Drama

LACKAWANNA BLUES

Genre: DRAMA Release Dates: JANUARY 2005 (Sundance Film Festival) Synopsis:In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy’s life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives. Crew: George C. Wolfe (director); Ruben Santiago-Hudson (writer); Halle Berry, Vince Cirrincione and Shelby Stone ….

ROLL BOUNCE

Production Company: State Street Pictures/ Fox 2000 Pictures Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures Cast: Bow Wow as X, Chi McBride, Wesley Jonathan as Sweetness, Meagan Good as Naomi, Mike Epps, Charles Q. Murphy as Charlie Murphy, Nick Cannon as Bernard, Tai’isha Davis as Tootsie Roll, Diane Fisher as Park Pedestrian, Rick Gonzalez as Naps, Busisiwe Irvin ….

A SCANNER DARKLY

Production Company: Section Eight / Thousand Words Studio: Warner Independent Pictures Cast: Mitch Baker as Brown Bear Lodge Host, Melody Chase as Arctor’ s Wife, Dameon Clarke as Mike, Rory Cochrane as Freck, Jack Cruz as Police Officer, Jason Douglas as New Path Farm Manager, Robert Downey Jr. as Barris, Woody Harrelson as Luckman, Heather ….

SEVEN SWORDS (Qi Jian)

Production Company: Film Workshop Studio: The Weinstein Company Cast: Sun Hong-Lei, So-yeon Kim, Duncan Lai, Leon Lai, Chia-Liang Liu, Honglei Sun, Michael F. Wong, Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung and Lu Yi Crew: Hark Tsui (director, producer and co-writer); Chi-Sing Cheung and Chun Tin-Nam (co-writers); Chzung Chi-Sing (associate producer); Fung Chi-Wai (line producer); Raymond Wong, Pan ….

SHOOTING DOGS

Production Company: CrossDay Productions Ltd. / BBC Films / Egoli Tossell Film AG / UK Film Council Studio: Timebandits Films (2005) (Germany) Cast: Claire-Hope Ashley as Marie, Hugh Dancy as Joe Connor, Dominique Horwitz as Capitaine Charles Delon, John Hurt as Christopher, Susan Nalwoga as Edda and Steve Toussaint as Roland Crew: Michael Caton-Jones (director); ….

HARSH TIMES

Genre: ACTION / DRAMA / CRIME Release Dates: August 18, 2006 Trailers: Quicktime trailer Official Websites harshtimes.com bauermartinez.com Taglines Take a ride to the edge. From the creator of Training Day. Production Company: Crave Films / Harsh Times LLC Synopsis:Harsh Times focuses on two friends in South Central Los Angeles and the violence that comes ….

SILENT HILL

Production Company: Davis-Films / Silent Hill DCP / TriStar Pictures / Konami Corporation Studio: TrisStar Pictures Cast: Radha Mitchell as Rose, Laurie Holden as Cybil Bennet, Sean Bean as Christopher, Deborah Kara Unger as Dahlia Gillespie, Tanya Allen as Alessa Gillespie, Christopher Britton as Adam (as Chris Britton), Kim Coates as Officer Gucci, Jodelle Ferland ….

A History of Violence

Genre: DRAMA / THRILLER Release Dates: SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 Trailers: Windows Media and Real Media various sizes Official Websites: historyofviolence.com newline.com Taglines: Tom Stall had the perfect life… until he became a hero. Production Company: Bender-Spink Synopsis A History of Violence examines how far a man is willing to go in his quest for redemption ….

HOTEL RWANDA

Genre: DRAMA / BIOGRAPHY / WAR Release Dates: DECEMBER 22, 2004 (LIMITED) Trailers: mgm.com/ua/hotelrwanda/main.html Official Websites: mgm.com/ua/hotelrwanda/main.html Taglines When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms. Hotel Rwanda. A true story. Synopsis:When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms. Don Cheadle stars in Hotel Rwanda – winner of the AGF People’s ….

LILIES OF THE FIELD

Genre: COMEDY / DRAMA Release Dates: 1963 Trailers: Windows Media Synopsis Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier), an unemployed construction worker heading west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being run by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior ….

THE SKELETON KEY

Production Company: Brick Dust Prods. / Daniel Bobker Prods. / Double Feature Films Studio: Universal Pictures Cast: Kate Hudson as Caroline Ellis, Gena Rowlands as Violet Devereaux, John Hurt as Ben Devereaux, Peter Sarsgaard as Luke, Joy Bryant as Jill, Maxine Barnett as Mama Cynthia, Fahnlohnee Harris as Hallie, Marion Zinser as Bayou Woman, Deneen ….

LIPSTICK & DYNAMITE, PISS & VINEGAR: THE FIRST LADIES OF WRESTLING

Genre: DOCUMENTARY / SPORTS / COMEDY / DRAMA Release Dates: APRIL 8, 2005 Trailers: lipstickanddynamitethemovie.com Official Websites: lipstickanddynamitethemovie.com Taglines: The first ladies of wrestling Production Company: Ruthless Films LLC Synopsis:Ring legends such as The Fabulous Moolah and Gladys “Kill ‘Em” Gillem Long provide candid insights into the history of women’s professional wrestling. Ruth Leitman’s new ….

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Shi mian mai fu)

Genre: MARTIAL ARTS / ACTION / HISTORICAL / DRAMA / ROMANCE Release Dates: DECEMBER 3, 2004 (US) Trailers Teaser 1 QuickTime Hi-Res QuickTime Lo-Res Windows Media Player Hi-Res Windows Media Player Lo-Res Real Player Hi-Res Real Player Lo-Res Teaser 2 QuickTime Hi-Res QuickTime Lo-Res Windows Media Player Hi-Res Windows Media Player Lo-Res Real Player Hi-Res ….

LORDS OF DOGTOWN

Genre: ACTION / DRAMA Release Dates: JUNE 3, 2005 Trailers: Quicktime Trailer (hi-res) (med-res) (lo-res) Clip 1 – Skitching The Bus 1_WINDOWS MEDIA HIGH 1_WINDOWS MEDIA LOW 1_REAL MEDIA HIGH 1_REAL MEDIA LOW Clip 2 – We’ve Got To Shut Them Down 2_WINDOWS MEDIA HIGH 2_WINDOWS MEDIA LOW 2_REAL MEDIA HIGH 2_REAL MEDIA LOW Clip ….

Woman Thou Art Loosed film review

It can be extremely difficult to deal with such heavy issues as incest, ignored abuse, and redemption without allowing the topics to take over in lieu of connecting with the characters involved. And nobody wants to take issue with films about women climbing out of victimization because we all hate to see the wimp who ….