Jesse Eisenberg
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eli (Eisenberg) is a piano prodigy. Today is the audition that will determine his future– will he launch a career and take off into the world? Or will he stay stuck, caring for his sister and mother (Leo) who, despite her cheerful, loving disposition, is a drug addict. The only obstacle to a seamless transition into his future is dropping off Mom off at the center where she will enter rehab, but a glitch in the system sends them off to enlist the...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, right after the publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite jest.' Based on David Lipsky's critically-acclaimed memoir "Although of course you end up becoming yourself: a road trip with David Foster Wallace."
Publisher
Universal Studios Canada
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Cousins from New York, Vincent and Anton, are players in the high-stakes game of High-Frequency Trading, where winning is measured in milliseconds. Their dream? To build a straight fiber-optic cable line between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions. But nothing is straightforward for this flawed pair. Anton is the brains, Vincent is the hustler, and together they push each other and everyone around them to the breaking point with their quixotic...
5) The double
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite: confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his...
6) Wild Indian
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As teens on a Wisconsin reservation in the '80s, indigenous cousins Makwa and Teddo agreed to cover up a tragic homicide. Today, Makwa, or preferably 'Michael,' is an assimilated but inwardly raging executive, Teddo is a tormented ex-con...and the ghosts of their shared past have them on a fateful collision course."
Language
English
Formats
Description
After he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic instructor, Sensei, and hardcore brown belt Anna, Casey gains a newfound sense of confidence for the first time in his life. But when he attends Sensei’s mysterious night classes, he discovers a sinister world of fraternity, brutality...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Zombieland (2009, 88 min.): Nerdy college student Columbus has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he's scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, twinkie-loving Tallahassee has no fears. Together, they are about to stare down their most horrifying challenge yet: each other's company
Not another teen movie (2001, 100 min.): When a popular jock bets he can turn a social outcast into the next prom queen,...
10) Roger Dodger
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A Manhattan advertising executive takes his nephew out on the town for a crash course in seduction
11) Now you see me 2
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public's adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, The Four Horsemen resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate. The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry, a tech prodigy who threatens the Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet.
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Fearing the actions of Superman are being left unchecked, Batman takes him on, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor. It's up to Superman and Batman to set aside their differences, along with Wonder Woman, to stop Lex Luthor and Doomsday from destroying Metropolis.
13) Now you see me
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against The Four Horsemen, a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists. The Four Horsemen pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law.
14) American ultra
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Mike shares a small-town life with his girlfriend Phoebe. But Mike's sleepy world goes wild after he discovers that he's actually a CIA sleeper agent with lethal fighting skills, and the target of government hitmen. Mike, the ultimate slacker, transforms into an ultra-attacker as he and Phoebe fight to survive in this exhilarating adventure.
15) Zombieland
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Two guys and two girls, trying to survive in an America populated with the undead, go on a road trip to a Los Angeles amusement park that is supposed to be a safe zone
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal...
17) Solitary man
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A New York car dealer watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions
18) Free samples
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A Stanford Law-school dropout named Jillian escapes to the anonymity of Los Angeles to figure out what she wants to do with her life. On the day of her college boyfriend's birthday, she finds herself stuck running an ice cream truck fending off locals and oddball friends alike. This one day spent on a truck on the streets of L.A. will wake Jillian from her aimless daze and make her see that life doesn't stop just because you want it to.
19) Rio
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A comedy-adventure that centers on Blu, a flightless macaw who acts more human than bird. When Blu, the last of his kind, discovers there's another, and that she's a she, he embarks on an adventure to magical Rio. There he meets Jewel and a menagerie of vivid characters who help Blu fulfill his dream and learn to fly