6/25/2008
HBO Asia Synopses - Month of July 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
A LITTLE PRINCESS
Adapted from the novel by acclaimed children's writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess is the story of Sara Crewes (Matthews), a young, precocious child who is transported from the luxurious and carefree home in the Indian jungles to a jungle of a different kind - New York. When her widowed father is sent to war, Sara is enrolled in a boarding school with a stern headmistress. When her father is believed dead in battle, Sara must face the hardships of the world and school, alone. A family feature that weaves the rich mythology of India with universal themes of friendship and love.
Starring: Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews
ACCEPTED
Bartleby Gaines (Long) is a slacker who has been rejected by every college he has applied to. To satisfy the demands of his parents, he decides to fake his college acceptance and crafts the South Harmon Institute of Technology out of thin air to fool his parents. But when his parents demand to view the website and school, he creates the website, leases an abandoned hospital and hires his friend's uncle to be the dean. He does such a good job that hundreds of other students like him turns up at the "campus" to get an education.
Starring: Justin Long, Lewis Black
BASILISK
The Basilisk is like the Medusa, it can turn anyone who gazes into its eyes into stone. This reptilian monster can also spit venom that paralyses its prey and has impervious armor. The worst thing is that this ancient monster has been brought to life in modern times, without the knights and wizards to take it out in the good old fashioned way. Interestingly, the only way for the modern heroes to defeat the ancient terror is with an artifact known as the Eye of Medusa!
Starring: Jeremy London, Yancy Butler
BOWFINGER
Steve Martin is a producer desperate to make his dream project, going to any length to cast the hottest action star (Murphy). An outrageous romp through the world of low – very low – budget filmmaking.
Starring: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham
BRICK
Brendan Frye (Levitt) is an intelligent high-school loner who prefers to take a back seat- until he gets a distress call from his ex-girlfriend Emily (Emilie de Ravin) one day, who then vanishes mysteriously. To find the answers, Brendan is plunged into the underworld of a high school crime ring. But his quest is fraught with dangers and twists at every turn.
Starring: Joseph Levitt, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss
CLIVE BARKER'S THE PLAGUE
Children under the age of nine all over the world entered into a mysterious coma 10 years ago. Now they have awakened and are out to kill the rest of the world.
Starring: Dee Wallace-Stone, James Van Der Beek, Ivana Milicevic
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (COLLECTOR'S EDITION)
This classic science fiction movie tells the story of a cable man, Roy Neary (Dreyfuss), who is obsessed with meeting aliens after stumbling onto one on an abandoned road one night. Against the wishes of his family, he travels to a mysterious mountain to make contact.
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr
CLUE
Whodunit? Was it Colonel Mustard in the library, or was it Miss Scarlet in the kitchen? Was the murder weapon a candlestick, a rope, or worse? Clue in for a side-splitting mystery based on the popular board game. Martin Mull, Madeline Kahn and Lesley Ann Warren head an all-star cast of "suspects" gathered for a stormy night of murder at a Victorian mansion. There's more than one ending for this hilarious murder mystery.
Starring: Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan
CRITICAL CONDITION
Playing a criminal who fakes insanity to avoid prison, Pryor ends up in a hospital mental ward. That's when the craziness starts as he escapes during a blackout and disguises himself as a doctor. Somehow Pryor brings order to chaos even while performing unorthodox physical examinations, delivering a baby and using a helicopter for air-conditioning!
Starring: Richard Pryor, Ruben Blades
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
DELTA FORCE 2: THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION
Exploding missiles, flying fists and a climactic battle will keep you at the edge of your seats as Scott McCoy (Norris) returns as the heroic commander of the world's most daring fighters, The Delta Force. The team is called in when a drug lord escapes from a Swiss prison and kills three US drug enforcement officers in the process.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Paul Perri, Richard Jaeckel
DEMOLITION MAN
A vicious 20th-century criminal (Snipes) is on the loose in the peaceful 21st century. Resorting to desperate measures, police officer Lenina Huxley (Bullock) revives the killer's old enemy from 1996 – a cop (Stallone) so violent that he was put in the deep freeze as punishment!
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock
DETROIT ROCK CITY
When KISS, the biggest rock act of the '70s rolls into town, four diehard high school fans – Hawk (Furlong), Lex (Andrews), Trip (DeBello) and Jam (Huntington) have concert tickets and are ready to rock. But things take a nasty turn when Jam's zealot of a mother decides she has other plans – and destroys the priceless tickets! Now it's every man for himself as they do just about anything in order to get new ones. Begging, borrowing, stealing and even stripping become the order for the day in this blast from the past teen comedy. KISS fans should watch out for newly shot footage of the legendary gross-out group in action!
Starring: Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James Debello
DRACULA DEAD AND LOVING IT
Mel Brooks, the comedic genius who has lampooned virtually every genre of filmmaking, turns his sights on the Dracula legend. Playing Dracula is another veteran of lampoons, Leslie Nielsen, who is in fine form as he mercilessly parodies every famous portrayal of the legendary vampire, from Bela Lugosi's to Gary Oldman's. A comedy of terrors, this side-splitting quest for fresh blood is satiric filmmaking at its finest.
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks
EYEWITNESS TO MURDER
An artist is the only eyewitness to a murder but she wakes up blind after a brutal blow to the head by the killer. L.A. cop, Page (Stevens), falls in love with the blind murder witness he's assigned to protect but their happiness may be short-lived, as the killer moves in to eliminate the threat to his freedom!
Starring: Andrew Stevens
FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY
It's 1942 - the third year of World War II, and America and Germany are duking it out in the atomic arms race to see who succeeds first, rendering the best bomb-making brains in the country to construct the angel of death. Paul Newman is General Leslie R. Groves, the man charged with the responsibility of building the Manhattan Project. With the Germans threatening to beat him to it, he's on a tight deadline. Whether in the name of science or for the art of survival, the General wants to go out with a bang.
Starring: John Cusack, Paul Newman, Laura Dern
FIREWALKER
Max (Norris) and Leo (Gossett) are two soldiers-of-fortune on the verge of retirement when the beautiful Patricia Goodwin (Anderson) waltzes into their lives with a treasure map. With dollar signs in their eyes, Max and Leo embark on a thrilling roller-coaster ride that takes them from a lost temple in the Arizona mountains to the jungles of Guatemala. Along the way, they encounter a less-than-sociable horde of mercenaries, a hungry herd of crocodiles and El Coyote, a very dangerous and unstable descendant of Indian priests who believes he has a divine right to his ancestors' gold.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME
Past his prime, baseball player Billy Chapel (Costner) is at the crossroads of his once budding sports career. Overwhelmed by life in the ultra-fast sports lane, the girl of his dreams, Jane Aubrey (Preston), is leaving him, and the once driving force of the Detroit Tigers is being traded after 20 years like a baseball card. Falling from the baseball hall of fame to the land of the lame, Billy needs a compass and a clue. But what he doesn't need is directions when it comes to his fans and his love for the game.
Starring: Kelly Preston, Kevin Costner
FREEDOMLAND
A white woman, Brenda Martin, (Moore) says that she was carjacked on her way home and her 4-year-old son was kidnapped as well. She claims it was a black man who did it, creating racial tensions. Black detective Lorenzo Council (Jackson) investigates the crime and discovers there is more than meets the eye.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Samuel Jackson
FREQUENCY
What if you had the chance to travel back in time and change just one event in your life? What would it be? For John Sullivan (Caviezel), there is no question. He would undo the events of October 12, 1969, when the out-of-control Bruxton fire took the life of his father, Frank (Quaid), a heroic firefighter. Now John may get exactly what he wished for - and much more - when John saves his father but causes another tragedy that father and son must race against time to undo.
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Dennis Quaid, Noah Emmerich
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
Rapper 50 Cent stars in this show about Marcus, an aspiring rapper who finds himself hustling drugs on the street to survive after his mother is murdered. Only his grandmother, girlfriend and violent-but-loyal friend keep him grounded as his world spirals out of control. As the world of drugs and violence closes in, Marcus realizes his only escape is through the music that is struggling to get out. But will he get rich or die trying?
Starring: Terrence Howard, 50 Cent
GETTING PLAYED
Three beautiful women make a bet to see who can bed the new guy they are all attracted to. Andrea (Fox) is an egotistical actress, Lauren (Electra) a restaurant owner while Emily (Stacey Dash) is the sweet girl who is too nice to get a steady. But things get complicated when the guy discovers their plot.
Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Carmen Electra
GHOST VOYAGE
Antonio Sabato Jr. stars in this ghoulish television movie about a group of sinners who died and found themselves on a mysterious ship that gives them one last chance for redemption.
Starring: Antonio Sabato Jr., Deanna Russo, Nicholas Irons
GLADIATOR
Two young boxers must stand the test of their friendship when they are pitted against each other in the ring.
Starring: Robert Loggia, Michael Gross, Cuba Gooding Jr
GLASS HOUSE: THE GOOD MOTHER
Two orphans are adopted by a couple who lost their child a year ago. But the elder sister soon finds out that there is malevolence at play as she and her brother end up as prisoners in their new home.
Starring: Joel Gretsch, Angie Harmon
GODZILLA
Godzilla, the world's most infamous giant lizard, is leaving a trail of chaos and destruction on a riveting, tail-swiping journey to New York City. Resurrected after receiving a giant dose of radiation from a nuclear testing, the scaly monster is roaring mad, pregnant, and has chosen Manhattan as the place for its nest.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Hank Azaria, Jean Reno
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.
HEARTBREAK RIDGE
Clint Eastwood is Sergeant Tom Highway, a tough marine who served hard time in the Korean and Vietnam wars, earning a collection of medals. During the process of resettlement, Highway tries to rekindle feelings with his ex-wife, Aggie (Mason). He also returns to what he knows best -training and preparing Marines for battle. Unfortunately, they are basically a bunch of goof-offs with no real understanding of what it means to be a fighting Marine. Will Highway rekindle the spark in his failed marriage? Will his pathetic platoon become combat-ready before shipping off to Grenada?
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Mario Van Peebles
HOT FUZZ
Reuniting the creative forces behind international hit Shaun of the Dead, this hilarious comedy/mystery features Simon Pegg as 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, Pegg 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 motivates them into action. Convinced of foul play, Simon realizes that this sleepy hamlet may not be as idyllic as it seems!
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Simon Pegg
HOUSE ARREST
High school student, Grover Beindorf, and his younger sister, Stacey, have a problem. Their parents, Janet (Curtis) and Ned (Pollak) are going to get a divorce. Desperate, Grover and Stacey lure their parents to the basement, lock it up, and declare their intentions to keep them there until they reconcile. When their friends find out what they have done, everyone agrees that their misbehaving parents deserve the same treatment!
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY
Comedy superstars Adam Sandler and Kevin James team up as two straight guys who stumble down the aisle with the best of intentions. Best friends and firefighters Chuck and Larry would do anything for each other. So when Larry asks Chuck if he can be listed as his domestic partner on some insurance forms, Chuck agrees since no one will ever know. But when an overzealous fact-checker wants to confirm that the two friends aren't lying, the goons have to play the part of a happily committed gay couple - or be exposed for fraud!
Starring: Adam Sandler, Jessica Biel, Kevin James
IDLEWILD
Set in the 30’s, this musical drama chronicles the lives of two friends. One works at his father's funeral parlor in the day and is a soulful pianist at night. The other runs the joint where the pianist plays and is fighting to save his business from the clutches of the mob. Songs from Outkast contributes to this drama’s musical diversity.
Starring: Ving Rhames, Terrence Howard, Malinda Williams
IRA LEVIN'S DEATHTRAP
Sidney Bruhl (Caine) and Clifford Anderson (Reeve) are playwrights who become involved in a cat-and-mouse game of murder in this delightfully witty whodunit with surprising twists and tingling suspense.
Starring: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
This comedy drama charts the creation and dissolution of a seemingly perfect marriage. Hollywood mogul Albert Brodsky (O' Neal) and beautiful Lucy Van Patten (Long) meet, fall in love and get married. They have a charming little girl, Casey (played by a winsome nine year old Barrymore). The Brodskys' wealth and successful careers do not allow them much time with their daughter leading to negligence on both their married life and daughter. The couple file for divorce, but are in for a shock of their lives when little Casey decides to pursue her legal rights, and sues for divorce from her parents!
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Shelley Long, Ryan O'Neal
JENNIFER EIGHT
When LA cop Sergeant John Berlin (Garcia) moves to a small town, he has to investigate a serial murder and falls in love with a young blind woman, Helena Robertson (Thurman). Pitting his skills like never before, he must race against time before Helena becomes the next victim!
Starring: Uma Thurman, John Malkovich, Andy Garcia
JESSE STONE: NIGHT PASSAGE
Tom Selleck stars as Jessie Stone, an ex-LA cop who moves to a small town after he is sacked for his drinking problem. There, he becomes the new sheriff and with his dog, the duo gets caught in a web of mystery and murder.
Starring: Tom Selleck, Stephen Baldwin
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
LIGHT OF DAY
Siblings Patty and Joe live in an industrial suburb. While Patty's ambition is their rock band The Barbusters, Joe also cares for the family and the upbringing of Patty's young son, Benji. Their pious mother reproaches them for their way of life, especially when they quit their jobs and go on tour, taking Benji with them.
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Michael McKean
LITTLE BIG LEAGUE
When 12 year-old Billy Heywood (Edwards) inherits the professional baseball team Minnesota Twins from his grandfather (Robards), the game he loves becomes a business he can't control as the players care more about pay than play. Now it's up to Billy rekindle his players' love for the game to save his team.
Starring: Jason Robards, Luke Edwards, Ashley Crowe
LITTLE GIANTS
A group of football misfits, led by a girl, battle their inept way to victory in this engaging family sports comedy. Becky O' Shea is rejected by team coach Kevin (O'Neill), who happens to be an uncle on her father's side of the family. In desperation, she gets her dad, Danny (Moranis), to start another team made up of rejects. With a lot of work and laughs, they're soon ready to take on the rival team in the big game!
Starring: Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Shawna Waldron
LOVE STORY
Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal star as young college lovers whose passion for each other transcends the different worlds they come from but can't change their fate. Oliver Barret (O'Neal) is a rich Harvard Law student who falls in love with poor musician Jennifer Cavalleri (MacGraw). Against his father's wishes, Oliver marries Jennifer and is disinherited from the family fortune. Can the young couple survive or can love stand the test of time?
Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Ali Macgraw
MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION
A materialistic mother oppresses her two daughters from different fathers. Lisa is forced by her mother into marrying an abusive investment banker whereas Vanessa isn’t sure if her too-good-to-be-true lover is for real.
Starring: Blair Underwood, Tyler Perry
MAN OF THE YEAR
Political jokester, Robin Williams, runs for president as a gag and wins! This political satire stars Williams in a riotous performance as Tom Dobbs, a popular TV talk show host whose shocking election to the White House results in a president who leads by way of brutal honesty and outrageous antics. But will the truth come out that Tom's win was the result of a glitch by a nefarious company's national voting system?
Starring: Christopher Walken, Robin Williams, Laura Linney
MONSTER HOUSE
In this family animation, three kids discover that the house across the street is a living, breathing monster that eats anything that goes onto its property!
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mitchel Musso
MRS. HARRIS
A prep-school headmistress falls for a philandering doctor and causes his death. Was it murder or an accident?
Starring: Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Frank Whaley
MURDER AT 1600
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the most powerful address in the nation is now the focal point of a homicide investigation. After the discovery of a young woman's slain body at the White House, jaded Washington DC detective Harlan Regis (Snipes) finds himself embroiled in a cover-up that may even reach the highest level of government. With the reluctant assistance of Secret Service agent Nina Chance (Lane), Regis searches for the truth amid a political scandal rife with suspects including National Security Advisor Alvin Jordan (Alda). Soon, Regis and Chance confront a situation far more complex and dangerous than they could have imagined.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Alan Alda, Diane Lane
MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING
This is a funny, romantic tale of how far we have come - and how low we will sink - in the name of love. Two long-time best friends, Julianne (Roberts) and Michael (Mulroney), have made a pact that if neither has found someone to love by the age of 28, they would marry each other. Now they're 28, and he's popped the question. There's only one problem - he's asked someone else - the bubbly Kimberly (Diaz). Hell hath no fury like a long-time friend scorned, and Julianne will get her man back by any means necessary. Giving her some useful tips is her deadpan funny and very gay friend, George (Everett). The sheer star-power of Roberts and Diaz, combined with the critically-acclaimed performance of Everett in this breakout role, do a good job heating up the screen.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
OCEAN'S THIRTEEN
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon team up yet again with director Steven Soderbergh for another split-second caper. Danny Ocean and the gang have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and riskiest casino heist – to defend one of their own. But they’re going to need more than luck on their side to break the ruthless Willy Bank (Al Pacino) and his casino. The plan is elaborate, dangerous and near impossible… but there are no limits when it comes to one of their own.
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon
OCTOBER SKY
Based on a true story, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Homer, a teenage boy who has but one future in sight: to work in the West Virginia coal mines with his father. But with the launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957, Homer becomes determined to learn all he can about rockets. With the support of a teacher and hopes for a scholarship prize at the science fair, Homer and his friends set out to build their own rocket against the wishes of the town's community.
Starring: William Lee Scott, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Owen
ONE CRAZY SUMMER
Much to his parents’ chagrin, Hoops McCann (Cusack) cannot live up to his name. Despite coming from a legion of basketball greats, he can’t even throw straight into the waste paper basket. His parents want him to win a college athletic scholarship and become a basketball star but the artistically-inclined Hoops wants to enroll into the Rhode Island College of Design. His entrance test however, requires him to write a love story although that is a problem, since he’s never been in love. He decides to ponder over his dilemma at a summer getaway where he meets Cassandra Eldrich (Moore). This sets the stage for a crazy off-the-wall youth comedy that happens during the course of this one crazy summer.
Starring: Demi Moore, John Cusack
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Kathleen Turner stars as Peggy Sue Bodell, a pretty, buoyant mother who recently separated from her husband (Cage). Attending her 25th high school reunion alone, she faints and wakes up to find herself once again a senior in high school – in 1959. Although she appears to her classmates as a 17-year-old, Peggy Sue has her adult memory and perspective, from which she is able to enjoy the delicious, if at times heartbreaking, ability to revisit the past while knowing what the future holds. Able to take chances she never took, Peggy Sue does her best to right a few wrongs, but it’s the insight she gains into her relationship with her husband-to-be that may actually do her some good - once she gets back to the present.
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage
POLICE ACADEMY 5 ASSIGNMENT: MIAMI BEACH
Almost all the outrageous academy regulars reunite for a farewell salute to the retiring Commandant Lassard when he addresses a Miami Cop Convention for his Policeman Of The Decade award. But things heat up when Lassard stumbles upon a cache of stolen diamonds.
Starring: Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith, David Graf
POLICE ACADEMY 6 CITY UNDER SIEGE
A crime wave has hit town, and our bunglers in blue are called in to save the day. But as usual, these klutzy clowns have enough trouble just staying on their feet, let alone trying to outsmart a thieving mastermind! Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow and David Graf head up the felonious fun.
Starring: Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith, David Graf
ROBBER BRIDE
An investigation into the death of a journalist and seductress, Zenia Arden, reveals that her three closest friends have good reason to want her dead. Based on Margaret Atwood's best-selling novel with Mary-Louise Parker starring as the femme fetale, Zenia Arden.
Starring: Mary-Louise Parker, Wendy Crewson
SECOND SIGHT
Jenny Morris has an unusual talent - psychic visions of murders! The first time she had one was in her childhood when she “saw” her best friend killed. When no one believed her, she suffered a nervous breakdown. Years later as she tries to rebuild a normal life, the visions return. This time, she is determined not to just let another murder happen. She teams up with the brother of her slain friend to track down the killer before he strikes again.
Starring: Bronson Pinchot, John Larroquette
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Set in 1590, Fiennes is a rising young star in London theatre by the name of William Shakespeare. At the moment we find him, he is undergoing one of the greatest crises of his career – a writer’s block. Somehow or other, he just can’t seem to get going on his latest play. Enter Lady Viola (Paltrow), a budding young actress at a time when girls were forbidden to be performers. Suddenly the words start to flow from young Will’s quill, and it looks like the play will have a happy ending, at least on stage. Alas, Lady Viola is already committed to Lord Wessex. What’s an ordinary playwright to do?
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck
SHOUT
John Travolta plays a music teacher who introduces his young students to the sensual new sound of rock and roll. A couple of his students can't get the sound out of their heads and do what most teens do – rebel against the system. Set in the '50s, this musical effectively captures the primal beat of the music which changed a generation.
Starring: John Travolta, Heather Graham, Richard Jordan
SMOKIN' ACES
A stellar cast including Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Piven, and Alicia Keys star in this action-packed grind house flick from director Joe Carnahan. A dying mob boss takes out a million dollar contract on the life of his former protégé, a Vegas magician-turned-gangster who has agreed to testify against the mob. The FBI attempts to protect their key witness as an array of hit men and women descend on Lake Tahoe in a race to take the magician out.
Starring: Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds
SOLDIER
Set in the post apocalyptic future, Sgt. Todd 3465 (Russell) is a veteran soldier who becomes obsolete and is replaced by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers. The deadliest of these is Caine 607 (Lee). Dumped on a remote planet inhabited by a peaceful group of lost and forgotten pioneers, Todd must now defend the settlers from Caine 607 and his deadly squad of soldiers.
Starring: Jason Isaacs, Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
Newly appointed detective Mike Keegan (Berenger) finds his life in topsy-turvy when he is assigned to protect beautiful Claire Gregory (Rogers), an eyewitness to a murder. But he is soon caught up with Claire's dizzy lifestyle and has to walk the line between obsession and protection.
Starring: Mimi Rogers, Tom Berenger, Lorraine Bracco
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
STAY ALIVE
Video games don't get as real as this. A group of teenagers are addicted to a new video game about an evil Hungarian villain called the Blood Countess. The spooks start when one of the guys die a mysterious death and the last thing he was doing was playing the game. The other friends can't resist the game, until they realize that once you die in the game, you die in real life. The only way to stay alive is to stay alive!
Starring: Jon Foster, Sophia Bush, Adam Goldberg
SUMMER RENTAL
When Jack Chester’s (Candy) boss spots Jack giving landing instructions to a fly on his monitor, he knows it’s time for Jack to take a break. Jack decides to take his family to the sunny resort town of Citrus Cove, Florida. But troubles disrupt their vacation as Jack strikes up a friendship with the roguish Scully (Torn). Together, they hatch a plan to turn Scully’s boat into a racing machine and enter it in the local regatta to challenge the obnoxious tycoon Pellet. Problem is, they only have two weeks. Will they succeed?
Starring: John Candy, Richard Crenna
SUMMER SCHOOL
Heartthrob Mark Harmon is a teacher in love with co-worker Kirstie Alley in this breezy comedy directed by Carl Reiner. If the hunk doesn’t turn his rowdy kids into students, he has no chance at romance!
Starring: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley
TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY
Funnymen Jack Black and Kyle Glass team up in this comedy about two guys who come together to form the world’s greatest band. But to make it work, they must first go on a quest to get the fabled (guitar) Pick Of Destiny housed in a museum.
Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Glass
THE AMAZING PANDA ADVENTURE
An exciting family adventure set in the magnificent Sichuan province of China! An American boy is visiting his father, a naturalist who runs a panda preserve. When a panda cub is lost, the father and son journey into the wilderness to rescue it from poachers.
Starring: Stephen Lang, Ryan Slater
THE ANT BULLY
In this animated feature, 10 year old Lucas is the object of a neighborhood bully's constant attention. He vents his anger on an ant hill in his front yard. The ants come together and the wizard ant manages to shrink the boy to ant-size. Now he must live with the ants where he learns many valuable lessons in life.
THE CHAIN REACTION
An earthquake causes a leak at a nuclear waste storage facility. An engineer, Heinrich Schmidt (Thompson), tries to warn the public as this leak will poison the waters but his boss wants to cover-up and hires thugs to stop him. Escaping from the facility, Heinrich is injured in the process and loses his memory. Can he warn the public before it's too late?
Starring: Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson
THE COLOR PURPLE
Share the hope, the heartbreak and the joy of this acclaimed drama about a young woman's fight for independence and self-respect. Directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for eleven Oscars in 1986 including Best Picture, this unforgettable film features Goldberg in her movie debut as Celie, an abused daughter forced to marry a cruel widower (Glover). Heartlessly separated from the sister she loves, Celie struggles for survival and happiness, traveling a 40-year road rutted with sorrow but smoothed by unexpected love.
Starring: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg
THE CORRUPTOR
Nick Chen (Chow) is one of the most decorated police officers in New York City. But Chen has used his close ties with a group of Chinese "businessmen" known as the Triads to rise through the ranks. As feud erupts between the Triads and the newly arrived and brutally violent Fukienese Dragons, idealistic cop Danny Wallace (Wahlberg), unaware of how power and influence have compromised his superiors, must now reassess his loyalties in this hard-hitting tale of deception, violence and betrayal in New York City's Chinatown.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Chow Yun-Fat
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 GAUNTLET
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this action-packed tale about a down-and-out cop assigned to transport a witness who turns out to be a prostitute with mob ties and vital information regarding a high-placed figure. When the vehicle transporting her is bombed, the pair must face the truth about those they once thought they could trust.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke
THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER
Warrant officer Paul Brenner (Travolta) has been assigned to investigate the brutal murder of General "Fighting Joe" Campbell's (Cromwell) daughter. After encountering all levels of resistance from the army, Paul comes to realize the grim truth that beneath the well-ordered surface of military life is a sordid secret that would make murder suspects of some of the Army's finest.
Starring: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell
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 MAMBO KINGS
Catch Antonio Banderas in his first English-speaking role and experience the sensuality and vitality of Cuban music in this film. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos, it tells of two Cuban brothers who travel to America with a suitcase full of songs and hearts filled with passion in search of a dream.
Starring: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas
THE MURDER OF PRINCESS DIANA
Inspired by the book of the same title, this fictional retelling focuses on the hours leading up to and directly following the tragic death of Princess Diana. The movie follows Rachel, an American journalist in Paris, present on the night of the fateful accident and witness to the crime scene. As she investigates, Rachel uncovers information that leads her to believe Diana’s death was no accident. Enlisting the help of her former lover, she finds herself embroiled in a murder conspiracy and soon learns that there are people who will stop at nothing to silence her.
Starring: Kevin McNally, Jennifer Morrison
THE NATIVITY STORY
This is the story about Mary and Joseph, of how they were brought together, how Mary received her message from an angel to remain chaste and that she has found favor with God, her conception and how Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes
THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS
Henry (Martin) and Nancy Clark (Hawn) are a couple whose passion has fizzled out. Only when Henry travels to New York for an advertising job interview does the clueless couple recapture the sparks to fall in love again; but not before they run into a host of hilariously embarrassing situations. John Cleese is a gem in his role as the aristocratic hotel manager from hell, who sees to it that their stay in the Big Apple is short and far from sweet.
Starring: Steve Martin, John Cleese, Goldie Hawn
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
This is the classic movie about a seedy drifter who has an affair with the wife of a diner owner. The duo then plots to kill the woman's husband.
Starring: Jessica Lange, Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston
THE PRODUCERS
Mel Brooks's classic roars to hilarious new life in this musical comedy. Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick - reprising their roles from the 2001 Broadway hit - portray failing producer Max Bialystock and nerdy accountant Leo Bloom. Together, the duo schemes to bilk their investors (little old ladies) by producing a musical so utterly tasteless and awful that it will last only one night. The result is Springtime for Hitler. The duo managed to get a Swedish bombshell (Thurman) with a last name over 15-syllable long to be the lead actress.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Nathan Lane
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Anthony Hopkins is English butler Stevens, who has devoted 30 years to his master, Lord Darlington, at Darlington Hall in post-WWI Britain. Prizing discretion and service above all, Stevens realizes as he looks back on his life that his unquestioning faith in Lord Darlington has cost him dearly. Engrossed in orchestrating his employer’s grand banquets, receptions and conferences –which turn out to involve a pact with the Nazis – he was forced to neglect his dying father and denied his feelings for the attractive young housekeeper, Miss Kenton. Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, this endearing story evolves into a profound and moving study of personality, class and culture.
Starring: Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Grant
THE RETURN
Since 11, Joanna (Gellar) has been seeing haunting visions of a woman being murdered in cold blood. Joanna decides to follow her visions to uncover the truth and is led to the victim’s hometown. There, she discovers that the murder she is trying to prevent may well be her very own.
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sam Shepard
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 SOPRANOS 32: UNIVERSITY
Ralph's volatile relationship with a Bada Bing stripper, combined with his obsession with the movie Gladiator, put a damper on several boys' night-out sessions at the club. Meanwhile at Columbia, Meadow's relationship with Noah is put to the test by her needy roommate Caitlin.
THE SOPRANOS 33: SECOND OPINION
Tony convinces Uncle Junior to seek a second opinion for his cancer treatment, much to Dr. Kennedy's annoyance. Meanwhile, Carmela debates whether or not to take Dr. Melfi's advice and see a shrink. Big Pussy's wife Angie regrets asking Carmela for money to treat her sick dog; and Christopher continues to endure a humiliating "probation" period at the hands of kinky Paulie.
THE SOPRANOS 34: HE IS RISEN
As Thanksgiving approaches, Tony's feud with Ralph escalates, despite the intervention of Johnny Sack. At a frat-house mixer, Meadow and Jackie Jr. find they have more in common than mob-boss dads.
THE SOPRANOS 35: THE TELLTALE MOOZADELL
Tony gives Carmela a sapphire ring for her birthday and Christopher gives Adriana her very own music club. Anthony Jr. gets busted for vandalizing the school swimming pool, but finds that the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Tony test-drives a new Mercedes - and the Mercedes saleswoman, Gloria.
THE SOPRANOS 36: TO SAVE US ALL FROM SATAN'S POWER
A somnolent visit with the ghosts of Christmas past lands Tony back on Melfi's couch. With the annual pork-store holiday party approaching, Bacala reluctantly agrees to don the Santa suit that Pussy used to wear. Tony and Furio have a holiday surprise in store for the Russian who roughed up Janice. On Christmas day, Jackie Jr. arrives with a Christmas gift for Meadow, who in turn gives Tony a gift he can't refuse - but wishes he could.
THE SOPRANOS 37: PINE BARRENS
In this episode directed by Steve Buscemi, Paulie and Christopher end up engulfed in a nightmarish journey into the South Jersey woods while trying to collect a debt from a Russian mobster. Meanwhile, Meadow is suspicious that Jackie Jr. is two-timing her, and Tony finds that family demands are jeopardizing his romance with Gloria.
THE SOPRANOS 38: AMOUR FOU
Inspired by a tale from Ralph about how his father got "made," Jackie Jr. decides to "make his move" in organized crime by instigating a robbery caper at a local card game. Reminded by Melfi of the psychological parallels between his relationship with Gloria and his mother, Tony finds it harder and harder to spend time with his "crazy love."
THE SOPRANOS 39: THE ARMY OF ONE
In the season three finale, yet another academic misstep by AJ forces his parents to seriously contemplate a military-school alternative. Tony orders Ralph to deal personally with the Jackie Jr. situation, and later seems to take Ralph's side in a money dispute with Paulie. Once again, the family gathers in Artie Bucco's restaurant, where Meadow is forced to reflect on what it means to live, and die, in the Soprano family.
THE WICKED LADY
Lady Barbara Skelton (Dunaway) has a huge skeleton in her closet. She's the bored wife of a rich man and a popular socialite at night parties. But in the day, she's one part of a highway robbery team, together with her criminal lover Jerry Jackson (Bates).
Starring: Faye Dunaway, John Gielgud, Alan Bates
TOUCH THE TOP OF THE WORLD
Erik Weihenmayer (Facinelli) gradually lost his sight and by high school he was completely blind. Despite his handicap, he developed great traits – charm, resilience, a sense of humor, love of danger and concern for others. This is his story and how this blind man scaled the world's highest mountain, Everest.
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Peter Facinelli
UNDER COVER
A feisty street cop goes undercover in a high school to take revenge for his partner who was gunned down by the drug lords.
Starring: Barry Corbin, David Neidorf, David Harris
UNDERFUNDED
Darryl Freehorn (Zickel) is Canada's answer to England's Bond and America's CIA. Unfortunately, the Canadian Secret Service is quite unlike its counterparts - it has no money and even less credibility. Freehorn works in a shoe-boxed sized HQ with a stingy boss, green assistant and dumb technology specialist. His opportunity for the big time comes when gathering evidence about an American space station that has blown up all over Canada, and discovers that foul play is at hand.
Starring: Mather Zickel, Joanna Canton
WAIST DEEP
An ex-con-turned-security guard gets his car stolen, together with his son asleep on the back seat. The thugs hold his son for a $100,000 ransom and the ex-con has 48 hours to come up with the money.
Starring: Larenz Tate, Meagan Good, Tyrese Gibson
ZODIAC
The hunt is on for a serial killer in San Francisco. Few cases in the history of true crime are as intriguing as that of the Zodiac, a bizarre gunman in an executioner's hood who taunts the police with dozens of letters containing eerie messages and cryptograms. Director David Fincher captures the story of the infamous killer who terrorized the city in the late 1960s.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal
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
A LITTLE PRINCESS
Adapted from the novel by acclaimed children's writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess is the story of Sara Crewes (Matthews), a young, precocious child who is transported from the luxurious and carefree home in the Indian jungles to a jungle of a different kind - New York. When her widowed father is sent to war, Sara is enrolled in a boarding school with a stern headmistress. When her father is believed dead in battle, Sara must face the hardships of the world and school, alone. A family feature that weaves the rich mythology of India with universal themes of friendship and love.
Starring: Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews
ACCEPTED
Bartleby Gaines (Long) is a slacker who has been rejected by every college he has applied to. To satisfy the demands of his parents, he decides to fake his college acceptance and crafts the South Harmon Institute of Technology out of thin air to fool his parents. But when his parents demand to view the website and school, he creates the website, leases an abandoned hospital and hires his friend's uncle to be the dean. He does such a good job that hundreds of other students like him turns up at the "campus" to get an education.
Starring: Justin Long, Lewis Black
BASILISK
The Basilisk is like the Medusa, it can turn anyone who gazes into its eyes into stone. This reptilian monster can also spit venom that paralyses its prey and has impervious armor. The worst thing is that this ancient monster has been brought to life in modern times, without the knights and wizards to take it out in the good old fashioned way. Interestingly, the only way for the modern heroes to defeat the ancient terror is with an artifact known as the Eye of Medusa!
Starring: Jeremy London, Yancy Butler
BOWFINGER
Steve Martin is a producer desperate to make his dream project, going to any length to cast the hottest action star (Murphy). An outrageous romp through the world of low – very low – budget filmmaking.
Starring: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham
BRICK
Brendan Frye (Levitt) is an intelligent high-school loner who prefers to take a back seat- until he gets a distress call from his ex-girlfriend Emily (Emilie de Ravin) one day, who then vanishes mysteriously. To find the answers, Brendan is plunged into the underworld of a high school crime ring. But his quest is fraught with dangers and twists at every turn.
Starring: Joseph Levitt, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss
CLIVE BARKER'S THE PLAGUE
Children under the age of nine all over the world entered into a mysterious coma 10 years ago. Now they have awakened and are out to kill the rest of the world.
Starring: Dee Wallace-Stone, James Van Der Beek, Ivana Milicevic
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (COLLECTOR'S EDITION)
This classic science fiction movie tells the story of a cable man, Roy Neary (Dreyfuss), who is obsessed with meeting aliens after stumbling onto one on an abandoned road one night. Against the wishes of his family, he travels to a mysterious mountain to make contact.
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr
CLUE
Whodunit? Was it Colonel Mustard in the library, or was it Miss Scarlet in the kitchen? Was the murder weapon a candlestick, a rope, or worse? Clue in for a side-splitting mystery based on the popular board game. Martin Mull, Madeline Kahn and Lesley Ann Warren head an all-star cast of "suspects" gathered for a stormy night of murder at a Victorian mansion. There's more than one ending for this hilarious murder mystery.
Starring: Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan
CRITICAL CONDITION
Playing a criminal who fakes insanity to avoid prison, Pryor ends up in a hospital mental ward. That's when the craziness starts as he escapes during a blackout and disguises himself as a doctor. Somehow Pryor brings order to chaos even while performing unorthodox physical examinations, delivering a baby and using a helicopter for air-conditioning!
Starring: Richard Pryor, Ruben Blades
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
DELTA FORCE 2: THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION
Exploding missiles, flying fists and a climactic battle will keep you at the edge of your seats as Scott McCoy (Norris) returns as the heroic commander of the world's most daring fighters, The Delta Force. The team is called in when a drug lord escapes from a Swiss prison and kills three US drug enforcement officers in the process.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Paul Perri, Richard Jaeckel
DEMOLITION MAN
A vicious 20th-century criminal (Snipes) is on the loose in the peaceful 21st century. Resorting to desperate measures, police officer Lenina Huxley (Bullock) revives the killer's old enemy from 1996 – a cop (Stallone) so violent that he was put in the deep freeze as punishment!
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock
DETROIT ROCK CITY
When KISS, the biggest rock act of the '70s rolls into town, four diehard high school fans – Hawk (Furlong), Lex (Andrews), Trip (DeBello) and Jam (Huntington) have concert tickets and are ready to rock. But things take a nasty turn when Jam's zealot of a mother decides she has other plans – and destroys the priceless tickets! Now it's every man for himself as they do just about anything in order to get new ones. Begging, borrowing, stealing and even stripping become the order for the day in this blast from the past teen comedy. KISS fans should watch out for newly shot footage of the legendary gross-out group in action!
Starring: Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James Debello
DRACULA DEAD AND LOVING IT
Mel Brooks, the comedic genius who has lampooned virtually every genre of filmmaking, turns his sights on the Dracula legend. Playing Dracula is another veteran of lampoons, Leslie Nielsen, who is in fine form as he mercilessly parodies every famous portrayal of the legendary vampire, from Bela Lugosi's to Gary Oldman's. A comedy of terrors, this side-splitting quest for fresh blood is satiric filmmaking at its finest.
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks
EYEWITNESS TO MURDER
An artist is the only eyewitness to a murder but she wakes up blind after a brutal blow to the head by the killer. L.A. cop, Page (Stevens), falls in love with the blind murder witness he's assigned to protect but their happiness may be short-lived, as the killer moves in to eliminate the threat to his freedom!
Starring: Andrew Stevens
FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY
It's 1942 - the third year of World War II, and America and Germany are duking it out in the atomic arms race to see who succeeds first, rendering the best bomb-making brains in the country to construct the angel of death. Paul Newman is General Leslie R. Groves, the man charged with the responsibility of building the Manhattan Project. With the Germans threatening to beat him to it, he's on a tight deadline. Whether in the name of science or for the art of survival, the General wants to go out with a bang.
Starring: John Cusack, Paul Newman, Laura Dern
FIREWALKER
Max (Norris) and Leo (Gossett) are two soldiers-of-fortune on the verge of retirement when the beautiful Patricia Goodwin (Anderson) waltzes into their lives with a treasure map. With dollar signs in their eyes, Max and Leo embark on a thrilling roller-coaster ride that takes them from a lost temple in the Arizona mountains to the jungles of Guatemala. Along the way, they encounter a less-than-sociable horde of mercenaries, a hungry herd of crocodiles and El Coyote, a very dangerous and unstable descendant of Indian priests who believes he has a divine right to his ancestors' gold.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME
Past his prime, baseball player Billy Chapel (Costner) is at the crossroads of his once budding sports career. Overwhelmed by life in the ultra-fast sports lane, the girl of his dreams, Jane Aubrey (Preston), is leaving him, and the once driving force of the Detroit Tigers is being traded after 20 years like a baseball card. Falling from the baseball hall of fame to the land of the lame, Billy needs a compass and a clue. But what he doesn't need is directions when it comes to his fans and his love for the game.
Starring: Kelly Preston, Kevin Costner
FREEDOMLAND
A white woman, Brenda Martin, (Moore) says that she was carjacked on her way home and her 4-year-old son was kidnapped as well. She claims it was a black man who did it, creating racial tensions. Black detective Lorenzo Council (Jackson) investigates the crime and discovers there is more than meets the eye.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Samuel Jackson
FREQUENCY
What if you had the chance to travel back in time and change just one event in your life? What would it be? For John Sullivan (Caviezel), there is no question. He would undo the events of October 12, 1969, when the out-of-control Bruxton fire took the life of his father, Frank (Quaid), a heroic firefighter. Now John may get exactly what he wished for - and much more - when John saves his father but causes another tragedy that father and son must race against time to undo.
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Dennis Quaid, Noah Emmerich
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
Rapper 50 Cent stars in this show about Marcus, an aspiring rapper who finds himself hustling drugs on the street to survive after his mother is murdered. Only his grandmother, girlfriend and violent-but-loyal friend keep him grounded as his world spirals out of control. As the world of drugs and violence closes in, Marcus realizes his only escape is through the music that is struggling to get out. But will he get rich or die trying?
Starring: Terrence Howard, 50 Cent
GETTING PLAYED
Three beautiful women make a bet to see who can bed the new guy they are all attracted to. Andrea (Fox) is an egotistical actress, Lauren (Electra) a restaurant owner while Emily (Stacey Dash) is the sweet girl who is too nice to get a steady. But things get complicated when the guy discovers their plot.
Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Carmen Electra
GHOST VOYAGE
Antonio Sabato Jr. stars in this ghoulish television movie about a group of sinners who died and found themselves on a mysterious ship that gives them one last chance for redemption.
Starring: Antonio Sabato Jr., Deanna Russo, Nicholas Irons
GLADIATOR
Two young boxers must stand the test of their friendship when they are pitted against each other in the ring.
Starring: Robert Loggia, Michael Gross, Cuba Gooding Jr
GLASS HOUSE: THE GOOD MOTHER
Two orphans are adopted by a couple who lost their child a year ago. But the elder sister soon finds out that there is malevolence at play as she and her brother end up as prisoners in their new home.
Starring: Joel Gretsch, Angie Harmon
GODZILLA
Godzilla, the world's most infamous giant lizard, is leaving a trail of chaos and destruction on a riveting, tail-swiping journey to New York City. Resurrected after receiving a giant dose of radiation from a nuclear testing, the scaly monster is roaring mad, pregnant, and has chosen Manhattan as the place for its nest.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Hank Azaria, Jean Reno
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.
HEARTBREAK RIDGE
Clint Eastwood is Sergeant Tom Highway, a tough marine who served hard time in the Korean and Vietnam wars, earning a collection of medals. During the process of resettlement, Highway tries to rekindle feelings with his ex-wife, Aggie (Mason). He also returns to what he knows best -training and preparing Marines for battle. Unfortunately, they are basically a bunch of goof-offs with no real understanding of what it means to be a fighting Marine. Will Highway rekindle the spark in his failed marriage? Will his pathetic platoon become combat-ready before shipping off to Grenada?
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Mario Van Peebles
HOT FUZZ
Reuniting the creative forces behind international hit Shaun of the Dead, this hilarious comedy/mystery features Simon Pegg as 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, Pegg 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 motivates them into action. Convinced of foul play, Simon realizes that this sleepy hamlet may not be as idyllic as it seems!
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Simon Pegg
HOUSE ARREST
High school student, Grover Beindorf, and his younger sister, Stacey, have a problem. Their parents, Janet (Curtis) and Ned (Pollak) are going to get a divorce. Desperate, Grover and Stacey lure their parents to the basement, lock it up, and declare their intentions to keep them there until they reconcile. When their friends find out what they have done, everyone agrees that their misbehaving parents deserve the same treatment!
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY
Comedy superstars Adam Sandler and Kevin James team up as two straight guys who stumble down the aisle with the best of intentions. Best friends and firefighters Chuck and Larry would do anything for each other. So when Larry asks Chuck if he can be listed as his domestic partner on some insurance forms, Chuck agrees since no one will ever know. But when an overzealous fact-checker wants to confirm that the two friends aren't lying, the goons have to play the part of a happily committed gay couple - or be exposed for fraud!
Starring: Adam Sandler, Jessica Biel, Kevin James
IDLEWILD
Set in the 30’s, this musical drama chronicles the lives of two friends. One works at his father's funeral parlor in the day and is a soulful pianist at night. The other runs the joint where the pianist plays and is fighting to save his business from the clutches of the mob. Songs from Outkast contributes to this drama’s musical diversity.
Starring: Ving Rhames, Terrence Howard, Malinda Williams
IRA LEVIN'S DEATHTRAP
Sidney Bruhl (Caine) and Clifford Anderson (Reeve) are playwrights who become involved in a cat-and-mouse game of murder in this delightfully witty whodunit with surprising twists and tingling suspense.
Starring: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
This comedy drama charts the creation and dissolution of a seemingly perfect marriage. Hollywood mogul Albert Brodsky (O' Neal) and beautiful Lucy Van Patten (Long) meet, fall in love and get married. They have a charming little girl, Casey (played by a winsome nine year old Barrymore). The Brodskys' wealth and successful careers do not allow them much time with their daughter leading to negligence on both their married life and daughter. The couple file for divorce, but are in for a shock of their lives when little Casey decides to pursue her legal rights, and sues for divorce from her parents!
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Shelley Long, Ryan O'Neal
JENNIFER EIGHT
When LA cop Sergeant John Berlin (Garcia) moves to a small town, he has to investigate a serial murder and falls in love with a young blind woman, Helena Robertson (Thurman). Pitting his skills like never before, he must race against time before Helena becomes the next victim!
Starring: Uma Thurman, John Malkovich, Andy Garcia
JESSE STONE: NIGHT PASSAGE
Tom Selleck stars as Jessie Stone, an ex-LA cop who moves to a small town after he is sacked for his drinking problem. There, he becomes the new sheriff and with his dog, the duo gets caught in a web of mystery and murder.
Starring: Tom Selleck, Stephen Baldwin
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
LIGHT OF DAY
Siblings Patty and Joe live in an industrial suburb. While Patty's ambition is their rock band The Barbusters, Joe also cares for the family and the upbringing of Patty's young son, Benji. Their pious mother reproaches them for their way of life, especially when they quit their jobs and go on tour, taking Benji with them.
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Michael McKean
LITTLE BIG LEAGUE
When 12 year-old Billy Heywood (Edwards) inherits the professional baseball team Minnesota Twins from his grandfather (Robards), the game he loves becomes a business he can't control as the players care more about pay than play. Now it's up to Billy rekindle his players' love for the game to save his team.
Starring: Jason Robards, Luke Edwards, Ashley Crowe
LITTLE GIANTS
A group of football misfits, led by a girl, battle their inept way to victory in this engaging family sports comedy. Becky O' Shea is rejected by team coach Kevin (O'Neill), who happens to be an uncle on her father's side of the family. In desperation, she gets her dad, Danny (Moranis), to start another team made up of rejects. With a lot of work and laughs, they're soon ready to take on the rival team in the big game!
Starring: Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Shawna Waldron
LOVE STORY
Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal star as young college lovers whose passion for each other transcends the different worlds they come from but can't change their fate. Oliver Barret (O'Neal) is a rich Harvard Law student who falls in love with poor musician Jennifer Cavalleri (MacGraw). Against his father's wishes, Oliver marries Jennifer and is disinherited from the family fortune. Can the young couple survive or can love stand the test of time?
Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Ali Macgraw
MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION
A materialistic mother oppresses her two daughters from different fathers. Lisa is forced by her mother into marrying an abusive investment banker whereas Vanessa isn’t sure if her too-good-to-be-true lover is for real.
Starring: Blair Underwood, Tyler Perry
MAN OF THE YEAR
Political jokester, Robin Williams, runs for president as a gag and wins! This political satire stars Williams in a riotous performance as Tom Dobbs, a popular TV talk show host whose shocking election to the White House results in a president who leads by way of brutal honesty and outrageous antics. But will the truth come out that Tom's win was the result of a glitch by a nefarious company's national voting system?
Starring: Christopher Walken, Robin Williams, Laura Linney
MONSTER HOUSE
In this family animation, three kids discover that the house across the street is a living, breathing monster that eats anything that goes onto its property!
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mitchel Musso
MRS. HARRIS
A prep-school headmistress falls for a philandering doctor and causes his death. Was it murder or an accident?
Starring: Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Frank Whaley
MURDER AT 1600
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the most powerful address in the nation is now the focal point of a homicide investigation. After the discovery of a young woman's slain body at the White House, jaded Washington DC detective Harlan Regis (Snipes) finds himself embroiled in a cover-up that may even reach the highest level of government. With the reluctant assistance of Secret Service agent Nina Chance (Lane), Regis searches for the truth amid a political scandal rife with suspects including National Security Advisor Alvin Jordan (Alda). Soon, Regis and Chance confront a situation far more complex and dangerous than they could have imagined.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Alan Alda, Diane Lane
MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING
This is a funny, romantic tale of how far we have come - and how low we will sink - in the name of love. Two long-time best friends, Julianne (Roberts) and Michael (Mulroney), have made a pact that if neither has found someone to love by the age of 28, they would marry each other. Now they're 28, and he's popped the question. There's only one problem - he's asked someone else - the bubbly Kimberly (Diaz). Hell hath no fury like a long-time friend scorned, and Julianne will get her man back by any means necessary. Giving her some useful tips is her deadpan funny and very gay friend, George (Everett). The sheer star-power of Roberts and Diaz, combined with the critically-acclaimed performance of Everett in this breakout role, do a good job heating up the screen.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
OCEAN'S THIRTEEN
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon team up yet again with director Steven Soderbergh for another split-second caper. Danny Ocean and the gang have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and riskiest casino heist – to defend one of their own. But they’re going to need more than luck on their side to break the ruthless Willy Bank (Al Pacino) and his casino. The plan is elaborate, dangerous and near impossible… but there are no limits when it comes to one of their own.
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon
OCTOBER SKY
Based on a true story, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Homer, a teenage boy who has but one future in sight: to work in the West Virginia coal mines with his father. But with the launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957, Homer becomes determined to learn all he can about rockets. With the support of a teacher and hopes for a scholarship prize at the science fair, Homer and his friends set out to build their own rocket against the wishes of the town's community.
Starring: William Lee Scott, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Owen
ONE CRAZY SUMMER
Much to his parents’ chagrin, Hoops McCann (Cusack) cannot live up to his name. Despite coming from a legion of basketball greats, he can’t even throw straight into the waste paper basket. His parents want him to win a college athletic scholarship and become a basketball star but the artistically-inclined Hoops wants to enroll into the Rhode Island College of Design. His entrance test however, requires him to write a love story although that is a problem, since he’s never been in love. He decides to ponder over his dilemma at a summer getaway where he meets Cassandra Eldrich (Moore). This sets the stage for a crazy off-the-wall youth comedy that happens during the course of this one crazy summer.
Starring: Demi Moore, John Cusack
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Kathleen Turner stars as Peggy Sue Bodell, a pretty, buoyant mother who recently separated from her husband (Cage). Attending her 25th high school reunion alone, she faints and wakes up to find herself once again a senior in high school – in 1959. Although she appears to her classmates as a 17-year-old, Peggy Sue has her adult memory and perspective, from which she is able to enjoy the delicious, if at times heartbreaking, ability to revisit the past while knowing what the future holds. Able to take chances she never took, Peggy Sue does her best to right a few wrongs, but it’s the insight she gains into her relationship with her husband-to-be that may actually do her some good - once she gets back to the present.
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage
POLICE ACADEMY 5 ASSIGNMENT: MIAMI BEACH
Almost all the outrageous academy regulars reunite for a farewell salute to the retiring Commandant Lassard when he addresses a Miami Cop Convention for his Policeman Of The Decade award. But things heat up when Lassard stumbles upon a cache of stolen diamonds.
Starring: Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith, David Graf
POLICE ACADEMY 6 CITY UNDER SIEGE
A crime wave has hit town, and our bunglers in blue are called in to save the day. But as usual, these klutzy clowns have enough trouble just staying on their feet, let alone trying to outsmart a thieving mastermind! Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow and David Graf head up the felonious fun.
Starring: Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith, David Graf
ROBBER BRIDE
An investigation into the death of a journalist and seductress, Zenia Arden, reveals that her three closest friends have good reason to want her dead. Based on Margaret Atwood's best-selling novel with Mary-Louise Parker starring as the femme fetale, Zenia Arden.
Starring: Mary-Louise Parker, Wendy Crewson
SECOND SIGHT
Jenny Morris has an unusual talent - psychic visions of murders! The first time she had one was in her childhood when she “saw” her best friend killed. When no one believed her, she suffered a nervous breakdown. Years later as she tries to rebuild a normal life, the visions return. This time, she is determined not to just let another murder happen. She teams up with the brother of her slain friend to track down the killer before he strikes again.
Starring: Bronson Pinchot, John Larroquette
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Set in 1590, Fiennes is a rising young star in London theatre by the name of William Shakespeare. At the moment we find him, he is undergoing one of the greatest crises of his career – a writer’s block. Somehow or other, he just can’t seem to get going on his latest play. Enter Lady Viola (Paltrow), a budding young actress at a time when girls were forbidden to be performers. Suddenly the words start to flow from young Will’s quill, and it looks like the play will have a happy ending, at least on stage. Alas, Lady Viola is already committed to Lord Wessex. What’s an ordinary playwright to do?
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck
SHOUT
John Travolta plays a music teacher who introduces his young students to the sensual new sound of rock and roll. A couple of his students can't get the sound out of their heads and do what most teens do – rebel against the system. Set in the '50s, this musical effectively captures the primal beat of the music which changed a generation.
Starring: John Travolta, Heather Graham, Richard Jordan
SMOKIN' ACES
A stellar cast including Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Piven, and Alicia Keys star in this action-packed grind house flick from director Joe Carnahan. A dying mob boss takes out a million dollar contract on the life of his former protégé, a Vegas magician-turned-gangster who has agreed to testify against the mob. The FBI attempts to protect their key witness as an array of hit men and women descend on Lake Tahoe in a race to take the magician out.
Starring: Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds
SOLDIER
Set in the post apocalyptic future, Sgt. Todd 3465 (Russell) is a veteran soldier who becomes obsolete and is replaced by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers. The deadliest of these is Caine 607 (Lee). Dumped on a remote planet inhabited by a peaceful group of lost and forgotten pioneers, Todd must now defend the settlers from Caine 607 and his deadly squad of soldiers.
Starring: Jason Isaacs, Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
Newly appointed detective Mike Keegan (Berenger) finds his life in topsy-turvy when he is assigned to protect beautiful Claire Gregory (Rogers), an eyewitness to a murder. But he is soon caught up with Claire's dizzy lifestyle and has to walk the line between obsession and protection.
Starring: Mimi Rogers, Tom Berenger, Lorraine Bracco
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
STAY ALIVE
Video games don't get as real as this. A group of teenagers are addicted to a new video game about an evil Hungarian villain called the Blood Countess. The spooks start when one of the guys die a mysterious death and the last thing he was doing was playing the game. The other friends can't resist the game, until they realize that once you die in the game, you die in real life. The only way to stay alive is to stay alive!
Starring: Jon Foster, Sophia Bush, Adam Goldberg
SUMMER RENTAL
When Jack Chester’s (Candy) boss spots Jack giving landing instructions to a fly on his monitor, he knows it’s time for Jack to take a break. Jack decides to take his family to the sunny resort town of Citrus Cove, Florida. But troubles disrupt their vacation as Jack strikes up a friendship with the roguish Scully (Torn). Together, they hatch a plan to turn Scully’s boat into a racing machine and enter it in the local regatta to challenge the obnoxious tycoon Pellet. Problem is, they only have two weeks. Will they succeed?
Starring: John Candy, Richard Crenna
SUMMER SCHOOL
Heartthrob Mark Harmon is a teacher in love with co-worker Kirstie Alley in this breezy comedy directed by Carl Reiner. If the hunk doesn’t turn his rowdy kids into students, he has no chance at romance!
Starring: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley
TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY
Funnymen Jack Black and Kyle Glass team up in this comedy about two guys who come together to form the world’s greatest band. But to make it work, they must first go on a quest to get the fabled (guitar) Pick Of Destiny housed in a museum.
Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Glass
THE AMAZING PANDA ADVENTURE
An exciting family adventure set in the magnificent Sichuan province of China! An American boy is visiting his father, a naturalist who runs a panda preserve. When a panda cub is lost, the father and son journey into the wilderness to rescue it from poachers.
Starring: Stephen Lang, Ryan Slater
THE ANT BULLY
In this animated feature, 10 year old Lucas is the object of a neighborhood bully's constant attention. He vents his anger on an ant hill in his front yard. The ants come together and the wizard ant manages to shrink the boy to ant-size. Now he must live with the ants where he learns many valuable lessons in life.
THE CHAIN REACTION
An earthquake causes a leak at a nuclear waste storage facility. An engineer, Heinrich Schmidt (Thompson), tries to warn the public as this leak will poison the waters but his boss wants to cover-up and hires thugs to stop him. Escaping from the facility, Heinrich is injured in the process and loses his memory. Can he warn the public before it's too late?
Starring: Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson
THE COLOR PURPLE
Share the hope, the heartbreak and the joy of this acclaimed drama about a young woman's fight for independence and self-respect. Directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for eleven Oscars in 1986 including Best Picture, this unforgettable film features Goldberg in her movie debut as Celie, an abused daughter forced to marry a cruel widower (Glover). Heartlessly separated from the sister she loves, Celie struggles for survival and happiness, traveling a 40-year road rutted with sorrow but smoothed by unexpected love.
Starring: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg
THE CORRUPTOR
Nick Chen (Chow) is one of the most decorated police officers in New York City. But Chen has used his close ties with a group of Chinese "businessmen" known as the Triads to rise through the ranks. As feud erupts between the Triads and the newly arrived and brutally violent Fukienese Dragons, idealistic cop Danny Wallace (Wahlberg), unaware of how power and influence have compromised his superiors, must now reassess his loyalties in this hard-hitting tale of deception, violence and betrayal in New York City's Chinatown.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Chow Yun-Fat
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 GAUNTLET
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this action-packed tale about a down-and-out cop assigned to transport a witness who turns out to be a prostitute with mob ties and vital information regarding a high-placed figure. When the vehicle transporting her is bombed, the pair must face the truth about those they once thought they could trust.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke
THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER
Warrant officer Paul Brenner (Travolta) has been assigned to investigate the brutal murder of General "Fighting Joe" Campbell's (Cromwell) daughter. After encountering all levels of resistance from the army, Paul comes to realize the grim truth that beneath the well-ordered surface of military life is a sordid secret that would make murder suspects of some of the Army's finest.
Starring: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell
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 MAMBO KINGS
Catch Antonio Banderas in his first English-speaking role and experience the sensuality and vitality of Cuban music in this film. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos, it tells of two Cuban brothers who travel to America with a suitcase full of songs and hearts filled with passion in search of a dream.
Starring: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas
THE MURDER OF PRINCESS DIANA
Inspired by the book of the same title, this fictional retelling focuses on the hours leading up to and directly following the tragic death of Princess Diana. The movie follows Rachel, an American journalist in Paris, present on the night of the fateful accident and witness to the crime scene. As she investigates, Rachel uncovers information that leads her to believe Diana’s death was no accident. Enlisting the help of her former lover, she finds herself embroiled in a murder conspiracy and soon learns that there are people who will stop at nothing to silence her.
Starring: Kevin McNally, Jennifer Morrison
THE NATIVITY STORY
This is the story about Mary and Joseph, of how they were brought together, how Mary received her message from an angel to remain chaste and that she has found favor with God, her conception and how Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes
THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS
Henry (Martin) and Nancy Clark (Hawn) are a couple whose passion has fizzled out. Only when Henry travels to New York for an advertising job interview does the clueless couple recapture the sparks to fall in love again; but not before they run into a host of hilariously embarrassing situations. John Cleese is a gem in his role as the aristocratic hotel manager from hell, who sees to it that their stay in the Big Apple is short and far from sweet.
Starring: Steve Martin, John Cleese, Goldie Hawn
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
This is the classic movie about a seedy drifter who has an affair with the wife of a diner owner. The duo then plots to kill the woman's husband.
Starring: Jessica Lange, Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston
THE PRODUCERS
Mel Brooks's classic roars to hilarious new life in this musical comedy. Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick - reprising their roles from the 2001 Broadway hit - portray failing producer Max Bialystock and nerdy accountant Leo Bloom. Together, the duo schemes to bilk their investors (little old ladies) by producing a musical so utterly tasteless and awful that it will last only one night. The result is Springtime for Hitler. The duo managed to get a Swedish bombshell (Thurman) with a last name over 15-syllable long to be the lead actress.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Nathan Lane
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Anthony Hopkins is English butler Stevens, who has devoted 30 years to his master, Lord Darlington, at Darlington Hall in post-WWI Britain. Prizing discretion and service above all, Stevens realizes as he looks back on his life that his unquestioning faith in Lord Darlington has cost him dearly. Engrossed in orchestrating his employer’s grand banquets, receptions and conferences –which turn out to involve a pact with the Nazis – he was forced to neglect his dying father and denied his feelings for the attractive young housekeeper, Miss Kenton. Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, this endearing story evolves into a profound and moving study of personality, class and culture.
Starring: Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Grant
THE RETURN
Since 11, Joanna (Gellar) has been seeing haunting visions of a woman being murdered in cold blood. Joanna decides to follow her visions to uncover the truth and is led to the victim’s hometown. There, she discovers that the murder she is trying to prevent may well be her very own.
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sam Shepard
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 SOPRANOS 32: UNIVERSITY
Ralph's volatile relationship with a Bada Bing stripper, combined with his obsession with the movie Gladiator, put a damper on several boys' night-out sessions at the club. Meanwhile at Columbia, Meadow's relationship with Noah is put to the test by her needy roommate Caitlin.
THE SOPRANOS 33: SECOND OPINION
Tony convinces Uncle Junior to seek a second opinion for his cancer treatment, much to Dr. Kennedy's annoyance. Meanwhile, Carmela debates whether or not to take Dr. Melfi's advice and see a shrink. Big Pussy's wife Angie regrets asking Carmela for money to treat her sick dog; and Christopher continues to endure a humiliating "probation" period at the hands of kinky Paulie.
THE SOPRANOS 34: HE IS RISEN
As Thanksgiving approaches, Tony's feud with Ralph escalates, despite the intervention of Johnny Sack. At a frat-house mixer, Meadow and Jackie Jr. find they have more in common than mob-boss dads.
THE SOPRANOS 35: THE TELLTALE MOOZADELL
Tony gives Carmela a sapphire ring for her birthday and Christopher gives Adriana her very own music club. Anthony Jr. gets busted for vandalizing the school swimming pool, but finds that the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Tony test-drives a new Mercedes - and the Mercedes saleswoman, Gloria.
THE SOPRANOS 36: TO SAVE US ALL FROM SATAN'S POWER
A somnolent visit with the ghosts of Christmas past lands Tony back on Melfi's couch. With the annual pork-store holiday party approaching, Bacala reluctantly agrees to don the Santa suit that Pussy used to wear. Tony and Furio have a holiday surprise in store for the Russian who roughed up Janice. On Christmas day, Jackie Jr. arrives with a Christmas gift for Meadow, who in turn gives Tony a gift he can't refuse - but wishes he could.
THE SOPRANOS 37: PINE BARRENS
In this episode directed by Steve Buscemi, Paulie and Christopher end up engulfed in a nightmarish journey into the South Jersey woods while trying to collect a debt from a Russian mobster. Meanwhile, Meadow is suspicious that Jackie Jr. is two-timing her, and Tony finds that family demands are jeopardizing his romance with Gloria.
THE SOPRANOS 38: AMOUR FOU
Inspired by a tale from Ralph about how his father got "made," Jackie Jr. decides to "make his move" in organized crime by instigating a robbery caper at a local card game. Reminded by Melfi of the psychological parallels between his relationship with Gloria and his mother, Tony finds it harder and harder to spend time with his "crazy love."
THE SOPRANOS 39: THE ARMY OF ONE
In the season three finale, yet another academic misstep by AJ forces his parents to seriously contemplate a military-school alternative. Tony orders Ralph to deal personally with the Jackie Jr. situation, and later seems to take Ralph's side in a money dispute with Paulie. Once again, the family gathers in Artie Bucco's restaurant, where Meadow is forced to reflect on what it means to live, and die, in the Soprano family.
THE WICKED LADY
Lady Barbara Skelton (Dunaway) has a huge skeleton in her closet. She's the bored wife of a rich man and a popular socialite at night parties. But in the day, she's one part of a highway robbery team, together with her criminal lover Jerry Jackson (Bates).
Starring: Faye Dunaway, John Gielgud, Alan Bates
TOUCH THE TOP OF THE WORLD
Erik Weihenmayer (Facinelli) gradually lost his sight and by high school he was completely blind. Despite his handicap, he developed great traits – charm, resilience, a sense of humor, love of danger and concern for others. This is his story and how this blind man scaled the world's highest mountain, Everest.
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Peter Facinelli
UNDER COVER
A feisty street cop goes undercover in a high school to take revenge for his partner who was gunned down by the drug lords.
Starring: Barry Corbin, David Neidorf, David Harris
UNDERFUNDED
Darryl Freehorn (Zickel) is Canada's answer to England's Bond and America's CIA. Unfortunately, the Canadian Secret Service is quite unlike its counterparts - it has no money and even less credibility. Freehorn works in a shoe-boxed sized HQ with a stingy boss, green assistant and dumb technology specialist. His opportunity for the big time comes when gathering evidence about an American space station that has blown up all over Canada, and discovers that foul play is at hand.
Starring: Mather Zickel, Joanna Canton
WAIST DEEP
An ex-con-turned-security guard gets his car stolen, together with his son asleep on the back seat. The thugs hold his son for a $100,000 ransom and the ex-con has 48 hours to come up with the money.
Starring: Larenz Tate, Meagan Good, Tyrese Gibson
ZODIAC
The hunt is on for a serial killer in San Francisco. Few cases in the history of true crime are as intriguing as that of the Zodiac, a bizarre gunman in an executioner's hood who taunts the police with dozens of letters containing eerie messages and cryptograms. Director David Fincher captures the story of the infamous killer who terrorized the city in the late 1960s.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal
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