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This week in theaters
Dread
Stephen (Jackson Rathbone), a young university student, has been living an extreme lifestyle after losing his brother in a car accident.His downstairs neighbor, Quaid (Shaun Evans), also a university student, is almost obsessed with people's fears and is conducting research on the subject. Quaid sees Stephen's life as a matchless subject for his study, so he asks Stephen to join him in his project. Stephen's classmate Cheryl (Hanne Steen) also joins in the research team, and they start interviewing people about their fears and tape these interviews on video. However, they do not know that Quaid is actually hiding a secret.
Directed by: Anthony DiBlasi
Genre: horror
Cast: Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Evans, Hanne Steen, Laura Donnelly, Jonathan Readwin
 Konak (The Mansion) |
Konak (The Mansion)
A group of six students are given a homework assignment for which they will have to study cultural heritage sites around Turkey. The students are offered several cultural heritage sites to choose from, such as Troy, Cappadocia and Pamukkale, to which they will go and conduct onsite research. However, the group's teacher insists they go to Safranbolu in the Black Sea region. Problems start on their way to Safranbolu when their car breaks down. When they finally arrive in the town, they find out that their hotel reservation was mysteriously canceled. So they decide to spend the night in an abandoned mansion. At first everything seems to be resolved, however, as midnight nears, extraordinary things start to happen.
Directed by: Cem Akyoldaş
Genre: horror
Cast: Almeda Abazi, Kerem Fırtına, Sevil Uyar, Paşhan Yılmazel, Damla Debre, Ogün Kaptanoğlu, Öykü Akay
Kolpaçino
Tayfun is an errand boy working for Ateş, one of the most powerful mafia bosses in İstanbul. Tayfun has always been envious of the life led by the spoilt children of the jet set to whom he sells drugs. One day, with the intent of hitting it big, he steals Ateş's money. However, Ateş finds out about this and threatens Tayfun that he will have to pay for it. Frightened, Tayfun goes to another mafia boss, Sabri, for some idea of how to get the amount he owes to Ateş. Sabri tells him that the best way to collect money is to run an illegal casino. However, all the venues run by Sabri are known by the police, so they need a “clean” place to set up the casino. Özgür, one of the kids Tayfun sells drugs to, is the son of a well-to-do family that lives in a large mansion in an upscale neighborhood. Their house is the last place the police would think of raiding, so Tayfun and Sabri go to Özgür's house to ask for his permission to turn the mansion into a casino. Özgür, for the sake of some adrenaline, agrees to turn his family's mansion into an underground casino while his parents are away on an overseas trip.
Directed by: Atıl İnaç
Genre: comedy
Cast: Şafak Sezer, Aydemir Akbaş, Ali Çatalbaş, Hakan Ural, Ali Sürmeli, Eriş Akman, Hakan Aysev
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