On the day he was supposed to graduate from elementary school, a precocious boy runs away from home and goes with his best friend on a journey to his friend’s faraway home. He encounters diverse, interesting people and discovers that “precocious” isn’t what he had once believed. Director : Jin Yang Cast : Chen Wang|ShuchenContinue reading “Don’t Expect Praises – 2012”
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A Taste of Romance – 2012
Uptight French chef, Sara Westbrook, gets fired up when her upscale café, Chez Varenne, is suddenly overshadowed by a new restaurant moving in next door run by a group of rowdy firemen. Led by handsome former fire fighter Gill Callahan and his friend Danny, The Five Alarm Grill is soon a big success while SaraContinue reading “A Taste of Romance – 2012”
Summer Outside – 2012
An unusually hot summer. Fourteen year-old Wanda moves with her family from Berlin to Switzerland. Everything will be better here. The move is meant to heal the open wounds of the family. Anna, the mother, has lost her self-confidence due to an affair her husband Joachim had in Berlin. The big house with the overgrownContinue reading “Summer Outside – 2012”
Dear Dracula – 2012
Sam loves scary movies, especially the ones with Dracula. This year, instead of writing to Santa for Christmas, Sam writes to Dracula, telling Dracula that he wants to be a real vampire on Halloween this year. Sam is in for quite a surprise as the most famous of all vampires himself responds, in this funContinue reading “Dear Dracula – 2012”
The Outback – 2012
Being teased for his color, Johnny the white koala joins a traveling carnival with Hamish, a Tasmanian devil, and Higgens, a photographer monkey as talent agents. On the way through the Australian outback desert, the trailer they are in comes loose and crashes. Johnny must live up to the hero status Hamish presents him asContinue reading “The Outback – 2012”
The Penguin King – 2012
South Georgia – alone in a vast ocean. 900 miles from Antarctica, and a mere 100 miles long. A wild rugged landscape with mountain ranges, vast glaciers, windblown plains half buried beneath snow and ice. Three years ago, the Penguin King left home. Now he is returning to the place where he was born andContinue reading “The Penguin King – 2012”
Pommes Essen – 2012
Director : Tina von Traben Cast : Anneke Kim Sarnau|Erik Madsen|Luise Risch|Marlene Risch|Michael Keseroglu|Paul Faßnacht|Regine Schroeder|Smudo|Tabea Willemsen|Thekla Carola Wied Genre : Drama|Family|TV Movie Release Date : 7/12/2012 Country : Germany
Trash Dance – 2012
A year spent with choreographer Allison Orr as she rides out with and tries to persuade employees of the Austin Dept. of Solid Waste Services to collaborate in a public dance performance. The performance eventually takes place, in the rain, on the tarmac of an abandoned airport, with over two thousand people watching–16 trucks, 24Continue reading “Trash Dance – 2012”
Jesus Henry Christ – 2012
At the age of ten, Henry James Hermin, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father. Director : Dennis Lee Cast : Jason Spevack|Melyssa Ade|Michael Sheen|Oprah Winfrey|Samantha Weinstein|Toni Collette Genre : Comedy|Family Release Date : 5/4/2012Continue reading “Jesus Henry Christ – 2012”
An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars – 2012
A young girl (Jade Pettyjohn) struggles to maintain her school grades while competing as a gymnast. Director : Vince Marcello Cast : Cathy Rigby|George Chiang|Ian Ziering|Jade Pettyjohn|Kally Berard|Kerris Dorsey|Nia Vardalos|Talia Pura|Will Woytowich|Ysa Penarejo Genre : Drama|Family Release Date : 7/14/2012 Country : United States
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