Some great books will come alive on the silver screen this fall. A lot of hype is preceding Drive, I Don't Know How She Does It and Moneyball.

The novel Drive, written by James Sallis, is about a Hollywood movie stuntman who finds more excitement as a wheel man during robberies. When a heist goes sour, a contract is put out on him and he is trusted into survival mode. The film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn stars Ryan Gosling and has received rave reviews.

I read I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson in 2003 and loved it. The sense of order in her professional life and the sense of disorder in her family life was masterfully handled. The film is directed by Doug McGrath and stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan and Kelsey Grammer. All accomplished actors! I hope they can capture the feeling of the novel in the film.



Moneyball:the art of winning an unfair game, by Micheal Lewis, asks the question of how the Oakland A's, one of baseball's poorest teams, managed to win so many games. Lewis weaves this story around the A's General Manager, Billy Beane, his background and mediocre career while evaluating baseball talent. The film directed by Bennett Miller stars Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

The new DVD list is out. My best bets are: Barney's Version, Of Gods and Men, and Win Win. Reserve you choices on the library's web site.

Another Year Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville. A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.

Barney’s Version Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver. Barney Panofsky is a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. With his father, Izzy as his sidekick, Barney reflects on the many highs, and a few too many lows, of his long and colorful life. Not only does Barney turn out to be a true romantic, he is also capable of all kinds of sneaky acts of gallantry, generosity, and goodness when it is least expected. His gloriously full life is played out on a grand scale all the way through the final chapters. Based on the novel by Mordecai Richler.

Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop Filmmaker Rodman Flender’s documentary is an intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time of his career. It offers a window into the private writers room and rehearsal halls as O'Brien's "half-assed show" (his words) is almost instantly assembled and mounted to an adoring fan base.

Das Boot Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer. The film follows the daring patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "gray wolves." The crew is graphically portrayed in a life-and-death struggle, challenging the British Navy at every turn.

Everything Must Go Rebecca Hall, Michael Pena, Will Ferrell. Nick is a career salesman who loses his wife and his job in the worst day of his life. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line, or, rather, on the lawn, as he moves himself and all his possessions to his front yard.

Forks over Knives This documentary "examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods"

Incendies Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Maxim Gaudette. A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
Jumping the Broom Angela Bassett, Paula Patton At a weekend wedding on Martha's Vineyard, two African-American families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds clash during their first meeting before the big event.
Lorna’s Silence Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Renier. Lorna is a young Albanian women who dreams of opening up a snack bar with her boyfriend. Without the money, she finds herself entwined in a vicious plan devised by mobster Fabio. A false marriage between Lorna and Claudy will allow her to get her Belgian citizenship. She is then expected to marry a Russian Mafioso who is anxious to get his hands on the Belgian identity papers, after Fabio kills Claudy to speed up the second marriage. But can Lorna keep quiet?

Of Gods and Men Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale and Olivier Rabourdin. Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.

Priest Paul Bettany, Brad Dourif. A legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined by his niece's boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses other worldly fighting skills.

Something Borrowed Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin. Rachel is a generous and loyal pal to her engaged best friend Darcy. But after celebrating her 30th birthday, perpetual good girl Rachel unexpectedly ends up in the arms of Dex, the guy she's had a crush on since law school, and who happens to be Darcy's fiancé. In the frantic weeks leading up to Darcy's wedding, Rachel finds herself caught between her longtime friendship with Darcy and the prospect of losing the love of her life.

Win Win Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale. Mike Flaherty is a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high school wrestling coach. When Mike comes across a teenage runaway who also happens to be a champion wrestler, Mike's luck turns around in spectacular fashion. But his win-win situation soon becomes more complicated than he ever imagined when the boy's family affairs come into play.

Read before your see

July

Monte Carlo, a new film released July 1 stars SelenaGomez, Cory Monteith, Leighton Meester, Andi MacDowell, is loosely based on the book Headhunters by Jules Bass about four middle-aged women from New Jersey who are bored and looking for husbands and decide to vacation in Monte Carlo posing as wealthy women. Wearing rented designer clothes and jewels, they enter the world of the rich and famous and are immediately surrounded by 4 handsome, suave men. Predictably the men are looking the same thing. In the film,however, the characters are 18-year old girls sent to Europe as a graduation gift. The trip soon proves to be disastrous when one of the girls is mistaken for a British socialite and whisked off to Monte Carlo for a charity ball, auction, and the chance for international romance. However, when a million-dollar necklace goes missing, they must scramble to find it before the auction is ruined and their identities are exposed.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan written by Lisa See opens July 15 and stars Bing Bing, Gianna Jun, Vivian Wu, Hugh Jackman. A beautiful book with rich images that tells the story of Lily and Snow Flower and their lives in 19th-century rural China exposing the practice of foot-binding and how women communicated through nu shu, a secret language that helped them deal with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women. While marriage drew them apart, the women remained close exchanging messages written on a fan. In the end, Lily who is 80, has outlived her dear friend, her husband and her children and quietly watches the next generation of women in her home struggle to maintain the intimacy of childhood friendships in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai.

Sarah’s Key written by Tatiana de Rosnay opens July 22 and stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Aidan Quinn Melusine Mayance. The story is told in two time frames. In present day, an American-born journalist is working on a magazine story about the 1942 Paris roundups and deportations of thousands of Jewish families and discovers Sarah, whose family was among those deported to the camps. During this period, the Vichy government, collaborating with the Nazis, arrested 77,000 Jews sending them to the atrocious Velodrome d'Hiver detention facility in Paris then on to Auschwitz. Both the book and the film, through the story of Sarah and her brother Thomas, exposes this little know event called Vel’ d’Hiv Police Roundup.

August

Plant of the Apes, originally written by Pierre Boulle, has been re-released as a film with yet another twist. We all remember the 1968 film staring Charlton Heston about a space ship that landed on a planet inhabited by apes.. The Rise of the Planet of the Apes, scheduled to open Aug 5, stars James Franco and John Lithgow. This version centers around a medical team working on a cure for Alzheimer's. Their first test subject Caesar, a lab ape, undergoes the "cure" that genetically modifies his way of thinking creating a new breed of ape with human-like intelligence. Caesar learns rapidly, but human authority continues to be his nemesis. Breaking free, Caesar releases the cure to the other apes. Millions of apes begin to rally and revolute and soon war breaks out between humans and apes. There is only one who is able to stop the revolution. This is not quite how the original book and film went but it is a modern twist on an old classic.

The Help written by Kathryn Stockett, due out Aug 12, stars Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mary Steenburgen, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Cicely Tyson and Sissy Spacek. This long await film adapted from the novel is set in Mississippi during the 1960s. When a southern society girl returns home from college determined to become a writer, she turns her friends' lives as well as the town upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families thereby exposing the unspoken code of rules and behavior of the old south.

One Day by David Nicholls out Aug 10 starring Anne Hathaway. Patricia Clarkson, Jim Sturgess. Nichols wrote both the book and the film script about a young couple who spend their college graduation night together, and over the next two decades, key moments of their relationship are experienced over several July 15ths. This long timeline allows us to explore various different pop-culture eras and the thrust of the book is similar to When Harry Met Sally. A working-class girl of principle and ambition dreams of making the world a better place while the wealthy charmer dreams that the world will be his playground. Through friendship and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears they realize that what they are searching and hoping for has been there for them all along.

DVD's Summer 2011

The Beaver Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can't seem to get himself back on track...until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.

Biutiful Hanaa Bouchaib, Javier Bardem. A man on the wrong side of the law struggles to provide for his children on the dangerous streets of Barcelona. As fate encircles him, he learns to accept the realities of life, whether good, bad, or biutiful. Based on a story by Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Blue Valentine John Doman, Michelle Williams, Ryan Gosling. An honest, moving and uninhibited love story about a young married couple who have grown apart, takes one night away from their daughter to try to save their relationship. (Note: provocative scenes alternately intimate and intense.).

Casino Jack Kevin Spacey, Kelly Preston, Jon Lovitz. High-rolling excess and outrageous escapades are all in a day's work for Jack Abramoff as he goes to outrageous lengths to promote the Indian gambling industry, earning him the nickname 'Casino Jack.' Jack and his womanizing protégé Michael Scanlon enlist a dimwitted business partner for an illegal scheme; they find themselves ensnared in a web of greed and murder.

The Company Men Alan Cumming, Anthony LaPaglia, Denis Leary, Sigourney Weaver. After helping a Russian dancer defect to the United States, an English teacher becomes a C.I.A. agent and for his first mission he is sent to Cuba. There he "starts" the Bay of Pigs invasion, but not before trying to kill Castro first. His next mission is to gather intelligence from a country who didn't know its own name - Vietman.

The Conspirator James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood. The film covers the events in Washington after Abraham Lincoln's assassination as seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State.

Due Date Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx. Expectant first-time father Peter Highman looks forward to his new child's due date five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at his wife's side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when an encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay forces Peter to hitch a ride with Ethan on a cross-country trip that will ultimately destroy several cars, many friendships and Peter's last nerve.

Exporting Raymond Phil Rosenthal, considered an expert in his country having created one of the most popular television shows of all time, travels to a foreign land to help people who don't seem to want his help. Rosenthal joins forces with Hollywood studio Sony Pictures Television to recreate "Everybody Loves Raymond" for Russian TV audiences as "Everybody Loves Kostya," and finds himself lost in Moscow, lost in his mission, lost in translation. Documentary

Jane Eyre Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench. Another recreation of the novel by Charlotte Bronte.

Limitless Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel. Eddie Morra, a burnt-out writer, discovers a top-secret pill that unlocks 100% of his brain's capacity. He instantly acquires mind-bending talents and mesmerizing visions that bring him big money, beautiful women, and limitless success.

The Lincoln Lawyer Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe. Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. Based on the book by Michael Connelly.

Miral Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto. From the director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly comes Miral, a story of four women whose lives intertwine in the starkly human search for justice, hope and reconciliation amid a world overshadowed by conflict, rage and war in the war-torn Jerusalem of 1948 when an orphanage for refugee children quickly becomes home to 2000 orphans. In 1988 one of the children is 17 year old Miral who arrived at the orphanage 10 years earlier, following her mother's tragic death. On the cusp of the Intifada resistance, Miral is assigned to teach at a refugee camp where she falls for a fervent political activist and finds herself in a personal battle that mirrors the greater dilemma around her.

Morning Glory Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton. For Becky, running a TV show in New York City was the big break she dreamed of, until star co-anchors Mike and Colleen declare an all-out, on-air war. Making the show work with its cast of eccentric characters and outrageous story angles will take a major miracle, but Becky is ready to rise and outshine.

The Music Never Stopped J.K. Simmons, Lou Taylor Pucci. An overly critical father gets a unique opportunity to reconnect with his estranged son, if he can only embrace the music that once divided them in this uplifting family drama inspired by Dr. Oliver Sacks' case study "The Last Hippie."

Nova: Japan’s Killer Quake

The Other Woman Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow. A woman whose marriage began as an extramarital affair tries to forge a bond with her stepson after her infant daughter dies unexpectedly.

Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune Over the course of a meteoric music career that spanned two turbulent decades, Phil Ochs sought the bright lights of fame and social justice in equal measure. From youthful idealism to rage to pessimism, the arc of Ochs's life paralleled that of the times, and the anger, satire, and righteous indignation that drove his music also drove him to dark despair. A timely and relevant tribute to an unlikely American hero.

Poetry Jeong-hie Yun, Kim Hi-Ra. A sixty-something woman, faced with a crippling medical diagnosis and the discovery of a heinous family crime, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class. Lee Chang-dong's follow-up to his acclaimed Secret Sunshine is a masterful study of the subtle empowerment - and moral compass - of an elderly woman.

The Resident Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room as Juliet gets the unnerving feeling that she is not alone.

The Royal Wedding: William and CatherineSome Mother’s Son Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanaghan, Aidan Gillen. Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a Britain prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of the war.

Source Code Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga. When Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of an experimental government program called the 'Source Code' that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life. Armed with the task of identifying the bomber of a Chicago commuter train, Colter must relive the incident over and over again, gathering clues until he can solve the mystery and prevent an even deadlier second terrorist attack.

South Riding David Morrissey, Anna Maxwell Martin. A PBS miniseries based on Winifred Holtby's novel about a fiery young headmistress Sarah Burton brings her modern ideas to the conservative girls' school in depression-era Yorkshire, sparking conflict — and attraction — with Robert Carne, a stubborn, brooding landowner mired in a troubled past. Sarah inspires her girls to think for themselves, trying to craft a bright future for Lydia Holly, a gifted scholarship student from the squalid slums. Outside of school, she finds an ally in Joe Astell, an advocate of progress and of Sarah. But nothing is so simple in the South Riding, where corruption can taint the greater good and passion can subvert political ideals.

The Tempest Alfred Molina, Helen Mirren, Chris Cooper. This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy. Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.

Unknown January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeson, Frank Langella Dr. Martin Harris awakens after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife suddenly doesn't recognize him and another man has assumed his identity. He turns to an unlikely ally, plunging furtherto a deadly mystery that has him questioning his sanity, his identity, and just how far he's willing to go to uncover the truth.
Wildest Dream George Mallory was obsessed with becoming the first person to conquer the untouched Mount Everest. He was last seen 800 feet below the summit in 1924, before the clouds rolled in and he disappeared into legend. His death stunned the world. Seventy years later, climber Conrad Anker's life became intertwined with Mallory's, when he found his frozen body with all his belongings intact. The only thing missing was a photograph of his wife, Ruth, which Mallory had promised to place on the summit. Featured voices: Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson.

Winter in Wartime Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen. In Nazi-occupied Holland
a thirteen-year-old Michiel is drawn into the Resistance when he aids a wounded British paratrooper. Wartime's harsh reality encroaches on childhood innocence as Michiel confronts good and evil, courage and duplicity, and his own burden of responsibility

I think I’ll do a Roger Ebert and say two thumbs up for one film and one thumb down for the other. One is a visual feast and a must see on the big screen, while the other, wait for the library to buy the DVD.

From the opening montage of Paris sights filmed by Darius Khondji, set to a wonderful score of jazz classics, Midnight in Paris gets you at bonjour. This romantic comedy examines two young people who are engaged to be married and the different experiences in Paris that change their lives. The film tackles with reverence the thought that life would be different and better if lived in a different time and place. Scenes contrast present day Paris with the dream of a young writer who travels back in time to the sizzling Paris of the 1920s to sip absinthe with Hemingway, dine with Picasso at La Rotonde. and enjoy the salon life of Gertrude Stein. Imagine the conversation! Wouldn’t we all love to live this exact fantasy, living in Paris when it was the center of the artistic universe?

Owen Wilson plays Woody Allen’s alter ego with perfectly halting speak. He plays the believable naive young man who is a highly successful hack Hollywood screenwriter and still young enough to feel pangs over not having seriously tested himself as a novelist. He idealizes the past while his fiancée cares only for the present and their new life in California. Rachel McAdams, Kurt Fuller and Mimi Kennedy and a cast of cameo performances by Adrien Brody as Dali, Kathy Bates as Gertrude Stein, Marion Cotillard as Adriana, Tom Hiddleston as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Corey Stoll as Hemingway, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo as Picasso, and David Lowe as T.S. Eliot fill out this marvelous cast.

Even if you don’t like Woody, see this film. It’s filed with great footage and cleaver lines. It’s his homage to a beautiful city. After 41 films, I think he made his best film to date.

Bridemaids, on the other hand, received high marks form Entertainment Weekly and Rotten Tomatoes and I looked forward to seeing it. But in my opinion, it was just okay. As in the Mother Goose rhyme about the girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead, when it’s good it’s very, very good, but when it’s bad, it’s horrid. There are many funny scenes and Kristen Wiig, who starred in and wrote the script, is great at physical comedy. Producerd by Judd Apatow of Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin fame, you know where this is going.

Kristen Wiig plays Annie, a woman whose life is spiraling out of control just in time for her best friend's wedding festivities. The bride-to-be Lillian, played by Maya Rudolph, asks Annie to be her Maid of Honor and surrounds herself with a highly amusing diverse set of bridesmaids. When one of the bridesmaids played by Ellie Kemper as the superrich friend, takes charge and overdoes the arrangements, Annie reacts and tries to outdo the overdoer. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals.

There are some great actors and great moments. Look for Chris O’Dowd, a skilled Irish comedian and actor who plays Office Nathan Rhodes. He’s a new kind of leading man, adorable and honest but not particularly handsome, not a Hollywood Adonis. We’ve seen him before in Dinner For Schmuck, Gulliver's Travels and Rumpole of the Bailey.

I adored seeing Jill Clayburgh, a long-time favorite of mine, playing Annie’s hippie-like mother. Most remembered for her Oscar-nominated role in the 1978 film "An Unmarried Woman," Clayburgh was known for portraying strong and confident women with character flaws, an a typical Hollywood image at the time. She died at the age of 66 on November 5, 2010 after battling lymphocytic leukemia for more than 21 years. Some of her best knownfilmswere: Starting Over, I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can. Portnoy's Complaint, Running With Scissors,Love and Other

DVD's JUNE list is out. Place your reserves today.


The Adjustment Bureau Matt Damon, Emily Blunt. Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in this thriller as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else.

Arthur Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud. Arthur Bach is very, very rich, and stands to lose his inheritance if he doesn't marry the most boring blonde on Long Island within thirty days. Unfortunately, Arthur has just discovered the girl of his dreams.

The Dilemma Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder. Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees something he should not.

Downton Abbey: Masterpiece Classic Hugh Bonneville, Joanne Froggatt, Maggie Smith. Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of Lord Grantham and the rest of the Crawley family, as well as the servants who work for them.

The Green Hornet Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz. After the death of his father, a rich playboy becomes the crime-fighting hero known as the Green Hornet.

Letters to God Ralph Waite, Robyn Lively, Tanner Maguire. Eight-year-old Tyler is armed with strong faith and courage as he faces a battle against cancer. His prayers take the form of letters he sends to his ultimate pen pal, God.

Mechanic Jason Statham, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Foster. Arthur Bishop is an assassin with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and he is the best in the business.

Mao’s Last Dance Joan Chen, Kyle Maclachlan, Bruce Greenwood. Based on an inspiring true story, the film recreates the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer.

Mildred Pierce Joan Crawford Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Eve Arden, Bruce Bennett. Based on the novel by James M. Cain. Mildred Pierce is a woman who will do anything to satisfy the demands of her spoiled daughter Veda, including divorce, opening her own business, and possibly murder.

No Strings Attached Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher. Emma and Adam are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. To protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly 'no strings attached.' The question becomes: who's going to fall first? And can their friendship survive?

The Rite Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue. Inspired by true events, this supernatural thriller follows a seminary student sent to study exorcism at the Vatican. Apprentice d with legendary Father Lucas, the young seminarian glimpses a phenomenon science can't explain or control.

A Somewhat Gentle Man Stellan Skarsgård, Jorunn Kjellsby, Bjørn Floberg. Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man, as far as gangsters go. Reluctantly back on the streets following a stint in prison, Ulrik's boss greets him with open arms and a plan to settle an old score. With a demented sense of professional pride, Ulrik's boss sets in motion a plan to right the wrong done to his star employee. The problem is, Ulrik would rather go about his own business, however mundane, than get involved with his ragtag colleagues again.

Somewhere Elle Fanning, Stephen Dorff. A witty, moving and empathetic look into the orbit of actor Johnny Marco, who lives at the legendary Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood where he enjoys life to the fullest. This all changes when his 11-year-old daughter Cleo arrives unexpectedly.

The Way Back Ed Harris, Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess. Inspired by an incredible true story beginning in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes.

The Wildest Dream Using astonishing visuals to tell the story of George Mallory, the first man to attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who found Mallory’s frozen remains 75 years later. Featured voices: Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson.