To the Wonder, 2012. Directed by Terrence Malick. Starring Ben Affleck,,Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko,,Charles Baker, Romina Mondello,,Cassidee Vandalia and Darryl Cox. SYNOPSIS: After his marriage fails a man renews a relationship with a hometown sweetheart. The key to understanding the movies made by Terrence Malick is that he adopts a narrative based on the subconscious […]

Cloud Atlas, 2012. Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski. Starring Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zho, Doona Bae and Zhu Zhu. SYNOPSIS: The actions of individuals influence the past, present and future lives of others. From […]

Jayne Mansfield’s Car, 2012. Directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Starring Kevin Bacon, Robert Duvall, Shawnee Smith, Ray Stevenson, Robert Patrick, John Hurt , Billy Bob Thornton, Katherine LaNasa, Tippi Hedren and Frances O’Connor.  SYNOPSIS:During the 1960s three generations of fathers and sons come to terms with family resentments and secrets in the American South. A dysfunctional Southern American family features a cranky and emotionally unavailable patriarch (Robert […]

Storm Surfers 3D, 2012. Directed by Justin McMillan and Christopher Nelius. Starring Tom Carroll, Ross Clark-Jones and Ben Matson. SYNOPSIS: Australian surfing legends Tom Carroll and Ross Clarke-Jones go on the hunt for the biggest waves. A key line in the documentary is when 45 year old surfer Russ Clarke-Jones declares that his colleague Tom Carroll, who is on the cusp of turning […]

Passion, 2012. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace , Paul Anderson, Karoline Herfurth, Leila Rozario, Rainer Bock, Ian T. Dickinson and Frank Witter. SYNOPSIS: When she is betrayed by her boss and mentor a young businesswoman seeks revenge. When a marketing executive (Rachel McAdams) claims a campaign idea which originated from […]

Capital (French: Le Capital), 2012.Directed by Costa-Gavras.Starring Gabriel Byrne, Gad Elmaleh, Liya Kebede, Céline Sallette, Jordana DePaula, Hippolyte Girardot, Natacha Régnier, Bernard Le Coq and Paul Barrett. SYNOPSIS: The head a European investment bank attempts to stay in power while an American hedge fund attempts to buyout the company. When the CEO of a European […]

The Master, 2012. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, Rami Malek and Kevin J. O’Connor. SYNOPSIS:A wayward U.S. Naval veteran becomes the protégé of man who leads his own religious following. U.S. Naval veteran Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) is set adrift in […]

Lines of Wellington, 2012. Directed by Valeria Sarmiento. Starring Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Marisa Paredes, John Malkovich, Carloto Cotta, Marcello Urgeghe, Victória Guerra, Jemima West, José Afonso Pimentel and Miguel Borges. SYNOPSIS:Napoleon Bonaparte invades Portugal in 1810 where he encounters resistance from the Anglo-Portuguese army led by General Wellington. After defeating the French troops in […]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 2012. Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Starring Emma Watson, Paul Rudd, Nina Dobrev, Logan Lerman, Dylan McDermott, Mae Whitman, Ezra Miller, Melanie Lynskey and Kate Walsh. SYNOPSIS: A freshman haunted by the suicide of his best friend begins to look at life differently with the help of two high school […]

Midnight’s Children, 2012. Directed by Deepa Mehta. Starring Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami, Rajat Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Ronit Roy. Siddharth, Seema Biswas, Shriya Saran and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. SYNOPSIS: A child born at the exact moment India gains its independence from Britain finds his life becoming as fractured as his homeland.   Often there is a complaint that scenes depicting the rituals of human life are lacking in […]