Labor Day, 2013. Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire, Clark Gregg, James Van Der Beek, Brooke Smith, Maika Monroe, Dylan Minnette and Gattlin Griffith. SYNOPSIS: An adolescent boy and his reclusive mother unwittingly assist an escaped convict. A reclusive mother and her dutiful teenage son go on a monthly shopping trip which happens to occur during the […]

All Is By My Side, 2013. Directed by John Ridley. Starring André Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots, Burn Gorman, Ashley Charles, Ruth Negga, and Robbie Jarvis. SYNOPSIS: An unknown American backup musician heads to London, England where he transformers himself into legendary guitarist Jimmy Hendrix. Catching the eye of the girlfriend of Keith Richards is a guitarist who is […]

12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Garret Dillahunt and Taran Killam. SYNOPSIS:In 1841 New Yorker Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery. A talented violinist believes that he has been offered a financially rewarding job only to be sold into slavery; over […]

Prisoners, 2013. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Paul Dano, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, and Dylan Minnette. SYNOPSIS: When two young girls vanish one of their parents resorts to extreme measures to find them. During a Thanksgiving dinner two young girls leave and do not come back causing their parents to go from being concerned […]

The Wind Rises, 2013. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Starring Hideaki Anno, Mirai Shida, Jun Kunimura, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Mansai Nomura, Steve Alpert, and Masahiko Nishimura. SYNOPSIS: An animated biopic about Jiro Horikoshi who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. Like all great creators Jiro Horikoshi is driven to make his dreams become reality.  As a boy he becomes so […]

Enemy, 2013. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Sarah Gadon, Stephen R. Hart, Jane Moffat, Joshua Peace and Tim Post. SYNOPSIS:A university lecturer seeks out an actor who looks exactly like him. Timid and distracted academic Adam is advised to watch a movie by a colleague and in doing so discovers his doppelganger named Anthony; curiosity goes […]

Half of a Yellow Sun, 2013. Directed by Biyi Bandele. Starring Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joseph Mawle, Anika Noni Rose, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, John Boyega, Rob David, Babou Ceesay, O.C. Ukeje, and Paul Hampshire. SYNOPSIS: The privileged life of twin sisters gets thrown into turmoil when civil war threatens the newly independent Nigeria. At a family dinner the established order is disrupted when twin daughters […]

The Double, 2013. Directed by Richard Ayoade. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Rade Serbedzija, Cathy Moriarty, Noah Taylor, Gemma Chan and James Fox. SYNOPSIS: A timid man meets his charismatic and confident physical double who starts taking over his life. While sitting in a subway car Simon (Jesse Eisenberg) is told to move by passenger despite the rest of the seats […]

Mystery Road, 2013. Directed by Ivan Sen. Starring Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Jack Thompson, Ryan Kwanten, Tony Barry, David Field, Damian Walshe-Howling, and Tasma Walton. SYNOPSIS:A detective returns to his outback hometown to investigate the brutal murder of a teenage girl. As the sun fades away on a desolate road a truck comes to a halt with the driver conducting an inspection […]

Dallas Buyers Club, 2013. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Denis O’Hare, Juliet Reeves and Griffin Dunne. SYNOPSIS:Diagnosed with HIV and frustrated by bureaucratic red tape, Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) becomes a medical drug dealer for himself and others. A Texan bull rider and electrician who […]