Monday, October 22, 2007

December, 2007 Hidden Gems

Echo Bridge's "Maximum Cage Fighting" Stars Jason Field, Chris Torres, Renzo Gracie. Jimmy Garren, a former Tae Kwon Do world champion, is now retired and a widowed father to ten-year-old Katie. So when he's challenged to a fight by famous cage fighter and former rival Nick "the Nasty" Harper, he refuses...until Katie is kidnapped by Harper's crew. With the match being the only way to save his daughter, Jimmy travels to train with world-renowned fighter Renzo Gracie for a deadly fight in the cage...that only one man will survive.




Anchor Bay's "The Girl Next Door" Stars Blythe Auffarth, Daniel Manche, Blanche Baker. New Jersey, 1958: a tragic car accident forces Megan and Susan Loughlin to live with their aunt, Ruth Chandler. But things are not what they seem as the harsh treatment of the girls quickly escalates from verbal to physical abuse involving not only Ruth, but her three sons as well. When Megan asks for help from a police officer, she instead is locked in the basement's old bomb shelter by Ruth. Sadly, that is just the beginning...




MTI's "48 Angels" Stars Shane Brolly, Ciaran Flynn, John Travers. Diagnosed with a serious illness and searching for a miracle, 9-year old Seamus sets off to find God before God comes for him. Inspired by Saint Columcille, Seamus sets out in a small boat without oars or a sail. On his quest he encounters James and Darry. Despite initial conflict, the trio decides to stay together and enter upon a journey that results in the healing of hearts and minds.




Anchor Bay's "Hatchet" Stars Joel David Moore, Deon Richmond, Tamara Feldman. Victor Crowley is a hideously deformed boy, living in seclusion with his father in an isolated cabin deep in the Louisiana bayou. When a Halloween prank initiated by local kids goes terribly awry, Victor is accidentally killed. Years later, a tourist group visiting New Orleans' "haunted swamps" stumble upon the remnants of that shocking event, transforming an evening of seemingly innocent fun into a horrofic nightmare, from which there is no escape.



City Light's "Everything's Cool" Documentary. For two decades, researchers, activists, scientists, and progressive politicians have struggled to rouse the public and the government to take action on global warming. See the harrowing story of what it takes to talk about global warming - the art of duking it out with collective denial, the struggle to communicate the urgency to an indifferent public and a laggard U.S. government.