Rosewater
Jon Stewart makes his directorial debut with Rosewater, a
drama based on a memoir by the Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari. As the film
opens, Bahari returns to his home country in order to report on the 2009
presidential elections there. When the results lead to large public protests,
Bahari (Gael García Bernal) videotapes the civil unrest. This brings him to the
attention of authorities, who apprehend him and keep him in solitary
confinement in hopes of getting him to confess to crimes against Iran. However,
his international celebrity leads to help from powerful and unexpected places.
Rosewater screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. –Amazon Editorial
Review
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian
Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from
Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Song of the Sea
From the writer and director of the Academy Award-nominated
The Secret of Kells comes an enchanting fable about loss, magic and the love of
family. When Saoirse and Ben's mother mysteriously disappears into the ocean,
the two children go on an epic journey to find out the truth about her, and in
the process, discover mystical secrets about both their mother and Saoirse
herself. Featuring the voices of Brendan Gleeson (Braveheart) and Fionnula
Flanagan (The Others), The Song of the Sea is a "delightful piece of
magical animation" (Mark Adams, Screen International)! –Amazon Editorial
Review
Kill the Messenger
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (“The Bourne
Legacy”) leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable
true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb stumbles onto a
story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack
epidemic on the nation’s streets…and further alleges that the CIA was aware of
major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits
to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. –Editorial Amazon Review
Horrible Bosses 2
Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by
launching a business. After a slick investor deceives them, they hatch a
misguided plan to get their company back.
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