Archive for the 'foreign' Category
Dvd release date: 08/25/2009
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna
Director: Carlos Cuaron
Category: Foreign
Rated: R
Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael Garcia Bernal) Verdusco are brothers who work at a banana plantation and also play soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player; Tato’s [...]
August 25th, 2009 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/11/2009
Starring: Francois Begaudeau
Director: Laurent Cantet
Category: Foreign
Rated: PG-13
Francois and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often [...]
August 11th, 2009 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 03/31/2009
Starring: Francois Cluzet, Marie-Josee Croze
Director: Guillaume Canet
Category: Foreign
Rated: Not Rated
Based on Harlan Coben’s international best selling thriller about pediatrician Alexandre Beck who still grieves the murder of his beloved wife Margot Beck eight years earlier. When two bodies are found near the scene of the crime, the police reopen the case and [...]
March 31st, 2009 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 03/03/2009
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein
Director: Philippe Claudel
Category: Foreign
Rated: PG-13
Lea (Elsa Zylberstein) and Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) are sisters. The film begins with Lea, the younger sister by fifteen years, picking Juliette up at the airport. We soon realize that the two sisters are almost complete strangers to each other. Juliette has [...]
March 3rd, 2009 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/05/2008
Starring: Karl Markovics, Au gust Diehl
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Category: Foreign
Rated: R
“The Counterfeiters” is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon “Sally” Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. When thrown into a concentration camp, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could [...]
August 6th, 2008 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 07/01/2008
Starring: Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha
Director: Paulo Morelli
Category: Foreign
Rated: R
Growing up in a culture of violence, Acerola and Laranjinha have become close as brothers. With their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own young son. When they suddenly [...]
July 1st, 2008 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 04/29/2008
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner
Director: Julian Schnabel
Category: Foreign
Rated: PG-13
From Miramax Films, acclaimed director Julian Schnabel, and the screenwriter of “The Pianist” comes a remarkable and inspiring true story about the awesome power of imagination. Experience the triumphant tale of renowned editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, a man whose love of life and soaring [...]
April 30th, 2008 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 02/19/2008
Starring: Tang Wei, Tony Leung
Director: Ang Lee
Category: Foreign
Rated: NC-17
From Ang Lee, the Academy Award winning director of “Brokeback Mountain” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” comes the critically acclaimed, sensuous espionage thriller about conspiracy, passion and betrayal. This award-winning film provocatively unravels a dangerous game of emotional intrigue and the fate of [...]
February 19th, 2008 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 01/08/2008
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Category: Foreign
Rated: PG-13
Miramax Films and Martin Scorsese present “Golden Door”. At once epic and intimate, it’s the stunning romantic drama about two very different people yearning for a better life in America at the turn of the 20th century. Sacrificing everything, Salvatore Mancuso, an innocent [...]
January 8th, 2008 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 10/30/2007
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Maria Poroshina (II)
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Category: Foreign
Rated: R
Like “The Matrix,” “Day Watch” combines cutting-edge digital effects and mind-blowing action to create a stunningly original world. This Unrated Edition takes you on an even wilder ride with more intense thrills and incredible effects. Only one thing stands between peace and [...]
November 2nd, 2007 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off