Save the Last Dance enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone's expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic film that avoids the pitfalls and clichés that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there's nothing new here, you'll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that's just around the corner from Flashdance, and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter's crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African-American high school in Chicago, she's uncertain of her future. Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara's dormant funk emerges, with Derek's coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek's sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mom struggling with her child's absentee father; Derek's best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangster lifestyle; and Sara's once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalises on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It's obvious that Stiles's dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the film's so earnestly positive and genuine. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
A group of friends are trapped inside of a nightclub with and unseen terror. Unable to escape, one at a time they fall victim to a ravenous, bloodthirsty beast. They must fight if they are going to survive and destroy the creature before it is let loose on the world... IT WILL MAKE YOUR SKIN CRAWL.
Gialli fans will absolutely not want to miss co-directors Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani's immaculately executed flawless valentine to the 70s thriller genre popularized by Dario Argento Mario Bava and Lucio Fulci. Recreating the motifs clichs and visual codes from the vintage Italian back catalogue (including A Lizard in a Woman's Skin Suspiria and Black Sabbath) the Belgian-based duo unfold a virtually dialogue free tale of frightening obsession sexual sensation and stunning black-gloved murder as the three faces of fear throughout an enigmatic woman's life unfold in dazzling style. Scored to recycled Italian soundtrack selections in the grand Tarantino tradition the hypnotic and ethereal allure of the classic gialli lives again in this boldly imaginative cult phenomenon.
A group of teens win a contest to spend a night in Michael Myers' childhood home to be broadcast live on the internet. But things go frightfully wrong and the game turns into a struggle to make it out of the house alive.
An explosive mix of Independance Day and District 9. A violent earthquake is followed by strange lights in the sky. All power has been cut across the planet. AS the clouds clear, a UFO appears, a UFO the size of a city. The attack has yet to begin but with no electricity, humanity is helpless in the face of a vast alien army. The battle for earth is drawn gear and everyone will need to fight not just for their own survival but for that of the human race. With a stunning cast that includes explosive new stars Bianca Bree and Sean Brosnan alongside Sean Pertwee (Event Horizon, Dog Solider), Julian Glover (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Empire Strikes Back), and action legend Jean Claude Van Damme (Expendables 2, Timecop), UFO is an action-packed sci-fi spectacular. Prepare for the invasion and try to remain calm... the fight against extinction is about to begin.
Sleepy-eyed hip-hop luminary Snoop Dogg stars in Bones, an energetic horror film about a hustler who returns from the dead. Jimmy Bones used to rule his street, but now his body lies in the basement of a gothic abandoned house. When a troupe of young DJs and promoters decide to turn the house into a nightclub, dark forces are, unsurprisingly, unleashed. Bones has a cutting sense of humour, and Ernest Dickerson's direction snaps, crackles and pops. It's not exactly subtle--the opening scene launches into gore and special effects--but there is some evocative imagery, particularly a large black hell-hound that the club kids foolishly adopt as a pet. Snoop casts an effectively spectral aura and Pam Grier, as the hustler's psychically gifted former girlfriend, has her usual presence and energy. All in all, a dynamic and enjoyable horror flick. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
Their first mistake was stealing a corpse... Their second was waking him up. Meet Bud The CHUD a Cannabilistic Humanoid Undeground Dweller. He has all the charm of Cary Grant the searing sexuality of James Dean the greatest talent discovery since Patrick Swayze. It's Hallowe'en and this CHUD's for you!
Three key moments all of them sensual define Ana's life. Her carnal search sways between reality and coloured fantasies becoming more and more oppressive. A black laced hand prevents her from screaming. The wind lifts her dress and caresses her thighs. A razor blade brushes her skin where will this chaotic and carnivorous journey leave her?
Ruthless stud Benito Gonzalez (Javier Bardem wants wealth women and to erect a skyscraper in his own honour. In order to achieve this he marries a sophisticated daughter of a rich banker Marta (Maria De Medeiros) but keeps mistress Claudia (Maribel Verdu) on the side. When Marta and Claudia realise they are both victims of Benito's greed things for Benito begin to crumble. Has Benito's luck finally left him?
From the independent studio behind the Sundance Film Festival smash 'Personal Velocity' come four of the hottest indie films in the 21st centuray digital revolution. Tape: After ten years apart three people come together at a motel to play out the unresolved drama of their final days in high school. The nature of memory and truth the bonds between old friends and lovers are examined with hagged intensity. Amy arrives at the motel expecting only to see Vince but is stunned to be also facing John and her past. Chelsea Walls: The Chelsea Hotel used to be the hippest place to live for New York artists. Painters writers and musicians from Mark Twain to Jimi Hendrix enlivened the hotel's halls. Now even though the iron fa''ade has become rusty a new generation of dreamers inhabit the hotel. Memories aspirations passion and scandal influence the creative visionaries to create their own masterpieces... Ten Tiny Love Stories: Love. Sex. Stories. And everything in between! Ten women talk about the men they remember most. The man who last loved them; the man who left them; the man who wasn't enough; the man who was too cruel; the man who passed away; the man they married and the man they sent away. The film presents an honest portrait of women where memories are the only connection to the men that touched their lives. Final: When Bill (Denis Leary) wakes up in the psychiatric wing at Sumner Hospital he has trouble distinguishing his dreams from reality. He is quite certain of his sanity but memories of being cryogenically frozen tissue regeneration experiments and talk of a final lethal injection race through his mind. With the help of Ann (Hope Davis) the psychiatrist assigned to his case he struggles to piece his memories together while newer more rational memories flood his mind. Struggling with his paranoia Bill begins to question Ann's motives. Can he trust the only person in the position to help him or will she be the one holding the needle that does him in?
Sadie and Kevin spend what is supposed to be a romantic weekend at his father's beach house. But when Kevin receives a text from Sadie's best friend Jennifer a lurid love affair is revealed between her 'man' and her dearest friend. The dynamic suddenly changes - a woman scorned is out for revenge. After physically torturing Kevin Sadie lures Jennifer to the beach house via Kevin's phone claiming that he had broken off his relationship with Sadie. When Jennifer arrives Sadie surprises her and ties her up. Now Sadie has both her cheating boyfriend Kevin and his mistress Jennifer right where she wants them - tied up and at her mercy. She cruelly inflicts escalating amounts of torture to get them to understand the error of their ways. But the night is long and things begin to spiral out of Sadie's control...
Six friends on a road trip gone wrong. A sleepy creepy Texas town. A sinister inn with murder on the menu. And an army of the undead who can only be stopped by decapitation or chainsaw. If you think you've seen it all before you're dead wrong! Erik Palladino Ever Carradine Jeremy Sisto and Gina Philips star in the action-packed blood-drenched horror/comedy that takes the genre to outrageous new extremes!
Sci-fi thriller directed by Dominic Burns and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sean Brosnan and Bianca Bree. When a power cut causes all forms of communication with the outside world to stop, a group of friends band together, soon realising that a huge UFO is hovering over the nearest city and may be the cause. The group then try their best to survive while dealing with the alien invasion and resulting unrest among the citizens, calling upon the help of retired military advisor, George (Van Da...
A romantic comedy about a man who after being unceremoniously dumped by his fiance pens a ""how-to"" book on breaking up and becomes a best-selling author on the subject. Not wanting his male friends to suffer the same fate he gives them advice on dumping their mates. What ensues is a hilarious comedy of errors!
Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo In Maschera.Live At The Metropolitan Opera on 16 February 1980.
Life is the buzz... Straight from the plane Martha meets her brother Luca in Las Vegas. The two young Italians are taking time out driving through the stifling heat of the desert on their way to Hollywood. Heading through Death Valley in their red convertible they pick up a pair of hitchhikers never suspecting the men to have blood on their hands and the police hot on their trail. Meanwhile Cherie a beautiful Vegas showgirl is also on the run and heading for Hollywood bu
The war is over. The battle has just begun. Based on the novel The Pavilion On The Links written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Estranged friends Frank Cassilis and Northmour are fatefully reunited after six years and drawn together in an uneasy union. The two men play out old scores and suspicions as they struggle in their separate ways to protect an evil decrepit embezzler Huddlestone and his hardened but beautiful daughter Clara from vengeful former associates. Both men desire
When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation a lethal deal is struck to secure a multi million dollar arms transaction. As word of the sinister deal spreads through the underworld a big city mobster an extreme militia force and the FBI enter the clandestine mix blurring the lines of loyalty and trust. With the deal in place and fortune at their fingertips it becomes apparent that no one is quite who they seem to be....
Antonio, John, Jimmy and Mikey; they're childhood friends from Brooklyn, who go out one night and end up getting involved in a fracas with a low-level gangster. Several months pass and they inadvertantly discover where this gangster operates a number of racket's from and decide to rob him. They think they've made the score of a life time. Little do they know that years later, the childhood friends will see their lives in danger. The outcome is as mean as the streets of Brooklyn with the guy's having to hustle to stay alive; they dont call this world brutal for nothing.
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