kd-list's - Rented

A once abused woman, Sadie (Olivia Wilde), devotes herself to ridding victims of their domestic abusers, while hunting down the husband she must kill to truly be free. This is a compelling, gritty and highly enthralling revenge thriller with a powerful message.

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The Australian outback 1922...four men relentlessly track a fugitive, an aboriginal man accused of murder. In charge of the expedition is the Fanatic (Gary Sweet), calculating and complex. The Follower (Damon Gameau) is new to the frontier, a greenhorn.

The Veteran (Grant Page) is along for the ride, placing thoughts before action. But all three whites are dependent on the mysterious figure of the black Tracker (David Gulpilil). When an interrogation of a small group of bush blacks turns into a massacre, paranoia sets in, and the question becomes not will the fugitive be caught, but what is black and what is white...and who is leading whom?

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"Second Act" is an inspirational comedy starring Jennifer Lopez as Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations of not having achieved more in life. As an experienced, quick-witted, perceptive employee, she is passed over for a promotion solely because she doesn't have a college degree.

Until, that is, she gets the chance to prove that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a Second Act.

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Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80's who is broke, alone and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel.

And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement or the cartel's enforcers catch up to him.

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Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the colour of her skin.

When she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a prominent SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth - mandatory for all Aryan boys since 1936 - the two fall helplessly in love, putting both their lives at risk.

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When Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption.

After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family. Inspired by a true story, and also starring Octavia Spencer and Tig Notaro.

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New Grenada is a planned community in the rolling plains west of Denver. It is a soulless oasis of split level homes, coffee mornings and crushing blandness, where the adults strive to attract investment and their neglected kids are left to make their own entertainment.

When the youth centre closes at dusk, this means vandalism, drug-taking, theft and general hooliganism, resulting in the accidental shooting of a police officer. When the town's parents gather the next night to discuss the degeneration situation, they soon discover the kids have had all they can take.

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Hilarious and utterly unmissable, "The Lobster" is a darkly funny love story set in a near future where finding love is a matter of life or death... According to the rules of The City, single people are arrested and then transferred to The Hotel.

There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A desperate man (Colin Farrell) escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules.

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In the summer of 1940, the RAF hastily assembles the 303 squadron made up exclusively of Polish airmen, who have made their way across the English Channel following the Nazi invasion of their homeland.

Ace pilot Jan Zumbach (Maciej Zakoscielny) is among the brave recruits, who arrives in Britain with a broken heart, believing his sweetheart Jagoda (Anna Prus) is trapped in their invaded homeland. Jan dedicates himself to supporting the British pilots against the Luftwaffe onslaught.

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As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes in 'Life Itself'.

Director and writer Dan Fogelman (This Is Us, Crazy, Stupid, Love) examines the perils and rewards of everyday life in a multigenerational saga featuring an international ensemble including Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Olivia Cooke, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Laia Costa, Alex Monner and Mandy Patinkin. Set in New York City and Carmona, Spain, 'Life Itself' celebrates the human condition and all of its complications with humour, poignancy and love.

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Based on a short story by Haruki Murakami, this critically acclaimed South Korean film tells the story of Jongsu (Ah-in Yoo), a part-time worker who bumps into old neighbour Haemi (Jong-seo Jun).

She asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Kenya, but when she returns, Haemi introduces Ben (Steven Yeun) to Jongsu. One day, Ben visits Jongsu with Haemi and confesses his own secret hobby.

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The hilarious 'Lost in London' is a first-of-its-kind film event, which was shot and screened live simultaneously in select cinemas around the world. The film is loosely based on Woody Harrelson's tabloid-worthy and crazy London night, resulting in him getting in trouble with the law.

Directed and starring Woody Harrelson alongside cameos from Owen Wilson, Willie Nelson and Daniel Radcliffe, 'Lost in London' is a crazy trip, set in the streets of London, that will make you gasp and laugh in equal measures.

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François (Karim Leklou) is a petty drug dealer whose dream is to settle down and set up a Mr. Freeze's ice lolly franchise in Morocco.

But his ambition is smashed to pieces when he discovers that his own mother (Isabelle Adjani), a compulsive gambler and seasoned scammer, has burnt his savings that he was relying on to start their brand-new life. Putin, the local gang leader, offers François to do one last job in Spain so that he can make some money he desperately needs. Things go from bad to worse when the deal goes wrong and everyone around him gets involved: his disillusioned love Lamya (Oulaya Amamra), his stupid former father-in-law who just got out of prison, two inseparable and uncontrollable wannabe gangsters and last but not least...his glamorous and manipulative mother.

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John Travolta stars in action-packed and testosterone-fuelled 'Burning Rubber' as he takes on veteran race car driver Derek Bornt in a gripping story rooted in high-speed danger.

A retired car racing legend is drawn back to the dirt track when his son, an aspiring driver, joins a rival racing team sparking an intense and dangerous competition between father and son.

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Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process, Dr Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson), to get the same treatment.

But as his memories of Clementine begin to fade, Joel suddenly realizes how much he still loves her.