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Sake-Bomb

Friday, November 8th, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 143

Language: English

Director: Junya Sakino

Plot: A ??Sake-Bomb” is a cocktail created by dropping a shot of sake into a pint of beer. It’s also a comedic road movie about a sarcastic Asian American and his Japanese cousin. Sebastian is a bitter, self-deprecating wannabe Internet star from Los Angeles. He has recently been dumped by his girlfriend and on the look-out for someone new. When his cousin Naoto, a naive sake maker from Japan, shows up to find his own ex-girlfriend, Sebastian takes him to north California to find her. They are a clash of cultures waiting to happen. Someone has to break first. Together they meet a colorful group of characters as they come to grips with who they are and the true nature of the girlfriends they are pursuing.

 

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Great Expectations

Friday, November 8th, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 150

Language: English (International)

Director: Mike Newell

Plot: Young orphan Pip is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London’s class ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella a spoilt heiress he’s loved since childhood. Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear.

 

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People of a Feather

Friday, November 8th, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 150

Language: Inuktitut

Director: Joel Heath

Plot: Featuring stunning footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes you through time into the world of the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Canada’s Hudson Bay. Connecting past, present and future is a unique relationship with the eider duck. Eider down, the warmest feather in the world, allows both Inuit and bird to survive harsh Arctic winters.

Traditional life is juxtaposed with modern challenges as both Inuit and eiders confront changing sea ice and ocean currents disrupted by the massive hydroelectric dams powering New York and eastern North America. Inspired by Inuit ingenuity and the technology of a simple feather, the film is a call to action to implement energy solutions that work with nature.

 

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About Time

Friday, November 8th, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Richard Curtis

Plot: At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time…

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim’s father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can’t change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life—so he decides to make his world a better place…by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary (Rachel McAdams). They fall in love, then an unfortunate time-travel incident means he’s never met her at all. So they meet for the first time again—and again—but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling, he wins her heart.

Tim then uses his power to create the perfect romantic proposal, to save his wedding from the worst best-man speeches, to save his best friend from professional disaster and to get his pregnant wife to the hospital in time for the birth of their daughter, despite a nasty traffic jam outside Abbey Road.

But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can’t save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can be dangerous too. About Time is a comedy about love and time travel, which discovers that, in the end, making the most of life may not need time travel at all.

 

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August: Osage County

Friday, November 8th, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 150

Language: English

Director: John Wells

Plot: The feature adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a family who comes together in time of crisis.

 

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Thor: The Dark World

Friday, November 8th, 2013

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 107

Language:

Director: Alan Taylor

Plot: Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.

 

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Birth Of The Living Dead

Wednesday, November 6th, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 119

Language: English

Director: Rob Kuhns

Plot: In 1968 a young college drop-out named George A. Romero directed “Night of the Living Dead,” a low budget horror film that shocked the world, became an icon of the counterculture, and spawned a zombie industry worth billions of dollars that continues to this day.

“Birth of the Living Dead,” a new documentary, shows how Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers — policemen, iron workers, teachers, ad-men, housewives and a roller-rink owner — to shoot, with a revolutionary guerrilla, run-and-gun style, his seminal film. During that process Romero and his team created an entirely new and horribly chilling monster – one that was undead and feasted upon human flesh.

This new documentary also immerses audiences into the singular time in which “Night” was shot. Archival footage of the horrors of Vietnam and racial violence at home combined with iconic music from the 60s invites viewers to experience how Romero’s tumultuous film reflected this period in American history. “Birth of the Living Dead” shows us how this young filmmaker created a world-renowned horror film that was also a profound insight into how our society really works.

 

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Why We Ride

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Bryan H. Carroll

Plot: Why We Ride is a story about who we are. Individuals with a desire to dream, discover and explore. Seeking a life outside our daily confinements and sharing those moments together. It’s a story about the journey, not the destination. Motorcycles represent the milestones of our lives. From a kid’s dream come true, to a retiree’s return to freedom. From a family riding together on the sand dunes, to hundreds of choppers carving through the canyons – the bond is the same. It’s about the passion of the riders and the soul of their machines. Your senses will heighten as the world rushes in, your heart will beat to the pulse of the engine, your mind will race and set you free. Once you let a motorcycle into your life, it will change you forever.

 

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FOLLOWING THE NINTH: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BEETHOVEN’S FINAL SYMPHONY

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 463

Language: English

Director: Kerry Candaele

Plot: Filmed on 5 continents and in 12 countries, ‘Following The Ninth’ is the story of four people whose lives have been transformed and repaired by Beethoven’s message in his Ninth Symphony: Alle Menschen werden Bruder (All Men Will Be Brothers). At Tienanmen Square in 1989, students played the Ninth over loudspeakers as the army came in to crush their struggle for freedom. In Chile, women living under the Pinochet dictatorship sang the Ninth at torture prisons, where men inside took hope when they heard their voices. In Japan each December, the Ninth is performed hundreds of times, often with 10,000 people in the chorus. And now, with a concert for the victims of the earthquake and Tsunami. The Berlin Wall, symbol of division and oppression, comes down in December, 1989, as Leonard Bernstein performs Beethoven’s Ninth as an “Ode To Freedom”.

Part road trip, part adventure story, ‘Following The Ninth’ is an inspirational film about Beethoven’s Ninth, the power it has to liberate us, to shield us against suffering, and to provide hope and resilience for us in dark times.

 

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The Disappeared

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 106

Language: English

Director: Shandi Mitchell

Plot: It is September on the North Atlantic. A fishing boat has sunk it went down fast. The crew have escaped in two dories, along with the scant supplies they could grab – some food, bits and pieces of gear, a compass and rum. They have been drifting further and further from where they sank and there is no sign of rescue. The decision is made to row for shore a risky gamble at best. – See more at: http://www.thedisappearedthefilm.com/about/the-story/#sthash.o3rlEKnM.dpuf

 

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Mikeyboy

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 90

Language: English

Director: Chris Berkenkamp

Plot: “Mikey Boy” tells the story of a pizza boy from Queens whose life is turned upside down when he learns he must travel to Albania for an arranged marriage. Mikey Boy sets out on a quest around the world with his best friend Robin to win his American girlfriend back and avoid getting married in Albania.
In a case of life imitating art, imitating life, with the soon to be released “Mikey Boy”, the lines are seriously blurred. Written, produced and starring Mike Dusi, the film is as autobiographical as it gets. We’re almost in classic Woody Allen territory here, by way of Albania, but with more charm and heart than you find in most of the indies being churned out today.

 

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BROTHER’S KEEPER

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 162

Language: English

Director: Josh Mills

Plot: Sometimes the greatest revenge is forgiveness.

Identical twins Andy and Pete Goodwynn have been side-by-side since the womb. But that’s about to change…As their high school graduation nears, Pete plans to marry Maggie, the love of his life, and head off to school to become a preacher. Andy, who wants nothing to do with God, has no plans, no direction, and seemingly no future.

But in a cruel twist of fate—orchestrated by a rival for Maggie’s heart—Pete finds himself locked away in prison on trumped-up charges. Will Andy be able to help Pete gain his rightful freedom? Will the brothers seek vengeance on those whose corruption and deceit have taken that freedom away? While revenge may seem sweet, BROTHER’S KEEPER is a powerful reminder that only forgiveness can truly heal.

 

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Last Love

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 143

Language: English

Director: Sandra Nettelbeck

Plot: Two-time Oscar®-winner Michael Caine stars with Clémence Poésy, Justin Kirk and Gillian Anderson in this richly nuanced, emotion-charged story of lost souls, new-found hope and Last Love. Matthew Morgan (Caine) is a widowed, world-weary professor living in Paris. The cynical Matthew sees no meaningful future for himself – until he meets Pauline (Poésy), a free-spirited young dance instructor. The unlikely bond they form ultimately leads them to rediscover the joy that only family and true friendship can offer.

 

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Big Sur

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 109

Language: English

Director: Michael Polish

Plot: An adaptation of American literary icon Jack Kerouac’s novel of the same name, BIG SUR focuses on a moment in Kerouac’s life when, overwhelmed by the success of his opus On the Road and struggling to battle inner demons, he seeks respite in three brief sojourns to a cabin in the small, coastal California town of Big Sur. Michael Polish’s film is at once a poetic meditation and a love-letter to the work of an author who defined the Beat Generation.

 

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THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 97

Language: English

Director: Sophie Fiennes

Plot: Cultural theorist superstar Slavoj Žižek re-teams with director Sophie Fiennes (The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema) for another wildly entertaining romp through the crossroads of cinema and philosophy. With infectious zeal and a voracious appetite for popular culture, Žižek literally goes inside some truly epochal movies, all the better to explore and expose how they reinforce prevailing ideologies. As the ideology that undergirds our cinematic fantasies is revealed, striking associations emerge: What hidden Catholic teachings lurk at the heart of The Sound of Music? What are the fascist political dimensions of Jaws? Taxi Driver, Zabriskie Point, The Searchers, The Dark Knight, John Carpenter’s They Live (“one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood Left”), Titanic, Kinder Eggs, verité news footage, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and propaganda epics from Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia all inform Žižek’s stimulating, provocative and often hilarious psychoanalytic-cinematic rant.

 

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Free Birds

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Animation

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 155

Language: English

Director: Jimmy Hayward

Plot: In this irreverent, hilarious, adventurous buddy comedy for audiences of all ages, directed by Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who!), two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history – and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.

 

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Last Vegas

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 69

Language: English

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Plot: Billy (Academy Award®-winner Michael Douglas), Paddy (Academy Award®-winner Robert De Niro), Archie (Academy Award®-winner Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Academy Award®-winner Kevin Kline) have been best friends since childhood. So when Billy, the group’s sworn bachelor, finally proposes to his thirty-something (of course) girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and relive their glory days. However, upon arriving, the four quickly realize that the decades have transformed Sin City and tested their friendship in ways they never imagined. The Rat Pack may have once played the Sands and Cirque du Soleil may now rule the Strip, but it’s these four who are taking over Vegas.

 

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Ender’s Game

Friday, November 1st, 2013

Genre: Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 113

Language: English

Director: Gavin Hood

Plot: In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young minds to find the future Mazer.

Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy but strategically brilliant boy, is recruited to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he’s trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.

 

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