A beautiful journalist is determined to avenge the murder of a young boy - a death she could have prevented. But she's in a jail where no one escapes and an annual monsoon floods the prison, killing everyone. She has a stark choice -- escape or revenge.
The Chicago area is filled with architectural wonders. In this special program, WTTW11's "TV Tour Guide", Geoffrey Baer, takes you to seven of the best. These include: The Making of Millennium Park; Stain glass mosaics of Louis Comfort Tiffany; the Ferris Wheel for the 1893 World's Fair; the attention getting landmarks on the top of Chicago skyscrapers; houses of worship by some of the world's greatest architects; amazing hotels and architecture for animals. Running Time: approximately 70...
A 3 DVD set containing seven action packed classics.
Academy Award winner Edmond O'Brien (Best Supporting Actor, The Barefoot Contessa, 1954) stars in this top-flight film noir, based on actual events. He plays a telephone repairman who uses his knowledge to help his bookie expand his business to increased profits and rises to the top. But when syndicate head Otto Kruger (Saboteur) wants to take over, things start to get dicey and O'Brien's in too deep to call the cops. With gritty photography by Frank F. Planer (Champion), direction by Joseph...
Brad Harris, Susan Paget, Mara Lane, Jany Clair. A treacherous Roman noble commits crimes, then blames Christians. Harris and his pals pose as gladiators and try to infiltrate the enemy. However, they are caught and sentenced to death! Listen for the roar of Mt. Vesuvius. Color, 16mm.
The year is 1979. Jack Anderson, a naive, clean-cut law student is feeling under pressure: Tuition is due and Jack doesn't have the cash. His classmate, fast talking Gino, a gambler, entices Jack to join him at the racetrack. Gino got a tip. The fix is in, and the pressure lifts as the tuition money appears at the counter after cashing in the winning ticket. But Gino's hungry for more action and has yet another plan for Jack's newly earned tuition money. Enter a car-parts-dealer-shark named...
A voyeuristic look into the lives of six people working from home. Each must battle the destructive demons of isolation, addiction, jealousy, and paranoia.
Wealth, beauty, love the young wife of a powerful attorney seems to have it all until a mysterious man offers her a life of forbidden pleasures. Guided by the mistresses of his secret club, she must choose to either resist and run or give in to her submissive side to fulfill her wildest fantasies and risk her perfect life. What happens when we give into our secret desires?
Six people have broken a clandestine group's code of silence. The same six have died as a result. Now a new member of the group has gone missing. Will she meet the same fate? Chris Auty in Time Out Film Guide says: "The Seventh Victim is [Val Lewton's] masterpiece...a remarkably effective mix of menace and metaphysics -- half noir, half Gothic." Kim Hunter debuts as a schoolgirl whose search for her vanished sister unearths an urban lair of devil worshippers. Mark Robson directs the first of...
8 DAYS TO HELL is a horror anthology of 7 intertwined tales that follows the paths of several serial killers on their nights of terror and destruction through Los Angeles. The story begins with Jonathan Jones, a Hollywood method actor (Shane Woodson), whose encounter with a sadistic casting director (Eric Roberts) launches a series of horrifying events over a period of 8 bloody days that include a beautiful woman (Tori London) with a secret life, an infamous serial killer (David Castro) who...
Adult film editor, Belinda Brimhouse, quits working for her perverted boss, and tries to produce a movie on her own.
Oscar Wild has created a utopia in his pizza parlor by financially rewarding his employees for reading dense, philosophical books. So much so, each employee changes their name and takes on the nom de guerre of famous existential literary giants (with characters named Jack Berouac, Ann Rann, Albert Kamoo, and Wendy Wittgenstein). The pizza parlor ended up on a Reddit's "Top Ten Best Places to Work in the Service Industry," which caught the attention of Sam Zander, a YouTube star famous for...
Reclusive billionaire (Robert Davi), comedy club owner (Leona Paraminski), and over the hill filmmaker (Charlie Nabis) are drawn into a deadly game of conspiracy and murder as a Russian Oligarch fights to control California's water supply.
Successful newspaper columnist George Turner (Erik Thomson, Packed to the Rafters) has his world turned upside down when his wife suddenly dies. Looking for a fresh start, George packs up and moves his two teenaged children, Shay (Melina Vidler) and Arlo (Benson Jack Anthony), from the bustle of Sydney to the picturesque seaside town of Weld, New Zealand. But the Turners' new life doesn't go as planned when they face a series of setbacks and meet the eccentric townsfolk, including handyman...
As the award-winning dramedy returns, new challenges await newspaper columnist George Turner (Erik Thomson, Packed to the Rafters) and his family, now settled in a charming New Zealand community after moving from Australia. Following last season's harrowing boating accident, the townsfolk of Weld mount a search-and-rescue operation for the missing men, including the boyfriend of George's daughter, Shay (Melina Vidler). Meanwhile, George anxiously considers the possibility of becoming a father...
Australian newspaper columnist George Turner (Erik Thomson, Packed to the Rafters) and his family have settled into their lives in New Zealand, but things are far from calm in their small coastal town. Following the wedding of his friend Woody (Rick Donald, A Place to Call Home), George begins dating someone new, providing endless fodder for the gossiping townsfolk. George's teenagers face their own relationship issues as Shay (Melina Vidler) tries to get over her messy breakup, and Arlo...
After relocating from the whirlwind of Sydney, newspaper columnist George Turner (Erik Thomson, Packed to the Rafters) is slowly learning what it means to be a local in the quirky New Zealand town of Weld. He wanted his kids, Shay (Melina Vidler) and Arlo (Benson Jack Anthony), to have a fresh start after the death of his wife, but all did not go according to plan. Now George must reunite his family by bringing Shay home from her self-appointed exile in Australia.
With his family back together, George Turner (Erik Thomson, Packed to the Rafters) and his kids, Shay and Arlo (Melina Vidler, Benson Jack Anthony), fall into the comfortable routine of life in the small, quirky New Zealand town of Weld. Arlo prepares for the new school term and tries to maintain a long-distance relationship, while Shay considers becoming an artist. George has a steady job writing for the local newspaper, and his budding relationship with Fiona (Michelle Langstone, The...
Three strangers meet while camping on a mountain. One of them cannot be trusted.
If you remember the 1980s, then you'll remember a decade that both shook and shocked the world. It was the decade that throbbed to the sounds of the boombox, where Diego Maradona's Hand of God punched Argentina to footballing glory, and when the world held its breath as the Chernobyl nuclear reactor went up in flames. 80s GREATEST provides a challenging and stimulating view of one of history's most enigmatic periods, shining a light on the people and events that shaped the decade, while...
A young woman aspires to become a 9-ball professional and champion but her hustling uncle has other plans for her skills.