Archive for December, 2014

Paddington

Friday, December 12th, 2014

Genre: Family

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 59

Language: English

Director: Paul King

Plot: From the beloved novels by Michael Bond and producer David Heyman (HARRY POTTER), PADDINGTON tells the story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear (voiced by Firth) who travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck that says “Please look after this bear. Thank you,” and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist.

 

SCARLET’S WITCH

Thursday, December 11th, 2014

Genre: Family

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 123

Language: English

Director: F.C. Rabbath

Plot: Alienated by her peers as a young girl, Scarlet finds escape from her loneliness in the forest where she meets a mysterious witch. Scarlet refuses the offer of magic at first, but maintains the friendship into her college years. When her blossoming relationship with a handsome boy at school is threatened by another girl, Scarlet turns to her old friend and her sorcery to get what she wants. Will her newfound powers fulfill all her desires or destroy everything she has known and loved?

 

Immoral Tales

Thursday, December 11th, 2014

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 63

Language: English

Director: Walerian Borowczyk

Plot: Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, ‘The Tide’, is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his young female cousin stranded on the beach by the tide, secluded from prying eyes. ‘Therese Philosophe’ is set in the nineteenth century, and concerns a girl being locked in her bedroom, where she contemplates the erotic potential of the objects contained within it. ‘Erzsebet Bathory’ is a portrait of the sixteenth-century countess who allegedly bathed in the blood of virgins, while ‘Lucrezia Borgia’ concerns an incestuous fifteenth-century orgy involving Lucrezia, her brother, and her father the Pope.

 

Lily

Monday, December 8th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 82

Language: English

Director: Matt Creed

Plot: As Lily finishes treatment for breast cancer, she focuses on life with newfound clarity. Wandering atmospheric New York City streets, she reevaluates her relationship with her older boyfriend and her feelings about her long-absent father. The film lingers on charged moments during this vulnerable period to deliver an intimate and heartfelt portrait. Loosely based on the experiences of co-writer and lead actress Amy Grantham, Lily is a mature, stylish character piece reminiscent of classic French New Wave cinema.

 

Life Partners

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 120

Language: English

Director: Susanna Fogel

Plot: At 29, the most long-term relationship Sasha (Leighton Meester) and Paige (Gillian Jacobs) have ever been in is with each other, using their co-dependent friendship as an excuse not to venture out into the dating world alone. But when Paige meets nerdy Tim (Adam Brody) and starts to get serious for the first time, the nature of their friendship begins to shift. Fearing she’s being cast aside, Sasha tries to keep their relationship the same, but does growing up also mean growing apart?

 

Lap dance

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 95

Language: English

Director: Greg Carter

Plot: Based on a true story. Struggling to pay her bills, Monica takes a job as an exotic dancer and is instantly captivated by the provocative world of sex, drugs and money. But once she gets a taste of the enchanting lifestyle, she has no desire to turn back. Suddenly, Monica’s life quickly spirals out of control as betrayals and power struggles emerge. This once seductive reality now threatens everything Monica cares about.

 

Skating to New York

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 101

Language: English

Director: Charles Minsky

Plot: SKATING TO NEW YORK is a contemporary coming-of-age adventure about five boys on a small-town Canadian high school hockey team, who live to skate. After losing a big game, they decide to do something never attempted before – skate across Lake Ontario to New York on the coldest day of the year. From the creators of 8 SECONDS, MR. BASEBALL and PAIN AND GAIN, SKATING TO NEW YORK is a story about home and friendship, about leadership and facing danger, and about growing up – but never giving up.

 

Murder of a Cat

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 145

Language: English

Director: Gillian Greene

Plot: Clinton Moisey is an iconoclastic, artisan action-figure designer who still lives in his mom’s basement, and is, by the standards of the world, a full-blown loser. But Clinton doesn’t have time to care about what others think of him he is too busy running a yard sale where he promotes his hardboiled detective toy line with his pet cat and best friend, “Mouser.”

When Clinton wakes up one morning to find Mouser impaled by a crossbow arrow, he is devastated. Realizing that the local Sheriff is only interested in flirting with his mom, Clinton sets off on his own to find out who killed Mouser and why.
As Clinton delves deeper into the case, he encounters a free-spirited weed dealer and part-time hair stylist to the elderly, a squeaky-clean Korean store clerk with a dark side, and a local celebrity on the verge of a nervous breakdown, ultimately uncovering a town-wide conspiracy far greater than he ever imagined.

 

Take Care

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 94

Language: English

Director: Liz Tuccilo

Plot: hen a car crash leaves Frannie immobilized, she is brushed off by everyone she can count on. With nowhere else to turn, Frannie reluctantly calls her ex, Devon, for help. It isn’t before long that old wounds emerge, and are made worse when Devon’s crazy new girlfriend also shows up.

 

By the Gun

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 109

Language: English

Director: Ben Wagner

Plot: Nick Tortano is an ambitious criminal from the streets of Boston. After years working and idolizing Italian gangsters, he finally proves himself but once inside the Mafia, Nick drives a wedge between him and Boss which ends in a bloody gun battle on the streets of Boston.

 

Dying of the Light

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Paul Schrader

Plot: Academy Award® winner* Nicolas Cage ignites a powder keg of action in this electrifying cloak-and-dagger thriller. Evan Lake (Cage), a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé (Anton Yelchin) uncovers evidence that Lake’s nemesis, the terrorist Banir (Alexander Karim), has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

 

The Pyramid

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 145

Language: English

Director: Grégory Levasseur

Plot: The ancient wonders of the world have long cursed explorers who’ve dared to uncover their secrets. But a team of U.S. archaeologists gets more than they bargained for when they discover a lost pyramid unlike any other in the Egyptian desert. As they unlock the horrific secrets buried within, they realize they aren’t just trapped, they are being hunted.

 

The Longest Week

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 128

Language: English

Director: Peter Glanz

Plot: Rich guy, Conrad Valmont, who lives in his parents’ Manhattan hotel gets disinherited and evicted all in one week.

 

Wild

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 129

Language: English

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée

Plot: Film based on the best selling novel by Cheryl Strayed

 

Comet

Thursday, December 4th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 132

Language: English

Director: Sam Esmail

Plot: Justin Long and Emmy Rossum are star-crossed lovers whose relationship blooms and unravels over the course of six years in this mysterious, dazzlingly original romance. When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell (Long) and the quick-witted Kimberly (Rossum), the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time—from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call—an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges. Sumptuously shot and boasting incredible chemistry between the leads, Comet is a one-of-a-kind cosmic love story.

 

Dirty Dealing

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 120

Language: English

Director: Christopher Robin Hood

Plot: A group of sexy casino dealers joins forces to try to save the sick child of one of their coworkers. When their unscrupulous boss (Michael Madsen) refuses to get the insurance company to help and then reneges on a promise to help raise the money, the ladies are left with only one option – they plot to rob their casino. But as it turns out, one of their team is not who he claims to be and his true intentions remain unknown until the night of the caper.

 

Antidote

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 110

Language: English

Director: Craig DiFolco

Plot: In a post-apocalyptic plague-ridden world, a man and woman face unimaginable horrors when he suddenly becomes infected, and the only possible cure slowly drives him mad.

 

Jingle All The Way 2

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014

Genre: Family

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 32

Language: English

Director: Alex Zamm

Plot: Jingle All The Way 2 movie trailer – starring Larry The Cable Guy, Brian Stepanek, Kennedi Clements, Lindsay Maxwell, David Milchard, Kirsten Robek. Directed by Alex Zamm. Theatrical Release Date: 12/2/2014
Genre: Family
Rating: PG

 

Good People

Monday, December 1st, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 131

Language: English

Director: Henrik Ruben Genz

Plot: Young American couple Tom and Anna Reed (James Franco and Kate Hudson) fall into severe debt while renovating Anna’s family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them has been murdered and he left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what’s necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can’t seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that’s when very bad things start happening to good people.

 

Veronica Mars

Monday, December 1st, 2014

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 289

Language: English

Director: Rob Thomas

Plot: Veronica Mars movie trailer – starring Kristen Bell, Krysten Ritter, Tina Majorino, Andrea Estella, Martin Starr. Directed by Rob Thomas. Theatrical Release Date: 12/1/2014
Genre: Drama
Rating: Pending