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This Disney/Pixar was a laugh riot in the theaters, and it should be no different in your living room.  Nobody brings a story to life like Pixar and this one is may be its most human story yet.  It’s the story of an old man trying to keep a promise he made to his dead wife, and the hijinks that ensue when he accidentally enlists the help of his friendly neighborhood boy scout.  If you don’t cry, you’ve gotta be some kind of zombie vampire from space.

The Ugly Truth

I don’t know about this one.  I couldn’t bring myself to sit through the obvious schlock-fest that is this movie, but that’s my problem.  From what I can tell, it’s your standard romcom wherein Gerard Butler is attempting to help the supremely overrated Katherine Heigl (I’d like to buy a vowel?) how to fall in love the right way, but the silly girl falls in love with him instead.  I just threw up in my shoe, but hey, to each his own.

Ink

When looking up the description for Ink, I came across this little nugget from IMDB: “Ink has been hailed as the new “it” movie and compared to cult classics Brazil, Donnie Darko, The Matrix, Dark City and Pan’s Labyrinth.”  So there you have it, no further description necessary, it’s cool so you must see it.

Coraline: This movie if you haven’t seen it, now’s the time. It honestly does not matter if you do not like the plot of the movie, or the characters, the sheer artistry of this movie is enough to astound you. Coraline is the reason why CGI animation should never completely replace stop-motion because the time that was taken to make every scene of this movie perfect and for every day items to be transformed is nothing short of amazing. Critics loved this movie rendition of the book about a girl who is able to travel to another world in order to escape the reality of living in an apartment with work driven parents. Some even believed it to be better than the book. Pick it up, you won’t be disappointed. (I’ll be at the store getting mine first thing.)

Watchmen: The widely anticipated movie based on one of the most celebrated graphic novels, was one that you either loved or hated. If you haven’t seen it, then you’ve probably been feeling left out of a few rants or a few rave reviews, well now is the time to catch up and make your own opinion. Just a heads up, you view of the movie will be greatly affected if you’ve already read the graphic novel.

The Great Buck Howard: I have a strong bias against John Malcovich every since I was forced to sit through Being John Malcovich, but this movie does something to redeem him.  The movie tells the story of a once great entertainer trying to make his big comeback, the comedy is good and this movie is entertaining enough. By far the biggest draw for me, short scenes they may have been, was seeing the interaction of real life father and son (Tom and Colin Hanks) portay father and son in the movie.

Echelon Conspiracy: In what might seem vaguely familar to fans of Eagle Eye, this movie deals with the government using  a cellphone to control an unwitting young man. Which means if you liked Eagle Eye this might be worth some amusement as in many ways the writting is better, but don’t expect the big special affects of Eagle Eye.

Skeleton Crew: While I am normally not a fan of torture. slasher, gore filled movies, I can bear them if the plot is enough to keep my attention. This movie has a very intriguing plot that seems hard to turn away from and there is even some intriguing wit to go along with it. The movie tells the story of a film crew wanting to make a movie based on a doctor who would kill his patients in very brutal ways and film it, problems arise when the director, wanting a realistic film goes just a little too far.

A Haunting in Connecticut

Now, this movie disproves two myths about horrors that every horror movie seems to fall prey to. Putting ‘based on a true story’ in front of a horror movie doesn’t scare anyone because unless every ghost in Connecticut has been hanging out at the movies the past twenty years, I’m not buying. Even if they were, you’d think they’d come up with something a little unique. The other myth is that if it scared people in the past it will scare them again now. This only works with amnesia patients and people with really short attention spans. That being said, don’t go for this movie if you’re looking for a scare; go for it if you’re looking to be reminded of the techniques and scares used in horror movies past. Plots/Scares stolen from: The Others, The Shining, Poltergeist, The Exorcist and Amityville Horror.

A Haunting in Connecticut

The Haunting in Connecticut (Unrated Special Edition)

In A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting

Van Wilder: Freshman Year

Direct to dvd movies usually have one major thing in common: They’re terrible. After all if they were any good, the studio would try to rack in some theater money. Sadly that’s not this movie’s biggest problem. Call me sentimental, but when a movie is a sequel (or a prequel) and doesn’t have the same actors as the original it really loses something. Ryan Reynolds was really what made Van Wilder the decent comedy that it was. Replacing him is Jonathan Bennett, who you probably only recognize because someone roped you into watching Mean Girls. If after that you really want to believe this movie is worth the watch, here’s a fun fact for you: National Lampoon wouldn’t even touch this thing. If you’re still curious about the actual plot line of the movie, Van Wilder has just begun college. He has a run in with the ROTC and falls for a hot chick, which you could have probably figured out from looking at the box.

Van Wilder: Freshman Year

Van Wilder: Freshman Year – Unrated

Van Wilder/Van Wilder: Freshman Year

Choke :: Choke stars the always excellent Sam Rockwell as a lovable, if morally bankrupt sex addict who goes to Sex Addicts Anonymous to pick up women. He makes money by pretending to be a choking victim at restaurants, and uses it to keep his mother in a high-end institution due to her advanced dementia. Oh, and he works at a colonial theme park. So what is a loser like this to do when he meets the woman of his dreams? I read the book by Chuck Palahniuk, who also wrote Fight Club, and I like Sam Rockwell, so I can’t wait to see what he will to with Victor Mancini.

Body of Lies :: Leo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe star in an action-packed political thriller by director Ridley Scott.  While investigating a terrorist cell operating out of Jordan, a CIA agent (DiCaprio) begins to wonder just how much he can trust his superior officers and his supposed allies.  This looks like a seat-of-your-pants ride, and I can’t wait to see it.

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People :: Simon Pegg stars in a different kind of movie than his usual wacky British comedy, but he does a wonderful job as Sidney Young, the new editor for an iconic fasion magazine.  His attempts to fit in with the egotistical and superficial people who now fill his days is simply hilarious to watch.  Simon Pegg shines in everything I’ve seen him in, and this one is no exception.

Quarantine :: A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped in an inner-city hotel after it falls under a mysterious quarantine order.  After that order is lifted, the cameraman’s footage provide the only clues to the gruesome events that transpired in that hotel.

Changeling :: Changeling stars Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich in a (somewhat) true story “Inspired by actual events” in 1920′s Los Angeles.  When a woman’s son goes missing in 1928, an all-out effort to find him fails.  Months later, she is presented with a boy and told that it is her son.  The only prolem?  It is obvious to Christine that this isn’t her son, but nobody in the corrupt L.A. beaurocracy will believe her.

Hounddog :: Hounddog is a drama starring Dakota Fanning as a troubled girl living in 1950′s-era Alabama.  With her home-life a mess, Lewellen takes refuge in the music of the King, Elvis Presley. ]]> http://www.movierental.com/2009/02/28/new-dvd-releases-week-of-february-17th-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.movierental.com/2009/02/28/new-dvd-releases-week-of-february-10th-2009/ http://www.movierental.com/2009/02/28/new-dvd-releases-week-of-february-10th-2009/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:31:05 +0000 Dan Horne http://www.movierental.com/?p=258 Unfortunately, this week is fairly devoid of any kind of big-name release, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few diamonds-in-the-rough. Read on for the releases I’m most looking forward to this week.

Chocolate (2008) :: Chocolate is a Thai martial arts movie that centers around a small autistic girl named Zen. One of the few things she responds to is chocolate, and she has also developed into quite a martial artist.  Zen’s mother has raised her alone after her father,  a Japanese mobster, was called back to Japan.  Now Zen’s mother is sick, but she can’t pay for her treatment. So they come up with a plan to use little Zen as an enforcer in order to collect on some old unpaid debts.  Those wacky Thais!

My Name Is Bruce :: The always classy Bruce Campbell plays himself in this flick about a small town beset by an old curse.  Bruce Campbell is kidnapped by some of the residents (who also happen to be  huge fans), and enlisted to lead the town against the ancient Chinese God of War in this schlock-fest!  Any fan of the Evil Dead series as well as some of Campbell’s more ‘esoteric’ stuff should definitely check this one out.

Miracle at St Anna :: Miracle at St. Anna is a World War II film by the always entertaining Spike Lee.  It begins when a quiet postal worker shoots a customer dead.  As the postal worker’s story unfolds, so does the story of a group of men holed up and under siege in the Italian Village of St. Anna during the war.  Lee adapted the story from a novel and screenplay by James McBride.

W. :: This biopic of the newly former President of the United States is brought to you by Oliver Stone.  Tracing the rise of George W. Bush  (portrayed by Josh Brolin) from bumbling alcoholic privileged son to generally reviled leader of the free world, this movie pulls no punches in its portrayal of recent historical events.

Nights in Rodanthe :: Alright, so there’s no way I’m going to see this crap, but I needed another new release, and even though there are 17 pages of new releases for this week, most of them are even worse than this.  So anyway, if you feel like going to see a heartwarming love story between Richard Gere and Diane Lane, this is your lucky day. ]]> http://www.movierental.com/2009/02/28/new-dvd-releases-week-of-february-10th-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.movierental.com/2009/02/15/new-dvd-releases-week-of-february-3rd-2009/ http://www.movierental.com/2009/02/15/new-dvd-releases-week-of-february-3rd-2009/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:20:00 +0000 Dan Horne http://www.movierental.com/?p=254

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist :: Well, this isn’t the top movie releasing this week, but it’s my favorite because I love Michael Cera.  I think he’s a very funny actor, and I’m a big fan of Arrested Development.  In this one, Cera stars with Kat Dennings as a couple of teens roaming the streets of New York looking for a secret show supposedly being put on by their favorite band.  Hijinks and teen angst ensue!  OK, I’m not saying everything Cera does is good.  I haven’t seen this one, but based on his previous body of work I’m willing to give this one the benefit of the doubt.  I’ve added it to my Netflix queue.

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints :: This one looks to be another of the “life is tough on the streets” variety of biting melodrama.  If you are into feeling down and out for a couple hours, by all means check this one out.  According to Allmovie.com: “The harsh realities of life on the street merge with the universal themes of youthful pain and exhilaration in director Dito Montiel‘s telling tale of one boy’s struggle to escape the grim fate that awaits his aimless, trouble-minded peers.”  Heavy, dude.

Smoke Jumper :: What’s better than a movie about firefighters?  Well, let’s see, how about elite firefighters?  How about hot female firefighters?  How about an elite female firefighter (also hot), struggling to salvage her career after being unfairly blamed for the death of her captain?  Starting to sound interesting?  I thought so.  Queue that sucker up!

Zack and Miri Make a Porno:: OK, I have a guilty pleasure.  I actually enjoy Kevin Smith movies.  Even the Jay and Silent Bob fiascos.  I also enjoy watching Seth Rogan playing essentially himself in every movie he makes (lovable stoner loser).  In this one, he stars with the lovely Elizabeth Banks in what looks to be either an uproarusly funny romp or more likely a slightly uncomfortable good time.

The Good Student :: Tim Daly stars as a high school teacher who isn’t very good at his job. To make things worse, he’s the prime suspect in the case of a missing student (Hayden Panittiere) in this dark comedy. ]]> http://www.movierental.com/2009/02/15/new-dvd-releases-week-of-february-3rd-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.movierental.com/2009/01/25/new-dvd-releases-week-of-january-27th-2009/ http://www.movierental.com/2009/01/25/new-dvd-releases-week-of-january-27th-2009/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:00:05 +0000 Dan Horne http://www.movierental.com/?p=233

Bruce Lee: Dragon Immortal :: Each week I have been featuring one dvd release, and I have usually gone for the big movies, but this week I gotta go with my heart. My heart says that this week, the coolest thing out there is this 3-disc, 10-film dvd set of “Bruceploitation” flicks. It’s the genre that was accidentally kicked off by Bruce Lee’s untimely death. In his wake emerged scores of Bruce Lee imitators, hoping to cash in on his popularity. These 10 films collect the best of the genre, including starring roles by Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Lai and Dragon Lee.

Open Season 2 :: In the sequel to 2006′s Open Season, Elliot and Giselle are set to be married. After Mr. Weenie is kidnapped, Elliot, Boog and McSquizzy set out to rescue their old friend. Along the way, they run into the terrible toy poodle Fifi and his gang. In order to save Mr. Weenie, Elliot and his friends will have to enter the scary world of domesticated animals.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona :: I’m not usually partial to Woody Allen movies, but anything with Scarlett Johansson is gonna get a couple of eyeballs from me. In this one, Ms. Johansson stars as Cristina, who along with her best friend Vicky (Rebecca Hall) are traveling to Barcelona. While there, they both meet Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), who wants to take them away for a vacation and make love to both of them. Cristina is up for it, but Vicky plays the prude. Eventually a love triangle grows between the three, and into the fray jumps Juan Antonio’s insane ex Maria (Penelope Cruz), fresh off a suicide attempt.

The Gene Generation :: Bai Ling stars in this futuristic thriller where DNA scans are everywhere and assassins are hired to take out DNA hackers. Pollution and global warming have taken their toll on the planet, and those with inferior DNA are forced into exile to wander the wastelands. Michelle makes sure that none of the outcasts make it back into the city. She’s terribly good at her job.

The Lucky Ones :: Starring Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Pena as Iraq War veterans, The Lucky Ones is essentially a road movie. The three friends rent a car to travel across country from New York to St. Louis after their flight is cancelled. When they get there, though, they hit hard times as they try to work through their troubles.

Lakeview Terrace :: Samuel L. Jackson stars in this high-strung thriller as a racist LAPD officer who takes it upon himself to terrorize his new interracial neighbors. Newlyweds Chris and Lisa think they have the perfect life, but all that changes when their neighbor (Jackson) begins harassing them because of their interracial marriage. What starts out so harmlessly erupts into a life-threatening situation.

Final Remains :: Deerhaven is a quiet little town caught in the grip of a horrible curse. Over the years, numerous people had just vanished, never to be seen again. An eccentric psychiatrist is convinced that the local mortician is the culprit, and sets out to prove his guilt. Meanwhile, Monte, Sky, Tina and Tony (known collectively as those meddling kids) show up in Deerhaven looking to stir up trouble by pulling a nasty prank at the local mortuary. Unfortunately, things don’t do quite as planned and the kids must struggle to live through the night. They might just unravel the mystery behind the curse along the way.

Pride and Glory :: I’m a huge fan of Ed Norton. There, I said it, and I feel better about it. Now that you know, you will understand why I am a little excited about this new release from Director Gavin O’Connor. It stars Norton as a homicide detective, a good cop, who is assigned to investigate his older brother’s precinct. The corruption he finds there seems to originate with one man: his brother’s best friend (Colin Farrell).

The Rocker :: Rainn Wilson confuses me. He’s funny in The Office, but not anywhere else. Or he is funny in other places, but only when he’s basically doing the dude from The Office (Dwight Schrute, the Schrutebag). It’ll be interesting to see if he can carry a movie (doubt it). In The Rocker, Wilson portrays a Fish, a drummer who lost his one shot at fame when he was kicked out of his band the night they signed a big record deal. 20 years later, Fish gets another chance when his teenage cousin needs a drummer for his high school garage band. The movie co-stars Christina Applegate.

Fireproof :: This is Kirk Cameron’s faith-based drama that explores the deeper meaning of marriage. Faced with a disintegrating marriage at home, Caleb Holt (Cameron) accepts a challenge from his father. Faced with years of arguments over career, housework, finances and everything else, Holt embarks on a last-ditch effort to save his marraige. He sets out on a 40-day experiment to restore his marriage through faith called “The Love Dare”.

Bonus Release A new feature for the weekly new releases post is the Bonus Release! There are TONS (literally, metric tons) of dvd’s released weekly. I don’t even begin to cover them all, I only attempt to hit the highlights. While I’m compiling my list, though, there is inevitably one new release that stands out even though it wouldn’t normally fit in the post. Sometimes they’re funny or ludicrous, sometimes they’re just freakin’ cool. Whatever the reason, here is your very first bonus release: Operation Valkyrie :: This documentary uses rare color footage, dramatizations, interviews with leading historians and CGI reconstructions to portray the full story behind Operation Valkyrie, the internal Nazi plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. It’s the real story behind Tom Cruise’s recent release theatrical portrayal of the events, Valkyrie.

Max Payne :: Director John Moore (The Omen) and Mark Wahlberg, playing the title character, bring Rockstar Games’ premium action franchise to the silver screen. As Max Payne, a widowed cop, Wahlberg delivers the action as he investigates a series of murders in the city. One thing is sure: justice will be delivered tonight. Mila Kunis and Chris O’Donnell also star. The screenplay was adapted by Beau Thorne for 20th Century Fox.

National Lampoon’s Stoned Age :: Director Adam Rifkin brings us a prehistoric comedy in which a caveman discovers that there’s more to life than sticks, stones, and brontosaurus burgers. Ishbo (Rifkin) is mocked by the domineering Neanderthals when he tries to advance the human race. Ishbo invents such useful items as toothbrushes, ladders, spoons, and pants hoping that the beautiful Fardart (Ali Larter) will fall for him. When that doesn’t work, Ishbo is finally ready to do it the old fashioned way, by dragging her away by her hair, when his idiot brother Thudnik (Hayes MacArthur) beats him to the punch. Later, Ishbo must use all his wits in order to fend off an attack by an enemy tribe. Maybe now Fardart will see Ishbo for the hero he truly is.

City of Ember :: In this children’s fantasy by noted director Gil Kenan (Monster House), two young heroes try to put together a age-old mystery in order to keep their city from being destroyed by darkness. The ancient City of Ember was built deep below the earth to be safe from a massive disaster. There, the people of Ember have thrived for many years. The city, however is running out of food and the power supply is in danger. After generations below ground, there is nobody left that understand how electricity works or even that there is a world outside the massive city. There is still hope, though, in the form of two teenagers, Lina (Saoirse Ronan) and Doon (Harry Treadaway. These two have found a set of instructions left by the Builders themselves that explains what they need to do to save the city. Unfortunately, the instructions are old and pieces are missing, so Lina and Doon must solve a mystery which takes them all over the great city. They must think like the Builders to keep the lights on in Ember and avoid plunging the city into darkness forever. Meanwhile, they must stay away from Mayor Cole (Bill Murray), their nemesis who likes Ember just like it is.

Igor :: With an all-star cast featuring the voice talents of John Cusack, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, John Cleese, Jeremy Piven, Steve Buscemi and Jennifer Coolidge, Igor tells the story of a talented scientist born with a terrible deformity. Igor (Cusack) is a verifiable genius, but his hunchback is too distracting for everyone around him and so nobody notices his brilliance. He serves as a lab assistant to the evil Dr. Glickenstein (Cleese), but he dreams of becoming a mad scientist in his own right, winning the prize at the Evil Science Fair and winning the heart of Gretchen, the beautiful village vixen.

Henry Poole Is Here :: Henry Poole has had some very bad news during a routine doctor’s appointment. His has lost all hope and wishes simply to disappear, spending the rest of his life (such as it is) living on vodka and junk food in a cookie-cutter house in the suburbs. His plans go awry when he meets his beautiful divorced neighbor and falls in love. Further shaking things up is a miraculous looking stain on the stucco wall of his home. Could this blemish possess the power of healing?

Boogeyman 3 :: Sarah Morris witnessed the horrible suicide of her best friend, exposing herself to the wrath of the Boogeyman. Even though everyone thinks she is crazy, Sarah knows the Boogeyman is not just a kid’s story. Her friends pay a terrible price for their disbelief as evil envelopes the entire campus. Now it is just a matter of time until the Boogeyman gets them all.

King of the Hill :: Quim travels through rural Spain searching for the town where his girlfriend awaits. Along the way he becomes caught in a waking nightmare after stopping at an isolated gas station for some fuel and a bathroom break. There he meets a mysterious beauty named Bea and becomes ensnared in a life-or-death struggle against an unknown sniper.

Save Me :: Join filmmaker Robert Cary as he attempts to resolve the split between homosexuality and Christianity. Checked into a Christian rehab retreat by his brother, Mark (Chad Allen) is placed into the care of Gayle (Judith Light) and Ted (Stephen Lang), a deeply religious middle-aged couple determined to “rescue” young homosexuals. When they assign him a mentor, Scott (Robert Grant), their relationship intensifies, threatening to rip apart Gayle’s carefully constructed world.

The Express :: In this profile of Heisman Trophy winner and football great Ernie Davis, director Gary Fleder brings us an inspirational sports biography. Ernie davis (Rob Brown) always dreamed of becoming a football star, and his dreams were coming true as star running back for the Syracuse Orangemen. Even though he was a black man in the civil rights era, he continued his rise to the top. Shortly before finally being drafter into the NFL, however, Davis was diagnosed with leukemia. With the same determination he had always used to fight for his dreams, Davis now had to fight for his life. ]]> http://www.movierental.com/2009/01/23/new-dvd-releases-week-of-january-20th-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.movierental.com/2009/01/23/new-dvd-releases-week-of-january-13th-2009/ http://www.movierental.com/2009/01/23/new-dvd-releases-week-of-january-13th-2009/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:18:33 +0000 Dan Horne http://www.movierental.com/?p=224

Mirrors :: Kiefer Sutherland stars as an NYPD detective-turned-security guard who discovers something sinister lurking in the mirrors of a fire-damaged department store in Haute Tension writer/director Alexandre Aja’s menacing study in the origins of evil. It’s been just about a year since mercurial police detective Ben Carson (Sutherland) was suspended from the NYPD for the fatal shooting of an undercover officer, and ever since that fateful day he’s been locked in a self-destructive spiral of anger and alcoholism. Increasingly isolated from his wife and kids, Ben spends most nights crashed-out at his sister Angela’s (Amy Smart) apartment in Queens. But Ben hasn’t given up hope just yet, and in order to get his life back together and prove that he’s still capable of supporting his family he takes a job as the night watchman at the Mayflower department store. The Mayflower used to be a lavish symbol of inner-city prosperity, that is, until a raging inferno gutted the building while claiming numerous lives in the process. These days, the Mayflower is a scorched reminder of human misery, the ornate mirrors therein reflecting a suffering so profound that it begins to wear on Ben’s already-fragile psyche. Not only that, but whatever force dwells behind the shimmering glass seems to have gained the power to alter reality as well.

After Ben gazes into the mirrors and sees a vision of himself being relentlessly tortured, he is horrified to experience violent convulsions, spontaneous bleeding, and frightening asphyxiation. And while his sister is always willing to lend a sympathetic ear, she chalks the anomalies up to an unusually potent mix of stress and anxiety. Unfortunately for Ben, his estranged wife, Amy (Paula Patton), isn’t nearly as forgiving. A prosaic NYPD medical examiner who has seen her fair share of tragedy, Amy fears that Ben’s erratic behavior could be placing their children in danger. Later, as Ben begins to draw connections between his increasingly gruesome visions and a former Mayflower security guard who vanished without a trace, he begins to suspect that an unimaginable evil is using the mirrors as a gateway into the real world, and that his family is in mortal danger from forces beyond their realm of understanding. Perhaps if he Ben can manage to convince Amy that their children’s lives are at risk, he can summon the courage to face the greatest evil he has ever known.

My Best Friend’s Girl :: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, and Alec Baldwin star in this romantic comedy about a man (Cook) who makes his living convincing women to run back into the arms of the men they have recently dumped by taking them on the worst possible dates imaginable. The nightmare lothario’s lucrative scheme hits an unexpected hitch, however, when he is hired by his best friend (Jason Biggs) to take out the beauty he longs to win back.

Hit and Run :: A young Spring Break reveler runs a man down on a dark country road, only to find that the man she left for dead is still very much alive, and starving for revenge. Mary Murdock (Laura Breckenridge) was heading home from a night of hard partying when she hit a big bump on the back roads. Pulling over to investigate, Mary is horrified to discover a man grotesquely affixed to her front bumper. Panicked, she beats him furiously, buries him in the forest, and carries on as if nothing ever happened. But Mary’s nightmare is only getting started, because the man she thought she killed has tracked her down, and he’s eager to return the favor. It wasn’t long ago that Mary was more concerned with covering up the evidence than wondering if she’ll live to see another day, but when her victim returns with revenge on the brain, she is quickly drawn into a bloody game of kill or be killed.

Swing Vote :: When the mischievous antics of a precocious 12-year-old girl result in the outcome of the United States presidential election hinging on the vote of her apathetic, likable loser of a father, the man who thought that life had long since passed him by is reluctantly thrust into the national spotlight in this political-themed comedy starring Kevin Costner. Bud Johnson (Costner) is your typical American — a simple man and loving father who never would have thought he had the power to change the world. Though when election day finally arrives and Bud prepares to cast his ballot, his overachieving daughter Molly proves to be the catalyst for a stunning series of events that place the fate of the free world in the hands of a man more comfortable slinging cases of beer — her father. The two candidates are portrayed by Dennis Hopper and Kelsey Grammer, with Nathan Lane and Stanley Tucci as their campaign managers. George Lopez also stars as a local TV-station manager who has to deal with the political factions as they set up camp in the small town.

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach :: An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Dude, Where’s My Car? director Danny Leiner’s underdog sports comedy. American Pie star Seann William Scott stars as the ambitious janitor who believes he has what it takes to coach the winning team.

Tokyo Gore Police :: A mad scientist known as Key Man has created a rampaging virus that mutates unsuspecting humans into nightmarish abominations of nature, and in order to dispose of these repulsive monstrosities, the Tokyo police have created a special squad of fearless freak fighters. Chief among these brave officers is Ruka, a sword-swinging dealer of death who has a special knack for dispatching with Key Man’s hideous creations. Despite the fact that they operate on opposite sides of the law, Key Man and Ruka have both dedicated their lives to one common goal: seeking vengeance against the crooked cops who killed both of their fathers many years ago.

The Last Enemy :: Benedict Cumberbatch, Max Beesley, and Anamaria Marinca headline this chilling “Masterpiece” production concerning a brilliant mathematician who is inadvertently drawn into becoming the public face of a massive database designed to track and control the citizens of England. Stephen Ezard is working in China when he receives word that his brother Michael, a benevolent aid worker, has been killed in Afghanistan by a landmine. Returning to England to attend Michael’s funeral, Stephen is deeply disturbed to discover just how much his home country has changed since he left to work abroad many years ago. Over the course of those years, Stephen and Michael grew apart, and now the discovery that London has become a police state causes the reclusive genius to wonder just what the world is coming to. After falling in love with his brother’s widow Yasim, Stephen is recruited by the government to be the spokesperson for a massive super-database designed to help the government follow the actions and movements of every man, woman, and child in England. As the conspiracy winds ever deeper and Stephen’s paranoia swells, he begins to suspect that no one is who they seem to be. His ability to trust completely eroded, Stephen realizes that it’s too late for turning back, and that personal freedom is little more than a distant memory.

Humboldt County :: An ambitious and straight-laced young man falls in with a group of stoners and aging hippies in this independent comedy drama. Peter Hadley (Jeremy Strong) is a medical student in his early twenties whose dreams of a residency at a prestigious teaching hospital are dashed when he flunks out of a class taught by his father (Peter Bogdanovich). Trying to blot out his awful day, Peter heads to a jazz club, where he ends up going home with Bogart (Fairuza Balk), the sexy singer with the band. The next day, Peter tags along with Bogart as she pays a visit to her family, and is soon stranded with her aunt and uncle as she heads back into the city. Jack (Brad Dourif) and Rosie (Frances Conroy) are former academics-turned-bohemian dropouts who live in a remote and idyllic community near California’s redwood forests, where they support themselves by growing marijuana. Also living with Jack and Rosie are Max (Chris Messina), Bogart’s sometime boyfriend, and Charity (Madison Davenport), Max’s young daughter. While Peter clearly doesn’t fit in with Jack, Rosie, and their friends at first, before long he develops an appreciation and respect for their way of life as he ponders his future, but the risks of their profession become equally clear to him, and Max is looking for a big score so he and Charity can move on. Humboldt Country was the first feature film from the writing and directing team of Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs.