A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, Welles relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town private eye.
A university student returns home to self isolate during lockdown. He’s totally alone, he’s caught the virus and in order to cope he’s started to talk to himself.
Having survived a kidnapping attempt in an international bride slave trade scheme, restaurateur Samantha McCarthy and her husband David ignore FBI warnings and visit Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to support their daughter Ellie in a university volleyball tournament, and enjoy a mini-holiday. Before they can enjoy the sites, the McCarthys are intercepted by the swarthy César Rodriguez and son Miguel who kidnap Samantha, David and Ellie in attempt to extort the missing $200,000 bridal delivery payment they accuse Samantha of funneling into her new Texas restaurant. Meanwhile, fugitive Ian LeBlanc, younger brother of the boat captain who previously abducted her, surfaces, dead-set on tracking down Ellie.
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur’s grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.
Filmed mostly in black and white, this is an intimate look at the many students, teachers, and staff whose stories interweave in the difficult landscape of modern high school, with the results of the 2016 Presidential election looming over the school. The students try to survive amidst lockdown drills, the rise of fake news on social media and their feelings about racial inequality in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s murder. We meet a new teacher who is learning the ropes, a school security guard dealing with frightening new challenges and two students who are given the opportunity to open up an honest dialogue about race relations and instead find themselves at odds with their school principal.
“Angie” (Annie Q), a damaged girl from a tough urban background, is accepted at a prestigious university in the 80s. When her financial aid is cut, she breaks into the organic chemistry lab and synthesizes the drug Ecstasy. She becomes one of the west coast’s largest distributors of “X,” cutting deals on campus and in posh nightclubs. Her dual life as “model minority” coed and profit-driven drug dealer is further complicated by her desire to help “Bree,” a young girl from the ghetto who reminds Angie of her own dark past. She lives the high life until her recklessness instigates a sudden tragedy from which she may not recover. Will she learns to give and receive the love necessary to transcend her past and step into the light?
A true story about a group of American teenage boys who crew a school sailing ship to gain experience, discipline, or whatever their parents feel they lack. The voyage is a true adventure for them all but it has its downs as well as ups.
Rob Regis, a published author and expert on everything cult-related, for years has been trying to prove the existence of the most sought after, a legendary cult in the world called the Abaddon Disciples. Little to no information is known about them, as they are thought to be folklore, similar to the Big Foot or Loch Ness Monster of the cult world – until now. After fifteen years of searching and attempting to gather intel, Rob has finally obtained a couple of clues to help discover their potential existence. He hires Tyler Sternberg, a recent film school graduate and wannabe-cinematographer, to document Rob on his journey as he pursues uncovering the secret cult. As they both go down the rabbit hole and follow the trail of evidence, they discover the truth about the cult’s supernatural ability and dark magic lore, which results to endangering their lives by not just the cult who wants to keep their existence a secret, but the demon himself, Abaddon, who the cult worships and literally materializes. Together, Tyler and Rob must finish documenting the horrifying rituals and occult magic that the cult has wielded, without getting caught and murdered. Cult Following is a highly comedic, horror adventure that’s chock full of humor, suspense, thrills and chills.
BITTER MELON is the third feature film from filmmaker H.P. Mendoza (Colma: The Musical, Fruit Fly, I Am a Ghost). It is the story of a Filipino-American family who reunites for a Christmas party at the family home in San Francisco only to find out that Troy, the second oldest child, has been ruling the house with fear-intimidating everyone who lives there-including his mother, and even physically abusing his wife. What starts as a fun holiday reunion turns into a darkly humorous crime scene as Declan, the youngest son, leads the family as they conspire on how to best murder the violent and abusive Troy.
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest cinematic achievements, Vertigo, celebrates its 50th anniversary with an all new Special Edition Remastered DVD! Set in San Francisco, Vertigo creates a dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder after an acrophobic detective (James Stewart) rescues a mysterious blonde (Kim Novak) from the bay. Recognized for excellence in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies, this dreamlike thriller from the Master of Suspense is as entertaining today as it was 50 years ago.
Wendo and Mugeni are members of historically opposing tribes of an African country that divided power among themselves after independence. The couple tries to distance themselves from their families’ politics due to past events and work independently from their families. But the pressure of the current election campaign pulls the two deeper and deeper into a ruthless power game full of intrigue. The country’s population looks on restlessly and discontentedly at what appears to be an unfair democratic election. Meanwhile, Wendo and Mugeni’s relationship faces huge hurdles to their political legacy. »Chaguo« is a Kenyan Romeo and Juliet story set against the backdrop of the difficult process of enforcing democratic elections in a country that has long since lost faith in reason and justice in politics.
Three kayakers fight for their lives when a great white shark traps them on a small, sinking island.
