Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) is Hugh Hefner and Donald Trump rolled into one. He is the billionaire playboy that middle-aged men and teenage boys dream about being. Bedding a different model every night, driving a different car everyday of the month, Stark has it all. His company, Stark Industries, is a pioneer in the military industrial complex; as the owner of a multi-national mega-corporation, Tony has the world’s leaders on speed dial. That is until his military convoy is attacked during a demonstration of his latest weapon, the Jericho.
While it captivity, his captors demand Tony use his technical prowess to build them a Jericho missile. Rather than aid his terrorist captors, Tony builds the means for his escape; the Mark I. (more…)
Arriving home alive from any war is a soldier’s dream come true. Decorated hero, SSgt. Brandon King(Phillippe) finally gets to realize that dream. After arriving home to Texas from his tour in Iraq, he gets to try to return to a normal life. Obviously, not everyone deals with the transition home as easily as Brandon does. Some suffer from PTSD worse than others. Some drink heavily to try to forget; others can’t handle being home and imagine themselves back in the desert.
Brandon’s transition home is a slow one, as it is for everyone, until he’s informed he’s been stop-lossed; he’s being redeployed. (more…)
Dennis Doyle(Pegg) isn’t the most adept of men. Years after leaving his fiancée at the alter, he has degraded into an overweight, poor, security guard. His friends and family try to cheer him up, while at the same time telling him he’s an idiot for ditching Libby(Newton) at the altar, while pregnant with their son. In spite of the constant prodding from his friends and his conscience, Dennis doesn’t have much reason to improve his health, life and love. That is, until Whit(Azeria) shows up.
Whit is Libby’s new boyfriend, and he’s better than Dennis in every way. Whit is an investment banker in downtown london, he runs marathons, has the eye of Libby and is a better father than Dennis. (more…)
After a exquisite performance as a solo cellist, Lyla Novacek(Russell) accompanies her friend to a party where she meets Louis(Rhys Meyers). After a night of sharing their love of music, and love of each other, Lyla is stolen away from Louis by her father, Thomas(Sadler), who is determined to make Lyla get the most out of her career and life. Lyla, now pregnant, trusts that Father knows best.
Several months later, Lyla is involved in a car accident, which threatens the life of her unborn son. After recovering, her father breaks the bad news; her son could not be saved. Devastated, Lyla breaks free from her father’s oppression, determined to make a life for herself. (more…)
A nomadic tribe struggling to survive, must pray to the Fathers for a successful hunting season. Recently, the mammoths they need to survive have become scarce. The village elder, Old Mother, forecasts the arrival of a young girl with blue eyes, who will lead the tribe to prosperity. Evolet(Belle), with her stunningly blue eyes, captures the heart of D’Leh(Strait) immediately. D’Leh’s father left the tribe to try to find another means of survival, leaving his son to inherit his place as the leader of the tribe. Through trials, D’Leh wins the hand of Evolet and the White Spear, signifying his leadership of the clan.
His reign is to be short-lived though. A band of marauders attacks the village stealing several men, women and children to be their slaves. Among those taken is Evolet, and D’Leh is forced to pursue in an attempt to rescue her. Aided by his father’s friend, Tic’Tic(Curtis), D’Leh must travel beyond the White Mountains, through the forests and across the deserts, to the land of the gods to save the woman he loves. (more…)
When a catastrophic event occurs, who’s point of view is it told from? Which one is the most objective? What if you could tell the story from the vantage point of 7 different people? Vantage Point aims to retell an attempted kidnapping of the President of The United States from all points of view.
Thomas Barnes(Quaid) is a veteran Secret Service agent. Having taken a bullet for The President six months earlier, he is brought out of medical leave to protect The President on a diplomatic mission to Spain. Meeting with other world leaders, President Ashton(Hurt) is present at the World Summit on the War on Terror when an assassination attempt takes place. All is not as simple as it may appear on the surface. Barnes must unravel the truth and uncover the plot to kill the president before it is too late. (more…)
Something has attacked New York city and a digital video camera discovered in the aftermath acts as a documentary of what happened. The camera, originally belonging to Rob Hawkins(Stahl-David), captures the events before and during the attack. Starting with Rob’s going-away party, Hud(Miller) records the actions and reactions of Rob’s closest friends as they band together, first to get out of the city, then to save the love of Rob’s life, Beth McIntyre(Yustman). Little does rob know, the tape in the camera is that of his fondest memory with Beth; their day-trip to Coney Island, which peaks through the action and drama as the tape is played back. (more…)
Wendy Savage(Linney), is an aspiring playwright living in New York city, having a little trouble getting noticed. Jon Savage(Seymour Hoffman), from Buffalo, New York, is a teacher and novelist afflicted with a bout of writers-block. Their father, Lenny(Bosco), recently lost his girlfriend of 20 years, and is suffering from dementia. Moving Lenny to a nursing home in Buffalo becomes an ordeal when Wendy and Jon realize their father is farther gone than either had predicted. A somber story about the slow process of losing a loved one, The Savages is a comedy-noir destined for greatness. (more…)
Jane Nichols(Heigl), realized her love of weddings at a young age. Helping others perfect the most important day of their lives is something she’s always enjoyed. She enjoys it so much, she’s helped plan 27 weddings. When she’s not organizing the next big day, she’s either working as George’s(Burns) assistant at Everest, an outdoors magazine, or reading through the commitments section of the paper. Every Sunday, Jane and countless other women flip directly to the commitments section to read the latest wedding proposals and tales of romantic courtship spun by Malcolm Doyle.
Her life seems perfect until Jane’s younger, more beautiful, more outgoing sister Tess(Akerman) returns home. On her first night home, Tess meet’s George, Jane’s boss. Immediately, Tess and George hit it off, at the distress of Jane, who is secretly in love with George. (more…)
