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14 votes and 2 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: October 1, 1987 (limited) R | 1h 37m | Horror Though not a true sequel to Paul Lynch’s derivative slasher-dud Prom Night, this Carrie-flavored horror film begins in 1957 with the fiery death of bitchy prom queen Mary Lou Maloney (Lisa Schrage) courtesy of a backfired stinkbomb stunt pulled by her jealous ex-boyfriend. Thirty years later, her killer has become the school principal (Michael Ironside), and sweet, innocent Vicki (Wendy Lyon) is a contender for the prom-queen title....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 70% In Theaters: May 11, 2012 (limited) 1h 57m | Drama, Horror, Thriller Watch Trailer As he desperately searches for his fiancée (Kim Min-hee) after she vanishes on her way to meet his parents, a man (Lee Sun-kyun) slowly uncovers the shocking truth about her true identity. Director: Byun Young-joo Studio: CJ Entertainment Cast: Lee Sun Kyun, Kim Min-hee, Cho Seong-ha Writer(s): Byun Young-joo...

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: April 13, 2012 (limited) April 20, 2012 (limited) April 27, 2012 (limited) 1h 43m | Documentary, Musical Watch Trailer In 1977, when she was just 11, Patty Schemel received a drum set as a gift. Influenced by punk and rock, at the age of 20, Patty joined Seattle grunge movement group Doll Squad. Her performances attracted the attention of Kurt Cobain and his wife, Courtney Love....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 88% 91% R | 1h 45m | Comedy, Drama, Romance A Hispanic woman unexpectedly discovers a new outlook on life after taking a new job in this heartfelt, observant comedy-drama. Young Bronx mother Lisette (Lauren Velez) has enough to deal with without taking a job, as she is struggling to raise her three young children and keep her marriage to bicycle messenger Chino (Jon Seda) afloat....

0 votes and 0 Reviews 1h 18m | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi It has now become a film-review clich to preface a write-up for I Married a Monster From Outer Space with the cautionary Don’t be misled by the title. The fact remains, however, that this one of the better and more intelligent horror outings of the late 1950s. The I of the title is Marge Farrell (Gloria Talbott), who can’t help noticing that her husband Bill (Tom Tryon) has been acting very strangely since their dark-and-stormy wedding night....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy In this French comedy, sisters Murielle (Isabella Ferron) and Victoria (Isabel Otero) are married to men who hate each other – high-school teacher Bernard (Bernard Campan) and well-to-do Didier (Didier Bourdon), pharmacist in a posh Paris neighborhood. Both chain-smoke, and this leads to a cigarette challenge as they attempt to stop smoking for two weeks in order to prove who is the better man. Quitting brings on manic mood swings, massive food consumption, insomnia, and a host of habits that alter their lives and threaten their marriages....

148 votes and 42 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 86% 84% In Theaters: November 21, 2012 PG | 2h 7m | Action, Adventure, Drama Watch Trailer A man named Pi tells a story that occurred when he was 16. When his family decides to move their zoo from India to Canada, Pi winds up as the only human survivor of the tragic sinking of a cargo ship. On the sea in a lifeboat, he’s accompanied by the other survivors—a zebra, a hyena, a female orangutan and a 450-pound aggressive Bengal tiger named Richard Parker....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama An intelligent, eccentric high school senior devotes his life to indulging the every whim of the beautiful girl he adores in this quirky, dark-humored comedy. Roddy McDowall plays Alan Musgrave, an odd duck who immediately falls for the school’s new student, Barbara Ann Greene (Tuesday Weld). Using his quick wits, he helps her win acceptance amongst the popular girls and a cushy job in the principal’s office....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Birds, butterflies, beaver and antelope, wildflowers and frogs–could their survival possibly be connected to top predators like the wolf and cougar? “Lords of Nature” goes behind the scenes with leading scientists to explore the role top predators play in restoring and maintaining ecosystems and biodiversity. Wolves and cougars, once driven to the edge of existence, are finding their way back–from the Yellowstone plateau to the canyons of Zion, from the farm country of northern Minnesota to the rugged open range of the West....

0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Drama Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of John Berendt’s nonfiction novel doesn’t create much of a drama from its centerpiece tale of murder in high society, but it brings to life the setting, the rich assortment of characters and the atmosphere of modern Savannah. 0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Drama Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of John Berendt’s nonfiction novel doesn’t create much of a drama from its centerpiece tale of murder in high society, but it brings to life the setting, the rich assortment of characters and the atmosphere of modern Savannah....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Charles Burnett’s Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation tells the rise to power of Samuel Nujoma (Carl Lumbly), a prominent leader in Namibia’s struggle for independence from South Africa, and that country’s first president. Opening when Nujoma was 16 years old and the country is under constant oppression from South Africa, the young man learns that he is the direct descendant of royalty. He sets off as a young man to live with an aunt, and befriends a religious man (Danny Glover) who has maintained a low profile after legal troubles stemming from a suspicious car accident....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary “Neshoba: The Price of Freedom” tells the story of three American heroes and the Mississippi County still divided over the meaning of justice 40 years after their murders. The film takes an unflinching look at ordinary citizens struggling to find peace with their town’s violent, racist past in today’s America. 0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary “Neshoba: The Price of Freedom” tells the story of three American heroes and the Mississippi County still divided over the meaning of justice 40 years after their murders....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: May 8, 2013 (limited) Documentary, Musical In 1970, Jeffrey Kagel walked away from the American dream of rock ’n’ roll stardom, turning down the chance to record as lead singer for the band soon-to-be the Blue Oyster Cult. Instead, he sold all his possessions and moved from the suburbs of Long Island to the foothills of the Himalayas in search of happiness and a little-known saint named Neem Karoli Baba....

0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Drama, Thriller In this stark drama based on actual events in a small French town in the early ’30s, a pair of repressed sisters slowly lose their grip on reality, leading to horrific consequences at the home where they’re employed as maids. Christine (Joely Richardson), a domestic servant in the home of haughty widow Madame Danzard (Julie Walters), takes pride in her efficiency and deference....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: August 24, 2007 (limited) August 24, 2007 (limited) August 24, 2007 (limited) R | Documentary Skid Row is a 50-square-block area in downtown Los Angeles where an average of 90,000 homeless and transient people live on any given night. More than just a place, it’s a way of life, a mind set–the last resort of those who have given up on society and, in many cases, themselves....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: November 26, 1986 (limited) PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy A futuristic dystopia is the setting for this tale about good versus evil and a magical space-sphere out to reestablish a civilized society. An orphanage in a bleak and deserted landscape imprisons a large group of youngsters who have divided into good and bad groups. One day, while competing at roller-skate ball, the teams come across a bowling-ball-sized sphere named Bodhi (a Sanskrit word equivalent to enlightened compassion)....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary “The Axe in the Attic” documents filmmakers Ed Pincus and Lucia Small’s 60-day road trip from New England to New Orleans, capturing emotional interviews with Hurricane Katrina survivors and showing vivid scenes of the devastated landscape. The filmmakers encounter a range of evacuees grappling with the daily grind of their altered lives–from a close-knit African-American family from New Orleans’ Lower Ninth starting over in the wintry hills of suburban Pittsburgh; to a single working mother raising two teenagers in a condo on the outskirts of Cincinnati; to Baker, Louisiana, where the residents of FEMA’s largest trailer park live as if in a refugee camp....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Watch Trailer Following the international hit The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, THE BOY MIR tracks cheeky, enthusiastic Mir from a childish eight to a fully grown eighteen-year-old. This is a journey into early adulthood in one of the toughest places on earth and a journey that mirrors the vitally important story of Afghanistan. 0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Watch Trailer...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy, Drama With a little bit of magic, a young boy is granted his wish and becomes a professional soccer player in this fairy tale from French New Guinea. Bandian, who lives in a poor village, seems to have a knack for playing soccer. The village witch doctor helps him by rubbing magical herbs upon his legs. His math teacher tells him that he will have to haul wood after school for 320,000 days before he will be able to afford a real leather soccer ball....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 96% 76% In Theaters: March 16, 2012 (limited) PG-13 | 1h 27m | Drama Cyril, 12, is placed in a children’s home, where he runs away numerous times in order to be with his father, who doesn’t want him. During one of his escapades, the boy meets Samantha, a hairdresser. She immediately takes a liking to him and decides to foster him on weekends....