Paris-Manhattan, 2012. Directed by Sophie Lellouche.Starring Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Marine Delterme, Michel Aumont and Woody Allen. SYNOPSIS: Local Pharmacist Alice (Alice Taglioni) is struggling to find someone who can live up to the image of her ideal man: Woody Allen. Surrounded by relationship dramas and obsessed with the films of Woody Allen, can new […]

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, […]

Seven Psychopaths, 2012. Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh.Starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Željko Ivanek, Michael Pitt, Gabourey Sidibe, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Stuhlbarg and Harry Dean Stanton. SYNOPSIS: Men steal dogs, there are psychopaths, it gets a bit messy. The trailers for Seven Psychopaths portray […]

Silver Linings Playbook, 2012.Written and Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver and Julia Stiles.SYNOPSIS:After a stint in a mental institution, a former teacher attempts to get his life back on track but things get challenging when he meets a mysterious girl with problems of her […]

Silver Linings Playbook, 2012. Written and Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker and Julia Stiles. SYNOPSIS: David O. Russell follows up The Fighter with this dramatic rom-com. Bradley Cooper stars as bipolar Pat who sparks up an unusual relationship with widower Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence). David […]

The Hunt (Denmark: Jagten), 2012.Directed by Thomas Vinterberg.Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Lars Ranthe, Anne Louise Hassing, Thomas Bo Larsen, Susse Wold and Ole Dupont.SYNOPSIS:A teacher and father’s quiet life implodes when a child accuses him of the worst kind of inappropriate behaviour… Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt is about belief and doubt and how quickly […]

Red Dawn, 2012. Directed by Dan Bradley.Starring Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Connor Cruise, Isabel Lucas, Brett Cullen, Edwin Hodge, Alyssa Diaz, Will Yun Lee and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers. Happy Holidays!  The Christmas-Hanukkah-Kwanza season is […]

Great Expectations, 2012.Directed by Mike Newell.Starring Jeremy Irvine, Toby Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Flemyng, Helena Barlow, Ewan Bremner, Holliday Grainger, Sally Hawkins and David Walliams.SYNOPSIS:A humble orphan moves to London to become a gentleman with help from an anonymous benefactor. As the closing night film of the London Film Festival, […]

Trouble with the Curve, 2012.Directed by Robert Lorenz.Starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard and Scott Eastwood.SYNOPSIS:An ailing baseball scout in his twilight years has one last chance to prove himself when he takes his daughter along on trip to scout a hot new prospect.  In the on-going guessing-game of the […]

Air Doll (Japan: Kûki ningyô), 2009.Written and Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda.Starring Doona Bae, Arata, Itsuji Itao, Jo Odeagiri and Sumiko Fuji.SYNOPSIS:A life-size sex doll, Nozomi (Bae), comes to life one day and, after educating herself on her community, starts to develop and soul and heart.Stories on the subject of sex dolls are seldom explored in […]