Archive for June, 2009

Still Waters (2008)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jason Clarke | Lake Bell | Clifton Collins Jr. | Ken Howard | Frankie Ingrassia | Jason Biondo | Christopher Harris | Craig Hawksley | Patrick Killoran | Gerald J. Lange Jr. | Tony Michilak | Patrick Miller | Erik A. Williams | Erin Calahan | Jalisa Davis
Directors: Carolyn Miller
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A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.

The Hessen Affair (2009)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Countries: Belgium | Canada
Actors: Michael Bowen | John B. Lowe | Mike O'Brien | Noah Segan | Rudolph Segers | Will Woytowich | Billy Zane | Lyne Renee
Directors: Paul Breuls
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1945 - Castle Kronberg, outside Frankfurt, is turned into a ‘country club’ for victorious American officers. The cynical Colonel Jack Durant and the dazzling beautiful Lieutenant Kathleen Nash uncover the crown jewels of Germany - more diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and pearls than are gathered in any one place outside the Tower of London. Nash and Durant manage to get the gems to New York, where they must deal with gangsters to fence the loot. To make matters worse for the two renegade officers, Princess Sophie discovers the theft of her jewels and complains to American army headquarters. It now turns out that her brother fought for the Allies and is about to marry the future Queen of England. With double-crossing gangland figures trying to control the gems and the army closing in on them, will Kathy Nash and Jack Durant stay true to one other and their plan? Or will one sell the other out?

The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Virginia Madsen | Kyle Gallner | Elias Koteas | Amanda Crew | Martin Donovan | Sophi Knight | Ty Wood | Erik J. Berg | John Bluethner | D.W. Brown | John B. Lowe | Adriana O'Neil | Will Woytowich | James Durham | Darren Ross
Directors: Peter Cornwell
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The true story of a family forced to relocate near a clinic where their teenage son was being treated for cancer. The family begins experiencing violent, supernatural events that the parents first blame on stress from the illness, but they later discover that their new home is a former mortuary with a dark past.

I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2008)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Horror
Countries: Australia
Actors: Jai Koutrae | Az Jackson | David Gambin | Ben Paul Owens | Aaron Scully | Alex Sideratos | James Winter | Otto Heutling | Arianna Starr | Brendan Arlington | Jeff Bye | Brett Grebert | Maddox Grebert | Ben Maclaine
Directors: Stacey Edmonds
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A cricket team are dismissed by a moustachioed serial killer with a razor sharp cricket glove and an arsenal of sharpened stumps. One by one the killer exacts revenge for the torment he endured 20 years earlier.

Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: Ben Kingsley | Jim Sturgess | Kevin Zegers | Natalie Press | Rose McGowan | Tom Collins | William Houston | Michael McElhatton | Laura Hughes | Gerard Jordan | David Pearse | Joe Doyle | Conor MacNeill | Ewan Harts | Oscar Harts
Directors: Kari Skogland
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Based on Martin McGartland’s shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in the process; until one day he is exposed, captured and tortured to within an inch of his life. He escaped dramatically by throwing himself from a tower block window and is still in hiding today.

Ciao (2008)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Adam Neal Smith | Alessandro Calza | Ethel Lung | Chuck Blaum | John S. Boles | Margaret Lake | Tiffany Vollmer | Frederick Anthony | Brian Cannon | Steve M. Clark | Cole D. Croghan | Robert A. Davis | Douglas Demaio | Larry Jack Dotson
Directors: Yen Tan
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A man dies very unexpectedly and leaves behind two men: Jeff, his best friend and Andrea, an Italian he’s been corresponding with online. Jeff informs Andrea of Mark’s passing; Andrea writes back to express his shock and sympathies. On a whim, they continue their correspondence and a rapport grows between them. They eventually meet, where they extend their e-mail exchanges into more personal and intimate conversations. They talk about their respective countries, their jobs, their families, their lives. Mostly, they talk about Mark. What began as a tragedy that linked two strangers from different ends of the world becomes a deeply realized friendship that may change their lives forever.

The Lion in Winter (2003)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Glenn Close | Andrew Howard | Patrick Stewart | Antal Konrád | John Light | Soma Marko | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Rafe Spall | Yuliya Vysotskaya | Clive Wood
Directors: Andrei Konchalovsky
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King Henry II (’Patrick Stewart (I)’ (qv)) keeps his wife, Eleanor (’Glenn Close’ (qv)) locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can have his dalliances with his young mistress (’Yuliya Vysotskaya’ (qv)). Needless to say the queen is not pleased, although she still has affection for the king. Working through her sons, she plots the king’s demise and the rise of her second and preferred son, Richard (’Andrew Howard (I)’ (qv)), to the throne. The youngest son, John (’Rafe Spall’ (qv)), an overweight buffoon and the only son holding his father’s affection is the king’s choice after the death of his first son, young Henry. But John is also overly eager for power and is willing to plot his father’s demise with middle brother, Geoffrey (’John Light (I)’ (qv)) and the young king of France, Phillip (’Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ (qv)). Geoffrey, of course sees his younger brother’s weakness and sees that route as his path to power. Obviously political and court intrigue ensues.

He’s on My Mind (2009)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ayo Sorrells | Dylan Mooney | Shamari Berkley | Deja Lewis Smith | Shonelle Blake | Liza Tichenor | Alisha Boe | Jeremy Batiste | Stephen Slates | Heidi Popp | Read MacGuirtose | Zachary Ryan Block | Vincent Conard | Nelson Estevez | Ryan Malachy
Directors: Kazeem Molake
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Elementary school teacher, Kayla King thought she had the perfect relationship, and after an impromptu wedding, Kayla discovers that not only is she the other women…she’s the other wife. Devastated, Kayla vows to figure out “WHY MEN DO WHAT THEY DO”, and is spontaneously imbued with the ability to intercept men’s thoughts. That’s when the fun begins. Kayla newfound ability will present her with more than she bargained for, both in her personal life and at work.

The Steam Experiment (2009)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Val Kilmer | Armand Assante | Eric Roberts | Megan Brown | Patrick Muldoon | Cordelia Reynolds | Eve Mauro | Quinn Duffy | Doug Alchin | Rick Robinson Jr. | Shelby Stehlin | Michael Travis | Carrie Drazek | Julianne Howe-Bouwens | Sarah Martinez
Directors: Philippe Martinez
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A former professor (Kilmer) concocts a brutal experiment in order to get the word out on the effects of global warming. By trapping six people in an urban Turkish bathhouse, he vows to overheat his hostages unless his global-warming hypothesis is published on the front page of his local paper.

The World According to Garp (1982)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Robin Williams | Mary Beth Hurt | Glenn Close | John Lithgow | Hume Cronyn | Jessica Tandy | Swoosie Kurtz | James McCall | Peter Michael Goetz | George Ede | Mark Soper | Nathan Babcock | Ian MacGregor | Warren Berlinger | Susan Browning
Directors: George Roy Hill
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Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a “serious” writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.