The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon, whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family's fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl's personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna's mother Helen does not discourage her, but Anna's irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives - including his own - hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.
Cast: Vigo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel
Directed by David Cronenberg
Jake Green (Jason Statham) is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense… he's rarely allowed to play in any casino these days because he's dangerous. He's a winner. One night Jake and his two older brothers, Billy and Joe, are invited to sit in on a private game.
A game that is fixed for Jake to lose to Macha (Ray Liotta), a top dog crime boss and casino owner who can't play for squat, but always wins because people just aren't allowed to lose to him. But Jake isn't afraid of Macha. And not only beats him in a quick game of chance, but also takes every possible opportunity to throw insults. As Jake and his brothers leave the game, Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake. And what Macha wants, Macha gets. However, a twist of fate gets Jake working for a pair of brothers who just have to have their own agenda for Macha…
Starring: Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, André Benjamin, Vincent Pastore, Warren Clark, Mem Ferda, Mercedes Grower, Andrew Howard
English language with latvian and russian subtitles.
A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him.
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Stanley Tucci, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu, Kevin Chamberlin, Oliver Davis, Victoria Fodor.
Directed by Paul McGuigan
English with Latvian/Russian subtitles.
It happened that they decided to rob the same apartment. He - old playboy, she extravagant teacher in kinder garden. All begins like in detective story, but in the process finds out that weapons are toys, partners - kids, fight ends with wedding, but real thieves are not the persons you were thinking about…
Cast: Marija Zvonareva, Aleksandrs Jacko, Valerijs Garkalins, Aleksandra Berezoveca - Skackova, Kirils Zandarovs
Directed by Marija Mahanko
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
This holiday comedy is centered around two neighbors in a small New England town who go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Cast: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth
Directed by John Whitesell
In English with subtitles in Latvian and Russian.
The Limits of Control is the story of a mysterious loner (played by Mr. De Bankole), a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. His journey, paradoxically both intently focused and dreamlike, takes him not only across Spain but also through his own consciousness.
Cast: Isaach De Bankolé, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Gael García Bernal, Bill Murray
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Script: Jim Jarmusch
Producer: Gretchen McGowan, Stacey E. Smith
"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man’s life can be.
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Elias Koteas, Julia Ormond u.c.
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Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan) is a romance-wary creative writing teacher, who becomes involved with Malloy (Mark Ruffalo), a homicide detective investigating a murder in her neighborhood. Encouraged by her half-sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Frannie develops a relationship with Malloy that is unashamedly sexual; yet their refreshing directness becomes deeply undermined by the ongoing and unsolved murders.
After an attack by a masked assailant, Frannie no longer trusts anyone. Not her intense young student Cornelius (Sharrieff Pugh), who is writing a paper about the "innocence" of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Not her disquieting former boyfriend John Graham (Kevin Bacon), who follows her every move. And definitely not Malloy, who now rouses not only her passion but also her suspicions. Fatefully, the independent Frannie cannot ask for help - grieved and terrified, she takes her survival into her own hands.
In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous characters, "Sherlock Holmes" sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy, Tom Berenger.
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Diane Siprien is a french scientist who adopts a young thai boy. After a car crash, this one falls into a coma and a mysterious german doctor asserts he can heal him... through unconventional methods! It leads Diane to Mongolia to find out the origin of the young boy.
Cast: Monica Bellucci, Catherine Deneuve, Moritz Bleibtreu, Nicolas Thau
Directed by Guillaume Nicloux