SCREENINGS
SUGAR BOXX Thriller, drama, 86mins. Camelot Entertainment Group. Dir: Cody Jarrett. Key cast: Geneviere Anderson, Thela Brown, Linda Dona. Sugar State Women’s Prison. An Everglades hellhole where innocent girls are forced to slave in the swamps by day then turn tricks for the warden by night. A prison camp where corruption, brutality and sexual abuse are all part of the daily routine. But when reporter Valerie March goes undercover inside Sugar State, that’s when the powder keg really explodes. Fairmont 1
THE SWORD IDENTITY Martial Arts, 110mins. Golden Network Asia. Dir: Hao-feng Xu. Key cast: Cheng-Hui Yu, Yang Song, Yuan-Yuan Zhao. Once upon a time in the Southern Chinese city of Guancheng there lived four families, each of them faithful keepers of martial arts. Anyone who wanted to establish a new school, or a new form of kung fu, had to fight their way through the family’s gates. AMC Santa Monica 6
TT3D: CLOSER TO THE EDGE Documentary, 103mins. HanWay Films. Dir: Richard De Aragues. Key cast: Guy Martin, Conor Cummins. An innovative, first-of- its-kind feature about the world’s most dangerous superbike race, The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. It is one of the first documentaries to be shot entirely using 3D technology. The TT is the ultimate challenge for man and machine, and calls for a commitment far beyond any other racing event, with many sacrificing their lives in the quest for victory. A story about freedom of choice and the strength of human spirit, it seeks to reveal what motivates these rare few, this elite band of brothers who risk everything to win. AMC Santa Monica 7
even including the kids there on scholarships. Fairmont 3
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THE KICK Action/adventure, 104mins. Golden Network Asia. Dir: Prachya Pinkaew. Key cast: Tae-joo, K Kim, Ye Ji-won. Mun’s family are masters in different
WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH Family, Childrens, Action/adventure, 105mins. Sola Media GmbH. Dir: Oliver Dieckmann. Key cast: Alexander Sheer, Jessica Schwarz, Volker Lechtenbrink. The last thing Charlotte and Ben expected is that Santa crash lands onto their street in the middle of a thunderstorm just before Christmas, this being only the beginning of what turns out to be a remarkable series of Christmas adventures, including chases, fake Santas and vicious nutcrackers, to name just some of them. AMC Santa Monica 3
ZOMBIE BITE Horror, Thriller, 86mins. JeTi Films. Dir: King Jeff. Key cast: King Jeff, Gorio, Charlie Hollins Sr. Jack Romero has been bitten by a zombie and has three days before he either turns into one or not depending on his blood type, which he does
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HEADWINDS Drama, 91mins. PTZ International. Dir: Jalil Lespert. Key cast: Benoit Magimel, Isabelle Carre, Audrey Tautou. Ever since his wife Sarah disappeared without a trace, Paul has been living alone with his two young children. But a year has gone by, a year in which he has had to reinvent himself anew every day, and Paul is exhausted. Today Paul hopes for a new start by returning to his roots in Brittany. Laemmle Monica 2
styles of Taekwondo: Yoon in cooking style, Tae-yang in dancing style, Tae-mi in soccer style and youngest Typhoon can break anything with his steely forehead. AMC Santa Monica 5
not know. Holding up in his home, he must keep his wife, who is safely away at a military base, unaware of his condition, fend off an occasional zombie as well as other undesirable characters, while the clock ticks away at his fate. Le Merigot 2
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ANGLEMORT Thriller, 90mins. Entertainment One. Dir: Dominic James. Key cast: Karine Vanasse, Sebastien Huberdeau. A photographer named Stephanie and her boyfriend Eric are spending their winter vacation in the Caribbean, where a pyromaniac serial killer has been terrorising the highways of the Republic of Santiago. Criterion 1
BLIND Thriller, 111mins. Finecut. Dir: Ahn Sang- hoon. Key cast: Kim Ha-neul, Yoo Seung-ho. Soo-ah, a young blind woman who was in the
police academy before she lost her sight, experiences a very strange and frightful taxi ride one rainy night. Suspicious of the taxi driver, she reports this to the police but they ignore her. The next day, the police visit her about a missing college girl. Fairmont 4
CAPTAIN THUNDER Action/adventure, 103mins. 6 Sales. Dir: Antonio Hernandez. Key cast: Sergio Peris- Mencheta. A 12th-century knight- errant wanders the world fighting injustice and is accompanied by his faithful friends Crispin and Goliath. Broadway Cineplex 3
DARK HORSE Comedy, 85mins. Goldcrest Films International. Dir: Todd Solondz. Key cast: Justin Bartha, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow. Abe is a 30-something who lives with his parents, works for his father, and collects toys. When he isn’t playing backgammon with his mother, he’s trying to romance Miranda, a thirty-something who has moved back in with her parents after her literary/ academic career crashed. Out of desperation, Miranda reluctantly agrees to marry Abe, and the two begin to plan their life together. But, just when it looks like
things are starting to go right for Abe, everything goes horribly wrong. Criterion 6
EMERGO
Supernatural Thriller, 80mins. Kinology. Dir: Carles Torrens. Key cast: Kai Lennox, Michael O’Keefe. This past summer, the team behind ‘Buried’ got together in a old, eerie house in Barcelona to shoot ‘Emergo’. Entirely in English, it is the descendant of ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and ‘Rec’, but breaks away from tradition. All types of cameras are used — video, HD, 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm — as we follow scientists’ footsteps through a haunted house, casting a frightening spell over the audience. Brace yourself for this terrifying experience. Criterion 2
THE GREENING OF WHITNEY BROWN Family, 87mins, SevenOne International. Dir: Peter Skillman Odiorne. Key cast: Sammi Hanratty, Brooke Shields, Aidan Quinn. The spoiled pre-teen Whitney is elected president of her class at the affluent Brentford Middle School Academy in Philadelphia. Supported by her best friend Lindsay, who is vice-president, Whitney promises to throw a fantastic formal ball for the entire student body —
IT’S ABOUT YOU Documentary, 79mins. MPI Media Group. Dir: Kurt Markus, Ian Markus. Key cast: John Mellencamp, T Bone Burnett. This is a personal journey film about singer/songwriter John Mellencamp. It was made during his summer 2009 tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. Mellencamp also recorded his new album in three historical locations during the month-and-a -half tour. The story is told through the eyes of the father/son film-making team of Kurt and Ian Markus, neither of whom had ever made a film before. Fairmont 2
THE KICK See box, above left
KILL LIST Horror, suspense, psycho-drama, 95mins. Protagonist Pictures. Dir: Ben Wheatley. Key cast: Neill Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring. Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier-turned- contract-killer Jay is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again — his fear and paranoia
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