Mike Cranshaw and Sue Claussen have a chance encounter when Sue checks into the roadside motel owned by Mike’s parents in Arizona. What starts with a bottle of wine “compliments of management” soon evolves into a multi-layered, cross-country journey of two people looking for a sense of purpose. Mike, an aimless dreamer, bets it all on a trip to Sue’s workplace in Maryland – only… See Full Description
Genres: Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 33 min.
Release Date: May 15th, 2009 (limited)
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Distributors:
Image Entertainment
Tag: Drama
Daytime Drinking 2009 Movie
When a broken-hearted city dweller goes to meet his friends in the countryside for a getaway, he finds that not only have none of them showed up for the trip, but the tiny seaside town is shuttered- no shops are open, no tourists are around, the beach is freezing, and there’s no cell phone signal. Unable (and unwilling) to return to Seoul, in the company of some very unusual locals, and subject to… See Full Description
Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 56 min.
Release Date: May 15th, 2009 (limited)
Distributors:
Eleven Arts
The Big Shot-Caller 2009 Movie
As a child, Jamie Lesser watched ‘Strictly Ballroom’ ninety-seven times a day and dreamed of becoming a salsa dancer. But in ‘real-life,’ his social awkwardness, failed love life and severe near-sightedness got in his way. After insurmountable disappointments, he turns to his estranged sister, Lianna, a streetwise, self-proclaimed hip hop dancing dynamo, who inspires him to follow his dream, reclaim… See Full Description
Genres: Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.
Release Date: May 15th, 2009 (limited)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Distributors:
Stella Films
Big Man Japan 2009 Movie
A middle-aged slacker living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum, Daisato¿s job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform him into a stocky, stick-wielding giant several stories high who is entrusted with defending Japan from a host of bizarre monsters. But while his predecessors were national heroes, he is a pariah among the citizens he protects, who bitterly complain about the… See Full Description
Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 53 min.
Release Date: May 15th, 2009 (limited)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action and crude humor.
Distributors:
Magnet
O’Horten 2009 Movie
The moment the train leaves the station without train driver Odd Horten aboard, he realizes that the path ahead is a journey without printed timetabels and well-known stations. Horten has retired, and the platform does not feel like a safe place anymore.
Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 29 min.
Release Date: May 15th, 2009 (limited)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief nudity.
Distributors:
Sony Pictures Classics