I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF (2009)

Directed by: Tyler Perry

Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez, Brian White, Mary J. Blige, Gladys Knight, Marvin L. Winans, Hope Olaide Wilson, Freddy Siglar, Kwesi Boakye, Eric Mendenhall, David Paulus, Randall Taylor, Tess Malis Kincaid, Joseph Taylor, Cheryl B. Pratt, Tyler Perry

113 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, drug references)

PLOT:

When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Randy, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Colombian immigrant looking for work, moves into April's basement room. Making amends for his own troubled past, Sandino challenges April to open her heart. And April soon realizes she must make the biggest choice of her life: between her old ways with Randy and the new possibilities of family, faith ... and even true love.

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CONFIDENCE (2003)

Directed by: James Foley

Starring: Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Rachel Weisz, Paul Giamatti, Brian Van Holt, Franky G, Luis Guzman, Donal Logue, Morris Chestnut, Louis Lombardi, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Forster, Leland Orser

97 minutes

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

PLOT:

Jake Vig leads a small Los Angeles based team of grifters, each member who has his specific role in each con: Jake is the main man, Miles the adversary, Big Al the scared innocent bystander, and Gordo the dead shooting victim. He also has in his pockets crooked LAPD detectives Lloyd Whitworth and Omar Manzano who basically play themselves as needed. Beyond getting the money, the basic goal of each con is to ensure the mark is so scared by what has happened - usually being an accomplice in a "murder" - that he won't come back looking for the money. Jake learns the hard way that their latest mark, Louis Dolby, who they fleeced for $150,000, was carrying money for a criminal named King, who takes a no prisoners approach in getting even, he who knows who stole his money. Instead of returning the $150,000 to King, money which he no longer has anyway, Jake convinces King to parlay that money and a bit more into a bigger con against a mark of King's choice, that person being banker Morgan Price, a second-generation mobster. The total take for this con is to be $5 million. Beyond co-opting a couple of inside people for this con, King wants one of his own men inserted - Lupus - and Jake also enlists the work of a female pickpocket he recently ran across named Lily, to who he is attracted. During the process, a small wrinkle occurs when they learn that Special Agent Gunther Butan with the US Customs Agency, an old adversary of Jake's, is currently after him, which means they either have to call off the international mission or watch more carefully their movements, with Jake not to be the one to carry any money across the border. But with a group of con artists working for the first time with new players, a question becomes are there any inside cons at play, especially in this case where Jake has more of a personal stake than usual.

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MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM (2022)

 

Directed by: Damon Thomas

Based on the novel by: Grady Hendrix

Starring: Elsie Fisher, Amiah Miller, Rachel Ogechi Kanu, Cathy Ang, Clayton Royal Johnson, Christopher Lowell, Nathan Anderson, Cynthia Evans, Rachel Leah Cohen, John Stoneburner, Cameron Bass, Ashley LeConte Campbell, Michael Wayne Foster, Michael Proctor, Erin Ownby

97 minutes

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

PLOT:

The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act...different. She's moody. She's irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she's nearby. Abby's investigation leads her to some startling discoveries-and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?

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GUARDING TESS (1994)

Directed by: Hugh Wilson

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Shirley MacLaine, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert, James Rebhorn, Richard Griffiths, John Roselius, David Graf, Don Yesso, James Lally, Brant von Hoffman, Harry J. Lennix, Susan Blommaert, Dale Dye, James Handy, Hugh Wilson

95 minutes

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

PLOT:

Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed. He wants off her detail. She is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands. Doug returns with no idea of how to continue dealing with her.

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IN THE BEDROOM (2001)

Directed by: Todd Field

Based on the short story "Killings" by: Andre Dubus

Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, Celia Weston, Karen Allen, Deborah Derecktor, William Wise, Justin Ashforth, Camden Munson, Frank T. Wells, Kevin Chapman, Veronica Cartwright

131 minutes

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

PLOT:

In idyllic Mid-Coast Maine, the Fowler family's only son Frank comes home from his freshman year at college for summer vacation. His mother Ruth, the school choir director, is unhappy with Frank dating soon-to-be divorced mother Natalie who is several years his senior, but Frank's father Matt, the town doctor, doesn't see a problem. While Frank considers holding off his future for Natalie, her jilted husband causes them all problems until an unthinkable tragedy shakes the community to its very core.

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THE TROTSKY (2009)

Directed by: Jacob Tierney

Starring: Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Colm Feore, Saul Rubinek, Michael Murphy, Domini Blythe, Genevieve Bujold, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Jesse Camacho, David Julian Hirsh, Tiio Horn, Ricky Mabe, Jessica Pare, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Ben Mulroney

120 minutes

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

PLOT:

Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.

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STAN HELSING (2009)

Directed by: Bo Zenga

Starring: Steve Howey, Diora Baird, Kenan Thompson, Desi Lydic, Leslie Nielsen, Travis MacDonald, Chad Krowchuk, Darren Moore, Jeremy Crittenden, Jeff Gulka, Ken Kirzinger, Ben Cotton, Lee Tichon, Twan Holliday, Charles Zuckermann, Hilary Strang, Ray G. Thunderchild, John DeSantis, Ryan Steele, Jeremiah Sird

81 minutes

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

PLOT:

It's Halloween night, and slacker video clerk Stan Helsing along with his insanely sexy ex-girlfriend, best buddy and an exotic dancer/'massage therapist' - detours into a town cursed by the biggest monsters in movie history: Freddy, Jason, Pinhead, Leatherface, Chucky & Michael Myers. Or very close facsimiles.

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MYSTERY TEAM (2009)

Directed by: Dan Eckman

Starring: Donald Glover, DC Pierson, Dominic Dierkes, Dan Eckman, Meggie McFadden, Aubrey Plaza, Ellie Kemper, Neil Casey, Ben Schwartz, Bobby Moynihan, Glenn Kalison, Peter Saati, Matt Walsh, Daphne Ciccarelle, John Lutz, Jon Daly

97 minutes

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

PLOT:

Three clueless high school nerds, best friends for years, call themselves the "Mystery Team" and solve neighborhood crimes - such as who poked a finger in a pie cooling on a window ledge - cute at seven but foolish at 18. Then, one morning, a young girl pays them a dime to find out who murdered her parents the night before and took her grandmother's ring. Using inept methods, the team lucks onto the trail of the bad guys. Can they bumble to success and a renewed reputation? And what about coming of age?

 

MAX STEINER - MAESTRO OF MOVIE MUSIC (2019)

Directed by: Diana Friedberg

Narrated by: Leonard Friedberg

Starring: Max Steiner, Leonard Maltin, Jon Burlingame, Robert Townson, Joe Rinaudo, Scott Lasky, Ken Rosen, Stan Taffel, Michael Feinstein, Steven C. Smith, Nathan Platte, James D'Arc, The Brigham Young University Philharmonic, William Stromberg, Peter Wegele, John Morgan, Daniel Mayer Selznick, Ray Faiola

119 minutes

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

PLOT:

A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films - hundreds of them - from "King Kong", to "Gone with the Wind", to "Casablanca" and beyond.

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FIREWALL (2006)

Directed by: Richard Loncraine

Starring: Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Robert Patrick, Robert Forster, Alan Arkin, Carly Schroeder, Jimmy Bennett, Vincent Gale, Kett Turton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Vince Vieluf, Matthew Currie Holmes, Beverley Breuer, Ty Olsson

105 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

Jack Stanfield is a bank's security chief who has designed a computer system & firewall to protect his employer from fraud. One day, after being introduced to a man named Bill Cox who is interested in working with Jack on a security project, Jack finds himself ambushed and staring down a gun barrel. The man holding the gun is Cox. When Jack arrives home the motive for the meeting becomes clear: Cox & his gang of violent, psychopathic thieves want Jack to hack through his employer's computer security & transfer $100 million to Cox's bank accounts in the Caymans. Failure to comply means the murder of Jack's family. Stanfield realizes this will implicate him as an embezzler, but he complies. However, even after Cox has the money, it becomes obvious that he had no intention of letting anyone live and kidnaps the family to kill them & hide their bodies, leaving one of his henchmen to eliminate Jack. When Jack kills the thug who was supposed to kill him, the sociopathic Cox's plans are ruined. Jack must race against time to get his family back before Cox and his fellow thugs carry out their murderous plans.

 

HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951)

 

Directed by: John Farrow, Richard Fleischer

Produced by: Howard Hughes

Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Raymond Burr, Charles McGraw, Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Leslie Banning, Jim Backus, Philip Van Zandt, John Mylong, Carleton G. Young, Paul Frees, Anthony Caruso

120 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Nick Ferraro, deported crime boss, needs to re-enter the USA. His plan involves "honest" gambler Dan Milner, who's subjected to a series of "misfortunes," then bribed to take a trip to Mexico. En route, Dan meets chanteuse Lenore Brent, truly his kind of woman. But on arrival at posh Morros Lodge in Baja California, Dan finds the ostensibly rich, carefree guests all playing roles...except, possibly, ham actor Mark Cardigan. What does Ferraro want with him? Can he trust anyone?

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JUDGE PRIEST (1934)

 

Directed by: John Ford

Starring: Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall, David Landau, Rochelle Hudson, Roger Imhof, Frank Melton, Charley Grapewin, Berton Churchill, Brenda Fowler, Francis Ford, Hattie McDaniel, Stepin Fetchit, Winter Hall, Harry Tenbrook

80 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Judge William "Billy" Priest lives in a very patriotic (Confederate) southern town. Priest plays a laid-back, widowed judge who helps uphold the law in his toughest court case yet. In the meantime, he plays matchmaker for his young nephew.

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GROOVE (2000)

Directed by: Greg Harrison

Starring: Chris Ferreira, Mackenzie Firgens, Lola Glaudini, Denny Kirkwood, Hamish Linklater, Steve Van Wormer, Rachel True, Angelo Spizzirri, Vincent Riverside, Dmitri Ponce, Ari Gold, Aaron Langridge, Wendy Turner-Low, Bradley K. Ross, DJ Polywog, DJ Forest Green, Wade Randolph Hampton, Monty Luke, Brian Behlendorf, John Digweed, Bing Ching, Elizabeth Sun, Nick Offerman

86 minutes

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

PLOT:

On Friday, a single e-mail blips through the Internet. The word spreads quickly through the city: the party is on. Saturday evening, two hundred people secretly converge at an abandoned San Francisco warehouse. As the sun sets the records start spinning, setting into motion a night that no one will forget. Meet David Turner, a Midwest transplant. He moved to the city with aspirations of starting his career as a writer, but his hopes have stalled. After four years he finds himself writing instruction manuals for a computer company. Overworked and with little social life, David spends his time alone, his dream of being a novelist a distant memory. That night, his brother Colin Turner invites him to GROOVE. Colin has a surprise for his new girlfriend, young raver sprite Harmony Stitts, and he wants David there. David reluctantly agrees and is shocked when Colin proposes to Harmony at the party. In the ensuing celebration, they take Ecstasy and suddenly, David is thrust into the world of the San Francisco underground. In a chance encounter, David meets longtime New York raver Leyla Heydel and makes an unlikely connection. Through their budding relationship, they're reminded of a sense of possibility and freedom in their lives they had all but forgotten. But as the party rages on, Colin reveals a deep secret, one that threatens to destroy his relationship with Harmony. When the sun rises the party disappears, and the chaos of the last twelve hours changes the two brothers forever.

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THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987)

Directed by: John Glen

Based on the short story by: Ian Fleming

Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Art Malik, John Rhys-Davies, Jeroen Krabbe, Andreas Wisniewski, Thomas Wheatley, Julie T. Wallace, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Walter Gotell, Caroline Bliss, Geoffrey Keen, Virginia Hey, John Terry, Nadim Sawalha, John Bowe

130 minutes

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

PLOT:

Sent to Czechoslovakia to assist in the defection of renegade Soviet General Georgi Koskov, MI6 agent James Bond finds himself dragged into a dangerous conspiracy involving Kara Milovy, a charming blonde cellist. And as a secret KGB directive threatens to undermine relations between Moscow and the West, Bond suspects the Russians are in league with a traitorous arms dealer interested in making a fortune. As a result, a frenzied, risky mission from Vienna to Tangier and then into war-torn Afghanistan begins. But with Soviet and Western intelligence on the brink of conflict, can James Bond prevent World War III?

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OCEANS (2009)

Directed by: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud

Narrated by: Pierce Brosnan

Starring: Lancelot Perrin

104 minutes

(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

An ecological documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

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THUNDER FORCE (2021)

Directed by: Ben Falcone

Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Bobby Cannavale, Pom Klementieff, Taylor Mosby, Melissa Leo, Jason Bateman, Marcella Lowery, Melissa Ponzio, Kevin Dunn, Ben Falcone, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Sarah Baker, David Storrs, Brendan Jennings, Jackson Dippel, Mia Kaplan, Vivian Falcone, Tai Leshaun, Bria Danielle

106 minutes

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

PLOT:

In a world terrorized by super-villains, one woman has developed the process to give superpowers to regular people. But when scientist Emily Stanton accidentally imbues her estranged best-friend with incredible abilities, the two women must become the first superhero team. Now, it is up to Thunder Force to battle the super-powered Miscreants and save Chicago from the clutches of The King.

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THE INVISIBLE KID (1988)

Directed by: Avery Crounse

Starring: Jay Underwood, Karen Black, Chynna Phillips, Wally Ward, Brother Theodore, Mike Genovese

95 minutes

(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, brief nudity)

PLOT:

Following in his deceased father's footsteps, Grover Dunn finds a magic formula that makes him vanish. The formula causes all types of trouble for Grover and his mother and the love of his life when his high school principal rigs a basketball game; and he enlists the aid of a put-down cop to investigate. 

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BRITISH INTELLIGENCE (1940)

Directed by: Terry O. Morse

Based on the stage play "Three Faces East" by: Anthony Paul Kelly

Starring: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Austin Fairman, William Bailey, Glen Cavender, Carlos De Valdez, Clarence Derwent, Arno Frey, Lawrence Grant, Carl Harbaugh, Winifred Harris, Leyland Hodgson, Stuart Holmes, Morton Lowry, Lester Matthews, Frank Mayo, Paul Panzer, Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, Hans Schumm, Evan Thomas, Maris Wrixon

61 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.

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BURNT OFFERINGS (1976)

Directed by: Dan Curtis

Based on the novel by: Robert Marasco

Starring: Bette Davis, Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Lee Montgomery, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Anthony James, Dub Taylor, Todd Turquand

116 minutes

(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, disturbing images)

PLOT:

Ben and Marian Rolf rent a grand old country mansion as a summer getaway for themselves, their twelve year old son Davey, and Ben's Aunt Elizabeth. They feel they can't turn down the rent deal offered to them by the house's owners, siblings Roz and Arnold Allardyce, despite some reservations. First amongst those reservations, they are to take care of the house on their own, which Ben feels is too big a job, especially for Marian and the interior housekeeping. In Marian's words, the large size of the house is a "waste". And second and perhaps more important amongst those reservations, the Allardyces' aged mother will be staying in her room at the house, the Rolfs who are to provide a tray of food left outside her room three times a day, which Marian vows to take care of on her own, with no other members of the family to go into that isolated wing of the house so as not to disturb Mrs. Allardyce's peace. Upon their arrival at the house for the first day of their stay, they find a note from Roz and Arnold stating that they had to leave on an emergency, only with the necessary keys enclosed with no address or telephone number where they can be reached. As the summer progresses, the family members individually begin to exhibit unusual and unexplainable behavior, and unusual and unexplainable things start happening around the house. The strongest behavior ends up being Marian's total focus on renewing the house into what she says she wants it to be, or so she implies she is doing. These occurrences threaten both the loving family dynamic as well as the individual lives of the four. The answers to what is happening may be who or what lies behind the closed and often locked door of Mrs. Allardyce's bedroom.

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RED STATE (2011)

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Starring: Michael Parks, John Goodman, Michael Angarano, Melissa Leo, Stephen Root, Kyle Gallner, Kerry Bishe, Nicholas Braun, Ralph Garman, James Parks, Anna Gunn, Haley Ramm, Kevin Pollak, Matt L. Jones, Kevin Alejandro, Betty Aberlin, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Molly Livingston, Kaylee DeFer, Damian Young, Alexa Nikolas, Kevin Smith

88 minutes

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

PLOT:

In the Midwest of the USA, three sex-crazed teenage boys receive an invitation from a woman online who wants to hook up with them. When the three friends arrive, they soon realize their promise of sex is a trap and soon they must escape from the deranged leader of a Christian Fundamentalist cult.

 

GRAN TORINO (2008)

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Doua Moua, Sonny Vue, Elvis Thao, Brian Haley, Brian Howe, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Michael E. Kurowski, John Carroll Lynch, Chee Thao, Choua Kue, Scott Eastwood

116 minutes

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

PLOT:

Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao Lor, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.

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EL CRITICO (THE CRITIC) (2022)

Directed by: Javier Morales Perez, Juan Zavala

Starring: Carlos Boyero, Pepe Blanes, Iciar Bollain, Elio Castro, Domingo Corral, Alex de la Iglesia, Antonio de la Torre, Carles Francino, Enrique Gonzalez Macho, Maria Guerra, Borja Hermoso, Antonio Hernandez, Antonio Lucas, Enrique Lopez Lavigne, Jesus Ruiz Mantilla, Beatriz Martinez, Miguel Marias, Marta Medina, Javier Moreno, Andrea Moran, Blanca Portillo, Jose Luis Rebordinos, Antonio Resines, Oti Rodriguez Marchante, Mirito Torreiro, Luis Tosar, Fernando Trueba, Pedro Vallin, Nuria Vidal, Nacho Vigalondo

80 minutes

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

Country of origin: Spain

PLOT:

Carlos Boyero is one of Spanish cinema's most followed and feared figures. Controversy has hounded him since he published his first article more than forty years ago, and he has remained in the eye of the hurricane ever since. Is he the last representative of a disappearing time? Has social media put an end to the traditional influence of the critics. Taking the background and personality of this very controversial figure as its basis, this documentary will also endeavor to reflect on the enormous changes taking place in Spain in the field of film criticism.

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CLASS ACT (1992)

Directed by: Randall Miller

Starring: Christopher "Kid" Reid, Christopher "Play" Martin, Karyn Parsons, Alysia Rogers, Thomas Mikal Ford, Rick Ducommun, Andre Rosey Brown, Doug E. Doug, David Basulto, George Alvarez, Lamont Johnson, Loretta Devine, Mariann Aalda, Meshach Taylor, Michael Whaley, Patricia Fraser, Pauly Shore, Raye Birk, Reginald Ballard, Simply Marvalous, John Hostetter, Gabe Green, Ivory Ocean, Kwame Holland, Philip Perlman, Tony Simotes, Baldwin C. Sykes, Lance Crouther, Rhea Perlman, Sam McMurray

98 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only the school bully would stop trying to rough him up. And Blade definitely likes being thought of as important instead of as trouble, if only the teacher would stop hitting on him for a date.

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DANTE'S PEAK (1997)

Directed by: Roger Donaldson

Produced by: Gale Anne Hurd, Joseph Singer

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Grant Heslov, Elizabeth Hoffman, Jeremy Foley, Jamie Renee Smith, Arabella Field, Tzi Ma, Brian Reddy, Kirk Trutner, Jeff Ward, Lee Garlington, Bill Bolender, Peter Jason, Walker Brandt, Hansford Rowe, Christopher Murray, Marilyn Leubner

109 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of destructions, disturbing images)

PLOT:

Harry Dalton is one of the most experienced geologists in the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and a 4-year bachelor after he lost his girlfriend, Marianne, to a volcanic eruption in Colombia. He receives a call from his boss, Paul Dreyfus, to check on unusual activity of a dormant volcano in the Cascades called Dante's Peak. While the town of the same name is celebrating their accomplishment to be number 2 on the most wanted place to live in the country, he meets Rachael Wando, the town mayor and owner of a food and drinks store. While Harry is checking on Dante's Peak he notices trees, animals and even people had died recently near the volcano, and he wants to put the city council on alert, but people are putting economical interests first and security second. Even Dreyfus would not listen to Harry, invoking lack of real scientific evidence while actually being afraid of causing huge financial losses for the investors, and countermands Harry's alert. For a week, the volcano was not overly active, but then the activity began to increase. Just as the city council was put on alert, Dante's Peak erupts. Harry and Rachael must traverse through ash that falls like rain, lava, acid lakes and a pyroclastic cloud to escape from the volcano and save Rachael's mother and her two children. Who will survive when day becomes night, air turns to fire, and solid ground melts beneath white-hot lava?

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STACY'S MOM (2003)

Directed by: Chris Applebaum

Starring: Fountains of Wayne, Rachel Hunter, Shane Haboucha, Gianna Distenca

4 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, of the American Rock band's third studio album, "Welcome Interstate Managers".

 

THE GIANT CLAW (1957)

Directed by: Fred F. Sears

Starring: Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum, Lou Merrill, Edgar Barrier, Robert Shayne, Frank Griffin, Clark Howat, Morgan Jones

75 minutes

(NR - sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:

When electronics engineer Mitch MacAfee spots a UFO as "big as a battleship," from his plane, the Air Force scrambles planes to investigate. However, nothing shows up on radar, and one of the jets is lost during the action. MacAfee is regarded as a dangerous crackpot until other incidents and disappearances convince the authorities that the threat is real. Some believe it is a French-Canadian folk legend come to life, but it turns out to be an extraterrestrial giant bird composed of anti-matter whose disregard for human life and architecture threatens the world.

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INSIDE MAN (2006)

Directed by: Spike Lee

Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kim Director, James Ransone, Carlos Andres Gomez, Bernie Rachelle, Ken Leung, Samantha Ivers, Waris Ahluwalia, Peter Frechette, Amir Ali Said, Ed Onipede Blunt, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Cassandra Freeman, Peter Gerety, Victor Colicchio, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Al Palagonia, Florina Petcu, Peter Kybart, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, Ashlie Atkinson

129 minutes

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

PLOT:

Composed and meticulous, the soft-spoken and ingenious bank robber, Dalton Russell, has orchestrated the perfect heist--shortly, the Manhattan bank at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway along with dozens of hostages will be his to command. Try as he might, the rough hostage negotiator, Keith Frazier, is always one step behind the criminal mastermind--and what is more disheartening--the institution's silver-haired founder, Arthur Case, recruits the intelligent problem-fixer, Madeline White, to retrieve something of paramount importance. However, the thieves seem to procrastinate intentionally, when they should be rushing into action. Will Arthur and Madeline get what they want this time?

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FAIR GAME (2010)

Directed by: Doug Liman

Based on the memoirs "Fair Game" by: Valerie Plame

Based on the memoirs "The Politics of Truth" by: Joseph C. Wilson

Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Noah Emmerich, Ty Burrell, Sam Shepard, Polly Holliday, Bruce McGill, Brooke Smith, Michael Kelly, Liraz Charhi, Khaled El Nabawy, Anand Tiwari, David Denman, David Andrews, Geoffrey Cantor, Adam LeFevre, Nassar, Satya Bhabha, Norbert Leo Butz

108 minutes

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

PLOT:

In the run-up to the Iraq War, Valerie Plame, a supervisor of covert operations at the CIA, is assigned to determine if Saddam has nuclear weapons. In secret, she interviews scientists inside Iraq and suggests that her husband go to Niger to investigate a report from the Vice President's office that Iraq bought enriched uranium there. When the country goes to war, in part based on the President's claim that the sale took place, Plame's husband, Joe Wilson, writes in the New York Times that the report is false. The White House smears the couple to change the subject. Her career ruined, his credibility under attack, their marriage starts to crack. Can they find trust and fight back?

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