Olympus Has Fallen, 2013.Directed by Antoine Fuqua.Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Rick Yune, Melissa Leo and Radha Mitchell.SYNOPSIS:Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to […]

Much Ado About Nothing, 2012.Directed by Joss Whedon.Starring Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Ashley Johnson, Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, Riki Lindhome and Spencer Treat Clark.SYNOPSIS:A modern retelling of Shakespeare’s classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words. You probably know the story by […]

42, 2013. Directed by Brian Helgeland.Starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Christopher Meloni, John C. McGinley, Alan Tudyk, T. R. Knight, Lucas Black, Andre Holland and Nicole Beharie. SYNOPSIS: The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey. Every year we get at […]

The Place Beyond the Pines, 2012.Directed by Derek Cianfrance.Starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne, Ray Liotta, Dane DeHaan, Bruce Greenwood and Ben Mendelsohn.SYNOPSIS:A motorcycle student rider finds himself on a collision course with an ambitious cop after taking to robbing banks in order to provide for his lover and their newborn child.Derek […]

Blood Simple: Director’s Cut, 1984.Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.Starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams and M. Emmet Walsh.SYNOPSIS:A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple. Released nearly 30 years ago, this DVD […]

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 2012.Written and Directed by Bob Byington.Starring Nick Offerman, Jess Weixler and Keith Poulson.SYNOPSIS: A comedy about a man, his best friend, and the woman they both adore watching their lives fly by.Bob Byington’s Somebody Up There Likes Me is the kind of quirky comedy drama that will eschew sense, warmth […]

Sometimes City, 2011.Directed by Tom Jarmusch.SYNOPSIS: A portrait of Cleveland, Ohio – a historic midwest city that has endured punishingly tough economic times for decades. What makes people stay in an area that those in wealthier metropolises dismiss with bemused disdain?You’d think any brother of Jim Jarmusch, purveyor of the strange, would possess a similar […]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012.Directed by Peter Jackson.Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, […]

Me and You (Italian: Io e te), 2012.Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.Starring Tea Falco, Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Sonia Bergamasco, Veronica Lazar, Tommaso Ragno, Pippo Delbono.SYNOPSIS: An an introverted teenager tells his parents he going on a ski trip, but instead spends his time alone in a basement.Sentimental and occasionally even soppy, unambitious in terms of both […]

Mumbai’s King, 2012.Directed by Manjeet Singh.Starring Rahul Bairagi, Dhanshree Jain, Arbaaz Khan, salman Khan and Tejas D. Parvatkar.SYNOPSIS: A mischievous adolescent and a streetwise balloon seller roam the rain-soaked slums of Mumbai, looking to escape the harsh realities of life.Mumbai’s King is just about as far away from the glamour of Bollywood as you can […]