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 the destructive scenarios of the Brooklyn projects.
Lee Daniel’s The Butler is set against the tumultuous political backdrop of 20th century America. Academy Award® nominated director Lee Daniels’ epic drama tells the story of fictional White House butler Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker), who serves during seven presidential administrations between 1957 and 1986.
Princeton grad student Richie (Justin Timberlake), believing he’s been swindled, travels to Costa Rica to confront online gambling tycoon Ivan Block (Ben Affleck). Richie is seduced by Block’s promise of immense wealth, until he learns the disturbing truth about his benefactor.
Touchy Feely is about the experience of living in one’s own skin, both literally and figuratively. The film, written and directed by Shelton, and co-starring Allison Janney, Ron Livingston, and newcomer Tomo Nakayama (of the indie rock band Grand Hallway), is filmed on location in Shelton’s hometown and urban muse of Seattle.
Drinking Buddies is a 2013 comedy film written and directed by Joe Swanberg, and starring Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston. The film is about two co-workers at a craft brewery in Chicago, who struggle with romantic feelings for one another despite both being in a relationship with someone else.
The Frozen Ground is based on the events surrounding Alaska’s most notorious serial predator, Robert Hansen (John Cusack), a respected family man who, for over 12 years, systematically abducted more than 24 women and flew them into the Alaskan wilderness to be hunted.
Jennifer Hudson portrays Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Terrence Howard plays the role of Nelson Mandela in the epic motion picture, WINNIE MANDELA. Writer/Director Darrell James Roodt helms this South African/Canadian co-production, written by André Pieterse and Roodt.
Paranoia began with Joseph Finder’s New York Times best-selling techno-thriller novel of the same name. The book hit upon what would soon become some of the biggest questions of our times: Has corporate power grown out of control? Where is the line between mining digital data and dangerous, invasive surveillance?
In the international suspense thriller Closed Circuit starring Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall and directed by John Crowley, a high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team – testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
Starting where other romantic comedies finish, I GIVE IT A YEAR stars Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids), Rafe Spall (One Day), Anna Faris (The Dictator) and Simon Baker (“The Mentalist”). The film also features Stephen Merchant (“Extras”), Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) Jason Flemyng (X-Men: First Class) and Olivia Colman (“Peep Show”).