Roadracers (1994)
Action | Drama
Cynical look at a 50's rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.
Starring: David Arquette, John Hawkes, Salma Hayek
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cargo (2009)
Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The ecosystem of Earth has been destroyed and mankind now lives in orbit. On a run-down space freighter on route to Station 42, a young medic Laura is the only one awake while the rest of the crew lie in sleep hibernation. During her daily patrols through the eerily empty ship, Laura starts to get the feeling that she is not alone.
Starring: Anna Katharina Schwabroh, Martin Rapold, Regula Grauwiller
Director: Ivan Engler, Ralph Etter
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Bunraku (2010)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
A mysterious drifter and an ardent young Japanese warrior Yoshi both arrive in a town that has been terrorized by outrageous and virulent criminals. Each is obsessed with his separate mission, and guided by the wisdom of The Bartender at the Horseless Horseman Saloon, the two eventually join forces to bring down the corrupt and contemptuous reign of Nicola, the awesomely evil "woodcutter" and his lady Alexandra, a femme fatale with a secret past. This classic tale is re-vitalized and re-imagined in an entirely fresh visual context, set in a unique world that mixes skewed reality with shadow-play fantasy, a place where even the landscape can betray you.
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman, Kevin McKidd, Gackt, Shun Sugata, Jordi Mollà, Emily Kaiho
Director: Guy Moshe
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Mimic (1997)
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Three years ago, two young scientists teamed up to save New York City from an roach-borne epidemic that was killing thousands of children. Their miracle of genetic engineering was the Judas Breed, an insect whose enzimes proved deadly to the disease-carrying roaches. However, their creation has come back to haunt them, altering the balance of nature and tipping the scales in favor of the insects. The thing created in the lab has changed, and now, out there in the city it has begun to mimic the most dangerous predator of all—humans.
Starring: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S. Dutton, Alexander Goodwin
Director: Guillermo del Toro
The Jack Bull (1999)
Western
After being wrongfully denied justice, a horse trader seeks his own justice on a treacherous rancher.
Starring: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones, Miranda Otto, John C. McGinley, John Savage
Director: John Badham
Wheels on Meals / Kuai can che (1984)
Action | Comedy
Two martial arts buddies, who earn their living selling fast food on the streets of Barcelona, join forces with a private detective to rescue an heiress held captive by her wicked uncle.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
Director: Sammo Hung
The Killer Who Never Kills / Sha Shou Ouyang Penzai (2011)
Action | Comedy | Romance
The title speaks for itself. Hsiao plays Ouyang Penzai, which translates into “potted plant,” the understudy of a retired contract killer, who has taken over his master’s work for the mafia. In a reference to the film “Léon,” the well-trained underling has a hobby of cultivating potted plants, but experiences some difficulties in taking a life.
Starring: Jam Hsiao, Chen-Xi Lin, Chrissie Chow, Eric Tsang, Nien-Hsien Ma, Janel Tsai, David Zhao
Director: Fengbo Li
Steamboy / Suchîmubôi (2004)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Rei is a young inventor living in the U.K. in the middle of the 19th century. Shortly before the first ever World Expo, a marvelous invention called the "Steam Ball", behind which a menacing power is hidden, arrives at his door from his grandfather Roid in the U.S. Meanwhile the nefarious Ohara Foundation has sent men to acquire theSteam Ball so that they can use its power towards their own illicit ends.
Starring: Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anne Suzuki, Masane Tsukayama, Katsuo Nakamura, Manami Konishi
Director: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
Chop (2011)
Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Lance Reed is forced by a psychotic stranger to confront his duplicitous past. Seeking retribution for a crime, the man forces Lance to reveal his inner most secrets by systematically removing his limbs.
Starring: Timothy Muskatell, Will Keenan, Max Haaga
Director: Trent Haaga
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A young soldier goes missing upon returning to the U.S. from Iraq. When his war veteran father and his mother begin questioning the circumstances surrounding their son's mysterious disappearance, they embark on a journey to piece together their son's final days, enlisting the help of a police detective to aid in the investigation.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco
Director: Paul Haggis
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Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet…
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Amanda Schull
Director: Bruce Beresford
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Action | Comedy | Crime
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Ronny Cox
Director: Martin Brest
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Adventure | Drama | War
A group of British POWs is forced to build a bridge in Burma for the Japanese. Led by Colonel Nicholson, they not only build the bridge but organise the whole building program and are proud of the final result. However, unbeknownst to the POWs, a British commando team has been given a mission to destroy it.
Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne
Director: David Lean
Joyful Noise (2012)
Comedy | Music
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.'s rebellious grandson, Randy. Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose's beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia, and the sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more friction between G.G. and Vi Rose.
Starring: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan
Director: Todd Graff
Dark Tide (2012)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller
A professional diver tutor Brady returns to deep waters after nine years following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark, bringing a happy couple Kate and Jeff. However, before they know it they discover that the nightmare from the deep is still lurking in the deep, more carnivorous and hungry than ever.
Starring: Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown
Director: John Stockwell
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Blithe Spirit (1945)
Comedy | Fantasy
In David Lean's adaptation of Noel Coward's three-act farce, an English mystery novelist invites a medium over for dinner in the hopes of gathering enough material for his latest book, as well as exposing her as a charlatan. However, a series of incidents occur during the course of the evening, which result in a chain of supernatural events being set in motion which wreak havoc on his present marriage, while bringing to light serious flaws in his previous one.
Starring: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford
Director: David Lean
Captain Thunder / El Capitán Trueno y el Santo Grial (2011)
Adventure
A 12th-century knight-errant wanders the world fighting injustice and is accompanied by his faithful friends Crispin and Goliath.
Starring: Natasha Yarovenko, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Gary Piquer
Director: Antonio Hernández
The Dark Horse (2008)
Drama
The Dark Horse is a story of struggle and redemption. Dana, a ballet teacher, reluctantly returns to her childhood home to discover it is about to be sold. To save the farm, and the family, she must tame her mother's dangerous black horse, and ride him to victory in the year's biggest dressage competition.
Starring: Carol Roscoe, Kathryn Mesney-Hetler, Sean G. Griffin
Director: Cornelia Moore
Facing the Giants (2006)
Drama | Sport
In his six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never had a winning season. Even the hope of a new season is squelched when the best player on his Shiloh Eagles decides to transfer schools. After losing their first three games of the season, the coach discovers a group of fathers are plotting to have him fired. Combined with pressures at home, Coach Taylor has lost hope in his battle against fear and failure. However, an unexpected challenge finds a purpose bigger than just victories. Daring to trust God to do the impossible, Coach Taylor and the Eagles discover how faith plays out on the field–and off. With God, all things are possible.
Starring: Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, Steve Williams, Bailey Cave, Jason McLeod, Tracy Goode
Director: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Based on the true story of a twice-divorced mother working as a low-level secretary at a Los Angeles law firm, a chronicle of a woman, without a law degree, who takes it upon herself to fight powerful corporate forces. Hired out of sympathy after her lawyer lost her personal injury suit, Brockovich stumbled upon the cover-up involving contaminated water in a small desert community, while working at the small law firm. Brockovich tracks a case of water poisoning created by PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric) and champions it all the way up the judicial ladder– becoming instrumental in rallying the over 600 plaintiffs and in helping them win the largest class-action suit of its type.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick, Valente Rodriguez, Conchata Ferrell
Director: Steven Soderbergh
