Friday, August 24, 2012

Weekend Preview 8/24-29/2012

Wow, 15 movies out this week!!! Thirteen out this weekend, including the controversial ComplianceSleepwalk with Me, a comedy that's been getting lots of attention recently, and one that's been pretty quiet, but still looks interesting, Robot & Frank. Then two on Wednesday, including the Prohibition movie, Lawless, with Shia LeBeouf and Tom Hardy set in good ol' Virginia!!!

Click "Read More" for trailers of The Apparition, Compliance, Lawless, Little White Lies, A Lonely Place for Dying, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, Premium Rush, The Revenant, Robot & Frank, Samsara, Sleepwalk with Me, Thunderstruck, The Victim, Wild Horse Wild Ride, and 2016.

8/24/2012

The Apparition: A couple are haunted by a supernatural presence that is unleashed during a college experiment.


Compliance: When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no-one is left unharmed. Based on true events.


Little White Lies: A near-fatal accident leaves one friend in the hospital while the rest go on their annual vacation. But their secrets and personal grief threaten to drive them apart.


A Lonely Place for Dying: KGB mole Nikolai Dzerzhinsky holds explosive evidence against the CIA--information he will trade for asylum in the United States. Special Agent Robert Harper must obtain this evidence and kill Dzerzhinsky or risk the end of his CIA career. As the two men hunt each other, they discover that the sins from their past destined them for this deadly confrontation.


Premium Rush: In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.


The Revenant: In Los Angeles, a fallen soldier who has joined the ranks of the living dead reunites with his best friend in order to deal with the city's drug dealers and killers - a perfect way to collect the blood that one of them so desperately needs.


Robot & Frank: Set in the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.


Samsara: Filmed over a period of five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on 70mm film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.


Sleepwalk with Me: A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.


Thunderstruck: A basketball star switches talent with a klutzy 16-year-old fan.


The Victim: A man lives alone in a remote cabin and is surprised by his visitors.


Wild Horse, Wild Ride: The story of the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge, an annual contest that dares 100 people to each tame a totally wild mustang in order to get it adopted into a better life beyond federal corrals.


2016: Obama's America: A documentary that examines the question, "If Barack Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?"


8/29/2012

Lawless: Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by a new deputy and other authorities who want a cut of their profits.


The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure: It's Schluufy's birthday, and the Oogieloves (Goobie, Zoozie and Toofie), along with their friends J. Edgar, Windy Window and Ruffy, are organizing a party. (Shh! It's a secret.) Everything is going along just perfectly until J. Edgar trips and loses the last five magical balloons in all of Lovelyloveville--OH NO! The Oogiloves set out to find the magical balloons in time to save their friend's party.


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