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Semper Fight

Friday, July 4th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 142

Language: English

Director: Antone Anania

Plot: After returning home from two tours in Afghanistan, Private Charlie Martinez (Dias), and with his fellow Marines, Gunner Thadeous Duncan (Montgomery) and Specialist Tid-Bit (Young) rent a home together. Private Martinez trades one of his guns for a video camera to document the day to day events of their lives, such as a tedious job search, attempted sex-tapes with his girlfriend, and over indulgence in drugs and alcohol. While Duncan discovers his girlfriend is pregnant, Tid-Bit finds out his girlfriend has cheated on him while he was overseas. Hoping to make their movie interesting, they film themselves paint balling a group of bar patrons, pepper spraying a bum, and beating up a drug dealer. When Tid-Bit finally gets revenge on the man who slept with his girlfriend, the severity of his actions lead the police to the front door of the house. Once again, the soldiers are faced with a decision: kill or be killed.

 

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Begin Again

Friday, July 4th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 150

Language: English

Director: John Carney

Plot: The latest film from writer-director John Carney (ONCE), BEGIN AGAIN is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together. Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City.

 

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Beyond the Edge

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 128

Language: English

Director: Leanne Pooley

Plot: In 1953, the ascent of Everest remained the last of earth’s great challenges. Standing at over 29,000ft, the world’s highest mountain posed a fearsome challenge and had already claimed thirteen lives in previous expeditions.

Faced with treacherous winds, sub-zero temperatures and battling altitude sickness, Edmund Hillary, a modest bee-keeper and keen mountaineer from Auckland, New Zealand, and the very experienced Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, of Nepal,finally achieved the impossible and became the first men to stand atop Everest. It was an event that stunned the world and defined an era.

Hillary and Tenzing carried the hopes and dreams of the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the people of the Himalayas and the entire British Empire on their shoulders. As the world slowly recovered from the horrors of World War II their efforts allowed people everywhere to believe a new age was dawning.

For the first time, and with the support of the Hillary family, Sir Edmund’s story is brought to life on the big screen, ‘relived’ using both original footage, photographs and newsreels as well as dramatized reconstructions of the ascent in 3D.

 

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Jersey Boys

Friday, June 20th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 139

Language: English

Director: Clint Eastwood

Plot: The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons. The story of their trials and triumphs are accompanied by the songs that influenced a generation, including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Dawn,” “Rag Doll,” “Bye Bye Baby,” “Who Loves You,” and many more.

These classic hits are now being embraced by a new generation of fans through the stage musical, which has been running on Broadway for more than eight years and has also enjoyed successful tours around the globe.

 

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Lullaby

Friday, June 13th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 148

Language: English

Director: Andrew Levitas

Plot: Lullaby movie trailer – starring Amy Adams, Garrett Hedlund, Jessica Brown Findlay, Frankie Shaw, Terrence Howard, Anne Archer. Directed by Andrew Levitas. Theatrical Release Date: 6/13/2014
Genre: Drama
Rating: R

 

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Hellion

Friday, June 13th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 117

Language: English

Director: Kat Chandler

Plot: Writer/director Kat Candler’s HELLION paints the powerful portrait of a family on the brink of dissolution set against the haunting backdrop of the refineries of Southeast Texas.

Obsessed with heavy metal, dirt bike racing and partaking in the occasional act of vandalism with his band of delinquents, the behavior of 13-year-old Jacob Wilson (Josh Wiggins in his feature film debut) has begun to raise concerns around town, especially when it starts to involve his younger brother Wes (newcomer Deke Garner). While the boys’ father Hollis (two-time Emmy Award-winner Aaron Paul) loves his sons, he is still reeling from the loss of their mother, spending more time drowning his sorrows at the local bar and working on his damaged beach house than being an active parent.

When the local authorities catch wind of the increasingly volatile situation, Wes is taken into custody by his Aunt Pam (Academy Award nominee Juliette Lewis), leaving Jacob and Hollis to fend for themselves. In Wes’ absence, Jacob becomes increasingly obsessed with two things: winning a local motocross championship and getting his brother back.

 

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The Toy Soldiers

Saturday, June 7th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 175

Language: English

Director: Erok Peter Carlson

Plot: On one evening in a decade of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, the innocence of youth and family unravels.

 

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Burning Blue

Friday, June 6th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 100

Language: English

Director: DMW Greer

Plot: They have been trained to meet danger head-on, to execute vital strategic maneuvers while flying at breathtaking speeds. But after a series of fatal accidents, a close-knit squadron of male Navy pilots begins to splinter—and becomes the focus of a criminal investigation. As a government agent digs to uncover the cause of the accidents, two of the pilots engage in a secret, forbidden relationship. Their affair is exposed…and the squadron is engulfed by an incendiary scandal that will challenge each pilot’s notions of friendship, love, honor and courage.

 

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Third person

Friday, June 6th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 132

Language: English

Director: Paul Haggis

Plot: Love, passion, mystery, betrayal and hope infuse Paul Haggis’ new feature, which follows the interrelated stories of three couples in three cities, Rome, New York and Paris — eachwith its own secrets.

 

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The Fault In Our Stars

Friday, June 6th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 182

Language: English

Director: Josh Boone

Plot: Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them — and us – on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, based upon the number-one bestselling novel by John Green, explores the funny, thrilling and tragic business of being alive and in love.

 

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Maleficent

Friday, May 30th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 127

Language: English

Director: Robert Stromberg

Plot: The live-action film explores the origins of the evil fairy Maleficent and what led her to curse Princess Aurora in Disney’s animated classic Sleeping Beauty.

 

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Michael Kohlhaas

Friday, May 30th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 106

Language: French

Director: Arnaud des Pellieres

Plot: An arresting medieval epic starring Mads Mikkelsen (A ROYAL AFFAIR, VALHALLA RISING, Hannibal), AGE OF UPRISING: THE LEGEND OF MICHAEL KOHLHAAS explores the high cost of vengeance. With the age of feudalism in decline, Europe rests at a tense crossroads between the old world and the new. Respected, well-to-do horse merchant Michael Kohlhaas is a loving husband and family man leading a peaceful existence, until a ruthless nobleman steals his horses, setting off a chain of irreversible events. Kohlhaas resorts to extremes after these crimes destroy his livelihood and trust in the law, igniting a rampage through the countryside in his quest for justice.

 

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Contest

Monday, May 26th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 155

Language: English

Director: Anthony Joseph Giunta

Plot: Bullied high school student Tommy (Daniel Flaherty) is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor, Matt (Kenton Duty), the school’s most popular student and star athlete. Tommy is suspicious, but is forced to accept the awkward friendship in order to enter a cooking contest with a big prize. And besides, it’s so much easier to impress his crush, Sarah (Katherine McNamara), when he’s not getting beat up by Matt and his team. As the cooking contest heats up, Sarah sniffs out a conspiracy, but nobody wants to hear about it. Can Tommy trust his budding friendship with Matt or is it all a huge joke on him?

 

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Cold in July

Friday, May 23rd, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 140

Language: English

Director: Jim Mickle

Plot: How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar, Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father, Ben, rolls into town hell-bent on revenge. However, not all is as it seems. Shortly after Dane kills the home intruder, his life begins to unravel into a dark underworld of corruption and violence. Twists and turns continue to pile up as the film reaches its inevitable destination: a gore-soaked dead end.

Michael C. Hall brings a shell-shocked vulnerability to his portrayal of Dane that contrasts perfectly with the grizzled “badasses” portrayed by Sam Shepard and Don Johnson. Directed with an excellent eye for the visual poetry of noir, this pulpy, southern-fried mystery is a throwback to an older breed of action films one where every punch and shotgun blast opens up both physical and spiritual wounds. Cold in July is hard to shake as an east Texas summer.

 

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Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

Friday, May 23rd, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 99

Language: English

Director: Sam Fleischner

Plot: “Stand Clear of the Closing Doors” is the story of Ricky, a 13-year-old boy with autism, and his mother, Mariana. An undocumented immigrant from Mexico, Mariana works long days cleaning houses while Ricky, deeply imaginative but painfully isolated, struggles to cope. They live in Rockaway Beach, Queens along with Ricky’s rebellious older sister, Carla, and semi-absent father, Ricardo Sr.

Carla doesn’t pick Ricky up from school one day and as he walks home alone, he is scolded by Mariana over the phone. Blocking out his mother’s wrath, he is swooned by a mysterious dragon figure into the subway. This marks the beginning of the young boy’s odyssey of self-discovery, where his confrontation with the bizarre, indifferent world of the subway pushes him to interact with the world. Mariana’s search brings her out into her neighborhood in new ways. She forms a new relationship with the beach and befriends a shopkeeper who knows her son. As days pass with no sign of Ricky and an impending hurricane, the divisions that the family has tried to ignore are brought to light.

 

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Accident

Thursday, May 22nd, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 136

Language: English

Director: Joseph Losey

Plot: Stephen (Dirk Bogarde), a married Oxford professor, struggles with his sexual attraction to young Austrian student Anna (Jacqueline Sassard) and subtly competes with his friend Charley (Stanley Baker) and pupil William (Michael York) for her affections. Unfolding with screenwriter Pinter’s trademark time-shifting, and framed by the rupture of a violent car crash, Accident explores hidden tensions and moral gray areas of desire. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, 1967.

 

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Million Dollar Arm

Friday, May 16th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Craig Gillespie

Plot: Million Dollar Arm movie trailer – starring Jon Hamm, Bill Paxton, Lake Bell, Alan Arkin, Bar Paly, Aasif Mandvi. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Theatrical Release Date: 5/16/2014
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG

 

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The Immigrant

Friday, May 16th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 148

Language: English

Director: James Gray

Plot: In James Gray’s THE IMMIGRANT, Ewa Cybulski (Cotillard) and her sister sail to New York from their native Poland In search of a new start and the American dream. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda (Sarafyan) is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno (Phoenix), a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution. The arrival of Orlando (Renner) – a dashing stage magician who is also Bruno’s cousin – restores her self-belief and hopes for a brighter future, becoming her only chance to escape the nightmare in which she finds herself.

 

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A Night in Old Mexico

Friday, May 16th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 115

Language: English

Director: Emilio Aragon

Plot: Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie is not about to retire quietly in a trailer park. Instead he jumps in his Cadillac and hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last wild adventure filled with guns, women and booze. It’s just another night in Old Mexico.

 

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Half of a Yellow Sun

Thursday, May 15th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 136

Language: English

Director: Biyi Bandele

Plot: Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Upon returning to a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria after their expensive English education, the two women make very different choices. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her lover, the “revolutionary professor” Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his devoted houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega) in the dusty university town of Nsukka Kainene turns out to be a fiercely successful businesswoman when she takes over the family interests, and surprises even herself when she falls in love with Richard (Joseph Mawle), an English writer. Preoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between the sisters, the events of their life seem to loom larger than politics. However, they become caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war, in which the lgbo people fought an impassioned struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire world.

A sweeping romantic drama, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN takes the sisters and their lovers on a journey through the war which is powerful, intensely emotional and, as the response of readers around the world has shown, it is a story which can touch everyone’s heart.

 

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