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0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: April 19, 2017 (limited) May 9, 2017 (limited) Documentary, Other Fathom Events, in partnership with Runner’s World, bring the first ever feature-length documentary about the world’s most legendary running race, the Boston Marathon, to select cinemas nationwide on Wednesday, April 19 only. BOSTON: An American Running Story tells the story of the oldest annually contested marathon in the world from its humble origins starting with only 15 runners to the present day....

16 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 27% 43% PG-13 | 1h 37m | Action, Adventure, Drama Watch Trailer CAPTIVE tells the true story of recovering meth addict Ashley Smith (Kate Mara), who was taken hostage in her own apartment by Brian Nichols (David Oyelowo), on the run as the subject of a city-wide manhunt. Turning for guidance to Rick Warren’s best-selling inspirational book, “The Purpose Driven Life,” Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to his own situation....

0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Drama Casualties of War was based on a New Yorker article by Daniel Lang. This, in turn, was inspired by a true incident which illustrated the dehumanizing aspects of the Vietnam experience. Michael J. Fox plays Eriksson, a member of an American squadron stationed in the deepest jungles of Southeast Asia. Sean Penn co-stars as Meserve, the squadron sergeant, who vows revenge after his best friend is killed....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy, Horror Watch Trailer A tale about a group of oddball high school students who find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies. Can they put their differences aside and work together to survive the night? Fat chance! This is High School after all. 0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy, Horror Watch Trailer A tale about a group of oddball high school students who find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 100% 50% 1h 39m | Comedy, Drama Watch Trailer A wannabe actress (Leah Goldstein) spirals into a self-destructive tailspin after the ex-boyfriend she broke up with to focus on her career takes up acting on a whim and immediately books a leading role. Director: Brian Robertson, Pavan Moondi Studio: Draper Street Films Producer(s): Brian Robertson, Pavan Moondi, Sarah Haywood Cast: Leah Goldstein, Nick Flanagan, Leah Wildman, Adam Gurfinkel...

10 votes and 3 Reviews | Write a Review 1h 0m | Comedy, Television Based on the novel series by Douglas Adams, season one of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency follows the titular amateur sleuth Dirk (Samuel Barnett) and his bitter assistant Todd (Elijah Wood) as they “holistically” investigate paranormal and supernatural crime cases. Director: Dean Parisot, Michael Patrick Jann, Paco Cabezas, Tamra Davis Studio: Producer(s): Ben Brafman, Marc David Alpert, Ted Adams...

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: May 17, 2013 (limited) Documentary, Drama In June 1040, when Nazi troops invaded France, an amazing rescue operation sprang into being. One man, on his own, defying the direct orders of his government, chose to grant visas out of Occupied France to an estimated 30,000 refugees including around 10,000 Jews. This remarkable true story has been described by historians as ’the largest rescue action by a single individual during the holocaust....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: March 3, 2017 (limited) Horror An ancient evil is unleashed in a small Alaskan town leaving a trail of death and destruction as it passes from host to host. The only hope of survival lies with a grizzled demon hunter who has faced this terror before. Together with a reluctant FBI agent he has to figure out how to destroy a demon with the ability to possess its killer....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama African filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun directed this lyrical tale of young man’s desire to come to terms with his tragic past. Ali Barkai plays a young man from the nation of Chad whose father was killed before he was born. Looking for some sort of closure in his life, the young man decides to find the man who murdered his father; when he does, he gets a job working for the killer, at once pondering vengeance but also struggling to come to a place of forgiveness....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 60% In Theaters: November 27, 2015 (limited) Documentary Bombs, war, angry bearded men, shrouded sobbing women, shattered cities: this is Iraq as seen through the eyes of the western media these days. These images are juxtaposed with those from the fifties and seventies: films with frivolous music, unveiled women who study, elegantly dressed men in Bagdad, a modern city. How did it come to this?...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama, Thriller Adapted from the same José Giovanni story that spawned Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic 1966 film of the same name, director/screenwriter Alain Corneau’s nail-biting thriller stars Daniel Auteuil as iconic French gangster Gustav Gu Minda and Monica Bellucci as the smoldering Manouche – whose love for the notorious criminal knows no bounds. As the 1950s draw to a close, vicious convict Gu stages a daring escape from the prison where he had been serving a life sentence....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama, Thriller A father and son live a reclusive lifestyle in the middle of nowhere. The man, a disillusioned mercenary, has his final target in sight - a gang of foreign revolutionaries who lay low in a nearby derelict compound. As the man closes in on his target the boy falls for the revolutionaries’ serving girl. Having spent his whole life in isolation the boy now discovers the warmth of friendship and the pleasures of something more....

2 votes and 0 Reviews 1h 29m | Comedy Watch Trailer Francois Gautier (Dany Boon) is the ultimate cheapskate, refusing to spend money on anything to the point of obsession. However, his frugal lifestyle is turned upside down when he a girl and a baby enter the mix. Not only does he fall in love, but he also discovers he fathered a child many years ago. As he tries to overcome his compulsion for the sake of love, his lies quickly begin to catch up with him....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama The ostensible focus of this film by Avi Nesher is the Jewish resistance movement in Palestine in 1942 when the Brits still held colonial power in the region. A Stern Gang (Jewish resistance) cell is set to take revenge on a cruel British officer who has condemned one of their members to death. Unfortunately, weak characterization and a flawed, uneven plot (certain plot developments are simply forgotten) undermine this basically valid concept....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Chance meetings provide the central theme for this Parisian film comprised of three loosely related episodes. The first, Le Rendez-vous de 7 heures, centers on Esther, who tries to make her womanizing boyfriend jealous by finding her own new lover. She finds a likely candidate in a Montmartre market; they begin talking and agree to meet at the Beaubourg cafe that night. There, he steals her wallet....

0 votes and 0 Reviews G | 1h 17m | Action, Adventure, Animation In this animated film, Chanticleer (Glen Campbell), a barnyard rooster, has convinced the other animals that his crowing makes the sun rise. When, one day, he forgets to crow and the sun comes up anyway, the secret is out. He heads for the big city in shame. But as massive storms and dark clouds stop the sun from appearing, the farm animals get worried, so a mouse named Peepers (Sandy Duncan) and a kitten called Edmond (Toby Scott Granger) lead the gang on a trip to find Chanticleer in the city....

4 votes and 2 Reviews | Write a Review 1h 24m | Animation, Comedy, Family Despite their class differences, Ajar, a desert snake, falls in love with Eva, a beautiful serpent who lives in a neighboring green oasis. When the latter is captured by a snake charmer, Ajar goes to her rescue, with the help of his scorpion friend, Pitt. Director: Pierre Coré Studio: StudioCanal Producer(s): Christian Ronget, Claude Léger, Eric Altmeyer, Michel Cortey, Nicolas Altmeyer, Pierre Coré...

6 votes and 0 Reviews Action, Adventure, Animation A long time ago, before Mamoru left planet Earth, he gave a single rose to a young boy who helped him in a crash that killed his parents. Now, that young boy Fiore is searching for a special flower to return the favor. The mysterious flower he finds, however, has a destructive power. It’s up to Sailor Moon and the Sailor Guardians to save the world and save Mamoru....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: November 19, 1999 (limited) Drama While working in her lab, Sylvie catches her younger brother Paul stealing a gun she keeps in a drawer. Paul believes a man named Walser murdered their father by pushing him off a train, a death that was orginally ruled a suicide. Sylvie tries to shield her younger brother by trying to shoot Walser herself. However, Walser is an emigma and Sylvie will have to be constantly on her guard lest he quickly get the upper hand....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Action, Adventure Paramount’s answer to Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) also involved mutiny and romance on the high seas. Gary Cooper stars as Nuggin Taylor, first mate on a slave ship in 1842. Ironically, Nuggin is an abolitionist. When a mutiny overthrows the ship’s skipper and leaves him in charge, he frees his cargo. Back in England, charges against Nuggin and his fellow shipmate Powdah (George Raft) are dropped....