhaps because of them) Bobby displays troubling behavior both at his school and in their conservative neighborhood. Things take a turn for the worse after Bobby’s unfortunate “run-in” with the local and wealthy businessman Kent (Bill Pullman), and Olive’s criminal past finally catches up with her, forcing her to make the toughest judgment of all.

 

Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

October 5th, 2012

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Susan Fromke

Plot: Our healthcare system is broken. Potent forces fight to maintain the status quo in a medical industry created for quick fixes, rather than prevention; for profit-driven, rather than patient-driven, care. Healthcare is at the center of an intense political firestorm in our nation’s capitol. But the current battle over cost and access does not ultimately address the root of the problem: we have a disease-care system, not a healthcare one. After decades of opposition, a movement to introduce innovative high-touch, low-cost methods of prevention and healing is finally gaining ground.

 

Butter

October 5th, 2012

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Jim Field Smith

Plot: For many years, Laura Pickler (Jennifer Garner) has relished the prestige and admiration afforded her as the wife of Iowa’s longtime butter-carving champion, Bob (Ty Burrell). When Bob is pressured to retire from competition so that someone else has a chance at victory, Laura decides to enter the contest herself. But, when three formidable opponents also enter the fray, Laura vows to win at any cost, including recruiting her ex-boyfriend (Hugh Jackman) for a bit of sabotage. BUTTER co-stars Olivia Wilde, Ashley Greene, Alicia Silverstone and Rob Corddry.

 

Pitch Perfect

October 5th, 2012

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Jason Moore

Plot: Beca (Anna Kendrick) is that girl who’d rather listen to what’s coming out of her headphones than what’s coming out of you. Arriving at her new college, she finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together, in the new out-loud comedy Pitch Perfect.

When Beca takes this acoustic singing group out of their world of traditional arrangements and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of the cutthroat world of college a cappella. This could wind up either the coolest thing they’ll ever do or the most insane, and it will probably be a little of both.

 

The Oranges

October 5th, 2012

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 146

Language: English

Director: Julian Farino

Plot: David and Paige Walling (Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener) and Terry and Cathy Ostroff (Oliver Platt, Allison Janney) are best friends and neighbors living on Orange Drive in suburban New Jersey. Their comfortable existence goes awry when prodigal daughter Nina Ostroff (Leighton Meester), newly broken up with her fiancé Ethan (Sam Rosen), returns home for Thanksgiving after a five-year absence. Rather than developing an interest in the successful son of her neighbors, Toby Walling (Adam Brody), which would please both families, it’s her parents’ best friend David who captures Nina’s attention.

When the connection between Nina and David becomes undeniable, everyone’s lives are thrown into upheaval, particularly Vanessa Walling’s (Alia Shawkat), Nina’s childhood best friend. It’s not long before the ramifications of the affair begin to work on all of the family members in unexpected and hilarious ways, leading everyone to reawaken to their lives, reassess what it means to be happy, and realize that sometimes what looks like a disaster turns out to be the thing we need.

 

The Paperboy

October 5th, 2012

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Lee Daniels

Plot: Based on Pete Dexter’s critically acclaimed novel, THE PAPERBOY is the enthralling story of two brothers (Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron) investigating a case involving a death row inmate (John Cusack). Convinced by a mysterious woman (Nicole Kidman) that the inmate is innocent, the brothers embark on a journey that is filled with betrayal.

 

Taken 2

October 5th, 2012

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 150

Language:

Director: Olivier Megaton

Plot: Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a “particular set of skills” who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from kidnappers in TAKEN. When the father of one of the villains Bryan killed swears revenge, and takes his wife hostage in Istanbul, Bryan uses the same advanced level of special forces tactics to get his family to safety and systematically take out the kidnappers one by one.

 

Frankenweenie

October 5th, 2012

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 130

Language: English

Director: Tim Burton

Plot: From creative genius Tim Burton (“Alice in Wonderland,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas”) comes “Frankenweenie,” a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life – with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new “leash on life” can be monstrous.

 

Freaky Deaky

October 1st, 2012

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 95

Language: English

Director: Charles Matthau

Plot: Based on Elmore Leonard’s novel, a Detroit sex crimes unit investigation takes a series of strange turns in this funny, sexy homage to 70’s filmmaking.

 

Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal

September 28th, 2012

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 154

Language:

Director: Priyadarshan

Plot: Afraid of everything and everyone, Johnny is one terrified soul. Born into the household of Om Puri, a local farmer and being the only son, Johnny does what he’s best at, buying lottery tickets every week, to help his ailing father. The only thing going on in his life is his love for Mary (Madhurima) the daughter of Paresh Rawal the village’s biggest gunda and sworn enemy of Om Puri. Paresh armed with two herculean sons, goes to all ends to make sure his daughter and Johnny never marry, until one day, hope comes to Johnny in the form a silent, strong but very hungry man, Nana Patekar. What happens next is a complete dhamaal of fun, action and drama resulting in one very Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal.

 

WON’T BACK DOWN

September 28th, 2012

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Daniel Barnz

Plot: In this powerful story – inspired by true events – of parenthood, friendship, hope and courage, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis portray determined mothers­ who will stop at nothing to transform their children’s failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy and a system mired in traditional thinking, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.

 

The Campaign

September 28th, 2012

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 64

Language: English

Director: Jay Roach

Plot: When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from “Meet the Parents” director Jay Roach that takes today’s political circus to its logical next level. Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom, there’s room to dig a whole lot deeper.

 

Hotel Transylvania

September 28th, 2012

Genre: Children’s

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 101

Language: English

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Plot: Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world’s most famous monsters – Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more – to celebrate his daughter Mavis’s 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem – but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.

 

Looper

September 28th, 2012

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 108

Language: English

Director: Rian Johnson

Plot: In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a “looper” – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good – until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending back Joe’s future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination.

 

Unconditional

September 21st, 2012

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 150

Language: English

Director: Brent McCorkle

Plot: Samantha Crawford is living a storybook life: she’s happily married, she lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she’s told and illustrated since childhood have become published books.

When her husband Billy is killed in a senseless act of violence, Sam loses her faith and her will to live. But a death-defying encounter with two children leads to a reunion with Joe, her oldest friend.

Inspired by true events, UNCONDITIONAL stars Michael Ealy (Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and Lynn Collins (John Carter, X-Men Origins: Wolverine).

As Sam watches “Papa” Joe care for and love the kids in his under-resourced neighborhood, she begins to realize that no matter life’s circumstances, the love of God is always reaching out to us.

 

Husbands in Goa

September 21st, 2012

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 112

Language: Malayalam

Director: Saji Surendran

Plot: Husbands in Goa is a story of three friends – Jerry Thomas (Advocate), Murali Govind (Chartered Accountant) and Arjun (Interior Designer). The three of them are faced with a common dilemma, as they are all harassed by certain behavioral traits of their wives. To get away from them, the three friends plan a pleasure trip to Goa. On their journey to Goa they meet Sunny who they befriend but fail to realize the trouble that he attracts due to his usual drunkenness. Theirshort holiday turns into a crazy ride as they keep trying to get themselves out of comedic situationms.

 

Trouble with the Curve

September 21st, 2012

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 149

Language: English

Director: Robert Lorenz

Plot: Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus – who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat – refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment, especially with the country’s hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm whose drive and ambition has put her on the fast track to becoming partner. Against her better judgment, and over Gus’s objections, Mickey joins him on his latest scouting trip to North Carolina, jeopardizing her own career to save his. Forced to spend time together for the first time in years, each makes new discoveries – revealing long-held truths about their past and present that could change their future.

 

Dredd

September 21st, 2012

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Pete Travis

Plot: The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One- a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called “Judges” who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge – a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of “Slo-Mo” experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed.

During a routine day on the job, Dredd is assigned to train and evaluate Cassandra Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), a rookie with powerful psychic abilities thanks to a genetic mutation. A heinous crime calls them to a neighborhood where fellow Judges rarely dare to venture- a 200 story vertical slum controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma (Lena Headey) and her ruthless clan. When they capture one of the clan’s inner circle, Ma-Ma overtakes the compound’s control center and wages a dirty, vicious war against the Judges that proves she will stop at nothing to protect her empire. With the body count climbing and no way out, Dredd and Anderson must confront the odds and engage in the relentless battle for their survival.

The endlessly inventive mind of writer Alex Garland and director Pete Travis bring DREDD to life as a futuristic neo-noir action film. Filmed in 3D with stunning slow motion photography sequences, the film returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra’s revered comic strip.

 

House at the End of the Street

September 21st, 2012

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 126

Language: English

Director: Mark Tonderai

Plot: Seeking a fresh start, newly divorced Sarah (Oscar®-nominee Elisabeth Shue; Leaving Las Vegas, Piranha 3D) and her daughter Elissa (Oscar®-nominee Jennifer Lawrence; X-Men: First Class, Winter’s Bone) find the house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn the town is in the shadows of a chilling secret. Years earlier, in the house next door, a daughter killed her parents in their beds, and disappeared – leaving only a brother, Ryan (Max Thieriot, My Soul to Take), as the sole survivor. Against Sarah’s wishes, Elissa begins a relationship with the reclusive Ryan – and the closer they get, the deeper they’re all pulled into a mystery more dangerous than they ever imagined.

 

James Bond gadgets

September 18th, 2012

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 122

Language: English

Director: Carl Hindmarch

Plot: His movies are legend, his women breathtaking and his toys, dressed to kill. Wheather James Bond is pursuing villains in space-age flying machines or neatly evading his peril with high-tech marvels, British Secret Agency 007 is licensed to carry the ultimate in stunningly intelligent devices ever to grace the silver screen. Bond had it all. This exclusive look at his Gadgets reveals what it really takes to save the world.