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I Spit On Your Grave 2

I Spit On Your Grave 2

📅 Release: September 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: CrimeHorrorThriller
🎬 Starring: Jemma Dallender, Joe Absolom, Yavor Baharov, Aleksandar Aleksiev, Mary Stockley, Michael Dixon
📖 Synopsis: Naturally beautiful, Jessica (Dallender) has just settled into New York where she, like many other young women, is trying to make it as a model. But what starts out as an innocent and simple photo sho...
Jerusalem

Jerusalem

📅 Release: September 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: Documentary
🎬 Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch
📖 Synopsis: Destroyed and rebuilt countless times over 5000 years, Jerusalem's enduring appeal remains a mystery. What made it so important to so many different cultures? How did it become the center of the world...
Turning, The

Turning, The

📅 Release: September 26, 2013
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
🎬 Starring: Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Miranda Otto, Brenna Harding, Richard Roxburgh, Callan Mulvey, Dan Wyllie, Oscar Redding, Robyn Nevin, Susie Porter, Wayne Blair, Mirrah Foulkes
📖 Synopsis: "The Turning" is a unique cinema event. Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author ...
Art Of The Steal, The

Art Of The Steal, The

📅 Release: March 14, 2014
🎭 Genre: ActionComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon, Jay Baruchel, Chris Diamantopoulos, Terence Stamp, Kathryn Winnick, Devon Bostick, Kenneth Welsh, Jason Jones
📖 Synopsis: In the high-octane action-comedy [m=Art of the Steal, The], a seasoned but cautious criminal mastermind, Crunch Calhoun, played by [c=Kurt Russell], is lured back into the world of high-stakes heists...
C.O.G.

C.O.G.

📅 Release: September 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jonathan Groff, Corey Stoll, Denis O'Hare, Dean Stockwell, Casey Wilson, Troian Bellisario
📖 Synopsis: In [m=C.O.G.], director [c=Kyle Patrick Alvarez] crafts a dryly comic and sharply observed drama about a young man's misguided quest for authenticity. Jonathan Groff plays David, a buttoned-up, Ivy L...
Generation Iron

Generation Iron

📅 Release: September 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: DocumentarySport
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Mickey Rourke, Busta Rhymes, Jay Cutler, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jai White, Lou Ferrigno, Phil Heath, Kai Greene, Branch Warren, Dennis Wolf
📖 Synopsis: In the captivating documentary "Generation Iron," director [c=Vlad Yudin] delves deep into the world of professional bodybuilding, exploring the intense physical and mental challenges faced by elite ...
Battle Of The Year

Battle Of The Year

📅 Release: September 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaMusical
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso, Chris Brown, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz, Terrence Jenkins, Weronika Rosati, Luis Rosado, Jesse Erwin
📖 Synopsis: "Battle of the Year" is the Olympics of break dancing, a tournament held every year that attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years. Los Angeles ...
Thanks For Sharing

Thanks For Sharing

📅 Release: September 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad, Pink, Joely Richardson, Patrick Fugit, Carol Kane, Emily Meade
📖 Synopsis: "Thanks for Sharing" is a touching and unpredictable comedy that follows three sex addicts as they struggle to function in society while maintaining meaningful relationships. Along the way, Adam (Ruf...
Prisoners

Prisoners

📅 Release: September 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: ThrillerDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, David Dastmalchian
📖 Synopsis: Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His 6-year-old daughter and her young friend are missing, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had...
Single Shot, A

Single Shot, A

📅 Release: September 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Melissa Leo, Jeffery Wright, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Reilly, Joe Anderson, Ophelia Lovibond, Ted Levine, Amy Sloan, W. Earl Brown, Heather Lind
📖 Synopsis: David M. Rosenthal's white-knuckle thriller starts with a bang: a single shot, aimed at a lone deer, that hits and kills a young woman. The hunter, John Moon (Sam Rockwell, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS), watches...
Jewtopia

Jewtopia

📅 Release: September 20, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaComedyRomance
🎬 Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ivan Sergei, Joel David Moore, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tom Arnold, Crystal Reed, Jon Lovitz, Nicollette Sheridan, Rita Wilson, Wendie Malick, Camryn Manheim, Peter Stormare, Lin Shaye, Christine Lakin, Bree Turner, Phil Rosenthal
📖 Synopsis: Christian O'Connell (Ivan Sergei) has met the girl of his dreams in Alison Marks (Jennifer Love Hewitt). Unfortunately, Christian told Alison (who happens to be a rabbi's daughter) that his name was A...
Blue Caprice

Blue Caprice

📅 Release: September 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson, Leo Fitzpatrick, Al Sapienza, Cassandra Freeman, Bruce Kirkpatrick
📖 Synopsis: Inspired by true events, "Blue Caprice" investigates the notorious and horrific Beltway sniper attacks from the point of view of the two perpetrators, whose distorted father-son relationship facilitat...
And While We Were Here

And While We Were Here

📅 Release: September 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kate Bosworth, Iddo Goldberg, Claire Bloom, Jamie Blackley
📖 Synopsis: Set in the lush hills and cobbled streets of the Amalfi Coast, Jane (Kate Bosworth, "Blue Crush") is searching for something more from her life. She loves her husband (Iddo Goldberg), but the silence ...
Insidious Chapter 2

Insidious Chapter 2

📅 Release: September 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: Horror
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Danielle Bisutti, Michael James Grise, Lindsay Seim
📖 Synopsis: The haunting continues in this chilling sequel that picks up directly after the terrifying events of the first [m=Insidious]. The Lambert family, still reeling from their ordeal, hopes to find peace,...
Justin And The Knights Of Valour

Justin And The Knights Of Valour

📅 Release: September 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: AnimationFamily
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Freddie Highmore, Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Olivia Williams, Antonio Banderas, Julie Walters, Alfred Molina, Rupert Everett, Charles Dance, James Cosmo, Tamsin Egerton, Barry Humphries, David Walliams
📖 Synopsis: JUSTIN (Freddie Highmore) lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted. His dream is to become one of the Knights of Valour, like his grandfather was, but his father REGINALD...
Jayne Mansfield's Car

Jayne Mansfield's Car

📅 Release: September 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick, Ray Stevenson, Billy Bob Thornton, Shawnee Smith, Frances O'Connor, Katherine LaNasa, Tippi Hedren, Marshall Allman, John Patrick Amedori
📖 Synopsis: Set in 1969 Alabama, this Southern Gothic drama from director [c=Billy Bob Thornton] explores the fractured dynamics of two families brought together by death. When the estranged wife of aging patria...
Sir Billi

Sir Billi

📅 Release: September 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventure
🎬 Starring: Sean Connery, Alan Cumming, Shirley Bassey, Miriam Margolyes, Ruby Wax, Alex Norton, Ford Kiernan, Greg Hempill, Barbara Rafferty, John Amabile, Larry Sullivan, Chris Jai Alex
📖 Synopsis: When tragedy strikes in the Highlands, there can be only one man for the job - Sir William Sedgewick, aka Sir Billi (Sir Sean Connery)!This is an adventure story about an inimitable Highland hero - a ...
Unforgiven

Unforgiven

📅 Release: September 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaCrimeAction
🎬 Starring: Ken Watanabe, Akira Emoto, Koichi Sato, Jun Kunimura, Yuya Yagira
📖 Synopsis: Lee Sang-il's visionary remake of Clint Eastwood's iconic Academy Award-winning film transposes the classic Western to Meiji-period Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate has just collapsed and the Ainu aborig...
Family, The

Family, The

📅 Release: September 13, 2013
🎭 Genre: ActionComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, Tommy Lee Jones, John D'Leo, Ricardo Cordero, Jon Freda, Dominic Chianese
📖 Synopsis: In the dark action comedy "The Family", a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield's...
Diana

Diana

📅 Release: November 1, 2013
🎭 Genre: BiographyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Douglas Hodge, Geraldine James, Charles Edwards, Juliet Stevenson, Cas Anvar
📖 Synopsis: "Diana" takes audiences into the private realm of one the world's most iconic and inescapably public women -- the Princess of Wales, Diana (two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts) -- in the last two year...
August: Osage County

August: Osage County

📅 Release: December 27, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Abigail Breslin, Juliette Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dermot Mulroney, Chris Cooper, Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, Sam Shepard, Misty Upham
📖 Synopsis: In the gripping drama set against the backdrop of a decaying family estate, "August: Osage County" delves into the complexities of family dynamics and the secrets that bind and tear them apart. When ...
Enough Said

Enough Said

📅 Release: September 18, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Christopher Smith, Tracey Fairaway, Memphis Eve Hewson, Tavi Gevinson
📖 Synopsis: A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter's impending departure for college. She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) - a...
Ultimate Life, The

Ultimate Life, The

📅 Release: September 6, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Peter Fonda, Bill Cobbs, David Mann, Drew Waters, Logan Bartholomew, Ali Hilli, Lee Meriwether, Abigail Mavity, Jack DePew
📖 Synopsis: In this heartfelt drama directed by [c=Michael Landon Jr.], the story follows Jason Stevens, a young man grappling with the immense legacy left behind by his late grandfather, Red Stevens. After inhe...
Touchy Feely

Touchy Feely

📅 Release: September 6, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Rosemarie DeWitt, Josh Pais, Scoot McNairy, Ellen Page, Allison Janney, Ron Livingston, Alycia Delmore, Tomo Nakayama
📖 Synopsis: "Touchy Feely" is a closely observed examination of a family whose delicate psychic balance suddenly unravels. Abby (Rosemarie DeWitt), is a sought after massage therapist and a free spirit, while her...
Riddick

Riddick

📅 Release: September 6, 2013
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureSci-Fi
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Dave Bautista, Jordi Molla, Keri Hilson, Nolan Gerard Funk, Bokeem Woodbine, Raoul Trujillo, Antoinette Kalaj, Neil Napier
📖 Synopsis: The latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000's hit sci-fi film "Pitch Black" and 2004's "The Chronicles of Riddick" reunites writer/director David Twohy ("A Perfect Getaway," "Th...
Hell Baby

Hell Baby

📅 Release: September 6, 2013
🎭 Genre: ComedyHorror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Leslie Bibb, Rob Corddry, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Riki Lindhome, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Ian Black
📖 Synopsis: Rob Corddry ("Children's Hospital," Hot Tub Time Machine) and Leslie Bibb (Iron Man) star in Hell Baby, a horror comedy about an expectant couple forced to enlist the help of the Vatican's elite exorc...
Populaire

Populaire

📅 Release: September 6, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Romain Duris, Deborah Francois, Berenice Bejo, Shaun Benson, Melanie Bernier, Nicolas Bedos, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell
📖 Synopsis: Spring, 1958. 21-year-old Rose Pamphyle lives with her grouchy widower father who runs the village store. Engaged to the son of the local mechanic, she seems destined for the quiet, drudgery-filled li...
Rush

Rush

📅 Release: September 27, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaSport
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara, Natalie Dormer, Ignacio Guirado
📖 Synopsis: Two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon), teams once again with fellow two-time Academy Award nominee, writer Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen), on Rush, a spectacu...
12 Years A Slave

12 Years A Slave

📅 Release: October 18, 2013
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah Paulson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti, Garret Dillahunt, Alfre Woodard, Paul Dano, Taran Killam, Scoot McNairy, Michael Kenneth Williams, Quvenzhane Wallis, Storm Reid
📖 Synopsis: In a harrowing tale of resilience and the quest for freedom, "12 Years a Slave" follows the true story of Solomon Northup, portrayed by [c=Chiwetel Ejiofor], a free African American man living in New...
Instructions Not Included

Instructions Not Included

📅 Release: August 30, 2013
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Eugenio Derbez, Loreto Peralta, Jessica Lindsey, Daniel Raymont, Alessandra Rosaldo, Hugo Stiglitz, Sammy Perez, Arcelia Ramirez, Agustin Bernal, Karla Souza
📖 Synopsis: Valentin (Eugenio Derbez) is Acapulco's resident playboy-until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and takes off without a trace. Valentin leaves Mexico for Los Angeles to find the baby's mot...