A young man is drawn to a mysterious young girl who moves to his small town and stumbles on a crypt of her family secrets in this adaptation of Kami Carcia and Margaret Stohl's series of novels. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

 

A troubled high school student forced to repeat her senior year gets swept up in a bizarre love triangle in this coming of age drama from writer/director Kate Melville. Claire Paxton (Tatiana Maslany) has always been a rebel, but lately her wild side has gotten the best of her. When slipping grades and poor attendance sink her chance of graduating on time, Claire takes the setback in stride, and keeps on partying. Her personal problems seem so far away when she's dancing in the club, and an impulsive affair with Toronto rocker James (Steven McCarthy) makes her feel like she's moving with the pulse of the city. Back at school, however, Claire begins to find real substance in her burgeoning romance with shy science geek Henry (Spencer Van Wyck), the boy she used to babysit. These days Henry is all grown up, and he's never forgotten his first love Claire. Noticing that Henry could use some help getting noticed at school, Claire vows to give him a popularity boost. Meanwhile, with adolescence in the rear view and adulthood on the horizon, the defiant girl struggles to find a place where she truly belongs. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Three geriatric criminals reunite to recapture the glory of their lawless youth, but find their celebrations interrupted when one is put into a difficult position by a vengeful mob boss. Nearly 20 years after refusing to inform on his partner-in-crime, Val (Al Pacino) emerges from prison a free man. Waiting for him at the gate is his old friend Doc (Christopher Walken), who quickly takes him out on the town with the mischievous Hirsh (Alan Arkin) to stir up some trouble. It's been far too long since the trio raised hell on the streets, and they're all eager to make up for lost time. Meanwhile, one of the three is harboring a secret that will test their longtime friendship unless they can finally come to terms with their troublesome past. Julianna Margulies co-stars. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Glee's Chris Colfer wrote and stars in this coming of age high-school black comedy. He plays a senior who wants nothing more than to go to Northwestern in order to escape from the stifling small town in which he's grown up. To get there, he ends up blackmailing a number of his fellow classmates in order to start a literary journal that he believes will impress the admissions board. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Heroic Robin Hood (Martin Thon) rescues Maid Marian (Ramona Heun) from a band of vicious thieves in Sherwood Forest, who in return offers to smuggle his men into Nottingham Castle. IN his noble effort to steal from the rich and provide for the poor, however, Robin Hood encounters a supernatural force that threatens the very existence of the wealthy and impoverished alike. Kane Hodder and Tom Savini co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

An anonymous terrorist (Ben Kingsley) plants five bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless the Deputy Inspector General of the Colombo Police Department (Ben Cross) agrees to release four notorious terrorists who have been arrested and imprisoned. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The rightful heir to a powerful Malaysian business empire seeks revenge against the jealous brother who framed him for murder. Malaysian billionaire Jaggoi Sibuyan always favored his adopted son Prince Amara over his biological son Putra Sibuyan. When Jaggoi dies and names Prince as his successor, bitter Putra sets his brother up to take the fall for a murder he didn't commit. As a result, Prince is banished from Malaysia. Later, in France, Prince makes the acquaintance of Ben Carlton, a ruthless gangster with big ambitions. Years back, Ben had gotten turned down by Prince's father after proposing a partnership. Now Putra has rejected Ben as well, making Prince his last hope for getting a cut of the action. Before long Ben and Prince have cut a deal: Ben will smuggle Prince back into Malaysia in exchange for a legitimate partnership. With the help of tough bodyguard Iskandar Yaakob, Prince returns to his home country and gathers crucial information about the frame-up, and his brother's current business dealings. Now that his revenge plot has been set into motion, the only thing left to do is ruin his brother's reputation, and take over the heavily-fortified family mansion with the help of Ben and Iskandar. In the end only one brother will be left standing, and he will hold the entire city in the palm of his hand. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A father who is running from the evils of the larger world finds they've arrived on his doorstep in this drama from Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders. Nat (Aden Young) is a former schoolteacher and widower who idealistically has left the city and traveled with his children Tom (Toby Wallace) and Sarah (Hanna Mangan-Lawrence) to remote area in the bush, where he's taken up farming. Unfortunately, Nat has almost no practical knowledge of agriculture, and while 12-year-old Tom fervently believes in his father, Sarah is older, wiser and certain Nat has made a terrible mistake. One day, three strangers arrive at the farm on horseback, a trio of soldiers returned from the Boer War -- restless adventurer Maj. Henry (Pip Miller), moody and hard-drinking Carver (Neil Pigot), and Jimmy (Eamon Farren), who is innocent, good looking and clearly ill. Nat, who needs help on the farm, regards the arrival of the travelers as a gift from God, while Tom is fascinated by their tales of heroics and Sarah is clearly drawn to Jimmy as she helps nurse him back to health. But Nat discovers one of the reason his children are charmed by the soldiers is they have a cache of stolen gold, and the father believes the love of money is tainting the minds of his children. Lucky Country received its world premiere at the 2009 Adelaide Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Conflicted ex-con Bobby Baldano grapples with his intense criminal instincts while struggling to honor his family name by going straight. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A Navy rescue mission during the waning days of WWII reveals the Axis forces may not be as crippled as the Allies have been led to believe in this action-driven war thriller. The year is 1944. War has engulfed Europe for five years, but it's finally looking as if the Allies have gained the upper hand. Knowing that some of their downed pilots are fighting for their lives in the Pacific, the U.S. military dispatches the USS Seaviper on a top-secret mission to bring them back home alive. Meanwhile, on a small island, the Germans and the Japanese have begin work on a revolutionary weapon that could bring the Allies to their knees. As the final push to victory begins, the brave crew of the USS Seaviper realizes that they and they alone have the power to bring this devastating war to an end. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A woman travels to Ireland to rescue her sister from the clutches of a powerful vampire, and encounters creatures that have remained hidden away for centuries in this surreal tale of terror. Upon learning that her sister has been abducted from her posh Venice loft and swept away to the Emerald Isle by a charismatic vampire named Vanquo, Mara embarks on a mission to rescue her at any cost. Shortly after Mara arrives in Ireland, however, her family falls prey to a mysterious plague of death. Now the only thing that can save her sister is a serum with the power to grant eternal life. In order to obtain that serum Mara will have to face creatures that were only thought to exist in fairy tales, and should it fall into the wrong hands, all of humanity will suffer. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi