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Voltage Pictures or Voltage Productions, is an Los Angeles-based American film financing, production and distributing company founded by Oscar winner producer Nicolas Chartier. Voltage Pictures has a history of suing people it says have illegally shared movies online. On May 19, 2015 Voltage Pictures was sued by Toho for copyright and trademark infrigement of its Godzilla properties. The company's first financed and produced film was The Hurt Locker, which was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won six. On January 6, 2011, it was announced that Voltage's president Chartier partnered with longtime Hollywood Gang Productions executive Craig Flores to form Voltage Productions to produce large pictures set at studios, and films in the $15 million-$40 million budget range.
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Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)
Directed by Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Gangster films
Actors Bruce Willis, Jason Momoa, Thomas Middleditch, Famke Janssen, John Goodman, Elisabeth Röhm
When a Los Angeles-based private detective tries to retrieve his stolen dog from a gang, the gang leader forces the detective to do some jobs before getting the dog back.
Colossal (2017)
, 1h50Directed by Nacho Vigalondo
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Anne Hathaway, Dan Stevens, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson, Agam Darshi
The film follows a young woman who begins to believe that she is somehow connected to several catastorophies.
Mr. Church (2016)
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eddie Murphy, Britt Robertson, Natascha McElhone, Xavier Samuel, Lucy Fry, Christian Madsen
The story of a unique friendship that develops when a dying woman hires a cook to help care for her 11-year-old daughter, Charlie. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
Good Kids (2016)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Nicholas Braun, Zoey Deutch, Israel Broussard, Ashley Judd, Julia Garner, Virginia Gardner
The film follows four high school students who, upon graduating from high school, realize that they’ve missed out on life experiences by always being the “good kids”, and decide to completely reinvent themselves in order to enjoy their last time together before heading off to college.
Good Kill (2015)
, 1h42Directed by Andrew Niccol
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Robot films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors January Jones, Ethan Hawke, Zoë Naelle Kravitz, Jake Abel, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Coyote
Major Thomas Egan is a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who transitions to UCAV duty when demand drops for manned aircraft. As a drone pilot, with a limited ability to control collateral damage during airstrikes, Egan becomes disillusioned. He begins to more deeply question the morality of his job after his unit begins running missions for the CIA.
Fathers and Daughters (2015)
, 1h56Directed by Gabriele Muccino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Actors Russell Crowe, Aaron Paul, Diane Kruger, Amanda Seyfried, Quvenzhané Wallis, Janet McTeer
Un célèbre écrivain veuf découvre qu'il est gravement malade alors qu'il tente d'éduquer sa fille unique. 25 ans plus tard, celle-ci tente de se réconcilier avec son enfance.
Pay the Ghost (2015)
, 1h34Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Lyriq Bent, Veronica Ferres, Stephen McHattie, Christine Horne
A professor, Mike Cole (Nicolas Cage) frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween parade. Next year when the parents are still looking for their son and starting to hear and see their son reaching out to them from the other world--the Professor sees his son on a passing bus, but upon chasing the bus down and gaining access, his son is not there. He disembarks and notices spray painted on a building, "pay the ghost," the phrase his son uttered before vanishing. He enters the building and finds homeless people living there. Unearthly screams of a woman are heard, and a blind homeless man calls for the others to mask their fires, explaining to Mike that the screams are heard every year before Halloween. Mike asks about the phrase, and is taken to a wall with more of the same phrases written on it. Engrossed by the wall and the homeless man, he does not notice the wall behind him shift into another world, and a demonic figure briefly appears behind him, then vanishes. The homeless man explains nothing, but quickly tells Mike to leave.
Playing It Cool (2014)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Anthony Mackie, Martin Starr, Patrick Warburton, Topher Grace
The narrator, Me, (Evans) is a screenwriter who wants to write action flicks, but his agent Bryan (Mackie) wants him to write a romcom first. The problem is, Me doesn't believe in love. But when he meets Her (Monaghan), he falls for her, only to find out that she is already engaged to Stuffy (Gruffudd).
Reasonable Doubt (2014)
, 1h31Directed by Peter Howitt
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Dominic Cooper, Erin Karpluk, Gloria Reuben, Ryan Robbins, Dylan Taylor
When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden (Dominic Cooper) commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to manipulate the case to acquit the accused criminal (Samuel L. Jackson) who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the trial, Mitch's worst fears come true when he realizes that his actions freed a guilty man, and he soon finds himself on the hunt for the killer before more victims pile up.
The Cobbler (2014)
, 1h38Directed by Tom McCarthy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Adam Sandler, Dan Stevens, Dustin Hoffman, Steve Buscemi, Ellen Barkin, Melonie Diaz
In the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903, a group of Jewish men are gathered in the shop of a cobbler to discuss a problem that has been plaguing them. A crook named Gergerman has been running their businesses out and harassing the men and their families. The men hand over a pair of Gergerman's shoes to the cobbler, Pinchas Simkin. Pinchas takes the shoes to the basement of his shop and uses a special stitching machine to work on the shoes. His young son Herschel enters, and Pinchas explains to him the importance of the machine.
Burying the Ex (2014)
, 1h30Directed by Joe Dante
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene, Alexandra Daddario, Oliver Cooper, Archie Hahn, Gabrielle Christian
Max is dating the overbearing Evelyn who he's afraid to break up with. When she's killed in a freak accident, he falls in love with Olivia, with whom he is much better suited. However Evelyn rises from the grave and wants to continue her relationship with Max.
Puncture Wounds (2014)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones, Briana Evigan, Gianni Capaldi, Robert LaSardo
John Nguyen is a veteran suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. Despite his status as a war hero, he's had difficulty adjusting to civilian life. When he hears a woman scream, he investigates and gets into a fight with several Aryan Nation thugs who are hassling Tanya, a prostitute in the service of local crime boss Hollis. Tanya is horrified when John kills all but one of the thugs; although thankful for his help, she says that John has doomed them both to die at Hollis' hands. Planning to flee the city, Tanya buys a bus ticket, but Hollis convinces her to stay by promising her that she can come off the streets and live with him again. Hollis directs his lieutenant Vin to murder John's family. Although reluctant, Vin complies. Enraged, John tracks down Bennett, a drug dealer, and strikes back at Hollis' meth business, brutally killing several of the men responsible for his family's death.
A Good Man (2014)
, 1h43Genres Action, Crime
Actors Victor Webster, Steven Seagal, Tzi Ma, Claudiu Bleonț, Ron Balicki
Alexander (Steven Seagal) is the leader of a covert operation on the border of Dagestan. The primary target is Islamic terrorist Abu Alwaki, whereas the secondary target is Mr. Chen (Tzi Ma). Mr. Chen is an Islamic fundamentalist arms dealer who’s financing terrorism. The operation fails, resulting in the death of Alexander’s entire team and Mr. Chen's escape.
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
, 1h57Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Dallas Roberts, Steve Zahn, Jane McNeill
In 1985, Dallas electrician and rodeo cowboy Ron Woodroof is diagnosed with AIDS and given 30 days to live. He initially refuses to accept the diagnosis, but remembers having unprotected sex with an intravenous drug-using prostitute. He is soon ostracized by family and friends, gets fired from his job, and is eventually evicted from his home. At the hospital, he is tended to by Dr. Eve Saks, who tells him that they are testing a drug called zidovudine (AZT), an antiretroviral drug which is thought to prolong the life of AIDS patients—and is the only drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for testing on humans. Saks informs him that in the clinical trials, half the patients receive the drug and the other half are given a placebo, as this is the only way they can determine if the drug is working.
Don Jon (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about pornography
Actors Scarlett Johansson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julianne Moore, Brie Larson, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly
Jon Martello is a modern day Don Juan, with a short list of things he cares about: "my body, my pad, my ride, my family, my church, my boys, my girls, my porn". Though he has a very active sex life, he is more sexually satisfied by viewing pornography and masturbating, which enables him to "lose himself".