Released December 20th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Massachusetts.
This is loosely based on the life of con man Melvin Weinberg....
The story : Small time con man Irving Rosenfeld meets the girl of his dreams , even though he has a wife.
First he falls head over heels , then he lets his dream girl in on his "business".
She decides she could really help him pull his scams off and she does just that.
But soon , they get busted and the girl is the one to do jail time.
Now the con is to let the policeman who busted them in on their scams , allowing him to believe that the girl has left Irving and is now falling for him.
Irving is hired to do his part and instead of a team of two , many people become involved - including the policeman who busted them and the FBI , as the FBI had been working on taking down corrupt city officials in the past.
They take down senators , mayors , congressmen , members of the city council , house representatives and an immigration inspector in what is known as the infamous Abscam FBI sting.
Stars Christian Bale , Amy Adams , Jennifer Lawrence , Jack Huston , Bradley Cooper , Michael Peña , Shea Whigham , Jeremy Renner , Elisabeth Rohm
Directed by David O. Russell
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA/CRIME
"Some of this may be true."
Released January 4th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Louisiana.
The story : On that August day , Sally Hardesty escaped her worst nightmare. But her brother and her friends did not.
She went straight to the police that day and told them all that she had gone through.
When the police arrived at the scene , so did a group of angry locals out for blood.
The locals took the situation into their own hands , ignoring pleas from the police.
The result was a whole family being killed as well as burning the farmhouse that they were all in , to the ground.
The locals believed they had taken care of the whole family. Little did they realize there were a couple survivors.
Fast forward to the present day , Heather Miller has just been told by the only parents that she has ever known that she is infact their adopted child.
All this has come into the light for Heather due to her biological grandmother passing away and leaving her a house.
Heather goes to the house , bringing some friends along without any clue of who she is or what to expect.
Stars Thom Barry , Paul Rae , David Born , Sue Rock , Bill Moseley , Gunnar Hansen , Ritchie Montgomery , Dodie Brown , David Bell , John Dugan , Marilyn Burns , Dodie Brown , Sam McKinzie , Alexandra Daddario , Tania Raymonde , Trey Songz , Scott Eastwood , Shaun Sipos , Keram Malicki-Sánchez , James MacDonald , Richard Riehle
Directed by John Luessenhop
Rated R
REMAKE/HORROR
"Now , it's your time."
Released , on DVD , May 26 , 2009 in the US.
Filmed in Tokyo , Japan and Florida.
The story : Abby is a naive American girl who has moved to Tokyo to keep her current relationship from being a long distance one.
She has gotten herself a job and everything , even though she doesn't like it.
Abby never sees it coming but one morning she wakes to find that her boyfriend is packing up for a work trip.
Abby tells him she will go along with him but he explains that he just wont have the time for her.
He basically doesn't want her to go with him and with that , he just leaves her behind.
For a while , Abby continues at the job she hates while feeling sorry for herself. But she needs another change.
The poor , lonely girl begins being drawn to a ram-en house that she can see from the apartment after she breaks down one evening.
The ram-en she is served on that dark , depressing night will change her life.
Stars Brittany Murphy , Daniel Evans , Daniel Evans , Tammy Blanchard , Toshiyuki Nishida , Sohee Park , Kimiko Yo , Renji Ishibashi , Thane Camus , Hako Ueno , Masayuki Maekawa
Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
Rated PG13
COMEDY/DRAMA
Released Februray 1st in the US.
Filmed in New York and West Virginia.
Based on truths.
The story : Middle-aged family man and ex-Marine Thomas Montgomery loved his wife and daughters but he was starting to have some very heavy issues with self doubt.
He didn't know how to approach his problems although today he may tell you about the lack of communication that he had been experiencing in his marriage.
Soon , Thomas found himself gaming online in chat rooms. Making what he believed to be friends that he could talk with in the process.
Then , he met a teenage girl named Jessi.
Thomas found himself hopelessly in love with Jessi. She relayed the same feelings for him , although she believed he was her age.
The two never met in person.
Jessi made friends with a co worker of Thomas' , 22 year old Brian.
After a while , she began toying with both men.
Things spiraled out to a point no one involved's control. In the end , the consequences were devastating.
Stars Thomas Montgomery , (voice) Steve Clement , Ken Case , Tim Shieler , Dan Barrett , Deb Barrett , Dan Barrett , Ron Kenyon , Rex Beaber , Jim Hatch , Lee Kirk , John Molloy
Directed by Barbara Schroeder
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY
"Be nice. Don't lie."
Released sometime in 1993.
Filming location(s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story : A man studying marine biology is working with a crew on a hard underwater scuba suit for great exploratory use.
He has heard many reports from local fisherman claiming that the places where fish once were in abundance they are now scarce.
The fisherman believe there is a curse on the ocean.
No one can say for sure if there is infact a curse or not.
But after diving down into the depths of the ocean where the problem has been , one man can say for certain that he does believe there is really a curse on the ocean and its inhabitants.
No Stars
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY
Released May 3 , 2013 in the US.
Filmed in New York , Louisiana and California.
Based on truths.
The story : Family man Rich Kuklinski works hard at a dead end job to make sure that his wife and young daughters are taken care of.
When he is told by the man who runs the business where he is employed that he will be out of a job , there is nothing he can do or say about it.
But because the man who just put him out of a job is associated with the Mafia , Rich finds himself doing another kind of job , against his will of course.
For many years after that faithful meeting , Rich leads the secret life of a contract killer for hire.
Stars Michael Shannon , Winona Ryder , Ray Liotta , Chris Evans , Jimmy Lee Jr. , Juan Michael Konshuk-Mas , Garrett Kruithof , Kelly Lind , Ashlynn Ross , Weronika Rosati , David Schwimmer , Robert Davi , Danny A. Abeckaser , John Ventimiglia , Ryan O'Nan , McKaley Miller , Megan Sherrill , James Franco , Stephen Dorff
Directed by Ariel Vromen
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA
Released December 25th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Writer John Henderson has just gone through yet another divorce.
He is having a hard time finding someone , and he cannot figure out why.
John wants to write another book but he is very uninspired.
He decides maybe if he moves in with his mom , he can figure out why his marriages have failed among other unanswered questions he may find.
Stars Albert Brooks , Laura Weekes , Paul Collins , John C. McGinley , Rob Morrow , Isabel Glasser , Danielle Quinn , Spencer Klein , Lisa Kudrow , Debbie Reynolds , Vanessa Williams , Anne Haney , Billye Ree Wallace , James Gleason , Matt Nolan , Harry Hutchinson , Kimiko Gelman , Peter White , Rosalind Allen
Directed by Albert Brooks
Rated PG13
COMEDY/DRAMA
"It's so nice to have a man around the house."
"Dad used to fix stuff?"
"Oh God no. I just like the expression."
