When tightly wound suburbanite Eileen Cleary wins her church's coveted Catholic Woman of the Year award, she pushes aside inconvenient truths -- including an alcoholic son, a gay daughter and a philandering son -- in favor of a "perfect" family. |
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When tightly wound suburbanite Eileen Cleary wins her church's coveted Catholic Woman of the Year award, she pushes aside inconvenient truths -- including an alcoholic son, a gay daughter and a philandering son -- in favor of a "perfect" family. |
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As the leader of a Latina gang in South Central Los Angeles, Rascal (Jessica Romero) must contend with an escalating war against a rival African-American gang while a persistent teacher (Danny Glover) urges her to pursue her writing talents at an upcoming writer's workshop. The visceral drama, which unfol... |
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As the leader of a Latina gang in South Central Los Angeles, Rascal (Jessica Romero) must contend with an escalating war against a rival African-American gang while a persistent teacher (Danny Glover) urges her to pursue her writing talents at an upcoming writer's workshop. The visceral drama, which unfolds over a single day, also features a winning turn by Kate del Castillo as Rascal's doting mother. |
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John Leguizmo and Alfred Molina head up an all-star cast in this multicultural ensemble comedy that follows a trio of Puerto Rican siblings -- a Marine, an actress and a businessman -- on their way home to Chicago for a Christmastime family reunion. |
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2008 3.2 ★ 98 mins Comedies Rated: PG-13 RT:51%
John Leguizmo and Alfred Molina head up an all-star cast in this multicultural ensemble comedy that follows a trio of Puerto Rican siblings -- a Marine, an actress and a businessman -- on their way home to Chicago for a Christmastime family reunion. |
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Charles S. Dutton directs and stars in this Lifetime original movie as a guard working at a Texas correctional facility for troubled youth who creates a track team for female prisoners -- and ultimately changes the course of their lives. Through their hard work toward a common goal, the girls learn to accept their differences. The film was inspired by the true story of... |
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At 16, Eddie Corazon (Julian Alcaraz) finds himself suspended between two worlds -- with old friends pulling him toward drugs and delinquency and new friends opening his eyes to literature and learning -- in this film set in rural New Mexico. The balance seems to tip in favor of education when Eddie falls for a university-bound student. But soon poor choices get him sent away to live with an uncle. Here, Eddie has a chance to reinvent himself. |
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Charles S. Dutton directs and stars in this Lifetime original movie as a guard working at a Texas correctional facility for troubled youth who creates a track team for female prisoners -- and ultimately changes the course of their lives. Through their hard work toward a common goal, the girls learn to accept their differences. The film was inspired by the true story of a California juvenile detention officer. |
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At 16, Eddie Corazon (Julian Alcaraz) finds himself suspended between two worlds -- with old friends pulling him toward drugs and delinquency and new friends opening his eyes to literature and learning -- in this film set in rural New Mexico. The balance seems to tip in favor of education when Eddie falls for a university-bound student. But soon poor choices get him sent ... |
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This Armageddon-fueled thriller focuses on reporter Ethan Kendrick, who's investigating a series of disasters taking place in Los Angeles. He soon discovers that the City of Angels is under siege by huge dragons, and that it's up to him to save it. |
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Director Alfredo De Villa weaves a provocative tale about three strangers -- each at a turning point -- whose lives crisscross as they journey through New York City's subway system. While a grief-stricken optometrist is forced to reexamine her life, an artist must confront the onset of blindness, and a photographer has to face his inner demons. The ensemble cast includes Heather Graham, William Baldwin, Elizabeth Pena and Dominic Chianese. |
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Director Alfredo De Villa weaves a provocative tale about three strangers -- each at a turning point -- whose lives crisscross as they journey through New York City's subway system. While a grief-stricken optometrist is forced to reexamine her life, an artist must confront the onset of blindness, and a photographer has to face his inner demons. The ensemble cast include... |
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Kuno Becker reprises his role as soccer star Santiago Munez in the second installment of the Goal! trilogy. After gaining skills and considerable prominence with Newcastle United, Santiago gets his big break when he's transferred to Real Madrid. |
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Kuno Becker reprises his role as soccer star Santiago Munez in the second installment of the Goal! trilogy. After gaining skills and considerable prominence with Newcastle United, Santiago gets his big break when he's transferred to Real Madrid. |
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This Armageddon-fueled thriller focuses on reporter Ethan Kendrick, who's investigating a series of disasters taking place in Los Angeles. He soon discovers that the City of Angels is under siege by huge dragons, and that it's up to him to save it. |
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Bree gets the shock of her life a week before her final sex change surgery when she discovers a son she didn't know she had. After bailing him out of jail, the two set out on a cross-country journey riddled with road bumps. |
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A Mexican immigrant trying to make ends meet in Los Angeles enters a singing contest and achieves the American Dream -- and then some. Before long, he finds himself in a romantic triangle with his middle-aged neighbor and a young veterinary student. |
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A Mexican immigrant trying to make ends meet in Los Angeles enters a singing contest and achieves the American Dream -- and then some. Before long, he finds himself in a romantic triangle with his middle-aged neighbor and a young veterinary student. |
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With a rewarding job and a beautiful wife, David Dailey seems to have it all. Yet he has the uneasy feeling that something's not right, a suspicion that grows even stronger when he begins receiving anonymous notes warning that his life is about to change for the worse. While David senses he's being watched, he has no idea who's watching. |
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Mexican-American family matriarch Dona Genoveva (Lucy Gallardo), her divorced daughter Lolita (Elizabeth Peña) and teenage granddaughter Blanca (America Ferrera) all tinker with love during one sleepy summer in their Arizona border town. Dona's driving lessons take an unexpected turn, while things heat up at the butcher shop where Lolita works, and Blanca cooks up some romance for herself. This charming drama received a Grand Jury Prize n... |
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Harlan (Oscar nominee Edward Norton), a swaggering stranger who's convinced he's a cowboy, looks like a knight in shining armor to a rebellious teen named Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood), a girl who's growing up fast on the edge of the San Fernando Valley. But are Harlan's delusions strong enough to overpower the grim realities of her life? Rory Culkin, David Morse and Bruce Dern co-star in this modern-day Western with a twist. |
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With a rewarding job and a beautiful wife, David Dailey seems to have it all. Yet he has the uneasy feeling that something's not right, a suspicion that grows even stronger when he begins receiving anonymous notes warning that his life is about to change for the worse. While David senses he's being watched, he has no idea who's watching. |
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Mexican-American family matriarch Dona Genoveva (Lucy Gallardo), her divorced daughter Lolita (Elizabeth Peña) and teenage granddaughter Blanca (America Ferrera) all tinker with love during one sleepy summer in their Ariz... |
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Bree gets the shock of her life a week before her final sex change surgery when she learns that she has a son. After bailing him out of jail, the two set out on a cross-country journey riddled with road bumps. |
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Harlan (Oscar nominee Edward Norton), a swaggering stranger who's convinced he's a cowboy, looks like a knight in shining armor to a rebellious teen named Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood), a girl who's growing up fast on the edge of the San Fernando Valley. But are Harlan's delusions strong enough to overpow... |
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When Clara Harris, a middle-aged orthodontist and mother, hires private eye Bobbi Bacha to stake out Clara's two-timing spouse, Bacha ends up filming her enraged client repeatedly running over her husband with her Mercedes-Benz -- and killing him. |
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In this children's series that celebrates cultural diversity, curious 10-year-old twins Maya and Miguel encounter all kinds of adventures around their neighborhood. In this collection of three episodes, Maya decides to open up a restaurant after listening to Abuela Elena talk about the old days. And Maya gets into trouble when she finds her brother's love letter to a pretty classmate. Lucy Liu and Erik Estrada lend their voices to the series. |
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When Clara Harris, a middle-aged orthodontist and mother, hires private eye Bobbi Bacha to stake out Clara's two-timing spouse, Bacha ends up filming her enraged client repeatedly running over her husband with her Mercedes-Benz -- and killing him. |
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Struggling children's book illustrator Lucy Freers (Justine Bateman), her young daughter Chloe (Holliston Coleman) and her ne'er-do-well husband, Kit (Andrew McCarthy), live in Beverly Hills, where Lucy's constantly appalled by th... |
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Bob Parr (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife (Holly Hunter) in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume. Jason Lee, Samuel L. Jackson and Elizabeth Peña lend their voices to this Academy Award-winning Pixar charmer from writer-director Brad Bird. |
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Bob Parr (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife (Holly Hunter) in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume. |
In this children's series that celebrates cultural diversity, curious 10-year-old twins Maya and Miguel encounter all kinds of adventures around their neighborhood. In this collection of episodes, Maya decides to play matchmaker and set up Abuela Elena on a date. And there's no telling what will happen when Maya and her friends become feng shui home decorators. Lucy Liu and Erik Estrada lend their voices to the series. |
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In this children's series that celebrates cultural diversity, curious 10-year-old twins Maya and Miguel encounter all kinds of adventures around their neighborhood. In this collection of three episodes, Maya decides to open up a restaurant after listening to Abuela Elena talk about the old days. And Maya gets into trouble when she finds her brother's love letter to a pretty classmate. |
In this children's series that celebrates cultural diversity, curious 10-year-old twins Maya and Miguel encounter all kinds of adventures around their neighborhood. In this collection of episodes, Maya decides to play matchmaker and set up Abuela Elena on a date. And there's no telling what will happen when Maya and her friends become feng shui home decorators. Lucy Liu and |
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Struggling children's book illustrator Lucy Freers (Justine Bateman), her young daughter Chloe (Holliston Coleman) and her ne'er-do-well husband, Kit (Andrew McCarthy), live in Beverly Hills, where Lucy's constantly appalled by the decadence of her Hollywood neighbors. Julia Prentice (Angie Everhart), a trophy wife, is probably the worst example. But soon, Julia's found dead floating face down in Lucy's swimming pool. Question is: whodunit? |
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Autistic 15-year-old Zig Zag's (Sam Jones III) complex relationship with his crooked, abusive father (Wesley Snipes) leads to trouble in this gritty urban drama. With help from his Big Brother mentor, Dean (John Leguizamo), Zig Zag tries to clean up his act but only lands himself in more hot water. He steals money from his boss to help his dad pay rent, and now his only hope of avoiding juvenile hall is to return the money before he's caught. |
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A heartfelt, racy and honest look into the female heart, director Rodrigo Garcia's second film presents a series of monologues from 10 women about the man in their past who made the largest impression on them. Dealing with sex, love, death, loss, failure and other facets of male-female relationships -- and the human condition in general -- these stories focus on memory as... |
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A heartfelt, racy and honest look into the female heart, director Rodrigo Garcia's second film presents a series of monologues from 10 women about the man in their past who made the largest impression on them. Dealing with sex, love, death, loss, failure and other facets of male-female relationships -- and the human condition in general -- these stories focus on memory as the women's only connection to the men who affected them. |
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Autistic 15-year-old Zig Zag's (Sam Jones III) complex relationship with his crooked, abusive father (Wesley Snipes) leads to trouble in this gritty urban drama. With help from his Big Brother mentor, Dean (John Leguizamo), Zig Zag trie... |
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In 2079, a well-respected scientist with the perfect life wakes up one morning to find himself suspected of being a replicant planted by aliens. Now, he must do everything in his power to prove his identity and his innocence. |
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Underground singer-songwriter Sherry McGrale (Kim Dickens) makes a name for herself with a powerful song about her rape. A rock journalist (Gabriel Mann) pitches a story about Sherry, but his interest runs deeper than her music -- he has a personal connection to the crime. |
In director María Ripoll's bilingual drama, widower Martin Naranjo (Hector Elizondo) is a Los Angeles restaurateur with a booming business and three headstrong daughters (Jacqueline Obradors, Tamara Mello and Elizabeth Peña), who are all on the verge of leaving the house to pursue their individual destinies. He knows he must let go, but things get even more complicated when brassy neighbor Hortensia (Raquel Welch) sets her sights on ... |
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2001 3.3 ★ 102 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: PG-13 RT:22%
In 2079, a well-respected scientist with the perfect life wakes up one morning to find himself suspected of being a replicant planted by aliens. Now, he must do everything in his power to prove his identity and his innocence. |
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In director María Ripoll's bilingual drama, widower Martin Naranjo (Hector Elizondo) is a Los Angeles restaurateur with a booming business and three headstrong daughters (Jacqueline Obradors, |
Underground singer-songwriter Sherry McGrale (Kim Dickens) makes a name for herself with a powerful song about her rape. A rock journalist (Gabriel Mann) pitches a story about Sherry, but his interest runs deeper than her music -- he has a personal connection to the crime. Don Cheadle earned an Emmy nod for his turn as Sherry's protective manager in this drama directed by Allison Anders. Rosanna Arquette also stars. |
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Luke (Eric Mabius) and Nicole (Marley Shelton) are robbed of all their money while passing through a small border town on the way to California. Desperate for cash, Luke starts smuggling illegal immigrants over the Mexican border. But he soon realizes that he can't trust the men he's working for, and a local cop (R. Lee Ermey) begins to keep a very close eye on him. Elizabeth Peña co-stars in this action-packed drama. |
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This disc contains the following episodes: the pilot, "Sueños" and "El Baile." |
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This disc contains the following episodes: "Cholitas," "Mascaras," "Hermanos" and "Aniversario." |
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This disc contains the following episodes: "Comenzando De Nuevo," "Revelaciones," "Las Manos De piedra" and "No Te Muevas." |
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This disc contains the following episodes: "Lagrimas En El Cielo," "La Visita," "Un Pacto Con El Diablo" and "Juntos." |
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This disc contains the following episodes: "El Regreso De Paco," "Negro Y Moreno," "Dos Padres" and "Luchando." |
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Seven Girlfriends is an offbeat romantic comedy about Jesse, a man in his mid-thirties, who has arrived at a crisis point in his life because he can't maintain a successful relationship. |
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This disc contains the following episodes: the pilot, "Sueños" and "El Baile." |
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This disc contains the following episodes: "El Regreso De Paco," "Negro Y Moreno," "Dos Padres" and "Luchando." |
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This disc contains the following episodes: "Cholitas," "Mascaras," "Hermanos" and "Aniversario." |
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This disc contains the following episodes: "Comenzando De Nuevo," "Revelaciones," "Las Manos De piedra" and "No Te Muevas." |
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This disc contains the following episodes: "Lagrimas En El Cielo," "La Visita," "Un Pacto Con El Diablo" and "Juntos." |
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Luke (Eric Mabius) and Nicole (Marley Shelton) are robbed of all their money while passing through a small border town on the way to California. Desperate for cash, Luke starts smuggling illegal immigrants over the Mexican border. But he soon realizes that he can't trust the men he's working for, and a loc... |
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This complex, critically acclaimed TV dramatic series focuses on the Santiagos, a strong, tight-knit Latino family living in contemporary East Los Angeles, who for generations has hoped to produce a boxing champion. While widowed patriarch Roberto Santiago (Tony Plana) training his middle son Carlos (Michael... |
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This complex, critically acclaimed TV dramatic series focuses on the Santiagos, a strong, tight-knit Latino family living in contemporary East Los Angeles, who for generations has hoped to produce a boxing champion. While widowed patriarch Roberto Santiago (Tony Plana) training his middle son Carlos (Michael DeLorenzo) for the middleweight title, and family struggles to overcome the fate's hurdles, everyone's hopes and dreams hang in the balance. |
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After a botched marriage proposal and the death of a former flame, Jesse (Timothy Daly) takes stock of himself and his past relationships. He thumbs through his little black book, and en route to the funeral he visits all his ex-girlfriends. The hope is that he'll discover what he's been doing wrong. Jesse learns a surprising new lesson from each encounter with his exes, who inclu... |
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After a botched marriage proposal and the death of a former flame, Jesse (Timothy Daly) takes stock of himself and his past relationships. He thumbs through his little black book, and en route to the funeral he visits all his ex-girlfriends. The hope is that he'll discover what he's been doing wrong. Jesse learns a surprising new lesson from each encounter with his exes, who include Mimi Rogers, Melora Hardin and Elizabeth Peña. |
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In an attempt to stave off a full-blown mid-life crisis after his wife leaves him, Charlie Duprey (William Forsythe) heads to Reno, Nev., for some gambling therapy. But when Duprey unwittingly picks up a psychotic killer (James Le Gros) who's posing as a hitchhiker, his relaxing weekend getaway escalates into a deranged high-stakes death trip. Jamie Kennedy co-stars as a bungling police deputy. |
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When Hong Kong inspector Lee heads to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI assigns cocky LAPD cop James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership. |
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Predatory sadomasochist Capt. Howdy (Dee Snider) scours Internet chat rooms for vulnerable teenage girls to lure them to his torture chamber. He succeeds with Genevieve (Linda Cardellini), the daughter of veteran cop Mike Gage (Kevin Gage |
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After his wife leaves him, a businessman with a compulsive gambling problem travels to Reno, Nev., for some gambling therapy -- which takes a turn when he picks up a psychotic serial killer posing as a hitchhiker. |
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When Hong Kong inspector Lee heads to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI assigns cocky LAPD cop James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership. |
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After his wife leaves him, Charlie Duprey (William Forsythe) heads to Reno, Nev., for some gambling therapy. But when Duprey unwittingly picks up a dangerously psychotic hitchhiker (James LeGros), his relaxing weekend getaway escalates into a deranged high-stakes death trip. Kurt Voss directs this tense nail-biter; funnyman Jamie Kennedy provides comic relief as a bungling police deputy. |
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This double feature includes a pair of tense thrillers. In Stir, Kelly Bekins (Traci Lords) searches for answers after her husband -- a scientist working on a cure for AIDS -- is brutally murdered. And in Highway Hitcher, Charlie Duprey's (William Forsythe) trip to Reno for some gambling therapy after his wife leaves him is complicated when he unwittingly picks up a psychotic killer (James Le Gros) posing as a hitchhiker. Jamie Kennedy co-stars. |
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Predatory sadomasochist Capt. Howdy (Dee Snider) scours Internet chat rooms for vulnerable teenage girls to lure them to his torture chamber. He succeeds with Genevieve (Linda Cardellini), the daughter of veteran cop Mike Gage (Kevin Gage), and Mike must track them down before it's too late. When the police find Howdy and send him off to an asylum, they assume that his reign of terror is over. But the nightmare for Mike and Genevieve has just ... |
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When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges, who won an Emmy) defies the president (Phil Hartman) and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a divide in national opinion over the issue. |
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When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges, who won an Emmy) defies the president (Phil Hartman) and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly s... |
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When two men discover a human skull and an encrusted badge buried near a small Texas border town, lawman Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) launches an investigation that reveals a 40-year-old murder in director John Sayles's acclaimed drama. Sam's late father, the former sheriff ( |
When two men discover a human skull and an encrusted badge buried near a small Texas border town, lawman Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) launches an investigation that reveals a 40-year-old murder in director John Sayles's acclaimed drama. Sam's late father, the former sheriff (Matthew McConaughey, in flashbacks), is a town legend, and Sam's discoveries threaten to tarnish his dad's reputation and touch the lives of nearly everyone in the community. |
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Looking to start life anew, two disparate women -- Carmen (Elizabeth Peña) and Kathy (Christina Applegate) -- leave Los Angeles behind to be near their boyfriends (Peter Berg and |
When Jesse (Jason James Richter) meets up with the Orca friend he liberated two years earlier, an offshore oil spill forces them into another race-against-time adventure. They must band together to save Willy and his family by getting them back into the open ocean. Meanwhile, Jesse faces some of his own personal demons when his biological mother, a drug addict, dies -- and his half-brother arrives unannounced. |
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When Jesse (Jason James Richter) meets up with the Orca friend he liberated two years earlier, an offshore oil spill forces them into another race-against-time adventure. They must band together to save Willy and his family by getting them back into the open ocean. Meanwhile, Jesse faces some of his own personal demons when his biological mother, a drug addict, dies -- and his half-brother arrives unannounced. |
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Looking to start life anew, two disparate women -- Carmen (Elizabeth Peña) and Kathy (Christina Applegate) -- leave Los Angeles behind to be near their boyfriends (Peter Berg and Tony Fields), who are serving time in a Mojave Desert prison. Kathy and Carmen share a tumbledown trailer owned by a slimy defense attorney and struggle financially as they await their men's release. How will the ladies survive when authorities seize their home? |
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When Jesse (Jason James Richter) meets up with the Orca friend he liberated two years earlier, an offshore oil spill forces them into another race-against-time adventure. They must band together to save Willy and his family by getting them back into the open ocean. Meanwhile, Jesse faces some of his own personal demons when his biological mother, a drug addict, dies -- ... |
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When psychotic Wall Street broker Eugene (Ron Silver) witnesses rookie cop Megan (Jamie Lee Curtis) gunning down an armed robber in a store, he becomes instantly obsessed with her. After lifting the robber's gun from the crime scene, Eugene carves Turner's name into the bullets and uses them in a series of murders. Soon, Turner is drawn into a deadly game of wits with a psychopath who's always a step ahead ... and much closer than she thinks! |
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In this 1990 TV miniseries, Enrique "Kiki" Camarena (Steven Bauer) is an undercover DEA agent stationed in Guatemala who uncovers a huge marijuana operation. When he follows the chain of command, it uncovers a trail of corruption high within the Mexican government. Benicio Del Toro, Miguel Ferrer and Elizabeth Pena co-star. |
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In this 1990 TV miniseries, Enrique "Kiki" Camarena (Steven Bauer) is an undercover DEA agent stationed in Guatemala who uncovers a huge marijuana operation. When he follows the chain of command, it uncovers a trail of corruption high within the Mexican government. Benicio Del Toro, |
In this supernatural thriller, Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) returns home to New York City, only to be haunted by his son's death, plagued by flashbacks from the war and tortured by psychological demons. Despite support from his ex-wife (Patricia Kalember), his girlfriend ( |
When psychotic Wall Street broker Eugene (Ron Silver) witnesses rookie cop Megan (Jamie Lee Curtis) gunning down an armed robber in a store, he becomes instantly obsessed with her. After lifting the robber's gun from the crime scene, Eugene carves Turner's name into the bullets and uses them in a series of m... |
In this supernatural thriller, Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) returns home to New York City, only to be haunted by his son's death, plagued by flashbacks from the war and tortured by psychological demons. Despite support from his ex-wife (Patricia Kalember), his girlfriend (Elizabeth Peña) and an insightful chiropractor (Danny Aiello), the line between reality and delusion becomes increasingly blurred. |
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Linked by their supernatural gifts, psychic hairdresser Sylvia Pickel (Cyndi Lauper) and psychometrist Nick Deezy (Jeff Goldblum) are recruited by treasure hunter Harry Buscafusco (Peter Falk) to help him locate his missing son in the mounta... |
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Linked by their supernatural gifts, psychic hairdresser Sylvia Pickel (Cyndi Lauper) and psychometrist Nick Deezy (Jeff Goldblum) are recruited by treasure hunter Harry Buscafusco (Peter Falk) to help him locate his missing son in the mountains of Ecuador. But when they arrive in South America, Silvia and Nick discover that Buscafusco has actually tricked them into helping him find a lost city made of gold. |
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The plane crash that killed rocker Buddy Holly also took the life of Ritchie Valens, a 17-year-old Mexican-American who rocketed to fame with the hit "La Bamba." The film paints a vivid portrait of Valens's modest upbringing and rise to stardom. |
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After their apartment building is bought by an unscrupulous developer, Frank and Faye Riley (real-life couple Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy) face eviction. But the poor retirees and their neighbors receive help from an unlikely source -- a clan of tiny robotic aliens who supply free electricity and harass the developer's goons. This sentimental sci-fi drama was executive-produced by Steven Spielberg. |
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After their apartment building is bought by an unscrupulous developer, Frank and Faye Riley (real-life couple Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy) face eviction. But the poor retirees and their neighbors receive help from an unlikely source -- a clan of tiny robotic aliens who supply free electricity and harass the ... |
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The plane crash that killed rocker Buddy Holly also took the life of Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips), a 17-year-old Mexican-American who rocketed to fame with the hit "La Bamba." The film paints a vivid portrait of Valens' modest upbringing, his warm relationship with his hard-working mother (Rosanna DeSoto) and his rise to stardom. Los Lobos performs Valens' music on the soundtrack. |
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Dave and Barbara Whiteman (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) seem to have it made: He's a successful businessman, and she's a happy homemaker. Together they have a son, a daughter and a Beverly Hills manse to die for. At least, that's what a wayward bum ( |
Dave and Barbara Whiteman (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) seem to have it made: He's a successful businessman, and she's a happy homemaker. Together they have a son, a daughter and a Beverly Hills manse to die for. At least, that's what a wayward bum (Nick Nolte) thinks when he tries to drown himself in their pool. Director Paul Mazursky peels away the hypocritical layers obscuring this American Dream. |
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Panamanian musician Ruben Blades stars as Rudy Veloz, an up-and-coming salsa singer who has dreams of hitting the big time as a mainstream crossover sensation. When he lands a record contract, he's on his way to stardom or so he thinks. Obsessed with commercial success, Rudy abandons his cultural roots, drops his friends and betrays his musical integrity. But the price of selling out is high, and sometimes, the gamble doesn't pay off. |
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A New York City building superintendent dreams of his home in tropical Cuba in this heartwarming tale. He's lived in the United States for 10 years, but Cuban expatriate "El Super" (Raymundo Hidalgo-Gato) still feels like a fish out of water, dreading the cold and trying to find a way to move to Miami. As new Cuban refugees arrive to share tiny basement apartments, the homesick "El Super" reminisces about his life as an apartment superintendent. |
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A New York City building superintendent dreams of his home in tropical Cuba in this heartwarming tale. He's lived in the United States for 10 years, but Cuban expatriate "El Super" (Raymundo Hidalgo-Gato) still feels like a fish out of water, dreading the cold and trying to find a way to move to Miami. As new Cuban refugees arrive to share tiny basement apartments, the homesick "El Super" reminisces about his life as an apartment superintendent. |