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What Happens in Vegas

1 hr 39 mins

Set in Sin City, story revolves around two people who discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery, with one of them winning a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. Unhappy pair try to undermine each other and get their hands on the money -- falling in love along the way.

What Happens in Vegas

Too Big to Fail

1 hr 39 mins

A close look behind the scenes, between late March and mid-October, 2008: we follow Richard Fuld's benighted attempt to save Lehman Brothers; conversations among Hank Paulson (the Secretary of the Treasury), Ben Bernanke (chair of the Federal Reserve), and Tim Geithner (president of the New York Fed) as they seek a private solution for Lehman's; and, back-channel negotiations among Paulson, Warren Buffet, investment bankers, a British regulator, and members of Congress as almost all work to save the U.S. economy. By the end, with the no-strings bailout arranged, modest confidence restored on Wall Street, and a meltdown averted, Paulson wonders if banks will lend.

Too Big to Fail
  • 2011

Ida Red

1 hr 51 mins

Crime boss Ida "Red" Walker (Oscar winner® Melissa Leo) turns to her son, Wyatt (Josh Hartnett), to pull off one last heist to get out of prison. But with the FBI closing in, Wyatt must choose between family and freedom in this high-octane thriller.

Ida Red

Father Stu

2 hrs 4 mins

Follows the life of Father Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-priest who inspired countless people during his journey from self-destruction to redemption.

Father Stu

I Want You Back

1 hr 56 mins

Noah breaks up with Emma after 18 months together, and Anne breaks up with Peter after 6 years. Both Noah and Anne have found new significant others. Emma, a receptionist on the 14th floor, and Peter, a VP on the 11th floor, find each other sobbing in the stairwell. They support each other and end up forming an alliance to destroy each other's exes' new relationships. They cyber-stalk their exes, and Peter gets close to Noah while Emma gets close to Anne's new boyfriend.

I Want You Back

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1 hr 34 mins

The Muppets graduate from college and decide to take their senior revue on the road. They hit the streets of Manhattan trying to sell their show to producers, finally finding one young and idealistic enough to take their show. After several mishaps and much confusion, things begin to come together for them.

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Deadly Illusions

1 hr 54 mins

After a bestselling novelist suffering from writer's block hires a new nanny for her children, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur.

Deadly Illusions
  • 2021

Knocked Up

2 hrs 9 mins

When Alison Scott is promoted in E. Television, she goes to a night-club to celebrate with her older married sister Debbie. Alison meets the pothead reckless Ben Stone and while having a small talk with Ben, Debbie's husband Pete calls her to tell that their daughter has chicken pox. Debbie leaves the place but Alison stays with Ben, drinking and dancing along all night; completely wasted, they end up having a one night stand. Ben does not use a condom and eight weeks later, Alison discovers that she is pregnant. She calls Ben and they decide to try to stay together and have the baby. However, Ben needs to grow up first to raise a family of his own.

Knocked Up

The Secret Life of Bees

1 hr 54 mins

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The Secret Life of Bees

Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins

1 hr 47 mins

Lock, Stock and Snatch superstar Vinnie Jones teams up with premiere acting veteran Keith Allen (Kingsman, Shallow Grave) for British true crime thriller RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: ORIGINS, a brutal account of how real-life, hard-as-nails Falklands War veteran Tony Tucker came to be involved in one of the most notorious gangland murders in British history.

Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins
  • 2021

Joe Bell

1 hr 34 mins

The true story of a small-town, working-class father who embarks on a walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay. Meanwhile, he realizes he is instead missing out on his son's life back at home.

Joe Bell

The Father

1 hr 37 mins

Having scared off his latest caregiver, Anthony, an ailing octogenarian Londoner gradually succumbing to dementia, feels abandoned when his concerned daughter, Anne, tells him she's moving to Paris. Confused and upset, debilitated by his rapid mental decline and warped perspective, Anthony loses his grip on reality as he struggles to navigate the opaque landscape of the present and past. As a result, fading memories and glimpses of lucidity trigger sudden mood swings, distorting Anthony's surroundings, loved ones, and even time. But why has his younger daughter stopped visiting? And who are the strangers that burst in on Anthony?

The Father

Older

1 hr 30 mins

A drama/comedy about sex, love, relationships, growing up & how our attachment to the past can colour our perception of the present, sometimes for the worse.

Older
  • 2020

The Old Man & the Gun

1 hr 33 mins

Dem in die Jahre gekommenen Bankräuber Forrest Tucker war es in der Vergangenheit über ein Dutzend Mal gelungen, aus dem Gefängnis auszubrechen. Nun lebt er in einer Seniorenanlage, hat aber noch nicht aufgehört, Raubüberfälle zu planen. Er stellt eine Gang zusammen, um eine Bank auszurauben. Detective John Hunt untersucht den Fall.

The Old Man & the Gun

Gladiator

1 hr 41 mins

A story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to save his fathers life and using the money pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ghettos. While being exploited by a boxing promoter the two teens become friends. An explosive ending puts the two friends in the ring against each other in a fight for survival.

Gladiator

Private School

1 hr 29 mins

Christine (Phoebe Cates), a student at an exclusive all-girls private school, is in love with Jim, who attends an academy for boys nearby. Christine's arch rival Jordan also has her eye on Jim, and she is willing to do whatever she can to steal him away. Jim's uber-slob buddy Bubba is going with Betsy, Christine's cynical friend, though he would probably be unfaithful if any other woman were willing to get near him. Bubba and his pals sneak into the girls' school dressed in drag in hopes of reaching the Promised Land (better known as the women's shower room), while Christine and Jim run away together for the weekend, though their escapade isn't as romantic as they had hoped.

Private School

To Her, with Love

1 hr 24 mins

Kayla heads back to her hometown of Stansville, North Carolina, after her substitute-teaching job at an elite private high school comes to an early end. On her first day back, her loving yet inquisitive mother sets up a job interview at her high school. Kayla, who ultimately wants to get into a competitive teaching program in London, is hesitant to apply.

To Her, with Love
  • 2022

Rob Peace

2 hrs 0 mins

Directed, adapted by, and starring Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 YEARS A SLAVE), ROB PEACE follows the true story of a brilliant young man (Jay Will) torn between his father's shadowed past and his own promising future. Raised by his devoted mother (Academy Award® nominee Mary J. Blige, MUDBOUND), Rob risks everything he has worked for to free his imprisoned father (Ejiofor).

Rob Peace

Tammy

1 hr 37 mins

Tammy, who was recently fired from a Topper Jack's fast-food restaurant, returns home to find her husband enjoying a romantic meal with the neighbor. She quickly packs her necessities, and travels down three houses to her parents' home. Upon denied use of her mom's car to drive to Niagara Falls, she quickly resorts to an "ailing" grandmother, who also lives there--and wants to go along on the road trip. Since Grandma Pearl has the funds, she's in, and they hit the road. Pearl soon proves to be quite the alcoholic despite her diabetes, and Tammy quickly turns into her "minder." From finding love in a bar to robbing a Topper Jack's to bail Pearl out of jail, the quirky adventure will have you finding yourself riding along for the misadventures of Tammy.

Tammy

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

1 hr 46 mins

Having learned his lesson after the events of The Nutty Professor (1996), meek, gentle Dr Sherman Klump dedicates himself to science. However, when beautiful fellow DNA-researcher Denise Gaines enters the picture, once more, Dr Klump is in love. And, as the love-smitten professor dreams of a brighter future, the lean-and-mean Buddy Love persona emerges, demanding freedom. Now, the nasty alter-ego stands in the way of happiness, and poor Sherman must do everything in his power to rid himself of Buddy once and for all. Can the rowdy Klump family lend a helping hand?

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Soul

1 hr 40 mins

Pixar Animation Studios will take you on a journey from the streets of New York City to the cosmic realms to discover the answers to life’s most important questions. Disney & Pixar’s “Soul” arrives in theaters on June 19, 2020.

Soul

Secret in Their Eyes

1 hr 51 mins

2002: Ray Kasten (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Jess Cobb (Julia Roberts) are two investigators in a private police unit led by the DA. When they receive an anonymous tip about a girl raped and killed, they rush to the scene. Ray realizes it is Jess' daughter and the team falls apart due to the grief. In 2015, Ray comes back to LA, and says that after 13 years, he has found a lead and convinces the DA to reopen the case. They find clues and leads unknown to them, and secrets from the past come to light as they start discovering the real, chilling truth. Meanwhile, Jess, dissatisfied with the law, decides to take matters into her own hands and track down the killer, no matter what lengths she has to go to.

Secret in Their Eyes

Coal Miner's Daughter

2 hrs 4 mins

At only 13, Loretta Webb marries Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn and is soon responsible for a large family. She appears destined to a life of homemaking, but Doolittle recognizes her musical talent, and buys her a guitar as an anniversary present one year. At 18, the busy mother of four children still finds time to write and sing songs at small fairs and local honky tonks. This gift sets Loretta Lynn on the grueling, tumultuous path to superstardom and country music greatness.

Coal Miner's Daughter

Dunsmore

1 hr 29 mins

Dunsmore: a quiet one-road town in the backwoods of Florida, too far off the highway to be noticed. When local bully Ronny Roy Pritcher is brutally murdered, the media descends on this small town, and Special Investigator Walter Taylor is sent to question the local townspeople. At first no one will talk to an outsider-but gradually Taylor learns the details of Pritcher's sadistic reign of terror and the horrifying events leading up to his death.

Dunsmore
  • 2003
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