In this over-the-top sequel to the smash hit No Manches Frida, the all-star cast of the original (OMAR CHAPARRO and MARTHA HIGAREDA) and some fresh new faces (ITATI CANTORAL and AARON DIAZ) leave the school yard and hit the beach in NO MANCHES FRIDA 2! But there's trouble in paradise literally. When the seemingly reformed ex-con Zequi is about to marry the love of his life, the lovably nerdy Lucy, wedding day jitters turn into a full blown fiasco and Lucy calls the wedding off. Meanwhile, the...
Marcia Townsend is ready to settle down, playboy Sheridan "Sherry" Warren isn't, so what do they do? Get hitched! But when Sherry continues to live in a way that would unhitch any vows, Marcia concocts a plan to give him his comeuppance. She'll throw a society party -- bridge, charades and payback -- where the invitees include people loved and left (and hurt) by the rakish cad. Salut, Sherry! The sparks fly in this giddy comedy of manners (co-scripted by The Philadelphia Story's Donald Ogden...
In this classic action-packed Spaghetti-style Western, the line between the good guys and the bad guys is blurred as ruthless bounty hunters No Name and Dynamite Davenport shoot their way through the Wild West collecting rewards and making more enemies than friends. But with the outlaw John Wilkes Booth on the run and gold hidden in the hills, justice must be served.
Hard challenges await the Friday Street Station as the "darkly comic police drama praised for its strong female characters" (Radio Times, UK) returns. Series 3 finds dynamic DI Vivienne Deering (Joanna Scanlan, Notes on a Scandal) and her team providing security at a contentious election debate, but tragedy strikes when a gunman attempts to assassinate one of the candidates. Deering and her right-hand woman, DC Dinah Kowalska (Elaine Cassidy, Acceptable Risk), vow to apprehend the culprit,...
The Friday Street Station returns to "shak[e] up the police drama" (The Independent, UK) in this award-winning series from legendary writer Paul Abbott (Shameless [UK], State of Play). In Series 2, vivacious DI Vivienne Deering (Joanna Scanlan, Notes on a Scandal) returns to work from bereavement leave after her husband's death, but only Viv's impulsive subordinate, DC Dinah Kowalska (Elaine Cassidy, Acceptable Risk), knows the brutal truth of what really happened to him. Then in her first...
From legendary writer Paul Abbott (Shameless [UK], State of Play) comes an "exhilarating, ballsy, and filthily funny" (The Independent, UK) police comedy-drama with fierce female characters and a shrewd, irreverent take on crime. Charismatic DI Vivienne Deering (Joanna Scanlan, Notes on a Scandal) leads an ace but unorthodox squad that tackles Manchester's most gruesome and off-the-wall crimes, including drug dealers, neo-Nazis, and black-market organ sellers. When strong-willed DC Dinah...
Located just south of Buffalo, the little Victorian-style village of Lily Dale, NY, is home to the world's largest community of "mediums" women and men who claim to have the special capability of communicating with the dead. Every July since 1879, the town's residents throw open their doors to the outside world and allow visitors to "meet" and "speak" with spirited loved ones who live in the realm between this world and the next. Thousands of people from all over the world flock to the village...
A timid accountant tries to earn his living as a hitman, until he becomes a target for the vengeful mafia boss, murderous gangsters, mad cops and a sexy blonde - and if he's not careful his own wife might catch wind of his double life too.
Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne) has lost his way. In this often humorous yet warmly poignant story, love, friendship, jealousy, re-discovery, career, family, and friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy) intertwine as Lester navigates the perplexing realities facing us all as we pursue dreams and dignity. A film about hanging out, hanging in and hanging on. This Blu-ray features surround sound, the official "No Pay, Nudity" trailer and English subtitles for the deaf and...
An excellent B&W made-for-TV Brit feature. The Earth has blown up! No one knows why or how it just happened. One lonely Earth survivor (Morgan) is a nomadic tinker on Mars. He spurns the love of a Martian woman in favor of shipping out to a colony on Venus, hoping to build a better life. But things are not what he expected on the misty planet. This terrific film has much thoughtful dialogue and many fine scenes with spaceships, far-off planets, alien races, etc... You'll remember Pastell as...
Sam, a brilliant computer hacker seeking a better life, always seems to make the wrong choices, even under the watchful eye of his probation officer, Harry. Now, barred from using the Internet and stuck working fast food with his best friend and fellow hacker, Stanley, Sam poses as a Postal Worker, stealing people's mail to make ends meet. Until one letter changes everything. Written by the beautiful Josie to her dead husband, a Marine killed in Afghanistan, the heart-wrenching missive wakes...
A get-rich-quick scheme leads to a killing in this hard-hitting noir starring Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy and Jean Hagen. When Ellen Sayburn (Dahl) trades him in for a husband who can keep her in mink, embittered insurance company attorney Steve Keiver (Sullivan) cooks up a racket that soon has him rolling in dough. Offering criminals a payoff in return for stolen goods, Keiver's deal saves on claims and earns him large commissions. Things go awry, however, when Ellen's decision...
This award-winning film is a romantic drama between two Korean gay men that interweaves the bliss of love with the harsh politics of class distinction. The Los Angeles Times calls No Regret an "exhilarating feature debut" from director Leesong Hee-il.
Nina, a beautiful femme fatale, is saddled to her lunatic drug-crazed boyfriend Johnny, a bragging small-time crook. But when Nina meets Monella, an artistically withdrawn soul whom Nina persistently tries to seduce, Nina's hidden agenda surfaces. She persuades Monella to help her steal Johnny's hidden cash, and together they stage a fake kidnapping, which turns into a series of failed and insane plot twists in this pulp-driven kaleidoscopic and sexy thriller.
Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie are terrific together in No Room for the Groom, a rare comedic treat from director Douglas Sirk. On leave for two days, G.I. Alvah Morrell (Curtis) elopes with Lee Kingshead (Laurie) though a case of chicken pox prevents them from consummating their marriage. When he returns home after 10 months overseas, he finds his house overrun by Lee's manipulative Mama (Spring Byington) who was unaware of the wedding. Determined to keep them apart, Mama uses every dirty trick...
Told she has an incurable disease that has left her with ten months to live, Mary Scott (Margaret Sullavan, The Shop Around the Corner) keeps the news a secret and vows to make the most of her remaining time with husband Brad (Wendell Corey, Rear Window) and their twelve-year-old daughter, Polly (Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass). When she notices a growing attraction between Brad and his new assistant, Chris Radna (Viveca Lindfors, King of Kings), Mary sees an opportunity to secure a...
When a pornographic bookshop opens in a small town, some of the residents are up in arms, and local banker (Arthur Lowe, The Ruling Class) wants the shop out of business. But a simple numerical mix-up has the "adult literature" delivered to the wrong address and newlywed bank clerk (Ronnie Corbett, Fierce Creatures) has to figure out how to dispose of the package. As subsequent deliveries of pornography swell from a trickle to a flood, they trigger a series of madcap situations. Based on the...
John Wayne hosts this video which was produced during the Vietnam War when the Communist threat was at its height.
Set in 1950s Detroit, No Sudden Move centers on a group of smalltime criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes horribly wrong, their search for who hired them -- and for what ultimate purpose -- weaves them through all echelons of the race torn, rapidly changing city.
Earth is in great peril. Invading aliens attempt conquest by taking over peoples' bodies at death. They then use them as tools for their invasion plans. A well-made, somber piece of sci-fi with a bleak outlook. There are a number of grim death scenes. The final sequence is reminiscent of Fail-Safe. From 16mm.
A playwright's attempt at serious drama nearly brings the curtain down on his marriage in this "deliciously wistful comedy" (The Warner Bros. Story) starring James Stewart and Rosalind Russell. When Minnesota newsman Gaylord Esterbrook (Stewart) is summoned to New York to rewrite his first play, Broadway star Linda Paige (Russell) finds him a breath of fresh air and asks for his hand in marriage. But after collaborating with his wife on four comic hits, Gaylord decides the time has come to get...
One of Hollywood's favorite screen duos of all time, Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, join together in the romantic comedy No Time for Love. A working class man (MacMurray) falls for a sophisticated fashion photographer (Colbert), but the picture is not pretty when he loses his job and she hires him to be her assistant. This heartwarming classic proves the old adage that opposites attract!
Robert Vaughn (TV's The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) has one of his earliest film roles in a staple genre of the 1950's the teenage problem film, directed by David Lowell Rich (Have Rocket Will Travel, Senior Prom). Like every generation before and since, the baby-boomers were not free from angst and rebellion against authority. Here, Vaughn stands out among a cast of other lesser known newcomers (Merry Anders, Tom Pittman, and Roger Smith) as an angry young man who makes bad decisions, and must...