Genre : Horror (?),Thriller Country : USA Cast : Arron Kinser : Paul Marissa Pistone : Lily Spencer Garrett : Frederick Director : Arthur Romeo
Summary Tragedy strikes married couple Paul and Lily, when Lily's father dies.
Lily has her father cremated, brings the urn home and now Paul has to
come to terms with the death of his father-in-law whom he had despised.
The situation gets a bit frayed when the lid to the urn mysteriously
disappears, and Paul begins to experience happenings no one else is
aware of.
Genre : Thriller Country : USA Cast : Briana Evigan : Kelly Taylor Garret Dillahunt : Johnny Gaveneau Charlie Tahan : Tom Taylor
Director :
Carlos Brooks
Summary In Montgomery County, Kelly Taylor is ready to go to college and takes
her autistic brother, Tom, to a specialized institution. However, the
bank informs her that she does not have sufficient funds in her account
to honor her check. Her stepfather, Johnny Gaveneau, withdrew the money
from her account the day before. When Kelly arrives home, Johnny reveals
that he used the money to buy a tiger for his 'safari show' project. In
addition he has the house reinforced, in order to protect it from
hurricanes, so all the windows and external doors are covered with wood.
When Kelly awakes, she finds that the starving tiger is inside the
house and Tom and she are trapped with the ravenous animal.
Genre : SF/Drama Country : Canada Cast : Gillian Anderson : Marika Haley Joel Osment : Erol Rufus Sewell : Gabe Director :
Richie Mehta
Summary After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son
and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later
- one that may bring him home.
Genre : Crime/Thriller Country : France/South Africa Cast : Orlando Bloom : Brian Epkeen Forest Whitaker : Ali Sokhela Tanya van Graan : Tara Director :
Jérome Salle
Alternative title: City of Violence
Summary As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a
militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National
Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years.
But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain. Today, Ali
is chief of the homicide branch of the South African police in Cape
Town. One of his staff is Brian Epkeen, a free-wheeling white officer
whose family was originally involved in the establishment of apartheid
but who works well with Neuman. Together they have to deal with crime
that inevitably exists in sprawling areas of un- and under- employed
people, crime exacerbated by gangs, both local and from other parts of
Africa. Their job gets even more difficult when the corpses of two young
women are found.
Genre : Horror/Thriller Country : USA Cast : Ron Perlman : Chilcoat Mark Webber : Elliot
Devon Graye : Michael
Director :
Daniel Stamm
Summary Elliot Brindle is a bright, meek salesman, drowning in debt - and
desperate as he's about to marry the love of his life. Upon receiving a
phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he
must execute 13 tasks to receive a sum total cash prize of $6.2M,
Elliot dismissively follows through with his first two instructions:
swat the fly that is currently bothering him, then eat the fly. With
thousands of dollars suddenly appearing in his bank account, Elliot
remains skeptical, though comforted by the knowledge that he can stop
playing at anytime if only to lose every penny that he's won. Trapped
into the horrors manipulated by unseen spectators, Elliot's need to
complete the game escalates as the tasks grow more extreme, to a
devastating point of no return.
Nederlands hier ... Genre : Action/Thriller Country : USA Cast : Liam Neeson : Bill Marks Michelle Dockery : Nancy Julianne Moore : Jen Summers
Director :
Jaume Collet-Serra
Summary Bill Marks is a former cop who after dealing with his daughter's death
by drinking, is now an air marshal. While on a flight from London to New
York, Marks gets a text telling him that unless 150 million dollars is
deposited to an off shore account within 20 minutes someone will die. He
tries to tell the other air marshal, Hammond but Hammond doesn't
believe him.
Genre : Biography/Crime Country : USA Cast : Spencer Lofranco : James Mary-Louise Parker : Tracy James Woods : Lt. Falton Ving Rhames : Conrad
Director :
Trevor White
Summary The true story of James Burns who, as a teenager goes from the suburban
street gangs of Denver to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by
hardened criminals. In this unlikely setting, will James emerge with
hope and a brighter future?
Summary James and Lily live off the grid, raising their young daughter in a
cocoon of comfort and sustainability. When a mysterious mass text
ripples its way across the country, triggering a crippling, apocalyptic
cyber attack, their home transitions from sheltered modern oasis to a
fortress for the estranged old friends that show up at their door for
protection and community. The unexpected reunion--abundant with revelry
and remembrances, generously enhanced by organic wine and weed--is
quickly undermined by the slights of the past, the spark of lingering
flirtations and the threat of a locally grown new world order. Genre : SF//Drama Country : US Cast : Caroline Dhavernas : Becky Snyder Adrian Grenier : James Palmer Kerry Bishé : Lily Palmer Ben McKenzie : Nick Randworth Director : Denis Hennelly
Summary Theodore is a lonely man in the final stages of his divorce. When he's
not working as a letter writer, his down time is spent playing video
games and occasionally hanging out with friends. He decides to purchase
the new OS1, which is advertised as the world's first artificially
intelligent operating system. Theodore quickly finds himself drawn in
with Samantha, the voice behind his OS1. As they start spending time
together they grow closer and closer and eventually find themselves in
love. Having fallen in love with his OS, Theodore finds himself dealing
with feelings of both great joy and doubt. As an OS, Samantha has
powerful intelligence that she uses to help Theodore in ways others
hadn't, but how does she help him deal with his inner conflict of being
in love with an OS? Genre : SF/Romance/Drama Country : US Cast : Joaquin Phoenix : Theodore Scarlett Johansson : Samantha Amy Adams : Amy Director : Spike Jonze
Summary A small group of everyday passengers on a speeding London commuter train
battle their warped driver who has a dark plan for everyone on-board. Genre : Action/Thriller Country : UK Cast : Dougray Scott : Lewis Shaler David Schofield : Peter Carmichael Iddo Goldberg : Jan Klimowski Director : Omid Nooshin
Summary Victor, a rising gangland player, has infiltrated the crime empire run
by ruthless kingpin Alphonse, with the single purpose of making Alphonse
pay for destroying his once happy life. As he meticulously orchestrates
his vengeance from his high-rise home, Victor watches and is watched by
Beatrice, a mysterious young woman who lives in the apartment across
from his. On the surface a fragile woman-child, Beatrice seethes with a
rage of her own. When she uncovers Victor's dark secrets, she threatens
to expose him unless he helps her carry out her own campaign of
retribution. Each fixated on avenging the past, they devise a violent
and cathartic plan that could change their worlds forever. Genre : Action/Drama/Thriller Country : USA Cast : Colin Farrell : Victor Noomi Rapace : Beatrice Dominic Cooper : Darcy Director : Niels Arden Oplev
SummaryThe year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is
at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used
by the military for years - and it's meant billions for OmniCorp's
bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology
to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex
Murphy is
critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a
part-man, part-robot police officer.
Genre : SF/Action Country : USA Cast : Joel Kinnaman : Alex Murphy Gary Oldman : Dr. Dennett Norton Samuel L. Jackson : Pat Novak Michael Keaton : Raymond Sellars Director : José Padilha
Summary Set in 79 A.D., POMPEII tells the epic story of Milo, a
slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against
time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful
daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a
corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing
lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his
beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him. Genre : Action/Adventure/Drama Country : Canada/Germany Cast : Emily Browning : Cassia Kit Harington : Milo Carrie-Anne Moss : Aurelia Director : Paul W.S. Anderson
Summary Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, clash in
the Appalachian Mountain wilderness. Ford is a former American soldier
who fought on the front lines in Bosnia. He has
retreated to a remote cabin in the woods, trying to escape painful
memories of war. Kovac, a former Serbian soldier,
seeks Ford out, hoping to settle an old score. What follows is a
cat-and-mouse game in which Ford and Kovac fight their own personal war. Genre : Action/Drama Country : USA/Belgium Cast : Robert De Niro : Benjamin Ford John Travolta : Emil Kovac Milo Ventimiglia : Chris Ford Director : Mark Steven Johnson
Summary An idyllichunting triporganized by CraigThompsonand his three friendsis disruptedwhenhe finds out thathis fianceeandwitness fool around witheach otherbehind his back. To makethingsworse,his cousinseemstochangeintoa killing machine, while aChupacabravirusspreads rapidlyand localstransformsinto zombies. Genre : Horror/Comedy Country : USA Cast : Matthew Albrecht : Craig Isaac Harrison : Lance Dru Lockwood : Tom Jarrod Pistilli : Jerry Director : Tyler Glodt
Genre : War/Drama Country : USA/Germany Cast : George Clooney : Frank Stokes Matt Damon : James Granger Cate Blanchett : Claire Simone Director :
George Clooney
Summary The
Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II
platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic
masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful
owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind
enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything
as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors,
curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than
the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they
were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the
destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to
protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements.
Mijn mening "If you destroy their history, you destroy their achievements and it's as if they never existed.”
"The Monuments men" is a terribly boring movie. Thank God there were people during the 2nd World War who were concerned about the cultural heritage and with a selfless commitment went to the battlefields of Nazi Germany to recover the looted artworks. It's a story based on true events, but I still doubt if it was necessary to make a film about those events. In "The Guns of Navarone" they gathered a commando to destroy those damn huge cannons. In "Saving Private Ryan" a group of soldiers got orders to look for a certain Ryan (of course) whose brothers been killed on the battlefield. In "The Monuments Men" some old aged connoisseurs of art, sacrifice themselves to find stolen artworks. They also could have called it "Saving a Private Collection". But this one isn't that heroic and exciting. You would expect this to be a masterpiece with such a cast and such an original story about the 2nd World War. Ultimately, it isn't a movie of the same valuable level as those pieces of art they tried to save.
George
Clooney co-wrote this film, has directed it and also plays the lead role
as Frank Stokes, an art expert at age who puts together a group of eight other
art historians, architects and professors to go to distant Europe and find some lost art. It's also a race against the clock since the Russians are also keen to get those artworks in their possession. For
the Russians, it's a kind of payment for the losses they suffered during the war, while "The
Monuments Men" have the noble aim to deliver it back to the original
owners. The
other members of the group consists of the three American greybeards
Richard Campbell (Bill Murray), Walter Garfield (John Goodman) and
Preston Savitz (Bob Balaban), the Englishman Donald Jeffries ( Hugh
Bonneville ) who apparently has to make up for something, the Frenchman
in exile Jean Claude Clermont (Jean Dujardin) and James Granger (Matt Damon) and Sam Epstein (Dimitri Leonidas).
Again Clooneylookslikethe perfectsonin law and behavesas usualasa charmingHollywoodstar.I'm constantly amazed aboutthe factthatno matterwhat Mr.Clooneydoes, hishairalwayslooksimmaculate andwell groomed.Itseemed as ifthere isstilla renownedstylist on every corner in this recreated-to-rubbleGermany who has the time to fix his hair again. For the rest,it seems likean"Ocean'sEleven"in uniform.Even theconversationswith Damonlook likea duplicateof"Ocean'sEleven" : such a jovial,tonelessanddryinformalconversationbetweentwoclose friends.Same routine.
Matt Damonplays again the smilingcharmerwhotriesto help himself usinghispitifullypoor French(To be honest, I couldn't understand anything he said)on his way toParis,where he will meet awoman calledClaireSimone(CateBlanchett).Claire is thecurator of theJeu dePaume,a formerart museumthatbecamea depot ofstolen art. Shecould possibly point out thelocationswhere the Nazishave hiddentheir loot.However, sheisan old-fashioned young womanwho stubbornlyrefuses tohelp him,out of fear that it would disappear in the handsof the U.S. The fact that this frigid aunt suddenly felt her hormones working and encouraged Damon to clean up the produced cobwebs during the war, after she was so kind to ask if he was a "good husband", I found auseless andmeaninglessfillerwhich had nothingto do withthe restof the story.
The mostenjoyableperformanceswere done bythe comictrio ofthewhole gang:Murray, Goodman andBalaban.Althoughtheir effortsunfortunatelycouldn't savethe movie.Murraywalked around again as if he couldcare less.The famousdry humorwasbrieflyinterrupted byone ofthemost movingmoments:playing avinyl record he received with aChristmas messageof his daughter andgrandchildren.Anintimate momentbetween all themisery of war.Goodmanwas again thelamesoftyyou expectanytime to emitathunderousroar of laughter, butalsohas itssad momentwhenhe andClermontends up inacrossfirebetween thetwoarmed forces.Balabanis anirasciblerascalwhohas one great desirewhenthey arrive in Europe: the opportunity tokill somebody over there.
Don't expect action packed war scenes because the art rescuers follow the advancing forces during
the whole movie and arrive in every historically known
location after the Germans and allied forces have left. There are countless films about the horrors of the 2nd World War, but this story was still unknown to me. That made it more interesting to watch. The
fact that there are two Belgian cities in the movie where valuable works of
art were stolen , is also something that aroused my curiosity. The
sometimes amusing dialogues and funny moments are interspersed with
touching moments and a few moralizing and corny moments . But overall it was just a weak movie. In content
it's not really an epic story : a group of elderly men running back
and forth through Germany looking for paintings and sculptures . That they made a 2 hour movie about that, is in itself an achievement .
