A little Trip to Heaven

Als der notorische Trickbetrüger Kelvin Anderson bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kommt und eine Million Dollar fällig werden, schickt die Quality Life Insurance Company ihren besten Mann. Der ruhige, Wollmütze tragende Abe Holt (Forest Whitaker) wird in die verschneite Kleinstadt Hastings, Minnesota geschickt. Er spürt vom ersten Moment an, dass an der Sache etwas faul ist. Es beginnt ein nervenaufreibendes Katz-und-Maus-Spiel mit Kelvins Schwester Isold (Julia Stiles) und ihrem dubiosen Ehemann Fred (Jeremy Renner). Ein Spiel, in dem Holt die Distanz zu seinen Gegenspielern verliert und nichts so ist, wie es scheint ...

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Turner Affair

David Turner (David Patterson) is on his way to meet his wife Natalie (Rachel Blakely) for dinner when he is beaten senseless by a group of thugs. Both David, who runs the family dance academy, and his wife are accomplished jazz ballet stars but David's beating means he may never dance again.

With David confined to a wheelchair and unable to function, Natalie is forced to hire Jack Forrest (David Orth) to manage the dance school.

As David becomes more withdrawn and morose, turning regularly to drink, Natalie becomes more and more attracted to Jack and eventually sleeps with him. The tension between the three increases and David appears to attempt suicide. He survives and tries to reconcile with Natalie.

The dance troupe wins a world dance championship, but a celebratory dinner is interrupted by fraud investigator, Detective Johnson (Peter Kent) and we learn all may not be as it seems. An insurance policy worth two million dollars has been paid out to David and, as we discover an intriguing set of scams and double scams, the real deceit, mystery and intrigue behind "The Turner Affair" is revealed.

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"Wake" Trailer

Sebastiean (Oscar winner Martin Landau) sits hunched over a typewriter, typing out his demons. As he types, we are transported to a time he has suppressed. A time when, after years of separation, he and his three brothers reunite. As their mother lie motionless upstairs, two sets of brothers with two opposing plans collide: one plan, to end their mother's suffering; the other, a search for their father's insurance money.

Kyle ("Queer as Folk's" Gale Harold), the youngest brother, grapples with his sanity and Sebastiean's deadly plan as their two brothers, Raymond, an escaped convict ("General Hospital's" Blake Gibbons), and his sidekick Jack (John Winthrop Philbrick) descend upon the house with party girls (Dusty Paik and Rainer Judd), guns and booze. Buttons are pushed, substances get abused and plans go awry leading ultimately to complete chaos.

At the peak of this emotionally raw and darkly humorous evening, the games start to intensify and become real. Kyle turns the tables on Raymond and Jack, beating them at their own game, if only for a moment, but it may be too late. What brings them all back together will tear them apart as this dysfunctional family reunion soon turns into a wake, shaking the survivors to the core.

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