Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
The movie opens with video footage from a little girl’s birthday party in Phoenix, Arizona shot by Josh Bishop (Luke Spencer Roberts). It is his little sister, Sophie’s, sixth birthday …
Phoenix Forgotten (2017) Read MoreYour complete guide for all movies released in 2017 with production notes, trailers, and stills.
The movie opens with video footage from a little girl’s birthday party in Phoenix, Arizona shot by Josh Bishop (Luke Spencer Roberts). It is his little sister, Sophie’s, sixth birthday …
Phoenix Forgotten (2017) Read MoreIn this dark, gritty, mean-spirited, but well-made comedy-drama, Veronica (Sandra Oh) is an superficial, entitled housewife dealing with her home life. Ashley (Anne Heche) is a self-obsessed, misanthropic, artist dealing with her career and her life partner Lisa (Alicia Silverstone) who wants to raise a baby. Veronica and Ashely’s paths cross at a party hosted by Veronica’s husband, which the two cynical woman’s long-buried rivalry comes to the surface which leads to a brutal cat-fight where Veronica ends up in the hospital in a coma.
Catfight (2017) Read MoreSet in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, the film tells the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the tides of history. As World War II rages in Europe a wounded stranger, Mr. Ohta, appears in the town under mysterious circumstances.
Sophie and the Rising Sun (2017) Read MoreReluctantly, the caustic and eccentric former high-school teacher Paul Lohman prepares himself for the unbearable task of having dinner at a posh restaurant with his wife Claire, after an invitation by his older brother Stan who is running for Congressman and his second wife, Katelyn.
The Dinner (2017) Read MoreA triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) – a diabolical zealot and her twisted nemesis. But Liz is a genuine survivor; she’s no victim – a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve. Fear not. Retribution is coming.
Brimstone (2017) Read MoreA pitch black, wryly British comedy from the mind of Alice Lowe, “Prevenge” follows Ruth, a pregnant woman on a killing spree that’s as funny as it is vicious. It’s her misanthropic unborn baby dictating Ruth’s actions, holding society responsible for the absence of a father.
Prevenge (2017) Read MoreRaised in Prague, Olga Hepnarová was a timid by nature and troubled child with no friends, that was frequently bullied by her classmates. Living in a strict family environment, feeling alone and unable to cope with life’s issues, she gradually alienated herself. Unable to fit in, she felt a raging hatred growing inside her towards the indifference of a society that left her destroyed by people. Rejected by everyone and marginalised, she meticulously plotted against society, declaring her intention for revenge against her family and the world…
I, Olga Hepnarova- Já, Olga Hepnarová (2017) Read MoreSomerset, October 2014. When Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) receives a call telling her that her younger brother Charlie (Joe Blakemore) is dead, she must return to her family farm and face the man she hasn’t spoken to in years: her father Aubrey (David Troughton). She is shocked to discover her home changed forever by the devastating floods that destroyed the area six months earlier, and Aubrey a tormented shadow of his former self.
The Levelling (2017) Read MoreDescribed as “a coming-of-age drama that evolves into a crime thriller”, the film begins with teenagers Jonas and Casey meeting, introduced by Casey’s faithful dog Blaise. Jonas spends his days working on his father’s cattle ranch in the Great Lakes region of North America; Casey and her father Wayne, a police sergeant, are the new neighbors. Wayne tries to quell the romance blossoming between Casey and Jonas.
Mean Dreams (2017) Read MoreThe documentary follows billionaire hedge fund titan Bill Ackman and several former Herbalife distributors after Ackman takes a billion dollar short position in Herbalife, alleging it is a pyramid scheme destined to collapse. The film also chronicles Ackman’s feuds with Herbalife CEO Michael Johnson and investor Carl Icahn, and the resulting controversy over both the short and Herbalife’s business practices.
Betting on Zero (2017) Read More