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Abduction
2011 • 106 minutes • Colour • Maple Pictures
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello, Michael Nyqvist, Sigourney Weaver, Denzel Whitaker,
Antonique Smith
A thriller centered on a young man who sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons
website.
The Accidental Tourist
1988 • 114 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, David Ogden Stiers, Ed Begley Jr.
The Accidental Tourist is a, romantic comedy-drama starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis. Itis based on the best
selling novel of the same title by Anne Tyler. It is a story of a reluctant travel writer, whose world is turned upside down when his wife
leaves him and he meets an unusual dog trainer.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 • 86 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Courtney Cox, Tone Loc, Dan Marino, Noble Willingham
This broad comedy deals with the abduction of a pet dolphin believed to be the only lead in the kidnapping of a prominent sports celebrity.
It’s a job too sordid for Miami Vice, too confounding for the police and too trivial for the FBI. Its a job for — Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995 • 94 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi, Bob Gunton, Sophie Okonedo
Ace is back and finds himself thrust into the most challenging case of his career. He embarks on a perilious journey into the jungles of
Africa to find the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. If he fails, the result will be a vicious war between the Wachatis and
their rivals, the Wachootoos.
Act of God
2009 • 75 minutes • Colour • Mongrel Media
Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Cast: Paul Auster, Fred Frith
Act of God is a feature documentary about the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. The event represents the paradox of being
singled out by randomness, and so precipitates questions about chance, fate and meaning in life. The film explores seven stories from
around the world that raise and respond to these questions, while keeping the sky and what comes out of it as a central visual metaphor
and thread.
Adam
2009 • 99 minutes • Colour • Fox Searchlight
Director: Max Mayer
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker, Ursula Abbott, Karina Arroyave
Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in
the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that
exemplifies something universal: truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting
shake-up can be liberating.
The Addam's Family
1991 • 100 minutes • Colour • Paramount Pictures
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
"The Addams Family" co-stars Judith Malina as Granny, Christina Ricci as Wednesday, Carel Struycken as the hulking butler Lurch,
Jimmy Workman as the mischievous Pugsley and Christopher Hart as the playful Thing. It's Christmas Eve. A group of angelic carolers
fill the night air with joyous song, seemingly oblivious to the brooding edifice facing them, the gothic Addams mansion. On the roof the
gleeful Addams family pours its appreciation, a cauldron filled with something bubbling and steaming...
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