Martin (Phifer) has spent his life being a good son a good brother and a good friend but his luck with women is all bad. The softly spoken art columnist hasn't had a date in three years since losing his fiance to bi-curiosity and when he meets Paula (Miller) the pretty young art professor who lives upstairs Martin's lack of experience is all too apparent. Enter brother Junnie (Andre B. Blake) an expert in scamming and scheming. This ultimate 'player' intends to teach Martin how
When golden boy Neil Oliver (James Marsden) is granted one wish by mystical character (Gary Oldman) he is set off on the road trip of a lifetime. On a highway that doesn't exist Neil steps into an adventure where anything is possible: a woman who never says no a town with free drugs and a girl of his dreams enticing him from billboards along the route. Take a ride on Interstate 60. No rules no boundaries.
Rules of Engagement opens strongly with a Vietnam battle sequence that sets the stage for the rest of the story. But then director William Friedkin knows a thing or two about staging harrowing action sequences, and if you don't believe that, you've never seen The French Connectionor To Live and Die in LA. Unfortunately, Friedkin can't do much about the implausible plot that follows, in which the Marine commander, played by the always-terrific Samuel L Jackson, is accused of slaughtering innocent civilians (who actually were shooting at him and his men). He must rely on an old Marine buddy--a lawyer played by Tommy Lee Jones--to get him through the jury-rigged court martial. But the central premise--that an evil presidential aide would perjure himself and destroy evidence simply to maintain good relations with US allies in the Middle East, rather than defending a highly decorated Marine colonel who risked his life--is inevitably hard to swallow. And the ending is even flimsier. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
Actor Bela Lugosi born in Lugas Hungary on October 20 1882 was the screens most notorious personification of evil - at the peak of his career in the early 30's he helped usher in an era of new popularity for the horror genre. In this film a man carries out a series of grisly stranglings whilst under hypnosis by his insane and domineering wife...
As the moon rises over a masked swimming pool party a young girl entices a man to her bungalow. She tears off his mask to discover he is hideously disfigured; in anger the crazed man stabs her to death. The murder in bungalow 13 at the Youth Boarding Club for Languages becomes an unsolved mystery and as the brutal murders continue inextricably linked to the fate of another young girl...
Though it was pre-produced by Martin Scorsese, who left the project after arguments with the producers, The Honeymoon Killers wound up being written and directed by Leonard Kastle, one of cinema's great one-hit wonders. The Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer of 1969, The Honeymoon Killers follows hefty nurse Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler, who looks like a humourlessly malevolent Roseanne) and her low-rent gigolo lover Raymond Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco) as they take up serial murder for profit and passion, luring middle-aged women into marriage through lonely-hearts ads, then killing them and raiding their savings. Based on a genuine crime case history, it is filmed in the candid-camera style of a Frederick Wiseman documentary. The intense scenes (such as the couple's frightening love-play: escalating arguments that end in awkward killings) unfold with a fly-on-the-wall dryness, showcasing the extraordinary acting of the leads and their cameo victims. A rare film in which genuine romantic love does not excuse the central couple's amoral behaviour, this still manages to generate some sympathy for the truly monstrous Martha. The washed-out black and white photography and sometimes scratchy soundtrack (the score is sampled from Mahler) have a deliberately amateurish feel which adds to the film's chilling power, lodging it into the memory. On the DVD: Along with a lurid trailer and gallery of images are filmographies for Stoler, Lo Bianco and (redundantly) Kastle. The widescreen transfer is excellent, representing perfectly the film's rough-hewn look but also bringing out a lot of detail--like Stoler's freckles, which have looked like grain on video releases. --Kim Newman
In 1940 the world is plunged into a seemingly perpetual war. A devastating air raid practically destroys Everytown, reducing its previously grand buildings to rubble. Almost 30 years later, over half the remaining population is wiped out by the chilling Wandering Sickness. Victims are shot on sight as a bewildered humanity struggles to survive in a barbarous wasteland. In 1970 a futuristic flying machine brings a saviour to the remnants of Everytown. John Cabel (Raymond Massey) represents the visionary brotherhood Wings Over the World. Cabel faces opposition from local warlord the Boss (Ralph Richardson) but he and his colleagues pledge to create a utopia from the ashes of the old world. Nothing, it seems, will be allowed to get in their way
The year is 2036 and aboard the space station ULC53 the enigmatic Dr. Daniels (Kinski) is conducting illegal experiments in robotics aiming to develop the perfect android in the form of the beautiful Cassandra (Kendra Kirchner). Assisting the doctor is Max 404 (Opper) an early-model android who is threatened with obsolescence by Cassandra. In his spare time Max studies the history of the 20th Century through old records and films and dreams of visiting Earth where an android rev
Rudolph Valentino was the first male sexual icon of the modern media world. For 5 years from 1921 until 1926 other men watched with envy as Valentino the quintessential Latin screen lover made women swoon over the mere thought of his embrace. This romanticised film covers the career of Valentino from his arrival in Hollywood in 1917 and his emergence in 1921 as American cinema's first great lover.
It Began With One Man. A virus with no cure. A threat with no borders. A nation with no chance of escaping H5N1 the Avian Flu. When a mutation of the virus is discovered in a local marketplace China sends an emergency summons to Dr. Iris Varnack (Joely Richardson) of the Epidemic Intelligence Service. When she arrives she discovers her efforts may be too late - an American businessman has become the first victim of a strain that is passed from human to human. As the flu begins its insidious spread Secretary of Health and Human Services Collin Reed (Stacy Keach) races to combat the ensuing chaos. The victim's wife Denise Connelly (Ann Cusack) does what she can to help other infected people. It wasn't supposed to happen this way - until it did.
It's a non-stop party for a group of beautiful teens living it up in a posh area of Los Angeles. And one very sexy lady M.J. has found a congenial way to capitalize on her friendships and advance her position. But when the music stops and the mad whirl starts to slow down M.J. must suddenly face up to a void in her life.
Centuries in the future in the year After Colony 195 orbiting space colonies surrounds Earth. The colonists are cruelly oppressed by the Earth Alliance which deploys huge humanoid fighting machines called Mobile Suits to control the populace. Behind the tyranny is the secret society called 'Oz' which has infiltrated the Alliance military and steered it towards its repressive course. Now the space colonies are ready to strike back. Five young pilots equipped with advanced mobile
Life. Love. And a little payback! It's New Years Eve and poor Jimmy Zoole is having a day from hell. His all puppet Shakespeare play is a flop his beautiful girlfriend has just dumped him his beloved cat is in hospital and his flat has been broken into almost daily. But Jimmy takes the world by the throat when he captures a burglar in the act and decides to change from victim to boss! Actor Steve Guttenberg's directorial debut of comic misadventures is a hilarious pitch
The tale begins when a collage football star Will (Owen Benjamin - The House Bunny) arrives at All's Faire In Love... Renaissance Faire to work off his class non-attendance obligation to Prof. Shockworthy (Cedric The Entertainer - Barbershop, Madagascar 1, 2 & 3) by joining the rag-tag peasant Greenbriar Theatre Troupe. The same is true for Kate (Christina Ricci - Black Snake Moan, The Addams Family), a performer who left her investment banking opportunities to join her cousin Jo (Louise Griffiths) to blossom on stage and in Will's heart. Will and Kate get the chance to prove themselves when the Faire's chief benefactress (Ann-Margret - The Break Up, Grumpy Old Men) create the ultimate competition to determine who will be a Royal and who a Common Peasant threatening to hand over the Troupe's most coveted Shakespearean stage at the Faire - to the treacherous and devious Troupe of Royals lead by Rank (Chris Wylde). Will and Kate must overcome all manner of opposition and treachery to prove their worth, win the day and perhaps together fall in love.
A fugitive, an empty house, a rotting corpse . A man on the run from the law breaks into a dilapidated house and discovers the skeletal remains of the home owner. He sets out on a quest to reunite the dead man with his estranged son, with dire consequences that lead to horrific scenes and torment.
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