Movie Releases – Friday, 14 November 2014

Foxcatcher (2014)

Stars: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave

Director: Bennett Miller

Genre: Biography/Drama/Sport/Thriller

Annapurna Pictures, Likely Story, Media Rights Capital

Time: 134 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

Based on true events, Foxcatcher tells the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers. When Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) is invited by wealthy heir John du Pont (Steve Carell) to move on to the du Pont estate and help form a team to train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics at his new state-of-the-art training facility, Schultz jumps at the opportunity, hoping to focus on his training and finally step out of the shadow of his revered brother, Dave (Mark Ruffalo). Driven by hidden needs, du Pont sees backing Schultz's bid for Gold and the chance to "coach" a world-class wrestling team as an opportunity to gain the elusive respect of his peers and, more importantly, his disapproving mother (Vanessa Redgrave). Flattered by the attention and entranced by du Pont's majestic world, Mark comes to see his benefactor as a father figure and grows increasingly ...

Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

Stars: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle, Laurie Holden

Directors: Bobby Farrelly/Peter Farrelly

Genre: Comedy

Universal Pictures, Red Granite Pictures, New Line Cinema

Time: 109 min

Rating: PG-13

Plot

It's been 20 years and Harry Dunn has found something out - he has a daughter! Lloyd Christmas, his equally dim witted friend, takes one look at a picture of her, develops a crush, and insists the two track her down. What ensues when Harry finally agrees is a bizarre encounter with an old lady and more hilarity because of their sheer stupidity.

Beyond the Lights (2014)

Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Machine Gun Kelly

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Genre: Drama

Relativity Media

Time: 116 min

Rating: PG-13

Plot

The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.

Saving Christmas (2014)

Stars: Kirk Cameron, Darren Doane, Bridgette Cameron, Raphi Henly

Director: Darren Doane

Genre: Comedy/Family/Religious

Camfam Studios, Provident Films

Time: 80 min

Rating: PG

Plot

Kirk is enjoying the annual Christmas party extravaganza thrown by his sister until he realizes he needs to help out Christian, his brother-in-law who has a bad case of the bah-humbugs. Kirk's fresh look at Christmas provides Christian the chance to see Christ is where He has always been: at the center of our Christmas celebrations and traditions.

The Homesman (2014)

Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto

Director: Tommy Lee Jones

Genre: Drama/Western

EuropaCorp, Ithaca, Javelina Film Company, The

Time: 122 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.

Rosewater (2014)

Stars: Gael García Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas, Haluk Bilginer

Director: Jon Stewart

Genre: Biography/Drama

Busboy Productions, International Traders, OddLot Entertainment

Time: 103 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

Based of a true story about Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari journalist who gets detained and brutally interrogated in prison for 118 days. The journalist Maziar Bahari was blindfolded and interrogated for 4 months in Evin prison in Iran, while the only distinguishable feature about his captor is the distinct smell of rosewater. An interview and sketch that Maziar did with a journalist on The Daily show was used as evidence that Maziar was a spy and in communication with the American government and the CIA.

Bad Turn Worse (2013)

Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Logan Huffman, Jeremy Allen White, William Devane

Directors: Simon Hawkins/Zeke Hawkins

Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller

Rough & Tumble Films

Time: 92 min

Rating:

Plot

Three Texas teens hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-end existence in a cotton-mill town but get sucked into the seedy underbelly of organized crime when one of them steals from the wrong man.

The Toy Soldiers (2014)

Stars: Najarra Townsend, Constance Brenneman, Chandler Rylko, Jeanette May Steiner

Director: Erik Peter Carlson

Genre: Drama

Riding Hood Motion Pictures

Time: 143 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

On one evening in a decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, the innocence of youth and family unravels. Five parallel coming-of-age stories dramatize the stages of grief. A youthful mother in a custody battle over her children, finds tranquility with the bottle. The abuse of her ex-husband still haunts the children; a nineteen year old drug addict, and his younger brother, a bullied closet homosexual.There's the story of the dog; a teen who offers sexual favors to gain acceptance, the challenged classmate who would do anything for her love, and the redhead beauty, haunted by a secret, tragic past. These lives and others will change forever on this final evening before their hangout, The Toy Soldiers Roller Rink, closes its doors for the final time.