Lil Payton runs "Helldorado", a booming gambling house in the Nevada desert. When her son Jeff is born, she invests her money in the stock market and retires. But the Great Crash of '29 wipes out her savings, and Lil is forced to return to her prior trade. Jeff, now grown to adulthood and ignorant of what his mother does for a living, is dating Maureen Winfield, the prim and proper daughter of a Wall Street banker. Mr. Winfield, fearing his child will marry the son of a common criminal,...
A doctor's wife becomes paranoid when she believes her husband may be having an affair.
Narrated by Rebecca St. James (Grammy Award Winning Artist), Mother India is a compelling documentary capturing the stories of abandoned and orphaned kids living in India. For one week, David and Shawn stepped into the lives of 25 boys and girls living alongside the railway station in the southern town of Tenali (Andhra Pradesh). With over 31 million orphans in India, the stories that emerge reflect the complexity of the issues and the challenge of rescuing kids from a life of begging and...
When a woman goes back to college after raising a family, she becomes the rival of her daughter for the affections of a handsome young professor.
After being taken away from her father, the only parent who loved her, a little girl is raised by a vengeful mother. This child later grows up and enacts the same rage on her children, while also hiding a dark secret.
Noelia (Ana del Rocio) is a whip-smart community organizer and single mother who constantly has to make hard choices between her kids and her career. When she's offered the chance to interview for a position that could change everything, she begins receiving mysterious messages from her ancestors. Noelia must untangle the messages as she works through a series of obstacles to get to the interview and follow her dreams.
The True Untold Story of Mrs. Alberta King, the Mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. See how Mrs. King, the Matriarch of the First Family of Non-Violence, experienced extreme violence when she was tragically shot and killed at church. Powerful history!
Oscar-nominated actress Leslie Caron lends her voice to "Mother of Normandy," a documentary film about a little-known but unforgettable woman who bridged an ocean between her beloved corner of France and the families who lost loved ones in the battle for the liberation of Europe during World War II.
Bela went abroad for this wacky British horror comedy and it was the last time he was seen on screen in his Dracula cape. There's a bit of an espionage plot, which results in the kidnapping of Mercedes at the film's beginning. However, the real star of the show here isn't Lucan as Mother Riley, but Lugosi as a maniac who thinks he's a vampire and wants to bring the world to its knees. He even has a massive robot as his command. Bela brings to his part an intensity that hadn't been seen since...
Dan Dailey and Betty Grable star as a young man and woman, whom team up as performers during the age of vaudeville and soon fall in love. The story of their rise to fame, and the subsequent professional and personal setbacks, is told in flashback and set against a rousing musical score.
Jude Madigan (Curtis) suddenly leaves her husband, Robert (Gallagher) and three sons without any explanation. Three years later, when Robert finally files for divorce, Jude returns and tries to reclaim her former life. Robert refuses and insists on the divorce. Jude does not accept Robert's decision. She tries unsuccessfully to seduce him and harasses Robert's new girlfriend, Callie. Eventually, Jude manipulates and convinces her eldest son, Kes, that Callie is the only person standing in the...
This dark comedy revolves around the lives of ambulance drivers who work for a small, low-budget Los Angeles company. Bill Cosby plays "Mother," the protective and experienced one who takes care of the motley bunch. Raquel Welsh is "Jugs," the snooty company secretary who won't give the drivers the time of day. "Speed" (Harvey Keitel) is the new guy, an ex-cop and Vietnam veteran in trouble with the law for drug dealing. Director Peter Yates (Bullit) and screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz...
Tori Spelling (TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Ivan Sergei (The Opposite of Sex) star in this edge-of-your-seat thriller about a woman who falls in love with a charming college classmate, only to discover he's a deadly psychopath. When Laurel (Spelling), a compulsive and highly disciplined overachiever, meets the handsome and charming Kevin Shane at college, she quickly falls in love without knowing anything about his true identity or past. Struggling to break free from her meddling mother,...
Starring Tori Spelling and James Franco, the long-awaited remake of the 1996 cult classic gets a new twist. When theater major Leah brings home her new love interest from college to meet her mother, they're about to learn that there ARE things more dangerous than sleeping with a psychopath.
MOTHERLAND takes us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital in one of the world's poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. The film's viewer, like an unseen outsider dropped unobtrusively into the hospital's stream of activity, passes through hallways, enters rooms and listens in on conversations. At first, the surrounding people are strangers. But as the film continues, it's absorbingly intimate, rendering the women at the heart of the story increasingly...
During Hollywood's Golden Era, Lenore J. Coffee made her name as the screenwriter of such powerful women-centered melodramas as Four Daughters and The Great Lie. This early talkie scripted by Coffee falls in that celebrated genre, with a story that had moviegoers rooting for a courageous woman confronted by hardship. Mary Williams (Dorothy Peterson in her film debut) is a struggling widow who devotes her life to her four children. But trouble lies ahead for all four -- including her oldest,...
A naive young lady finds herself in a world of trouble when falling for the wrong guy turns her life into complete and utter chaos.
Eva narrowly escaped being murdered during a recent terrifying home invasion in Mexico City. So she and her husband decide to relocate to Los Angeles where she can recuperate. But when her husband has to travel for business, she's left alone in an unfamiliar place and suffering from paranoia. She's consoled by the smart home security system, but the technology is difficult to master and she starts to wonder if it will actually keep her safe. Eva tries to remain calm, telling herself that...
Depressed, agoraphobic recluse Ian Foliver finds himself taking advice from a sentient fungal growth after a failed suicide attempt. The Mold, a smooth talking chunk of aspergillus born from the filth collecting in Ian's neglected bathroom, works to win Ian's trust by helping him clean himself up, remodel his life and prepare for what comes next.
Bank teller Barry Webster is convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to seven long years in prison. He leaves behind his beautiful wife Muriel, who promises to wait for him. But after several years, she divorces Barry and marries wealthy businessman William King. Webster vows that, one day, he will punish Muriel and her new husband. At last he is freed, but when King is shot to death, Webster becomes the prime suspect. With the police hot on his trail and closing in, Barry must uncover the...
The adventure of a lifetime: 2 amateur daredevils fly microlight aircraft ('motorbikes with wings') 4000kms, across 4 Aussie deserts. Journey deep into the outback's spiritual heart and discover Earth's oldest living culture: Aboriginal Australia.