Sabotage
Fri Jan 24th
Genre: Action
Director: David Ayer
Studio: WS Films
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard
Synopsis: An elite DEA task force (lead by none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger) performs what appears to be a routine tactical raid on a cartel safe house. But when the millions of dollars seised goes missing, suspicion and the vengeful cartel threaten to tear this tight-knit team apart.
Linsanity
Fri Jan 24th
Genre: Documentary
Director: Evan Jackson Leong
Studio: KinoSmith
Starring: Jeremy Lin
Synopsis: Jeremy Lin came from a humble background to make an unbelievable run in the NBA. State high school champion, all-Ivy League at Harvard, but then went undrafted by the NBA: Linsanity is the incredible true story of Jeremy Lin’s perseverance and dedication to his passion.
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Fri Jan 31st
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Barnaby
Studio: Entertainment One
Starring: Kawennahere Devery Jacobs, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes, Mark Antony Krupa, Roseanne Supernault
Synopsis: Guided by the spirits of her departed mother and brother, an Aboriginal teenager (Devery Jacobs – nominated for best performance by an actress in a leading role at the Canadian Screen Awards) plots revenge against a sadistic Indian Agent in this fiercely irreverent debut feature from Canadian director Jeff Barnaby.
Tim’s Vermeer
Early February
Genre: Documentary
Director: Teller
Studio: Mongrel Media
Starring: Penn Jillette, Tim Jenison, Martin Mull, Philip Steadman, David Hockney, Colin Blakemore
Synopsis: Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically—150 years before the invention of photography?
Spanning a decade, Jenison’s adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and eventually to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen’s Vermeer.
Christophe Chanel