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Ender’s Game

The novel’s immense popularity and vivid imagery made a film adaptation seem inevitable, but creating Orson Scott Card’s gorgeously imagined future and intricately plotted storyline would take an exceptionally determined and talented team of filmmakers.

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Echo Dr.

The film deals specifically with artificial intelligence and the conflict that arises when identity and responsibility collide. Since A.I. is designed to mirror our own responses, predictably is thrown into question as safeguards against an uncontrolled response are not completely…

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Romeo and Juliet

This version of “Romeo and Juliet” began with producer Ileen Maisel, who felt that the current generation had not been exposed to a more traditional, romantic vision of the play and might enjoy sumptuous locations, costumes and production design, along…

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CBGB

CBGB came on the scene when there was a dearth of clubs that would allow amateur, unpolished musicians to perform. Over its history, CBGB was the launching pad for countless artists with incredibly diverse styles -- from The Ramones to…

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Captain Phillips

Columbia Pictures presents Captain Phillips. The film stars Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed. Director Paul Greengrass charts the emotionally charged story of Somali pirates taking an American sea captain hostage while simultaneously exposing the underlying economic divide…

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The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

During a sweltering summer in New York City, 13-year-old Mister’s (Skylan Brooks) hard-living mother (Jennifer Hudson) is apprehended by the police, leaving the boy and nine-year-old Pete (Ethan Dizon) alone to forage for food while dodging Child Protective Services and…

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Machete Kills

Machete Kills is an action-packed thrill ride about the adventures of legendary secret agent Machete Cortez (Danny Trejo). In his latest mission, Machete is recruited by the U.S. President (Carlos Estevez) to stop a crazed global terrorist (Mel Gibson) from…

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Paradise

The comedy follows a sheltered young woman (Julianne Hough) who loses her faith after a plane crash and decides to go to Las Vegas to experience the wild side of life. On her journey, she meets unlikely companions (Russell Brand…

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

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In Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Flint Lockwood and his pals discover that something big was leftover on the island of Swallow Falls. The action picks up just sixty seconds after the first film ends:…

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Rush

Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of racing, Rush starring Chris Hemsworth portrays the exhilarating true story of the charismatic Hunt and the methodically brilliant Lauda, two of the greatest rivals the world of sports has ever witnessed.

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Production designer Bruce Curtis recreated the physical world of Texas in 1963 with the assistance of costume designer Kari Perkins, makeup artists Randy Westgate and Jacenda Burkett, hair stylists Bridget Cook and Missy Forney, and prop master Scott Reeder.

Parkland

An extraordinary new retelling of the JFK assassination, Parkland takes a closer look at one of the 20th century’s most examined events in a unique new light. The film takes a question that defined a generation of Americans—“Where were you…

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Riddick

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Global action superstar and film producer Vin Diesel returns to his breakthrough role in Riddick, the much-anticipated new chapter of the captivating saga that began with the hit sci-fi movie Pitch Black and the epic The Chronicles of Riddick.

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