September 2012 Movies

Girl Model

Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. Girl Model follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a 13-year-old plucked from her rustic home in Russia and dropped into the center of bustling Tokyo with promises of a profitable career. After Ashley's initial discovery of Nadya, they rarely meet again, but their stories are inextricably bound. As Nadya's optimism about rescuing her family from financial hardship grows, her dreams contrast against Ashley's more jaded outlook about the industry's corrosive influence.

David Redmon, Ashley Sabin

For Ellen

An aspiring young rock musician agrees to a divorce with his estranged wife, only to discover he is not ready to forfeit custody of his six-year-old daughter.

Paul Dano, So Yong Kim, Jena Malone, Bradley Rust Gray, Jen Gatien, Jon Heder, Shaylena Mandigo

The Words

A writer, at the peak of his literary success, discovers the price he must pay for stealing another man's work.

Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal, J.K. Simmons, John Hannah

The Cold Light of Day

Story of Will Shaw, a young Wall Street trader whose family is kidnapped on a vacation to Spain. He's left with only hours to find them, uncover a government conspiracy and the connection between their disappearance and his father's secrets.

Bruce Willis, Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver, Steven Zaillian, Richard Price, Mabrouk El Mechri, Marc D. Evans, Trevor Macy

Branded

A surreal, dystopian society where corporate brands have unleashed a monstrous global conspiracy and one man seeks to discover the truth and ultimately battle the hidden forces that really control the world.

Ed Stoppard, Leelee Sobieski, Jeffrey Tambor, Jamie Bradshaw, Alexander Doulerain, Ingeborga Dapkunaite

The Inbetweeners

Follows four uncool friends (Will, Jay, Simon and Neil) who go on their first vacation to Greece in search of high times and wild sex - with no parents, no teachers, no money, and little to no chance with the ladies.

Simon Bird, Emily Head, Lydia Rose Bewley, Ben Palmer, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas XIX

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones, archaeology professor and swashbuckling adventurer, has unearthed many an ancient treasure. But now the very future of the world depends on his finding one specific relic. With a bullwhip in his hand and a beautiful lady at his side, Jones journeys from Nepal and Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps and snakes, battling rivals old and new, all in pursuit of an ancient artifact said to give invincible power to its possessor. It's a battle to a startling finish, a finish dictated by the magic, the light -- and the power -- of the Lost Ark.

Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, Ronald Lacey, Karen Allen, Alfred Molina, John Rhys-Davies

Toys in Attic

Set in a magical world of toys and knick-knacks stored in the attic of a home in Prague. The setting for the film was inspired by the cultural and po litical contrast of the Cold War era and its impact on director Jiri Barta and the Czech Republic. The world of the attic is divided into the land of happy toys in the West and the Land of Evil in the East. The despotic Head of State rules over the Land of Evil with a band of sinister minions, insects and rotted vegetables. When the lovely Buttercup (Vivian Schilling) is kidnapped and held prisoner by The Head (Jiri Labus, with voice by Douglas Urbanski), it is up to her friends - a teddy bear (Forest Whitaker), a mechanical mouse (Joan Cusack) and marionette puppet (Cary Elwes) to cross the international boundary and attempt their daring rescue.

Jiri Barta, Vivian Schilling, Forest Whitaker, Joan Cusack, Cary Elwes, Marcelo Tubert

The Victim

Good time girls Annie (Jennifer Blanc) and Mary (Danielle Harris) find themselves in a life and death situation. Annie's life is put in jeopardy when she is witness to a violent act at the hands of two Sheriff's Deputies. Fleeing from attackers (Ryan Honey, Denny Kirkwood) she stumbles across Kyle (Michael Biehn), a recluse living in the middle of the woods. The ruggedly handsome loner stays far from civilization - that is - until a single knock on his door throws his solitary life into chaos. Two worlds collide in this psychological thriller that will make you question your trust in mankind.

Danielle Harris, Michael Biehn, Jennifer Blanc, Denny Kirkwood, Lorna Paul, Ryan Honey

Bachelorette

Ten years out of high school, three unhappy single friends come together as bridesmaids at a classmate’s wedding, get drunk, get high, and trash wedding dress while romancing new and old loves and settling old business.

Will Ferrell, James Marsden, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, Adam McKay, Adam Scott, Rebel Wilson, Leslye Headland

Keep the Lights On

Over the course of 10 years, a gay couple grapple with their relationship and their individual issues.

Mauricio Zacharias, Julianne Nicholson, Souleymane Sy Savane, Ali Betil, Jawal Nga, Ira Sachs, Lucas Joaquin, Marie Therese Guirgis

Hello I Must Be Going

Melanie Lynskey stars as a recent divorcée who moves back in with her parents in suburban Connecticut. Demoralized and uncertain of her future, Amy begins an affair with a 19-year-old actor that rejuvenates her passion for life and helps her discover the independence and fulfillment she suddenly realizes she had been missing for years.

Melanie Lynskey, Todd Louiso, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Koskoff, Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein, Julie White

[REC] 3: Genesis

Koldo and Clara are about to celebrate the most important day of their lives: their wedding. Everything appears to be running smoothly and the bride, the groom and their families are enjoying a wonderful day in the countryside until some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. Before they know what’s happening, the bride and groom find themselves in the middle of a hellish ordeal, as an uncontrollable torrent of violence is unleashed on the wedding. What started off as an idyllic day quickly descends into a nightmare of the worst kind…

Javier Botet, Paco Plaza, Leticia Dolera, Diego Martín

Jackie

Follows Dutch twin sisters who travel to America to look for their long-lost mother.

Carice van Houten, Antoinette Beumer, Holly Hunter, Jelka van Houten

Finding Nemo 3D

The comedic and eventful journeys of two fish - Marlin and his son Nemo - who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly-but-forgetful fish named Dory, the overly cautious father embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic journey to rescue his son - who hatches a few daring plans of his own to return safely home.

Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, John Ratzenberger, Geoffrey Rush, Andrew Stanton, Ellen DeGeneres, Barry Humphries

Resident Evil: Retribution

A sequel to "Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D", which had an opening of $73.2 million worldwide in just three days.

Michelle Rodriguez, Shawn Roberts, Paul W.S. Anderson, Robert Kulzer, Milla Jovovich, Kevin Durand, Jeremy Bolt, Don Carmody

The Master

A charismatic intellectual hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952. The core is the relationship between the Master and Freddie, a twentysomething drifter who becomes the leader's lieutenant. As the faith begins to gain a fervent following, Freddie finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.

Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons, Laura Dern, David Warshofsky, Lena Endre, Amy Adams, Fiona Dourif, Paul Thomas Anderson

Arbitrage

The film stars Al Pacino as a hedge fund magnate who is in over his head and desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before his fraud is revealed. But an unexpected, bloody error forces him to turn to the most unlikely corner for help.

Eva Green, Richard Gere, Kevin Turen, Nicholas Jarecki, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Michael Ohoven, Robert Salerno

Bangkok Revenge

Manit, a boy of ten years witnessed the murder of his parents. Unrelenting, the killers decide to eliminate it. Shot in the head, the child survives miraculously from his injuries, but finds himself struck by ataraxia. The damage to his brain took away any emotion. Saved from certain death by an old martial arts master, Manit, 20 years later becomes a real war machine, returns to the place of his childhood. Justice is going to fall, and men will die.

Jean-Marc Mineo, Jon Foo, Caroline Ducey, Michael Cohen

Liberal Arts

A 35 year-old (Josh Radnor), still yearning for the life of a college student, must come to terms with his age and responsibilities. Elizabeth Olsen plays a 19-year-old college student who falls for Radnor’s character over a shared love of music and literature. She wants to make it work with the man but her immaturity makes it impossible for her to see the obvious obstacles.

Allison Janney, Elizabeth Olsen, John Magaro, Michael Weston, Elizabeth Reaser, Josh Radnor, Richard Jenkins

Last Ounce of Courage

Bob Revere is a small town Mayor and combat decorated veteran. He faces a root of bitterness from his past filled with heartbreaking loss. His grandson comes back into his life after many years to ask the most important question, “What are we doing with our life to make a difference?” Bob had grown apathetic along with an entire town. Now with the help of children, a group of people all band together to inspire hope, take back the freedoms that are being lost and take a stand for truth. Christmas is under attack, but its even more than the colored lights, it is our freedoms that are being lost.

Darrel Campbell, Kevin McAfee, Marshall Teague, Jennifer O'Neill, Hunter Gomez, Jenna Boyd, Nikki Novak

After

When two bus crash survivors awake to discover that they are the only people left in their small town, they must form an unlikely alliance in a race to unravel the truth behind their isolation. As strange events begin to unfold, they start to question whether the town they know so well is really what it seems.

Steven Strait, Karolina Wydra, Ryan Smith, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Madison Lintz

The Perks of Being a Wallflo...

A shy and unpopular teenager describes his life by writing a series of letters to an anonymous person and explores the awkward times of adolescence, including drug use and sexuality.

Emma Watson, Nina Dobrev, Paul Rudd, Stephen Chbosky, Logan Lerman, Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith

The Waiting Room

Puts a very human face on the debate around health care by taking us behind the doors of Oakland's Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital fighting for survival while weathering the storm of a persistent economic downturn. The film, employing a composite day-in-the-life structure offers a raw, intimate, and often uplifting look at how patients, staff and caregivers cope with disease, bureaucracy, frustration, hope and hard choices.

Peter Nicks

Stolen

A father, a former master thief, has only a few hours to find his daughter when she is kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a New York medallion taxi cab.

McG, Danny Huston, Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Avi Lerner, Simon West, Matthew Joynes, David Guggenheim

Bait 3D

In a sleepy beach community, shoppers at an underground supermarket are terrorized by a crazed bandit when the unimaginable occurs: A monstrous freak tsunami swallows the town. Now trapped, with rushing water threatening to entomb them in a watery grave, the survivors discover they are chum for a pack of hungry great white sharks.

Kimble Rendall, Phoebe Tonkin, Sharni Vinson, Julian McMahon, Xavier Samuel, Cariba Heine, Alex Russell

The Trouble With The Truth

Musician Robert (John Shea) is a perpetual starving artist with low overhead and minimal commitments. When Robert's daughter announces that she's engaged, he advises her against it - his own marriage to Emily (Lea Thompson) didn't last, and he doesn't understand why anyone would want to give up their independence. Yet when Robert and Emily reunite and dredge up old memories and hurts, both discover they have a lot of unresolved issues and that love, marriage and divorce aren't quite as simple as they'd like.

Danielle Harris, Jim Hemphill, Lea Thompson, John Shea

Step Up to the Plate

A documentary on French chef Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, and the passing of his three-Michelin-star restaurant to his son Sebastien.

Paul Lacoste

Now Is Good

Given just a few months to live, Tessa compiles a list of "things to do before I die." Released from the constraints of normal conventions, Tessa seeks out new experiences to make her feel as alive as possible before she dies. Along the way, Tessa’s relationships with her parents and friends must all be resolved before her time runs out.

Dakota Fanning, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Ol Parker, Olivia Williams, Kaya Scodelario, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine

Trouble With the Curve

An aging baseball scout goes on a road trip with his adult daughter.

Justin Timberlake, Scott Eastwood, John Goodman, Amy Adams, Robert Patrick, Robert Lorenz, Randy Brown, Clint Eastwood

Dredd

Judge Dredd is a law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner. He and his fellow judges are empowered to arrest, sentence and even execute criminals on the spot.

Wood Harris, Pete Travis, Andrew Macdonald, Karl Urban, Jason Kingsley, Allon Reich, Alex Garland, Olivia Thirlby

House at the End of the Stre...

A mysterious house creates suprise and terror for a family who just moved in.

Jennifer Lawrence, David Loucka, Elisabeth Shue, Nolan Gerald Funk, Gil Bellows, Jonathan Mostow, Mark Tonderai, Aaron Ryder

End of Watch

A gritty drama that follows the friendship between longtime LAPD partners.

Anna Kendrick, Jake Gyllenhaal, Frank Grillo, America Ferrera, David Ayer, John Lesher, Michael Peña, Natalie Martinez

The Master

A charismatic intellectual hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952. The core is the relationship between the Master and Freddie, a twentysomething drifter who becomes the leader's lieutenant. As the faith begins to gain a fervent following, Freddie finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.

Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons, Laura Dern, David Warshofsky, Lena Endre, Amy Adams, Fiona Dourif, Paul Thomas Anderson

10 Years

An ensemble drama about friends reuniting a decade after their graduation.

Anthony Mackie, Rosario Dawson, Anna Faris, Marty Bowen, Lynn Collins, Channing Tatum, Chris Pine, Justin Long

About Cherry

A troubled 18-year-old moves to San Francisco, where she enters the porn industry and becomes involved with a cocaine-addicted lawyer.

James Franco, Heather Graham, Dev Patel, Stephen Elliott, Liz Destro, Lorelei Lee, Lili Taylor, Ashley Hinshaw

My Uncle Rafael

A desperate TV producer convinces an old Armenian uncle to star in a new reality show. Cultures collide when Uncle Rafael is thrown into the Schumacher family household, where he has one week to save a broken and dysfunctional American family from falling apart. The only rule: everyone must follow his rules.

Missi Pyle, John Michael Higgins, Anthony Clark, Marc Fusco, Vahik Pirhamzei, Rachel Blanchard, Carly Chaikin

How to Survive a Plague

The story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. This improbable group of activists bucked oppression and, with no scientific training, infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising new medication and treatments and move them through trials and into drugstores in record time. In the process, they saved their own lives and ended the darkest days of a veritable plague, while virtually emptying AIDS wards in American hospitals in the process. The powerful story of their fight is a classic tale of empowerment and activism that has since inspired movements for change in everything from breast cancer research to Occupy Wall Street. Their story stands as a powerful inspiration to future generations, a road map, and a call to arms. This is how you change the world.

David France

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has ...

A look at the life and work of the legendary fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland. The film will capture Vreeland’s life visually through a multitude of media including film, photography, animation, graphics, text, sound, and music. Vreeland’s own voice and persona -- strong, eloquent and often very exaggerated -- will guide us through her life, adventures, accomplishments, and passions.

Brooklyn Brothers Beat The B...

Recently dumped by his girlfriend, underachiever Alex (O’Nan) embarks on an impromptu road trip with his new bandmate, the eccentric Jim (Michael Weston). By channeling their inner children and giving a new meaning to the term “lo-fi,” Alex and Jim find their unique style by bringing the sound of children’s instruments to their unsuspecting fans. Playing a series of bizarre shows and experiencing multiple near-disasters, Alex and Jim’s persistence takes them on a true coming-of-age journey – one that may be their last shot at achieving their childhood dreams.

Christopher McDonald, Jason Ritter, Ryan O'Nan, Michael Weston, Arielle Kebbel, Andrew McCarthy, Wilmer Valderrama, Melissa Leo

Backwards

Abigail Brooks (Sarah Megan Thomas) has spent her lifetime trying to win an Olympic rowing medal, sacrificing friendship, love, and a "normal life" along the way. When she is named an alternate on the Olympic team she quits in haste. Defeated, Abi moves back home with her widowed, workaholic mother (Margaret Colin). Tension builds as Abi's mother urges her to "move on" from the rowing life that Abi's father, a coach, introduced her to. Unable to do so, but needing an immediate job, Abi seizes an open crew coach position at her alma mater, Union High. There, the head of athletics is her old boyfriend, Geoff (James Van Der Beek). Abi trains her high school rowers in an obsessive fashion, taking two girls, Hannah (Alexandra Metz) and Susan (Meredith Apfelbaum), under her wing. After the girls lose an important regional race, Abi reinvents herself as a coach, and, in the process, learns to have fun again both on the water and off.

Ben Hickernell, Sarah Megan Thomas, James Van Der Beek, Glenn Morshower, Margaret Colin, Wynn Everett

Unconditional

Samantha Crawford is living a storybook life: she's happily married, she lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she's told and illustrated since childhood have become published books. When her husband Billy is killed in a senseless act of violence, Sam loses her faith and her will to live. But a death-defying encounter with two children leads to a reunion with Joe, her oldest friend. As Sam watches "Papa" Joe care for and love the kids in his under-resourced neighborhood, she begins to realize that no matter life's circumstances, the love of God is always reaching out to us.

Lynn Collins, Brent McCorkle, Michael Ealy

17 Girls

Inspired by a true story that took place in Massachusetts, Delphine and Muriel Coulin's provocative debut focuses on a group of bored teenage girls who all make an irrevocable pact. When classmate Camille (Louise Grinberg) accidentally becomes pregnant, she encourages her friends and fellow classmates to follow suit. It's only a matter of time, before 17 girls in the high school are pregnant and the town is thrown into a world of chaos.

Besties

A young girl and her babysitter accidentally kill the babysitter's ex-boyfriend.

Rebecca Cutter, Olivia Crocicchia, Madison Riley, Corin Nemec

Looper

Set in a present-day world, a group of hitmen are sent their victims from the future.

Bruce Willis, Paul Dano, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lucas Smith, Rian Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels, Ram Bergman

Hotel Transylvania

"Hotel Transylvania" is about a group of classic monsters including Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula and the Werewolf who are hiding out in a hotel on the outskirts of Transylvania now that 21st century technology has seemingly made them irrelevant.

Kevin James, Selena Gomez, Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Genndy Tartakovsky, Michelle Murdoc, Don Rhymer, Todd Wilderman

Won't Back Down

Two mothers join forces to transform an inner-city public school.

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Lance Reddick, Daniel Barnz, Mark Johnson, Oscar Isaac, Brin Hill, Holly Hunter

Pitch Perfect (10th Annivers...

Set in the world of collegiate a cappella competitions.

Anna Kendrick, Max Handelman, Paul Brooks, Jason Moore, Rebel Wilson, Freddie Stroma, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Anna Camp

The Hole 3D

Two brothers discover a mysterious hole in the basement that leads to their worst nightmares.

Mark L. Smith, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble, Claudio Fäh, Gary Michael Walters, Chris Bender, JC Spink, Joe Dante

Bringing Up Bobby

Story centers on a European con artist and her 10-year-old son who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. The duo blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until the mother's criminal past catches up with her.

Sofia Sondervan, Milla Jovovich, Famke Janssen, Marcia Cross, Spencer List, Bill Pullman

The Other Dream Team

A documentary about the the Lithuanian basketball team's rise to medal in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. While the star-studded U.S. Dream Team took the gold, Lithuania scrapped and won the bronze medal by beating Russia, its former oppressor.

Marius Markevicius

Solomon Kane

"Solomon Kane" tells the story of a puritan adventurer facing monstrous adversaries. The film is set in colonial America and incorporates elements from Howard's stories. Kane's heroic quest pits him against deadly human and occult forces as he seeks revenge on the shape-shifting sorcerer who destroyed his family.

Philip Winchester, Mackenzie Crook, Michael J. Bassett, James Purefoy, Max von Sydow

Hellbound?

Does hell exist? If so, who ends up there, and why? Featuring an eclectic group of authors, theologians, pastors, social commentators and musicians, Hellbound? is a provocative, feature-length documentary that looks at why we are so bound to the idea of hell and how our beliefs about hell affect the world we are creating today.

Kevin Miller

Stars in Shorts

ShortsHD presents STARS IN SHORTS, a collection of short films featuring some of the world's biggest actors. Judi Dench is a neophyte in the complicated landscape of internet dating in "Friend Request Pending." Colin Firth is an unusually needy neighbor to Keira Knightley in "Steve." Lily Tomlin gets lost on her way to a funeral in "Procession." Jason Alexander is a screenwriter at the end of his rope in the musical short "Not Your Time." Also including short films starring Kenneth Branagh, Julia Stiles, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and others.