When they combine lies, murder, date rape, mysterious parenthood, and gender confusion in a movie it's generally considered to be a melodrama. The Skin I Live In takes it to another level and turns physical improvements into some horrific experiments gone awry. Dr. Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) is a plastic surgeon who attempts to cultivate a new human skin that is impervious to burns. His wife died 12 years back after severe burns led her to commit suicide. His work thus far has only been on mice but he needs a human "guinea pig" to insure his efforts work. Here is where the horror begins! eems the good doctor has a female captive who he plans on using to test his newly developed skin. His servant, Marilia helps keep the woman under control but when her son, Zeca commits a robbery commits robbery and asks mom to hide him a few days, he discovers the captive woman and rapes her. Upon Dr. Ledgard's return he kills Zeca when he finds him raping his captive. We witness more mayhem including sexual reassignment, rapes, suicides, and murders. Quite a price to pay for fire proof skin!tarring Antonio Banderas (Homeland Security, Zorro) is Dr. Ledgard, Roberto ГЃlamo is Zeca, and Marisa Paredes is Marilia.

Based on factual events this film pits a pair of young enthusiastic attorneys against the established big money of the pharmaceutical industry. When an ER nurse is accidently pricked when handling a contaminated needle, the law firm which handles personal injury claims becomes involved. Mike Weiss, who is played by Chris Evans (Street Kings, Push), is young and dedicated even though he also happens to be a drug addict works for a Houston law firm that's main specialty is handling personal injury claims. His partner Paul Danziger (Mark Kassen of Bernard and Doris, The Sasquatch Gang) who also directs Puncture also works what could be their case of a lifetime. They take on the case involving a hospital ER nurse named Vicky (Vinessa Shaw from Two Lovers, Stag Night) who accidently stuck herself with a syringe. Seems the big drug companies prevent the use of safer syringes to ward off such accidents happening. They seem willing to risk permanent and sometimes fatal results without consideration for others.ach year millions risk infection and contamination by such diseases as Hepatitis C and even HIV when accidental pricks occur. This time around there are two young lawyers who care enough to pursue it to a settlement even though it stretches their law firms business to near collapse. This even takes on international proportions because of the millions who die each year in Africa due to faulty syringes.

Being idealistic and trying to exist in the world of high level politics simply do not play well together in the real world. Politicians tend to have their own agenda and become cynical in order to survive. Young staffers who come onboard a campaign with seasoned front runners will soon find out just what it takes to win. This is a modern day version of the way politics is conducted with all of its good and bad sides given equal time, and the timing could not be better. he candidate is Democratic Presidential contender Mike Morris, portrayed by George Clooney (The Perfect Storm, The Men Who Stare at Goats) who is also writer and director of The Ides of March. yan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love, All Good Things) is Stephen Myers, young and ambitious mastermind of the Morris campaign. aul Giamatti (Cinderella Man, Sideways) is the rival competition campaign manager, Tom Duffy.scar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman is Paul Zara, mentor and campaign manager to Presidential contender Mike Morris.his film provides an interesting and mostly realistic portrayal of insider politics when the real thing is fast approaching us.

A Roman hero, Coriolanus absolutely hated the people who revered him. His extreme views and inflexible beliefs incited riots and turned Ancient Rome into a bloody battleground. Even his mother, Volumnia, turned against him as politicians strove to outmaneuver and manipulate him into being more peaceful. One of the most violent periods in Roman history and with plenty of action and violence, this side of Shakespeare presents us with a viewpoint on how dangerous it was to live in Rome back then. Great location shots and plenty of fight scenes make this a fast paced film in which Shakespearian language dominates but is still easy to understand and follow.ctor Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Parts 1 & 2) doubles as director and star of Coriolanus, is Caius Martius Coriolanus. Gerard Butler (Machine Gun Preacher, The Bounty Hunter) is Tullus Audfidius, Vanessa Redgrave (The Whistleblower, Letters to Juliet) portrays Volumnia, mother of Coriolanus, and Jessica Chastain (The Help, Take Shelter) is Virgilia, wife of Coriolanus. Watch for plenty of bloodshed and violence which was evidently what Ancient Rome was all about.

Being a father means accepting the responsibility involved with parenthood. Men take their job of fatherhood as seriously as women do (when entering motherhood), and they thrive on it. It's what we have been put on this earth for. But while being a great Dad is important, each man must decide how to go about accomplishing that very important virtue. Some do better than others, some fail and even drop out of the challenge. Those who are courageous enough to stick around are rewarded by seeing their child grow up to be a responsible adult, and become a parent themselves. ourageous involves four fathers who happen to be police officers. Each in a different stage of fatherhood, he must decide how best to be a parent and he learns what it means to be a great father. Presented by the Sherwood Baptist Church, and done on a tiny budget (just over one million dollars), this film is spiritual and realistic. Starring Alex Kendrick (associate pastor at Sherwood Baptist), Ken Bevel (Marine Corps officer), Ben Davies, and Kevin Downes.

The story begins back in 1997 when the shocking news gets the attention of now retired secret agents of Mossad, informing them of the fate of their colleague David. The stellar cast includes Helen Mirren (The Queen, State of Play), an Academy Award winner as secret agent, Rachel. Directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, Proof) The Debt is suspense filled and one of those films that keep audiences on the edge of their seats throughout. am Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Avatar) is the younger David from 1997 and the same character in 2011 is portrayed by Ciarán Hinds (Race to Witch Mountain, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) who, along with his team members are a successful Nazi hunting unit.he Debt is a remake of a successful Israeli drama thriller from 2007 with the same name and directed by Assaf Bernstein. This time around it has the benefit of having a well known cast and far bigger budget.

Emma Morley portrayed by award winner Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs, Valentine's Day) and Dexter Mayhew (British actor Jim Sturgess from Heartless, The Way Back) meet and become close friends who will find their lives intertwined for the rest of their lives. Dexter is wealthy and quite the charmer who is certain the world is his playground and Emma is the typical working class gal who is more reality bound but dreams of making the world around her a better place in which to live.ver the decades they find their lives have much in common and relationships each are involved in result in many missed opportunities. July the 15th is an important time for both and they compare notes regarding their private lives but eventually realize that what they need is right there in front of them. Love and life take some unexpected twists and turns for each of us and this movie exemplifies that what we want in life may be easy to attain if we only look in the right places.