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When Eddie disappears in the Yucatan, Pete abandons his comfortable life in Toronto to search for his lifelong best friend, a charming Texas ne'er-do-well. Arriving in Mexico with his girlfriend Zoe and pal Dave, they discover a world that is deeper and darker than any tourist image of Cancun. As the hunt progresses, Pete encounters old love Kate who is now Eddie's girlfriend. Meanwhile, several local Mexicans disappeared at the same time as Eddie - a fact noticed by a popular barfly who befriends Pete - who also happens to be retired Texas Border Patrol. Eddie's sudden reappearance only adds to the puzzle as he deflects all questions by distracting them with Southern charm and promise of local adventures. And with Eddie's return, Pete must reluctantly relinquish his role of savior for Kate, who has blinders on to their real circumstances. With this, Pete learns there is more than one way to "disappear" and a startling discovery uncovers more about his past and his former friend than he can bear. All this set against the glorious backdrop of Mayan Ruins, stunning beaches, underground rivers and a beautiful country wrestling with its history of racism and its convoluted relationship with "Norteamericanos". The overall effect is of a complicated, character driven dramatic thriller tempered by the possibility of personal redemption.

A mother locks her teenage daughter in her room after allegedly showing signs of insanity. Over a decade later, the authorities remove the daughter, and an investigation ensues. A social worker makes attempts to rehabilitate and heal the woman's mental anguish caused by 16 years of isolation and abuse.

Undercover cop Lok Hwa takes two years to become the trusted lieutenant of rising Hong Kong drug lord, Feng. The night of the big bust, Feng's flaming car crashes spectacularly into the sea; Feng is presumed dead. Hwa returns to the force and to June, his patient girl friend. Also, to save Feng's lover Yung from a life of crime, Hwa gives her his pager number and promises to be there for her. A year later, Feng reappears, asking Hwa's aid with one last task before he returns to the mainland forever. Feeling sentimental, Hwa agrees to help and finds himself set up to take the fall in a drug war. June is in danger, too, and death awaits as Yung realizes it's Hwa she loves.

NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was demoted to a beat on Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, seeks to solve the grisly murder of a prostitute and thereby help regain his old job in Manhattan.

Documentary highlighting the questionable ethics of award-winning documentary filmmaker, Michael Moore.

One year on in their lives, Owen and Anna make impulsive plans to marry. But Anna's ex-husband Richard Crane has other ideas. Exploiting their weak spots, he schemes to tear the couple apart. Can Anna and Owen survive this emotional trauma to become man and wife?

Jorge will not have a good day. He will have to fight with his mother and his domineering wife Jimena. And everything during his first anniversary of marriage. Besides, Jimena will receive the surprising visit of her friend Cecilia, a young and mysterious widow. While in the office of Jorge, Pablo, one of his workers, it will help the shy Tereso to conquer Carla's love, the sensual secretary of the office.

In the suburbs of Long Island, Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer) and Bob Pehlke (Chris O’Donnell) are trapped in a loveless marriage as they struggle with the pervasive tension in the summer following 9/11.

The military anti-terrorist army takes control of "Chuspi", an unknown and faraway small village, isolated by the terrorist group "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path). A soldier called Vitin Luna, and other young soldiers face an invisible, perhaps superior force. Their unit is commanded by a brutal lieutenant who declares the entire village guilty of treason. In the face of this crisis, Vitin must choose between blind obedience and his own conscience.

A man lost his love. He decides to go out and find her in the night of Hong Kong, only to realize that it's not with her he's in love, but with the city itself.

A lively lot of city dwellers gather at a Manhattan gin mill to engage in vigorous banter and edgy antics. Sal serves drinks at the watering hole called Eppie's and today's patrons include: a brash group of businessmen, curious underage film students, a not-so-off duty cop, a bookie who keeps bets in his head, an addictive gambler, an intimidating drag queen, a drunk painter, Wall Street hustlers and more; all of whom whose personalities and backgrounds are just as sundry as their respective lines of work. However one of Sal's most loyal customers is an old barfly named Burnzy. From opening until closing, as people parade through this hive of humanity, we get further acquainted with the elder Burnzy while he reveals the real reason he's been sitting at the bar all day.

Calvin Fuller, the unlikely hero of a Kid in King Arthur's Court is back for an all new adventure. This time he is mistaken by the magical genie Achmed for being the Deliverer, and is sent back in time to save Aladdin and his kingdom from the clutches of Aladdin's evil brother Luxor. In order to save Aladdin, Calvin teams up with Aladdin's daughter, the princess Sheherazade, the legendary thief Ali Baba and his three brothers to find the Genie and save all of Arabia. Can Calvin save a kingdom a second time?

A couple scheme to kill a young single mother and take her baby as their own.

Longtime San Francisco filmmaker Dominic Angerame turns the classical city symphony on its head by focusing on demolition rather than forward - progress. Filmed in the aftermath of the Loma Prieta earthquake, DECONSTRUCTION SIGHT plays like an avant-garde disaster movie, an anti-spectacle in flaring black-and-white. Time-lapse photography evokes a curiously childlike view of the city's upheaval, with cranes appearing like toys in the sandbox. Meanwhile, firefighters put out blazes and office lights flicker on and off; the city continues in its daily routine, oblivious but for Angerame's camera. - Max Goldberg

Michael, an experienced drug mule, initiates a newcomer into the trade. Each carries dozens of heroin-laden packages in his digestive tract. As they wait for these sugar-coated, multi-colored, noxious little balloons to pass precariously through their gut, a succession of increasingly off-balanced characters are introduced. Suspense builds until the evil drug queen, Taka, arrives for the deadly denouement.