9/01/2009
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We will be discontinuing our monthly schedules and synopses mailers with effect from November 2009, and the last monthly mailers will be sent for the month of October.
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HBO Asia Synopses - Month of September 2009
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An MIT math whiz is recruited by a teacher to join a specialized team of card counters. They break away from their mentor before casino security finally catches up with them. Based on the book "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Jim Sturgess
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Baseball coach Tom Hanks whips the local all-girl baseball team into shape in this heartwarming drama. Also stars Madonna and Geena Davis.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Madonna, Geena Davis
ALMOST FAMOUS
In 1970, 15-year old rock obsessed teen, William Miller enters the world of touring rock bands to cover rising stars, Stillwater, for Rolling Stone magazine. All this leads him through a maze of relationships and professional journalistic dilemmas as he gets close to his subjects, through his friendship with self-obsessed band leader/guitarist of Stillwater, Russell Hammond. Making things even more complicated is the alluring band aide Penny Lane, whose love for Stillwater is focused on the married Russell.
Starring: Jason Lee, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson
ANACONDA 3: OFFSPRING
Anaconda 3 follows mercenary-for-hire Hammett, who has to capture the offspring of the anaconda after it escapes from a confined facility, as it harbors a possible cure for illnesses like cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, David Hasselhoff
AND THEN CAME LOVE
When her son starts to act strange, a successful New York journalist and single mother Julie Davidson looks for her son's sperm-donor father only to see them bonding better than with her fiancé/boyfriend.
Starring: Vanessa Williams, Eartha Kitt, Ben Vereen
BASEKETBALL
Suburban slackers Joe Cooper and Doug Remer spend most of their time goofing around in the driveway, until one day they create a new and innocent sport - a wacky blend of baseball and basketball, where teams can earn points for trash-talking the opposition! From its humble origins, Baseketball sweeps the nation, with its own national league where all players receive the same pay and no team can change cities.
Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Yasmine Bleeth
BATS: HUMAN HARVEST
In present day Afghanistan, special forces are sent to capture Fazul, a fanatical terrorist who has escaped into the maze of caves underlying the country. As the troops spelunk, they encounter one major obstacle; genetically altered bats programmed to seek out flesh and consume it.
Starring: David Chokachi, Michael Jace
BED OF ROSES
A young career girl is swept off her feet by a shy florist who falls in love with her after one glimpse through a window.
Starring: Mary Stuart Masterson, Christian Slater, Pamela Segall
BEE MOVIE
Barry B. Benson is a bee disillusioned with his one and only career choice: make honey. On a trip outside the hive, he is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City and a friendship blossoms. When he finds out that humans consume honey, he decides to take them to court.
BEOWULF
In the year 507 AD, Danish king Hrothgar celebrates his rule in his mead hall, disturbing the peace of half-human, half-demon Grendel. The monster attacked Hrothgar and his men, who then summoned Beowulf to help him rid the monster. Despite his success, Beowulf could never find peace. What he finds instead is a curse that would haunt him the same way it had haunted Hrothgar.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone
BLACK HAWK DOWN
Ridley Scott's Oscar winning war drama about a troop of US soldiers and their desperate battle to stay alive in Somalia.
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard
BODY SNATCHERS
Space aliens drain the life force of earthlings, leaving the victims behind as empty body 'shells'. One family's arrival on a military base is greeted by a terrified warning, "they get you when you sleep". Soon, the teenage daughter discovers that soldiers and officers alike are being taken over by the aliens, and that her own family is next!
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar
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
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
Adhering more faithfully to Bram Stoker's 1897 novel than any previous version has, director Francis Ford Coppola offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. Count Dracula drinks blood as a means of avenging the death of his beloved wife in the 15th century. Centuries later, having achieved immortality, he goes to London to meet Mina Murray, the living image of his late wife. Abraham Van Helsing is obsession personified as the vampire hunter who pairs up with Jonathan Harker in a race against time to reclaim Mina's soul from Dracula.
Starring: Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder
BROKEN BRIDGES
A down-and-out country music star returns to his hometown and reunites with his childhood sweetheart and 16-year old daughter.
Starring: Kelly Preston, Toby Keith, Tess Harper
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Tom Hanks sparkles as a hard-partying Texas congressman who is inspired to help Afghan freedom fighters by his socialite girlfriend in this fact-based tale. Julia Roberts co-stars as the young woman who stokes the passion of "Good Time Charlie" in more ways than one; Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a renegade CIA agent who helps bring their crazy plan – providing weapons to the Afghans against their Russian invaders – to fruition.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks
CLOVERFIELD
A young Manhattan professional fights to save his family and friends when New York becomes the target of an alien attack in this JJ Abrams production.
Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman
CLUELESS
"What did you do in school today?" asks big-time lawyer and over-protective dad, Mel Horowitz. "I broke in my purple clogs, daddy!" replies Cher (Silverstone, Beauty Shop). Directed by Amy Heckerling of '80s teen flick "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" fame, this surprisingly smart and funny movie is adapted from the unlikely classic "Emma" by Jane Austen. Keeping true to the identity of Emma, Daddy's girl, Cher, and her best friend, Dionne (Dash, Lethal Eviction), try to help frumpy new student, Tai (Murphy, Sin City), by turning her into a teenage bombshell. Of course, Tai becomes more popular and... not very nice. In the meantime, the very single Cher is totally clueless that her wiley charms are turning on pal and step-brother, Josh (Rudd, The 40 Year Old Virgin) - the last guy in the world that she would ever consider falling in love with.
Starring: Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Alicia Silverstone
COLD STEEL
A cop tries to find his father’s murderer in this gritty crime drama.
Starring: Sharon Stone, Brad Davis, Jonathan Banks
COMING TO AMERICA
This comedy hit from director John Landis was nominated for 2 Academy Awards® - Best Costume Design and Best Makeup. Prince Akeem (Murphy, Daddy Day Camp, Shrek 2) is a genteel prince from an African royal family who wants to choose his own woman to be his queen. And where else would he find his queen but in Queens, New York. With sidekick Arsenio Hall - who plays 4 different characters here - and posing as a poor washer in a fast-food joint, Prince Akeem finds and woos an American beauty. However, her boyfriend and Akeem's royal dad - played by James Earl Jones - have other ideas.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM S609: THE THERAPISTS
Larry takes Cheryl on a date in an attempt to win her back. Things get ugly when Larry and his therapist stage a mugging to impress Cheryl's therapist.
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM S610: THE BAT MITZVAH
Larry learns that Cheryl will be at Sammi's Bat Mitzvah but must first fix the discomfort he has been having about his ass.
DANCERS
The leader of a ballet company prepares for a biographical film with a young but untested dancer, hoping that through her, he would find passion to dance again.
Starring: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alessandra Ferri
DECEMBER BOYS
Based on the novel by Michael Noonan, a surprise vacation turns into an unforgettable time for four orphaned teens in this coming-of-age drama. Staying with a craggy old sailor and his wife, the three younger boys vie for the affections of a local couple while their 17-year-old comrade becomes smitten by a beautiful local girl, Lee Cormie.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Jack Thompson
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
Denzel Washington is an ex-GI drawn into a web of murder and corruption in LA.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals
DOC HOLLYWOOD
Movie critic Roger Ebert calls this "a sweetheart of a movie." Dr. Benjamin Stone is on his way to a big-bucks job in Beverly Hills. En route, he gets lost and ends up in a traffic accident in a small South Carolina town. Sentenced to do public service at the local hospital, he can't wait to get out of this hick-populated town. However, the townspeople soon start to warm up to him and plot to have him stay. And when he meets the beautiful ambulance driver, Lou, played by Warner, suddenly small-town life doesn't look so bad!
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner
EXCESS BAGGAGE
A crash course in kidnapping, car thefts and other rituals of dating. Yes, it's an intriguing adventure about a poor little rich girl and the car thief who steals her heart. Desperate for attention from her rich father, Emily Hope stages her own kidnapping. But before Emily gets rescued, her car gets stolen – with Emily still inside – by a hot car thief, Vincent. Her uncle, Ray, is then dispatched by her father to find her. But after getting involved with Vincent, will Emily still want to be found?
Starring: Christopher Walken, Alicia Silverstone, Benicio Del Toro
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
A senior at high school cuts class to hang out with his friends in this classic John Hughes comedy.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS S209: WINGMEN
Bret enlists Jemaine and Dave to help him nab a girlfriend while Murray regrets making Greg his scapegoat.
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS S210: EVICTED
Bret and Jemaine are behind on their rent, so they move in with Mel and Doug, inspiring Murray to look for ways to cash in on a stage play about the Conchords' trials and tribulations.
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
In this action-packed sequel, the Gremlins take on a dangerous task. A 'mogwai' is inadvertently splashed with water, causing it to reproduce uncontrollably. The cute thing multiplies like there's no tomorrow, giving even hamsters a run for their money. However, nothing cute comes out of this. Instead, there are horrid little monsters that try to take over a high-tech corporate skyscraper. The owner of the mogwai joins forces with the Donald Trump-like head of the corporation to regain control of the situation.
Starring: Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan, John Glover
H.I.T
A young woman has to deal with being abandoned by her contract killer father when he revisits her with plans to recruit her for his line of work.
Starring: Shiri Appleby
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HANCOCK
John Hancock is a drunkard with superhuman powers, ranging from supersonic flight, invincibility, immortality and strength. Though he occasionally does his part to help society rid evil, his brashness and cynicisms do more harm than good. Enter Ray Embrey, a public relations expert who after having his life saved by John, returns the favor by helping clean up John’s public image.
Starring: Charlize Theron, Wil Smith
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
A summer has passed since Harry's encounter with the Dark Lord, and Harry returns to learn that the wizarding community remains in denial about Voldemort's return and a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher has been assigned. Now, with the entire wizard community in peril, the future of magic may depend on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
HEAD CASE S101: GOOD MORNING & CELEBRITY AMBASSADORS
Having moved to Los Angeles, Hollywood's 'it' therapist, Dr. Elizabeth Goode meets with different stars using unconventional methods that raise more than just a few eyebrows. In the second half, actress Ione Skye analyzes her sexuality and dreams with Dr. Goode.
Starring: Alexandra Wentworth, Steve Landesberg
HEAD CASE S102: DICK IN REVIEW & TOM SIEZMORE AND TRACI LORDS
Dr. Goode uses her unorthodox style to prepare a nervous Andy Dick for a big audition while helping singer Shelby Lynne with her pre-show jitters. In the second half, Dr. Goode has to control herself in front of actor Tom Sizemore, while things heat up between Traci Lords and Dr. Finkelstein.
Starring: Alexandra Wentworth, Steve Landesberg
HEAD CASE S103: RALPH MACCHIO AND LIZ PHAIR & ONLY THE LONELY
Dr. Goode helps former 'Karate Kid' star Ralph Macchio find his inner child. Later, she explores dates from the online dating service only to exert her frustrations on Jennifer Finnegan and Jonathan Silverman. Meanwhile, Tom Sizemore returns for more therapy.
Starring: Alexandra Wentworth, Steve Landesberg
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
Hellboy must battle a marauding army of creatures set upon the world by a diabolical villain from another realm.
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt
HIT LIST
After a hitman attacks the wrong family and kidnaps the wrong person, a father will stop at nothing to get revenge.
Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, Lance Henriksen, Leo Rossi
HOT ROD
Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life. Rod plans to clear fifteen buses in an attempt to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation. From the team behind "Saturday Night Live".
Starring: Will Arnett, Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher
I.Q.
Albert Einstein…mathematician, professor and matchmaker. Matchmaker? In this gentle romantic comedy, Einstein wants his brainy niece to follow her heart, instead of her head. Will she have the wisdom to choose a sweet auto mechanic over her boring fiancé, who is also a professor?
Starring: Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Walter Matthau
I AM LEGEND
Three years after a deadly virus has decimated humanity, Robert Neville is the last man alive in New York City but he's not the only living thing there. Will Smith stars as Neville, a military scientist who journeys throughout the city by day, but shutters himself in by night – to protect himself from the murderous human mutants that lurk in the shadows. But as he closes in on a cure for the virus, Neville must deal with changes in the creatures’ behavior – as well as his increasingly fragile mental state. Alice Braga co-stars in this blockbuster adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel.
Starring: Will Smith
I LOVE YOU TO DEATH
Tracy Ullman tries to kill her husband Kevin Kline with gusto when she can't take his cheating any more.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman
IN BRUGES
Hit men Ray and Ken are assigned to hide in the Belgian town of Bruges while waiting for a call from their boss, Harry. Their vacation in Bruges binds them closer together, despite Ray's unstable condition from a previous hit gone wrong. Things become even more complicated when Ken gets a call from Harry instructing him to take Ray out.
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes
IRON MAN
This big screen adaptation of Marvel's legendary super hero stars Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire industrialist / inventor, Tony Stark. When Tony is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon, he uses his intelligence and legendary ingenuity instead to build a high-tech suit of armor to escape captivity. Upon his return, Tony uncovers a dangerous plot with global implications and dons his powerful armor once again, vowing to do whatever it takes to protect the world as his alter-ego, Iron Man. Gwyneth Paltrow stars as Tony Stark’s longtime assistant, Pepper Potts.
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
Big-hearted waitress Yvonne (Fonda, Snow Queen) serves coffee and greasy food to just about every make of lout, louse and loser in town. And when she first lays eyes on officer Charlie (Academy Award® winner Cage, Lord of War, National Treasure), she doesn't think him any different. When he doesn't have enough on him to tip her, he promises to split the winnings of his lottery ticket with her should he win. He wins alright and decides to honor his promise. Now Charlie has got her attention, the world's, and his gold-digging wife, Muriel's (Perez, Lackawanna Blues). As time goes by, Charlie spends more time with Yvonne and less with Muriel, who derides him senseless for his impetuous act of charity to a stranger. She's got better plans for his money. Picking the winning lottery ticket and picking up the loveliest girl in town. That's no tip! It could happen to you. But it happened to him. Some guys have all the luck.
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Nicolas Cage, Rosie Perez
JACK FROST
In pursuit of his dreams as a musician, Jack Frost neglects a loving wife and a devoted son, Charlie. But one Christmas, as Jack rushes home to be with his family, his car skids off the road, killing him. The next year, as Charlie builds a snowman, dresses it in his father’s clothes, and plays an old tune on the harmonica his father gave him, a miracle occurs – Jack Frost comes back to life, as the snowman. All is well for the reunited family, but what’s going to happen when summer comes around?
Starring: Kelly Preston, Michael Keaton
JIMMY HOLLYWOOD
Some guys will do anything to get noticed in Tinseltown. Would-be actor, Jimmy Alto can't even get arrested until he and his buddy, William, start videotaping criminals in the act, catching them and turning them over to the police. Suddenly he's the lead story on every newscast, but a giant thorn in the cops' side.
Starring: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater
JOHN ADAMS S101: JOIN OR DIE
In the aftermath of the Boston massacre, John Adams serves as defense attorney for the accused British soldiers.
Starring: Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
JOHN ADAMS S102: INDEPENDENCE
Adams continues to strive for independence as more violence erupts. Finally, on July 4, 1776, Congress adopts a document affirming the Declaration of Independence.
Starring: Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
JOHN ADAMS S103: DON'T TREAD ON ME
Adams travels to France to solicit support but finds little success after a dangerous journey. He is struck by a long illness, helpless to further aid the revolution.
Starring: Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
JOHN ADAMS S104: REUNION
Adams is appointed America's first minister to Britain, where he has a memorable meeting with King George III.
Starring: Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
LOVE AFFAIR
Star-crossed lovers battle the circumstances that keep them apart in this glamorous update of the romantic classic, An Affair to Remember. Mike Gambril and Terry McKay are engaged to other people when they meet on a flight to Australia. When they fall in love, they give themselves three months to get their lives in order and agree to meet at the top of the Empire State Building. Then fate steps in with a cruel accident.
Starring: Annette Bening, Warren Beatty, Garry Shandling
LUCKY YOU
Acclaimed filmmaker Curtis Hanson and award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth deal viewers into the game with this high-stakes drama set in the world of professional poker. A gifted young gambler Huck gets a few lessons in risk and reward from a struggling Vegas singer and her sister. Now on a collision course with his estranged father in the World Series of Poker, Huck presses his luck in a world where there are only winners and losers.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Eric Bana
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
The noble warrior of great power and strength, He-Man must wage a full-tilt battle against his nemesis, Skeletor, in this spectacular display of special effects and incredible adventure. He-Man clashes with the power-mad Skeletor to recover the cosmic key which gives its owner complete power over time and space.
Starring: Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Dolph Lundgren
MEN IN BLACK
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith star in this blockbuster as the Men in Black, regulators of all things alien on Earth. With our planet crawling with extraterrestrials cleverly disguised to blend in with the clueless human population, top-secret organization MiB is charged with monitoring and controlling alien activity while keeping it all a secret. World-weary Agent K (Jones) and his enthusiastic young partner, Agent J (Smith), are investigating several mysterious alien deaths with the help of the coolly resourceful Dr. Laura Weaver (Linda Fiorentino), deputy medical examiner of New York. On the trail of an intergalactic terrorist (D'Onofrio) with a deadly agenda, K and J face a simple imperative: track down the interloper or the Earth will be destroyed. It's all in a day's work for the Men in Black.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Vincent D'Onofrio
MEN IN BLACK II
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are re-teamed against a sinister seductress who represents the toughest challenge yet to the MIB.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle
MILK MONEY
Twelve-year-old Frank Wheeler, on the brink of puberty, decides to find out what women are about. He and his friends pool their money to go where women strip for cash – the Big City. Of course, the city is nothing like the suburbs that Frank is used to, and the boys promptly get mugged and robbed. They are rescued by a beautiful and streetwise woman named V. Frank immediately sees past her tough veneer, and wants her to marry his widowed father and become his step mom!
Starring: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris
MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY
A sophisticated and heartfelt comedy, this 1939-set romantic tale stars Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand as a middle-aged London governess who is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, portrayed by Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams.
Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams
MRS. WINTERBOURNE
Sweet natured yet naive and unrefined, Connie Doyle is pregnant and just dumped by her sleazy boyfriend. Fortunately for her, she is whisked away into the lap of luxury when she is assumed to be the widowed Patricia Winterbourne after her "husband" dies in a train wreck. The grieving family, led by matriarch, Grace, having never met their son's wife, takes her in, accepting both her and her baby as part of the household. Having come into the security she needs, Connie decides to keep her identity a secret, until she falls for her "brother-in-law" Bill!
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake
MULTIPLICITY
Doug Kinney has a demanding job in a construction company. Coupled with an adoring wife, he finds himself unable to cope with the pressures of life, both at work and at home. That is, until he meets a renowned geneticist who gives him the ultimate split personality – by cloning him into many Doug Kinneys. If life was complicated enough with one Doug, it turns upside down with several! The clones start taking over his job, his house and even his bed! This film explores the hilarious and disastrous consequences of cloning.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin
NO MERCY
Revenge brought Chicago cop Eddie Jillette to New Orleans. And, it's beauty and danger that will keep him there. He's seeking revenge for his partner's murder. Gangster's moll, Michel Duvall, had apparently been the one to lead his partner to his doom, so Jillette hunts her down and tries to arrest her. They end up getting handcuffed to each other, and as the New Orleans gang leader gets wind of Jillette's presence, he sends his redneck henchmen to kill them. Jillette and Michel then begin a dangerous trek through the bayou swamplands to escape the murderous gang.
Starring: Kim Basinger, Richard Gere
OUTLAND
Marshall O'Neil (Connery) knows about living life in limbo — his wife left him and had taken their son along with her, and he's stranded in a forgotten mining town on one of Jupiter’s moons. But there's more to worry about when the miners start killing themselves in bizarre ways. His investigations into their deaths lead him to discover that their mine boss, Sheppard (Boyle), has been keeping his workers on overtime by feeding them a work-enhancing drug with deadly side-effects.
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle
PALE RIDER
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this two-fisted, pistol-packed adventure as The Preacher, a stranger who rides into town to save the day, in the tradition of the great Hollywood westerns. The Preacher visits a gold rush town ruled by a corrupt banker. Will he be able to help the terrorized miners whose land is threatened by the robber baron?
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress
PASSENGER 57
Psychotic terrorist Charles Rane (Payne, Messages, Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath Of The Dragon God) hijacks a jumbo jet at 35,000 feet in this action drama that The New York Times likens to "taking a ride on a sleekly-designed roller coaster." Retired anti-terrorist expert John Cutter (Snipes, Chaos, 7 Seconds) thinks he's taking a routine flight to Los Angeles, but when a madman takes over the plane, he reluctantly finds himself back on the job and in his element.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Tom Sizemore, Bruce Payne
PASSION FISH
In this sensitive, probing film written and directed by John Sayles, a soap-opera actress paralyzed in an accident engages in a battle of wills with her companion. May-Alice retreats to her childhood home in Louisiana and befriends her caretaker, only to realize they have more in common than they had known.
Starring: David Strathairn, Alfre Woodard, Mary McDonnell
PAYBACK
They took his money. They took his wife. And they tried to take his life. Now it's time for payback as one man starts his own personal war against the syndicate in this hard-edged thriller based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Lucy Liu
PINK CADILLAC
Clint Eastwood takes a vacation from his usual tough-guy roles in this freewheeling, pedal-to-the-metal action comedy. As a modern-day bounty hunter, Tommy Novak is after a jailbird's bail-jumping wife, who is on the run with her baby. But neither Tommy nor his quarry knows that the screamin'-pink getaway Caddy is loaded with stolen loot, and that the bad guys want it back!
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters
PRIMAL FEAR
High profile lawyer Richard Gere defends troubled young altar boy Edward Norton in this gripping courtroom thriller.
Starring: Laura Linney, Richard Gere, Edward Norton
PUMPKINHEAD: BLOOD FEUD
After a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy left town to be alone together but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance against those who hurt him, Ricky resurrects the monster Pumpkinhead, only to realize his mistake a little too late.
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Amy Manson
ROCKET SCIENCE
High school student Hal Hefner stutters a lot. On the evening his parents decide to separate, his school's legendary debater, Ben fails to impress and Ginny, Ben's teammate loses the first-place trophy. Ginny recruits Hal and mentors him, only for love to blossom between them.
Starring: Reece Daniel Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D'agosto
ROXANNE
Follow your nose to one of the funniest feel good hits of recent times, as Steve Martin updates the classic "Cyrano" story into an uproarious romantic comedy hit. Small-town fire chief Martin is smart, funny, tough, and blessed with a stupendous nose. He's in love with the gorgeous new girl in town, Roxanne (Daryl Hannah), but she only has eyes for a brick-brained hunk. What's a guy to do? With Rick Rossovich and Shelley Duvall.
Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich
RUGRATS IN PARIS
In the new Rugrats film, Chuckie wants to find a new mom. And he's in luck, because his dad Chas just started dating again. And what better place to do so than Paris? The whole gang sets off to Paris as Stu Pickles is summoned to a new amusement park there to work on his amazing new invention. But things aren't really hunky dory there as Chuckie realizes that most women aren't what they seem to be, and Chas realizes that falling in love can be difficult – whichever country one is in.
SAVE THE LAST DANCE 2: STEPPING UP
Fresh from her experiences in an inner-city Chicago high school, Sara Johnson begins her freshman year in Julliard, becoming not just the favorite student to her teacher, Monique Delacroix, but also the rival of a competitive ballerina.
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Columbus Short, Izabella Miko
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
SLEEPY HOLLOW
Director Tim Burton gives Washington Irving's classic period-folklore-horror story a gothic touch. Ichabod Crane is a New York City police constable who brings the latest crime-solving techniques to investigate the brutal murders that have disrupted peace in the town of Sleepy Hollow. Crane arrives to find the victims beheaded, supposedly by the Headless Horseman, whom the frightened townspeople claim has returned to haunt them. As Crane investigates with the help of the well-bred Katrina Van Tassel, he slowly uncovers the eerie truth behind the town's killer.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci
SNOW DAY
As snow falls and forces a school in an upstate New York town to close, the Brandston children decide to do something special to mark this gloriously chilly premature holiday. While their father Tom, a weatherman in the lowest-rated television show in town has trouble getting the people to focus on his weather report, his eldest son Hal, is taking advantage of his day off to charm the feet off Claire Bonner, the prettiest girl in school who has already got a jock for a steady.
Starring: Chevy Chase, John Schneider
SOME KIND OF HERO
No-luck Eddie Keller loses everything but his sense of humor in this bitterly funny comedy drama. Richard Pryor plays the heroic misfit who finds that life at home contains more nightmares than his six years as a Vietnam POW. Margot Kidder co-stars as a rich Beverly Hills hooker.
Starring: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder
SPLITTING HEIRS
What would you do if you were Tommy Patel, who's facing the financial and sex crisis of his life? Accidentally left behind at a wild party, Tommy has been brought up by a poor Pakistani family. Now, he discovers that he is the Duke of Bournemouth and the heir to a fortune! But Henry has taken his place and the heart of his dream woman, Kitty. And his ex-flower child mother, the Duchess of Lucinda, wants to make love to him! Would you back off or just go for it?
Starring: Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Eric Idle
STRIPES
Chronic loser John Winger (Golden Globe® winner Murray, Broken Flowers, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) finally decides that the only way to turn his life around is to join the army. He coaxes his best friend Russell Ziskey (Ramis, I'm with Lucy, Orange County) along for the ride. Once in boot camp, John tangles with his by-the-books Sergeant (Oates, Blue Thunder, Tough Enough) and becomes the de facto leader of his platoon, made up of misfits and assorted losers. But this ragtag unit soon proves it has what it takes to becomes a lean mean fighting machine.
Starring: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy
SURRENDER
Commitment-phobic Michael Caine falls in love with artist Sally Field under bizarre circumstances.
Starring: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Steve Guttenberg
SWING SHIFT
Two women become good friends when their men are enlisted at the beginning of WW II. Kay Walsh is an ideal housewife. Her next door neighbor, Hazel Zanussi is a beautiful dance hall hostess. Both work on the Swing Shift of an airplane manufacturing company. A fellow worker Lucky Lockhart has had his eyes on Kay, and out of loneliness Kay allows Lucky into her home and her bed. On Lucky's birthday, while Kay, Lucky and Hazel are celebrating, there is a knock on the door, it's Jack on an unexpected furlough. Can Kay save her marriage?
Starring: Christine Lahti, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn
TESTAMENT
When a nuclear blast wipes out a portion of California, a small, outlying community waits in horror as the radiation creeps toward them. Jane Alexander plays Carol Wetherly, a mother of two who tries to maintain dignity and hope in the midst of disaster. A haunting speculation on the devastating human impact of nuclear holocaust.
Starring: William Devane, Jane Alexander
THE 6TH DAY
In this futuristic thriller spiked with intrigue, humor and high-voltage action, a ruthless power broker is using his advanced genetic-engineering technology to clone human beings for personal gain. Adam Gibson, an old-fashioned family man and pilot, comes home one night to discover that his life has been stolen by his clone. Plunged into a sinister world of murder, corruption and high-tech deception, he is torn from his family by thugs sent to destroy him because they cloned the wrong man. Now, Adam must not only save himself but also uncover the evil plot to reclaim his family and identity.
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Sarah Wynter
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 ENFORCER
Clint Eastwood is back as Dirty Harry and this time he has a new partner, female no less, played by Tyne Daly. The duo must team up to stop a group of former Vietnamese veterans-turned terrorists from making their rampage in San Francisco. But Harry's female partner, with zero field experience and whose nine years of service in the police force has been in the human resource department, must first earn Harry's respect and beat his male chauvinist ego.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Tyne Daly
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS
Speed demons Vin Diesel and Paul Walker rev up some testosterone in this adrenaline-charged movie.
Starring: Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
THE FRESHMAN
Desperate student Matthew Broderick is pulled into the wheeling and dealing of Marlon Brando's underworld with hilarious results!
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Marlon Brando
THE KITE RUNNER
In 1970s Afghanistan, Amir and Hassam, his loyal friend and son of his Hazara servant Ali, are raised in Amir's father house. After Amir won a kite competition, Hassam runs to bring Amir a kite only to get brutally assaulted in the streets, with little help from his friend. Many decades later, after settling in California, Amir, having become a successful writer, receives a call that would propel him back into a world he left behind.
Starring: Khalid Abdalla, Shaun Toub, Atossa Leoni
THE NEW GUY
Dizzy Harrison, played by D.J. Qualls - a former Prada model and Road Trip co-star, is a high school geek trying to gain popularity. Instead of getting popular, he gets himself expelled and landed in jail where he learns the art of being cool from an inmate - a former geek himself. He enrolls himself in a new school with a new identity hoping to start afresh. When he helps the school football team to win games, the head cheerleader - Danielle, notices him. Things are going well for him until the Danielle's jealous boyfriend begins to uncover the dirt on him.
Starring: DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel
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 RUINS
A group of friends are in a struggle for survival after discovering something deadly living among the ruins in the Mexican jungle.
Starring: Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, Joe Anderson
THE SPECIALIST
An explosives expert, Ray Quick, helps seductive beauty May Munro to avenge the murder of her parents. Her target: a powerful Cuban-American crime boss and his arrogant son. The assignment seems simple enough, except that Ray soon discovers he also has to contend with ex-partner-turned-killer-for-hire Ned Trent, who has a bone to pick with him. Set in the sultry tropical heat of Miami, expect a lot of hot and explosive action.
Starring: James Woods, Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone
THREE CAN PLAY THAT GAME
Shante Smith is a relationship expert who uses her knowledge of the male psyche to help women get what they want.
Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Jason George
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TWINS
Double your comedy fun with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as the unlikeliest and loopiest twins ever to cut the cord. Separated at birth, the high society hulk and his sleaze ball, scrimpy twin reunite to search for their long-lost mom. But a stolen Cadillac and its multi-million dollar cache might mean the end of their road!
Starring: Kelly Preston, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito
TWISTER
Get set for the most breathtaking ride of your lives. Travel with a bunch of dedicated – and crazy – scientists, led by Dr Joanne Harding and William Harding. These two scientists put their divorce on hold as they try to unravel how tornadoes work. Their modus operandi is simple – get inside them. Hang on to your chairs and get ready to be blown away by the amazingly realistic special effects!
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton
VACANCY
When David and Amy Fox's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at a sinister motel. The horrific truth begins to dawn on them when they realize that the low-budget slasher flicks they're watching were all filmed in the very room they're in. Now trapped with hidden cameras filming their every move, David and Amy must escape before their captors can finish their latest masterpiece.
Starring: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale
VICE VERSA
Like many fathers, Marshall has forgotten what it was like to be a kid. His son, Charlie, does not really understand what makes a successful father either. Hollywood has found the big fix – switch their roles. What happens thereafter is the smart-kid-dumb-dad syndrome, and it is time for father and son to get better acquainted with each other. The trouble is, dad's got a heavy deadline looming, and he must now depend on his son to come through for him.
Starring: Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage
WEDDING WARS
What would happen if every gay person in America suddenly decides to go on strike? This happens when two brothers argue over gay marriages, triggering a strike that affects the entire country. A film that explores the issues of rights, equal treatment and brotherly affection.
Starring: John Stamos, James Brolin, Eric Dane
WIENERS
Three friends decide to go on a road trip across the country in a Wiener Wagon with a plan to beat up a daytime talk show therapist.
Starring: Kenan Thompson, Jenny McCarthy
WILD WILD WEST
Special Agent Jim West must save the world from an enormous steam-powered tarantula created by the evil Dr. Loveless in this fun-filled action packed movie.
Starring: Salma Hayek, Will Smith, Kevin Kline
An MIT math whiz is recruited by a teacher to join a specialized team of card counters. They break away from their mentor before casino security finally catches up with them. Based on the book "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Jim Sturgess
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Baseball coach Tom Hanks whips the local all-girl baseball team into shape in this heartwarming drama. Also stars Madonna and Geena Davis.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Madonna, Geena Davis
ALMOST FAMOUS
In 1970, 15-year old rock obsessed teen, William Miller enters the world of touring rock bands to cover rising stars, Stillwater, for Rolling Stone magazine. All this leads him through a maze of relationships and professional journalistic dilemmas as he gets close to his subjects, through his friendship with self-obsessed band leader/guitarist of Stillwater, Russell Hammond. Making things even more complicated is the alluring band aide Penny Lane, whose love for Stillwater is focused on the married Russell.
Starring: Jason Lee, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson
ANACONDA 3: OFFSPRING
Anaconda 3 follows mercenary-for-hire Hammett, who has to capture the offspring of the anaconda after it escapes from a confined facility, as it harbors a possible cure for illnesses like cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, David Hasselhoff
AND THEN CAME LOVE
When her son starts to act strange, a successful New York journalist and single mother Julie Davidson looks for her son's sperm-donor father only to see them bonding better than with her fiancé/boyfriend.
Starring: Vanessa Williams, Eartha Kitt, Ben Vereen
BASEKETBALL
Suburban slackers Joe Cooper and Doug Remer spend most of their time goofing around in the driveway, until one day they create a new and innocent sport - a wacky blend of baseball and basketball, where teams can earn points for trash-talking the opposition! From its humble origins, Baseketball sweeps the nation, with its own national league where all players receive the same pay and no team can change cities.
Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Yasmine Bleeth
BATS: HUMAN HARVEST
In present day Afghanistan, special forces are sent to capture Fazul, a fanatical terrorist who has escaped into the maze of caves underlying the country. As the troops spelunk, they encounter one major obstacle; genetically altered bats programmed to seek out flesh and consume it.
Starring: David Chokachi, Michael Jace
BED OF ROSES
A young career girl is swept off her feet by a shy florist who falls in love with her after one glimpse through a window.
Starring: Mary Stuart Masterson, Christian Slater, Pamela Segall
BEE MOVIE
Barry B. Benson is a bee disillusioned with his one and only career choice: make honey. On a trip outside the hive, he is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City and a friendship blossoms. When he finds out that humans consume honey, he decides to take them to court.
BEOWULF
In the year 507 AD, Danish king Hrothgar celebrates his rule in his mead hall, disturbing the peace of half-human, half-demon Grendel. The monster attacked Hrothgar and his men, who then summoned Beowulf to help him rid the monster. Despite his success, Beowulf could never find peace. What he finds instead is a curse that would haunt him the same way it had haunted Hrothgar.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone
BLACK HAWK DOWN
Ridley Scott's Oscar winning war drama about a troop of US soldiers and their desperate battle to stay alive in Somalia.
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard
BODY SNATCHERS
Space aliens drain the life force of earthlings, leaving the victims behind as empty body 'shells'. One family's arrival on a military base is greeted by a terrified warning, "they get you when you sleep". Soon, the teenage daughter discovers that soldiers and officers alike are being taken over by the aliens, and that her own family is next!
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar
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
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
Adhering more faithfully to Bram Stoker's 1897 novel than any previous version has, director Francis Ford Coppola offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. Count Dracula drinks blood as a means of avenging the death of his beloved wife in the 15th century. Centuries later, having achieved immortality, he goes to London to meet Mina Murray, the living image of his late wife. Abraham Van Helsing is obsession personified as the vampire hunter who pairs up with Jonathan Harker in a race against time to reclaim Mina's soul from Dracula.
Starring: Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder
BROKEN BRIDGES
A down-and-out country music star returns to his hometown and reunites with his childhood sweetheart and 16-year old daughter.
Starring: Kelly Preston, Toby Keith, Tess Harper
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Tom Hanks sparkles as a hard-partying Texas congressman who is inspired to help Afghan freedom fighters by his socialite girlfriend in this fact-based tale. Julia Roberts co-stars as the young woman who stokes the passion of "Good Time Charlie" in more ways than one; Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a renegade CIA agent who helps bring their crazy plan – providing weapons to the Afghans against their Russian invaders – to fruition.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks
CLOVERFIELD
A young Manhattan professional fights to save his family and friends when New York becomes the target of an alien attack in this JJ Abrams production.
Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman
CLUELESS
"What did you do in school today?" asks big-time lawyer and over-protective dad, Mel Horowitz. "I broke in my purple clogs, daddy!" replies Cher (Silverstone, Beauty Shop). Directed by Amy Heckerling of '80s teen flick "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" fame, this surprisingly smart and funny movie is adapted from the unlikely classic "Emma" by Jane Austen. Keeping true to the identity of Emma, Daddy's girl, Cher, and her best friend, Dionne (Dash, Lethal Eviction), try to help frumpy new student, Tai (Murphy, Sin City), by turning her into a teenage bombshell. Of course, Tai becomes more popular and... not very nice. In the meantime, the very single Cher is totally clueless that her wiley charms are turning on pal and step-brother, Josh (Rudd, The 40 Year Old Virgin) - the last guy in the world that she would ever consider falling in love with.
Starring: Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Alicia Silverstone
COLD STEEL
A cop tries to find his father’s murderer in this gritty crime drama.
Starring: Sharon Stone, Brad Davis, Jonathan Banks
COMING TO AMERICA
This comedy hit from director John Landis was nominated for 2 Academy Awards® - Best Costume Design and Best Makeup. Prince Akeem (Murphy, Daddy Day Camp, Shrek 2) is a genteel prince from an African royal family who wants to choose his own woman to be his queen. And where else would he find his queen but in Queens, New York. With sidekick Arsenio Hall - who plays 4 different characters here - and posing as a poor washer in a fast-food joint, Prince Akeem finds and woos an American beauty. However, her boyfriend and Akeem's royal dad - played by James Earl Jones - have other ideas.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM S609: THE THERAPISTS
Larry takes Cheryl on a date in an attempt to win her back. Things get ugly when Larry and his therapist stage a mugging to impress Cheryl's therapist.
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM S610: THE BAT MITZVAH
Larry learns that Cheryl will be at Sammi's Bat Mitzvah but must first fix the discomfort he has been having about his ass.
DANCERS
The leader of a ballet company prepares for a biographical film with a young but untested dancer, hoping that through her, he would find passion to dance again.
Starring: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alessandra Ferri
DECEMBER BOYS
Based on the novel by Michael Noonan, a surprise vacation turns into an unforgettable time for four orphaned teens in this coming-of-age drama. Staying with a craggy old sailor and his wife, the three younger boys vie for the affections of a local couple while their 17-year-old comrade becomes smitten by a beautiful local girl, Lee Cormie.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Jack Thompson
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
Denzel Washington is an ex-GI drawn into a web of murder and corruption in LA.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals
DOC HOLLYWOOD
Movie critic Roger Ebert calls this "a sweetheart of a movie." Dr. Benjamin Stone is on his way to a big-bucks job in Beverly Hills. En route, he gets lost and ends up in a traffic accident in a small South Carolina town. Sentenced to do public service at the local hospital, he can't wait to get out of this hick-populated town. However, the townspeople soon start to warm up to him and plot to have him stay. And when he meets the beautiful ambulance driver, Lou, played by Warner, suddenly small-town life doesn't look so bad!
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner
EXCESS BAGGAGE
A crash course in kidnapping, car thefts and other rituals of dating. Yes, it's an intriguing adventure about a poor little rich girl and the car thief who steals her heart. Desperate for attention from her rich father, Emily Hope stages her own kidnapping. But before Emily gets rescued, her car gets stolen – with Emily still inside – by a hot car thief, Vincent. Her uncle, Ray, is then dispatched by her father to find her. But after getting involved with Vincent, will Emily still want to be found?
Starring: Christopher Walken, Alicia Silverstone, Benicio Del Toro
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
A senior at high school cuts class to hang out with his friends in this classic John Hughes comedy.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS S209: WINGMEN
Bret enlists Jemaine and Dave to help him nab a girlfriend while Murray regrets making Greg his scapegoat.
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS S210: EVICTED
Bret and Jemaine are behind on their rent, so they move in with Mel and Doug, inspiring Murray to look for ways to cash in on a stage play about the Conchords' trials and tribulations.
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
In this action-packed sequel, the Gremlins take on a dangerous task. A 'mogwai' is inadvertently splashed with water, causing it to reproduce uncontrollably. The cute thing multiplies like there's no tomorrow, giving even hamsters a run for their money. However, nothing cute comes out of this. Instead, there are horrid little monsters that try to take over a high-tech corporate skyscraper. The owner of the mogwai joins forces with the Donald Trump-like head of the corporation to regain control of the situation.
Starring: Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan, John Glover
H.I.T
A young woman has to deal with being abandoned by her contract killer father when he revisits her with plans to recruit her for his line of work.
Starring: Shiri Appleby
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HANCOCK
John Hancock is a drunkard with superhuman powers, ranging from supersonic flight, invincibility, immortality and strength. Though he occasionally does his part to help society rid evil, his brashness and cynicisms do more harm than good. Enter Ray Embrey, a public relations expert who after having his life saved by John, returns the favor by helping clean up John’s public image.
Starring: Charlize Theron, Wil Smith
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
A summer has passed since Harry's encounter with the Dark Lord, and Harry returns to learn that the wizarding community remains in denial about Voldemort's return and a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher has been assigned. Now, with the entire wizard community in peril, the future of magic may depend on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
HEAD CASE S101: GOOD MORNING & CELEBRITY AMBASSADORS
Having moved to Los Angeles, Hollywood's 'it' therapist, Dr. Elizabeth Goode meets with different stars using unconventional methods that raise more than just a few eyebrows. In the second half, actress Ione Skye analyzes her sexuality and dreams with Dr. Goode.
Starring: Alexandra Wentworth, Steve Landesberg
HEAD CASE S102: DICK IN REVIEW & TOM SIEZMORE AND TRACI LORDS
Dr. Goode uses her unorthodox style to prepare a nervous Andy Dick for a big audition while helping singer Shelby Lynne with her pre-show jitters. In the second half, Dr. Goode has to control herself in front of actor Tom Sizemore, while things heat up between Traci Lords and Dr. Finkelstein.
Starring: Alexandra Wentworth, Steve Landesberg
HEAD CASE S103: RALPH MACCHIO AND LIZ PHAIR & ONLY THE LONELY
Dr. Goode helps former 'Karate Kid' star Ralph Macchio find his inner child. Later, she explores dates from the online dating service only to exert her frustrations on Jennifer Finnegan and Jonathan Silverman. Meanwhile, Tom Sizemore returns for more therapy.
Starring: Alexandra Wentworth, Steve Landesberg
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
Hellboy must battle a marauding army of creatures set upon the world by a diabolical villain from another realm.
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt
HIT LIST
After a hitman attacks the wrong family and kidnaps the wrong person, a father will stop at nothing to get revenge.
Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, Lance Henriksen, Leo Rossi
HOT ROD
Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life. Rod plans to clear fifteen buses in an attempt to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation. From the team behind "Saturday Night Live".
Starring: Will Arnett, Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher
I.Q.
Albert Einstein…mathematician, professor and matchmaker. Matchmaker? In this gentle romantic comedy, Einstein wants his brainy niece to follow her heart, instead of her head. Will she have the wisdom to choose a sweet auto mechanic over her boring fiancé, who is also a professor?
Starring: Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Walter Matthau
I AM LEGEND
Three years after a deadly virus has decimated humanity, Robert Neville is the last man alive in New York City but he's not the only living thing there. Will Smith stars as Neville, a military scientist who journeys throughout the city by day, but shutters himself in by night – to protect himself from the murderous human mutants that lurk in the shadows. But as he closes in on a cure for the virus, Neville must deal with changes in the creatures’ behavior – as well as his increasingly fragile mental state. Alice Braga co-stars in this blockbuster adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel.
Starring: Will Smith
I LOVE YOU TO DEATH
Tracy Ullman tries to kill her husband Kevin Kline with gusto when she can't take his cheating any more.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman
IN BRUGES
Hit men Ray and Ken are assigned to hide in the Belgian town of Bruges while waiting for a call from their boss, Harry. Their vacation in Bruges binds them closer together, despite Ray's unstable condition from a previous hit gone wrong. Things become even more complicated when Ken gets a call from Harry instructing him to take Ray out.
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes
IRON MAN
This big screen adaptation of Marvel's legendary super hero stars Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire industrialist / inventor, Tony Stark. When Tony is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon, he uses his intelligence and legendary ingenuity instead to build a high-tech suit of armor to escape captivity. Upon his return, Tony uncovers a dangerous plot with global implications and dons his powerful armor once again, vowing to do whatever it takes to protect the world as his alter-ego, Iron Man. Gwyneth Paltrow stars as Tony Stark’s longtime assistant, Pepper Potts.
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
Big-hearted waitress Yvonne (Fonda, Snow Queen) serves coffee and greasy food to just about every make of lout, louse and loser in town. And when she first lays eyes on officer Charlie (Academy Award® winner Cage, Lord of War, National Treasure), she doesn't think him any different. When he doesn't have enough on him to tip her, he promises to split the winnings of his lottery ticket with her should he win. He wins alright and decides to honor his promise. Now Charlie has got her attention, the world's, and his gold-digging wife, Muriel's (Perez, Lackawanna Blues). As time goes by, Charlie spends more time with Yvonne and less with Muriel, who derides him senseless for his impetuous act of charity to a stranger. She's got better plans for his money. Picking the winning lottery ticket and picking up the loveliest girl in town. That's no tip! It could happen to you. But it happened to him. Some guys have all the luck.
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Nicolas Cage, Rosie Perez
JACK FROST
In pursuit of his dreams as a musician, Jack Frost neglects a loving wife and a devoted son, Charlie. But one Christmas, as Jack rushes home to be with his family, his car skids off the road, killing him. The next year, as Charlie builds a snowman, dresses it in his father’s clothes, and plays an old tune on the harmonica his father gave him, a miracle occurs – Jack Frost comes back to life, as the snowman. All is well for the reunited family, but what’s going to happen when summer comes around?
Starring: Kelly Preston, Michael Keaton
JIMMY HOLLYWOOD
Some guys will do anything to get noticed in Tinseltown. Would-be actor, Jimmy Alto can't even get arrested until he and his buddy, William, start videotaping criminals in the act, catching them and turning them over to the police. Suddenly he's the lead story on every newscast, but a giant thorn in the cops' side.
Starring: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater
JOHN ADAMS S101: JOIN OR DIE
In the aftermath of the Boston massacre, John Adams serves as defense attorney for the accused British soldiers.
Starring: Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
JOHN ADAMS S102: INDEPENDENCE
Adams continues to strive for independence as more violence erupts. Finally, on July 4, 1776, Congress adopts a document affirming the Declaration of Independence.
Starring: Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
JOHN ADAMS S103: DON'T TREAD ON ME
Adams travels to France to solicit support but finds little success after a dangerous journey. He is struck by a long illness, helpless to further aid the revolution.
Starring: Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
JOHN ADAMS S104: REUNION
Adams is appointed America's first minister to Britain, where he has a memorable meeting with King George III.
Starring: Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
LOVE AFFAIR
Star-crossed lovers battle the circumstances that keep them apart in this glamorous update of the romantic classic, An Affair to Remember. Mike Gambril and Terry McKay are engaged to other people when they meet on a flight to Australia. When they fall in love, they give themselves three months to get their lives in order and agree to meet at the top of the Empire State Building. Then fate steps in with a cruel accident.
Starring: Annette Bening, Warren Beatty, Garry Shandling
LUCKY YOU
Acclaimed filmmaker Curtis Hanson and award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth deal viewers into the game with this high-stakes drama set in the world of professional poker. A gifted young gambler Huck gets a few lessons in risk and reward from a struggling Vegas singer and her sister. Now on a collision course with his estranged father in the World Series of Poker, Huck presses his luck in a world where there are only winners and losers.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Eric Bana
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
The noble warrior of great power and strength, He-Man must wage a full-tilt battle against his nemesis, Skeletor, in this spectacular display of special effects and incredible adventure. He-Man clashes with the power-mad Skeletor to recover the cosmic key which gives its owner complete power over time and space.
Starring: Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Dolph Lundgren
MEN IN BLACK
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith star in this blockbuster as the Men in Black, regulators of all things alien on Earth. With our planet crawling with extraterrestrials cleverly disguised to blend in with the clueless human population, top-secret organization MiB is charged with monitoring and controlling alien activity while keeping it all a secret. World-weary Agent K (Jones) and his enthusiastic young partner, Agent J (Smith), are investigating several mysterious alien deaths with the help of the coolly resourceful Dr. Laura Weaver (Linda Fiorentino), deputy medical examiner of New York. On the trail of an intergalactic terrorist (D'Onofrio) with a deadly agenda, K and J face a simple imperative: track down the interloper or the Earth will be destroyed. It's all in a day's work for the Men in Black.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Vincent D'Onofrio
MEN IN BLACK II
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are re-teamed against a sinister seductress who represents the toughest challenge yet to the MIB.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle
MILK MONEY
Twelve-year-old Frank Wheeler, on the brink of puberty, decides to find out what women are about. He and his friends pool their money to go where women strip for cash – the Big City. Of course, the city is nothing like the suburbs that Frank is used to, and the boys promptly get mugged and robbed. They are rescued by a beautiful and streetwise woman named V. Frank immediately sees past her tough veneer, and wants her to marry his widowed father and become his step mom!
Starring: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris
MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY
A sophisticated and heartfelt comedy, this 1939-set romantic tale stars Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand as a middle-aged London governess who is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, portrayed by Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams.
Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams
MRS. WINTERBOURNE
Sweet natured yet naive and unrefined, Connie Doyle is pregnant and just dumped by her sleazy boyfriend. Fortunately for her, she is whisked away into the lap of luxury when she is assumed to be the widowed Patricia Winterbourne after her "husband" dies in a train wreck. The grieving family, led by matriarch, Grace, having never met their son's wife, takes her in, accepting both her and her baby as part of the household. Having come into the security she needs, Connie decides to keep her identity a secret, until she falls for her "brother-in-law" Bill!
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake
MULTIPLICITY
Doug Kinney has a demanding job in a construction company. Coupled with an adoring wife, he finds himself unable to cope with the pressures of life, both at work and at home. That is, until he meets a renowned geneticist who gives him the ultimate split personality – by cloning him into many Doug Kinneys. If life was complicated enough with one Doug, it turns upside down with several! The clones start taking over his job, his house and even his bed! This film explores the hilarious and disastrous consequences of cloning.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin
NO MERCY
Revenge brought Chicago cop Eddie Jillette to New Orleans. And, it's beauty and danger that will keep him there. He's seeking revenge for his partner's murder. Gangster's moll, Michel Duvall, had apparently been the one to lead his partner to his doom, so Jillette hunts her down and tries to arrest her. They end up getting handcuffed to each other, and as the New Orleans gang leader gets wind of Jillette's presence, he sends his redneck henchmen to kill them. Jillette and Michel then begin a dangerous trek through the bayou swamplands to escape the murderous gang.
Starring: Kim Basinger, Richard Gere
OUTLAND
Marshall O'Neil (Connery) knows about living life in limbo — his wife left him and had taken their son along with her, and he's stranded in a forgotten mining town on one of Jupiter’s moons. But there's more to worry about when the miners start killing themselves in bizarre ways. His investigations into their deaths lead him to discover that their mine boss, Sheppard (Boyle), has been keeping his workers on overtime by feeding them a work-enhancing drug with deadly side-effects.
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle
PALE RIDER
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this two-fisted, pistol-packed adventure as The Preacher, a stranger who rides into town to save the day, in the tradition of the great Hollywood westerns. The Preacher visits a gold rush town ruled by a corrupt banker. Will he be able to help the terrorized miners whose land is threatened by the robber baron?
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress
PASSENGER 57
Psychotic terrorist Charles Rane (Payne, Messages, Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath Of The Dragon God) hijacks a jumbo jet at 35,000 feet in this action drama that The New York Times likens to "taking a ride on a sleekly-designed roller coaster." Retired anti-terrorist expert John Cutter (Snipes, Chaos, 7 Seconds) thinks he's taking a routine flight to Los Angeles, but when a madman takes over the plane, he reluctantly finds himself back on the job and in his element.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Tom Sizemore, Bruce Payne
PASSION FISH
In this sensitive, probing film written and directed by John Sayles, a soap-opera actress paralyzed in an accident engages in a battle of wills with her companion. May-Alice retreats to her childhood home in Louisiana and befriends her caretaker, only to realize they have more in common than they had known.
Starring: David Strathairn, Alfre Woodard, Mary McDonnell
PAYBACK
They took his money. They took his wife. And they tried to take his life. Now it's time for payback as one man starts his own personal war against the syndicate in this hard-edged thriller based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Lucy Liu
PINK CADILLAC
Clint Eastwood takes a vacation from his usual tough-guy roles in this freewheeling, pedal-to-the-metal action comedy. As a modern-day bounty hunter, Tommy Novak is after a jailbird's bail-jumping wife, who is on the run with her baby. But neither Tommy nor his quarry knows that the screamin'-pink getaway Caddy is loaded with stolen loot, and that the bad guys want it back!
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters
PRIMAL FEAR
High profile lawyer Richard Gere defends troubled young altar boy Edward Norton in this gripping courtroom thriller.
Starring: Laura Linney, Richard Gere, Edward Norton
PUMPKINHEAD: BLOOD FEUD
After a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy left town to be alone together but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance against those who hurt him, Ricky resurrects the monster Pumpkinhead, only to realize his mistake a little too late.
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Amy Manson
ROCKET SCIENCE
High school student Hal Hefner stutters a lot. On the evening his parents decide to separate, his school's legendary debater, Ben fails to impress and Ginny, Ben's teammate loses the first-place trophy. Ginny recruits Hal and mentors him, only for love to blossom between them.
Starring: Reece Daniel Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D'agosto
ROXANNE
Follow your nose to one of the funniest feel good hits of recent times, as Steve Martin updates the classic "Cyrano" story into an uproarious romantic comedy hit. Small-town fire chief Martin is smart, funny, tough, and blessed with a stupendous nose. He's in love with the gorgeous new girl in town, Roxanne (Daryl Hannah), but she only has eyes for a brick-brained hunk. What's a guy to do? With Rick Rossovich and Shelley Duvall.
Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich
RUGRATS IN PARIS
In the new Rugrats film, Chuckie wants to find a new mom. And he's in luck, because his dad Chas just started dating again. And what better place to do so than Paris? The whole gang sets off to Paris as Stu Pickles is summoned to a new amusement park there to work on his amazing new invention. But things aren't really hunky dory there as Chuckie realizes that most women aren't what they seem to be, and Chas realizes that falling in love can be difficult – whichever country one is in.
SAVE THE LAST DANCE 2: STEPPING UP
Fresh from her experiences in an inner-city Chicago high school, Sara Johnson begins her freshman year in Julliard, becoming not just the favorite student to her teacher, Monique Delacroix, but also the rival of a competitive ballerina.
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Columbus Short, Izabella Miko
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
SLEEPY HOLLOW
Director Tim Burton gives Washington Irving's classic period-folklore-horror story a gothic touch. Ichabod Crane is a New York City police constable who brings the latest crime-solving techniques to investigate the brutal murders that have disrupted peace in the town of Sleepy Hollow. Crane arrives to find the victims beheaded, supposedly by the Headless Horseman, whom the frightened townspeople claim has returned to haunt them. As Crane investigates with the help of the well-bred Katrina Van Tassel, he slowly uncovers the eerie truth behind the town's killer.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci
SNOW DAY
As snow falls and forces a school in an upstate New York town to close, the Brandston children decide to do something special to mark this gloriously chilly premature holiday. While their father Tom, a weatherman in the lowest-rated television show in town has trouble getting the people to focus on his weather report, his eldest son Hal, is taking advantage of his day off to charm the feet off Claire Bonner, the prettiest girl in school who has already got a jock for a steady.
Starring: Chevy Chase, John Schneider
SOME KIND OF HERO
No-luck Eddie Keller loses everything but his sense of humor in this bitterly funny comedy drama. Richard Pryor plays the heroic misfit who finds that life at home contains more nightmares than his six years as a Vietnam POW. Margot Kidder co-stars as a rich Beverly Hills hooker.
Starring: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder
SPLITTING HEIRS
What would you do if you were Tommy Patel, who's facing the financial and sex crisis of his life? Accidentally left behind at a wild party, Tommy has been brought up by a poor Pakistani family. Now, he discovers that he is the Duke of Bournemouth and the heir to a fortune! But Henry has taken his place and the heart of his dream woman, Kitty. And his ex-flower child mother, the Duchess of Lucinda, wants to make love to him! Would you back off or just go for it?
Starring: Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Eric Idle
STRIPES
Chronic loser John Winger (Golden Globe® winner Murray, Broken Flowers, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) finally decides that the only way to turn his life around is to join the army. He coaxes his best friend Russell Ziskey (Ramis, I'm with Lucy, Orange County) along for the ride. Once in boot camp, John tangles with his by-the-books Sergeant (Oates, Blue Thunder, Tough Enough) and becomes the de facto leader of his platoon, made up of misfits and assorted losers. But this ragtag unit soon proves it has what it takes to becomes a lean mean fighting machine.
Starring: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy
SURRENDER
Commitment-phobic Michael Caine falls in love with artist Sally Field under bizarre circumstances.
Starring: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Steve Guttenberg
SWING SHIFT
Two women become good friends when their men are enlisted at the beginning of WW II. Kay Walsh is an ideal housewife. Her next door neighbor, Hazel Zanussi is a beautiful dance hall hostess. Both work on the Swing Shift of an airplane manufacturing company. A fellow worker Lucky Lockhart has had his eyes on Kay, and out of loneliness Kay allows Lucky into her home and her bed. On Lucky's birthday, while Kay, Lucky and Hazel are celebrating, there is a knock on the door, it's Jack on an unexpected furlough. Can Kay save her marriage?
Starring: Christine Lahti, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn
TESTAMENT
When a nuclear blast wipes out a portion of California, a small, outlying community waits in horror as the radiation creeps toward them. Jane Alexander plays Carol Wetherly, a mother of two who tries to maintain dignity and hope in the midst of disaster. A haunting speculation on the devastating human impact of nuclear holocaust.
Starring: William Devane, Jane Alexander
THE 6TH DAY
In this futuristic thriller spiked with intrigue, humor and high-voltage action, a ruthless power broker is using his advanced genetic-engineering technology to clone human beings for personal gain. Adam Gibson, an old-fashioned family man and pilot, comes home one night to discover that his life has been stolen by his clone. Plunged into a sinister world of murder, corruption and high-tech deception, he is torn from his family by thugs sent to destroy him because they cloned the wrong man. Now, Adam must not only save himself but also uncover the evil plot to reclaim his family and identity.
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Sarah Wynter
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 ENFORCER
Clint Eastwood is back as Dirty Harry and this time he has a new partner, female no less, played by Tyne Daly. The duo must team up to stop a group of former Vietnamese veterans-turned terrorists from making their rampage in San Francisco. But Harry's female partner, with zero field experience and whose nine years of service in the police force has been in the human resource department, must first earn Harry's respect and beat his male chauvinist ego.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Tyne Daly
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS
Speed demons Vin Diesel and Paul Walker rev up some testosterone in this adrenaline-charged movie.
Starring: Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
THE FRESHMAN
Desperate student Matthew Broderick is pulled into the wheeling and dealing of Marlon Brando's underworld with hilarious results!
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Marlon Brando
THE KITE RUNNER
In 1970s Afghanistan, Amir and Hassam, his loyal friend and son of his Hazara servant Ali, are raised in Amir's father house. After Amir won a kite competition, Hassam runs to bring Amir a kite only to get brutally assaulted in the streets, with little help from his friend. Many decades later, after settling in California, Amir, having become a successful writer, receives a call that would propel him back into a world he left behind.
Starring: Khalid Abdalla, Shaun Toub, Atossa Leoni
THE NEW GUY
Dizzy Harrison, played by D.J. Qualls - a former Prada model and Road Trip co-star, is a high school geek trying to gain popularity. Instead of getting popular, he gets himself expelled and landed in jail where he learns the art of being cool from an inmate - a former geek himself. He enrolls himself in a new school with a new identity hoping to start afresh. When he helps the school football team to win games, the head cheerleader - Danielle, notices him. Things are going well for him until the Danielle's jealous boyfriend begins to uncover the dirt on him.
Starring: DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel
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 RUINS
A group of friends are in a struggle for survival after discovering something deadly living among the ruins in the Mexican jungle.
Starring: Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, Joe Anderson
THE SPECIALIST
An explosives expert, Ray Quick, helps seductive beauty May Munro to avenge the murder of her parents. Her target: a powerful Cuban-American crime boss and his arrogant son. The assignment seems simple enough, except that Ray soon discovers he also has to contend with ex-partner-turned-killer-for-hire Ned Trent, who has a bone to pick with him. Set in the sultry tropical heat of Miami, expect a lot of hot and explosive action.
Starring: James Woods, Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone
THREE CAN PLAY THAT GAME
Shante Smith is a relationship expert who uses her knowledge of the male psyche to help women get what they want.
Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Jason George
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TWINS
Double your comedy fun with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as the unlikeliest and loopiest twins ever to cut the cord. Separated at birth, the high society hulk and his sleaze ball, scrimpy twin reunite to search for their long-lost mom. But a stolen Cadillac and its multi-million dollar cache might mean the end of their road!
Starring: Kelly Preston, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito
TWISTER
Get set for the most breathtaking ride of your lives. Travel with a bunch of dedicated – and crazy – scientists, led by Dr Joanne Harding and William Harding. These two scientists put their divorce on hold as they try to unravel how tornadoes work. Their modus operandi is simple – get inside them. Hang on to your chairs and get ready to be blown away by the amazingly realistic special effects!
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton
VACANCY
When David and Amy Fox's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at a sinister motel. The horrific truth begins to dawn on them when they realize that the low-budget slasher flicks they're watching were all filmed in the very room they're in. Now trapped with hidden cameras filming their every move, David and Amy must escape before their captors can finish their latest masterpiece.
Starring: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale
VICE VERSA
Like many fathers, Marshall has forgotten what it was like to be a kid. His son, Charlie, does not really understand what makes a successful father either. Hollywood has found the big fix – switch their roles. What happens thereafter is the smart-kid-dumb-dad syndrome, and it is time for father and son to get better acquainted with each other. The trouble is, dad's got a heavy deadline looming, and he must now depend on his son to come through for him.
Starring: Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage
WEDDING WARS
What would happen if every gay person in America suddenly decides to go on strike? This happens when two brothers argue over gay marriages, triggering a strike that affects the entire country. A film that explores the issues of rights, equal treatment and brotherly affection.
Starring: John Stamos, James Brolin, Eric Dane
WIENERS
Three friends decide to go on a road trip across the country in a Wiener Wagon with a plan to beat up a daytime talk show therapist.
Starring: Kenan Thompson, Jenny McCarthy
WILD WILD WEST
Special Agent Jim West must save the world from an enormous steam-powered tarantula created by the evil Dr. Loveless in this fun-filled action packed movie.
Starring: Salma Hayek, Will Smith, Kevin Kline
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