The Riddle

Drama, Thriller
USA  /  English

Uncovering a lost Charles Dickens novel is the last thing an unfortunate woman does. But for a trio of unusual people who team up to try and solve the mystery of her death it is the beginning of a look back into the world of Charles Dickens. The team consists of a sportswriter named Mike (Vinnie Jones), and a police officer named Kate (Julie Cox), and a rather eccentric old man from the street (Derek Jacobi). The three attempt to solve the riddle that is in the newly discovered novel so that they can solve the mystery of the woman's death. Along the way they must contend with a publisher who wants the book, Roberta Elliot (Vanessa Redgrave), a detective, D. I. Willis (P. H. Moriarty), and the owner of a construction company, Don Roberts (Jason Flemyng), all of whom attempt to foil their efforts.

The Return

Drama, Thriller, Mystery
USA  /  English

Joann Mills (Sarah Michelle Gellar) has spent most of her adult life avoiding the state of Texas. However, her latest paralyzing nightmare makes her realize that she has to confront her old fears. Ever since Joanna can remember she has been plagued by these unsettling thoughts about her childhood. She uses her current business trip as her reason to venture back to Texas. While on the trip, she has another attack and sees a red bar in the vision. She figures this is the key to explaining her strange dreams. Matching the same red bar in some business clippings she ends up in a small town known as LaSalle, Texas. But her arrival in town digs up something more terrifying for Joanna than just answers to her nightmares.

The Reaping

Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
USA  /  English

Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) was doing Catholic missionary work in Sudan with her husband and daughter who became victims of the angered locals who believed that the long drought conditions in their region was because of their presence. Due to this incident, Katherine loses faith in God and joins Louisiana State University as a professor. She starts debunking religious phenomena and exposing the scientific facts causing them. This activity makes her famous for debunking mis beliefs around the world. Katherine is invited to a small town called Haven located on the outlet of a river that turned into blood after the death of a child. She goes there with her associate Ben (Idris Elba) to investigate the matter. While she is there, the ten biblical plagues seem to happen all over the town. Despite of confusions, she manages to discover the cause of the evil happenings.

The Quick & The Undead

Action, Horror, Western
USA  /  English

Eighty-five years ago, a viral outbreak turned three- quarters of the population into the walking dead. Those who survived had to take up a new trade. That’s how the hunt began…
For lone bounty hunter Ryn Baskin (Clint Glenn), there are three hard rules of survival in this lawless land where the severed fingers of every flesh-eating zombie are worth their weight in gold: Kill the fresh ones first. Then pick the rotting ones off one-by-one. And most important of all, you can outrun them if you never let them lure you inside. But when Baskin is betrayed and left for dead by a gang of sadistic outlaws, he must pursue a new breed of brutal killers across a gore-drenched frontier. The infection is spreading. The plague is growing. And for one man who would not die, vengeance is now waiting within a fortress of gut- ripping horror between THE QUICK AND THE UNDEAD.

The Queen

Comedy, Drama, Biography
USA  /  English

Get a behind the scenes glimpse of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) and Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) during their struggle. Blair who has recently come to power after winning the election and putting Labour in government and the queen having to react after the death of Princess Diana. The story portrays a tragedy for the Royal family with the princes losing their mother and the public demanding an overt display of mourning for a princess who in royal eyes was no longer part of the royal family. The decision of the queen is to accept Diana’s death and acknowledge it publicly or ignore it with the possible abolition of the monarchy.

The Punisher

Thriller
USA  /  English

Frank Castle is the quintessential anti hero in the film adaptation of the Marvel Comics series. FBI style agent Castle is forced into unwilling vigilantism to avenge the death of his family at the hands of organized criminals. A seasoned special operations veteran, Castle uses his martial arts skills and extensive training to wage a one man war on the Mafia like structures responsible for the slayings. His methods are original, his focus is unshakable and his determination gives Castle an efficient and pacey style. Tom Jane gives a steely performance alongside John Travolta as the charismatic villian.

The Promotion

Comedy
USA  /  English

The assistant manager of a supermarket Doug Stauber (Seann William Scott) is eagerly waiting to be promoted to manager of a new supermarket of the same chain. This promotion is crucial to him due to his financial difficulties after a misguided real state deal. When a new co-worker, Richard (John C. Reilly) shows up and is considered for the same promotion Doug will try anything he can think of to make sure he and not Richard gets the dreamed promotion. Richard however is not going to give up without a fight and the two men get immersed in a vicious workplace war of attrition.

The Pink Panther

Comedy, Adventure, Crime
USA  /  English

Inspector Clouseau returns to the big screen with Steve Martin taking over for Peter Sellers in a modern Pink Panther tale. When a famous french soccer star is murdered and his notoriously large pink diamond ring, the 'Pink Panther', is found missing, Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) sends in Inspector Clouseau (Steve Martin). Dreyfus full well expects that Clouseau will make a disaster out of the investigation and conducts his own in the hopes of winning the Legion d'honneur by solving the case himself. Clouseau is watched over by Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno) as he attempts to solve the case while falling for Xania (Beyonce Knowles) who was girlfriend of the murdered star. While bumbling and stumbling his way through an investigation will Clouseau manage to solve the mystery of the Pink Panther?

The Pianist

War, Music
USA  /  English

Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) is a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust. Szpilman was a pianist in Warsaw, Poland, whose music was known throughout the area from its exposure on the radio. As a Jew living in Nazi-occupied Poland, his life becomes a pattern of one restriction after another. This continues as he lives through the creation of the Warsaw ghetto and witnesses the infamous uprising. When the ghetto Jews are being liquidated and deported, including Szpilman’s family, he escapes and survives by hiding. He received no assistance, running from decrepit building to decrepit building, and witnesses firsthand the tragic state that Warsaw was left in from bombing and warfare. He spends his time alone, hiding without any family or friends. Szpilman struggles to survive, no matter what the cost.

The Painted Veil

Drama, Romance
USA  /  English

This is the story of a British doctor named Walter Fane (Edward Norton) who loves a young girl named Kitty (Naomi Watts). She is only interested in parties and pleasure but agrees to marry him. They travel to Shaghai where Walter works in a laboratory researching infectious diseases. Kitty begins an affair with a British official (Liev Schreiber). When Walter discovers this, he forces Kitty to accompany him to a rural area where there is a cholera epidemic. The couple are faced with great dangers both from the epidemic and from discontent among the local population but eventually come to respect and love each other.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Animation, Musical, Fantasy
USA  /  English

Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon) rules Halloween Town but no longer enjoys being the Pumpkin King. One day, he and his trusty dog Zero discover a strange pine tree-shaped door in a tree in the forest. They go through it and discover Christmas. Jack likes Christmas so much that he rushes back home and tries to explain it to the denizens of Halloween Town. However, the goblins and ghouls of Jack’s town don’t understand at all and produce a bizarre parody. Distraught, Jack locks himself away to try to figure it out. Once he realizes the secret of Christmas, Jack decides to take it over. He has Santa (Ed Ivory) kidnapped, assigns toy-making and other Christmas tasks to the puzzled townspeople, and even has Sally (Catherine O'Hara), the girl that secretly loves him, sew a Sandy Claws suit. With the light of Zero’s nose to guide his sleigh and pulled by skeletal reindeer, Jack sets out Christmas Eve to deliver his gifts. However, his plans go awry as the real world panics at the sight of him, and the military shoots him down. When Jack recovers from the crash he realizes he needs to save Christmas by returning the true Santa. However, the kidnappers accidentally turned Santa over to the boogyman, Oogie Boogie (Ken Page), who also captured Sally when she went to rescue Santa on her own. Jack must defeat Oogie Boogie and free both Santa and Sally in order to set things right.

The Oxford Murder

Thriller, Crime
USA  /  English

When Mathematical genius, Oxford University Professor, Dr. Arthur Seldom (John Hurt) becomes accidently involved in a serious of murders, he enlists the help of his favorite American graduate student Martin (Elijah Wood) to help him solve the mystery. Each murder seems to be tied together by a series of unexplainable mathematical symbols with no apparent connection to each other. Martin is convinced that all problems have a logical solution but with age and a rather cynical view of the world, Professor Seldom disagrees. The two bicker as they fight the clock before more murders take place. They come to realize the perhaps the answer seems to lie in a long kept secret none are eager to reveal.

The Other Boleyn Girl

Romance, History
USA  /  English

The Other Boleyn Girl is set in period England during the reign of King Henry (Eric Bana) and tells the story of the two Boleyn sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson). The story is based around the transformation of the two Boleyn girls after they enter the court of King Henry, this in turn affects their relationship with each other and The King with elements of romance, betrayal and intrigue. In the beginning Mary entrances Henry and is invited to join the King's court. However after she bears his bastard child she is locked away and Mary's ambitious father tries to secure a place for Anne in the King's court to replace her. This leads to conflict between the sisters and ultimately in Anne seducing the King and forcing him to marry her. However, Anne is unable to produce a male heir which leads to further complications and England is torn apart as the King struggles to produce a male heir for the throne due to his struggle with the two Boleyn sisters.

The Orphanage

Horror, Thriller, Mystery
USA  /  English

El Orfanato tells the story of a woman Laura (Belén Rueda) who moves her husband (Fernando Cayo) and adopted son (Roger Princep) into the orphanage that she grew up in, planning on opening it as a home for handicapped children. Not long after, strange things appear to occur on the property as her son starts communicating with an imaginary friend. A strange woman (Montserrat Carulla) even shows up asking about the boy and his illness. After her son goes missing, Laura struggles to uncover the secret of his disappearance and his fate, despite her husband’s growing concerns of her sanity. She even seeks the help of various parapsychologists.

The Onion Movie

Comedy
USA  /  English

Norm Archer (Len Cariou) is the award-winning anchor of the Onion News which claims to be the best news source in America. However, he is none too happy about the shows owner, Global Tetrahedron’s view for the future. It seems that providing news worthy to be broadcast has become secondary to them. The main goal is now to promote a series of subsidiary items via commercials aired during the program. The last straw for Norm is the penguin waddling across his desk in an effort to promote the newest Steven Segal film. Norm is planning to overcome this departure from the news but can he do it alone?

The Omen

Drama, Horror, Thriller
USA  /  English

Katherine Thorn(Julia Stiles) while stationed overseas with her husband Liev Schreiber(Robert Thorn); an american ambassador, gives birth. The baby appears to die after the birth, and because of the fragile state of Katherine Liev is convinced by a priest to replace his deceased baby with that of another whose mother died during childbirth. Katherine and Liev raise there child as there own with only Liev knowing the secret. Their new son Damien calls into question Katherine's sanity as strange things begin happening, including suicide, murder, accidental deaths, and plain old childish tantrums. Are they raising the son of satan?

The Number 23

Thriller, Mystery
USA  /  English

Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey), an animal control officer, is introduced by his wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen) to a mysterious book: The Number 23. As Walter continues to read it, he notices startling similarities between the plot of the book and the events in his own life. The book's main character, a detective called The Fingerling, explains that his name came from a children's book he once read; Walter shortly thereafter finds this same book. The book continues to chronicle the life of a character called "The Suicide Blonde", a woman who is driven to insanity by the presence of the number 23 in all aspects of her life. Agatha and her son Robin (Logan Lerman) discover that by reading the 23rd word of every 23rd page, secret messages are spelled out. These messages lead Walter into a chaotic chain of events that furthers his paranoia, eventually leading him to the realization that he himself was the author of The Number 23 during his stay in a mental institution after his father's death, whose suicide note was comprised entirely of numbers adding up to 23.

The Notebook

Romance
USA  /  English

Nicholas Sparks has a storytelling gift! His book "The Notebook" turns into a magical movie. It is the story of Noah and Allie, an elderly couple in a nursing home. Because of Allie's Alzheimer's disease, Noah reads her their personal love story day after day. This story, written in a notebook, tells of Noah and Allie's sweet courtship as teenagers, and their struggles with class and mores. Their lives take separate paths in adulthood, until a soon-to-be married Allie sees a newspaper article about Noah's renovations to a house that was meaningful in their courtship. Her return to the house rekindles the fires of romance, leading to a long life together. The story is made bittersweet, knowing that at the present time, Allie's illness only allows momentary recognition of her true love.

The Nines

Drama, Horror, Mystery
USA  /  English

Three characters seem to play a role in each other’s lives throughout several situational incarnations of their stories. Gary (Ryan Reynolds) is a troubled television star who ends up under house arrest with no idea why he’s there. His publicist Margaret (Melissa McCarthy) and next-door neighbor Sarah (Hope Davis) are his only links to the outside world, but he begins to distrust them when he feels they know more about his house arrest than he’s telling. In their next incarnations, the house remains as the set for a television show created by Gary, who is now Gavin. Margaret becomes the lead actress Melissa, and Sarah becomes development VP Susan. Their next cooperative incarnation is actually the pilot of Gary’s show. Gary becomes Gabriel, a videogame designer who, along with wife Mary (originally Margaret) and their daughter Noelle (Elle Fanning), gets stuck in the woods when their car breaks down. Their different versions of themselves explore the relationships between the creator and his creation, as Gary, Margaret, and Sarah act out those roles over and over.

The Night Listener

Thriller, Mystery
USA  /  English

The Night Listener focuses on Gabriel Noone who is a popular gay radio show host. He has tons of personal problems, the biggest being a shattering relationship. Gabriel soon begins a telephone relationship with his biggest fan. This fan happens to be a young boy who says he is an incest survivor and has AIDS. Gabriel gets sucked into this boy's stories and is severely haunted. But soon enough many eerie questions about the boy's identity begin to arise and disrupt Gabriel's life.