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Sanitarium

Sanitarium

📅 Release: March 1, 2013
🎭 Genre: Thriller
🎬 Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Robert Englund, Lou Diamond Phillips, Lacey Chabert, David Mazouz, John Glover, Chris Mulkey, Mayra Leal, Walter Perez, Nova Aragon
📖 Synopsis:
Interior. Leather Bar.

Interior. Leather Bar.

📅 Release: January 2, 2014
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Val Lauren, Christian Patrick, James Franco, Travis Mathews, Brenden Gregory, Brad Roberge, Colin Chavez, A.J. Goodrich
📖 Synopsis: In order to avoid an X rating, 40 minutes of gay S&M footage was rumored to be cut and destroyed from the 1980 film, "Cruising." Inspired by the mythology of this controversial film, filmmakers James ...
Best Offer, The

Best Offer, The

📅 Release: January 3, 2014
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Sylvia Hoeks, Jim Sturgess, Donald Sutherland, Maximilian Dirr, Philip Jackson, Dermot Crowley, Liya Kebede
📖 Synopsis: Geoffrey Rush is superb in this stylish art world thriller as Virgil Oldman, managing director of a leading auction house. Over the years, he has collected hundreds of masterful, priceless portraits o...
Railway Man, The

Railway Man, The

📅 Release: April 11, 2014
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Reid, James Fraser, Tanroh Ishida, Akos Armon, Michael MacKenzie
📖 Synopsis: In this poignant drama, [c=Colin Firth] delivers a powerful performance as Eric Lomax, a British Army officer haunted by his traumatic experiences as a prisoner of war forced to work on the infamous ...
Nymphomaniac

Nymphomaniac

📅 Release: March 21, 2014
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Shia LaBeouf, Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Nicolas Bro, Mia Goth, Jesper Christensen, Udo Kier, Jens Albinus, Stacy Martin, Shanti Roney, Severin von Hoensbroech
📖 Synopsis: In a provocative exploration of desire and self-discovery, "Nymphomaniac" unfolds the story of Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, portrayed by [c=Charlotte Gainsbourg]. Found beaten in an alley, Joe...
Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor

📅 Release: January 10, 2014
🎭 Genre: ActionDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Eric Bana, Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Alexander Ludwig, Yousuf Azami, Ali Suliman, Jerry Ferrara
📖 Synopsis: In the gripping action-drama "Lone Survivor," directed by [c=Peter Berg], the harrowing true story of a Navy SEAL team's ill-fated mission unfolds against the backdrop of the rugged Afghan mountains....
Justin Bieber's Believe

Justin Bieber's Believe

📅 Release: December 25, 2013
🎭 Genre: Documentary
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Justin Bieber, Usher, Pattie Mallette, Scooter Braun
📖 Synopsis: Go behind the music and beyond the headlines with [c=Justin Bieber] in this intimate documentary directed by [c=Jon M. Chu]. "Justin Bieber's Believe" captures the global superstar at a pivotal momen...
Wolf Of Wall Street, The

Wolf Of Wall Street, The

📅 Release: December 25, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Jean Dujardin, Jon Favreau, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jake Hoffman, Shea Whigham, Jon Bernthal, Ethan Suplee, Kenneth Choi, P.J. Byrne, Christine Ebersole
📖 Synopsis: In a whirlwind of excess and ambition, "The Wolf of Wall Street" unfolds the audacious true story of Jordan Belfort, portrayed by [c=Leonardo DiCaprio], a stockbroker whose meteoric rise to wealth an...
47 Ronin

47 Ronin

📅 Release: December 25, 2013
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ko Shibasaki, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, Min Tanaka, Jin Akanishi, Masayoshi Haneda, Togo Igawa
📖 Synopsis: Keanu Reeves makes an explosive return to action-adventure in 47 Ronin. After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore ...
Police Story: Lockdown

Police Story: Lockdown

📅 Release: June 5, 2015
🎭 Genre: ActionThriller
🎬 Starring: Jackie Chan, Liu Ye, Huang Bo, Jing Tian, Lanxin Zhang, Wang Zhifei, Zhang Xiaoning, Guli Nazha
📖 Synopsis: Police Captain Zhong Wen (Jackie Chan) knows all about sacrifice. He's always been too busy chasing bad guys to be a father to his daughter Miao (Jing Tian). Tonight, he's seeing her for the first tim...
Invisible Woman, The

Invisible Woman, The

📅 Release: December 25, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Joanna Scanlan, Perdita Weeks, Amanda Hale, Tom Burke, John Kavanagh, Michael Marcus
📖 Synopsis: Nelly (Felicity Jones), a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, take us back in time to follow the story of her relationship wi...
Grudge Match

Grudge Match

📅 Release: December 25, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Hart, Kim Basinger, Alan Arkin, Anthony Anderson, Jon Bernthal, Camden Gray, Ireland Baldwin
📖 Synopsis: In "Grudge Match," De Niro and Stallone play Billy "The Kid" McDonnen and Henry "Razor" Sharp, two local Pittsburgh fighters whose fierce rivalry put them in the national spotlight. Each had scored a...
I Am Britney Jean

I Am Britney Jean

📅 Release: December 22, 2013
🎭 Genre: DocumentaryMusic
🎬 Starring: Britney Spears, Jayden Federline, Sean Federline, David Lucado, Jamie Spears, Lynne Spears, Adam Leber
📖 Synopsis: "I Am Britney Jean" offers an intimate look at one of the most overexposed yet under revealed stars of today as Britney Spears faces one of her biggest challenges ever while finishing her album, shoot...
Dhoom 3

Dhoom 3

📅 Release: December 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: ActionThriller
🎬 Starring: Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Jackie Shroff, Tabrett Bethell, Kim DeJesus
📖 Synopsis: In the high-stakes world of "Dhoom 3", a mysterious and brilliant magician, Sahir, played by [c=Aamir Khan], executes a series of audacious heists targeting the prestigious Chicago Western Bank, leav...
Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, The

Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, The

📅 Release: December 25, 2013
🎭 Genre: ComedyFantasyAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Patton Oswalt, Shirley MacLaine, Sean Penn, Jon Daly, Paul Fitzgerald, Adrian Martinez, Terence Bernie Hines
📖 Synopsis: In a world where daydreams are often more vivid than reality, the whimsical journey of Walter Mitty unfolds. Played by [c=Ben Stiller], Walter is a timid magazine photo editor who frequently escapes ...
All The Light In The Sky

All The Light In The Sky

📅 Release: December 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Jane Adams, Sophia Takal, Kent Osborne, Larry Fessenden, Ti West, David Siskind, Lawrence Michael Levin
📖 Synopsis: Marie, a well-respected actress in her mid-40s, wonders what her life and career hold for her next. She enjoys the freedom that life without a husband or children provides, but as her acting work slow...
Past, The

Past, The

📅 Release: December 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Berenice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Babak Karimi, Pauline Burlet
📖 Synopsis: In the emotionally charged drama "Past, The," directed by the acclaimed [c=Asghar Farhadi], a man returns to a life he thought he had left behind. [c=Ali Mosaffa] plays Ahmad, who travels from Iran t...
Wrong Cops

Wrong Cops

📅 Release: December 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaCrime
🎬 Starring: Mark Burnham, Marilyn Manson, Steve Little, Eric Wareheim, Arden Myrin, Jennifer Blanc, Grace Zabriskie, Don Stark
📖 Synopsis: In the sun-bleached and surreal streets of Los Angeles, the most corrupt and incompetent police force imaginable patrols in [c=Quentin Dupieux]'s bizarre crime drama. This motley crew of degenerate o...
Walking With Dinosaurs

Walking With Dinosaurs

📅 Release: December 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: FamilyAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Justin Long, John Leguizamo, Karl Urban, Charlie Rowe, Angourie Rice, Tiya Sircar, Skylar Stone, Clay Savage
📖 Synopsis: Embark on an extraordinary journey 70 million years in the making with this breathtaking family adventure. The film follows Patchi, a young and curious Pachyrhinosaurus voiced by [c=Justin Long], who...
Night Train To Lisbon

Night Train To Lisbon

📅 Release: December 6, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Ganz, Christopher Lee, Lena Olin, Martina Gedeck, August Diehl
📖 Synopsis: A reserved Swiss professor's life is irrevocably derailed when he saves a mysterious woman from a suicide attempt, discovering in her wake a cryptic book and a one-way ticket to Lisbon. Compelled by ...
Force Of Execution

Force Of Execution

📅 Release: December 17, 2013
🎭 Genre: ActionThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Steven Seagal, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Sarah Minnich, Bren Foster, David House, Jenny Gabrielle, Dylan Kenin
📖 Synopsis: In the ruthless underworld of organized crime, a retired kingpin's attempt at a peaceful life is violently upended in this hard-hitting action thriller. [c=Steven Seagal] stars as Mr. Alexander, a po...
Anchorman: The Legend Continues

Anchorman: The Legend Continues

📅 Release: December 18, 2013
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, James Marsden, Christina Applegate, Kristen Wiig, Vince Vaughn, Harrison Ford, Josh Lawson, Greg Kinnear, Kirsten Dunst, Sacha Baron Cohen, Marion Cotillard, Will Smith, Meagan Good, Dylan Baker
📖 Synopsis: In the uproarious sequel to the cult classic, the legendary news anchor Ron Burgundy, portrayed by [c=Will Ferrell], returns to the spotlight in the 1980s, a time when television news is undergoing a...
Madea Christmas, A

Madea Christmas, A

📅 Release: December 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Tyler Perry, Chad Michael Murray, Larry the Cable Guy, Alicia Witt, Tika Sumpter, Kathy Najimy, Eric Lively, Lisa Whelchel
📖 Synopsis: In this heartwarming holiday comedy, the indomitable Madea, portrayed by [c=Tyler Perry], finds herself caught up in the chaos of a small-town Christmas when a young man, played by [c=Chad Michael Mu...
Some Velvet Morning

Some Velvet Morning

📅 Release: December 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Stanley Tucci, Alice Eve
📖 Synopsis: Fred arrives at Velvet's doorstep, suitcases in tow. He tells her that he has finally left his wife to be with her, news to Velvet since she has not seen him in years and is now with Fred's recently m...
Hours

Hours

📅 Release: December 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: ThrillerDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez, Judd Lormand, Michelle Torres, Kerry Cahill, Nick Gomez, Shane Jacobsen
📖 Synopsis: In the gripping thriller "Hours," a father's love is put to the ultimate test as he fights against the clock to protect his newborn child in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. [c=Paul Walker] ...
American Hustle

American Hustle

📅 Release: December 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Rohm, Jack Huston, Shea Whigham, Thomas Matthews, Michael Pena, Jack Jones, Jay Giannone
📖 Synopsis: A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, "American Hustle" tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along ...
Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks

📅 Release: December 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Rachel Griffiths, Kathy Baker, B.J. Novak, Ruth Wilson, Annie Rose Buckley, Bradley Whitford
📖 Synopsis: Two-time Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney's "Saving Mr. Banks," inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney's classic "Mary ...
Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The

Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The

📅 Release: December 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: AdventureFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Aidan Turner, Stephen Fry, Manu Bennett, Adam Brown, Mark Hadlow, William Kircher, James Nesbitt
📖 Synopsis: In a breathtaking continuation of the epic saga, "Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" plunges viewers back into the richly woven tapestry of Middle-earth. Guided by the tenacious hobbit [c=Martin Freema...
Long Way From Home, A

Long Way From Home, A

📅 Release: December 6, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
🎬 Starring: James Fox, Natalie Dormer, Brenda Fricker, Paul Nicholls, Betty Krestinsky, Isalinde Giovangigli
📖 Synopsis: Joseph and Brenda have done what many only dream of, and retired to the South of France to live out the rest of their days as if they were permanently on holiday. But retirement is not what Joseph ima...
Crave

Crave

📅 Release: December 6, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
🎬 Starring: Josh Lawson, Emma Lung, Edward Furlong, Ron Perlman
📖 Synopsis: Aiden (Josh Lawson) craves a better life. A life away from his gruesome job as a crime scene photographer, working alongside his detective friend Pete (Ron Perlman). A meaningful life where he can esc...