Chance Rating: 7.7/7961 Plot Summary:Modern day noir story about Psychiatrist Eldon Chance, who's in a rut. He's middle-aged, his wife wants a divorce, which might put a strain on his relationship with his astute teenage daughter he deeply cares about, and he's getting tired of his professional work. Chance's natural talent for psychoanalysis allows him … Read more
Dog Eat Dog Rating: 4.7/6481 Plot Summary:Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life. The California three strikes law looms over them, but … Read more
Phantom Boy Rating: 6.6/1130 Plot Summary:A super-powered boy helps a wheelchair-bound policeman in his attempt to bring down a mob kingpin. Director: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol Running time: 1h 24min Genre: Animation, Fantasy Release date: 20 November 2015 (Sweden) Cast: Edouard Baer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Audrey Tautou, Jackie Berroyer, Gaspard Gagnol, Noa Bernaoui-Savreux, Patrick Ridremont, Patrick … Read more
Donnie Darko Rating: 8.1/692422 Plot Summary:Donnie Darko doesn't get along too well with his family, his teachers, and his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him. He has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may … Read more
The Night Watchman Rating: 4.3/220 Plot Summary:After two years in prison by a affair with drugs, Jack Mayfield come backs to his tome together his brother Mike, his wife Alma and his little son Raymond. Looking for a second chance, Jack accepts a work offered by Mike, preacher of the town, as night watchman in … Read more
The Fourth Phase Rating: 7.1/1165 Plot Summary:Iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends embark on a multi-year mission to follow the North Pacific Gyre's flow. As Rice and the crew experience the highs and lows of a journey unlike any previously attempted, cutting-edge cinematography captures some of the world's most remote environments bringing breathtaking scenery and … Read more
The Dust Storm Rating: 5.8/414 Plot Summary:On a business trip to Nashville, Brennan finds himself reunited with the "Girl" who had previously broken his heart. Now, for one weekend in the city's music scene, a past and present romance will be reborn and challenged. Director: Anthony Baldino, Ryan Lacen Running time: 1h 36min Genre: Drama, … Read more
Swallows and Amazons Rating: 6.2/2324 Plot Summary:About two different groups of children who encounter one another on a small piece of land in a lake which they both live by. Both groups try to claim the land as theirs and do so role playing as two sets of enemy pirates. Whilst this happens they encounter … Read more
Kill Ratio Rating: 4.0/751 Plot Summary:An attack on the new President of a fledgling Eastern European democracy pits an American covert operative against the country's ruthless military leader determined to seize control of the government. Director: Paul Tanter Running time: 1h 26min Genre: Release date: 9 December 2016 (USA) Cast: Tom Hopper, Amy Huberman, Nick … Read more
Elvis Lives! Rating: 3.1/102 Plot Summary:Plagued by a heavy drug addiction and his failing voice, The King is desperate to make things right with himself, his deceased brother, and God. His attempts to get back on track are thwarted, however, after he helps the cops bring down a powerful crime syndicate-putting his family in danger … Read more
Hotel Noir Rating: 5.6/1194 Plot Summary:Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed. Director: Sebastian Gutierrez … Read more
Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket Rating: 5.7/474 Plot Summary:Vacationing on historic Nantucket Island, a teenage mystery writer and her friends must outwit two scheming thieves to solve the secret behind a legendary ghost story. Director: Paul Serafini Running time: 1h 32min Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery Release date: 9 August 2016 (USA) Cast: Bailee … Read more
Tokyo Fiancée Rating: 6.4/1786 Plot Summary:A young Japanophile Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student. Director: Stefan Liberski Running time: 1h 40min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Release date: 8 October 2014 (Belgium) Cast: Pauline Etienne, Taichi Inoue, Julie LeBreton, Alice de Lencquesaing, Akimi Ota, Hiroki Kageyama, Tokio Yokoi, … Read more
The Thinning Rating: 5.6/7916 Plot Summary:"The Thinning" takes place in a future plagued by overcrowding where population control is dictated by a high-school aptitude test. When two students (Logan Paul and Peyton List) discover the test is smoke and mirrors hiding a larger conspiracy, they must fight the system to expose it and take it … Read more
Red Scorpion Rating: 5.1/7613 Plot Summary:Hesitating in the moment he is about to kill the rebel leader, Nikolai fails and is captured. Rather than being killed outright, he is forced to undergo a shamanic initiation ritual. The ingestion of the poison of a local scorpion, and his initiation ceremony, including scarification (a scorpion), give him … Read more
The People vs. Fritz Bauer Rating: 7.1/3467 Plot Summary:The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice. Director: Lars Kraume Running time: 1h 45min Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller Release date: 1 October 2015 (Germany) Cast: Rüdiger Klink, Burghart Klaußner, Andrej Kaminsky, Jörg Schüttauf, Carolin Stähler, Sebastian Blomberg, Michael Schenk, … Read more
Bad Santa Rating: 7.1/126839 Plot Summary:Willie T. Stokes is a convicted con man who's led a miserable life. He drinks heavily and constantly embarrasses himself publicly. He only works once a year dressed as Santa. But then come Christmas Eve, he and his pint-sized helper dwarf Marcus stage elaborate robberies and take their department stores … Read more
American Honey Rating: 7.0/30672 Plot Summary:Star, a teenage girl with nothing to lose, joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits. Director: Andrea Arnold Running time: 2h 43min Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance … Read more
When the Bough Breaks Rating: 5.0/4626 Plot Summary:John and Laura Taylor (Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall) are a young, professional couple who desperately want a baby. After exhausting all other options, they finally hire Anna (Jaz Sinclair), the perfect woman to be their surrogate – but as she gets further along in her pregnancy, so … Read more
We Were Soldiers Rating: 7.2/120083 Plot Summary:A telling of the 1st Battalion, 7 Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division's battle against overwhelming odds in the La Drang valley of Vietnam in 1965. Seen through the eyes of the battalion's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson), we see him take command of the battalion … Read more
Platoon Rating: 8.1/348570 Plot Summary:Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt … Read more
Kazaam Rating: 2.9/21527 Plot Summary:Being a lone young boy in the 'hood" is dangerous and unpleasant. This is what Max experiences when he fools a gang of local toughs who cornered him at school. The gang finds out that the key he gave them is of no value in committing a robbery, and they chase … Read more
Judgment Night Rating: 6.6/14056 Plot Summary:Four pals are on their way to a boxing match, but get stuck in heavy traffic. To get to the boxing match in time they take the first exit they find to find another way to the venue. As they are driving around lost in gang-land they get stuck and … Read more
Good Morning, Vietnam Rating: 7.3/115496 Plot Summary:A new Disc Jockey is shipped from Crete to Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces Radio. He turns the studio on its ear and becomes wildly popular with the troops but runs afoul of the middle management who think he isn't G.I. enough. While he is off the … Read more