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0 votes and 0 Reviews 1h 28m | Fantasy, Comedy, Sci-Fi Pat Kramer (Lily Tomlin) leads the typical “American Dream” lifestyle, with husband Vance (Charles Grodin) making the money while she raises their two kids in suburban California. But when the chronic consumer gets poisoned by the chemicals in her household products, she suddenly shrinks to a tiny size and becomes a media sensation. In addition to the problem of her odd condition, the miniature Pat must also contend with a conniving corporation who wants to exploit her situation for evil....

0 votes and 0 Reviews 3h 55m | Drama, Musical, Other Watch Trailer The opera, composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, tells the story of Ernani and the love of his life, Elvira. Together they overcome the obstacles in the way of their love, including Elvira’s upcoming marriage to old Gomez de Silva, to be together before their romance ultimately meets a tragic end. Based on Victor Hugo’s Hernani, this opera is considered one of Verdi’s best....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 90% 86% 2h 0m | Drama, Romance Writer/director Jane Campion’s third feature unearthed emotional undercurrents and churning intensity in the story of a mute woman’s rebellion in the recently colonized New Zealand wilderness of Victorian times. Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter), a mute who has willed herself not to speak, and her strong-willed young daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) find themselves in the New Zealand wilderness, with Ada the imported bride of dullard land-grabber Stewart (Sam Neill)....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama, War Characteristically breaking with tradition, director Robert Bresson presents a realistic, unique view of the life and death of Joan of Arc. Using a script based on the actual transcript notes taken during her trial, Bresson focuses on the psychological and physical torture that Joan had to endure, showing how these techniques were used to break her resolve and cause her to eventually recant her faith....

0 votes and 0 Reviews PG-13 | 1h 32m | Thriller Watch Trailer After his mother is tragically killed, a privileged young man discovers that he was the product of a vicious rape, and so he sets out to track down his sinister biological father. Director: Shawn Linden Studio: Filmoption International Producer(s): Shawn Linden Cast: Thomas Dekker, Matt Craven, Julie Le Breton Writer(s): Shawn Linden 0 votes and 0 Reviews...

0 votes and 0 Reviews PG | Drama Kim Sang-jin directs this riotous send-up of Korea’s rigidly hierarchical society. A quartet of nihilistic losers including an alienated athlete, a longhaired burnout, a spaced-out artist, and a muscle-bound meathead take to knocking over 24-hour gas stations. Their initial success eventually leads to trouble when they decide to hold up the same gas station again just for fun. Unfortunately, the store manager had his wife take much of the day’s earnings home with her just prior to the robbery....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama A Sunday walk in a Johannesburg park leads to a chance meeting that will change the way a young man views his country and the world around him in director Khalo Matabane’s probing debut feature. It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and as Keniloe (Tony Kgoroge) wanders through the park, he soon happens upon Fatima (Fatima Hersi). Moments after tearfully recounting her struggle to escape Somalia and seek refuge in South Africa, the troubled Fatima seemingly vanishes into thin air....

0 votes and 0 Reviews This uneventful film of romance in the slow lane uses a technique tried elsewhere with varying degrees of success – the action is seen through the eyes of the narrator, also a player in the drama. Set in North Africa, an introspective, slightly self-absorbed journalist asks a French woman to share a room with him. He is attracted to her but is not sure how to go about making that point clear....

2 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review Drama The Japanese-made Galaxy Express offers the spectacle of a real locomotive, chugging its way through the solar system. In Willie Wonka fashion, the locomotive guides its passengers into realizing their heart’s desires–which of course usually turns out not to be what they’ve expected. The central character herein is a little boy, who wishes to learn the secret of immortality. He does…and he doesn’t like it one bit....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: September 1, 2004 (limited) Drama Continuing where the previous ‘Heimat’ film left off, the historical events in Germany, spanning between the years 1989-2000, are dramatized through the prisms of the characters’ personal stories. 0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: September 1, 2004 (limited) Drama Continuing where the previous ‘Heimat’ film left off, the historical events in Germany, spanning between the years 1989-2000, are dramatized through the prisms of the characters’ personal stories....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: October 18, 2013 (limited) R | Comedy, Horror Watch Trailer There are demons so terrible that no mortal man of God could successfully drive them back to Hell. The only option is for the exorcist himself to invite possession and then commit suicide, dragging along the demon to damnation - so the Augustine Interfaith Order of Hellbound Saints - or Hellbenders - was formed....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Grim, almost unbearably intense, I Want To Live is the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) a perjurer, prostitute, liar and drug addict. The product of a broken home, Graham works as a shill, luring gullible men into crooked card games. She attempts to go straight, marries the wrong man, and has a baby. When her life falls apart, she returns to her former profession and is involved in a murder....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy, Drama Set in the 1950s when Stalin was in power, this thoughtful Polish story is an autobiographical account of filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi’s childhood. Hubert is a normal young boy living with his mother in the country. His father has been living in England since the war’s end. As a result, the Communists frequently harass them to the point that Hubert’s mother sends him to his eccentric Aunt Ida in Warsaw to insure that he gets an education....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: April 8, 1994 R | Comedy, Horror A thwarted leprechaun exacts his bloody revenge in this darkly comic horror film. A thousand years ago in Ancient Erin, there lived a wee Leprechaun who searched for a comely bride. Legend has it that his proper bride would thrice sneeze. Poor Leprechaun did find his sneezing lass, but just before the third achoo, her daddy, the Leprechaun’s slave, thwarts his plans....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama The story revolves around the protagonist getting together 10 people with suicidal tendencies in a bus from Bangalore to reach the Kodachadri Hills in Shimoga district. They have a common intention to end their lives and all of them agree that the bus they are travelling in would eventually fall from the mountain top. But the police get to know about the plan before it can be executed....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Inspired by the true life story of Singaporean fire-eater Francis Bosco, director Eric Khoo’s Tamil-language drama My Magic tells the tale of an alcoholic bartender who decides to pull his life together for the sake of his adolescent son. Though his wife has left him and his life is in shambles, the devoted father vows to set things right by reclaiming his former glory as a popular magician....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary “Nuclear Tipping Point” is a conversation with four men intimately involved in American diplomacy and national security over the last four decades. Former Secretary of State George Shultz, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of Defense Bill Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn share the personal experiences that led them to write two Wall Street Journal op-eds, in support of a world free of nuclear weapons and the steps needed to get there....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Romance As a major part of their film-school project, Dave, an American, along with his Indian-American friend Jack set out to film a documentary in India, on Indian culture. After going to India, Dave is overwhelmed by the seemingly chaotic conditions, the living styles, and the cultural heritage. Despite the contradictory reality that he experiences, Dave is gradually drawn towards Indian culture and falls in love with Rao’s daughter, Swapna....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama, Thriller Royal Bengal Rahasya is based on a novel in the popular Feluda Series created by the eminent author and director Satyajit Ray. The story is set in the forests of Dooars where Feluda arrives to crack a riddle, hinting at a treasure trail, on the invitation of a zamindar, who’s a shikari and wildlife writer. 0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama, Thriller Royal Bengal Rahasya is based on a novel in the popular Feluda Series created by the eminent author and director Satyajit Ray....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Since launching her career as a female pioneer in the competitive, male-dominated world of West African hip hop, Senegalese rapper and urban soul singer Sister Fa has used her lyrics and genre-blending music to tackle serious social issues and speak out for women’s rights. SARABAH documents how this musical innovator with an international following infuses art with activism in a campaign to end female genital cutting (FGC), a practice she experienced as a young child....