6.6

The Expendables

2010,

• Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, David Zayas, Giselle Itié, Charisma Carpenter, Gary Daniels, Terry Crews, Mickey Rourke, Amin Joseph, Senyo Amoaku, Hank Amos, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Sassa Nacimento, Sassa Nascimento, R.A. Rondell, Tze Yep, Preshas Jenkins, Ronn Surels, Lauren Jones, Prazeres Barbosa, Jose L. Vasquez, Daniel Arrias, Antonio Gullo, Javier Lambert
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
• Director(s): Sylvester Stallone
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.

  4.5

Skyline

2010, USA

• Actors: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, Neil Hopkins, David Zayas, Donald Faison, Robin Gammell, Tanya Newbould, J. Paul Boehmer, Phet Mahathongdy, Byron McIntyre, Jackie Marin, Tony Black, Eliza Till, James Huang, Erik Rondell, Johnny DeBeer, Lauren Marin, Matt Frels, Pam Levin, Justin Reed
• Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Director(s): Colin Strause
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Jarrod and his pregnant girlfriend Elaine travel to Los Angeles to meet his old friend and successful entrepreneur Terry, and his wife Candice. Terry gives a party in his apartment for Jarrod and offers a job position to him in LA. Terry's assistant and lover Denise (Crystal Reed) and his friend Ray (Neil Hopkins) sleep on the couch in the living room, but in the dawn of the next morning, the group is awakened by mysterious beams of blue light. Ray stares at the light and is taken by the mysterious force. The group of friends try to escape from the alien invaders.

  4.6

Flying By

2009,

• Actors: Ahnaise Christmas, Mo Collins, Billy Ray Cyrus, Arabella Field, Sidney Franklin, Robert Gossett, David Haack, Judith Hoag, Ted Hutton, Steven B. Jarnicki, Eric Allan Kramer, Katie Leclerc, Heather Locklear, Kevin Montgomery, Patricia Neal, Cheryl Noe, Gene Rathswohl, Olesya Rulin, Stephen Michael Shearer, Mona Jo Trowbridge, Myk Watford, David Zayas, Shalon Delgado
• Genre: Drama, Family, Music
• Director(s): Jim Amatulli
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A real estate developer goes to his 25th high school reunion without his wife, and finds his old teenage band playing. They get him up on stage for a couple of songs, and convince him come to a rehearsal. His wife is outraged that he played. His daughter thinks it's kind of cool. His Mother, in a retirement home, encourages him to enjoy life. He feels some temporary relief from the pressures of business complexities and the stress of marriage tensions. The band gets booked at a popular bar, which leads to a last minute booking to open for a reunion tour, with the possibility of additional tour dates. But the band has internal conflicts. He faces a tough decision to give it a shot even though it will affect his marriage, his family, particularly his daughter, and his business.

  5.2

Wake

2009, USA

• Actors: Bijou Phillips, Ian Somerhalder, Jane Seymour, Danny Masterson, Marguerite Moreau, Sprague Grayden, David Zayas, Kevin Alejandro, Ian Gomez, Meagen Fay, James Eckhouse, Bruno Campos, Meredith Monroe, Charles Adler, Lizette Carrion, John Griffin, Paul Rae, Christopher Michael, Edward Edwards, Chane't Johnson, Katherine Flynn, Michael Savage, Tina DiJoseph, Trisha Debski, Nicole Bilderback, Anne Son, Nicole Tubiola, Oren Rehany, Gabriel Morales, Luca Oriel
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Ellie Kanner
• Available languages:
  • English English.

When things get tough for offbeat Carys Reitman, she does what any emotionally isolated, modern girl would do - she goes to strangers' funerals. At one fateful funeral, she unexpectedly meets Tyler, a man mourning his fiancée. Despite the warnings of her undertaker best friend Shane and her roommate Lila, she finds herself connecting to someone for the first time. Searching for answers, Carys goes to see her estranged mother to confront her past. And as she tries to open herself to the risks of love with Tyler, she realizes she may have more to fear than just a broken heart.

  6.3

13

2009, USA

• Actors: Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgård, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ray Winstone, David Zayas, Sam Riley, Gaby Hoffmann, Natasha Lyonne, Michael Shannon, 50 Cent, Ben Gazzara, Daisy Tahan, Wayne Duvall, Michael Berry Jr., Chuck Zito, John Bedford Lloyd, John Fiore, Ashlie Atkinson, Stephen Gevedon, Don Frye, Ronald Guttman, Alice Barrett, Paul Vasquez, Anthony Chisholm, Steve Antonucci, Paul Butler, Doug Kruse, Chris McKinney, Darrell Larson
• Genre: Drama, Thriller
• Director(s): Géla Babluani
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.

  7.4

Michael Clayton

2006, USA

• Actors: Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack, Danielle Skraastad, Tilda Swinton, George Clooney, Wai Chan, Alberto Vazquez, Brian Koppelman, Thomas McCarthy, Denis O'Hare, Julie White, Austin Williams, Jennifer Van Dyck, Frank Wood, Richard Hecht, Bill Raymond, Jonathan Walker, Sharon Washington, Cynthia Mace, Michael Countryman, Ken Howard, Amy Hargreaves, Susan Pellegrino, Rachel Black, Matthew Detmer, John Douglas Thompson, Merritt Wever, Brian Poteat, Christopher Mann
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Director(s): Tony Gilroy
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Michael Clayton, a high-priced-law-firm's fixer, leaves a late-night poker game, gets a call to drive to Westchester, and watches his car blow up as he's taking an impromptu dawn walk through a field. Flash back four days. He owes a loan shark to cover his brother's debts (Michael's own gambling habits have left him virtually broke). His law firm is negotiating a high-stakes merger, and his firm's six-year defense of a conglomerate's pesticide use is at risk when one of the firm's top litigators goes off his meds and puts the case in jeopardy. While Michael is trying to fix things, someone decides to kill him. Who? Meanwhile, his son summarizes the plot of a dark fantasy novel.

  9.2

Dexter

2006,

• Actors: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, James Remar, C.S. Lee, Julie Benz, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey, Desmond Harrington, Erik King, Geoff Pierson, David Ramsey, Keith Carradine, Jimmy Smits, John Lithgow, Pablo Soriano, Courtney Ford, Daniel Goldman, Valerie Cruz, Jaime Murray, Kristin Dattilo, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Devon Graye, Christian Camargo, Mark Pellegrino, Rick Peters, Mary Alyce Kania, Brando Eaton, Chris Krauser
• Director(s): Marcos Siega
• Available languages:

Meet Dexter Morgan. By day he's a blood spatter pattern expert for the Miami Metro police department. But by night - he takes on an entirely different persona: serial killer. But Dexter isn't your average serial killer as he only kills people who fit a very prolific and precise "moral code" taught to him by his late father Harry (he didn't kill Harry, honest), and developed very thoroughly throughout each kill. While dealing with his daily activities and his boss, Sgt. Doakes, the one man who may or may not know the truth about his after-hours activities, he is given a friendly message by a guy referred to only as "The Ice Truck Killer" - a crime scene where there is no blood. This shocking discovery turns Dexter's world completely upside down. The Ice Truck Killer wants Dexter to play his game and Dexter is very eager to take on this cat-and-mouse chase throughout Miami.

  6.7

16 Blocks

2005, Germany, USA

• Actors: Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, Jenna Stern, Casey Sander, Cylk Cozart, David Zayas, Robert Racki, Patrick Garrow, Sasha Roiz, Conrad Pla, Hechter Ubarry, Richard Fitzpatrick, Peter McRobbie, Michael F. Keenan, Robert Clohessy, Jess Mal Gibbons, Tig Fong, Brenda Pressley, Kim Chan, Carmen López, Scott McCord, David Sparrow, Eduardo Gomez, Sam Kung, Angela Seto, Bernie Henry, Nick Alachiotis, Danny Lima, Claudio Masciulli
• Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Director(s): Richard Donner
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long...

  6.5

The Interpreter

2004, UK, USA, France

• Actors: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron, George Harris, Michael Wright, Clyde Kusatsu, Eric Keenleyside, Hugo Speer, Maz Jobrani, Yusuf Gatewood, Curtiss Cook, Byron Utley, Robert Clohessy, Terry Serpico, David Wolos-Fonteno, John Knox, David Zayas, Lynne Deragon, Christopher Evan Welch, Manuel Mawele, Dino Mulima, Litto, Adrian Martinez, Tsai Chin, Francine Roussel, Enid Graham, Lou Ferguson
• Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Director(s): Sydney Pollack
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Escalating events begin when U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's life is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late.

  6.4

The Yards

2000, USA

• Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway, Steve Lawrence, Andy Davoli, Tony Musante, Victor Argo, Tomas Milian, Robert Montano, Victor Arnold, Chad Aaron, Louis Guss, Domenick Lombardozzi, Joe Lisi, David Zayas, Joseph Ragno, Teresa Yenque, Jose Soto, John Tormey, Teddy Coluca, Jack O'Connell, Dan Grimaldi, Garry Pastore, Ron Brice, Gene Canfield, Keith Hernandez, Allan Houston
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Director(s): James Gray
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts. Willie Gutierrez, Leo's best friend, is Frank's bag man and heads a crew of midnight saboteurs who ruin the work of the Puerto Rican-owned firm. Leo needs a job, so Willie pays him to be his back-up. Then things go badly wrong one night, a cop IDs Leo, and everyone now wants him out of the picture. Besides his ailing mom and his cousin Erica, to whom can Leo turn?

  5.0

Scar City

1998, USA

• Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri, Tia Carrere, Michael Rispoli, Gary Dourdan, Bray Poor, Steven Flynn, Dana Eskelson, D.B. Woodside, James Villemaire, Larry Manetti, Herschel Sparber, Michael Broughton, Jeffrey Buehl, Lou Cantres, Sarah Carone, John Cenatiempo, Blaise Corrigan, Chad Courtney, Douglas Crosby, Andy Davoli, Andy Duppin, Renée Estevez, Frank Ferrara, Cort Hessler, Dexter Locke, Jalil Jay Lynch, Artie Malesci, Heidi Jo Markel, Mike Massa
• Genre: Action, Thriller
• Director(s): Ken Sanzel
• Available languages:
  • English English.

After a young cop gets involved in his third shooting, he is recruited into a special police unit. He quickly learns that the unit is an assassination corps for hoodlums and they don't care who gets in the way. Saving the life of a child gets him a beating by the unit, which they call an initiation. When they raid a mobster's home and start killing hoods and call girls who just happens to be there, he draws a line when he finds one hiding in a closet. He then goes on the run with her with gangsters and the cops both in pursuit.

  7.3

Rounders

1997, USA

• Actors: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Paul Cicero, John Turturro, Ray Iannicelli, Gretchen Mol, Famke Janssen, Merwin Goldsmith, John Malkovich, Martin Landau, Sonny Zito, Michael Rispoli, Melina Kanakaredes, Mal Z. Lawrence, Josh Mostel, Lenny Clarke, Peter Yoshida, Tom Aldredge, Jay Boryea, Lenny Venito, Richard Mawe, Michael Lombard, Beeson Carroll, E. Matthew Yavne, Eric LaRay Harvey, Dominic Marcus, Brian Anthony Wilson, George Kmeck, Joseph Parisi, Kohl Sudduth
• Genre: Drama
• Director(s): John Dahl
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

  6.2

Stepmom

1997, USA

• Actors: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken, Lynn Whitfield, Darrell Larson, Mary Louise Wilson, Andre B. Blake, Herbert Russell, Jack Eagle, Lu Celania Sierra, Lauma Zemzare, Holly Schenck, Michelle Stone, Annett Esser, Monique Rodrique, Sal Mistretta, Rex Hays, Alice Liu, Chuck Montgomery, Mak Gilchrist, Dylan Michaels, David Zayas, José Ramón Rosario, Lee Shepherd, George Masters, Anthony Grasso, Robert F. Alvarado, Sebastian Rand
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Director(s): Chris Columbus
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time mother, regards Isabel's efforts as offensively insufficient. She can't understand that work can be important to her as well as the kids. The conflict between them is deepened by the sudden diagnose of cancer, which might may be deadly for Jackie. They all have to learn a little in order to grow together.