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180° South

1 hr 25 mins

Conquerors of the Useless follows Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia. Along the way he gets shipwrecked off Easter Island, surfs the longest wave of his life - and prepares himself for a rare ascent of Cerro Corcovado. Jeff's life turns when he meets up in a rainy hut with Chouinard and Tompkins who, once driven purely by a love of climbing and surfing, now value above all the experience of raw nature - and have come to Patagonia to spend their fortunes to protect it.

180° South
  • 2010

Bad Guy

1 hr 43 mins

In busy downtown Seoul, a thuggish young man notices a fresh-faced college student who sits on a bench. He stares then sits next to her. She looks at him as if he's vermin, rises and walks to another bench. He sits staring. Her boyfriend arrives, she points to the stranger, the boyfriend shrugs and puts his arm around her to walk away. The stranger starts to leave as well, turns, goes to them, takes her face firmly in his hands and kisses her long and hard. The boyfriend tries unsuccessfully to break them apart, then soldiers beat the stranger. She demands an apology. He is silent. She slaps him and spits on him. They leave. The next day, he sets out to ruin her. How can this end?

Bad Guy

Kal Ho Naa Ho

3 hrs 6 mins

The film's female lead, Naina (Preity Zinta) narrates the story. Her father had committed suicide years ago which left a deep impact on her heart. Her family is dysfunctional since her mother and grandmother just cannot stop arguing. But when Aman (Shahrukh Khan) arrives next door, the whole gloomy conditions change. Aman infuses life in skeptical and overtly serious Naina, and she falls in love with him. But Aman knows that he cannot marry Naina because of a secret which he cannot divulge to her. So he intends upon setting her up with her best pal Rohit (Saif Ali Khan).

Kal Ho Naa Ho

Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame

1 hr 59 mins

In 689 A.D., the Empress Wu Zetian is building a 66 m high statue of Buddha for her inauguration as the first empress of China under the objections and conspiracy of the other clans. When the engineer responsible for the construction mysteriously dies by spontaneous combustion, the superstitious workers are afraid since the man removed the good luck charms from the main pillar. There is an investigation of Pei Donglai and another investigator that also dies after withdrawing the amulets. Empress Wu assigns her loyal assistant Shangguan Jing'er to release the exiled Detective Dee from his imprisonment to investigate with Donglai and Jing'er the mystery of the deaths. They ride in a mystic and epic adventure to unravel the mystery.

Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame

State Property 2

1 hr 34 mins

Three notorious gangsters wage a bloody battle for supremacy in the City of Brotherly Love. Beans, the imprisoned kingpin and hometown drug lord, struggles to keep his renegade ABM Crime Syndicate on the map. He is driven and consumed by a festering hatred for his longtime rival. Dame, the Harlem-born hustler, is also the top dog in town. His Umbrella network is unmatched in cash-flow and manpower. With a long list of enemies seeking territory and revenge, the self-proclaimed "cakeaholic" is forced into a vicious war. Loco, the flashy Miami playboy, is about to be released from prison. His deep pockets and stellar reputation prove to be valuable tools in Loco's plot to take over the streets of Philly. But he must first overcome the ghosts from a turbulent past. Alliances are formed and shattered, and lifelong friendships are put to the test as the various crews deal and duel to the death. Somewhere, buried deep within the ranks of one of these gangs, a ruthless criminal mastermind is conspiring to take them all down. The backstabbing, thievery and deception simmers, boils and ultimately spills into a gruesome finale--an old-fashioned shootout on the cold, unforgiving Philly streets.

State Property 2

Once Upon a Time in China II

1 hr 53 mins

In the sequel to the Tsui Hark classic, Wong Fei-Hung faces The White Lotus society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary, from the military. With his friends, loved ones, and the future of China itself at stake, Wong must once again use his martial arts skills to defend the innocent.

Once Upon a Time in China II
  • 1992

Let it Rain

1 hr 50 mins

Agnes Jaoui plays a local political candidate Agathe Villanova, who returns to her childhood home in the south of France in order to help her sister Florence (Pascale Arbillot) sort through their recently deceased mother's belongings. While she's there, the son (Jamel Debbouze as Karim) of family maid (Mimouna Hadji) takes advantage of her presence and attempts to interview her as part of a documentary about successful women that he's undertaken with his film school teacher, Michel (co-writer Jean-Pierre Bacri). However, Michel's intentions aren't quite what they seem, as he's having an affair with Florence and hoping to persuade her to leave her husband. Meanwhile, Karim finds his own marriage threatened when his attractive hotel co-worker (Florence Loiret-Caille) declares an interest in him.

Let it Rain

Shackles

1 hr 55 mins

An aspiring teacher (Hughley) takes the one job he's offered, a position at a school inside a prison.

Shackles
  • 2005

The Illusionist

1 hr 20 mins

A down-on-his-luck magician meets a young girl who is convinced his magic is reel.

The Illusionist

Kalamity

1 hr 38 mins

Stan returns home and his co-worker and roommate Christian wants to know why Stan changed his shirt. Later it is revealed the shirt was blue. Something blue was in the trash at that gas station and the camera spent a lot of time showing that trash container. Stan's friend Billy has broken up with Alice, who is still in college in Ohio, and returns home to this parents outside D.C. Stan and Billy spend a lot of time together. There is a pretty and sarcastic girl who insulted them in the bar where they were drinking. Not a good idea. Billy talks to Alice a lot but she's not really there. Stan had his own bad breakup, with pretty Ashley, who he dated for five years. Ashley is missing and it's a big news story. It is eventually made clear that it is Stan, not Billy, who is going off the deep end. One day neither Stan nor Christian show up at the automotive sound equipment store where Stan is a manager.

Kalamity

Certified Copy

1 hr 46 mins

James Miller has just written a book on the value of a copy versus the original work of art. At a book reading, a woman gives him her address, and the next day they meet and take a country-side drive to a local Italian village. Here, they discuss various works of art found in the town, and also the nature of their relationship - which gets both more revealed and concealed as the day progresses.

Certified Copy

Black Heaven

1 hr 45 mins

An innocent young man becomes enamored with a mysterious girl. He is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.

Black Heaven
  • 2010

Una pared para Cecilia

1 hr 22 mins

Cecilia is searching a new means of artistic expression. She doesn't want to have children, they would hamper her development. An attempted robbery brings her together with Rafael, a 10 year old Chicano boy who cant return to the USA. They inadvertently establish a mother-son relationship.

Una pared para Cecilia
  • 2011

Madrasapattinam

2 hrs 45 mins

After the death of her husband, Amy Smith, an elderly English woman, decides to return to India to search for her long lost lover and to return a necklace she was given. Through memory flashbacks we see how Amy as a young girl first arrived in Madrasapattinam, India in 1945 to join her father who was the governor of the city. Through some events of fate she meets Paritihi, a young Indian boy. Amy, feeling drawn towards Paritihi and intrigued by Indian culture, asks him to be her guide around the town and to show him the ways of his country. Soon a tender romance develops between them. However, Amy is too be married to officer Robert Ellis, a cruel man appointed by her father, forcing Amy and Paritihi to fight for their love.

Madrasapattinam
  • 2010

Den Brother

1 hr 29 mins

A likeable but full-of-himself high-school hockey star winds up being the new den "mother" of his little sister's troop of Bumble Bees. Though he soon starts using the girls as slave labor for personal gain, the experience eventually brings him out of himself when he sees how his selfish actions have hurt others and that his charm can't always get him through these situations, excuse his behavior, or repair the damage.

Den Brother
  • 2010

Rage

1 hr 25 mins

A thirty something man who lives in a suburb just outside of Portland says goodbye to his beautiful and loving wife and heads into town. There he unintentionally provokes the wrath of a mysterious motorcyclist. The confrontation between the two, sets in motion a day long battle. Beginning in the form of harmless taunts then quickly escalating into something more serious and then into something unimaginable.

Rage
  • 2010

The Last Blitzkrieg

1 hr 24 mins

In the fall of 1944, German officer Hans Von Kroner is infiltrated among Allied POWs in a POW camp in order to spy on them and report their escape plans to the camp commandant. Hans Von Kroner easily passes himself off as an American POW due to the fact he grew up in the U.S. Due to his efforts, several escape attempts are discovered and thwarted. Later, during the last major German offensive of the war in the Ardennes region of Belgium, Hans Von Kroner's skills are sought again by the German headquarters. He is ordered to take command of a group of English-speaking Germans and infiltrate the American Army units fighting in the Ardennes. Posing as American G.I.s, Hans Von Kroner and his men are ordered to create panic and confusion among the retreating American units, to deliver fake H.Q. orders to various American commanders in the field and to commit acts of sabotage against the American forces. These actions are to last from the start of the Battle of the Bulge in mid-December until the day when the German armies reach their final objective at the port of Antwerp. After a rough start, Hans Von Kroner's squad manages to infiltrate the nearest American unit and begins executing its plans. However, Hans Von Kroner, who masquerades as American Sgt. Leonard Richardson, is worried that he and his men will be unmasked and shot as spies.

The Last Blitzkrieg
  • 1959

Endangered Species

1 hr 37 mins

Thriller about a New York ex-cop and an attractive female sheriff who fall in love while investigating a string of mysterious cattle mutilations in a small Colorado town. Urich is great as Reuben Castle, the retired alcoholic police lieutenant out visiting the town with his tomboy daughter. At first he tries to stay out of the case but finds himself involved after the mysterious death of his friend Joe Hiatt, the editor of the local paper whose theories about black helicopters have aroused the ire of cattle baron Ben Morgan. Trying miserably to stay sober, Castle finds himself back in danger and in love, as he and the sheriff work together to get to the bottom of the mystery, encountering incredible danger and resistance from the frightened locals.

Endangered Species
  • 1982

Floating Weeds

1 hr 59 mins

Komajuro Arashi, referred to as Master by his colleagues, is the lead actor in a second-rate travelling acting troupe in Japan; they perform grand kabuki. The troupe's next stop is a coastal town they haven't performed at in twelve years, the last time before Komajuro's girlfriend Sumiko joined the troupe. As is usual, some of the men try to have fun by pursuing some of the local women, sometimes with success, sometimes not. Komajuro has his own agenda in coming to this town, something only a few of the older troupe members know about, in that he fathered a son here close to twenty years ago. His son, Kiyoshi, has been told that his biological father died when he was a child and Komajuro is the brother of his mother Oyoshi. Komajuro has been sending money to Oyoshi all these years which is allowing Kiyoshi to soon go off to college, a better life than Komajuro as an itinerant actor leads. Komajuro wants to spend as much time as possible with Kiyoshi and Oyoshi before the troupe has to leave again. When Sumiko discovers what's going on, Kiyoshi becomes a pawn in the battle between Sumiko and Komajuro.

Floating Weeds
  • 1959

From the Hip

1 hr 51 mins

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must re-examine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is apparently guilty of murder.

From the Hip
  • 1987

Man, Woman and Child

1 hr 39 mins

A man with a wife and two daughters learns that he has a son. It seems that a few years ago while visiting France, he had an accident and he had an affair with the doctor who treated him. Now he has learned that she just died and is informed of his son. He then tells his wife, she then suggest that they bring him over. While there all sorts of tension begin to arise. How will this affect them?

Man, Woman and Child
  • 1983

The Mind Reader

1 hr 10 mins

After trying several different rackets, a confidence man (Warren William) decides to go into business as a mind reader. Now known as Chandra the Great, he travels through small towns with his sidekick Frank (Allen Jenkins), pretending to read minds as Frank feeds him the questions through a concealed microphone. In one town, the owner of a purse (Natalie Moorhead) that Frank has stolen comes to Chandra for help. Because Chandra is very attracted to the woman's niece, Sylvia Roberts (Constance Cummings), he reveals its hiding place. To impress her, he acts as if he were sincerely interested in helping people with his special powers. When she volunteers her services, he hires her as his secretary. Chandra manages to keep the truth about his racket a secret from Sylvia, until one night when Frank does not show up on time and Sylvia must read the questions. Chandra convinces her that the carnival act is merely advertising for his real work, answering the letters from people asking for his advice. Slowly Sylvia becomes suspicious of his sincerity, and when a woman commits suicide after Chandra's advice proves false, Sylvia demands that he go straight. Now using the name Chandler, he gets work as a door-to-door salesman, but sales are so poor that Frank, who is working as a chauffeur, easily persuades him to go back into the mind reading business. As Dr. Munro, Chandra gets information from Frank about the mistresses of wealthy men and sells it to their wives. Sylvia has no idea that her husband is the notorious Dr. Munro. When one of her friends decides to divorce her husband after a visit to the mind reader, Sylvia visits his office, planning to confront him. She learns Munro's identity when one of the divorced husbands (Earle Foxe) attacks Chandra who shoots the husband in the struggle. Chandra runs out the back way, leaving Sylvia to face murder charges. Much later, he returns to clear her name and asks her to wait for him until his release.

The Mind Reader
  • 1933

Night Creatures

1 hr 22 mins

In this engaging costume melodrama of skulduggery on the low seas set back in the 18th-century, the Royal Crown suspects a bit of smuggling is going on in this locale, and they send Captain Collier and his crew to check it out. As the Captain gets into his investigation, mysterious swamp phantoms cloud up the real issue which seems plain enough to see. Captain Collier suspects that the odd village vicar might be hiding something, and what better way to do that than by fortuitous ghosts to scare away the curious, or by posing as someone he is not?

Night Creatures
  • 1962

Girl Loves Boy

1 hr 17 mins

Bob Conrad is the playboy son of town squire Charles Conrad. Much against his dad's wishes, Bob falls in love with Dorothy McCarthy, the daughter of penniless widow Mrs. McCarthy. At the insistence of his dad, Bob weds Sally Lace. Dorothy's broken heart is mended however, when it turns out that Sally's divorce from her previous husband was never finalized.

Girl Loves Boy
  • 1937
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