4/01/2009
Cinemax Asia Synopses - Month of April 2009
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A MAN CALLED GANNON
An experienced cowboy takes a young man under his wing and teaches him many things. When they are drawn into a range war, they realize what is at stake when they end up fighting on opposite sides.
Starring: Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Susan Oliver
ABOVE THE LAW
You either love him or hate him; either way Steven Seagal doesn't care. As Chicago cop Nico, the former security specialist proves that action speaks louder than words. He goes all out to bring to justice ex-CIA operatives who are trafficking drugs and plotting a political assassination; proving to them that no one is, well, above the law.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Sharon Stone
AEONFLUX
400 years into the future, half of the human population has been wiped out by a virus, except for one last protected city of mankind. Aeon Flux is a professional assassin sent to kill the leader of this city. But she uncovers an insidious plot and ends up defending her prey.
Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller
ALL THE KING'S MEN
Based on Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All The King's Men tells the story of a man's rise to power in Louisiana's world of politics. Willie Stark is elected as a governor with the support of the lower social classes. But when Judge Irwin supports a group of Stark's enemies pushing for impeachment, Stark plays dirty to bring down the judge and ends up setting up his own ultimate downfall.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Sean Penn
ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD
In this sequel to 1985's "King Solomon's Mines," intrepid adventurer Allan Quatermain receives a mysterious gold piece from a dying man. Could this be a clue leading to Quatermain's missing brother, Robeson? Together with his archaeologist girlfriend Jesse Huston, Quatermain embarks on a quest to East Africa in search of his lost brother. Based on the H. Rider Haggard book, this action adventure promises high thrills and spills in the style of Indiana Jones.
Starring: James Earl Jones, Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlain
AMERICAN NINJA 3 BLOOD HUNT
For evil that has no cure, what is needed is a warrior who knows no fear. And Ninja master David Bradley is just that. He and some other martial arts champions are lured to a tropical paradise where evil in the form of a scientist awaits them. Known only as "The Cobra," he plans to use them as human guinea pigs in his germ warfare experiments. Trained in the ancient arts of Ninjitsu, Bradley is set to take on The Cobra in this martial-arts action spectacular.
Starring: Steve James, David Bradley, Marjoe Gortner
ASSASSINS
In the world of professional killers, the only retirement is in a body bag. Robert Rath (Stallone, Spy Kids 3-D, Shade) is a master hit-man. But he wants out of the game. One last hit job later, he falls for quirky surveillance expert Electra (Moore, The Forgotten, Laws Of Attraction). But someone is determined not to let him live out the rest of his life in peace. Up-and-coming assassin Miguel Bain (Banderas, The Legend of Zorro, Shrek 2) is out to make a name for himself by taking out both Rath and Electra.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Antonio Banderas, Sylvester Stallone
BEERFEST
In this comedy, two brothers travel to Germany for the Oktoberfest and stumble upon a super-secret, age-old competition of beer games. After the brothers are dealt a humiliating defeat, they return to the US and assemble a group of all-star beer drinkers in order to make a triumphant return to the Beerfest.
Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan
BEST OF THE BEST 4: WITHOUT WARNING
When a disc containing Russian mob activity falls into the hands of Tommy Lee, a martial arts instructor, he is forced to escape, only to discover that his daughter has been held hostage and must now confront them with everything he has got.
Starring: Ernie Hudson, Chris Lemmon, Philip Rhee
BOOGEYMAN II
A young woman with a phobia of the boogeyman voluntarily admits herself into a mental health institute. To her horror, she realizes that confronting her demons may not be the best way to deal with her worst fears.
Starring: Tobin Bell, Renee O'Connor
BRADDOCK: MISSING IN ACTION III
When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them from the communists. Armed with the latest hi-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and outmaneuvers a sadistic Vietnamese officer.
Starring: Chuck Norris
CHARADE
This charming, romantic comedy-thriller that pairs Grant and Hepburn was intelligently scripted by Peter Stone; and directed in distinctly Hitchcockian style by Stanley Donen. The setting is Paris. A young widow, Reggie Lampert (Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Hepburn, Roman Holiday), is stalked by the mourners at her husband's funeral. Only later does she realize that they were after the fortune that her late husband had secreted during World War II. With Peter Joshua's (Academy Award® winner Grant, An Affair To Remember) help, she decides to recover it. Look out for the Oscar®-nominated theme song by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, as well as an exquisitely filmed rooftop fight scene between Grant and George Kennedy; which can best be described as a harrowing experience.
Starring: Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, Audrey Hepburn
CHROME SOLDIERS
A group of five war veterans return home to find one of their own murdered in a foul play made to look like an accident. The quintet hop on their bikes to exact revenge on the drug-dealing villains.
Starring: Gary Busey, Ray Sharkey
CLOVERFIELD
A young Manhattan professional fights to save his family and friends when New York becomes the target of an alien attack.
Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman
CODE NAME PHOENIX
The year is 2020, and the human race is at risk of being wiped out by the fountain of youth. An anti-aging serum has been developed. Lucy Chang, a Chinese undercover agent codenamed Phoenix, tries to destroy it, but her attempt is sabotaged. Compelled to flee to America with a million-dollar bounty on her head, she tries to clear her name and destroy the serum but runs into Jake Randall, an honest US Marshal who is torn between turning her in or risking his life to save her and all of mankind.
Starring: Christina Cox, Jeffery Meeks
CRY-BABY
Maverick director John Waters does a quirky spin on '50s nostalgia in Cry-Baby, his musical homage to Rebel Without a Cause and Romeo and Juliet.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane
CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF
A rich man finds a heavily pregnant girl wandering in the woods. He takes pity on her and decides to take her home. She gives birth on Christmas Day, unknowingly fulfilling a curse: an unwanted child born on the hour of the Lord's birth is an insult to heaven. The grown-up child, Leon, finds work in a nearby vineyard and falls in love with Cristina. However, Leon finds it increasingly difficult to curb his blood-thirst. At night, he goes around killing. Will Cristina’s love for Leon be strong enough to stop him from his dire fate?
Starring: Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans
DARK AVENGER
A federal judge is brutally attacked and left for dead but the killer is released on a technicality after his conviction. Found and nursed back to health by someone he previously helped to reform, the judge regains his strength and begins a new chapter of his life. Though crippled and maimed, he dons a mask and equips himself with a series of high-tech gadgets to battle evil as the "Dark Avenger."
Starring: Hector Elizondo, Robert Vaughn
DARK CITY
John Murdoch (Sewell) awakens alone in the bathtub of a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. Pursued by Detective Bumstead (Hurt), Murdoch seeks to unravel the twisted riddle of his identity. He stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers, who put people to sleep and alter the city, environment and its inhabitants through a process of “telekinetic tuning”. With the help of the inscrutable Doctor Schreber (Sutherland), Murdoch must stay ahead of his adversaries while piecing together the puzzle of his past, his childhood, his love for his estranged wife Emma (Connelly) and the key to a hideous series of murders he is accused of committing.
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Rufus Sewell
FAILURE TO LAUNCH
Find out what happens when the parents of a 35-year old bachelor Tripp hire Paula to seduce him so that he can move out of their house!
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew McConaughey
FLESH AND BONE
A 30-year-old murder comes back to haunt the participants in this romantic thriller. Arlis Sweeney is a loner traveling the Texas wastelands who falls in love with abused wife Kay Davies. But the past Arlis has been trying to forget returns in the form of his vicious con-man father Roy, who wants his son to rejoin him in a life of crime.
Starring: Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, James Caan
HBO WORLD BOXING: MARGARITO VS WILLIAMS
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Antonio Margarito and Paul Williams go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from 14 July 2007.
HBO WORLD BOXING: MOSLEY VS RIVERA
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Shane Mosley and Wilfredo Rivera go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from 25 September 1999.
HBO WORLD BOXING: ROY JONES JR VS MCCALLUM
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Roy Jones Jr. and Mike McCallum go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from 22 November 1996.
HELTER SKELTER
This is a story about how Charles Manson attracted lonely souls to his cult in the 60s and 70s. Told through the eyes of Linda Kasabian, she becomes part of Manson's cult in the summer of 1969. Her child is taken away to be raised communally, and her identity gradually fades. Drugs and sex often come into play in the commune, and the concepts of right and wrong are soon blurred. Events come to a terrifying climax when Manson finally orders Linda and her commune mates to slaughter a pregnant actress, Sharon Tate, and her four friends, on that fateful night in August 1969.
Starring: Jeremy Davies, Clea DuVall
HUDSON HAWK
After spending a ten year stint in prison, Hawk just wants to pursue an honest life. However, circumstances won’t allow him to do so. A pair of billionaires hatches a plot to steal three of Leonardo Da Vinci’s works. They blackmail Hawk into working for them by threatening to kill his pal, Tommy Five-Tone, if he refuses. Just when he thinks it can’t get any worse, the CIA and a Vatican art restorer, Anna Baragli also come into the picture.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Andie MacDowell, Danny Aiello
JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER
A renowned real-life cast voices a virtual who's who of superheroes featuring not only Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, but also Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Flash. These very different heroes must overcome their fear and suspicion of one another to forge an alliance against a creature so formidable that it will take all of their powers combined to prevail!
LADY IN THE WATER
From M. Night Shyamalan comes this eerie tale of modest apartment building manager, Cleveland, and the mysterious young woman named Story, whom he rescues. When Cleveland and the tenants of his building discover that this fragile, ethereal woman is being pursued by deadly creatures as she tries to return to the realm of literary imagination to which she belongs, they begin to realize that their world may not be as real as they believe.
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Bryce Howard
LETTER TO MY KILLER
A secretary overhears a little too much from her bosses and is duly murdered, but not before she writes a letter indicting them, which she stashes in an air vent. Thirty years later it is found by a builder, whose wife sees the possibility of blackmailing the evil corporation. Easy money for an easy life. Or so she thinks. A nerve-tingling suspense thriller not for the weak-hearted.
Starring: Mare Winningham, Rip Torn, Nick Chinlund
LIVING WITH THE ENEMY
A new bride thinks her husband might be involved in the death of his first wife.
Starring: Sarah Lancaster, Mark Humphrey
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Academy Award-winner Robert De Niro stars as the tragic creature in this gothic horror classic that also star Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham-Carter.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham-Carter
MISSING IN ACTION
It's been 10 years since the end of the Vietnam War. But battle-scarred Colonel Jim Braddock - played by action star Chuck Norris - is convinced that there are still a number of American POWs still suffering in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He tries to convince the government to rescue them, but to no avail. He takes matters into his own hands. He re-enters Communist-controlled Vietnam and literally becomes a one-man army, killing anyone against his cause, and stopping at nothing until he finds the American soldiers, and brings them home.
Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh
MONSTER!
At a small town's monster movie festival, residents will have the privilege of getting up close and personal with a monster in the flesh. A curse brings the fictional creepster back to life every three years. And he's not here to entertain the townsfolk; his appetite is strictly for humans. From screen to spleen, the townsfolk run for their lives from a figment of a writer's imagination, and it's up to a resourceful youngster to stop it.
Starring: K. Nalsh Emnet, Tobias Hehler
OCEAN'S 11
In the original ultra cool ‘60s classic, Danny Ocean and the rest of the ‘rat pack’ plot to carry out the ultimate heist – a huge casino robbery in Las Vegas. Each member in the ‘rat pack’ has specific roles to play in the big job. A couple of them infiltrate the casinos and set things up from the inside, while the others prepare the explosives that will open the vaults. All the pieces of this intricate puzzle fall into place. However, as Danny's gang soon finds out - not every heist has a happy ending.
Starring: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis
OUT FOR JUSTICE
Revenge is the word on the streets in this no-holds-barred action flick. NYC cop Gino Felino is told that his partner and best friend, cop Bobby Lupo, has been mercilessly shot dead in broad daylight in front of his family. Gino finds out that it is none other than drug lord Richie Madano who committed the killing. Richie has been the sworn enemy of Gino since childhood. Gino takes it upon himself to hunt down Richie and stop his drug empire from expanding, at the same time avenging Bobby’s senseless slaughter. Expect nothing less than pure adrenaline that only the erstwhile action star Seagal can deliver.
Starring: Steven Seagal, William Forsythe
PICASSO TRIGGER
Racier, rapid-fire action from the makers of Malibu Express. It's a graphic, lusty tangle of Feds versus vicious drug kings, starring several ex-Playmates undressing from Hawaii to Dallas.
Starring: Steve Bond, Dona Speir
PISTOL WHIPPED
Kicked off the Force and faced with mounting gambling debt and alcoholism, Matt Conner is given a second chance to prove himself when he is offered a new lease of life for a few favors, including the termination of several local gangsters. He gets suspicious and enlists the help of some friends in the Force, only to have to learn the good guy from the bad.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Lance Henriksen
RETURN TO THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
The editor of a fashion magazine Ariel and her friend Paul are abducted by a group of treasure hunters and forced to go to a haunted house in search of an evil but valuable relic.
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Amanda Righetti, Erik Palladino
RIO GRANDE
After the Civil War, Union officer Kirby Yorke is put in charge of an outpost on the Rio Grande to train new recruits, including his son, to take on the Apache Indians. One day, Kathleen, Kirby's wife, appears, with intentions to take her son home. Kirby is locked in a conflict of immense proportions as he battles not just the elusive Apaches but the prospect of losing his family.
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
SAMSON AND DELILAH
One of the screen's greatest spectaculars! Cecil B. DeMille's epic was the biggest moneymaker of 1950 and was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Special Effects. Victor Mature plays the Bible's most famous strong man; Hedy Lamarr is the beautiful, wily seductress who tames him, while Angela Lansbury plays Semadar, Samson's first love.
Starring: Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr
SNAKES ON A PLANE
A young man, Sean, is an accidental witness to a murder committed by a crime lord. To silence him forever, the bad guy hides a ton of snakes in the plane that Sean is traveling in. Midway into the flight, the reptiles come out to play and it’s up to super cop Neville Flynn to stop them before they kill everyone on board!
Starring: Samuel Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
SPARTACUS
A star-studded extravaganza, this motion picture epic is directed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick. A slave-turned-gladiator, Spartacus leads other slaves in a rebellion against the Roman Empire. The slave revolt becomes a deciding factor in the power struggle between two senators: the republican Gracchus and the militarist Crassus. Each of them sees the fortunes of the rebellion as leading to either his own rise to power, or a humiliating defeat. As the two statesmen attempt to aid, hinder and manipulate the rebels for their own benefit, Spartacus and his followers press on toward freedom.
Starring: Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
STALAG 17
During WWII, a group of GIs are thrown together in the notorious German prison camp Stalag 17. For the most part, they spend their time scheming ways to help each other escape. But when two prisoners are killed in an escape attempt, it becomes obvious that there is a spy amongst them. William Holden stars as a cynical, sharp-tongued soldier who spends his time scheming up rackets and trading with the Germans for special privileges.
Starring: William Holden, Don Taylor
TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY
Ricky Bobby was a pit crew member who rose to become a NASCAR champion. After a frightening crash, he hits rock bottom and loses his nerves, wife and career. He turns to his estranged father, Reese, for a few old racing tricks to conquer his fear of driving and to get back to the top.
Starring: Will Ferrell, John Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen
TARZAN GOES TO INDIA
One of a seemingly endless production of Tarzan movies, this tale by director and co-scripter, John Guillermin, places the hero in India. Tarzan is called to India to help save the many elephants that are endangered by the opening up of a new dam. The reservoir created will flood the elephants' home territory, drowning them all. The Lord of the Jungle now has to battle exploitative businessmen, interested only in the bottom line.
Starring: Jock Mahoney, Leo Gordon
TERROR IN THE MALL
If you thought shopping was fun, then think again. This is not a mall you'd be caught dead in — but then you might not have a choice. Trapped in a shopping mall, surrounded by rising flood waters, deadly methane gas seeping in, and with an escaped murderer as one of their number, a group of shoppers find the only things left to bargain for are their lives. Sometimes it's best just to stay home.
Starring: Rob Estes, Shannon Sturges, David Soul
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN PART 1
In the outskirts of a sleepy Utah town in the middle of nowhere, something has just fallen from the sky and crashed to Earth. Within the hour, all of the townspeople – save a single infant and an old drunkard – will be dead. Now an elite scientific unit attempts to study the deadly virus, determine its origin and figure out a way to stop it.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN PART 2
In the second part of the adaptation of Michael Crichton’s gripping sci-fi novel, the deadly virus appears to have a mind of its own, as the scientists race against time to stop the virus before it destroys humanity.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller
THE ART OF WAR II: BETRAYAL
Agent Neil Shaw is summoned out of retirement at the behest of a senatorial candidate friend but finds himself entangled in a plot to assassinate several senators and is forced to set things straight once again.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Lochlyn Munro
THE BEDFORD INCIDENT
The Cold War threatens to erupt into full-scale conflict in this taut 1965 thriller that's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark
THE COLONY
Looking for a prime condo unit anytime soon? Well, before you do, take a tip from security specialist, Rick Knowlton. When he and his family move into an exclusive and luxurious gated neighborhood, they find themselves at the mercy of the development's power-crazed owner. To their horror they discover that their dream home is a prison where privacy is non-existent and escape is punishable by death! This is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, right till its climatic end.
Starring: John Ritter, Hal Linden, Mary Page Keller
THE CONTRACTOR
Former CIA marksman, James Dial (Snipes) is persuaded back into action to take out a terrorist. He is however betrayed and framed for killing a policeman. James goes into hiding and befriends a 12-year old girl.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Lena Headey
THE DARKLING
Aiden Gillen stars as Jeff O'Bold, a struggling auto mechanic who longs for fame, happiness and fortune. He gets his wish when he makes a pact with the Darkling - a powerful malevolent force that invades his life. In return, the Darkling seeks only a companion. Jeff has nothing to lose and everything to gain - or so he thinks.
Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Aidan Gillen
THE FLASH
Move over Superman – there is a new kid in town – and he is just as fast as a speeding bullet, if not faster. Based on the DC comic book character, this film follows the life of police scientist, Barry Allen. He gets struck by lightning and doused in chemicals, only to be transformed into the fastest man alive — able to move at nearly the speed of sound, although only in limited bursts. With the help of a lab scientist, Tina McGee, he learns to control his powers. But when his older brother Jay, a motorcycle cop, is killed in the line of duty, Barry asks Tina to make him a special costume that can withstand the rigors of hyper-speed travel. As "The Flash," he sets forth to stop the Dark Riders – an evil motorcycle gang that caused his brother's death, and that now threatens to take over Central City.
Starring: John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Michael Nader
THE GLIMMER MAN
Jack Cole is an ex-government assassin-turned-detective who has faced all kinds of trouble in his line of work. However, he must now contend with something he has never faced before – a partner. His new buddy, Detective Jim Campbell, is a loudmouth with an attitude, and the complete opposite of Jake, who is a Buddhist loner. Together they uncover the deadly plot of an infamous serial killer. As the body count mounts, the partners have to put their differences aside and act together before it is too late.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Keenan Ivory Wayans
THE GORGON
Every full moon, a small town in Germany suffers a spate of mysterious murders. The hapless victims are found dead, having been turned to stone. University of Leipzig professor, Karl Meister, sets out to solve the mystery when the seventh victim is found. But one of the town authorities, Dr. Namaroff, seems to know more about the modern-day Medusa than he cares to admit. Professor Meister must now stop the horrific creature, before she claims another victim during the next full moon.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco
THE HAND
When an acclaimed cartoonist loses his hand in an accident, his life is ruined. His wife and daughter leave him and he is in deep despair. To add to this he has the growing suspicion that his severed hand has taken on a life of its own, committing heinous crimes. Is it really doing so or has the artist just lost his mind?
Starring: Michael Caine
THE NEW ORIGINAL WONDER WOMAN
US Air Force Steve Trevor crash lands on an uncharted island in the Bermuda Triangle, only to find a secret island inhabited only by women for thousands of years. He enlists the help of Diana, the Amazon princess, to travel back to the U.S. to help fight against the Third Reich.
Starring: Lynda Carter
THE SECRET WAYS
After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, the mercenary Mike Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist, Jansci, escape from Budapest. Posing as journalists, they cross the border, but Reynolds has a change of heart and does not want to leave Hungary.
Starring: R. Widmark, S. Ziemann
THE STING II
The sequel to the original The Sting is set in 1940s New York with Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis and Oliver Reed playing the roles of Fargo Gondorff, Jake Hooker and Doyle Lonnegan respectively. The story revolves around con-artists Hooker and Gondorff who zero in on a shifty night-club owner Macalinski, with previous conned victim Lonnegan out to get them.
Starring: Jackie Gleason, Teri Garr, Mac Davis
THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX
Emily Pollifax has been recently widowed. Encouraged by her doctor to get over her husband’s death, she applies for a job with the CIA. Through a case of mistaken identity, Mrs. Pollifax ends up in Marrakesh on a seemingly routine assignment. When the agent assigned to keep her out of trouble gets into a spot of bother, she takes it upon herself to complete the assignment. However, as bodies start to pile up, Mrs. Pollifax must use all the skills she can muster to simply stay alive.
Starring: Thomas Ian Griffith, Angela Lansbury
THE VICTORS
Carl Foreman directed this epic WWII drama about a US infantry squad's military and amorous adventures as they make their way from Italy through France and Belgium to Berlin.
Starring: Eli Wallach, George Peppard, Vincent Edwards
THE WEREWOLF
"Wolf mutant" serum turns a helpless man into a wild beast that must kill to live! Set in a lonely mountain village, this horror flick is a chiller in the scariest "wolf man" tradition.
Starring: Steven Ritch
TRUE BLOOD 01: STRANGE LOVE
Across the country, vampires have come "out of the coffin" after the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood. In Louisiana, Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress with telepathic abilities, falls under the spell of a sexy, 173-year-old vampire named Bill Compton — whose thoughts she cannot read. After saving Bill from the Rattrays, a pair of ruthless "vampire drainers," Sookie tests the limits of Bill's gratitude when the two are left alone in the dark. Meanwhile, Sookie's best friend Tara quits one job to work for Sam Merlotte at his bar and grill, and Sookie's roguish brother Jason finds himself in hot water when a "fangbanger," whom he has been intimate with meets a tragic end.
TRUE BLOOD 02: THE FIRST TASTE
Bill returns Sookie's favor by rescuing her from the Rattrays' revenge, healing the wounded waitress with his own blood and leaving her, temporarily, with heightened senses. After being invited into Gran's house for a "get-to-know-you" gathering with Jason and her family, Bill joins Sookie for a nocturnal sojourn. They end up at Bill's dilapidated antebellum estate, where Bill fights off his primal vampire urges for the acquiescent Sookie. Later, Sookie's desires get the better of her as she returns to Bill's — and is greeted by a gaggle of his bloodthirsty vampire friends.
TRUE BLOOD 03: MINE
Foiled in their attempt to "glamour" Sookie, vampires Malcolm, Liam and Diane make a hasty retreat after Bill lays claim to the waitress. At Merlotte's, Sam seeks a short-term remedy to his long-term loneliness, while Tara seeks respite from her mother's alcohol-fueled rage. Spurned by Dawn for lack of performance, Jason turns to Lafayette, Merlotte's short-order cook, for help with his problem.
TRUE BLOOD 04: ESCAPE FROM DRAGON HOUSE
Another killing in Bon Temps finds Jason back in custody with officers Andy and Bud. Tara gets him off the hook, but neither she nor Lafayette has the antidote to his current ailment. Urged by Gran to use her telepathic abilities to weed out the murderer and exonerate her brother, Sookie persuades Bill to take her to a Shreveport vampire bar called Fangtasia, where she impresses a dominant Nordic bloodsucker named Eric with her prescient powers. Later, Bill demonstrates his own considerable powers when an abusive patrolman stops the couple on their way home.
TRUE BLOOD 05: SPARKS FLY OUT
Spurned by an exasperated Sookie, Bill ends up winning over Adele's church audience with his vivid recollections from the Civil War, though Andy and Bud remain suspicious. Sam tries to make the most of his opportunity with Sookie, though she's clearly not ready to commit. Ignoring Tara's rebuff, Lafayette convinces Jason to give vampire blood, a.k.a. "V juice," another shot. Alone at home, Bill remembers the painful wartime incident that changed his fate forever.
TRUE BLOOD 06: COLD GROUND
Numbed by tragedy, Sookie looks for refuge from the cacophony of her friends and neighbors' inner voices. After lashing out at his sister and decking Andy, Jason wrestles with withdrawal symptoms from his V-juice habit. Tara resists the overtures of her mother, Lettie Mae, who is trying to rid herself of a demon and needs her daughter's help. Sam and Tara make a connection in their mutual search for "something real."
TRUE BLOOD 07: BURNING HOUSE OF LOVE
Sookie's painful childhood revelation about her Uncle Bartlett spurs Bill into action. Despite her skepticism, Tara agrees to pay for an exorcism to purge a demon out of Lettie Mae. In search of V-juice, Jason travels to Fangtasia, where he bonds with an adventurous young woman named Amy. A trio of rednecks decides to exact vigilante justice on a pack of vampires who crashed Merlotte's in search of their wayward mate, Bill.
TRUE BLOOD 08: THE FOURTH MAN IN THE FIRE
Sookie tries to hold herself together in the wake of another possible tragedy. Tara is amazed by Lettie Mae's turnaround, and considers similar therapy for herself after lashing out at Sookie and Sam. Jason's new squeeze, Amy, charms the crowd at Merlotte's, but shows a darker side to Jason when their V-juice well runs dry. Rene pops the question to Arlene while Sookie is baby-sitting her kids. Later, at Bill's request, Sookie agrees to use her gifts to help Eric, a powerful vampire sheriff, root out a thief at Fangtasia.
TRUE BLOOD 09: PLAISIR D'AMOUR
Bill breaks a vampire taboo in protecting Sookie — and must pay a steep price as a result. Jason and Amy break their own taboo by kidnapping a vampire named Eddie in order to harvest his blood. With Lettie Mae apparently cured, a skeptical Tara consults with Miss Jeanette about exorcising her own inner demon. Sookie returns home to yet another horrific tragedy, prompting Bill to enlist an unlikely bodyguard – Sam — to protect her while he is away.
TRUE BLOOD 10: I DON'T WANNA KNOW
Caught in a compromising position, Sam shares a secret with an incredulous Sookie. Thinking she has been purged of her demon, Tara celebrates with Lettie Mae — but goes off the deep end when she uncovers Miss Jeanette's true intentions. Sookie has a disturbing revelation during Arlene and Rene's engagement party at Merlotte's; Jason and Amy debate what to do with Eddie; and Tara speeds into a bizarre roadside encounter that lands her in jail. At a vampire tribunal to decide his fate, Bill faces a harsh penalty for his offense, but the magister decides on a more creative sentence.
TRUE GRIT
As Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, hard-drinking, over-the-hill Texas ranger, John Wayne helps a brave teenage girl in pursuit of her father's killers who ran away with their family savings.
Starring: John Wayne, Glen Campbell
WILD GEESE II
The world's most daring mercenaries are back in the sequel to Wild Geese to pull off the most incredible kidnapping of all time. Wild Geese II masterminds the capture of Nazi Rudolf Hess from Spandau, the Berlin fortress where he has lived for 40 years. Scott Glenn stars as TV mogul Robert McCann, ready to risk everything to uncover the scoop of the century. Hiring the world's best mercenaries, McCann prepares the coup and becomes a target for assassination when the Russians, Palestinian terrorists, and even the Irish Republican Army get in on the act.
Starring: Scott Glenn, Laurence Olivier, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox
WILD THINGS
This scandalous thriller, set in the steamy town of Blue Bay, Florida, follows a deliciously wicked maze of shocking twists, turns and entanglements. When sexy high school guidance counselor Sam Lombardo (Dillon) is accused of rape by the rich and wanton Kelly Van Ryan (Richards) and social outsider Suzie Toller (Campbell), it appears to be an open and shut case. But as he digs further, Detective Ray Duquette (Bacon) discovers a tabloid-worthy scandal that has its tentacles wrapped around virtually everyone in Blue Bay. Beneath the sheen of high society and police propriety lies a bizarre labyrinth of truth and illusion, with the real answers known only as the credits begin to roll.
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon
XIII PT 1
Three months after the first female US President is shot dead during a speech by a sniper, a wounded man with a ‘XIII’ tattoo on his neck is found in a forest with no memory of who he is. With his quick reflexes and killer instincts, could he be the assassin that all the government agencies are looking for?
Starring: Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff
XIII PT 2
Hours after XIII's location is picked up by covert intelligence, elite special ops forces swarm the house XIII is living in. XIII successfully takes them all out and must now piece back his life and the clues together. He soon discovers that he is being pursued by two different agencies with different agendas. Will he come out alive and find out who he really was?
Starring: Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff
An experienced cowboy takes a young man under his wing and teaches him many things. When they are drawn into a range war, they realize what is at stake when they end up fighting on opposite sides.
Starring: Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Susan Oliver
ABOVE THE LAW
You either love him or hate him; either way Steven Seagal doesn't care. As Chicago cop Nico, the former security specialist proves that action speaks louder than words. He goes all out to bring to justice ex-CIA operatives who are trafficking drugs and plotting a political assassination; proving to them that no one is, well, above the law.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Sharon Stone
AEONFLUX
400 years into the future, half of the human population has been wiped out by a virus, except for one last protected city of mankind. Aeon Flux is a professional assassin sent to kill the leader of this city. But she uncovers an insidious plot and ends up defending her prey.
Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller
ALL THE KING'S MEN
Based on Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All The King's Men tells the story of a man's rise to power in Louisiana's world of politics. Willie Stark is elected as a governor with the support of the lower social classes. But when Judge Irwin supports a group of Stark's enemies pushing for impeachment, Stark plays dirty to bring down the judge and ends up setting up his own ultimate downfall.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Sean Penn
ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD
In this sequel to 1985's "King Solomon's Mines," intrepid adventurer Allan Quatermain receives a mysterious gold piece from a dying man. Could this be a clue leading to Quatermain's missing brother, Robeson? Together with his archaeologist girlfriend Jesse Huston, Quatermain embarks on a quest to East Africa in search of his lost brother. Based on the H. Rider Haggard book, this action adventure promises high thrills and spills in the style of Indiana Jones.
Starring: James Earl Jones, Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlain
AMERICAN NINJA 3 BLOOD HUNT
For evil that has no cure, what is needed is a warrior who knows no fear. And Ninja master David Bradley is just that. He and some other martial arts champions are lured to a tropical paradise where evil in the form of a scientist awaits them. Known only as "The Cobra," he plans to use them as human guinea pigs in his germ warfare experiments. Trained in the ancient arts of Ninjitsu, Bradley is set to take on The Cobra in this martial-arts action spectacular.
Starring: Steve James, David Bradley, Marjoe Gortner
ASSASSINS
In the world of professional killers, the only retirement is in a body bag. Robert Rath (Stallone, Spy Kids 3-D, Shade) is a master hit-man. But he wants out of the game. One last hit job later, he falls for quirky surveillance expert Electra (Moore, The Forgotten, Laws Of Attraction). But someone is determined not to let him live out the rest of his life in peace. Up-and-coming assassin Miguel Bain (Banderas, The Legend of Zorro, Shrek 2) is out to make a name for himself by taking out both Rath and Electra.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Antonio Banderas, Sylvester Stallone
BEERFEST
In this comedy, two brothers travel to Germany for the Oktoberfest and stumble upon a super-secret, age-old competition of beer games. After the brothers are dealt a humiliating defeat, they return to the US and assemble a group of all-star beer drinkers in order to make a triumphant return to the Beerfest.
Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan
BEST OF THE BEST 4: WITHOUT WARNING
When a disc containing Russian mob activity falls into the hands of Tommy Lee, a martial arts instructor, he is forced to escape, only to discover that his daughter has been held hostage and must now confront them with everything he has got.
Starring: Ernie Hudson, Chris Lemmon, Philip Rhee
BOOGEYMAN II
A young woman with a phobia of the boogeyman voluntarily admits herself into a mental health institute. To her horror, she realizes that confronting her demons may not be the best way to deal with her worst fears.
Starring: Tobin Bell, Renee O'Connor
BRADDOCK: MISSING IN ACTION III
When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them from the communists. Armed with the latest hi-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and outmaneuvers a sadistic Vietnamese officer.
Starring: Chuck Norris
CHARADE
This charming, romantic comedy-thriller that pairs Grant and Hepburn was intelligently scripted by Peter Stone; and directed in distinctly Hitchcockian style by Stanley Donen. The setting is Paris. A young widow, Reggie Lampert (Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Hepburn, Roman Holiday), is stalked by the mourners at her husband's funeral. Only later does she realize that they were after the fortune that her late husband had secreted during World War II. With Peter Joshua's (Academy Award® winner Grant, An Affair To Remember) help, she decides to recover it. Look out for the Oscar®-nominated theme song by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, as well as an exquisitely filmed rooftop fight scene between Grant and George Kennedy; which can best be described as a harrowing experience.
Starring: Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, Audrey Hepburn
CHROME SOLDIERS
A group of five war veterans return home to find one of their own murdered in a foul play made to look like an accident. The quintet hop on their bikes to exact revenge on the drug-dealing villains.
Starring: Gary Busey, Ray Sharkey
CLOVERFIELD
A young Manhattan professional fights to save his family and friends when New York becomes the target of an alien attack.
Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman
CODE NAME PHOENIX
The year is 2020, and the human race is at risk of being wiped out by the fountain of youth. An anti-aging serum has been developed. Lucy Chang, a Chinese undercover agent codenamed Phoenix, tries to destroy it, but her attempt is sabotaged. Compelled to flee to America with a million-dollar bounty on her head, she tries to clear her name and destroy the serum but runs into Jake Randall, an honest US Marshal who is torn between turning her in or risking his life to save her and all of mankind.
Starring: Christina Cox, Jeffery Meeks
CRY-BABY
Maverick director John Waters does a quirky spin on '50s nostalgia in Cry-Baby, his musical homage to Rebel Without a Cause and Romeo and Juliet.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane
CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF
A rich man finds a heavily pregnant girl wandering in the woods. He takes pity on her and decides to take her home. She gives birth on Christmas Day, unknowingly fulfilling a curse: an unwanted child born on the hour of the Lord's birth is an insult to heaven. The grown-up child, Leon, finds work in a nearby vineyard and falls in love with Cristina. However, Leon finds it increasingly difficult to curb his blood-thirst. At night, he goes around killing. Will Cristina’s love for Leon be strong enough to stop him from his dire fate?
Starring: Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans
DARK AVENGER
A federal judge is brutally attacked and left for dead but the killer is released on a technicality after his conviction. Found and nursed back to health by someone he previously helped to reform, the judge regains his strength and begins a new chapter of his life. Though crippled and maimed, he dons a mask and equips himself with a series of high-tech gadgets to battle evil as the "Dark Avenger."
Starring: Hector Elizondo, Robert Vaughn
DARK CITY
John Murdoch (Sewell) awakens alone in the bathtub of a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. Pursued by Detective Bumstead (Hurt), Murdoch seeks to unravel the twisted riddle of his identity. He stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers, who put people to sleep and alter the city, environment and its inhabitants through a process of “telekinetic tuning”. With the help of the inscrutable Doctor Schreber (Sutherland), Murdoch must stay ahead of his adversaries while piecing together the puzzle of his past, his childhood, his love for his estranged wife Emma (Connelly) and the key to a hideous series of murders he is accused of committing.
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Rufus Sewell
FAILURE TO LAUNCH
Find out what happens when the parents of a 35-year old bachelor Tripp hire Paula to seduce him so that he can move out of their house!
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew McConaughey
FLESH AND BONE
A 30-year-old murder comes back to haunt the participants in this romantic thriller. Arlis Sweeney is a loner traveling the Texas wastelands who falls in love with abused wife Kay Davies. But the past Arlis has been trying to forget returns in the form of his vicious con-man father Roy, who wants his son to rejoin him in a life of crime.
Starring: Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, James Caan
HBO WORLD BOXING: MARGARITO VS WILLIAMS
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Antonio Margarito and Paul Williams go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from 14 July 2007.
HBO WORLD BOXING: MOSLEY VS RIVERA
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Shane Mosley and Wilfredo Rivera go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from 25 September 1999.
HBO WORLD BOXING: ROY JONES JR VS MCCALLUM
Relive some of the most exciting and memorable boxing matches on HBO Boxing: Roy Jones Jr. and Mike McCallum go head to head in this classic HBO World Boxing match from 22 November 1996.
HELTER SKELTER
This is a story about how Charles Manson attracted lonely souls to his cult in the 60s and 70s. Told through the eyes of Linda Kasabian, she becomes part of Manson's cult in the summer of 1969. Her child is taken away to be raised communally, and her identity gradually fades. Drugs and sex often come into play in the commune, and the concepts of right and wrong are soon blurred. Events come to a terrifying climax when Manson finally orders Linda and her commune mates to slaughter a pregnant actress, Sharon Tate, and her four friends, on that fateful night in August 1969.
Starring: Jeremy Davies, Clea DuVall
HUDSON HAWK
After spending a ten year stint in prison, Hawk just wants to pursue an honest life. However, circumstances won’t allow him to do so. A pair of billionaires hatches a plot to steal three of Leonardo Da Vinci’s works. They blackmail Hawk into working for them by threatening to kill his pal, Tommy Five-Tone, if he refuses. Just when he thinks it can’t get any worse, the CIA and a Vatican art restorer, Anna Baragli also come into the picture.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Andie MacDowell, Danny Aiello
JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER
A renowned real-life cast voices a virtual who's who of superheroes featuring not only Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, but also Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Flash. These very different heroes must overcome their fear and suspicion of one another to forge an alliance against a creature so formidable that it will take all of their powers combined to prevail!
LADY IN THE WATER
From M. Night Shyamalan comes this eerie tale of modest apartment building manager, Cleveland, and the mysterious young woman named Story, whom he rescues. When Cleveland and the tenants of his building discover that this fragile, ethereal woman is being pursued by deadly creatures as she tries to return to the realm of literary imagination to which she belongs, they begin to realize that their world may not be as real as they believe.
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Bryce Howard
LETTER TO MY KILLER
A secretary overhears a little too much from her bosses and is duly murdered, but not before she writes a letter indicting them, which she stashes in an air vent. Thirty years later it is found by a builder, whose wife sees the possibility of blackmailing the evil corporation. Easy money for an easy life. Or so she thinks. A nerve-tingling suspense thriller not for the weak-hearted.
Starring: Mare Winningham, Rip Torn, Nick Chinlund
LIVING WITH THE ENEMY
A new bride thinks her husband might be involved in the death of his first wife.
Starring: Sarah Lancaster, Mark Humphrey
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Academy Award-winner Robert De Niro stars as the tragic creature in this gothic horror classic that also star Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham-Carter.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham-Carter
MISSING IN ACTION
It's been 10 years since the end of the Vietnam War. But battle-scarred Colonel Jim Braddock - played by action star Chuck Norris - is convinced that there are still a number of American POWs still suffering in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He tries to convince the government to rescue them, but to no avail. He takes matters into his own hands. He re-enters Communist-controlled Vietnam and literally becomes a one-man army, killing anyone against his cause, and stopping at nothing until he finds the American soldiers, and brings them home.
Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh
MONSTER!
At a small town's monster movie festival, residents will have the privilege of getting up close and personal with a monster in the flesh. A curse brings the fictional creepster back to life every three years. And he's not here to entertain the townsfolk; his appetite is strictly for humans. From screen to spleen, the townsfolk run for their lives from a figment of a writer's imagination, and it's up to a resourceful youngster to stop it.
Starring: K. Nalsh Emnet, Tobias Hehler
OCEAN'S 11
In the original ultra cool ‘60s classic, Danny Ocean and the rest of the ‘rat pack’ plot to carry out the ultimate heist – a huge casino robbery in Las Vegas. Each member in the ‘rat pack’ has specific roles to play in the big job. A couple of them infiltrate the casinos and set things up from the inside, while the others prepare the explosives that will open the vaults. All the pieces of this intricate puzzle fall into place. However, as Danny's gang soon finds out - not every heist has a happy ending.
Starring: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis
OUT FOR JUSTICE
Revenge is the word on the streets in this no-holds-barred action flick. NYC cop Gino Felino is told that his partner and best friend, cop Bobby Lupo, has been mercilessly shot dead in broad daylight in front of his family. Gino finds out that it is none other than drug lord Richie Madano who committed the killing. Richie has been the sworn enemy of Gino since childhood. Gino takes it upon himself to hunt down Richie and stop his drug empire from expanding, at the same time avenging Bobby’s senseless slaughter. Expect nothing less than pure adrenaline that only the erstwhile action star Seagal can deliver.
Starring: Steven Seagal, William Forsythe
PICASSO TRIGGER
Racier, rapid-fire action from the makers of Malibu Express. It's a graphic, lusty tangle of Feds versus vicious drug kings, starring several ex-Playmates undressing from Hawaii to Dallas.
Starring: Steve Bond, Dona Speir
PISTOL WHIPPED
Kicked off the Force and faced with mounting gambling debt and alcoholism, Matt Conner is given a second chance to prove himself when he is offered a new lease of life for a few favors, including the termination of several local gangsters. He gets suspicious and enlists the help of some friends in the Force, only to have to learn the good guy from the bad.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Lance Henriksen
RETURN TO THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
The editor of a fashion magazine Ariel and her friend Paul are abducted by a group of treasure hunters and forced to go to a haunted house in search of an evil but valuable relic.
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Amanda Righetti, Erik Palladino
RIO GRANDE
After the Civil War, Union officer Kirby Yorke is put in charge of an outpost on the Rio Grande to train new recruits, including his son, to take on the Apache Indians. One day, Kathleen, Kirby's wife, appears, with intentions to take her son home. Kirby is locked in a conflict of immense proportions as he battles not just the elusive Apaches but the prospect of losing his family.
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
SAMSON AND DELILAH
One of the screen's greatest spectaculars! Cecil B. DeMille's epic was the biggest moneymaker of 1950 and was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Special Effects. Victor Mature plays the Bible's most famous strong man; Hedy Lamarr is the beautiful, wily seductress who tames him, while Angela Lansbury plays Semadar, Samson's first love.
Starring: Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr
SNAKES ON A PLANE
A young man, Sean, is an accidental witness to a murder committed by a crime lord. To silence him forever, the bad guy hides a ton of snakes in the plane that Sean is traveling in. Midway into the flight, the reptiles come out to play and it’s up to super cop Neville Flynn to stop them before they kill everyone on board!
Starring: Samuel Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
SPARTACUS
A star-studded extravaganza, this motion picture epic is directed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick. A slave-turned-gladiator, Spartacus leads other slaves in a rebellion against the Roman Empire. The slave revolt becomes a deciding factor in the power struggle between two senators: the republican Gracchus and the militarist Crassus. Each of them sees the fortunes of the rebellion as leading to either his own rise to power, or a humiliating defeat. As the two statesmen attempt to aid, hinder and manipulate the rebels for their own benefit, Spartacus and his followers press on toward freedom.
Starring: Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
STALAG 17
During WWII, a group of GIs are thrown together in the notorious German prison camp Stalag 17. For the most part, they spend their time scheming ways to help each other escape. But when two prisoners are killed in an escape attempt, it becomes obvious that there is a spy amongst them. William Holden stars as a cynical, sharp-tongued soldier who spends his time scheming up rackets and trading with the Germans for special privileges.
Starring: William Holden, Don Taylor
TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY
Ricky Bobby was a pit crew member who rose to become a NASCAR champion. After a frightening crash, he hits rock bottom and loses his nerves, wife and career. He turns to his estranged father, Reese, for a few old racing tricks to conquer his fear of driving and to get back to the top.
Starring: Will Ferrell, John Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen
TARZAN GOES TO INDIA
One of a seemingly endless production of Tarzan movies, this tale by director and co-scripter, John Guillermin, places the hero in India. Tarzan is called to India to help save the many elephants that are endangered by the opening up of a new dam. The reservoir created will flood the elephants' home territory, drowning them all. The Lord of the Jungle now has to battle exploitative businessmen, interested only in the bottom line.
Starring: Jock Mahoney, Leo Gordon
TERROR IN THE MALL
If you thought shopping was fun, then think again. This is not a mall you'd be caught dead in — but then you might not have a choice. Trapped in a shopping mall, surrounded by rising flood waters, deadly methane gas seeping in, and with an escaped murderer as one of their number, a group of shoppers find the only things left to bargain for are their lives. Sometimes it's best just to stay home.
Starring: Rob Estes, Shannon Sturges, David Soul
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN PART 1
In the outskirts of a sleepy Utah town in the middle of nowhere, something has just fallen from the sky and crashed to Earth. Within the hour, all of the townspeople – save a single infant and an old drunkard – will be dead. Now an elite scientific unit attempts to study the deadly virus, determine its origin and figure out a way to stop it.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN PART 2
In the second part of the adaptation of Michael Crichton’s gripping sci-fi novel, the deadly virus appears to have a mind of its own, as the scientists race against time to stop the virus before it destroys humanity.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller
THE ART OF WAR II: BETRAYAL
Agent Neil Shaw is summoned out of retirement at the behest of a senatorial candidate friend but finds himself entangled in a plot to assassinate several senators and is forced to set things straight once again.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Lochlyn Munro
THE BEDFORD INCIDENT
The Cold War threatens to erupt into full-scale conflict in this taut 1965 thriller that's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark
THE COLONY
Looking for a prime condo unit anytime soon? Well, before you do, take a tip from security specialist, Rick Knowlton. When he and his family move into an exclusive and luxurious gated neighborhood, they find themselves at the mercy of the development's power-crazed owner. To their horror they discover that their dream home is a prison where privacy is non-existent and escape is punishable by death! This is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, right till its climatic end.
Starring: John Ritter, Hal Linden, Mary Page Keller
THE CONTRACTOR
Former CIA marksman, James Dial (Snipes) is persuaded back into action to take out a terrorist. He is however betrayed and framed for killing a policeman. James goes into hiding and befriends a 12-year old girl.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Lena Headey
THE DARKLING
Aiden Gillen stars as Jeff O'Bold, a struggling auto mechanic who longs for fame, happiness and fortune. He gets his wish when he makes a pact with the Darkling - a powerful malevolent force that invades his life. In return, the Darkling seeks only a companion. Jeff has nothing to lose and everything to gain - or so he thinks.
Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Aidan Gillen
THE FLASH
Move over Superman – there is a new kid in town – and he is just as fast as a speeding bullet, if not faster. Based on the DC comic book character, this film follows the life of police scientist, Barry Allen. He gets struck by lightning and doused in chemicals, only to be transformed into the fastest man alive — able to move at nearly the speed of sound, although only in limited bursts. With the help of a lab scientist, Tina McGee, he learns to control his powers. But when his older brother Jay, a motorcycle cop, is killed in the line of duty, Barry asks Tina to make him a special costume that can withstand the rigors of hyper-speed travel. As "The Flash," he sets forth to stop the Dark Riders – an evil motorcycle gang that caused his brother's death, and that now threatens to take over Central City.
Starring: John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Michael Nader
THE GLIMMER MAN
Jack Cole is an ex-government assassin-turned-detective who has faced all kinds of trouble in his line of work. However, he must now contend with something he has never faced before – a partner. His new buddy, Detective Jim Campbell, is a loudmouth with an attitude, and the complete opposite of Jake, who is a Buddhist loner. Together they uncover the deadly plot of an infamous serial killer. As the body count mounts, the partners have to put their differences aside and act together before it is too late.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Keenan Ivory Wayans
THE GORGON
Every full moon, a small town in Germany suffers a spate of mysterious murders. The hapless victims are found dead, having been turned to stone. University of Leipzig professor, Karl Meister, sets out to solve the mystery when the seventh victim is found. But one of the town authorities, Dr. Namaroff, seems to know more about the modern-day Medusa than he cares to admit. Professor Meister must now stop the horrific creature, before she claims another victim during the next full moon.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco
THE HAND
When an acclaimed cartoonist loses his hand in an accident, his life is ruined. His wife and daughter leave him and he is in deep despair. To add to this he has the growing suspicion that his severed hand has taken on a life of its own, committing heinous crimes. Is it really doing so or has the artist just lost his mind?
Starring: Michael Caine
THE NEW ORIGINAL WONDER WOMAN
US Air Force Steve Trevor crash lands on an uncharted island in the Bermuda Triangle, only to find a secret island inhabited only by women for thousands of years. He enlists the help of Diana, the Amazon princess, to travel back to the U.S. to help fight against the Third Reich.
Starring: Lynda Carter
THE SECRET WAYS
After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, the mercenary Mike Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist, Jansci, escape from Budapest. Posing as journalists, they cross the border, but Reynolds has a change of heart and does not want to leave Hungary.
Starring: R. Widmark, S. Ziemann
THE STING II
The sequel to the original The Sting is set in 1940s New York with Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis and Oliver Reed playing the roles of Fargo Gondorff, Jake Hooker and Doyle Lonnegan respectively. The story revolves around con-artists Hooker and Gondorff who zero in on a shifty night-club owner Macalinski, with previous conned victim Lonnegan out to get them.
Starring: Jackie Gleason, Teri Garr, Mac Davis
THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX
Emily Pollifax has been recently widowed. Encouraged by her doctor to get over her husband’s death, she applies for a job with the CIA. Through a case of mistaken identity, Mrs. Pollifax ends up in Marrakesh on a seemingly routine assignment. When the agent assigned to keep her out of trouble gets into a spot of bother, she takes it upon herself to complete the assignment. However, as bodies start to pile up, Mrs. Pollifax must use all the skills she can muster to simply stay alive.
Starring: Thomas Ian Griffith, Angela Lansbury
THE VICTORS
Carl Foreman directed this epic WWII drama about a US infantry squad's military and amorous adventures as they make their way from Italy through France and Belgium to Berlin.
Starring: Eli Wallach, George Peppard, Vincent Edwards
THE WEREWOLF
"Wolf mutant" serum turns a helpless man into a wild beast that must kill to live! Set in a lonely mountain village, this horror flick is a chiller in the scariest "wolf man" tradition.
Starring: Steven Ritch
TRUE BLOOD 01: STRANGE LOVE
Across the country, vampires have come "out of the coffin" after the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood. In Louisiana, Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress with telepathic abilities, falls under the spell of a sexy, 173-year-old vampire named Bill Compton — whose thoughts she cannot read. After saving Bill from the Rattrays, a pair of ruthless "vampire drainers," Sookie tests the limits of Bill's gratitude when the two are left alone in the dark. Meanwhile, Sookie's best friend Tara quits one job to work for Sam Merlotte at his bar and grill, and Sookie's roguish brother Jason finds himself in hot water when a "fangbanger," whom he has been intimate with meets a tragic end.
TRUE BLOOD 02: THE FIRST TASTE
Bill returns Sookie's favor by rescuing her from the Rattrays' revenge, healing the wounded waitress with his own blood and leaving her, temporarily, with heightened senses. After being invited into Gran's house for a "get-to-know-you" gathering with Jason and her family, Bill joins Sookie for a nocturnal sojourn. They end up at Bill's dilapidated antebellum estate, where Bill fights off his primal vampire urges for the acquiescent Sookie. Later, Sookie's desires get the better of her as she returns to Bill's — and is greeted by a gaggle of his bloodthirsty vampire friends.
TRUE BLOOD 03: MINE
Foiled in their attempt to "glamour" Sookie, vampires Malcolm, Liam and Diane make a hasty retreat after Bill lays claim to the waitress. At Merlotte's, Sam seeks a short-term remedy to his long-term loneliness, while Tara seeks respite from her mother's alcohol-fueled rage. Spurned by Dawn for lack of performance, Jason turns to Lafayette, Merlotte's short-order cook, for help with his problem.
TRUE BLOOD 04: ESCAPE FROM DRAGON HOUSE
Another killing in Bon Temps finds Jason back in custody with officers Andy and Bud. Tara gets him off the hook, but neither she nor Lafayette has the antidote to his current ailment. Urged by Gran to use her telepathic abilities to weed out the murderer and exonerate her brother, Sookie persuades Bill to take her to a Shreveport vampire bar called Fangtasia, where she impresses a dominant Nordic bloodsucker named Eric with her prescient powers. Later, Bill demonstrates his own considerable powers when an abusive patrolman stops the couple on their way home.
TRUE BLOOD 05: SPARKS FLY OUT
Spurned by an exasperated Sookie, Bill ends up winning over Adele's church audience with his vivid recollections from the Civil War, though Andy and Bud remain suspicious. Sam tries to make the most of his opportunity with Sookie, though she's clearly not ready to commit. Ignoring Tara's rebuff, Lafayette convinces Jason to give vampire blood, a.k.a. "V juice," another shot. Alone at home, Bill remembers the painful wartime incident that changed his fate forever.
TRUE BLOOD 06: COLD GROUND
Numbed by tragedy, Sookie looks for refuge from the cacophony of her friends and neighbors' inner voices. After lashing out at his sister and decking Andy, Jason wrestles with withdrawal symptoms from his V-juice habit. Tara resists the overtures of her mother, Lettie Mae, who is trying to rid herself of a demon and needs her daughter's help. Sam and Tara make a connection in their mutual search for "something real."
TRUE BLOOD 07: BURNING HOUSE OF LOVE
Sookie's painful childhood revelation about her Uncle Bartlett spurs Bill into action. Despite her skepticism, Tara agrees to pay for an exorcism to purge a demon out of Lettie Mae. In search of V-juice, Jason travels to Fangtasia, where he bonds with an adventurous young woman named Amy. A trio of rednecks decides to exact vigilante justice on a pack of vampires who crashed Merlotte's in search of their wayward mate, Bill.
TRUE BLOOD 08: THE FOURTH MAN IN THE FIRE
Sookie tries to hold herself together in the wake of another possible tragedy. Tara is amazed by Lettie Mae's turnaround, and considers similar therapy for herself after lashing out at Sookie and Sam. Jason's new squeeze, Amy, charms the crowd at Merlotte's, but shows a darker side to Jason when their V-juice well runs dry. Rene pops the question to Arlene while Sookie is baby-sitting her kids. Later, at Bill's request, Sookie agrees to use her gifts to help Eric, a powerful vampire sheriff, root out a thief at Fangtasia.
TRUE BLOOD 09: PLAISIR D'AMOUR
Bill breaks a vampire taboo in protecting Sookie — and must pay a steep price as a result. Jason and Amy break their own taboo by kidnapping a vampire named Eddie in order to harvest his blood. With Lettie Mae apparently cured, a skeptical Tara consults with Miss Jeanette about exorcising her own inner demon. Sookie returns home to yet another horrific tragedy, prompting Bill to enlist an unlikely bodyguard – Sam — to protect her while he is away.
TRUE BLOOD 10: I DON'T WANNA KNOW
Caught in a compromising position, Sam shares a secret with an incredulous Sookie. Thinking she has been purged of her demon, Tara celebrates with Lettie Mae — but goes off the deep end when she uncovers Miss Jeanette's true intentions. Sookie has a disturbing revelation during Arlene and Rene's engagement party at Merlotte's; Jason and Amy debate what to do with Eddie; and Tara speeds into a bizarre roadside encounter that lands her in jail. At a vampire tribunal to decide his fate, Bill faces a harsh penalty for his offense, but the magister decides on a more creative sentence.
TRUE GRIT
As Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, hard-drinking, over-the-hill Texas ranger, John Wayne helps a brave teenage girl in pursuit of her father's killers who ran away with their family savings.
Starring: John Wayne, Glen Campbell
WILD GEESE II
The world's most daring mercenaries are back in the sequel to Wild Geese to pull off the most incredible kidnapping of all time. Wild Geese II masterminds the capture of Nazi Rudolf Hess from Spandau, the Berlin fortress where he has lived for 40 years. Scott Glenn stars as TV mogul Robert McCann, ready to risk everything to uncover the scoop of the century. Hiring the world's best mercenaries, McCann prepares the coup and becomes a target for assassination when the Russians, Palestinian terrorists, and even the Irish Republican Army get in on the act.
Starring: Scott Glenn, Laurence Olivier, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox
WILD THINGS
This scandalous thriller, set in the steamy town of Blue Bay, Florida, follows a deliciously wicked maze of shocking twists, turns and entanglements. When sexy high school guidance counselor Sam Lombardo (Dillon) is accused of rape by the rich and wanton Kelly Van Ryan (Richards) and social outsider Suzie Toller (Campbell), it appears to be an open and shut case. But as he digs further, Detective Ray Duquette (Bacon) discovers a tabloid-worthy scandal that has its tentacles wrapped around virtually everyone in Blue Bay. Beneath the sheen of high society and police propriety lies a bizarre labyrinth of truth and illusion, with the real answers known only as the credits begin to roll.
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon
XIII PT 1
Three months after the first female US President is shot dead during a speech by a sniper, a wounded man with a ‘XIII’ tattoo on his neck is found in a forest with no memory of who he is. With his quick reflexes and killer instincts, could he be the assassin that all the government agencies are looking for?
Starring: Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff
XIII PT 2
Hours after XIII's location is picked up by covert intelligence, elite special ops forces swarm the house XIII is living in. XIII successfully takes them all out and must now piece back his life and the clues together. He soon discovers that he is being pursued by two different agencies with different agendas. Will he come out alive and find out who he really was?
Starring: Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff
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