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Bereavement

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 101

Language: English

Director: Stevan Mena

Plot: In 1989, six year old Martin Bristoll was kidnapped from his backyard swing in Minersville Pennsylvania. Graham Sutter, a psychotic recluse, kept Martin imprisoned on his derelict pig farm, forcing him to witness and participate in unspeakable horrors. Chosen at random, his victim’s screams were drowned out by the rural countryside. For five years, Martin’s whereabouts have remained a mystery, until 17 year old Allison Miller (Alexandra Daddario) comes to live with her Uncle, Jonathan (Michael Biehn). While exploring her new surroundings, Allison discovers things aren’t quite right at the farmhouse down the road. Her curiosity disturbs a hornet’s nest of evil and despair that once torn open, can never be closed.

 

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The Resident

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 116

Language: English

Director: Antti Jokinen

Plot: Juliet (Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby), a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It’s got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room as Juliet gets the unnerving feeling that she is not alone. She is being watched. She is being stalked. And no one is safe when she discovers the relentless horror on her doorstep. But how do you stop an evil that you can’t see…until it’s too late? Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey’s Anatomy) and screen legend Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings) costar in this pulse-pounding shocker from famed horror studio Hammer Films (Let Me In).

 

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The Sky Turns

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 69

Language: Spanish

Director: Mercedes Alvarez

Plot: The Sky Turns movie trailer – starring Mercedes Alvarez. Directed by Mercedes Alvarez. Theatrical Release Date: 2/11/2011
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated

 

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In Her Skin

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 168

Language: English

Director: Simone North

Plot: Based on a true story, IN HER SKIN follows nineteen year old Caroline who, consumed with self-loathing covets, stalks, abducts then murders fifteen year old Rachel Barber whom she considers “perfect”; everything she is not: beautiful, self-assured, happy.

 

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Dream Home

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 87

Language: Cantonese

Director: Pang Ho-cheung

Plot: When she was a child, Cheng Lai-Sheung (Josie Ho) could see Hong Kong’s famed Victoria Harbour from her apartment. She vows to one day save up enough money for her family to move into ‘No.1 Victoria Bay’ with a magnificent view. In order to achieve her dream, Cheng has to work hard at two full-time jobs. She even goes as far as stealing customer data to sell to other companies. However, no matter how much she toils, she cannot earn enough to keep up with the ever-increasing values of Hong Kong’s real estate. Since property prices keep leaping higher, her dream home now seems forever out of reach…until suddenly, it dawns on her: in order to get what she wants, she must take matters into her own hands…even if it means getting her hands seriously bloody.

 

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Just Go With It

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Dennis Dugan

Plot: In “Just Go With It”, a plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant’s kids become involved, and everyone heads off fo a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.

 

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GNOMEO & JULIET

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Family

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Kelly Asbury

Plot: The greatest love story ever told, starring…garden gnomes? In “Gnomeo & Juliet,” Shakespeare’s revered tale gets a comical, off-the-wall makeover. Directed by Kelly Asbury (co-director of “Shrek 2”) and showcasing both classic and original songs by Elton John, the film features the voices of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt as Gnomeo and Juliet, who have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But with plastic pink flamingos and thrilling lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find a happy ending?

 

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Justin Bieber Never Say Never

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 111

Language: English

Director: Jon Chu

Plot: The documentary follows Justin Bieber including footage from his 2010 concert tour. B part of it!

 

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The Eagle

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 150

Language: English

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Plot: In 140 AD, two men – master and slave – venture beyond the edge of the known world on a dangerous and obsessive quest that will push them beyond the boundaries of loyalty and betrayal, friendship and hatred, deceit and heroism,The Roman epic adventure THE EAGLE stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell and is directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald.

20 years earlier, Rome’s 5,000-strong Ninth Legion, under the command of Flavius Aquila, marched north carrying their treasured golden Eagle emblem. They never returned; Legion and Eagle simply vanished into the mists.

Hearing a rumor that the Eagle has been seen in a tribal temple in the far north, Flavius’ son Marcus (Tatum), determined to restore the tarnished reputation of his father, is galvanized into action. Accompanied only by his slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out into the vast and dangerous highlands of Scotland – to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father’s memory, and retrieve the hallowed Eagle. Along the way Marcus realizes that the mystery of his father’s disappearance may well be linked to the secret of his own slave’s identity and loyalty – a secret all the more pressing when the two come face-to-face with the warriors of the fearsome Seal Prince (Tahar Rahim).

 

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Lovers of Hate

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 81

Language: English

Director: Bryan Poyser

Plot: LOVERS OF HATE is a delicious tale of deceit and sibling rivalry, two adult brothers, Rudy (Chris Doubek of THE CASSIDY KIDS) and Paul (Alex Karpovsky of TINY FURNITURE), represent failure and success. Younger brother Paul is a successful author who writes Harry Potter-like fantasy novels for children, while Rudy, Paul’s childhood collaborator on the stories, moves from job to job, unable to get started on his own novel–the long-gestating “Lovers of Hate.” The one thing they do have in common is their love for Diana (Heather Kafka of “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS”), Rudy’s soon-to-be ex-wife. When opportunistic Paul whisks Diana away to a romantic mountain retreat (in Park City, Utah, incidentally), the lovers have no idea that Rudy has made it there first. From the shadows of the posh chalet, Rudy tries desperately to sabotage their relationship in director Bryan Poyser’s (DEAR PILLOW) brilliantly executed game of cat and mouse. A testament to three star-making performances and a tightly constructed script, LOVERS OF HATE, delicately balances humor and despair while pushing characters to painful and hilarious extremes. There are no clear winners in this savage comedy about curdled love, but it is one enjoyable ride.

 

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Carancho

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 118

Language: Spanish

Director: Pablo Trapero

Plot: Sosa (Ricardo Darín, The Secret in Their Eyes) is an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney with questionable ethics. Lujan (Martina Gusman, Lion’s Den) is a young, idealistic country doctor, new to the city. After Lujan and Sosa’s paths repeatedly cross, the two form an unlikely romance that is threatened by Sosa’s turbulent past. With traffic accidents as the number one cause of deaths in Argentina, bodies are currency and a black market strives to get rich from the personal tragedies that literally litter the streets.

 

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Poetry

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 114

Language: Korean

Director: Lee Chang Dong

Plot: Mija (veteran actress Yun Jung-hee) is a beautiful woman in her sixties who moves gracefully through life, contemplating a trivial daily routine that is ill-suited to her refined
persona. On a whim, Mija enrolls in a poetry class at the local cultural centre and begins a personal
quest to find the perfect words to describe her feelings. However, she’s plagued by the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, and struggles with new vocabulary and the challenges of the creative process.

 

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Carbon Nation

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 143

Language: English

Director: Peter Byck

Plot: Carbon Nation is an optimistic, solutions-based, non-partisan documentary that illustrates why it’s incredibly smart to be a part of the new, low-carbon economy: it’s good business, it emboldens national and energy security, and it improves health and the environment. Through a cast of engaging and endearing characters from across the country, in towns big and small, Carbon Nation introduces us to the new wave of American ingenuity. From one-armed Texas cotton farmer Cliff Etheridge, who is banding together small farmers’ land to create one enormous wind farm, to green jobs innovator Van Jones, who is bringing clean technology and jobs to inner cities, it’s clear that the creative solutions needed to combat climate change are already being created by entrepreneurs, visionaries, scientists, and the everyday man. By bringing their innovations to light, Carbon Nation is a film that celebrates
solutions and inspires action.

 

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Vidal Sassoon: The Movie

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 133

Language: English

Director: Craig Teper

Plot: A fast-paced feature documentary spanning 80 years of revolution in history and culture, VIDAL SASSOON THE MOVIE is a true rags-to-riches tale, tracing Sassoon’s path from a London orphanage to international success and celebrity.

 

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Cedar Rapids

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Miguel Arteta

Plot: Ed Helms stars as an insurance salesman who goes to a big-city convention to save his co-workers’ jobs.

 

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The Roommate

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 146

Language: English

Director: Christian E. Christiansen

Plot: A psychological thriller about a deranged college freshman (Leighton Meester) who becomes obsessed with her new roommate (Minka Kelly).

 

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The Other Woman

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 139

Language: English

Director: Don Roos

Plot: Families never turn out according to plan, and in THE OTHER WOMAN, Emilia (Natalie Portman) finds herself the shunned stepmother. After winning Jack (Scott Cohen) away from his wife Carolyn (Lisa Kudrow), she finds herself immersed in the cross-currents of a new hybrid family. But shadowing Emilia’s every attempt to connect with her stubborn, precocious stepson William (Charlie Tahan) is the unbearable loss of a baby she and Jack had hoped would cement their new marriage.

 

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Sanctum

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 147

Language: English

Director: Alister Grierson

Plot: The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea.

Master diver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) has explored the South Pacific’s Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank’s team, including 17-year-old son Josh (Rhys Wakefield) and financier Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd), are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they survive, or will they be trapped forever?

 

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Cold weather

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 107

Language: English

Director: Aaron Katz

Plot: After dropping out of college in Chicago, Doug returns home to rainy Portland, Oregon to live with his more stable and responsible sister, Gail. Unsure of what to do next, Doug spends his days sleeping until noon and rereading old detective novels, while Gail goes about the daily routines of her quiet life. Eventually Doug manages to find a job working the night shift at an ice factory. There he meets Carlos, a longtime employee who moonlights as a DJ. Carlos is initially skeptical of Doug-he’s seen all kinds of people pass through the job-but the two become friends after Doug lends him a copy of his favorite book, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Doug has not quite settled into his new life when Rachel, his former girlfriend from Chicago, arrives in town. Doug is wary of her, but he introduces her to Carlos and Gail. Later, when Rachel fails to turn up one night, Carlos is convinced something has happened to her. At first Doug and Gail think that he has read too much Sherlock Holmes, but soon they too start to suspect foul play. With Doug in the lead, relying largely on expertise gained from years of reading detective novels, they set out to investigate. What they discover is a complex trail of clues, leading them closer and closer to the mysterious truth about Rachel.

COLD WEATHER is simultaneously a story of a brother and sister getting to know each other after years apart and a mystery in the great tradition of crime and detective fiction.

 

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Waiting for Forever

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 122

Language: English

Director: James Keach

Plot: A unique love story about friendship and a view of the world from different perspectives, WAITING FOR FOREVER explores the connections people make in the face of life’s changes. Best friends while they were growing up, Emma (Rachel Bilson) and Will (Tom Sturridge) lost touch a long time ago – as far as she knows. To Will, Emma never stopped being the most important person in his life. Believing them to be forever linked, he goes wherever she goes. Will doesn’t have a home, a car, or a “real”job. He survives on his talent as a juggler and entertainer – talents honed through years of showing off for Emma. When her father gets sick, Emma returns to their hometown, trying to leave behind her complicated love life and failing career as a TV actress. As its characters face love, death and their own preconceptions, WAITING FOR FOREVER questions the realities of life.

 

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