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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1]The Edge of Love
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Capitol Films
Director: John Maybury
Screenwriter: Sharman MacDonald
Starring: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Plot Summary: A beautifully-drawn love story, the film revolves around two feisty, free-spirited women, Caitlin Thomas (Miller) and Vera Killick (Knightley); Vera's husband, William Killick (Murphy); and the brilliant, charismatic poet Dylan Thomas (Rhys) who loves both women. Broken promises, passion, betrayal, the shadow of war and the constant threat of imminent death push the protagonists to "The Edge of Love." The story explores the bohemian underworld of war-torn London and the intimate complexities of two young couples whose lives and loves become dangerously intertwined.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Miss March
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore
Screenwriter: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore
Starring: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Craig Robinson
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for strong crude and sexual content, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use.)
Official Website: FoxSearchlight.com/MissMarch
Plot Summary: "Miss March" tells the story of a young man (Cregger) who awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart (Alessi) has since become a naked centerfold in a men’s magazine. He and his sex-crazed best friend (Moore) decide to take a cross- country road trip in order to crash a party at the magazine’s legendary headquarters and win back the girl.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Race to Witch Mountain
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Andy Fickman
Screenwriter: Matt Lopez, Mark Bomback, Andy Fickman
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, Alexander Ludwig, Tom Everett Scott, Christopher Marquette, Cheech Marin, Garry Marshall
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG (for sequences of action and violence, frightening and dangerous situations, and some thematic elements)
Official Website: Disney.com/WitchMountain
Plot Summary: For years, stories have circulated about a secret place in the middle of the Nevada desert, known for unexplained phenomena and strange sightings. It is called Witch Mountain, and when a Las Vegas cab driver (Dwayne Johnson) finds two teens with supernatural powers in his cab, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an adventure he can't explain. When they discover that the only chance to save the world lies in unraveling the secrets of Witch Mountain, the race begins, as the government, mobsters and even extraterrestrials try to stop them. "Race to Witch Mountain" is a fun and thrilling adventure featuring incredible special effects.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Magnet Releasing
Director: Tony Stone
Screenwriter: Tony Stone
Starring: Clare Amory, Noelle Bailey, Nathan Corbin, James Fuentes, Tony Stone
Genre: Adventure, Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: SeveredWays.com
Plot Summary: In the 11th century, Vikings, Indians, and Irish monks collide on the shores of North America in a historical epic adventure of exploration, personal glory, and religious dominance. Abandoned by a Western exploration party and stranded in the New World, two lone Vikings wade through a grand primeval landscape, struggling for survival while still in the grip of their Norse ways.
An impressive DIY epic, "Severed Ways" features a frosty black metal soundtrack, including Burzum, Morbid Angel, Judas Priest, Queens of the Stone Age and Dimmu Borgir.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Sunshine Cleaning
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Overture Films
Director: Christine Jeffs
Screenwriter: Megan Holley
Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Clifton Collins Jr., Jason Spevack
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for language, disturbing images, some sexuality and drug use)
Official Website: SunshineCleaning-themovie.com
Plot Summary: A single mom and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning. Directed by Christine Jeffs ("Rain," "Sylvia"), this uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah, (Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad Joe (Alan Arkin), a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other... specialized situations. As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find a true respect for one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms. By building their own improbable business, Rose and Norah open the door to the joys and challenges of being there for one another—no matter what—while creating a brighter future for the entire Lorkowski family.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Tokyo Sonata
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Regent Releasing
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Screenwriter: Max Mannix, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sachiko Tanaka
Starring: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Yu Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki, Haruka Igawa, Kanji Tsuda
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: TokyoSonatamovie.com
Plot Summary: From acclaimed Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa comes the film "Tokyo Sonata," which portrays an ordinary family in modern Japan caught in the throes of inert pride, stymied by their own inability to communicate honestly with one another. Lies lead to suspicion, until the veneer of their civility shatters, with tragic consequence.
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The Cake Eaters
Studio: Not Available
Director: Mary Stuart Masterson
Screenwriter: Jayce Bartok
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: "The Cake Eaters" is a quirky, small town, ensemble drama that explores the lives of two interconnected families coming to terms with love in the face of loss.
Living in rural America, The Kimbrough family is a normally odd bunch; Easy, the patriarch, owns a butcher shop and finds himself grieving over the loss of his wife, Ceci, while hiding a secret ongoing relationship for years; Beagle, his youngest son who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria by day but has a burning passion inside that manifests itself through painting; and the eldest son, Guy, has been away from the family for years while pursuing his musical aspirations in the big city until the day he learns of his mother's passing and that he's missed the funeral.
Upon Guy's return home, the complex nature of each character unravels; Beagle's pent up emotions connect with Georgia Kaminski, a terminally ill teenage girl wanting to experience love before it's too late; Easy's long time affair with Marg, Georgia's eccentric grandmother, is exposed to the Kimbrough family; and Guy discovers that, in his absence, his high school sweetheart, Stephanie, has moved on and started a family of her own.
Through it all, The Kimbroughs and Kaminski's manage to establish a new beginning in the face of their greatest fears; life, death and family...
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The Last House on the Left
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Director: Dennis Iliadis
Screenwriter: Carl Ellsworth
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Rhys Coiro, Martha MacIsaac, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul
Genre: Suspense Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for sadistic brutal violence including a rape and disturbing images, language, nudity and some drug use)
Official Website: TheLastHouseontheLeft.com
Plot Summary: Masters of horror Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham revisit their landmark film that launched Craven's directing career and influenced decades of horror films to follow: "The Last House on the Left." Bringing one of the most notorious thrillers of all time to a new generation, they produce the story that explores how far two ordinary people will go to exact revenge on the sociopaths who harmed their child.
The night she arrives at the remote Collingwood lakehouse, Mari (Sara Paxton) and her friend are kidnapped by a prison escapee and his crew. Terrified and left for dead, Mari's only hope is to make it back to parents John and Emma (Tony Goldwyn and Monica Potter). Unfortunately, her attackers unknowingly seek shelter at the one place she could be safe. And when her family learns the horrifying story, they will make three strangers curse the day they came to "The Last House on the Left."
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The Perfect Sleep
Studio: Cinema Epoch
Director: Jeremy Alter
Screenwriter: Anton Pardoe
Starring: Anton Pardoe, Roselyn Sanchez, Sam Thakur, Patrick Bauchau
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for violence, some language and brief drug use)
Official Website: ThePerfectSleep.com
Plot Summary: Think of classic film noir: the world of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, femme fatales, and lurking shadows. Now imagine this world populated with characters from tragic Russian novels like those by Dostoevsky, tormented figures suffering through harsh circumstances. This unique world provides the foundation for the dark and vivid dreamscape of "The Perfect Sleep."
In a timeless city, a man with no known name (Anton Pardoe) returns to the violent, brutal underworld of assassins he escaped ten years earlier. Known only as "The Mad Monk," a moniker bestowed upon him by his adversaries, this mysterious man is known for two things: his merciless honor crimes and his intense devotion to one woman, Porphyria (Roselyn Sanchez), who he has loved since childhood.
There is no discernible reason for him to return to this ruthless city, save one. Now a mother and wife, Porphyria still lives here and is in great danger, and he – a man gifted in the art of killing – may be the only one who can save her. Waiting for him are eager assailants such as the Rajah (Sam Thakur), all led by the formidable Nikolai (Patrick Bauchau.)
To protect Porphyria, he will return to a life of torment and torture. He will face off against the father figure he turned his back on so many years ago and revisit this criminal world full of people imprisoned by their desire, history and sins.
"The Perfect Sleep" marks the directorial debut of Jeremy Alter who has served as producer and location manager for a variety of projects including David Lynch's "Inland Empire" as well as "Fanboys," "Sideways" and "Balls of Fury" and now teams with friend and collaborator Anton Pardoe on their first full length feature.
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1]The Edge of Love
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Capitol Films
Director: John Maybury
Screenwriter: Sharman MacDonald
Starring: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Plot Summary: A beautifully-drawn love story, the film revolves around two feisty, free-spirited women, Caitlin Thomas (Miller) and Vera Killick (Knightley); Vera's husband, William Killick (Murphy); and the brilliant, charismatic poet Dylan Thomas (Rhys) who loves both women. Broken promises, passion, betrayal, the shadow of war and the constant threat of imminent death push the protagonists to "The Edge of Love." The story explores the bohemian underworld of war-torn London and the intimate complexities of two young couples whose lives and loves become dangerously intertwined.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Miss March
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore
Screenwriter: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore
Starring: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Craig Robinson
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for strong crude and sexual content, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use.)
Official Website: FoxSearchlight.com/MissMarch
Plot Summary: "Miss March" tells the story of a young man (Cregger) who awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart (Alessi) has since become a naked centerfold in a men’s magazine. He and his sex-crazed best friend (Moore) decide to take a cross- country road trip in order to crash a party at the magazine’s legendary headquarters and win back the girl.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Race to Witch Mountain
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Andy Fickman
Screenwriter: Matt Lopez, Mark Bomback, Andy Fickman
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, Alexander Ludwig, Tom Everett Scott, Christopher Marquette, Cheech Marin, Garry Marshall
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG (for sequences of action and violence, frightening and dangerous situations, and some thematic elements)
Official Website: Disney.com/WitchMountain
Plot Summary: For years, stories have circulated about a secret place in the middle of the Nevada desert, known for unexplained phenomena and strange sightings. It is called Witch Mountain, and when a Las Vegas cab driver (Dwayne Johnson) finds two teens with supernatural powers in his cab, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an adventure he can't explain. When they discover that the only chance to save the world lies in unraveling the secrets of Witch Mountain, the race begins, as the government, mobsters and even extraterrestrials try to stop them. "Race to Witch Mountain" is a fun and thrilling adventure featuring incredible special effects.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Magnet Releasing
Director: Tony Stone
Screenwriter: Tony Stone
Starring: Clare Amory, Noelle Bailey, Nathan Corbin, James Fuentes, Tony Stone
Genre: Adventure, Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: SeveredWays.com
Plot Summary: In the 11th century, Vikings, Indians, and Irish monks collide on the shores of North America in a historical epic adventure of exploration, personal glory, and religious dominance. Abandoned by a Western exploration party and stranded in the New World, two lone Vikings wade through a grand primeval landscape, struggling for survival while still in the grip of their Norse ways.
An impressive DIY epic, "Severed Ways" features a frosty black metal soundtrack, including Burzum, Morbid Angel, Judas Priest, Queens of the Stone Age and Dimmu Borgir.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Sunshine Cleaning
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Overture Films
Director: Christine Jeffs
Screenwriter: Megan Holley
Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Clifton Collins Jr., Jason Spevack
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for language, disturbing images, some sexuality and drug use)
Official Website: SunshineCleaning-themovie.com
Plot Summary: A single mom and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning. Directed by Christine Jeffs ("Rain," "Sylvia"), this uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah, (Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad Joe (Alan Arkin), a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other... specialized situations. As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find a true respect for one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms. By building their own improbable business, Rose and Norah open the door to the joys and challenges of being there for one another—no matter what—while creating a brighter future for the entire Lorkowski family.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Tokyo Sonata
[/SIZE][/FONT] Studio: Regent Releasing
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Screenwriter: Max Mannix, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sachiko Tanaka
Starring: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Yu Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki, Haruka Igawa, Kanji Tsuda
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: TokyoSonatamovie.com
Plot Summary: From acclaimed Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa comes the film "Tokyo Sonata," which portrays an ordinary family in modern Japan caught in the throes of inert pride, stymied by their own inability to communicate honestly with one another. Lies lead to suspicion, until the veneer of their civility shatters, with tragic consequence.
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The Cake Eaters
Studio: Not Available
Director: Mary Stuart Masterson
Screenwriter: Jayce Bartok
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: "The Cake Eaters" is a quirky, small town, ensemble drama that explores the lives of two interconnected families coming to terms with love in the face of loss.
Living in rural America, The Kimbrough family is a normally odd bunch; Easy, the patriarch, owns a butcher shop and finds himself grieving over the loss of his wife, Ceci, while hiding a secret ongoing relationship for years; Beagle, his youngest son who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria by day but has a burning passion inside that manifests itself through painting; and the eldest son, Guy, has been away from the family for years while pursuing his musical aspirations in the big city until the day he learns of his mother's passing and that he's missed the funeral.
Upon Guy's return home, the complex nature of each character unravels; Beagle's pent up emotions connect with Georgia Kaminski, a terminally ill teenage girl wanting to experience love before it's too late; Easy's long time affair with Marg, Georgia's eccentric grandmother, is exposed to the Kimbrough family; and Guy discovers that, in his absence, his high school sweetheart, Stephanie, has moved on and started a family of her own.
Through it all, The Kimbroughs and Kaminski's manage to establish a new beginning in the face of their greatest fears; life, death and family...
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The Last House on the Left
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Director: Dennis Iliadis
Screenwriter: Carl Ellsworth
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Rhys Coiro, Martha MacIsaac, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul
Genre: Suspense Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for sadistic brutal violence including a rape and disturbing images, language, nudity and some drug use)
Official Website: TheLastHouseontheLeft.com
Plot Summary: Masters of horror Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham revisit their landmark film that launched Craven's directing career and influenced decades of horror films to follow: "The Last House on the Left." Bringing one of the most notorious thrillers of all time to a new generation, they produce the story that explores how far two ordinary people will go to exact revenge on the sociopaths who harmed their child.
The night she arrives at the remote Collingwood lakehouse, Mari (Sara Paxton) and her friend are kidnapped by a prison escapee and his crew. Terrified and left for dead, Mari's only hope is to make it back to parents John and Emma (Tony Goldwyn and Monica Potter). Unfortunately, her attackers unknowingly seek shelter at the one place she could be safe. And when her family learns the horrifying story, they will make three strangers curse the day they came to "The Last House on the Left."
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The Perfect Sleep
Studio: Cinema Epoch
Director: Jeremy Alter
Screenwriter: Anton Pardoe
Starring: Anton Pardoe, Roselyn Sanchez, Sam Thakur, Patrick Bauchau
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for violence, some language and brief drug use)
Official Website: ThePerfectSleep.com
Plot Summary: Think of classic film noir: the world of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, femme fatales, and lurking shadows. Now imagine this world populated with characters from tragic Russian novels like those by Dostoevsky, tormented figures suffering through harsh circumstances. This unique world provides the foundation for the dark and vivid dreamscape of "The Perfect Sleep."
In a timeless city, a man with no known name (Anton Pardoe) returns to the violent, brutal underworld of assassins he escaped ten years earlier. Known only as "The Mad Monk," a moniker bestowed upon him by his adversaries, this mysterious man is known for two things: his merciless honor crimes and his intense devotion to one woman, Porphyria (Roselyn Sanchez), who he has loved since childhood.
There is no discernible reason for him to return to this ruthless city, save one. Now a mother and wife, Porphyria still lives here and is in great danger, and he – a man gifted in the art of killing – may be the only one who can save her. Waiting for him are eager assailants such as the Rajah (Sam Thakur), all led by the formidable Nikolai (Patrick Bauchau.)
To protect Porphyria, he will return to a life of torment and torture. He will face off against the father figure he turned his back on so many years ago and revisit this criminal world full of people imprisoned by their desire, history and sins.
"The Perfect Sleep" marks the directorial debut of Jeremy Alter who has served as producer and location manager for a variety of projects including David Lynch's "Inland Empire" as well as "Fanboys," "Sideways" and "Balls of Fury" and now teams with friend and collaborator Anton Pardoe on their first full length feature.