January 2014 Movies

Paranormal Activity: The Mar...

Described by sources as a “cousin” to the Paranormal Activity movies. The film will be Latino-themed. It will star a Latino cast and will tackle Catholic-based paranormal mythology.

Jason Blum, Oren Peli, Christopher B. Landon, Richard Cabral, Kimberly Ables Jindra, Carlos Pratts, Eddie J. Fernandez, Jorge Diaz

The Best Offer

Donald Sutherland, Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Giuseppe Tornatore, Philip Jackson, Dermot Crowley

Open Grave

A man awakens in a pit full of dead bodies with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Rescued by a group of fellow amnesiacs, he must determine who among them may be the killer.

Sharlto Copley, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Kretschmann, Emilio Diez Barroso, Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, Josie Ho, Jon Shestack, Jeremy Stein

Beyond Outrage

The Sanno crime family has grown into a massive organization dominated by young executives whose new approach to running the family is causing frustration and pent-up resentment with the old-guard members. This vulnerability in the Sanno hierarchy is exactly what anti-gang detective Kataoka has been looking for, as the police force prepares a full-scale crackdown.

Kataoka wants start a war between Sanno and the neighboring Hanabishi crime family in the hopes that they destroy each other. His trump card is Otomo (Kitano) – the rumored-dead boss of a defunct family that was destroyed by the Sanno, who has just been released from prison. Otomo wants to retire from a life of crime, but finds himself drawn back in through Kataoka’s manipulations as the Sanno and Hanabishi clans teeter on the brink of an all-out war.

Takeshi Kitano

Lone Survivor

A Navy Seal leads a team into Afghanistan on a mission to kill a Taliban leader but he is the only one to survive.

Taylor Kitsch, Mark Wahlberg, Alexander Ludwig, Akiva Goldsman, Stephen Levinson, Emile Hirsch, Eric Bana, George Furla

The Legend of Hercules

The story centers on the mythological Greek god Hercules.

Scott Adkins, Renny Harlin, Trevor Short, Avi Lerner, Kellan Lutz, Roxanne McKee, Rade Serbedzija, Johnathon Schaech

Labor Day

Tells the story of a long Labor Day weekend through the eyes of a then 13-year-old boy who along with his reclusive depressed divorced mother are willingly taken “hostage” by an escaped convict in their own home.

Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet, Tobey Maguire, Russell Smith, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg, Lucas Hedges, Jason Reitman

The Truth About Emanuel

A troubled teenager looks after her new neighbor's "baby," which is actually a very life-like doll. She decides to go along with the charade while befriending the delusional woman, who happens to be the spitting image of the title character's late mother.

Aneurin Barnard, Rooney Mara, Jessica Biel, Alfred Molina, Kaya Scodelario, Paul Schiff, Frances O'Connor, Jimmi Simpson

The Adventurer: The Curse of...

A 15-year-old boy, Mariah Mundi, has his world torn apart by the disappearance of his parents, then the kidnapping of younger brother by unknown assailants. Aided by adventurer Captain Charity, he sets off in pursuit, arriving at the Prince Regent, a hotel hiding a fantastical underworld.

Aneurin Barnard, Sam Neill, Michael Sheen, Lena Headey, Ioan Gruffudd, Jonathan Newman, John Smith, Keeley Hawes

Her

A satire about how world leaders plan all major events, from oil prices to future wars.

Joaquin Phoenix, Megan Ellison, Rooney Mara, Samantha Morton, Amy Adams, Sam Jaeger, Portia Doubleday, Spike Jonze

Cold Comes the Night

Tells the story of a struggling motel owner (Eve) who, along with her daughter (Parker), is taken hostage by a career criminal (Cranston) as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop (Marshall-Green). Everyone gets in over their heads, and a series of double-crosses leaves a string of dead bodies in this pulse-pounding story about desperation and survival.

Logan Marshall-Green, Bryan Cranston, Tze Chun, Alice Eve, Erin Cummings, Ursula Parker, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robin Taylor

Divorce Corp

More money flows through the family courts, and into the hands of courthouse insiders, than in all other court systems in America combined – over $50 billion a year and growing. Through extensive research and interviews with the nation’s top divorce lawyers, mediators, judges, politicians, litigants and journalists, Divorce Corp. uncovers how children are torn from their homes, unlicensed custody evaluators extort money, and abusive judges play god with people’s lives while enriching their friends. This documentary reveals the family courts as unregulated, extra-constitutional fiefdoms. Rather than assist victims of domestic crimes, these courts often precipitate them. And rather than help parents and children move on, as they are mandated to do, these courts - and their associates - drag out cases for years, sometimes decades, ultimately resulting in a rash of social ills, including home foreclosure, bankruptcy, suicide and violence. Solutions to the crisis are sought out in countries where divorce is handled in a more holistic manner.

Joseph Sorge, Dr. Drew Pinsky

Raze

A young woman is abducted by an elite, secret society and wakes to find herself in the company of fifty other women who are, just like her, forced to fight for their lives in an unimaginable hell.

Zoe Bell, Doug Jones, Rachel Nichols, Tracie Thoms, Josh C. Waller, Bailey Anne Borders, Sherilyn Fenn, Bruce Thomas

The Banshee Chapter

A female journalist follows the mysterious trail of a missing friend who was experimenting with mind-altering chemicals developed in secret government drug tests.

Zachary Quinto, Ted Levine, Neal Dodson, Blair Erickson, Stephanie Riggs, Corey Moosa, Katia Winter, Michael McMillian

Black Coffee

Robert (Henson) picked the wrong time to meet his soul mate! After being fired from his own father’s company, he feels like his luck has run out – until Morgan (Dennis) enters into his life. Just as things start to heat up between them, trouble brews as Morgan’s ex-husband (Rucker) vows to get her back and Robert’s gold-digging ex-girlfriend (Hubbard) returns with an agenda of her own. With the help of his cousin (Keyes), Robert’s about to find out how much good can come out of a bad situation in this charming romantic comedy that’s good to the last drop.

Gabrielle Dennis, Lamman Rucker, Darrin DeWitt Henson, Erica Hubbard

Dumbbells

The film follows Chris Long (Drolet), an ex-NCAA star turned trainer who finds new purpose when his gym’s shallow new owner, Jack (Richards), unleashes a lucrative plan to turn the neglected business into a reality show. When Chris’ complacent peers resist this new direction, he and Jack form an unlikely alliance that allows them to face the demons of their pasts and ultimately, save their gym’s future.

Carl Reiner, Tom Arnold, Jay Mohr, Jaleel White, Christopher Livingston, Hoyt Richards, Brian Drolet, Taylor Cole

Generation War

Depicts the lives of five young German friends forced to navigate the unconscionable moral compromises of life under Hitler. Level-headed, highly decorated officer Wilhelm (Volker Bruch) goes off to the eastern front with his sensitive younger brother Friedhelm (Tom Schilling). Deeply in love with Wilhelm is Charlotte (Miriam Stein), a young nurse who looks forward to serving in the Red Cross. Greta (Katherina Schüttler) is a talented singer who longs to become another Marlene Dietrich, while her Jewish boyfriend Viktor (Ludwig Trepte) fights for his life while hiding among members of the Polish Resistance.

Philipp Kadelbach

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

The story centers on former intelligence analyst and all-American good guy Jack Ryan.

David Koepp, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Adam Cozad, David Ellison, Mace Neufeld, Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Ride Along

A tough cop tries to halt a budding romance between his sister and a fellow schoolteacher.

Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Tim Story, John Leguizamo, Chris Bender, Will Packer, Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay

The Nut Job

Surly and his rat friend Buddy, two street-wise rodents, have the solitude of their city park home upended.

Liam Neeson, Sarah Gadon, Katherine Heigl, Will Arnett, Stephen Lang, Brendan Fraser, Hong Kim, Thom Chapman

Devil's Due

A found footage-inspired film. The plot is being kept secret but is described as female-driven, with horror elements.

Radio Silence, Zach Gilford, Lindsay Devlin, Allison Miller, Colin Walker, Catherine Kresge, Aimee Carrero, Madison Wolfe

Reasonable Doubt

Follows an Assistant D.A. who becomes obsessed with a man found not guilty of a hit and run.

Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Robbins, Peter Howitt, Dominic Cooper, Gloria Reuben, Peter Dowling, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, Erin Karpluk

G.B.F.

Story centers on the social warfare that erupts when two gay high school boys realize they must become GBFs to the most popular girls in school to improve their social status.

Natasha Lyonne, Jonathan Silverman, Horatio Sanz, Xosha Roquemore, Jennifer Levine, Darren Stein, Megan Mullally, Michael J. Willet

Jamesy Boy

The story of teenager James Burns (played by Spencer Lofranco) who goes from the suburban street gangs to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. In prison, he forms a friendship with a convicted murderer (Ving Rhames) who becomes his mentor and helps him turn his life around. In this unlikely setting, James ultimately emerges with hope and a brighter future.

Ving Rhames, James Woods, Rosa Salazar, Mary-Louise Parker, Taissa Farmiga, Trevor White, Lane Shadgett, Michael Trotter

Life of a King

The unlikely true story of Eugene Brown and his one-man mission to give inner-city kids of Washington D.C. something he never had – a future. He discovered a multitude of life lessons through the game of chess during his 18-year incarceration for bank robbery. After his release and reentry into the workforce, Eugene developed and founded the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of due to circumstances. From his daring introductory chess lessons to group of unruly high school students in detention to the development of the Club and the teens’ first local chess competitions, this movie reveals his difficult, inspirational journey and how he changed the lives of a group of teens with no endgame.

Dennis Haysbert, Jake Goldberger, LisaGay Hamilton, Cuba Gooding Jr.

Back in the Day

Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back. And in this raunchy comedy, Jim Owens does just that when he heads home for his high school reunion. In an attempt to relive the glory days with his boys and explore an old romance, he nearly destroys his hometown and friendships.

Morena Baccarin, Nick Swardson, Michael Rosenbaum, Sarah Colonna, Harland Williams

The Freezer

A man is held in a walk-in freezer by criminals claiming he stole $3 million from them.

Peter Facinelli, Dylan McDermott, Tom Doganoglu, Shane Weisfeld, Mikael Salomon, Yuliya Snigir

Like Father, Like Son

A dramedy that examines two families who discover that their six-year-old sons were switched at birth

Kore-eda Hirokazu

Summer In February

A love triangle set at an Edwardian artists’ colony on the Cornish coast of England in the early 20th century.

Emily Browning, Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens, Michael Maloney, Shaun Dingwall, Jonathan Smith, Hattie Morahan, Nicholas Farrell

Big Bad Wolves

A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.

Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Gloria

Gloria follows a woman in her late 50s as she tries to balance family obligations with those of a new romance in this insightful and uplifting comedy that shows it's never too late to take charge.

Sebastian Lelio, Paulina García

I, Frankenstein

The Monster evolves and learns how to control his anger and now acts as a private investigator. Dracula, meanwhile, is a kingpin of crime, and the Invisible Man is a secret operative.

Jai Courtney, Miranda Otto, Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Stuart Beattie, Kevin Grevioux, Caitlin Stasey

Gimme Shelter

A pregnant, homeless teen flees her abusive mother and seeks out her biological father. He first takes her in but then throws her out when she refuses to abort her child.

Vanessa Hudgens, Emily Meade, James Earl Jones, Ann Dowd, Brendan Fraser, Dascha Polanco, Rosario Dawson, Stephanie Szostak

Knights of Badassdom

Follows the exploits of a group of LARPers (Live Action Role Players) who accidentally release a big badass demon.

Joe Lynch, Mark Burton, Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, Peter Dinklage, Danny Pudi, Matt Wall, Summer Glau

Enemies Closer

After a major shipment of drugs goes missing on the US-Canadian border, forest ranger and former Navy SEAL Henry is plunged into survival mode when the drug cartel forces him to help retrieve the downed package. Trapped in the wilderness with no communication to the outside world, Henry finds himself face to face with Clay, a man with a personal vendetta against Henry who has returned for retribution. Now, the two mortal enemies must make a choice: put aside their past and work together, or die alone at the hands of the drug runners, a ruthless gang who will stop at nothing to retrieve their lost cargo.

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Orlando Jones, Peter Hyams, Tom Everett Scott, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Linzey Cocker

Run & Jump

Run & Jump follows Vanetia Casey (Maxine Peake), the spirited and impossibly optimistic center of the Casey family, who is struggling to get life back to normal after her 38 year-old husband, Conor (Edward MacLiam), suffers a rare stroke which changes his personality. Entering the emotional fray is buttoned-up American doctor, Ted Fielding (Will Forte), who arrives in Ireland to stay with them for two months: his research grant providing the Caseys with essential financial aid. Vanetia’s a dynamo, but with two young kids and both men in the house, she’s feeling bombarded and initially treats Ted and his study of Conor with resistance. Only when she observes Ted’s calming influence on the family does she begin to value his friendship, and, in return, Ted enjoys her heady, happy-go-lucky world. But Ted’s continued presence in the house sets the family on course for an emotional collision.

Will Forte, Sharon Horgan, Maxine Peake, Steph Green, Ailbhe Keogan, Edward MacLiam

Summer In February

A love triangle set at an Edwardian artists’ colony on the Cornish coast of England in the early 20th century.

Emily Browning, Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens, Michael Maloney, Shaun Dingwall, Jonathan Smith, Hattie Morahan, Nicholas Farrell

24 Exposures

Fetish photographer Billy (Adam Wingard) stages elaborate shoots around his fixations, photographing women in various stages of undress and death. When one of Billy's models winds up actually dead, depressed and romantically disillusioned investigator Michael (Simon Barrett), suffering through a crumbling relationship himself, knocks on his door and discovers a world he struggles to understand - in Billy's art, as well as his apparent ease at juggling professional and intimate relationships with a committed girlfriend and various models. Jealousy runs high, and meanwhile, a killer is still on the loose.

Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Sophia Takal, Joe Swanberg, Helen Rogers, Caroline White

That Awkward Moment

Based around three New York City friends who make a pact to remain single just as they start falling in love.

Miles Teller, Mackenzie Davis, Zac Efron, Tom Gormican, Imogen Poots, Kevin Turen, Michael B. Jordan, Josh Pais

Labor Day

Tells the story of a long Labor Day weekend through the eyes of a then 13-year-old boy who along with his reclusive depressed divorced mother are willingly taken “hostage” by an escaped convict in their own home.

Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet, Tobey Maguire, Russell Smith, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg, Lucas Hedges, Jason Reitman

At Middleton

Vera Farmiga and Andy Garcia play strangers who meet while escorting their teen children to campus-tour day at a mythical college named Middleton. They clash immediately, ditch the tour and through a series of escapades find themselves sliding helplessly into love and something far more than they ever imagined.

Vera Farmiga, Nicholas Braun, Andy Garcia, Taissa Farmiga, Adam Rodgers, Tom Skerritt, Glenn German, Spencer Lofranco

Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage

When the Sultan's first born is taken by an evil sorcerer, Sinbad is tasked with traveling to a desert of magic and creatures to save her.

Patrick Stewart, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., David Winning, Shahin Sean Solimon, Sadie Alexandru, Said Faraj, Marco Khan, Mariam Vardani

Best Night Ever

Bride-to-be Claire, her sister Leslie, fun-loving Zoe, and quirky new friend Janet set off to Las Vegas for a one-night bachelorette party that turns out to be more than they bargained for. A series of unexpected adventures including, getting kicked out of a strip club, being mugged and getting pummeled by the Las Vegas’ reigning gelatin-wrestling champion, Veronica, rip them from the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas strip and places them smack dab in Vegas’ seedy underbelly. Determined to keep their bachelorette party dreams alive, the girls band together and embark on the wildest night in bachelorette party history. Fueled by sex and booze, this raunchy, riotously hilarious, out-of-control, blow-out is, for better or worse, all caught on tape. And is destined to go down as the Best Night Ever.

Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, Desiree Hall, Samantha Colburn, Eddie Ritchard, Crista Flanagan

Tim's Vermeer

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer ("Girl with a Pearl Earring") manage to paint so photo-realistically -- 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers. Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces; on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney; and eventually even to Buckingham Palace, to see the Queen's Vermeer.

Raymond Joseph Teller

Brightest Star

Fresh out of college, a young man (Chris Lowell) is left devastated when the girl of his dreams dumps him. Refusing to move on, he devises a plan to transform himself into the man she desires. After resigning himself to working for the head of a company in corporate mediocrity (Clark Gregg), he falls for a hipster songstress (Jessica Szohr) who likes him as he is. As his path continues to unfold unexpectedly, the counsel of a kindred spirit astronomer (Allison Janney) helps him understand how to truly carve out a place in the universe.

Peter Jacobson, Clark Gregg, Allison Janney, Rose McIver, Chris Lowell, Jessica Szohr, Maggie Kiley, Elvy Yost

Armistice

In the role of Royal Marine, A.J. Budd, Joseph Morgan stars in this brutal psychological and supernatural thriller, in which he finds himself trapped in the Warhouse. Imprisoned, he is forced to fight for his life against grotesque, inhuman opponents. He must kill every day or die himself. His one glimmer of hope comes in the form of a diary, left by a former occupant of the house, WWI Lieutenant Edward Sterling, played by Matt Ryan.

Joseph Morgan, Matt Ryan, William Troughton, Luke Massey, Benjamin Read