Movie Releases – 5 September 2014

The Identical (2014)

Stars: Blake Rayne, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Seth Green

Director: Dustin Marcellino

Genre: Drama

City of Peace Films, Identical Production Company

Time: 107 min

Rating: PG

Plot

In 1936, William and Helen Hemsley (Brian Geraghty, Amanda Crew) welcome identical twin boys into the world. But their joy is quickly tempered by a sobering realization; how could they give these children any kind of a life beyond the desperate poverty that haunted many families in the midst of the Great Depression? When evangelist Reece Wade (Ray Liotta) reveals that he and his wife Louise (Ashley Judd) cannot have children, William feels the Lord's prompting to give them one of the infant boys. Both brothers are born with passion, drive and awesome musical talent, but take very separate, yet converging paths. Drexel Hemsley (Blake Rayne) rises like a comet and changes the music world forever. His adopted brother, Ryan Wade (also played by Blake Rayne) struggles to find the purpose for his life. All the way into manhood he wrestles with pleasing Reverend Wade, his loving but controlling father, who is convinced his son Ryan is called into the ministry. Ryan is encouraged by his ...

Forrest Gump (1994) - [IMAX Re-release]

Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Genre: Drama/Romance

Paramount Pictures

Time: 142 min

Rating: PG-13

Plot

Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low I.Q. but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times. However, this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran. Who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.

God Help the Girl (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray, Pierre Boulanger

Director: Stuart Murdoch

Genre: Drama/Musical/Romance

Barry Mendel Productions, British Film Company, HanWay Films

Time: 111 min

Rating: (not known)

Plot

Set in Glasgow, Scotland, the film is about a girl called Eve who is in the hospital dealing with some emotional problems and starts writing songs as a way of getting better. Songwriting becomes her way forward, leading her to the City where she meets James and Cassie, two musicians each at crossroads of their own. What follows is a story of renaissance over the course of a long, dream-like Summer.

Kelly & Cal (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston, Josh Hopkins, Cybill Shepherd

Director: Jen McGowan

Genre: Comedy/Drama/Family

Spring Pictures, Mad Dog Pictures

Time: 107 min

Rating: (not known)

Plot

Kelly, a punk-rocker turned suburban mom, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn't yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two strike up an unlikely friendship, it's the perfect spark needed to thrust them both back to life.

Frontera (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Ed Harris, Eva Longoria, Michael Peña, Amy Madigan

Director: Michael Berry

Genre: Drama/Western

Ocean Blue Entertainment, MJW Films

Time: 103 min

Rating: PG-13

Plot

A former Arizona sheriff's wife is killed while riding on their ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man illegally crossing into the US is at fault. As the former and the current sheriff search for answers, lives are changed forever.

The Remaining (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Johnny Pacar, Shaun Sipos, Bryan Dechart, Alexa PenaVega

Director: Casey La Scala

Genre: Horror/Thriller

Affirm Films, Cinematic

Time: (not known)

Rating: PG-13

Plot

A supernatural thriller that addresses questions of life, love and belief against an apocalyptic backdrop. A group of close friends gather for a wedding, but the celebration is shattered by a series of cataclysmic events and enemies foretold by biblical end-times prophecies. The survivors face a horrifying, uncertain future as they scramble for safety, but as their world collapses around them in chaos and terror will they choose real life through faith, or just try to survive?

Wetlands (2013) - [Limited]

Stars: Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse, Meret Becker

Director: David Wnendt

Language: German

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Rommel Film, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Time: 105 min

Rating: (not known)

Plot

The eccentric 18 year-old Helen narrates the story of her life, including stories about her preferred sexual practices that involve vegetables, her attitude towards hygiene, drugs, her best friend Corinna and her challenging childhood. The frame story takes place in a hospital where she is treated because of an anal fissure. During her stay she plans to reunite her divorced parents and falls in love with the male nurse Robin.