January 2014 VODs - Movie Insider (original) (raw)
Best VODs Released January 2014
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VODs Released Friday, January 3, 2014
Jamesy Boy
The story of teenager James Burns (played by Spencer Lofranco) who goes from the suburban street gangs to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. In prison, he forms a friendship with a convicted murderer (Ving Rhames) who becomes his mentor and helps him turn his life around. In this unlikely setting, James ultimately emerges with hope and a brighter future.
Mary-Louise Parker, Trevor White, Lane Shadgett, James Woods, Spencer Lofranco, Taissa Farmiga, Rosa Salazar, Michael Trotter
Action Adventure Crime
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VODs Released Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Back in the Day R
Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back. And in this raunchy comedy, Jim Owens does just that when he heads home for his high school reunion. In an attempt to relive the glory days with his boys and explore an old romance, he nearly destroys his hometown and friendships.
Morena Baccarin, Michael Rosenbaum, Nick Swardson, Harland Williams, Sarah Colonna
Comedy
VODs Released Friday, January 10, 2014
Cold Comes the Night R
Tells the story of a struggling motel owner (Eve) who, along with her daughter (Parker), is taken hostage by a career criminal (Cranston) as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop (Marshall-Green). Everyone gets in over their heads, and a series of double-crosses leaves a string of dead bodies in this pulse-pounding story about desperation and survival.
Bryan Cranston, Alice Eve, Logan Marshall-Green, Erin Cummings, Tze Chun, Ursula Parker, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robin Taylor
Drama Thriller Crime
VODs Released Friday, January 17, 2014
Life of a King PG-13
The unlikely true story of Eugene Brown and his one-man mission to give inner-city kids of Washington D.C. something he never had – a future. He discovered a multitude of life lessons through the game of chess during his 18-year incarceration for bank robbery. After his release and reentry into the workforce, Eugene developed and founded the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of due to circumstances. From his daring introductory chess lessons to group of unruly high school students in detention to the development of the Club and the teens’ first local chess competitions, this movie reveals his difficult, inspirational journey and how he changed the lives of a group of teens with no endgame.
Cuba Gooding Jr., LisaGay Hamilton, Jake Goldberger, Dennis Haysbert
Reasonable Doubt R
When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden (Cooper) commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to manipulate the case to acquit the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the trial, Mitch’s worst fears come true when he realizes that his actions freed a guilty man, and he soon finds himself on the hunt for the killer before more victims pile up.
Samuel L. Jackson, Dominic Cooper, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, Peter Howitt, Erin Karpluk, Ryan Robbins, Peter Dowling, Gloria Reuben
Thriller Crime
Big Bad Wolves
A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.
Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado
Thriller Crime
VODs Released Friday, January 24, 2014
24 Exposures
Fetish photographer Billy (Adam Wingard) stages elaborate shoots around his fixations, photographing women in various stages of undress and death. When one of Billy's models winds up actually dead, depressed and romantically disillusioned investigator Michael (Simon Barrett), suffering through a crumbling relationship himself, knocks on his door and discovers a world he struggles to understand - in Billy's art, as well as his apparent ease at juggling professional and intimate relationships with a committed girlfriend and various models. Jealousy runs high, and meanwhile, a killer is still on the loose.
Joe Swanberg, Sophia Takal, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Helen Rogers, Caroline White
Thriller
Enemies Closer R
After a major shipment of drugs goes missing on the US-Canadian border, forest ranger and former Navy SEAL Henry is plunged into survival mode when the drug cartel forces him to help retrieve the downed package. Trapped in the wilderness with no communication to the outside world, Henry finds himself face to face with Clay, a man with a personal vendetta against Henry who has returned for retribution. Now, the two mortal enemies must make a choice: put aside their past and work together, or die alone at the hands of the drug runners, a ruthless gang who will stop at nothing to retrieve their lost cargo.
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Orlando Jones, Peter Hyams, Tom Everett Scott, Linzey Cocker, Kristopher Van Varenberg
Thriller
VODs Released Thursday, January 30, 2014
Grand Piano R
Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of the expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: “Play one wrong note and you die”. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper’s motives and look for help without anyone realizing…
John Cusack, Elijah Wood, Damien Chazelle, Kerry Bishe, Rodrigo Cortés, Allen Leech, Tamsin Egerton, Eugenio Mira
Thriller