Rock of Ages

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 146

Language: English

Director: Adam Shankman

Plot: “Rock of Ages” is an arena-rock love story told through the heart-pounding hits of Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, Reo Speed Wagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake and many more.

 

Footloose

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 113

Language: English

Director: Craig Brewer

Plot: Writer/Director Craig Brewer (“Hustle & Flow,” “Black Snake Moan”) delivers a new take of the beloved 1984 classic film, “Footloose.” Ren MacCormack (played by newcomer Kenny Wormald) is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out and Bomont’s local councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) responded by implementing ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) in the process.

 

Glee: The 3D Concert Movie

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 103

Language:

Director: Kevin Tancharoen

Plot: GLEE: THE 3D CONCERT MOVIE will enable fans who were unable to obtain tickets to the recent, sold-out “Glee Live!” tour engagements or who live in markets not included in the tour, or who just want to see it again, to experience the concert in the immersive magic of a 3D theatrical event. The tour played 40 shows across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, selling more than 500,000 tickets.

GLEE: THE 3D CONCERT MOVIE is a new way to see all your favorite characters — including Rachel (played by Lea Michele), Finn (Cory Monteith), Mercedes (Amber Riley), Kurt (Chris Colfer), Artie (Kevin McHale), and Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) – as never before, with their spectacular musical performances, captured in 3D, interwoven with intimate behind-the-scenes revelations that are a story unto themselves.

 

STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 70

Language:

Director: Lonny Price

Plot: The New York Philharmonic, EMK Productions and Screenvision are proud to present Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” in movie theatres across the nation. The production was shot in early April as part of the Philharmonic’s spring gala. Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) leads an all-star cast which included Patti LuPone, Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report), Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Craig Bierko and Martha Plimpton. Company’s plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. It’s a concept musical composed of short vignettes linked by a celebration for Bobby’s 35th birthday.

 

13 Assassins

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 151

Language: Japanese

Director: Takashi Miike

Plot: Set in 1844 Japan, and based on a 1963 film of the same name, 13 ASSASSINS stars Koji Yakusho (Tokyo Sonata and Babel), and brings together the cream of Japan’s acting talent. Yakusho plays a brave samurai who assembles an elite team of thirteen killers to assassinate the brother of the Shogun, a sadistic and well protected young lord who’s above the law, raping and killing innocents with impunity. The film culminates in a mind-blowing, forty-five minute battle sequence that rivals anything seen before in the genre.

 

Deep Gold

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 88

Language: English (International)

Director: Michael Gleissner

Plot: A government transport plane carrying a fortune in gold disappears without a trace over the Philippines, along with the pilot boyfriend of champion skin diver Amy Sanchez. Distraught at the government’s silence regarding the fate of her lost love, Amy takes matters into her own hands and goes searching for him and the sunken treasure. Soon however, she finds herself wrapped up in a deadly plot to steal the gold from the government.

 

Dream Home

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 87

Language: Cantonese

Director: Pang Ho-cheung

Plot: When she was a child, Cheng Lai-Sheung (Josie Ho) could see Hong Kong’s famed Victoria Harbour from her apartment. She vows to one day save up enough money for her family to move into ‘No.1 Victoria Bay’ with a magnificent view. In order to achieve her dream, Cheng has to work hard at two full-time jobs. She even goes as far as stealing customer data to sell to other companies. However, no matter how much she toils, she cannot earn enough to keep up with the ever-increasing values of Hong Kong’s real estate. Since property prices keep leaping higher, her dream home now seems forever out of reach…until suddenly, it dawns on her: in order to get what she wants, she must take matters into her own hands…even if it means getting her hands seriously bloody.

 

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2010

Runtime: 76

Language: English

Director: Damian Chazelle

Plot: GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH tells the story of two separated lovers, a young jazz trumpeter (Palmer) and an introverted woman (Garcia), who slowly wind their way back into each other’s lives through a series of romances and near-romances punctuated by song.

Recasting the MGM musical tradition in a gritty, near-documentary style, the film features all original songs recorded by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and choreography by Kelly Kaleta.

 

Rising Stars

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2010

Runtime: 114

Language: English

Director: Daniel Millican

Plot: A family musical with heart, Rising Stars explores the sacrifices that come with fame in reality television-obsessed culture. Challenged with creating songs and music videos, three musical acts find more than their futures on the line when the competition gets fierce and their lives are caught on tape broadcast to the nation. Egos clash and worlds collide as these teens find how far they will go to win the coveted prize and achieve stardom.

 

Fruit fly

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2010

Runtime: 163

Language: English

Director: H.P. Mendoza

Plot: Bethesda, a Filipina performance artist, moves to San Francisco to workshop her latest piece dealing with the search for her biological mother. Upon moving, she discovers clues about her mother’s whereabouts, a new family, and the startling discovery that she just might be a fruit-fly.

 

Bran Nue Dae

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2010

Runtime: 151

Language: English (International)

Director: Rachel Perkins

Plot: Bran Nue Dae is a charming new Australian-based, music-driven road movie/romantic comedy starring Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush that literally bursts onto the screen with unbridled energy and fun. Loosely based on one of Australia’s most beloved and popular musicals, Bran Nue Dae is a foot stomping tour-de-force centering on the romantic adventures of a young aboriginal couple set against the spectacularly beautiful Australian landscape.

MTV Australia calls Bran Nue Dae, “Hilarious…A Celebration. The Next Homegrown Cinema Classic.” And The Sunday Mail called this Number One Australian Movie of the Year “An Exuberant Musical Road Movie!”

 

Grease Sing-A-Long

Genre: Musical

Release Year: 2010

Runtime: 121

Language: English

Director: Randal Kleiser

Plot: Grease Sing-A-Long movie trailer – starring John Travolta, Stockard Channing, Eve Arden, Jeff Conaway, Olivia Newton-John, Didi Conn. Directed by Randal Kleiser. Theatrical Release Date: 7/8/2010
Genre: Musical
Rating: PG-13

 

Ricky

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2009

Runtime: 122

Language: French

Director: Francois Ozon

Plot: From celebrated director Francois Ozon (UNDER THE SAND, 8 WOMEN) comes RICKY, a hilarious genre-hybrid film about family. When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, an ordinary man, something magical and miraculous happens: they fall in love. Out of their love comes an extraordinary baby: Ricky.

 

Boy

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 1970

Runtime: 146

Language: Tagalog

Director: Auraeus Solito

Plot: Brand new from Auraeus Solito, director of The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, Boy is a delightful, sexy, romantic coming-of-age story about a young poet in Manila who discovers his sexuality and falls for a macho dancer. What begins as an erotic fascination turns into a beautiful personal journey about family and self-expression.

 

Angele et Tony

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 1970

Runtime: 120

Language: French

Director: Alix Delaporte

Plot: Angele Et Tony movie trailer – starring Clotilde Hesme, Gregory Gadebois, Evelyne Didi, Jerome Huguet, Antoine Couleau, Patrick Descamps. Directed by Alix Delaporte. Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated

 

The Pillars of the Earth

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 1970

Runtime: 114

Language: English

Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

Plot: Ken Follett’s best-selling novel is brought to life in a star-studded and critically-acclaimed eight-part miniseries! Emerging from the war-torn shadows of England’s Dark Ages, an idealistic mason, Tom Builder (Rufus Sewell, The Holiday) sets out on a quest of erecting a glorious Cathedral bathed in light. But when that light threatens to illuminate the dark secrets of ambitious Bishop Waleran Bigod (Ian McShane, 2005 Golden Globe Best Actor, TV’s “Deadwood”) and the battling progeny of King Henry, Queen Maud (Alison Pill, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) and King Stephen (Tony Curran, Ondine), they’ll stop at nothing to keep those secrets safe! The epic miniseries event also stars Matthew MacFadyen (Frost/Nixon) as Prior Philip, Hayley Atwell (Love Hate) as the beautiful noblewoman Aliena and Donald Sutherland (TV’s “Dirty Sexy Money”) as Bartholomew.