too-many-movies's - Rented List

An ordinary family are accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table.

When Sophie (Miranda July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater) decide to adopt a stray cat, their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.

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On a hot summer day, a bicycle is found in a wheat field, and nearby, the body of a young girl. The killer is never found. 23 years later. Same date. Same place. Another bicycle. Another girl.

This time round, an ageing detective convinced that history is repeating itself, comes out of retirement determined to track down the perpetrator with the help of his young colleague. Spanning a week in the investigation, both of them will begin a journey that will see intact worlds shatter apart.

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We love our mobile phones – they have become an integral part of modern urban life and the selection between different models has never been greater.

But what most of us don't know is that there is a bloody secret hidden in each one with the majority of the minerals used to produce phones coming from mines in the Eastern DR Congo. The Western World is buying these so-called conflict minerals and thereby financing a civil war that, according to human rights organisations, has been the bloodiest conflict since World War II. During the last 15 years, the conflict has cost the lives of more than 5 million people with an estimated 300,000 women raped. The war will continue as long as armed groups can finance their warfare by selling minerals.

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An extraordinary moment in time is captured in this enlightening new film, which follows three characters working on the frontline of China's foray into Africa.

Described by The Times as "a rare grass roots view into one of the most important economic challenges of our age", 'When China Met Africa' takes us to the grass-roots of globalisation to reveal the expanding footprint of a rising global power. This captivating portrait from award-winning filmmakers Marc Francis and Nick Francis (Black Gold), points to a radically different future, not just for Africa, but also for the world.

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Gu-nam (Ha Jung-woo) is a desperate debt-ridden gambler and taxi driver living in Yanji City — a region that has adjoining borders to North Korea, China and Russia. His wife fled to South Korea six months ago and he hasn't heard from her since.

In order to repay his debts and attempt to find his wife this mild, unassuming man accepts a contract killing from local gangster Myun-ga (Kim Yun-seok). Crossing the dangerous Yellow Sea to Seoul he seeks out both his target and wife, but soon finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy of lies, deceit and betrayal.

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One young boy becomes, over the course of ten years, a young man. It is a common story but this is Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous countries on earth. What makes the story even more remarkable is the humour and adventure that runs through it. Every new-challenge is met with a smile.

Few films, if any have revealed the inner life of an Afghan family and no other film has tracked Afghans from the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 for a decade. To understand the world, you need to understand Afghanistan. To understand Afghanistan you need to understand the Afghan people.

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This encounter between a team of Canadian intelligence agents and a child detainee in Guantanamo has never before been seen.

Based on seven hours of video footage recently declassified by Ihe Canadian courts this documentary delves into Ihe unfolding high-stakes game of cat and mouse between captor and captive over a four day period. Maintaining the surveillance camera style this film analyses the political, legal and scientific aspects of a forced dialogue.

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Ten year old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure to be a boy.

Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure becomes Michael, and so begins a summer of long sunny afternoons, playground games and first kisses. But with the school term fast approaching, how long can Laure keep her secret?

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In Middle America, three horny teenagers travel to Cooper's Dell after responding to an older woman's online invitation for sex.

However, their schoolboy fantasy turns sinister as Christian extremists, led by the twisted preacher Abin Cooper (Michael Parks), hold them captive in a compound known as the Five Points Church. As the Pastor and his congregation embark on a reign of terror forcing the boys to witness executions before being prepared for their own death, they have to contend with the arrival of Federal Agent Joseph Keenan {John Goodman) and his team who are armed, dangerous and ready to bring them all down.

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Travelling deep into the hostile, unforgiving countryside, Laura and her father are forced to spend the night in an isolated, rundown cottage. With no civilisation for hundreds of miles and no electricity, Laura begins to dread the oncoming night.

As darkness prevails her father investigates a strange noise from upstairs. When he doesn't return, Laura has nothing but fear to console her. But she's not alone. Something is waiting in the shadows, something that knows her worst nightmares.

To secure money for his family that will support them for the rest of their lives, Miloš (Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic), a retired adult film star from Serbia, plunges once more into the depths of pornographic production only to find that his new mysterious and menacing employer has unthinkable terrors in store for him.

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Stationed on the Helmand frontline in Camp Armadillo, the platoon fights increasingly fierce battles with an enemy that is nearby but rarely seen. Metz captures life on the frontline with an uncompromising and intense vision, bearing witness to the realities of the combat zone.

As the fighting intensifies, the effect of modern warfare is gradually realised as exhaustion, fear and adrenaline set in. Idealism meets paranoia in an authentic gun battle and decisions are made that can never be reversed. Gripping, thought provoking and visceral, this is as close as you get to battle action from the edge of your seat.

When an Islamic fundamentalist group massacres a team of foreign workers, fear sweeps through the region and the brothers are faced with abandoning their monastery and the community who depend on them, or making the courageous decision to stay.