Drama

Watchmen [2009, UK, USA]

Who watches the Watchmen?

A crime/conspiracy story based on the influential comic by Alan Moore. Watchmen focuses on the every day life of out of work superheroes. Costumed superheroism has been outlawed, and most groups have been abandoned. But as a new threat presents itself, the paranoid masked detective/vigilante Rorschach uncovers a conspiracy to destroy all masked heroes.

Butterfly Effect: Revelation [2009, USA]

A young man with the power to time travel attempts

Knowing [2009, USA]

Knowing is Everything...

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions — some that have already occurred and others that are about to — that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Five Minutes of Heaven [2009, UK]

Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt are teaming up to tackle the Northern Ireland Troubles in "Five Minutes of Heaven." The film tells the story of two men wracked by the violence that plagued Northern Ireland from the late 1960s through to the peace process in 1998, and how they attempt to come to terms with the Troubles' aftermath.

Against the Dark aka Last Night [2009, USA, France]

In a post-apocalyptic world sucked dry by vampires, a few remaining survivors are trapped in an infected hospital. Tao (Steven Seagal) and his special ops squad of ex-military vigilantes is their only hope.

Cry of the Owl [2009, UK, Germany, France, Canada]

A troubled young man, Robert, leaves the big city and his ex-wife for the tranquility of a small town. He finds respite from his problems by secretly watching the normal domestic life of a woman he doesn’t know through her kitchen window. But when Jenny catches Robert in the act she doesn’t call the police. Instead she starts an affair with him, which has dire consequences when her boyfriend Greg finds out. Immediately suspicious of Robert, Greg makes it his mission to destroy him. But when a fight leaves Greg unconscious and missing, Robert discovers he is the number one suspect in a murder case that is slowly beginning to look like the ultimate set-up.

Uninvited, The [2009, USA]

Fear moves in

Anna Rydell returns home to her sister (and best friend) Alex after a stint in a mental hospital, though her recovery is jeopardized thanks to her cruel stepmother, aloof father, and the presence of a ghost in their home.

Not Easily Broken [2009, USA]

After years of disagreeing on what true happiness, success, and love really are, Dave and Clarice Johnson have finally reached a breaking point in their marriage. When Clarice is hurt in a car accident, the obvious truth that more than just her injuries need immediate attention is exposed. Their odds of making it worsen as Clarice begins to see a physical therapist, and Dave develops a friendship with Julie and her teenage son Bryson. The acceptance and comfort he finds in them stirs his longing for a family and a passionate partner. As temptation tugs at Dave and Clarice pulls farther away, they must confront whether their vows are or are NOT EASILY BROKEN.

Last Chance Harvey [2009, USA]

In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.

Obsessed [2009, USA]

A successful asset manager, who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage. But a temp worker starts stalking him, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.

State of Play [2009, USA]

A team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman's mistress.