The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Comedy | Romance
A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West, Cliff Osmond, Lurene Tuttle
Director: Billy Wilder
The Hangover (2009)
Comedy
Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three friends drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they'll never forget. But, in fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can't remember a thing. For some reason, they find a tiger in the bathroom and a six-month-old baby in the closet of their suite at Caesars Palace. The one thing they can't find is Doug. With no clue as to what transpired and little time to spare, the trio must retrace their hazy steps and all their bad decisions in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A. in time to walk down the aisle.
Starring: Heather Graham, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha
Director: Todd Phillips
Kundun (1997)
Biography | Drama | History | War
The incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders – Tibet's Dalai Lama – and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history.
Starring: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang
Director: Martin Scorsese
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
Betrayed by his childhood friend Fernand (Guy Pearce), sailor Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is found guilty of trumped-up charges and sent to the island prison of Chateau d'If. Thirteen years later, having learnt the art of fencing from the Abbé Faria (Richard Harris), a fellow inmate who also revealed to him the location of a vast treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo, Edmond realises that the time has come and carries out a daring escape attempt. Taking the treasure for himself, he reappears as the Count of Monte Cristo and becomes the talk of Parisian society; but he soon learns that Fernand has married Mercedès (Dagmara Dominczyk), Edmond's own childhood sweetheart, and starts drawing up his plans for revenge.
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Drama | Family | Fantasy
A six-year-old has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle… Santa Claus. The arrival of one Kris Kringle, a department store Santa who believes he's the genuine article, turns the skeptical child's world upside down.
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, Mara Wilson, Robert Prosky
Director: Les Mayfield
Sharkwater (2006)
Documentary
A reasoned defense of sharks' place in our ecosystem and a horrifying illustration of what is befalling them around the world. It is revealed that shark attacks are few and far between. And even when they do occur, wounds tend to be superficial. As it turns out, sharks happen to be the ocean's most important predator, the top of the food chain; their presence is ecologically vital to maintaining the sea's balance. And on this level, sharks – and humans as well – are facing environmental catastrophe.
Starring: Rob Stewart, Paul Watson, Patrick Moore, Erich Ritter, Boris Worm
Director: Rob Stewart
Tony (2009)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
A thriller centered on a serial killer in a rundown London suburb.
Starring: Frank Boyce, Lorenzo Camporese, Cyrus Desir, Peter Ferdinando, Lucy Flack, Ian Groombridge
Director: Gerard Johnson
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The Apocalypse (2007)
Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
In this epic disaster film of faith, a mother and father search for their only child as a giant asteroid headed for Earth triggers a series of apocalyptic events.
Starring: Rhett Giles, Jill Stapley, Kristen Quintrall, Tom Nagel, David Shick, Amol Shah, Shaley Scott
Director: Justin Jones
Supernatural (TV Series 2005- )
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) are two brothers with a special talent. Well-versed in the supernatural after their father became convinced that their mother was captured by unholy spirits, Dean and Sam dedicated their young lives to hunting down these otherworldly terrors. But adulthood saw Sam drift away from these preternatural activities, instead choosing to settle down in a life of domestic bliss with his girlfriend. But when the Winchesters' dad goes missing, both Dean and Sam know what they have to do – leading to some epic cross-country trips as the brothers try to find their father.
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Creator: Eric Kripke
The Hagstone Demon (2011)
Horror
Douglas Elmore is an alcoholic writer and caretaker haunted by visions of his dead wife and pursued by supernatural forces bent on revenge for his past deeds. When tenants start turning up dead in the hallways and stairwells of his brownstone apartment building, Douglas suspects a strange but sexually alluring homeless prostitute named Karna who sleeps in his basement by day and prowls the empty city by night. But as the bodies pile up, Douglas is torn between his growing obsession with Karna and the threat of becoming a prime suspect in a murder investigation. Douglas must find the origin of the evil residing in the old Hagstone building before the secrets of his past return to destroy him.
Starring: Mark Borchardt, Nadine Gross, Cyndi Kurtz, Sasha Andreev, Gizelle Erickson
Director: Jon Springer
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa / Madagascar 2 (2008)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Hoping to return to New York via a penguin-piloted plane, the four animal friends crash land in the plains of Africa, where a surprise awaits for Alex the Lion.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
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Madagascar (2005)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) have lived their entire lives in blissful captivity, with regular meals provided and an admiring public to adore them. Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty allows his curiosity to get the better of him and, with the help of some prodigious penguins, makes his escape to explore the world he's been missing. Alex, Melman and Gloria go after him, but before they can go wild in the streets, they are captured, crated and put on a ship to Africa… to be ultimately set free. When those plotting penguins sabotage the ship, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria find themselves washed ashore on the exotic island of Madagascar. Now, these native New Yorkers have to figure out how to survive in the wild and discover the true meaning of the phrase "It's a jungle out there."
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Beacon77 (2009)
Horror | Thriller
Two young women arrive at a curious penthouse apartment, led by one's crush on her tutor. However, her love interest doesn't live alone. He's part of a trio of computer hackers about to embark on the ultimate job on the world's most mysterious mainframe. Whilst doing so, they unlock more than they bargain for with supernatural and ultimately fatal results. Can this seemingly insignificant chain of events, which have thrown this group together, be construed as fate? Can the beacon provide a signal of hope or is it a web of manipulation, paranoia and ultimately… murder?
Starring: Kelly Adams, Jonathan Rhodes, Lucy Evans, Calita Rainford, David Horton
Director: Brad Watson
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
A young Viking named Hiccup lives on the windswept island of Berk, where his father Stoic the Vast is the tribe's feared chief, and fighting dragons is part of every young warrior's training. But Hiccup's destiny of becoming a prized dragon fighter takes an unexpected diversion when he saves and befriends an injured dragon, Toothless. Hiccup now embarks on a mission of his own to convince his tribe to abandon its barbaric tradition of ruthless dragon-slaying and try out some new methods.
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Átame! / Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance
Ricky is released from a mental hospital, and knows exactly what he wants to do. He hunts down Marina, a porn film star he once had sex with, and tries to convince here to be his wife. She is a bit reluctant, so he ties her up… Will this approach endear him to her?
Starring: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Francisco Rabal
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Dead Alive / Braindead (1992)
Comedy | Horror
Lionel, an innocent young man, is forced to care for domineering mother and finds the task a whole lot more demanding after she's bitten by the cursed Sumatran rat monkey. Passing the point of death, Lionel's mother sucks friends and family into her gruesome existence among the living dead and Lionel is sent spiraling into a ghoulish nightmare.
Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody
Director: Peter Jackson
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich.
Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean
Director: Spike Jonze
Megamind (2010)
Action | Animation | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
The supervillain Megamind finally conquers his nemesis, the hero Metro Man… but finds his life pointless without a hero to fight.
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, David Cross
Director: Tom McGrath
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Melrose Place (TV Series 2009-2010)
Drama
In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family. Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton, the original "Melrose Place") is the landlady, still beautiful at 40, and a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially handsome and rebellious David Breck (Shaun Sipos, "Shark"). Sydney started an affair with David despite her turbulent history with his estranged father, Dr. Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro, the original "Melrose Place"). Both father and son learned through experience that Sydney was not above using blackmail to control people. Another tenant, high-powered publicist Ella Simms (Katie Cassidy, "Supernatural"), once considered Sydney her mentor, but their friendship was destroyed by betrayal, and Sydney threatened to evict Ella and ruin her career. Sydney also played a pivotal role in the career of Auggie Kirkpatrick (All My Children). After they met at an AA meeting, she became a supportive friend to Auggie and encouraged his dream to become a chef. He’s now a successful sous chef at the trendy restaurant Coal, but his relationship with Sydney has gone sour since she began drinking again. The other tenants include Lauren Yung, a medical student in desperate need of money to pay her student loans, and Jonah Miller(Michael Rady, Swingtown), an aspiring filmmaker who has just proposed to his live-in girlfriend Riley Richmond (Jessica Lucas, Cloverfield), a first-grade teacher. The newest tenant, wide-eyed 21-year-old Violet Foster (Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, 7th Heaven), has just arrived in LA and is horrified to find a bloody body floating in the courtyard pool. David is the leading suspect but, as the police are soon to discover, almost everyone living at Melrose Place had a reason to want the deceased out of the way.
Starring: Katie Cassidy, Stephanie Jacobsen, Jessica Lucas, Michael Rady, Shaun Sipos
Creator: Darren Star
FlashForward (TV Series 2009-2010)
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi
A mysterious event causes nearly everyone on the planet to simultaneously lose consciousness for 137 seconds, during which people see what appear to be visions of their lives approximately six months in the future – a global "flashforward". A team of Los Angeles FBI agents, led by Stanford Wedeck (Vance) and spearheaded by Mark Benford (Fiennes) and his partner Demetri Noh (Cho), begin the process of determining what happened, why, and whether it will happen again. Benford contributes a unique perspective on the investigation; in his flashforward, he saw the results of six months of investigation that he had done on the flashforward event, and he and his team use those clues to recreate the investigation.
Starring: Courtney B. Vance, Joseph Fiennes, John Cho, Jack Davenport, Zachary Knighton, Peyton List, Brían F. O'Byrne, Sonya Walger, Christine Woods
Creator: Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer
