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2 votes and 0 Reviews R | Comedy, Drama An assembly of Indian women, both immigrants and their British-born brethren, travel to the English seaside in this comic drama. The plot focuses on a trio of young women caught between tradition and independence: Ginder (Kim Vithana), who risks the uncertainties of social ostracism and single motherhood in order to escape from her abusive husband; Hashida (Sarita Khajuria), who jeopardizes her promising future in medical school when she becomes pregnant by her West Indian boyfriend (Mo Sesay); and Simi (Shaheen Khan), who integrates her feminist politics and her commitment to her culture by heading up the Saheli Asian Women’s Group....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Filmmaker Edwin casts a darkly satirical eye on the uneasy relationship between Muslims and the Chinese in Indonesia in this episodic black comedy. Pork is a staple of the Chinese diet, but it’s forbidden to Muslims, and as a blind pig becomes a recurring motif in this film, it becomes a symbol of the cultural gulf between these two sides of contemporary Indonesia. Linda (Ladya Cheryll) is a young woman of Chinese heritage whose father is a dentist who lost his sight while trying to turn his eyes round with a scalpel, while her mother converted to Christianity after gaining some small fame as a volleyball player....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Musical, Other Victor Hugo’s tale of tale of love and loyalty triumphing over corruption springs to life in Esmeralda from the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. Poet Gringoire, sentenced to be hanged, is saved by beautiful Esmeralda who agrees to marry him. Archdeacon Frollo, torn between his love for God and his obsession for the gypsy girl, sends his henchman Quasimodo to capture her. Esmeralda is rescued by Phoebus, the captain of the guard, who gives her his scarf as a souvenir....

32 votes and 5 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 45% 58% In Theaters: December 21, 2012 PG | 1h 31m | Fantasy, Other, Sci-Fi Watch Trailer Mia (Erica Linz) is a young woman looking for an escape and she finds one when she encounters a handsome aerialist (Igor Zaripov) at the circus. She instantly falls in love with him but as their eyes meet, his hands slip and he falls past the circus ring and into what seems to be another dimension....

0 votes and 0 Reviews PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy Watch Trailer Dorothy and The Witches of Oz follows the exploits of the grown Dorothy Gale, now a successful children’s book author. As she moves from Kansas to present day New York City, Dorothy quickly learns that her popular books are based on repressed childhood memories, and that the wonders of Oz are very, very real. When the Wicked Witch of the West shows up in Times Square, Dorothy must find the inner courage to stop her....

6 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: March 8, 2013 (limited) PG-13 | 1h 43m | Drama, War Watch Trailer The days following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II are plagued by great tension and uncertainty. As American occupation forces take over the country, General Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones), the Supreme Commander, acts as the de facto ruler of Japan. Under his rule, General Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox), a Japanese expert, is given the responsibility to reach a decision of historical importance: should Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal?...

0 votes and 0 Reviews With the exception of 1963’s Tarzan and Jane Regained…Sort of, which used a soundtrack created by Taylor Mead, Harlot was Warhol’s first foray into sound film. It stars a transvestite named Mario Montez (in honor of Hollywood star Maria Montez), who sits in full drag on a couch in Warhol’s Factory, suggestively eating bananas. A bored woman sits beside him, and two men (one of them in a tuxedo) stand behind them....

0 votes and 0 Reviews PG-13 | Action, Adventure Harry Potter: 8 movies. 4 nights. The Legendary Adventure.Revisit the entire Harry Potter epic and be among the first to witness the final film, shown in RealD® 3D.See two of the films each night, Monday, July 11 through Wednesday July 13 at 6 p.m. Then, on Thursday, July 14, see Part 1 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at 9 p....

2 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 80% 52% R | 1h 28m | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi This horror science-fiction thriller, a cult favorite, takes place in 1907. Professor Caxton (Christopher Lee), a fossil-hunter has discovered some sort of pre-human creature frozen in ancient Manchurian ice. He is traveling to London with his find on the Trans-Siberian Railway and is horrified to discover that his frozen man is missing, and corpses and zombies are appearing all over the train....

6 votes and 2 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 7% 38% PG | 1h 33m | Fantasy, Family, Sci-Fi This sci-fi tearjerker has the distinction of being one of the most obviously commercial films ever made with constant plugs for MacDonalds, Coca-Cola companies, candy and other products. These not so subtle endorsements are woven into the story of a wheel-chair bound boy and the stranded alien MAC (not as in Big but rather Mysterious Alien Creature) who become friends and help each other with their family problems....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary Frank Ferrante is a 54 year- old Sicilian from Brooklyn living in San Francisco. A lover of life, great food, beautiful women and a good laugh, Frank is also a drug addict, morbidly obese, pre-diabetic, and fighting Hepatitis C. This film documents the transformation of Frank’s life when he stumbles into a local raw and vegan restaurant, becomes friends with the staff, and strikes an agreement to turn his life over to three twenty-something young men to be coached physically, emotionally and spiritually....

38 votes and 12 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 74% Action, Adventure, Romance Watch Trailer Based on the legendary love story of Mirza and Sahiba in Punjabi literature. Director: Baljit Singh Deo Studio: Speed Records Producer(s): Aman Khatkar, Inda Raikoti Cast: Gippy Grewal, Rahul Dev, Binnu Dhillon, Mandy Takhar, BN Sharma, Honey Singh Writer(s): Baljit Singh Deo Official Site: www.mirza2012.com 38 votes and 12 Reviews | Write a Review...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 100% 69% In Theaters: July 11, 1989 (limited) March 14, 2000 (limited) 1h 25m | Documentary Impersonal but beautiful images of Akerman’s life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself. Director: Chantal Akerman Producer(s): Alain Dahan 0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 100% 69% In Theaters: July 11, 1989 (limited)...

0 votes and 0 Reviews 2h 26m | Comedy, Drama, Musical Inspired by Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart’s 1961 London and Broadway musical hit glossed over some of Dickens’ more graphic passages but managed to retain a strong subtext to what was essentially light entertainment. For its first half-hour or so, Carol Reed’s Oscar-winning 1968 film version does a masterful job of telling its story almost exclusively through song and dance....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 25% 30% R | Fantasy, Comedy, Horror Watch Trailer When the Apocalypse actually happens and a billion people are raptured up to heaven, Lindsey (Anna Kendrick) and her boyfriend Ben (John Francis Daley) are left behind in suburban Seattle. The young couple try their best to lead a normal life surrounded by talking locusts, blood rain showers, and smoking wraiths. But when the Antichrist (Craig Robinson) makes his home base in their neighbourhood, Lindsey finds herself the object of his affection....

34 votes and 12 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 95% 92% In Theaters: July 27, 2012 (limited) July 27, 2012 (limited) PG-13 | 1h 26m | Documentary Watch Trailer Relatively unknown to the rest of the world, musician Rodriguez was once the most popular musician in South Africa. Standing for anti-establishment through his lyrics on Cold Fact (1970), his songs were the anthem for a generation of revolutionary people standing up against Apartheid....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy Shakal Pe Mat Ja is a comedy based on mistaken identities with the background of terrorism and its threat. It is a film which deals with all such deceptive goof ups, mistaken identities & madness created due to being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Innocent looking maniacs, amateur terror groups, and security forces who are never on time is what Shakal Pe Mat Ja is all about!...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary, Musical For over 20 years, Shihad has defined New Zealand rock music. From their roots in Wellington’s furious 90’s punk metal scene, to the wild Berlin days, the tragic overdose of their manager, the international explosion of The General Electric, and the infamous American name-change, Shihad: Beautiful Machine asks - what went wrong? 0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary, Musical For over 20 years, Shihad has defined New Zealand rock music....

12 votes and 2 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: July 14, 2015 (limited) Documentary, Other Fathom Events, Arts Alliance, and Seventh Art Productions are elated to bring some of the world’s most popular and influential artists, The Impressionists, to select cinemas nationwide for an exceptional one-night event on Tuesday, July 14. Enjoy secured unique access to a major new exhibition focusing on the 19th century Parisian art collector Paul Durand-Ruel, featuring the works of Cezanne, Monet, Degas, Renoir and many more....

0 votes and 0 Reviews 1h 27m | Drama Tamar, 35, gives herself without reserve, and with undisguised pleasure, to the men of her village. One at a time, but sometimes two a day. Such is life for this poultry farmer who is the mother of two young girls. When Shai, a veterinarian Tamar once knew, returns to settle in the village, the attraction between them is immediate. Although Shai knows Tamar’s history, it doesn’t alter his feelings for her....