AMERICAN HARDCORE
Cast: Frank Agnew, Jonathan Anastas, Phil Anselmo, George Anthony, Mark Arm
Synopsis: Generally unheralded at the time, the early 1980s hardcore punk rock scene gave birth to much of the rock music and culture that followed. There would be no Nirvana, Beastie Boys or Red Hot Chili Peppers were it not for hardcore pioneers such as Black Flag, Bad Brains and Minor Threat. Hardcore was more than music—it was a social movement created by Reagan-era misfit kids. The participants constituted a tribe unto themselves—some finding a voice, others an escape in the hard-edged music. And while some sought a better world, others were just angry and wanted to raise hell. AMERICAN HARDCORE traces this lost subculture, from its early roots in 1980 to its extinction in 1986.
CROSSOVER
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Eva Pigford, Kristen Wilson, Wayne Brady, Wesley Jonathan
Synopsis: The clock strikes midnight, money changes hands, the crowd is on their feet, and the court is alive with fast-paced razzle-dazzle basketball. These players don't play for a school or a pro team. They play for the street and it's underground...way underground. Tech (Anthony Mackie, Freedomland, She Hate Me) and Cruise (Wesley Jonathan, Roll Bounce) are two best friends with mad streetballing skills. They light up the court with electrifying moves and spectacular dunks. But off the court their goals couldn't be more different. Tech dreams of going to the NBA and winning a streetball game against his conceited archrival Jewelz (Phillip 'Hot Sauce' Champion). Cruise, with the natural talent to be an NBA star, wants to use his college basketball scholarship to become a doctor rather than give in to the lure of former sports agent Vaughn (Wayne Brady), who wants him to go pro. CROSSOVER is a story of friendship and getting crossed, where true warriors play be their own rules and have the wicked ball-handling skills, hops and street smarts to show off their true talent.
FLUSHED AWAY
Cast: Bill Nighy, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Kate Winslet
Synopsis: Set on and beneath the streets of London, 'Flushed Away' is the story of Roddy, an upper-crust 'society mouse,' who is rather rudely evicted from his Kensington flat when he is flushed down into Ratropolis, the bustling sewer world found under London's streets. There, he meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Together they must navigate their way through a busy city filled with dangers for any mouse, including terrifying rapids, treacherous whirlpools and, most of all, the villainous Toad and his hench-rats Spike and Whitey. Though completely out of his element at first, the privileged Roddy finds himself an unlikely hero when he learns that Ratropolis is in danger from the world above.
TrailerFOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Cast: Claire Forlani, Jennifer Coolidge, Parker Posey, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy
Synopsis: Director Christopher Guest reunites his star-packed team from A Mighty Wind, Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman for this hilarious, keen-edged comedy set in a town where 'Oscar is the backbone of an industry not known for having a backbone.' In For Your Consideration, buzz of a potential Oscar® nomination sends the cast and crew of the low-budget indie film Home for Purim into a wide-eyed frenzy. Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer and Parker Posey play Purim's lead actors who ride the wave of buzz with odd and oodly touching results. Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban and Fred Willard round out the cast of Hollywood types more than happy to exploit, bask in and leverage the Oscar hype.
A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
Cast: Channing Tatum, Robert Downey Jr, Rosario Dawson, Shia LaBeouf, Dianne Wiest
Synopsis: A modern day MEAN STREEETS, A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS is the story of a pivotal summer on the hot, sweaty violent streets of Astoria, Queens – a summer that changed not only Dito Montiel, but the lives of everyone around him. Torn between his ill father (Chazz Palminteri), his domineering friend and protector Antonio (Channing Tatum), the neighborhood war and the lustful temptations of youth, Dito (Shia LaBeouf as the young Dito and Robert Downey Jr. as the adult Dito) struggles against his desire to escape, running away from everything he knows. He finds redemption 15 years later when he returns to Queens and faces the “Saints” that have influenced his life.
KEEPING MUM
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze, Rowan Atkinson, Emilia Fox
Synopsis: In KEEPING MUM, Walter Goodfellow (Atkinson) is the well-meaning vicar of the parish of Little Wallop. So obsessed with writing the perfect sermon, he's oblivious to his wife Gloria's (Thomas) dalliance with her brash golf instructor Lance (Swayze), has trouble keeping track of his daughter Holly's parade of new boyfriends, and neglects his young son Petey, the whipping boy for the school bullies. Enter the charming and discreet new housekeeper Grace (Smith), the answer to the family's prayers: a sweet grey-haired old lady, who literally brings with her a chest full of mystery and her own unique definition of keeping house. Problems solved only lead to more problems created in this story of good intentions run amok.
MAN OF THE YEAR
Cast: Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Linney, Robin Williams, Tina Fey
Synopsis: Comedy superstar Robin Williams (RV, Birdcage, Mrs. Doubtfire) plays Tom Dobbs, a comedian who made it to the top by telling it like it is. When he decides to run for President to unleash his trademark comic rants on the powers-that-be, something extraordinary happens - he wins! From the director of Good Morning Vietnam and Wag the Dog comes an irreverent comedy hit with a hilarious all- star cast that is sure to win your vote for best comedy of the year!
THE PRESTIGE
Cast: Christian Bale, David Bowie, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson
Synopsis: From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan (“Memento,” “Batman Begins”), comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier (HUGH JACKMAN) and Alfred Borden (CHRISTIAN BALE) were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Full of twists and turns, THE PRESTIGE is set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London, the exceptional cast includes two-time Oscar® winner Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson and David Bowie.
DIXIE CHICKS: SHUT UP AND SING
Cast: Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines
Synopsis: SHUT UP & SING travels with the Dixie Chicks, from the peak of their popularity as the national-anthem-singing darlings of country music and top-selling female recording artists of all time, through the now infamous anti-Bush comment made by the group's lead singer Natalie Maines in 2003. The film follows the lives and careers of the Dixie Chicks over a period of three years during which they were under political attack and received death threats, while continuing to live their lives, have children, and of course make music. At a time when the United States is fighting for democracy and freedom in another country, it raises questions about our own right to freedom of speech and the negative consequences it sometimes has. SHUT UP & SING is directed and produced by Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple ('Harlan County USA' and 'American Dream') and Cecilia Peck.
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