THE SMURFS (2011)

 




















Directed by: Raja Gosnell
Based on characters created by: Peyo
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria, Tim Gunn, Joan Rivers, Liz Smith, Tom Colicchio, Olivia Palermo, Michael Musto (voices) Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Anton Yelchin, Fred Armisen, George Lopez, Alan Cumming, Jeff Foxworthy, Paul Reubens, Gary Basaraba, John Oliver, Kenan Thompson, B.J. Novak, Joel McCrary, Wolfgang Puck, John Kassir, Tom Kane, Frank Welker

103 minutes
(PG - some mild rude humor and action)

PLOT:
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world into ours, in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.

TRAILER:

ANACONDA (1997)

 




















Directed by: Luis Llosa
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson, Kari Wuhrer, Vincent Castellanos, Danny Trejo, Frank Welker

89 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
A National Geographic film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world's largest, and deadliest, snake.

TRAILER:

OUT OF SIGHT (1998)

 

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Based on the novel by: Elmore Leonard
Starring: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Nancy Allen, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, Albert Brooks, Michael Keaton, Luis Guzman, Isaiah Washington, Keith Loneker, Viola Davis, Paul Calderon, Wendell B. Harris Jr, Samuel L. Jackson

123 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
A career bank robber busts out of jail with the help of his buddy and kidnaps a female US Marshal in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case, but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in.

TRAILER:

52 PICK-UP (1986)

 




















Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Based on the novel by: Elmore Leonard
Starring: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, John Glover, Vanity, Clarence Williams III, Robert Trebor, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Doug McClure, Alex Henteloff, Michelle Walker, Tom Byron, Ron Jeremy, Amber Lynn, Sharon Mitchell, Randy West, Jamie Gillis

110 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:
A secret extramarital fling between successful Los Angeles construction magnate Harry Mitchell and his stripper mistress Cini leads to three strangers blackmailing him for a six-figure sum, followed by burglary, theft and Cini's murder, which Harry is framed for.

TRAILER:

THE MOUNTAIN, THE MOON CAVE AND THE SAD GOD (2026)

 




















Directed by: Jamie Hewlett, Timothy McCourt, Jonathan Djob Nkondo
Starring: Gorillaz (Damon Albarn)

9 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Three compiled music videos by the English virtual band Gorillaz, from their ninth studio album, "The Mountain".

MUSIC VIDEO:

WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (2014)

 

Directed by: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Based on the novel by: Joan G. Robinson

Starring: (voices) Sara Takatsuki, Hailee Steinfeld, Kasumi Arimura, Ryoko Moriyama, Kiernan Shipka, Taylor Autumn Bertman, Catherine O'Hara, Hana Sugisaki, Ava Acres, Hitomi Kuroki, Vanessa Williams, Mila Brener, Nanako Matsushima, Geena Davis, Susumu Terajima, John C. Reilly, Toshie Negishi, Grey Griffin, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Ellen Burstyn, Ken Yasuda, Fred Tatasciore, Kathy Bates, Akiko Yoritsune, Raini Rodriguez, Yo Oizumi, Bob Bergen, Takuma Oto'o, Hiroyuki Morisaki, Shigeyuki Totsugi, Renge Ishikawa, Ashley Johnson, James Sie, Mikey Kelley

103 minutes

(PG - adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

A 12-year-old girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with long, flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.

ANIME FEATURE

TRAILER:

LOVE AND A .45 (1994)

 

Directed by: C.M. Talkington

Starring: Gil Bellows, Renee Zellweger, Rory Cochrane, Jeffrey Combs, Jace Alexander, Michael Bowen, Jack Nance, Ann Wedgeworth, Peter Fonda, Wiley Wiggins, Charlotte Ross

102 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, drug use)

PLOT:

Watty Watts has made a living out of robbing convenience stores, but after one of these jobs turned into murder by his partner, the psychopath Billy Mack Black, he is on the run with his fiancé Starlene Cheatham and with both Billy Mack, the police, and some loan sharks on his trail. Their plan is to go to Mexico, but before they do that, they want to get married and visit Starlene's parents.