Cleopatra (1963)
Biography | Drama | History
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Darryl F. Zanuck
Just Married (2003)
Comedy | Romance
A young newlywed couple honeymoon in Europe, where obstacles challenge their ability to sustain the marriage.
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Christian Kane, Monet Mazur
Director: Shawn Levy
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Drama | Sport
"I don't train girls", trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Jay Baruchel
Director: Clint Eastwood
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Action | Drama | History
The year is 1965 and the U.S. is at War with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the La Drang Valley, called "The Valley of Death." As Moore prepares for one of the most violent battles in U.S. history, he delivers a stirring promise to his soldiers and their families: "I will leave no man behind dead or alive. We will all come home together."
Starring: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper
Director: Randall Wallace
Deep Gold / Deep Gold 3D (2011)
Action
Shortly after free diver Amy Sanchez breaks an important freediving record, her boyfriend – Air Force Pilot Tony – mysteriously vanishes together with a flight that was bringing millions of dollars worth of gold to the Central Bank.
Starring: Bebe Pham, Jaymee Ong, Michael Gleissner, Amelia Jackson-Gray, Laury Prudent, Kersten Hui
Director: Michael Gleissner
Practical Magic (1998)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Sally and Gillian Owens are sisters hexed by a centuries-old curse…and coping with a witches brew of events involving a possible love match for one, a zombie for the other and a need to resume the age-old witchcraft taught by two doting aunts.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Goran Visnjic
Director: Griffin Dunne
The Boys in Company C (1978)
Drama | War
This war drama follows the lives of five young Marine inductees from their training in boot camp in 1967 through a tour in Vietnam in 1968 that quickly devolves into a hellish nightmare. Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they can defeat a rival soccer team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines. But as they might have predicted, nothing in Vietnam is as simple as it seems.
Starring: Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey, James Canning, Michael Lembeck, Craig Wasson, Scott Hylands
Director: Sidney J. Furie
An Evening with 'Il Divo': Live in Barcelona (2009)
Music
Comprised of Spanish baritone Carlos Marin, Swiss tenor Urs Buhler, American tenor David Miller and French crooner Sébastien Izambard, the cosmopolitan vocal ensemble Il Divo earned a widespread and devoted following of fans from all over the world, with its soft, easy listening-style pop. That group headlines this 2009 concert film; selections include "Unbreak My Heart," "Amazing Grace," "Nights in White Satin" and many more.
Starring: Il Divo
Director: Nick Wickham
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds
Director: Tomas Alfredson
The Golden Compass (2007)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy
In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world – and all those beyond – is threatened by the secret plans of Ms. Coulter (Nicole Kidman). With the help of Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig) and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage against all odds. Based on author Philip Pullman's bestselling and award-winning novel, The Golden Compass tells the first story in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green
Director: Chris Weitz
Ultraviolet (2006)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil), Cameron Bright (X-Men 3), Nick Chinlund (The Legend of Zorro) and William Fichtner (The Longest Yard) star in this story of a woman caught in a futuristic civil war between the government and a subculture of disease modified humans in whom speed, strength and intelligence are magnified. In the film, she must fend off the human government to protect a young boy who has been marked for death.
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, Sebastien Andrieu, William Fichtner
Director: Kurt Wimmer
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Hong Kong Ghost Stories (2011)
Horror
"Hong Kong Ghost Stories" is a two-part horror movie directed by Jing Wong and Patrick Kong. First part is a tale about spooky and unexplained incidents in a school and second part brings the story of ghostly encounters by a group of friends on vacation.
Starring: Chrissie Chow, Chung Him Law, Jennifer Tse, Hee Ching Paw, Ka-Yan Leung, Asami Konno, Timmy Hung, Kristal Tin, Sammy Leung
Director: Patrick Kong, Jing Wong
The Double (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Story kicks off with the mysterious murder of a senator bearing the marks of a Soviet assassin, who was long thought to be dead. To hunt down the killer, a retired CIA operative, who spent his career going toe-to-toe with his Soviet nemesis, is teamed with a young FBI agent.
Starring: Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Martin Sheen, Stephen Moyer, Odette Annable, Stana Katic
Director: Michael Brandt
Gantz II: Perfect Answer / Gantz: Kôhen (2011)
Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Kei, the college boy, has become a stern warrior in the service of Gantz, a black sphere that brought him and Masaru inexplicably back to life after a fatal encounter with an oncoming subway train. He and others among the newly dead accumulate points by killing aliens on missions assigned to them by Gantz. With 100 points, they can either escape their limbo and lose all memory of their time there or return another person to life.
Starring: Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Robert Downey Jr. brings the legendary detective to life as he has never been portrayed before. Jude Law stars as Holmes' trusted colleague, Watson, a doctor and war veteran who is a formidable ally for Sherlock Holmes. Rachel McAdams stars as Irene Adler, the only woman ever to have bested Holmes and who has maintained a tempestuous relationship with the detective. Mark Strong stars as their mysterious new adversary, Blackwood. Kelly Reilly will play Watson's love interest, Mary.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong
Director: Guy Ritchie
Workaholics (TV Series 2010- )
Comedy
From the minds of the hilarious and irreverent Internet sketch group Mail Order Comedy, "Workaholics" is a workplace comedy featuring three friends who work together from 9 to 5 and live together from 5 to 9. Dress codes, deadlines and rising before noon are not things these guys are used to. Their brains are stuck on college cruise control and now they're trapped in an office environment with "grown ups." Together they're a three man spring break, they do their jobs and sometimes they even do them well, but they show up late, leave drunk, play pranks on one another and bend all the rules. They live for the day… even if they don't know what day it is.
Starring: Anders Holm, Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine
Creator: Dominic Russo, Kyle Newacheck, Connor Pritchard, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Blake Anderson
Leverage (TV Series 2008-2012)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
"Get ready to get even." Meet Nathan Ford, a former insurance investigator who spent his professional career dedicated to the company that he recovered millions in stolen goods for. This same insurance company would refuse a medical claim for his son that would take the life of the innocent child. Unemployed and teetering on the edge, Nate is approached about a Robin Hood-like scheme. He enlists the help of the best thieves and grifters in the business, and with their help, he steals from the rich and gives to the poor to help balance the crooks in high power positions. He and his team help provide… leverage. Leverage is produced by Electric Entertainment.
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf, Aldis Hodge
Creator: John Rogers, Chris Downey
Gasland (2010)
Documentary
It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.
Starring: Josh Fox, Dick Cheney, Pete Seeger, Richard Nixon
Director: Josh Fox
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The Matador (2005)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
When a traveling salesman, Danny Wright, accidentally meets up with Julian Noble, a hit man, at a Mexico City bar, their subsequent evening together intertwines their lives in an unexpected, but lasting bond.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis
Director: Richard Shepard
The Elephant Man (1980)
Biography | Drama | History
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller
Director: David Lynch
