Homefront (2013)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.
Starring: James Franco, Jason Statham, Rachelle Lefevre, Winona Ryder, Frank Grillo, Kate Bosworth
Director: Gary Fleder
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Frozen / The Snow Queen (2013)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey-teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven-to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.
Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk
Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
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Code Blue / Kôdo burû (TV Series 2008- )
Drama
If it can be treated one second earlier, the heart might start beating again. If there is one extra helicopter, another life in danger may be saved. If one more life can be saved, the Japanese medical community may regain trust. There are more lives in this country that can be saved. The "Doctor Helicopter" system was legalized in Japan in June 2007. A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally.
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki, Erika Toda, Manami Higa, Yôsuke Asari, Masanobu Katsumura, Kiyoshi Kodama
Creator: Koji Hayashi
Space Pirate Captain Harlock / Harlock: Space Pirate / Kyaputen Harokku (2013)
Animation | Sci-Fi
In the future, mankind has discovered a way to travel faster than light and has built colonies on thousands of planets. But even the resources of the universe are starting to dwindle, so five hundred billion humans begin the long journey back home. The desire to repopulate Earth starts the so-called Coming Home War, until the universal government of the Gaia Coalition declares Earth a sacred, and thus inaccessible, place. In this dying universe, the space pirate Captain Harlock travels with his immensely powerful flagship, the Arcadia, to fulfill a mysterious purpose. The young Yama, brother of the Fleet Commander Ezra, is chosen to infiltrate the Arcadia's crew and discover the objective of the pirate captain.
Starring: Shun Oguri, Haruma Miura, Yû Aoi, Arata Furuta, Ayano Fukuda
Director: Shinji Aramaki
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Comedy | Romance
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
Starring: Amy Adams, Frances McDormand, Christina Cole, Stephanie Cole, Beatie Edney, Ciarán Hinds
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Azur et Asmar / Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Once upon a time, there were two children who had the same nanny: Azur, blonde and blue- eyed, son of the lord of the castle, and Asmar, dark-skinned and black-eyed, the nurse's child. Brought up like brothers, the children are suddenly torn apart. But Azur, haunted by the legend of the Fairy of the Djinn which his nanny used to tell him, intends to find it in lands beyond the seas. When they grow up, the two foster brothers each go separate ways in search of the fairy. Daring rivals, they find magic lands in a medieval Maghreb, full of dangers and enchantments.
Starring: Cyril Mourali, Karim M'Riba, Hiam Abbass, Patrick Timsit, Rayan Mahjoub, Abdelsselem Ben Amar
Director: Michel Ocelot
Revelation: The Bride, the Beast & Babylon / Revelation (2013)
Documentary | History
The World's Most Mysterious and Controversial Book is Now Unveiled! No other book in the Bible has been more misunderstood or misrepresented than Revelation. But now, that all changes with Revelation: The Bride, The Beast & Babylon! Going to the very heart of the Bible's most challenging book, this 90-minute documentary decodes the visions of Revelation 12 an 17 for everyone to understand. Journeying from the birth of Christ through the Christian era, this amazing video pulls aside the veil of hidden history to reveal the rise of Babylon, the persecution of the bride of Christ, and the real-world identity of the beast. Educational and inspiring, Revelation delivers the keys to understanding the epic conflict between Christ and Satan and what it means for life today.
Starring: Laura O'Brien, Lynn Holmes, Ami Garbi
Director: Wayne Leman
Species: The Awakening / Species IV (2007)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Dr. Hollander, a scientist, takes his niece Miranda to Mexico in an attempt to reverse the effects of the alien DNA he used to create her. However the treatment goes horribly wrong, and it sets Miranda on a killing spree as she sets out to find a mate.
Starring: Edy Arellano, Helena Mattsson, Marco Bacuzzi, Ben Cross, Roger Cudney
Director: Nick Lyon
The Shaggy Dog (2006)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
A man (Allen) turns into a dog and tries to get back his normal life.
Starring: Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Zena Grey, Spencer Breslin, Danny Glover, Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Brian Robbins
Othello (1995)
Drama | Romance
The evil Iago pretends to be a friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh, Irène Jacob
Director: Oliver Parker
Her Alibi (1989)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance
Mystery novelist Phillip Blackwood has writer's block. He hits the courtrooms for inspiration–and is zapped with a doozy. A mysterious Romanian beauty arraigned for murder arouses both his creative and amorous impulses.
Starring: Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, James Farentino, Victor Argo, Tess Harper, Bill Smitrovich, Joan Copeland, Ossie Davis
Director: Bruce Beresford
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Music
This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving the film a stagy tone.
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Helen Mirren, Graham Crowden
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Captain Blood (1935)
Action | Adventure
An enslaved doctor and his comrades in chains escape and become pirates of the Robin Hood variety.
Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson
Director: Michael Curtiz
Little Caesar (1931)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
The ambitious criminal Rico moves from the country to the big city in the east and joins Sam Vettori's gang with his friend Joe Massara. Soon he becomes the leader of the gangsters, known as Little Caesar.
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, Thomas E. Jackson, George E. Stone
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
The Clearing (2004)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Wayne Hayes is a well-off business executive with his own personal slice of the American dream: a beautiful wife, Eileen, two grown-up children, a lovely home in Pittsburg and a successful business built up from scratch. The Hayes' perfect world is turned upside down when Wayne is kidnapped by one of his employees and held ransom in remote woodlands. Eileen must deal with a houseful of FBI agents, and Wayne must draw on his powers of negotiation as never before…
Starring: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe
Director: Pieter Jan Brugge
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day / Ano hi mita hana no namae o bokutachi wa mada shiranai (TV Series 2011)
Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Teen
A story about grief and the acceptance of death. Six children formed a group that they called The Peace Busters. One day, an incident occurred which took the life of one of their friends, Meiko Honma. After this, Jinta Yadomi, leader of the group when they were kids, neglects high school and lives as a shut-in when he unexpectedly starts seeing the ghost of Meiko, who can only interact with him and no one else. The Peace Busters disbanded and the friends began distancing themselves far away from each other. Years later, Meiko has returned to ask Jinta to fulfill the forgotten wish she made as a kid.
Starring: Saori Hayami, Miyu Irino, Ai Kayano, Takayuki Kondô, Mitsuru Ogata, Takahiro Sakurai, Asami Seto, Mutsumi Tamura, Haruka Tomatsu, Aki Toyosaki
Creator: Mari Okada
Big fish (2003)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures in this marvel of a movie.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter
Director: Tim Burton
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to find the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, George Voskovec, William H. Macy
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts aside their mutual suspicions to repeat the crime after they are unable to find the loot from the original heist, hidden behind a school chalkboard. The hardened artilleryman and his flippant, irresponsible young sidekick are the two wild cards in the deck of jokers.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, Gary Busey, George Kennedy
Director: Michael Cimino
Washington Square (1997)
Drama | Romance
Passionate tale of a young heiress who must choose between love or money. Based on the 1880 Henry James novel.
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Ben Chaplin, Judith Ivey
Director: Agnieszka Holland
