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0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: August 26, 2016 (limited) September 2, 2016 (limited) 2h 20m | Drama, Romance One of the best Ismail Merchant/James Ivory films, this adaptation of E. M. Forster’s classic 1910 novel shows in careful detail the injuriously rigid British class consciousness of the early 20th century. The film’s catalyst is poor relation Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson), who inherits part of the estate of Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave), an upper-class woman whom she had befriended....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary, Drama Witness the life and death of stars in our sky, including our own sun. Extraordinary images captured by telescopes on Earth and in space, combined with stunning never-before-seen images of physics-based simulations, will launch you through time and space for an incredible trek through our night sky. Tour stellar formations, explore new celestial mysteries and discover the fascinating story that connects us all to the stars....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama, Musical Who else but Esther Williams could star in a romantic drama (with musical numbers) bearing a title like this? In Million Dollar Mermaid, Williams plays Annette Kellerman, a real-life Australian swimming star who took up the sport as a child to strengthen her legs, which were severely weakened by a birth defect. The treatment proves effective, and as she grows to adulthood, Annette shows that she has the talent to be a champion swimmer, though she prefers to follow her dream of becoming a ballet dancer....

2070 votes and 60 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 17% 46% In Theaters: July 24, 2015 PG-13 | 1h 45m | Action, Adventure, Animation Watch Trailer When aliens see video feeds of classic arcade games, they misinterpret them as a declaration of war. They attack Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (Kevin James) has to call on his best friend from childhood, video game champ-turned-home theater installer Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler) to lead a team of old-school arcade gamers on a mission to defeat the aliens and save the planet....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: May 11, 2012 (limited) May 11, 2012 (limited) Thriller Vincent is a well-respected cop, as well as a devoted husband and father. But below the surface of his idyllic life, Vincent is involved with a very dangerous group of gangsters and drug dealers. When Vincent and his partner are caught stealing a massive quantity of cocaine from a powerful drug lord, the darker side of Vincent’s life threatens to destroy his family and career....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 29% In Theaters: June 1, 1959 (limited) 1h 26m | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi Alien teens with ray guns land on Earth to breed their lobsterlike space cattle. Director: Tom Graeff Cast: David Love, Dawn Anderson, Harvey Dunn, Bryan Grant, Tom Lockyear, King Moody, Helen Sage, Frederic Welch, Sonia Torgenson 0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 29% In Theaters: June 1, 1959 (limited)...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy, Drama Master filmmaker Raúl Ruiz adds a black comedy to his far-reaching body of work with That Day, a playful meditation on money, death, and false spirituality. Livia (Elsa Zylberstein) and Pointpoirot (Bernard Girardeau) are, respectively, a spoiled society woman who suffers from delusional visions of heavenly apparitions and a crazed serial killer on the loose after a successful prison break. It isn’t long before fate brings the two together, and after thwarting Pointpoirot’s initial attempts to murder her, Livia soon warms to the charming sociopath....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 88% 85% 2h 4m | Drama This tale of intermingled love and hate is directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and is the 13th of the 33 films he made in his short life. It explores the universal dynamics present in close human relationships, even lesbian ones. Petra Von Kant (Margit Carstensen) is a fashion designer. Some time ago, she divorced the husband she no longer loved....

32 votes and 7 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: September 7, 2012 (limited) 1h 54m | Drama Watch Trailer In the Sydney suburb of Centennial Park, Elizabeth Hunter (Charlotte Rampling), in the final days of her life, summons home her son and daughter. But as the three gather together again, painful memories resurface. Based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winner Patrick White. Director: Fred Schepisi Studio: Paper Bark Films...

0 votes and 0 Reviews G | Drama Filmmaker George Stevens chose Monument Valley, Utah for his exterior sequences in The Greatest Story Ever Told, this ($20 million) adaptation of Fulton Oursler’s best-selling book. The Greatest Story is, of course, the life of Jesus Christ, played herein by Max Von Sydow. The large supporting cast includes Dorothy McGuire as Mary, Claude Rains as Herod the Great, Jose Ferrer as Herod Antipas, Charlton Heston as John the Baptist, Donald Pleasence as Satan (identified only as The Dark Hermit), David McCallum as Judas Iscariot, Sidney Poitier as Simon of Cyrene, Telly Savalas as Pontius Pilate and Martin Landau as Caiaphas....

30 votes and 5 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 81% 83% In Theaters: September 9, 2011 (limited) G | 1h 29m | Documentary Watch Trailer The true story of a young, wild killer whale—an orca—nicknamed Luna, who lost contact with his family on the coast of British Columbia and turned up alone in a narrow stretch of sea between mountains, a place called Nootka Sound. Orcas are social....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Watch Trailer “Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny” examines why Winston Churchill’s legacy continues to be relevant in the 21st century and explores why his leadership remains an inspiration to current day political leaders and diplomats. 0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Watch Trailer “Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny” examines why Winston Churchill’s legacy continues to be relevant in the 21st century and explores why his leadership remains an inspiration to current day political leaders and diplomats....

192 votes and 18 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 65% Action, Adventure, Fantasy 7AUM ARIVU is a sci-fi/thriller revolving around a “super machine,” which is brought to India. In Tamil with English subtitles. Director: A.R. Murugadoss Studio: Red Giant Movies Producer(s): Udhayanidhi Stalin Cast: Surya Sivakumar, Shruti K. Haasan Writer(s): A. R. Murugadoss 192 votes and 18 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 65% Action, Adventure, Fantasy...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Life in a South African township is seen through the eyes of seven pupils of Velabahleke High School as they come together under the parental eye of the Headmaster, Mr Mtshali. The aspirations and everyday lives of the pupils, both in and out of school, interweave to form a story of a generation striving to transcend their backgrounds and achieve what could be theirs in the new South Africa....

0 votes and 0 Reviews PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy The dialogue in this sword and sorcery film argues for a return to the silent screen as Ator, son of Thorn, fights off giant spiders and the evil Black Knights and chases after a comely, blond maiden, but not at the same time. Scripted lines like not to go the maternity route in a medieval setting are comparable to whiskering up the Mona Lisa and not noticing the difference....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 91% 81% In Theaters: May 4, 2012 (limited) 1h 38m | Drama, Romance After several cycles of chemotherapy, 14-year-old Donald (Thomas Sangster) feels he has little left to hope for. Worst of all, he might die a virgin. When Donald’s parents urge him to confront his feelings, he retreats further into his own head, channelling his thoughts into sinister and eerily beautiful comic book drawings....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Action, Adventure, Romance Billed as a motorcycle kung fu love story, this film, the first for critic-turned-director Kelvin Tong, aptly captures the listless, pop culture-obsessed lives of Asia’s youth. Boy (Benjamin Heng) works at a dead-end job while fantasizing about being a martial arts master. After his buddy, Ah Gu (Joseph Cheong), who has ambitions of being a motorcycle gangster, gets involved in a drug deal that quickly goes south, he begs Boy for help....

6 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 60% 45% 1h 33m | Drama, Family Watch Trailer In a last ditch effort to save her daughter from the streets and to escape the cycle of poverty, a single mom returns home after 13 years, where she’s forced to reconcile a lifelong legacy of hatred towards her mother. Director: Peter Stebbings Studio: Téléfilm Canada Producer(s): Avi Federgreen, Geoff Ewart, Heather Dahlstrom, Jennifer Podemski, Peter Stebbings...

2 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 41% 56% PG | 1h 54m | Action, Adventure, Comedy Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwod) lives a simple life in the San Fernando Valley with his pet Orangutan Clyde and his friend Orville (Geoffrey Lewis). He drives trucks for a living and participates in bareknuckle fights on the side for extra cash. His life changes when he meets an aspiring country singer at a local club and falls for her....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: January 12, 1990 R | Thriller In this glossy L.A. crime drama by Mike Figgis, Andy Garcia stars as Sgt. Raymond Avila, a cop who just joined the Internal Affairs division of the L.A.P.D. An investigation into police corruption has led Avila and his partner, Sgt. Amy Wallace (Laurie Metcalf), to Officer Dennis Peck (Richard Gere). Avila suspects something about Peck from the beginning; his influence and dominance over others seems to extend further than the reach of his badge....