5/30/2008
HBO Asia Synopses - Month of June 2008
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Tom Welles (Cage) is a private eye on the biggest case of his life when he is hired by a widow who finds a reel of 8mm film in her dead husband's safe. The film appears to be a snuff movie but the girl in it really looks like she was murdered. The widow wants Tom to get to the bottom of the case and find out what really happened to the girl and what was her husband's involvement in the film. Tom follows the trail and soon discovers that the secrets he uncovers may cost him his very life.
Starring: James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Stormare, Chris Bauer, Anthony Heald, Amy Morton, Myra Carter, Jenny Powell
300
Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 tells the heroic story of Spartan king Leonidas (Butler) and 300 of his best warriors as they fight the invading Persian army of King Xerxes in Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Filled with amazing battle sequences straight out of the graphic novel, 300 is a dramatic retelling of a part of Greek history re-interpreted through Frank Miller's work.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey
A DAUGHTER'S CONVICTION
When Jo’s (Nevin) latest stepfather is murdered, she returns home to find her mother arrested for the crime. No one else seems to believe her mother’s innocence except for her and so she goes out of her way to prove it.
Starring: Kate Jackson, Brooke Nevin
A GIRL LIKE ME: THE GWEN ARAUJO STORY
Along with the typical struggles of being raised by a single mother, Eddie Araujo (Pardo) has always kept a secret that sets him apart from his two siblings. Upon entering high school, Eddie embraces his personal reality as a young woman trapped in a man’s body. Life changes drastically after he changes his name to Gwen and begins to dress in women’s clothes. When Gwen starts dating an ex-Marine, tensions reach a dangerous high as disapproval escalates at home and at school. After Gwen is senselessly killed, her mother Sylvia (Ruehl) honors her memory by acting as an advocate for all transgendered people. This thought-provoking drama is based on a true story.
Starring: Mercedes Ruehl, J.D. Pardo
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
A small-town diner owner's life is shattered by the arrival of shadowy thugs who claim he is part of their past. Directed by David Cronenberg, this adaptation from a graphic novel is about Tom Stall (Mortensen), a quiet restaurateur who is forced to resort to violence after he is accosted by goons who claim to know him and attempt to rob his diner. Tom is hailed as a hero, but when more thugs show up, Tom's inconsequential past comes under the spotlight.
Starring: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello
ALL THE KING'S MEN
Based on Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All The King's Men tells the story of a man's rise to power in Louisiana's world of politics. Willie Stark (Penn) is elected as a governor with the support of the lower social classes. But when Judge Irwin (Anthony Hopkins) supports a group of Stark's enemies pushing for impeachment, Stark plays dirty to bring down the judge and ends up setting up his own ultimate downfall.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Sean Penn
ALL YOU'VE GOT
Two ladies volleyball teams have a longstanding rivalry and grudge against each other on and off the court. But one day, fate breaks down the social and cultural barriers and they discover what true sportsmanship is all about.
Starring: Sarah Mason, Adrienne Bailon
ALMOST HEROES
It's 19th century America, and veteran tracker and drunkard Bartholomew Hunt (Farley) and refined gentleman Leslie Edwards (Perry) are on the trail of the great outdoors to beat legendary explorers Lewis and Clark in getting to the Pacific Ocean first. In the process, they have to lead a bunch of bickering, brawling and bumbling misfits and lowlifes across uncharted territory, through roaring rapids and the rugged Rockies as they attempt to be part of history. This is a sidesplitting saga of how the West was lost, aided by the contrasts in characters of the scruffy Farley and the smooth and refined Perry.
Starring: Eugene Levy, Chris Farley, Matthew Perry, Parker Posey
ALWAYS
Set against the backdrop of the pilots who fly water planes to fight forest fires, the film is a triumph for all associated with it. Pete Sandich (Dreyfuss), the greatest flier of them all, is killed in the line of duty while saving his best friend’s life and leaves a broken-hearted Dorinda (Hunter) behind. But the end is yet to come as he is sent back in the form of a ghost to train a successor who he finds is slowly falling for Dorinda.
Starring: John Goodman, Brad Johnson, Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfuss, Audrey Hepburn
APRIL FOOL'S DAY
A group of eight college friends gather at a mansion on an island to celebrate their final year of school. In time, they realize that each of them has a dark secret and as soon as the secrets are revealed, they start dying one by one. Can the survivors solve the mystery before it is too late or is this just a cruel April Fool's joke?
Starring: Griffin O'Neal, Deborah Foreman
BAD JIM
A dull-witted cowboy stumbles upon the horse of legendary outlaw Billy The Kid and ends up going through a mysterious transformation, becoming tougher like Billy himself. He then starts robbing banks with his partners!
Starring: Richard Roundtree, James Brolin
BLACK SUNDAY
A beautiful Arab terrorist and a brainwashed Vietnam veteran plan to terrorize the Super Bowl while the US President is watching the game. Bruce Dern and Marthe Keller are dangerous allies in this explosive 1977 suspense drama. Robert Shaw plays an Israeli counter-intelligence agent on their trail.
Starring: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern
BLANKMAN
Crime problem getting you down? Never fear, Blankman's here! Meet Darryl Walker (Wayans), a nerdy inventor who decides to become the crime fighter, Blankman — possibly the most engagingly inept superhero ever. Donning long underwear and wearing his grandma's bathrobe as a cape, he roams the city bringing evildoers to justice, while romancing a pretty TV anchorwoman on the side.
Starring: Damon Wayans, Robin Givens, David Alan Grier
BODY HEAT
A steamy mystery-thriller about a small town lawyer Ned Racine (Hurt) who gets into a relationship with a married woman, Matty Walker (Turner). The duo then plots to kill the woman's rich husband. Will they succeed?
Starring: Kathleen Turner, William Hurt
CHILDREN OF MEN
It is 2027 and humanity is facing extinction as it has lost its ability to reproduce for 18 years. Then one day, a young woman miraculously gets pregnant. Theo (Owen), a disillusioned federal agent, must battle his inner demons and protect the young woman who holds the key to humanity’s survival.
Starring: Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Clive Owen
CROSSING DELANCEY
New York, home to the most diverse characters known to mankind. One of whom is Isabelle (Irving) who is caught up in the intellectual whirl of the bookshop she works in. Her grandmother however wants her to marry a nice Jewish boy. Enter pickle-maker Sam (Riegert) who falls in love with her immediately. But is the intellectual Isabelle ready for Sam's pragmatic ways? An utterly charming romantic comedy.
Starring: Peter Riegert, Amy Irving
CURLY SUE
Street urchin Curly Sue (Alison Porter) is cute and cherubic, but the nine-year-old is a veteran scam artist with her streetwise guardian, Bill Dancer (Belushi). The duo strikes gold with an icy lawyer named Grey Ellison (Lynch), whose heart is melted by the duo. Sue and Bill start living off Grey, who realizes that the scam artists have hearts of gold and that they bring out the best in her.
Starring: James Belushi, Kelly Lynch
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
An innocent woman is falsely charged and convicted for murdering her husband who plotted his own 'death' to escape his debt. When she gets out of jail after six years and gets paroled into a halfway house, she begins to plot her revenge, taking advantage of a legal rule of double jeopardy, which states that a person cannot be convicted for the same crime twice.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood
EARTHLY POSSESSIONS
Based on the novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Tyler, this offbeat comedy stars Susan Sarandon as Charlotte, a disenchanted housewife who's offered an escape route out of her mundane life and sheltered world when she is taken hostage by inept first-time bank robber Jake (Dorff). Charlotte helps Jake steal a car, and the duo heads south. However, Charlotte soon realizes that she has bought herself a one-way ticket into a life on the road. Can she turn back? And does she want to?
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Susan Sarandon, Jay Sanders, Deborah Rush
ENTOURAGE 51: THE YOUNG AND THE STONED
E gets in a fender bender with Anna Faris and believes they shared "a little moment". Turtle picks up a few provisions (and a few girls) at the market for an impromptu afternoon party, but gets momentarily sidetracked on the way home. Mrs. Ari is asked to reprise her role in a TV series anniversary special, but not if Ari can help it.
ENTOURAGE 52: SNOW JOB
Ari receives Billy's script for Vince's next project, but Billy's interpretation is vastly different from the adaptation he was commissioned to write. While Ari scrambles to keep the studio interested in the project, Eric is busy managing some domestic issues between his new client and her needy boyfriend.
ENTOURAGE 53: NO CANNES DO
A code orange at LAX threatens the guys' chances of getting to Cannes in time for the Medellin premiere. Ari attempts to assuage the feelings of Mrs. Ari and Lloyd, who each make it clear (in their own way) that they want to accompany him on the trip. Billy finds room in his script for Eric's new client, but will Eric's ambivalence ruin his relationship with her, and Vince?
ENTOURAGE 54: THE CANNES KIDS
At Cannes, the guys celebrate and attend to the business of selling Medellin – not an easy task, since the finished film has yet to be screened. Meanwhile, Drama benefits from the overseas popularity of Viking Quest.
FIRST LOOK: SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE
Get behind the scenes of this long-awaited Sex And The City Movie as Manhattan's fabulous foursome are back on their quest for true love.
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker
GHOSTBUSTERS II
A lot has changed since the Ghostbusters last saved the world. Dr. Peter Venkman (Murray) now hosts a talk show on parapsychology, Dr. Ray Stantz (Aykroyd) and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) make a living entertaining at children's birthday parties, and Dr. Egon Spengler (Ramis) continues to research the effect of human emotions on psycho-magnetic energy fields. However, when Dana Barrett's (Weaver) eight-month-old son becomes the target of demons, she calls the team back from retirement.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver
GOODFELLAS
Follow a wise guy, Henry Hill (Liotta), and his partners in crime, Jimmy Conway (De Niro) and Tommy De Vito (Pesci), as he rises from neighborhood punk to top of the Mafia anthill, only to be brought down by drugs and the Feds.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta
HBO CENTRAL
HBO Central is your monthly guide to the hottest attractions on HBO! Join your host, Simone Heng, for an exciting look at what's new on the channel each month. Take a peek at the biggest blockbusters and HBO Original productions headed your way, including Hollywood gossip, behind-the-scenes tidbits, superstar profiles and red carpet style guides. It's a one-stop hub of entertainment news that’s all about HBO, on HBO.
HARD TO KILL
Corrupt police officials and criminals brutally attack good cop, Mason Storm (Seagal), killing his wife and leaving him in a coma. What the criminals didn't bargain for is the fact that Storm is, indeed, hard to kill. Director Bruce Malmuth of The Twilight Zone weaves this action-revenge drama that promises to keep you at the edge of your seat.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Kelly Lebrock
HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS
An easy-going father's life is suddenly turned upside down when his car hits a real-life bigfoot. Thinking it's dead, they bring it home only to find that it is quite alive. Trying to hide their furry friend as they race to get him back to his natural environment isn't so easy.
Starring: John Lithgow, Don Ameche
HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I
It's no holds barred when Mel Brooks attacks the history books! In his offbeat chronology spanning twenty centuries, from the dawn of man through to the French Revolution, Mel plays Moses, Louis XVI and other assorted zanies from the past.
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn
HONKYTONK MAN
Clint Eastwood stars in this Depression-era drama as Red Stovall, a hard-drinking struggling country singer/songwriter who dreams of performing at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. His sister sends her teenage son '
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire
HUSTLE & FLOW
DJay (Howard) is a low-life pimp and drug dealer who is reaching mid-life crisis and realizes there is no more meaning in life for him. Then he meets an old pal and his passion for music is reignited. The two form a band with white drummer boy, and pull all stops to release their song and jumpstart their new music career.
Starring: Anthony Anderson, Terrence Howard, Taryn Manning
I'LL DO ANYTHING
Written and directed by James L. Brooks, out-of-work actor Matt Hobbs (Nolte) is fighting the Hollywood system and losing. The talented but unsuccessful actor has a lot of adjusting to do when his ex-wife dumps their six-year-old girl on him. Things get even more complicated when he falls for a production assistant but has to choose between family and career.
Starring: Nick Nolte, Joely Richardson
INSIDE MAN
This battle-of-wits thriller pits a bank robber against a street-smart detective in what appears to be the perfect bank robbery.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
IT TAKES TWO
Look-alike girls from opposite sides of the tracks switch lives to play matchmaker in this charming family comedy. An orphan, Amanda, thinks her social worker would be a great mom, if only she had a husband. Alyssa on the other hand, would like her wealthy dad to have a new wife, but not the nasty socialite that he's engaged to. When Amanda and Alyssa meet, they come up with a scheme guaranteed to make everyone happy!
Starring: Kirstie Alley, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen
JUST CAUSE
Convicted for the rape and murder of an 11 year-old girl without any evidence, Bobby Earl insists that it was his death row neighbor Blair Sullivan (Harris) who did it. He appeals to the only man who can help him – Paul Armstrong (Connery), a Harvard law professor who's had it with courtroom dramas and swears against capital punishment. He takes on the case and whisks himself off to Florida. As Bobby's death draws nearer, Paul finds the all-important shadow of doubt he needs to prove his client's innocence. Everything slowly falls into place. The evidence to prove his innocence shows itself. But there's something about Bobby that still doesn’t feel right.
Starring: Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Laurence Fishburne
JUST LIKE HEAVEN
David Abbott (Ruffalo), a landscape architect who just lost his wife, is hoping to start life afresh - beginning with moving into a fantastic San Francisco apartment. But he discovers that the previous tenant still hasn't quite vacated the apartment yet. Hardworking medical resident Elizabeth Masterson (Witherspoon) is adamant that the apartment still belongs to her. What she doesn't realize is that she was involved in a tragic accident three months ago and although her spirit is roaming about, her body is still in a coma. With David's help, Elizabeth tries to piece together what happened to her. They find out along the way, that they are linked in more ways than one.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Reese Witherspoon
JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
She's 18 and adorable – the most popular girl in school. But next Monday, Terri is going to enroll in a new high school as a boy. The plucky teenager wants to be taken seriously as a journalist, and thinks that being a girl stands in her way! A cast of talented newcomers keep the laughs coming in this lighthearted romp.
Starring: Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Billy Jacoby
LET'S GO TO PRISON
A career criminal bent on revenge against the judge sent him to jail, John Lyshitski (Shepard) puts himself back into prison when he finds out that the judge's son, Nelson (Arnett), had been wrongly sentenced of a crime and is now serving time in the same prison that John was sent to. Let the revenge begin!
Starring: Dax Shepard, Wil Arnett, Chi McBride
LOST BEHIND BARS
A crime author discovers that a man is sitting on death row for a murder he did not commit. With limited time before he is executed, she must get to the bottom of this frightful secret to prove his innocence.
Starring: Paget Brewster
MEMPHIS BELLE
Produced by David Putnam in partnership with Catherine Wyler, whose father William Wyler directed an acclaimed documentary about the real-life events depicted in the film, this story chronicles the lives of the crew involved in a titular World War II B-17 bomber. Having won fame with their war records, they'd expected their final assignment to be easy, but instead they are ordered to bomb a heavily defended German city. Led by their experienced captain, Dennis Dearborn (Modine), the crew has to learn the responsibility of what they are about to do despite mounting fears that they may not all be going back home alive.
Starring: Matthew Modine, Eric Soltz
MISSING IN ACTION 2: THE BEGINNING
Colonel Braddock (Norris) is captured and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War, where he's formally introduced to Colonel Yit, a savvy sadist who wants Braddock for breakfast. When Yit goes too far, the karate champion escapes and returns to even the score – on his own.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Steven Williams
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
Super-spy Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is recalled from retirement to rescue one of his trainees who has been captured by the villain, Owen Davian (Hoffman), an evil international weapons and information trader. Hunt assembles his crew — old friend Luther Strickell (Rhames), transportation guy Declan and background operative Zhen.
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan
MR. BEAN'S HOLIDAY
The bumbling Mr. Bean wins a trip to the picturesque French city of Cannes only to unwittingly separate a boy from his father and must now help bring them back together. Along their journey, they discover French culture, road trip hiccups and the meaning of true love at the Cannes Film Festival.
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Rowan Atkinson, Emma De Caunes
MY GIANT
A second-rate talent scout Sammy (Crystal) has always dreamed of becoming a big-time agent. One day, that golden opportunity comes knocking in the form of 7-foot-7-inch giant Max (Muresan), a Shakespeare-quoting caretaker living in a monastery. Despite initial reluctance, Max agrees to let Sammy be his agent on one condition: he reunites with his long-lost teenage love. Once the deal is sealed, Sammy tries his best to convince martial-arts maestro Steven Seagal (as himself) to cast Max in his latest blockbuster. On their journey towards celebrity-hood, the two learn the genuine meaning of Max's favorite Shakespearean quote: "To thine own self be true."
Starring: Billy Crystal, Kathleen Quinlan, Gheorghe Muresan
MY GIRL 2
A follow-up to the 1991 movie, this sequel finds Vada (Chlumsky) happily settled into a new life with her father (Aykroyd) and a very pregnant Shelley (Curtis). Vada decides to write about her deceased mother for a school assignment and travels to California to uncover clues to her identity. There, she forms a reluctant friendship with her tour guide and together they embark on a journey of discovery in which Vada learns more about her own place in her evolving family, first love, making her mark in the world, and pursuing a dream.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S EUROPEAN VACATION
In this daffy sequel to National Lampoon's Vacation, the blundering Griswald family, led by Clark (Chase), wins a trip to Europe in a game show. Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower will never be the same again!
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo
NORBIT
Eddie Murphy takes on three different character roles in this film, including the title role of Norbit, a mild-mannered man who is adopted by Mr. Wong (Murphy). Married to a very large Rasputia (Murphy), Norbit's world turns topsy-turvy when his childhood love, Kate Thomas (Newton) returns to the town.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr
OUTLAND
Marshall O'Neil (Connery) knows about living life in limbo — his wife left him and had taken their son along with her, and he's stranded in a forgotten mining town on one of Jupiter’s moons. But there's more to worry about when the miners start killing themselves in bizarre ways. His investigations into their deaths lead him to discover that their mine boss, Sheppard (Boyle), has been keeping his workers on overtime by feeding them a work-enhancing drug with deadly side-effects.
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle
PALE RIDER
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this two-fisted, pistol-packed adventure as The Preacher, a stranger who rides into town to save the day, in the tradition of the great Hollywood westerns. The Preacher visits a gold rush town ruled by a corrupt banker. Will he be able to help the terrorized miners whose land is threatened by the robber baron?
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress
PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS
12 year-old orphan girl Hollis has been moving from foster homes to foster homes until she met the perfect family, the Regans. But her fear of emotional attachment causes her to run away and she ends up in a new home with her new foster mum, Josie (Spacek). There, the talented artist Hollis ends up playing the role of caretaker as Josie loses her memory.
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Sissy Spacek
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES
All Steve Martin wants to do is get from New York to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving. But bad weather and luck land him in Wichita, with the pushy, talkative John Candy as his traveling companion. Using every form of transportation known to man, he is determined to make it to the family table in time for dinner. Martin and Candy turn in fine performances in this John Hughes comedy which also stars Kevin Bacon.
Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy
PRESUMED INNOCENT
Assistant D.A. Rusty Sabich (Ford) is assigned to the murder case of his beautiful co-worker with whom he had an affair. At first the investigation goes slowly, but when incriminating evidence suddenly surfaces, the investigator finds himself named as the accused. Sabich faces the complete collapse of his life as he knows it. His wife stands by him, but is bitter because of his infidelity. He now has to rely on his knowledge of the law, and on defense attorney Sandy Stern (Julia) to steer him through the courtroom and clear his name.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Greta Scacchi
RV
Bob Munro (Williams) is the head of a dysfunctional family. He rents an RV motor home to take his family on a trip to the Colorado Rocky Mountains, but things just keep going wrong for the family, with hilarious effects!
Starring: Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Joanna "Jojo" Levesque
RACE THE SUN
The kids from detention become a team in contention! Calling themselves 'lolos' ('lowly locals' in Hawaiian slang), they have endured life's hard knocks and have nothing to look forward to until their new teacher Miss Sandra Beecher (Berry) arrives. She actually thinks they can learn something in school. Spurred on by her encouragement, the lolos decide to build a solar-powered car. When they decide to take the car all the way across the Australian continent, it's time to cheer them on.
Starring: Halle Berry, Eliza Dushku, Jim Belushi, Casey Affleck, Kevin Tighe, Anthony Ruiviar
REIGN OF THE GARGOYLES
It's World War II and a group of brave American airmen face the greatest terror in the skies – a mythical gargoyle controlled by the Nazis!
Starring: Joe Penny, Julia Rose
RUDY
Rudy Ruettiger (Astin) is a small man but he has one big dream: to play football for Notre Dame. But his family is too poor to send him, his grades aren't good enough to get him in and he is too small to play. But through hard work and determination, his dream comes true.
Starring: Sean Astin, Ned Beatty
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Director for Steven Spielberg, this film authentically recreates the setting and the horror of D-Day in Normandy. The story centers on the mission to recover one soldier — Private Ryan (Damon). Dropped behind enemy lines, his survival is crucial since three of his brothers have already died in previous battles. An eight-man team, led by Captain John Miller (Hanks) must conquer their individual fears and rescue a soldier who is after all, just a name to them. Hanks earned an Oscar nomination for his powerful performance as the woeful veteran whose only real goal is to return home to his wife.
Starring: Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore
SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder team up again in a case of the blind leading the deaf when they're pursued by cops and killers in the wake of a murder. Co-workers at a Manhattan newsstand, the blind Wally (Pryor) and the deaf Dave (Wilder) "witness" a murder and being hunted by the killers, they have to save themselves and take the killers to justice.
Starring: Gene Wilder, Kevin Spacey, Richard Pryor
SNAKES ON A PLANE
A young man Sean (Phillips) is an accidental witness to a murder committed by a crime lord. To silence him forever, the bad guy hides a ton of snakes in the plane that Sean is traveling in. Midway into the flight, the reptiles come out to play and it’s up to super cop Neville Flynn (Jackson) to stop them before they kill everyone on board!
Starring: Samuel Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
Set in 1954 on an island in the Pacific Northwest, this haunting tale of love undone by societal pressures and familial customs is an elegiac, multi-layered exploration of truth, justice and vagaries of the human heart. Featuring a powerful performance from Ethan Hawke and adapted from the acclaimed novel written by Dan Guterson.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Max Von Sydow, Youki Kudoh
SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER
She's beautiful. She's sexy. She's a butcher. Did she use her skills with the cleaver on her three previous husbands? Mike Myers stars in this comedy as a San Francisco poet who falls for lady butcher Nancy Travis, whose past may include hacking her spouses to death!
Starring: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis
SPIDER-MAN 3
Peter Parker has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to Mary Jane and his duties as a superhero. But when his suit suddenly turns jet-black and enhances his powers, it transforms Peter as well, bringing out a dark, vengeful side of his personality that he struggles to control. Forced to choose between the seductive power of the new suit and the compassionate hero he used to be, Peter must overcome his personal demons as two of the most-feared villains yet, Sandman and Venom, gather unparalleled power and a thirst for retribution to threaten Peter and everyone he loves.
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, James Franco
SPIES LIKE US
Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd play Federal fumblers picked as the perfect duo for a Mideast mission. They think they are spies but it turns out that they are decoys to lure the Soviet defences so that the real US spies can be sent in.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Steve Forrest
STAR TREK INSURRECTION
From the beginning of the Federation, the Prime Directive was clear: no Starfleet expedition may interfere with the natural development of other civilizations. Picard is confronted with orders that undermine that decree. If he obeys, 600 peaceful residents of Ba'ku will be forcibly removed from their remarkable world, all for the reportedly greater good of millions who will benefit from Ba'ku's Fountain of Youth-like powers. If he disobeys, he will risk his Starship, his career, his life. But for Picard, there's really only one choice. He must rebel against Starfleet… and lead the insurrection to preserve Paradise.
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
In a little quaint town in Louisiana, a group of women congregate regularly at Truvy Jones' (Parton) beauty parlor, to gossip and share their trials and tribulations of life. M'Lynn Eatenton's (Field) daughter Shelby (Roberts) is betrothed to handsome young lawyer Jackson Latcherie (Dylan McDermott). A newcomer Annelle (Hannah) is Truvy's latest assistant, who just happens to have a peculiar past. And then there's mean-spirited Ouiser Boudreaux (MacLaine), whose extreme wealth and bad temperament has alienated her from the community. Her friends however still love her very much.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Sally Field
SWORD OF THE VALIANT
A bold and gallant knight of King Arthur volunteers to fight an evil magician in this colorful fantasy adventure. Miles O'Keefe is noble Sir Gawain, whose mortal adversary is the tricky Green Knight, played by Sean Connery. Trevor Howard co-stars as Arthur.
Starring: Sean Connery, Miles O'Keefe
TAKE THE LEAD
Antonio Banderas stars in this inspirational film based on the true story of Pierre Dulaine, a dance teacher who volunteers his time to teach ballroom dancing to a diverse group of high school students serving detention. As Dulaine becomes a mentor for his students, he encourages them to hone their craft for a prestigious ballroom competition. In return, they share with each other valuable lessons about pride, respect and honor.
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard
TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY
Comedian Will Ferrell stars as Ricky Bobby, a NASCAR champion who has it made. But after a frightening crash, Ricky hits rock bottom when he loses his nerve, career and wife. Willing to do anything to get back on top, he turns to his estranged father, Reese (Cole), for a few old racing tricks to conquer his fear of driving.
Starring: Will Ferrell, John Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen
TAXI DRIVER
This powerful 1976 Martin Scorsese film is about one man's journey into urban hell. Disgruntled Vietnam war veteran and cabbie, Travis Bickle (De Niro), is a lonely man who is obsessed with pornography and violence. As events in Travis' life begins to turn for the worse, he slowly descends into the depths of his own paranoia, driving away the only woman willing to love him. Eventually, he explodes in an orgy of killing against the scum of the streets he hates so intensely. Powerhouse acting, graphic violence and deft directing make this a must-see classic.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster
THE BACHELOR
When he least expected it, Jimmie Shannon (O'Donnell) falls in love with Anne (Zellweger). After a three-year relationship, Jimmie reluctantly proposes to Anne, but sensing his uncertainty, Anne rejects him. Then Jimmie's grandfather dies and leaves him $100 million – on the condition Jimmie marries before he turns 30. The problem is that his 30th birthday is just 24 hours away, and he must find a bride or lose the fortune.
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger, James Cromwell
THE BEAST
The crew of a Soviet tank fights for their physical and moral survival against guerrillas bent on destroying it in the middle of the Soviet-Afghan war.
Starring: George Dzundza, Stephen Baldwin, Jason Patric
THE BENCHWARMERS
A newspaper deliveryman, a landscaper and a video store clerk stumble upon a group of kids getting bullied by baseball jocks. The trio decides to take matters into their hands and train the kids in baseball to beat the bullies in their own game.
Starring: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder
THE BEST MAN (1999)
From producer Spike Lee comes the intimate tale of a group of college friends reunited for a wedding. Chaos erupts when it is discovered that one of the friends (Diggs) has penned a novel which dramatizes many of the private events in their lives. A heartwarming film that explores the ups and downs of friendship.
Starring: Taye Diggs, Nia Long
THE BODYGUARD
A former secret service agent (Costner) is now the bodyguard of a pop superstar (Houston) turned actress. In the course of protecting the unpredictable star from a homicidal fan, they develop a trust and love that is rare for both.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston
THE BREAK-UP
Brooke (Aniston) is pushed to the limits by Gary (Vaughn) and calls their relationship quits. When neither of them is willing to move out of the condo they share, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until somebody caves.
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn
THE CHAMBER
An all-star cast takes on John Grisham's best-selling novel in this riveting legal thriller. Chris O'Donnell plays a young lawyer trying to win clemency for his grandfather (Hackman), a Klansman on death row for a hate crime.
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, The Chamber
THE COVENANT
1692. Five powerful witch families commit a covenant of silence to hide from witch hunters but one of them breaks the covenant and all five families are banished. Fast forward to present time and four teenage wizard friends are in high school. The eldest who is turning 18, is about ascend to a higher power but an evil warlock, a descendant of the fifth family has arrived and he has evil plans.
Starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey
THE DA VINCI CODE
American symbology professor Robert Langdon (Hanks) is summoned by the French police to investigate the grisly murder of the Louvre museum curator. Unfortunately, Langdon is the prime suspect and the invite is a mere ruse to capture him. His rescuer comes in the form of Sophie Neveu (Tautou), the beautiful cryptologist grand-daughter of the dead curator, who helps him escape the cops. Now the two must search for an ancient relic and stop a serial killer who will not stop until he gets what he desires.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Edward Wilson (Damon), head of the CIA covert operations responsible for the Bay of Pigs invasion, investigates, through a series of flashbacks into his past - the source of a leak that got Fidel Castro tipped. This in turn influences the Cold War paranoia he has in the office and affects the way he deals with his work, ideals and his family.
Starring: Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Angelina Jolie
THE HOLIDAY
Amanda Woods (Diaz) from Los Angeles and Iris Simpkins (Winslet) from the English countryside of Surrey may be miles apart but they have one common problem — they both have failed relationships. They meet online and decide to swap homes for the holidays. Will the lonely hearts find love in a new location?
Starring: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law
THE LAST BOYSCOUT
Fired from the Secret Service, Joe Hallenbeck (Willis) turns private eye. He is hired to protect a stripper named Cory (Berry), who is on the run from the mob. But Cory is killed and her boyfriend, ex-pro football quarterback, Jimmy Dix (Wayans), wants revenge. He teams up with Hallenbeck to find out who killed her and discovers a deadly conspiracy to legalize gambling in pro-football in the process. A sleazy football team owner and his vicious henchmen wise up to the two and soon, guns are a-blazing, a helicopter becomes a killing machine, and explosions abound. Aided by Hallenbeck's trash-talking teenage daughter, the team races against time to stay alive and expose the conspiracy.
Starring: Halle Berry, Damon Wayans, Bruce Willis
THE MONEY PIT
A hilarious slapstick comedy about a struggling New York couple who buys a beautiful home in the country for what they think is a steal. Only when they move in do they discover that the estate is falling apart and that their dream home is really just a money pit.
Starring: Shelley Long, Tom Hanks
THE NAKED FACE
A psychoanalyst finds himself the target of a faceless killer and races to find out who it is before it's too late.
Starring: Roger Moore, Rod Steiger
THE NEXT KARATE KID
Mr. Miyagi (Morita) has a new student — a teenage girl. Sullen and rebellious, Julie (Swank) is unable to get over her parents, who died in an accident. Her attitude has made her the target of high school bullies. Her worried grandmother then asks Mr. Miyagi to take the girl under his wing… but is Julie too great a challenge, even for him?
Starring: Hilary Swank, Pat Morita, Michael Ironside
THE OCTAGON
A retired kung fu champion goes back into action to combat a secret order of Oriental killers. Martial arts expert Scott James (Norris) single-handedly takes on the Ninjas, trainers of international terrorists, while Lee Van Cleef plays a mysterious mercenary.
Starring: Chuck Norris, L. Van Cleaf
THE PLAYER
Hollywood studio executive Griffin Mill's (Robbins) comfortable lifestyle is facing serious jeopardy. He's receiving death threats from one writer while being blackmailed by another. His wife is losing her trophy status, and a slick upstart is vying for his job. If all this isn't enough, he's even facing a murder rap. Adapted from Michael Tolkin's novel, this satire takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics, and features over 65 star cameos.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi
THE REAPING
Katherine Winter (Swank) lost her faith in God after her family was tragically killed, and devoted her life since to debunking religious phenomena. But when she's called in to investigate a small Louisiana town suffering what appear 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 SOPRANOS 27: MR. RUGGERIO'S NEIGHBORHOOD
Tony and his family are under 24-hour surveillance by the Feds. Intensifying its effort to build a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) case against the gangster, the FBI assembles a special task force. After a judge signs a warrant granting a wiretap in Tony's home, the federal agents must find a way to gain entry into the Soprano's basement.
THE SOPRANOS 28: PROSHAI, LIVUSHKA
Tony is concerned that his mother will rat him out to the Feds when she dies. Ignoring Livia's wish not to have a funeral, Janice arrives from Seattle to arrange for one with all the trimmings. Meanwhile, Meadow's college boyfriend Noah — a film buff of Jewish/African-American heritage — learns that James Cagney in The Public Enemy has got nothing on Tony Soprano.
THE SOPRANOS 29: FORTUNATE SON
Finally Christopher is a made man, in charge of Paulie's football action. After taking reckless bets and mismanaging the point spread, Christopher is $2,000 short of what he owes Paulie for the week. In order to make up the difference – plus the extra two thousand Paulie tacks on as a late fee – Christopher robs the box office during a benefit concert at Rutgers University, using Jackie Aprile Jr. as his getaway driver.
THE SOPRANOS 30: EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Tony has not experienced a panic attack since Livia's death, and he feels he's nearing recovery. Dr. Melfi suggests Carmela attend Tony's sessions to provide her perspective on his progress. Leaving her office one evening, Dr. Melfi is brutally raped in a stairwell by a young man. Although Dr. Melfi can positively identify the perpetrator, the police release him because of a loophole. Though she fantasizes about using Tony to get revenge on her attacker, Melfi refuses to tell Tony about the rape.
THE SOPRANOS 31: ANOTHER TOOTHPICK
Carmela goes to her first therapy session with Tony and Dr. Melfi. When Melfi asks Carmela whether she's frustrated at being unable to help with Tony's attacks, Carmela suggests that Tony's condition may be the result of guilt over his ongoing infidelity. Meanwhile, Tony is still at odds with Meadow who can barely tolerate being in the same room with her father, but she unknowingly does him a favor by taking the bugged lamp from the basement, thereby rendering the FBI's wiretap useless.
THE WHITE COUNTESS
Russian countess Sofia Belinskya (Richardson) and her family have lost their state and fortune as a result of the Revolution. Living in exile in Shanghai with her daughter, the countess works as a hostess and companion lady in a dance club where she entertains all kinds of men, dancing and chatting with them. There, she meets a blind American diplomat, Todd Jackson (Fiennes), a nice kind man with whom she begins a friendship that could turn into love anytime. Years later, Jackson sets up a glamorous club, called The White Countess, taking Sofia with him to work there as a companion lady. It is then that the Japanese invasion takes place and threatens to shake their dreams.
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes
THE WOOD
Roland's pre-wedding jitters cause him to flee the aisle and run off to his childhood playground – the Wood in Inglewood California. He meets two of his friends Mike and Slim, and they begin recalling their teenage days growing up in the 1980s.
Starring: Omar Epps, Taye Diggs, Richard Jones
TIGHTROPE
A New Orleans cop Wes Block (Eastwood) roams the seedy nocturnal underworld in search of a brutal serial rapist and killer. Then he discovers that the victims are also known to him, and it seems that there is a lot more than meets the eye.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Genevieve Bujold
UNITED 93
Four commercial planes were hijacked during the terrorist attacks of September 11. Three of them were successfully used by the terrorists to crash into strategic building targets. This is the story of the fourth and last plane to take off, United Airlines Flight 93, where the passengers fought back and managed to stop the terrorists from using the plane as a weapon at the cost of their lives.
Starring: J.J. Johnson, Polly Adams, Starla Benford
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
A teenage girl is on a routine babysitting of two kids when she starts getting strange calls. At first, she shrugs them off as jokes, but when she realizes that the caller is dead serious with his threats, she alerts the police for help to trace the call. That's when she gets a nasty shock — the calls are from someone within the house!
Starring: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan
YOU, ME AND DUPREE
For Carl (Dillon) and Molly Peterson, (Hudson) the great life of newlyweds has just begun. Everything looks great until Carl's buddy and best-man, Dupree (Wilson), turns up for the wedding and gets fired for it. Homeless and jobless, Carl takes Dupree in for a few days, but the lazy bloke turns his stay into what seems like an eternity. Will Carl ask his friend to go?
Starring: Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson
Tom Welles (Cage) is a private eye on the biggest case of his life when he is hired by a widow who finds a reel of 8mm film in her dead husband's safe. The film appears to be a snuff movie but the girl in it really looks like she was murdered. The widow wants Tom to get to the bottom of the case and find out what really happened to the girl and what was her husband's involvement in the film. Tom follows the trail and soon discovers that the secrets he uncovers may cost him his very life.
Starring: James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Stormare, Chris Bauer, Anthony Heald, Amy Morton, Myra Carter, Jenny Powell
300
Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 tells the heroic story of Spartan king Leonidas (Butler) and 300 of his best warriors as they fight the invading Persian army of King Xerxes in Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Filled with amazing battle sequences straight out of the graphic novel, 300 is a dramatic retelling of a part of Greek history re-interpreted through Frank Miller's work.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey
A DAUGHTER'S CONVICTION
When Jo’s (Nevin) latest stepfather is murdered, she returns home to find her mother arrested for the crime. No one else seems to believe her mother’s innocence except for her and so she goes out of her way to prove it.
Starring: Kate Jackson, Brooke Nevin
A GIRL LIKE ME: THE GWEN ARAUJO STORY
Along with the typical struggles of being raised by a single mother, Eddie Araujo (Pardo) has always kept a secret that sets him apart from his two siblings. Upon entering high school, Eddie embraces his personal reality as a young woman trapped in a man’s body. Life changes drastically after he changes his name to Gwen and begins to dress in women’s clothes. When Gwen starts dating an ex-Marine, tensions reach a dangerous high as disapproval escalates at home and at school. After Gwen is senselessly killed, her mother Sylvia (Ruehl) honors her memory by acting as an advocate for all transgendered people. This thought-provoking drama is based on a true story.
Starring: Mercedes Ruehl, J.D. Pardo
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
A small-town diner owner's life is shattered by the arrival of shadowy thugs who claim he is part of their past. Directed by David Cronenberg, this adaptation from a graphic novel is about Tom Stall (Mortensen), a quiet restaurateur who is forced to resort to violence after he is accosted by goons who claim to know him and attempt to rob his diner. Tom is hailed as a hero, but when more thugs show up, Tom's inconsequential past comes under the spotlight.
Starring: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello
ALL THE KING'S MEN
Based on Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All The King's Men tells the story of a man's rise to power in Louisiana's world of politics. Willie Stark (Penn) is elected as a governor with the support of the lower social classes. But when Judge Irwin (Anthony Hopkins) supports a group of Stark's enemies pushing for impeachment, Stark plays dirty to bring down the judge and ends up setting up his own ultimate downfall.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Sean Penn
ALL YOU'VE GOT
Two ladies volleyball teams have a longstanding rivalry and grudge against each other on and off the court. But one day, fate breaks down the social and cultural barriers and they discover what true sportsmanship is all about.
Starring: Sarah Mason, Adrienne Bailon
ALMOST HEROES
It's 19th century America, and veteran tracker and drunkard Bartholomew Hunt (Farley) and refined gentleman Leslie Edwards (Perry) are on the trail of the great outdoors to beat legendary explorers Lewis and Clark in getting to the Pacific Ocean first. In the process, they have to lead a bunch of bickering, brawling and bumbling misfits and lowlifes across uncharted territory, through roaring rapids and the rugged Rockies as they attempt to be part of history. This is a sidesplitting saga of how the West was lost, aided by the contrasts in characters of the scruffy Farley and the smooth and refined Perry.
Starring: Eugene Levy, Chris Farley, Matthew Perry, Parker Posey
ALWAYS
Set against the backdrop of the pilots who fly water planes to fight forest fires, the film is a triumph for all associated with it. Pete Sandich (Dreyfuss), the greatest flier of them all, is killed in the line of duty while saving his best friend’s life and leaves a broken-hearted Dorinda (Hunter) behind. But the end is yet to come as he is sent back in the form of a ghost to train a successor who he finds is slowly falling for Dorinda.
Starring: John Goodman, Brad Johnson, Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfuss, Audrey Hepburn
APRIL FOOL'S DAY
A group of eight college friends gather at a mansion on an island to celebrate their final year of school. In time, they realize that each of them has a dark secret and as soon as the secrets are revealed, they start dying one by one. Can the survivors solve the mystery before it is too late or is this just a cruel April Fool's joke?
Starring: Griffin O'Neal, Deborah Foreman
BAD JIM
A dull-witted cowboy stumbles upon the horse of legendary outlaw Billy The Kid and ends up going through a mysterious transformation, becoming tougher like Billy himself. He then starts robbing banks with his partners!
Starring: Richard Roundtree, James Brolin
BLACK SUNDAY
A beautiful Arab terrorist and a brainwashed Vietnam veteran plan to terrorize the Super Bowl while the US President is watching the game. Bruce Dern and Marthe Keller are dangerous allies in this explosive 1977 suspense drama. Robert Shaw plays an Israeli counter-intelligence agent on their trail.
Starring: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern
BLANKMAN
Crime problem getting you down? Never fear, Blankman's here! Meet Darryl Walker (Wayans), a nerdy inventor who decides to become the crime fighter, Blankman — possibly the most engagingly inept superhero ever. Donning long underwear and wearing his grandma's bathrobe as a cape, he roams the city bringing evildoers to justice, while romancing a pretty TV anchorwoman on the side.
Starring: Damon Wayans, Robin Givens, David Alan Grier
BODY HEAT
A steamy mystery-thriller about a small town lawyer Ned Racine (Hurt) who gets into a relationship with a married woman, Matty Walker (Turner). The duo then plots to kill the woman's rich husband. Will they succeed?
Starring: Kathleen Turner, William Hurt
CHILDREN OF MEN
It is 2027 and humanity is facing extinction as it has lost its ability to reproduce for 18 years. Then one day, a young woman miraculously gets pregnant. Theo (Owen), a disillusioned federal agent, must battle his inner demons and protect the young woman who holds the key to humanity’s survival.
Starring: Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Clive Owen
CROSSING DELANCEY
New York, home to the most diverse characters known to mankind. One of whom is Isabelle (Irving) who is caught up in the intellectual whirl of the bookshop she works in. Her grandmother however wants her to marry a nice Jewish boy. Enter pickle-maker Sam (Riegert) who falls in love with her immediately. But is the intellectual Isabelle ready for Sam's pragmatic ways? An utterly charming romantic comedy.
Starring: Peter Riegert, Amy Irving
CURLY SUE
Street urchin Curly Sue (Alison Porter) is cute and cherubic, but the nine-year-old is a veteran scam artist with her streetwise guardian, Bill Dancer (Belushi). The duo strikes gold with an icy lawyer named Grey Ellison (Lynch), whose heart is melted by the duo. Sue and Bill start living off Grey, who realizes that the scam artists have hearts of gold and that they bring out the best in her.
Starring: James Belushi, Kelly Lynch
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
An innocent woman is falsely charged and convicted for murdering her husband who plotted his own 'death' to escape his debt. When she gets out of jail after six years and gets paroled into a halfway house, she begins to plot her revenge, taking advantage of a legal rule of double jeopardy, which states that a person cannot be convicted for the same crime twice.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood
EARTHLY POSSESSIONS
Based on the novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Tyler, this offbeat comedy stars Susan Sarandon as Charlotte, a disenchanted housewife who's offered an escape route out of her mundane life and sheltered world when she is taken hostage by inept first-time bank robber Jake (Dorff). Charlotte helps Jake steal a car, and the duo heads south. However, Charlotte soon realizes that she has bought herself a one-way ticket into a life on the road. Can she turn back? And does she want to?
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Susan Sarandon, Jay Sanders, Deborah Rush
ENTOURAGE 51: THE YOUNG AND THE STONED
E gets in a fender bender with Anna Faris and believes they shared "a little moment". Turtle picks up a few provisions (and a few girls) at the market for an impromptu afternoon party, but gets momentarily sidetracked on the way home. Mrs. Ari is asked to reprise her role in a TV series anniversary special, but not if Ari can help it.
ENTOURAGE 52: SNOW JOB
Ari receives Billy's script for Vince's next project, but Billy's interpretation is vastly different from the adaptation he was commissioned to write. While Ari scrambles to keep the studio interested in the project, Eric is busy managing some domestic issues between his new client and her needy boyfriend.
ENTOURAGE 53: NO CANNES DO
A code orange at LAX threatens the guys' chances of getting to Cannes in time for the Medellin premiere. Ari attempts to assuage the feelings of Mrs. Ari and Lloyd, who each make it clear (in their own way) that they want to accompany him on the trip. Billy finds room in his script for Eric's new client, but will Eric's ambivalence ruin his relationship with her, and Vince?
ENTOURAGE 54: THE CANNES KIDS
At Cannes, the guys celebrate and attend to the business of selling Medellin – not an easy task, since the finished film has yet to be screened. Meanwhile, Drama benefits from the overseas popularity of Viking Quest.
FIRST LOOK: SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE
Get behind the scenes of this long-awaited Sex And The City Movie as Manhattan's fabulous foursome are back on their quest for true love.
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker
GHOSTBUSTERS II
A lot has changed since the Ghostbusters last saved the world. Dr. Peter Venkman (Murray) now hosts a talk show on parapsychology, Dr. Ray Stantz (Aykroyd) and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) make a living entertaining at children's birthday parties, and Dr. Egon Spengler (Ramis) continues to research the effect of human emotions on psycho-magnetic energy fields. However, when Dana Barrett's (Weaver) eight-month-old son becomes the target of demons, she calls the team back from retirement.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver
GOODFELLAS
Follow a wise guy, Henry Hill (Liotta), and his partners in crime, Jimmy Conway (De Niro) and Tommy De Vito (Pesci), as he rises from neighborhood punk to top of the Mafia anthill, only to be brought down by drugs and the Feds.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta
HBO CENTRAL
HBO Central is your monthly guide to the hottest attractions on HBO! Join your host, Simone Heng, for an exciting look at what's new on the channel each month. Take a peek at the biggest blockbusters and HBO Original productions headed your way, including Hollywood gossip, behind-the-scenes tidbits, superstar profiles and red carpet style guides. It's a one-stop hub of entertainment news that’s all about HBO, on HBO.
HARD TO KILL
Corrupt police officials and criminals brutally attack good cop, Mason Storm (Seagal), killing his wife and leaving him in a coma. What the criminals didn't bargain for is the fact that Storm is, indeed, hard to kill. Director Bruce Malmuth of The Twilight Zone weaves this action-revenge drama that promises to keep you at the edge of your seat.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Kelly Lebrock
HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS
An easy-going father's life is suddenly turned upside down when his car hits a real-life bigfoot. Thinking it's dead, they bring it home only to find that it is quite alive. Trying to hide their furry friend as they race to get him back to his natural environment isn't so easy.
Starring: John Lithgow, Don Ameche
HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I
It's no holds barred when Mel Brooks attacks the history books! In his offbeat chronology spanning twenty centuries, from the dawn of man through to the French Revolution, Mel plays Moses, Louis XVI and other assorted zanies from the past.
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn
HONKYTONK MAN
Clint Eastwood stars in this Depression-era drama as Red Stovall, a hard-drinking struggling country singer/songwriter who dreams of performing at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. His sister sends her teenage son '
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire
HUSTLE & FLOW
DJay (Howard) is a low-life pimp and drug dealer who is reaching mid-life crisis and realizes there is no more meaning in life for him. Then he meets an old pal and his passion for music is reignited. The two form a band with white drummer boy, and pull all stops to release their song and jumpstart their new music career.
Starring: Anthony Anderson, Terrence Howard, Taryn Manning
I'LL DO ANYTHING
Written and directed by James L. Brooks, out-of-work actor Matt Hobbs (Nolte) is fighting the Hollywood system and losing. The talented but unsuccessful actor has a lot of adjusting to do when his ex-wife dumps their six-year-old girl on him. Things get even more complicated when he falls for a production assistant but has to choose between family and career.
Starring: Nick Nolte, Joely Richardson
INSIDE MAN
This battle-of-wits thriller pits a bank robber against a street-smart detective in what appears to be the perfect bank robbery.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
IT TAKES TWO
Look-alike girls from opposite sides of the tracks switch lives to play matchmaker in this charming family comedy. An orphan, Amanda, thinks her social worker would be a great mom, if only she had a husband. Alyssa on the other hand, would like her wealthy dad to have a new wife, but not the nasty socialite that he's engaged to. When Amanda and Alyssa meet, they come up with a scheme guaranteed to make everyone happy!
Starring: Kirstie Alley, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen
JUST CAUSE
Convicted for the rape and murder of an 11 year-old girl without any evidence, Bobby Earl insists that it was his death row neighbor Blair Sullivan (Harris) who did it. He appeals to the only man who can help him – Paul Armstrong (Connery), a Harvard law professor who's had it with courtroom dramas and swears against capital punishment. He takes on the case and whisks himself off to Florida. As Bobby's death draws nearer, Paul finds the all-important shadow of doubt he needs to prove his client's innocence. Everything slowly falls into place. The evidence to prove his innocence shows itself. But there's something about Bobby that still doesn’t feel right.
Starring: Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Laurence Fishburne
JUST LIKE HEAVEN
David Abbott (Ruffalo), a landscape architect who just lost his wife, is hoping to start life afresh - beginning with moving into a fantastic San Francisco apartment. But he discovers that the previous tenant still hasn't quite vacated the apartment yet. Hardworking medical resident Elizabeth Masterson (Witherspoon) is adamant that the apartment still belongs to her. What she doesn't realize is that she was involved in a tragic accident three months ago and although her spirit is roaming about, her body is still in a coma. With David's help, Elizabeth tries to piece together what happened to her. They find out along the way, that they are linked in more ways than one.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Reese Witherspoon
JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
She's 18 and adorable – the most popular girl in school. But next Monday, Terri is going to enroll in a new high school as a boy. The plucky teenager wants to be taken seriously as a journalist, and thinks that being a girl stands in her way! A cast of talented newcomers keep the laughs coming in this lighthearted romp.
Starring: Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Billy Jacoby
LET'S GO TO PRISON
A career criminal bent on revenge against the judge sent him to jail, John Lyshitski (Shepard) puts himself back into prison when he finds out that the judge's son, Nelson (Arnett), had been wrongly sentenced of a crime and is now serving time in the same prison that John was sent to. Let the revenge begin!
Starring: Dax Shepard, Wil Arnett, Chi McBride
LOST BEHIND BARS
A crime author discovers that a man is sitting on death row for a murder he did not commit. With limited time before he is executed, she must get to the bottom of this frightful secret to prove his innocence.
Starring: Paget Brewster
MEMPHIS BELLE
Produced by David Putnam in partnership with Catherine Wyler, whose father William Wyler directed an acclaimed documentary about the real-life events depicted in the film, this story chronicles the lives of the crew involved in a titular World War II B-17 bomber. Having won fame with their war records, they'd expected their final assignment to be easy, but instead they are ordered to bomb a heavily defended German city. Led by their experienced captain, Dennis Dearborn (Modine), the crew has to learn the responsibility of what they are about to do despite mounting fears that they may not all be going back home alive.
Starring: Matthew Modine, Eric Soltz
MISSING IN ACTION 2: THE BEGINNING
Colonel Braddock (Norris) is captured and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War, where he's formally introduced to Colonel Yit, a savvy sadist who wants Braddock for breakfast. When Yit goes too far, the karate champion escapes and returns to even the score – on his own.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Steven Williams
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
Super-spy Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is recalled from retirement to rescue one of his trainees who has been captured by the villain, Owen Davian (Hoffman), an evil international weapons and information trader. Hunt assembles his crew — old friend Luther Strickell (Rhames), transportation guy Declan and background operative Zhen.
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan
MR. BEAN'S HOLIDAY
The bumbling Mr. Bean wins a trip to the picturesque French city of Cannes only to unwittingly separate a boy from his father and must now help bring them back together. Along their journey, they discover French culture, road trip hiccups and the meaning of true love at the Cannes Film Festival.
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Rowan Atkinson, Emma De Caunes
MY GIANT
A second-rate talent scout Sammy (Crystal) has always dreamed of becoming a big-time agent. One day, that golden opportunity comes knocking in the form of 7-foot-7-inch giant Max (Muresan), a Shakespeare-quoting caretaker living in a monastery. Despite initial reluctance, Max agrees to let Sammy be his agent on one condition: he reunites with his long-lost teenage love. Once the deal is sealed, Sammy tries his best to convince martial-arts maestro Steven Seagal (as himself) to cast Max in his latest blockbuster. On their journey towards celebrity-hood, the two learn the genuine meaning of Max's favorite Shakespearean quote: "To thine own self be true."
Starring: Billy Crystal, Kathleen Quinlan, Gheorghe Muresan
MY GIRL 2
A follow-up to the 1991 movie, this sequel finds Vada (Chlumsky) happily settled into a new life with her father (Aykroyd) and a very pregnant Shelley (Curtis). Vada decides to write about her deceased mother for a school assignment and travels to California to uncover clues to her identity. There, she forms a reluctant friendship with her tour guide and together they embark on a journey of discovery in which Vada learns more about her own place in her evolving family, first love, making her mark in the world, and pursuing a dream.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S EUROPEAN VACATION
In this daffy sequel to National Lampoon's Vacation, the blundering Griswald family, led by Clark (Chase), wins a trip to Europe in a game show. Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower will never be the same again!
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo
NORBIT
Eddie Murphy takes on three different character roles in this film, including the title role of Norbit, a mild-mannered man who is adopted by Mr. Wong (Murphy). Married to a very large Rasputia (Murphy), Norbit's world turns topsy-turvy when his childhood love, Kate Thomas (Newton) returns to the town.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr
OUTLAND
Marshall O'Neil (Connery) knows about living life in limbo — his wife left him and had taken their son along with her, and he's stranded in a forgotten mining town on one of Jupiter’s moons. But there's more to worry about when the miners start killing themselves in bizarre ways. His investigations into their deaths lead him to discover that their mine boss, Sheppard (Boyle), has been keeping his workers on overtime by feeding them a work-enhancing drug with deadly side-effects.
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle
PALE RIDER
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this two-fisted, pistol-packed adventure as The Preacher, a stranger who rides into town to save the day, in the tradition of the great Hollywood westerns. The Preacher visits a gold rush town ruled by a corrupt banker. Will he be able to help the terrorized miners whose land is threatened by the robber baron?
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress
PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS
12 year-old orphan girl Hollis has been moving from foster homes to foster homes until she met the perfect family, the Regans. But her fear of emotional attachment causes her to run away and she ends up in a new home with her new foster mum, Josie (Spacek). There, the talented artist Hollis ends up playing the role of caretaker as Josie loses her memory.
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Sissy Spacek
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES
All Steve Martin wants to do is get from New York to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving. But bad weather and luck land him in Wichita, with the pushy, talkative John Candy as his traveling companion. Using every form of transportation known to man, he is determined to make it to the family table in time for dinner. Martin and Candy turn in fine performances in this John Hughes comedy which also stars Kevin Bacon.
Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy
PRESUMED INNOCENT
Assistant D.A. Rusty Sabich (Ford) is assigned to the murder case of his beautiful co-worker with whom he had an affair. At first the investigation goes slowly, but when incriminating evidence suddenly surfaces, the investigator finds himself named as the accused. Sabich faces the complete collapse of his life as he knows it. His wife stands by him, but is bitter because of his infidelity. He now has to rely on his knowledge of the law, and on defense attorney Sandy Stern (Julia) to steer him through the courtroom and clear his name.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Greta Scacchi
RV
Bob Munro (Williams) is the head of a dysfunctional family. He rents an RV motor home to take his family on a trip to the Colorado Rocky Mountains, but things just keep going wrong for the family, with hilarious effects!
Starring: Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Joanna "Jojo" Levesque
RACE THE SUN
The kids from detention become a team in contention! Calling themselves 'lolos' ('lowly locals' in Hawaiian slang), they have endured life's hard knocks and have nothing to look forward to until their new teacher Miss Sandra Beecher (Berry) arrives. She actually thinks they can learn something in school. Spurred on by her encouragement, the lolos decide to build a solar-powered car. When they decide to take the car all the way across the Australian continent, it's time to cheer them on.
Starring: Halle Berry, Eliza Dushku, Jim Belushi, Casey Affleck, Kevin Tighe, Anthony Ruiviar
REIGN OF THE GARGOYLES
It's World War II and a group of brave American airmen face the greatest terror in the skies – a mythical gargoyle controlled by the Nazis!
Starring: Joe Penny, Julia Rose
RUDY
Rudy Ruettiger (Astin) is a small man but he has one big dream: to play football for Notre Dame. But his family is too poor to send him, his grades aren't good enough to get him in and he is too small to play. But through hard work and determination, his dream comes true.
Starring: Sean Astin, Ned Beatty
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Director for Steven Spielberg, this film authentically recreates the setting and the horror of D-Day in Normandy. The story centers on the mission to recover one soldier — Private Ryan (Damon). Dropped behind enemy lines, his survival is crucial since three of his brothers have already died in previous battles. An eight-man team, led by Captain John Miller (Hanks) must conquer their individual fears and rescue a soldier who is after all, just a name to them. Hanks earned an Oscar nomination for his powerful performance as the woeful veteran whose only real goal is to return home to his wife.
Starring: Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore
SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder team up again in a case of the blind leading the deaf when they're pursued by cops and killers in the wake of a murder. Co-workers at a Manhattan newsstand, the blind Wally (Pryor) and the deaf Dave (Wilder) "witness" a murder and being hunted by the killers, they have to save themselves and take the killers to justice.
Starring: Gene Wilder, Kevin Spacey, Richard Pryor
SNAKES ON A PLANE
A young man Sean (Phillips) is an accidental witness to a murder committed by a crime lord. To silence him forever, the bad guy hides a ton of snakes in the plane that Sean is traveling in. Midway into the flight, the reptiles come out to play and it’s up to super cop Neville Flynn (Jackson) to stop them before they kill everyone on board!
Starring: Samuel Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
Set in 1954 on an island in the Pacific Northwest, this haunting tale of love undone by societal pressures and familial customs is an elegiac, multi-layered exploration of truth, justice and vagaries of the human heart. Featuring a powerful performance from Ethan Hawke and adapted from the acclaimed novel written by Dan Guterson.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Max Von Sydow, Youki Kudoh
SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER
She's beautiful. She's sexy. She's a butcher. Did she use her skills with the cleaver on her three previous husbands? Mike Myers stars in this comedy as a San Francisco poet who falls for lady butcher Nancy Travis, whose past may include hacking her spouses to death!
Starring: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis
SPIDER-MAN 3
Peter Parker has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to Mary Jane and his duties as a superhero. But when his suit suddenly turns jet-black and enhances his powers, it transforms Peter as well, bringing out a dark, vengeful side of his personality that he struggles to control. Forced to choose between the seductive power of the new suit and the compassionate hero he used to be, Peter must overcome his personal demons as two of the most-feared villains yet, Sandman and Venom, gather unparalleled power and a thirst for retribution to threaten Peter and everyone he loves.
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, James Franco
SPIES LIKE US
Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd play Federal fumblers picked as the perfect duo for a Mideast mission. They think they are spies but it turns out that they are decoys to lure the Soviet defences so that the real US spies can be sent in.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Steve Forrest
STAR TREK INSURRECTION
From the beginning of the Federation, the Prime Directive was clear: no Starfleet expedition may interfere with the natural development of other civilizations. Picard is confronted with orders that undermine that decree. If he obeys, 600 peaceful residents of Ba'ku will be forcibly removed from their remarkable world, all for the reportedly greater good of millions who will benefit from Ba'ku's Fountain of Youth-like powers. If he disobeys, he will risk his Starship, his career, his life. But for Picard, there's really only one choice. He must rebel against Starfleet… and lead the insurrection to preserve Paradise.
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
In a little quaint town in Louisiana, a group of women congregate regularly at Truvy Jones' (Parton) beauty parlor, to gossip and share their trials and tribulations of life. M'Lynn Eatenton's (Field) daughter Shelby (Roberts) is betrothed to handsome young lawyer Jackson Latcherie (Dylan McDermott). A newcomer Annelle (Hannah) is Truvy's latest assistant, who just happens to have a peculiar past. And then there's mean-spirited Ouiser Boudreaux (MacLaine), whose extreme wealth and bad temperament has alienated her from the community. Her friends however still love her very much.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Sally Field
SWORD OF THE VALIANT
A bold and gallant knight of King Arthur volunteers to fight an evil magician in this colorful fantasy adventure. Miles O'Keefe is noble Sir Gawain, whose mortal adversary is the tricky Green Knight, played by Sean Connery. Trevor Howard co-stars as Arthur.
Starring: Sean Connery, Miles O'Keefe
TAKE THE LEAD
Antonio Banderas stars in this inspirational film based on the true story of Pierre Dulaine, a dance teacher who volunteers his time to teach ballroom dancing to a diverse group of high school students serving detention. As Dulaine becomes a mentor for his students, he encourages them to hone their craft for a prestigious ballroom competition. In return, they share with each other valuable lessons about pride, respect and honor.
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard
TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY
Comedian Will Ferrell stars as Ricky Bobby, a NASCAR champion who has it made. But after a frightening crash, Ricky hits rock bottom when he loses his nerve, career and wife. Willing to do anything to get back on top, he turns to his estranged father, Reese (Cole), for a few old racing tricks to conquer his fear of driving.
Starring: Will Ferrell, John Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen
TAXI DRIVER
This powerful 1976 Martin Scorsese film is about one man's journey into urban hell. Disgruntled Vietnam war veteran and cabbie, Travis Bickle (De Niro), is a lonely man who is obsessed with pornography and violence. As events in Travis' life begins to turn for the worse, he slowly descends into the depths of his own paranoia, driving away the only woman willing to love him. Eventually, he explodes in an orgy of killing against the scum of the streets he hates so intensely. Powerhouse acting, graphic violence and deft directing make this a must-see classic.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster
THE BACHELOR
When he least expected it, Jimmie Shannon (O'Donnell) falls in love with Anne (Zellweger). After a three-year relationship, Jimmie reluctantly proposes to Anne, but sensing his uncertainty, Anne rejects him. Then Jimmie's grandfather dies and leaves him $100 million – on the condition Jimmie marries before he turns 30. The problem is that his 30th birthday is just 24 hours away, and he must find a bride or lose the fortune.
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger, James Cromwell
THE BEAST
The crew of a Soviet tank fights for their physical and moral survival against guerrillas bent on destroying it in the middle of the Soviet-Afghan war.
Starring: George Dzundza, Stephen Baldwin, Jason Patric
THE BENCHWARMERS
A newspaper deliveryman, a landscaper and a video store clerk stumble upon a group of kids getting bullied by baseball jocks. The trio decides to take matters into their hands and train the kids in baseball to beat the bullies in their own game.
Starring: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder
THE BEST MAN (1999)
From producer Spike Lee comes the intimate tale of a group of college friends reunited for a wedding. Chaos erupts when it is discovered that one of the friends (Diggs) has penned a novel which dramatizes many of the private events in their lives. A heartwarming film that explores the ups and downs of friendship.
Starring: Taye Diggs, Nia Long
THE BODYGUARD
A former secret service agent (Costner) is now the bodyguard of a pop superstar (Houston) turned actress. In the course of protecting the unpredictable star from a homicidal fan, they develop a trust and love that is rare for both.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston
THE BREAK-UP
Brooke (Aniston) is pushed to the limits by Gary (Vaughn) and calls their relationship quits. When neither of them is willing to move out of the condo they share, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until somebody caves.
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn
THE CHAMBER
An all-star cast takes on John Grisham's best-selling novel in this riveting legal thriller. Chris O'Donnell plays a young lawyer trying to win clemency for his grandfather (Hackman), a Klansman on death row for a hate crime.
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, The Chamber
THE COVENANT
1692. Five powerful witch families commit a covenant of silence to hide from witch hunters but one of them breaks the covenant and all five families are banished. Fast forward to present time and four teenage wizard friends are in high school. The eldest who is turning 18, is about ascend to a higher power but an evil warlock, a descendant of the fifth family has arrived and he has evil plans.
Starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey
THE DA VINCI CODE
American symbology professor Robert Langdon (Hanks) is summoned by the French police to investigate the grisly murder of the Louvre museum curator. Unfortunately, Langdon is the prime suspect and the invite is a mere ruse to capture him. His rescuer comes in the form of Sophie Neveu (Tautou), the beautiful cryptologist grand-daughter of the dead curator, who helps him escape the cops. Now the two must search for an ancient relic and stop a serial killer who will not stop until he gets what he desires.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Edward Wilson (Damon), head of the CIA covert operations responsible for the Bay of Pigs invasion, investigates, through a series of flashbacks into his past - the source of a leak that got Fidel Castro tipped. This in turn influences the Cold War paranoia he has in the office and affects the way he deals with his work, ideals and his family.
Starring: Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Angelina Jolie
THE HOLIDAY
Amanda Woods (Diaz) from Los Angeles and Iris Simpkins (Winslet) from the English countryside of Surrey may be miles apart but they have one common problem — they both have failed relationships. They meet online and decide to swap homes for the holidays. Will the lonely hearts find love in a new location?
Starring: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law
THE LAST BOYSCOUT
Fired from the Secret Service, Joe Hallenbeck (Willis) turns private eye. He is hired to protect a stripper named Cory (Berry), who is on the run from the mob. But Cory is killed and her boyfriend, ex-pro football quarterback, Jimmy Dix (Wayans), wants revenge. He teams up with Hallenbeck to find out who killed her and discovers a deadly conspiracy to legalize gambling in pro-football in the process. A sleazy football team owner and his vicious henchmen wise up to the two and soon, guns are a-blazing, a helicopter becomes a killing machine, and explosions abound. Aided by Hallenbeck's trash-talking teenage daughter, the team races against time to stay alive and expose the conspiracy.
Starring: Halle Berry, Damon Wayans, Bruce Willis
THE MONEY PIT
A hilarious slapstick comedy about a struggling New York couple who buys a beautiful home in the country for what they think is a steal. Only when they move in do they discover that the estate is falling apart and that their dream home is really just a money pit.
Starring: Shelley Long, Tom Hanks
THE NAKED FACE
A psychoanalyst finds himself the target of a faceless killer and races to find out who it is before it's too late.
Starring: Roger Moore, Rod Steiger
THE NEXT KARATE KID
Mr. Miyagi (Morita) has a new student — a teenage girl. Sullen and rebellious, Julie (Swank) is unable to get over her parents, who died in an accident. Her attitude has made her the target of high school bullies. Her worried grandmother then asks Mr. Miyagi to take the girl under his wing… but is Julie too great a challenge, even for him?
Starring: Hilary Swank, Pat Morita, Michael Ironside
THE OCTAGON
A retired kung fu champion goes back into action to combat a secret order of Oriental killers. Martial arts expert Scott James (Norris) single-handedly takes on the Ninjas, trainers of international terrorists, while Lee Van Cleef plays a mysterious mercenary.
Starring: Chuck Norris, L. Van Cleaf
THE PLAYER
Hollywood studio executive Griffin Mill's (Robbins) comfortable lifestyle is facing serious jeopardy. He's receiving death threats from one writer while being blackmailed by another. His wife is losing her trophy status, and a slick upstart is vying for his job. If all this isn't enough, he's even facing a murder rap. Adapted from Michael Tolkin's novel, this satire takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics, and features over 65 star cameos.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi
THE REAPING
Katherine Winter (Swank) lost her faith in God after her family was tragically killed, and devoted her life since to debunking religious phenomena. But when she's called in to investigate a small Louisiana town suffering what appear 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 SOPRANOS 27: MR. RUGGERIO'S NEIGHBORHOOD
Tony and his family are under 24-hour surveillance by the Feds. Intensifying its effort to build a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) case against the gangster, the FBI assembles a special task force. After a judge signs a warrant granting a wiretap in Tony's home, the federal agents must find a way to gain entry into the Soprano's basement.
THE SOPRANOS 28: PROSHAI, LIVUSHKA
Tony is concerned that his mother will rat him out to the Feds when she dies. Ignoring Livia's wish not to have a funeral, Janice arrives from Seattle to arrange for one with all the trimmings. Meanwhile, Meadow's college boyfriend Noah — a film buff of Jewish/African-American heritage — learns that James Cagney in The Public Enemy has got nothing on Tony Soprano.
THE SOPRANOS 29: FORTUNATE SON
Finally Christopher is a made man, in charge of Paulie's football action. After taking reckless bets and mismanaging the point spread, Christopher is $2,000 short of what he owes Paulie for the week. In order to make up the difference – plus the extra two thousand Paulie tacks on as a late fee – Christopher robs the box office during a benefit concert at Rutgers University, using Jackie Aprile Jr. as his getaway driver.
THE SOPRANOS 30: EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Tony has not experienced a panic attack since Livia's death, and he feels he's nearing recovery. Dr. Melfi suggests Carmela attend Tony's sessions to provide her perspective on his progress. Leaving her office one evening, Dr. Melfi is brutally raped in a stairwell by a young man. Although Dr. Melfi can positively identify the perpetrator, the police release him because of a loophole. Though she fantasizes about using Tony to get revenge on her attacker, Melfi refuses to tell Tony about the rape.
THE SOPRANOS 31: ANOTHER TOOTHPICK
Carmela goes to her first therapy session with Tony and Dr. Melfi. When Melfi asks Carmela whether she's frustrated at being unable to help with Tony's attacks, Carmela suggests that Tony's condition may be the result of guilt over his ongoing infidelity. Meanwhile, Tony is still at odds with Meadow who can barely tolerate being in the same room with her father, but she unknowingly does him a favor by taking the bugged lamp from the basement, thereby rendering the FBI's wiretap useless.
THE WHITE COUNTESS
Russian countess Sofia Belinskya (Richardson) and her family have lost their state and fortune as a result of the Revolution. Living in exile in Shanghai with her daughter, the countess works as a hostess and companion lady in a dance club where she entertains all kinds of men, dancing and chatting with them. There, she meets a blind American diplomat, Todd Jackson (Fiennes), a nice kind man with whom she begins a friendship that could turn into love anytime. Years later, Jackson sets up a glamorous club, called The White Countess, taking Sofia with him to work there as a companion lady. It is then that the Japanese invasion takes place and threatens to shake their dreams.
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes
THE WOOD
Roland's pre-wedding jitters cause him to flee the aisle and run off to his childhood playground – the Wood in Inglewood California. He meets two of his friends Mike and Slim, and they begin recalling their teenage days growing up in the 1980s.
Starring: Omar Epps, Taye Diggs, Richard Jones
TIGHTROPE
A New Orleans cop Wes Block (Eastwood) roams the seedy nocturnal underworld in search of a brutal serial rapist and killer. Then he discovers that the victims are also known to him, and it seems that there is a lot more than meets the eye.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Genevieve Bujold
UNITED 93
Four commercial planes were hijacked during the terrorist attacks of September 11. Three of them were successfully used by the terrorists to crash into strategic building targets. This is the story of the fourth and last plane to take off, United Airlines Flight 93, where the passengers fought back and managed to stop the terrorists from using the plane as a weapon at the cost of their lives.
Starring: J.J. Johnson, Polly Adams, Starla Benford
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
A teenage girl is on a routine babysitting of two kids when she starts getting strange calls. At first, she shrugs them off as jokes, but when she realizes that the caller is dead serious with his threats, she alerts the police for help to trace the call. That's when she gets a nasty shock — the calls are from someone within the house!
Starring: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan
YOU, ME AND DUPREE
For Carl (Dillon) and Molly Peterson, (Hudson) the great life of newlyweds has just begun. Everything looks great until Carl's buddy and best-man, Dupree (Wilson), turns up for the wedding and gets fired for it. Homeless and jobless, Carl takes Dupree in for a few days, but the lazy bloke turns his stay into what seems like an eternity. Will Carl ask his friend to go?
Starring: Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson
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