In the summer before their Freshman year in high school Julie (Alexa Vega) has a slumber party with her best friends Hannah (Mika Boorem) Yancy (Kallie Flynn Childress) and Farrah (Scout Taylor-Compton) and they end up having the adventure of their lives. In an attempt to cast off their less-than-cool reputations once and for all Julie and her friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against their popular girl rivals.
Directed with a cool remove by Dominic Sena, Kalifornia falls somewhere between Badlands and Natural Born Killers. David Duchovny is a blocked author with a fascination for outlaw killers who hatches a plan to road trip through America's mass-murder landmarks to finish his book. He enlists the help of his frustrated photographer girlfriend Michelle Forbes, who desperately wants to leave the East Coast for LA, and they advertise for riding partners. Luckily for them, they wind up with a veteran killer, the greasy trailer-park ex-con Brad Pitt, who decides to skip parole with his cowering child-woman girlfriend Juliette Lewis. Duchovny is enamoured by gun-toting Pitt's recklessness and lawless disregard for, well, everything--simultaneously terrified and thrilled by Pitt's brutal beating of a barfly. Meanwhile, Pitt's leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. Pitt brings a ferocious magnetism to his part, but it's still hard to buy genial Duchovny's odd attraction; Juliette Lewis conveys a terrifying sense of victimization with her poor dumb creature. Despite the film's best efforts, it never really plumbs the psyche of Pitt's simmering psycho--he's just plain bad, you know--but it does fashion an effective little thriller out of the tensions brewing in the restless quartet. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
Uncermoniously dumped by his sometime girlfriend, a cynical copywriter and self-confessed modern Casanova starts to teach his 16-year-old nephew the ways of women - with surprising results.
Told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson) a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers Short Term 12 is written and directed by Destin Cretton. Passionate and tough Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker Mason (John Gallagher Jr). But Grace's own difficult past and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself throw her into unforeseen confusion made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility: a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. While the subject matter is complex and often dark Short Term 12 finds truth and humour in unexpected places.
Jim Bennett (Academy Award-nominee Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and offers his own life as collateral.
Joe D'Amato co-writes and directs this controversial Italian horror. A group of young tourists venturing to a remote Greek island become the victims of a murderous, cannibalistic creature. As they explore the island's abandoned town they become increasingly disturbed at what they discover, only to race back to their boat to find it cut adrift. When they head to a mansion on the island they unearth some clues about their stalker's identity. But this is only the start of their horror...
Since she was a little girl, it's been drilled into Amy's head by her rascal of a dad that monogamy isn't realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo - enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment - but in actuality, she's kind of in a rut. When she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of the new article she's writing, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron Conners, Amy starts to wonder if other grown-ups, including this guy who really seems to like her, might be on to something.
Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller- Zoolander, Night At The Museum) is single, fortyish and deliberately doing nothing. In search of a place to restart his life, he agrees to house sit for his brother in LA and tries to reconnect with his former bandmate (Rhys Ifans- Notthing Hill) and ex-girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh). But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself forging a connection with his brother's personal assistant, Florence (Greta Gerwig). Despite his best attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg comes to realise that he may at last have found a reason to be happy.
When a Montana boy moves to Florida and unearths a disturbing threat to a local population of endangered owls three middle-schoolers take on greedy land developers corrupt politicians and clueless cops. Determined to protect his new environment the boy and his friends fight to prevent the adults from making a big mistake. Based on Carl Hiaasen's Newbery Honor-winning book.
John Lewis a computer programming genius has it all a beautiful wife a lavish home and he is on the brink of a big career move to the prestigious 'Richfield Project'. Only the creation of one more sexy CD-ROM game is required: he must perfect 'Virtual Girl'. However he soon discovers that 'Virtual Girl' is not your basic computer game. It is a fully inter-active cyber-erotic adventure featuring a seductive character called Virtuality who can transform herself into any woman she so desires. Even when she is making love she can morph herself into an unlimited number of beautiful women. This program transcends reality and John actually believes that 'Virtuality' is falling in love with him. What John doesn't know is that others have not lived to tell of their affairs with the 'Virtual Girl'...
Devoted to his work but emotionally unfulfilled Bernie achieves his romantic dream when he meets and eventually marries beautiful divorcee Liz. Their new life together with her young daughter Jane is blissfully happy until Liz is fatally stricken with cancer soon after the birth of their son. Heartbroken Bernie and eight-year old Jane struggle to come to terms with their tragic loss. Suddenly out of the blue arrives Jane's natural father an ex-convict. He demands money in exchange for giving up custody of Jane and eventually kidnaps her and flees to Mexico. Angry and desperate Bernie tracks him down and brings the traumatised girl home where they must both try and rediscover the 'Fine Things' in life.
Casting a fresh look on a timeless legend, this exciting, action-packed update of the DC Comics Superman captures the daring exploits of the mysterious visitor from another planet and brings the city of Metropolis to life.
Jim Bennett (Academy Award®-nominee Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring (Alvin Ing) and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother (Academy Award®-winner Jessica Lange) in his wake. He plays both sides immersing himself in an illicit underground world while garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman) a loan shark with a paternal interest in Bennett’s future. As his relationship with a student (Brie Larson) deepens Bennett must take the ultimate risk for a second chance…
Martin Scorsese presents Academy Award(R)-winning star Juliette Binoche in a uniquely uplifting story of two misfits who risk everything for love! A homeless artist who is losing her sight Michele (Binoche) finds herself drawn into a passionate relationship with a troubled street performer named Alex. Then despite all obstacles they together find love and shelter on the famed Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris. But in time their unlikely love will be tested as Michele's secret past catches up with her! With memorable performances from an outstanding cast you'll be swept away by the stirring romance of this wonderfully inspired motion picture!
Danielle Steel is one of the best-selling authors of all-time and now you can enjoy this box set featuring three movie adaptations of some of her best known novels. Daddy (Dir. Michael Miller 1991): Patrick Duffy and Linda Carter star in this highly emotional story of love loss and rediscovered happiness. Oliver is a top advertising executive who seems to have it all - a beautiful wife three great children and a lovely home. But one fateful day his wife announces she i
As Fernanda (Rooney Mara) enters her senior year at the sheltered New England boarding school Tanner Hall, she's faced with unexpected changes in her group of friends.When Victoria (Georgia King), a manipulative troublemaker from her childhood shows up for the fall semester she immediately begins to win over Fernanda's friends: adventurous and sexy Kate (Brie Larson), and tomboy Lucasta (Amy Ferguson), while causing tension between all the girls. Escaping from the drama at school, Fernanda begins a complicated friendship with an older family friend Gio (Tom Everett Scott). Jealous of Fernanda's exciting and dangerous relationship, Victoria plots to sabotage her plans and publicly humiliate her.Meanwhile, Lucasta struggles with newfound feelings towards another classmate, and Kate is too preoccupied with making her teachers nervous to pay attention to her classes. Flirting with adulthood, each girl realizes they need each other to get through their first grown-up decisions - and the consequences they bring.
Kotch is a gentle comedy that reunites Walter Matthau with Jack Lemmon (this time behind the camera) in a wry look at the alienation of the elderly. Matthau's character of the title is a retired man who lives with his son and increasingly stressed daughter-in-law, as well as the grandson he dotes on. Finding himself pushed more and more into the sidelines, Kotch sets off on a journey that brings him into contact with pregnant teenager Erica (Deborah Winters), a relationship that re-introduces purpose into his life. Matthau is perfect as the eccentric Kotch, stealing every scene with his rambling monologues, although Winters brings out the caring, paternal side perfectly. It is a little schmaltzy in parts (the opening credits are particularly off putting), but Koch is ultimately an effective work that makes you wonder just why Lemmon never took the director's chair again. On the DVD: Given the wealth of potential material, the half-hearted effort at providing some extra insight is pretty woeful. There are no visual images, just a few production and biographical notes--a huge opportunity missed. --Phil Udell
Jazz icon Mel Lewis represents what American Big Band is all about. Giving his players the creative and expansive freedom to solo Lewis is known for his unselfish and innovative approach to big band music and his ability to make a big band swing like a Bebop quartet. In this exclusive live DVD concert performance Grammy award winner Mel Lewis leads his top-flight 19-piece band with Joe Lovano Dick Oatts Gary Smulyan and Ralph Lalama. Song Selections include Little Pixie I'm Getting Sentimental Over You I Get A Kick Over You I Wanna Be Happyand Ding Dong Ding.
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