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0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Best known for their award-winning Zorba the Greek, director Michael Cacoyannis and writer Walter Lassally tackle both the grievous flaws in a selfish approach to life and the strength of character to overcome them in this cutting drama. The setting is the home of an elite Athens family that is quickly running out of money. The self-seeking mother more or less forces her daughter (Ellie Lambetti) to reject her two interesting suitors for a much-less attractive but wealthy Greek American – he can give the family what it needs....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: December 25, 1957 G | Action, Adventure, Family Based on the novel by Fred Gipson, Old Yeller is set in Texas in 1869. While his father is away on a cattle drive, 15-year-old Travis Coates (Tommy Kirk) takes over management of the family farm. Adopting a strictly business policy, Travis is irritated when younger brother, Arliss (Kevin Corcoran), adopts a frisky stray dog. But soon Travis is as fond of the dog as everyone else in the family; moreover, Old Yeller is an excellent watchdog....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Watch Trailer The story involves two brothers who reconnect and pester one another about the directions they’ve each chosen in life. Cleo is on spring break from college, while Pete is the sibling who stayed at home. Not one afternoon passes before the two are at odds over their differing values and views of the world. 0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Watch Trailer...

0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Drama, Romance Paul Newman made his directorial debut and Newman’s wife, Joanne Woodward, stars as Rachel Cameron, a 35-year-old unmarried schoolteacher who feels as though she’s wasted her life. Rachel’s best friend, Calla Mackie (Estelle Parsons), invites her to attend a religious revival meeting. Here Rachel is swept up in the emotional fervor orchestrated by a young guest preacher (Terry Kiser). This is the first of several cathartic incidents which convince Rachel to kick over the traces and express her own needs and emotions....

0 votes and 0 Reviews PG | Action, Adventure, Drama A teenager daydreams of getting some payback from the bullies who menace him in this hybrid of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and The Karate Kid (1984). Barry Gabrewski (Jonathan Brandis) is an asthmatic schoolboy who can’t participate in sports, much to the delight of a bullying classmate (John Buchanan) and his sadistic gym teacher (Richard Moll). Miserably unhappy, Barry escapes into a world of fantasy, where he imagines himself the tough, karate-proficient sidekick of action movie hero Chuck Norris....

26 votes and 8 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 94% 79% In Theaters: May 17, 2013 (limited) PG-13 | 1h 48m | Documentary Watch Trailer Exploring the nature of memory and storytelling, especially the way people fictionalize family narratives, examining “our insatiable need, as human beings, to turn our lives into stories.” Director/screenwriter and former Road to Avonlea TV star Sarah Polley tell the story of how she found out that her father, Michael Polley, is not her biological father because her mother, Diane Polley, who died when Sarah was just 10, had a lengthy affair....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: June 6, 2013 (limited) Other Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky’s first ballet, tells the story of a princess cursed by an evil sorcerer. The princess is turned into a swan by day and human at night, only to be broken by true love.NCM Fathom Events and Omniverse Vision Ltd, in association with Glass Slipper Live Events Productions, the Mariinsky Theatre and Cameron Pace Group, the Academy Award-winning team behind Avatar and Life of Pi, present Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece Swan Lake broadcast LIVE* on Thursday, June 6th at 6:30 pm (local time)....

4 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: April 6, 2012 (limited) R | 1h 30m | Action, Adventure, Thriller Watch Trailer On December 25, 1994, four GIA (Armed Islamic Group) terrorists took the 227 passengers of an Air France plane hostage while it was still on the ground in Algiers. After long hours of waiting and the murders of several hostages, the plane finally manages to take off but a lack of fuel forces the pilot to make a stop in Marseilles....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Controversial German filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim narrates an unusual story in this dramatic feature film about the once world-famous sexologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Founder of the world’s first gay rights movement, as well as an influential thinker and researcher, Hirschfeld was a homosexual socialist Jew, which made it impossible for him to pursue his career in his native Germany during the 1930s. He was forced into exile in the U....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: September 10, 1980 (limited) September 19, 1980 (limited) R | Action, Adventure, Drama A Vietnam veteran declares a one-man war on crime in this vigilante revenge thriller. Michael Jefferson (Steve James) saved the life of his best friend John Eastland (Robert Ginty) while the two were serving in Vietnam, so when Jefferson is left permanently paralyzed after a vicious attack by muggers, Eastland is determined to get revenge....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 78% 68% In Theaters: January 26, 1972 (limited) PG | 1h 45m | Action, Adventure, Comedy A man and his brother-in-law plan to steal a priceless diamond from the Brooklyn Museum. Helped by an expert getaway man and an explosives wizard, the daring duo steal the gem with a little assistance from bombs, a faked car crash and a little dressing up as uniformed guards and doctors....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary, Drama “Going Blind” is a unique documentary film that increases public awareness of sight loss and low vision issues profoundly affecting the lives of more and more people and those who love them. Given our aging population and the increasing prevalence of low vision in our society, it is of paramount importance that we understand sight loss and work towards a better future. Going Blind encourages and inspires people to take action to preserve, prolong, and maximize the precious gift of sight – for themselves, their loved ones, and society....

4 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: February 17, 1994 (limited) February 18, 1994 (limited) August 20, 2004 (limited) Documentary This chronological profile follows beat-poet/activist Allen Ginsberg from his childhood, through the Beat Generation of the ’50s, the political activism of the ’60s and on through his later years. 4 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: February 17, 1994 (limited) February 18, 1994 (limited) August 20, 2004 (limited) Documentary...

0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Drama Six friends in their mid- to late twenties are forced to deal with the sticky business of adulthood in this independent comedy drama. For close to ten years, Paul (Elon Gold) has organized a weekend getaway for his college friends every summer at his folks’ cottage in upstate New York. This year, the number of attendees has dwindled to six, which disappoints Paul, as he prefers to look back on his past rather than deal with his present....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary “The Practice of the Wild” is a film profile of the poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Snyder. Snyder has been a creative force in all the major cultural changes that have created the modern world. Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, he was a central figure of the Beat generation. He helped bring Zen Buddhism into the America scene, was an active participant in the anti-war movement and an inspiration for the quest for human potential....

0 votes and 0 Reviews PG | Comedy, Romance Paige, a pre-med student from Wisconsin, is on the fast track toward her life-long goals. Edward, the Crown Prince of Denmark, is trying to escape a life he never chose. Needing an escape from his royal life, Edward treks to Wisconsin and poses as “Eddie,” a college student. Now they’ve fallen in love and Edward is in line to become Denmark’s King....

0 votes and 0 Reviews G | Animation Strawberry Shortcake and her friends spend their days at the Berry Café, laughing and having fun with their neighbors in Berry Bitty City. But when a major storm hits the sweet little village, the girls must design a solution to restore the local water supply, and teach everyone in town to stay positive despite life’s many challenges. 0 votes and 0 Reviews...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy, Romance Rafael - a rich guy whose luck suddenly turned upside down after losing everything. When he needed to get his life back on track, he met Isak - the instant rich girl from the province. Rafael becomes her business adviser and uses her to become rich again only to find out that she’ll change him more than he expected. 0 votes and 0 Reviews...

44 votes and 15 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: November 23, 2011 (limited) November 23, 2011 (limited) R | 1h 39m | Drama, Thriller Watch Trailer Set in the days leading up to World War I, this dark truth-based story explores the dynamics of the intense relationship between iconic psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, his student Carl Jung, and the troubled but beautiful young woman that comes between them. Their story, paired with a debauched patient determined to push the boundaries, played a pivotal role in the birth of psychoanalysis and virtually defined the practice of psychiatry as we know it today....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama On the eve of her wedding with Anton, fashion stylist Rafi suddenly backs out. As she seeks solitude in the US, the devastated Anton is left vulnerable to the seduction of Sam, with whom he had a one-night stand long before he had met Rafi. Just when Sam thinks her relationship with Anton will finally get serious, Rafi returns. Sam learns that the two are giving their love a fresh start....