March, 2008 Hidden Gems

Fox's "The Seeker" Starring Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane The film tells the story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of Dark. Traveling back and forth in time, Will discovers a series of clues, which lead him into a showdown with the forces of unimaginable power. With the Dark force again rising, the future of the world rests in Will's hands.

Screen Media's "The Sasquatch Gang" Starring Justin Long, Joey Kern When Gavin Gore and his three friends go for a hike up to Deer Cliff Falls, they discover some suspicious footprints and scat that they assume can only be from one source - Bigfoot. They quickly decide to alert police and the media of the find and start a small sensation in the town.

Fox's "Dr. Doolittle:Tale of the Chief" Starring Kyla Pratt, Peter Coyote Maya Doolittle has applied to vet school but finds that getting accepted is a lot tougher than expected. But when the President of the United States needs her help to work with the First Dog, she finds she can help the country, and impress the acceptance committee.

MTI's "Experiment" Starring John Hopkins, Georgina French A young woman walks the streets of a foreign city - her mind full of pain, no memory of who she is and plagued by nightmarish visions. She meets a man who also has no memory. Forced to trust each other, the two feel a mysterious connection - a strong powerful feeling that bonds the two together.

Fox's "Bachelor Party 2" Starring Josh Cook, Greg Pitts A hardcore partier bids farewell to the single life with one last blowout weekend in Miami with his fun-loving pals - but it might put a crimp in his wedding plans if his bride-to-be finds out what's going on.

February, 2008 Hidden Gems

City Lights' "Descent" Starring Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust. A college co-ed who is book smart and shy and curious about sex, is raped. Her world is ripped inside out and she seeks revenge.

Fox's "Two Days in Paris" Starring "Julie Deply, Adam Goldberg. A couple try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of her parents and several of her ex-boyfriends.

Fox's "The Final Inquiry" Starring F. Murray Abraham, Anna Kanakis, Max Van Zydow. In 35 A.D., a Roman tribune is sent to Palestine to investigate the death and possible resurrection of a certain Jesus from Nazareth.

Anchor Bay's "To Kill A King" Starring Rupert Everett, Tim Roth, Olivia Williams, Dougray Scott. The year is 1645. King Charles the First is overthrown and two heroes have emerged - Lord General Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. These two friends turn on each other.

Fox's "Feast of Love" Starring Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear. A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set with a community of friends in Oregon, and is an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.

Foxs "Death at a Funeral" Starring Matthew Macfayden. In this British comedy, a father dies and his family and friends convene at the family home for his funeral. Hilarious.

New Line's "Silk" Starring Carlo Cecchi, Alfred Molina, Keira Knightly. This is the story of a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo.

Screen Media's "When A Man Falls" Starring Sharon Stone, Timothy Hutton. When a lonely housewife faces the reality of her dying marriage, she seeks comfort in unlawful and forbidden activities.

January, 2008 Hidden Gems

Fox's "Wedding Daze" Starring Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher. After losing the woman of his dreams, a young man is urged to propose to a total stranger. He might have accidentally found the woman of his dreams.






City Lights "The Ten" Starring Adam Brody, Jessica Alba, Winoan Ryder, Paul Rudd. Ten laugh-out-loud funny stories inspired by the ten commandments, each told in a different style, with characters and themes overlapping.





Fox's "Sunshine" Satarring Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans. Fifty years from now, the sun is dying and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope is a spaceship and a crew of eight men and women. they carry a device which will breathe new life into the star. But their mission is beginning to unravel.




Vivendi's "Shiloh Falls" Starring Art Lefleur. A gritty lawman has finally tracked down a murderous gang. But before the fugitives can be brought to justice, a mysterious stranger appears that is more powerful than any man. There is no escaping his supernatural powers.


Fox's "Lake Placid 2" Starring John Schneider, Cloris Leachman. This is the sequel and the prehistoric, horrific crocs have three bloodthirsty offspring.






Echo Bridge's "Killer Diller" Starring William lee Scott, Lucas Black. A guitar-playing car thief is sentenced to a halfway house in the middel of the Bible Belt and is forced to play church music. He meets an autistic savant who is a rocking piano player and the red-hot Killer Diller Blues Band is born.






Fox's "Joshua" Starring Sam Rockwell. The perfect Manhatten parents in a perfect Manhatten apartment run into extreme problems with their first child after they have their second child.





Starz's "Jimmy and Judy" Starring Edward Furlong, Rachael Bells. Two teenage suburban outcasts fall in love, spin out of control, and hit the road as fugitives.






Starz's "He Was A Quiet Man" Starring Christian Slater, Willam H. Macy. A nebish office worker turns into a hero. Unfortunately the hero is a psychopath ... or not.





Allumination's "Forget About It" Starring Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Raquel Welch, Robert Loggia. In a trailer park located outside of Phenix, three retired veterans spend their days relaxing and vying for the attention of a sexy neighbor. But they stumble on $4,000,000 and the mafia and the Feds.




Echo Bridge's "Black Irish" Starring Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Emily VanCamp. Two brothers...one good, one bad...you can choose your dreams...but you can't choose your family.









Screen Media's "Adrift in Manhatten" Starring Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, Dominic Chianese, William Baldwin Even surrounded by Manhatten's millions, New Yorkers are just as likely to feel lonely as people who live in literal isolation.

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.