Colombiana 1hr. 45min. (A-)
Director: Olivier Megaton
Cast: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan & Callum Blue
Studio: Stage 6 Films
Synopsis: Cataleya is a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer and working for her uncle, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents' deaths.
Director: Troy Nixey
Cast: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce & Bailee Madison
Studio: FilmDistrict
Synopsis: Sally Hurst has just moved in with her father Alex and his girlfriend Kim when she realizes that their sprawling estate holds its fair share of secrets. Ascending to the depths of the house, Sally gains access to a secret lower level that has lain undisturbed for nearly a century, when the original builder vanished without a trace. When Sally accidentally opens the gateway that kept the creatures locked up tight, she realizes that in order to prevent them from destroying her family is to convince her skeptical father that monsters really exist.
Director: Jesse Peretz
Cast: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks & Zooey Deschanel
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Synopsis: Every family has one: the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned, an organic farmer whose willingness to rely on the honesty of mankind is a less-than-optimum strategy for a tidy, trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother and so, after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once again come to his rescue.
Director: Rowan Joffe
Cast: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough & Helen Miren
Studio: BBC Films
Synopsis: Pinkie is a desperate youth who is hell bent on clawing his way up through the ranks of organized crime. When a young and very innocent waitress, Rose, stumbles on evidence linking him to a revenge killing, he sets out to seduce her to secure her silence.
Circumstance 1hr. 45min. (A+)
Director: Maryam Keshavarz
Cast: Sarah Kazemy, Nikohl Boosheri & Reza Sixo Safai
Studio: Participant Media
Synopsis: Atafeh and her brother, Mehran, have grown up privileged, in a home filled with music, art, and intellectual curiosity. While Atafeh dreams of fame and adventure, and she and her best friend, Shireen, explore Tehran's underground scene with youthful exuberance and determination to be themselves, her brother returns home from drug rehab, renounces his former decadent life, and replaces his once obsessive practice of classical music with more destructive pursuits.
Director: Vivi Friedman
Cast: Christina Hendricks, Gabrielle Anwar & Rachael Leigh Cook
Studio: EntertainmentOne
Synopsis: The dysfunctional Burnett family: Bunnie, Jack and their twin 17 year olds Eric and Kelly - seems like a lost cause. When a freak accident leaves Bunnie with a case of amnesia, the Burnetts get an unexpected second chance at happiness. Meanwhile, next door neighbor Simon is relieved that his tryst gone wrong with Bunnie remains undetected, at least for the moment. Before long, a slew of past relationships, kids with guns, a suicidal teacher, a very zealous religious club, misinterpreted advances, corporate down-sizing, and one fateful squirrel combine to create enough mayhem to test the resolve, sanity and future of any family.
Higher Ground 1hr. 49min. (A-) Director: Vera Farmiga
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard & Dagmara Dominczyk
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Synopsis: Pregnant, married, and awkward at eighteen years old, Carolyn Briggs grows more and more interested in Jesus, eventually giving herself over to a radical New Testament church. Amidst her community of self-described "Jesus Freaks," Carolyn's daily life consists of hours of Bible study, alternative family practices and bracing for the oncoming Rapture. It's only when her marriage begins to unravel that Carolyn dares to question the religious dogma she has embraced for her entire adult life.
Love Crime 1hr. 44min. (B-) Director: Alain Corneau
Cast: Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas & Patrick Mille
Studio: SBS Films
Synopsis: Ruthless executive Christine brings on Isabelle as her assistant, and she takes delight in toying with the young woman's innocence. But when the protégé's ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass one as her own, she underestimates Isabelle's ambition and cunning -- and the ground is set for all out war.
Swinging w/the Finkels 1hr. 22min. (B) Director: Jonathan Newman
Cast: Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman & Melissa George
Studio: Filmaka
Synopsis: Having met at University, American born Ellie and her husband Alvin are several years into their marriage. The heady sparks of lust and fun have sadly faded and they're left with the day to day normality of their everyday life. Having explored various options, including an unfortunate incident with a cucumber as witnessed by Ellie's Grandfather, Ellie hits upon the brilliant idea to mix things up with another couple - to have a 'consensual affair' within the confines of the marriage.
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