Scorpions: Get Your Sting & Blackout / Scorpions: Live in 3D (2011)
Music
The latest 3D technology captures the band's April 15, 2011 concert in Saarbrücken, Germany during their farewell tour.
Starring: Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker, Pawel Maciwoda, James Kottak
Director: Gerd F. Schultze
Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour (2009)
Documentary | Music
The Sticky & Sweet show was filmed in Buenos Aires over four days to a crowd exceeding 256,000 screaming fans. The concert includes a memorable show stopping moment when Madonna performs a historic "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" to a thunderous response from her Argentine fans. The Blu Ray and CD set features many of Madonna's classic tracks, including "4 Minutes", "Like a Prayer", "Hung Up", "Ray of Light" and several hits from her most recent studio album Hard Candy, which debuted at No.1 in 37 countries.
Starring: Madonna
Director: Nathan Rissman, Nick Wickham
George Michael: Live in London (2008)
Documentary | Music
George Michael winds down his 25 Live tour in his first-ever concert film, which finds the former Wham! leading man revisiting hits familiar and fresh in two sold-out shows at London's Earls Court. Michael's impeccable vocals take center stage, and his pop-song prowess is driven home with such classics as "Faith," "Freedom" and "One More Try." Even "Careless Whisper" gets a nod, as does the Police's "Roxanne."
Starring: George Michael, Lucy Jules, Shirley Lewis, Dita Von Teese
Director: Andrew Morahan
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: London Calling – Live in Hyde Park (2009)
Documentary | Music
Captured in London at the Hard Rock Calling Festival on June 28, 2009, this film documents 26 tracks of live Springsteen that begin in daylight and progress through a gorgeous sunset into night. It conveys both the experience of being on-stage and the vast crowd experience of the festival environment. Viewers are able to see Springsteen spontaneously directing the E Street Band and shaping the show as it evolves.
Starring: Bruce Springsteen, The E Street Band
Director: Chris Hilson
Whisky Galore! (1949)
Comedy
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 – during WWII – was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.
Starring: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Wylie Watson
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
Action | Drama
After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle he has ever been involved in.
Starring: Shô Kosugi, Keith Vitali, Virgil Frye
Director: Sam Firstenberg
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Drama
Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events, all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this bout looks like being his last…one way or the other.
Starring: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva
Director: Billy Wilder
Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
Action | Adventure
Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan.
Starring: Sean Bean, Christian Slater, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Dominic Monaghan
Director: Maksim Korostyshevsky
Grave of the Fireflies / Hotaru no haka (1988)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | War
On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air-raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling-out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Director: Isao Takahata
A Little Thing Called Love / Sing lek lek tee reak wa rak (2010)
Comedy | Romance
Nam is talented and funny, but with plain looks. She falls in love with the older Shone, one of the best-looking guys in school. Will she get her first love?
Starring: Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon, Mario Maurer, Acharanat Ariyaritwikol, Peerawat Herabat, Khachamach Promsaka Na Skolnakorn, Pijittra Siriwetchapan
Director: Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn, Wasin Pokpong
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement / The Princess Diaries 2 (2004)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance | Thriller
After getting over the revelation that she is a princess and part of the royal family of the small and obscure European nation of Genovia (with a population of just 50,000), American teenager Mia (Hathaway) moves to the actual country she represents, with her best friend, Lilly (Matarazzo) tagging along during summer vacation. As she learns the job of being a country's future ruler, one challenge she's faced with is the prospect of being set up in an arranged marriage.
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, Chris Pine
Director: Garry Marshall
The Princess Diaries (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne. While Mia makes up her mind, she's pressed into taking princess lessons from her grandmother.
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Julie Andrews, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore
Director: Garry Marshall
Step Up 3 / Step Up 3: Make Your Move / Step Up 3D (2010)
Drama | Music | Romance
A tight-knit group of street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Starring: Rick Malambri, Adam G. Sevani, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner, Keith Stallworth
Director: Jon M. Chu
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Step Up (2006)
Crime | Drama | Music | Romance
Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks–and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore's ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts–and the only thing standing in the way of her obviously brilliant future is finding a great dance partner for her senior showcase. When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at Maryland School of the Arts, he arrives as an angry outsider, until his skills as a gifted street dancer draw Nora's attention. Now, as sparks fly between them, both on and off stage, Tyler realizes he has just one performance to prove that he can step up …
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Damaine Radcliff
Director: Anne Fletcher
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Sawdust and Tinsel / Gycklarnas afton (1953)
Drama
Albert, the owner of a small and tawdry circus, arrives at a small town where he attempts to effect a reconciliation with his wife Agda whom he left for the circus many years previous. She refuses to resume the marriage whilst Albert's lover, Anne, upset at Albert's rejection of her, has a humiliating affair with an actor, Frans. During a performance given by the circus, Frans begins to taunt Albert and, enraged, challenges him to a fight during which he is severely beaten. Deciding that suicide is his only escape he tries to take his own life but fails. As the circus leaves town, the illfated couple find themselves reluctantly and miserably committed to each other.
Starring: Åke Grönberg, Harriet Andersson, Hasse Ekman, Anders Ek, Gudrun Brost
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Accattone (1961)
Drama
Pasolini's first film is a painfully realistic study of a pimp in Rome. Vittorio Accattone has never worked a day in his life, and has apparently made a good living prostituting his female companion, Maddalena. But her arrest begins his decline; hungry, he begs from churches and even visits his estranged wife and son. When Stella, a lovely and unbelievably innocent peasant worker, enters his life, Accattone tries to find a way, honest or not, to bring back good fortune…
Starring: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi, Adriana Asti
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Kontroll / Control (2003)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Ghost trains and ghostly characters, figuratively speaking of course, are what run through the perpetual night of this underground metro system. Bulcsú's (Sándor Csányi) life that once was, on the surface, where the real people go home after work, who go to the movies or a fine restaurant is now replaced by the dark, cold and solitude arena of his new dwellings. He, and his motley crew of ragtag metro ticket Kontrollers must patrol the trains that run these City dwellers back and forth and with daily ritual, check that no one dare come down into their world for a free ride. With indifferent passengers, a possible love interest, a regime set on competition and to top it all a mysterious serial killer at large, Kontroll is a dark and bleak comedy of the world of the ticket inspector, who, in the end must keep this Metro system running. If not, what would be the worst that could happen, if they ever lost control? Dare you ride here for free, too?
Starring: Sándor Csányi, Eszter Balla, Zoltán Mucsi, Csaba Pindroch, Sándor Badár
Director: Nimród Antal
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
Animation | Family | Fantasy
Belle prepares the castle for Christmas against Beast's wishes, trying to bring him happiness for the season. Forte, a pipe organ, fears that Belle's plans may eventually bring about an end to the curse… the curse that brought him more importance in the Master's life. Forte uses Fife, a flute who desperately wants a solo, to destroy Belle's plans and get rid of her.
Starring: Robby Benson, Paige O'Hara, Jerry Orbach, Tim Curry, Angela Lansbury
Director: Andrew Knight
The Second Woman / Qing mi (2012)
Drama | Romance | Thriller
Hui Bao and Nan, a longtime couple, are both stage drama actors. They are now intensely rehearsing for their troupe's tour of their new play "The Legend of Lady Plum Blossom". After a lot of hard work, Hui Bao becomes the second leading actress of the play. Unfortunately, she falls severely ill right before the last show of the tour, and worries that her failure to perform would destroy her career. Hui Bao's performance, however, totally blows everyone away and is highly acclaimed as her best performance ever….
Starring: Qi Shu, Shawn Yue, Shu Chen, Mengmeng Niu, Meijuan Xi
Director: Miu-suet Lai
