matty-m00's - Rented List

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Starring Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem and Academy Award Winner Penelope Cruz, with Peter Sarsgaard, 'Escobar' chronicles the life of the most notorious drug kingpin in history, during the years of his sensational and scandalous love affair with Colombia's leading TV anchor, Virginia Vallejo.

A feared and fearless criminal who amassed a fortune in excess of $20billion and is said to have been responsible for the deaths of more than 3,000 people, Escobar's reign of terror was infamous, and tore his beloved Columbia apart. Twenty years in the making, Escobar offers a fresh and unique take on a criminal who was cruel and charismatic in equal measure. Exploring his infatuation with Vallejo, it journeys deeper into the legend of 'The King of Cocaine' than ever before, telling of his astonishing rise, and ultimately, his tragic fall.

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"The Dinner", starring Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Rebecca Hall, is a dark psychological thriller about a fierce showdown between two couples during the course of an ornately prepared meal at a fancy restaurant.

When Stan Lohman (Gere), a popular congressman, invites his troubled younger brother Paul (Coogan) and his wife Claire (Linney) to join him and his wife Katelyn (Hall) for dinner at a fashionable restaurant, the stage is set for a tense night. Stan and Paul's teenage sons are friends, and the two of them have committed a crime that has shocked the country. While their sons' identities have not yet been discovered, their parents must now decide what action to take. A riveting story filled with many shocking twists and turns, 'The Dinner' is a chilling parable about the savage reality hidden beneath the surface of middle class lives.

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Money. Sex. Power. They're all part of this crisp, stylish suspense thriller. David Caruso plays Corelli, a D.A. up to his neck in a case that may lead where he doesn't want to go. Chazz Palminteri portrays Matt, a prominent attorney, local power broker and Corelli's longtime pal.

Linda Fiorentino is Matt's wife Trina: a clinical psychologist who's bold, uninhibited and capable of anything - maybe even murder.

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An apartment with an unhappy past, in a building filled with faintly sinister residents, sets the stage for filmmaker Roman Polanski's riveting thriller 'The Tenant'.

Polanski plays Trelkovsky, a quiet, timid file clerk whose unremarkable life becomes Increasingly overshadowed with dread and fear after he moves into his new home. Adding to his paranoia are the building's other occupants, who do nothing to alleviate his growing obsession with the untimely, tragic fate of the apartment's previous tenant. Is Trelkovsky's dread truly justified - or is it simply the result of his seemingly disintegrating mental state?

When a friendless old widow dies in the market town of Crythin Gifford, a young solicitor is sent in to settle her estate. Following cryptic warnings from the locals regarding the terrifying history of the old woman's house, he very soon begins to see visions of a menacing woman in black...

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Following a violent altercation, a young boy, Rio (Jake Schur), is forced to go on the run across the American Southwest in a desperate attempt to save his sister (Leila George) from his villainous uncle (Chris Pratt).

Along the way, he encounters Sheriff Pat Garrett (Ethan Hawke), on the hunt for the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid (Dane DeHaan). Rio finds himself increasingly entwined in the lives of these two legendary figures as the cat and mouse game of Billy the Kid's final year of life plays out. Ultimately Rio is forced to choose which type of man A he is going to become, the outlaw or the man of valour; and will use this self-realisation in a final act to save his family.

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When pregnant Jane (Linda Blair) and her family visit a secluded island to check out a proposed real estate deal, things start to go wrong when they come across two trespassers, supernatural expert Leslie (Leslie Cumming) and her boyfriend Gary (David Hasselhoff).

Forced to spend the night in a dilapidated house, the group are soon plunged into a nightmare of death and destruction at the hands of the powerful and mysterious Lady in Black (Hildegard Knef). 'Witchcraft' is a carnage fuelled splatter fest, a rabid romp incorporating hauntings, possession and unexpected twists and turns.

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Single mother Alice (Emily Beecham) is a dedicated plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species.

She has engineered a very special flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly, it makes its owner happy. Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. They name it 'Little Joe' but as it grows, so too does Alice's suspicion that her new creations may not be as harmless as their nickname suggests.

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To all appearances the two men had nothing in common, but for the fact they were both residents of the Argentine outpost of Corrientes and shared an English background.

Eduardo Plarr (Richard Gere) was a diligent, hardworking man of medicine; Charley Fortnum (Michael Caine) an alcoholic, good-for-nothing Honorary Consul. Taken captive when a terrorist plan to kidnap an American diplomat backfires, they both become prey to some very unwholesome revelations. For some time, both men have been sharing the favours of, and an obsession with the same woman. Only one has the capacity to love her.

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As cop and criminal, two ruthless professionals have the same outlook and code. LA. Takedown, directed by Michael Mann, is a complex and gripping thriller about Vincent Hanna an obsessive cop tailing a callous and clinical armed robber Patrick McLaren.

They first meet across a crowded cafe and after a heist goes wrong Hanna and McLaren confront each other in a full scale battle on the streets of Los Angeles.

Ava (Jessica Chastain) is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.

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Ten years into his small-town romance with Abby (Brea Grant), bartender Hank (Jeremy Gardner) wakes up alone in an empty home with nothing but a cryptic parting note for company.

As Hank drinks himself into heartbreak and depression, Abby's sudden departure soon becomes the least of his concerns as a mysterious monster starts clawing at his door on a nightly basis. As the threat outside his door intensifies, Hank calls on Abby's police officer brother Shane (Justin Benson) and best friend Wade (Henry Zebrowski) for help, but with no trace of the monster - and his behaviour becoming more erratic - his friends remain unconvinced of the creature lurking outside and Hank slips further into his own paranoia and loneliness.

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When a U.S. senator turns up dead with his throat slit, retired CIA operative Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere) is sure it bears the mark of infamous Soviet assassin Cassius. The only problem is that Cassius was thought to have been killed years ago.

Forced back into service, Paul is teamed with a hotshot FBI agent Ben Geary (Topher Grace) who believes that Cassius has been active all this time. As the pair get closer to the shocking truth, Shepherdson is forced to re-examine everything he thought he knew.

New York City detectives "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover 'The French Connection'. But when one of the criminals tries to kill Doyle, he begins a deadly pursuit that takes him far outside the city limits.

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Behind the seemingly perfect Harper household, Greg (Jon Tenney), the lead investigator of a child abduction case, is struggling to come to terms with the recent infidelity of his wife Jackie (Helen Hunt).

The already strained family harmony is further threatened when Connor (Judah Lewis), their son, appears to be the victim of a mysterious malevolent presence in their house. As the secrets start to unravel, the plot threads prove to be more interlinked than it would appear at first glance. Packed with audacious plot twists, beautifully orchestrated narrative flips and an outstanding lead performance by Helen Hunt, 'I See You' is an eerie gem, where nothing is as it seems and the terrible truth behind a family's dark secrets might just be hiding in plain sight.