In the Darkness

Release Date: March 9th, 2010

Starring: Shawn Parsons, Shawna Sutherland, Wesley Freitas, Mark Sult, Rachel Lien

Director: Andrew Robinson

Writer: Andrew Robinson

Studio: Mattoid Entertainment

Genre: Thriller

Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes

The film “In the Darkness” has appeared on the screen in the result of creative teamwork of Andre Robinson and Jenna Edwards and financial support by Jeremy McGovern.

The creation of the film has a long prehistory. The fire and its consequences at the Angeles National Forest caused the idea and the content of the film. Having been the witness of the terrible devastating fire effects, the writer and the director of the future film Andrew Robinson decided to assume these happenings as a basis of the plot. His fiancée Andrea Gold was involved in evacuation from the territory of the forest. Having observed the “moon surface” ground after its total burning, Andrew started to write the script. Soon after the script turned into a large project, the idea of the film “In the Darkness” got approved by Mattoid Entertainment. Only few weeks had been taken to write the script, and the filming was started at once.

In spite of the fact, that Robinson Edwards and McGovern first had the idea to make another film, the creation of the film “In the Darkness” was confirmed without any doubts.

Robinson admitted that it was the first time, when the place of filmmaking had been chosen before the script was written.

The Killing Jar

Release Date: March 19th, 2010

Starring: Michael Madsen, Harold Perrineau, Amber Benson, Danny Trejo, Kevin Gage

Director: Mark Young

Writer: Mark Young

Studio: Mark Young Films

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

There is a small diner situated on a roadside, remote from the civilization. And there are seven people, spending their time in this diner. Among them are waitress Noreen, who stuck in this place because of her unhappy marriage; salesman John in his low spirits; strangely silent Hank; Loonie – a cop from a small town and bad-tempered Jimmy – the owner of the diner. The silence of the diner gets suddenly disturbed by the radio report. The dictor reports of the thrilling murders happened in the county nor far from the place. The newcomer Doe, who has just appeared on the doorstep of the diner, is number one who is under suspicion. The stranger is armed with a shotgun. The situation results the bloody confrontation with hostages, taken by Doe. But soon the hostages begin to suspect, that there is someone among them, who is more dangerous, than the troubled gun owner.

Directed by Mark Young, “The Killing Jar” was shot as low-budget, without lightning department and in the place, situated not far from the local airport. So the filmmakers had to stop shooting every time, the planes took off and landed. Nevertheless the drama they created is of a high quality and worth special attention of the audience.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Release Date: March 19th, 2010

Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube

Director: Niels Arden Oplev

Studio: Music Box Films

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Rating: for Disturbing violent content including rape, grisly images, sexual material, nudity and language.

Runtime: 2 hours 32 minutes

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is a thriller, based on the sensational book by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, who died before his novel was published. The plot of the story is closely connected with Harriet Vanger – a woman from the Vagner clan. Forty years ago Harriet disappeared without the slightest cause. Since that time nobody has ever heard of her or seen her and her dead body or bones have never been found. Harriet’s uncle is still of the opinion, that she has been murdered, and murdered by someone from the family of Vanger at that. To prove his suspicions and investigate this affair he decides to hire two co-workers. The first of them is Mikael Blomkvist, a deprived financial reporter; the second one is Lisbeth Salander, a talented computer hacker with tattoo. During the investigation they suddenly come to a conclusion, that Harriet was one of the victims of numerous dreadful murders, shocked the public about forty years ago. But trying to reveal family secrets, both Salander and Blomkvist get involved into the dangerous situation. Now they will have to decide, how far they intend to go to find out the true and save their own lives.

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is considered to be the greatest Swedish film ever existed in the history.

The Ghost Writer

Release Date: February 19th, 2010

Director: Roman Polanski

Writer: Roman Polanski, Robert Harris

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Hutton, Eli Wallach

Studio: Summit Entertainment

Genre: Thriller

Runtime: 2 hours 08 minutes

"The Ghost Writer" is a political thriller, telling the misterious story of Adam Lang’s past. Being a former  British Prime Minister, he holes up on an island, situated off the U.S. Eastern seaboard. Lang is engaged in writing his memoirs. After his assistant’s death, he invites another aide, a professional British ghostwriter, simply “The Ghost”, to help him to finish the memoirs.

While working on the project, the Ghost begins gradually to realize, that the death of his predesessor wasn’t accidental, and that he had found out something, tarnishing Lang’s reputation and thus had been doomed to death and murdered. All spheres of the Prime Minister’s life are under suspect now, as all of them, whether it be a political, sexual or literary aspect of Lang’s life – are full of betrayal and deception. The Ghost thinks he has discovered the connection of the Prime Minister with the CIA, involved in dirty business, and this information is hidden between the pages of memoirs. Soon he comes to a conclusion, that history written in memoirs, is often has nothing in common with the real position of events, but is rather the utter falsehood and farce.

The plot of the movie is based on the novel "The Ghost", written by Robert Harris.

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The Crazies

Release Date: February 24th, 2010

Director: Breck Eisner

Writer: Scott Kosar, Ray Wright, George A. Romero

Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson, Brett Rickaby, Christie Lynn Smith, Preston Bailey, Joe Reegan, Justin Welborn

Studio: Overture Films

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes

There is fine life, benevolent and affable people in small town Ogden Marsh. But, as always, the calmness and happiness is suddenly broken. Sheriff David Dutton understands nothing. Why one of townspeople has locked his wife and the son in a toilet, and then arson the house? And why another man has charged a gun and has come on school baseball game to kill? And in general, why about half of inhabitants so are aggressive and constantly attack the neighbours? What has occurred to quiet small town?

It has appeared that there was something awful and irreparable. Over Ogden Marsh the plane which transported the biological weapon onboard flew by. As a result of wreck of this plane the toxic substance has got to potable water in a town. Infection occurs very quickly, in few days many citizens of Ogden Marsh were ill. Aggression of inhabitants increases with each hour. Fights, robberies, murders and extreme accidents cover whole small town.

The government does not interfere and makes the order to isolate city Ogden Marsh. Do not let out anybody, even the people healthy and not infected with a terrible virus. The townspeople have nowhere to wait for help…

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Frozen

Release Date: February 5th, 2010
Director: Adam Green
Writer: Adam Green
Starring: Kevin Zegers, Shawn Ashmore, Emma Bell
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 2 hours 14 minutes
Three snowboarders couldn’t even imagine that the beautiful and relaxing day in snowy mountains turns out to be a real nightmare. Friday evening they get stuck in the suddenly broken chairlift. The situation seems to be even more dangerous as the ski patrol turns off the lights, and the resort gets closed till the next weekend.
Suffering from hypothermia and frostbite, they see no way out. Their existing now is nothing else but survival in the constant cold and the fear to stay here in this chairlift forever, frozen to death. The panic of snowboarders is growing from hour to hour, as they realizes it more and more distinctly – there is no a single human being around, who could help them to escape the impending death.
They know they can’t depend on ski patrol assistance and, dived into despair, they try to struggle out of the chairlift and the mountains on their own. Now the snowboarders ask only one question – what will be stronger – their will to live or the chilling cold, that promises nothing encouraging for the escaped except various ways to die. Step by step three snowboarders have to make uneasy decisions in their struggle for existence.

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Formosa Betrayed

Release Date: February 26th, 2010
Director: Adam Kane
Writer: Will Tiao, Charlie Stratton
Starring: James Van Der Beek, John Heard, Leslie Hope, Tzi Ma
Studio: Screen Media Films
Genre: Thriller
Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes

FORMOZA BETRAYED tells about real events 1970th-1980th years which occurred in Taiwan.
During the investigation of murder of Taiwanese-American scientist the FBI Agent Jake Kelly by means of the employee of FBI and a police detective from Chicago finds out that the trace of murderers conducts to Taiwan. Kelly goes for ocean to help the government of Taiwan to investigate this severe murder. First over his work the Taiwan official and the American diplomat supervised. But soon Agent Kelly realizes that he is a very unwelcome guest in a foreign country. Besides, under the guise of hospitality and willingness to co-operate the true treachery is hiding.
Jake Kelly gets acquainted with Taiwanese activist Ming who helps him to find out all truth about Formosa Island. This truth appears pernicious for Agent Kelly and for his relations with the government of his native United States, the Chinese government in Taiwan, and also with the Chinese Mafia. Investigation of the brutal murder reveals the complex and confused connection of a policy of the different countries, internal policy of each country, power structures, mafias and separate influential persons.

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Downstream

Release Date: February 5th, 2010
Director: Simone Bartesaghi, Philip Kim
Writer: Philip Kim
Starring: Jonathon Trent, Elizabeth Roberts, Jonno Roberts, Lenny von Dohlen, Mickey Jones, Frederick Bartholomew, Michelle Lang, Fiona Gubelmann, Grace Renn, Bru Muller, Bob Rumnock, Matthew J. Evans, Ben Crowley
Studio: Famous Monsters of Film Land
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes

For a long time not a secret that resources of our planet are exhausted, people become hardened. Under one assumption, people will pass to completely synthetic foodstuff and fuel to survive. Under other forecasts, people degrade and almost all will die out through some hundreds years. Certainly, nobody can know precisely that will be with us.
One of variants of our future is presented on court of spectators in picture Downstream from Simone Bartesaghi and Philip Kim. The Protagonist of a film - Wes Keller - lives in peace, where there is not enough oil, and the majority of women dies of a cancer. Bio fuel, bullets and a human life are appreciated equally in his world - governed by the jungle laws. Wes does not lose hope to get to the mystical world «Plutopia» which exists only in his mind...

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