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When bratty 5-year-old Byron Reed (Chris Williams) acts out the night before a family trip, his mother (Natasha Alam) makes him sit in the time out chair. When Byron awakens to an empty house, he assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Steve Froehlich, Evan Lucas) plan to rob the Reed's residence, and that he alone must protect the family home. Smart detective play by Eric Roberts. Casting by Candis Paule C.S.A.. A small appearance by Ron Jeremy.

Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine Berlin's vital filmmaking in the 1920s; then it follows a producer, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors to Hollywood: some succeeded and many found no work. Among those profiled are Erich Pommer, Joseph May, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Peter Lorre. Once in Hollywood, these exiles helped each other, housed new arrivals, and raised money so others could escape. Some worked on anti-Nazi films, like Casablanca. The themes and lighting of German Expressionism gave rise in Hollywood to film noir.

A tour of the MGM lab shows how technicians process movie film and behind-the-scenes glimpses of currently shooting MGM productions: "Marie Antoinette," "Judge Hardy's Children," "Test Pilot," and "Toy Wife" are shown. Film from the Oscar ceremony showing MGM contractees Luise Ranier and Spencer Tracy receiving Oscars is also featured. Of great interest to film buffs are references to films that would not be made for over a decade, albeit with a different cast, including Freddy Bartholomew in "Kim" and Fernand Gravey in "Scaramouche."

As she starts dinner after a trying day, Mrs. George T. Hardnose calls her husband to say she wants to go to a movie that night; he says, nothing doing, he's tired, he's worked hard, and what has she done all day. In a series of flashbacks, we see - starting with getting George out of bed and off to work, bathing an obstreperous three year old, dealing with stopped drains and a faulty defroster, doing dishes, cajoling a rich uncle, washing clothes, mopping floors, sweeping behind heavy furniture, cleaning the stove and a rug, and cooking dinner. When George asks her after dinner to let him have the paper, she lets him have it.

Blind and visually impaired actors prepare a play about blindness.

The owners of the Loon Bay Lodge in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada usually plan fishing and rafting trips for their guests. In this short they take such a trip themselves down the St. Croix River, which forms the southern end of the international boundary between New Brunswick and the state of Maine.

The great motion picture in question is the feature film, Anthony Adverse (1936), for which this short film acted as an advertisement. Anthony Adverse was originally a best-selling novel written by Hervey Allen. After much interest from several movie studios, Warner Bros. Pictures received the rights to adapt the novel into a movie and Sheridan Gibney started to work on the screenplay. Over 400 screen tests were done to select the cast, which eventually included such stars as Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise, Edmund Gwenn, Claude Rains, Louis Hayward, Gale Sondergaard, Steffi Duna, Akim Tamiroff, Ralph Morgan and Henry O'Neill. Due to the enormous scope of the story, over 5,000 extras were hired and new bigger sound stages were built. Helmed by acclaimed director Mervyn LeRoy, the studio expected the movie to be more popular than the novel.

Frederick Wiles, an ambitious, zealous high-school sophomore, with dreams of becoming the next Woodward or Bernstein, tries to find a story worthy of the seniors-only news show.

It's 1967 and 12 year-old Clive is playing in the New Mexican desert behind her family's remote motel, taking photos with her trusty Polaroid, when a Mexican worker mysteriously appears before her. But he doesn't behave like the other ranch hands in the area. His name is Mann, he's from another planet which is dying, and he's searching for a new place for his kind to live. As government sedans swoop in to capture him, Mann hands Clive a glowing orb, asks her to hide it and promises he'll be back. Now it's 25 years later and Clive's still waiting, struggling to keep the motel afloat and her aging mother, Carlene, alive. Her husband, Mitch, urges Clive to sell the motel, restart their life and revive their love. But Clive is holding onto the secret and the stone, too stuck in the past to pull herself into the future. And then Mann returns.

A young couple aimlessly wander around Savannah, Georgia as they try to deal with an unstated tragedy from their past.

Simon, debilitated by Parkinson's Disease, takes back control of his body after receiving an implant in his brain that runs on a yearly subscription.

The Psychopath Life Coach tells the story of a diagnosed convicted psychopath to running a multi-million pound business.

Charlie finds himself fighting for his sanity and his freedom when he becomes the primary suspect in a small town murder.

A stunning and fun, heist romcom for all the family, full of laughter, love, intrigue, mystery, double crossing and surrounded by the beautiful scenery of Montenegro.. Love is not eternal and not every marriage stands the test of time. After 10 years of marriage, Natalie and Eric decide to part ways. According to their unusual marriage contract, to end the marriage they must spend all the money in their joint account together on one last European vacation. While traveling they meet new friends Richard and Elizabeth, who appear to be landed gentry.. Both couples want to benefit from this trip. Will they succeed or not?

Antoine, a young introvert PhD student, pays Anaïs, a camgirl, for an online striptease. But Anaïs is tired of the camshows' routine and does not feel like undressing. She decides to impose her own rules: if Antoine wants her to undress, he has to take off his clothes as well. First distraught, Antoine ends up giving in to Anaïs' desire and joins her in a sensual striptease duo that will shake up his own idea of pleasure.