| Posted:  Ten years after his twin brother Rick (Aden Young) unwittingly steals away high school girl-of-his-dreams Melissa (Saffron Burrows), Stephen (Simon Bossell) gets a second chance at winning her heart when he runs into her at a tacky romantic resort. But Rick, Stephen's quarreling parents and Melissa's new beau Norman (Peter O'Brien) all complicate his mission. Pippa Grandison co-stars in this romantic comedy from director Craig Rosenberg. |
| Posted:  Hoping to hang onto her unfaithful husband (Tony Leung Ka Fai) by looking younger, retired television star Mrs. Lee (Miriam Yeung Chin Wah) eagerly begins eating Aunt Mei's (Ling Bai) famous rejuvenation dumplings, but her increasing appetite for these rare delicacies leads to unsavory complications. Fruit Chan directs this disturbing horror film that features a gruesome look into the dumplings' secret ingredient: human fetuses. |
| Posted:  A former bank robber who now runs his own security business, Nelson (Corey Haim) becomes the prime suspect in a baffling heist, so he goes on the run and teams up with his escaped convict father (Leo Rossi) to clear his name and nab the formidable foe (Cynthia Rothrock) who set him up. But with a devious FBI agent closing in fast, Nelson must quickly unravel his enemy's master plan and take her down. |
| The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish Posted:  After providing sexual sound effects for a porn movie, Louis (Bob Hoskins) -- known for his religious-themed photography -- becomes smitten with fellow voice actor Sybil (Natasha Richardson), enlists her menacing boyfriend (Jeff Goldblum) to model for him as Christ, and stumbles into absurd misadventures. Over the course of this surreal farce, Sybil's main squeeze begins believing he really &NFi;is&NFi_; Jesus and becomes a miracle worker. |
| Posted:  Sam Browning (Michael Paré) is not only a CIA operative, but he's also a psychic, and when he's temporarily blinded while trying to rescue Kathryn Baker (Janis Lee), the CIA director's daughter, from a Turkish prison, he needs all his remaining senses to survive. The intrepid Kathryn then teams up with Sam to thwart her captors, who are attempting to steal a reserve of plutonium, before they can carry out their terrorist plot. |
| Posted:  Convinced God wants him to destroy Las Vegas, unstable fighter pilot Gordon (William O'Leary) murders several relatives and allies, steals a nuke and heads for sin city, but savvy squadron leader Ryan (Peter Strauss) steps forward to hunt him down before it's too late. Jonathan Mostow directs this high-stakes action movie that finds the two flyboys squaring off in an intense dogfight, which could result in the deaths of countless innocent lives. |
| Posted:  After filing a claim for the theft of a valuable cutlery set, Jonathan (Hugo Weaving) and his wife, Beth (Josephine Byrnes), endure intense scrutiny from their insurance company's shrewd investigator, Roland (musician Phil Collins), who painstakingly turns their lives upside down. Director Stephan Elliott's debut feature, this off-kilter comedy explores Roland's many quirks such as his fondness for giant toys. |
| Posted:  While under investigation for his wife's mysterious drowning, high-powered fashion designer Michael (C. Thomas Howell) enters into an unpredictable relationship with Dara (Sofia Shinas), an irresistible model who leads him down a dark path of self-destruction. Michael's already overwhelming problems multiply when a rival firm threatens him with blackmail and violence in a bid to wrestle away control of his business. |
| Posted:  A group of college kids passes through the town of Hellgate and becomes curious about the tale of a woman, Josie (Abigail Wolcott), who was murdered there by a biker gang in the 1950s, resurrected by her father with a blue crystal and went on to seduce and murder men. But the freaky legend is far from being just in the past, as one of the kids, Matt (Ron Palillo), returns to speak of his encounter with Josie. |
| Posted:  On tour in Pakistan to promote his latest movie, matinee idol Johnny Tyronne (Elvis Presley) winds up stranded in the desert in this musical comedy. Convinced the action hero is the perfect man to carry out their plan, a gang of would-be assassins kidnaps him. After escaping, Johnny's guided through the desert back to civilization by Baba (Billy Barty). Along the way, Johnny sings some songs and wins the heart of the Princess (Mary Ann Mobley). |
| The Lost Boys: Special Edition Posted:  After his brother, Michael (Jason Patric), drinks blood and gets mixed up with a rough biker gang rumored to be a coven of vampires, Sam (Corey Haim) and his two vampire-hunter friends -- armed with garlic and water pistols full of holy water -- try to rid the town of evil. Joel Schumacher directs this cult 1980s classic thriller, which co-stars Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Dianne Wiest, Corey Feldman and Edward Herrmann. |
| Posted:  In director Martin Scorsese's look at New York City's Little Italy, Charlie (Harvey Keitel) deals with the pressures of working his way up the ranks of a local mob, while coping with his family's disapproval of his epileptic girlfriend (Amy Robinson). Meanwhile, his small-time gambler friend, Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro), threatens to ruin Charlie's reputation with debts to a loan shark. The film marks Scorsese's first teaming with De Niro. |
| Posted:  Tormented by his criminal father's reputation, hard-line cop Mark Dixon (Dana Andrews) spins a web of lies to conceal his accidental killing of a suspect. But by planting evidence meant to pin the rap on a racketeer (Gary Merrill), the gumshoe unwittingly turns an innocent taxi driver into the prime suspect. To further complicate matters, Dixon falls for the cabbie's daughter (Gene Tierney) in this stinging film noir directed by Otto Preminger. |
| Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer Posted:  The dark princess is up to no good! She's snatched the Spectra -- the universe's sole source of light. Without Spectra in its rightful place, all will be plunged into gloom and dreariness unless Rainbow Brite and her friends can defeat the princess. In an animated cosmos of enchanted worlds, spunky Rainbow Brite and her magical horse, Starlite, confront evil by using color, magic, cleverness and joy as ammunition. |
| The Kids in the Hall: Season 2 Posted:  Mainstream comedy gets a bizarre twist courtesy of cutups Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson in the sophomore season of this brilliant sketch show. Strange signature characters such as the Chicken Lady, Cabbage Head and Mr. Heavyfoot all make appearances as the kids take aim at everything from corporate culture to the drug scene, sexism and suburban angst. |
| Posted:  Scheming Winslow Lowry (Anthony Geary) can't wait to get his hands on his uncle's (Ralph Bellamy) millions, so he hires a trio of incompetent orderlies -- played by 1980s rappers the Fat Boys (Mark Morales, Darren Robinson and Damon Wimbley) -- to make sure the man passes away sooner rather than later. But Lowry's plan backfires when the clumsy crew's high-energy antics help make Uncle Albert feel like a new man. |
| Posted:  Playing silver-tongued Gardner Barnes, Kevin Costner heads a first-rate ensemble cast in this likable comedy -- set in 1971 -- about five newly minted college graduates who pile into a vintage Cadillac for their final weekend fling together. The quintet's comical escapades include pit stops in Podunk towns, a fireworks fight in a cemetery and spur-of-the-moment skydiving ... but adulthood and real life await them at the end of the line. |
| Posted:  Set in post-World War II England, this bittersweet coming-of-age tale follows 16-year-old Stella (Georgina Cates), a star-struck lass who joins a low-rent theatre troupe led by cruel monocled director Meredith Potter (Hugh Grant). Immediately smitten with Potter, the impressionable Stella instead ends up in the bed of the company's star, erstwhile matinee idol P.L. O'Hara (Alan Rickman) -- a hopeless bounder -- when Potter rejects her. |
| Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist Posted:  Years before exorcising the devil from Regan MacNeil, Father Merrin (Stellan Skarsgård) experiences a crisis of faith, leaves the priesthood and heads to Africa on an archaeological expedition, where he unearths a perfectly preserved ancient church. The mysterious church, horrific events and the healing of a crippled boy (Billy Crawford) soon draw Merrin into a battle against pure evil in this creepy prequel to the 1973 horror classic. |
| Posted:  If Chucky from Child's Play weren't already taken, he just might go for this demonic she-devil. Infused with the energy of an ancient black-magic cult, an otherwise normal plaything begins affecting her surroundings with a series of horrible "accidents." But the little girl (Candy Hutson) who loves her refuses to believe her dolly has been bad. Rip Torn co-stars as an archaeologist who unearths the toy's dirty little secret. |
| The Kids in the Hall: Season 3 Posted:  Singularly, they're comics Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald and Scott Thompson. But together, they're the Kids in the Hall, a comedy troupe known for displaying its oddball antics on HBO in the late 1980s and early '90s. This collection of skits from the show's third season resurrects all of your favorite characters -- including the Chicken Lady, Cabbage Head and Mr. Heavyfoot. |
| Posted:  After a psycho begins murdering blind women in their homes, 12-year-old Lucas Hardy (Ben Keysworth) -- whose eyesight is disintegrating -- launches his own investigation. But when he finally finds the maniac he's been looking for, Lucas comes face to face with fear in this terrifying psychological thriller directed by Mark Peploe. The fine supporting cast includes James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Clare Holman and David Thewlis. |
| Posted:  A director (Christopher Guest) who's never had a hit film pins his hopes on the independent drama Home for Purim, a movie about a Jewish family living in the 1940s South that's earning buzz for its standout performances. Guest's reliable troupe of improvers -- including Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Eugene Levy -- are even funnier with the addition of Ricky Gervais, who plays a Hollywood "suit." |
| Posted:  Bumbling radio DJ Ashley Wallace (Robert Hughes) pursues Swedish pop sensations ABBA across Australia in the hopes of landing an exclusive interview in this 1977 cult classic, released in conjunction with the group's wildly successful "ABBA: The Album." Directed by future Oscar nominee Lasse Hallström, the film captures Anni-Frid, Benny, Björn and Agnetha performing "Waterloo," "Mamma Mia" and other hits as they tour the country. |
| Posted:  A timid young man can't control the fantastical plots and images of his dream world from intruding into his waking hours in this science-fiction romance from director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). After a promising new job sours, Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal) finds new inspiration in his neighbor Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), releasing the bolder personality of his dreams to connect with her. |
| Posted:  When network news anchor Howard Beale (Peter Finch) loses his mind on the air, his outrageous rants reach viewers at home, boost the ratings and intrigue cutthroat network executives Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall. William Holden contrasts their avarice as an old-school TV journalist hopelessly out of step in writer Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning masterpiece, which predicted today's rash of trash television and shock-laden news broadcasts. |
| Posted:  While visiting France as a goodwill ambassador, a third-generation American millionaire (Fred Astaire) meets a striking young woman (Leslie Caron) who was orphaned during World War II. Vowing to take care of her for the rest of her life, he anonymously funds her travel to the United States, where she attends a prestigious women's college. But all she knows of her mysterious benefactor is that he signs his checks "Daddy Long Legs." |
| Posted:  In this gritty Western helmed by Tom Gries, Indian Yaqui Joe Herrera (Burt Reynolds) robs a Phoenix bank to buy rifles for his tribe, which is trying to break free of the oppressive Mexican government. On a mission to bring the crafty Joe to justice, an Arizona lawman (Jim Brown) trails him south of the border, where the two forge an alliance and join the revolt. The supporting cast includes Raquel Welch, Fernando Lamas and Dan O'Herlihy. |
| The Kids in the Hall: Season 4 Posted:  Stars Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson continue to shatter taboos in the fourth season of this acclaimed sketch-comedy series that earned a loyal following among the cable crowd. The comic quintet brings on the laughs with skits about the Queen of England, weather forecasters, and the exploits of wacky trademark characters like the Chicken Lady and the Inexperienced Cannibal. |
| Posted:  Robert Altman's satire on wedding rituals and the American family earned Best Director and Screenplay BAFTA nominations. The high-society wedding of Dino Corelli (Desi Arnaz Jr.) and Muffin Brenner (Amy Stryker) turns into a dysfunctional family nightmare as members of both extended families drink heavily, start affairs and try to keep skeletons in the closet. Carol Burnett's performance as the bride's mother earned her a Golden Globe nomination. |
| Posted:  In this sci-fi drama that spans a millennium, a man (Hugh Jackman) searches for a tree believed to grant eternal life in 16th-century Spain; seeks a cure for his wife's (Rachel Weisz) cancer as a present-day scientist; and traverses the universe as a 26th-century astronaut. As he travels through time in an epic struggle to save the woman he loves, he also comes to understand some of life's murkiest mysteries. |
| Posted:  Recovering alcoholic and thief Henry Clarke (Michael Caine) finds himself drawn into a dangerous world when he joins forces with an unusual married couple in this classic suspense thriller. Henry meets Fe Moreau (Giovanna Ralli) and soon discovers she and her openly gay husband, Richard (Eric Portman), have an unconventional marital arrangement. As Henry embarks on an affair with Fe, the threesome start planning a jewel heist together. |
| Posted:  Agent Jack Driscoll's quest to hunt down the legendary beast of the Appalachian Mountains is finally realized when a full moon rouses the ravenous appetite of the monster, leading it to prey on a group of local campers. Now, it's the hunted vs. the hunter as Driscoll, his new partner and the final few remaining campers desperately assemble to kill the abominable wolf creature and survive this night of bloody terror. |
| Posted:  After his car collides with a prison bus, Dr. Douglas Madsen (Christopher Kriesa) is taken hostage by four prisoners who retreat to a remote cabin in the woods, where they soon learn that the inhabitants have a horrifying history. With no way out, both the inmates and their captive fight for their lives against the centuries-old demonic curse that engulfs their hideout. Olaf Ittenbach directs this edge-of-your-seat thriller. |
| The Kids in the Hall: Season 5 Posted:  Known collectively as the Kids in the Hall, Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson cap off five hilarious years on the air with the final season of their quirky sketch-comedy show. The funniest skits in this zany collection involve plenty of men in drag, plus appearances by popular characters such as gay bar owner Buddy Cole (Thompson) and, of course, the Chicken Lady (McKinney). |
| Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq Posted:  The famous detective Vidocq (Gerard Depardieu) has disappeared in 19th-century Paris, and the police are certain that his archenemy, a wily assassin known as the Alchemist, is to blame. When their investigation leads nowhere, Vidocq's dedicated but inexperienced assistant, Etienne (Guillaume Canet), believes he can pick up his mentor's trail. But as Etienne explores the city's underground, it's unclear whether he's the hunter or the hunted. |
| Posted:  Mr. Death himself tries to collect an unpaid debt from Rachel Wilson (Cherish Lee), a very lucky car crash survivor and paranoid mental health patient. Struggling to keep her hysteria at bay and convince hospital staff that the grim reaper is stalking her, Rachel stumbles upon a terrifying conspiracy of mortality. Along with six other "death cheaters," Rachel has one night to defeat humanity's greatest foe and reverse her untimely fate. |
| Posted:  In writer-director Michael Dougherty's fright fest, Halloween's usually boisterous traditions turn deadly, and everyone in a small town tries to survive one night in pure hell … but who will still be alive in the morning? Several stories weave together, including a loner fending off a demented trick-or-treater's attacks; kids uncovering a freaky secret; a school principal -- who moonlights as a serial killer -- poisoning his candy; and more. |
| Posted:  On the lam from his gangland cohorts, mob muscleman Chas Devlin (James Fox) gets more than he bargained for after taking refuge at the home of reclusive, faded rock star Turner (Mick Jagger) and his two bohemian gal pals (Anita Pallenberg and Michèle Breton). The two-bit enforcer soon finds himself ensnared in Turner's hedonistic lifestyle and trapped in mind games designed to challenge Chas's sense of identity. |
| Posted:  While driving from Chicago to Los Angeles, Byron (Terrence Howard) and his girlfriend, Nina (Nicole Ari Parker), experience car trouble and are forced to stop in a small town in the middle of nowhere. A repairman (Brendan Sexton III) fixes their vehicle, but the young couple finds themselves in deep trouble when hot-tempered Byron mixes with the locals. Director Garret Williams explores racial politics and class issues in this provocative drama. |
| Posted:  Career burglar Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) tries to go straight when he's released from prison, but overzealous parole officer Earl Frank (M. Emmet Walsh) helps ensure he's soon back behind bars. After his second release, Dembo takes revenge on Frank -- and finds his old ways consuming his life once more. Director Ulu Grosbard's powerful drama co-stars Theresa Russell, Gary Busey and Kathy Bates. |
| Posted:  After Polynesian princess Luana (Dolores del Rio) rescues handsome South Seas soldier of fortune Johnny Baker (Joel McCrea) when he plunges overboard, the two fall deeply in love in this visually lush pre-Code drama directed by King Vidor and shot on location in Hawaii. But local custom dictates Luana must be sacrificed to the angry island volcano, which naturally puts a crimp in the budding romance. Lon Chaney Jr. co-stars. |
| Posted:  When a man disappears in the woods, Sean (Sevy Di Cione) and his friends set out not only to track down the missing party, but also to investigate the legend of Satinka -- a vengeful spirit rumored to be seeking retribution for a crime committed 200 years ago. Soon enough, the search party faces Satinka's deadly wrath, and their manhunt quickly turns into a race for survival in the haunted forest. |
| Posted:  Small-time jewel dealer Howard Chesser (Charles Grodin) is in way over his head when he brokers a deal to purchase and cut a huge stone. When the valuable gem is stolen, Chesser's backer (Trevor Howard) forces him to rob the world's largest diamond exchange. With some inside information and a powerful vacuum, Chesser pulls off the heist but soon finds himself on the run. John Gielgud and Candice Bergen also star in this entertaining crime caper. |
| Posted:  A successful real estate executive who finds his easy life unsatisfying leaves his job and family to dig ditches for the WPA. He soon falls in love with a beautiful immigrant and organizes her poor neighbors to demand better living conditions. In his passionate crusade, he even manages to gain the support of his former boss and father-in-law. George Montgomery, Osa Massen and J. Carrol Naish star in this romantic drama. |
| Posted:  The foibles and fortunes of a simple man and a beautiful princess intersect in this comedy of errors set in the sands of ancient Persia. After donning a disguise to disobey her father's wishes and marry the prince of her dreams (Paul Picerni), Princess Fakzia (Elaine Stewart) crosses paths with the dashing barber Hajji Baba (John Derek), who uncovers her true identity and vows to escort her to the arms of her fiancé. |
| Posted:  When a comet strikes Earth and kicks up a cloud of toxic dust, hundreds of humans join the ranks of the living dead. But there's bad news for the survivors: The newly minted zombies are hell-bent on eradicating every last person from the planet. For the few human beings who remain, going head to head with the flesh-eating fiends is their only chance for long-term survival. Yet their battle will be dark and cold, with overwhelming odds. |
| Assassination of a High School President Posted:  Think Chinatown for the teenage set. While investigating the theft of his Catholic high school's SAT exams, sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson) uncovers an even bigger conspiracy. But will anyone believe him when he accuses the class president? Director Brett Simon's comic noir co-stars Mischa Barton and Bruce Willis as the unbalanced Principal Kirkpatrick, a shell-shocked Desert Storm veteran. |
| Posted:  Raised in Beverly Hills by adoptive parents, young Jesse (Lou Diamond Phillips) knows nothing of his ancestors or their customs until an amulet sent by his biological mother compels him to visit the Sioux City Lakota reservation of his birth. By the time Jesse arrives, however, his mother is dead. Now, he must call his tribe's traditions to solve the mystery in this thriller co-starring Salli Richardson, Melinda Dillon and Ralph Waite. |
| Posted:  Thanks to a strict regimen of timetables, to-do lists and index cards, efficiency expert Frank Allen (Ryan Reynolds) lives his life exactly how he wants it. That is, until his well-meaning wife (Emily Mortimer) decides to set their clock back a mere 10 minutes. Suddenly, Frank's once-safe and predictable life is spinning dangerously out of control … which is the one thing he never bothered to plan for. Stuart Townsend and Sarah Chalke co-star. |
| Posted:  Having deserted his family years before, Henry (James Brolin) kicks up a storm when he shows up to see his youngest daughter before her wedding. He has ulterior motives, including a divorce from wife Jenny (Sally Kirkland), but her new beau, Tom (Kris Kristofferson), throws his plans off the rails. Meanwhile, Sally's older daughter must choose between love with a cowboy and life in New York. Rod McCall directs this family-friendly Western drama. |
| Posted:  When his father dies, Joe (Michael Biehn) tracks down his con man Uncle Lou (James Coburn) to recover some loot Lou had stolen from his father years before. But Joe becomes ensnarled in Lou's twisted con games, and soon he isn't sure if he's playing or being played. Christopher Coppola directs this moody, labyrinthine film noir also starring Nicolas Cage and Sarah Trigger as sexy femme fatale Diane. |
| Posted:  Over the years, museum security guards Roger (Christopher Walken), Charles (Morgan Freeman) and George (William H. Macy) each fall in love with a particular work of art in their care. But now, the new curator is shipping out all three works in an overhaul of the museum's collection. Desperate to save their favorite pieces, the men hatch a plan to steal them before they can be shipped away. Marcia Gay Harden co-stars. |
| Posted:  Jenny's (Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan) Oxford-bound teen life is a bore in 1961 London until she's given a different kind of education after being immersed in the beguiling but hazardous world of much-older David (Peter Sarsgaard). Even Jenny's parents, Jack (Alfred Molina) and Marjorie (Cara Seymour), are intrigued by him, but her unimpressed teacher (Olivia Williams) works to keep Jenny's entire future from crumbling under David's influence. |
| Posted:  When traumatized Capt. Sam Cahill (Golden Globe nominee Tobey Maguire) returns home from a military mission in Afghanistan after he is presumed dead, he becomes obsessed with the idea that his brother (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his wife (Natalie Portman) have a relationship. Sam Shepard, Bailee Madison, Taylor Geare and Mare Winningham co-star in this wartime drama about human frailty and battles fought on the home front. Jim Sheridan directs. |
| Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows Posted:  Gain incredible behind-the-scenes access to the widely popular World Wrestling Federation with this straight-forward documentary, which profiles legendary professional wrestler Bret Hart and his shocking betrayal by WWF owner Vince McMahon. Captured during Hart's final year with the organization, this dramatic portrait also explores his challenging childhood experiences growing up as the son of wrestler Stu Hart. |
| Posted:  Inspired by singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry's 1967 hit song of the same name, director Max Baer Jr.'s haunting drama recounts the tragic tale of a young man's desperate struggle with self-acceptance. Flush with the desire of teenage passion, Billy Joe (Robby Benson) pledges his love for beautiful Bobbie Lee (Glynnis O'Connor). But after he loses himself in a sexual encounter with another man, Billy becomes ensnared by guilt and despair. |
| Posted:  Put-upon Aaron (Chris Rock) is always plagued by drama and dysfunction, but he encounters more than he can handle while attempting to plan his father's funeral. What's a family gathering without jealousy, tension and blackmail? Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Danny Glover, James Marsden, Luke Wilson, Zoe Saldana, Regina Hall and Columbus Short round out a stellar ensemble cast. Neil LaBute directs. |
| Posted:  When the government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons, locations unknown, it's up to a seasoned interrogator (Samuel L. Jackson) and an FBI agent (Carrie-Anne Moss) to find out exactly where they are. A suspected terrorist who's already in custody is their only chance for a timely answer. But what will it take to get him to talk? Michael Sheen, Brandon Routh and Martin Donovan co-star. |
| Posted:  This anthology features seven independent anime shorts from Hideki Futamura, Toshiyuki Kanno and other renowned directors, each delving into the beguiling futuristic universe of the smash-hit video game Halo. The adventures and dark history of Halo are told in "The Babysitter," "The Duel," "The Package," "Origins," "Homecoming," "Prototype" and a tongue-in-cheek spoof of the Halo world, "Odd One Out." |
| Posted:  When aging New England shipbuilder Owen Coughlin (Arthur Kennedy) decides to shut down his business and retire in the face of mounting competition, his actions affect his employees' lives in surprisingly unexpected ways. Beau Bridges, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathy Bates and Mary-Louise Parker co-star in this poignant ensemble drama about small-town survival -- and making the best of a seemingly bad situation. |
| Posted:  Writer-director Michael Tolkin (The Player) takes aim at the West Coast again with this whip-smart satire about married yuppies (Judy Davis and Peter Weller) who decide to "find themselves" by opening up a trendy Los Angeles clothing store. But while they're selling their overpriced wares, they're also drifting aimlessly between self-help gurus who are anything but helpful. Adam West, Patricia Heaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Corbin Bernsen co-star. |
| Posted:  While pressuring Pop Byrd (Scatman Crothers) into selling his downtown karate studio, a group of Mafia goons accidentally kills him, sending his martial arts expert daughter (Gloria Hendry) and grieving students straight to Black Belt Jones (Jim Kelly) for help in seeking revenge. Full of good humor and featuring a supporting cast of familiar faces, this fast-paced actioner blends two trendy genres of the 1970s: chop-socky and blaxploitation. |
| The Larry Sanders Show: Season 2 Posted:  The laughs and the showbiz mockery continue in the second season as self-absorbed talk-show host Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling) is tasked with finding someone to host the program that will follow his -- and with renegotiating his contract. Meanwhile, sidekick Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor) tries to launch an upscale, revolving eatery. Guest stars include Kathy Ireland, Helen Hunt, Kevin Nealon and John Ritter. |
| The Larry Sanders Show: Season 3 Posted:  After leaving his talk show and the celebrity world behind, Larry (Garry Shandling) realizes that Montana ranch life may not be so fulfilling after all. Unfortunately, the network's new owner isn't all that interested in Larry's offer to return to his chat duties. Larry also finds himself entangled in rumors of another staff affair and paternity suit, while his sidekick Hank (Jeffrey Tambor) goes off the rails after his wife walks out. |
| The Larry Sanders Show: Season 4 Posted:  Romantic entanglements wreak havoc with the life of talk show host Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling) in Season 4: namely his ill-considered affairs with Rosie Perez and Roseanne, in addition to a turn with a college intern. Those problems are eventually overshadowed by Larry's discovery that he's nearly bankrupt, thanks to his accountant's idiotic gaffes. Other burdens include guest host Sandra Bernhard's plot to steal the show. |
| Posted:  While trying to lay low, reluctant mob hit man Alex (David Bradley) visits his brother Tony (Brad Milne), whose involvement with a dangerous group of radicals leads both siblings smack-dab in the middle of a life-and-death dispute over chemical weapons. Tensions run high in this shootout-filled action flick, which finds Alex forced to unleash his killer instincts in order to save his brother and himself. |
| Posted:  Jennifer (Ashley Laurence) develops a huge crush on her handsome co-worker Eric (Zach Galligan), but he turns out to be a murderous psycho who secretly ruins her life while trying to determine whether or not she's the perfect woman for him. Meanwhile, Dana (Mary Crosby), Eric's demented sister and former lover, tries to rekindle their incestuous relationship by driving a wedge between him and the new object of his affection. |
| Posted:  Obsessively attached to the adoptive father (William Katt) who spoils her rotten, sweet-looking 11-year-old Jody (Gabrielle Boni) conceals a truly psychotic personality beneath her cheerful exterior and brutally murders anyone who dares stand between her and her dad. Her strict school principal, pushy granny and uncaring mother don't realize until it's too late that they should have never crossed this demented kiddie killer. |
| Posted:  On a covert mission to destroy a pivotal North Korean nuclear power plant, a tough but inexperienced squad of female Rangers sneaks across enemy lines, engages in intense firefights and musters every ounce of courage they've got to get the job done. Michael Biehn and Adrian Paul co-star as fellow soldiers in this intriguing action movie, which also explores the CIA's shadowy influence over this crucial incursion. |
| Posted:  While involved in a complicated love triangle with Lori (Camilla More) and Coast Guard officer Scott (Trevor Goddard), boat captain Mick (Roddy Piper) falls for Nola (Tawny Kitaen), the wife of a powerful drug lord who deceives the sailor into smuggling illegal narcotics aboard his yacht. Mick's troubles escalate further when DEA agent Stanovski (Miles O'Keeffe) delivers a severe ultimatum -- go undercover for the Feds or go to prison. |
| Posted:  Rock musician Sting stars in this black comedy as Fledge, a butler who begins work at the English estate of boorish scientist Sir Hugo Coal (Alan Bates) and immediately disrupts the household by seducing Coal's wife, Lady Harriet (Theresa Russell). But when the poetry-writing beau (Steven Mackintosh) of the Coal's daughter (Lena Heady) goes missing, Fledge's affairs aren't the only secrets that come to light. John-Paul Davidson directs. |
| Posted:  In this futuristic martial arts thriller, kickboxing champ Chance O'Brien (Keith Cooke) refuses to join a tournament featuring cyborg fighters, but when the event sponsor kidnaps his fiancée, Jo (Tina Cote), Chance's human powers are her only hope for survival. Stinging from a recent defeat, formidable opponent Xao (Gary Daniels) is thirsty for revenge and cyber-enhanced, but not a false move is traded by these real-life kickboxing masters. |
| Posted:  An auto-dynasty family experiences scandal, adultery, incest and power struggles in a juicy adaptation of Harold Robbins's best-selling novel. Ruthless patriarch Loren (Laurence Olivier) hires racecar driver Angelo (Tommy Lee Jones) to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson (Robert Duvall). But things get even messier when Angelo romances two women in Loren's life -- his great-granddaughter and his mistress. |
| Posted:  Just-out-of-jail Percy Talbott (Alison Elliott) lands in idyllic Gilead, Maine, and with the local sheriff's help, she finds employment and a place to stay at the Spitfire Grill. Percy develops a kinship with crotchety owner Hannah (Ellen Burstyn) and co-worker Shelby (Marcia Gay Harden). But Shelby's spouse (Will Patton) remains wary of the former felon's motives -- especially after she devises a plan to help the aging proprietor sell her café. |
| Posted:  Col. John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger), the former leader of a special ops team, is vaulted back into action to save his young daughter (Alyssa Milano) who has been kidnapped. Her life is threatened lest John assassinate a South American president. Rather than being strong-armed into such a proposition, John takes matters (and lots of guns) into his owns hands as he fights through the jungle against his enemies to save his daughter. |
| Posted:  After Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct, you'd think Michael Douglas wouldn't mess with seductresses. This time, Douglas plays a software whiz who rejects new boss Demi Moore's advances -- then charges her with sexual harassment. Hell hath no fury like a (take-no-prisoners) woman scorned. Helmed by Barry Levinson and written by Michael Crichton, this torn-from-the-headlines thriller combines sexy action with corporate intrigue. |
| Posted:  As his race car is about to explode, driver Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is suddenly transported 18 years into the future by a bounty hunter (Mick Jagger) who wants Furlong's body as part of a plan to extend the lives of the ultrarich. The bewildered Furlong escapes but finds himself running for his life and, with nowhere else to turn, he contacts his former girlfriend (Rene Russo) for help. Anthony Hopkins also stars in this sci-fi thriller. |
| Posted:  Still looking to crack a "big case," Phoenix cop Ben Shockley's (Clint Eastwood) assignment to escort "a nothing witness for a nothing trial" seems like another mundane job. But the witness is a hardened hooker everyone -- including Vegas oddsmakers -- wants dead. Trapped between both sides of the law, the two must navigate raging gunfire, blazing cars, murderous ambushes and crooked police just to survive. |
| Posted:  Cyberpunk godfather William S. Gibson's story is adapted for the big screen. A courier (Keanu Reeves) is tasked with delivering a volatile data package stored in his brain, but things don't go as planned and he's stuck in a race against time to save his mind. The trick is to get the data out before it explodes, or before an angry mob of evil samurai put him in cold storage for good. Dolph Lundgren and Henry Rollins co-star. |
| Posted:  When a death row inmate (Blair Underwood) calls on Harvard law professor Paul Armstrong (Sean Connery) to prove his innocence eight years after a crime, the evidence doesn't interest the police. But can Armstrong overcome the system and catch the real killer? Laurence Fishburne, Ed Harris, Kate Capshaw and Scarlett Johansson co-star in this Everglades-set thriller based on John Katzenbach's novel of the same name. |
| Posted:  Nearly 1,000 years ago, a malevolent leprechaun (Warwick Davis) left a bloody trail in his wake when he ripped through the countryside in search of his stolen pot of gold. Now, he's back in the big city, using his deadly charms to find -- and marry -- the girl of his nightmares (Shevonne Durkin). The fact that she's in love with another man (Charlie Heath) isn't bad luck -- it only helps drive the imp's passion over the edge. |
| Posted:  Actor-director Billy Crystal gives a searing portrayal of fictional comic Buddy Young Jr., a classic borscht belt stand-up comedian whose skills can't sustain a career undermined by his acidic self-loathing. A character study with bite, Mr. Saturday Night features the underrated David Paymer as Buddy's loyal, long-suffering brother and Helen Hunt as the new agent reluctantly assigned to Buddy. |
| Posted:  Petty criminal Henri Young (Kevin Bacon) gets sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s and attempts to escape. As punishment, the assistant warden (Gary Oldman) puts Young in solitary confinement, where the maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days. But Young spends years there, only to emerge a madman and eventual murderer. A rookie lawyer (Christian Slater) tries to save Young from execution by proving that Alcatraz is to blame for his condition. |
| Posted:  Adapted from a novel by S.E. Hinton, director Francis Ford Coppola's coming-of-age drama chronicles the escalating violence between two teenage gangs in rural Oklahoma: the hardscrabble Greasers and the affluent Socs. The rivalry intensifies when the Socs attack young Greasers Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell) and Johnny (Ralph Macchio). The film helped launched the careers of stars Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez and Tom Cruise. |
| Posted:  As the streetwise new girl at a posh private school, Ivy (Drew Barrymore) will do anything to fit in. When shy but wealthy Sylvie Cooper (Sara Gilbert) invites Ivy into her privileged world, Ivy entangles herself with Sylvie's producer father (Tom Skerritt) and beautiful mother (Cheryl Ladd). The tensions in their Beverly Hills home run deep, providing a license for malice that Ivy quickly exploits in this erotic thriller. |
| Posted:  Life is pleasant for the close-knit Freeling family (headed by Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams) until a host of otherworldy forces invades their peaceful suburban home, transforming their house into a swirling supernatural sideshow that's centered around their angelic young daughter (Heather O'Rourke). This must-see horror classic earned two Oscar nods for its special effects and another for its haunting score. |
| Posted:  During World War II, the British government learns that three German submarines are docked off the coast of the Portuguese colony of Goa in India. But since Portugal is a neutral nation, the Allied forces can't touch the boats, and the job of taking them out falls on the shoulders of a band of retired veterans. Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven headline this action-packed war tale based on a true story. |
| Posted:  Policeman Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) just watched his wife (Mia Sara) die when their home is blown up by criminals. When he goes back in time to stop a corrupt senator (Ron Silver), he learns that his wife's death was actually an attack on him -- for something he hadn't even done yet. Peter Hyams (End of Days) directs this action-thriller centered on time travel, specifically from 1994 to 2004. |
| Posted:  Four Texan brothers (Vincent D'Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey and Skeet Ulrich) ignite a crime spree in the 1920s, robbing more than 200 banks across the nation -- without ever killing anyone. In a career highlight, the unexpectedly compassionate team pulls off the largest train robbery in U.S. history. Richard Linklater (School of Rock) directs this heist film, based on a true story, that focuses more on characters than mindless action. |
| Posted:  In the stressful business of air traffic control, Jack Harris (Kiefer Sutherland) was the best -- until a crash ended his career. Haunted by the tragedy, Jack struggles to cope. But when a fierce storm cripples the Phoenix airport, he's called back into action. Now, he must fight his demons to clear his conscience and save the lives of hundreds of people. Robert Sean Leonard, Henry Winkler and Margaret Cho co-star in this gripping thriller. |
| Posted:  Michael Richards (Kramer of TV's "Seinfeld") makes his starring debut as struggling actor Richard Rietti, who gets his big break in an unexpected venue: the courtroom. When his lawyer pal Charles (Jeff Daniels) is too hung over to show up in court, he persuades Rietti to impersonate him. A simple case quickly becomes a legal circus with Rietti as the ringmaster. Charlize Theron co-stars, in one of her first major roles. |
| Posted:  Capt. James West (Will Smith) and Artemus Gordon (Kevin Kline) are so well-regarded as government agents that President Ulysses Grant (also played by Kline) charges them with tracking down the diabolical Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) in this futuristic Western set in the 1860s. West and Gordon pursue Loveless with a formidable array of crime-fighting gadgetry, but Loveless's 80-foot-high mechanical spider dwarfs the duo's ingenious arsenal. |
| Posted:  Building contractor Marty Barnes (Mike Binder) has always wondered what it would be like to share a bed with two women and, to his delight, he persuades his reluctant wife, Laura (Mariel Hemingway), to try it. The experience fulfills Marty's wildest dream.. until Laura morphs into a walking sex machine who seduces every woman in sight -- including Marty's secretary. Binder also wrote and directed this fast-paced, ribald sex comedy. |
| Posted:  A black belt, devoted boyfriend and talented rapper, Kool (Silkk the Shocker) is a good kid living in a bad 'hood. But his life only gets more complicated when his girlfriend, LaShawna (Shireen Crutchfield), is wrongly blamed for a cop's murder. To help free his girl, Kool trades favors with a police officer (Gary Busey) and agrees to infiltrate a crime operation. But the killers will do anything to keep LaShawna quiet. |
| Posted:  Lonely, 9-year-old Willie Morris (Frankie Muniz) lives in the flea-bitten town of Yazoo, Miss. He stinks at sports and has no playmates. So, over the strenuous objections of his hardnosed father (Kevin Bacon), Willie's mother (Diane Lane) buys him a dog that he promptly dubs "Skip." Before you know it, Skip transforms Willie's life: He makes friends, plays sports and develops an unbreakable bond with the spunky terrier. Based on a true story. |
| Posted:  Spoiled rich kid Kelley Morse (Chris Klein) inadvertently destroys a diner during a James Dean-style drag race and is sentenced by the court to help rebuild the restaurant. During construction, he must room and board at his racing rival Jasper's (Josh Hartnett) home. To make matters even worse for Jasper, love begins to bloom between Kelley and Samantha (Leelee Sobieski), a local girl Jasper also covets. |
| Posted:  Now a student at Harris University, Kid (Christopher Reid) discovers that Play (Christopher Martin) gave his college money to a fake record company executive, which means they have to raise some cash -- fast. All that can save the day is a no-holds-barred pajama jam. Campus life just got a little fresher as our hip-hop heroes bring their beats to the hallowed halls of academia. Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell-Martin and Queen Latifah co-star. |
| Posted:  It's 2023, and Hayden Cale (Ely Pouget) is the new CEO of weapons manufacturer Chaank Industries. When she learns that the company is secretly developing the ultimate killing machine -- a half-man, half-machine monster that tracks its victims by sensing fear -- she tries to get rid of both the weapon and its creator, Jack Dante (Brad Dourif). The beast, however, gets unleashed, and Cale must be fearless in pursuit of the monster. |
| Posted:  Computer genius Kyle (Ethan Embry) beats a video game called "Evolver," whose antagonist is programmed to learn as it goes. As a prize, he wins the real Evolver robot and a chance to play a live version of the game at home. What Kyle doesn't realize is that this robot, designed from discarded military parts, wants to win just as badly as the fictional one. Kyle must rely on his skill and know-how when the robot begins using real ammunition. |
| Posted:  Part of the United Nations' elite covert action unit, Shaw (Wesley Snipes) is trained in the art of victory without combat. But when Shaw is framed for an ambassador's murder, he'll do whatever it takes to clear his name. As terrorists threaten the signing of a worldwide free trade agreement, Shaw pairs with a U.N. interpreter (Marie Matiko) to track the real killers. Donald Sutherland and Anne Archer co-star in this political thriller. |
| Posted:  A secret experiment to disguise a naval battleship from enemy radar inexplicably sends a pair of World War II sailors 40 years into the future. They arrive in 1984 to a changed world and a bizarre electrical storm that seems linked to their arrival. On the run from the Navy and the local authorities, the pair takes a hostage to help find a way home. But they soon learn that the future of the world depends on the destruction of their ship. |
| Posted:  In this gentle drama from director Mimi Leder, young Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) responds to a school assignment with a plan to help three people who will, in turn, help three more, and so on, in an ever-widening circle. But Trevor touches more people than he expected, including his abused mother (Helen Hunt), his physically and emotionally scarred teacher (Kevin Spacey) and a journalist (Jay Mohr) who's investigating the plan. |
| Posted:  Keanu Reeves stars as Nelson, a San Francisco ad man who stays just busy enough to keep from noticing his loneliness. But one autumn, Nelson gets involved with a free spirit named Sara (Charlize Theron), who turns his world upside down. Sara, however, insists that their romance can last only one month. Is she afraid of commitment? Or is she hiding a terrible secret? Frank Langella co-stars in this romantic drama from Irish director Pat O'Connor. |
| Posted:  After the beautiful but troublemaking Carmen Jones (Dorothy Dandridge) sets her sights on military pilot-in-training Joe (Harry Belafonte), he leaves his girl, deserts the Army and ultimately kills a man, prompting the couple to flee from justice. But soon, the tragic events they've set in motion come full circle. Otto Preminger directs this Golden Globe-winning adaptation of the stage musical, which in turn is based on Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen." |
| Posted:  Ripping a page from John Steinbeck's novel &NFi;Travels with Charley&NFi_;, this bittersweet comedy follows an old codger named Harry (Art Carney) as he takes a cross-country trip with his cat, Tonto, as a companion. The film, which earned TV comedy veteran Carney a well-deserved Best Actor Academy Award, also features Ellen Burstyn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Larry Hagman, Josh Mostel and Melanie Mayron. Paul Mazursky directs. |
| Posted:  In this towering classic of American cinema, common man Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) leads his family on a harrowing journey from the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a better life in California. Based on John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterfully directed by John Ford, the stirring drama also stars Oscar winner Jane Darwell as Ma Joad and John Carradine as the fallen preacher Casy. |
| Posted:  Director Walter Lang's ebullient musical (an Oscar winner for Best Score) stars Alice Faye and Betty Grable as singing sisters Katie and Lily Blane, vaudeville performers who team up with the songwriting duo Skeets Harrigan (John Payne) and Harry Calhoun (Jack Oakie). Filled with lavish production numbers, the film includes the hit songs "K-K-Katy" and "Honeysuckle Rose," as well as an unforgettable staging of "The Sheik of Araby." |
| Posted:  When renowned African-American playwright Andrew Sterling (Samuel L. Jackson) moves into an all-white suburb, his suspicious new neighbors mistake him for a burglar and promptly call the police. When Sterling's identity becomes clear, the police plan a hasty cover-up, duping low-class crook Amos Odell (Nicolas Cage) into taking Sterling "hostage." Racial stereotypes get skewered 1990s style in this satire from director E. Max Frye (Palmetto). |
| Posted:  When she and her family have their royal titles stripped by the crown, 18th-century French countess Jeanne de la Motte Valois (Hilary Swank) schemes with her lover (Simon Baker), her husband (Adrien Brody) and a mysterious Italian count (Christopher Walken) to obtain a diamond necklace worth millions. Joely Richardson co-stars as French queen Marie Antoinette in this period drama that earned an Oscar nod for its lavish costumes. |
| Posted:  Talented disc jockey Jason St. Julian (LL Cool J) gave up a promising career when he took the fall for a mob boss (Ramy Zada) and ended up in jail. Now, in an attempt to go straight, Julian is battling his gambling and alcohol problems, but his past keeps catching up to him in the form of loan sharks, drug dealers and crooked cops. Worse, he falls in love with the mob boss's girlfriend (Victoria Dillard). Yaphet Kotto and Howard Hesseman co-star. |
| Posted:  It's a scary proposition, but a team of four paranormal investigators accepts an invitation for a week's stay in a mansion rumored to be haunted. Depending on their viewpoints, the group members either intend to prove the presence of ghosts or are determined to debunk the myths. Previous guests of Hell House are known to have gone mad. … Will this group survive the week? |
| Posted:  Frank Sinatra leads an all-star cast as Danny Ocean, who decides to knock over a few casinos on the Las Vegas Strip with his buddies -- including Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford -- in one of the merriest heist movies ever. The summit meeting of Sinatra's "Rat Pack" cronies, this comic caper was filmed on location in Vegas during the daylight-hour downtime between the real-life group's ongoing gig at the Sands Hotel. |
| Posted:  While trying to steal a valuable computer chip from a company's corporate headquarters, skilled thief Max Hooper (Dean Cain) is faced with a burning problem: Someone has set fire to the building. Should Max finish the job, evacuate and save his own skin? Or should he try to stay and save those who are still trapped inside? Richard Tyson, Mel Harris ("thirtysomething") and Lori Petty co-star in this gritty disaster drama. |
| Posted:  What's left to do when you've lived the eternal nightlife for centuries and must subsist off the blood of the living? If you're the vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), the answer is simple: become a rock star. This royal adaptation of Anne Rice's popular Vampire Chronicles series co-stars the late R&B singer Aaliyah as a reincarnated vampire queen who aims to take control of the world with Lestat, but a group of ancient vampires want to stop them. |
| Posted:  Sent to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, police detective Will Dormer (Al Pacino) accidentally shoots his partner, Hap (Martin Donovan), while trying to apprehend a suspect (Robin Williams). But in spite of his guilt, he's still determined to solve the case. Hilary Swank co-stars as a local detective who hampers Dormer's efforts based on her suspicions about the circumstances of Hap's death. |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Posted:  Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, James Garner and Maggie Smith star in this Southern-fried comedy, based on Rebecca Wells's best-selling novels, which follows a group of lifelong friends over decades of ups and downs. Forced to resort to intervention to help their friend's daughter, Siddalee (Bullock), cope and forgive her eccentric mother (Burstyn) for inflicting years of pain and embarrassment, the Ya-Yas don't hold anything back. |
| Posted:  In this atypical story about D-Day, American captain Brad Parker (Robert Taylor) and British colonel John Wynter (Richard Todd) prepare for the Normandy invasion aboard the same ship. En route, the two men recall, in flashbacks, their love for the same woman (Dana Wynter). Will the D-Day battle determine which one comes home to her? The hellish war scenes and the compelling story will grab you. |
| Posted:  A brash Manhattan industrialist, his coke-bingeing wife and a slum wino have something grisly in common: They're the latest victims in a series of seemingly motiveless murders, and all of them appear to have been killed by animals. Albert Finney stars in this shivery tale about brutal murders pointing to a previously unknown breed of canine creatures. Michael Wadleigh directs an innovative take on the werewolf legend full of mood and menace. |
| Posted:  As he sits on death row, Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) confesses how he and his mentor (Robert Urquhart) performed grotesque scientific experiments, culminating in the creation of a creature (Christopher Lee) pieced together from human body parts and reanimated. The Baron's invention is a murderous monster that will do his bidding -- until the day it turns against its master and threatens to kill his fiancée (Hazel Court). |
| Posted:  Elvira busts out in her outrageously funny feature film debut. When her great-aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight New England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house, a witch's cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queen's ample assets, all hell breaks loose. Can Elvira find success and happiness in her new hometown without being burned at the stake? |
| Posted:  Laure Ash (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), a master of manipulation and guile, takes part in one last jewel theft and then abruptly leaves behind her life of crime. Reinvented in the guise of a respectable married woman, Laure soon captures the attention of photographer Nicolas (Antonio Banderas). A soulful ex-paparazzo who's mesmerized by the elusive adventuress, Nicolas shatters her carefully crafted world with one shutter click of his camera. |
| Posted:  Eddie (Robert Forster) is an aging traveling diamond salesman who faces demotion when his company's new management deems him too high risk for carrying their gems. His final assignment -- training inexperienced rookie salesman Bobby (Donnie Wahlberg) -- brings an unexpected change. Although the relationship between the two men gets off to a less than amiable start, they eventually find that each has something valuable to offer the other. |
| Posted:  Charlie (Jerry O'Connell) and Louis (Anthony Anderson), two longtime friends from Brooklyn, are bothersome to mob kingpin Sal (Christopher Walken), who's Charlie's stepdad. So Sal sends the hapless duo to Australia to deliver $100,000 -- which they accidentally give to a renegade kangaroo. Afraid of their fate if they fail in their task, they're forced to chase the runaway 'roo and find the money, even if it means heading deep into the Outback. |
| Posted:  Young Jeanette is attacked by a serial killer and manages to survive, but both her parents are killed during the assault. The resulting trauma causes her to spend the next several years in an asylum. Finally released as a young woman, she's ready to start a new life and gets a job as a French tutor for a group of wealthy teenagers. But before long, bodies begin to pile up again ... and it appears the killer may be coming back for Jeanette! |
| Posted:  Based on a two-person play by Michael Christofer (who also wrote the screenplay), Breaking Up is a series of charming vignettes that reveals the on-again, off-again relationship between modern lovers Steve (Russell Crowe) and Monica (Salma Hayek). Their emotional bond is so intense that it borders on the manic-depressive, and they constantly fluctuate between romantic euphoria and ennui ... like many of the rest of us! |
| Posted:  Ruth Wilcox's deathbed wish forever changes relations between her well-heeled family and bourgeois Schlegel sisters Margaret (Oscar winner Emma Thompson) and Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) when Ruth bequeaths her manor -- Howards End -- to Margaret. Ruth's husband, Henry (Anthony Hopkins), acting in his family's "best interest," burns the coda to her will. But as lonely Henry falls for Margaret, providence dictates that he pay for his duplicity. |
| Posted:  Adapted from Henry James's novel, The Bostonians pits strong personalities against one another in a battle of the sexes, as an ardent feminist and a Southern gentleman vie for a charismatic faith healer's daughter. Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), a conservative lawyer, woos charming Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter), but objects to her involvement in the suffragist movement and to Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave), Verena's feminist mentor. |
| The Larry Sanders Show: Season 1 Posted:  This award-winning comedy show ran from 1992 to 1998 and relentlessly skewers the talk show industry with wit, ingenuity and biting humor. Featuring Garry Shandling as the sheltered host, Jeffrey Tambor as his insecure sidekick, Rip Torn as Larry's gruff producer, and a slew of celebrity guests, the talk show that airs is the least of the fun. The real laughs are in the crew's interactions while the camera's &NFi;not&NFi_; rolling... |
| Posted:  Director David Cronenberg brings William S. Burroughs' hallucinatory, "unfilmable" novel to the screen. Part-time exterminator and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Peter Weller) plunges into the nightmarish netherworld of the Interzone, pursuing a mysterious project that leads him to confront sinister cabals and giant talking bugs. |
| Posted:  A trio of grifters (Thandie Newton, Gabriel Byrne and Stuart Townsend) plots the con of a lifetime when they scheme to hustle a notorious card shark (Sylvester Stallone). But in order to bankroll their plan, they cheat a gangster in a rigged poker game. Now, all bets are off when the mobster comes looking for payback. Jamie Foxx and Melanie Griffith co-star in this twisting tale of deception, danger and double cross. |
| The Kids in the Hall: Season 1 Posted:  Sketch comedy troupe the Kids in the Hall -- Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson -- turn the mundane into the surreal with their zany characters and stories in this Emmy-nominated series. Highlights from Season 1 include discussions about menstruation, the story of the big crouton, the wisdom of the 30 Helens, and the exploits of Cabbage Head, Head Crusher and Buddy Cole. |
| Posted:  Acclaimed filmmaker John Waters returns to his favorite city, Baltimore, for this side-splitting film starring Tracey Ullman as Sylvia Stickles, a convenience-store worker who becomes a raging sexaholic after a minor accident. But her newfound lust is more a hassle than a gift, igniting class warfare on her street, Harford Road. Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak and Selma Blair co-star. Waters's muse, Patty Hearst, makes her usual cameo. |
| Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed Posted:  After a drunk wanders into and disrupts his secret lab, Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) decides he must find a new place to set up shop. Conveniently, he finds an innocent young girl (Veronica Carlson) who happens to have a boyfriend (Simon Ward) employed by the local hospital. Seeing his opportunity, Dr. Frankenstein kidnaps the couple and forces them to take part in a dangerous brain-swapping experiment. |
| Posted:  Jamie Bell, Hugo Speer, Laurence Fox, Andy Serkis and Matthew Rhys play English soldiers stuck in enemy territory in this spooky World War I thriller. Desperate to stay unseen, they bunk out in an abandoned German hideout, where slowly, one by one, they're picked off by an otherworldly enemy they can't identify. For the rest of them to get out alive, they must understand what they're up against so they can vanquish it before it conquers them. |
| Posted:  Leslie Nielsen stars as Count Dracula in Mel Brooks's delightful send-up of the decades-old Transylvanian tale. When a lawyer (Peter MacNicol) shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing (Brooks), who may be the only one able to vanquish the count. But does he stand a chance -- even if this Dracula is a little more klutzy and ditzy than one would expect? |
| Posted:  In director Richard Linklater's coming-of-age story, Jeff (Giovanni Ribisi), Tim (Nicky Katt) and their shiftless pals while away the night at the local convenience store as shop clerk Nazeer (Ajay Naidu), an ambitious engineering student, looks scornfully on. Eric Bogosian's adaptation of his sardonic play sets the parking lot ablaze with ambivalence when a classmate-turned-rock-star (Jayce Bartok) promises to swing by that evening after a gig. |
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Netflix Updates - Hotel De Love
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