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Parker is a 2013 American action crime thriller film directed by Taylor Hackford. Starring Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez, the film is adapted from Flashfire, the 19th Parker novel, written by Donald Westlake under the pen name Richard Stark.

Primarily set in Palm Beach, Florida, the film revolves around professional thief Parker (Statham), who is double-crossed by his crew. He sets out for revenge on them, helped by a real-estate agent (Lopez) in a quest to steal what his former accomplices intend to rob at a jewelry heist.

Parker marked a departure for Hackford, who hoped to make it his first film noir. The film, produced on a "mid-30s" budget, was conceived following Westlake's 2008 death, when producer Les Alexander secured the rights to it.

It premiered in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 24, 2013, and was released in the United States on January 25. Reviews were generally mixed, leaning towards the negative, with many film critics feeling that it was a poor adaptation of the book, and typical of Statham's sub-par action films of the past few years. Others found Statham well-fitted for the role of Parker and praised Lopez for providing comedic relief. It grossed $48.5 million worldwide at the box office.

Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief, specializing in big robberies, who follows a unique code—he doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. His mentor Hurley (Nick Nolte) asks him take charge of a job with a crew he doesn't know, consisting of Melander (Michael Chiklis), Carlson (Wendell Pierce), Ross (Clifton Collins Jr.), and Hardwicke (Micah Hauptman). The job, taking the gate money from the Ohio State Fair, is successful, but Hardwicke ignored instructions, resulting in him needlessly killing a man in a fire that was set as a distraction.

Parker, disgusted with the crew's unprofessional standards, refuses to participate in another robbery that could net them millions. Needing his share of the Ohio loot to finance the bigger job, Melander's crew decides to shoot Parker and leave him to die alongside a road. Having barely survived, Parker is found by a family of tomato farmers who take him to the hospital, where he subdues a male nurse, steals his uniform, and escapes. He then robs a check-cashing store, shooting the proprietor in the leg, ties up both the proprietor and his employee, gagging them with duct tape, then steals a woman's car.

Parker tells Hurley he wants to go after the double-crossing Melander, who has gone to Palm Beach, Florida for another heist. Upon learning that Parker is alive, the crew uses mob connections to hire a hitman named Kroll (Daniel Bernhardt). Kroll tries to kidnap Parker's girlfriend Claire (Emma Booth), who is Hurley's daughter. She narrowly escapes and goes into hiding. Hurley is worried and suggests Parker run away with her, but Parker is completely intent on revenge.

In Palm Beach, Parker poses as a wealthy Texan named Daniel Parmitt, looking for a place to live. Leslie Rodgers (Jennifer Lopez) is a depressed, unsuccessful real-estate agent living with her mother (Patti LuPone), struggling financially after a divorce. She is thrilled when Parker (as Parmitt) appears to become interested in her properties because she is desperate for a commission.

Leslie becomes suspicious when Parker only shows interest in a house that a man named Rodrigo recently purchased and is remodelling. In reality, Rodrigo is Melander, who is staying in the house with the crew in anticipation of a $50 million jewelry auction they plan to rob. Parker returns to the house to plant his guns, find their weapons and disable the firing pins.

Leslie finds out that Parker is using a fake identity. She offers her local knowledge in exchange for a commission of the robbery. He considers it only after making Leslie strip to show she isn't wearing a wire. Together, they plan to steal the jewels from Melander after he robs them from the auction. Leslie makes a pass at Parker, but he remains distant, though obviously attracted to her.

Melander's crew disguise themselves as delivery men. Meanwhile, Kroll learns that Parker is in Palm Beach, and he attempts to kill him. After a brutal and bloody fight, Kroll stabs Parker through the hand, but ends up falling to his death from Parker's hotel balcony.

The next morning, Palm Beach Sheriff's Deputy Jake Fernandez (Bobby Cannavale) arrives with questions for Leslie after learning that she was in business with Daniel Parmitt. She is shocked when she discovers a bloody Parker hiding in her house with her mother's permission. At her workplace, Leslie is horrified when she watches a video of Kroll's death online, which was filmed by local onlookers. At Parker's request, she contacts Claire, who comes to stitch up his wounds. Their subsequent encounter makes it clear to Leslie that Claire is the woman in his life.

The crew successfully steals the jewels. They swim back to the house, where a weak and injured Parker is waiting to ambush them. Worried that Parker might need help, Leslie begins snooping around the garden. She is found and taken inside, where the crew abuse and question her, assuming she and Parker are working together. Ross goes outside where he is killed by Parker, stabbing him in the neck. Melander's other men begin to panic.

Melander finds Parker and a fight ensues. Carlson starts to molest Leslie, but she shoots him with a gun she noticed under the table that Parker had planted. Parker, in spite of his wounds, is able to kill Melander. All members of the crew end up dead. Parker and Leslie arrange for the jewels to be hidden and for her to be sent her cut. They part ways, Parker showing some regret as she leaves.

Six months later, Parker goes to Chicago and kills the syndicate boss who hired Kroll to kill him. One year later, Leslie receives two hefty boxes in the mail containing several million dollars. The tomato farmers who saved Parker's life are shown talking to somebody about how they somehow got a great deal of money that has changed their lives. They credit the stranger, thinking he must have been an angel sent to test them.

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Very Good Girls (2013)

Very Good Girls is the first feature directed by American screenwriter Naomi Foner, whose script for drama Running on Empty was Oscar-nominated. First screened publicly in early 2013, the coming-of-age drama stars Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen as two friends who fall for the same man (Boyd Holbrook). The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2013; it was given release on home formats on June 24, 2014.

The supporting cast includes Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin, Clark Gregg, and Peter Sarsgaard. The film was produced by Norton Herrick, Michael London, and Mary Jane Skalski.

Best friends Lily (Fanning) and Gerri (Olsen), are home for one last New York summer. Gerri and Lily decide to run naked on the beach and into the water and they both laugh as people watch them swim. Gerri runs into the ice cream sign of a guy selling ice cream on the boardwalk. She apologizes and tries to make conversation, however he is more interested in Lily. Lily is rude to him in defense of Gerri. As both girls ride away, the guy takes a picture of Lily from the back.

When coming home from the beach, Lily goes to get her father for dinner, when she walks in on him kissing another woman in his office. Lily is obviously upset by this, but chooses not to say anything to her mother. Upset with what she just witnessed, she goes over to Gerri's to talk to her. Gerri's family is much more open and commutative than hers. They talk about sex and politics, which comforts Lily, being that this is completely different than the silence in her house. Lily talks about leaving for Yale in the fall and complains about how her boss is a pervert. Sitting outside later that night, both girls discuss the fact that they are 'the last ones' and decide make a pact to lose their virginity before leaving for college.

Lily is boat tour guide in Manhattan and while walking to work, the guy from the boardwalk (Holbrook) they met before notices her crossing the street. He decides to post the picture he took of her around the block asking where she lives. Lily later sees them on the way home and blushes. While talking to Gerri later that night, she realizes that Gerri also has a crush on the guy from the ice cream stand, saying that she saw matches on his stand with a restaurant name on them. She went to the restaurant the night before and found out his name is David. Lily, planning on telling Gerri about the posters around the block of her, decides not to since she can see Gerri likes David. The next day, Lily goes to the boardwalk hoping to see David. They run into each other on the beach and he asks her to come and hang out with him. She says she doesn't think she should, but gives him her address. Later that night, while listening to Gerri sing her song she wrote, Gerri tells Lily that she called the restaurant where David works in hopes of talking to him. However, he wasn't there. Lily responds with, "you barely even know the guy," making Gerri feel insecure. Lily then returns home to find her mother crying with knowledge of her father, Edward's affair. Lily yells at her mother asking her to have their father stay since she doesn't want the family broken up. Norma then asks her to leave the room since she is upsetting her and her sisters. Lily sits outside on the porch and is greeted by David who she goes to hang out with. They go to a studio apartment his friend lets him stay in if he acts like security for the place. Lily learns that David is an artist and he wants to travel the world. This is very attractive to Lily since she herself wants to leave. David kisses her, but tells her that she better get home. Lily then asks David if he is really going to see Gerri on Friday. He doesn't answer and Lily leaves. The next night at open mic night, Gerri discusses her date with David. She is confused as to why he didn't want to hook up with her. Last minute, David shows up to see Gerri sing. Lily and David sit next to each other and listen to Gerri perform the song she wrote about him. David then takes Lily's hand and holds it under the table. The three of them have an awkward goodbye, as David walks away without giving Gerri a hug, which confuses her. The two talk as they walk further down the block about Lily's dad and the affair which leads to Gerri saying that, 'you should be able to trust the ones you love most.' Feeling guilty about David, Lily decides to go home early, while Gerri meets up with other musicians.

The next day at work, Lily's boss (Sarsgaard) flirts with her and asks her if she wants any night shifts. Lily says she is running late and heads to Gerri's. Kate (Moore), Gerri's mom lectures Lily saying that she needs to make clear boundaries with her boss. Walking home, Lily finds David waiting outside her house. She tells him that she doesn't understand what he wants, but instead of answering her, he kisses her and the two have sex in her garage on sleeping bags. The next morning while on her way to work, Lily finds the sleeping bag rolled up in the garage with the Sylvia Plath book of Poetry, which David had her read some when she was first at his place. She runs into her father who asks her to have dinner with him and apologizes for leaving the house. She says no and walks to work. Later that day while at a cookout with Gerri and her family, Gerri says she invited David to the cookout but he said he couldn't come.

After an awkward encounter with her mom, Lily takes a shower in which David sneaks in through the window. The two have sex in the shower. They later go around the city posting David's art. They dance and David takes their picture together. The two have sex later that evening, where Lily and David talk about their greatest fears. Lily calls her mother to tell her that she won't be home for dinner, when she tells Lily that Gerri's father died and she has been trying to contact Lilly all day. Lily, obviously upset leaves David to be with Gerri.

Gerri breaks down to Lily saying that now her life will never be the same now that her dad is gone. This encourages Lily to ask her mother to forgive her father. Gerri talks to Lily how she wishes David were here for her and that she can't stop thinking about him. Meanwhile, David keeps calling Lily in which she keeps ignoring them. On her way to work, Lily rebuffs David and asks him to go see Gerri. David goes to see Gerri and she breaks down to David and asks him to make love to her. The two kiss and he comforts her. At her father's memorial service, Gerri tells Lily that her and David made love and she lost her virginity. Lily, upset goes home and later that night, after calling David and getting his voicemail, decides to kiss with her boss on the tour boat. The two start to fool around, but when he leaves to get a condom, Lily runs to David's place. She asks him why he had sex with Gerri and as she is leaving, tells him she had sex with her boss. The next day, Lily comes home to her dad and mom cooking in the kitchen. They tell her that they are back together.

While hanging out with Gerri in the park, Gerri asks Lily if she should call David. Lily snaps at her and tells her that she is making a fool of herself and should leave him alone. Taken back by what she said, Lily apologizes and leaves abruptly. David later confronts Lily asking her to tell Gerri how everything happened and says that he didn't sleep with Gerri. Lily storms off ignoring him. While Gerri and David hang out in the gardens, Lily sees them and afterwards, Gerri tells Lily that David told her that he is leaving for Paris the next day. Lily goes to David's place to say goodbye and tells him that she never slept with her boss and said that to hurt him. David tells her that she is full of it and soon there won't be anyone left to play with. As he gets a cab, he kisses her goodbye and leaves. While walking away, Lily sees that Gerri saw the whole thing. Confronting Lily, Gerri becomes furious, calls her conceited and yells at her for 'playing God when her father died.' Devastated, Lily runs after her apologizing and Gerri runs home.

Lily later confides in her dad, saying she lost her virginity and explains the situation with Gerri. Her dad tells her that people aren't perfect and sometimes it's harder to forgive yourself. He also tells her that people are full of surprises and thanks her for telling him. About to leave for college, Lilly is packing up the car when Gerri comes over and hands her a photograph David sent her, therefore making sure the two of them saw each other after he left. The two girls make up and Gerri tells her that she actually never slept with David because he told her that he was in love with someone else. The two end up dancing in their underwear with Lily's sister while the sprinklers come on.

Little England (Greek: Μικρά Αγγλία, Mikra Anglia) is a 2013 Greek perioddrama–romance film directed by Pantelis Voulgaris. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Ioanna Karystiani, Voulgaris' wife, and stars Pinelopi Tsilika, Sofia Kokkali, Aneza Papadopoulou and Andreas Konstantinou. The plot revolves around two sisters, Orsa and Moscha from the island of Andros, dubbed Little England because of its affluence, who are both in love with Spyros; it starts in the interwar period and ends in the 1950s.

The film achieved commercial success in Greece, as it was the second-highest grossing film of 2013 and the first amongst the Greek films. Little England also met critical success domestically and abroad. It was nominated for thirteen Hellenic Film Academy Awards and won six, including the award for Best Film. Internationally, it dominated at the 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival, winning three Golden Goblet Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Actress, and it is also nominated for a Satellite Awardfor Best Foreign Language Film. Little England was submitted by Greece for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

 

Miss Call (2013)

나가요미스콜 (na-ga-yo-mi-seu-kol)

Miss Sin (Min Song-ah), Miss Go (Han Gyoo-ri), Miss Choi (Yoo Seon-yeong) and Miss Lee (Tae Woo) are women who used to be hot in Kangnam, Seoul. They are sick of the prostitution world and leave for their hometwon in Jinan. They open a coffee shop called "Miss Call" and swoon all the men in the area. People start coming in from afar to see them after hearing about them on the Internet. But one day, a madame they used to work for visits their coffee shop...

Directed by Han Dong-ho (한동호)

Cast :
Choi Jong-hoon (최종훈)
Han Gyoo-ri (한규리) As Miss Go (미스 고)
Min Song-ah (민송아) As Miss Sin (미스 신)
TaeU (태우) As Miss Lee (미스 리)
Yoo Seon-yeong (유선영) As Miss Choi (미스 최)
Yoo Yeong-joon (유영준) As Deliveryman (배달원)


Release date in South Korea : 2014/03/13

http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Miss_Call.php

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