Archive for the ‘2008’ Category
The Brothers Warner (2008)Friday, March 19th, 2010 |
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An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers—Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience. |
Hank and Mike (2008)Thursday, March 18th, 2010 |
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Two blue-collar Easter Bunnies get fired and try their hand at an assortment of odd jobs, failing at each. Fighting depression, debt and eventually each other, their lives start to unravel until they realize that without their job they are nothing. |
Eavesdrop (2008)Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 |
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An ensemble drama about conversations overheard in a bustling New York City bistro. With every whispered word, we gain a greater understanding of the big picture being formed all around us. From lovers’ quarrels to artistic musings and hushed confessions, a crowded restaurant is the perfect place to discover just what strangers will say when they think no one else is listening. |
The Horseman (2008)Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 |
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Christian, a divorced father and white collar businessman grieves over the complicated death of his daughter. When a video arrives anonymously in the mail, featuring his daughter heavily intoxicated and mistreated, Christian sets out on a reckless journey to find answers. Fuelled by rage and sorrow, the death toll quickly rises as he uncovers an ugly truth. Along the way he meets Alice, a young runaway not unlike his daughter and a fragile friendship begins to unfold. |
God on Trial (2008)Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 |
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In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial. |
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale (2008)Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 |
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FREEZER BURN is an action comedy – aimed at a young male audience. Disguised as executives from a Dutch Oil Company, Aliens from outer space buy a local farming company and promise to create jobs for the failing farming town. Their goal is to use crop circles to heat up the temperature of the earth and eventually turn the entire planet into a Club-Med for extra-terrestrials. Green plays the reluctant town hero and Glover will play the villain and leader of the Aliens. |
Green River (2008)Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 |
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There is no turning back. Whether we trust our friends, others or ourselves our decision determines the fate of the future. Green River’s story deals with the agonizing truth of the actions we take in times of crisis. |
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 |
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A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam (Caviezel), whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra (Aghdashloo), who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya (Marnò), whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a tragic ending. Search keywords |
The Human Contract (2008)Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 |
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Locked doors, and the monster inside us. In L.A., tightly-wound Julian Wright is separated. He meets Michael, she’s seductive and uninhibited; by chance, a few days later they connect. The PR firm where he’s creative director is competing to be bought by a household name (think Proctor & Gamble); winning will bring money, status, and a big ad budget. His firm’s win depends on both his ideas and his maintaining traditional values; so, he puts his divorce on hold. His family adds problems: childhood memories and his sister’s abusive husband threaten his balance. His fuse is short. Will self control hold obsession and fury in check, or is Michael the spark that will start a conflagration? |
The Dead Outside (2008)Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 |
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A neurological pandemic has consumed the population. April, a secretive young girl, and Daniel, a man desperate and bereaved, come together on an isolated farm. When a mysterious stranger turns up, they are confronted with a new enemy even deadlier than the one beyond the perimeter. Search keywords |
The Sensei (2008)Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 |
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“The Sensei” takes place in the early 80’s, during the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. After a five year absence, Karen O’Neil, haunted by the death of her husband-to-be, boxer Mark Corey, returns to her hometown to reunite with her family who are leaders within their church and operate a successful martial arts business. After a lonely gay teenager named McClain Evans, is severely beaten, his mother asks Karen to take Mcclain as her secret pupil and teach him the martial way. When the secret gets out that she’s his teacher, this manifest a series of events that effect her and her family. |
Haunted Echoes (2008)Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 |
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Guy and Laura have recently suffered a parent’s worst nightmare: their eight-year-old daughter Kimberly was abducted from her bedroom and murdered. They move to a charming old house in need of repair, hoping the project will alleviate their pain but they soon find themselves haunted by a young female spirit; is it their daughter or another entity using the grieving couple for its own sinister purposes? |
Ponyo (2008)Thursday, March 4th, 2010 |
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The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father’s magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world. As the moon steadily draws nearer to the earth and Ponyo’s father sends the ocean’s mighty waves to find his daughter, the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo’s dreams of becoming human. Search keywords |
Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (2008)Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 |
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Tale of vengeance – outlaw style – as Red Pierre hunts down legendary gunman Bob McGurk to avenge the murder of his Mother and Father. |
Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008)Saturday, February 27th, 2010 |
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A documentary on speculative fiction writer and essayist Harlan Ellison. |
Afterschool (2008)Thursday, February 25th, 2010 |
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A Internet-addicted prep-school student captures the drug overdose of two girls. |
Static (2008)Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 |
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Tom Fisher is a 10 year old scientist in the making. He is an only child and has few friends, but that’s just fine with him as it gives him more time to devote to his one passion in life: Radios. Tom can’t get enough of them and is amazed by the idea that we are constantly surrounded by radio waves our entire lives, wherever we are. In fact Tom is so obsessed with tuning in, that he often skips school just to listen to another obscure broadcast from some distant corner of the earth. Tom lives with his father Peter, who always seems to be working, whether he be at the office or at home. We quickly see a pattern forming of their everyday lives and it’s clear that father and son don’t spend a great deal of time together. So whether Tom is at home or out on his bike, he seems to be alone and it is easy to understand why he likes having the radio on for company. When Tom should be at school he can always be found, a few miles from his house, sat beneath a large collection of radio masts and antenna. On one such day, he receives a message through his radio that is so intriguing and important that it may change his life forever. Search keywords |
Don’t Wake the Dead (2008)Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 |
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A group of women, hired to assist with an impromptu concert, spend the evening at an ancient German castle. Unbeknownst to them, they’ve chosen the worst night on Earth to visit, as every sixty-six years, the long-dead bodies of Templar Knights buried there have the chance to wake and feast upon the living… |
Perfect Life (2008)Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 |
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Jack Parsons grew up in poverty while suffering through childhood at the hands of an abusive, alcoholic father. Jack’s brother-like bond with his wealthy neighbor Freddy, and his secret love for Anne the neighborhood beauty, were all that made life tolerable. Now at college, Jack attacks life with a vengeance. Fuelled by narcotics, alcohol, and a “can’t lose philosophy”, he runs with the popular crowd, pledges the school’s most exclusive fraternity, and continues to pine for Anne even though he knows Freddy loves her. The drugs, booze and death defying initiation process cannot stop Jack, but a series of devastating blackouts that force him to question reality stagger Jack like a backhand smack from his old man and threaten to end his perfect life. |
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008)Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 |
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After a mysterious death of a young college student occurs late one night at a prestigious New England college, Danielle “Daisy” Brooks nevertheless decides to escape her small town life and transfer herself to this prominent school. This naive country girl is determined to start a new life leaving behind a two year relationship and the ghosts of her parents who died nearly three years ago. Daisy knows that she must break away from her past in order move on and find out what she’s ultimately made of. |



















