WESTSIDE SEASON 1
Westside is a sweeping historical tale of crime and passion set in 1970s New Zealand.
Rachel Lang and James Griffin, the award-winning creators of Outrageous Fortune, Westside take the West family’s large and loyal fan-base on a journey back to where it all began.
This six-part series tells the story of legendary safe cracker and career criminal, Ted West and his fire cracker of a wife, Rita. Combining real events and the rich folklore of the West family and associates, this is rollicking history, and a tempestuous romance, set at a time of great social upheaval.
Westside is a prequel to Outrageous Fortune. Over six seasons between 2005 and 2010, Outrageous Fortune established itself as New Zealand’s most successful television drama series. A consistent ratings winner, the show achieved cult status and critical acclaim at home and abroad and to date has won more than 50 awards.
Westside stars Antonia Prebble as the scheming Rita West, David de Lautour as Ted West, Reon Bell & Liam Ferguson as Wolfgang West, Dan Musgrove as Lefty Munroe, Todd Emerson as Bilkey, Pana Hema-Taylor as Bert Thompson, Xavier Horan as Phineas O’Driscoll, Esther Stephens as Ngaire Munroe, Sophie Hambleton as Carol O’Driscoll and Will Hall as copper Mike McCarthy.
Focus
Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happiness) stars as Nicky, a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot Robbie – The Wolf of Wall Street). As he’s teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame—now an accomplished femme fatale—shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes race car circuit.
In the midst of Nicky’s latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop…and the consummate con man off his game.
Focus is written and directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love) and produced by Denise Di Novi (Crazy, Stupid, Love), alongside executive producers Charlie Gogolak and Stan Wlodkowski. Headed by Oscar nominee Will Smith and Margot Robbie, the cast also stars Rodrigo Santoro (the 300 films) and Gerald McRaney (House of Cards).
Run All Night
Run All Night, the action thriller about Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) who does whatever he has to do to protect his son.
Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Long-time best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past, as well as a dogged police detective (D’Onofrio) who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. Lately, it seems Jimmy’s only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass. When Jimmy’s estranged son, Mike (Kinnaman), becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. With Mike on the run, Jimmy’s only penance for his past mistakes may be to keep his son from the same fate Jimmy is certain he’ll face himself…at the wrong end of a gun. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy just has one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.
Run All Night stars Liam Neeson (A Walk Among the Tombstones), Joel Kinnaman (Lola Versus), Vincent D’Onofrio (The Judge) , Bruce McGill (Ride Along), Genesis Rodriguez (Identity Thief), Boyd Holbrook (Behind the Candelabra), Holt McCallany (Gangster Squad), Common (Now You See Me) and Ed Harris (Snowpiercer).
Get Hard
When millionaire hedge fund manager James (Will Ferrell) is nailed for fraud and bound for a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him 30 days to get his affairs in order.
Desperate, he turns to Darnell (Kevin Hart) to prep him for a life behind bars. But despite James’ one-percenter assumptions, Darnell is a hard-working small business owner who has never received a parking ticket, let alone been to prison.
Together, the two men do whatever it takes for James to get hard and, in the process, discover how wrong they were about a lot of things—including each other.
Get Hard stars Will Ferrell (Anchorman franchise, The Internship), Kevin Hart (The Wedding Ringer, Ride Along), Tip T.I. Harris (TV’s House of Lies), Alison Brie (TV’s Madman and Community), Craig T Nelson (TV’s Parenthood) and is directed by: Etan Cohen, making his feature directorial debut following a successful writing career, with credits including Tropic Thunder.
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