Archive for February, 2009
The Summit (2008)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 64 Description: Set on the eve of the next G8 Summit, this miniseries follows a mother’s desperate struggle to bring justice to her murdered son, fallen victim to a corrupt pharmaceutical company.
Christian Blake (2008)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Horror Votes: 56 Description: Christian Blake is the story of a solitary young man growing up with his closest friend Steve. Unable to handle Steve’s flowering relationship with Lucy, Christian becomes obsessed, with tragic consequences. Years later, in a barely functioning mental asylum run by the sadistic Dr Rush [...]
8 Mile
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Drama Votes: 1071 Description: A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make the most of what could be his final opportunity but his problems around gives him doubts.
The Band (2009)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 13 Description: When lead singer Jimmy Taranto dumps his girlfriend Candy then his rock band Gutter Filth, Candy decides to take his place in the band. Together with anal bass player GB, cross-dressing drummer Dee and Jennifer their loyal manager, they begin a journey to stardom. While their [...]
Karl Rove, I Love You (2007)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Comedy Votes: 49 Description: Election Year, 2004. A documentary on the “unknown supporting actor” takes a surprising turn when the lead of the film (Dan Butler; “Bulldog” from the television series “Frasier”) becomes smitten with the idea of playing Karl Rove, President Bush’s notorious senior advisor. Initially bent on [...]
The Soloist (2009)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Drama Votes: 221 Description: Journalist Steve Lopez discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers , a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives.
Chip Factor (2007) 2
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Science Fiction Votes: 33 Description: Five people take part in a study in which they are implanted with either a chip that makes them physically stronger or mentally stronger and investors watch to see which side wins.
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 15 Description: Harry Mitchell, an L.A. manufacturer with a fancy car, a nice house, and a wife running for city council, has his life overturned when three hooded blackmailers appear with a video tape of Harry and his young mistress. He’s been set up, and they want $100,000. [...]
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 29 Description: Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
Junebug (2005)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Comedy Votes: 82 Description: A dealer in outsider art threatens the equilibrium of her middle-class in-laws in North Carolina. Madeline is a go-getting art gallery owner from Chicago, recently married to George, a near-perfect Southern beau. When Madeline needs to close a deal with a reclusive North Carolina artist, [...]
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Thriller Votes: 42 Description: Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal [...]
500 Nations (1995)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 28 Description: 500 Nations is an eight part documentary which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and colonization, to the end of the 19th century and the subjugation of the Plains Indians of [...]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 79 Description: Robert Ford, who’s idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader. more The last months of Jesse James’s life, from meeting Robert Ford, a 19-year-old who idolizes Jesse, to the [...]
Jumper (2008)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Action Votes: 363 Description: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between “Jumpers” and those who have sworn to kill them.
Chip Factor (2007) 1
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Science Fiction Votes: 48 Description: Five people take part in a study in which they are implanted with either a chip that makes them physically stronger or mentally stronger and investors watch to see which side wins.
The Showdown (2009)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Action Votes: 66 Description: U.S. Marshal Canfield finds himself up against the local gang of horse thieves and gunslingers in a showdown to save his love Dixie and her son from death.
Children of the Corn (2009)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 47 Description: From Donald P. Borchers comes the resurrection of the most unholy shocker of all: It’s 1975, and a young married couple – Vietnam vet Burt (David Anders of Alias and Heroes) and preacher’s daughter Vicki (Kandyse McClure of Battlestar Galactica) – are driving cross-country straight into [...]
48 Hrs. (1982)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 14 Description: Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and [...]
The Art of War 3: Retribution (2008)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Action Votes: 43 Description: When international diplomacy comes up short, extreme measures must be taken. In the newest installment of The Art of War, Agent Neil Shaw, played by Naughty By Nature’s sensation, Treach, is on a covert mission to stop North Korean terrorists from obtaining a nuclear bomb. [...]
Julie & Julia (2009)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 85 Description: Julia Child’s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book.
The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi (2009)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 43 Description: Dr. Anna Fugazzi is a young, attractive psychologist with a loving and devoted (albeit freakish) boyfriend, plenty of stimulating friends, and a bright future ahead of her. But beneath her perfect life and calm exterior lies a deadly secret that she herself cannot imagine, much less [...]
Children of Men (2006)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Science Fiction Votes: 107 Description: Set in 2027, when no child has been born for 18 years and science is at loss to explain the reason, African and East European societies collapse and their dwindling populations migrate to England and other wealthy nations. In a climate of nationalistic violence, [...]
45 R.P.M. (2008)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Votes: 30 Description: In the Autumn of 1960, a fluke atmospheric weather condition allows a young teenager, Parry Tender, to receive a radio broadcast from New York City. Nestled in the Northern town of Goose Lake, Saskatchewan, Parry believes the contest the New York radio D.J. is running may [...]
The Answer Man (2009)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Comedy Votes: 78 Description: Everyone wants to meet Arlen Faber, the world famous author of the best-selling spiritual book “Me and God”, but crotchety, disgruntled Arlen simply wants to be left alone – and so far he’s been successful in keeping his identity a secret. But all that changes [...]
Joy Ride: Dead Ahead (2008)
Date of Release: Not Available Genre: Action Votes: 44 Description: Four young adults en route to Las Vegas for a concert take a lethal side trip, and when their beater of a car breaks down, they make the fatal error of stealing a car belonging to depraved, homicidal, sadistic, maniacal, sociopathic trucker Rusty Nail.
