"The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013)

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Margot Robbie
Written by Terence Winter
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Rated R - Strong language, frequent drug use, graphic nudity/sex, some violence
Running Time: 179 Minutes
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Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a man destined to be rich. Arriving on Wall Street in his early 20s, he quickly catches the notice of the brokers above him, including Mark Hanna (Matthew McConaughey) who takes him to lunch and teaches him the secrets of his success. Soon enough, though, the market crash of the late 80s leaves Belfort jobless. Desperate, he takes a position selling penny stocks at a small accounting firm where he's shocked to find he can make 50% commission selling junk stocks to desperate losers.

Inspiration takes hold. Belfort practically takes over the place, up-selling these lame stocks with the promise of huge profits and taking massive commissions. It's not long before he starts his own firm with his neighbor, Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill). Belfort hires a bunch of his childhood friends, most of whom are just drug dealers, and teaches them how to sell stocks over the phone.

Business booms, and Belfort's firm quickly explodes onto the Wall Street scene. And now he's got a new target: Rather than sell junk stocks to desperate people for a few thousand dollars, why not sell them to rich people for much, much more? With all of his fantastic success, Belfort's life becomes a roller coaster of debauched excess. He falls for a former model, Naomi (Margot Robbie), and it ruins his first marriage to a hair dresser Teresa (Cristin Milioti).

His office is so out of control, he's forced to hire his father "Mad" Max Belfort (Rob Reiner) to keep everyone in line. That includes declaring the bathrooms "No-fuck zones" to keep employees from having sex during working hours.

All of this catches the eye of FBI agent Patrick Denham (Kyle Chandler), who becomes determined to unravel Belfort's life. But Belfort's escalating drug use and misbehavior might make that job easier...

"American Hustle" (2013)

Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper
Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Directed by David O. Russell
Rated R - Strong language, brief nudity, sexual situations
Running Time: 138 Minutes
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In the late 1970s, Irving Rosenfield (Christian Bale) has found a sort of happy balance in his life. Sure, he's not really happy, but he's moderately successful at his business that allows him to live a fairly comfortable life with his wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) and adopted son Daniel. What is that business? Well, Irving owns a chain of dry cleaning businesses in New York and New Jersey, but his real business is conning people.

Irving makes a good living selling and trading fake or stolen art, in addition to sharking $5,000 at a time from desperate people looking for a loan. All this changes, however, when he meets Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), a young woman, like him, looking to get a leg up in the world. Prosser is desperate to reinvent herself, and Irving gives her the perfect opportunity. Together, they expand Irving's loan-con business and things start to go pretty well.

Until they get ensnared in the grasp of ambitious FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). Richie threatens to toss Sydney (now going by the name 'Edith' and speaking regularly with an atrocious British accent as part of her new identity) in prison unless she and Irving help him snare some bigger fish.

That fish is Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner), family man and beloved mayor of Camden, New Jersey. Carmine's big ambition is to revitalize Atlantic City, which, despite the recent passage of gambling laws that would allow for massive casino resorts, is a total dump. Soon enough, Irving, Richie and Syd have their hooks in Carmine and the sting is on.

But that's not enough for Richie. When Carmine hangs even bigger and bigger fish in front of him, Irving, Sydney and Rosalyn find themselves falling deeper and deeper into a more complicated, dangerous game they might not even get out of alive.

"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013)

Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth
Written by Simon Beaufoy and Michael deBruyn
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Rated PG-13 - Violence, language, frightening images
Running Time: 146 Minutes
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After surviving the 74th Hunger Games, the tributes from District 12, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), return to a world in turmoil. Both suffer from nightmares after their traumatic experiences, but they're forced to relive it when they must go on a Victory Tour of the 12 districts. Worse, the two are forced to continue their sham romance for the cameras, something Katniss knows causes deep pain for Peeta. He loves her, but her affections are for Gale (Liam Hemsworth).

But what Katniss and Peeta find on the tour shocks them even more: the people appear to be resisting the forces of President Snow (Donald Sutherland). They see Katniss as a symbol of hope and rebellion, a symbol Snow is eager to wipe away. Together with the new master of the Hunger Games, Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Snow plots Katniss' downfall. To turn the people against Katniss, Heavensbee suggests, they must make them hate her.

But with each attempt to discredit her, the people rally more and more for the cause of freedom. And so now the game is on: Katniss is called back into the Hunger Games for a special all-stars edition, where she and Peeta will face off against the ruthless winners of previous years.

"Red Dawn" (2012)

Starring Chris Hemsworth, Adrianne Palicki and Josh Peck
Written by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore
Directed by Dan Bradley
Rated PG-13 - Violence, language
Running Time: 93 Minutes
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Jed Eckert (Chris Hemsworth) is a US Marine on leave, going home to Spokane, Washington, to visit his father, police sergeant Tom Eckert (Brett Cullen) and younger brother Matt (Josh Peck). He finds that Matt, now quarterback of the high school football team the Wolverines, is a cocky, selfish young man who thinks little of others.

That night, the power in town goes out, forcing Tom to go back on duty and leave Jed and Matt alone. When they awake, they find the world has changed around them: North Korean soldiers are parachuting from the skies, rounding up the townspeople. Jed and Matt escape to their father's cabin along with several of Matt's friends, including Robert (Josh Hutcherson), Daryl (Connor Cruise) the son of the mayor, and Toni Walsh (Adrianne Palicki) a friend of Matt's girlfriend, and a few strangers.

But after a fight with Jed, one of the  youngsters betrays their location to Captain Cho (Will Yun Lee) who leads the North Korean contingent in Spokane. Cho brings Tom Eckert and Mayor Jenkins (Michael Beach) to the cabin to force the kids' surrender. But Jed and the others hold strong. Their father asks them to go to war, just before Cho shoots him in the head.

Now, the Eckert boys see themselves forming a resistance. Using Jed's military training and calling themselves the Wolverines, the group of youngsters fights back against the invaders, rallying the people of Spokane to the cause of freedom.

"Thor: The Dark World" (2013)

Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston
Written by Christopher Yost, Christopher Marcus and Stephen McFeely
Directed by Alan Taylor
Rated PG-13 - Fantasy/sci-fi violence and action, language
Running Time: 112 Minutes
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Ages ago, an army of Dark Elves led by the vicious Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) waged war to control a powerful weapon called the Aether, capable of sapping the life out of the very universe itself. He was stopped by the forces of Asgard, led by Bor, father of Odin (Anthony Hopkins). The Dark Elves were defeated, Malekith and his lieutenant Algrim (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) sacrified most of their warriors to buy their escape and wait until the time was right to strike again.

That time is now, thousands of years later as the Nine Realms once again move into alignment, weakening the dimensional borders in a way that would allow the Aether to spread across the entire universe more quickly. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has spent the last couple years bringing peace and order back to the Nine Realms after the events of the first film and beating back the Chitauri invasion of Earth. He pines for Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) the human woman he fell for during his exile there, and his friends and father all notice the difference in him.

Foster, meanwhile, similarly wishes for Thor's return to Earth as she investigates a series of strange electromagnetic disturbances in London with her trusty intern Darcy (Kat Dennings) and her mentor Dr. Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgaard), who has somewhat lost his mind after the trauma of being brainwashed by Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Back on Asgard, Loki is imprisoned for his crimes against Asgard and for leading the invasion of Earth.

All these storylines will come crashing together when Foster accidentally discovers the location of the Aether and becomes infected by it, drawing Thor to her side to protect her and Malekith to seek her out in order to use her to destroy the known universe.

"Gravity" (2013)

Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney
Written by Alfonso Cuaron and Jonas Cuaron
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Rated PG-13 - Peril, frightening images, language
Running Time: 89 Minutes
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Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), an astronaut with little training, is on a mission to install a prototype scanning device she designed on board the Hubble telescope. She's joined by her mission commander, Matt Kowalski (George Clooney), a veteran of the program on his last mission. While on a spacewalk to install the device, their space shuttle is hit with debris from a destroyed Russian satellite. The debris is circling the world at high speed, destroying other satellites and creating more debris.

With their crew dead and shuttle destroyed, Stone and Kowalski find themselves alone in Earth orbit, out of contact with mission control in Houston. Stone's lack of training is causing her to panic, and her dwindling oxygen supply isn't helping. With limited options, and time running out before the debris circles round the planet for another devastating event, Stone and Kowalski make a desperate run for survival and salvation.

'Continuum' Season Two (2013)

Starring Rachel Nichols, Victor Webster and Erik Knudsen
Created by Simon Barry

Following the terrorist bombing in downtown Vancouver in Season One, time traveller Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols) decides to end her official association with the Vancouver PD. She feels it's safer for her and her allies there to work on the fringes. Meanwhile, her friend Alec Sadler (Erik Knudsen) suffers a personal crisis: His stepfather has been killed and his stepbrother Julian (Richard Harmon) was arrested in connection with the bombing.

Elsewhere, the terrorist group Liber8, now led by Sonya Valentine (Lexa Doig) continue their campaign to alter the future by taking the bold move of assassinating Vancouver's mayor. Kiera teams up with VPD detective Carlos Fonnegra (Victor Webster) once again to investigate the crime, and eventually pulls Alec back into the fold as well. But schisms within Liber8 set up an even deadlier set of circumstances as rival factions set off a gang war in the streets.

All the while, the influence of the mysterious and powerful owner of Piron Corp, the man known as "Escher" (Hugh Dillon) becomes known. Who is Escher? What interest does he hold in Kiera and Alec Sadler? And why is he using his money and power to turn the Vancouver Police into a private army with little regard for the rule of law?