Before and After
1996 3.3 stars 107 mins Drama Rated: PG-13
Carolyn and Ben Ryan (Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson) see their tranquil life turned upside down when their son Jacob's (Edward Furlong) young girlfriend is murdered. Soon, all fingers begin to point in Jacob's direction, as he was the last to see her alive. When Jacob disappears, the Ryans must deal with the growing speculation about their son's involvement and the backlash surrounding the tragedy. The film is based on Rosellen Brown's 1992 novel. |
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992 2.9 stars 99 mins Comedy Rated: PG-13
When vacuous stock analyst Nick Halloway (Chevy Chase) is rendered invisible as the result of a nuclear fusion experiment gone wrong, he becomes the target of ruthless government operative David Jenkins (Sam Neill), who plans to exploit Halloway's spy potential. After escaping from Jenkins' clutches, Halloway finds an ally in shapely film documentarian Alice Monroe (Daryl Hannah). Michael McKean rounds out the cast in this comic sci-fi yarn. |
Loose Cannons
1990 3.2 stars 95 mins Comedy Rated: R
A Washington D.C. cop (Gene Hackman) teams up with a man afflicted with a multiple personality disorder (Dan Aykroyd) who speaks in the voices of Tweety Bird, Captain Kirk, Pee-Wee Herman, Ricky Ricardo and the Wicked Witch of the West. Together, they trail a gang of neo-Nazis in an attempt to capture a porno film featuring Adolph Hitler in bed with a man who's about to be elected chancellor of West Germany. |
Rapa Nui
1994 3.3 stars 107 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
On Easter Island -- originally named Rapa Nui -- childhood friends Noro (Jason Scott Lee) and Make (Esai Morales) become bitter enemies as they vie for the beautiful Ramana (Sandrine Holt) and compete in a perilous race that will determine which of their opposing tribes will rule the land. This epic adventure film chronicles the history of the island and its mysterious stone statues in the years before Europeans arrived. |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Movie
1992 3.3 stars 86 mins Comedy Rated: PG-13
Airheaded cheerleader Buffy (Kristy Swanson) is the "chosen one" of her generation -- earmarked to kill vampires infesting our streets and towns. Donald Sutherland plays her mentor, and Rutger Hauer is Lothos, the alpha male bloodsucker she's assigned to liquidate. This precursor to the popular series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar lacks the TV version's dark tone, but features plenty of campy fun. |
Legends of the Fall
The rugged Ludlow clan -- father William (Anthony Hopkins) and brothers Alfred (Aidan Quinn), Tristan (Brad Pitt) and Samuel (Henry Thomas) -- splinters when Sam goes off to fight in World War I despite his father's opposition. To protect Sam, his siblings follow suit. But their efforts fall short, and tragedy ensues. Upon returning home, Alfred and Tristan face a new battle when both fall for Sam's beautiful fiancée (Julia Ormond). |
The Devil's Backbone
2001 3.7 stars 108 mins Foreign (Spanish) Rated: R
Twelve-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) is the latest arrival at Santa Lucia School, an imposing stone building that shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians during the last days of the Spanish Civil War. Carlos gradually uncovers the dark ties that bind the inhabitants of the school: hidden riches, sexual intrigue and the restless ghost of a murdered student, who may be the only one to provide resolution. |
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Sibling jazz musicians Frank (Beau Bridges) and Jack Baker (Jeff Bridges) decide they need a chanteuse to spice up their piano act and take them beyond seedy nightclubs. They choose beautiful and sexy songbird Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer), and the trio becomes a huge success. But when a relationship develops between Susie and Jack, the brothers are forced to think about where they're headed -- and how honest they've been with each other. |
Vision Quest
1985 3.5 stars 105 mins Drama Rated: R
In this stirring coming-of-age story, a Spokane, Wash., high school wrestler (Matthew Modine) pursues his "vision quest" -- winning the state championship and finding true love. Advising the young man on his quest are his half-American Indian best friend (Michael Schoeffling) and a seductive, slightly older woman (Linda Fiorentino, in one of her first roles). Madonna makes her first appearance in a major film, crooning "Crazy for You" in a bar. |
Midnight Run
Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is an ex-cop turned bounty hunter who's offered $100,000 to transport prisoner Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin) -- an accountant who embezzled millions from the mob -- from New York to Los Angeles. But the FBI is after The Duke to testify against the mob, and the mob's put out a hit on him. Can Walsh deliver the neurotic accountant to L.A. on time -- and alive? It'll be one heck of a cross-country ride! |
Shottas
2006 3.8 stars 95 mins Drama Rated: R
This gritty urban drama follows the lives of Biggs (Ky-Mani Marley) and Wayne (Spragga Benz), two poor kids from Kingston, Jamaica, who turn to crime as a means of survival. Drugs, robbery and murder become a way of life for the pair, who soon turn their sights to U.S. shores. Co-starring hip-hop superstar Wyclef Jean and model Tyson Beckford, this gangster tale pulls no punches in its unflinching portrayal of the criminal underworld. |
The Deadly Trackers
1973 2.7 stars 105 mins Classics Rated: PG
When Frank Brand (Rod Taylor) and his group of hoodlums murder Sean Kilpatrick's (Richard Harris) wife and young son during a bank robbery, the once peace-loving sheriff of border town Santa Rosa, Texas, becomes obsessed with revenge. Kilpatrick makes his way to Mexico, where he taunts Brand by holding his young daughter hostage. Lukas Heller (The Dirty Dozen) writes and Barry Shear directs this violent, gritty 1970s Western. |
The Fast and the Furious
2001 3.4 stars 107 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG-13
Aptly named Vin Diesel stars in this high-octane action-adventure as Domenic Toretto, a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian Spindler (Paul Walker) infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister (Jordana Brewster) and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD. Director Rob Cohen (The Skulls, XXX) helms this breathtaking, guilty-pleasure thrillride. |
House of 9
2005 2.8 stars 86 mins Thrillers Rated: R
Borrowing from Agatha Christie and the plots of Saw and Saw II, director Steven R. Monroe's twisted tale takes nine unsuspecting victims (including Dennis Hopper, who portrays an Irish priest), traps them in a mansion and films their every move. Promising $5 million to the player who emerges victorious, their unseen captor uses them as pawns in a demented, live-action "game," concocting horrible scenarios that force his captives to participate. |
Zebrahead
Zack (Michael Rapaport), a white Jewish teen, and Dee (DeShonn Castle), an African American, are two friends at a Detroit high school. When Zack starts dating Dee's sister, Nikki (N'Bushe Wright), he faces unexpected racial prejudice from Nikki's mother and many others in the community. Zebrahead was produced by Oliver Stone and won the prestigious Filmmaker's Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival. |
Warren Miller's: Cold Fusion
2003 3.8 stars 125 mins Sports & Fitness Rated: NR
Extreme-skiing/snowboarding documentarian Warren Miller (a veteran of more than 50 years of this type of filmmaking) travels to Kenya and Verbier for some one-of-a-kind footage that will thrill you right down to your Rossignols. Be a witness when two world records get crushed (with all the action set to a rocking soundtrack by the Foo Fighters and the Dave Matthews Band). |
Warren Miller's: Storm
2003 3.7 stars 120 mins Sports & Fitness Rated: NR
Extreme-skiing/snowboarding documentarian Warren Miller traveled from Alaska to Aspen to the Austrian Alps to lens this amazing display of extreme skiing. The film keys in on some of the sport's greatest competitors and rising stars. Witness the ultimate combination of deep powder and the high, lonesome clash when these superb and fearless athletes rocket down the slopes (all set to the music of the Dave Matthews Band, Nickel Creek and more). |
Kermit's Swamp Years
2002 3.2 stars 82 mins Children & Family Rated: G
World-famous Muppet Kermit the Frog is 12 years old in this biopic about the amphibian's tadpole years growing up in a Southern swamp. Kermit comes to the conclusion that there's a big world out there, and that it's high time he get a look at it. With his best friends, Goggles and Croaker, along for the fun ride, Kermie sets out on an extraordinary adventure, dodging danger and learning about true friendship in the process. |
Irish Jam
2006 3.0 stars 90 mins Comedy Rated: PG-13
In hopes of escaping his angry ex-fiancée (Mo'Nique), Los Angeles con man Jimmy "The Jam" McDevitt (Eddie Griffin) rips off a rap song and enters a poetry contest. Miraculously, his thievery wins him the grand prize -- his very own Irish pub -- and a trip to the tiny Irish town that will become his new home. Little does he know that a greedy local will do anything to get his hands on Jimmy's newfound, um, booty. Anna Friel co-stars. |
Warren Miller's: Ride
2003 3.7 stars 121 mins Sports & Fitness Rated: NR
Extreme-skiing/snowboarding documentarian Warren Miller travels across the world to witness the hottest ski and snowboard action found on Earth. From British Columbia's Whistler Mountain to the highest peaks of Russia, watch professionals and 2002 Olympic contenders do what they do best: get plenty of air. This marks Warren Miller's 51st film. |
Sphere
1998 3.2 stars 134 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: PG-13
When a team of scientists (Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson) begins to investigate a giant spacecraft that's come to rest 1,000 feet under the sea, they discover that it not only appears to have come from the future but that it contains a mysterious sphere. The object soon begins to send out messages, not all of them friendly, in this Barry Levinson-directed film version of Michael Crichton's novel. |
Man of the Century
1999 3.0 stars 77 mins Comedy Rated: R
Ace reporter Johnny Twennies (Gibson Frazier) is stuck in the 1920s -- and blissfully unaware that he's out of place in modern-day Manhattan -- in this rollicking indie comedy that gently pokes fun at black-and-white film classics. His girlfriend is fed up because he hasn't kissed her, his boss wants him canned, and the mob wants him rubbed out because he knows too much. Can Johnny get the scoop and the girl while staying alive? |
Moving
1988 3.5 stars Comedy Rated: R
A series of mishaps creates chaos as transit engineer Arlo Pear (Richard Pryor) is forced out of his job -- and his comfy suburban life -- in this raucous comedy. A new career opportunity arises, but it means relocating his reluctant family (Beverly Todd, Stacey Dash, Raphael Harris and Ishmael Harris) from New Jersey to Idaho. With con artist movers and a sociopath (Dana Carvey) driving Arlo's car, the Pears are off to a seriously rocky start. |
Seven Years in Tibet
1997 3.6 stars 136 mins Drama Rated: PG-13
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama (Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk), whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life. |
Men of Respect
1991 2.8 stars 99 mins Drama Rated: R
Mike Battaglia (John Turturro) is a made man who's won the respect of the New York mob, but when his ambitious wife, Ruthie (Katherine Borowitz), encourages him to grab the proverbial crown from his godfather by killing him, his act of treason leads to his own undoing. The Mafia meets the Bard in this William Reilly adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Peter Boyle, Dennis Farina, Vincent Pastore, Nicholas Turturro and Stanley Tucci co-star. |
The Tic Code
1997 3.4 stars 90 mins Drama Rated: R
Bound by the disorder they have in common, Tourette's syndrome, adolescent musical prodigy Miles (Chris Marquette) and seasoned jazz saxophonist Tyrone (Gregory Hines) teach each other how to deal with their shared condition by playing music together. Yet Tyrone -- who has learned to control and hide his symptoms -- develops an attraction to the boy's mother (Polly Draper), a situation that forces him to confront emotions he's long buried. |
Out of Season
2004 2.2 stars 100 mins Thrillers Rated: R
When Pierre (Jordan Frieda), an aimless young drifter, is forced to stay in a crumbling seaside village for the winter, he befriends a few of the locals, including a recovering criminal (Dennis Hopper), an amusement park owner (Jim Carter) and his wife (Gina Gershon) and their plotting teenage daughter (Dominique Swain). But Pierre's new acquaintances have dark secrets among them -- the worst of which is murder. |
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003 3.3 stars 108 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG-13
It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone (Cole Hauser). But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Clemente (Eva Mendes) to bring Verone down. John Singleton directs this sequel to The Fast and the Furious. |
The Return of Frank James
1940 3.2 stars 92 mins Classics Rated: NR
Director Fritz Lang made his first foray into color with this gritty Western starring Henry Fonda as Frank James, who sets out to avenge the killing of his brother, Jesse. Accompanied by young sidekick Clem (portrayed by child star Jackie Cooper), Frank sacrifices his life of anonymity to hunt down Bob Ford (John Carradine), the backstabbing coward who murdered Jesse in exchange for a pardon. Gene Tierney makes her film bow as a nosy reporter. |
The Beguiled
1971 3.4 stars 105 mins Classics Rated: R
An injured Civil War soldier (Clint Eastwood) takes refuge in a fancy Southern girls' school and quickly becomes the center of attention as the girls clamor for his affections, and the headmistress (Geraldine Page) freely practices her surgical skills on him. A far cry from typical Eastwood films, this moody, atmospheric drama is a tension-filled cult favorite from director Don Siegel (Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz). |
Second Sight
1989 3.1 stars 84 mins Comedy Rated: PG
The streets of Boston may never be the same when a misanthropic detective (John Larroquette), an outlandish psychic with a passion for chocolate-covered peanuts (Bronson Pinchot) and a perky nun (Bess Armstrong) team up to solve the case of a missing girl. Toss in a multitude of car chases and veteran funnyman Stuart Pankin as a parapsychologist, and you have the recipe for a paranormal romp that delivers a solid dose of mystic madness. |
Modigliani
2004 3.1 stars 128 mins Drama Rated: R
Painter Amedeo Modigliani (Andy Garcia), famous for his portraits with the singularly recognizable elongated faces, is the subject of this engrossing biographical drama by Mick Davis. Along with tracing his career, the film follows the Jewish artist's attempts to win a Parisian art competition to raise money so he can care for the baby he fathered with his Catholic lover, Jeanne (Elsa Zylberstein), whose parents want nothing to do with him. |
Bitch Slap
2009 2.6 stars 109 mins Action & Adventure Rated: UR
Three naughty girls -- leggy stripper Trixie (Julia Voth), homicidal drug runner Camero (America Olivo) and high-powered businesswoman Hel (Erin Cummings) -- team up to rip off a crime kingpin, but surprise betrayals quickly spin events out of control. Guns, hand-to-hand combat, scantily clad women and plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor populate this guilty-pleasure throwback to 1960s and '70s exploitation films. |
Ponyo
2008 4.0 stars 103 mins Anime & Animation Rated: G
This Japanese anime feature from famed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki follows the adventures of a 5-year-old boy, Sosuke, and his burgeoning friendship with Ponyo, a goldfish princess who desperately wants to become human. After running away from and then being recaptured by her strict father, Ponyo -- with some help from Sosuke -- becomes more determined than ever to make her dreams come true. But will her wishes throw the entire earth off balance? |
Battlefield Earth
In the year 2000, an alien race known as the Psychlos devastated Earth and turned it into a wasteland. In the year 3000, the aliens -- led by the horrific Terl (John Travolta) -- still hold the surviving human population hostage and have forced Earthlings into slavery. But when human Johnny Goodboy Tyler (Barry Pepper) discovers the aliens' major weakness and leads the final fight for Earth's survival, the parasitic Psychlos are in for a shock. |
The Education of Little Tree
1997 3.8 stars 115 mins Children & Family Rated: PG
James Cromwell stars in this heartwarming adaptation of the acclaimed best-seller about an 8-year-old Cherokee boy (Joseph Ashton) in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains during the 1930s who is sent to live with his grandparents after the loss of his parents. His new mountain-dwelling life is filled with joy, discovery, setbacks, triumphs and good friends such as mystical Cherokee seer Willow John (Graham Greene). |
Joseph Campbell: Mythos I: Psyche and...
1997 55 mins Documentary Rated: NR
The psychological impulse for and response to myth. |
Gangland: Ssn 6: The Assassins
2010 43 mins Television
Logan Heights is the most notorious Hispanic street gang in San Diego. With over 400 soldiers, the gang outnumbers all of their enemies combined. Logan Heights makes its money selling marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamines on the city's streets. |
Made in USA
1987 2.2 stars 82 mins Drama Rated: R
Fed up with life in their dead-end town, Tuck (Chris Penn) and Dar (Adrian Pasdar) ditch Pennsylvania and head for sunny California in a stolen car. Along the way, they pick up wild hitchhiker Annie (Lori Singer), who turns them into genuine lawbreakers. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival, this unconventional road trip film chronicles the dark side of America during the Reagan era. |
Soldier's Revenge
1985 1.6 stars 75 mins Action & Adventure Rated: NR
Frank Morgan risked his life for his country in the Vietnam War, but when he came home no hero's welcome awaited him; instead he was branded a traitor. Nonetheless, he's about to make one more trip into hell to save the woman he loves and preserve her war-torn country. |
Criss Angel Mindfreak: Ssn 2: Walk on...
2006 21 mins Television
Criss performs his most talked-about demonstration featured on his guest star appearance on NBC's "Las Vegas." Although his network television water walk was only seconds, now he will attempt it in one continuous shot across an entire pool. |
Crime 360: Ssn 1: Welcome to Homicide
2008 44 mins Television
On a hot summer day in Richmond, Detective Shane Waite is called to a local apartment complex where there is believed to be a dead body inside a car. Waite discovers a bound murder victim stuffed in the trunk of the car. |
La Chamade
1969 3.0 stars 103 mins Foreign (French) Rated: R
In this heartwrenching story written by famed author Francoise Sagan, Lucile (Catherine Deneuve) has gotten used to her comfortable "kept" life underwritten by a wealthy older man. But her real desire is for a young, misfit writer who has trouble taking care of himself. Deneuve -- luminous as always -- delivers another riveting performance in this drama. |
Bad Influence
1990 3.2 stars 100 mins Thrillers Rated: R
Financial analyst Michael Boll (James Spader) is young, smart, successful and engaged to the perfect woman. Then he befriends Alex (Rob Lowe), a handsome drifter who lives by no rules, who begins to influence every aspect of Michael's professional and personal life. At first, Michael enjoys his new adventure and is empowered by the advice Alex offers, but soon, he's drawn into a dark world of theft, sex, voyeurism and murder. |
The Barbershop Series: Politics of Money
2005 26 mins Television
Isaac's ego gets him fired from the barbershop; Jimmy tries to raise funds for his campaign; Calvin puts up his shop as collateral to get Romadal out of jail; Yinka finds a sanctuary at Jen's bed-and-breakfast. |
A Feast at Midnight
1994 3.0 stars 105 mins Children & Family Rated: PG
Done with being terrorized, 10-year-old Magnus Gove (Freddie Findlay) founds the so-called Scoffers Club, which comprises 12 boys who make commando raids on the British boys' school kitchen for the purpose of preparing themselves midnight feasts. By-the-book Latin teacher Longfellow (Christopher Lee) -- aka "velociraptor" -- is not having any of these shenanigans. Justin Hardy directs this comic family film. |
De-Lovely
Kevin Kline stars as the celebrated 20th-century composer Cole Porter, who looks back on his life unfolding like one of his musicals, replete with drama, suspense and joy -- at the center of which is his mercurial relationship with his wife, Linda (Ashley Judd). After meeting in Paris, the couple marries with the understanding that Porter -- who penned many hits, including "Anything Goes" and "It's De-Lovely" -- is gay. |
Youngblood
1986 3.4 stars 110 mins Drama Rated: R
A young man (Rob Lowe) leaves the farm to make it big in professional hockey but discovers he'll need more than ambition. He tries out for a minor-league team full of major egos (Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves) and goes head-to-head with a new nemesis (George J. Finn). He eventually finds romance with his landlady (Fionnula Flanagan) and the coach's daughter (Cynthia Gibb), but it's his father (Eric Nesterenko) who helps him find his heart. |
Criss Angel Mindfreak: Ssn 2: Building...
2006 21 mins Television
Criss takes "Mindfreak" Season 1's highly rated levitation episode and lifts it beyond comprehension as he will hopefully float safely from one tall building to another in front of a random crowd in the middle of the day. |
Pawn Stars: Ssn 2: Sharks and Cobras
2009 21 mins Television
Rick and the Old Man look to buy a 1965 Shelby Cobra classic car -- one of the most expensive American race cars. Will they burn rubber and make a deal or will they slam the brakes for a fake? Then the Pawn Stars have a chance to buy a ship clock. |
Invisible Invaders
1959 67 mins Classics Rated: NR
Maj. Bruce Jay (John Agar) and his dedicated team of research scientists have the rather distasteful job of defeating invasion by a horde of invisible creatures from outer space capable of reanimating human corpses. The alien army of rotting walking dead begins methodically overtaking cities throughout the country. Can the team's secret ultrasonic weapon turn the aliens visible and return the corpse soldiers to their graves? |
Burnt Offerings
1976 3.1 stars 114 mins Horror Rated: PG
The vacationing Marian (Karen Black), Ben (Oliver Reed) and David (Lee Montgomery) Rolf rent a sprawling Victorian mansion in California for the summer and soon discover that all is not as it should be. For starters, dead plants come back to life and the swimming pool kills bathers. Behind all the strangeness are the Allardyce siblings, Arnold (Burgess Meredith) and Roz (Eileen Heckart). Bette Davis co-stars. |
The Colony
1998 2.3 stars 93 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: R
Harper (Isabella Hofmann) is an alien with an agenda in this sci-fi adventure. After inhabiting a human body, Harper plans to use mind control to take over Earth. She quickly learns, however, that humans aren't as malleable as she had hoped, and she sends for assistance in the form of three fellow aliens. After spending time among the Earthlings, Harper rethinks her plot -- but her new helpers show no mercy. |
Criss Angel Mindfreak: Ssn 2: In Pieces
2006 21 mins Television
Lock the doors, turn on the lights and prepare to experience Halloween like never before. Criss Angel descends upon Hollywood's famous Magic Castle and his hometown, New York in a tour de force of mysticism, mentalism and death defying stunts. |
Theater of Blood
1973 3.0 stars 104 mins Classics Rated: NR
Vincent Price channels his peerless talent for playing refined madmen into the character of Edward Lionheart, a proud London actor who goes dramatically bonkers when he fails to receive a coveted award. While riverside tramps foil Lionheart's attempt to drown himself in the River Thames, the world believes he's met a watery end. The thespian uses this cover to exact grisly -- and fitting -- revenge on the critics who ignored his genius. |
Iphigenia
Led by Agamemnon (Kostas Kazakos), the Greek army prepares to sail to war, but they're trapped at port by lack of winds. Seeking food for his soldiers, Agamemnon goes ashore, where his actions lead to unthinkable punishment: the sacrifice of his daughter, Iphigenia (Tatiana Papamoschou). Director Mihalis Kakogiannis adapted the classic Greek tragedy by Euripides into this epic retelling. |
The First 48: Season 1
2004 3.2 stars Television
Follow homicide detectives from cities around the country -- including Miami, Kansas City, Dallas and Memphis -- as they try to solve murders in the crucial first 48 hours before the crime scene goes cold in this riveting reality series. Season 1 cases include a mother shot execution-style at home in her affluent neighborhood, the brutal murder of a young ice rink worker, the discovery of the partially burned body of a prostitute and more. |
Pawn Stars: Ssn 1: Rick's Big Bet
2009 21 mins Television
In this episode, Rick refurbishes a gas pump with a bird's nest inside, Corey takes a quiz after misidentifying a Faberge crystal glass -- if he loses, he works graveyard, if he wins he gets $2,500 -- and Rick buys some bayonets. |
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009 3.1 stars 90 mins Comedy Rated: R
When businesses are failing, they call in Don Ready (Jeremy Piven), a fast-talking closer who can sell anything to anybody. Hired to rescue a flagging auto dealership during a Fourth of July sale, Don spends his days on the lot and his nights at local strip clubs. Everything's going swimmingly … until he gets blindsided by love. Ving Rhames and Kathryn Hahn co-star in this comedy from "Chappelle's Show" producer Neal Brennan. |
Jason's Lyric
1994 3.5 stars 120 mins Drama Rated: R
Jason Alexander (Allen Payne) struggles to rise above a family plagued by drugs and crime, an inner-city neighborhood and his troubling past. When he falls for a waitress named Lyric (Jada Pinkett Smith), the couple dreams of starting a new life. But family love threatens to divide them when Jason's brother plans a bank robbery. In this emotionally intense and sensual drama, Jason attempts to find inner peace against a backdrop of violence. |
Tales of Terror
1962 3.1 stars 89 mins Classics Rated: UR
It's a triple threat of terror from the master of the genre: Edgar Allan Poe. This collection of three films -- The Black Cat, Morella and The Case of M. Valdemar -- offers everything horror fans can't get enough of, from murder and dementia to live burials, open tombs, resurrection and zombies. And with three of horrordom's greatest villains (Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone) in the lead roles, the chills are guaranteed. |
Pawn Stars: Ssn 1: Brothels & Busses
2009 21 mins Television
A young man wants to trade a 1750 Blunderbuss gun for an engagement ring. Will Rick exchange vows and buy the gun or will he get cold feet and run? Then, the shop gets an opportunity to purchase an ejection seat allegedly from a World War II fighter. |
Pawn Stars: Ssn 1: Rope a Dope
2009 21 mins Television
The Pawn Stars look to buy a 1929 chopped Ford Coupe but if they can't agree on a price, will the deal end up rusting in the bone yard? Then, a cowboy wants to sell his mechanical calf-roping machine. |
Five Steps to Danger
1957 3.0 stars 80 mins Classics Rated: NR
After his car breaks down on the way to a fishing vacation, drifter John Emmett (Sterling Hayden) accepts a ride from Ann Nicholson (Ruth Roman), whose story has more turns than Emmett expected -- including a murder charge and experience in Cold War espionage. With Communist spies and CIA agents hot on their trail, sparks fly between the two strangers in this adventure drama, also starring Werner Klemperer as a persistent spy. |
Nemesis Game
2003 2.7 stars 91 mins Thrillers Rated: R
Brendan Fehr, Adrian Paul and Carly Pope star in this mystery-thriller about a shy college student, Sara (Pope), and her friend, Vern, who spend their time solving mental games and riddles for fun. But when everyone around her starts dying one by one, Sara begins to wonder whether she's part of someone else's game. Could her life be in danger, too? |
Shaka Zulu: The Last Great Warrior
2001 3.2 stars 94 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
Slave trader Prentice Mungo (David Hasselhoff) discovers stowaway Elizabeth (Karen Allen) aboard the ship he's sailing to Africa. Elizabeth's hitched a ride to see her father, but when the ship arrives in Africa, Shaka (Henry Cele), the king of the Zulu tribe and one of Prentice's captured slaves, kidnaps her. The Last Great Warrior is a sequel to Shaka Zulu: The Citadel and was written and directed by the original's author, Joshua Sinclair. |
Pawn Stars: Ssn 1: Damn Yankees
2009 20 mins Television
It's one of the oldest forms of banking, and until the 1950s, it was the leading form of consumer credit in the U.S. Now, the fascinating world and history of the pawn shop is revealed in this series centering on a family-owned pawn shop. |
Pawn Stars: Ssn 1: Time Machines
2009 21 mins Television
Rick tries to refurbish a 1950s coke machine into a modernized collector's item. Will his plan quench his thirst or fizzle out and go flat? Meanwhile, Corey is offered an old pirate favorite: an 18th century flintlock pistol. |
The Cowboy and the Lady
Seen as a liability by her presidential-hopeful father (Henry Kolker), socialite Mary Smith (Merle Oberon) is told to lay low on the family's Palm Beach estate. But problems arise when Mary meets and weds rodeo star Stretch (Gary Cooper), who thinks Mary is a maid. While Mary struggles to keep her high-falutin' identity secret from her plainspoken new hubby, her father's aides must keep the match secret from the press in this screwball romance. |
The Golden Seal
1983 2.8 stars 95 mins Children & Family Rated: PG
Eric (Torquil Campbell) lives in the remote Aleutian Islands with his family. The lonely 10-year-old makes an incredible friend when he finds a legendary golden seal, known to visit the islands once every seven years to give birth. The two quickly become inseparable. When his new companion and her pup are targeted by hunters -- including Eric's father (Steve Railsback) -- Eric will stop at nothing to protect them. |
Simon Says
2006 2.6 stars 86 mins Horror Rated: R
When five high school friends head into the wilderness for a little rest and relaxation, they run headlong into Simon and Stanley (both played by Crispin Glover), backwoods twin brothers with a fondness for booby traps rigged with flying pickaxes. Now, the teens must claw their way out of the woods without springing one of the brothers' ingeniously lethal snares. William Dear directs this gleefully gory horror flick. |
The Virgin of Juarez
2006 2.9 stars 96 mins Drama Rated: NR
Based on the true story of ongoing, unsolved murders in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, this mesmerizing drama weaves a tale of mystery, politics and religious zealotry. When a reporter (Minnie Driver) investigates the brutal attacks that have left hundreds of women dead, she meets a survivor, Mariela (Ana Claudia Talancon). Word soon gets out that stigmata have appeared on Mariela's palms, inspiring a cultlike following to develop around her. |
Walk Like a Man
1987 3.1 stars 86 mins Comedy Rated: PG
When he was an infant, Bobo (Howie Mandel) vanished from his family's campsite and was adopted by a pack of wolves. Twenty years later, animal behaviorist Penny (Amy Steel) finds Bobo and brings him back to civilization. All of Bobo's family is ecstatic, except for his shady brother Henry (Christopher Lloyd), who thinks Bobo is out to steal the family's fortune. As Bobo tries to adjust to life as a human, Henry schemes to make him disappear. |
Dead Again
Los Angeles gumshoe Mike Church (Kenneth Branagh) takes the case of a woman (Emma Thompson) beset with amnesia and soon makes the startling discovery that he and his client are connected -- via reincarnation -- to a lurid, 40-year-old murder. Branagh is convincing as an American private investigator, and he gets fine support from Thompson (his real-life wife at the time) in this inventive modern noir thriller. |
The Godfather: Part II
The Corleone family roots are explored, tracing Don Vito's (Robert De Niro) journey from Sicily to a life of organized crime in New York. In a parallel story, his grown son, Michael (Al Pacino), extends operations to Cuba and contends with more betrayal and murder. The second film in The Godfather trilogy racked up Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Francis Ford Coppola) and Best Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro). Robert Duvall co-stars. |
Pawn Stars: Ssn 1: Knights in Fake...
2009 20 mins Television
It's clear that this is no ordinary pawn shop as the Pawn Stars wheel and deal items ranging from an old school Pac-Man to a Medieval Jousting Helmet. If these items are as real as their owner's say they are, they could be worth up to $30,000! |
Psychic Kids: Ssn 1: Angels and Demons
2008 44 mins Television
Ashley is a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who sees horned evil spirits everywhere she goes. One of the spirits told her she was going to die in a car accident, and she continues to live petrified of her own premonition. |
The Case for Christ
2007 3.9 stars 71 mins Documentary Rated: NR
In this thought-provoking program, Lee Strobel -- a former legal editor for the Chicago Tribune and a self-described atheist who became a Christian -- shares the details of his spiritual quest and asks tough questions of a wide range of experts. Is the New Testament a reliable source? Did Jesus Christ in fact exist? Was he really the Son of God? And could Christ's resurrection have actually occurred? |
Joe Dancer: The Monkey Mission
1981 1.5 stars 100 mins Thrillers Rated: R
A priceless vase stolen by the Nazis during World War II sits under heavy guard in a museum. To get it back and return the heirloom to its rightful owner, private eye Joe Dancer (Robert Blake) assembles a ragtag team of experts, including a chimp. With shady electronic whiz Stump Harris (Keenan Wynn), sneak thief Jimmy Papadopolous (John Fiedler) and Jimmy's chimpanzee, Gregor, Dancer must expect the unexpected. |
The Barbershop Series: Debates and Dead...
2005 24 mins Television
While Calvin enjoys spending time with his new family, the barbershop falls apart; tensions rise after Isaac steals a famous client from Yinka; a ventroliquist and his dummy cause trouble for Jen at her bed-and-breakfast. |
Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force: Season 2
2010 4.5 stars Television
The law enforcement officers of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force return to track down and arrest more violent criminals and fugitives in the second season of this exciting reality series. Ride along with Comm. Lenny DePaul, Dep. Michelle Mendez and other members of the elite team as they put their lives on the line in New York City to keep the rest of us safe from the dangerous offenders they apprehend. |
Nick of Time
1995 3.3 stars 88 mins Thrillers Rated: R
Just off the train in Los Angeles, unassuming accountant Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) and his 6-year-old daughter (Courtney Chase) get drawn into a conspiracy to snuff California's governor (Marsha Mason). In the depot, Ms. Jones (Roma Maffia) snatches the girl while Mr. Smith (Christopher Walken) gives the dazed Watson a pistol, a half-dozen slugs and lays down the law: Whack the governor within 90 minutes, or it's the end for the shrimp. |
Pawn Stars: Ssn 2: Old Man's Booty
2009 21 mins Television
The Pawn Stars have an opportunity to buy a 17th century treasure chest that nobody can open -- even though what's inside could make all the difference. Will they figure out how to get in and plunder what's inside or will it remain locked? |
Molly
1999 3.3 stars 87 mins Drama Rated: PG-13
Elisabeth Shue follows her Oscar-nominated performance in Leaving Las Vegas with the complex character of Molly McKay, a mentally challenged woman who's devoted to her brother (Aaron Eckhart) in this heartrending tale based on a true story. Molly's innocent world is radically changed when she undergoes medical treatments to boost her IQ, and although the treatments work, the improvements may not last. |
Smile
2005 3.6 stars 108 mins Independent Rated: PG-13
Sheltered and privileged in sunny California, Katie's (Mika Boorem) perspective on life changes when she travels to China and meets Lin (Yi Ding), who hides her face because of a severe deformity. Brought together by a volunteer medical program, the young girls learn they share a birthday -- and a need to connect despite their divergent cultures. Sean Astin, Beau Bridges and Linda Hamilton co-star in this affecting coming-of-age drama. |
Angel Unchained
1970 2.3 stars 86 mins Classics Rated: PG-13
After biker Angel (Don Stroud) leaves the motorcycle gang he belongs to in order to lead a more reflective life, he meets Tremaine (Luke Askew), the leader of a pacifist commune. Because the commune members are being harassed by locals, Angel calls in his old pals for help. Biker leader Shotgun (Bill McKinney) and his men loathe the hippies, but their mutual enmity is forgotten when they join forces to repel the violent, dune buggy-riding ranchers. |
The Loss of Nameless Things
2006 3.1 stars 103 mins Documentary Rated: NR
This documentary from filmmaker Bill Rose examines the life and career of fast-living playwright Oakley Hall III, who was poised to take the theater world by storm when he suffered a brain-damaging fall from a bridge in upstate New York in 1978. Members of Hall's Catskills-based theater company share their recollections, and Rose visits the still-recovering writer shortly after his new play, "Grinder's Stand," was produced in 2002. |
Bruiser
2000 2.7 stars 99 mins Horror Rated: R
Henry Creedlow (Jason Flemyng) awakens to a nightmare world in which he has no face, features or identity. Stripped of everything he's ever known, he sets out on a bloody rampage to destroy the people who've betrayed him, including his philandering wife (Nina Garbiras), his belittling boss (Peter Stormare) and his evil best friend (Andrew Tarbet). Fans of horror-punk rockers the Misfits will relish their role in the film's gritty climax. |
Ladybugs
1992 3.1 stars 89 mins Comedy Rated: PG-13
This quirky family comedy stars Rodney Dangerfield as Chester Lee, an ambitious salesman who volunteers to coach his company's all-girl soccer squad -- the Ladybugs -- to curry favor with his boss (Tom Parks). But the talentless team is in danger of losing every game until Chester presses his fiancée's jock son, Matthew (Jonathan Brandis), into service ... as a soccer phenom named Martha. The supporting cast includes Ilene Graff and Jackee Harry. |
Revenge of the Ninja
1983 3.2 stars 90 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
In an attempt to escape his blood-soaked past, former ninja assassin Cho Osaki (Shô Kosugi) leaves Japan behind and relocates to Los Angeles, where he's befriended by an American businessman by the name of Braden (Arthur Roberts). But what the unsuspecting Osaki doesn't know is that Braden is a heroine trafficker who's embroiled in a beef with a mob boss (Mario Gallo). Ashley Ferrare also stars in this martial arts action flick. |
Lambada
1990 3.0 stars 104 mins Drama Rated: PG
A schoolteacher by day, Kevin (J. Eddie Peck) gathers with a group of difficult inner-city youths each night to tutor them for the high school equivalency exam. To gain the barrio kids' respect, Kevin demonstrates his dazzling lambada moves on the dance floor. But when Kevin brushes off the advances of an infatuated student (Melora Hardin), she threatens to expose his risqué double life in this campy, hip-shaking 1990s melodrama. |
The Love Guru
Pitka (Mike Myers), an American raised by gurus on an Indian ashram, returns to his native soil to make a name for himself as a spiritual guide, where he's promptly challenged to settle a rivalry between two pro hockey players (Justin Timberlake and Romany Malco). With one of the player's marriages -- as well as the Stanley Cup -- at stake, Pitka must call upon his healing skills to mend the rift before time runs out. |
Throw Momma from the Train
Struggling mystery writer Larry (Billy Crystal) is exasperated by his mediocre student, Owen (Danny DeVito), who has imagined a gentlemen's agreement to kill Larry's devious ex-wife if Larry offs Owen's domineering, overbearing mother (Anne Ramsey) in this classic black comedy. Larry begrudgingly attempts to hold up his end of the bargain after Owen carries out his, but scene-stealing Momma proves to be an extremely difficult target. |
Mercy or Murder?
1987 2.5 stars 97 mins Drama Rated: NR
After watching his beloved wife, Emily (Frances Reid), suffer with Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade, Roswell Gilbert (Robert Young) decides to mercifully end her life -- and pays the consequences when he's tried for murder and sent to prison. Steve Gethers directs this thought-provoking, poignant drama based on a real-life euthanasia case from 1985. Eddie Albert, Shawn McAllister and Paulette Attie co-star. |
Morning Departure
A collision with a mine scuttles a British submarine, leaving a dozen survivors facing a watery grave in this taut high-seas drama. John Mills plays Lt. Cmdr. Peter Armstrong, who must keep his cool if the remaining crew is to make it out alive. An atmospheric character study about men under enormous stress, director Roy Ward Baker's World War II film also stars Richard Attenborough as a craven seaman who can't handle the pressure. |
A Smile Like Yours
Danny (Greg Kinnear) is happily married to Jennifer (Lauren Holly), the love of his life. But there's one hitch: No matter how hard -- and often -- they try, they can't seem to conceive a child. All kinds of hilarious fertility therapy procedures ensue in this romantic comedy. Matters are not helped by Danny's hanky-panky with a co-worker, Lindsay (Jill Hennessy). Joan Cusack and Jay Thomas co-star. |
Bar Girls
1994 2.6 stars 95 mins Gay & Lesbian Rated: R
Stood up yet again at Los Angeles' Girl Bar by her gorgeous but flaky girlfriend, successful TV cartoon writer Loretta (Nancy Allison Wolfe) fears she may never find her soul mate. But then in walks Rachael (Liza D'Agostino), an aspiring actress who more than catches Loretta's eye. They hit it off brilliantly, but when another woman starts flirting with Rachel, Loretta's jealousy flares up and their life together is threatened. |
Out Cold
1989 2.7 stars 92 mins Comedy Rated: R
In this dark comedy, opportunistic Sunny Cannald (Teri Garr) is fed up with being married to bombastic butcher Ernie (Bruce McGill). So, when he ends up accidentally freezing to death in his shop's cold room following a fight with his business partner, Dave (John Lithgow), Sunny smells a way out. After Dave discovers the body, he's convinced that he's to blame and turns to Sunny for help -- but it'll be a frosty day in hell before that happens. |
Just My Luck
1957 2.1 stars 83 mins Classics Rated: NR
With an eye toward buying an expensive necklace for his ladylove (Jill Dixon), poor jewelry store clerk Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) decides to raise the funds by betting on a string of horse races. Surprisingly, Norman picks the winning ponies, but as his earnings accumulate, his bookie becomes reluctant to pay up. John Paddy Carstairs directs this screwball comedy that also stars Joan Sims and Marjorie Rhodes. |
Nana
1982 2.1 stars 92 mins Drama Rated: R
Courtesan Nana (Katya Berger) invades Paris in the 1880s, quickly working her way up to the top levels of society in this erotic drama loosely adapted from Émile Zola's novel. She entices a wealthy banker to buy her a house, then moves on to a respected count. After causing the smitten count to go bankrupt, the reckless Nana moves on to his betrothed son and even coordinates the sexual corruption of the count's wife. |
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956 2.9 stars 102 mins Classics Rated: NR
Aching to escape her dull duties as daughter of the U.S ambassador to France, Joan Fisk (Olivia de Havilland) sets out to demonstrate a point to her father and his small-minded friends in this genial comedy. Deeming all American servicemen wolves, a U.S. senator (Adolphe Menjou) wants to put Paris off limits to them. To prove him wrong, Joan begins a harmless fling with a young American soldier (John Forsythe) -- but ends up falling in love. |
Navajo Joe
1966 2.8 stars 93 mins Classics Rated: NR
After his family and tribe are massacred at the hands of a merciless outlaw (Aldo Sambrell) and his henchmen, fearless Navajo Joe (Burt Reynolds) -- spurred by vengeance -- decides to dispense vigilante justice by protecting a powerless frontier town the gang is terrorizing. Fernando Rey also stars in director Sergio Corbucci's blood-spattered spaghetti Western, which features a memorable score from Ennio Morricone. |
The Angel Levine
1970 2.5 stars 106 mins Classics Rated: PG-13
Harry Belafonte stars as the Angel Levine, a black Jewish angel sent to help a down-and-out Jewish tailor named Morris (Zero Mostel). It's Belafonte's job to help Morris value life as he struggles to care for his gravely ill wife, make ends meet and find his place in the world. The film is an adaptation of the story by Bernard Malamud (who also wrote The Natural). |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 3.6 stars 473 mins Television Rated: R
Gil Gerard is the titular 20th century astronaut who goes on a space mission only to awaken 500 years later on a very different Earth, where he's chosen to aid a special defense organization because of his superior piloting skills. Co-stars Erin Gray (as Buck's partner and sometime love interest), Pamela Hensley and a robot assistant voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc. The Buck Rogers character was originally created in 1928. |
Man of La Mancha
The hit Broadway musical based on Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote is brilliantly adapted for the screen by director Arthur Hiller with Peter O'Toole in the title role, James Coco as his devoted sidekick, Sancho Panza, and Sophia Loren as a lusty Aldonza/Dulcinea. Classic songs include "The Impossible Dream," "I'm Only Thinking of Him," "Dulcinea" and many others. |
He Who Must Die
Filmed on the island of Crete, this tense drama received a Best Film BAFTA nod and won a special award at Cannes. As the townspeople of a 1920s Greek village put together their annual passion play, a real-life parallel plays out when a group from another town arrives. They've been displaced by the war with the Turks, and come seeking shelter. Soon, the town is split between those who want to help the refugees and those who want to turn them away. |
Silk Stalkings: Ssn 4: Natural... Pt 1
1994 46 mins Television
A serial killer stalks Palm Beach. |
The Barbershop Series: Crimes of the Heart
2005 29 mins Television
Isaac and Terri finally consummate their relationship; Calvin is concerned he will lose the shop once Romadal jumps bail; Yinka learns that Vivian is a not-so-innocent victim; Jimmy seeks Eddie's endorsement. |
Love at Stake
1988 2.6 stars 87 mins Comedy Rated: R
Two scheming crooks brew up a witch hunt to steal land from the citizens of Salem, Mass., in this comedy. It's 1692, and baker Sara Lee (Kelly Preston) is thrilled to be reunited with childhood sweetheart Miles Campbell (Patrick Cassidy). But her life turns upside down when Salem's mayor (Dave Thomas) and judge (Stuart Pankin) accuse her of witchcraft, and the cauldron boils over when a shapely stranger (Barbara Carrera) arrives in town. |
Life After People: Season 1
2009 3.5 stars 470 mins Television
Discover what our world would look like if mankind ceased to exist through this intriguing documentary series, which details how various buildings, cities, plants and animals might deteriorate or evolve without any human interference. Featuring interviews with expert engineers, botanists, biologists and geologists, this fascinating set of episodes uses stellar special effects to show viewers realistic images of a possible future. |
The First 48: Season 2
2005 3.1 stars Television
Racing the clock, homicide detectives know if they've made no progress in the first 48 hours, the chance of success diminishes significantly -- and this reality series follows cops from cities around the country as they try to crack fresh cases. Season 2 investigations include a man suspected of beating his best friend to death with a cinder block, the murder of a popular strip club owner, a turf war between rival heroin dealers and more. |
Lock 'N Load: Ssn 1: Rifle
2009 44 mins Television
The rifle -- the most ubiquitous weapon of all time -- has evolved from a crude ballistic pipe to a 15-rounds-per-second jet of bullets, and Gunny is taking a second shot at this battlefield boom stick! |
The Dead Hate the Living!
2000 2.5 stars 90 mins Horror Rated: R
Shooting a gory movie in a creepy abandoned hospital, a group of horror film buffs stumbles across a corpse and decides to use it in their flick. Bad idea: Their tampering unleashes an army of zombies eager to show the crew what horror is all about. Naturally, all manner of mayhem, flesh-munching and carnage ensue in writer-director David Parker's tongue-in-cheek homage to the Italian horror genre. |
The Happy Hooker
1975 2.6 stars 96 mins Classics Rated: R
Dutch ingenue Xaviera Hollander (Lynn Redgrave) moves to New York, where she takes an office job. Soon, she's jumping from bed to bed with her male co-workers and decides to put her sexual success to work for her in her own call-girl business. Tom Poston, Conrad Janis, Lovelady Powell, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nicholas Pryor and Elizabeth Wilson co-star in this lively adaptation of Hollander's piquant autobiographical novel. |
The Emperor's New Clothes
1987 2.7 stars 84 mins Children & Family Rated: G
Legendary comedian Sid Caesar stars as the vain emperor in this live-action version of the classic fairy tale. In preparation for his daughter Gilda's (Lysette Anthony) wedding, the emperor hires two tailors to make him a suit. But the tailors are up to no good: one (Robert Morse) tries to steal the royal jewels, the other goes after Gilda, and they both convince the emperor to wear a suit rather unbefitting of royalty. |
Solarbabies
1986 3.1 stars 94 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: PG-13
This postapocalyptic adventure follows a group of imprisoned, skateball-playing youths (including Jason Patric, Lukas Haas and Jami Gertz) who find an orb with prophetic powers. When the orb is stolen, the kids make a daring escape to find it and win their freedom from a fascist regime. Tracked by the ruthless general Grock (Richard Jordan), the kids skate their way through wastelands in search of the orb and a way to overthrow the regime. |
Blood Games
1990 1.9 stars 90 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
A team of sexy female baseball players whips the local rednecks -- and things turn violent when the men refuse to pay up for losing in this campy thriller. While team manager Midnight (Ross Hagen) tries to collect the cash, the locals attack some of the babes. Soon it's an all-out war, with the hometown hicks hunting down the women, who start fighting back after a few of their teammates wind up dead. |
Lock 'N Load: Ssn 1: Ammo
2009 44 mins Television
No matter how well they're engineered, guns are useless without ammunition. Gunny shoots through history to see the technology behind the first round of ammo and then hits key engineering developments up to the armor-piercing .50-caliber bullet. |
Gunslinger
1956 1.8 stars 83 mins Classics Rated: PG-13
There's a new sheriff in town when Marshal Scott Hood (William Schallert) is gunned down, and his wife, Rose (Beverly Garland), takes over his duties. But Rose's new role doesn't sit well with a powerful local madam (Allison Hayes), who promptly hires an assassin (John Ireland) to take her out. B-movie king Roger Corman directs in one of his first forays into feature filmmaking. Jonathan Haze co-stars. |
Billy the Exterminator
2009 2.9 stars Television
You'll never look at bats or alligators the same way after exterminator Bill Bretherton gets through with them in this hilarious yet educational A&E series about an expert pest-removal crew patrolling the mean streets and swamps of Louisiana. Tackling everything from ants to pythons, Bretherton and his eccentric but dedicated family employ a wide variety of techniques, with an emphasis on returning captured critters to the wild whenever possible. |
Obsessed: Ssn 1: Russ / Karen
2009 44 mins Television
Russ is an extreme hoarder who has completely filled his apartment, forcing him to sleep outside. / Obsessive thoughts about death plague Karen, who fears that she -- or someone she loves -- will die. |
Haunted Ranch
1943 1.9 stars 57 mins Classics Rated: NR
When outlaw Reno Red dies, the dastardly Rance Austin (Glenn Strange) makes the townsfolk believe that Red's ranch is haunted so they'll keep their distance while he and his gang search for a stash of gold bullion that's hidden somewhere inside. But Dusty (John "Dusty" King), Davy (David Sharpe) and Alibi (Max Terhune) -- aka the Range Busters -- are also on the hunt, out to ensure that the gold goes to its rightful owner. |
Convicts
1990 2.7 stars 93 mins Drama Rated: NR
Texas writer Horton Foote's touching story set in 1902 features Robert Duvall as Sol, the hardened boss of a sugar plantation who unwittingly becomes a mentor to a young boy named Horace (Lukas Haas), who comes to Sol looking for a way to earn a living. Horace eventually learns, through his associations with Sol, Ben (James Earl Jones) and others, that life, though it isn't always fair or just, is worth rising for every day. |
Obsessed: Ssn 1: Nidia / Rick
2009 44 mins Television
Nidia obsessively washes herself and has been hospitalized twice because of her disorder, which is threatening to destroy her marriage. / Rick's fear of aging and death causes him to work out fanatically. |
Konga
1961 2.6 stars 90 mins Classics Rated: NR
After a year in Africa, renowned botanist Charles Decker (Michael Gough) returns to England with Konga, a cute baby chimpanzee. Decker plans to test a carnivorous plant serum on the animal that will accelerate Konga's growth. Soon, the chimp becomes immense and -- at the behest of the mad doctor -- goes on a killing spree the likes of which London hasn't seen since Jack the Ripper. John Lemont helms this campy sci-fi production. |
Little Monsters
1989 3.6 stars 103 mins Children & Family Rated: PG
Join Brian (Fred Savage) as he faces his worst fear -- the ghoulies that live under his bed -- and finds they're not so bad after all. In particular, he hits if off with Maurice (Howie Mandel), a friendly but ditzy monster that takes Brian under his wing. Soon, Brian is learning all of the monster secrets and the lesson that the greatest fear is fear itself. And the duo mixes in a few pranks -- against both humans and monsters -- along the way. |
Legacy of Blood
1971 2.7 stars 90 mins Classics Rated: R
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Peterson), breathes new life into a classic horror tale of three sisters trying to earn a share of their late father's fortune. The dark-maned diva presents each segment with hilariously deadpan commentary, as the selfish siblings spend the weekend at their family estate, where they find themselves haunted -- and hunted -- by a mysterious, bloodthirsty killer. |
Beachhead
1954 3.0 stars 90 mins Classics Rated: NR
Four Marines brave a dangerous mission to save American forces in this gripping World War II drama set in the jungles of a remote Pacific island. Burke (Tony Curtis) and his fellow marines try to save a French planter and his daughter from the Japanese. The farmer claims to be an allied spy with vital information about a secret minefield, and the Marines must warn American troops before it's too late. Frank Lovejoy and Mary Murphy costar. |
Shine a Light
2008 3.3 stars 121 mins Music & Musicals Rated: PG-13
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese chronicles the incomparable career of the Rolling Stones with this one-of-a-kind documentary that features footage from the legendary band's "A Bigger Bang" tour. Backed by a stellar crew of cinematographers, Scorsese mixes revealing interviews, fascinating behind-the-scenes clips and live performances to capture the "world's greatest rock 'n' roll band" in all their glory. |
The Bubble
2006 3.5 stars 117 mins Foreign (Hebrew) Rated: UR
When a young Israeli named Noam (Ohad Knoller) falls for a handsome Palestinian (Yousef "Joe" Sweid) he meets while working at a checkpoint in Tel Aviv, he recruits his roommates Yelli (Alon Friedman) and Lulu (Daniela Virtzer) to help find a way for the two to stay together. Director Eytan Fox's poignant film offers a glimpse at life inside the tumultuous borders of Israel, where everyday people are constantly surrounded by conflict. |
Obsessed: Ssn 1: Nicole / Trina
2009 44 mins Television
Nicole suffers from an uncommon form of obsession that keeps her from being able to enjoy time with her mother and brother. / Trina is overwhelmed with violent thoughts that continually pop into her head. |
Intelligence: Season 2
2007 4.2 stars 540 mins Television Rated: NR
Intelligence authorities on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border are eager to nab Jimmy Reardon (Ian Tracey), a Vancouver drug kingpin -- and secret informant to Mary Spalding (Klea Scott), director of the city's Organized Crime Unit. While Reardon works to hold on to his empire, Spalding works to protect her inside man while steadily trying to advance her own career in the gripping second season of this intriguingly complex crime drama. |
Joe the King
Surly, 14-year-old Joe Henry (Noah Fleiss) exists in a fog, shell-shocked from a lifetime in a violent household. So, it comes as no shock when Joe resorts to petty -- but escalating -- crime. Can guidance counselor Len Coles (Ethan Hawke) set Joe on the right course? Or will his life spiral out of control? The powerhouse supporting cast includes Val Kilmer, John Leguizamo, Karen Young and Camryn Manheim. |
The Pelican Brief
1993 3.7 stars 141 mins Thrillers Rated: PG-13
When law student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) writes a brief on her theory about the motive behind the assassinations of two Supreme Court justices, she finds bullets flying in her direction and turns to investigative reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington) for help. Director Alan J. Pakula returns to the world of inside-the-Beltway conspiracies with this legal thriller based on a John Grisham novel. |
Intervention: Ssn 1: Alissa and Brian
2005 44 mins Television
Parents and friends intervene to save Alissa, a compulsive gambler who has lost more than $30,000 on 25-cent slots. Meanwhile, her boyfriend juggles three jobs just to make ends meet for them. |
Hoarders: Ssn 1: Jake / Shirley
2009 44 mins Television
While most 21-year-olds see a world of possibility in front of them, Jake wakes up every morning despondent at the state of his life -- a prisoner to his hoarding and OCD. Jake compulsively hoards garbage. |
Monkey on My Back
1957 2.6 stars 94 mins Classics Rated: NR
This unflinching biopic stars Cameron Mitchell as professional boxer Barney Ross, who earned the moniker "Pride of the Ghetto" after being crowned world champion three times and became a hero while serving in the military during World War II. But like many other prizefighters, Ross waged a bigger battle with himself, including a monumental struggle to conquer a destructive and all-consuming drug addiction. |
Sword of the Valiant
1982 2.9 stars 102 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG
A classic medieval English poem ("Sir Gawain and the Green Knight") provides the setting for this adaptation starring Sean Connery as King Arthur and Miles O'Keefe as Gawain, a fearless young squire who bests the mystical Green Knight in battle and must pay a heavy price for victory. In a case of swords versus sorcery, which will prevail? |
The One That Got Away
1957 3.2 stars 106 mins Classics Rated: NR
After he's shot down and captured in rural Britain in 1940, World War II German aviator Franz von Werra (Hardy Krüger) crows that he'll be escaping and returning home as he plans a daring getaway from the prisoner of war camp where he's imprisoned. Michael Goodliffe, Alec McCowen, Terence Alexander and Jack Gwillim also star in director Roy Ward Baker's taut, well-crafted drama based on real events. |
The Barbershop Series: Get Your Hand...
2005 29 mins Television
Calvin gives ex-convict Romadal a job, much to the chagrin of the other barbers in the shop; anti-abortion activists mistakenly go after Terri after she becomes a victim of identity theft; Calvin and Eddie counsel Yinka on dirty sex talk. |
Anna Lucasta
1958 3.3 stars 97 mins Classics Rated: NR
Based on the 1944 play by Philip Yordan, this drama follows the trials and tribulations of Anna Lucasta (Eartha Kitt), a young black woman who turns to prostitution after her father kicks her out of the house. When Anna's brother-in-law (Frederick O'Neal) concocts a plan to marry her off to a wealthy young man (Henry Scott) and then steal from him, Anna disappoints her greedy kin with plans of her own. Sammy Davis Jr. also stars. |
Intervention: Ssn 1: Tamela and Jerrie
2005 44 mins Television
Friends try to help Tamela, 24, who was molested as a child and now cuts herself with razor blades. And, a family calls in interventionist Jeff VanVonderen to help Jerrie, 29, who is addicted to Vicodin. |
Hoarders: Ssn 1: Kerrylea / Lauren
2009 44 mins Television
Kerrylea and her husband, Geoffrey, are facing imminent foreclosure on two houses. After her hoarding filled the first home, she convinced her husband that the only way to solve her lifelong problem was to buy an additional home. |
21 Hours at Munich
1976 2.9 stars 101 mins Drama Rated: NR
When a group of Arab terrorists clad in tracksuits (known collectively as Black September) take members of Israeli's 1972 Olympic team hostage, the whole world stands breathless to see if the athletes will ever come home. Academy Award winner William Holden (Network) and Tony Award winner Shirley Knight ("Kennedy's Children") co-star in this gripping true-life drama, based on the actual events depicted in a book by Serge Groussard. |
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938 3.0 stars 100 mins Classics Rated: NR
Venetian explorer Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) sets sail for China, where he discovers gunpowder, spaghetti and the beautiful Princess Kukachin (Sigrid Gurie). In the court of Kublai Khan (George Barbier), he foils a plot by Khan's adviser Ahmed (Basil Rathbone) to overthrow the ruler. Directed by Archie Mayo, this epic costume drama co-stars Alan Hale and H.B. Warner. Lana Turner plays a handmaiden in one of her earliest roles. |
The Secret Invasion
1964 2.7 stars 95 mins Classics Rated: NR
After the Nazis lock up an Italian general who was about to become a turncoat and hand his army over to the Allies, five convicts are given a chance at redemption in exchange for infiltrating enemy territory and rescuing the general. Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Edd Byrnes, Henry Silva and William Campbell play the commandos -- led by British intelligence officer Stewart Granger -- in this tense World War II drama directed by Roger Corman. |
Clifford
1994 3.1 stars 90 mins Children & Family Rated: PG
Pint-size Clifford (Martin Short) is a handful, and his parents do the best they can to deal with him. But when one of his outbursts prompts a plane they're flying on to land mid-flight, his parents put their foot down; as they continue on to Hawaii, problematic Clifford is sent to stay with his uncle Martin (Charles Grodin). But Martin has equally bad luck, as Clifford throws the fit of all fits when Martin won't take him to Dinosaurworld. |
Carrie
Carrie (Sissy Spacek) may be ostracized, but the shy teen has the ability to move objects with her mind. So when the high school "in crowd" torments her with a sick joke at the prom, she lashes out with devastating -- and deadly -- power. William Katt (of television's "The Greatest American Hero") co-stars as the object of Carrie's affection in director Brian De Palma's deft adaptation of Stephen King's first novel. |
Species
1995 3.1 stars 108 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: R
When government scientists (led by Ben Kingsley) receive a transmission from space containing alien DNA, they create the ultimate femme fatale: a hybrid woman named Sil (Natasha Henstridge) with supermodel looks, deadly shape-shifting abilities ... and raging hormones. When Sil escapes, a team of specialists scrambles to find her before she can reproduce, culminating in a fright-filled climax in the Los Angeles sewer system. |
Intervention: Ssn 1: Alyson
2005 42 mins Television
Alyson, a three-time White House intern and an award-winning student, met a boy in college who initiated her into drugs. She is addicted to morphine and crack and has returned to live with her parents. |
Hoarders: Ssn 1: Patty / Bill
2009 44 mins Television
Patty and David appear to be living the American dream. But their secret hides behind the manicured yard of their new home. Patty's hoarding has taken over the entire house and their children were removed by authorities. |
In Dangerous Company
1988 2.0 stars 95 mins Drama Rated: R
Escaping a killer, Evelyn (Tracy Scoggins) runs to Blake (Cliff De Young), an ex-hit man, for protection. As Blake tries to resist her wiles, Evelyn seduces him with claims of love -- until he discovers that the femme fatale is the mastermind of deadly plot. Caught in a volatile forgery scheme, Blake also finds himself entangled in Evelyn's perverted love triangle. Henry Darrow and Steven Keats also star in this heated tale of lust and betrayal. |
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Incompetent mayor Italo Bombolini (Anthony Quinn) rises to the occasion when his small Italian town is threatened by approaching Nazis planning to seize the town's supply of valuable wine near the end of World War II. Organizing the locals, he facilitates a plan to hide a million bottles in a nearby cave. Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi and Hardy Krüger co-star in Stanley Kramer's appealing comedy, which garnered a Golden Globe for Best Film. |
A.K.A. Cassius Clay
2001 3.3 stars 85 mins Documentary Rated: PG
Filmed a few years before the famous 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle," this documentary looks at Muhammad Ali's career during the 1960s. Beginning with his emergence as an up-and-coming boxer, the film uses archival footage -- some quite rare -- and interviews to trace the legendary fighter's career up to his 1967 suspension for defying the draft. Malcolm X, Joe Louis and -- naturally -- Ali himself comment on his dazzling career in the ring. |
Doctor Blood's Coffin
1961 2.3 stars 92 mins Classics Rated: NR
Kicked out of Vienna for going too far while testing his heart transplant theories, Dr. Peter Blood (Kieron Moore) returns to his hometown, much to the joy of his father (Ian Hunter), the local physician. But soon medical supplies and village residents start disappearing -- and a new breed of resurrected humans arise from Dr. Blood's experiments. This gruesome 1960s horror flick set the tone for many a chiller to come. |
Aeon Flux
2005 3.3 stars 92 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: PG-13
Aiming to hasten an uprising, the leader of an underground rebellion (Frances McDormand) dispatches acrobatic assassin Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) to eliminate the government's top leader in this futuristic thriller based on the popular animated MTV show. It's the 25th century, and a rampaging virus has forced the remnants of humanity into seclusion. But political conflict swirls within, and the climate is ripe for revolution. |
Superbeast
1972 1.8 stars 72 mins Classics Rated: R
In the Philippine jungles, Dr. Bill Fleming (Craig Littler) performs unorthodox experiments on criminals, turning them into mindless beasts. The genetic freaks are later released into the wild, where they're hunted by financier and avid sportsman Stewart Victor (Harry Lauter). Dr. Alix Pardee (Antoinette Bower) tries to end to this outrageous human testing, but her interference throws her directly in harm's way. |
Intervention: Ssn 1: Travis and Matt
2005 44 mins Television
An addiction to crystal meth threatens the life of Travis, a former rock 'n' roll star. Can his girlfriend and family get him into treatment before it's too late? And Matt, who comes from an upper-middle class home, is addicted to crack cocaine. |
MonsterQuest: Ssn 1: Giant Squid Found
2007 45 mins Television
Is the legend of the Kraken -- a tentacled beast as large as a whale -- based on myth or a real creature? Take an expedition to the Sea of Cortez, where fishermen regularly claim to encounter large schools of giant squid. |
Without You I'm Nothing
1990 3.0 stars 89 mins Comedy Rated: R
Fasten your seatbelts for a bump-and-grind evening with quirky comedienne Sandra Bernhard, an artist bent on making you uncomfortable. (After all, it only helps her performance!) Replete with singing, dancing and a shockingly patriotic striptease to Prince's "Little Red Corvette," Bernhard's one-woman show pokes fun at the eccentricity and excess of American pop culture, from Hollywood hipsterism to Madison Avenue snobbery. |
Viva Maria!
French bombshells Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau team up as two buxom women named Maria who unwittingly invent the striptease near the turn of the century -- and become such a sensation that enthusiastic audiences strip down right along with them. But when one of the ladies falls for a handsome revolutionary (George Hamilton), she and her new beau soon find themselves embroiled in an armed peasant revolt. |
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
2001 3.0 stars 89 mins Horror Rated: R
In the third chapter of the Wishmaster fantasy-horror franchise, college coed Diana Collins (A.J. Cook) finds a mysterious box in the office of her boss, archeology professor Joel Barash (Jason Connery), and unwittingly releases the box's occupant -- an evil genie (John Novak). When the genie, who assumes Barash's likeness, plots to take over the world, the Archangel Michael (Tobias Mehler) must come to the rescue. |
Other People's Money
1991 3.3 stars 101 mins Comedy Rated: R
Danny DeVito stars as Lawrence Garfield, a pint-sized, rapacious corporate raider conspiring to take over a business run by upright Andrew Jorgenson (Gregory Peck) -- all while putting the moves on Jorgenson's attorney stepdaughter (Penelope Ann Miller). Is there a mutual attraction, or will she use her feminine wiles to outmaneuver the conniving vulture? Piper Laurie and Dean Jones co-star in this well-crafted satire helmed by Norman Jewison. |
Duel at Diablo
1966 3.3 stars 104 mins Action & Adventure Rated: NR
It's the U.S. Cavalry versus the Indians in this lively shoot-'em-up. Jess Remsberg (James Garner) is a ruggedly handsome scout, and Toller (Sidney Poitier) is a former trooper who makes a living breaking in horses. When their former commanding officer leads a group of raw recruits to a distant outpost, they're ambushed by Apaches -- and it's up to Remsberg and Toller to save the day. |
Who's Your Daddy
2005 2.9 stars 105 mins Comedy Rated: UR
Awkward, adopted teen Chris Hughes (Brandon Davis) is barely surviving high school. But he gets the unexpected surprise of his life when he learns that he's heir to his biological parents' prosperous adult magazine business. Encountering temptations around every corner -- and working side by side with sexy centerfold co-workers -- Hughes is in for one wild ride. Wayne Newton plays a bit part as the magazine's CEO. |
Intervention: Ssn 1: Sara
2005 44 mins Television
At 24, Sara had everything she ever wanted in her sleepy Minnesota town. She had a fairy-tale wedding in Hawaii, a beautiful baby girl, a house. Then, it all abruptly ended in divorce. Not knowing how else to cope, Sara turned to crystal meth. |
Gangland: Ssn 4: Kill 'Em All
2009 44 mins Television
The Best Friends, a ruthless gang of contract killers, have stalked the east side of Detroit since 1985. The Feds say the gang was responsible for more than 80 murders. This episode of "Gangland" chronicles the gang's reign of terror. |
Liebestraum
1991 2.6 stars 109 mins Thrillers Rated: R
When architecture professor Nick Kaminsky (Kevin Anderson) returns to Elderstown, Ill., to be with his dying mother, he runs into an old friend (Bill Pullman) whose company is demolishing an historic building. As Kaminski studies the building, he uncovers an eerie secret that connects him to a murder 30 years earlier. He also develops a passionate bond with his friend's wife (Pamela Gidley) in this thriller from Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas). |
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled
2002 3.0 stars 92 mins Horror Rated: R
The evil Djinn returns in the fourth installment of this popular shocker. Released via an ancient antique box opened by Lisa Burnley, the spirit assumes the identity of Lisa's lawyer and aims to fool her into making three evil wishes. Although suspicious of her suddenly very different lawyer, Lisa nevertheless makes the three wishes, causing all hell to break loose as members of the Brotherhood of Djinn are spectacularly awoken. |
Yongary, Monster from the Deep
1967 2.7 stars 78 mins Classics Rated: NR
When a mighty earthquake shakes South Korea, a terrifying reptilian monster burrows out from its subterranean lair and ascends to the Earth's surface to wreak havoc on Seoul, feeding on energy and impervious to the military's most potent weapons. The monster appears to be unstoppable -- until a scientist and his young assistant formulate a plan that just might stop the vile beast and save the embattled city. |
Pawn Stars: Season 2
2009 4.0 stars 704 mins Television
Eccentric and exotic items -- and the equally odd customers who bring them in -- are the stars of this popular reality series that focuses on the daily business of a Las Vegas pawnshop run by the Harrison family. From a pirate's peg leg to a script for the film Goldfinger, a giant fiberglass Power Ranger figure and more, the wares peddled by the Harrison men continue to fascinate with their history and diversity. |
Rush
1991 3.5 stars 120 mins Drama Rated: R
Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in this drama as undercover narcotics agents who become lovers when they partner up to infiltrate the Texas drug scene and bring down a suspected drug lord (Gregg Allman). But as their relationship intensifies and they become increasingly dependent on each other, they have difficulty resisting the temptations of the world they're trying to subvert ... and soon, their drug use becomes more than just a cover. |
The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant
1971 2.1 stars 87 mins Classics Rated: NR
When a psychotic killer is mortally wounded while burglarizing his home, demented Dr. Girard (Bruce Dern) seizes the chance to graft the criminal's head onto the full-grown body of his assistant's mentally challenged son, Danny (John Bloom). But Girard cannot control his two-headed creation, and soon the malicious monster breaks free to terrorize the countryside. Casey Kasem co-stars in this outlandish horror flick from director Anthony M. Lanza. |
Land of Doom
1986 1.9 stars 87 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: NR
Roving motorcycle gangs rule the post-apocalyptic future, but tough, sexy Harmony (Deborah Rennard) and lone biker Anderson (Garrick Dowhen) seek a legendary land where humanity thrives. But for some, new civilization means giving up their power over a lawless land. For every lost soul who joins their quest, there's another to stop it in its tracks. This steamy action saga also stars Akut Duz and Frank Garret. |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 3.6 stars 129 mins Classics Rated: G
Director Vincente Minnelli's fantastical musical centers on the past-life experiences of a brash New Yorker (Barbra Streisand), who speaks as a woman living in early-19th-century England when put under hypnosis by her shrink (Yves Montand). Fascinated by his patient, the doctor is determined to extract the root of her neurosis, which overcomes her as she see-saws between her modern life and her alternate, albeit far-fetched, existence. |
Major League II
1994 3.2 stars 105 mins Comedy Rated: PG
After success spoils the division-winning Cleveland Indians, team owner Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen) signs arrogant power hitter Jack (David Keith) to shake up the team, but the new hire puts financial strains on the ball club in this hilarious sequel to the 1989 hit. Returning sluggers include sellout pitcher Rick aka "Wild Thing" (Charlie Sheen), aging catcher Jake (Tom Berenger) and religious convert Pedro (Dennis Haysbert). |
Summer School
1987 3.4 stars 97 mins Comedy Rated: PG-13
When school lets out for the summer, gym teacher Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon) can't wait to hightail it to Hawaii with his girlfriend for a vacation. But when the teacher who's supposed to teach remedial English (director Carl Reiner) wins the lottery, Shoop gets roped into the job. The misfit students aren't too happy to be there, either, so Shoop resorts to bribery to get them to come to class and crack the books. |
The Purple Plain
A suicidal airman regains his lust for life in this World War II drama based on the novel by H.E. Bates. Canadian pilot Forrester (Gregory Peck) is devastated when his wife is killed in the Blitz, so he adopts a kamikaze attitude. But when he crash-lands in a remote area of Burma with two other soldiers, Forrester realizes it's up to him to save the men before the Japanese close in. Win Min Than, Bernard Lee and Maurice Denham co-star. |
Counterstrike
2003 2.8 stars 97 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG-13
An international peace summit aboard luxury liner Queen Elizabeth II is interrupted by a group of Taiwanese separatists who aim to obtain nuclear "bargaining chips" against China. Enter ATF Agent Thomas Kellogg (Rob Estes) and Secret Service Agent Vince Kellogg (Joe Lando) -- two brothers who, if they can put their disagreements on hold, just may be able to push the world back from the brink of nuclear destruction. |
The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty
2009 3.3 stars 282 mins Television
You're invited to an intimate look at an iconic family as the remaining members of the Jackson 5 -- Jermaine, Tito, Marlon and Jackie -- reunite for their first-ever reality TV series and return to the recording studio after an absence of 20 years. You'll learn about the Jackson family's history, everyday lives and how they deal with the pressures of fame, as they pay tribute to Michael and look forward to the future. |
Jinxed!
1982 2.8 stars 103 mins Comedy Rated: R
Expert gambler Harold (Rip Torn) latches onto neophyte blackjack dealer Willie (Ken Wahl) after Harold's luck at the tables begins to turn around as long as Willie is there. With Harold calling all the shots, young Willie's life is suddenly out of his control -- until Harold's lounge singer girlfriend (Bette Midler) takes a liking to Willie and the two devise a plan to get rid of the elder card shark and free themselves from his grasp. |
Gangs of the Dead
2007 2.5 stars 88 mins Horror Rated: R
Two rival gangs get more than they bargained for when they arrive at an abandoned warehouse in Los Angeles. Instead of the weapons dealer they expected to meet, they're greeted by … zombies! Now, the gangs must put aside their differences and work together if they hope to escape the bloodlust of the evil undead. This gory fright fest with an urban twist stars Enrique Almeida, Reggie Bannister and Stephen Basilone. |
Cult of the Damned
1969 2.0 stars 93 mins Classics Rated: R
Tara Nicole Steele (Holly Near), the pudgy, lovelorn daughter of a hugely wealthy couple -- vapid ex-porn star Astrid (Jennifer Jones) and repressed Willy (Charles Aidman) -- falls under the influence of a politically subversive cult led by promiscuous rock idol Bogart Peter Stuyvesant (Jordan Christopher). Despite his engagement to Tara, Bogart seduces both her parents, forcing them all to make the ultimate sacrifice to satiate his raging ego. |
By Duty Bound
1995 1.7 stars 92 mins Drama Rated: NR
In this feature-length episode of "In the Heat of the Night," Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) suspends his re-election campaign when a young woman is murdered. As he and Forbes (Carl Weathers) investigate, they discover that Gillespie's opponent in the race for sheriff may be involved. But unless their case against smooth-talking businessman Frank Cole (Corbin Bernsen) is airtight, it could jeopardize Gillespie's own chances for another term. |
Carry on Columbus
1992 2.5 stars 87 mins Comedy Rated: R
It is 1492 and the Sultan of Turkey controls overland trade from the Far East to Europe. Christopher Columbus, looking to make his fortune, persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance an expedition to find a new sea route to India. In the best tradition of the original "Carry On" series, this historical farce features the cream of the current comedy crop. |
Frogs
1972 2.6 stars 90 mins Classics Rated: PG
Millionaire Ray Milland kills any animal that moves on his island estate. The slaughter continues even when his family visits the island. Sam Elliott challenges Milland to mend his ways -- but to no avail. That means the swamp critters will have to decide things on their own. For Kermit & Co., it's payback time. You'll laugh till you croak! |
Cutter's Way
1981 3.0 stars 109 mins Drama Rated: R
Burned-out beach-bum Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges) and his best friend, disfigured Vietnam veteran Alex Cutter (John Heard), stumble on a murder cover-up involving a powerful landowner in director Ivan Passer's brooding crime thriller. But Bone gets more than he bargained for when Cutter insists on blackmailing the suspect, who forces them into a cunning cat-and-mouse game that ignites a full-blown war. Lisa Eichhorn plays Cutter's neglected wife. |
Pray for Death
1985 2.7 stars 94 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
Unassuming immigrant Akira Saito (Shô Kosugi) and his family start a restaurant in Houston, but business quickly turns nasty: A local crime syndicate comes looking for the corrupt cops roosting in the back room, and Saito's family gets caught in the crossfire. In this tale of vengeance, the gangsters cross the line by kidnapping Saito's son, then running down Saito and his wife, and the reluctant ninja is forced to flash his fighting spirit. |
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
1962 2.6 stars 90 mins Classics Rated: NR
After a horrible accident, Dr. Bill Cortner (Jason Evers) rescues his fiancée, Jan (Virginia Leith), by keeping her disembodied head alive in a dish. Cortner hunts for the perfect female body for his love, but Jan wishes he'd just let her die. Soon, Jan develops telepathic powers and begins communicating with one of the doctor's failed experiments, a hideously deformed beast he stores under the stairs. |
Scissors
1991 2.2 stars 105 mins Thrillers Rated: R
Reeling from a recent attack, emotionally fragile Angela (Sharon Stone) reports for work at an unfamiliar apartment, where she's trapped with a corpse. But as Angela tries to escape, she encounters disturbing setbacks that weaken her tenuous grip on reality. Written and directed by Frank De Felitta, this psychological thriller co-stars Steve Railsback as mysterious twins Alex and Cole Morgan. |
Runaway Train
Jon Voight and Eric Roberts earned Oscar nods for their portrayals of Manny and Buck, two escapees of an Alaska maximum-security prison who hop aboard a locomotive. When a heart attack fells the engineer, the train careens across the frozen tundra. The fugitives, along with the engineer's assistant (Rebecca De Mornay), are trapped aboard and must reach the emergency fuel cutoff switch in the lead engine -- with the prison warden in hot pursuit. |
The Stranger
1946 3.5 stars 95 mins Classics Rated: NR
Directed by and starring Orson Welles, this Academy Award-nominated film tells the story of Franz Kindler, a Nazi war criminal who has fled to Connecticut and assumed a new identity: Prof. Charles Rankin. While an Allied War Crimes Commission detective (the indomitable Edward G. Robinson) hunts down Kindler without knowing how he looks, Kindler's new wife (Loretta Young) discovers the ugly truth about her husband's evil past. |
The First Power
1990 3.2 stars 98 mins Thrillers Rated: R
Det. Russell Logan (Lou Diamond Phillips) breathes a sigh of relief upon the capture and execution of a serial murderer known as the Pentagram Killer (Jeff Kober). But Logan's work is far from finished when he discovers that the killer transferred his soul into another living body. With the help of a psychic (Tracy Griffith), Logan grapples with the nearly impossible task of capturing a slayer with an ever-changing identity. |
RoboCop 2
1990 3.1 stars 117 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
The sequel to 1987's sci-fi blockbuster brings back "The Future of Law Enforcement," RoboCop (Peter Weller), to face his greatest challenge ever. This time around, the half-human, half-machine police officer is out to rid Detroit of the deadly new designer drug Nuke. But his worries don't end there; seems the evil corporate empire that created RoboCop intends to develop a larger and more powerful version to replace the original. |
House of Games
Psychologist Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse) decides to help one of her patients out of a gambling debt. Margaret finds the person to whom the money is owed: slick-talking Mike (Joe Mantegna). Mike, who runs poker games, persuades Margaret to help him look for "tells," or telltale body language, in a game. She falls for the con and for Mike, becoming deeply involved in his world. David Mamet wrote and directed this psychological thriller. |
Monarchy: Series 1 (U.K. Version)
2006 3.0 stars Documentary Rated: NR
Tudor expert and BBC personality David Starkey turns his sharp eye to England's royals in this documentary series that maps the development, from 400 A.D. onward, of Europe's oldest surviving political institution. Beginning with the rise of Alfred the Great's nation-state, Series 1 chronicles the Norman Conquest and Henry II's dominance before delving into the made-for-Shakespeare reigns of three Edwards, Richard II and Henrys IV to VI. |
Dog the Bounty Hunter: Vol. 5
2008 2.8 stars Television
Famed bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman continues pursuing bail-jumping bad guys in the fifth volume of this wild-and-wooly reality series, backed up as always by his family -- including the team's newest member, daughter Baby Lyssa. The team barrels from state to state tracking down fugitives and also takes time out for a charitable visit to Mooseheart, Ill., where a generation of kids at risk has found a safe refuge in a children's home there. |
Dog Gone
2008 3.6 stars 108 mins Comedy Rated: PG
Young Owen (Luke Benward) is in for adventure after taking in a runaway dog carrying millions of dollars in stolen gems. The boy gets a chance to use his ingenious intruder deterrents, however, when the jewel thieves track the pooch to his secret fort. But as if trying to fend off the crooks isn't enough, Owen must also deal with the Madman of the Mountain, a fabled character feared by all in this lively comic caper also starring French Stewart. |
Yellow Sky
1948 3.4 stars 98 mins Classics Rated: NR
When a gang of outlaws led by James "Stretch" Dawson (Gregory Peck) rolls into an abandoned frontier town, the only residents they find are an old man (James Barton) and his granddaughter (Anne Baxter), who inform them there's gold in them thar hills. Problems arise when a maverick gang member (Richard Widmark) plots to kill the innocent townsfolk so he can claim the loot for himself, prompting Stretch to come to the rescue. |
Indiana Jones/Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008 3.4 stars 122 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG-13
Nearly 20 years after last donning his famous fedora to save the world from imminent peril, Hollywood icon Harrison Ford returns to one of his best-known roles -- that of snake-wary archaeologist Indiana Jones. This long-awaited fourth installment in the legendary adventure saga also stars Shia LaBeouf as Jones's headstrong young sidekick and Cate Blanchett as a treacherous Russian agent who is hell-bent on protecting mysterious artifacts. |
Chasing Holden
2001 2.4 stars 101 mins Drama Rated: R
Übergeek DJ Qualls (Neil Lawrence) treks to New Hampshire -- as part of a school writing assignment -- to query reclusive author J.D. Salinger about what might have happened to The Catcher in the Rye's Holden Caulfield. Will DJ get the answers he needs? Along for the ride is T.J. (Rachel Blanchard), who has long dreamed of seeing New York City. Teen angst is the real star of this meditation on the fate of an immortal literary character. |
Bill and Ted's: Ssn 2: Now Museum, Now...
1991 20 mins Children & Family
During an exhibit of "Really Important Art" at the San Dimas Museum, Bill and Ted think they have dis-armed the Venus de Milo and go back in time to repair it. After a close call on an ancient Greek galley ship, they accidently ruin the Mona Lisa. |
Dog the Bounty Hunter: Vol. 4
2007 2.8 stars Television
Join bodacious bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman for another season of mayhem on the streets of Hawaii as the bad boy turned good guy hunts down car thieves, drug addicts and other fugitives who've skipped out on bail. This season, Dog and his crew also round up missing criminals back on the mainland, and Dog questions his vocation when his own recent troubles with the law continue to hound his steps. |
The Oklahoman
1957 2.1 stars 80 mins Classics Rated: PG
Widowed doctor John Brighton (Joel McCrea) settles in a small Oklahoma town, where his thriving practice and spirited defense of the local Indian population win him many admirers -- with the big exception of evil cattle barons Cass (Brad Dexter) and Mel Dobie (Douglas Dick). And when Cass finds oil on another man's land, a sudden act of violence leads to a vow of revenge, setting the stage for a showdown between Brighton and the bad guys. |
Invisible Invaders / Journey to 7th Planet
1959 2.9 stars 144 mins Classics Rated: NR
Sci-fi stalwart John Agar plays the protagonist in both films on this "Midnite Movie" double bill. First, Agar leads the charge on Earth against aliens with a penchant for invisibility. Then, he journeys to Uranus, where he leads a United Nations crew into a battle against a gigantic, malevolent brain. |
The Rage
2007 2.4 stars 99 mins Horror Rated: UR
Crazed scientist Dr. Viktor Vasilienko (Andrew Divoff) gets more than he bargained for when his experiments with a rage-inducing virus get out of hand. From the solitude of his laboratory deep within the woods, Vasilienko starts testing the virus on unsuspecting victims, unleashing a mutant horde intent on revenge. Will cooler heads prevail, or are all involved doomed to succumb to the rage? Scream queen Erin Brown (aka Misty Mundae) co-stars. |
Sherri
2010 4.0 stars 279 mins Television
Sherri Shepherd of "The View" takes center stage in this eponymous cable sitcom, playing a newly divorced single mother struggling to balance a day job as a paralegal, a comedy career, raising her son and re-entering the dating scene. Loosely based on Shepherd's life, the show also stars Tammy Townsend and Elizabeth Regen, with Malcolm-Jamal Warner appearing in a recurring role as Sherri's two-timing ex-husband. |
The Final Option
1982 3.0 stars 125 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
Inspired by the 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy in London, this exciting actioner stars Lewis Collins as SAS officer Peter Skellen, who infiltrates a terrorist organization intent on using hostages in the American embassy to further its rhetoric. Skellen, who romances one of the extremists, Frankie (Judy Davis), uses his quick wits and even faster fists to tackle the radicals when they demand that a nuclear bomb be dropped on a submarine base. |
Across 110th Street
1972 3.2 stars 102 mins Thrillers Rated: R
A trio of Harlem homeboys disguised as police knocks off a Mafia numbers house, pocketing $300,000 and gunning down a few cops in the process. It's up to a shifty white detective (Anthony Quinn) and his reluctant black partner (Yaphet Kotto) to nab the amateur crooks before sadistic mob enforcer Nick D'Salvio (Anthony Franciosa) gets his hands on them. This unrelentingly violent action-thriller has become a cult favorite. |
Almost an Angel
1990 3.5 stars 98 mins Comedy Rated: PG
Terry Dean (Paul Hogan) is a small-time thief who's about to receive a lesson from above. Between bank robberies, Terry's knocked unconscious while rescuing a child from a car crash. That's when God (Charlton Heston) pays Terry a visit … and gives him a second chance. Believing he's an angel on probation, a chastened Terry sets out to do good, starting with a wheelchair-bound youth (Elias Koteas) and his selfless sister (Linda Kozlowski). |
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966 82 mins Classics Rated: NR
In the last of the classic beach movies, a dead man (Boris Karloff) learns he has one day to perform a good deed before he can enter the afterlife. With the help of a buxom spirit (Susan Hart), he tries to rescue an heiress (Deborah Walley) from the scheming attorney Reginald Ripper (Basil Rathbone). Nancy Sinatra, Claudia Martin and the Bobby Fuller Four perform on the soundtrack, and Harvey Lembeck makes one last appearance as Erik von Zipper. |
Caesar and Cleopatra
In this Oscar-nominated film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play, the aging Caesar (Claude Rains) comes to Alexandria to tutor young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) in the ways of rule, allowing her to wrestle the throne away from her brother, Ptolemy. But as time progresses, Caesar's feelings for Cleopatra turn romantic and he vows to marry her. Stewart Granger co-stars in this epic drama directed by Gabriel Pascal. |
The Falling
1987 3.0 stars 90 mins Horror Rated: R
Three teenagers (Dennis Christopher, Martin Hewitt and Lynn-Holly Johnson) vacationing in Spain drive through a town where the space station Skylab crashed several years earlier, bringing with it alien organisms that transform their human hosts into flesh-eating monsters. A NASA scientist (Luis Prendes) who's been working on a vaccine teams up with the teens to help contain the epidemic before it destroys the world. |
Da Vinci's Inquest: Ssn 1: Little...
1998 46 mins Television
A prostitute's body turns up in Vancouver Harbor, casting new light on old cases. Does she represent the latest victim of a serial killer who has stalked the city for years? And if so, how has he gone unnoticed? |
Over the Top
Sylvester Stallone heads the cast as Lincoln Hawk, a long-haul trucker hoping to reunite with the son (David Mendenhall) he abandoned years earlier and left in the care of his wife, Christina -- who's now terminally ill. Standing in Hawk's way is the boy's unforgiving grandfather (Robert Loggia), a man determined to retain custody of his grandson after Christina dies ... and will succeed unless Hawk wins the prize money in an arm-wrestling contest. |
My Mother's Castle
1990 3.7 stars 99 mins Foreign (French) Rated: PG
Yves Robert directs this film based on the humorous best-selling memoirs of French novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, which highlights the alluring, magical country life of turn-of-the-century Provence. Young Marcel's mother longs for the tranquility of Bastide Neuve after spending a summer there and encourages her family to make the nine-mile trek on foot. They shorten the journey by cutting across a private estate, which lands them in trouble. |
The Believers
1987 3.2 stars 114 mins Horror Rated: R
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths. Using what meager clues he has, Cal discovers that worshippers of Santeria, a form of voodoo, are responsible for the murders … and that his son may be next. |
Phaedra
This contemporary remake of Euripides's Hippolytus stars Melina Mercouri as Phaedra, whose husband, Greek tycoon Thanos (Raf Vallone), wants her to persuade his adult son, Alexis (Anthony Perkins), to enter the family business. Trouble arises when Phaedra and Alexis fall in love. After Thanos welcomes Alexis home, he arranges an engagement between his son and the daughter of another shipper, but Phaedra's jealousy leads to violent confrontations. |
Queen's Blade: Vol 1: High Spirits
2009 26 mins Anime & Animation
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Romantic Comedy
1983 2.8 stars 102 mins Romance Rated: PG
Based on Bernard Slade's hit play, this faithful screen adaptation follows thoroughly compatible writing partners Jason Carmichael (Dudley Moore) and Phoebe Craddock (Mary Steenburgen), who spend 15 years together and share everything in their lives -- except a bed. The supporting cast of this comedy helmed by Arthur Hiller includes Ron Leibman as a reporter to whom Phoebe is briefly married and Frances Sternhagen as Jason's agent. |
Enchanted April
Stifled British wives Lottie (Josie Lawrence) and Rose (Miranda Richardson) rent an Italian villa for a husbandless vacation. Sharing the retreat are acerbic widow Mrs. Fisher (Oscar nominee Joan Plowright) and socialite Caroline (Polly Walker). The four spend a month savoring newfound freedom and the opportunity for self-discovery. Alfred Molina co-stars in this tale of 1920s English manners, based on Elizabeth von Arnim's novel. |
The King and Four Queens
1956 3.0 stars 86 mins Classics Rated: NR
When con man Dan Kehoe (Clark Gable) ends up in a nearly deserted town, he tries to woo and convince four women -- Birdie (Barbara Nichols), Oralie (Sara Shane), Sabina (Eleanor Parker) and Ruby (Jean Willes) -- that he has a right to a share in the proceeds of a recent robbery pulled off by their husbands. But Ma McDade (Jo Van Fleet), the gunslinging family matriarch, is wise to him game. Raoul Walsh directs this funny Western romance. |
Patty Duke: Billie
1965 3.1 stars 86 mins Classics Rated: NR
Set in the days before Title IX, teenage tomboy Billie (Patty Duke) is a natural athlete who can beat the pants off the boys at their own game, despite the tremendous stumbling blocks she faces from her boyfriend and her outraged parents. Controversy erupts when Billie is placed on her school's male track team, and she is torn by the idea of compromising her innate talent and love of sports for the sake of fitting in. |
Deranged
1974 3.1 stars 82 mins Classics Rated: R
When his overbearing mother dies, sociopathic Wisconsin farmer Ezra Cobb (Roberts Blossom) stuffs and preserves her corpse to keep him company. But when the novelty of this solution wears off, Ezra prowls for fresh ladies on which to practice his taxidermy. The results are some gruesome dinner parties in the Cobb household and other gory delights. Jeff Gillen and Alan Ormsby direct this horror film inspired by real-life serial killer Ed Gein. |
Bio-Dome
Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin star in this guilty pleasure: a comedy that requires no thought but generates a lot of laughs. Slackers Bud and Doyle mistakenly get sucked into living inside the Bio-Dome -- an environmental experiment that requires residents to stay for a year without outside contact. Can Bud and Doyle save the world, or will the world have to be saved from Bud and Doyle? |
The Angry Red Planet
1959 3.0 stars 83 mins Classics Rated: NR
Earth's first expedition to Mars loses contact -- and never gets it back. Mission Control successfully lands the ship remotely, but finds the crew's only two survivors in a fight for their lives. Horrific creatures, flesh-eating plants and unfriendly, intelligent life waiting for them at the ship they've struggled to get back to are only the start. It's what's they find out later that's truly frightening. … |
Big Bad Wolf
2006 2.9 stars 96 mins Horror Rated: R
A rowdy group of college students eager to get wild and crazy persuades their classmate Derek Cowley to invite them to his stepfather's incredible secluded cabin. The coeds party it up with great delight -- until they're attacked by a vicious werewolf that rapes, murders … and cracks bad jokes. This gore-filled horror film provides plenty of bloody mayhem, including decapitations, throat rips and even castration. |
The Barbershop Series: A Black Man Inv...
2005 28 mins Television
Calvin forces Terri and Yinka to go to drug rehab; Calvin confronts his mother and brother about keeping his father's second family a secret; Jimmy meets his new running opponent. |
The Bloody Judge
1970 2.6 stars 104 mins Classics Rated: NR
In 1685 England, Alicia Gray (Margaret Lee) is convicted of witchcraft and promptly burned at the stake. Meanwhile, her sister, Mary (Maria Rohm), foolishly falls for Harry Selton (Hans Hass Jr.), who's critical of the king. When evil Chief Justice Jeffreys (Christopher Lee) learns of the romance, he sends his men to capture Mary, who tries to save her beau from the judge's wrath by surrendering to his licentious advances. Will her plan work? |
Werewolf Hunter
2004 2.6 stars 89 mins Horror Rated: R
When authorities find mutilated bodies scattered deep within the woods, they're perplexed by the combination of animalistic gashes and precise surgical cuts -- until a traveling soap salesman (Julian Sands) confesses to the killings. He cops to needing human body fat to make the soap he sells for a living ... but there's one more thing to mention: He's also a werewolf. And believe it or not, this plot is based on actual events. |
The Beast Within
1982 2.7 stars 98 mins Horror Rated: R
Soon after newlywed Caroline MacCleary (Bibi Besch) gets raped just outside Nioba, Miss., by a hairy, manlike creature, she gives birth to a baby boy (Paul Clemens). But her son, whom she names Michael, begins to suffer from a mysterious malady when he turns 17. Looking for answers, the MacClearys return to Nioba, where they find the name of Caroline's attacker -- and a community desperately attempting to conceal a dark secret. |
Child's Play
1988 3.0 stars 87 mins Horror Rated: R
A chubby toy doll named Chucky becomes an instrument of terror in director Tom Holland's unnerving tale of horror. Before cops gun down a serial killer (Brad Dourif), he invokes a spell that transfers his soul into the body of Chucky -- who ends up as a birthday present for 6-year-old Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent). When a rash of murders ensues, he knows Chucky is the culprit, but neither Andy's mother (Catherine Hicks) nor the police believe him. |
How the Earth..: Ssn 2: America's Ice Age
2009 43 mins Television
Why do we have ice ages and when is the next one due? Chart the progress of different ice ages through the history of our planet, from Snowball Earth hundreds of millions of years ago to the recent ice ages. |
How the Earth Was Made: Ssn 2: Sahara
2009 45 mins Television
Africa's Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. It's also the hottest place on the planet. But now, an astonishing series of geological discoveries has revealed this searing wasteland hides a dramatically different past. |
How to Murder Your Wife
After spontaneously wedding a beauty (Virna Lisi) he'd just met, a cartoonist (Jack Lemmon) fantasizes about getting out of the hasty marriage by plotting his wife's murder in his sketchbook. But will life imitate art when she vanishes and the police show up on his doorstep? A product of a more chauvinistic era, this silly, less-than-politically-correct comedy is elevated by Lemmon's brilliant comic timing and Italian bombshell Lisi's considerable assets. |
The Black Stallion
Adapted from the children's book by Walter Farley, this exquisitely filmed animal-lovers' treat follows a boy named Alec (Kelly Reno) from shipwreck to winner's circle with the stunning horse that befriends him. Mickey Rooney was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a trainer who encourages Alec to race with the stallion after the boy and his horse are rescued from a desert island and returned to their home. |
The Naked Truth
1958 3.1 stars 93 mins Classics Rated: NR
For years, tabloid publisher Nigel Dennis (Dennis Price) has kept A-listers under his thumb, unearthing their dirt in a gossip rag dubbed The Naked Truth. But he doesn't count on one of them fighting back. When actor Sonny MacGregor (Peter Sellers) learns he's starring in Nigel's next issue, he'll try just about anything -- including an arsenal of disguises and, ultimately, murder -- to keep his name out of print. |
Beach Red
A group of American soldiers endure a horrific battle against the Japanese in this stark look at the realities of war. The story follows Capt. MacDonald (Cornel Wilde) and his men through a single campaign to take control of a Japanese-held island. Each of the men -- including a sadistic sergeant (Rip Torn), an illiterate country boy (Burr DeBenning) and a minister's son (Patrick Wolfe) -- struggles to face the horrors of war on his own terms. |
The Road to Hong Kong
1962 3.5 stars 92 mins Classics Rated: NR
In one of many road movies from Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, Harry (Crosby) and Chester (Hope) travel to Tibet in search of a drug that will restore Chester's memory. Once cured, his memory becomes so good that he accidentally memorizes a secret formula for space navigation. The two meet a beautiful spy (Joan Collins) and get sidetracked … to another planet! Dorothy Lamour, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin are among those sharing the madcap adventure. |
Shaolin vs. Evil Dead
2004 2.5 stars 94 mins Horror Rated: NR
This gore-splattered thrill ride charts what happens when a vampire (Kit Cheung) is roused from slumber and wreaks havoc among the living. With utter destruction in the cards, two monks, White (Gordon Liu) and Black (Louis Fan), and their sidekicks, Sun (Jacky Woo), Fire (Shi Xiao-Hu) and Moon (Shannon Yoh), compete with one another for the right to do battle with the bloodsucker, culminating in a cataclysmic kung fu showdown. |
The Universe: Ssn 4: The Day the Moon...
2009 44 mins Television
Without the moon, Earth would be a very different and desolate place: four hours of sunlight with pitch-black nights, winds spawning giant hurricanes that last for months, and virtually no complex life forms, much less humans. |
Ginger & Fred
Directed by Federico Fellini, this BAFTA-nominated satire tells the story of aging celebrity impersonators Amelia Bonetti (Giulietta Masina) and Pippo Botticella (Marcello Mastroianni), who made a name for themselves with a Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire dancing act before parting ways. When they're offered a chance to resurrect the old act on a TV variety show, they jump at the chance -- but do they still have their old spark? |
Lonelyhearts
In order to teach naïve writer Adam White (Montgomery Clift) that life's not always a bowl of cherries, his cynical editor (Robert Ryan) assigns him to the "Miss Lonelyheart" relationship advice column. Business becomes pleasure as Adam gets a little too involved in his readers' lives, particularly Fay Doyle's (Maureen Stapleton, in her screen debut and an Oscar-nominated role), who has not made love to her handicapped husband for years. |
The Hoodlum Priest
1961 2.7 stars 102 mins Classics Rated: NR
Based on the true story of Rev. Charles Dismas Clark, this compelling and touching drama follows the Jesuit priest as he devotes his life to reforming convicts in St. Louis. The ex-cons face a tough road as they try to reenter society honestly, constantly battling racism, other forms of discrimination and overwhelming temptations to return to crime. Don Murray plays the title role. |
Rage of Honor
1987 2.7 stars 92 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
After a crazed drug lord murders the partner of undercover cop Shiro Tanaka (the explosive Sho Kosugi) and kidnaps Shiro's girlfriend, Shiro follows them deep into the South American jungle and seeks revenge as only he can -- with more than a few well-executed kicks to the thorax. Gordon Hessler directs this 1980s actioner. |
Fire in the Sky
1993 3.4 stars 109 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: PG-13
In this drama based on an allegedly true -- and astonishing -- story, Arizona logger Travis Walton (D.B. Sweeney) is driving through the countryside at night with his friends when he's struck by a bolt of energy beaming from the sky and then disappears for days. When he returns, he claims he was abducted by aliens and spent the week on their ship. Peter Berg, James Garner, Robert Patrick and Craig Sheffer co-star. |
Crime 360
2009 3.0 stars Television
In this riveting reality show's second season, detectives, medical examiners and forensics experts in Indianapolis, Cleveland and other major cities crack tough cases using 360-degree digital photography and other bleeding-edge technology. Tag along as the investigators track down clues and re-create the crime scenes with three-dimensional laser scanners, computer-generated graphics and, of course, some old-fashioned leg work. |
Grayeagle
1977 2.6 stars 104 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG
Convinced that someone -- or something -- is lurking in the nearby woods, a white trapper (Ben Johnson) and his Indian servant investigate, only to return home and discover that the trapper's daughter (Lana Wood) has been kidnapped by a Cheyenne warrior named Grayeagle (Alex Cord). Grayeagle's captive is terrified of him at first, but her feelings for him change when he reveals himself to be a noble man. |
The Caretakers
In this emotionally charged drama, Joan Crawford portrays a strongwilled head nurse in an overcrowded mental health facility who clashes with a crusading psychiatrist (Robert Stack) over the proper care and treatment of their patients. The progressive-minded doctor wants to start an outpatient treatment program for some of the women in their care, while the nurse believes in firm-handed, occasionally brutal methods of keeping her charges in line. |
Blacula
1972 3.0 stars 93 mins Classics Rated: PG
Highly sophisticated African Prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall) gets bitten by Count Dracula, and his fate is sealed forevermore as a vampire. Two centuries later, Mamuwalde is unwittingly transported to modern-day Los Angeles, where his bloodletting soon brings new meaning the city's nickname -- City of Angels! This 1970s blaxploitation flick is something you can really, uh, sink your teeth into. |
Last Tango in Paris
In this art-house classic, Hollywood heavyweight Marlon Brando delivers a tour de force performance as an American expatriate living in Paris who's still spinning from his estranged wife's sudden suicide. While searching for an apartment, the grief-stricken widower encounters an equally despondent young Frenchwoman (Maria Schneider), and the couple embarks on an anonymous, no-strings-attached sexual liaison. |
Criss Angel Mindfreak: Ssn 1: Body...
2005 21 mins Television
Master Piercer Alan Falkner is flown to Las Vegas to help Criss practice a mind-over-body demonstration of unique proportions. Despite warnings of wind and potential death, Criss demands to be suspended from a helicopter strung up by fishhooks. |
Finder's Fee
2001 3.1 stars 99 mins Drama Rated: R
This edgy drama follows young artist Adam (Erik Palladino), who finds a wallet with a lottery ticket worth millions inside. He later engages in a simple game of poker that gets interesting when Adam realizes the ticket's owner (James Earl Jones) is among the players. Soon, Adam and his buddies (Matthew Lillard, Dash Mihok and Ryan Reynolds) are trapped in the man's home. Jeff Probst, host of television's "Survivor," wrote and directed the film. |
Neanderthal Man
1953 2.4 stars 78 mins Classics Rated: NR
Becoming angry after his colleagues reject his theory that Neanderthal man was equal in intelligence to contemporary humans, scientist Clifford Groves (Robert Shayne) creates a potion that transforms him into a primitive man. It's not long before local residents start falling prey to a series of mysterious assaults. Richard Crane and Doris Merrick co-star in this reenvisioning of the Jekyll and Hyde story. |
The Barbershop Series: Madonna Is a Ho
2005 28 mins Television
While having their own intimacy issues, Calvin and Jen have dinner with a couple who express their passion in a unique way; Michael breaks up with Terri for being sexually immature, while Isaac hooks up with Michael's sister, Michelle. |
Life After People: Season 2
2010 3.8 stars 470 mins Television
What would our planet look like if all humans suddenly disappeared? With the help of sophisticated animation, experts in biology, engineering and Earth sciences let their imaginations run wild in Season 2 of this History Channel series. Episodes speculate about the fate of supermarket snack cakes, Niagara Falls, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, household pets, Grant's tomb and other artifacts both ordinary and extraordinary. |
World Trade Center
2006 3.5 stars 128 mins Drama Rated: PG-13
Director Oliver Stone helms this gripping docudrama set amid the rubble of Sept. 11, 2001. Working under treacherous conditions, an army of dedicated rescuers desperately hopes to find anyone who survived the World Trade Center's tragic collapse. But their efforts pay off when they unearth Port Authority police officers John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and William J. Jimeno (Michael Pena) trapped near an elevator shaft. |
Believe
1999 2.6 stars 95 mins Horror Rated: PG-13
Ben Stiles loves to scare people. But he's about to get the fright of his life when the mysterious wailing ghost of Wickwire House beckons Ben and his friend Katherine into the eerie world of the supernatural. Who is she? What does she want? Will he become the prime character in a real-life ghost story? As he puts his life -- and his sanity -- on the line to uncover the shocking truth behind the haunting, he finds himself in over his head. |
A Matter of Sex
1984 2.9 stars 96 mins Drama Rated: R
After watching men with less impressive credentials pad their salaries with high-paying promotions, disgruntled female bank tellers (led by Jean Stapleton of "All in the Family" fame) stage an organized protest for union rights. But in the small town of Willmar, Minn., speaking out doesn't make a woman popular. Oscar-winning actress Lee Grant directs her daughter, Dinah Manoff, in this made-for-television drama based on actual events. |
Love Field
Dallas housewife Lurene (Michelle Pfeiffer) identifies so much with her idol, Jacqueline Kennedy, that when JFK is killed, she takes a bus to the funeral. While traveling, she meets a young black girl (Stephanie McFadden) and her father (Dennis Haysbert), sensing something is amiss. But her meddling starts a chain reaction that has them all on the run from the police -- and on the road to a deep friendship. |
Fled
1996 3.0 stars 98 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
When a couple of prisoners find themselves cuffed together on a chain gang, they make a break for it in this action-adventure thriller. Piper (Laurence Fishburne) and Dodge (Stephen Baldwin) aren't exactly the best of friends, and being chased by all types of angry authorities doesn't force them to bond. But when Dodge's past puts the Mafia on their trail, the convicts must outrun both sides of the law. |
Kettle of Fish
2006 2.8 stars 97 mins Comedy Rated: R
Mel (Matthew Modine) is a jazz musician with a serious lust for women of all types. When he finally decides to commit to his girlfriend, Inga (Ewa Da Cruz), fate delivers the ultimate test of fidelity in the form of an attractive biologist (Gina Gershon) who sublets Mel's apartment. Toss in a beautiful bride-to-be (Christy Cashman), whom Mel falls for, and you have all the ingredients for a classic romantic screwball comedy. |
Innocent Lies
1995 2.3 stars 88 mins Thrillers Rated: NR
Determined to get to the bottom of his best friend's death, detective Alan Cross (Adrian Dunbar) travels to the cozy French hamlet where the tragedy took place. Although the death is ruled a suicide, Cross suspects murder, and his investigation homes in on the Graves family, specifically siblings Jeremy (Stephen Dorff) and Celia (Gabrielle Anwar), who appear to have a sickeningly inappropriate -- not to mention dangerous -- relationship. |
Satan's Little Helper
2004 2.7 stars 100 mins Horror Rated: R
It's Halloween eve, and 9-year-old Douglas (Alexander Brickel) is in for the fright of his life in this chilling horror tale. Dressed as "Satan's Little Helper" (from his favorite video game), Douglas goes out trick-or-treating and meets a guy dressed as the monstrous boss from the same video game. Staying true to the game, Doug offers to be his assistant, unaware that the masked man is really a serial killer on a Halloween murdering spree. |
Severed: Forest of the Dead
2006 2.7 stars 93 mins Horror Rated: R
When a forestry company's profit-driven decision to genetically engineer trees goes horribly wrong, a mismatched group of loggers and environmental activists become ravenous flesh-eating zombies. And although a few uninfected survivors remain, their chances of getting out of the wilderness alive are as remote as the forest itself. An ensemble cast stars in this undead gore fest that makes a run-in with a wood chipper seem tame. |
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978 2.5 stars 85 mins Comedy Rated: NR
Director Paul Morrissey applies a hefty dose of humor to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective story in this interpretation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Comedian Peter Cook takes on the role of brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, who's not so gifted here as he relegates much of the investigation of demonic dogs to his bumbling sidekick, Watson (Dudley Moore), while he spends time with his mother and searches for an assistant. |
Top Secret!
1984 3.5 stars 90 mins Comedy Rated: PG
Following the success of their first feature, Airplane! the directing team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker return with this farce about American rock idol Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer), who's tapped to play at a cultural festival in East Germany. Nazis are staging the concert to distract attention from a secret attack on a submarine fleet, and before he knows it, Nick is trapped in an international incident, and aiding the French Resistance. |
Madhouse
2004 3.0 stars 91 mins Horror Rated: R
In this horrifying tale, psychiatry intern Clark Stevens (Joshua Leonard) gets a little more than he'd bargained for in his new job at the Cunningham Hall Mental Facility, which is home to the country's most dangerous psychotics. When a staff nurse is murdered, Stevens investigates -- and soon encounters supernatural forces that would drive any sane person mad. Natasha Lyonne, Lance Henriksen and Jordan Ladd also star. |
The Deep End: Ssn 1: Nothing Personal
2010 43 mins Television
When a promising female tennis star loses her scholarship, Susan gives Beth and Dylan the challenging pro-bono case -- which questions the player's personal identity -- while Liam and Malcolm are pitted against each other. |
Bucktown
1975 3.0 stars 94 mins Classics Rated: R
After traveling to a small Southern town for his murdered brother's funeral, Duke (Fred Williamson) and his girlfriend, Aretha (Pam Grier), decide to reopen the dead man's nightclub. Problems arise, however, when the crooked local cops try to shake the pair down for money. Duke then calls in his crew of street toughs from the city to fend off the police, setting the stage for this blaxploitation thriller's violent conclusion. |
Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force: Season 1
2008 4.0 stars 462 mins Television
Ride along with the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, a specially designated team of highly trained law enforcement officers, as they track down ultra-dangerous criminals in and around Manhattan. Drawn from local, state and federal agencies, these guys cut through bureaucracy and hit the streets to get their man, such as a Colombian drug lord, or their woman, like the female bank robber who struck on Valentine's Day. |
The Duchess
Keira Knightley stars as Georgiana Spencer, a young duchess who indulges in extravagant vices and begins a scandalous affair with politician Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper) to balance her unhappy marriage to the duke of Devonshire (Golden Globe–nominated Ralph Fiennes). Director Saul Dibb's lavish adaptation of Amanda Foreman's novel about the real-life 18th-century femme fatale received an Oscar for Best Costume Design. |
Gargoyles
2004 2.7 stars 97 mins Horror Rated: R
Michael Pare stars as Agent Griffin, a CIA operative who ventures with his partner to the ancient city of Bucharest in Romania to find out who's behind an elaborate kidnapping that has the American government cowering in embarrassment. What he finds out stuns the stoic spy: Apparently, the city is bereft from attacks carried out by a gargoyle that's come to life, seething in rage and resentment. Can Griffin stop it from claiming more victims? |
The Deep End: Ssn 1: To Have and to Hold
2010 41 mins Television
A tough INS case has Dylan at war with the law. Beth and Addy find it difficult to represent their client in a sexual harassment case. Meanwhile, Liam seeks advice from Rowdy on courting, and Cliff turns to Hart, hoping to save his marriage. |
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000 2.4 stars 131 mins Drama Rated: R
Dwight Yoakam -- who directs and penned this dark Western's screenplay -- stars as Valentine Casey, the steadfast marshal of a small Arizona town whose life is upended when his estranged family of outlaws rides in and commits a bloody robbery. One year after the crime, Val's making a new start in another town and trying to woo the beautiful Adalyne (Bridget Fonda). But it doesn't take long for his past to catch up with him. Peter Fonda co-stars. |
Trapped Ashes
2006 2.3 stars 105 mins Horror Rated: R
Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories, setting the stage for five tales from directors Ken Russell, Sean S. Cunningham, Joe Dante, Monte Hellman and John Gaeta. This anthology includes spine-tingling tales of sexy succubi, possessed breast implants, nightmarish dream hauntings and more. Jayce Bartok, Lara Harris and Henry Gibson star. |
Coming Home
1998 3.6 stars 202 mins Drama Rated: NR
Living a lonely existence at boarding school, 14-year-old Judith Dunbar (Emily Mortimer) finds emotional sanctuary at the estate of her best friend's family. For a time, Judith leads a charmed existence, until the gathering storm clouds of World War II bring change. Coastal England serves as the backdrop for this dramatic miniseries featuring Peter O'Toole that explores love, kinship and burgeoning womanhood. |
The 'Burbs
1989 3.5 stars 102 mins Comedy Rated: PG
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) and his friends (Bruce Dern and Rick Ducommun) let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray -- who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube -- expected to spend his vacation. Carrie Fischer and Corey Feldman co-star. |
I Want to Live!
Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) -- party girl and prevaricator -- works as a shill, enticing naive men into rigged card games. She tries to reform, but when her new life crumbles, she falls back on her old ways. Soon Barbara and her partners in crime find themselves charged with murder and facing the death penalty. As the wheels of justice spin, Barbara desperately asserts her innocence. Hayward reaped an Oscar for her electrifying portrayal. |
Music From Another Room
1998 3.3 stars 104 mins Romance Rated: PG-13
Love can make you do the strangest things. It's certainly had that effect on Danny (Jude Law), a struggling artist who's reunited with his childhood flame, Anna Swan (Gretchen Mol). A hopeless romantic, Danny's convinced that he and Anna belong together. He makes that plain and clear -- but Anna's engaged. In the meantime, Danny's impetuousness begins to influence the rest of Anna's family. Can they help change Anna's mind? |
The Deep End: Ssn 1: Where There's Smoke
2010 43 mins Television
Beth goes head-to-head with her lawyer father in court, while Addy's new clients put the firm in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Cliff reveals something to Susan that ends up sending Katie to the Montana offices indefinitely. |
The Barbershop Series: N**ger Lovers
2005 29 mins Television
"Niggaz," an urban fashion chain store owned by African Americas but managed by Asians, moves into the neighborhood, much to the consternation of many people. |
Lexx: Series 3
2000 3.5 stars 192 mins Television Rated: NR
Season 3 of this deliriously twisted sci-fi hit finds the spaceship Lexx and her crew -- Capt. Stanley Tweedle (Brian Downey), vixen Xev (Xenia Seeberg), assassin Kai (Michael McManus) and robot head 790 (Jeffrey Hirschfield) -- caught in the middle of a war between hellish planet Fire and profligate planet Water. Even with their lives at stake, the crew finds time to indulge their lusty appetites for sex and other vices. |
Bill and Ted's: Ssn 1: One Sweet and...
1990 23 mins Children & Family
Bill and Ted accidentally break Missy's "brand new antique vase." The phone booth is set for ancient China to find a replacement. After a brief stint as prisoners who are ordered to build a wall, they serve as unlikely deck hands for Marco Polo. |
The Drifter
1988 2.4 stars 90 mins Thrillers Rated: R
Before she was Megan Donner on television's "CSI: Miami," Kim Delaney was Julia, a single career woman who makes a deadly mistake when she picks up a hitchhiker named Trey (Miles O'Keeffe) on a deserted road. Julia -- whose best friend has recently been murdered -- returns to her home in the city, but Trey continues to stalk her. Seemingly worried for her safety, Julia's boyfriend (Timothy Bottoms) hires yet another person to shadow her. |
Buck Rogers: Olympiad
1979 48 mins Television Rated: NR
Invited as a special guest, Buck attends the 2492 Olympics. But he soon finds himself in the middle of a political situation as one of the athletes from the planet Lozira tries to defect to Earth. |
The Ceremony
In his writing and directing debut, screen legend Laurence Harvey crafts a pessimistic thriller about condemned prisoner Sean McKenna (Harvey), who must find a way to avoid his pending execution. With the help of his girlfriend (Sarah Miles) and brother (Robert Walker Jr.), McKenna engineers a daring escape from the Tangiers prison. Walker's stellar performance garnered a Most Promising Newcomer award at the 1964 Golden Globes. |
Saturn in Opposition
2007 3.3 stars 110 mins Gay & Lesbian Rated: NR
While having dinner at the home of Lorenzo (Luca Argentero) and his lover, Davide (Pierfrancesco Favino), a close group of gay and straight friends reminisce about the past and take stock of their lives, until an unexpected tragedy begins tearing their relationships apart. Set in Rome, this drama from Italian-Turkish director Ferzan Ozpetek co-stars Ambra Angiolini, Stefano Accorsi, Margherita Buy and Serra Yilmaz. |
Raw Meat
1972 2.6 stars 88 mins Classics Rated: NR
Trapped under the streets of London after a tunnel cave-in in the 19th century, a group of workers survived for years by consuming the flesh of their dead. Now, their sole descendent has surfaced to feed his appetite on the living. Donald Pleasence stars in this low-budget horror gem from director Gary Sherman, a cult classic notable for its allegorical depth, atmospheric intensity -- and stomach-turning gore. |
Catacombs
2006 2.7 stars 92 mins Horror Rated: UR
The City of Lights becomes the City of Frights when American tourist Victoria (Shannyn Sossamon) visits her sister Carolyn (pop star turned actress Pink) and gets lost at a party in the Catacombs, the vast 200-mile labyrinthine network of tunnels that lies beneath Paris. Confusion soon gives way to terror as Victoria begins to suspect she's being chased -- and a swirling rumor about a monster isn't helping matters either. |
Gene Simmons: Family Jewels: Season 1
2006 3.5 stars 286 mins Television Rated: R
Thrusting his tongue and in full makeup, Gene Simmons performs with his rock band Kiss, but on his more dressed-down days, he's just another soccer dad. This A&E reality series proves it. Stepping into the home of Simmons and former Playmate of the Year Shannon Tweed (his partner of 23 years), "Family Jewels" reveals a shockingly normal side to the notorious rocker, who's raised two well-behaved and well-groomed teenagers (Nick and Sophie). |
Spill
1996 2.9 stars 90 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG-13
A member of the president's Secret Service detail, Ken Fairchild (Brian Bosworth) dodges bullets and pummels bad guys to stop the deadly biological warfare that threatens world leaders gathered at an environmental summit. As a crash spills a cache of lethal germs into a national park, the incident exposes a twisted plot involving an evil defense contractor and a rogue government official, putting a germ-infected Fairchild in a race against time. |
Rancho Deluxe
1975 3.0 stars 93 mins Action & Adventure Rated: R
Set against the backdrop of Montana's Big Sky country, director Frank Perry's comic Western centers on bumbling cattle rustlers Jack McKee (Jeff Bridges) and Cecil Colson (Sam Waterston). As the duo plots to poach a cattle baron's herd, they run afoul of lawmen nearly as inept as the two thieves. Slim Pickens, Elizabeth Ashley and Harry Dean Stanton costar, with singer Jimmy Buffett (who supplies the soundtrack) making a cameo appearance. |
Parker Kane
1990 2.6 stars 95 mins Thrillers Rated: NR
Ex-cop and ex-boxer Parker Kane (Jeff Fahey) -- an unorthodox private investigator whose office is a booth in a Long Beach, Calif., diner -- works by a few simple principles, which he often recites to the camera in this made-for-TV crime drama. While investigating the death of his best pal, Joey (David Caruso), Kane stumbles upon a scheme involving toxic waste dumping. R & B legend Patti LaBelle also turns up as nightclub singer Cartier. |
Vampire's Kiss
Peter Loew (Nicolas Cage, in an all-encompassing performance) is a sleazy literary agent who prowls the bars looking for action. One night he hooks up with Rachel (Jennifer Beals), who, in the course of their evening together, bites him on the neck. The next morning, when Peter is feeling out of sorts, he decides that a vampire bit him. The next step: Buy a real set of fangs, of course ... even though most people don't believe he's a vampire. |
Cadillac Man
1990 2.9 stars 97 mins Comedy Rated: R
High-roller Joey O'Brien (Robin Williams) wheels and deals his livelihood by selling top-of-the-line American cars, though his luck in the showroom has hit a slump lately, and it's taking everything he has to get back his old spiel. When the dealership secretary's jealous husband (Tim Robbins) shows up with an automatic weapon and holds the hawker hostage, however, Joey is suddenly forced to give the pitch of his life. |
Heartaches
1981 2.9 stars 92 mins Comedy Rated: R
Director Donald Shebib's comedy-drama follows Bonnie (Annie Potts), a pregnant young woman who decides to leave her husband rather than tell him that the child she's carrying belongs to another man. As she flees on a bus, she meets sexually-liberated Rita (Margot Kidder). The odd couple become close friends and move in together, sharing in the responsibility of raising the child. But street-tough Rita and naïve Bonnie don't always see eye-to-eye. |
Prime Target
1989 2.5 stars 95 mins Thrillers Rated: R
When a serial killer murders a series of female NYPD cops, the determined Sgt. Kelly Mulcahaney (Angie Dickinson) will stop at nothing to bring the criminal to justice. But the clues suggest a disturbing pattern: Mulcahaney might be the next victim. As the investigation leads her closer to home, the determined police officer must decide what's worth more: the case or her life. Charles Durning co-stars in this made-for-TV crime drama. |
Golden Needles
1974 2.4 stars 92 mins Classics Rated: PG
In this kung fu thriller with a potent twist, several men fight for control of an ancient Chinese statue containing seven golden acupuncture needles. If placed correctly into an adult male, the needles will give him youth and sexual supremacy. If misplaced, he will die. Starring Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Ashley and legendary character Burgess Meredith, this tautly paced action thriller was shot on location in Hong Kong. |
Trancers 2: The Return of Jack Deth
1991 3.0 stars 85 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: R
Stranded in the 20th century after chasing a villain from the year 2247, future-cop Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) discovers that another baddie, Dr. E.D. Wardo (Richard Lynch), has also traveled back in time -- with a scheme to turn solid citizens into mindless trancers. The plot thickens when Deth's presumed dead 23rd-century wife also journeys back to help his crusade. Charles Band directs; Helen Hunt co-stars. |
Jeremy
1973 2.8 stars 90 mins Romance Rated: PG
Love blossoms for two teens at a New York City arts school in this romantic drama. After spotting Susan (Glynnis O'Connor) practicing ballet, talented cellist Jeremy (Robby Benson) falls hard for his classmate. His friend Ralph (Len Bari) tries to help him make a good impression, but Susan isn't impressed ... until she hears Jeremy play the cello. The two begin a romance, but their love is put to the test when Jeremy's family decides to relocate. |
18 Fingers of Death!
2006 2.1 stars 87 mins Comedy Rated: PG-13
Meet martial arts star Buford Lee (writer-director James Lew), one of the best-kept secrets in Hollywood, as seen through the eyes of "documentarian" and inner-city high school graduate Ronald Mack (Maurice Patton). Unbeknownst to, well, just about everyone, Lee has starred in exactly 803 low-rated films, including I Kill You Until You Die and The Legend of the Drunken Bastard. But will he ever find his breakout role? |
Eagle's Wing
1979 3.0 stars 104 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG
This unusual Western from director Anthony Harvey tells the story of restless Eastern tenderfoot Pike (Martin Sheen), who finds purpose in life after moving to the badlands of New Mexico and learning to become a successful trapper from grizzled veteran Henry (Harvey Keitel). Pike engages in a war of wills with Kiowa warrior White Bull (Sam Waterston) over a superbly fast stallion, and their fight becomes an allegory for the settlement of the West. |
Showgirls
A notorious bomb when first released, Showgirls eventually carved out a special niche in pop culture and now stands as a camp classic. Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) moves to Las Vegas with dreams of becoming a showgirl, but ends up working as a stripper. As she fights her way toward her goal, Nomi encounters sexism and dehumanizing conditions while sparring with a fellow dancer (Gina Gershon). Paul Verhoeven directs. |
Flight from Ashiya
1964 2.7 stars 100 |