Movie Releases – 8 May 2015

Hot Pursuit (2015)

Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Matthew Del Negro, Michael Mosley

Director: Anne Fletcher

Genre: Action/Comedy

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), New Line Cinema, Pacific Standard

Time: 87 min

Rating: PG-13

Plot

An uptight and by-the-book cop tries to protect the outgoing widow of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.

The D Train (2015) - [Limited]

Stars: Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor

Directors: Andrew Mogel/Jarrad Paul

Genre: Comedy

Ealing Studios, Electric Dynamite, Londinium Films

Time: 97 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

All his life, Dan Landsman (Jack Black) has never been the cool guy. That's about to change - if he can convince Oliver Lawless (Marsden), the most popular guy from his high school who's now the face of a national Banana Boat ad campaign, to show up with him to their class reunion. A man on a mission, Dan travels from Pittsburgh to LA and spins a web of lies to recruit Lawless. But he gets more than he bargains for as the unpredictable Lawless proceeds to take over his home, career, and entire life. Showcasing Jack Black and James Marden's most outrageous performances to date, THE D TRAIN serves up the question: how far would you go to be popular? Co-starring Kathryn Hahn and Jeffrey Tambor.

           

5 Flights Up (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Preston

Director: Richard Loncraine

Genre: Drama

Lascaux Films, Latitude Productions, Revelations Entertainment

Time: 92 min

Rating: PG-13

Plot

A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.

Maggie (2015) - [Limited]

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson, Laura Cayouette

Director: Henry Hobson

Genre: Drama/Horror/Thriller

Silver Reel, Gold Star Films, Lotus Entertainment (I)

Time: 95 min

Rating: PG-13

Plot

A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side.

Saint Laurent (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Jérémie Renier, Louis Garrel, Léa Seydoux

Director: Bertrand Bonello

Genre: Biography/Drama

Mandarin Films, EuropaCorp, Orange Studio

Time: 150 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

Yves Saint Laurent's life from 1967 to 1976, during which time the famed fashion designer was at the peak of his career.

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Debra Spinney

Directors: Dave LaMattina/Chad N. Walker

Genre: Documentary/Biography/Drama

Copper Pot Pictures

Time: 90 min

Rating:

Plot

Think you know everything there is to know about Sesame Street? You don't. You might know that Frank Oz turned down an offer to play Big Bird, but you probably don't know that until a last minute change of heart by NASA, Big Bird was supposed to go to space aboard the Challenger. Or you may know that Oscar the Grouch got his voice from a cantankerous cabbie, but you'd be surprised to learn that a fire in his trash can almost led to Caroll's untimely demise. Caroll's stories are the stuff of legend. He has been a constant presence in our lives for over 40 years, his path weaving through American history like that of Forrest Gump. His time inside the Bird has taught him about the world and about himself. I AM BIG BIRD will peel away the instances in Caroll's life that inspired his creation of characters that influenced generations of children. And, as the yellow feathers give way to gray hair, it is the man, not the puppet, who will steal your heart.

           

Noble (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Deirdre O'Kane, Sarah Greene, Gloria Cramer Curtis, Brendan Coyle

Director: Stephen Bradley

Genre: Biography/Drama

Destiny Films

Time: 100 min

Rating: PG-13

Plot

Vietnam. 1989. Fourteen years after the end of the war. When Irish woman Christina Noble flies into Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) she leaves behind an extraordinary life story. But the best is yet to come. Christina lands in a country "that she wouldn't be able to show you on a map". With a few dollars, a dream and her own hard-won courage, she is about to change everything. For hundreds of thousands of people. Forever. NOBLE is the inspirational true story of a woman who believes that it only takes one person to make a difference. And of how she is proved right.

           

The Seven Five (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Michael Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw, Chickie

Director: Tiller Russell

Genre: Documentary

All3Media America

Time: 102 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Michael Dowd stole money and dealt drugs while patrolling the streets of 80s Brooklyn.

           

Skin Trade (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, Michael Jai White

Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham

Genre: Action/Crime/Thriller

Baumgarten Management and Productions (BMP), SC Films International, SC International Pictures

Time: 96 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests, NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.