dtower's - Rented List

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In an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning performance, Casey Affleck stars as Lee, a man whose spare existence is suddenly ruptured when the death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) forces him to return to the hometown he abandoned years before.

Rocked by contact with his estranged ex-wife (Michelle Williams) and the revelation that Joe has made him guardian of his teenage son (Lucas Hedges), Lee is forced to face up to painful memories and newfound levels of responsibility as he reconnects with his family. Kenneth Lonergan's critically acclaimed masterpiece is an extraordinary journey of grief, love and wit that will stay with you long after watching.

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Samantha Caine (Geena Davis), a suburban schoolteacher, suffers from amnesia. When her mysterious past begins to haunt her idyllic life, she sets out on a desperate search to discover her true identity. Aided by Mitch Henessey (Samuel L.

Jackson), a dead-beat private detective, she follows a trail of clues into the middle of a terrorist conspiracy in the U.S. Intelligence community. They slowly learn that Caine is much more that a soft spoken teacher. Repressed from her memory is her former life as Charly Baltimore, a highly trained secret agent and killer .But Charly is slowly re-emerging, which spells trouble for the terrorists, and anybody else who gets in her way...

A remote cabin in the woods becomes e blood-soaked chamber of horrors when a group of 20-something friends unwittingly awakens an ancient demon in Evil Dead, the highly anticipated re-imagining of Sam Rami's 1981 cult-hit horror film 'The Evil Dead'.

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When an overbearing CEO (Jennifer Anlston) decides to close her hard-partying brother Clay's (T.J. Hiller) branch of the business, he and his colleagues (Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, Kate McKinnon) decide to throw an epic office party to land a big shot client and save everyone's job.

Fuelled by booze and bad decisions, things quickly spiral out of control in this wild and raunchy comedy. Get ready to work hard and party harder!

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An idyllic Christmas Eve turns into a night of comic nastiness when Gus (Denis Leary), a cat burglar with a short fuse, takes the obnoxious Chasseur family hostage after a botched burglary.

The burglary is a mistake, but the Chasseurs are a disaster! Caroline (Judy Davis) and Lloyd (Kevin Spacey) have a marriage made in hell, an evil spawn in son Jesse and a flock of appalling relatives...

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In the course of one magical evening, Jonathan (John Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) meet unexpectedly... then part when she decides they must let fate determine if they are meant to be together.

Years later, they are both engaged to others, but cannot give up the dream that - despite time, distance and the obstacles that conspire to keep them apart - they will one day meet again.

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Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex suddenly dies, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax.

As a series of eerie coincidences turn lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel while she desperately tries to prove she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

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After mugging an old man for a few dollars, thugs Artie (Martin Sheen) and Joe (Tony Musante) hop a subway deep in the Bronx, and proceed to threaten and intimidate the Sunday night commuters all the way to Times Square.

The terrified riders are a mixed group - an elderly Jewish couple, a family trying to protect their 5-year-old daughter, an alcoholic, two teens on a date, two military Privates, a bigoted African-American man and his wife, etc. - but they are united by their fear and sense of helplessness as switchblade-wielding Joe and Artie block the subway doors from opening at stops, and prevent the riders from leaving. Will any of them have the courage to confront the two maniacs?

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'Jacob's Ladder' tells the truly scary story of a traumatized Vietnam war veteran, who, as he returns to his civilian life begins to hallucinate.

Visualising horned creatures and visited by his dead son, Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) downwardly spirals into a life of confusion and horror as he searches for the truth behind his Vietnam experience and tries to make sense of what is happening to him.

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Joseph is a small-town teacher who has given up on both life and his tentative relationship with childhood sweetheart Rosealee (Amy Irving).

That is until he becomes caught up in a passionate affair with Catherine (Amy Locane), the vivacious 17 year old daughter of a gruff retired major (Gary Busey) and an alcoholic mother. As his steamy liaison with Catherine develops, Joseph begins to realise that anything is possible and, for the first time in his life, he must make a stand for what he believes in.

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Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) has it all, success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black (Brad Pitt), who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide.

But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan (Claire Forlani).

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A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable.

When he emerges from the hypnotic trance he is horrified to find evidence that the brutal murder depicted in the game actually happened - and he's the killer.

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Just how bad can one day get? The creative minds behind 'Superbad' and 'Sausage Party' take on sixth grade hard in this innocent yet raunchy comedy. Max (Jacob Tremblay), Thor (Brady Noon), and Lucas (Keith L.

Williams) skip school and set off on an odyssey of apically bad decisions involving stolen drugs, a frat house, and running from both the cops and girls!

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Shingen (Tatsuya Nakadai), a powerful warload, has become as legendary as the motto emblazoned on his war banners. "Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as the fire, immovable as the mountain". As he lies dying from his battle wounds.

Shingen orders his clan to find a double to replace him - to keep his death secret so that his enemies will not attack. The man chosen for this role is called Kagemusha (the shadow of the warrior). However this Kagemusha turns out to be a petty criminal who must somehow transfer himself into a great leader and command allegiance of 25,000 samurai warriors.

Jefferies (James Stewart), a photographer with a broken leg, takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbours during a summer heat wave. But things really hot up when he suspects one neighbour (Raymond Burr) of murdering his invalid wife and burying the body in a flower garden.