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0 votes and 0 Reviews Animation, Documentary, Drama August 1st 1966 was the day our innocence was shattered. A sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. TOWER combines archival footage with rotoscopic animation of the dramatic day, based entirely on first person testimonies from witnesses, heroes and survivors, in a seamless and suspenseful retelling of the unfolding tragedy....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Filmed in the African country of Mali, Yeelen (Brightness) weaves several Kenyan folk stories into an engaging framework. The hero is a young boy whose father is an evil magician. Marked for death by his long-absent papa, the boy bids goodbye to his mother and heads for the hills. En route to his kindly uncle, our hero utilizes his own conjuring skills for the benefit of those less fortunate than himself; he also rescues a king from being deposed....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary The film documents the study of cinema in Iraq through the history of the Institute of Fine Arts. As political changes continue to sweep through the country, the Institute’s student films have been greatly impacted in their content and production. Directors Falah Hasan and Mounaf Shaker examine this impact and celebrate the Institute as it tries to rescue students of cinema from losing faith....

0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Comedy, Romance The lives of five L.A. natives intertwine in this romantic comedy from independent filmmaker and former Robert Altman protégé Alan Rudolph. Eve (Lesley Ann Warren) is a bar owner who has sworn off permanent commitments, seeking only the temporary sexual satisfaction of men. Her roommate Ann (Genevieve Bujold) is her polar opposite. In reality, Ann is secretly the radio sex therapist Dr....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 32% 1h 30m | Drama This quirky psychological thriller involves a quintet of weird kids who stumble into the luxurious winter retreat of a wealthy patriarch (Gene Evans) and his arrogant guests. Little do the effete vacationers realize that the children are escapees from an asylum for the criminally insane – a fact they realize only after their doom has been sealed. The only known film from director Sean MacGregor (released theatrically as People Toys), this is a seldom-seen but thoroughly satisfying horror sleeper with a sardonic sense of morality, taking great delight in knocking off Evans’ circle of decadent snobs in graphic and innovative ways (one guest is joined in the bath by piranhas; another is pummeled with chains in a creepy still-photo montage)....

0 votes and 0 Reviews 1h 18m | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi Scientist Stephen Reinhart (Nick Adams) travels to a small town where he plans to visit his fiancée Susan Witley (Suzan Farmer) and meet her parents. Oddly, when he arrives, the townspeople are unfriendly. At Susan’s parents’ estate, her father, Nahum (Boris Karloff), is acting suspiciously and her mother, Letitia (Freda Jackson), is hidden away in a bedroom. When Stephen and Susan begin investigating the strange behavior in town, they realize that a radioactive meteor is to blame....

12 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 17% 24% Comedy DOUBLE DHAMAAL catches up with the quartet of good-for-nothings—Roy (Ritesh Deshmukh), Adi (Arshad Warsi), Manav (Jaaved Jaaferi) and Boman (Aashish Chaudhary)—who are still dreaming of an easy life with minimal effort when they encounter their old arch-enemy: corrupt Inspector Kabir (Sanjay Dutt). Today, however, Kabir is no longer a cop. In fact, he seems to be doing rather well for himself, driving a Mercedes, working out of a plush office and living in a lavish villa....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Animation, Comedy It’s a Friday Night. Roommates Zach and Joonki argue about going out for a drink. Zach wants to have fun but Joonki wants to stay home because he’s got plans for tomorrow. Zach gets angry and goes out alone and Joonki starts to sing and dance about his secret visits to ballet classes. 0 votes and 0 Reviews Animation, Comedy It’s a Friday Night....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Horror Watch Trailer The father of a missing teen contacts the creators of a reality show called “Paranormal Legends” to inquire about one of their episodes from a past season, claiming that show had something to do with his daughter Tina’s disappearance. In order to help the father, the creator of the series James Roberson and his producer Brian, along with newcomer to the show Andrea, took a trip to the place where some say La Llorona (The Weeping woman) was seen....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama This lovable belly laugh of a buddy movie blows the lid off the sleazy stand-up comedy circuit… not to mention the mysterious realm of male friendship. Look out for basically every famous comedian in the country – they all have cameo appearances. 0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama This lovable belly laugh of a buddy movie blows the lid off the sleazy stand-up comedy circuit… not to mention the mysterious realm of male friendship....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Action, Adventure, Fantasy Message from Space, a bargain-rack Japanese Star Wars clone, stars Vic Morrow as the token American. Responding to a plea for help from a faraway planet, A young, idealistic four-person crew hurtles to the rescue. Along for the ride are two funny robots. As could expected from the Toei Studios, Message from Space is a clearing house of good, bad, and aw come on!...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 86% 82% 1h 46m | Drama Dr. Luther Brooks (Sidney Poitier) is the first African American doctor in the county he was trained in. Brooks, a little nervous because he just passed his state board examination requests to be stationed as a junior resident for a year. While working one day, Brooks encounders brothers Jonny and Ray Biddle. Both of them were shot in the leg by policemen while attempting robbery....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 79% 72% G | Drama Oh! What a Lovely War is an every-man-for-himself adaptation of Charles Chilton’s 1963 play, as staged in London by Joan Littlewood. The tragedy of World War I is redefined in bawdy music-hall terms, beginning with a verbal free-for-all involving the Crowned Heads of Europe. The war is presented as the new attraction at the Brighton Amusement Pier, complete with syrupy cheer-up songs, shooting galleries, free prizes and a scoreboard toting up the dead....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Before the Premier League and multi-million pound salaries, in England ‘football’ was a dirty word. The game was in disgrace, the fans, hooligans, the nation, it seemed, were all played out. Then there was Italia ‘90 - The World Cup - a shot at redemption. 0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Before the Premier League and multi-million pound salaries, in England ‘football’ was a dirty word....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary A collaborative documentary that invites people worldwide to contribute footage to celebrate Jamaica’s global reach 50 years after independence. On August 6th, 2011 we pose the question “What does Jamaica mean to you?” with the aim that a global community of creative minded people will respond by uploading a visual representation of their answer. We know that our tiny island nation has touched many outside of our country, even beyond our diaspora, and with this project we will embrace anyone who has ever been moved by a reggae song, enjoyed a plate of ackee and saltfish, or simply has a point of view....

78 votes and 33 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 17% 59% In Theaters: December 25, 2012 PG | 1h 44m | Comedy Watch Trailer Old school grandfather Artie (Billy Crystal), who is accustomed to calling the shots, meets his match when he and his eager-to-please wife Diane (Bette Midler) agree to babysit their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents (Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott) go away for work....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: June 20, 1984 (limited) June 22, 1984 PG | Comedy After a big-time country singer (Dolly Parton) brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin’ star, she’s out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver (Sylvester Stallone) as a country singer. He’s scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC country night club and Dolly puts her ample powers to work in preparing her protege....

156 votes and 69 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 67% 38% In Theaters: March 15, 2013 (limited) March 22, 2013 On Netflix: May 15, 2019 R | 1h 32m | Action, Adventure, Comedy Watch Trailer To finance their Florida spring break, Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Brit (Ashley Benson) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) rob a restaurant in their hometown. They convince their childhood friend Faith (Selena Gomez), a practicing Christian, to come along on their trip....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Sex, blood and rock ’n’ roll are on the menu at one frantic bash in this over-the-top comedy from France. Alice (Frederique Bel), Prune (Julie Fournier) and Sam (Patrick Mille) are three close friends who are excited to learn they’ve been invited to La Nuit Medicis, a notoriously wild party held every year in a castle that’s said to be haunted. The friends are expecting a big night of debauchery, but things turns out to be a great deal different when they meet their host, the mysterious Le Duc de Journiac (Tcheky Karyo)....

0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Horror, Thriller A successful radiologist has her life spiral out of control when she sees the spitting image of herself driving down a London street. While attempting to uncover who the imposter could be, she stumbles into a terrifying mystery that her family and closest friends are somehow involved in, leaving her with no one she can trust. Director: Sean Ellis 0 votes and 0 Reviews...