THE DUEL gives life to a classic Chekhovian tale: the young ne’er-do-well aristocrat vs. the arrogant man of science; the attraction of a manipulative, narcissistic mistress vs. the life of the mind and of principled action. Gambling, alcohol and flirtations consummated in an impossibly beautiful countryside hold obvious attractions for Laevsky. But he’s brought up short when financial ruin and his mistress’s sexual dalliances lead to a violent denouement.
Something has gone terribly wrong at research station 320, a secret research facility one mile beneath the earth’s surface. All communications are gone, all means of escape destroyed and an extremely dangerous horde of rapidly mutating ancient flesh eating creatures are consuming everything in their path. Eight survivors of the outpost, two research subjects, three mercenaries, two research technicians and a medic barricade themselves inside a remote area of the facility with little food, almost no means of defense and little hope of rescue. Their one possible escape route is through thirteen levels of terror that will lead them to the surface. And one of them is not who they seem to be, but the darkness itself which has taken human form.
Not many films in the past have divided critics and reviewers the way new Australian film Hail has. On the one hand, some are saying that it is the best Australian film of the year, on the other some are saying it is one of the worst films they have ever seen.
A small town cinema in rural Ireland becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between faith and passion, Rome and Hollywood and a man and his conscience.
When a film crew moves into an abandoned psychiatric hospital with a shadowy past to shoot a low budget horror film, they get more than they bargained for. The late nights and lack of sleep begin to take a toll, and the longer this crew works, the more the leaky, wet building seems to be coming back to life, feeding off its new inhabitants. As the shoot wears on, members of the crew exhibit increasingly strange behavior leaving those still sane realizing they need to get out of this place before they too succumb to the building’s infectious hold, the only problem, the old hospital is not ready to let them go.
During Stalin’s reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.
A brother and sister battle a witch who lures teenagers into her suburban home with her special blend of marijuana where she then proceeds to kill and eat them to maintain her youth and beauty.
It all starts when Chips, a cat living in Brookyln, is kicked out by his father, Chipsus. He tells Chips to bring back his most coveted treasure if he ever wants to set paw back in the house, the bone of the no-good, meat-eating fish that gobbled up his ancestor. Unfortunately the bone is already in the possession of the that same fish’s descendant. A goldfish who goes by the name of Fish. Chip’s best friend Rolf graciously agrees to aid him in a series of schemes to gain back the bone. He tries many time but each attempt is more painful and less successful than the last. During one of these bids for the bone the unthinkable happens. Fish and Chips are fighting over the bone and it falls into the sewers. They try everything to get it back, even posters but eventually they have to give up. Fish and Chips, beyond consolation both happen to wander onto the beach at night. There their depression turns to wrath. They decide to seek revenge on the world that put them through this ordeal.
A struggling New York City songwriter (Kent Moran) becomes enamored with a wealthy hearing-impaired girl from Greenwich, Connecticut (Alexia Rasmussen) who tragically cannot hear the music she inspires him to write. After falling in love against the wishes of her controlling mother, Ariana becomes torn between hanging onto the shelter her controlling mother (Cybill Shepherd) provides and fighting for a love that, if given the chance, might just change her life.
A typical weekend down the shore takes a bizarre turn into the mysterious New Jersey Pine Barrens as six girls and five obnoxious fist-pumpers become the unsuspecting targets of a mentally-deranged killer.
This is an absolutely fantastic film. It’s a very clever spy thriller….the kind that few make any longer. The fact that the technology is accurate made it even more absorbing.
Intriguing movie based on the realities of US spying technology and what it could mean for all of us. Michael Parks is amazing in this great movie. The technology in the movie is real. Its scary what the NSA uses to spy on us – Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.
What if you knew the exact date and time when the world would end? What would you do? Last Night explores the answers. The world is going to end at midnight; it’s six pm now. The impending catastrophe has been known about for months but nothing can be done about it. Hauntingly beautiful – a film that lingers on the mind…
It’s 18:00 in a somewhat deserted Toronto on the last day before the scheduled end of the world at midnight, the end which has been known now for months. Most people are treating midnight as a matter-of-fact event with little sense of panic. In fact, many are celebrating this last day. Most have very specific wants for this last day and will do whatever they need to to make those wants happen. And some, such as Duncan and Donna with the gas company, are working, ensuring that the masses are served and comfortable during the final hours…
