Father of Invention

October 14th, 2011

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 126

Language: English

Director: Trent Cooper

Plot: Millionaire infomercial guru, Robert Axle (Kevin Spacey) loses everything when one of his inventions has a design flaw that accidentally chops off the fingers of thousands of customers. After serving eight years in prison, a disgraced Axle is released, and ready to redeem his name and rebuild his empire with a new innovation. However, Axle’s ex-wife (Virginia Madsen) has spent all of his money and moved into his house with her new husband (Craig Robinson). Out of desperation, he finds a part-time job as a janitor, and is forced to move in with his estranged daughter (Camilla Belle) and her over-protective roommates. Despite these setbacks he is determined to pitch his newest gadget and rebuild his infomercial empire. But the world has changed in the last decade, and Axle finds himself out of step with current technology, his family, and the self-confidence that made him king of the infomercials in the past. With all his wheels spinning, Axle soon realizes before he can be successful with his new creation, first he must reinvent himself.

 

The Thing

October 14th, 2011

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Matthijs van Heijningen

Plot: When paleantologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region of the expedition of her lifetime. Joing a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.

When a simple experiment frees the alien from its prison, Kate must join the crew’s pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off once at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.

 

Take Shelter

October 14th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 131

Language: English

Director: Jeff Nichols

Plot: Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

 

Footloose

October 14th, 2011

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Craig Brewer

Plot: Writer/Director Craig Brewer (“Hustle & Flow,” “Black Snake Moan”) delivers a new take of the beloved 1984 classic film, “Footloose.” Ren MacCormack (played by newcomer Kenny Wormald) is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out and Bomont’s local councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) responded by implementing ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) in the process.

 

The Three Musketeers

October 14th, 2011

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 85

Language: English

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Plot: The hot-headed young D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman) joins forces with three rogue Musketeers (Matthew MacFadyen, Luke Evans and Ray Stevenson) in this reboot of Alexandre Dumas’ story. They must stop the evil Richlieu (Christoph Waltz) and face off with Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) and the treacherous Milady (Milla Jovovich). The action adventure is given a state of the art update in 3-D.

 

Jack and Jill

October 11th, 2011

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Dennis Dugan

Plot: Jack And Jill movie trailer – starring Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino. Directed by Dennis Dugan. Theatrical Release Date: 10/11/2011
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Not Rated

 

The Way

October 7th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Emilio Estevez

Plot: “The Way” is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son (played by Emilio Estevez), killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son’s desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn’t plan on is the profound impact the journey will have on him and his “California Bubble Life.”

Inexperienced as a trekker, Tom soon discovers that he will not be alone on this journey. On “The Way,” Tom meets other pilgrims from around the world, each with their own issues and looking for greater meaning in their lives: a Dutchman (Yorick van Wageningen), a Canadian (Deborah Kara Unger) and an Irish writer (James Nesbitt), who is suffering from a bout of writer’s block.

From the unexpected and, oftentimes, amusing experiences along “The Way,” this unlikely quartet of misfits creates an everlasting bond and Tom begins to learn what it means to be a citizen of the world again. Through Tom’s unresolved relationship with his son, he discovers the difference between “the life we live and the life we choose.”

THE WAY, written and directed by Emilio Estevez, was filmed entirely in Spain and France along the actual Camino de Santiago.

 

The Ides of March

October 7th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: George Clooney

Plot: A young staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a lesson on dirty politics on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon.

 

1911

October 7th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 57

Language:

Director: Zhang Li

Plot: At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu (Joan Chen), is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power.
With ordinary citizens beginning to revolt openly, the Qing Dynasty has created a powerful, modern army (the “New Army”) to quash any rebellion. But weapons are expensive, and desperate for cash, the Qing leaders are trading anything they can get their hands on with foreign countries and selling China’s future in the process. Huang Xing (Jackie Chan) has recently returned from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare. When he finds his country falling apart, he feels he has no choice but to pick up the sword, leading an increasingly desperate series of violent rebellions against the powerful Qing Dynasty and the New Army- several with tragic consequences. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, with no expense spared in production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy, 1911 is a true epic in every sense of the word.

 

Incendiary: The Willingham Case

October 7th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 111

Language: English

Director: Steve Mim

Plot: INCENDIARY: THE WILLINGHAM CASE documents the Cameron Todd Willingham case and surrounding legal and political battles in intimate detail. Willingham was convicted and executed for the arson murders of his daughters who perished in a 1991 Corsicana, Texas house fire.

 

THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE: PART 2 (FULL SEQUENCE)

October 7th, 2011

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 49

Language: English

Director: Tom Six

Plot: A man becomes obsessed wiith a DVD recording of the first film in the series, The Human Centipede. He decides to create a “human centipede” of his own, this time comprised of twelve victims.

 

Blackthorn

October 7th, 2011

Genre: Western

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 146

Language: English

Director: Mateo Gil

Plot: It’s been said (but unsubstantiated) that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a standoff with the Bolivian military in 1908. In BLACKTHORN, Cassidy (Shepard) survived, and is quietly living out his years under the name James Blackthorn in a secluded Bolivian village. Tired of his long exile from the US and hoping to see his family again before he dies, Cassidy sets out on the long journey home. But when an unexpected encounter with an ambitious young criminal (Eduardo Noriega) derails his plans, he is thrust into one last adventure, the likes of which he hasn’t experienced since his glory days with the Sundance Kid.

 

Real Steel

October 7th, 2011

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 89

Language: English

Director: Shawn Levy

Plot: A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future, where the sport of boxing has gone hi-tech, “Real Steel” stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.

 

Heavy Times

October 2nd, 2011

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 144

Language:

Director: Ryan McKenna

Plot: One summer afternoon, out of boredom and peer pressure, three best friends (Dan, Mark, and Hugh) go to visit Dan’s sister for dinner. Soon after meeting Dan’s brother-in-law Rick, the trio finds themselves miles from home and far outside their comfort zone. What started off as an innocent trip spirals into an outrageous series of events none of them were prepared for.

 

Martha Marcy May Marlene

October 1st, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: T. Sean Durkin

Plot: A powerful yet restrained psychological thriller, MARTHA, MARCY MAY, MARLENE tells the story of a young woman rapidly unraveling amidst her attempt to reclaim a normal life. Escaping a harrowing experience as a cult member in rural New York, Martha (newcomer Elizabeth Olsen) seeks help from her estranged older sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson), though she is unable and unwilling to reveal the truth about her disappearance. With a mounting sense of dread, Lucy comes to realize that her sister’s bizarre behavior may point to something much graver than an idiosyncratic personality.

Lost in a post-traumatic torment, Martha’s memories trigger the chilling paranoia that her former cult is actively pursuing her. As her reality blurs with delusion, we realize that Martha (cult aliases Marcy May and Marlene) is lost in the eye of an emotional storm much larger than anyone could have suspected.

 

Margaret

September 30th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 138

Language:

Director: Kenneth Lonergan

Plot: Margaret centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman’s life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course against the realities and compromises of the adult world.

 

Bunraku

September 30th, 2011

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 146

Language: English

Director: Guy Moshe

Plot: A mysterious drifter (Josh Hartnett) and an ardent young Japanese warrior Yoshi (Gackt) both arrive in a town that has been terrorized by outrageous and virulent criminals. Each is obsessed with his separate mission, and guided by the wisdom of The Bartender (Woody Harrelson) at the Horseless Horseman Saloon, the two eventually join forces to bring down the corrupt and contemptuous reign of Nicola (Ron Perlman), the awesomely evil “woodcutter” and his lady Alexandra (Demi Moore), a femme fatale with a secret past. This classic tale is re-vitalized and re-imagined in an entirely fresh visual context, set in a unique world that mixes skewed reality with shadow-play fantasy, a place where even the landscape can betray you. Heroes triumph here only because the force of their will transforms and transcends both space and time. The world of BUNRAKU is past and present, fantasy and reality, Samurai and Western all combined. Like SIN CITY and 300, it gives classic conflict a whole new graphically supercharged dynamic. Resonating through a wide range of cultures and showcasing a mind-blowing array of martial arts disciplines, BUNRAKU is a fresh arena for breathtaking fight action.

 

50/50

September 30th, 2011

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 77

Language:

Director: Will Reiser

Plot: Inspired by personal experiences, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis in this new comedy directed by Jonathan Levine from a script by Will Reiser.

50/50 is the story of a guy’s transformative and, yes, sometimes funny journey to health – drawing its emotional core from Will Reiser’s own experience with cancer and reminding us that friendship and love, no matter what bizarre turns they take, are the greatest healers.

 

Sahib Biwi aur Gangster

September 30th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 140

Language: Hindi

Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia

Plot: Based in a small town in the Northern part of India, Sahib Biwi aur Gangster is a story packed with intrigue betrayal and ambition between a beautiful Begum, her Nawab husband and an ambitious young boy. The Nawab and his Begum, live in their ancestral royal house trying to maintain the status and structure their ancestors had left behind. But due to the changing time, some extreme financial conditions and the long gone habit of a royal having a mistress, the Nawab tries real hard to maintain his status and financial conditions.

 

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

September 30th, 2011

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Eli Craig

Plot: Tucker (Firefly’s Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine of TV’s Reaper and the upcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes) are two best friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain house, who are mistaken for murderous backwoods hillbillies by a group of obnoxious, preppy college kids. When one of the students gets separated from her friends, the boys try to lend a hand, but as the misunderstanding grows, so does the body count.