DEION'S DOUBLE PLAY (2019)

Directed by: Erik Powers, Ken Rodgers

Narrated by: Chris "Ludacris" Bridges

Starring: Deion Sanders, Pat O'Brien, Bo Jackson, Jerry Glanville, Jamie Dukes, Terence Moore, John Smoltz, Roosevelt Barnes, Jim Gray, Anne Scearce, Stan Kasten, Andre Rison, Teddy Pendleton 

50 minutes

(TV-PG - adult themes)

PLOT:

How Deion Sanders sandwiched a pro football game around a pair of postseason baseball games.

Part of ESPN's "30 for 30" sports documentary series.

TRAILER:

 

THE HANGING GARDEN (1997)

 

Directed by: Thom Fitzgerald

Starring: Chris Leavens, Kerry Fox, Joel Keller, Troy Veinotte, Sarah Polley, Peter MacNeill, Seana McKenna, Christine Dunsworth, Joan Orenstein, Jocelyn Cunningham, Martha Irving, Heather Rankin, Ashley MacIsaac

91 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, some drug use, disturbing images)

PLOT:

William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but during his visit home, he becomes unhinged as the newly remembered reasons for his miserable adolescence come to life in each of their presents.

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THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION (1984)

Directed by: W.D. Richter

Starring: Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Pepe Serna, Robert Ito, Vincent Schiavelli, Dan Hedaya, Jonathan Banks, John Ashton, Carl Lumbly, Ronald Lacey, Michael Santoro, Matt Clark, William Traylor, Mariclare Costello, Bill Henderson, Damon Hines, Billy Vera, Laura Harrington, Yakov Smirnoff, Tommy J. Huff

102 minutes

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

PLOT:

Brain surgeon, rock musician, adventurer Buckaroo Banzai is a modern renaissance man and has made scientific history. He perfected the Oscillation Overthruster, which allows him to travel through solid matter by using the eighth dimension. But when his sworn enemy Dr. Emilio Lizardo devises a plot to steal the device and bring an evil army back to destroy Earth, Buckaroo goes cranium to cranium with the madman in a battle that could spell doom for the universe. Along with his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, Buckaroo must stop the evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer our dimension. He is helped by Penny Pretty, the long-lost twin sister of his late wife, and some good extra-dimensional beings who look and talk like they are from Jamaica.

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ONE BODY TOO MANY (1944)

Directed by: Frank McDonald

Starring: Jack Haley, Jean Parker, Bela Lugosi, Blanche Yurka, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley, Fay Helm, Bernard Nedell, Lucien Littlefield, Dorothy Granger, Maxine Fife

75 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

A timid insurance salesman Albert L. Tuttle visits eccentric millionaire Cyrus J. Rutherford, intent on selling him a $200,000 insurance deal. Instead, he finds that Rutherford has recently died, and his mansion is now full of relatives who are, according to the will, all bound to remain in the mansion until a glass-domed vault is constructed on the roof, to house the deceased millionaire who was an ardent follower of the stars. Tuttle is mistaken for a private detective sent to guard the body, and once the confusion is cleared up and the real detective fails to show, he is persuaded by Rutherford's niece Carol Dunlap to remain and ensure that the body is not stolen. If the body should be buried any place other than the vault, the will states that recipients who would receive the largest request will receive the smallest, and vice versa. One of the recipients plans to reverse the will in their favor, hide the body and kill anyone who gets in their way. Unfortunately for mild-mannered Tuttle, he is directly in the way of the killer, and the rest of the conniving family.

ACTUAL MOVIE:

 

THE RUNNING MAN (1987)

Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser

Based on the novel by: Stephen King

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown, Erland Van Lidth, Marvin J. McIntyre, Gus Rethwisch, "Professor" Toru Tanaka, Mick Fleetwood, Dweezil Zappa, Karen Leigh Hopkins, Sven Thorsen, Edward Bunker, Bryan Kestner, Anthony Penya, Kurt Fuller, Kenneth Lerner, Dey Young, Rodger Bumpass, Dona Hardy, Megan Gallivan

101 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:

In the year 2019, the world economy has collapsed. The great freedoms of the United States are no longer, as the once great nation has sealed off its borders and become a militarized police state, censoring all film, art, literature, and communications. Even so, a small resistance force led by two revolutionaries manages to fight the oppression. With full control over the media, the government attempts to quell the nation's yearning for freedom by broadcasting a number of game shows on which convicted criminals fight for their lives. The most popular and sadistic of these programs is "The Running Man," hosted by Damon Killian. When a peaceful protest of starving citizens gathers in Bakersfield, California, a police officer named Ben Richards is ordered to fire on the crowd, which he refuses to do. Subdued by the other officers, the attack is carried out, and Richards is framed for the murder of almost a hundred unarmed civilians. Following a daring jail break months later, Richards is captured once again and forced to appear on "The Running Man" with three other convicts. With their help, he fights his way through a cadre of sadistic gladiators hunting them down through the ruins of a Los Angeles earthquake, but promising Killian that he'll return to settle the score when the show's host double-crosses him. In the meantime, the contestants must search through the ruins for the resistance in the hopes of finally broadcasting the truth about the government.

CLIP:

 

AS ABOVE, SO BELOW (2014)

Directed by: John Erick Dowdle

Starring: Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, Francois Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar, Pablo Nicomedes, Hamidreza Javdan, Roger Van Hool, Samuel Aouizerate, Kaya Blocksage

93 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, disturbing images)

PLOT:

Following in her deceased father's footsteps, alchemy scholar Scarlett Marlowe is obsessed with finding Nicolas Flamel's legendary Philosopher's Stone. As all clues lead to the labyrinthine Catacombs of Paris, Scarlett and her hand-picked team of old friends and ambitious urban explorers descend into the vast subterranean network, venturing deeper and deeper into forbidden uncharted areas. And before long, pure madness and sheer terror prevail, sealing the young intruders' fate. But where do the dark pathways lead? Has anyone disturbed the sleep of the dead and lived to tell the tale?

CLIP:

 

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)

Directed by: Peter Weir

Based on the novel by: Joan Lindsay

Starring: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray, Jacki Weaver, Anne-Louise Lambert, Margaret Nelson, John Jarratt, Wyn Roberts, Karen Robson, Christine Schuler, Jane Vallis, Martin Vaughan, Kirsty Child, Frank Gunnell, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, John Fegan, Kay Taylor, Peter Collingwood, Garry McDonald, Olga Dickie, Jenny Lovell

115 minutes

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

PLOT:

On Valentine's Day 1900, most of the small student body and staff of Appleyard College, a private girls' boarding school in Victoria State, Australia, are going on a day long picnic to nearby Hanging Rock. Two people who will not be going are Mrs. Appleyard, the school's owner and proprietress, and Sara, a student who is being punished for a situation outside of her control. Later that evening, the picnickers arrive back to the college later than expected minus four people: teacher Miss McCraw, and students Miranda, Irma and Marion, all of whom have gone missing. The three girls plus a tag-along student, Emily, went exploring up the rock, when Emily came rushing off the rock by herself in a frightened panic, with several cuts and bruises and her dress torn. By that time, no one had noticed that Miss McCraw had also gone missing. Emily cannot remember anything about the incident beyond seeing Miss McCraw off in the distance climbing up the rock when she herself was heading down. As the authorities go on an exhaustive search for the missing four, their disappearance elicits different reactions from people involved. Michael Fitzhubert, a young well-off man, who, along with his valet Albert, saw the four girls climbing up the rock, and feels compelled to find them. Sara, who idolized Miranda, is quietly affected as she keeps several secrets about herself and what Miranda told her earlier that day. And Miss Appleyard, although concerned about the welfare of the missing four, seems more concerned about the possibly tarnished reputation of the school, to which her name is attached, and the effect the scandal may have on its viability.

REVIEW:

 

INSPECTOR GADGET SAVES CHRISTMAS (1992)

Directed by: Chuck Patton

Starring: (voices) Don Adams, Frank Welker, Maurice LaMarche, Erica Horn

22 minutes

(TV-G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

Inspector Gadget is off to the North Pole to stop Dr. Claw from taking over Santa's elves and workshop.

 

EVE OF DESTRUCTION (1991)

Directed by: Duncan Gibbons

Starring: Gregory Hines, Renee Soutendijk, Kurt Fuller, Michael Greene, John M. Jackson, Kevin McCarthy

100 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:

EVE VIII is a military android created to look and sound exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When the robot is damaged during a bank robbery, it accesses memories it was programmed with by her creator. The memories used, though, are dark and tragic ones. The robot is also programmed as a killing machine if anyone tries to stop her mission. Colonel Jim McQuade is tasked with eliminating the unstoppable machine. With the help of Dr. Simmons, he tries to outthink the intelligent and emotional robotic doppelgänger.

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THE HOLE IN THE GROUND (2019)

Directed by: Lee Cronin

Starring: Seana Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, James Cosmo, Kati Outinen, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, Eoin Macken, David Crowley

90 minutes

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

PLOT:

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O'Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwoods rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbor shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiraling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.

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SHIVERS (1975)

Directed by: David Cronenberg

Starring: Paul Hampton, Lynn Lowry, Barbara Steele, Joe Silver, Allan Kolman, Susan Petrie, Ronald Mlodzik, Barry Boldero, Camil Ducharme, Hanka Posnanska, Wally Martin, Vlasta Vrana, Silvie Debois

87 minutes

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

PLOT:

A scientist living in an apartment complex kills a girl and uses acid to destroy her internal organs, and then kills himself. While investigating, a doctor discovers that the scientist was doing experiments on the use of genetically engineered parasites as organ transplants. Soon, other people in the complex begin showing signs of carrying the parasites, spreading the things through wanton orgiastic abandon, and the complex begins suffering an attrition problem.

INTERVIEW:

 

NORTH (1994)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Based on the novel "North: The Tale of a 9-Year-Old Boy Who Becomes a Free Agent and Travels the World in Search of the Perfect Parents" by: Alan Zweibel

Starring: Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jon Lovitz, Jason Alexander, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Kathy Bates, Faith Ford, Graham Greene, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Reba McIntire, John Ritter, Abe Vigoda, Scarlett Johansson, Kelly McGillis, Alexander Godunov, Matthew McCurley, Jesse Ziegler, Keone Young, Lauren Tom, Ben Stein, Taylor Fry, Alana Austin, Jussie Smollett, Robert Costanzo, Rosalind Chao, Alan Rachins, Richard Belzer, Marc Shaiman, Alan Zweibel

87 minutes

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

PLOT:

Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus, North starts off on a hilarious journey around the world to find the parents that really care about him.

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THREE MEN AND A BABY (1987)

Directed by: Leonard Nimoy

Starring: Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, Lisa Blair, Michelle Blair, Margaret Colin, Celeste Holm, Nancy Travis, Alexandra Amini, Peter Brown, Francine Beers, Philip Bosco, Paul Guilfoyle, Earl Hindman, Barbara Budd, Michael Burgess, Claire Cellucci, Eugene Clark, Derek de Lint, Dave Foley, Jackie Richardson, Cynthia Harris, Colin Quinn, Mario Joyner

102 minutes

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

PLOT:

Three bachelor friends, architect Peter, artist Michael, and actor Jack, are sharing an apartment in Manhattan. After Jack goes filming in Turkey, Peter and Michael find his baby daughter, Mary, who he doesn't know about - left out on their doorstep. They are left to look after her and realize how difficult this can be. How would she change the lifestyle of these confirmed bachelors?

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CHOPPING MALL (1986)

Directed by: Jim Wynorski

Starring: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, John Terlesky, Russell Todd, Barbara Crampton, Karrie Emerson, Nick Segal, Suzee Slater, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Dick Miller, Angela Aames, Paul Coufos, Arthur Roberts, Gerrit Graham, Lawrence Guy, Toni Naples, Mel Welles, Rodney Eastman, Will Gill Jr, Ace Mask, Jim Wynorski

76 minutes

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

PLOT:

The Park Plaza 2000 Shopping Center is implementing a new nighttime security system developed and monitored by Secure-tronics. While part of that system is fortifying the interior with impenetrable doors timed to be secured from midnight to 6AM, the core of the system is three 101 series Protector robots who are programmed to neutralize any non-authorized personnel until the police arrive. On the first night of this new system, eight (four pairs) of the younger shopping center employees are secretly planning on an after-hours party at the home furnishings store in the mall, so chosen for the beds and couches for more intimate pursuits. Set up on a blind date, Ferdy Meisel and Alison Parks are the two somewhat reluctant attendees, mild-mannered Ferdy worried about the state of the store after the fact, it where he works, and proverbial girl next door Alison, who has only worked at the mall for a week, not knowing anyone at the party besides her coworker Suzie Lynn. Their party takes a turn when the robots begin to malfunction and decide that their collective mission is to kill anyone in their way. Making the situation worse for the eight is that they are caught inside the shopping center after midnight meaning they are trapped with the killer and seemingly indestructible robots at least until morning, that is if they survive until then. Complicating matters is that they are surrounded within a mall full of merchandise which may work for or against them.

TRAILER:

 

THE HAPPY HOOKER GOES TO WASHINGTON (1977)

Directed by: William A. Levey

Based on the memoirs by: Xaviera Hollander

Starring: Joey Heatherton, George Hamilton, Ray Walston, Jack Carter, Louisa Moritz, Rip Taylor, Phil Foster, David White, Joe E. Ross, Billy Barty, Harold Sakata, Edy Williams, Larry Storch, Will Hutchins, Cisse Cameron

89 minutes

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

PLOT:

The world's most famous madame Xaviera Hollander, now a magazine magnate, is called to Washington to testify before Congress in an indecency trial because she's being held up as a prime example of American moral decay.

 

THE HAPPY HOOKER (1975)

Directed by: Nicholas Sgarro

Based on the memoirs by: Xaviera Hollander

Starring: Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Tom Poston, Lovelady Powell, Nicholas Pryor, Elizabeth Wilson, Conrad Janis, Richard Lynch, Vincent Schiavelli, Pal Henry, Trish Hawkins, Rochelle Oliver, Inga Bunsch, Darlene Parks, Donna Mitchell, Sharon Laughlin, John Getz, Mason Adams, Dan Resin, George Dzundza, Kenneth Tigar, Chip Fields, Anita Morris

96 minutes

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

PLOT:

Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiancé, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts liberally sampling the local male talent. After a while she decides to make her pleasure her business too, and as her reputation grows, she graduates to a high-class bordello. Soon she realizes she has the right talents to make a real success of a place of her own.

 

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO LEARN TO PLOW BY READING BOOKS (1988)

Directed by: Richard Linklater

Starring: Richard Linklater, Daniel Johnston

86 minutes

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

PLOT:

In its minimal and non-traditional plot, the protagonist travels about the country meeting with various acquaintances when not taking part in various mundane, day-to-day activities. There is no real rising action or climax, and Linklater's character does not change substantially throughout the course of the film.

Richard Linklater's directorial debut.

 

THE SISTER (2020)

Directed by: Niall MacCormick

Based on the novel "Burial" by: Neil Cross

Starring: Russell Tovey, Bertie Carvel, Amrita Acharia, Amanda Root, Paul Bazely, Simone Ashley, Nina Toussaint-White, Ewan Bailey

4 episodes

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

PLOT:

Almost a decade into his devoted married life, Nathan is rocked to the core when Bob, an unwelcome face from the past, turns up on his doorstep with shocking news that triggers a series of catastrophic decisions which cleverly drive a tense and compelling narrative of psychological suspense, dread, love, and possible redemption.

TRAILER:

 

PAPER BAG (2000)

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Fiona Apple

4 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, off the singer-songwriter's second studio album, "When the Pawn...".

MUSIC VIDEO:

 

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)

Directed by: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno, Dawn Addams, Madge Blake, Mae Clarke, John Dodsworth, King Donovan, Tommy Farrell, Kathleen Freeman, Stuart Holmes, Judy Landon, Betty Noyes, Julius Tannen, Jimmy Thompson, Bobby Watson

103 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the movie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until "The Jazz Singer" (1927) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's ideas man and musical director. And by this time, Don has secretly started dating Kathy Selden, a chorus girl who is trying to make it big in pictures herself. Don and Kathy's relationship is despite their less than friendly initial meeting. Cosmo and Kathy help Don, who had worked his way up through the movie ranks to stardom, try make the leap to talking picture stardom, with Kathy following along the way. However, they have to overcome the technological issues. But the bigger problem is Lina, who will do anything to ensure she also makes the successful leap into talking pictures, despite her own inabilities and at anyone and everyone else's expense if they get in her way, especially Kathy as Don's off-screen girlfriend and possibly his new talking picture leading lady.

TRAILER:

 

VALENTINE (2001)

Directed by: Jamie Blanks

Starring: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Jessica Capshaw, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Cauffiel, Hedy Burress, Fulvio Cecere, Daniel Cosgrove, Johnny Whitworth, Woody Jeffreys, Adam J. Harrington, Claude Duhamel, Wyatt Page, Benita Ha, Adrian Holmes, Ty Olsson, Alex Diakun, Sterling McCay, Noel Fisher, Cody Serpa, Mark Mullan, Marshall Virtue

96 minutes

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

PLOT:

Valentine's Day 1988: At the school dance, geeky Jeremy Melton bravely faces one rejection after the other when asking four popular girls to dance with him. A fifth girl, plump and insecure, agrees, but they end up making out under the bleachers. When a group of school bullies catches them, the girl claims that Jeremy attacked her. This causes them to strip off his clothes and beat him up in front of the entire school. Flash forward to 2001. We meet the five girls who were in that school gym: Kate, Paige, Shelly, Lily and the formerly plump Dorothy. They are all in their 20's now and trying to sort out their love lives, which is appropriate, since Valentine's Day is coming up. After a disastrous date with a loser, one of the girls, a pre-med student, is murdered by a Cherub-mask wearing killer who sent her a death threat in the form of a Valentine card prior to the attack. After the four remaining girls are reunited at her funeral, they all start receiving threatening cards and messages. At first they don't know who would want to hurt them, but eventually they figure that maybe Jeremy is responsible. Police records show that Jeremy has completely disappeared, so no one knows what he looks like. Could the formerly nerdish Jeremy have had plastic surgery and turned into one of the girls' handsome boyfriends? Whoever it is, the lone survivor has to put a stop to this spurned individual's murder spree before she, too, becomes a valentine to die for.

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THE LAST STAND (2013)

Directed by: Kim Jee-woon

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzman, Eduardo Noriega, Peter Stormare, Zach Gilford, Genesis Rodriguez, Daniel Henney, Tait Fletcher, John Patrick Amedori

105 minutes

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

PLOT:

Sheriff Owens is a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members. He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small-town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for the face off.

 

ALTITUDE (2010)

Directed by: Kaare Andrews

Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Ryan Donowho, Landon Liboiron, Jake Weary, Mike Dopud, Ryan Grantham, Chelah Horsdal

90 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, scenes of terror)

PLOT:

After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force.

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WACO - THE LONGEST SIEGE (2018)

Directed by: Chris Boulding

Narrated by: Corey Johnson

Starring: Sheila Martin, Clive Doyle, Bob Lott, Derek Lovelock, Liz Baranyai, Marc Breault, Larry Lynch, Dr. Park Dietz, Graeme Craddock, Peter Mastin, Rod Aydelotte, Byron Sage

51 minutes

(TV-14 - adult themes)

PLOT:

The deadly 1993 Waco siege, as told by the federal agents, reporters and Branch Davidians who lived through it.

A Smithsonian Channel history presentation.

 

POLICE STORY 2 (1988)

Directed by: Jackie Chan

Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung, Lam Kwok-Hung, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Kenny Ho, Chor Yuen, Charlie Cho, Benny Lai, Mars (Cheung Wing-fat), Johnny Cheung, Ben Lam, Chi Fai, Shan Kwan, Isabella Wong, Ann Mui

122 minutes

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

Country of origin: China

PLOT:

Despite his success at apprehending criminals, Kevin Chan's unorthodox approach to his work as a police officer sees him demoted to the traffic branch. Despite this, the man he put behind bars is now out of prison and has vowed to make his life a misery. While this crime boss is harassing Kevin and his girlfriend, the police are contemplating reinstating Kevin to help them fight a group of bombers attempting to extort $10 million from building owners.

 

HOW IT ENDS (2021)

Directed by: Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein

Starring: Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny, Whitney Cummings, Tawny Newsome, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Logan Marshall-Green, Bobby Lee, Fred Armisen, Glenn Howerton, Bradley Whitford, Ayo Edebiri, Sharon Van Etten, Olivia Wilde, Paul W. Downs, Raymond Cham Jr, Lamorne Morris, Angelique Cabral, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Helen Hunt, Colin Hanks, Charlie Day, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Pauly Shore

82 minutes

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

PLOT:

On the last full day before a meteor arrives on its collision course with Earth, Liza takes stock of her life through a conversation with her "metaphysical" childhood self. The conversation carries through as they walk through the empty streets of Los Angeles to their cousin Mandy's End of the World Party. As they walk, they have short interactions with numerous individuals, including the metaphysical YS of others – the Younger Selves who are now visible due to certain doom having elevated everyone's awareness. The Lizas also stop to visit some family, and friends, they want to see before the end.

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MISS MARCH (2009)

Directed by: Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger

Starring: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Craig Robinson, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Cedric Yarbrough, Hugh Hefner, Sara Jean Underwood, Betsy Rue, Carla Jimenez, Eve Mauro, Tanjareen Martin, Alex Donnelley, Jen Taylor, Anthony Jeselnik

90 minutes

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

PLOT:

A young man awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has since become a centerfold in one of the world's most famous men's magazines. He and his sex-crazed best friend decide to take a cross-country road trip in order to crash a party at the magazine's legendary mansion headquarters and win back the girl.

 

PUSS IN BOOTS - THE LAST WISH (2022)

Directed by: Joel Crawford

Starring: (voices) Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillen, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney, Wagner Moura, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Anthony Mendez, Kevin McCann, Bernardo De Paula, Betsy Sodaro, Conrad Vernon, Cody Cameron, Kailey Crawford

102 minutes

(PG - rude humor)

PLOT:

Sadly, Puss in Boots, the undaunted Spanish lover and hero, is now down to the last of his nine lives, a decade after the events of his last big adventure. And as if that weren't enough, the unstoppable bounty hunter known as The Big Bad Wolf is after him. To restore all of his precious lives and escape an inglorious fate, Puss must pluck up his courage to embark on a dangerous quest into the Dark Forest to find the legendary Wishing Star. However, Puss isn't the only one seeking the map to the magical star. As the daring outlaw puts his skills to good use to stay one step ahead of formidable adversaries determined to get their hands on it, a crucial question arises: Does he have what it takes to face his most skilled and terrifying opponent and get his life back on track?

TRAILER:

 

PUSS IN BOOTS (2011)

Directed by: Chris Miller

Starring: (voices) Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris, Constance Marie, Mike Mitchell, Guillermo del Toro, Chris Miller

90 minutes

(PG - mild rude humor)

PLOT:

Years before meeting a green ogre and his donkey companion, the adorable but tricky Puss in Boots must clear his name from all charges making him a wanted fugitive. While trying to steal magic beans from infamous criminals Jack and Jill, the hero crosses paths with his female match, Kitty Softpaws, who leads Puss to his old friend, but now enemy, Humpty Dumpty. Memories of friendship and betrayal enlarges Puss' doubt, but he eventually agrees to help the egg get the magic beans. Together, the three plan to steal the beans, get to the Giant's castle, nab the golden goose, and clear Puss' name.

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SUBURBIA (1996)

Directed by: Richard Linklater

Based on the stage play by: Eric Bogosian

Starring: Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey, Nicky Katt, Ajay Naidu, Parker Posey, Giovanni Ribisi, Samia Shoaib, Dina Spybey, Steve Zahn

120 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, brief graphic nudity, drug references)

PLOT:

Five young losers spend their days and nights wasting their lives away, hanging out in parking lots and occasionally mentioning that they might want to make something of themselves... someday. On this particular night, they are visited by an old high school friend who has escaped their suburban town to become a pop star.

TRAILER:

 

THE HILL (1965)

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Based on the stage play by: Ray Rigby

Starring: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis, Ian Hendry, Alfred Lynch, Roy Kinnear, Michael Redgrave, Jack Watson, Norman Bird, Neil McCarthy, Howard Goorney, Tony Caunter

123 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

World War II, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert, prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. Harris is a more human and compassionate guard, but the chief, R.S.M. Wilson, refuses to disown his subordinate Williams. One day, five new prisoners arrive. Each of them will deal in a different way with the authority and Williams' ferocity.

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SLASH/BACK (2022)

Directed by: Nyla Innuksuk

Starring: Tasiana Shirley, Alexis Wolfe, Nalajoss Ellsworth, Chelsea Prusky, Frankie Vincent-Wolfe, Rory Anawak, Kristian Bruun, Shaun Benson, Paulette Metuq, Evan Innuksuk, Scottie Kilabuk, Nikita Burke, Janice Alivaktuk, Iris Sowdluapik, Lorna Lawson, Linda Uvilluk, Joanasie Qappik, Jenna Papatsie, Christopher Metuq, Hannah Flanagan, Jackie Maniapik, Madeleine Qumuatuq

86 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore)

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When Maika and her ragtag friends discover an alien invasion in their tiny arctic hamlet, it's up to them to save the day. Utilizing their makeshift weapons and horror movie knowledge, the aliens realize you don't mess with girls from Pang.

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THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976)

Directed by: Nicolas Roeg

Based on the novel by: Walter Tevis

Starring: David Bowie, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Rip Torn, Bernie Casey, Jackson D. Kane, Rick Riccardo, Tony Mascia, Adrienne La Russa, Albert Nelson, Claudia Jennings, Jim Lovell

138 minutes

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

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Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness of business here on Earth, however.

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