BEOWULF & GRENDEL is based on an Iceland poem about a an ongoing battle between the warrior Beowulf (Gerard Butler of DRACULA 3000 and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) and a marauding troll, Grendel (Ingvar Sigurdsson).  But BEOWULF & GRENDEL is no Scandinavian fairy tale.  Icelandic born director Gunnarsson’s (RARE BIRDS) and scriptwriter Andrew Rai Berzins’ tale comes complete with sex, foul language and graphically violent fights that often result in severed limbs and other assorted body parts.  For example, the film’s funniest joke involves bestiality.

The re-make of the Disney classic THE SHAGGY D.A., THE SHAGGY DOG contains all the key elements of Disney – a story centered on a family with family values, harmless humor and animals.  Dave Douglas (Tim Allen) is a busy up and coming district attorney who spends more time at work than with his family.  That is until a dog gene enters his blood stream and he turns shaggy.  He learns that family time is most important while saving the day for animal lovers and animal testing.

Plot: Geum-ja is released from prison after serving 13 years for kidnapping and murdering a young boy. The kind-hearted Geum-ja will start execute her long planned vengeance on the man responsible for the child’s death and her own conviction for the crime with helps of her inmates.

After tackling Physics in his impressionable first feature INERTIA, writer/director Sean Garrity now takes on Psychology in LUCID with the central theme being the relationship between a psychiatrist and his daughter.  Some guilt is thrown into Joel Rothman’s (Jonas Chernick) life in the form of him getting caught in the act of infidelity, which results in a separation with his wife.  While having problems with his boss, daughter, Jenny (Brianna Williams) and three patients, Joel has not slept a wink.

Plot: A family road trip goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carters soon realize the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a bloodthirsty mutant family…and they are the prey.