dont-be-a-fred's - Rented List
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Simon (Jesse Eisenberg) 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 (Mia Wasikowska). 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 life. - Director:
- Richard Ayoade
- Cast:
- Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn
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Slipstream is set in a world where nature has gone mad and flying, fuelled by the wind, is the principal means of travel. A runaway fugitive, being taken to prison by two law officers, is kidnapped by a young adventurer intent on collecting a reward. They head off down the Slipstream - a river of wind - in a small solar-powered craft with the law officers in pursuit. The changing relationship of these four characters is played out within a series of strange and threatening adventures, leading to an exciting climax in the turbulent winds of the Slipstream. - Director:
- Steven Lisberger
- Cast:
- Bob Peck, Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge
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Saw II (2005)Saw 2
Jigsaw is back. The brilliant, disturbed mastermind who wreaked havoc on his victims in last year's SAW is back for another round of horrifying life-or-death games. When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Mathews (Donnie Wahlberg) begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his nefarious plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives - and now it's time for Mathews to join the game. - Director:
- Darren Lynn Bousman
- Cast:
- Donnie Wahlberg, Conrad Coates, Beverley Mitchell
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Set in exciting and exotic locations 'Crossing Lines' taps into the charter of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to mandate a special crime unit to investigate serialized crimes that cross over borders, hunt down criminals and bring them to justice a global FBI is born. 'Crossing Lines' stars William Fichtner as Carl Hickman, a wounded New York cop, pulled from the edge by a group of unlikely saviors, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Donald Sutherland as Michel Dorn, an inspector in the International Criminal Court, and Marc Lavoine as Louis Daniel, the head of an elite cross-border police unit charged with hunting down the worlds most brutal criminals. - Director:
- Daniel Percival
- Cast:
- William Fichtner, Marc Lavoine, Gabriella Pession
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Blast off your inhibitions as The Simpsons creator Matt Groening brings you another far-out collection of Futurama fun! In addition to a full payload of outrageous extras not shown on TV, Season Six delivers 13 mind-Bendering new episodes that involve time travel, self-replication, covert missions, alien eggs, and more robot roughhousing than you can shake a girder at. It's a scream...the good kind! - Director:
- Edmund Fong
- Cast:
- Billy West, The Hypnotoad, Katey Sagal
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After a horrific car accident, Anna (Christina Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn't believe she's dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own death. But Anna's grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Justin Long) still can't shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isn't what he appears to be. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to unlocking the disturbing truth, but it could be too late; Anna may have already begun to cross over to the other side. - Director:
- Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
- Cast:
- Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)Super Mario Bros: The Movie
The movie tells the story of two Brooklyn plumbers who are brothers and best friends: Mario, the brave one with the "let's-a go" attitude, and the perpetually anxious Luigi, who would prefer to go nowhere. We open with the Super Mario Brothers reckoning with their struggling plumbing business, and wind up in a whirlwind adventure through Mushrooms Kingdom. Through their journey, we meet a cast of familiar, lovable characters, ultimately uniting together to defeat the power-hungry villain, Bowser. - Director:
- Aaron Horvath
- Cast:
- Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day
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FireStarter (2022)Firestarter
Blumhouse reignites 'Firestarter' with this explosive adaptation of the classic Stephen King thriller. Protected by her parents, Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) has lived her childhood on the run and has kept her extraordinary pyrokinetic powers in check. But now that she's turning 11, the flames are harder to control, and sinister forces are seeking to capture her. Charlie must learn to embrace the fire from within and fight to control it in order to protect her family and freedom. - Director:
- Keith Thomas
- Cast:
- Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon
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Nicholas Hoult stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history's most narcissistic boss: Dracula (Nicolas Cage). For centuries, Renfield has slavishly served Dracula by procuring his master's prey and doing his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, Renfield is ready to look for a new life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness, if only he can figure out how to end the toxic, codependent relationship... - Director:
- Chris McKay
- Cast:
- Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina
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Moonwalkers (2015)Moonwalk
From Michel Gondry's acclaimed producer comes 'Moonwalkers', a hilarious, high-concept action comedy, that asks the question, 'what if Apollo 11 never actually made it?' What if, instead, the legendary Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US government? This is the premise of a perfectly plausible conspiracy theory that takes us to swinging sixties London, where a stubborn CIA agent (Ron Perlman) is forced to team up with the lousy manager of a seedy rock band (Rupert Grint) to develop the biggest con of all time, in this riotous, high-tempo action-comedy! - Director:
- Antoine Bardou-Jacquet
- Cast:
- Rupert Grint, Vibol-Joseph Sok, Ron Perlman
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Sleepless Night (2011)Nuit Blanche
Vincent (Tomer Sisley) is a cop with connections to a vicious criminal underworld. He and his partner steal a batch of cocaine from a powerful drug baron, but Vincent is identified in the heist. The gangsters kidnap Vincent's son to hold him hostage until he returns their stolen goods, but he no longer has them. - Director:
- Frédéric Jardin
- Cast:
- Tomer Sisley, Serge Riaboukine, Julien Boisselier
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Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)The Futurama Movie
Uncancel your plans for the future - Futurama is back! In this all new, feature-length epic, evil nudist aliens send Bender on a rampage through time, forcing him - slightly against his will - to steal all of Earth's priceless historic treasures. Will the heroic Planet Express crew save the planet? Will Leela find true love? Will the ancient and terrible secret of Fry's buttocks be revealed? - Director:
- Dwayne Carey-Hill
- Cast:
- Billy West, The Hypnotoad, Katey Sagal
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Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow - and blood. - Director:
- Elizabeth Banks
- Cast:
- Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O'Shea Jackson Jr.
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When Montego Air Flight 828 landed safely after a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers were relieved. Yet in the span of those few hours, the world had aged five years, and their friends, families and colleagues had given up hope and moved on after mourning their losses. Now, faced with the impossible, the survivors have been given a second chance. But as their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds, and some of the returned passengers soon realise they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible. Sixteen enthralling episodes deliver an emotionally rich, unexpected journey into a world grounded in hope, heart and destiny. - Director:
- David Frankel
- Cast:
- Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, Luna Blaise
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He's a new kind of hero, one you may not want to call on for help! When Stanley (Jim Carrey) finds an ancient mask, he believes his luck is finally going to change. He might even get the girl, supermodel Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz), but by putting on the mask, he gets more that he bargained for…The relic fuses to his face turning him from a meek, normal man into an indestructible, wise-cracking hero. He contorts his body; moves at warp speed; knows your every desire; satisfies your every whim; and dances like Fred Astaire, Gumby and Barishnikov rolled into one! - Director:
- Chuck Russell
- Cast:
- Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert
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