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Retraces the life of a real-life figure, Karmele Urresti, a nurse forced into exile during the Spanish Civil War.
A high-living twentysomething ex-Manhattanite gains notoriety for her lack of restraint with credit cards. With a taste for Gucci, Prada and the finer things in life, the woman eventually decideds to rein herself in with credit counseling. But then she loses her job as a segment producer on TV show. With no immediate job prospects, and having moved to Brooklyn and taken on a roommate to save money, she decides the way out of debt is to create a Web site that begs for cash from the general public. Directing donors to her Web site through the city specific, cut-rate version of eBay, www.craigslist.com, her online appeal quickly, and astonishingly, gains momentum. Though not all of the messages are positive her Web site appeal raises more than enough to pay off her creditors and she even lands a book deal after a lit agent sees her site mentioned in USA Today.
While his peers have all turned white, Katak is still small and grey. To prove that he has grown up and to grant the last wish of his adored grandma, Katak departs on a perilous journey to the Great North.
Chronicles the real-life story of Kentucky Gov. Happy Chandler, who uprooted his family to Las Vegas in the 1970s.
In Khe Sanh, five thousand young Marines are surrounded and attacked by 20,000 battle-hardened North Vietnamese Army veterans for 77 nonstop days of rocket and mortar fire, as the world watches on TV.
A contained thriller told through first person POV. A single camera held by a police officer while videotaping a horrendous crime scene, then discovers a video left by the killer, which was made with hidden cameras planted throughout the house they are investigating. As the begins to unravel and bounces back and forth between the lunatic’s homage to his own madness, and the POV of the investigation, the lines blur until the police become a part of the killer’s film.
Follows a sixth-grade English teacher (Danny Masterson) who's on a mission to get the newly constructed junior high gymnasium named after his father (Richard Dreyfuss) despite the fact that the person so memorialized must be dead -- leading to a bitter contest over the naming rights with his old rival (Danny Glover).
A historical biopic about Harald Hardrada, the 11th century Viking king.
Set at a moment when European countries are racing to find ways to carve up the natural resources of Africa, Belgium's King Leopold II becomes the world's richest man with billions stashed in secret bank accounts by gaining private ownership of the Congo Free State, and inserts a mercenary army to cruelly plunder rubber and ivory. He forces the locals to harvest it. Those who refused are dismembered or worse, and as many as 8 million are killed in this ruthless pursuit. The Congolese defy Leopold II and fight back. Their heroic plight sparks a daring and unlikely alliance between a black American missionary, an English investigative journalist and an Irish spy that shine a light on the horrors and give birth to the first human rights movement.
About an up-and-coming book editor with a past he'd rather forget. It's when his former best friend is discovered stabbed to death in their hometown of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania that he returns home after an eight-year absence.
Former NASA programmer John McAfee develops the first commercial anti-virus program which is eventually acquired by Intel in 2010 for $7.68 billion. McAfee's personal fortune takes a significant hit in the wake of the financial crisis, forcing him to sell almost everything he owns. While leaving in Belize, Belizean authorities seek him out to question him about the murder of American expatriate and neighbor Gregory Viant Faull in Orange Walk Town. McAfee seeks political asylum in Guatemala, but his plea is denied and he is designated for deportation after allegedly entering the country illegally. While at a detention center, McAfee fakes a heart attack in order to give his attorney time to file a series of appeals that prevents his deportation to Belize, and on December 12, 2012, he was deported to the United States.
Kit Lambert discovers the rock band The Who while he is trying to make a film about the band, known then as the High Numbers. Instead, he decides to manage the band and to launch their musical career, and with Chris Stamp -- brother of Terence Stamp -- Lambert pushes Townshend to take The Who into more experimental avenues. The result is the seminal rock opera album "Tommy," which later becomes a Ken Russell film. Lambert also works with Jimi Hendrix and other artists, and is as known for self-destruction as they are.
The film centers on a young woman named Sawa who is taken off the streets after the murder of her parents by a Svengali-like detective. The man, who employs homeless children to do his dirty work, forces her to kill his chosen targets until she is able to break free of his control.
No plot details have been announced yet.
A young woman entertains a disturbing offer which lets her pursue her dreams, for better or for much, much worse.
Set in 1985 Miami, which is kept safe under the watchful eye of Kung Fury and his Thundercops, the ultimate police force assembled from across history to defeat the villainous Kung Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. After the tragic death of a Thundercop sees the group disband, a mysterious villain emerges from the shadows to aid in the Fuhrer's quest to attain the ultimate weapon. Kung Fury must travel through space and time to save his friends, defend the prestigious Miami Kung Fu Academy and defeat evil once and for all.
Sequel to the hit-comedy "Kangarro Jack". No plot details have been announced.
Described as an unusual/Charlie Kaufman-esque project.
A society has drained all its blood with a dependence on technology. The annual “Karn Evil” — a macabre rite of passage — is a young person's once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience unbridled freedom, before subjugating themselves to the ruling class. When people stop returning from their Karn Evil experience, fear drives a revolution to topple the status quo and the artificial intelligence discovered at its heart.
Three ex-mercenaries stumble upon information as to where a wanted terrorist will be for a short period of time. They decide to brave a trip into the volatile region between Pakistan and India to catch the terrorist and claim the $30 million bounty on his head. Each man has a different motive for taking the dangerous journey, and their loyalties are tested when the going gets rough.