Friday, 11 April 2014

Movie Releases – 11 April 2014

Rio 2 (2014)

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement, Andy Garcia
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Genre: Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family
Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios
Time: 101 min
Rating: G

Plot
It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.


Draft Day (2014)

Stars: Kevin Costner, Chadwick Boseman, Jennifer Garner, Frank Langella
Director: Ivan Reitman
Genre: Drama/Sport
Summit Entertainment, OddLot Entertainment, Montecito Picture Company, The
Time: 109 min
Rating: PG-13

Plot
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.


Oculus (2013)

Stars: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane
Director: Mike Flanagan
Genre: Horror
Intrepid Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, WWE Studios
Time: 105 min
Rating: Restricted

Plot
A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.


Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) - [Limited]

Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Genre: Drama/Horror/Romance
Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Pandora Filmproduktion, Snow Wolf Produktion
Time: 123 min
Rating: Restricted

Plot
A depressed musician reunites with his lover, though their romance - which has already endured several centuries - is disrupted by the arrival of uncontrollable younger sister.


Joe (2013) - [Limited]

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter, Ronnie Gene Blevins
Director: David Gordon Green
Genre: Drama
Worldview Entertainment, Dreambridge Films, Muskat Filmed Properties
Time: 117 min
Rating: Restricted

Plot
An ex-con, who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15-year-old boy and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin.


Hateship Loveship (2013) - [Limited]

Stars: Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Nick Nolte
Director: Liza Johnson
Genre: Drama
Film Community, The, Benaroya Pictures, Fork Films
Time: 104 min
Rating: Restricted

Plot
Johanna Parry, a quiet caregiver, starts a new job working for an elderly Mr. McCauley and his teenage granddaughter Sabitha. A cruel trick by Sabitha lands Johanna in an awkward one-way relationship with Ken, Sabitha's estranged father but her newfound ambition and desire gives her courage to transform her awkward doom into real contentment.


Dancing in Jaffa (2013) - [Limited]

Stars: Pierre Dulaine, Yvonne Marceau, Alaa Bubali, Lois Dana
Director: Hilla Medalia
Genre: Documentary
kNow Productions, Tiara Blu Films, Warrior Poets
Time: 90 min
Rating:

Plot
Renowned ball-room dancer Pierre Dulaine takes his program, Dancing Classrooms, back to his city of birth, Jaffa, to teach Jewish and Palestinian Israelis to dance and compete together.


The Railway Man (2013) - [Limited]

Stars: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Genre: Biography/Drama
Archer Street Productions, Latitude Media, Lionsgate
Time: 116 min
Rating: Restricted

Plot
Eric Lomax was one of thousands of Allied prisoners of war forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. His experiences, after the secret radio he built to bring news and hope to his colleagues was discovered, left him traumatised and shut off from the world. Years later, he met Patti, a beautiful woman, on a train and fell in love. Patti was determined to rid Eric of his demons. Discovering that the young Japanese officer who haunted her husband was still alive, she faced a terrible decision. Should Eric be given a chance to confront his tormentor? Would she stand by him, whatever he did?


Cuban Fury (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd, Olivia Colman
Director: James Griffiths
Genre: Comedy
Big Talk Productions
Time: 98 min
Rating: Restricted

Plot
1987: A 13 year old natural born dancer with fire in his heels and snakes in his hips is working himself up to explode all over the UK Junior Salsa Championships. But then: a freakish bullying incident on the mean streets of London robs him of his confidence, and our young hero finds his life diverted down a very different path. So it is that 22 years later, an adult Bruce Garrett (Nick Frost) finds himself out-of-shape and unloved - trapped in a downward spiral of self-pity, repression and Nando's take-outs. Only Julia (Rashida Jones), his smart, funny, gorgeous new American boss, gives him reason to live. But she's untouchable. Out of his league, so he imagines, with her perfect smile and perfect life. Unknown to Bruce however, Julia has issues all of her own. Luckily for him, she also has a secret passion. Then there's Drew (Chris O'Dowd), his alpha male colleague and horny king-monkey of the office. With Drew making no secret of his desire to get (his words) "all up inside Julia"


Hank and Asha (2013) - [Limited]

Stars: Andrew Pastides, Mahira Kakkar, Brian Sloan, Anna Tydlitatova
Director: James E. Duff
Genre: Comedy/Romance
(unknown)
Time: 73 min
Rating:

Plot

An Indian student in Prague and a lonely New Yorker correspond online through video letters. A voyeuristic love story about aching for human connection in a hyper-connected world. 

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