Ed Wood (1994)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
From Hollywood's acclaimed director Tim Burton (Planet of the Apes, Batman Sleepy Hollow & Edward Scissorhands) comes and offbeat, true-life story of Hollywood's worst director, ED WOOD.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Bill Murray, Lisa Marie
Director: Tim Burton
Hotel for Dogs (2009)
Comedy | Family
When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce's talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday–and eventually for all Friday's canine friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering "who let the dogs in."
Starring: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle, Johnny Simmons, Kyla Pratt, Troy Gentile
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Jannat 2 (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Jannat 2 revolves around a smuggler Sonu Delhi KKC who deals in illegal guns. ACP Pratap Raghuvanshi is a sincere police officer who has taken the oath to demolish the illegal guns business. The entire movie moves around Mangal Singh Tomar, the gang leader dealing with the illegal guns and how Sonu Delhi and ACP Pratap Raghuvanshi fight back to demolish the gun smuggling business. Sonu Delhi falls in love with Jhanvi Tomar and how he manages to save his love.
Starring: Viren Basoya, Manish Chaudhary, Esha Gupta, Emraan Hashmi, Randeep Hooda, Imran Zahid, Arif Zakaria
Director: Kunal Deshmukh
The Cases (2012)
Documentary | Horror
The Cases's original film title, a Chinese character meaning the "worship of ghosts and gods", perhaps better illustrates what the movie is all about. Hong Kong supernatural specialist Edmond Poon leads actress Wylie Chiu, singer Khloe Chu, and Malaysian model Brandy Akiko to boldly go where no sane man has gone before – some of the most infamous "forbidden places" in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Bali (Indonesia) – in this Category-III shocker. Supported on their spooky journey by several Southeast Asian exorcists and witchcraft experts, the courageous crew makes close encounters with the supernatural world to get first-hand, never-before-seen documentary footage that offers a rare glimpse into the occult occurrences and inexplicable incidents that have so far defied scientific explanation.
Starring: Siu-Chung Poon, Wylie Chiu, Khloe Chu, Brandy Akiko
Director: Jian Wei
Looking for Jackie / Jackie Chan: Kung Fu Master / Xun zhao Cheng Long (2009)
Action | Comedy | Family
Jackie Chan is the undefeated Kung Fu Master who dishes out the action in traditional Jackie Chan style. When a young boy sets out to learn how to fight from the Master himself, he not only witnesses some spectacular fights, but learns some important life lessons along the way.
Starring: Yishan Zhang, Jackie Chan
Director: Gangliang Fang, Ping Jiang
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Drama | Romance
Kate Croy's mother was born to wealth and privilege, but she threw it all away to marry Kate's father, a penniless opium addict who admits to having stolen from his wife. After her mother's death, Kate is offered an opportunity to return to the life her mother gave up. There is a condition, however: Kate must sever all of her old ties, not only to her father, but also to her lover, the muck-raking journalist Merton Densher, whom she has promised marriage. Kate reluctantly agrees to this, and in the meantime becomes friendly with "the world's richest orphan," Millie Theale, an American making the Grand Tour. Desperate to see Kate, Merton crashes a party that she and Millie are attending, and Millie is attracted to him.
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott
Director: Iain Softley
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Süskind, 'Perfume' is a story of murder and obsession set in 18th-century France. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has a unique talent for discerning the scents and smells that swirl around him, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. Strangely lacking any scent of his own, he becomes obsessed with capturing the irresistible but elusive aroma of young womanhood. As Grenouille's obsession turns deadly, twelve young girls are found murdered. Panic breaks out as people rush to protect their daughters, while an unrepentant and unrelenting Grenouille still lacks the final ingredient to complete his quest.
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Tom Tykwer
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Starring: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky
Director: John Carpenter
The Next Three Days (2010)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Michael Buie, Moran Atias, Remy Nozik
Director: Paul Haggis
Salaam Namaste (2005)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The new millennium has begun and one must accept the reality that East Indians have immigrated everywhere on Earth. One such place where a number of Indians have made their new homes is Australia's Melbourne. A doctor, who does have problems translating some words into Hindi; Jignesh Pandya, who has come from Surat, India, where his parents operate and run "Archana Sarees" and has become a doctor; Ranjan Mathur who has recently immigrated, is now on the look-out for a wife, and does find one, after many hilarious misadventures, including one with a gorgeous hooker, Lisa; Then there is Ambar Malhotra or Ambi, who lived in Bangalore with her parents, quarreled with them because she did not want to marry someone of their choice, ended up coming to Australia on a student exchange program, studies medicine, but lands a job as a radio announcer with 101.5 FM "Salaam Namaste"; and finally there is Nikhil Arora alias Nicki…
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi, Tania Zaetta, Jugal Hansraj
Director: Siddharth Anand
Breathless (2012)
Thriller
Clark County, Texas trailer housewife Lorna (Gina Gershon) is fed up with her small-time thief husband Dale (Val Kilmer), especially after he doesn't plan on sharing the $100,000 cash he'd robbed at gunpoint from the local savings & loan. But before she and her best friend Tiny (Kelli Giddish of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) can split the loot and start a new life, they'll have to find the money, dispose of a dead body, distract the nosy sheriff (Ray Liotta) and outsmart a persistent private investigator (Wayne Duvall of O Brother, Where Art Tho?). Richard Riehle (Office Space) co-stars in this pitch-black comedy/thriller about nasty double-crosses, bloody doublewides, and a whole bunch of unexpected twists that will leave you Breathless.
Starring: Val Kilmer, Ray Liotta, Gina Gershon, Kelli Giddish, Wayne Duvall, Richard Riehle
Director: Jesse Baget
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Steel Magnolias (1989)
Drama | Romance
Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, Steel Magnolias is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there.
Starring: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts
Director: Herbert Ross
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Comedy | Drama | War
A new Disc Jockey is shipped from Crete to Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces Radio. He turns the studio on it's ear and becomes wildly popular with the troops but runs afoul of the middle management who think he isn't G.I. enough. While he is off the air, he tries to meet Vietnamese especially girls, and begins to have brushes with the real war that never appears on the radio.
Starring: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran, J.T. Walsh
Director: Barry Levinson
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Burlesque (2010)
Drama | Musical | Romance
Ali is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship and an uncertain future to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. Burlesque's outrageous costumes and bold choreography enrapture the young ingenue, who vows to perform there one day.
Starring: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Alan Cumming
Director: Steve Antin
Chocolate (2008)
Action
An autistic girl with intense fighting skills discovers a list of debtors in her horribly ill mother's diary and decides to go collecting, only to find herself up against an organized crime ring.
Starring: JeeJa Yanin, Ammara Siripong, Hiroshi Abe, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Taphon Phopwandee
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
The Devil's Own (1997)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Francis McGuire is an IRA terrorist who is responsible for many deaths and acts of terrorism. He travels to America to help his cause, assumes the name Roy Devancy and is placed with Tom O'Meara, an Irish N.Y. cop. Tom and his partner, Eddie are street cops who are good at their jobs, but they don't realize that Roy is there to purchase missiles from Billy Burke an arms smuggler. Along with his friend, Sean, Roy sets out to buy and transport missiles back to his homeland, but that's before Tom finds out his true identity.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Curry & Pepper / Ga li la jiao (1990)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance
Two cops–both best friends and partners–both become the subject of a beautiful news reporter's documentary. The two soon find themselves competing for screen time as well as the love of the reporter while after a murderous arms dealer.
Starring: Stephen Chow, Jacky Cheung, Ann Bridgewater, Eric Tsang, Barry Wong, Blackie Ko
Director: Blackie Ko
Stash House (2012)
Thriller
A couple love their new house, bought for a steal out of a foreclosure. During their first visit they find illegal drugs stashed in the walls, and they realize this is not their dream house. As they are about to leave, suddenly their exit is blocked by a gun-wielding neighbor Spector and his accomplice. They come to realize the house is hiding more than drugs – it's the operation center for mass drug czar who is buried beneath the floorboards. On the run from the professional killers who want the drugs and evidence, the resourceful couple will need to turn the tables on their attackers to survive.
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Briana Evigan, Sean Faris, Jon Huertas, Alyshia Ochse, Don Yesso
Director: Eduardo Rodriguez
Detention (2011)
Comedy | Horror
A downtrodden 17-year-old girl is sent to detention where she must survive a slasher film killer and save the world in time for prom.
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Dane Cook, Will Wallace
Director: Joseph Kahn
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The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Der Führer. Heinrich Himmler assigns Col. Max Radl to mastermind the operaton. He enlists the aid of Nazi Col. Kurt Steiner, who has been imprisoned for subordination and is awaiting sentence, by offering him a chance to save his life. Liam Devlin, an IRA lifer who hates the British, also signs on for the mission. Steiner and his commando team parachute into the small village of Sudley disguised as Polish soldiers and appear to the populace to be paratroopers running through exercises. As they await the arrival of Churchill, one of the commandos rescues a boy from drowning in a nearby river, inadvertently revealing his Nazi colors in the process. Steiner realizes that some changes will have to made in his timetable. Adaptation of Jack Higgins's best-selling suspense novel.
Starring: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Jenny Agutter
Director: John Sturges
