National Geographic: Big Sur Wild California
Genres: Documentary
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: David Shadrack Smith
Starring: Elgin James
Available Quality: Hi Def
California's Big Sur coastline is one of the most pristine wildernesses on Earth. This scenic meeting of land and sea boasts more than 200,000 acres of prime wildlife habitat - almost all of it undisturbed by humans. So why has it been only in the last few years that this rare ecosystem has experienced an explosion in wildlife? As we solve the mystery of why Big Sur is the newest beacon for wildlife in the West, we'll soar over, plunge into and crawl through scenes of spectacular beauty.
Night Train
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Year: 2009
Country: Germany, USA, Romania
Director: Brian King
Starring: Togo Igawa, Geoff Bell, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, Danny Glover, Richard O'Brien, Harry Anichkin
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod
Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they wish to keep for themselves. So, to make it look like the man never boarded the train, they conspire to dump his body in a river that the train passes. Their scheme to get rid of the corpse escalates to the point where they have to chop up his body just to fit him into a small trunk. They then become paranoid, as they might turn on each other.
Unrated: The Movie
Genres: Horror
Year: 2009
Country: Germany
Director: Timo Rose, Andreas Schnaas
Starring: Eleanor James, Eileen Daly, Sascha Hartmann, Magdalèna Kalley, Manoush, Tobias Piwek, Lars Rohnstock
Available Quality: DVD, iPod, Hi Def
Im starting to think that i don't want to see "Karl Vs Axe" the part 4of the Violent Sh+t saga. Well, i will watch it because I'm a big fanof part 3 and i think that part 2 is very entertaining. But, since1999s Violent Sh+t part 3, Andreas Schnaas is only making bad anddisappointing movies. Previous Schnaass movie was the horrible andunfunny horror-comedy "Dont wake the dead", now he makes a very similarmovie. An unfunny horror-comedy. There are some good gore fx at theending but nothing more, this movie is hard to watch, its impossible towatch without Fast forwarding. Its boring as hell. Timo Roseco-directs, he is a more talented director th...
Undertow
Year: 2009
Country: Germany, France, Peru
Director: Javier Fuentes-León
Starring: Manolo Cardona, Cristian Mercado, Tatiana Astengo, Atilia Boschetti, José Chacaltana, Maria Edelmira Palomino, Julio Humberto Cavero
Available Quality: Hi Def, Hi Def
An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
Smash Cut
Year: 2009
Country: USA, Canada
Director: Lee Demarbre
Starring: David Hess, Michael Berryman, Mercedes Papalia, Barry Blake, Sasha Grey, Cinthia Burke, Peter Michael Dillon
Available Quality: DivX, iPod, Hi Def
Frustrated with his most recent film doing poorly, film director Able Whitman finds himself at a strip club where he meets and takes home one of the strippers, Gigi Stops. They have an accident on the road which kills Gigi leaving Able to figure out what to do with the body. He conveniently decides to "disguise" the body parts as set pieces to his new horror film. When this new design style is met with much praise, Able decides he needs more parts to fulfill his new "project".
Tajomaru Avenging Blade
Year: 2009
Country: Japan
Director: Hiroyuki Nakano
Starring: Hirotarô Honda, Shun Oguri, Yuki Shibamoto, Kei Tanaka, Kyôsuke Yabe, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Hiroki Matsukata
Available Quality: Hi Def, Hi Def
TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and then disinheriting his past to become the bandit TAJOMARU.
The Open Road
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: Michael Meredith
Starring: Justin Timberlake
Available Quality: DivX, iPod, Hi Def
Carlton Garrett, son of Hall of Famer Kyle Garrett, plays minor league ball in Corpus Christi. He's in a slump when his grandfather calls to say that his mother, in Houston, is refusing a heart operation she needs to prolong her life. She says she won't have the operation until Kyle, her ex-husband, comes to see her. So Carlton, with his close friend Lucy, who used to be his girlfriend, goes to Columbus, Ohio, where Kyle is signing autographs. They haven't spoken in four years. Will Kyle go to Texas or will he find a way to duck out, as he's done for years? In addition to the father and son relationship, what about Lucy, and what about the sl...
The Kid: Chamaco
Genres: Drama
Year: 2009
Country: USA, Mexico
Director: Miguel Necoechea
Starring: Michael Madsen, Martin Sheen, Kirk Harris, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Christian Vasquez, Álex Perea, Danny Perea
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Abner is trapped in the rough life of Mexico City. His escape? Boxing. Dr. Frank Irwin (Martin Sheen) and his son Jimmy, a pro boxer, come together to teach Abner that the heart fuels the punches we throw in life.
Chaw
Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Horror
Year: 2009
Country: South Korea
Director: Jeong-won Shin
Starring: Josiah D. Lee, Tae-woong Eom, Yu-mi Jeong, Yun-min Jeong, Earl Wayne Ording, Je-mun Yun
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
A black comedy about the events that are set into motion in a town after a man-eating boar goes on a rampage.
Boogie
Genres: Action, Crime, Animation
Year: 2009
Country: Mexico, Argentina
Director: Gustavo Cova
Starring: Mariano Chiesa, Pablo Echarri, Nancy Dupláa, Nicolás Frías, Marcelo Armand, Rufino Gallo, Diego Brizzi
Available Quality: Hi Def
Based on the comic "Boogie, el aceitoso" that follows the life of Boogie, an hired thug.
Duress
Genres: Thriller
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: Jordan Barker
Starring: George Ketsios, Martin Donovan, Catherine Dent, Cole S. McKay, Billy Wirth, Gina Gallego, Joey Adams
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and plagued by his involvement in the city's recent murders. As Abner's new found protege, Richard is forced to adopt the mind of his sociopathic mentor in order to protect the one he loves. Richard must decide if he's willing to kill in order to keep his daughter alive.
Awaydays
Genres: Drama
Year: 2009
Country: UK
Director: Pat Holden
Starring: Michael Ryan, Stephen Graham, Dean Smith, Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle, Oliver Lee, Lee Battle
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
On the Wirral in the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, the opportunities for thrill seeking young men looking to escape 9 to 5 drudgery are what they've always been: sex, drugs, rock n' roll, fashion, football and fighting.
Lourdes
Genres: Drama
Year: 2009
Country: Germany, France, Austria
Director: Jessica Hausner
Starring: Sylvie Testud, Elina Löwensohn, Léa Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini, Gilette Barbier, Gerhard Liebmann, Katharina Flicker
Available Quality: Hi Def
In order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains.
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List - Season Five
Genres: Comedy, Reality Show
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: Matthew Blaine, Toby Oppenheimer
Starring: Kathy Griffin, Maggie Griffin, Tiffany Rinehart
Available Quality: DivX
My Life on the D-list began shooting eight episodes of the new season in January 2010. According to Griffin's official website filming wrapped in April. The season will include, "An estate sale with Maggie, a pap smear in public and standing up in D.C. for the rights of our troops". It aired June 15, 2010 preceded by a new comedy special that was taped in Knoxville. Liza Minnelli gave Griffin acting lessons in one episode just before her guest appearance on season 11 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Jane Fonda wanted to do an episode but her schedule was not free until October. Griffin hinted that Ryan Seacrest will be in an episode, tit...
The Revenant
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: D. Kerry Prior
Starring: Mark Elias, Annie Abbott, David Anders, Braxton Davis, Senyo Amoaku, Anne Arles, Suzan Averitt
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def
The night after his funeral, Bart, a soldier killed in Iraq gets up out of his grave and seeks out his best friend Joey. At dawn Bart's body falls to the floor, only to reawaken the following dusk. He and his buddy decide that he is a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
Nip/Tuck - Season Seven
Genres: Drama
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: Ryan Murphy, Jamie Babbit, Nelson McCormick, Jeremy Podeswa, Craig Zisk
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Roma Maffia, Vanessa Redgrave, Famke Janssen, Valerie Cruz, Sanaa Lathan, Portia de Rossi
Available Quality: DivX
The Parents Television Council (PTC) has criticized the show. The show is shown at a late hour with multiple 'Viewer Discretion Advised' warnings between every commercial break. A particular scene involving a foursome pushed the PTC into starting a campaign to get the show taken off the air by writing to the sponsors of the show and threatening to boycott their products. Another scene the PTC criticized depicted a funeral home worker removing and assembling body parts from dead women, including his sister's head, then sewing them together to make "the ideal woman." The PTC President described it in a decency hearing as "incestuous necrophilia...
Corner Gas - Season Six
Genres: Drama
Year: 2009
Country: Canada
Director: Brent Butt
Starring: Fred Ewanuick, Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller
Available Quality: DivX
Brent Butt originally developed the story line for CTV and The Comedy Network (TCN). The show brings together broad, coffee shop humour within a community. The characters are archetypal. They have the personality of friends and family to which international viewers can relate. The show focuses on the lifestyle of small town folk. Though set in a small town in Saskatchewan, it is not about Saskatchewan or Canada, but rather the day to day interactions of the residents of Dog River.
Puck Hogs
Year: 2009
Country: Canada
Director: Warren P. Sonoda
Starring: Jim Annan, Daniel Kash, Liam Card, Joe Dinicol, Jason Blicker, Ashleigh Hubbard, Howard Jerome
Available Quality: DivX
Puck Hogs follows a men's recreational hockey team, The Puck Hogs, through a brutally hilarious weekend tournament. In the tradition of the cult classic This is Spinal Tap, Puck Hogs is a hocku-mentary comedy about ice-prone boys turning into real-life men, and stick handling the puck over the goal line of life.
Four Single Fathers
Genres: Comedy
Year: 2009
Country: USA, Italy
Director: Paolo Monico
Starring: Jennifer Esposito, Lenny Venito, Joe Urla, Francesco Quinn, Alessandro Gassman, Will Chase, Mary Testa
Available Quality: DivX
A comedy/drama about four Italian single fathers trying to cope with American ex-wives, children, family, and new relationships, set in New York and Rome.
Family Demons
Genres: Horror
Year: 2009
Country: Australia
Director: Ursula Dabrowsky
Starring: Alex Rafalowicz, Cassandra Kane, Kerry Reid, Tommy Darwin
Available Quality: DivX
When an abused teenage girl murders her alcoholic mother, the mother's vengeful spirit returns to haunt her. Even in death, the mother is hell bent on denying her daughter her freedom.