Madea is coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a
surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what
they'll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual
Christmas Jubilee, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested
while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all.
After four years apart, Ahmad returns to Paris from Tehran
to finalize his divorce with his French wife Marie. During his stay, he notices
Marie's relationship with her daughter Lucie is rife with conflict. Ahmad's
efforts to improve the dynamic between the two woman ends up uncovering a
secret from their past.
Action/Adventure, Adaptation, Sequel and Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Bilbo Baggins continues his journey with the Wizard Gandalf
and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim
the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. Having survived the
beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering
along the way the skin-changer Beorn and a swarm of giant Spiders in the
treacherous forest of Mirkwood. After escaping capture by the dangerous
Wood-elves, the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely
Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all-a creature
more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their
courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey
itself-the Dragon Smaug.
In the epic origin story THE LEGEND OF HERCULES, Kellan Lutz stars as the mythical Greek hero -- the son of Zeus, a half-god, half-man blessed with extraordinary strength. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom. Through harrowing battles and gladiator-arena death matches, Hercules embarks on a legendary odyssey to overthrow the King and restore peace to the land.
An advertising executive is abruptly kidnapped and held
hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released,
he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his bizarre and
torturous punishment only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy
and torment.
Action, Adventure, Animated, Adaptation, Fantasy,
Comedy, Family and Musical
Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey-teaming
up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven-to find her
sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal
winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious
snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the
kingdom.
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the
Christmas holidays, they will discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten
rivalries and romances to be ignited.
Langston, a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a
single mother, journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with
his estranged relatives, Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs. Unwilling to live
by the imposing Reverend Cobbs' rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to
return home to his mother, Naima. Langston embarks on a surprising and
inspirational journey and along with new friends, and a little divine
intervention, he discovers the true meaning of faith, healing and family.
This is the story of a spirited and courageous young girl
named Liesel, who transforms the lives of everyone around her when she is sent
to live with a foster family in World War II Germany. For Liesel, the power of
words and of imagination becomes a means of escape - and even joy - from the
tumultuous events enveloping her and everyone she knows and loves.
Faust is a man in search of the ideals of the Enlightenment,
but he becomes obsessed with the lovely Magarethe and eventually sells his soul
to the Devil, also known as the Moneylender, so that he may possess her. The
Devil takes Faust on a strange, unforgettable journey that ends in Hell itself.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Adaptation, Action/Adventure and Action/Adventure
In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics
have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet
Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next
attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff and the International Military
are training only the best young minds to find the future Mazer.
Ender Wiggin, a shy but strategically brilliant boy, is recruited to join the
elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly
difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning
respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s
next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he’s
trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic
battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Irving Zisman, 86, is on a journey across America with the
most unlikely companion - his 8-year-old grandson Billy. Along the way, Irving
will introduce the young and impressionable Billy to people, places and
situations that give new meaning to the term child-rearing. The duo will
encounter male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants (and
their equally disgruntled mothers), funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons
and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens. Real people in unreal situations,
making for one really messed up comedy.
Carrie White is a shy outcast at high school and has been
sheltered by her deeply religious mother. When Carrie is pushed too far at her
senior prom, she unleashes telekinetic terror on the entire town.
Inventor Flint Lockwood’s genius is finally being recognized
as he’s invited by his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, where the
best and brightest inventors in the world create technologies for the
betterment of mankind. Chester’s right-hand-gal - and one of his greatest
inventions – is Barb, a highly evolved orangutan with a human brain. It’s
always been Flint’s dream to be recognized as a great inventor, but everything
changes when he discovers that his most infamous machine (which turns water
into food) is still operating and is now creating food-animal hybrids –
“foodimals!” With the fate of humanity in his hands, Chester sends Flint and
his friends on a dangerously delicious mission – to battle hungry tacodiles,
shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other food creatures to save the
world again!
Between the pressure of running a foundation started by his
late grandfather Red Stevens, being sued by his greedy extended family, and
seeing his beloved Alexia leave on an extended mission trip to Haiti, Jason's
world is unraveling. But when Jason discovers the lifelong journal his
grandfather began as a Depression-era lad, the writings transport Jason to a
front-row seat on an incredible rags-to-riches ride. With everything he loves
hanging in the balance, Jason hopes he can discover the ultimate life.
Abby is a free-spirited massage therapist. Her brother,
Paul, an emotional zombie, owns a flagging dental practice, where he enlists
the assistance of his equally emotionally stunted daughter, Jenny. Suddenly,
transformation touches everyone. Abby develops an uncontrollable aversion to
bodily contact, which seriously hinders her chosen profession and the
passionate love life she once shared with her boyfriend. Meanwhile, rumors of
Paul's "healing touch" begin to miraculously invigorate his practice.
As Abby navigates through an identity crisis, her brother discovers a whole new
side of himself.
Moving from a remote tribal village to the sprawling
metropolis of Johannesburg, South Africa, a proud young Winnie soon found love
with a rising political star, Nelson Mandela. When Nelson was imprisoned for
protesting the brutal Apartheid government, Winnie worked tirelessly to win his
freedom and to carry on his message of peace and equality. Her struggle to keep
the Mandela dream alive was rewarded by years of persecution and imprisonment,
including 18 months of solitary confinement. Throughout, her resolve to fight
for her freedom, her family and her country never wavered. Her leadership and
unconquerable spirit caught the attention of the world and earned her the name
“the mother of the nation."
Jack and Vanessa are an expectant couple that moves into the
most haunted fixer-upper in New Orleans - a house with a deadly demonic curse.
Things soon spiral out of control for Jack and Vanessa, as well as
their-not-so-helpful neighbor F'Resnel, Vanessa's friendly psychiatrist,
Vanessa's Wiccan sister Marjorie and the detectives assigned to look into the
rising body count. Only the Vatican's elite exorcism team can save them -- or
can they?
Young high school teacher, Diana begins to unravel after she
begins an affair with one of her students, Eric. What began as an innocent
fling becomes increasingly complex as the ordinarily confident Diana becomes
consumed by her emotions, crossing boundaries and acting out in progressively
more startling ways.
Spring, 1958: 21-year-old Rose Pamphyle lives with her
grouchy widower father who runs the village store. Engaged to the son of the
local mechanic, she seems destined for the quiet, drudgery-filled life of a
housewife. But that's not the life Rose longs for. When she travels to Lisieux
in Normandy, where charismatic insurance agency boss Louis Echard is
advertising for a secretary, the ensuing interview is a disaster. But Rose
reveals a special gift - she can type at extraordinary speed. Unwittingly, the
young woman awakens the dormant sports fan in Louis. If she wants the job
she'll have to compete in a speed typing competition. Whatever sacrifices Rose
must make to reach the top, Louis declares himself her trainer. He'll turn her
into the fastest girl not only in the country, but in the world! But a love of
sport doesn't always mix well with love itself...
Short Term 12 is told through the eyes of Grace, a twenty- something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge – and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason.
But Grace’s own difficult past – and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself – throw her into unforeseen confusion, made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility – Jayden, a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection.
She and Mason also struggle to help Marcus – an intense, quiet kid who is about to turn 18 – manage through the difficulty of having to leave the facility. Grace comes to find – in both her work and the new teenager in her care – surprising sources of redemption. And while the subject matter is complex and often dark, this lovingly realized film finds truth – and humor – in unexpected places.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, The Grandmaster is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China’s last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Filmed in a range of stunning locations that include the snow-swept landscapes of Northeast China and the subtropical South, THE GRANDMASTER features virtuoso performances by some of the greatest stars of contemporary Asian cinema, including Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang.
20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood
friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking
marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by Gary King, a
40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his
reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled
pub - The World's End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they
realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind's. Reaching
The World's End is the least of their worries.
Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures.
Kate and Luke work together and have a friendship that could be something more, but they’re involved with other people…until they find themselves alone together for a weekend.
Percy Jackson has had an unnervingly quiet school year. But then he discovers that the magical borders protecting Half Blood Hill are failing. Unless something is done, the camp will be attacked by demons and monsters. The only way to restore power to the camp's borders and to save their home is to find the mythical Golden Fleece. And the only who can undertake this dangerous quest are Percy and his friends. Embarking on a treacherous odyssey into the uncharted waters of the Sea of Monsters (known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle), they battle terrifying creatures, an army of zombies, and the ultimate Evil.
A wealthy woman from New York finds herself broke and in San Francisco, living with her sister and downsizing her life. She eventually meets a man in the Bay Area who could solve her financial problems, but she first needs to discover who she is and, more importantly, accept San Francisco as her home.
Set in 1993, valedictorian Brandy Klark wants to shed her uptight image before college, so she assembles a to do list of all the “activities” she missed out on in high school. Quickly realizing that she's way out of her depth, Brandy solicits her best friends, older sister and burnt-out boss for their help and advice. If the group is going to complete the list by September they'll need plenty of imagination and very open minds.
Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice—taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium - but some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance bring equality to these worlds is Max, an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission - one that pits him against Elysium's Secretary Delacourt and her hard-line forces - but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well.
Belfort, a Long Island penny stockbroker, served 20 months in prison for refusing to cooperate in a massive 1990s securities fraud case that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including mob infiltration.
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Action/Adventure, Adaptation and Sci-Fi/Fantasy
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
At the age of 21, Tim Lake discovers he can travel in time…
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim’s father tells his
son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through
time. Tim can’t change history, but he can change what happens and has happened
in his own life—so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a
girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think.
Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally
meets the beautiful but insecure Mary. They fall in love, then an unfortunate
time-travel incident means he’s never met her at all. So they meet for the
first time again—and again—but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling,
he wins her heart.
Tim then uses his power to create the perfect romantic proposal, to save his
wedding from the worst best-man speeches, to save his best friend from
professional disaster and to get his pregnant wife to the hospital in time for
the birth of their daughter, despite a nasty traffic jam outside Abbey Road.
But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can’t
save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families,
everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can
be dangerous too.
Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where
he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones
learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the
last day of school.
The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a
sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds
himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any
human he's encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an
emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in
search of their bounty.The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc,
more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit
of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon
that no one could survive, his hunters won't leave the planet without Riddick's
head as their trophy.
Animated, Action/Advenure, Fantasy, Adaptation and Family
"Epic" tells the story of an ongoing battle between the forces
of good, who keep the natural world alive, and the forces of evil, who wish to
destroy it. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into this
secret universe, she teams up with an elite band of warriors and a crew of
comical, larger-than-life figures, to save their world…and ours.
During their performances, the world's greatest illusionists
known as "The Four Horsemen" pull off a series of daring heists
against corrupt business leaders. The super-team of illusionists shower the
stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of an elite FBI
squad in a game of cat and mouse.
Action/Adventure, Adaptation, Comedy, Crime, Drama and
Thriller
From acclaimed director Michael Bay comes "Pain & Gain,"
a new action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie.
Based on the unbelievable true story of three personal trainers in 1990s Miami
who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise
that goes horribly wrong. Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Rebel Wilson
and Bar Paly also star. The film is based on magazine articles by Pete Collins,
with a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely and produced by
Donald DeLine, Michael Bay and Ian Bryce.
2077: Jack Harper (Cruise) serves as a security repairmen
stationed on an evacuated Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital
resources after decades of war with a terrifying alien threat who still
scavenges what's left of our planet, Jack's mission is almost complete. In a
matter of two weeks, he will join the remaining survivors on a lunar colony far
from the war-torn world he has long called home.
Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above,
Jack's soaring existence is brought crashing down after he rescues a beautiful
stranger from a downed spacecraft. Drawn to Jack through a connection that
transcends logic, her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to
question everything he thought he knew. With a reality that is shattered as he
discovers shocking truths that connect him to Earth of the past, Jack will be
pushed to a heroism he didn't know he contained within. The fate of humanity
now rests solely in the hands of a man who believed our world was soon to be
lost forever.
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long
divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy
couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative
biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to
attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously
forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing
each other in the process.
When a gang of masked, ax-wielding murderers descend upon the Davison family reunion, the hapless victims seem trapped... until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.
A teenage boy becomes intrusively close to his friend's
family and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this
gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work,
but the boy's intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Sequel, Adaptation, Action/Adventure and Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Based on the celebrated comic book arc, "The
Wolverine" finds Logan, the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There,
samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious
figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed.
Three years past his divorce, veteran novelist Bill Borgens
can’t stop obsessing over, let alone spying on, his ex-wife Erica, who
ignominiously left him for another man. Even as his neighbor-with-benefits,
Tricia tries to push him back into the dating pool, he remains blind to anyone
else’s charms. Meanwhile, his fiercely independent collegiate daughter Samantha
is publishing her first novel while recoiling at the very thought of first love
with a diehard romantic; and his teen son Rusty is trying to find his voice,
both as a fantasy writer and as the unexpected boyfriend of a dream girl with
unsettlingly real problems. As each of these situations mounts into a tangled
trio of romantic holiday crises, it brings the Borgens to surprising
revelations about how endings become beginnings.
Action/Adventure, Sequel, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Adaptation
Brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man is pitted
against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal
world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find
those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his
back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on
his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his
way back, Stark discovers the answer to a question that has secretly haunted
him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
