Actor Riggan Thomson is most famous for his movie role from over twenty
years ago of the comic book superhero Birdman in the blockbuster movie
of the same name and its two equally popular sequels. His association
with the role took over his life, where Birdman is more renowned than
"Riggan Thomson" the actor. Now past middle age, Riggan is trying to
establish himself as a true artist by writing, directing, starring in
and co-producing with his best friend Jake what is his Broadway debut,
an adaptation of Raymond Carver's
story, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. He is staking his
name, what little artistic reputation that comes with that name and his
life savings on the project, and as such will do anything needed to make
the play a success. As he and Jake go through the process of the
previews toward opening night, Riggan runs into several issues: needing
to find a replacement for the integral supporting male role the night
before the first preview; hiring the talented Broadway name, Mike
Shiner, for that role, Mike who ends up being difficult to work with and
who may end up overshadowing Riggan in the play; having to deal
potentially with a lawsuit based on one of his actions to ensure
success; needing to be there for his daughter, Sam, who he has hired to
be his production assistant and who has just come out of drug rehab; and
pleasing the New York Times critic, Tabitha Dickinson, who wants to use
any excuse to give the play a scathing review which in turn would close
the show after the opening night performance. But Riggan's biggest
problem may be his own insecurities, which are manifested by him
constantly hearing what he believes to be the truth from the voice of
his Birdman character, who he often battles both internally and
externally.
DUMB AND DUMBER TO
It's been 20 years and Harry Dunn has found something out - he has a
daughter! Lloyd Christmas, his equally dim witted friend, takes one look
at a picture of her, develops a crush, and insists the two track her
down. What ensues when Harry finally agrees is a bizarre encounter with
an old lady and more hilarity because of their sheer stupidity.
ROSEWATER
Based of a true story about a journalist who gets detained and brutally
interrogated in prison for 118 days. The journalist Maziar Bahari was
blindfolded and interrogated for 4 months in Evin prison in Iran, while
the only distinguishable feature about his captor is the distinct smell
of rosewater. An interview and sketch that Maziar did with a journalist
on The Daily show was used as evidence that Maziar was a spy and in
communication with the American government and the CIA.
VHS: VIRAL
A police chase after a deranged ice cream truck has captivated the
attention of the greater Los Angeles area. Dozens of fame---obsessed
teens flock to the streets with their video cameras and camera phones,
hell---bent on capturing the next viral video. But there is something
far more sinister occurring in the streets of L.A. than a simple police
chase. A resounding effect is created onto all those obsessed with
capturing salacious footage for no other purpose than to amuse or
titillate. Soon the discovery becomes that they themselves are the stars of the next video, one where they face their own death.
THE HOMESMAN
Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be
transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious,
independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter
George Briggs to assist her.
LIFE ITSELF
'Life Itself' recounts the surprising and entertaining life of
world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert - a story
that's by turns personal, wistful, funny, painful, and transcendent. The
film explores the impact and legacy of Roger Ebert's life: from his
Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism and his nearly quarter-century run
with Gene Siskel on their review show, to becoming one of the country's
most influential cultural voices, and finally to Roger's inspiring
battles with cancer and the resulting physical disability - how he
literally and symbolically put a new face on the disease and continued
to be a cultural force despite it.
DOCTOR WHO: LAST CHRISTMAS
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic
base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call?
Santa Claus!
GAME OF THRONES: 4th SEASON
You all know what this show is, if you need to refresh yourself, here's a trailer:
NIGHTCRAWLER is a thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal
stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers
the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of
freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem,
Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling -
where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are
converted into dollars and cents. Aided by Rene Russo
as Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs
the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own
story.
KILL THE MESSENGER
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives
him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming
Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based
on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
LAGGIES
Megan's approaching 30 with a good degree and a boyfriend in hand, but
when he proposes at her friend's wedding and everyone seems to think
that the best way to advance in her career is to take a seminar where
you find out what animal you are, Megan's understandably feeling lost.
After meeting teenagers who want her to buy them beer, Megan is drawn
into 16-year-old Annika's simpler life. She ends up moving in with
Annika and her single father, juggling the life of a teen and that of an
adult, two romantic interests, and the feeling of lagging behind.
BIRD PEOPLE
In an airport hotel on the outskirts of Paris, a Silicon Valley engineer
abruptly chucks his job, breaks things off with his wife, and holes up
in his room. Soon, fate draws him and a young French maid together.
FORCE MAJURE
A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of
skiing. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a
lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside
down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her
husband Tomas as she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile,
is running for his life... The anticipated disaster failed to occur, and
yet the family's world has been shaken to its core, a question mark
hanging over their father in particular. Tomas and Ebba's marriage now
hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles desperately to reclaim his role
as family patriarch.
WETLANDS
The adventures of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards
hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.
STARRED UP
Eric Love (O'Connell) is a 19 year old teenager who is so violent he has
been 'Starred Up' (Moved to Adult prison) where he finds his father
Neville (Mendelsohn) who Eric hasn't seen since he was 5 (since he was
put into care). Neville try's to get Eric to settle down, so Eric gets a
chance to go through therapy with Oliver (Friend).
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more
calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins
to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and
sister - who all find themselves living through their own terrible,
horrible, no good, very bad day.
NURSE JACKIE: 6th SEASON
A drug-addicted nurse struggles to find a balance between the demands of
her frenetic job at a New York City hospital and an array of personal
dramas.
BLACK SAILS: 1st SEASON
The highly anticipated pirate adventure, Black Sails, centers on the
tales of Captain Flint and his men and takes place twenty years prior to
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most
brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a
fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John
Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the
survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of
its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes,
thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened
ideals and its stunning brutality.
John Wick is a mob hit man who, upon falling in love, quits. 5 years
later, his wife dies and to make sure he's not alone she arranges for a
dog to be brought to him after her death. Later, some men wanting his
car break in and beat him up and kill his dog. When he recovers, he sets
to get the ones who killed his dog. He learns that the leader is the
son of his former employer. And the man wanting to protect his son,
tries to take care of Wick but he's still as good as he was.
DRACULA UNTOLD
At the turn of the century, the young lord Vlad and his family live a
peaceful life ruling over their small kingdom, but when a Turk warlord
demands from Vlad a thousand boys and his son to create an army Vlad
seeks a terrible power that will allow him to protect his kingdom and
family from the Turks at a terrible cost.
ABCs OF DEATH 2
Twenty-six filmmakers from around the globe helm stories that
detail 26 ways to meet your maker, each one corresponding to a different
letter of the alphabet.
DAYS AND NIGHTS
Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family
confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. Inspired by Anton
Chekhov's "The Seagull," set in rural New England in 1984.
DISAPPEARANCE OF ELANOR RIGBY
One couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once
knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
EXISTS
For five friends, it was a chance for a summer getaway- a weekend of
camping in the Texas Big Thicket. But visions of a carefree vacation are
shattered with an accident on a dark and desolate country road. In the
wake of the accident, a bloodcurdling force of nature is
unleashed-something not exactly human, but not completely animal- an
urban legend come to terrifying life...and seeking murderous revenge.
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
A social satire that follows the stories of four black students at an
Ivy League college where controversy breaks out over a popular but
offensive black-face party thrown by white students. With tongue planted
firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in
acutely-not-post-racial America while weaving a universal story of
forging one's unique path in the world.
HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS
Disillusioned
with the tedium of his existence, psychiatrist Hector (Simon Pegg)
confesses to his girlfriend (Rosamund Pike) that he feels he is a fraud
for dispensing recommendations to patients who never seem to improve or
get any happier. He considers breaking out of his lackluster routine.
Summoning up some courage, Hector gives his starved
curiosity free rein and embarks on an international quest to find the
right formula to bring him joy and vitality.
OIJA
A girl is mysteriously killed after recording herself playing with an
ancient Ouija Board, which leads to a close group of friends to
investigate this board. They later find out that some things aren't
meant to be played with, especially the 'other side'.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: THRONE OF ATLANTIS
In the aftermath of Justice League: War, the world is at peace or so it
seems. When Atlantis attacks the Metropolis for the death of their king.
But the Queen has different plans and requires the Justice League to
find her lost son. But while they search for him, Atlantian troops; lead
by Ocean Master, continue their assault. Who will win?
