In the middle of breath-taking landscapes in Central Asia, children fill a whole world with their wishes and their dreams. Amraa, the Mongolian herder; Apo, the Siberian baby; and Lhamo, the young Tibetan girl, all share the same destiny: like their own people, they arrive at major cross- roads in their lives, when they are confronted by love, danger and death.
When school closures force a teacher to relocate to a North Philly high school, she uses rugby as a way to empower her disaffected students in this powerful drama based on a true story. Metal detectors and morning frisks are a rude awakening for English teacher Cassey "Mac" McNamara (Tika Sumpter, Southside with You). After a billion dollar budget deficit closes 20 schools in the Philadelphia School District, Mac takes on with pepper spray in hand a new role as an American History teacher at...
A crippled C-47 transport crash-lands on a remote Pacific island. For the Marines aboard, World War II becomes smaller, but no less deadly. The atoll is held by a Japanese platoon, also cut off from its command. Debuting director Frank Sinatra stars in this suspenseful war saga, joined by Clint Walker, Tony Bill and Olympic champion Rafer Johnson. After initial bullet-laced confrontations, the Japanese leader (Tatsuya Mihashi) offers to swap water for the aid of Pharmacist Mate Maloney...
A crippled C-47 transport crash-lands on a remote Pacific island. For the Marines aboard, World War II becomes smaller but no less deadly. The atoll is held by a Japanese platoon, also cut off from its command. Debuting director Frank Sinatra stars in this suspenseful war saga, joined by Clint Walker, Tony Bill and Olympic champion Rafer Johnson. After initial bullet-laced confrontations, the Japanese leader (Tatsuya Mihashi) offers to swap water for the aid of Pharmacist Mate Maloney...
Down-and-out Londoner Ernie Mott makes the best of things -- finding love here, dabbling in crime there. Still, there's a core of decency in Ernie. But a world of poverty and despair has little use for decency. Cary Grant plays Ernie in a milestone work set just before World War II. Gone is the usual Grant elegance. Instead, wistful Cockney Ernie is closer to the star's 'umble roots and Grant took great pride in his performance, which earned him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. He...
On trial for being a war criminal, an ex-Nazi General (Alexander Knox, in a keen and searing performance) has the story of his violence and inhumanity recounted.
In the aftermath of a violent assault, Maria and Jonas flee to an isolated farm. But their peaceful escape is not as peaceful as they intended.
After her husband commits suicide, guilt-ridden Eliska hides what happened from her daughter Anetka and moves them out to a small village in the Czech countryside. When Anetka discovers the truth, it attracts a mythical witch who soon threatens to tear mother from daughter forever.
To save a town from a notorious outlaw, a gunslinger is asked to become marshal.
A respected doctor (Kent Smith) fakes his death, deserts his family, throws away his career and drives himself to the edge of madness -- all for the love of saloon singer Nora Prentiss (Ann Sheridan). From the opening shot of a media circus engulfing a handcuffed mystery man to the final scene of a scarred face peering from a cell window, Nora Prentiss ensnares viewers in its atmospheric world of sex, violence, shady motives, seedy nightclubs and claustrophobic lensing by master...
When an illiterate farm boy starts asking why Christianity is true, no one seems to have answers. But after a twenty-year search for the foundations of the faith, he finds more than he ever expected. Paving the way for generations, Norm writes over a hundred books, debates top academic experts, and founds multiple organizations to begin influencing the culture for Christ. From poverty and illiteracy, to becoming the premiere Christian apologist of the 20th century, Norm's story shares how God...
Two of Hollywood's hottest young actresses, Mira Sorvino (1995's Academy Award Winner: Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Mighty Aphrodite") and acclaimed stage and screen star Ashley Judd star as two sides of the woman America loved, but who struggled to love herself: Marilyn Monroe. To the world, Marilyn was a vivacious star, the epitome of sexuality, sensuality, and frolicsome fun. Every man wanted her- every woman wanted to be her. But behind the enticing smile, beneath the...
Ray and Irma are a devoted couple living a normal life in rural Illinois when, at a party celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, Roy inexplicably blacks out. As he awakens, it is with the realization that his life must change forever. Roy confesses to Irma that he's a woman trapped in a man's body and that he wants a sex change. What comes as a surprise to his wife sends shock waves throughout their small churchgoing community. Roy must face their friends, his coworkers and his own...
Natural Born Killers meets True Romance in this sexy, psychological thriller from acclaimed director John McNaughton. Chris Anderson (Luke Perry) and his wife, Pam (Ashley Judd), live a fairly normal life, until Chris loses his job on the police force and secretly turns to robbing banks to make his wife's dreams come true. Upon discovering his secret, she joins his deadly crime wave, and together they terrorize an unsuspecting suburban town.
After having their first child, an interracial couple struggles to hold onto their marriage while dealing with temptations in pursuit of normalcy. Couple, Leah and Aniket, are facing intimacy issues in their relationship after the birth of their child. When wife, Leah, wants to go back to work she hires Maggie to look after the child and the house. Little does she know that Aniket and Maggie will form a romantic connection. However, while Leah is out without the baby and Aniket, she forms a...
Tom Conway, Eva Bartok. Conway plays title character in this British mystery that finds him up against a Nazi baron who's involved in gem smuggling. From 16mm.
He remains the most beloved and visible American painter of the century much to the chagrin of the formal art world. His name has come to symbolize the best of an era when American had a clean, shining patriotic vision. Norman Rockwell 's paintings captured an idealized vision of America that hit home for millions of people. His 320 covers for the Saturday Evening Post made him famous, and his originals found their way into the collections of Richard Nixon, Johnny Carson, Steven Spielberg and...
The United States Coast Guard produced this documentary in 1944 to show on-the-spot coverage of the Allied landings in Normandy that helped end the Second World War. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers lost their lives in what United States General Dwight Eisenhower called a "great crusade." Thrilling footage shot by members of the United States Coast Guard gives the viewer a first hand look at the action.
Sick of the neglect he receives from his mom and dad, a young boy leaves home and travels the world in search of new parents.
Eleven-year-old North (Elijah Wood, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) realizes that his parents (Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, TV's "Seinfeld") never pay attention to him. After talking to a wise man in an Easter Bunny suit (Bruce Willis, Die Hard), North comes up with the idea of becoming a free agent. After winning a court case, North is given two months to find new parents, leading to an amazing, hilarious adventure. Featuring an all-star cast including Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters),...
Nick Nolte stars in this brutally honest entertainment about one man's rebellion against the bureaucratic, manipulative world of professional football. Based on the popular novel by former Dallas Cowboy Peter Gent, NORTH DALLAS FORTY depicts Nolte as an aging ballplayer who, through a woman he meets (Dayle Haddon), is drawn away from the masculine, violent world in which he has lived so long. In doing so, he finds himself at odds with the team's managment. The excitement, humor and drama of...
After foiling an attempt to cheat Indians out of their gold, cowpuncher Jack Loomis is offered the position of ranch foreman by George Tully, who secretly heads a band of thieves and plans on implicating the newcomer in their crimes. Jack is accused of robbing the local Pony Express office and arrested by the town marshal, whose pretty daughter Madge believes him innocent. After making a daring getaway, Jack must prove his innocence before the law catches up with him.A veteran of the early...
A trip across the Canadian border proves to be more dangerous than anticipated when rancher "Utah" Neves travels to visit an old fur-trapping friend. Arriving to find his buddy murdered and all his pelts stolen, Utah becomes the prime suspect of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Jack Craig. The real culprits, a gang of outlaws led by "Nails" Nelson, are anxious to kill Neves, as he noses closer and closer to uncovering their operation.The star of North of the Border, Russell Hayden,...