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0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama John Cusack and James Spader play against type in Kevin Wade’s morality play, directed by Herbert Ross. Spader plays Tim Gerrity, a well-heeled WASP blueblood, who has dedicated his life to justice and public service. Engaged to Diana Stiles (Imogene Stubbs), the daughter of a powerful senator (Richard Widmark), Tim seems to have a rosy future ahead of him. Enter Peter Burton (John Cusack), Peter’s working-class roommate at the University of Virginia....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: November 3, 2017 (limited) Documentary On the morning of Election Day 2016, Americans of all stripes woke up and went about living their radically different lives. These were the hours leading up to Donald Trump’s unexpected, earth-shaking victory, but, of course, no one knew that yet. With 11/8/16, producer/creator Jeff Deutchman’s second installment in his election film series, viewers are afforded a uniquely cinematic look at the chaotic glory of American democracy from sea to shining sea....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy, Musical The film tells the tale of Buddy, a struggling NYC musician touring the northeast with his pet turtle. Buddy’s neighbor Susan seeks an opportunity for escape from her abusive boyfriend, and tags along on Buddy’s tour. From a rough biker bar to a 100-year-old’s birthday party and other odd stops along the way, Buddy and Susan come to realize that it’s not the road’s end that matters, but rather the road itself....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: March 30, 2018 (limited) Drama, Romance After Louie follows Sam (Tony Award® winner Alan Cumming), an artist and activist from ACT UP who lived through the early years of HIV/AIDS - a man scarred and still struggling with survivor’s guilt. Cemented into an oppressive past, he is bewildered by a younger generation of carefree gay men with their uninhibited use of social media, sexting, and seeming political indifference....

0 votes and 0 Reviews 1h 48m | Documentary Watch Trailer Exploring the life and work of André Gregory, ground-breaking director, actor, writer, artist and raconteur, filmed by award-winning filmmaker Cindy Kleine, his wife. Through her close-up lens, Cindy introduces us to this cultural icon and master storyteller in a film woven with unexpected twists and turns. Before And After Dinner touches on universal questions: where does art come from? What experiences ultimately shape the life, the preoccupations, and the work of an artist?...

4 votes and 0 Reviews R | 1h 40m | Action, Adventure, Fantasy Watch Trailer In the year 2154, a group of young men and women awake in a dark claustrophobic maze. They don’t remember who they are or how they got stuck in the Black Labyrinth of Andron. The group must learn to decipher codes, understand the signals and beat the tests in this mysterious and bizarre place. Out of necessity they struggle to form a bond to survive, while the outside world watches and wagers on their fate....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama A young man who has left the countryside to come to the city, earns his keep by pulling a little cart around, delivering small items for merchants and others. One day he helps the manager of a textile factory deliver some items to his home, and the wealthier man befriends him because he is from the same part of the countryside as he is. This puts him in a position to observe what happens next, for the manager is caught between his exploitative and cruel boss and the workers in the factory, and his sympathies lie with the workers....

116 votes and 44 Reviews | Write a Review Rotten Tomatoes® Score 51% 93% In Theaters: October 25, 2019 On DVD/Blu-ray: January 21, 2020 On Digital/VOD: December 31, 2019 R | 1h 27m | Action, Adventure, Thriller Watch Trailer A rookie African-American female cop (Naomie Harris) happens across corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer. With the incident captured on her body cam, the bad cops chase her through the night in an attempt to silence her and destroy the incriminating footage....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 83% 74% In Theaters: July 29, 1970 G | 1h 51m | Action, Western John Wayne toplines this biography of the cattle owner John Simpson Chisum, a controversial figure who was the most powerful man in New Mexico during the Wild West era. A founder and prominent citizen in the town of Lincoln, Chisum is slow to act when ruthless land baron Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker) moves in on several local businesses and takes them over....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: July 31, 2015 (limited) Documentary In fifteen linked chapters shot in locations ranging from Moscow to New York to Istanbul, Counting merges city symphony, diary film, and personal/political essay to create a vivid portrait of contemporary life. Perhaps the most personal of Cohen’s films (Museum Hours, Chain, Instrument, Benjamin Smoke), Counting measures street life, light and time, noting not only surveillance and overdevelopment but resistance and its phantoms as manifested in music, animals and everyday magic....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: January 5, 2018 (limited) R | Horror A reimagining of George A. Romero’s cult classic, DAY OF THE DEAD: BLOODLINE is set in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world where a former med school student is tormented by a dark figure from her past. The only thing is, he’s a half-human, half-zombie hell-bent on destroying her world. 0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: January 5, 2018 (limited)...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Horror With their best attempt at a wholesome family vacation already being sabotaged by f-bombs and baser desires, three teenage friends are suddenly sent careening on a detour into over-the-top, gory horror in this ode to ’80s genre flicks from Peter Ricq (whose band HUMANS supplies the synth score). Thanks to the equal attention lavished on characters and physical comedy/carnage (courtesy of first-rate practical effects), this severed-tongue-in-cheek film’s blunt-force trauma packs all the more punch....

0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Drama Watch Trailer For Mike and Rodney, life is good at the Treadline Tire Company. As topline salesmen, they strut through the cubicles, taunt smarmy underling Ken “Don’t Call Me Kenny!” Castro, hold court at their exclusive lunch room table, and cavort at strip clubs with their boss Bob Farrell. But when Farrell’s unexpected “departure” puts Castro in charge, the guys find themselves demoted and demoralized....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary, Family In July of 1956, the Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, won a trip to the newly opened park, Disneyland, located in Anaheim, California. Robbins and Meg Barstow, along with their children Mary, David and Daniel were among 25 families who won a free trip to the theme park as part of a “Scotch Brand Cellophane Tape” contest sponsored by 3M. Robbins Barstow made a 30-minute documentary on the family’s trip....

0 votes and 0 Reviews PG | Family As the title says, this magic-dusted bit of enchantment is based on the famous “fairy’ pictures, which were shot during World War I by two young English girls and captured the attention of, among others, Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 0 votes and 0 Reviews PG | Family As the title says, this magic-dusted bit of enchantment is based on the famous “fairy’ pictures, which were shot during World War I by two young English girls and captured the attention of, among others, Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: October 6, 2000 R | 1h 51m | Action, Adventure, Drama Hit man Jack Carter returns home for his brother’s funeral, and is soon investigating the events that led to his death. Director: Mike Hodges Producer(s): Michael Klinger Cast: John Osborne, Tony Beckley, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Dorothy White, Rosemarie Dunham, Petra Markham, Bryan Mosley 0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: October 6, 2000...

0 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 81% 67% Drama Kim, Bella and Momo, three bullied teenaage girls are going through the throes of finding themselves. Surrounded by a dark world of teenage violence, marginalization and sexual confusion, the girls have only each other. A seismic shift happens when they discover a curious plant in their beloved greenhouse. It turns out to have mysterious magical qualities that, when consumed, transforms the girls temporarily into boys....

0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Celu Qui Doit Mourir (He Who Must Die) represented director Jules Dassin’s first professional collaboration with his future wife, Greek actress Melina Mercouri. Filmed on the island of Crete, the story concerns the efforts by the townspeople to stage their annual Passion Play. The priest in charge of the play, anxious not to rock the boat with the occupying Turks, refuses aid and comfort to a rebellious priest from a battle-scarred village....

0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: October 2, 2015 (limited) R | Action, Adventure, Animation Three friends embark on a wayward journey into the deepest, darkest depths of hell to rescue one of their own. While navigating their escape, they provoke a slew of misfit demons, a super sexy angel, infamous Greek legends, and the Devil himself. 0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: October 2, 2015 (limited) R | Action, Adventure, Animation...

8 votes and 5 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: July 22, 2016 (limited) 1h 56m | Comedy, Drama Five Canadian friends, after a night of hard-partying, travel across the American border to buy milk at a cheaper price. Their expedition takes them across the Freeway 5, an iconic highway which extends across the entire West Coast, all the way from Canada to Mexico. What starts out as a simple trip turns into an epic adventure and a lesson in life, love, and friendship....