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| Journey to the Center of the Earth
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH is based on Jules Verne's 1864 novel. A scientist heads out on a treacherous journey to the center of the earth. With him are an intrepid student, an Icelandic guide and the widow of a geologist who steals his information in an attempt to beat him to the earth's core. Along the way the group are confronted by all manner of dangerous obstacles: excessive heat and cold, gale force winds, and tremendous floods. (2 hrs. 12 min.) | | |
| Fight Club
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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|  You are not your job. You are not how much you have in the bank. You are not the contents of your wallet. You are not your khakis. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. What happens first is you can't sleep. What happens then is there's a gun in your mouth. And what happens next is you meet Tyler Durden. Let me tell you about Tyler. He had a plan. In Tyler we trusted. Tyler says the things you own, end up owning you. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Fight Club represents that kind of freedom. First rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club. Second rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club. Tyler says self-improvement is masturbation. Tyler says self-destruction might be the answer. (2 hrs. 19 min.) | | |
| The Girl Next Door
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | An ambitious high school senior, Matthew (Hirsch), with dreams of a career in politics is overjoyed to discover that his new neighbor, 19-year-old Danielle (Cuthbert), is absolutely beautiful, and they fall in love quickly, head over heels. Their relationship is put to the test, however when he discovers (along with the rest of the town, eventually) that she used to be a... porn star. (1 hr. 48 min.) | | |
| A League of Their Own
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | In 1943 when the ranks of professional male baseball players were leaving for the war, a group of ladies left their homes to become part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and kept baseball alive for a grateful nation. This is their story. Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) is the team's most gifted player,and the camaraderie and jealousy with her sister (Lori Petty) is part of this film's charm and complexity. Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) is the drunken ex-player and slob manager who eventually brings the team to success. Directed by Penny Marshall (BIG, AWAKENINGS) and also starring Madonna, Jon Lovitz and Bill Pullman. (2 hrs. 8 min.) | | |
| Navy SEALs - Buds Class 234
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | Navy SEAL cadets are pushed past their limits in this gripping six-part miniseries that follows 83 men as they struggle through a punishing six-month training course. Enduring mile-long swims through icy water, anxiety-inducing combat scuba dives, and heart-pounding live-fire missions, most of them won't make it. But the fearless few will be forged into a hardened military unit that represents one of the highest levels of military achievement. This set includes the episodes "Welcome to BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL)," "It Pays to Be a Winner," "Two Weeks and a Long Day," "Hell Week," "The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday," and "The Home Stretch." | | |
| Parenthood
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | The Buckmans are a modern-day family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the "right" way. At the center of the storm is Gil, who manages to keep his unique sense of humor while maintaining his career, and being a loving husband and parent. (2 hrs.) | | |
| Now and Then
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | Melanie Griffith, Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, and Rita Wilson star as adults who have been friends since childhood in this nostalgic dramedy. The four women reunite when one of them is about to give birth. This gives them the chance to reminisce about the summer of 1970, a time when they first experienced puppy love, shared girlish secrets, discussed sex and boys, battled bullies, and attempted to solve a murder mystery. The strong bonds these young women forged back then endured despite the passing years and their different fates. Now they have the chance to reaffirm that powerful friendship on a joyous, special occasion. Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffman, and Ashleigh Ashton Moore earn most of the screen time as the younger version of the adult women. (1 hr. 37 min.) | | |
| Richard Simmons - Disco Sweat
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | Work out with Ricard Simmons and break a sweat with DISCO SWEAT, another addition to Richard Simmons' large series of fitness programs. | | |
| The Jazz Singer
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| In New York City, Yussel Rabinowitz (Neil Diamond) trains to be a cantor. Although his father (Laurence Olivier) and wife, Rivka (Catlin Adams), don't approve, he also sings and writes songs for a black soul group under the name Jess Robin. When the group gets an opportunity in California, their leader, Bubba (Franklyn Ajaye), asks Jess to join them. Reluctantly, Rivka and his father let him go. In Los Angeles, Jess meets record company executive Molly Bell (Lucie Arnaz). Impressed by his music, she tries to promote him. However, Jess still struggles and is about to give up when Molly gets him a solo TV spot. Just as Jess seems set for stardom, Rivka and his father arrive to plead for his return.
Samson Raphaelson's play about a talented singer's attempts to break away from a restrictive religious family was first filmed in 1927--when it became the first talkie. This--the third version--was made in 1980. Directed by Richard Fleischer after another director was dismissed, the film focuses on Molly's struggles to find opportunities for Jess, then on Jess's subsequent concert performances. Neil Diamond carries the film, singing his own songs with verve. (1 hr. 56 min.) | | |
| XXX
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | Vin Diesel stars as former extreme sports athlete Xander "XXX" Cage, notorious for his death defying public stunts. Betting he can succeed where other conventional spies have failed, Xander is recruited by NSA Agent Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) to become a completely different kind of undercover agent. Enlisted for a dangerous covert mission, he must use all his extreme skills to combat a clever, organized, and ruthless enemy far beyond the scope of his experience. (2 hrs. 4 min.) | | |
| Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | Based on the hit Disney television show, HANNAH MONTANA/MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT TOUR 3-D provides dedicated fans an all-access pass to the Best of Both Worlds concert tour. Leaving behind character Miley Stewart, the concert instead splits time between pop phenom Hannah Montana and Cyrus, who assumes the role of Montana's "ordinary girl" alter ego. Footage of the concert is interspersed with numerous behind-the-scene vignettes. Among these are pre-tour rehearsals--orchestrated by HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL impresario Kenny Ortega--and a touching jam session with father Billy Ray Cyrus. Also included are ecstatic fan testimonials and the film's most humorous moment, in which fathers race each other in high-heeled shoes for the chance to win concert tickets and backstage passes. Montana/Cyrus is joined on stage by the Jonas Brothers, who whip up the crowd with their own brand of high-energy pop. The film employs most of its 3-D tricks in the opening credits then pulls back the reins to focus on giving viewers the next best thing to actually being at the show. Filled with fist-pumping anthems ("Girls Night Out," "Nobody's Perfect," and the title track), BEST OF BOTH WORLDS remains true to the television show's dual personality theme: through good times and bad, every girl is her own superstar. For fans and parents alike, it's a wholesome and empowering message wrapped up in pure infectious fun. (1 hr. 15 min.) | | |
| The Wiz
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | In this Sidney Lumet-directed Motown rendition of THE WIZARD OF OZ, Diana Ross plays a soulful Dorothy, accompanied by a cast peppered with R&B stars such as Roberta Flack and Luther Vandross. (2 hrs. 13 min.) | | |
| Live Nude Girls
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | When Jamie, who's already been wed and divorced numerous times, accepts yet another marriage proposal, her wildly varied group of girlfriends throw a bachelorette party at a local restaurant. There, the women gab about sexual frustrations and fantasies. (1 hr. 33 min.) | | |
| The Burning
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | Tony Maylam directs this 1981 horror film about a summercamp terrorized by a vengeful caretaker who was burned badly by a camper prank years before. (1 hr. 30 min.) | | |
| The Notebook
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | As a man (Garner) reads from a faded notebook to the woman (Rowlands) he regularly visits, his words bring to life the story of a couple (Gosling and McAdams) who are separated by World War II, then passionately reunited 7 years later, after they have taken different paths. Though her memory has faded, his words give her the chance to relive her turbulent youth and the unforgettable love they shared. (2 hrs. 1 min.) | | |
| The Bachelor
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | Chris O'Donnell stars in this comic tale of a commitment-shy bachelor who must rectify his ways if he wants to receive a multimillion dollar inheritance from his deceased grandfather. After ruining a genuine proposal with a pathetic statement, Jimmie Shannon's (O'Donnell) girlfriend Anne (Renee Zellweger) leaves him. When he realizes his grandfather's only stipulation--that he get married by 6:05 on his 30th birthday--happens to be the very next day, the hunt is on for a bride-to-be. Armed with his friend (Artie Lange) and a ready-to-marry priest (James Cromwell), Jimmie spends the next 24 hours tracking down his former girlfriends, trying to find a suitable partner. THE BACHELOR is a remake of Buster Keaton's SEVEN CHANCES (1925). (1 hr. 41 min.) | | |
| Girl in Gold Boots
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | In this 1969 drama that would make Nancy Sinatra and her walkin' boots proud, sexy Leslie McRae (DEATH RACE 2000) stars as Michele, an aspiring professional dancer. When she takes a chance and moves to L.A. with just a pair of gold boots to her name, she ended up entangled in fame's crime-filled underbelly. | | |
| High School Musical
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens star in this Disney Channel Original Movie as popular basketball team captain Troy and smart, stunning academic Gabriella. Both shock the members of the social cliques to which they belong when they each decide to audition for the high school's musical. By proving themselves to be brilliant performers, can these two teens lead their peers towards more open-minded thinking and acceptance of one another? HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL is a family-appropriate feature filled with hip music, popular dance moves, and tons of school spirit. | | |
| Love & Basketball
June 1, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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| | LOVE AND BASKETBALL is the powerful story of two next-door neighbors in Los Angeles who grow up loving basketball and, eventually, each other. Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) have wanted to be basketball stars since they were kids. Monica has had to work hard to establish herself as a presence, while Quincy was born with natural star potential. As the two struggle to reach their goals of playing professionally, they must also deal with their feelings for each other. (2 hrs. 4 min.) | | |
| Sex and a Girl
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Set in the 1970s, SEX AND A GIRL stars Angela Gots as 16-year-old Alex, an aspiring ballerina and product of two ultra-liberal hippy parents. Though hers would appear to be an easy upbringing, things become quite turbulent when Alex's parents announce they are getting divorced. This event throws Angela into distress and eventually into a courtship with her mother's ex-lover. Funny and serious all at once, SEX AND A GIRL costars Allison Lohman (WHITE OLEANDER), Soleil Moon Frye (PUNKY BREWSTER), and Danny Masterson (THAT 70s SHOW). (1 hr. 36 min.) | | |
| The Other Side of Heaven
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | John Groberg (Christopher Gorham), a farm kid from Idaho Falls, crosses an ocean to become a missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan islands during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean (Anne Hathaway). Through letters and musings across the sky, John shares his humbling and sometimes hilarious adventures with "the girl back home," and her letters buoy up his spirits in difficult times. John must struggle to overcome language barriers, physical hardship and deep-rooted suspicion to earn the trust and love of the Tongan people he has come to serve. Throughout his adventure-filled three years on the islands, he discovers friends and wisdom in the most unlikely places. John Groberg's Tongan odyssey will change his life forever. (1 hr. 53 min.) | | |
| Braveheart
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning epic based on the life of legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an heirless king, Wallace (Mel Gibson) finds the political landscape precarious. Edward the Longshanks, King of England (Patrick McGoohan), has captured Scotland's throne and threatens the freedom of all Scottish people, as tyrannical policies instituted by the English plague the Scots. Initially, Wallace is content to stand by the wayside, yearning for the simple life of building a home and raising a family. However, when the woman he loves (Catherine McCormack) suffers a cruel fate at the hands of English soldiers, Wallace takes a stand against the new rule. With his fierce patriotism and determination, he gathers an amateur but passionately rebellious army. Although this makeshift force may be outnumbered by the English troops, their desperation and love for their land surpass any military maneuvers, as evidenced in the film's breathtaking battle sequences. (2 hrs. 59 min.) | | |
| M*A*S*H
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Surgical hijinks unfold as ace Army cutters subvert the Korean War, drive lieutenants over the edge, chase after wary nurses, and have fun with syringes during an epic football game--all the while remembering that they're living in the backdrop of a seemingly senseless war zone. (1 hr. 56 min.) | | |
| The Sure Thing
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| When free-spirited but juvenile Walter "Gib" Gibson (John Cusack) meets studious, uptight Alison Bradbury (Daphne Zuniga) at an unnamed Ivy League college, sparks fly; unfortunately, they are mostly of the disastrous variety as all of Gib's attempts at courtship fall painfully apart. Inevitably, the duo is tossed together when they both answer the same ad for a ride to California. While Alison is traveling to reunite with her tidy law school boyfriend, Gib is on the road to meet a beautiful girl his best friend promises him is "a sure thing." Before too long, Gib and Alison's bickering inflames the driver, who promptly deposits the two with their suitcases on the side of a lonely highway thousands of miles from their destination. As the misadventures pile up, the initially contentious pair begin to take a liking to one another--but do these two dare fall in love?
Rob Reiner's initial attempt at romantic comedy pays subtle homage, with gentle lyricism, to the classic screwballs of early Hollywood. The film is buoyed by the stellar performances of the two leads, Cusack (in one of his first significant roles) and Zuniga, who are reminiscent of the great studio pairings of the past. (1 hr. 34 min.) | | |
| Original Sin
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | A noir mystery set in the exotic world of Cuba in the late 1800s. Luis Antonio Vargas, a wealthy coffee merchant, arranges a marriage through the mail but discovers that the woman who arrives to share his house is an imposter with an eye on his fortune. When he arrives at the docks to meet Julia Russell, he is amazed to find that she is not the simple woman he was expecting. Though happier than he ever imagined, the surprises continue until the story takes a fateful turn. This is the story about the dangerous and sometimes lethal power of love. (1 hr. 56 min.) | | |
| Titanic
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | An undersea expedition searching for a valuable diamond aboard the wreckage of the Titanic instead finds a drawing of seventeen-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater, on the way to her wedding to a wealthy tycoon. While Rose falls in love with Jack Dawson, a free-spirited artist and third-class passenger who ignites the unquenchable fires of passion inside her, the hubris of the ship's crew tempts them to test the cross-Atlantic speed record--smack into an iceberg. A rightfully celebrated, no-holds-barred, boffo blockbuster, with enough heart and soul to balance its extravagant special effects and record-breaking budget. (3 hrs. 17 min.) | | |
| Cheaper by the Dozen 2
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | The Baker family goes on vacation, which turns into a head-to-head competition with a rival neighborhood family of eight children. (1 hr. 40 min.) | | |
| Daniel O'Donnell - Branson Encore
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | The lengthy musical career of Daniel O'Donnell has seen the popular Irish star wow fans across the globe with his subtle folk melodies. This two-part program takes shape with a concert from O'Donnell that was filmed for PBS. Additionally, fans get a chance to witness the small town where Daniel grew up, as a camera crew and the man himself descend on Kincasslagh in Ireland. | | |
| Coyote Ugly
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | In COYOTE UGLY, an aspiring songwriter, Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo), leaves her small-town home and her supportive father (John Goodman) for New York City in hopes of starting a music career. But life in the big city is harder than she imagined. Feeling defeated, and unemployed, she hears about a job opening at a bar called Coyote Ugly, and persuades the bar owner, Lil (Mario Bello), to give her a chance among the bar's beautiful brigade of bartenders. When Violet arrives for work the bouncer tells her it's a quiet night, but when she goes inside the bar she is hit by a wall of throbbing music and howling men. Two women are atop the bar, pulling a customer back over it, pulling up his shirt, and pouring beer on his chest. Welcome to COYOTE UGLY. How will Violet deal with the bar? How will it deal with her? What of her songwriting plans? Inside this raucous, raunchy movie, coproduced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (FLASHDANCE), is a sweet romance between Violet and Kevin (Adam Garcia), a refreshing escape from the chaos of the bar. (1 hr. 34 min.) | | |
| Envy Girls
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | The four ladies of ENVY GIRLS show everyone how to get toned abs, tight glutes, slim arms, or sleek legs worthy coveting. Each episode in this four-pack focuses on a single body part with a twenty-minute full workout and a five-minute touch-up. Eliana targets abs, Natasha tackles butt muscles, Vala tones legs, and Yvette takes on arms in this set from the producers of CARMEN ELECTRA'S AEROBIC STRIPTEASE. These girls may be models, but the exercises are simple and fun. | | |
| Girl
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Bored with her privileged, straightlaced life, eighteen-year-old Andrea Marr (Dominique Swain from LOLITA) decides to spend her final summer before college seeking out "life" experience and pursuing boys. Tagging along with some classmates struggling to start a band, she immerses herself into Portland's underground music scene, where she encounters the dreamy, angst-ridden Todd Sparrow (Sean Patrick Flanery, YOUNG INDIANA JONES)--the lead singer of a local rock band and ultimate object of her affection. Awash in a haze of teenage confusion, guitar feedback, and cigarette smoke, Andrea embarks on a journey of self-discovery and desire in this well-acted coming-of-age drama. (1 hr. 36 min.) | | |
| The Bar Method Body - Designer Sculpting
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | The Bar Method is a fitness program designed to produce the slim, defined body of a dancer without the use of any expensive exercise equipment. Instead, instructor Burr Leonard guides the viewer through a series of precise exercises that can be achieved with a simple piece of sturdy furniture. These highly effective movements result in elongated legs, lifted buttocks, and defined abdominals. This volume focuses on sculpting and lengthening the muscles, offering a full body workout that systematically targets and isolates the upper body, legs, seat, waist, and abs. | | |
| Moulin Rouge
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Cross LA BOHÈME with CABARET, throw in a little bit of RENT, and you might almost begin to describe Baz Luhrmann's visually opulent, fast-paced, funny, heartrending MOULIN ROUGE. The film, which premiered as the opener to the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, is a musical set in 1899 Paris at the notorious Montmartre cabaret club, the Moulin Rouge. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET, STRICTLY BALLROOM), the movie stars Nicole Kidman as the high-kicking courtesan, Satine; Ewan McGregor as the sensitive poet, Christian; and John Leguizamo as the flamboyant artist and matchmaker, Toulouse-Lautrec. Luhrmann's use of eclectic lighting and saturated color, the fast zooms and quick cuts of his camera, and his magnificent costumes and sets perfectly capture the excess and freneticism for which the Moulin Rouge was famous. Beautifully led by McGregor and Kidman, the flawless supporting cast brings to life the culture of belle époque Paris with magical realism. Above all, the anachronistic, energetic contemporary soundtrack is what drives MOULIN ROUGE, with popular songs by L'il Kim, Christina Aguilera, David Bowie, and Beck--as well as Kidman and McGregor adding their own superb vocals. (2 hrs. 6 min.) | | |
| American Pie
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | In this coming-of-age comedy, a group of friends at the end of their senior year make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. In their outrageous attempts to fulfill this mission, they come to some surprising, hilarious and often touching realizations about themselves, their friendships, their notions of love, romance and their relations with the opposite sex. (1 hr. 35 min.) | | |
| What a Girl Wants
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | This is the story of a 19-year-old girl (Bynes) who has been raised in New York City by her mother (Preston), a professional singer, who decides that she wants to find her long-lost British father (Firth) in London, who's part of a very hoity-toity British aristocratic social circle. Once she gets there, however, it doesn't take long before her hip American lifestyle disrupts his entire life. Can she find a balance in the relationship between her two parents, find her own piece of mind, and along the way, possibly fall in love as well? Perhaps most importantly, does she have a chance at being the Debutante of the Year? (1 hr. 44 min.) | | |
| Drumline
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Set against the high-energy, high-stakes world of show-style marching bands, Drumline is a fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top. (1 hr. 58 min.) | | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | The Fellowship's journey is coming to an end. Sauron's forces have attacked Gondor's capital of Minas Tirith in his final siege against mankind. Watched over by a fading steward, the once great kingdom has never been in more desperate need of its king. But will Aragorn find the strength to become what he was born to be and rise to meet his destiny? As Gandalf desperately tries to move the broken forces of Gondor to act, Théoden unites the warriors of Rohan to join in the fight. Even in their courage and passionate loyalty, the forces of men – with Éowyn and Merry hidden among them – are no match against the swarming legions of enemies raining down on the kingdom. With each victory comes great sacrifice. Despite their great losses, The Fellowship charges forward in the greatest battle of their lifetime, united in their singular goal to give Frodo a chance to complete his quest. Traveling across treacherous enemy lands, Frodo must rely increasingly on Sam and Gollum as The Ring continues to test his allegiance and, ultimately, his soul. (3 hrs. 20 min.) | | |
| Meet Joe Black
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | This modern fantasy stars Anthony Hopkins as William Parrish, a wealthy New York City media mogul who suffers a heart attack on the eve of his 65th birthday; although he survives, he senses that his death is near. On the same day, Parrish's younger daughter, Susan (Claire Forlani), meets a handsome young stranger (Brad Pitt) at a neighboring coffee shop and is instantly smitten. As they part, the young stranger is killed and his body is occupied by Death, who is coming to Earth to warn Parrish that his death is, indeed, imminent. Death enters the Parrish household disguised as Joe Black, the handsome stranger, and although Parrish understands Death's intentions he lets the family believe that Joe Black is a young business associate. Susan is shocked to find the familiar young man at her family dinner that evening, and, as she begins a passionate love affair with the debonaire stranger, she has no idea that she has fallen not for the young stranger from the coffee shop but for Death himself. In an effort to prolong his life and his daughter's happiness, William agrees to take Joe on a tour of human life that includes board meetings, family parties, and, ultimately, romance. As long as Joe falls in love, Parrish remains alive. This version was inspired by the Alberto Casella play DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY and the subsequent 1934 film. (3 hrs.) | | |
| My Girl
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) is an eleven year old girl in a small Pennsylvania town in the early 1970s, at the beginning of life even as she lives with the constant reminder of death; her father (Dan Ackroyd) is a mortician who runs his business out of the family home, and her mother died during childbirth complications. The father and daughter also live with Vada's grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimers and whose only vocalizations are belted-out showtunes from her youth. This life story, paired with Ada's precocious and imaginative mind, makes for some highly entertaining and eminently human eccentricities; a hypochondriac, Vada is a regular patron of her family doctor, constantly convinced that she is suffering from some obscure and fatal illness. Her best friend is Thomas J. (Mackaulay Culkin), a wide-eyed naif to whom she tells all her thoughts, fears, and dreams. These include her romantic interest in her English teacher (Griffin Dunne), and her reservations regarding Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), her father's newly-employed makeup artist and love interest. Vada's world is eventually turned upside down when tragedy strikes, and she is forced to do some growing up along the way.
Director Howard Zieff has delivered a timeless coming-of-age that endures due to the strength of its characters and the quirky humanity of the story. Anna Chlumsky exhibits a vast emotional range and delivers a stunning performance, while Culkin seems natural in his role of observer that is worlds away from his character in HOME ALONE. The film treats the loss of innocence and the pain Vada goes through with respect and depth, and ultimately creates a moving portrait of a family's growth together as they learn to recognize and accept the pain and beauty of life. (1 hr. 42 min.) | | |
| Party Girl
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Coming-of-age comedy about a downtown party girl who takes a job as a library clerk to prove to her librarian godmother that she can be a responsible adult. Along the way she falls in love with a Lebanese falafel vendor who yearns to be a teacher. (1 hr. 34 min.) | | |
| Soldier's Girl
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | This is the story of Barry Winchell, a soldier in the 101st Airborne Division, who was brutally murdered by a fellow GI on July 4th, 1999, shortly after the installment of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. On an outing with his buddies, Barry had been captivated by the beautiful Calpernia Adams, a transgendered entertainer in a local Nashville nightclub, and the story focuses on the love that developed between them. (1 hr, 51 min) | | |
| Girl 6
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Spike Lee's GIRL 6 is a provocative examination of the world of phone sex and its effect on one of its purveyors: beautiful, black, aspiring actress (Theresa Randle) is at the end of her rope after having been bounced by both her agent and acting teacher. So she becomes Girl 6 at a family-like phone sex company, whispering kinky sweet nothings into the ears of men; some of the fantasies are dramatized by Lee. Girl 6 excels at her new job, so much so that she becomes addicted to it--and this could lead to serious trouble when she decides to meet one of her clients in person. Scripted by Suzan-Lori Parks, GIRL 6 blends fantasy and reality in typical Lee fashion, resulting in a work that is as much a comedy as a drama. A who's who of popular celebrities appear in supporting roles, including Madonna, Naomi Campbell, Quentin Tarantino, Peter Berg, and Gretchen Mol, giving GIRL 6 an even greater visual punch. The film, colorfully photographed by Malik Hassan Sayeed, boasts a soundtrack written and performed by Prince, adding even more spunk--and funk--to the proceedings. (1 hr. 48 min.) | | |
| Who s Your Daddy?
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | This is the story of a high school senior in Ohio who inherits an adult magazine. Not one issue... the whole company. | | |
| Showgirls
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Nomi Malone is a fiercely independent young woman who comes to Las Vegas running from a troubled past. Looking for a break on the Las Vegas Strip, she lands a job as an erotic dancer at the Cheetah Club. But, to make ends meet, she also works as a lap dancer in the club's back room. Possessed of a raw and riveting dancing talent, Nomi is soon introduced to the vastly different world of the big Las Vegas shows--and the powerful men and women who run them. Zack, the handsome and ambitious entertainment director at the Stardust, could push Nomi into the spotlight. Cristal, the glamorous star of the stage show Goddess, is inexorably drawn to Nomi's beauty and spirit and may make her... or break her. As the complex bonds of passion, jealousy and love form between them, Nomi is pulled deeper into the world she so desperately desires. (2 hrs. 11 min.) | | |
| 100 Girls
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | College freshman Matthew (Jonathan Tucker) falls in love with a mystery woman in a girls' dorm elevator during a blackout. Though he can't see her, they share a tender moment, intimate on both a physical and emotional level. The thing is...he never sees her face! He knows that she lives in the dorm...which narrows his possibilities down to 100 girls! A witty script and a hip young cast featuring Katherine Heigl (ROSWELL), Jaime Pressly (JOE DIRT), and Marisa Ribisi (DAZED AND CONFUSED) headline this youthful sex comedy with a surprising feminist bent. (1 hr. 35 min.) | | |
| 20 Country Love Songs
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Twenty country legends take the stage at Orlando's legendary Church Street Station venue. Performances from Tanya Tucker, Charlie Rich, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Lee Greenwood, TG Sheppard, and more are sure to please country fans. | | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Set in mythic Middle Earth, a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a magic ring from his elderly cousin Bilbo. The dark Lord Sauron lusts for the powers that the magic ring holds, knowing it will enable him to enslave the people of land. In his effort to thwart Sauron, Frodo recruits the fellowship of a wizard, an elf, a dwarf and others on a mission to destroy the ring by casting it into the volcanic fires in the Crack of Doom. However, the ring unleashes its own power as a result of the struggle.... (2 hrs. 58 min.) | | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | The second chapter in the J.R.R. Tolkien saga, the hobbits Frodo and Sam brave terrible dangers in an attempt to have the evil ring destroyed, while Aragorn, Legolas and their allies strive to rescue the abducted hobbits Pippin and Merry from the clutches of evil. The great wizard Gandalf also makes his miraculous return to aid in the struggle against the united towers of Saruman and Sauron. (2 hrs. 59 min.) | | |
| Batman Begins
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Christopher Nolan's film explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He treturns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city. (2 hrs. 20 min.) | | |
| Camp Rock
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Teen pop idols the Jonas Brothers make their feature debut in Disney's CAMP ROCK, a Cinderella tale with a rock & roll twist. Golden-voiced, working-class beauty Mitchie Torres (Demi Lovato) has only one desire: to spend the summer at Camp Rock, a prestigious musical retreat for budding stars. The wish is granted when her mom gets a job as the camp's cook, but in order to join the ranks of the popular girls, she must obscure her less-than-regal roots. As the summer wears on, Mitchie is torn between who she is and who she's pretending to be, an artistic crisis of identity that endears her to the similarly-conflicted boy band superstar, Shane Gray (Joe Jonas). United by the desire to sing from the heart, Mitchie and Shane help one another discover their true selves, and together pave an honest road to pop success. | | |
| Charlie's Angels
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | In this remake of the popular 1970s television show, the three angels--Dylan (Drew Barrymore), Natalie (Cameron Diaz), and Alex (Lucy Liu)--are called to duty by their flirtatious boss, Bosley (Bill Murray), to intervene in the kidnapping of a well-known millionaire. The film has been updated from the original TV show in a few poignant ways: The angels are now called "women" (not "little girls") in the introductory voice-over, and they concentrate on strength and martial arts when they fight criminals because they no longer carry guns. Packed with glam action and featuring a fantastic cast--including LL Cool J--CHARLIE'S ANGELS promises to please. (1 hr. 38 min.) | | |
| El Cuerpo del Deseo
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | In this Spanish television series, Mario Cimarro stars alongside Andres Garcia, Lorena Rojas, and Martin Karpan as a young and beautiful man with a strange, supernatural past. | | |
| Girl With a Pearl Earring
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | A speculative account of the life of Griet, a 16-year-old girl who appears in Johannes Vermeer's painting of the same title. Set in 17th century Holland, Griet is employed by Vermeer as a housemaid to care for his six children, his jealous pregnant wife and his uncommunicative mother-in-law. Tensions arise when Vermeer's wife suspects intimacy between her husband and the girl--and then climax, when the wife discovers that Griet borrowed her precious pearl earrings to sit for the now famous portrait. (1 hr. 39 min.) | | |
| The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | SpongeBob SquarePants is an optimistic, free-spirited sponge that was born in a rectangular shape, much like a kitchen sponge. Living at the bottom of the sea in a pineapple in the community of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab diner, where his friends include a Squidward the squid and Patrick the starfish. (1 hr. 39 min.) | | |
| Another Gay Movie
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | In the tradition of SCARY MOVIE and NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE, this tongue-in-cheek spoof incorporates every recognizable gay stereotype in the book. With a narrative modeled after AMERICAN PIE, the film follows four teen homosexual buddies in their attempts to lose their virginity before the summer's end. But instead of pie, this story includes sex toys, nudity, and quiche. Based largely on clichés of how gays are represented on film, ANOTHER GAY MOVIE is packed with jokes about the sexual orientation of countless actual celebrities. (1 hr. 30 min.) | | |
| Ever After
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | In a re-telling of one of our most beloved tales, a resourceful young woman must overcome the schemes of her evil stepmother to be with the one she loves -- the Prince of France -- who has fallen for her beauty and intelligence. With the ingenuity of Leonardo Di Vinci and the strength of love, the young woman realizes that the Cinderella stories can come true. (2 hrs. 2 min.) | | |
| Gangs of New York
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Set in New York City, 1840-1863, a young man named Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio) seeks vengeance against Bill "The Butcher" Poole (Daniel Day-Lewis), the man who killed his father. Though he secures the help of pickpocket Jenny Everdeane, the task at hand may be more dangerous than Amsterdam ever imagined when he realizes that his father was murdered as a result of gang warfare between the powerful Manhattan gangs. Amid the crooked cops and corrupt politicians of the Tammany Hall era, political enforcer Bill Poole stands out as only one scoundrel in the crime-plagued Five Points section of lower Manhattan in the early 1860s. (2 hrs. 45 min.) | | |
| A Walk to Remember
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Set in the lowlands of North Carolina in the mid 1990s, A WALK TO REMEMBER follows the rite of passage of a jaded, aimless high school senior (Shane West) as he falls in love with a guileless young woman (Mandy Moore) he and his friends once scorned. (1 hr. 41 min.) | | |
| Anastasia
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Move over Disney. Twentieth Century Fox's first in-house animated feature may not be "Beauty and the Beast,' but it has more freshness, more verve and more compelling characters than "Hunchback' or "Hercules.' (1 hr. 32 min.) | | |
| The Bar Method Body - Fat Free
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | The Bar Method is a fitness program designed to produce the slim, defined body of a dancer without the use of any expensive exercise equipment. Instead, instructor Burr Leonard guides the viewer through a series of precise exercises that can be achieved with a simple piece of sturdy furniture. These highly effective movements result in elongated legs, lifted buttocks, and defined abdominals. This volume focuses on burning away the fat that can obscure the shape of muscles, offering a succession of small, subtle moves that reshape, tighten, and energize all the major muscle groups. | | |
| Last of the Dogmen
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | A bounty hunter on the trail of three escaped convicts makes a startling discovery deep in the Rockies. He finds evidence of a Native American tribe thought to have been decimated a century ago, and with the help of an anthropologist he races to save the last of the Dog Soldiers from the ravages of the modern world. (1 hr. 58 min.) | | |
| A Real Young Girl
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Director Catherine Breillat's revealing, near-pornographic coming-of-age tale, A REAL YOUNG GIRL, was made in 1976, but did not receive distribution until 2002. Focusing on a teenage girl, Alice (Charlotte Alexandra) during her summer vacation from school, the film is direct, abrupt, and in some ways, disgusting. | | |
| The Sex Movie
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | What happens when a group of co-workers from the adult entertainment industry get together for a relaxing after hours party? Naturally the conversation soon turns to sex, but quite a few personal revelations unfold as the evening progresses, making for an entertaining and sometimes startling feature film. | | |
| Supergirl
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | A young woman searching for an orb of immense power travels to Earth, and there instantly acquires super abilities. Standing in her way is an evil and powerful sorceress, who has captured the orb in order to supercharge her black magic. (1 hr. 45 min.) | | |
| Batman: Gotham Knight
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Some of Hollywood's hottest writers lend their talents to this richly animated Batman anthology, featuring entries by David Goyer (BATMAN BEGINS), Josh Olson (A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE), and Alan Burnett (BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES). With six stories in all, GOTHAM KNIGHT offers thrilling interpretations of the Caped Crusader, rendered in a style that recalls the dark and lurid lines of Japanese anime. Together, these interconnecting tales trace Batman from his early days battling evildoers in crime-plagued Gotham, to his later years as the metropolis's trusted defender. Along the way, the Dark Knight has shadowy showdowns with some of his most fearsome enemies, including Scarecrow, Killer Croc, and Dead Shot. Chock-full of explosive action sequences and bat gadgets, this continuation of the Batman saga is sure to bowl over both comic book nerds and fans of the feature films. | | |
| Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | The BEACH BABES FROM BEYOND make their triumphant return in this campy sequel that finds the alien beauties crash-landing their spaceship on a prehistoric island overrun with dinosaurs, randy cavemen, and an evil criminal mastermind. (1 hr. 18 min.) | | |
| Gay Amigo
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Cisco and Pancho are back as the comedic, romantic, and charming team. In this adventure the heroic duo are being chased by a calvary because they were falsely accused of a crime. Now they have to clear their names before the law catches up. | | |
| Selena
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | By the age of 23, Selena Quintanilla Perez had seen almost all of her dreams come true. She and her family had risen together to a level of success they had hardly imagined, and their upward climb showed no signs of stopping. Selena, with her blend of natural talent, boundless energy and magnetic charm, was poised to become popular music's next big superstar, until her life was cut short at the hands of a friend she had thought loyal. (2 hrs. 7 min.) | | |
| Shanghai Kiss
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Bottoming out in the superficial world of Hollywood, a young Chinese-American actor, Liam Liu (Ken Leung, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND), gets a chance to start over when he inherits his grandmother's ancestral home in China. Travelling to Shanghai for the first time, Liu discovers a strange and exciting new world, meeting a woman (Kelly Hu, THE SCORPION KING) who may change his life forever--but at the expense of an improbable relationship with a high-school girl (Hayden Panettiere, HEROES) back in California. | | |
| Beautiful Women of China
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| Regarded by many as China's most beautiful actresses, Gong Li, Xia Tu, and Tao Hong appear here in three touching dramas.
JU DOU: An erotic tale of forbidden love as an embittered and impotent factory owner's battered bride and his overworked nephew secretly maintain a relationship until it seems murder is the only way to be together freely. Ultimately, JU DOU addresses the problems of China's feudal society in the 1920s. Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, and other major filmmakers spoke out against Chinese officials who attempted to censor the film and keep it out of theaters.
ENDLESS WAY: Forced into an arranged marriage with a young woman he doesn't love, Ah Ming must quickly say goodbye to the woman of his true desire. Ming soon learns that desperate times call for desperate measures, with his entire family depending on his paycheck to bring them food and shelter. ENDLESS WAY explores one youth's attempts to reconcile familial obligations with his hopes and dreams.
LIFE SHOW: Based on a novel by Chi Li, this film tells the inspiring story of Lai Shuang, a restaurant owner in Shanghai, who must overcome hardship and make great sacrifices for the good of her family. Though Li has never had any children of her own, she knows the responsibilities that mothers have to face, having had to practically raise her nephew and brother. On top of this, Li feels it is her sole responsibility to get back the house her family recently lost and to keep her brother from drugs and a life on the street. | | |
| The Gay Deceivers
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | In order to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, two heterosexual guys pretend to be gay. These boys think they've got it made till the Colonel starts spying on them, which prompts them to check into a swanky, all gay LA apartment complex where they try to put up a fruity facade and end up getting into all sorts of misadventures dealing with their families, girlfriends and such without getting found out. (1 hr. 37 min.) | | |
| Pornografia
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | A Polish film set amid the ravages of World War II, PORNOGRAFIA follows two middle-aged men as they pontificate and speculate on the future of their country. Although the battle comes perilously close, the two men prefer to ignore it, and instead focus their lusty attentions on a nearby farmer's daughter. (1 hr. 57 min.) | | |
| Thirteen
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | This is the story of a 13-year-old girl, Tracy (Wood), and her experience of growing up in Los Angeles in an environment where pressures surround her, encouraging her to grow up too fast, leading her down a road of drugs, sex, materialism, and reckless teenage abandon and rebellion. Central to the story is Tracy's friend, Evie (Reed), whose wild influence has a peer pressure effect on A-student "good girl" Tracy. (1 hr. 35 min.) | | |
| Crunch - Fat Burning Ab Attack
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Instructor Catherine Chiarelli helps viewers achieve the abdominal appearance they want in CRUNCH - FAT BURNING AB ATTACK. This workout is, obviously, specially designed to eliminate fat around the stomach area and sculpt the abdominal muscles, creating the desirable "washboard abs" look. Not only does the routine help to develop the wanted abs look, but it also offers hints and techniques to maintain abdominal strength and appearance. | | |
| Fantastic Four
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Marvel's first family of comic superheroes takes the world by storm as the longest running comic book series in history comes to the big screen. Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, who can elongate his body; Susan Storm/Invisible Woman, who not only can become invisible at will but can render other objects invisible; Johnny Storm/Human Torch, who can shoot fire from his finger tips and bend flame; and Ben Grimm/The Thing, a hideously misshapen monster with superhuman strength, together battle the evil Doctor Doom. (2 hrs. 3 min.) | | |
| Flashpoint
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | Bobby Logan (Kris Kristofferson) and Ernie Wyatt (Treat Williams) are burnt-out Texas border patrolmen in danger of losing their jobs when they find a 1960s-era jeep buried in the desert along with human remains, a rifle, and $800,000 in cash. Cynical Logan wants to take the money and run, but idealistic Wyatt persuades him to conduct a secret investigation first. The partners' detective work soon leads them to startling evidence connecting the jeep to the JFK assassination--with federal agents hot on their trail and eager to do anything it takes to keep the discovery a secret. This taut, little-seen political thriller is bolstered by Tangerine Dream's moody, atmospheric score and a strong supporting cast that includes Rip Torn, Kevin Conway, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Jean Smart. (1 hr. 35 min.) | | |
| High School Musical 2
June 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM
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| | "What Time Is It?" It's time to watch the sequel to the Nielsen-busting hit HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL! This Disney Channel original movie brings back all the beloved characters from the first film, but it moves the action from the school year to the sizzling summer. Just because school's out, it doesn't mean that Troy (Zac Efron), Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens), Chad (Corbin Bleu), and Taylor (Monique Coleman) just get to sit around. Instead, the four students get summer jobs at the Lava Springs Country Club, and they won't even get a break from Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale). Her family owns the club, and her biggest goal for the summer is to take Troy from Gabriella. With all the added attention, Troy gets a taste of the good life and it makes him wonder if he should be with Gabriella or enjoy the finer things. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 features more of the upbeat musical numbers that made the first film such a smash hit including "Fabulous," "Work This Out," "You Are the Music in Me," and "Gotta Go My Own Way." | | |
| Los Dareyes De La Sierra - Historia Video Musical
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | Some of the most talented groups in the Mexican music scene are collected in the Historia Video Musical series. This entry comes from Los Dareyes De La Sierra and contains a mixture of music videos and live tracks. | | |
| Love Scenes
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | A successful film director becomes insanely jealous when he casts his beautiful wife in a very erotic role, co-starring with a womanizing male lead capable of pleasing her physically in ways that he can't. (1 hr. 30 min.) | | |
| Nine Lives
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | Sandra is literally in prison and wants desperately to connect with her visiting child. Diana confronts the sudden flash of a past relationship long after she has moved on to a new life. Holly can't seem to move forward until her stepfather acknowledges the pain he has caused her. Sonia reels from her boyfriend's disclosure of an intimate secret to their closest friends. Teenager Samantha is caught in a static loop as the peacemaker between her parents. Lorna attempts to comfort her ex-husband after his wife's suicide and finds herself implicated in the tragic death. Ruth considers straying from married life during a motel rendezvous. Camille faces the limitations of her previously dependable body. Maggie allows her own life to be eclipsed by that of her young daughter, Maria. (1 hr. 52 min.) | | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | Set in the Caribbean Sea in the 17th century, this is the story of a gentleman rogue of a pirate, Jack Sparrow (Depp), who teams up with the daughter (Knightley) of a governor (Pryce) to stop the evil plan of a ship of dangerous pirates (led by Rush) who are trying to reverse an ancient curse that leaves them stuck between life and death, with the light of the moon revealing their skeletons, like some kind of undead monsters. (2 hrs. 13 min.) | | |
| Alone with Her
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| Surveillance is often used by directors who are keen to add a voyeuristic touch to their work, and has been cleverly used as a plot device in classics such as BODY DOUBLE, THE CONVERSATION, and REAR WINDOW. In ALONE WITH HER, director Eric Nicholas (RIVER RATS) takes the theme to its logical conclusion, shooting an entire movie on cameras stashed in ingenious locations by the film's central protagonist, Doug (Colin Hanks). Doug is a dangerous loner who whiles away the hours by filming unsuspecting women on hidden cameras, ultimately developing an infatuation with Amy (Ana Claudia Talancon). But after Doug has wired up her home with cameras and microphones, he takes the ruse one step further, using the information he's garnered to align his tastes with Amy's in order to impress her at a "chance" meeting. Naturally, Amy thinks they have a lot in common after meeting him and they begin dating, which only spurs him on to greater surveillance-related depravity.
It's to Nicholas's inestimable credit that he doesn't fall into the trap of letting his clever point-of-view gimmick transcend the actual content of his movie. In fact, ALONE WITH HER is a fine 21st-century thriller that genre luminaries such as Hitchcock and De Palma would doubtless be proud of, thanks in part to compelling performances from Hanks and Talancon. But the director also manages to conjure up a palpable feeling of unease as Hanks's creepy character goes to extraordinary lengths to win the heart of his obsession, and adds just enough intrigue to keep viewers guessing how this cautionary tale will end up. (1 hr. 18 min.) | | |
| The Aristocats
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | The Aristocats was the first Disney Studios animated feature to be produced after Walt Disney's death. A wealthy woman leaves her vast fortune to her four cats: the well-bred Duchess and her kittens Berlioz, Toulouse, and Marie. Jealous butler Edgar, eager to get his mitts on the cats' legacy, abandons the felines in the French countryside. The four lost kitties are aided in their efforts to return home by the raffish country pussycats Thomas O'Malley and Scat Cat. In keeping with a tradition launched by The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats is top-heavy with celebrity voices, including Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers, Hermione Baddeley, and the ineluctable Sterling Holloway. Assembled by the "nine old men" then in charge of animation, The Aristocats was a success, paving the way for future "post-Walt" cartoon features. (1 hr. 18 min.) | | |
| Beauty and the Beast
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | BEAUTY AND THE BEAST represented a major milestone for Walt Disney Feature Animation upon its release in 1991. With a beloved fairytale as their inspiration, Disney artists built upon everything they had learned on THE LITTLE MERMAID and the resulting film proved Disney's animation renaissance was in full bloom. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST transcended its medium - it was a magical and enduring romantic adventure that critics and audiences alike regarded as one of the best films of the year, animated or not. It also became the first and only animated film ever to be nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award® - and picked up Oscars® for Best Score and Best Original Song along the way. (1 hr. 24 min.) | | |
| Kickin' It Old Skool
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| In KICKIN' IT OLD SKOOL, a 1980s-pop-culture factoid-infested comedy, Jamie Kennedy (SCREAM, SON OF THE MASK) stars as Justin Schumacher, a former break-dancing child prodigy, who wakes up 20 years after a disastrously daring dance move left him in a coma. Justin quickly discovers that his hospital bills have put his parents (played by perpetual character actors Debra Jo Rupp and Christopher McDonald) in a financial bind, and he is determined to help them out by getting his old dancing team, the Funky Fresh Boys, together and enter a $100,000 dance contest at the local mall. In between brushing up on his break-dancing and adapting to the technological advances and evolved fashions that surround him, Justin tries to rekindle what he had with his teenage sweetheart, Jenny (Maria Menounos), but unfortunately she is engaged to his childhood arch-nemesis, Kip (Michael Rosenbaum). The pressure is on for Justin to either choose to make up for lost time--win Jen's heart and the dance contest--or accept adulthood and move on.
With cult favorites such as the SCREAM trilogy and THE JAMIE KENNEDY EXPERIMENT lodged firmly in their memories, fans of Kennedy will surely appreciate this goofy and slapstick-ridden film, which contains some serious undertones. Unfortunately, the sentiment is often lost in the painfully awkward sequences of the out-of-shape Funky Fresh Boys trying to reignite the agility of their youthful glory days. When Kennedy tries to convey Justin's bleary-eyed and constant deer-in-headlights dilemma as a recovering coma patient, at times he comes across as dopey and annoying, and undermines any talent that he possesses. However, the film does offer some great dance performances and of course, a catchy '80s soundtrack. (1 hr. 48 min.) | | |
| The Lover
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | Based on the autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras, an erotic and sensitive story of a young French school girl who embarks on a torrid love affair with a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French Colonial Vietnam. Consumed by desire, they cling to each other, even though fate and society dictates that they may never wed. Academy Award Nominations: Best Cinematography. Available in "R" and Unedited versions. (1 hr. 50 min.) | | |
| Mean Girls
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows about "survival of the fittest." But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time and falls prey to the psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today. (1 hr. 37 min.) | | |
| She's Too Young
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | The world of teenage sex is thoroughly explored in this made-for-TV drama. With Marcia Gay Harden (MYSTIC RIVER) and Alexis Dziena in lead roles, the story involves a mom, Trish (Harden), who discovers that her daughter, Hannah (Dziena), has slept with multiple partners, even though she is only 14-years-old. Entering into a battle against a society which is apathetic to the problem, as well as alienating her own daughter, Trish's attempts to take care of Hannah produce mixed results. Powerful and moving, this is a prescient piece of filmmaking that isn't afraid to hold a mirror up to the rapidly decaying moral values of today's youth. | | |
| Teen Witch
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | A sweet young teenage girl wants to get the most popular boy in school to notice her, but how? All the hair-dos and hip clothes in the world don't work. It may just take some of that old black magic to get him 'neath her spell. (1 hr. 45 min.) | | |
| X-Men
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | Based on the long-running Marvel comic book series, X-MEN takes place in the near future, as certain humans are evolving into mutants with special powers. In the Canadian wilderness, a young runaway mutant named Rogue (Anna Paquin) and a bad-tempered, quick-healing mutant with retractable metal claws called Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) are suddenly attacked by Sabertooth, one of Magneto's (Ian McKellen) powerful lackeys. Fortunately, Cyclops (James Marsden) and Storm (Halle Berry), students of the compassionate Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), interfere and bring them back to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Here Wolverine and Rogue learn more about the conflict between Xavier and the militant Magneto, who wants to power a device that will genetically alter humans, with possibly deadly results. Only Xavier's students can stop Magneto's plans. Director Bryan Singer (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) displays his expertise with an ensemble cast, accomplishing a feat by making the first live-action film about an entire group of superheroes. Hugh Jackman's portrayal of the ill-tempered Wolverine is dead-on, while Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are ideally matched in their Martin Luther King, Jr.- and Malcolm X-like roles. Smart and well-paced, X-MEN towers above most comic book movies. (1 hr. 44 min.) | | |
| Baby Boy
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | From director John Singleton (BOYZ N THE HOOD) comes BABY BOY, starring Tyrese Gibson and Snoop Doggy Dog. The film picks up where BOYZ left off, following the daily life, relationships, and conflicts of a young man who's unemployed, living with his mother, with two love interests: his wife and his girlfriend. (2 hrs. 9 min.) | | |
| Chinese Erotic Movies
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | Ever wondered what was meant by the phrase "God passes iron bridge?" Probably not, but this new documentary brings new meaning to this and other expressions you never knew existed! Providing an in-depth and red-hot look at ancient and traditional Chinese sexual practices, the film is peppered with scenes from classic films such as CONFESSIONS OF A CONCUBINE, SEX AND ZEN, and the EROTIC GHOST STORY series. Learn about the special techniques practiced by prostitutes of yore that kept their clients coming back for more, how virgins of the time were deflowered, and the long history of penis transplantation in China! | | |
| Dancing with the Stars
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | Samba all the way to slim with this exercise program from top-rated show DANCING WITH THE STARS. Dancers Ashly Costa Delgrosso, Kym Johnson, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy demonstrate four different dancing styles that can banish boredom (and extra pounds): Paso Doble, cha-cha, samba, and jive. This customizable workout also features a warm-up, cool-down, and instructions on how to eat better. | | |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | When an aging thief reveals a hidden treasure of his loot and then dies, a group of zanies and loonies begin a wild chase to find it. (3 hrs. 12 min.) | | |
| Remember the Titans
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | Based on actual events that took place in 1971, a white southern high school is integrated with black students from a nearby school. Both schools are recognized for their football programs which are now unified. The black coach is chosen to be the head coach of the integrated team, leaving the previous white head coach with feelings of animosity at having to be an assistant under a black man. (1 hr. 53 min.) | | |
| Saving Grace (Fine Line Features)
June 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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| | An aristocratic English widower learns of her husband's secret life of debauchery. The news leaves her shaken and financially insecure, until she is helped by the caretaker of her manor to regain her dignity and to make money by using her greenhouse to grow pot. (1 hr. 34 min.) | | | | 
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