2/27/2009
HBO Asia Synopses - Month of March 2009
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52 PICK-UP
Harry Mitchell is the perfect victim. He is a self-made businessman whose wife's political aspirations have thrust them into prominence. When three psychopaths target Harry, his life goes into a steep downward spiral. He is seduced into an adulterous affair which is taped and the stage is set for blackmail, which soon leads to murder. But Harry is ready to fight back with a plan of his own.
Starring: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, John Glover
AGAINST THE WALL
This tough-as-nails reenactment of the 1971 Attica prison riots is jam-packed with political and sociological implications. Refreshingly, none of the characters in the film – the prisoners, the guards and the high-profile mediators, are rendered in strictly good-guy or bad-guy terms by screenwriter, Ron Hutchinson. Anyone old enough to have witnessed the original live TV coverage of the riot, however, will be able to discern who was truly responsible for its tragic outcome. While the 1971 TV-movie "Attica" was told from a journalist's point of view, this drama is filtered through the eyes of an idealistic young prison guard, Michael Smith.
Starring: Kyle Maclachlan, Samuel Jackson, Anne Heche
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
From director Davis Guggenheim comes this passionate and inspirational look at one man’s commitment to expose the myths and misconceptions that surround global warming, and inspire actions to prevent it. That man is former US Vice President Al Gore, who, in the wake of his defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the course of his life to focus on an all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. This film brings home the message that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue – rather, it is the biggest moral challenge facing our world.
Starring: Al Gore
ARE WE DONE YET?
Are We Done Yet? is a follow-up to the hilarious 2005 family comedy Are We There Yet? Now married to Suzanne, Nick Persons has bought a quiet suburban house to escape the rat race of the big city and to provide more space for his new wife and kids, Lindsey and Kevin. But when his new home quickly becomes a costly “fixer upper” and he finds himself at the mercy of an eccentric contractor, Nick’s suburban dream soon becomes a riotous nightmare.
Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long
BATS: HUMAN HARVEST
In present day Afghanistan, special forces sent to capture a fanatical terrorist encounter a colony of carnivorous bats.
Starring: David Chokachi, Michael Jace
BENEATH
A young woman is haunted by prophetic visions of her own sister’s death.
Starring: Matthew Settle, Nora Zehetner
BEVERLY HILLS NINJA
An American child falls overboard an ocean liner and washes up in Japan. He is prophesized to be the child destined to lead an elite group of Japanese warriors. The child grows up and is named Haru, but is hardly brave or skilled – he's fat, clumsy and not too bright. One day, Alison Page hires Haru to protect her from her criminal boyfriend and his Yakuza associates. When she disappears, Haru finds a matchbook that says "Beverly Hills" and decides to try and find Alison there.
Starring: Nicollette Sheridan, Robin Shou, Chris Farley
BLOOD TIES
Set in modern-day Sicily, an American Naval engineer must kill his uncle to save his father's life when he enters the secret violent underworld of the Sicilian Mafia.
Starring: Vincent Spano, Brad Davis, Tony Lo Bianco
BOB ROBERTS
A wealthy politician, Bob Roberts, appears on the surface as a sincere believer in national pride and family values. In truth, he is a hypocrite unearthed by Raplin, a reporter for an underground newspaper. Bob Roberts is a treasure for anyone who has sat through one too many "promise-them-anything" campaign speeches.
Starring: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Sarandon
BOYCOTT
This award-winning HBO Original movie is based on the 13-month boycott of the use of bus services by the colored community in Montgomery, Alabama. The furor is caused when a black woman, Rosa Parks, refused to give up her bus seat for a white man. Featuring intense and passionate performances by Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King and Terence Dashon Howard, the film portrays the truth, taking an unbiased look at race relations, and delivers the message in an interesting documentary-cum-feature film style.
Starring: Terrence Howard, Jeffrey Wright
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
Based on Dee Brown's bestseller, this HBO Original Movie powerfully explores the tragic impact that the United States' westward expansion had on the American Indian culture, and the economic, political and social pressures that motivated it.
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, Anna Paquin
CAPTAIN AMERICA
During WWII, the young and sickly Steve Rogers is miraculously transformed into Captain America in an experiment to create a super-soldier. He discovers that the Nazi super villain The Red Skull is planning to bomb the White House. In his confrontation with the Red Skull, Captain America is defeated, frozen, buried and left to die in Alaska. Fifty years on, the Captain is found alive, thawed and put back into action to stop the Red Skull once again – this time to prevent the villain from kidnapping the US President and fitting him with a mind-control implant.
Starring: Ned Beatty, Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox
CATCH AND RELEASE
After the sudden death of her fiancé, Gray Wheeler finds comfort in the company of her fiancé's friends: lighthearted and comic Sam, hyper-responsible Dennis, and Fritz, an irresponsible playboy whom she’d previously pegged as one of the least reliable people in the world. As secrets about her supposedly perfect fiancé emerge, Gray comes to see new sides of the man she thought she knew, and finds herself drawn to the last man she'd never expected to fall for.
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
In this revival of the classic TV series, Natalie, Dylan, and Alex work their butts off to fight evil for their invisible boss, Charlie, together with the help of John Bosley. Electronics genius, Eric Knox, has been kidnapped and his up-to-no-good kidnappers have plenty in mind for the whiz kid's latest invention: a device that can monitor voice communications from anywhere in the world. The Angels are unleashed to help restore order and find Knox’s kidnappers in this action-packed fun flick.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts star in this fact-based tale about a Texas congressman and the role he played in escalating tension in the Middle East.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks
DAVE
A box office smash with an Academy Award® winning cast. Sweet natured temp agency operator, David Kov (Oscar® winner Kline, De-Lovely, The Emperor's Club), looks so much like the President of the United States that he's hired by the Secret Service as a stand-in for the philandering President Bill Mitchell. But when the President suffers a stroke while having a dalliance with a co-worker, Dave's momentary stint becomes indefinite. Politically ambitious White House Chief of Staff, Bob Alexander, tries to seize the opportunity to further his career and get rid of Vice-President Gary Nance; Academy Award® winner, Ben Kingsley, who starred in "House of Sand and Fog." But Dave continues with the charade, and no one counts on him making use of his newfound powers to actually do something for the people. Sigourney Weaver - star of "The Village" and "Alien" - is the First Lady in this feel-good movie.
Starring: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella
DEAD SILENCE
The creators of "Saw" bring you this chilling, supernatural thriller. Dead Silence is set in Ravens Fair, a small town haunted by late night whispers and ghost stories of generations past. But when a grieving widower returns here for his wife's funeral, he begins to uncover the truth behind her mysterious death and how it may relate to Ravens Fair's own history – a history that includes a psychotic ventriloquist-ghost and her lifelike "dummy".
Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta
DECEMBER BOYS
Daniel Radcliffe stars in this coming of age drama as an orphan who becomes smitten by a local girl.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Jack Thompson
DEFINITELY, MAYBE
A 30-something dad in the midst of a divorce is questioned by his 10 year-old-daughter about his life before marriage in this charming romantic comedy.
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Ryan Reynolds, Elizabeth Banks
DOC HOLLYWOOD
A Beverly Hills-bound plastic surgeon finding his road to the big bucks makes a detour in a small town!
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner
DUDLEY DO-RIGHT
Somewhere along the Canadian Rockies, dastardly villain S. Whiplash and his band of outlaws seize the property of the townsfolk of Semi-Happy Valley and organize a fake gold rush. With thousands of prospectors storming into the area, only a dedicated but dimwitted Mountie, Dudley Do-Right, stands in Whiplash's way. Do-Right's initial efforts to thwart Whiplash end disastrously and matters go from bad to worse when his girlfriend Nell Fenwick falls for the charms of his enemy. Stripped of his badge and his girl, the usually sweet and naive Do-Right transforms into a masked avenger determined to take revenge.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina
EXCESS BAGGAGE
Desperate for attention from her rich father, a poor little rich girl stages her own kidnapping only to have her car stolen for real by a car thief.
Starring: Christopher Walken, Alicia Silverstone, Benicio Del Toro
FIELD OF DREAMS
A struggling farmer Ray Kinsella gets a calling one day from above to construct a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. As the weeks go by, Ray receives several other messages, realizing that his field has been divinely ordained to give a second chance to people who have sacrificed certain values in their lives.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan
FINDING FORRESTER
William Forrester won the Pulitzer four decades ago and then mysteriously disappeared. Jamal Wallace aspires to be a writer and his brilliance on and off the basketball court lands him into an elite Manhattan school. He sneaks into the house of a neighborhood grouch one day and accidentally leaves his writings behind. This sparks a beautiful relationship between Jamal and the grouch, who turns out to be Forrester. Forrester helps Jamal with his writing and guides him through tough times amidst the elitist crowd. Jamal, in turn, helps Forrester take himself out of the past and into the present.
Starring: Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin
FLUSHED AWAY
From the creators of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit comes this hilarious animated adventure set in the sewers of London. Flushed down the toilet by a nasty sewer rat, pampered pet mouse Roddy St. James lands in the squalor of the city's smelly underworld. But getting back to his high-society home proves much tougher thanks to a villainous amphibian named Toad, who has it out for young Roddy, and the pretty rat Rita, who helps him escape.
FREEDOM WRITERS
Inspired by a true story and the diaries of Long Beach teenagers after the LA riots. A teacher is soon challenged by a group of racially disparate students who hate her even more than they hate each other. When Erin shows them respect – something they never had from a teacher, these teens experience a hope that their lives matter and that they have something to say.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, J. Hernandez
GEORGIA RULE
In this touching drama about family, compassion, and forgiveness, Felicity Huffman plays a frustrated mother who, after struggling to control and discipline her unruly daughter, takes the rebellious teen to the one place she thought she would never return – her mother's Idaho farm.
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Dermot Mulroney, Jane Fonda
GHOST RIDER
Long ago, superstar motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze made a deal with the Devil to protect the ones he loved most: his father and his childhood sweetheart Roxanne. Now, the Devil has come for his due. By day, Johnny is a die-hard stunt rider but by night in the presence of evil, he becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of rogue demons. Forced to do the devil's bidding, Johnny is determined to confront his fate and use his curse and powers to defend the innocent.
Starring: Eva Mendes, Nicolas Cage
GRIDIRON GANG
Deep in the Kilpatrick juvenile detention center, an ex-football star turned supervisor, Sean Porter identifies with the lack of discipline and self-esteem that plague many of the teenagers in the center. He proposes the formation of a football team with the support of his superiors, transforming the lives of the kids by instilling values of responsibility and team unity through football.
Starring: Vanessa Ferlito, Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, Xzibit
GROUNDHOG DAY
While reporting on an over-sized squirrel that can predict the weather, Phil Connors, a cynical weatherman nobody likes, finds himself caught in a peculiar time warp where he lives out the same day over and over again. The film traces Phil’s descent into hopelessness and his eventual transformation, including a romance with the bubbly Rita.
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
HBO CENTRAL
HBO Central is your monthly guide to the hottest attractions on HBO! 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 center for entertainment news that’s all about HBO, on HBO.
HANNIBAL
Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore star in the spine-chilling sequel that'll take your breath away, literally.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta
HEARTBURN
Rachel Samstat is a food writer for a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark Forman at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him. They get married, live the life of the perfect couple and create a family together. Everything goes well till Rachel is pregnant with a second child and Mark is out falling in love with another woman.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson
HOLLOW MAN
Sebastian Caine is a highly gifted scientist heading a top-secret research outfit that develops a serum that allows the user to become completely invisible. Linda McKay is his ex-girlfriend and team-mate. Following extraordinary results on animals, Caine disregards strict orders from the Pentagon and experiments with the serum on himself. To his horror, he finds that he cannot come back from his invisible state. Caine goes on a reckless rampage, resorting to murder to hide reality. Here is a thriller that concludes that what you see is not what you get.
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue
HOT ROD
Stuntman Rod wants to clear fifteen buses in order to raise money for his stepfather’s heart operation.
Starring: Will Arnett, Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher
I AM LEGEND
Will Smith stars as the lone survivor in New York City fighting a horde of mutant humans as he tries to find a cure for a deadly virus that has decimated humanity.
Starring: Will Smith
JIMMY HOLLYWOOD
Struggling actor Joe Pesci becomes the lead story on nighttime news when he turns into a crime fighter.
Starring: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater
JURY DUTY
When his mother packs up the trailer and heads for Las Vegas, slacker Tommy Collins (Shore, Pauly Shore Is Dead, Encino Man) finds himself suddenly homeless. He hits upon an innovative solution to his problem, when he discovers that sequestered jurors get free room and board, as well as $5 a day. The only problem is, he's assigned to an open-and-shut murder case. So, in a hilarious take on "12 Angry Men," he contrives to prolong the trial as long as possible. That is, if his wacky antics don't get him thrown out of court first. Also starring Tia Carrere from "Lilo And Stitch" and "Kull the Conqueror", as well as Stanley Tucci from "The Terminal" and "Shall We Dance".
Starring: Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere, Stanley Tucci
LAST ACTION HERO
An 11-year-old movie fan gets to join his favorite action hero in this enjoyable, mega-buck action spoof. Young Danny is given a magic movie ticket that whisks him right into the action alongside his hero, Jack Slater.. Fighting side by side, they're an unbeatable movie team – until the bad guys steal the magic ticket and they're suddenly dumped on the dangerous streets of New York City. Is Jack as invincible off-screen as he is on it?
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Anthony Quinn, F. Murray Abraham
LET'S GET HARRY
Both the US ambassador and an American engineer, Harry Burke Jr., are taken hostage and held for ransom in Columbia. Harry’s brother and friends take things into their own hands by hiring a mercenary soldier to lead a rescue mission. Now, five ordinary guys from Illinois have to become commandos. Armed with nothing but courage, they head deep into the jungles in order to bring Harry home.
Starring: Mark Harmon, Robert Duvall
LOST & FOUND
David Spade is Dylan, your average guy next door. However, when the beautiful Lila moves in as his new neighbor, Dylan’s raging hormones make him lose control of all rational thought. Dylan hatches a scheme to win Lila’s heart – by kidnapping her dog. By finding Lila’s missing pooch, Dylan hopes to win a spot in Lila’s heart. However, Dylan’s wacky scheme starts to unravel before it even begins. Throw in a jealous former boyfriend, a missing anniversary ring, Neil Diamond, dessert swans and surly loan officers and what you have is the right ingredients for a side-splitting comedy.
Starring: David Spade, Sophie Marceau
MILK MONEY
A young boy decides to play matchmaker between his widowed father Ed Harris and a hooker with a heart of gold Melanie Griffith.
Starring: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris
MUMBAI CALLING 01: TEKNOBABLE
Kenny Gupta has been sent from London to manage Teknobable, a call center in Mumbai. Since arriving, Kenny has been unhappy. Meanwhile Dev, Kenny’s assistant, gets a call from the head office saying that “Terry Johnson” will be doing “an on-site assessment.” In a panic, Dev finds Kenny to deal with the problem. Terri reaches the call center to find it hardly what she expected. And Terri is also hardly what they expected – a good looking woman. Just then a crisis breaks out. Kenny and Terri quickly spring in to action.
MUMBAI CALLING 02: HOME COMFORTS
Kenny is launching a new service for drivers in the UK, but it goes disastrously. Meanwhile, Terri has nowhere to live. Dev offers her accommodation at his house. Terri tells Dev’s family that she is his boss and this causes Dev to be ridiculed at home. Terri finds herself sleeping in a bed with three of Dev’s relatives. Kenny is jealous of Terri staying at Dev’s house, but when he finds out that there is no relationship between the two, he comes up with a plan to help both Dev and Terri out of their unfavorable predicaments.
MUMBAI CALLING 03: GOOD SELLERS
Terri decides the call center operators need coaching for their English, and hires an actor to train them. Meanwhile, Dev is caught out by a local gangster who is demanding protection money from Teknobable. Kenny and Terri get involved and are threatened by the gangster as well. But a Bollywood star comes by and saves the day.
MUMBAI CALLING 04: BOY TO MAN
Terri realizes that the operators are lacking in confidence and are too submissive with callers. She gives the operators a crash course in self-confidence. Dev finds out his assistant Amar’s parents are forcing him into an arranged marriage. Trying to help, Terri, Kenny, and Dev follow Amar to the train station where they each make their case for and against the arranged marriage. But Amar might have more backbone then they think…
MUMBAI CALLING 05: DATING SEASON
Dev accepts a speaking engagement on behalf of Kenny. Kenny is initially reluctant to give the speech, but Dev convinces him. Kenny now relishes the prospect. As the date approaches Kenny gets more nervous. He arrives at the venue and realizes that he has forgotten his speech. With no notes and being continuously interrupted by Dev’s mobile phone, Kenny reverts to the speech he first heard from Dev. Much to Kenny’s surprise it gets a rousing response.
MUNCHIES
Hide the Twinkies! A horde of alien critters that crave junk food is on the loose in this loopy comedy. Cute little "Arnold" starts out as a friendly fur ball, but multiplies into an army of mini-meanies when he is attacked. While the mischievous space squad wrecks the town, the human pursuers uncover a secret toxic waste in a wild chase filled with outrageous pranks and laughs.
Starring: Harvey Korman, Charles Stratton, Nadine Vandervelde
NUTS
Claudia Draper is a high-priced call girl who murders one of her clients. Though her parents try to convince her to cop a plea of insanity, she refuses to use the easy way out. Her lawyer, Aaron Levinsky, must convince the court of her competence, yet at the same time, help her to gain her freedom.
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Barbra Streisand
P.O.W. THE ESCAPE
An American colonel taken prisoner in Vietnam helps lead an escape in this action film. David Carradine stars as Colonel Cooper, an American soldier captured while fighting the Viet Cong. When Vietnamese captor Captain Vinh gets word of a government plot to kill the Colonel and himself, Vinh decides to take his chances with the American by offering an escape route for the prisoners of war in return for passage to the US.
Starring: David Carradine, Mako
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Kathleen Turner stars as Peggy Sue Bodell, a pretty, buoyant mother who recently separated from her husband. 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 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
PERFECT STRANGER
When her friend's affair with married ad exec Harrison Hill ends in the woman’s murder, investigative reporter Rowena Price vows to bring the killer to justice. Suspecting Hill of the crime, she goes undercover by posing as two highly alluring women: Katherine, a sexy temp who works within his agency, and Veronica, a seductive temptress he chats up online. Engaging in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, both Rowena and Hill begin to realize things may not be as what they seem.
Starring: Halle Berry, Giovanni Ribisi, Bruce Willis
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. There, the talented artist Hollis ends up playing the role of caretaker as Josie loses her memory.
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Sissy Spacek
POLICE ACADEMY 4 CITIZENS ON PATROL
Yes, the boobs in blue are back. They’re training teenage skateboarders, little old ladies and minor offenders as volunteer aides. Crime fighting may never be the same again!
Starring: Michael Winslow, Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith
RENO 911: MIAMI
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. They're not the best but that's all we got. Based on the successful Comedy Central TV series.
Starring: Thomas Lennon, Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong
RUNNING SCARED
When a stowaway unknowingly photographs a secret US military base, he and his friend find themselves pursued by an intelligence agent who believes that they are spies.
Starring: Judge Reinhold, Ken Wahl
RUSH HOUR
When a Chinese Consul's eleven-year-old daughter is kidnapped by a gang of antique smugglers in Los Angeles, Detective Inspector Lee flies in to handle the case. However, the FBI is not willing to have an outsider interfere with their investigations and decides to distract him with LAPD's finest – and most notorious – detective, James Carter. Reluctant partners at first, they eventually overcome their cultural and personality differences to take on the criminal mastermind behind the abduction. Expect a roller-coaster ride as Jackie supplies the punches and Chris the punchlines – it's a hilariously explosive combination!
Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan
SAVAGE ISLANDS
Tommy Lee Jones stars as the swashbuckling hero in this South Seas pirate tale full of vigor and verve. A kidnapped damsel, nasty slave traders and a rousing action climax add to the zesty, old-fashioned fun.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe
SHOOT 'EM UP
A mysterious man named Smith delivers a baby during a shootout and is then called upon to protect the newborn from ruthless criminals out to kill it.
Starring: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci
SHOOTER
Mark Wahlberg plays an ace marksman living in self-exile in the Arkansas wilderness after causing the death of an innocent person. Persuaded by his former associates that they need his help to prevent an assassination, he is subsequently double-crossed and framed for the presidential assassination he was trying to prevent. Now forced to go on the run, he is determined to track down the real killer and the truth behind who betrayed him.
Starring: Danny Glover, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena
SHORT CIRCUIT 2
Remember that clever, lovable robot, Number 5? He and his human buddy, Ben, are now in New York, where Ben peddles miniature models of his mechanical wonder. Thieves trick "Five" into helping in a gem heist, but the mechanical wonder isn't about to be outsmarted for long!
Starring: Michael McKean, Fisher Stevens, Cynthia Gibb
SOME KIND OF HERO
A soldier returns to the US after six years as a POW in Vietnam.
Starring: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder
SPACE JAM
Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny team up in an outer space basketball match to save kidnapped Looney Tunes characters.
Starring: Bill Murray, Michael Jordan, Theresa Randle
STARDUST
A young man in love has to cross the ‘wall’ to the supernatural side to find a fallen star but instead finds a young woman.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Robert DeNiro
STOMP THE YARD
When DJ, a troubled youth from Los Angeles, moves to Atlanta to attend Truth University, he discovers “stepping”, the age-old style of dance traditionally done in African-American fraternities where teams demonstrate complex moves and create rhythmic sounds using their bodies. DJ’s raw talent and hip-hop-inspired moves quickly place him at the center of a fierce rivalry between two fraternities, the winner of which will be determined in front of a sold-out arena at the annual stepping championships. But before he can help his teammates, he must first battle his own demons and learn the true meaning of brotherhood.
Starring: Columbus Short, Meagan Goode
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Based on the hit Broadway musical, Sweeney Todd opens a barber shop to obtain revenge on those who sent him to prison on false charges.
Starring: Alan Rickman, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter
THE ACCUSED
Jodie Foster is the hard-living, fiercely independent Sarah Tobias, gang-raped in the back of a neighborhood bar. But that is only the beginning of her ordeal. Now Sarah finds herself battling the legal system, not once but twice, as she and her attorney go after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assault. A powerful and thought-provoking look at human nature and individual moral conscience, and a judicial process that treats the victim like a criminal.
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster
THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE
A space hero. A beautiful school teacher. A marriage made in the stars, and a lifetime to discover their love – all that abruptly ends in two minutes. During his last mission in deep space, astronaut Spencer Armacost blacks out. After that, nothing about him is the same. He hides a horrifying secret – he has been taken over by something evil. Spencer's wife, Jillian, begins having strange dreams related to the horrifying truth. When she becomes pregnant, she realizes it's not a baby that she's carrying inside her body, but something far more sinister.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron
THE BABE
By the time of his retirement in 1935, Babe Ruth held nearly every major single season, post season and career batting average record in major league baseball in his 22-year involvement in the game. His voracious appetite for drinks, good times and fast women brought about his downfall, yet his popularity was arguably greater than any public figure or celebrity of the era.
Starring: Kelly McGillis, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado
THE BONE COLLECTOR
The Manhattan Murderer is leaving bony fragments of clues behind after his killings. It's up to Lincoln Rhymes, a New York detective specializing in forensics, and rookie street cop Amelia to see if they have the mind and the stomach to trail the clues. But an injury sustained in the line of duty leaves Rhymes a quadriplegic; his arms and legs useless. Amelia must become his hands and feet, and he, her mind. But will it be enough to decipher the clues in time to find the next victim before the killer does?
Starring: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie
THE BORROWERS
The Borrowers are four-inch high "little people" who live happily under the floorboards - until the landlord decides he's going to demolish the house they live in and evict the tenants! The Borrowers vow to save the house, embarking on a wild romp filled with outrageous gags and stunts.
Starring: Jim Broadbent, John Goodman, Hugh Laurie
THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN
Beth is struggling to find a balance between raising three children and a photography career. At a high school reunion, she takes her eyes off three-year-old Ben, and he mysteriously disappears. A frantic search for him proves to be futile. Over time, Beth learns to cope with the tragedy. Nine years later, a boy the same age as Ben would have been turns up at her doorstep.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Whoopi Goldberg, Treat Williams
THE DEVIL'S OWN
Two countries, two men, two opposite ways to do the right thing. In strife-torn Northern Ireland, terrorist Rory Devaney does not hesitate to shoot and kill in the name of what he believes. In New York, a cop, Tom O'Meara, will shoot only in the direst of emergencies. The two meet when Rory goes to the Big Apple on a mission. He takes refuge in Tom's house, under the guise of an innocent man. But Rory's world is too violent and Tom's house is too peaceful, and soon this unlikely juxtaposition erupts in conflict.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD: THE BEGINNING
Charging hot off the wheels of the successful 2005 theatrical release, see where it all began. This comedy prequel contains wild car chases and crashes, and Daisy's hilarious but ultimately successful transformation into every Hazzard boy's fantasy girl. Expect all the fun and laughs from the Dukes of Hazzard.
Starring: Jonathan Bennett, Christopher McDonald, Randy Wayne
THE GOLDEN CHILD
Once in a thousand generations, a child with magical powers is born – to bring good into the world. When forces of evil kidnap this perfect child, finding him becomes the most important thing on Earth. An L.A. social worker is amazed to find out that he's the 'chosen one' meant to save the child from evil. In the process, he's involved in a fantastic odyssey that takes him from California to China, and on to Hell itself. Set against a backdrop of astounding special effects, the film has some of the most magical moments in recent movie history.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Edward Wilson, 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 MUMMY RETURNS
Hold on to your seats for double the action, adventure and destruction in The Mummy Returns.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah
THE PATRIOT
Violent demons of the French and Indian War resurrect themselves to haunt veteran soldier Benjamin Martin, who now craves the simple life of a farmer and his family’s company. But when America comes under British tyranny, his eldest son Gabriel runs off to battle against his wishes, and the peace-loving soldier is drawn back into his violent past to make sure no harm befalls his son. His mission to protect his son becomes one of revenge when his house is burned down and one of his children savagely slaughtered by Colonel Tavington.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Chris Gardner is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Chris finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Chris lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.
Starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith
THE TUDORS EP. 01
King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), the young and ambitious monarch of England, prepares for war with France but is dissuaded by the diplomatic manipulation of his powerful Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey (Sam Neill), who proposes that the king sponsor a "Treaty of Universal and Perpetual Peace." Henry discovers that Elizabeth Blount, the young and beautiful lady-in-waiting to his Queen, Katherine of Aragon, is pregnant with his child, even as the Duke of Buckingham asserts his claim to the throne.
THE TUDORS EP. 02
Henry loses a wrestling match to Francis, and Cardinal Wolsey barely manages to stop the angry monarch from walking away from the treaty. After learning that Spain’s King Charles V has been elected Holy Roman Emperor, Henry instructs Wolsey to begin making arrangements for an alliance that excludes the French, unaware that it may jeopardize the Cardinal’s plan to be elected Pope. After preparing his daughter, Mary, to entertain Henry, Sir Thomas Boleyn warns Wolsey of the assassination plot being hatched by Buckingham. But before Buckingham can execute his plan, he is arrested for treason and beheaded.
THE TUDORS EP. 03
Henry invites Emperor Charles V of Spain to England to discuss their future. Meanwhile, Thomas Boleyn deftly positions his daughter, Anne, to seduce the king. Told of Charles’ plans to drive the French from Italy, Henry orders a new ship built in preparation for the war. After seeking Sir Thomas More’s advice on a pamphlet denouncing Martin Luther’s efforts to break from the Catholic Church, Henry orders him to oversee the burning of all of Luther’s works. Queen Katherine confides in Charles her fears that Henry may seek a divorce.
THE TUDORS EP. 04
Having placed Princess Margaret in Charles Brandon’s care for her journey to marry the elderly King of Portugal, Henry explodes in anger at Martin Luther’s response to his pamphlet defending the Catholic Church. Yet, even as good news arrives of Charles V’s defeat of the French in Italy, Henry becomes increasingly obsessed with Anne Boleyn. Passion sparks between Brandon and Princess Margaret Tudor upon the ship bound for Lisbon, even as Henry continues to pursue the beautiful and elusive Anne Boleyn. Henry orders Wolsey to get him a divorce from Katherine.
THE TUDORS EP. 05
As he continues to woo Anne Boleyn, Henry formally accepts his son by Elizabeth Blount. Indignant at the news that Emperor Charles V has released the French king from his custody, Henry redoubles his efforts to have Wolsey get a favorable ruling on his divorce, even as Anne makes it clear that she has no intention of being his mistress. Meanwhile, en route from Portugal, Brandon asks Princess Margaret to be his bride. And as he plots to see that his daughter seduces Henry, Thomas Boleyn is offered an allowance in exchange for his friendship with Emperor Charles V.
THREE CAN PLAY THAT GAME
A relationship expert uses her knowledge of the male psyche to help women get what they want.
Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Jason George
TREASURE OF THE YANKEE ZEPHYR
At an isolated lake high in the New Zealand mountains, a deer hunter finds the wreckage of a WWII plane with $50 million dollars in it. Keeping the money turns out to be a tough job as a band of crooks hears of his find and will kill to have the money for themselves.
Starring: Lesley Ann Warren, Ken Wahl, Donald Pleasence
TWINS
Schwarzenegger and DeVito team up as a pair of mismatched twins separated at birth who reunite to look for their missing mum.
Starring: Kelly Preston, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito
UNFORGIVEN
In this unflinchingly brutal portrait of the American West, William Munny is a former gunfighter and thief, struggling to overcome his dark past. Desperate for money to support his children, he accepts one final job: to kill a couple of sinister cowboys. Riding into town with his old partner, Ned Logan, Munny soon comes up against the local sheriff, Little Bill Daggett. Daggett is a hard-nosed lawmaker who intends to chase any trouble out of town the second it rides in. However, before Munny and Daggett are through with each other, there will be plenty of blood spilled.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman
VERTICAL LIMIT
Peter Garrett is a young spirited climber. So is his sister Annie. But his sister and her team members are trapped on the world's second highest peak K2, and it is up to Peter to risk his and his own team members' lives to save that of his sister and her team. Together with reclusive mountain man Montgomery Wick, they set out to brave the mighty winds and the chilling snow atop K2 – and to bring the trapped team back safely.
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Scott Glenn, Robin Tunney
WITHOUT LIMITS
This is the true story of the legendary long distance runner Steve Prefontaine. The movie follows Prefontaine’s upbringing through his days at Oregon University to the Munich Olympics. Unfortunately, the talented athlete life ended at a tender age of 24 in a car accident.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Billy Crudup, Monica Potter
Harry Mitchell is the perfect victim. He is a self-made businessman whose wife's political aspirations have thrust them into prominence. When three psychopaths target Harry, his life goes into a steep downward spiral. He is seduced into an adulterous affair which is taped and the stage is set for blackmail, which soon leads to murder. But Harry is ready to fight back with a plan of his own.
Starring: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, John Glover
AGAINST THE WALL
This tough-as-nails reenactment of the 1971 Attica prison riots is jam-packed with political and sociological implications. Refreshingly, none of the characters in the film – the prisoners, the guards and the high-profile mediators, are rendered in strictly good-guy or bad-guy terms by screenwriter, Ron Hutchinson. Anyone old enough to have witnessed the original live TV coverage of the riot, however, will be able to discern who was truly responsible for its tragic outcome. While the 1971 TV-movie "Attica" was told from a journalist's point of view, this drama is filtered through the eyes of an idealistic young prison guard, Michael Smith.
Starring: Kyle Maclachlan, Samuel Jackson, Anne Heche
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
From director Davis Guggenheim comes this passionate and inspirational look at one man’s commitment to expose the myths and misconceptions that surround global warming, and inspire actions to prevent it. That man is former US Vice President Al Gore, who, in the wake of his defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the course of his life to focus on an all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. This film brings home the message that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue – rather, it is the biggest moral challenge facing our world.
Starring: Al Gore
ARE WE DONE YET?
Are We Done Yet? is a follow-up to the hilarious 2005 family comedy Are We There Yet? Now married to Suzanne, Nick Persons has bought a quiet suburban house to escape the rat race of the big city and to provide more space for his new wife and kids, Lindsey and Kevin. But when his new home quickly becomes a costly “fixer upper” and he finds himself at the mercy of an eccentric contractor, Nick’s suburban dream soon becomes a riotous nightmare.
Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long
BATS: HUMAN HARVEST
In present day Afghanistan, special forces sent to capture a fanatical terrorist encounter a colony of carnivorous bats.
Starring: David Chokachi, Michael Jace
BENEATH
A young woman is haunted by prophetic visions of her own sister’s death.
Starring: Matthew Settle, Nora Zehetner
BEVERLY HILLS NINJA
An American child falls overboard an ocean liner and washes up in Japan. He is prophesized to be the child destined to lead an elite group of Japanese warriors. The child grows up and is named Haru, but is hardly brave or skilled – he's fat, clumsy and not too bright. One day, Alison Page hires Haru to protect her from her criminal boyfriend and his Yakuza associates. When she disappears, Haru finds a matchbook that says "Beverly Hills" and decides to try and find Alison there.
Starring: Nicollette Sheridan, Robin Shou, Chris Farley
BLOOD TIES
Set in modern-day Sicily, an American Naval engineer must kill his uncle to save his father's life when he enters the secret violent underworld of the Sicilian Mafia.
Starring: Vincent Spano, Brad Davis, Tony Lo Bianco
BOB ROBERTS
A wealthy politician, Bob Roberts, appears on the surface as a sincere believer in national pride and family values. In truth, he is a hypocrite unearthed by Raplin, a reporter for an underground newspaper. Bob Roberts is a treasure for anyone who has sat through one too many "promise-them-anything" campaign speeches.
Starring: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Sarandon
BOYCOTT
This award-winning HBO Original movie is based on the 13-month boycott of the use of bus services by the colored community in Montgomery, Alabama. The furor is caused when a black woman, Rosa Parks, refused to give up her bus seat for a white man. Featuring intense and passionate performances by Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King and Terence Dashon Howard, the film portrays the truth, taking an unbiased look at race relations, and delivers the message in an interesting documentary-cum-feature film style.
Starring: Terrence Howard, Jeffrey Wright
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
Based on Dee Brown's bestseller, this HBO Original Movie powerfully explores the tragic impact that the United States' westward expansion had on the American Indian culture, and the economic, political and social pressures that motivated it.
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, Anna Paquin
CAPTAIN AMERICA
During WWII, the young and sickly Steve Rogers is miraculously transformed into Captain America in an experiment to create a super-soldier. He discovers that the Nazi super villain The Red Skull is planning to bomb the White House. In his confrontation with the Red Skull, Captain America is defeated, frozen, buried and left to die in Alaska. Fifty years on, the Captain is found alive, thawed and put back into action to stop the Red Skull once again – this time to prevent the villain from kidnapping the US President and fitting him with a mind-control implant.
Starring: Ned Beatty, Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox
CATCH AND RELEASE
After the sudden death of her fiancé, Gray Wheeler finds comfort in the company of her fiancé's friends: lighthearted and comic Sam, hyper-responsible Dennis, and Fritz, an irresponsible playboy whom she’d previously pegged as one of the least reliable people in the world. As secrets about her supposedly perfect fiancé emerge, Gray comes to see new sides of the man she thought she knew, and finds herself drawn to the last man she'd never expected to fall for.
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
In this revival of the classic TV series, Natalie, Dylan, and Alex work their butts off to fight evil for their invisible boss, Charlie, together with the help of John Bosley. Electronics genius, Eric Knox, has been kidnapped and his up-to-no-good kidnappers have plenty in mind for the whiz kid's latest invention: a device that can monitor voice communications from anywhere in the world. The Angels are unleashed to help restore order and find Knox’s kidnappers in this action-packed fun flick.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts star in this fact-based tale about a Texas congressman and the role he played in escalating tension in the Middle East.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks
DAVE
A box office smash with an Academy Award® winning cast. Sweet natured temp agency operator, David Kov (Oscar® winner Kline, De-Lovely, The Emperor's Club), looks so much like the President of the United States that he's hired by the Secret Service as a stand-in for the philandering President Bill Mitchell. But when the President suffers a stroke while having a dalliance with a co-worker, Dave's momentary stint becomes indefinite. Politically ambitious White House Chief of Staff, Bob Alexander, tries to seize the opportunity to further his career and get rid of Vice-President Gary Nance; Academy Award® winner, Ben Kingsley, who starred in "House of Sand and Fog." But Dave continues with the charade, and no one counts on him making use of his newfound powers to actually do something for the people. Sigourney Weaver - star of "The Village" and "Alien" - is the First Lady in this feel-good movie.
Starring: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella
DEAD SILENCE
The creators of "Saw" bring you this chilling, supernatural thriller. Dead Silence is set in Ravens Fair, a small town haunted by late night whispers and ghost stories of generations past. But when a grieving widower returns here for his wife's funeral, he begins to uncover the truth behind her mysterious death and how it may relate to Ravens Fair's own history – a history that includes a psychotic ventriloquist-ghost and her lifelike "dummy".
Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta
DECEMBER BOYS
Daniel Radcliffe stars in this coming of age drama as an orphan who becomes smitten by a local girl.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Jack Thompson
DEFINITELY, MAYBE
A 30-something dad in the midst of a divorce is questioned by his 10 year-old-daughter about his life before marriage in this charming romantic comedy.
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Ryan Reynolds, Elizabeth Banks
DOC HOLLYWOOD
A Beverly Hills-bound plastic surgeon finding his road to the big bucks makes a detour in a small town!
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner
DUDLEY DO-RIGHT
Somewhere along the Canadian Rockies, dastardly villain S. Whiplash and his band of outlaws seize the property of the townsfolk of Semi-Happy Valley and organize a fake gold rush. With thousands of prospectors storming into the area, only a dedicated but dimwitted Mountie, Dudley Do-Right, stands in Whiplash's way. Do-Right's initial efforts to thwart Whiplash end disastrously and matters go from bad to worse when his girlfriend Nell Fenwick falls for the charms of his enemy. Stripped of his badge and his girl, the usually sweet and naive Do-Right transforms into a masked avenger determined to take revenge.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina
EXCESS BAGGAGE
Desperate for attention from her rich father, a poor little rich girl stages her own kidnapping only to have her car stolen for real by a car thief.
Starring: Christopher Walken, Alicia Silverstone, Benicio Del Toro
FIELD OF DREAMS
A struggling farmer Ray Kinsella gets a calling one day from above to construct a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. As the weeks go by, Ray receives several other messages, realizing that his field has been divinely ordained to give a second chance to people who have sacrificed certain values in their lives.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan
FINDING FORRESTER
William Forrester won the Pulitzer four decades ago and then mysteriously disappeared. Jamal Wallace aspires to be a writer and his brilliance on and off the basketball court lands him into an elite Manhattan school. He sneaks into the house of a neighborhood grouch one day and accidentally leaves his writings behind. This sparks a beautiful relationship between Jamal and the grouch, who turns out to be Forrester. Forrester helps Jamal with his writing and guides him through tough times amidst the elitist crowd. Jamal, in turn, helps Forrester take himself out of the past and into the present.
Starring: Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin
FLUSHED AWAY
From the creators of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit comes this hilarious animated adventure set in the sewers of London. Flushed down the toilet by a nasty sewer rat, pampered pet mouse Roddy St. James lands in the squalor of the city's smelly underworld. But getting back to his high-society home proves much tougher thanks to a villainous amphibian named Toad, who has it out for young Roddy, and the pretty rat Rita, who helps him escape.
FREEDOM WRITERS
Inspired by a true story and the diaries of Long Beach teenagers after the LA riots. A teacher is soon challenged by a group of racially disparate students who hate her even more than they hate each other. When Erin shows them respect – something they never had from a teacher, these teens experience a hope that their lives matter and that they have something to say.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, J. Hernandez
GEORGIA RULE
In this touching drama about family, compassion, and forgiveness, Felicity Huffman plays a frustrated mother who, after struggling to control and discipline her unruly daughter, takes the rebellious teen to the one place she thought she would never return – her mother's Idaho farm.
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Dermot Mulroney, Jane Fonda
GHOST RIDER
Long ago, superstar motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze made a deal with the Devil to protect the ones he loved most: his father and his childhood sweetheart Roxanne. Now, the Devil has come for his due. By day, Johnny is a die-hard stunt rider but by night in the presence of evil, he becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of rogue demons. Forced to do the devil's bidding, Johnny is determined to confront his fate and use his curse and powers to defend the innocent.
Starring: Eva Mendes, Nicolas Cage
GRIDIRON GANG
Deep in the Kilpatrick juvenile detention center, an ex-football star turned supervisor, Sean Porter identifies with the lack of discipline and self-esteem that plague many of the teenagers in the center. He proposes the formation of a football team with the support of his superiors, transforming the lives of the kids by instilling values of responsibility and team unity through football.
Starring: Vanessa Ferlito, Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, Xzibit
GROUNDHOG DAY
While reporting on an over-sized squirrel that can predict the weather, Phil Connors, a cynical weatherman nobody likes, finds himself caught in a peculiar time warp where he lives out the same day over and over again. The film traces Phil’s descent into hopelessness and his eventual transformation, including a romance with the bubbly Rita.
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
HBO CENTRAL
HBO Central is your monthly guide to the hottest attractions on HBO! 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 center for entertainment news that’s all about HBO, on HBO.
HANNIBAL
Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore star in the spine-chilling sequel that'll take your breath away, literally.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta
HEARTBURN
Rachel Samstat is a food writer for a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark Forman at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him. They get married, live the life of the perfect couple and create a family together. Everything goes well till Rachel is pregnant with a second child and Mark is out falling in love with another woman.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson
HOLLOW MAN
Sebastian Caine is a highly gifted scientist heading a top-secret research outfit that develops a serum that allows the user to become completely invisible. Linda McKay is his ex-girlfriend and team-mate. Following extraordinary results on animals, Caine disregards strict orders from the Pentagon and experiments with the serum on himself. To his horror, he finds that he cannot come back from his invisible state. Caine goes on a reckless rampage, resorting to murder to hide reality. Here is a thriller that concludes that what you see is not what you get.
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue
HOT ROD
Stuntman Rod wants to clear fifteen buses in order to raise money for his stepfather’s heart operation.
Starring: Will Arnett, Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher
I AM LEGEND
Will Smith stars as the lone survivor in New York City fighting a horde of mutant humans as he tries to find a cure for a deadly virus that has decimated humanity.
Starring: Will Smith
JIMMY HOLLYWOOD
Struggling actor Joe Pesci becomes the lead story on nighttime news when he turns into a crime fighter.
Starring: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater
JURY DUTY
When his mother packs up the trailer and heads for Las Vegas, slacker Tommy Collins (Shore, Pauly Shore Is Dead, Encino Man) finds himself suddenly homeless. He hits upon an innovative solution to his problem, when he discovers that sequestered jurors get free room and board, as well as $5 a day. The only problem is, he's assigned to an open-and-shut murder case. So, in a hilarious take on "12 Angry Men," he contrives to prolong the trial as long as possible. That is, if his wacky antics don't get him thrown out of court first. Also starring Tia Carrere from "Lilo And Stitch" and "Kull the Conqueror", as well as Stanley Tucci from "The Terminal" and "Shall We Dance".
Starring: Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere, Stanley Tucci
LAST ACTION HERO
An 11-year-old movie fan gets to join his favorite action hero in this enjoyable, mega-buck action spoof. Young Danny is given a magic movie ticket that whisks him right into the action alongside his hero, Jack Slater.. Fighting side by side, they're an unbeatable movie team – until the bad guys steal the magic ticket and they're suddenly dumped on the dangerous streets of New York City. Is Jack as invincible off-screen as he is on it?
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Anthony Quinn, F. Murray Abraham
LET'S GET HARRY
Both the US ambassador and an American engineer, Harry Burke Jr., are taken hostage and held for ransom in Columbia. Harry’s brother and friends take things into their own hands by hiring a mercenary soldier to lead a rescue mission. Now, five ordinary guys from Illinois have to become commandos. Armed with nothing but courage, they head deep into the jungles in order to bring Harry home.
Starring: Mark Harmon, Robert Duvall
LOST & FOUND
David Spade is Dylan, your average guy next door. However, when the beautiful Lila moves in as his new neighbor, Dylan’s raging hormones make him lose control of all rational thought. Dylan hatches a scheme to win Lila’s heart – by kidnapping her dog. By finding Lila’s missing pooch, Dylan hopes to win a spot in Lila’s heart. However, Dylan’s wacky scheme starts to unravel before it even begins. Throw in a jealous former boyfriend, a missing anniversary ring, Neil Diamond, dessert swans and surly loan officers and what you have is the right ingredients for a side-splitting comedy.
Starring: David Spade, Sophie Marceau
MILK MONEY
A young boy decides to play matchmaker between his widowed father Ed Harris and a hooker with a heart of gold Melanie Griffith.
Starring: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris
MUMBAI CALLING 01: TEKNOBABLE
Kenny Gupta has been sent from London to manage Teknobable, a call center in Mumbai. Since arriving, Kenny has been unhappy. Meanwhile Dev, Kenny’s assistant, gets a call from the head office saying that “Terry Johnson” will be doing “an on-site assessment.” In a panic, Dev finds Kenny to deal with the problem. Terri reaches the call center to find it hardly what she expected. And Terri is also hardly what they expected – a good looking woman. Just then a crisis breaks out. Kenny and Terri quickly spring in to action.
MUMBAI CALLING 02: HOME COMFORTS
Kenny is launching a new service for drivers in the UK, but it goes disastrously. Meanwhile, Terri has nowhere to live. Dev offers her accommodation at his house. Terri tells Dev’s family that she is his boss and this causes Dev to be ridiculed at home. Terri finds herself sleeping in a bed with three of Dev’s relatives. Kenny is jealous of Terri staying at Dev’s house, but when he finds out that there is no relationship between the two, he comes up with a plan to help both Dev and Terri out of their unfavorable predicaments.
MUMBAI CALLING 03: GOOD SELLERS
Terri decides the call center operators need coaching for their English, and hires an actor to train them. Meanwhile, Dev is caught out by a local gangster who is demanding protection money from Teknobable. Kenny and Terri get involved and are threatened by the gangster as well. But a Bollywood star comes by and saves the day.
MUMBAI CALLING 04: BOY TO MAN
Terri realizes that the operators are lacking in confidence and are too submissive with callers. She gives the operators a crash course in self-confidence. Dev finds out his assistant Amar’s parents are forcing him into an arranged marriage. Trying to help, Terri, Kenny, and Dev follow Amar to the train station where they each make their case for and against the arranged marriage. But Amar might have more backbone then they think…
MUMBAI CALLING 05: DATING SEASON
Dev accepts a speaking engagement on behalf of Kenny. Kenny is initially reluctant to give the speech, but Dev convinces him. Kenny now relishes the prospect. As the date approaches Kenny gets more nervous. He arrives at the venue and realizes that he has forgotten his speech. With no notes and being continuously interrupted by Dev’s mobile phone, Kenny reverts to the speech he first heard from Dev. Much to Kenny’s surprise it gets a rousing response.
MUNCHIES
Hide the Twinkies! A horde of alien critters that crave junk food is on the loose in this loopy comedy. Cute little "Arnold" starts out as a friendly fur ball, but multiplies into an army of mini-meanies when he is attacked. While the mischievous space squad wrecks the town, the human pursuers uncover a secret toxic waste in a wild chase filled with outrageous pranks and laughs.
Starring: Harvey Korman, Charles Stratton, Nadine Vandervelde
NUTS
Claudia Draper is a high-priced call girl who murders one of her clients. Though her parents try to convince her to cop a plea of insanity, she refuses to use the easy way out. Her lawyer, Aaron Levinsky, must convince the court of her competence, yet at the same time, help her to gain her freedom.
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Barbra Streisand
P.O.W. THE ESCAPE
An American colonel taken prisoner in Vietnam helps lead an escape in this action film. David Carradine stars as Colonel Cooper, an American soldier captured while fighting the Viet Cong. When Vietnamese captor Captain Vinh gets word of a government plot to kill the Colonel and himself, Vinh decides to take his chances with the American by offering an escape route for the prisoners of war in return for passage to the US.
Starring: David Carradine, Mako
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Kathleen Turner stars as Peggy Sue Bodell, a pretty, buoyant mother who recently separated from her husband. 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 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
PERFECT STRANGER
When her friend's affair with married ad exec Harrison Hill ends in the woman’s murder, investigative reporter Rowena Price vows to bring the killer to justice. Suspecting Hill of the crime, she goes undercover by posing as two highly alluring women: Katherine, a sexy temp who works within his agency, and Veronica, a seductive temptress he chats up online. Engaging in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, both Rowena and Hill begin to realize things may not be as what they seem.
Starring: Halle Berry, Giovanni Ribisi, Bruce Willis
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. There, the talented artist Hollis ends up playing the role of caretaker as Josie loses her memory.
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Sissy Spacek
POLICE ACADEMY 4 CITIZENS ON PATROL
Yes, the boobs in blue are back. They’re training teenage skateboarders, little old ladies and minor offenders as volunteer aides. Crime fighting may never be the same again!
Starring: Michael Winslow, Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith
RENO 911: MIAMI
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. They're not the best but that's all we got. Based on the successful Comedy Central TV series.
Starring: Thomas Lennon, Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong
RUNNING SCARED
When a stowaway unknowingly photographs a secret US military base, he and his friend find themselves pursued by an intelligence agent who believes that they are spies.
Starring: Judge Reinhold, Ken Wahl
RUSH HOUR
When a Chinese Consul's eleven-year-old daughter is kidnapped by a gang of antique smugglers in Los Angeles, Detective Inspector Lee flies in to handle the case. However, the FBI is not willing to have an outsider interfere with their investigations and decides to distract him with LAPD's finest – and most notorious – detective, James Carter. Reluctant partners at first, they eventually overcome their cultural and personality differences to take on the criminal mastermind behind the abduction. Expect a roller-coaster ride as Jackie supplies the punches and Chris the punchlines – it's a hilariously explosive combination!
Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan
SAVAGE ISLANDS
Tommy Lee Jones stars as the swashbuckling hero in this South Seas pirate tale full of vigor and verve. A kidnapped damsel, nasty slave traders and a rousing action climax add to the zesty, old-fashioned fun.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe
SHOOT 'EM UP
A mysterious man named Smith delivers a baby during a shootout and is then called upon to protect the newborn from ruthless criminals out to kill it.
Starring: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci
SHOOTER
Mark Wahlberg plays an ace marksman living in self-exile in the Arkansas wilderness after causing the death of an innocent person. Persuaded by his former associates that they need his help to prevent an assassination, he is subsequently double-crossed and framed for the presidential assassination he was trying to prevent. Now forced to go on the run, he is determined to track down the real killer and the truth behind who betrayed him.
Starring: Danny Glover, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena
SHORT CIRCUIT 2
Remember that clever, lovable robot, Number 5? He and his human buddy, Ben, are now in New York, where Ben peddles miniature models of his mechanical wonder. Thieves trick "Five" into helping in a gem heist, but the mechanical wonder isn't about to be outsmarted for long!
Starring: Michael McKean, Fisher Stevens, Cynthia Gibb
SOME KIND OF HERO
A soldier returns to the US after six years as a POW in Vietnam.
Starring: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder
SPACE JAM
Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny team up in an outer space basketball match to save kidnapped Looney Tunes characters.
Starring: Bill Murray, Michael Jordan, Theresa Randle
STARDUST
A young man in love has to cross the ‘wall’ to the supernatural side to find a fallen star but instead finds a young woman.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Robert DeNiro
STOMP THE YARD
When DJ, a troubled youth from Los Angeles, moves to Atlanta to attend Truth University, he discovers “stepping”, the age-old style of dance traditionally done in African-American fraternities where teams demonstrate complex moves and create rhythmic sounds using their bodies. DJ’s raw talent and hip-hop-inspired moves quickly place him at the center of a fierce rivalry between two fraternities, the winner of which will be determined in front of a sold-out arena at the annual stepping championships. But before he can help his teammates, he must first battle his own demons and learn the true meaning of brotherhood.
Starring: Columbus Short, Meagan Goode
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Based on the hit Broadway musical, Sweeney Todd opens a barber shop to obtain revenge on those who sent him to prison on false charges.
Starring: Alan Rickman, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter
THE ACCUSED
Jodie Foster is the hard-living, fiercely independent Sarah Tobias, gang-raped in the back of a neighborhood bar. But that is only the beginning of her ordeal. Now Sarah finds herself battling the legal system, not once but twice, as she and her attorney go after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assault. A powerful and thought-provoking look at human nature and individual moral conscience, and a judicial process that treats the victim like a criminal.
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster
THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE
A space hero. A beautiful school teacher. A marriage made in the stars, and a lifetime to discover their love – all that abruptly ends in two minutes. During his last mission in deep space, astronaut Spencer Armacost blacks out. After that, nothing about him is the same. He hides a horrifying secret – he has been taken over by something evil. Spencer's wife, Jillian, begins having strange dreams related to the horrifying truth. When she becomes pregnant, she realizes it's not a baby that she's carrying inside her body, but something far more sinister.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron
THE BABE
By the time of his retirement in 1935, Babe Ruth held nearly every major single season, post season and career batting average record in major league baseball in his 22-year involvement in the game. His voracious appetite for drinks, good times and fast women brought about his downfall, yet his popularity was arguably greater than any public figure or celebrity of the era.
Starring: Kelly McGillis, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado
THE BONE COLLECTOR
The Manhattan Murderer is leaving bony fragments of clues behind after his killings. It's up to Lincoln Rhymes, a New York detective specializing in forensics, and rookie street cop Amelia to see if they have the mind and the stomach to trail the clues. But an injury sustained in the line of duty leaves Rhymes a quadriplegic; his arms and legs useless. Amelia must become his hands and feet, and he, her mind. But will it be enough to decipher the clues in time to find the next victim before the killer does?
Starring: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie
THE BORROWERS
The Borrowers are four-inch high "little people" who live happily under the floorboards - until the landlord decides he's going to demolish the house they live in and evict the tenants! The Borrowers vow to save the house, embarking on a wild romp filled with outrageous gags and stunts.
Starring: Jim Broadbent, John Goodman, Hugh Laurie
THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN
Beth is struggling to find a balance between raising three children and a photography career. At a high school reunion, she takes her eyes off three-year-old Ben, and he mysteriously disappears. A frantic search for him proves to be futile. Over time, Beth learns to cope with the tragedy. Nine years later, a boy the same age as Ben would have been turns up at her doorstep.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Whoopi Goldberg, Treat Williams
THE DEVIL'S OWN
Two countries, two men, two opposite ways to do the right thing. In strife-torn Northern Ireland, terrorist Rory Devaney does not hesitate to shoot and kill in the name of what he believes. In New York, a cop, Tom O'Meara, will shoot only in the direst of emergencies. The two meet when Rory goes to the Big Apple on a mission. He takes refuge in Tom's house, under the guise of an innocent man. But Rory's world is too violent and Tom's house is too peaceful, and soon this unlikely juxtaposition erupts in conflict.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD: THE BEGINNING
Charging hot off the wheels of the successful 2005 theatrical release, see where it all began. This comedy prequel contains wild car chases and crashes, and Daisy's hilarious but ultimately successful transformation into every Hazzard boy's fantasy girl. Expect all the fun and laughs from the Dukes of Hazzard.
Starring: Jonathan Bennett, Christopher McDonald, Randy Wayne
THE GOLDEN CHILD
Once in a thousand generations, a child with magical powers is born – to bring good into the world. When forces of evil kidnap this perfect child, finding him becomes the most important thing on Earth. An L.A. social worker is amazed to find out that he's the 'chosen one' meant to save the child from evil. In the process, he's involved in a fantastic odyssey that takes him from California to China, and on to Hell itself. Set against a backdrop of astounding special effects, the film has some of the most magical moments in recent movie history.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Edward Wilson, 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 MUMMY RETURNS
Hold on to your seats for double the action, adventure and destruction in The Mummy Returns.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah
THE PATRIOT
Violent demons of the French and Indian War resurrect themselves to haunt veteran soldier Benjamin Martin, who now craves the simple life of a farmer and his family’s company. But when America comes under British tyranny, his eldest son Gabriel runs off to battle against his wishes, and the peace-loving soldier is drawn back into his violent past to make sure no harm befalls his son. His mission to protect his son becomes one of revenge when his house is burned down and one of his children savagely slaughtered by Colonel Tavington.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Chris Gardner is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Chris finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Chris lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.
Starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith
THE TUDORS EP. 01
King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), the young and ambitious monarch of England, prepares for war with France but is dissuaded by the diplomatic manipulation of his powerful Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey (Sam Neill), who proposes that the king sponsor a "Treaty of Universal and Perpetual Peace." Henry discovers that Elizabeth Blount, the young and beautiful lady-in-waiting to his Queen, Katherine of Aragon, is pregnant with his child, even as the Duke of Buckingham asserts his claim to the throne.
THE TUDORS EP. 02
Henry loses a wrestling match to Francis, and Cardinal Wolsey barely manages to stop the angry monarch from walking away from the treaty. After learning that Spain’s King Charles V has been elected Holy Roman Emperor, Henry instructs Wolsey to begin making arrangements for an alliance that excludes the French, unaware that it may jeopardize the Cardinal’s plan to be elected Pope. After preparing his daughter, Mary, to entertain Henry, Sir Thomas Boleyn warns Wolsey of the assassination plot being hatched by Buckingham. But before Buckingham can execute his plan, he is arrested for treason and beheaded.
THE TUDORS EP. 03
Henry invites Emperor Charles V of Spain to England to discuss their future. Meanwhile, Thomas Boleyn deftly positions his daughter, Anne, to seduce the king. Told of Charles’ plans to drive the French from Italy, Henry orders a new ship built in preparation for the war. After seeking Sir Thomas More’s advice on a pamphlet denouncing Martin Luther’s efforts to break from the Catholic Church, Henry orders him to oversee the burning of all of Luther’s works. Queen Katherine confides in Charles her fears that Henry may seek a divorce.
THE TUDORS EP. 04
Having placed Princess Margaret in Charles Brandon’s care for her journey to marry the elderly King of Portugal, Henry explodes in anger at Martin Luther’s response to his pamphlet defending the Catholic Church. Yet, even as good news arrives of Charles V’s defeat of the French in Italy, Henry becomes increasingly obsessed with Anne Boleyn. Passion sparks between Brandon and Princess Margaret Tudor upon the ship bound for Lisbon, even as Henry continues to pursue the beautiful and elusive Anne Boleyn. Henry orders Wolsey to get him a divorce from Katherine.
THE TUDORS EP. 05
As he continues to woo Anne Boleyn, Henry formally accepts his son by Elizabeth Blount. Indignant at the news that Emperor Charles V has released the French king from his custody, Henry redoubles his efforts to have Wolsey get a favorable ruling on his divorce, even as Anne makes it clear that she has no intention of being his mistress. Meanwhile, en route from Portugal, Brandon asks Princess Margaret to be his bride. And as he plots to see that his daughter seduces Henry, Thomas Boleyn is offered an allowance in exchange for his friendship with Emperor Charles V.
THREE CAN PLAY THAT GAME
A relationship expert uses her knowledge of the male psyche to help women get what they want.
Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Jason George
TREASURE OF THE YANKEE ZEPHYR
At an isolated lake high in the New Zealand mountains, a deer hunter finds the wreckage of a WWII plane with $50 million dollars in it. Keeping the money turns out to be a tough job as a band of crooks hears of his find and will kill to have the money for themselves.
Starring: Lesley Ann Warren, Ken Wahl, Donald Pleasence
TWINS
Schwarzenegger and DeVito team up as a pair of mismatched twins separated at birth who reunite to look for their missing mum.
Starring: Kelly Preston, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito
UNFORGIVEN
In this unflinchingly brutal portrait of the American West, William Munny is a former gunfighter and thief, struggling to overcome his dark past. Desperate for money to support his children, he accepts one final job: to kill a couple of sinister cowboys. Riding into town with his old partner, Ned Logan, Munny soon comes up against the local sheriff, Little Bill Daggett. Daggett is a hard-nosed lawmaker who intends to chase any trouble out of town the second it rides in. However, before Munny and Daggett are through with each other, there will be plenty of blood spilled.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman
VERTICAL LIMIT
Peter Garrett is a young spirited climber. So is his sister Annie. But his sister and her team members are trapped on the world's second highest peak K2, and it is up to Peter to risk his and his own team members' lives to save that of his sister and her team. Together with reclusive mountain man Montgomery Wick, they set out to brave the mighty winds and the chilling snow atop K2 – and to bring the trapped team back safely.
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Scott Glenn, Robin Tunney
WITHOUT LIMITS
This is the true story of the legendary long distance runner Steve Prefontaine. The movie follows Prefontaine’s upbringing through his days at Oregon University to the Munich Olympics. Unfortunately, the talented athlete life ended at a tender age of 24 in a car accident.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Billy Crudup, Monica Potter
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