Monday, April 11, 2011

Wrecked

Release Date: April 1, 2011 (limited) 
Studio: IFC Midnight (IFC Films) 
Director: Michael Greenspan 
Screenwriter: Christopher Dodd 
Starring: Adrien Brody, Caroline Dhavernas, Ryan Robbins, Adrian Holmes, Jacob Blair 
Genre: Thriller 
MPAA Rating: Not Available 
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Plot Summary: Adrien Brody stars as a man who awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. Injured and trapped inside, with no memory of how he got there or who he is, he must rely on his most primal instincts to survive. But as he attempts to free himself from the carnage and escape an impossible situation, a darker side is revealed. Even if he manages to survive, the man may have to face the horrible consequences of an earlier, forgotten life.

POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Release Date: April 22, 2011 (limited) 
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics 
Director: Morgan Spurlock 
Screenwriter: Morgan Spurlock, Jeremy Chilnick 
Starring: Morgan Spurlock, Ben Silverman, Noam Chomsky, OK Go, Ralph Nader 
Genre: Comedy, Documentary 
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for some language and sexual material) 
Review: Not Available 
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Plot Summary: Boundary-pushing Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in "POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," a film that was fully financed through product placement from various brands, all of which are integrated transparently into the film.
While using brands in film promotion is not new for Hollywood, it certainly is new territory for the documentary format. Spurlock exploits the phenomenon to new heights, with everything from branded pizza boxes and in-flight film promotions to branded-everything in-film.
With humor and insight, "POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" unmasks the marketing process to bring audiences behind closed doors directly into the pitch meetings and marketing presentations which ultimately inform our everyday entertainment decisions. Sponsors were provided with brand category exclusivity. The brands that agreed to sponsor the film placed Spurlock front and center in their brand campaigns and advertisements, both on and off-line. Partners have the unique right to promote themselves in association with Spurlock and the film as "The Greatest." The agreements also stipulate that Spurlock maintains creative control of the film's content and final edit.

The Music Never Stopped

Release Date: March 18, 2011 (limited) 
Studio: Roadside Attractions 
Director: Jim Kohlberg 
Screenwriter: Gwyn Lurie, Gary Marks 
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Lou Taylor Pucci, Cara Seymour, Julia Ormond 
Genre: Drama 
MPAA Rating: PG (for thematic elements, some mild drug references, language and smoking) 
Review: Not Available 
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Plot Summary: "The Music Never Stopped," based on the case study "The Last Hippie" by Dr. Oliver Sacks, M.D. ("Awakenings"), chronicles the journey of a father and son adjusting to cerebral trauma and a lifetime of missed opportunities. Through the music that embodied the generation gap of the 1960s, and working with music therapist Dianne Daly (Ormond), the film weaves the heartwarming progress of Henry (Simmons) and Gabriel (Pucci).

Go For It!

Release Date: May 13, 2011 (limited) 
Studio: Lionsgate 
Director: Carmen Marron 
Screenwriter: Carmen Marron 
Starring: Aimee Garcia, Al Bandiero, Jossara Jinaro 
Genre: Drama 
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, language, brief violence and drug material) 
Review: Not Available 
DVD Review: Not Available 
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Plot Summary: Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She yearns to be 'somebody' but is afraid to believe in herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents want her to stay in school and get an education, so she attends junior college while working at a grocery store. Carmen's professor catches her performing one day in the neighborhood and challenges her to audition to a formal dance school in California. She gets into a fight with her chaotic family and runs away to her best friend Gina's place only to find out Gina's been getting beat up by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carmen's boyfriend, Jared wants her to commit and move in with him. Pulled apart in every direction, her dream of dancing fades. Can Carmen overcome her fears and take the biggest chance of her life, or will she succumb to her self-doubt?

Cat Run

Release Date: April 1, 2011 (limited) 
Studio: LLeju Productions 
Director: John Stockwell 
Screenwriter: Nick Ball, John Niven 
Starring: Paz Vega, Janet McTeer, Christopher McDonald, Tony Curran, Scott Mechlowicz, DL Hughley 
Genre: Action, Comedy 
MPAA Rating: Not Available 
Review: Not Available 
DVD Review: Not Available 
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Plot Summary: Anthony always dreamed of being a famous chef. Julian only thought about women. With neither really working out, the childhood best friends decide to start a detective agency. Unfortunately for them, on their first case they must help protect a sexy, high class escort who holds the key evidence to a scandalous cover up. The two bumbling detectives soon find themselves running from the mob, a corrupt US Senator, and a ruthless Mary Poppins-like assassin - all of whom would stop at nothing to hide the truth. It's just an average day for two bumbling losers.
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