EVOLUTION (2001)

Directed by: Ivan Reitman

Starring: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Ted Levine, Ethan Suplee, Michael Bower, Pat Kilbane, Ty Burrell, Dan Aykroyd, Katharine Towne, Gregory Itzin, Ashley Clark, Stephanie Hodge, Kyle Gass, Sarah Silverman, Richard Moll, Tom Davis, Jerry Trainor, Miriam Flynn, Mary Pat Gleason, Steven Gilborn, John Cho

101 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, some rude humor)

PLOT:

When a meteorite falls to Earth two college professors, Dr. Ira Kane and Prof. Harry Phineas Block, are assigned the job of checking the site out. At the site, they discover organisms not of this planet. Soon the site is taken over by the government, forcing Ira and Harry to the side. As the new life-forms begin to evolve and start to get more and more dangerous, it's up to the two professors to save the planet.

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LOVE CRIMES OF KABUL (2011)

Directed by: Tanaz Eshaghian

71 minutes

(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

Country of origin: Afghanistan

PLOT:

An intimate portrait of three young Afghani women accused of committing "moral crimes" such as premarital sex and running away from home. As we follow them from prison to trial, we discover the pressures and paradoxes that women in Afghanistan face today and the dangerous consequences when they refuse to fit in.

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CHAMPAIGN ILL (2018)

Created by: Jordan Cahan, David Caspe, Daniel Libman, Matthew Libman

Starring: Adam Pally, Sam Richardson, Keith David, Allyce Beasley, Curtis Armstrong, Sabrina Revelle, Danielle Schneider, Jay Pharoah, Neil Casey, Rich Sommer, Rhonda Dents, Adriyan Rae, Thomas Barbusca, Matt Walsh, Drew Scheid, Jennifer "Ms. Fer" Russell, Adena Brumer, Lacey Coan, Brian Kayode-Patrick Johnson, Michael Pierino Miller, Andre Parr, Jasun Jabbar Wardlow Jr, Athena Akers, David Dunston, Marc Gowan, Casey Wilson, Nick Arapoglou, Elle Graham, Liz McGeever, Jose Miguel Vasquez, Matt Borlenghi, Johnnie Gordon, Amy Parrish, Allyssa Brooke, Danny Kang, Uriah Love, Agnes Mayasari, Deacon Randle, Sara Torres, Kate Adair, JinYoung Choi, Ashlee Heath, Andre Ing, Benjamin Keepers, Fernando Martinez, Davvy Glab, Sarah Hudson, Sam Lukowski, Amber Neukum, Nirvi Shah, Danielle Uhlarik, Jack Alcott, Mike Benitez

10 episodes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, drug use)

PLOT:

After the death of their best friend, a wildly famous rap icon, Alf and Ronnie lose their lavish lifestyle and are forced to return home to Champaign, Illinois in order to get back what they have left of what used to be their promising futures after school.

 

MATCH POINT (2005)

Directed by: Woody Allen

Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, Ewen Bremner, James Nesbitt, Rupert Penry-Jones, Margaret Tyzack, Alexander Armstrong, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Miranda Raison, Zoe Telford, Rose Keegan, Colin Salmon, Toby Kebbell

124 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

From a humble background and with traditional values, Irish Chris Wilton is still struggling financially despite being a recently retired high ranked tennis pro. He has taken a job as a tennis instructor at an upscale London tennis club, although he knows there is a better life for him somewhere down the road. He is befriended by one of his students, wealthy Tom Hewett. Chris starts to date Tom's sister, Chloe Hewett, a girl-next-door type who is immediately attracted to Chris. Chloe quickly knows she wants to marry Chris, and through her businessman father, Alec Hewett, tries to help Chris and their future by getting him an executive job in Alec's company. In his life with the Hewetts, Chris begins to enjoy the finer things in life. Through it all however, Chris cannot help thinking about Nola Rice, a struggling American actress who he meets at the Hewett estate and who is Tom's unofficial fiancée. Nola is vivacious, and she knows the effect she has on men, including Chris. Unlike Chris, Nola is not accepted by Tom and Chloe's mother, the outspoken Eleanor Hewett. Chris has to decide if he can give up what he has been able to achieve with Chloe and the Hewetts, or if the passion he feels for Nola is stronger than the finer things in life to which he is now accustomed. He may go to any length to have his cake and eat it too.

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STRICTLY BALLROOM (1992)

 

Directed by: Baz Luhrmann

Starring: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Gia Carides, Peter Whitford, Barry Otto, John Hannan, Sonia Kruger, Kris McQuade, Pip Mushin, Leonie Page, Antonio Vargas, Armonia Benedito, Jack Webster, Michael Burgess, Lauren Hewett, Steve Grace, Kerry Shrimpton

94 minutes

(PG - mild language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

Scott Hastings is a champion caliber ballroom dancer, but much to the chagrin of the Australian ballroom dance community, Scott believes in dancing "his own steps". Fran is a beginning dancer and a bit of an ugly duckling who has the audacity to ask to be Scott's partner after his unorthodox style causes his regular partner to dance out of his life. Together, these two misfits try to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championships and show the Ballroom Confederation that they are wrong when they say, "there are no new steps!"

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THE PRINCE & ME (2004)

Directed by: Martha Coolidge

Starring: Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller, Miranda Richardson, James Fox, Alberta Watson, John Bourgeois, Zachary Knighton, Stephen O'Reilly, Elisabeth Waterston, Eliza Bennett, Devin Ratray, Clare Preuss, Yaani King, Eddie Irvine, Angelo Tsarouchas, Jacques Tourangeau, Joanne Baron, Stephen Singer, Sarah Manninen, Tony Munch, John Nelles, Claus Bue

111 minutes

(PG - mild language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Paige, a pre-med student and a farm girl from Manitowoc, meets Eddie, a fellow student from Denmark, whom she first dislikes but later accepts, likes, and loves. Paige takes Eddie to her home for the Thanksgiving weekend. Paparazzi find and photograph the couple, and Paige learns that Eddie is truly Crown Prince Edvard. Failing health causes King Haraald to abdicate in favor of Edvard, so Eddie returns to Copenhagen, then Paige follows her heart to Copenhagen, where Edvard warmly welcomes her, takes her to the castle, and introduces her to the royal family. Queen Rosalind first expresses opposition to Paige but later relents; King Haraald soon warms to her; Edvard proposes, Paige accepts, and he gives her a ring. However, Paige recalls her previous dream of going to Doctors Without Borders, so she breaks off and returns to school. Still, though, Edvard shows up at Paige's graduation and suggests an alternate plan.

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SUPER 8 (2011)

Directed by: J.J. Abrams

Produced by: J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Steven Spielberg

Starring: Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, Gabriel Basso, Zach Mills, Ron Eldard, AJ Michalka, Joel McKinnon Miller, Jessica Tuck, Brett Rice, Michael Giacchino, Michael Hitchcock, Jay Scully, Noah Emmerich, Richard T. Jones, Bruce Greenwood, David Gallagher, Glynn Turman, Beau Knapp, Dan Castellaneta, Caitriona Balfe, Dale Dickey

112 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:

In the summer of 1979, six friends spend their time making a zombie movie with an 8mm camera. Joe Lamb does the make-up, and he takes a liking to Alice Dainard who has only recently joined the group. While filming at the local railway depot, they see one of their teachers, Dr. Woodward, turn his truck onto the track and drive into an oncoming train which derails. As they continue trying to make their film, they realize that an extra-terrestrial was being carried on that train and is now loose in the community.

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CHEECH AND CHONG - GET OUT OF MY ROOM (1985)

Directed by: Cheech Marin

Starring: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, John Paragon, Beverly D'Angelo, Elvira (Cassandra Petersen), Evelyn Guerrero, Al Kooper, Jan Michael Vincent, Dick Wilson, Mary Woronov 

53 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, drug references)

PLOT:

A mock documentary filmed mostly in and around LA with interviews of Cheech and Chong interspersed between four videos of songs from their comedy album, "Get Out of My Room".

 

LORD OF ILLUSIONS (1995)

Directed by: Clive Barker

Based on the short story "The Last Illusion" by: Clive Barker

Starring: Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Famke Janssen, Daniel von Bargen, Vincent Schiavelli, Barry Del Sherman, Sheila Tousey, Joel Swetow, Joseph Latimore, Susan Traylor, Ashley Lyn Cafagna, Wayne Grace, Jordan Marder, J. Trevor Edmond, Barry Shabaka Henley, Carrie Ann Inaba, Ken Davitian, Danny Woodburn

109 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, gore, graphic nudity)

PLOT:

During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult, who are waiting for the resurrection of their leader Nix. 13 years ago, Nix was gunned down by his best trainee Swann. In the meantime, Swann is advanced to a popular illusionist like David Copperfield and is married to the charming Dorothea. She hires D'Amour to protect Swann against the evil cult members. A short time later Swann is killed by one of his own tricks and the occurrences are turning over, and it crackles between Dorothea and D'Amour.

CLIP:

A DAY'S PLEASURE (1919)

 

Directed by: Charlie Chaplin

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Marion Feducha, Bob Kelly, Jackie Coogan, Tom Wilson, Babe London, Henry Bergman, Loyal Underwood

18 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Father takes his family for a drive in their falling-apart Model T Ford, gets in trouble in traffic, and spends the day on an excursion boat. As the boat is about to leave Charlie rushes ashore for cigarettes. As he returns the boat is leaving, but a fat lady has fallen forward with feet on the dock and hands on the deck, so Charlie is able rush aboard across her back.

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WET WILLY (2020)

 

Directed by: Nic Stanich

Starring: Travis Burt, Zachary Scott, Seph Alan

5 minutes

(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

A lonely kid makes a mysterious new friend who helps him get revenge on a school bully.

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THE LONGEST YARD (1974)

 

Directed by: Robert Aldrich

Based on a story by: Albert S. Ruddy

Screenplay by: Tracy Keenan Wynn

Starring: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, Harry Caesar, John Steadman, Charles Tyner, Mike Henry, Jim Nicholson, Bernadette Peters, Pepper Martin, Robert Tessier, Richard Kiel, Anitra Ford, Ray Nitschke, George Jones, Joe Kapp, Pervis Atkins, Ernie Wheelwright, Sonny Shroyer, Ray Ogden, Sonny Sixkiller, Michael Fox

121 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sports violence, nudity)

PLOT:

Ex-football player Paul Crewe spirals out after being caught shaving points to gamble on games. Some bad choices lead to Crewe getting sent to prison where the warden has his eye on him to coach their semi pro team. After refusing, at the lead guards forceful request, Crewe finds himself in the dregs of the prison workforce. Finally, the warden decides to use him in a different capacity and tasks him with putting together an all-inmate football team to play a tune up game with the guards. Through trials and tribulations, Crewe gets his team together and puts the guards through their paces in an all-out roughed out guard on inmate football game.

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MRS. DOUBTFIRE (1993)

 

Directed by: Chris Columbus

Based on the novel "Alias Madame Doubtfire" by: Anne Fine

Starring: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Robert Prosky, Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence, Mara Wilson, Polly Holliday, Anne Haney, Scott Capurro, Martin Mull, William Newman

120 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some sexual references)

PLOT:

Eccentric actor Daniel Hillard is an amusing and caring father. But after a disastrous birthday party for his son, Chris, his wife, Miranda, draws the line and files a divorce. He can see their three children only once a week which doesn't sit well with him. He also holds a job at a TV studio as a shipping clerk under the recommendation of his liaison. But when Miranda puts out an ad for a nanny, he takes it upon himself to make a disguise as a British lady named Mrs. Doubtfire. And he must also deal with Miranda's new boyfriend, Stu Dunemyer.

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HARD SUN (2018)

Created by: Neil Cross

Starring: Jim Sturgess, Agyness Deyn, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Owain Arthur, Lorraine Burroughs, Richard Coyle, Dermot Crowley, Varada Sethu, Jojo Macari, Adrian Rawlins, Derek Riddell, Ukweli Roach, Joplin Sibtain, Aisling Bea, Natasha Agius, Stephen Agnew, David J. Biscoe, Teri Ann Bobb-Baxter, Mark Carlisle, George Dawson, Matthew David McCarthy, Clive Myrie, Hiten Patel, Tom Reed, Tamara Smart, Simon Thorp, Sam Wilkinson, Nick Davison, Stefan Kopiecki, Glenn Webster, Siddiqua Akhtar, Kae Alexander, Sarah Baxendale, Paul Blackwell, Tigger Blaize, Christine Bottomley, Rebecca Deren, Tommy Finnegan, Liberty Gill, Cameron King, Heidi Monsen, Steve Pound, Stephen Sackur, David Seddon, Sam Shoubber, Jaden Sidhu, Jamie Sives, Pauline Whitaker, Kirsty Averton, Stefano Braschi, Okorie Chukwu, Maggie Daniels, Elie Haddad, Ricci Harnett, Martyn Mayger, Gary Pillai, Deborah Rock, Andrea Sandell, Sam Alexander, Noah Maxwell Clarke, Jermaine Dominique, Ty Hurley, Valentina Karoleva, Skye Lourie, Ania Marson, Geoffrey McGivern, Mateo Rufino, Daniel Coonan, Rebecca Palmer, Robin Weaver, Anthony Carrigan, Tim Ingall, Yasmin J. James, Caroline Lawrie, Adam Lazarus, Carl Prekopp, Patrick Regis, Liani Samuel, Langa Somhedlwana, Chris Wilson

6 episodes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, drug use)

PLOT:

An unruly police detective is immediately suspicious of his new partner, but during their first investigation together they stumble upon a secret that binds them together for life as they find proof that the world is going to end.

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GOT YOUR MONEY (1999)

Directed by: Nzingha Stewart

Starring: Ol' Dirty Bastard, Kelis, Tangi Miller, Beverly Peele

4 minutes

(NR - strong language)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, off the rapper's second studio album, "Nigga Please". Uses footage from the classic blaxploitation film, "Dolemite" (1975).

SMOKIN' ACES (2006)

Directed by: Joe Carnahan

Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Common, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Taraji P. Henson, Ray Liotta, Chris Pine, Matthew Fox, Jeremy Piven, Tommy Flanagan, Joseph Ruskin, Mike Falkow, Alex Rocco, David Proval, Nestor Carbonell, Kevin Durand, Maury Sterling, Curtis Armstrong, Vladimir Kulich, Peter Berg, Martin Henderson, Joel Edgerton, Christopher Michael Holley, Davenia McFadden, Joe Carnahan, Wayne Newton

109 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some nudity, drug use)

PLOT:

Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel, a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When the word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, deadly vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.

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BERLIN CORRESPONDENT (1942)

 

Directed by: Eugene Forde

Starring: Dana Andrews, Virginia Gilmore, Mona Maris, Martin Kosleck, Sig Ruman, Kurt Katch, Erwin Kalser, Torben Meyer, William Edmunds, Hans Schumm, Leonard Mudie, Hans von Morhart, Curt Furburg, Henry Rowland, Christian Rub

70 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

American correspondent Bill Roberts is a thorn in the side of the Nazis, as his paper always scoops the world with the truth about Germany. Gestapo Captain Carl Von Rau means to plug the leak and assigns Karen Hauen, who he attends to wed, to the case. Roberts is obtaining his information for his stories and broadcasts from an elderly stamp collector who, defiantly opposed to the Nazis, sells the "proper" stamps to Roberts, giving him the information. Attracted to Karen, Roberts invites her to his apartment where she learns his secret. The old philatelist is sent to a concentration camp, and then Karen learns that he is her father. She appeals to Roberts for help and he, in loyalty to the old man and now in love with Karen, agrees to help.

THE KEEPING ROOM (2014)

Directed by: Daniel Barber

Starring: Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, Muna Otaru, Sam Worthington, Amy Nuttall, Ned Dennehy, Kyle Soller, Nicholas Pinnock

95 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, rape)

PLOT:

Left without men in the dying days of the American Civil War, three Southern women - two sisters and one African-American slave - must fight to defend their home and themselves from two rogue soldiers who have broken off from the fast-approaching Union Army.

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BLOOD VESSEL (2019)

Directed by: Justin Dix
Starring: Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Nathan Phillips, Christopher Kirby, John Floyd Fillingham, Alex Cooke, Mark Diaco, Troy Larkin, Ruby Isobel Hall, Vivienne Perry, Jacinta Stapleton, Steve Young, Mackenzie Stephens

93 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore)

PLOT:
Somewhere in the North Atlantic, late 1945. A life raft is adrift at sea, and in it, the survivors of a torpedoed and sunk hospital ship. With no food, water, or shelter, all seems lost until an abandoned German minesweeper drifts ominously towards them, giving them one last chance at survival, but they soon find out the ship is not as safe as they thought.

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HARD RAIN (1998)

Directed by: Mikael Salomon

Screenplay by: Graham Yost

Starring: Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver, Randy Quaid, Edward Asner, Michael Goorjian, Dann Florek, Ricky Harris, Mark Rolston, Peter Murnik, Wayne Duvall, Richard A. Dysart, Betty White

96 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:

In the small town of Huntingburg, the armored truck with three million dollars driven by Tom and his Uncle Charlie gets stuck in the flooding. They realize that the town has been evacuated since the dam does not have capacity to hold the storm. While waiting for the National Guard, they are attacked by Jim and his gang formed by Kenny, Mr. Mehlor and Ray and the clumsy Kenny kills Charlie. Tom flees with the bags of money and hides them in the cemetery. Then he is hunted down by Jim and his gang and he hides in a church. Out of the blue, he is knocked out and awakes locked in a cell. Soon he learns that the restorer Karen believed he was a looter and hit him. Sheriff Mike Collins and Deputy Wayne Bryce go to investigate Tom' story while Officer Phil takes Karen out of the town by boat. However she escapes with the boat and goes to the church. Meanwhile Tom is trapped in the cell full of water and Karen rescues him. He decides to return to the armored truck to retrieve a shotgun but he is captured by Jim and his men and learns that Charlie was part of the gang. He tries to retrieve the hidden money for the gang, but Sheriff Collins and his men have already taken it. Soon Tom learns that the Sheriff wants to keep the money for him and his men and Tom and Karen are witnesses and he teams up with Jim.

 

HIGH TENSION (HAUTE TENSION) (2003)

Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Starring: Cecile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Andrei Finti, Oana Pellea, Franck Khalfoun, Marco Claudiu

95 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, gore)
Country of origin: France

PLOT:
In high hopes of spending a peaceful weekend, French college students and best friends Marie and Alexia head to Alexia's parents' secluded cottage to study. Unbeknownst to them, a deranged, sadistic killer is prowling the area, slashing innocent victims for his perverse pleasure. Before long, the mysterious murderer breaks into the dark farmhouse in the dead of night, and a brutal massacre ensues, where no one is spared, ensues. Now, with helpless Alexia as the madman's hostage, Marie finds herself trapped in a sinister cat-and-mouse game, doing everything in her power to save her friend; however, is this the end of the nightmare?

 

JERROD CARMICHAEL - ROTHANIEL (2022)

 





















Directed by: Bo Burnham
Starring: Jerrod Carmichael

55 minutes
(TV-MA - explicit language)

PLOT:
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael reveals some hidden truths about himself in an intimate standup comedy show at the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.

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MOONSHOT (2022)

Directed by: Christopher Winterbauer
Starring: Cole Sprouse, Lana Condor, Mason Gooding, Emily Rudd, Zach Braff, Lukas Gage, Michelle Buteau, Christine Adams, Cameron Esposito, Davey Johnson, Sunita Deshpande

104 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
This romantic comedy with a twist follows two college students as they join forces in order to be reunited with their significant others, embarking on a lively journey that takes them wildly off course.

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