Fly Away Home
This delightful children's movie, inspired by a true story, serves up thrills and adventure along with subtle messages about family ties and independence. When 13-year-old Amy Alden (Anna Paquin) adopts a flock of orphaned Canada geese, she sets out to teach them survival skills. Before long, Amy and her inventor dad (Jeff Daniels) take to the skies in homemade ultralight aircraft to help the gaggle migrate 500 miles to freedom. |
Solo
1996 2.8 stars 94 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG-13
The Pentagon designed robot soldier Solo (Mario Van Peebles) to carry out the government's most dangerous and top-secret operations throughout the world. Solo, however, has been programmed to think for himself -- which leads to his unwillingness to kill innocent bystanders. After ruining a covert operation, Solo finds himself on the run from his makers. When he comes to a village of oppressed peasants, he uses his special skills to help them. |
Pearl Harbor
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson (Kate Beckinsale). But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. |
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
1996 3.0 stars 108 mins Drama Rated: R
Putting himself in danger even two decades later, a journalist (Esai Morales) tries to unravel the mystery surrounding the 1936 disappearance of renowned poet Federico Garcia Lorca (Andy Garcia) during the Spanish Civil War in this thriller based on Garcia Lorca's real murder. Drawing from author Ian Gibson's pair of investigative books, the film co-stars Miguel Ferrer and Edward James Olmos as a publisher trying to rewrite history. |
Mad Money
2008 3.4 stars 104 mins Comedy Rated: PG-13
When her husband (Ted Danson) loses his high-paying job, well-off Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) joins the janitorial staff of the Federal Reserve Bank and conspires with two fellow employees (Katie Holmes and Queen Latifah) to pilfer old money that's scheduled to be destroyed. It seems like a simple plan … but, of course, it's never that simple. Director Callie Khouri's comic caper is based on a true story. |
Cop Land
1997 3.3 stars 116 mins Drama Rated: R
When a local patrolman is implicated in a controversial shooting in a small New Jersey town, put-upon sheriff Freddy Heflin teams up with Lt. Moe Tilden (Robert De Niro) to investigate a connection between the mob and the NYPD officers who live in the town. Sylvester Stallone delivers an effective dramatic performance in this arresting crime thriller as Freddy. Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta also star. |
Standard Operating Procedure
2008 3.5 stars 116 mins Documentary Rated: R
Through captivating interviews and dramatic reenactments, filmmaker Errol Morris documents the scandal that erupted in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, where mistreatment of detainees at the hands of members of the U.S. military was captured on film. What was the psychological state of the soldiers? Why were the pictures taken? These questions and more are explored in detail in this engaging look at one of the Iraq War's most notorious episodes. |
Musicology: Episode 30
2007 28 mins Music & Musicals
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Musicology: Episode 42
2007 28 mins Music & Musicals
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Musicology: Episode 43
2007 28 mins Music & Musicals
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Musicology: Episode 46
2007 29 mins Music & Musicals
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Musicology: Episode 49
2007 27 mins Music & Musicals
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Musicology: Episode 51
2007 28 mins Music & Musicals Rated: NR
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Numb3rs: Season 5: First Law
2008 43 mins Television Rated: G
When a brilliant scientist is killed, the team interrogates a very unusual suspect: an attractive supercomputer named Baley who seems to have a mind of her own. Meanwhile, Charlie is tempted by an appealing job offer. |
Hip Hop: Raw & Uncut: Plies, Rick Ross...
2007 59 mins Music & Musicals Rated: NR
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Dark Funeral: Pt 1: The Netherlands
2007 41 mins Music & Musicals Rated: NR
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CSI: Ssn 9: Turn, Turn, Turn
2008 44 mins Television Rated: UR
Nick is crushed by the murder of a troubled teenage girl whom he befriended while investigating two homicides at her parents' run-down motel: a man shot in a crawl space and an ex-con killed fresh out of prison. Taylor Swift guest stars. |
Dark Funeral: Pt 1: Paris
2007 68 mins Music & Musicals Rated: NR
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Dark Funeral: Pt 1: Poland
2007 66 mins Music & Musicals Rated: NR
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Dark Funeral: Part 1
2007 2.6 stars 178 mins Music & Musicals Rated: NR
This captures Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral performing three full live concerts showcasing their album Attera Orbis Terrarum, as well as behind-the-scenes footage charting the entire history of the band that formed in 1993. Shows in Poland, the Netherlands and France include fiery performances of fan favorites "King Antichrist," "My Dark Desires," proving that Dark Funeral has earned its reputation as one of the most intense metals acts. |
Tokyo Raiders
2000 3.0 stars 100 mins Foreign Rated: PG-13
Abandoned at the altar in Las Vegas, Macy (Kelly Chen) travels to Tokyo with a tough interior designer (Ekin Cheng) to find her wayward fiancé, Ken (Toru Nakamura). When they arrive, they hire a private investigator (Tony Leung) and his helper (Cecilia Cheung), who discover that Macy has inadvertently married into the mob. But even when the Ito gang gets involved, Ken's location -- and why he disappeared -- remains a mystery. |
American Scary
2006 3.2 stars 92 mins Documentary Rated: NR
Nothing to fear here. More silly than scary, this documentary pays homage to the flamboyant local hosts who introduced horror and science-fiction movies to the masses and helped them gain cult status on the airwaves. Between vintage television clips and reflective interviews with horror hosts and aficionados, you'll hear from the likes of Svengoolie (Ernie Anderson), Joan E. Cleaver (Jeanne Dietrick), Sir Cecil Creepe (Russ McCown) and many more. |
The Gerson Miracle
2004 4.0 stars 91 mins Documentary Rated: NR
Sharing the stories of nine longtime cancer survivors, this program explores the principles and effectiveness of Gerson Therapy, a holistic method of treating cancer and other degenerative diseases developed by Dr. Max Gerson in 1928. Gerson's daughter, Charlotte -- founder of the Gerson Institute -- also discusses her fight to keep the controversial therapy going despite objections from those who question its effectiveness. |