Archive for April, 2014

Kid Cannabis

Friday, April 18th, 2014

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 92

Language: English

Director: John Stockwell

Plot: KID CANNABIS is the true story of an Idaho teen dropout who builds a multimillion-dollar marijuana ring by trafficking drugs through the woods across the Canadian border. But his pursuit of the high life – complete with girls, guns, and vicious rival drug lords – may leave this ex-pizza boy in way over his head.

 

Authors Anonymous

Friday, April 18th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 112

Language: English

Director: Ellie Kanner

Plot: After a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers with the motto “all for one” accept Hannah Rinaldi (Kaley Cuoco) into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success – but that’s exactly what they get. While her career takes off, her eccentric and envious colleagues (Chris Klein, Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh, Dennis Farina and Jonathan Bennett) struggle to find their own paths to publishing fame and fortune. Tensions rise, rivalries form, and hearts are broken. Rejection turns to desperation. Good thing they’re only armed with pens…

 

MAKE YOUR MOVE

Friday, April 18th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 122

Language: English

Director: Duane Adler

Plot: The music is pumping, the dance floor is moving and Donny (DEREK HOUGH) stops when he sees Aya (BoA) performing with her hip-hop Cobu crew on stage at Static, the hottest underground club in New York. They come from two different worlds, but they speak the same language – dance. Against all odds, they come together and show the world what they’ve got in MAKE YOUR MOVE.

MAKE YOUR MOVE stars international dance sensation Derek Hough (DANCING WITH THE STARS) along with Korean pop star BoA, in her first English language feature film leading a cast of talented actors, dancers and artists in this classic dance romance, with a unique twist. Written and directed by Duane Adler (STEP UP and SAVE THE LAST DANCE), the film features choreography by Napoleon Dumo and Tabitha Dumo (SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW).

 

Fading Gigolo

Friday, April 18th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 150

Language: English

Director: John Turturro

Plot: Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray.

 

Bears

Friday, April 18th, 2014

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 160

Language: English

Director: Keith Scholey

Plot: Directed by Keith Scholey (“African Cats”) and Alastair Fothergill (“Earth,” “African Cats” and Chimpanzee”). The film tells the story of brown bears who reside in Alaska’s stunning coastal mountains and shores.

 

Heaven is For Real

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 170

Language: English

Director: Randall Wallace

Plot: Heaven Is For Real movie trailer – starring Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Margo Martindale, Thomas Haden Church, Jon Ted Wynne. Directed by Randall Wallace. Theatrical Release Date: 4/16/2014
Genre: Drama
Rating: Pending

 

Antboy

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 110

Language: English

Director: Ask Hasselbalch

Plot: 12-year-old Pelle is bitten by an ant and develops superpowers. Aided by comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as superhero Antboy. When a super villain The Flea enters the scene, Antboy must step up to the challenge.

 

The Formula

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 81

Language: English

Director: Thomas Beecher

Plot: THE FORMULA tells a story of Quinn (Brandon Baker) and Graham (Mike Schminke), two engineering students who discover a mathematical formula for picking up women. Quinn is a hopeless romantic who falls head over heels for T.J., a pretty student teacher, while Graham is a chauvinistic womanizer who makes it his mission to bed as many co-eds as possible. Believing that “Scoring” is all about the numbers, they test their “formula,” moving from one date to the next, only to discover that there is no shortcut to finding true love. Also starring Sasha Jackson (Blue Crush 2) and Reginald VelJohnson (Die Hard).

 

Death Do Us Part

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 80

Language: English

Director: Nicholas Humphries

Plot: With Kennedy Jamieson (Julia Benson That Burning Feeling, SGU Stargate Universe) and Ryan Harris (Peter Benson Arrow, The Killing) wedding quickly approaching, they are swept away by Chet, their best man, to a remote cabin for an unforgettable combined bachelor/bachelorette weekend with their friends that they will never forget. But the get together takes a horrifying turn when dark secrets and forbidden desires are revealed and a mysterious killer starts brutally picking them off one-by-one. What started out as a celebration quickly descends into a bloody nightmare with friendships ripped apart and accusations flying in this blood-filled psychological horror.

 

Perfect Sisters

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 122

Language: English

Director: Stan Brooks

Plot: A pair of abused and neglected teenage girls almost get away with murder in PERFECT SISTERS, a riveting true-crime thriller based on the notorious “Bathtub Girls” case. Sisters Sandra and Beth learned early in life that they had no one to depend on but each other. But when their addict mother Linda makes plans to move the girls in with her lecherous and abusive lover, the girls’ situation becomes unbearable. Seeing no other way out, Sandra and Beth recruit their classmates to help them plan their mother’s murder. When the girls’ guilt spins out of control and they compulsively confess their involvement to friends, rumors that they are cold-blooded killers reach the ears of the authorities. PERFECT SISTERS is a harrowing and heartbreaking look at the teen subculture that nurtured the girls’ murderous fantasies and covered up for them after they committed an unthinkable crime in an effort to create a normal life for themselves.

 

Hank and Asha

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 113

Language: English

Director: James E. Duff

Plot: An Indian woman studying in Prague and a lonely New Yorker begin an unconventional correspondence through video letters – two strangers searching for human connection in a hyper-connected world. When their relationship deepens, they must decide whether or not to meet face to face. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival, “Hank and Asha” is a film about identity, longing, and the irresistible appeal of entertaining life’s what-ifs.

 

Jesus People

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 134

Language: English

Director: Jason Naumann

Plot: Based on the hilarious FunnyorDie.com web series, Pastor Jerry gets potentially bad medical news and decides to start a Christian pop band to keep his son on a “righteous” path. Supported by the best names in improv, this comedy rocks with laughter.

 

Hateship Loveship

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 144

Language: English

Director: Liza Johnson

Plot: Johanna Parry moves to a new town to work for Mr. McCauley and his granddaughter, Sabitha. Sabitha and her friend trick Johanna into a one-way epistolary romance with Sabitha’s father Ken. Johanna lights on fire, and commits a criminal act to get to her lover, who barely knows she exists.

 

Cuban Fury

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 153

Language: English (International)

Director: James Griffiths

Plot: In 1987 a thirteen-year-old natural born dancer with fire in his heels and snakes in his hips is working himself up to explode all over the UK Junior Salsa Championships. But then: a freakish bullying incident on the mean streets of London robs him of his confidence, and our young hero finds his life diverted down a very different path.

Twenty-two-years later, an adult Bruce Garrett (Nick Frost) finds himself out-of-shape and unloved – trapped in a downward spiral of self-pity, repression and Nando’s take-outs. Only Julia (Rashida Jones), his smart, funny, gorgeous new American boss, gives him reason to live. But she’s untouchable out of his league. Luckily for him, she also has a secret passion. Thus, Bruce is once again brought face-to-face with the darkest and most powerful of his inner demons. Somehow, someway, Bruce must learn how to unshackle his dancing beast, regain his long lost fury and claim the love of his life…and he’s going to do it all On The Dance Floor…

 

Joe

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 150

Language: English

Director: David Gordon Green

Plot: A gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary South in this adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel, celebrated at once for its grit and its deeply moving core. Directed by David Gordon Green, JOE film brings Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble – until he meets a hard-luck kid, (MUD’s Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector.

 

Oculus

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 91

Language: English

Director: Mike Flanagan

Plot: Ten years ago, tragedy struck the Russell family, leaving the lives of teenage siblings Tim and Kaylie forever changed when Tim was convicted of the brutal murder of their parents. Now in his 20s, Tim is newly released from protective custody and only wants to move on with his life but Kaylie, still haunted by that fateful night, is convinced her parents’ deaths were caused by something else altogether: a malevolent supernatural force­­ unleashed through the Lasser Glass, an antique mirror in their childhood home. Determined to prove Tim’s innocence, Kaylie tracks down the mirror, only to learn similar deaths have befallen previous owners over the past century. With the mysterious entity now back in their hands, Tim and Kaylie soon find their hold on reality shattered by terrifying hallucinations, and realize, too late, that their childhood nightmare is beginning again…

 

Draft Day

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Ivan Reitman

Plot: On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver (Costner) has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he’s willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL.

 

Sabotage

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 142

Language: English

Director: David Ayer

Plot: In “Sabotage”, Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world’s deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done – until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.

 

Rio 2

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Animation

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 71

Language: English

Director: Carlos Saldanha

Plot: The entire cast of the animated smash RIO returns in RIO 2, and they are joined by a new flock of top actors and musical talents. Rich with grandeur, character, color and music, RIO 2 finds Jewel (Anne Hathaway), Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and their three kids leaving their domesticated life in that magical city for a journey to the Amazon. They encounter a menagerie of characters who are born to be wild, voiced by Oscar nominee Andy Garcia, Oscar/Emmy/Tony-winner Rita Moreno, Grammy winner Bruno Mars, and Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth.

 

UNTHINKABLE: AN AIRLINE CAPTAIN’S STORY

Thursday, April 10th, 2014

Genre: Crime

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 149

Language: English

Director: Eric G. Stacey

Plot: An investigative journalist explores the “murder-suicide” of Marshall Philips and his two children days after Philips announced a new book to include “sensational new evidence” of those behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks.