J. K Simmons
2) Dark skies
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Dark Skies is a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacy Barrett witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barrett family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacy take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after...
Publisher
The Film Sales Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
J.K. Simmons narrates THE FISH THIEF, which explores the mystery behind how and why the fish most prized by people nearly disappeared from the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth: the Great Lakes. The story dramatically illuminates nature’s links to our economic prosperity and quality of life. Since prehistoric times, fishing has been unusually important here. Aboriginal people fished for subsistence and fishing is central to their cultures. European...
4) Whiplash
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Young Mona idolizes her father, a brilliant mathematician. When he suddenly demonstrates signs of mental illness, Mona begins to obsess about numbers, using them to interpret an unpredictable and threatening world. Now an adult (Jessica Alba), Mona's old superstitions and compulsive behaviors continue to flourish, but a new job as an elementary school math teacher may force her out of her protective shell.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Tale of a father who struggles to bond with his estranged son Gabriel, after Gabriel suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must learn to embrace his son's choices and try to connect with him through music. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
7) Whiplash
Publisher
Mongrel Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An ambitious young drummer enters a prestigious music academy to fulfill his dream of becoming one of the greatest known drummers. When a harsh, ruthless instructor determined to make him realize his full potential pushes him to the limit, his life and his relationships fall into a tailspin. Winner of 3 **Academy Awards**. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **Cannes Film Festival**.
8) Extract
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Joel, the owner of an Extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.
9) Barefoot
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The black sheep son of a wealthy family meets a free-spirited but sheltered woman. To convince his family that he's finally straightened out his life, he takes her home for his brother's wedding, where an improbable romance blooms as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.
10) Little Brother
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Two brothers on a road trip across the American West must learn to transcend their differences, confront their shared family trauma, and find solace in what matters most to them--each other.
11) Rock Dog
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When a young mastiff, Bodi, discovers a radio, it takes just a few guitar licks for his fate to be sealed: Bodi wants to be a rock ‘n’ roll star!
Publisher
[Phase 4 Films]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Four orphaned and homeless siblings happen upon an abandoned boxcar, which, with a little creativity and hard work, they gradually furnish with all the comforts of home. Fearful that they will be sent to live with the reputedly cruel grandfather they have never met, the children keep their new home a secret.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
At work, L.A. Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson is a woman in charge. Got a suspect to grill, a case to crack, a murderer about to walk? Call Brenda in and watch the fireworks. But at home, well, that's another story. Join the squad as Sanchez looks after an orphaned boy, Tao goes undercover as a biker dude, Provenza and Flynn date airline attendants (turns out one of them has a corpse in her bathtub), and Brenda finds her family Christmas rudely interrupted...
15) The accountant
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Christian Wolff is a math savant who works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division starting to close in, he takes on a legitimate client, a robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepency involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, the body count starts to rise.
Publisher
Entertainment One Films Canada Inc
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees (Frances McDormand and Bradd Pitt), the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts, events soon spiral out of everyone's and anyone's control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters. Directed by the Coen Brothers and also starring George Clooney,...
17) Rock dog
Publisher
Summit Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
For the Tibetan Mastiffs living on Snow Mountain, a dog's life has a simple riff: Guard a peaceful village of wool-making sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux and his rabid pack. To avoid distractions, Mastiff leader Khampa forbids all music from the mountain. But when Khampa's son Bodi discovers a radio dropped by a passing airplane, it takes just a few guitar licks for his fate to be sealed: Bodi wants to be a rock 'n' roll star.
18) I'm Not Here
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A man named Steve (played by J.K. Simmons and Sebastian Stan) struggles with the tragic memories of his past as he tries to make sense of the present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is. Nominated for Best Directorial Debut at **Camerimage**. *"J.K. Simmons does not speak a word in I'm Not Here,but his performance is eloquent, anguished, and moving." - Nell Minow, **RogerEbert.com***
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When Avatar Aang passes, he is reincarnated as a girl named Korra, from the Southern Water Tribe. Korra leaves the safety of her home to travel to Republic City. Before long, Korra's Avatar skills are put to the test when she encounters a group of Chi-blockers led by a masked man named Amon. With his Equalists followers, Amon plots to gain control over Republic City and ultimately rid the world of the 'impurity' of bending. Korra and her friends...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Howard Silk is a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double cross, where the only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world."--Container.