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Directed by Jon AvnetOrigin USAGenres Drama,
WarThemes Political filmsActors Elijah Wood,
Kevin Costner,
Mare Winningham,
Lexi Randall,
Lucas Black,
Christine BaranskiRating66%
Stephen, a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran, returns from a mental hospital, which he entered voluntarily because he was suffering from nightmares about the war and had in consequence lost three jobs in a row. After having been treated and finally coming home again, he gets a new job as custodial engineer at a grammar school, but loses it again within less than one week because of a law forbidding people who spent time in a mental hospital to work within the vicinity of children. However, the Simmons family desperately needs money, so Stephen continues looking for work, and finds a job picking potatoes. There he makes friends with a man called Moe Henry, with whose help he succeeds in obtaining a job working in a mine - his best one yet.Genres ComedyActors Sandra Bernhard,
Victoria Longley,
Celia Ireland,
Rose Byrne,
David NgoombujarraRating50%
Dallas Adair is an American consultant brought to Australia to advise on a new golf course project. On the plane from L.A. she meets the son of one of her bosses when there's a near crash landing, after which Dallas moves into their bourgeois home, which also includes a frustrated wife and a UFO freak teen daughter. , 2h2
Directed by Peter GreenawayOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Horror,
HistoricalActors Julia Ormond,
Ralph Fiennes,
Philip Stone,
Don Henderson,
Jessica Hynes,
Kathryn HunterRating69%
A town cursed with barren women and famine is saved by a miracle birth to an old, ugly woman: the Mother. Immediately afterwards, the old woman's Daughter (Ormond) claims to have delivered the baby herself in a virgin birth. She imprisons the Mother and begins to exploit the Baby by selling blessings to the desperate townspeople of Mâcon. , 1h48
Directed by Peter MedakOrigin USAGenres Drama,
AdventureActors Ted Danson,
Mary Steenburgen,
J. C. Quinn,
Cathy Moriarty,
Max Gail,
John SchuckRating56%
The film takes place in the summer of 1969, when NASA astronauts successfully landed on the moon for the first time, in the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Katherine, suffering from panic attacks caused by an automobile accident which resulted in the loss of their unborn child, refuses to leave the house, while Washington is a man of adventure who enjoys travel and experiencing life. As a result of the conflict between the two, eleven-year-old son Andy (Ryan Todd) has never traveled in a car, nor has he ever left town., 1h30
Directed by Vincent PatersonGenres Comedy,
AnimationActors Kathy Najimy,
Matt Frewer,
Christopher Lloyd,
Robin Williams,
Graham Jarvis,
Brady BluhmRating70%
A reporter named Kathy Lane comes to Theodor Geisel's home in order to do a report on the famous Dr. Seuss, where she meets a strange character. When Kathy asks to use him as a source, he reveals himself to be the Cat in the Hat. Curiosity allows her to open a magical book labeled "Open a book, open up your imagination", which pulls her into the world of Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat character shows Kathy a door which leads to a beach. On the beach, they read The Sneetches. Kathy then falls into a kitchen where she meets Mr. Hunch from Hunches in Bunches. They eat lunch and read McElligot's Pool., 1h13
Directed by David NutterOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
ActionActors Tim Thomerson,
Ty Miller,
Rona Hartner,
Terri Ivens,
Mark Arnold,
Alan OppenheimerRating46%
Jack's back for one more round with the Trancers. Jack Deth must attempt to find his way home from the other-dimensional world of Orpheus, where magic works and the Trancers were the ruling class (before Trancers 4, that is). Unfortunately, Jack's quest to find the mystical Tiamond in the Castle of Unrelenting Terror may be thwarted by the return of Caliban, king of the Trancers and once thought dead., 1h29
Directed by James YukichOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Martial arts,
Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
Martial artsThemes Films about computing,
Jeu,
Sports films,
Films set in the future,
Martial arts films,
Films about video games,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Films based on video games,
Gangster filmsActors Marc Dacascos,
Scott Wolf,
Robert Patrick,
Alyssa Milano,
Julia Nickson-Soul,
Kristina WagnerRating39%
Koga Shuko, a crime lord and businessman, explains to his underlings about a powerful, magic medallion called the Double Dragon, which has been split into two pieces. He obtains one half and orders his henchmen to find him the other., 2h3
Directed by Kenneth BranaghOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Horror,
RomanceThemes Films about computing,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Frankenstein films,
Cyberpunk filmsActors Robert De Niro,
Kenneth Branagh,
Tom Hulce,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Aidan Quinn,
Rory JenningsRating63%
"I busied myself to think of a story which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror; one to make the reader dread to look around, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart."
In 1794, Captain Walton leads a daring, but troubled, expedition to reach the North Pole. While their ship is trapped in the ice of the Arctic Sea, Walton and his crew discover a man traveling across the Arctic on his own. The man reveals that his name is Victor Frankenstein and begins his tale.