TV Channel Guide

Cinemax Asia Synopses - Month of August 2009

A MAN CALLED GANNON
An experienced cowboy takes a young man under his wing and teaches him many things. When they are drawn into a range war, they realize what is at stake when they end up fighting on opposite sides.
Starring: Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Susan Oliver

AIRPORT '77
It's a brand new 747, carrying a full load of important, well-known passengers and a priceless collection of art. On its inaugural flight pilot Don Gallagher (Lemmon) has his hands full. Everything is smooth flying until weather conditions and a trio of hijackers causes a crash landing in the Bermuda Triangle. From then on it is a fight for survival and every man for himself. Don't miss this chance to catch one of the best disaster movies ever made.
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vaccaro, Lee Grant

ALREADY DEAD
The life of a successful man and his family changes when they are attacked and the man takes it on himself to hunt down the killers.
Starring: Ron Eldard, Christopher Plummer, Til Schweiger

ANY PLACE BUT HOME
The lives of a Florida couple take a twisted turn when they become unwilling accomplices in a boy's abduction.
Starring: Joe Lando, Dale Midkiff, Mary Page Keller

BLACK AUGUST
George Jackson (Dourdan) was sent to prison at the age of 18 for stealing $70. He never came out. He studied, became an activist, a leader and a best-selling author - and died behind bars in 1971. Was it the result of a failed prison break or an assassination by the FBI in an attempt to destroy the Black Panthers and their movement? This true drama examines a part of recent United States history that remains controversial to this day.
Starring: Gary Dourdan, Ezra Stanley, Leith M. Burke

CLOSURE
Director Dan Reed's revenge thriller Closure examines the psychological fallout experienced by two attack victims. This cathartically ultraviolent picture opens with romance blossoming between Alice and a much younger electrician, Adam. When the pair's relaxing sojourn at a country estate leads to a skirmish with a trio of backwoods toughs, Danny is beaten unconscious and scarred, and Alice brutally raped. In an attempt to cope with the trauma, the two team up to find the responsible parties and turn the tables by exacting an ugly toll of sexual violence on their psychotic victimizers.
Starring: Danny Dyer, Gilian Anderson

CONSPIRACY
During Operation Desert Storm in Iraq, MacPherson, a seasoned special ops Marine and his friend, Corporal Miguel Silva, are wounded and forced to retire. MacPherson pays Miguel a visit in the South West only to realize that Miguel is nowhere to be found and that Rhodes, the CEO of a company is buying up cheap territory and building houses using the Mexicans as free labor. MacPherson then vows to uncover Rhodes' involvement behind Miguel's disappearance.
Starring: Val Kilmer, Gary Cole, Jennifer Esposito

COOL HAND LUKE
Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in prison after a drunken, rebellious spree in a southern city. Dragline, the head of the prison gang hates his guts and tries all sorts of ways to break his cool. It doesn't work and Luke gains respect. When his mother dies, Luke escapes from jail but is caught. He escapes again and is caught again. While Luke eventually is left to die in the prison camp, none of his prison mates will ever forget 'Cool Hand' Luke and the legend he left behind.
Starring: George Kennedy, Paul Newman

DANGEROUS LIAISONS
This adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the novel written by French author Choderlos de Laclos, follows the scheming ploys of the exquisite Marquise de Merteuil (Close), who enlists her former lover, the Vicomte de Valmont (Malkovich) in exacting revenge on another former lover for jilting her to marry a virgin. Valmont's challenge is to deflower the intended bride, the beautiful Cecile de Volanges (Uma Thurman). However, Merteuil soon discovers that he has other plans of his own. Valmont's real target is someone else – a beautiful married woman, Madame de Tourvel (Pfeiffer), who believes strongly in the sanctity of marriage. The eventual results of this torrid arrangement and manipulation - self-destruction.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, John Malkovich, Glenn Close

DARK STORM
A team of scientists think they have achieved the breakthrough of a lifetime when they discover a device capable of altering an object's molecular makeup. But the fate of mankind becomes at stake when the device refuses to obey instructions and starts targeting one of their own.
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, William B Davis

DEAD RECKONING
A doctor fends for his life when his wife and her lover land their yacht on an island with the intention to kill him.
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Susan Blakely, Rick Springfield

DREAM MAN
A police detective has psychic powers which aids her in her work. When she becomes romantically involved with the chief suspect in a sensational murder, will the relationship cloud her vision or will her powers help her learn the truth?
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Andrew McCarthy, Patsy Kensit

DROP ZONE
One notorious criminal, Ty Moncrief, plans to hit the Drug Enforcement Agency in a daring nighttime maneuver. U.S. Marshall, Pete Nessip, swears to bring him down – but first he'll have to learn to skydive. Under the tutelage of a beautiful sky-diving instructor, Nessip takes to the skies and free-falls into nonstop action and adventure.
Starring: Gary Busey, Wesley Snipes, Yancy Butler

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Want to know what's hot on MAX? ePad on MAX is your guide to the newest action packed offerings on MAX. If you want more adrenaline pumping goodness, ePad's got it for you. Join your host Oli Pettigrew on this weekly program.


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Want to know what's hot on MAX? ePad on MAX is your guide to the newest action packed offerings on MAX. If you want more adrenaline pumping goodness, ePad's got it for you. Join your host Oli Pettigrew on this weekly program.


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Want to know what's hot on MAX? ePad on MAX is your guide to the newest action packed offerings on MAX. If you want more adrenaline pumping goodness, ePad's got it for you. Join your host Oli Pettigrew on this weekly program.


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Want to know what's hot on MAX? ePad on MAX is your guide to the newest action packed offerings on MAX. If you want more adrenaline pumping goodness, ePad's got it for you. Join your host Oli Pettigrew on this weekly program.


FIRE SERPENT
A massive fireball from the sun strikes Earth and unleashes an invincible fire demon that starts possessing humans. Can the human race find a way to stop the demon before it is too late?
Starring: Nicholas Brendon, Sandrine Holt, Randolph Mantooth

FIRST SHOT
The President's popularity as defender of the free world has shot him onto the wanted list of a militia rebel group for killing their brothers. But there's just one smudge in their grand plan - Agent Alex McGregor - head of the Secret Service and now in charge of the President's safety. While the President's life's at stake, the rebels raise the stakes further, by kidnapping Alex's husband and sending her a clear message that she's their next target for termination. Can Alex protect the two most important men in her life?
Starring: Doug Savant, Mariel Hemingway

GABRIEL
Gabriel, one of the seven Arcs must take human form and fight the Fallen to save purgatory from being drawn into eternal darkness.
Starring: Erika Heynatz, Andy Whitfield

GENGHIS KHAN
The legendary leader Genghis Khan tries to realize his dream of a united land.
Starring: James Mason, Omar Sharif, Stephen Boyd

GRAY LADY DOWN
Before the Hunt For Red October and Crimson Tide, there was this – a taut, gripping thriller about a submarine, Neptune – which collided with a Norwegian freighter and sank to the bottom of the ocean. Captain Paul Blanchard is the commander who must not only deal with the perils of an underwater avalanche but also navigate the mounting tension among his crew – in particular his first mate who has a bone to pick with him. Will help arrive? And will it arrive in time?
Starring: Stacy Keach, David Carradine, Charlton Heston

GRIDIRON GANG
Deep in the Kilpatrick juvenile detention center, an ex-football star turned supervisor, Sean Porter identifies with the lack of discipline and self-esteem that plague many of the teenagers in the center. He proposes the formation of a football team with the support of his superiors, transforming the lives of the kids by instilling values of responsibility and team unity through football.
Starring: Vanessa Ferlito, Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, Xzibit

HBO WORLD BOXING: MOSLEY VS BROWN
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Shane Mosley and John Brown go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from April 17, 1999.


HBO WORLD BOXING: ROY JONES JR VS HALL
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Roy Jones Jr. and Richard Lee Hall go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from May 13, 2000.


HBO WORLD BOXING: ROY JONES JR VS JOHNSON
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Roy Jones Jr. and Reggie Johnson go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from June 5, 1999.


HBO WORLD BOXING: ROY JONES JR VS TELESCO
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Roy Jones Jr. and David Telesco go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from January 15, 2000.


HBO WORLD BOXING: TAYLOR VS HOPKINS
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from December 3, 2005.


HELLFIGHTERS
Macho oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (Wayne) is summoned to extinguish massive fires in oil fields all over the world.
Starring: John Wayne, Katharine Ross

HIGH RISK
Can four modern-day Robin Hoods, out to steal from the rich and take for themselves, parachute into a steamy South American jungle, locate the secluded compound of a notorious cocaine dealer, get past an army of his sentries, coolly break into his safe and remove five million dollars? They have to also make it through a rain forest, get pursued by armed guards and attack dogs, zigzag through a hail of bullets at an airstrip and escape in a plane with the money intact, without getting themselves killed.
Starring: Anthony Quinn, James Brolin

HOOD RAT
Isaiah Washington and Ice-T star in this thriller as two men targeted by a mysterious killer who possesses supernatural powers. Bent on revenge, this dark power stalks its victims with the help of vicious rodents, determined to strike terror into the hearts of anyone foolish enough to cross him.
Starring: Ice-T, Isaiah Washington, Adrienne Joi Johnson

HOT FUZZ
Reuniting the creative forces behind international hit Shaun of the Dead, this hilarious comedy/mystery features Simon Pegg as Nicholas Angel, a top London cop who finds himself reassigned to a sleepy village. With garden parties and neighborhood watch meetings replacing the action of the city, Nicholas struggles to adapt to his situation and finds himself partnered with an oafish but well-meaning young Constable. Just as all seems lost, a series of grisly accidents motivate them into action. Convinced of foul play, Nicholas realizes that this sleepy hamlet may not be as idyllic as it seems!
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Simon Pegg

INTO THIN AIR: DEATH ON EVEREST
When a group of unprepared thrill seekers attempt to climb Mount Everest, their exotic adventure soon turns into a terrifying ordeal. Mountain climber and writer, Jon Krakauer, decides to join an expedition led by Australian mountaineer, Rob Hall; to scale the most famous and challenging mountain in the world, Everest. Meanwhile Scott Fisher, a lively and impulsive thrill seeker, leads his own team to Everest at the same time. Converging on the mountain, Everest suddenly becomes a congested tent city. When the weather turns bad, the adventure soon becomes deadly and everyone has to fight for their survival. Based on Jon Krakauer's best-selling book of the same name.
Starring: Peter Horton, Richard Jenkins, Nathaniel Parker

LOOKER
When gorgeous TV models meet violent deaths after treatment by a prominent plastic surgeon, the doctor wants to know why. Albert Finney plays Dr. Larry Roberts who traces the deaths to a powerful conglomerate headed by John Reston (Coburn).
Starring: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey

MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
When magazine writer John Kelso travels to Savannah, Georgia to cover a swanky Christmas party, he soon finds himself writing about murder instead. Assigned to cover the elegant yearly affair held at the stately home of antiques dealer Jim Williams, Kelso soon meets some of Savannah's most illustrious characters. And when the host of the party, Jim Williams is accused of killing his younger lover, turbulent redneck Billy Hanson, Kelso can't resist staying on to write a book about the sensational trial to follow. But as Kelso begins to dig around a little to research his book, he soon uncovers some of Savannah's most beguiling and eccentric characters imaginable. Directed by Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood, this spellbinding tale is based on a true story.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jude Law, John Cusack, Jack Thompson, Irma Hall, Paul Hipp, Kim Hunter, Alison Eastwood

MONSTER!
At a small town's monster movie festival, residents will have the privilege of getting up close and personal with a monster in the flesh. A curse brings the fictional creepster back to life every three years. And he's not here to entertain the townsfolk; his appetite is strictly for humans. From screen to spleen, the townsfolk run for their lives from a figment of a writer's imagination, and it's up to a resourceful youngster to stop it.
Starring: K. Nalsh Emnet, Tobias Hehler

MY BLOODY VALENTINE
Valentine's Bluff is a small unassuming town with a terrifying history. Twenty years ago, during a Valentine's party, there was a major accident at the mines because of a security lapse, and the reason being that is – all the people responsible for the security were at the party. The lone survivor, Harry Warden then vowed revenge and murdered all the security guards, and warned the people of the town never to have a Valentine's party again. Now, 20 years later, they had put the past behind them and mustered up enough courage to have another party, not knowing that doing so would bring misery and bloodshed unlike anything they've seen before.
Starring: Don Francks, Lori Hallier, Paul Kellman

OPERATION PACIFIC
The Japanese fleet doesn't stand a chance against this daredevil! John Wayne stars in this classic 1951 action adventure as the commander of a WWII submarine on "suicide patrol." The "Duke" braves the enemy's armada and rescues American pilots bailing out during a raging storm over the Pacific. On land, he meets his match in ex-wife and Navy nurse, played by Patricia Neal. Could a reconciliation be in the offing?
Starring: John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Martin Milner, Scott Forbes

OVER THE TOP
Lincoln Hawk will fight for his son the only way he knows how. After the death of his ex-wife, the independent big-rig driver tries to rebuild his life and attempts to heal the breach with his 12-year-old son. Their first meeting turns out to be harder than he thought and his son doesn't think too highly of him. But all that changes when Hawk enters the nation-wide arm wrestling competition in Las Vegas.
Starring: Robert Loggia, Sylvester Stallone

PALMETTO
Harry Barber is one unlucky guy. First, his refusal to take hush money after he discovers city hall corruption lands him in jail. Later, when a golden opportunity presents itself, he decides to grab himself some payback. He is offered $50,000 to place a phone call, as part of a fake-kidnapping scam. But the more he gets into the deal, the more he realizes how truly unlucky he really is. He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer prison sentence if he does not prove his innocence quick.
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon

PURGATORY
It’s the Old West meets the Twilight Zone as a band of desperados, led by Blackjack Britton, on the run after a failed robbery, ride into the town of Refuge. It is immediately noticeable that something is different, as the town marshal doesn’t carry a gun. He even offers the gang room, food and lodging on the provision that they do not swear. Slowly, the youngest member of the gang realizes that some of the townspeople look familiar and he places them to be Wild Bill Hickok, Doc Holiday, and other dead gun-fighters that he has read about in his dime novels. This pits him and the now non-violent gun-fighters against the gang, who decide to destroy the whole town. However, they then learn that there may be greater powers involved here than just their own.
Starring: Randy Quaid, Sam Shepard, Eric Roberts

RIO GRANDE
After the Civil War, Union officer Kirby Yorke is put in charge of an outpost on the Rio Grande to train new recruits, including his son, to take on the Apache Indians. One day, Kathleen, Kirby's wife, appears, with intentions to take her son home. Kirby is locked in a conflict of immense proportions as he battles not just the elusive Apaches but the prospect of losing his family.
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara

SECRETS OF AN UNDERCOVER WIFE
A newly-wed wife is shocked when her husband is arrested by the FBI. Unable to get information from her husband, she goes undercover with the mob to free her husband, only to uncover a bigger conspiracy.
Starring: Shawnee Smith, Michael Woods

SNIPER 2
A former marine sniper, Beckett, is lured back in by the CIA on a top-secret mission to take out a Serbian general committing atrocities against the Muslim population. His partner in this mission is a convict, Cole, an Army sniper who has been promised a Death Row pardon for undertaking the mission. However, the mission is not what it appears to be, and before long Beckett and Cole have to fight their way out, with a political dissident and an army of bad guys at their backs. The question is, can Beckett make it to the rendezvous point alive? Or will the CIA give him up for dead?
Starring: Tom Berenger, Bokeem Woodbine, Dan Butler

SNIPER 3
After stewing in training camp, Beckett is called back into the field by the National Security Agency. His mission: to take out rogue American agent, Paul Finnegan, now the leader of Southeast Asia’s biggest illegal weapons cartel. Beckett accepts it, knowing that Finnegan is the same man who saved his life during the Vietnam War. When the assassination attempt takes an unexpected turn, Beckett finds himself disowned. The Americans turn against him and he ends up being pursued by the Vietnamese once again. Beckett must now clear his name and get back at those who betrayed him.
Starring: Tom Berenger, Byron Mann, John Doman

SPARTACUS
A star-studded extravaganza, this motion picture epic is directed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick. A slave-turned-gladiator, Spartacus leads other slaves in a rebellion against the Roman Empire. The slave revolt becomes a deciding factor in the power struggle between two senators: the republican Gracchus and the militarist Crassus. Each of them sees the fortunes of the rebellion as leading to either his own rise to power, or a humiliating defeat. As the two statesmen attempt to aid, hinder and manipulate the rebels for their own benefit, Spartacus and his followers press on toward freedom.
Starring: Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier

STARSHIP TROOPERS 3: MARAUDER
Casper Van Dien reprises his role as Colonel Johnny Rico. When a Federation Starship ferrying Sky Marshal Anoke crash-lands on a distant Alien planet, Johnny and his team of Troopers go on an enhanced mission to fight the bugs right in their backyard.
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Amanda Donohoe

STREET SMART
Jonathan Fisher (Reeve) is a magazine writer in danger of losing his job. He makes a last-ditch promise to his editor: he will write a riveting story about the world of prostitution in New York's famous Times Square. However, he ends up faking a well-received story of a pimp, which describes his life and crimes. Unfortunately, the police think it's the story of the real life pimp, Fast Black (Freeman), who is wanted for murder. They start pressuring Fisher to reveal the identity of the subject in his story.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Reeve

SWITCHBACK
From sun-scorched Texas to the snowy heights of the Rockies, top FBI agent Frank LaCrosse (Quaid, Yours, Mine and Ours, Flight of the Phoenix) hunts down a faceless but brilliant serial killer and himself becomes the hunted. The killer, leading the agency on a vicious, cross-country game of cat and mouse, raises the stakes by kidnapping LaCrosse's young son. As his professional interest becomes personal, the agent single-mindedly sets out to force the killer into a confrontation, unaware that he too is being lured into the spider's web. Along the way, a chance encounter with an elusive figure named Bob (including Glover, Duplicity, Missing in America) holds the key to the killer's identity and, ultimately, the resolution to LaCrosse's case.
Starring: Danny Glover, Dennis Quaid

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN PART 1
In the outskirts of a sleepy Utah town in the middle of nowhere, something has just fallen from the sky and crashed to Earth. Within the hour, all of the townspeople – save a single infant and an old drunkard – will be dead. Now an elite scientific unit attempts to study the deadly virus, determine its origin and figure out a way to stop it.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN PART 2
In the second part of the adaptation of Michael Crichton’s gripping sci-fi novel, the deadly virus appears to have a mind of its own, as the scientists race against time to stop the virus before it destroys humanity.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller

THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU
Turn-of-the-century reporter Diana Rigg tracks a gang of international assassins – and falls in love with their leader – in this tongue-in-cheek 1969 caper. The movie stars Telly Savalas and Curt Jurgens.
Starring: Oliver Reed, Telly Savalas, Diana Rigg

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 2
Can you change your past without destroying your future? This sequel to the 2004 cult favorite The Butterfly Effect follows Nick Larson, who finds he can travel through time. But as he changes past events to return his girlfriend and friend to life, he winds up with unexpected, bizarre consequences in the present.
Starring: Erica Durance, Eric Lively

THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
It's alive! The legendary Hammer Films' Frankenstein saga was launched with this 1957 shocker. Peter Cushing stars as the scientist who creates a monster from a few spare body parts and buckets of blood.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing

THE FINEST HOUR
Hammer and Dean are two men brought together by destiny. They both sign up to be US navy seals. As luck would have it, both fall in love with the same woman – a divorcee, who chooses Hammer over Dean. Dean takes himself far away from the newly married couple, but when a mission brings the two friends and the woman they love back together, Dean realizes that all is not well with his friend’s marriage.
Starring: Rob Lowe, Gale Hansen, Tracy Griffith

THE FUNHOUSE
From cult director Tobe Hooper (Perversions of Science-TV) comes this eerie, intense movie about teens that spend a night at a carnival's funhouse. Once they're in there, they have a gruesome time. You name it and all the danger you can think of is inside. This imaginatively shot film works on two levels - one a straightforward horror movie and the other of a deep study of relationships.
Starring: Cooper Huckabee, Kevin Conway

THE GORGON
Every full moon, a small town in Germany suffers a spate of mysterious murders. The hapless victims are found dead, having been turned to stone. University of Leipzig professor, Karl Meister, sets out to solve the mystery when the seventh victim is found. But one of the town authorities, Dr. Namaroff, seems to know more about the modern-day Medusa than he cares to admit. Professor Meister must now stop the horrific creature, before she claims another victim during the next full moon.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco

THE HAND
When an acclaimed cartoonist loses his hand in an accident, his life is ruined. His wife and daughter leave him and he is in deep despair. To add to this he has the growing suspicion that his severed hand has taken on a life of its own, committing heinous crimes. Is it really doing so or has the artist just lost his mind?
Starring: Michael Caine

THE HITCHER
Going on a road trip during their spring break, college students Grace Andrews and Jim Halsey pick up a hitchhiker on a road in New Mexico. Unsuspectingly, they realize too late that he is sadistic and psychotic. What was once a thrilling journey is now fast becoming a horrible roller-coaster nightmare!
Starring: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush

THE HUNLEY
The incredible true story of Confederate efforts to develop a submersible boat during the American Civil War. The story opens in Charleston S.C. during the 1864 siege and naval blockade of that city by the Yankees. The Confederates were attempting to develop a submarine with a torpedo to be used as a weapon to break the blockade. This movie follows the bravery and determination of the eight-member crew in developing the manually propelled submarine and its deployment into battle. An exceptional story of heroism in the face of adversity.
Starring: Armand Assante, Donald Sutherland

THE PRESIDIO
Can two strong-headed men put aside their differences to solve a murder? When the US Army and San Francisco Police team up to investigate a homicide committed at the illustrious Presidio military compound in the heart of the city, Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell finds himself paired with a hot-blooded Police Inspector Jay Austin who was formally under his military command. Always on opposing sides but now working closely together, their relationship becomes tenser as they compete to solve the crime. The fact that the young cop is dating the Lt. Colonel's daughter, Donna adds even more flame to the fire. Watch out for the thrilling high-speed car chases through beautiful downtown San Francisco.
Starring: Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Sean Connery

THE REAPING
Katherine Winter lost her faith in God after her family was tragically killed, and has since devoted her life to debunking religious phenomena. But when she's called in to investigate a small Louisiana town suffering what appears to be Biblical plagues, she's confronted with a terrifying reality that her science cannot explain. Now, she must find the part of her soul she has buried deep inside herself if she is to combat the demonic forces threatening the community.
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey

THE SALTON SEA
Produced by Oscar nominated writer and director of "The Shawshank Redemption," Frank Darabont's fear forces a man to become a reluctant and helpless observer to his wife's brutal murder. Salvaging what's left of his courage, he penetrates the drug ring responsible for his wife's execution for a little payback. And he might just have the perfect weapon to pull it off – the guilty drug addicts don't know he's a police informant, and the cops don't know he's in it for the revenge.
Starring: Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Chandra West, Anthony Lapaglia, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Goldberg, Luis Guzman, Doug Hutchison, Glenn Plummer, Deborah Unger

THE SECRET WAYS
After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, the mercenary Mike Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist, Jansci, escape from Budapest. Posing as journalists, they cross the border, but Reynolds has a change of heart and does not want to leave Hungary.
Starring: R. Widmark, S. Ziemann

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR
Yul Brynner and Max von Sydow star in this futuristic thriller set in the 21st century. Ecological disaster has left the planet without resources, and man lives by one rule: only the fittest and the ruthless survive.
Starring: Max Von Sydow, Yul Brynner, Joanna Miles

THE UNDERNEATH
In this feature directed by Steven Soderbergh, Michael Chambers returns to his birthplace with hopes of rekindling a past love, and starting his life all over again. But Rachel, his ex-wife, is with someone else now – a man whom no one trifles with. But there's a price for his attention and Rachel knows this. In a world in which the lines that separate lovers from strangers and the guilty from the innocent blur into a dangerous haze, there's a hard lesson to learn. Because despite the thing that keeps you alive, there lies a question: Who can you trust?
Starring: Peter Gallagher, Elisabeth Shue, Alison Elliott

THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX
Emily Pollifax has been recently widowed. Encouraged by her doctor to get over her husband’s death, she applies for a job with the CIA. Through a case of mistaken identity, Mrs. Pollifax ends up in Marrakesh on a seemingly routine assignment. When the agent assigned to keep her out of trouble gets into a spot of bother, she takes it upon herself to complete the assignment. However, as bodies start to pile up, Mrs. Pollifax must use all the skills she can muster to simply stay alive.
Starring: Thomas Ian Griffith, Angela Lansbury

THE UNTOUCHABLES
Chicago. The Prohibition years. Notorious gangster Al Capone rules the roost. Into this scenario steps an honest FBI officer, Eliot Ness. His mission: to destroy Capone. He is aided in his task by Jim Malone, an embittered, worldly-wise cop.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery

THE VICTORS
Carl Foreman directed this epic WWII drama about a US infantry squad's military and amorous adventures as they make their way from Italy through France and Belgium to Berlin.
Starring: Eli Wallach, George Peppard, Vincent Edwards

TORN CURTAIN
A double agent has to contend with enemies on both sides of the political fence, as well as the woman he loves, in this classic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Professor Michael Armstrong (Newman) is a gifted American physicist who, at the height of the Cold War, decides to defect to East Germany. To his surprise, his fiancée, fellow scientist Sarah Sherman (Andrews), follows him. She soon discovers that Armstrong is no traitor, but is instead acting as a secret undercover agent. As Armstrong attempts to ingratiate himself with political and scientific factions in East Germany, he becomes aware that a government agent has been assigned to trail him. This is one secret assignment that could cost him more than his life.
Starring: Julie Andrews, Paul Newman

TRESPASS
Two Arkansas firemen Vince (Paxton) and Don (Sadler) go treasure hunting in an abandoned building just in time to witness a gangland hit by druglords Ice T and Ice Cube. Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time! They soon find themselves locked in a burned-out factory on the outskirts of town, like mice in a cage. With every possible escape route closed off and no help on the way, Vince and Don face off with the cold-blooded killers on their own to fend for their lives.
Starring: Ice-T, Bill Paxton, William Sadler

TRUE BLOOD 05: SPARKS FLY OUT
Spurned by an exasperated Sookie, Bill ends up winning over Adele's church audience with his vivid recollections from the Civil War, though Andy and Bud remain suspicious. Sam tries to make the most of his opportunity with Sookie, though she's clearly not ready to commit. Ignoring Tara's rebuff, Lafayette convinces Jason to give vampire blood, a.k.a. "V juice," another shot. Alone at home, Bill remembers the painful wartime incident that changed his fate forever.


TRUE BLOOD 06: COLD GROUND
Numbed by tragedy, Sookie looks for refuge from the cacophony of her friends and neighbors' inner voices. After lashing out at his sister and decking Andy, Jason wrestles with withdrawal symptoms from his V-juice habit. Tara resists the overtures of her mother, Lettie Mae, who is trying to rid herself of a demon and needs her daughter's help. Sam and Tara make a connection in their mutual search for "something real."


TRUE BLOOD 07: BURNING HOUSE OF LOVE
Sookie's painful childhood revelation about her Uncle Bartlett spurs Bill into action. Despite her skepticism, Tara agrees to pay for an exorcism to purge a demon out of Lettie Mae. In search of V-juice, Jason travels to Fangtasia, where he bonds with an adventurous young woman named Amy. A trio of rednecks decides to exact vigilante justice on a pack of vampires who crashed Merlotte's in search of their wayward mate, Bill.


TRUE BLOOD 08: THE FOURTH MAN IN THE FIRE
Sookie tries to hold herself together in the wake of another possible tragedy. Tara is amazed by Lettie Mae's turnaround, and considers similar therapy for herself after lashing out at Sookie and Sam. Jason's new squeeze, Amy, charms the crowd at Merlotte's, but shows a darker side to Jason when their V-juice well runs dry. Rene pops the question to Arlene while Sookie is babysitting her kids. Later, at Bill's request, Sookie agrees to use her gifts to help Eric, a powerful vampire sheriff, root out a thief at Fangtasia.


TRUE BLOOD 09: PLAISIR D'AMOUR
Bill breaks a vampire taboo in protecting Sookie — and must pay a steep price as a result. Jason and Amy break their own taboo by kidnapping a vampire named Eddie in order to harvest his blood. With Lettie Mae apparently cured, a skeptical Tara consults with Miss Jeanette about exorcising her own inner demon. Sookie returns home to yet another horrific tragedy, prompting Bill to enlist an unlikely bodyguard – Sam — to protect her while he is away.


TRUE BLOOD 10: I DON'T WANNA KNOW
Caught in a compromising position, Sam shares a secret with an incredulous Sookie. Thinking she has been purged of her demon, Tara celebrates with Lettie Mae — but goes off the deep end when she uncovers Miss Jeanette's true intentions. Sookie has a disturbing revelation during Arlene and Rene's engagement party at Merlotte's; Jason and Amy debate what to do with Eddie; and Tara speeds into a bizarre roadside encounter that lands her in jail. At a vampire tribunal to decide his fate, Bill faces a harsh penalty for his offense, but the magister decides on a more creative sentence.


TRUE BLOOD 11: TO LOVE IS TO BURY
Bill fulfills the conditions of the tribunal's sentence, although he and Eric find that Jessica does not quite turn (out) as expected. Trying to solve the mystery behind her most recent vision, Sookie heads to a pie shop with Sam and puts the squeeze on a police officer to get info. Jason helps clean up Amy's mess, worrying about their future but unable to break away. Tara's anger over Lettie Mae's refusal to bail her out is tempered when a wealthy "social worker," Maryann Forrester, comes to her rescue. In Bill's absence, a vulnerable Sookie finds comfort with Sam.


TRUE BLOOD 12: YOU'LL BE THE DEATH OF ME
In the season finale, Sookie finds a link to the string of killings in Bon Temps — and ends up in the murderer's vicious crosshairs. Tara decides to make the most of her second chance with Maryann; Jason finds a new calling after an anti-vampire zealot named Orry visits him in jail; Bill tempts fate during his latest attempt to save Sookie; Sam is perturbed by an encounter with an old acquaintance and Lafayette finds himself at the wrong place at the right time.


TRUE BLOOD 13: NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD
A shocking murder outside Merlotte’s has Bon Temps reeling. Meanwhile, Sookie’s relationship with Bill is tested when she learns about Jessica, and of his involvement in her uncle’s death. Sam recalls a shape-shifting encounter he had with Maryann as a 17-year-old. Jason gets a sudden windfall that allows him to pay for a leadership retreat with the Fellowship of the Sun. Two adversaries find themselves sharing a mysterious dungeon and, possibly, the same fate.


TRUE BLOOD 14: KEEP THIS PARTY GOING
Sookie is forced to cope with Bill’s obligations to Jessica, as well as the romantic inconveniences the teen vampire’s presence creates. At the Light of Day leadership conference, Jason makes a favorable impression on its ambitious leaders, Steve and Sarah Newlin, though not on his jealous roommate Luke. Maryann casts her spell on Merlotte’s patrons, and Sam proves helpless to stop the revelry.


TRUE GRIT
As Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, hard-drinking, over-the-hill Texas ranger, John Wayne helps a brave teenage girl in pursuit of her father's killers who ran away with their family savings.
Starring: John Wayne, Glen Campbell

UNDER SIEGE
The President, Secretary of State, FBI director and the media respond to foreign terrorism on US soil.
Starring: Peter Strauss, Mason Adams

WARNINGS
A small mid-western American town is besieged by a host of strange crop circles. When a paranoid small town farmer, Joe Vossimer, is killed in a mysterious accident, his farm is left to his cousin, Layne. After Layne arrives with some friends to clean out the place, several mysterious crop circles inexplicably appear in the cornfields. What seems like a practical joke to the youngsters soon turns out to have terrifying implications. The truth behind the mystery hides a horror worse than anything they could possibly imagine.
Starring: Billy Zane, Stephen Baldwin, A.J. Buckley

WIND CHILL
Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When their car breaks down on a deserted stretch of road, they get preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.
Starring: Ashton Holmes, Emily Blunt

WITCHBOARD 2
A beautiful young woman is drawn into a terrifying world of demonic spirits and bloodthirsty revenge in this tense horror thriller. When Paige moves into a new apartment, she finds an Ouija board in the closet. Curiosity takes over, and she begins communicating with the spirit of a former tenant named Susan. Through the board, Susan tells Paige that she was murdered in the apartment. However, as she tries to look for clues leading to the murder, Paige's personality begins to change. Once a shy girl, she slowly finds herself becoming more seductive and unpredictable. Could Susan's spirit be gradually possessing Paige's body?
Starring: Ami Dolenz, Timothy Gibbs

WORLD TRADE CENTER
John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno are two Port Authority policemen who went on a rescue mission into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, only to get trapped in the falling rubble as the building came crashing down. The heroic story is told through their eyes, their families, friends and those of their rescuers, reflecting the survival, hope and faith of all those involved in the rescue effort.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Jay Hernandez