Some 150,000 years ago Europe and Western Asia were dominated by an extraordinary race of human beings who were tall, around 6 feet or so, with an immensely strong physical build, and clearly intelligent, their brain was in fact slightly larger than that of modern man. They were called the Neandertals. They had the strength and the courage and the social organisation to survive and thrive even through the terrible ordeal of the successive ice ages, which carpeted Northern Europe in perpetual...
Composer Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods) and actor Anthony Perkins (Psycho) wrote this witty, complex thriller directed by Herbert Ross (Steel Magnolias, The Goodbye Girl). A movie kingpin (James Coburn), whose wife, Sheila, was killed by a hit-and-run driver a year before, hosts a cruise aboard his sleek yacht. His guests (James Mason, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, and Ian McShane) are all friends (and some lovers) who may know more about Sheila's...
An honest, independent-minded Los Angeles cop and his comrades discover sinister forces at work while attempting to bust drug traffickers.
The classic James Fenimore Cooper adventure The Last of the Mohicans is brought to all its blood and thunder glory in this Mascot serial from 1932 starring Harry Carey as the rugged Indian scout Hawkeye. During the French and Indian War, Hawkeye escorts Colonel Munro's daughters, Cora and Alice, as they travel the war-torn wilderness to the safety of Fort William Henry. With the help of brave warriors Chingachgook and Uncas, Hawkeye fights deadly battles with the Hurons, who have joined forces...
There have been numerous screen versions of James Fenimore Cooper's literary classic, which was published in 1826. This silent version, made by visionary filmmakers Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur, was released in 1920, at a time when feature-length films of this size and scope were still in their infancy. The film's expansive outdoor locations, sets and costumes, and grand-scale battle scenes remain impressive nearly a century later. The positive portrayal of some Native American...
Following a virus that took the lives of most of the population, John and Michael have spent their days trying to survive and make sense of their new world. But when they meet the mysterious Karina, who has knowledge of the outside world, their friendship and everything they once knew about the virus and each other will be tested.
In The Last Outpost (1935), Cary Grant plays Michael Andrews, a British prisoner of war is who rescued from a firing squad by his mysterious cellmate John Stevenson (Claude Rains). As the two men make their way to safety across treacherous mountain terrain, Andrews suspects Stevenson of being an enemy spy and is wounded during a confrontation with him. As he recuperates in a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Andrews falls in love with nurse Rosemary Haydon (Gertrude Michael), not realizing she is the...
In Tom Hammond's briefcase was the last photograph taken of him and his son Luke. A moment of happiness caught on camera: father and son at a dinner together days before Christmas. The photo was to become Tom's most treasured possession, for the day after it was taken, his son Luke boarded Pan Am flight 103 to New York. Tom decides to hunt down the thieves and to find the last photograph. During his search, Tom tries to come to terms with what had happened ten years before. He had never been...
It's a spoof to end all spoofs as Marty Feldman shatters the Gary Cooper/French Foreign Legion classic in The Last Remake of Beau Geste. Set in England and Morocco in 1906, Feldman's "remake" mocks all the do-or-die extravaganzas we've known and loved as he portrays Digby, identical twin brother to Michael York's stalwart Beau Geste. Joining in the desert lunacy are a vast array of stars including Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas, Ann-Margret as the boy's seductive stepmother, and James Earl Jones...
During World War II, the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division embarked on a true "mission impossible," giving new meaning to the phrase "uphill battle." This compelling documentary recounts their remarkable history as a legendary alpine fighting force. Although 10th soldiers were superstars, they quickly learned that winter, mountains and the invincible German Army were a deadly combination. The 10th Mountain Division's claim to fame begins with the Germans entrenched in Italy's heavily...
When the old man sitting next to him on a flight to Ireland passes away, Daniel Murphy learns that he's been named the man's next-of-kin and is charged with getting the corpse across the Emerald Isle to the deceased's chosen burial site.
The Last Shift is an American story about two men struggling in the same town, while worlds apart. Stanley (Richard Jenkins), an aging fast-food worker, plans to call it quits after 38 years on the graveyard shift at Oscar's Chicken and Fish. His last weekend takes a turn while training his replacement, Jevon (Shane Paul McGhie), a talented but stalled young writer whose provocative politics keep landing him in trouble. These two who share little in common are brought together through...
Trapped in a cinema, a young couple's date night turns into a perilous battle for survival as a deranged projectionist (Robert Englund, "Nightmare on Elm Street") manipulates them into becoming unwilling actors in his own vicious film captured by CCTV cameras.
Inspired by true events and based on a book The Last Smile by Jeevan Zutshi, this film chronicles the struggles of a bereaved father searching for answers to explain the untimely demise of his adult son by frequent use of over the counter health supplements. He gets the help from a private detective to investigate the manufacturers and dealers of these supplements. He must overcome his grief and fight against the multi-billion dollar health supplement industry responsible for his untimely...
THE LAST STAND for Trees is about saving the world's last remaining ancient forests. Using the flash-point of British Columbia's "Battle for the Trees" at FAIRY CREEK- the documentary examines the importance of keeping intact forest ecosystems: here in North America, the Amazon and around the world. Experts like Wade Davis and Leila Salazar-Lopez speak about the impact trees/plants have on our atmosphere, including Carbon sequestration and providing Oxygen for us to breathe. Incorporating...
THE LAST STAND: Ancient Redwoods and the Botton Line unfolds the tragic ramifications of a fifteen-year battle between environmentalists and the timber industry over the fate of ancient coastal redwoods in Northern California.
THE LAST STAND: HEROES AT BALLONA WETLANDS is an updated short dealing with the high profile preservation and development controversy in Southern California. This spirited film includes highlights from earlier versions as well as well as dramatic new footage covering the excavation of native American remains and artifacts at the development site.
Western justice takes a dark turn in The Last Sunset, a gripping adventure starring Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone and Joseph Cotten. American lawman Dana Stribling (Hudson) enters Mexico with one mission: to hunt down the infamous Brendan O'Malley (Douglas), who killed his brother-in-law. He finds his culprit working for a wealthy cattleman (Cotten) and arranging a herd to cross the border. Unable to serve his warrant, Stribling signs on as a trail boss, warning O'Malley of his...
Como smmbolo del amor, del perdsn y de la vida eterna, pocos sucesos en la Biblia tienen mas significado que la Ultima Cena en Jerusalin. Para muchos cristianos, los smmbolos del pan y el vino que Jeszs toms antes de su ejecucisn se han convertido en lo mas sagrado de las Pascuas. Todavia los expertos modernos siguen cuestionando los detalles de esta cena final que Cristo compartis con sus discmpulos. ?Quiin verdaderamente particips en esta Ultima Cena? ?Qui cosas fueron discutidas entre...
A biting black comedy, THE LAST SUPPER details the lives of five grad students who suddenly murder a bigoted, ultra right-wing dinner guest and then decide to rid society of its most offensive members. Featured in cameos as the reprehensible victims are Bill Paxton, Charles Durning, Jason Alexander and Ron Perlman.
Yu is a young noble: handsome, brave, admired. Commander of the era's most powerful army, he leads the revolt against the cruel Qin dynasty. Yu recognizes great potential in Liu, a peasant, and gives him command of 5,000 soldiers. Liu breaks an agreement with Yu by entering and ransacking the Qin capital alone. The Qin dynasty falls and Yu rules. Wary of treachery, his advisers plot to kill Liu at a great banquet, but the emperor spares his life. From this 'last supper', Liu will wage war...
The classic song by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II and beautiful Parisian settings provide the perfect backdrop for this romantic favorite. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Babylon Revisited, this motion picture tells the story of a writer (Van Johnson) who returns to Paris and remembers the life he once led in The City Of Lights. During the Liberation of Paris at the close of World War II, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful rich girl (Elizabeth Taylor at the height of her MGM...
The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 romantic drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor and Roger Moore in his first Hollywood debut. As celebrations mark the end of World War II in Europe, journalist Charles Wills (Van Johnson) is covering the celebrations when a beautiful woman grabs and kisses him and then disappears. Charles follows the crowd to the cafe and meets another beautiful woman Marion Ellswirth (Donna Reed). Charles and Marion have an...