, 1h25 Directed byStephen T. Kay OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime, Politic ActorsSara Paxton, Justin Bruening, Lisa Edelstein, Michael Gross, Lucinda Jenney, W. Earl Brown Roles M Wright Rating56% Susan et Jeff Wright, mariés depuis six ans et ayant deux enfants, semblent avoir une vie de couple parfaite. Mais en 2003, le conte de fée bascule lorsque le corps de Jeff est retrouvé enterré sous la cour de leur maison, après avoir disparu pendant plusieurs jours. Susan est rapidement soupçonnée par la police et les parents de Jeff, tandis que la jeune femme semble souffrir de troubles psychologiques dus au syndrome de la femme battue qu'elle clame être.
, 1h51 Directed byScott Cooper OriginUSA GenresDrama, Musical, Romance ThemesFilms about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Children's films ActorsJeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Beth Grant, Paul Herman Roles Donna Rating71% Otis "Bad" Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a 57-year-old alcoholic singer-songwriter who was once a country music star. He now earns a modest living by singing and playing his guitar at one-night stands, in small town bars, in the southwestern United States. Having a history of failed marriages (four that he admitted to, although a reference is made to a fifth he does not discuss) Blake is without a family. He has a son, aged 28, with whom he has not had contact in 24 years. He is mostly on the road performing, staying in cheap motels and traveling in his old '78 Suburban alone. The film opens with his arrival at a bowling alley for a show.
, 1h44 Directed byF. Gary Gray OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime ThemesPrison films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films, Films about capital punishment ActorsJamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby Roles la juge Laura Burch Rating73% Philadelphia, 1999. In a violent home invasion, engineer Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is forced to witness the rape and murder of his wife and young daughter by Clarence James Darby (Christian Stolte) and his accomplice Rupert Ames (Josh Stewart). Prosecutor Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) is unable to use DNA evidence to securely convict both accused. Unwilling to take a chance on lowering his high and yet unbeaten 96% conviction rate, he chooses to make a deal with Darby (the actual murderer), letting him plead guilty to a lesser charge, in return for testifying against Ames. Ames is falsely found guilty of masterminding the break-in and both murders and is sentenced to death. Shelton feels betrayed by Rice's actions, as he had pleaded with him not to make the deal and to at least try convict both of them, and because he chose to release the actual killer. Darby serves his shortened sentence and is released just a few years later.
, 1h55 Directed byNeil Burger OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical ThemesTransport films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies ActorsTim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, Michael Peña, Kerry Bishé, Molly Hagan, Mark L. Young Roles Jeanie Klinger Rating68% Having completed his latest tour of duty, which kept him overseas for nearly two years, middle-aged Sgt. Fred Cheaver has retired from military service and is returning home to his wife and son in suburban St. Louis. Pfc. Colee Dunn and Sgt. T.K. Poole each have a thirty-day leave, and both are headed to Las Vegas. Colee plans to visit the family of her boyfriend, a soldier who was killed in action after saving her life, and T.K. wants to engage the services of a sex surrogate he hopes will cure the impotence he is experiencing as the result of a shrapnel injury before he reunites with his girlfriend.
, 1h45 OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama ThemesSports films, Gymnastique ActorsJeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies, Kellan Lutz, John Patrick Amedori, Nikki SooHoo Roles Officer Ferguson Rating64% Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym) is a rebellious 17-year-old who has a run-in with the law when she and two friends skateboard through a residential construction site. Haley is arrested and is forced by a judge to return to the regimented world of competitive gymnastics. Haley was once considered one of the most talented gymnasts in the US. One year earlier, she made it to the World Championships, but she walked out of competition in the middle of the finals, costing the American team the gold medal and leaving many people hurt and crushed, making her one of the most hated people in gymnastics.
, 2h6 Directed byLasse Hallström OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ThemesFilms about children, Films about families, Pregnancy films, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality ActorsTobey Maguire, Michael Caine, Charlize Theron, Paul Rudd, Delroy Lindo, Erykah Badu Roles Carla Rating73% Homer Wells, an orphan, grows up in a Maine orphanage directed by kindly, avuncular Dr. Wilbur Larch. Homer is returned twice by foster parents; his first foster parents thought he was too quiet and the second parents beat him. Dr. Larch is addicted to ether and is also secretly an abortionist. Conditions at the orphanage are very spartan, but the children are treated with love and respect, and they are like an extended family. Each night before they go to sleep, Dr. Larch says, "Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England!" as both encouragement and a kind of blessing.
, 1h36 Directed byMark Piznarski OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ThemesL'adolescence, Films about children, Children's films, Teen movie ActorsChris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, Josh Hartnett, Michael Rooker, Annie Corley, Annette O'Toole Roles Betsy Arnold Rating52% Kelvin "Kelley" Morse and Jasper Arnold become involved in a car race and accidentally damage a restaurant owned by Samantha Cavanaugh's parents. Both are sentenced to perform community service by repairing the damage. Although Kelley comes from a wealthy family and Jasper's parents are working-class, they soon find themselves fighting over the same girl, Samantha. While Jasper and Samantha have been courting publicly for years, in secret, Kelley and Samantha begin to spend time together. They soon find that they have more in common than they imagined, and they fall in love. Eventually, Jasper learns of their interlude and doesn't like it. During a trip to Kelley's home in Boston he reveals to Samantha that his mother killed herself. Samantha brings Kelley into the house and they sleep together. In the morning, after Sam makes Kelley breakfast, Kelley's father arrives and informs him he must attend college early and give up his fling with Samantha. Upon returning to the small town, Samantha's parents soon learn that their daughter has osteosarcoma, stemming from a track/field injury, and only a few months to live. Samantha tells Kelley that she thinks everyone has their own heaven and it is made of a combination of all the things we loved in life. She says that his mother has Kelley with her in her heaven. When Kelley learns the awful truth, he must decide if he should obey his father's wishes and go to college or stay by the side of the first girl he's ever loved. In the end he returns to be with Samantha during her final months of life. At her funeral, Kelley recites a passage from a poem he and Sam loved. The film closes with a shot of Samantha running through a field in her version of heaven.
, 1h25 Directed bySam Pillsbury OriginUSA GenresDrama, Adventure ThemesFilms about animals, Films about children, Seafaring films, Transport films, Cétacé, Mise en scène d'un cétacé ActorsJason James Richter, August Schellenberg, August Schellenberg, Patrick Kilpatrick, Annie Corley, Ian Tracey Roles Drew Halbert Rating47% Jesse is sixteen years old and works as an orca-researcher on a research ship called the Noah alongside his old friend Randolph and moved away from Glen and Annie who were promised by Randolph to keep Jesse out of trouble. They suspect that Willy and his pod are being illegally hunted by whalers posing as commercial fishermen. Aboard just such a ship, the Botany Bay, Max Wesley, who is ten years old, takes his first trip to sea with his father, John, a whaler from a long line of whalers, and learns the true unlawful nature of the family business. During his first hunt, Max is thrown overboard and comes face to face with Willy. From this point on, Max is working against his own father, teaming with Jesse and Randolph to save Willy from becoming $200-per-pound sushi. Jesse introduces Max to Willy properly after learning of Max's experience and how Max likes whales. Jesse goes to his and Randolph's head boss about the threat to the whales, but he refuses to take action until Jesse manages to get proof with help from Max.
, 1h52 Directed byTom DiCillo OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsJohn Turturro, Sam Rockwell, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, Lisa Blount, Annie Corley Roles Deb Fountain Rating70% Al Fountain is a methodic and somewhat neurotic engineer. On the way home from work after leaving his construction site, he takes a side trip for nostalgia's sake in the woodland area. There he meets Buck "The Kid", an eccentric character who gives him a new perspective on his life.
, 2h15 Directed byClint Eastwood OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ThemesPont ActorsClint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Debra Monk, Victor Slezak, Annie Corley, Phyllis Lyons Roles Caroline Johnson Rating76% In the present, siblings Michael and Carolyn arrive at the Iowa farmhouse of Francesca Johnson, their recently deceased mother, to see about the settlement of their mother's estate. As they go through the contents of her safe deposit box and the will, they are baffled to discover that their mother left very specific instructions that her body be cremated and her ashes thrown off the nearby Roseman Covered Bridge, which is not in accordance with the burial arrangements they had known from their parents. Michael initially refuses to comply, while Carolyn discovers a set of photos of her mother and a letter. She manages to convince Michael to set aside his initial reaction so they can read the documents she has discovered. Once alone, they go through a series of letters from a man named Robert Kincaid to their mother. The siblings find their way to a chest where their mother left a letter, a series of diaries, and other mementos.
, 3h13 Directed bySpike Lee OriginUSA GenresDrama, Biography, Action, Historical ThemesAssassinat, Politique, Films about racism, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Islam ActorsDenzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee Roles un reporter de la télévision Rating76% Malcolm X divides the life of the African-American activist Malcolm X into three sections. The first section deals with the troubled childhood of Malcolm Little, whose father, a preacher, was murdered by the Black Legion and whose mother was institutionalized for insanity. Malcolm grows up and gets a job as a Pullman porter, calling himself Detroit Red. Getting involved with a Harlem gangster named West Indian Archie with whom he has a falling out, Malcolm flees to Boston and decides to become a burglar. He and his best friend, Shorty (played by Spike Lee) are arrested by the police and Malcolm is sentenced to a ten-year prison term. The second section follows Malcolm's life in prison, where a fellow inmate, Baines, introduces him to the teachings of the Nation of Islam.