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	Changeling Date Added 2009-11-01 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 1312 Year 2008 Length 2:21 Director Clint Eastwood Category Thriller Inspired by actual events that occurred in 1920s-era Los Angeles, Clint Eastwood's The Changeling tells the story of a woman driven to confront a corrupted LAPD after her abducted son is retrieved and she begins to suspect that the boy returned to her is not the same boy she gave birth to. The year was 1928, and the setting a working-class suburb of Los Angeles. As Christine (Angelina Jolie) said goodbye to her son, Walter, and departed for work, she never anticipated that this was the day her life would be forever changed. Upon returning home, Christine was distressed to discover that Walter was nowhere to be found. Over the course of the following months,...
	Crank: High Voltage Date Added 2009-11-01 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 1313 Year 2009 Length 1:36 Director Mark Neveldine Category Action Other Proper The indestructible hopped-up hitman Chev Chelios, played to the hilt once again by Jason Statham, returns in Crank High Voltage, picking up where the first film left off -- except this time, Chelios is chasing a Chinese gangster who hijacked his heart and substituted it with a mechanical one that needs to be jolted with an electric charge to stay pumping. Back for the fun is Chev's girlfriend Eve (my Smart) and his physician Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam), who, as luck has it, turns out to be an ex-heart surgeon. As Chelios delves deeper into the mystery surrounding his stolen heart, he discovers that the answers to his questions lie within the chest of a...
	In Bruges Date Added 2009-11-01 Rating 7.0 / 10.0 Number 1317 Year 2008 Length 1:47 Director Martin McDonagh Category Comedy Drama Having just carried out a particularly difficult hit in London, two hitmen seek shelter in Bruges, Belgium, only to find their views on life and death permanently altered by their interactions with the locals, the tourists, and a film crew. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes star in an action comedy from director Martin McDonagh. ...
	Pirate Radio Date Added 2009-11-01 Rating 7.6 / 10.0 Number 1319 Year 2009 Length 2:15 Director Richard Curtis Category Comedy Other AKA The Boat That Rocked In mid- to late-'60s Britain, an unusual yet colorful subculture sprang up and thrived as a product of the upswing in British pop music, only to meet its doom within a few short years. Though the BBC functioned as the country's main source of news and music, its programmers offered very little airtime to rock & roll -- which left an overwhelming need unfulfilled. In response, small bands of "pirate" radio enthusiasts set up broadcasting towers on boats just outside of English boundary waters, and transmitted signals to an estimated 25 million listeners, 24 hours a day and seven days per week. Unsurprisingly, the DJs who took charge of these broadcasts could rival just about...
	Public Enemies Date Added 2009-11-01 Rating 7.0 / 10.0 Number 1320 Year 2009 Length 2:20 Director Michael Mann Category Crime Based on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43, director Michael Mann's sprawling historical crime drama follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale ) in capturing notorious bank robber John Dillinger. A folk hero to the American public thanks to his penchant for robbing the banks that many people believed responsible for the Great Depression, charming bandit Dillinger (Johnny Depp) was virtually unstoppable at the height of his criminal career; no jail could hold him, and his exploits endeared him to the common people while making headlines across the country. J. Edgar Hoover's (Billy Crudup) FBI was just coming into...
	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Date Added 2009-11-01 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 1326 Year 2009 Length 1:29 Director Neal Brennan Category Comedy A smooth-talking jack-of-all-trades attempts to save a struggling car dealership from certain bankruptcy in this comedy starring Jeremy Piven, directed by Chappelle's Show creator Neal Brennan, and produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions. Don Ready (Piven) takes sales seriously; he's always up for a challenge, and he parties as hard as he works. Approached to help an ailing car dealership from falling into the red, Ready recruits a crew of his best men and descends upon the quiet town of Temecula determined to succeed. Before long the dealership is flourishing and Ready's crew are kings of the roost, but what happens when the man who made his mint by hustling cars...
	The Hangover Date Added 2009-11-01 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 1327 Year 2009 Length 1:39 Director Todd Phillips Category Comedy Other Screener A blowout Las Vegas bachelor party turns into a race against time when three hung-over groomsmen awaken after a night of drunken debauchery to find that the groom has gone missing, and they must attempt to get him to the alter before his wedding day. In 48 hours, Doug is scheduled to walk down the aisle, effectively ending his reign as a rowdy bachelor. Realizing that this is their last blowout with their best friend, Doug's groomsmen organize a Sin City bachelor bash he'll never forget. The next morning, the groomsmen come to in their Caesar's Palace suite to find a tiger in the bathroom and a six-month-old baby tucked away in the closet. Unfortunately,...
	The Taking of Pelham 123 Date Added 2009-11-01 Rating 7.0 / 10.0 Number 1329 Year 2009 Length 1:46 Director Tony Scott Category Thriller A New York City subway dispatcher draws on his extensive knowledge of the subway system in order to outsmart a dangerous criminal mastermind who's hijacked a subway train in this remake of the 1974 thriller inspired by John Godey's best-selling book. Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is drifting through his daily routine when he receives word that a heavily armed gang of four has hijacked a subway train and is holding all of the passengers hostage. Led by cunning master thief Ryder (John Travolta), the gunmen will begin executing everyone aboard should the authorities fail in delivering ten million dollars in the space of just one hour. With the tension in the tunnels rising, Walter races...
	Terminator Salvation Date Added 2009-07-19 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 1296 Year 2009 Length 1:55 Director McG Category Science Fiction Other Screener The fourth installment of the Terminator series follows an adult John Connor (played by Christian Bale) as he attempts to organize a human resistance force which could prove to be mankind's last true hope in the war against the machines. Opening in the year 2018, Terminator Salvation finds John Connor's certainty about the future shaken by the sudden appearance of a mysterious stranger named Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), whose last memory is of sitting on death row and awaiting execution. Unable to determine whether Marcus was sent from the future or rescued from the past, Connor begins to wonder whether there is still any hope left for the human race as the robots grow more...
	Nothing But the Truth Date Added 2009-06-07 Rating 7.5 / 10.0 Number 1286 Year 2008 Length 1:48 Director Rod Lurie Category Drama A tense political drama ripped straight from the headlines, Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth tells the tale of a Washington, D.C. reporter who is targeted by the government after refusing to reveal her source for a story that identified an undercover CIA operative. Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) is an ambitious young reporter working at the Capitol Sun-Times, one of Washington, D.C.'s biggest newspapers. When the paper published Rachel's incendiary story revealing the identity of covert CIA agent Erica Van Doren (Vera Farmiga), charismatic special prosecutor Patton Dubois (Matt Dillon) demands that she reveal her source for the story. With the support of her husband, Ray (David Schwimmer); her editor, Bonnie (Angela Bassett); and the...
	Powder Blue Date Added 2009-06-07 Rating 6.7 / 10.0 Number 1287 Year 2009 Length 1:46 Director Timothy Linh Bui Category Drama Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, and Jessica Biel topline this ensemble drama regarding intersecting lives on Christmas Eve from writer/director Timothy Linh Bui (Green Dragon). Liotta plays an ex-convict who tracks down his estranged daughter (Biel) after serving a 25-year jail sentence. ...
	The International Date Added 2009-06-07 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 1290 Year 2009 Length 1:58 Director Tom Tykwer Category Thriller Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer's action thriller concerning an ambitious Interpol agent who targets corruption at the top levels of the world's largest banking institutions. The world's most powerful banks have become hopelessly corrupt, prompting Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Owen) and Manhattan assistant district attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts) to follow a dangerous money trail from Berlin to Milan to New York and Istanbul. But as determined as Agent Salinger and ADA Whitman are to ensure that justice is served, their targets are equally determined to ensure that war and terror continue to propagate so the powers that be can continue to profit. John Woo, Terence Chang, and...
	Transporter 3 Date Added 2009-06-07 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 1291 Year 2008 Length 1:44 Director Olivier Megaton Category Action Strong-armed into transporting the kidnapped daughter of the head of the Environmental Agency for the Ukraine from Marseilles to Odessa, skilled wheelman Frank Martin (Jason Statham) enlists the aid of Inspector Tarconi (Fran...
	Slumdog Millionaire Date Added 2009-03-20 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1280 Year 2008 Length 2:00 Director Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan (co-director: India) Category Crime | Drama | Romance Accused of cheating and desperate to prove his innocence, an eighteen-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai reflects back on his tumultuous life while competing to win 20 million rupees on India's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in Danny Boyle's inspirational drama. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) may not have a penny to his name, but that could all change in a matter of hours. He's one question away from taking the top prize on India's most popular television game show, but as with everything else in Jamal's life, it isn't going to be easy. Arrested by police under suspicion of cheating, Jamal is interrogated by the authorities. The police simply can't believe that a...
	A Beautiful Mind Date Added 2008-10-12 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1240 Year 2001 Length 2:15 Director Ron Howard Category Drama, Biopic [feature], Psychological Drama, Marriage Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: The true story of prominent mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. is the subject of this biographical drama from director Ron Howard. Russell Crowe stars as the brilliant but arrogant and conceited professor Nash. The prof seems guaranteed a rosy future in the early '50s after he marries beautiful student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and makes a remarkable advancement in the foundations of "game theory," which carries him to the brink of international acclaim. Soon after, John is visited by Agent William Parcher (Ed Harris), from the CIA, who wants to recruit him for code-breaking activities. But evidence suggests that Nash's perceptions of reality are cloudy at best; he is struggling to maintain his...
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Date Added 2008-10-12 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 1245 Year 2003 Length 2:18 Director Peter Weir Category Adventure, Costume Adventure, Sea Adventure, Adventure Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: Director Peter Weir's first turn behind the camera since 1998's critically acclaimed The Truman Show, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is based on two Napoleanic War-era adventure novels in author Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, Master and Commander and The Far Side of the World. Russell Crowe stars as Captain Jack Aubrey, a high-seas adventurer who maintains a strong bond with ship-surgeon Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany). After conquering much of Europe already, Napoleon's forces have set their sights on taking Britain, so Aubrey and the crew of his ship, the HMS Surprise, take to the Pacific to intercept any attacking ships from the French fleet. When Aubrey eyes a renegade...
	Bigger, Stronger, Faster Date Added 2008-09-25 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1227 Year 2008 Length 1:45 Director Christopher Bell Category Culture & Society [nf], Biography [nf], Social Issues Other Limited AMG SYNOPSIS: In the hopes of exploring American culture's increased obsession with winning, documentary filmmaker Christopher Bell examines the anabolic steroid use of his two brothers. After setting the stage with a look at the cultural backdrop of the 1980s -- in which hulky stars like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were the ideal -- Bell illustrates how he and his brothers became involved in the bodybuilding subculture, eventually discovering the brutal truth that success in the lifestyle of pumping iron demanded the use of steroids. -- Cammila Albertson ...
	The Dark Knight Date Added 2008-09-25 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 1237 Year 2008 Length 2:32 Director Christopher Nolan Category Crime, Fantasy, Crime Drama, Superhero Film Other Screener, Proper AMG SYNOPSIS: Christopher Nolan steps back into the director's chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with his greatest nemesis -- the dreaded Joker. Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins), and Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger dons the ghoulishly gleeful Joker makeup previously worn by Jack Nicholson and Cesar Romero. Just as it begins to appear as if Batman, Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) are making headway in their tireless battle against the criminal element, a maniacal, wisecracking fiend plunges the...
	The Incredible Hulk Date Added 2008-09-25 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 1238 Year 2008 Length 1:54 Director Louis Leterrier Category Action, Superhero Film, Sci-Fi Action, Creature Film AMG SYNOPSIS: Mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner has been traveling the globe in search of the antidote that will allow him to break free from his primal alter ego, but both the warmongers who long to exploit him for their own gain and a horrific creature known as The Abomination are determined to stop him from achieving his noble goal in Transporter 2 director Louis Leterrier's take on the classic Marvel Comics superhero tale. For years, Bruce (Edward Norton) has been living in the shadows, pursued by the military and haunted by the rage within. But traveling the world in secrecy isn't easy, and as hard as he tries Bruce can't get Betty Ross (Liv Tyler)...
	WALL-E Date Added 2008-09-25 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 1239 Year 2008 Length 1:38 Director Andrew Stanton Category Science Fiction, Adventure Comedy, Sci-Fi Adventure Other Screener AMG SYNOPSIS: Disney and Pixar join forces for this computer-animated tale about a wide-eyed robot who travels to the deepest reaches of outer space in search of a newfound friend. The year is 2700, and planet Earth has long been uninhabitable. For hundreds of years, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) has been taking out the trash, and collecting precious knick-knacks in order to stave off the boredom of his dreary routine. Little does WALL-E realize that he has recently stumbled onto a secret that could save planet Earth, and once again make the ravaged planet safe for all humankind. When highly advanced search robot EVE makes friends with WALL-E and realizes the value of...
	Shotgun Stories Date Added 2008-07-19 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1217 Year 2007 Length 1:32 Director Jeff Nichols Category Drama, Americana, Psychological Drama, Family Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: Two families linked by the same father explode into a violent rivalry in this independent Southern gothic drama, the first feature from director Jeff Nichols. Cleaman Hayes lived and died in Little Rock, AR, where he had seven sons by two different women. After wedding Nicole (Natalie Canerday), Cleaman sired three sons, and his lack of concern for their future was reflected in the fact he barely gave them names -- they were dubbed Son (Michael Shannon), Kid (Barlow Jacobs) and Boy (Douglas Ligon). One day, Cleaman abandoned his wife and sons, and left them to survive in deep poverty that has trapped them to this day. Eventually Cleaman cleaned up his act,...
	Charlie Wilson's War Date Added 2008-07-17 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 1208 Year 2007 Length 1:42 Director Mike Nichols Category Drama, Political Drama, Docudrama AMG SYNOPSIS: Produced by Tom Hanks, written by Aaron Sorkin, and directed by Mike Nichols, this adaptation of George Crile III's incendiary bestseller tells the remarkable story of the Texas congressman whose efforts to prevent the Red Army from overtaking Afghanistan eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union while simultaneously fueling the rise of radical Islam. In the early 1980s, a hastily assembled army of Afghan "freedom fighters" achieved the remarkable feat of fending off Soviet invaders despite the fact that the odds were overwhelmingly stacked against them. At the time, Texas congressman Charlie Wilson (Hanks) was a key member of the hugely powerful House Appropriations Committee. Illuminated to the specifics of this...
	The Savages Date Added 2008-07-17 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 1221 Year 2007 Length 1:54 Director Tamara Jenkins Category Comedy Drama, Family Drama, Medical Drama, Domestic Comedy Other Limited AMG SYNOPSIS: A pair of siblings are forced to set aside their discomfort with one another for the sake of their father in this low-key comedy drama from writer/director Tamara Jenkins. Wendy Savage (Laura Linney) is a struggling playwright living in New York City who works a day job to support herself and can't shake the feeling that she's failed as an artist. Wendy isn't especially happy about her love life either, gaining little self-esteem from her on-and-off affair with oversexed, married neighbor Larry (Peter Friedman). Wendy's anxieties about her writing career are intensified by the success of her brother, Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who teaches theater history at a college in Buffalo, NY, and...
	A Midnight Clear Date Added 2008-03-18 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1025 Year 1992 Length 1:47 Director Keith Gordon Category War, Anti-War Film, War Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: Based on a novel by William Wharton, A Midnight Clear is set in the Adriennes Forest in December of 1944. A group of American GIs, all of whom have been together a bit too long, cling to the vestiges of their peacetime interests to remain sane. None are brilliant soldiers, though Will Knot Ethan Hawke is the one who exhibits the strongest leadership qualities. Billeted at a chateau, the soldiers begin hearing strange noises emanating from a graveyard, the handiwork of a group of mischievous German soldiers. The two enemy camps draw closer to one another as Christmas approaches, due in great part to the influence of GI Vince "Mother" Wilkins Gary Sinise....
	Bat 21 Date Added 2008-03-18 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 1035 Year 1988 Length 1:45 Director Peter Markle Category War, Docudrama, War Adventure, Combat Films Other Complete AMG SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Bat 21 follows the harrowing adventures of Lt. Colonel Iceal Hambleton (Gene Hackman), whose plane is shot down over enemy territory while on reconnaissance behind enemy lines in Vietnam. Because Hambleton used to call the shots from behind a desk, he lacks combat survival experience and is forced to adapt while the enemy surrounds him on all sides. As the Air Force plans a risky rescue mission, he is befriended by pilot Bartholomew Clark (Danny Glover), who can't land to pick up Hambleton due to the enemy activity but keeps him company by radio. Hambleton's plight takes a turn for the worse once the brass decide...
	Raising Arizona Date Added 2008-03-18 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 1090 Year 1987 Length 1:34 Director Joel Coen Category Comedy, Crime Comedy, Domestic Comedy AMG SYNOPSIS: Combining influences from Tex Avery cartoons to Sam Raimi horror movies to 1940s B-movies, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen followed up the stylish film noir of their debut, Blood Simple (1984), with this frantic screwball comedy. H.I. "Hi" McDonnough (Nicholas Cage) is a philosophical but slightly dim career criminal who has been arrested so often that he gets to know "Ed," short for Edwina (Holly Hunter), the officer who takes his mug shots. Hi takes a shine to Ed and promises to go straight if she marries him. She accepts, and they move to the Arizona desert, where Hi holds down a factory job and blissfully watches the sunsets with Ed. Their serenity...
	Big Fish Date Added 2008-03-09 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 1040 Year 2003 Length 2:05 Director Tim Burton Category Comedy Drama, Fantasy Comedy, Family Drama Other Dutch AMG SYNOPSIS: Tim Burton directs the fantasy drama Big Fish, based on the book Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Southern writer/illustrator Daniel Wallace. Billy Crudup plays William Bloom, a young man who never really knew his dying father, Edward (Albert Finney) outside of the tall tales he told about growing up, making his way, and meeting his mother (played as a young woman by Alison Lohman and in older age by Jessica Lange). During Edward's last days, William and his wife Josephine (Marion Cotillard) hold bedside vigil as the old man recollects elaborate memories of his youth (in which he is played by Ewan McGregor). Still doubting the the legends and folklore,...
	Dog Day Afternoon Date Added 2008-03-09 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 1045 Year 1975 Length 2:04 Director Sidney Lumet Category Crime, Crime Drama, Urban Drama, Docudrama AMG SYNOPSIS: Based on a true 1972 story, Sidney Lumet's 1975 drama chronicles a unique bank robbery on a hot summer afternoon in New York City. Shortly before closing time, scheming loser Sonny (Al Pacino) and his slow-witted buddy, Sal (John Cazale), burst into a Brooklyn bank for what should be a run-of-the-mill robbery, but everything goes wrong, beginning with the fact that there is almost no money in the bank. The situation swiftly escalates, as Sonny and Sal take hostages; enough cops to police the tristate area surround the bank; a large Sonny-sympathetic crowd gathers to watch; the media arrive to complete the circus; and police captain Moretti (Charles Durning) tries to negotiate with...
	Donnie Darko Date Added 2008-03-09 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1046 Year 2001 Length 1:53 Director Richard Kelly Category Fantasy, Comedy Drama, Psychological Drama, Coming-of-Age AMG SYNOPSIS: Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a bright and charming high-school student who also has a dark and willfully eccentric side; he does little to mask his contempt for many of his peers and enjoys challenging the authority of the adults around him. Donnie is also visited on occasion by Frank, a monstrous six-foot rabbit that only Donnie can see who often urges him to perform dangerous and destructive pranks. Late one night, Frank leads Donnie out of his home to inform him that the world will come to an end in less than a month; moments later, the engine of a jet aircraft comes crashing through the ceiling of Donnie's room, making him think...
	Infernal Affairs Date Added 2008-03-09 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1067 Year 2002 Length 1:41 Director Andrew Lau, Alan Mak Category Crime, Gangster Film, Police Drama Other Chinese Audio AMG SYNOPSIS: As Infernal Affairs opens, Ming (Andy Lau of Full-time Killer) is being initiated into the criminal underworld by triad boss Sam (Eric Tsang of The Accidental Spy), who ends his speech to his young charges by wishing them success in the police department. Ming enters the police academy, where he excels, but sees his classmate, Yan (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai of In the Mood for Love), expelled for "breaking the rules." It turns out that Yan wasn't actually drummed out of the force, but recruited by Superintendent Wong (Anthony Wong of Hard-Boiled) as an undercover operative. Just as Ming is achieving success in the police department while secretly working for Sam, Ming is gaining...
	Life of Brian Date Added 2008-03-09 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1073 Year 1979 Length 1:34 Director Terry Jones Category Comedy, Parody/Spoof, Absurd Comedy, Religious Comedy AMG SYNOPSIS: On a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and the three wise men are in the wrong manger. For the rest of his life, Brian (Graham Chapman) finds himself regarded as something of a messiah -- yet he's always in the shadow of this other guy from Galilee. Brian is witness to the Sermon of the Mount, but his seat is in such a bad location that he can't hear any of it ("Blessed are the cheesemakers?"). Ultimately, he is brought before Pontius Pilate and sentenced to crucifixion, which takes place at that crowded, nonexclusive...
	Mystic River Date Added 2008-03-09 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 1079 Year 2003 Length 2:17 Director Clint Eastwood Category Drama, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Urban Drama, Police Detective Film AMG SYNOPSIS: Directed by Clint Eastwood, the mysterious drama Mystic River is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane and adapted by screenwriter Brian Helgeland. Set in an Irish neighborhood in Boston, Jimmy, Sean, and Dave are three childhood friends who are reunited after a brutal murder takes place. Reformed convict Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn) and his devoted wife Annabeth (Laura Linney) find out that their teenage daughter Katie (Emmy Rossum) has been beaten and killed. Jimmy's old friend Sean Devine (Kevin Bacon) is the homicide detective assigned to the case, along with partner Whitey Powers (Laurence Fishburne). Jimmy also gets his relatives, the Savage brothers (Adam Nelson and Robert Wahlberg), to conduct...
	Oldboy Date Added 2008-03-09 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1082 Year 2004 Length 2:00 Director Park Chan-wook Category Thriller, Psychological Drama, Paranoid Thriller AMG SYNOPSIS: South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook directed this violent and offbeat story of punishment and vengeance. Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is a husband and father whose reputation for womanizing is well known. One day, for reasons he doesn't understand, Oh Dae-su finds himself locked up in a prison cell, with no idea of what his crime was or whom his jailers may be. With a small television as his only link to the outside world and a daily ration of fried dumplings as his only sustenance, Oh Dae-su struggles to keep his mind and body intact, but when he learns through a news report that his wife has been killed, he begins a long...
	The Prestige Date Added 2008-03-09 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 1125 Year 2006 Length 2:10 Director Christopher Nolan Category Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Period Film Other NL AMG SYNOPSIS: Obsession, jealousy, and deceit define the tense relationship shared between two turn-of-the-century magicians in Memento and Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan's dizzying tale of sleight of hand. Rupert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) are London-based magicians of the highest order, both blessed with spectacular powers of deception and both cursed with unrelenting envy for one another's skills. When Alfred performs an awe-inspiring trick for which there seems no logical explanation, the friendly competition shared between the pair turns to deadly rivalry as the enraged Rupert determines to uncover his rival's deepest secrets. In the world of illusion, however, nothing is ever quite as it seems, and the rules of the...
	The Lives of Others Date Added 2008-03-03 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 1120 Year 2006 Length 2:17 Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Category Drama, Political Thriller, Period Film Other AKA "Das Leben Der Anderen" (w/English Subs) AMG SYNOPSIS: A man who has devoted his life to ferreting out "dangerous" characters is thrown into a quandary when he investigates a man who poses no threat in this drama, the first feature from German filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. It's 1984, and Capt. Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich M...
	Rocket Science Date Added 2008-02-08 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1095 Year 2007 Length 1:41 Director Jeffrey Blitz Category Comedy Drama, Coming-of-Age, Teen Movie AMG SYNOPSIS: Jeffrey Blitz's inspirational drama Rocket Science proves that many a handicap can be overcome, no matter how daunting the obstacle at hand may initially seem. Newcomer Reece Thompson plays Hal Hefner, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route -- he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions -- and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem. Blitz, like his onscreen alter ego, struggled with a stammer as a young man -- a disability he eventually surmounted -- which imparted him with a...
	We Own the Night Date Added 2008-02-08 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 1134 Year 2007 Length 1:57 Director James Gray Category Drama, Crime Drama, Period Film AMG SYNOPSIS: Set against the backdrop of the bloody battle waged between New York City cops and the Russian mafia in the 1980s, director James Gray's period drama tells the tale of an emerging club manager whose family ties to law enforcement make him a target for the city's most dangerous criminals. Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) manages one of Gotham's hottest clubs - but being in the club scene often means turning a blind eye to blatant criminal activities. Realizing that his career - and perhaps his life - could come to a sudden end if anyone discovers that his father Burt (Robert Duvall) is the deputy chief of police and his brother Joseph (Mark...
	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Date Added 2008-01-05 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1039 Year 2007 Length 1:57 Director Sidney Lumet Category Crime, Crime Thriller, Family Drama Other Screener AMG SYNOPSIS: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, and Marisa Tomei star in director Sidney Lumet's thriller concerning two brothers who hatch a plan to rob their parent's jewelry store. When the job goes awry, the entire family is set on a collision course with tragedy. -- Jason Buchanan ...
	I Am Legend Date Added 2008-01-05 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 1065 Year 2007 Length 1:41 Director Francis Lawrence Category Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi Disaster Film Other Screener, Fixed AMG SYNOPSIS: Adapted from acclaimed author Richard Matheson's influential novelette of the same name, Constantine director Francis Lawrence's I Am Legend follows the last man on Earth as he struggles to survive while fending off the infected survivors of a devastating vampiric plague. A brilliant scientist who raced to discover a cure for the man-made virus as humanity came crumbling down all around him, Robert Neville (Will Smith) was inexplicably immune to the highly contagious superbug. Now the entire population of New York City -- and perhaps the world -- has been transformed into carnivorous bloodsuckers that fear the light and live solely to spread their contagion to any remaining living creature that crosses their...
	Shoot 'Em Up Date Added 2007-12-16 Rating 4.0 / 10.0 Number 1098 Year 2007 Length 1:26 Director Michael Davis Category Action, Action Thriller Other Screener AMG SYNOPSIS: Clive Owen stars in this gritty, over the top action thriller as Mr. Smith, a gun-toting badass with a hair trigger and an unknown past. He's far from a doctor and farther from a parent, but when he unwittingly discovers an innocent woman delivering a baby right in the middle of a gunfight, Smith enters the fray to save her and though the woman expires, he is the one left in care of the orphaned child. He thinks that the killers were after the woman, but soon he realizes that they had a far more unlikely target: the baby. Smith's regular company is a seedy underworld full of unsavory characters, so he takes...
	Superbad Date Added 2007-12-16 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1102 Year 2007 Length 1:54 Director Greg Mottola Category Comedy, Sex Comedy, Teen Movie, Buddy Film Other Unrated AMG SYNOPSIS: Operating under the assumption that by procuring alcohol for an upcoming party they will finally be able to break their longstanding losing streak with the fairer sex, socially inept high school seniors Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill) set out to secure the adult beverages that could get them off of the geek list before they even attend college orientation. Evan is a bright young student whose outward sweetness belies his suffocating fear of heading off to college without his lifelong best friend Seth -- a hormone-driven mischief-maker who wasn't accepted to the same school as Evan. But Evan and Seth both know that college is a place of personal reinvention, and...
	Ratatouille Date Added 2007-11-04 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 1091 Year 2007 Length 1:50 Director Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava Category Comedy, Family-Oriented Comedy Other Proper AMG SYNOPSIS: A scrawny rat named Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt) finds his dreams of culinary superstardom stirring up sizable controversy in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant in director Brad Bird's madcap computer-animated comedy. It's hard being a rat with culinary aspirations, but Remy is convinced he has what it takes to break the stereotypes and follow in the footsteps of star chef Auguste Gusteau (voice of Brad Garrett). As fate would have it, Remy is currently situated in the sewers directly beneath Gusteau's elegant restaurant. Soon Remy teams up with a young chef with little talent named Linguini (voice of Lou Romano). Together they are able to create some fabulous dishes,...
	Empire of the Sun Date Added 2007-08-10 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 825 Year 1987 Length 2:40 Director Steven Spielberg Category Drama, War, POW Drama, War Drama, Childhood Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, Empire of the Sun stars Christian Bale as a spoiled young British boy, living with his wealthy family in pre-World War II Shanghai. During the Japanese invasion, Bale is separated from his parents. With the help of soldier-of-fortune John Malkovich, Bale learns to survive without a retinue of servants at his beck and call. By the time Malkovich and Bale are tossed into a Japanese prison camp, the boy has picked up enough street-smarts and developed enough intestinal fortitude to regard his imprisonment as an exciting adventure. The story ends during the 1945 liberation: on the verge of manhood, the 13-year-old Bale will never again be the...
	Kingdom of Heaven Date Added 2007-08-10 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 840 Year 2005 Length 2:25 Director Ridley Scott Category Historical Film, Epic, Historical Epic, Religious Epic AMG SYNOPSIS: Ridley Scott directed this epic-scale historical drama inspired by the events of the Crusades of the 12th century. Balian (Orlando Bloom) is a humble French blacksmith who is searching for a reason to go on after the death of his wife and children. Balian is approached by Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), a fabled knight who has briefly returned home after serving in the East. Godfrey informs Balian that he is his true father, and urges the blacksmith to join him as he and his forces journey to Jerusalem to help defend the holy city. Balian accepts, and he and Godfrey arrive during the lull between the Second and Third Crusades, in which...
	The Lookout Date Added 2007-08-10 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 904 Year 2007 Length 1:42 Director Scott Frank Category Crime, Caper, Crime Thriller AMG SYNOPSIS: A former high-school hockey star handicapped in a tragic car accident becomes an unlikely ally to a crack team of determined bank robbers in this thriller starring Jeff Daniels and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. When his promising career on the ice is suddenly cut short, former athlete Chris Pratt (Gordon-Levitt) goes to work as a janitor in a local bank. Cleaning floors soon gives way to criminal enterprise when the onetime puck-slinger is recruited to help clean out the very bank that employs him. Screenwriter Scott Frank (Out of Sight and Minority Report) makes his directorial debut, working from his own original screenplay. -- Jason Buchanan ...
	Forrest Gump Date Added 2007-07-22 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 829 Year 1994 Length 2:22 Director Robert Zemeckis Category Comedy Drama, Period Film, Americana AMG SYNOPSIS: "Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the...
	Ocean's Eleven Date Added 2007-07-19 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 857 Year 2001 Length 2:00 Director Steven Soderbergh Category Crime, Comedy Drama, Caper, Ensemble Film Other Compliance Failed AMG SYNOPSIS: A rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons team up for the heist to end all heists in this high-profile remake of the 1960 Rat Pack favorite. As with its predecessor, Ocean's Eleven opens with its titular hero Danny Ocean (George Clooney stepping into the Frank Sinatra role) eager for a new challenge. The similarities to the original end there, as Ocean conspires with his old pal Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) to rob 150 million dollars from an underground vault that serves three of Las Vegas' biggest casinos. Between the two of them, they recruit nine other men, each with his own criminal specialty, to assist in the mission: moneyman Reuben Tishkoff (Elliot...
	The Incredibles Date Added 2007-07-18 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 900 Year 2004 Length 1:55 Director Brad Bird Category Children's/Family, Family-Oriented Adventure, Comic-Book Superhero Film AMG SYNOPSIS: Directed by Brad Bird, The Incredibles revolves around former high-profile superhero Bob Parr (aka Mr. Incredible), who has not-so-successfully settled into suburban life along with his wife and kids under the watchful eye of the Superhero Protection Program. A far cry from the "glory days" during which "supers" were a welcome addition to society, the Parrs' living situation was brought on after a series of superhero-related lawsuits forced them into hiding. When not trying to fight small-time crime undercover with fellow former superhero Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson), Parr (voice by Craig T. Nelson) is muddling through the corporate world as a paunchy, emotionally unsatisfied insurance claims adjuster. His family is...
	Zodiac Date Added 2007-07-12 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 930 Year 2007 Length 2:36 Director David Fincher Category Mystery, Police Detective Film, Docudrama AMG SYNOPSIS: The true story behind the murders that many crime scholars believe to be the most perplexing series of unsolved crimes in modern history comes to the screen in chilling detail as Fight Club and Seven director David Fincher steps behind the camera to tell the mysterious tale of the infamous Zodiac killer. A relentless serial killer is stalking the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area, leaving citizens locked into a constant state of panic, and baffled authorities scrambling for clues. Though the killer sadistically mocks the detectives by leaving a series of perplexing ciphers and menacing letters at the crime scenes, the investigation quickly flatlines when none of the evidence yields any...
	James Bond 14: A View to a Kill Date Added 2007-07-11 Rating 4.0 / 10.0 Number 836 Year 1985 Length 2:11 Director John Glen Category Spy Film, Action, Glamorized Spy Film, Action Thriller AMG SYNOPSIS: Secret Agent 007 must stop a megalomaniacal technology mogul from destroying Silicon Valley in this unexceptional entry in the James Bond series. Computer baron Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) is planning to trigger a major California earthquake in order to wipe out his competitors. Bond is assigned to stop him, but first he must do battle with Zorin's statuesque partner in crime, May Day (Grace Jones). The expected high-wire confrontations ensue, as Bond battles the villains at international landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and takes the occasional break to romance an attractive geologist. Unfortunately, nothing fresh is brought to the familiar formula, and even the well-staged action sequences prove less than exciting. Indeed, this...
	Taxi Driver Date Added 2007-07-07 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 880 Year 1976 Length 1:53 Director Martin Scorsese Category Drama, Psychological Drama, Urban Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: "All the animals come out at night" -- and one of them is a cabby about to snap. In Martin Scorsese's classic 1970s drama, insomniac ex-Marine Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) works the nightshift, driving his cab throughout decaying mid-'70s New York City, wishing for a "real rain" to wash the "scum" off the neon-lit streets. Chronically alone, Travis cannot connect with anyone, not even with such other cabbies as blowhard Wizard (Peter Boyle). He becomes infatuated with vapid blonde presidential campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), who agrees to a date and then spurns Travis when he cluelessly takes her to a porno movie. After an encounter with a malevolent fare (played by...
	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Date Added 2007-07-05 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 951 Year 1995 Length 1:40 Director Geoff Murphy Category Action, Action Thriller, Martial Arts AMG SYNOPSIS: In the original box-office smash Under Siege, action hero Steven Seagal played Casey Ryback, a U.S. Navy SEAL who saved the world from nuclear destruction by outsmarting and killing off terrorists who had commandeered a submarine. In this sequel, Seagal's Ryback character does the same sort of thing aboard a train. Ryback now has retired from the Navy and is taking his niece Sarah (Katherine Heigl) on a vacation. They board a train traveling through the Rocky Mountains. Criminal mastermind Travis Dane (Eric Bogosian) is using the train as a control center in his effort to kidnap a top-secret government outer space super-weapon. Dane built the weapon but then was fired by the...
	Point Break Date Added 2007-07-04 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 864 Year 1991 Length 1:57 Director Kathryn Bigelow Category Action, Action Thriller Other Pure Adrenaline Edition AMG SYNOPSIS: Kathryn Bigelow's fourth action film follows FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) as he goes undercover to infiltrate a cache of Southern California surfers suspected of robbing banks. Utah, a former football player, is assigned to Los Angeles. There, four bank robbers, who wear rubber masks and call themselves "Ex-Presidents," have executed a series of successful robberies which embarrassingly have the FBI stumped. Utah, and his partner Pappas (Gary Busey) suspect that the robbers are surfers and hatch a plan for catching them. -- Linda Rasmussen ...
	Letters from Iwo Jima Date Added 2007-06-24 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 841 Year 2006 Length 2:21 Director Clint Eastwood Category War, Drama, War Drama, Combat Films, Anti-War Film Other Proper May be Available AMG SYNOPSIS: After bringing the story of the American soldiers who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima to the screen in his film Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood offers an equally thoughtful portrait of the Japanese forces who held the island for 36 days in this military drama. In 1945, World War II was in its last stages, and U.S. forces were planning to take on the Japanese on a small island known as Iwo Jima. While the island was mostly rock and volcanoes, it was of key strategic value and Japan's leaders saw the island as the final opportunity to prevent an Allied invasion. Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) was put...
	El Mariachi 2: Desperado Date Added 2007-06-17 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 742 Year 1995 Length 1:43 Director Robert Rodriguez Category Action, Action Thriller, Gangster Film Other Special Edition, Dutch AMG SYNOPSIS: Director Robert Rodriguez picks up where his successful independent debut El Mariachi left off with this slam-bang South of the Border action saga. Bucho (Joaquim DeAlmeida) is a wealthy but casually bloodthirsty drug kingpin who rules a seedy Mexican border town. Bucho and his men make the mistake of angering El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), a former musician who now carries an arsenal in his guitar case. Bucho was responsible for the death of El Mariachi's girlfriend and put a bullet through his fretting hand, making him unable to play the guitar. Bent on revenge, the musician-turned-killing machine arrives in town to put Bucho out of business, though he finds few allies except for...
	El Mariachi 3: Once Upon a Time in Mexico Date Added 2007-06-17 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 743 Year 2003 Length 1:41 Director Robert Rodriguez Category Adventure, Action, Action Thriller AMG SYNOPSIS: Director Robert Rodriguez returns to the characters of his breakthrough hits El Mariachi and Desperado in this grand scale south-of-the-border action-adventure saga. Sands (Johnny Depp) is a rogue CIA agent who is working in cahoots with Mexican officials who've caught wind of a plan by corrupt military leader General Marquez (Gerardo Vigil) and ruthless drug kingpin Barillo (Willem Dafoe) to assassinate Mexico's president (Pedro Armend...
	Dirty Harry Date Added 2007-06-16 Rating 7.0 / 10.0 Number 738 Year 1971 Length 1:42 Director Don Siegel Category Thriller, Crime, Police Detective Film, Action Thriller AMG SYNOPSIS: "You've got to ask yourself a question: do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" Dirty Harry provoked a critical uproar in 1971 for its "fascist" message about the power of one, as it also elevated Clint Eastwood to superstar status through his most enduring screen persona. Harry Callahan (Eastwood, in a role meant for Frank Sinatra) is a sardonic, hard-working San Francisco cop who can't finish his lunch without having to foil a bank robbery with his 44 Magnum, "the most powerful handgun in the world." When hippie-esque psycho Scorpio (Andy Robinson) goes on a killing spree, Harry and new partner Chico (Reni Santoni) are assigned to hunt him down, but not...
	James Bond 03: Goldfinger Date Added 2007-06-16 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 750 Year 1964 Length 1:57 Director Guy Hamilton Category Spy Film, Action, Glamorized Spy Film AMG SYNOPSIS: With Goldfinger, the James Bond series took a turn away from relatively straightforward spy thrillers and toward campy gadgetry, extravagant sets, and kitschy jokes. Bond (Sean Connery) has to prevent a notorious gold smuggler, appropriately named Goldfinger (Gert Fr...
	James Bond 10: The Spy Who Loved Me Date Added 2007-06-16 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 757 Year 1977 Length 2:05 Director Lewis Gilbert Category Spy Film, Action, Glamorized Spy Film, Romantic Adventure, Action Thriller AMG SYNOPSIS: Though not Ian Fleming's most famous James Bond novel, 1962's The Spy Who Loved Me was distinguished by the unique device of telling the story from the heroine's point of view; in fact, Bond doesn't make an appearance until the book is two-thirds over. This would hardly work in the film world's Bond franchise, so the original austere plotline of the novel was eschewed altogether in favor of a labyrinthine story involving outer-space extortion. The leading lady, a "hard-luck kid" in the original, is now sexy Russian secret agent Barbara Bach, who joins forces with Bond (Roger Moore, making his third appearance as 007) to foil yet another megalomaniac villain (Curt Jurgens), who...
	Dr. Strangelove Date Added 2007-06-04 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 740 Year 1964 Length 1:33 Director Stanley Kubrick Category Comedy, Black Comedy, Political Satire, Anti-War Film, Satire, Military Comedy AMG SYNOPSIS: In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire (from a script by director Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern) and a host of superb comic performances (including three from Peter Sellers) have kept the film fresh and entertaining, even as its issues have become (slightly) less timely. Loaded with thermonuclear weapons, a U.S. bomber piloted by Maj. T.J. "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) is on a...
	Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome Date Added 2007-06-04 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 761 Year 1985 Length 1:47 Director George Ogilvie, George Miller Category Action, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Action Other DK AMG SYNOPSIS: About 15 years after the events of Mad Max 2, nuclear war has finally destroyed what little was left of civilization. Grizzled and older, former cop Max (Mel Gibson) roams the Australian desert in a camel-drawn vehicle -- until father-and-son thieves Jebediah Sr. (Bruce Spence) and Jr. (Adam Cockburn) use their jury-rigged airplane to steal his possessions and means of transportation. Max soon winds up in Bartertown, a cesspool of post-apocalyptic capitalism powered by methane-rich pig manure and overseen by two competing overlords, Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) and Master (Angelo Rossitto), a crafty midget who rides around on the back of his hulking underling, Blaster (Paul Larsson). Seeking to re-equip himself, Max strikes...
	Ripley's Game Date Added 2007-06-04 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 780 Year 2002 Length 1:50 Director Liliana Cavani Category Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Crime Thriller AMG SYNOPSIS: The cool and mannered sociopath Tom Ripley returns to the big screen in director Liliana Cavani's 2002 crime thriller Ripley's Game, adapted from the 1974 novel by Patricia Highsmith. Living a life of luxury as an art dealer in northern Italy with his musician wife Luisa (Chiara Caselli), Ripley (John Malkovich) attends a party thrown by Jonathan Trevanny (Dougray Scott) and overhears the host making critical comments about Ripley's fashion sense. Enraged, Ripley immediately plots his retaliation for this slight, which comes via a reunion with his former business partner Reeves (Ray Winstone). Reeves seeks out Ripley's help in finding an unrecognized assassin to kill a Russian gangster, and Ripley suggests he talk...
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Date Added 2007-06-03 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 769 Year 1975 Length 2:13 Director Milos Forman Category Comedy Drama, Tragi-comedy, Psychological Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is sent to the state mental hospital for evaluation. There he encounters a motley crew of mostly voluntary inmates, including cowed mama's boy Billy (Brad Dourif) and silent Native American Chief Bromden (Will Sampson), presided over by the icy Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). Ratched and McMurphy recognize that each is the other's worst enemy: an authority figure who equates sanity with correct behavior, and a misfit who is charismatic...
	American Beauty Date Added 2007-02-05 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 672 Year 1999 Length 2:00 Director Sam Mendes Category Comedy Drama, Tragi-comedy, Family Drama, Coming-of-Age AMG SYNOPSIS: Noted theater director Sam Mendes, who was responsible for the acclaimed 1998 revival of Cabaret and Nicole Kidman's turn in The Blue Room, made his motion picture debut with this film about the dark side of an American family, and about the nature and price of beauty in a culture obsessed with outward appearances. Kevin Spacey plays Lester Burnham, a man in his mid-40s going through an intense midlife crisis; he's grown cynical and is convinced that he has no reason to go on. Lester's relationship with his wife Carolyn (Annette Bening) is not a warm one; while on the surface Carolyn strives to present the image that she's in full control of...
	Boogie Nights Date Added 2007-02-05 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 676 Year 1997 Length 2:32 Director Paul Thomas Anderson Category Comedy Drama, Showbiz Drama, Ensemble Film, Period Film AMG SYNOPSIS: While set within the milieu of the Los Angeles adult film industry, Boogie Nights is less a film about pornography than the serio-comic story of a group of misfits, losers, and lost souls who are embraced by Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), a director who makes "adult films, exotic motion pictures." In 1977, while hanging out at a disco, Jack spots Eddie (Mark Wahlberg), the new busboy at the club, and tells him he's convinced "there's something wonderful inside those jeans waiting to get out." Jack knows his business well and his expert eye has not betrayed him; Eddie is a pornographer's dream -- good looking, remarkably endowed, and willing and able to do...
	Equilibrium Date Added 2007-02-05 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 681 Year 2002 Length 1:47 Director Kurt Wimmer Category Science Fiction, Psychological Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi Action AMG SYNOPSIS: A man who dares to feel finds his life in danger in this cautionary science fiction drama. In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation known as Libria rises up under the unquestioned leadership of Dupont (Angus MacFadyen). Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, The Father has decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of Prozia II, a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law; violating either regulation can be punished by death. John Preston (Christian Bale) is a Grammaton, an...
	Magnolia Date Added 2007-02-05 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 691 Year 1999 Length 3:08 Director Paul Thomas Anderson Category Drama, Ensemble Film, Urban Drama, Psychological Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson followed his critical and commercial breakthrough Boogie Nights with this wildly ambitious story of lives intertwining on a single day in California's San Fernando Valley. Earl Partridge (Jason Robards), a successful producer of television game shows, left his wife when she contracted cancer to marry the younger and more beautiful Linda (Julianne Moore). Now, Earl has cancer himself, and Linda spends her day fetching medicines and trying to deal with the imminent death of her husband, whom she has only now come to love. Earl asks his nurse Phil (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to arrange a meeting with his estranged son, Frank Mackey (Tom Cruise), known for his self-help...
	Night at the Museum Date Added 2007-02-05 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 696 Year 2006 Length 1:48 Director Shawn Levy Category Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy Adventure, Adventure Comedy AMG SYNOPSIS: The new night watchman at New York's Museum of Natural History finds that the job comes with more responsibility than he ever dreamed in this wild fantasy comedy directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, and Dick Van Dyke. Larry Daley (Stiller) is a kind-hearted dreamer who always knew that he was destined for greatness, he just never quite knew how. None of his ideas or inventions has panned out, so with a heavy heart, he takes a regular job as a lowly graveyard-shift security guard at the Museum of Natural History in order to provide a more stable life for himself and his ten-year-old son. His first...
	Chopper Date Added 2007-01-15 Rating 4.0 / 10.0 Number 678 Year 2000 Length 1:34 Director Andrew Dominik Category Drama, Crime, Biography [feature], Black Comedy Other Dutch AMG SYNOPSIS: This Australian drama is based on the life and times of Mark "Chopper" Read, a notorious Aussie criminal who went on to become a best-selling author, publishing nine books about his exploits outside the law. In 1978, Chopper (played by Eric Bana) is serving a 16-year sentence for abducting a judge who was overseeing the trial of his best friend Jimmy (Simon Lyndon). Jimmy and Chopper end up sharing a cell, along with Keithy George (David Field), a crime boss; when a disagreement between Keithy and Chopper escalates into violence, Chopper kills Keithy, leading to retribution from the gangster's mates, who hire Jimmy to do their dirty work. To escape, Chopper forces a...
	Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Date Added 2007-01-14 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 684 Year 1999 Length 1:56 Director Jim Jarmusch Category Crime, Crime Drama, Gangster Film, Parody/Spoof AMG SYNOPSIS: A surreal crime drama told as only Jim Jarmusch could, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai stars Forest Whitaker as Ghost Dog, a hit man living in an unidentified but run-down city in what license plates call "The Industrialized State." Known for his gift of being able to come and go without people noticing him, Ghost Dog is a self-taught samurai who is obsessed with order and his strict personal moral code, drawn from the philosophies of the Japanese warriors. As every samurai needs a leader to whom he swears loyalty, Ghost Dog has devoted himself the service of Louie (John Tormey), a low-level crime boss who once saved his life. When...
	Who Killed the Electric Car? Date Added 2007-01-14 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 717 Year 2006 Length 1:32 Director Chris Paine Category Science & Technology [nf], Inventions & Innovations, Vehicles & Transportation [nf] Other Limited AMG SYNOPSIS: Filmmaker Chris Payne explores the many factors that played into the ultimate failure of the electric car to catch on with consumers, even as gas prices began to skyrocket, in a thoughtful meditation on the increasingly important role that renewable energy plays in modern society. Introduced as a means of providing an alternative to increasing oil consumption and reducing pollution in 1996, the electric car was all but a forgotten memory only a decade later -- but why? Though interviews with consumer advocacy experts, automotive industry experts, and oil industry heavyweights, Payne paints a though-provoking picture of a culture whose aversion to change and reliance on dwindling resources may be rooted in the...
	This Film Is Not Yet Rated Date Added 2007-01-12 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 712 Year 2005 Length 1:37 Director Kirby Dick Category Film, TV & Radio [nf], Film & Television History, Media Studies Other Limited AMG SYNOPSIS: In a rare and refreshing reversal of roles, filmmakers put the powerful Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA for short) under the microscope for inspection in Academy Award-nominated director Kirby Dick's incisive look at stateside cinema's most notorious non-censoring censors. Compelled by the staggering amount of power that the MPAA ratings board wields, the filmmaker seeks out the true identities of the anonymous elite who control what films make it to the multiplex. He even goes so far as to hire a private investigator to stake out MPAA headquarters and expose Hollywood's best-kept secret. Along the way, Dick speaks with numerous filmmakers whose careers have been affected by the seemingly random and sexual-content...
	Apocalypto Date Added 2007-01-07 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 630 Year 2006 Length 2:17 Director Mel Gibson Category Action, Epic, Chase Movie, Historical Epic Other Screener, Proper AMG SYNOPSIS: As the foundation of the Mayan civilization begins to crumble, one man's previously idyllic existence is forever changed when he is chosen as the sacrifice needed to appease the gods in director Mel Gibson's mythic, end-times adventure. The Mayan kingdom is at the absolute height of opulence and power, but leaders are convinced that unless more temples are constructed and more human sacrifices made, the crops, and ultimately the people, will suffer. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) is a peaceful hunter from a remote forest tribe whose life is about to be changed forever. When Jaguar Paw's village is raided and he is prepared as the sacrifice that the Mayan deities have demanded, the...
	Flags of Our Fathers Date Added 2007-01-07 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 639 Year 2006 Length 2:11 Director Clint Eastwood Category War, Drama, War Drama Other Screener AMG SYNOPSIS: Clint Eastwood's adaptation of the non-fiction book Flags of Our Fathers concerns the lives of the men in the famous picture of soldiers raising the American flag over Iwo Jima during that historic WWII battle. Battle scenes are intercut with footage of three of the soldiers - played by Ryan Phillipe, Jesse Bradford, and Adam Beach -- who survived the battle going on a goodwill tour of the United States in order to sell war bonds. Many evening they are forced to reenact their famous pose, something each of them finds more and more difficult to do as they suffer from survivor's guilt. Eastwood frames the story by having one of the men's...
	Red Dawn Date Added 2007-01-07 Rating 4.0 / 10.0 Number 647 Year 1984 Length 1:54 Director John Milius Category Action, Action Thriller, War Adventure AMG SYNOPSIS: Set at an indeterminate point in the future, this drama with an overt anti-communist message begins as an ostensible war movie: Russian and Cuban forces have invaded the U.S. and are viciously eliminating the inhabitants of a small town, when a group of teens escapes and plans a counterattack. Jed (Patrick Swayze), Robert (C. Thomas Howell) and six of their friends watch in amazement as soldiers parachute into their town and start shooting. The teens grab a pick-up truck, stock up on supplies at the local store, and head for the hills. Meanwhile, the men in the town -- after a minimal resistance -- are rounded up and held at a drive-in theater...
	Little Miss Sunshine Date Added 2006-12-18 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 645 Year 2006 Length 1:39 Director Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Category Comedy Drama, Ensemble Film, Road Movie AMG SYNOPSIS: When a pudgy, bespectacled seven-year-old voices her desire to take home the coveted Little Miss Sunshine crown at an upcoming beauty pageant, her wildly dysfunctional family sets out on an interstate road trip to ensure her a clear shot at realizing her dreams in former music video directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' quirky feature debut, starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, and Toni Collette. Despite early career success as an outspoken motivational speaker, family patriarch Richard (Kinnear) continues to cling to his "Refuse to lose" philosophy, much to the chagrin of his increasingly annoyed spouse, Sheryl (Collette). Add into the mix a Nietzsche-reading teenage son (Paul Dano) who has taken up a...
	The Talented Mr. Ripley Date Added 2006-11-19 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 629 Year 1999 Length 2:19 Director Anthony Minghella Category Thriller, Drama, Psychological Thriller, Crime Thriller, Period Film AMG SYNOPSIS: After the Oscar-winning The English Patient, writer/director Anthony Minghella attempted another tricky literary adaptation with The Talented Mr. Ripley, which features heartthrob Matt Damon cast against type as a psychopathic bisexual murderer. Tom Ripley (Damon) is a bright and charismatic sociopath who makes his way in mid-'50s New York City as a men's room attendant and sometimes pianist, though his real skill is in impersonating other people, forging handwriting, and running second-rate scams. After being mistaken for a Princeton student, Tom meets the shipping tycoon father of Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), who has traveled to the coast of Italy, where he's living a carefree life with his father's money and his beautiful girlfriend,...
	American History X Date Added 2006-11-18 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 579 Year 1998 Length 1:58 Director Tony Kaye Category Drama, Urban Drama, Message Movie, Crime Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: Tony Kaye made his feature directorial debut with this dramatic exploration into the roots of race hatred in America. In a shocking opening scene, teen Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong) races to tell his older brother, neo-Nazi Derek (Edward Norton), about the young blacks breaking into his car in front of the house, whereupon Derek gets his gun and with no forethought shoots the youths in their tracks. Tried and convicted, Derek is sent away for three years in prison, where he acquires a different outlook as he contrasts white-power prisoners with black Lamont (Guy Torry), his prison laundry co-worker and eventual pal. Meanwhile, Danny, with a shaved head and a rebellious attitude, seems...
	The Big Lebowski Date Added 2006-10-27 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 539 Year 1998 Length 2:07 Director Joel Coen Category Comedy, Crime Comedy, Screwball Comedy, Buddy Film Other Dutch The plot of this Raymond Chandler-esque comedy crime caper from the Coen Brothers (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) pivots around a case of mistaken identity complicated by extortion, double-crosses, deception, embezzlement, sex, pot, and gallons of White Russians (made with fresh cream, please). In 1991, unemployed '60s refugee Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) grooves into his laid-back Los Angeles lifestyle. One of the laziest men in LA, he enjoys hanging with his bowling buddies, pompous security-store owner Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) and mild-mannered ex-surfer Donny (Steve Buscemi). However, the Dude's life takes an alternate route the afternoon two goons break into his threadbare Venice, California, bungalow, rough him up, and urinate on his living...
	Under Siege Date Added 2006-10-27 Rating 6.0 / 10.0 Number 568 Year 1992 Length 1:40 Director Andrew Davis Category Action, Action Thriller Andrew Davis directed this exciting thriller starring Steven Seagal, sans ponytail, and featuring electric, over-the-top performances by Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones. This action saga takes place on the battleship USS Missouri, about to be decommissioned from service after a visit from George Bush. When Bush departs the vessel, a band of terrorists overcome the remaining skeleton crew and take over the ship, under the ruse of holding a surprise birthday party for the ship's commander, Captain Adams (Patrick O'Neal). The band is led by Strannix (Jones), a disgruntled ex-CIA operative, and his right-hand man, the psychotic Krill (Busey). The terrorists plan to steal the ship's store of nuclear warheads, transfer them to a...
	Vanishing Point Date Added 2006-10-27 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 570 Year 1971 Length 1:47 Director Richard Sarafian Category Action, Chase Movie, Action Thriller Richard Sarafian directed this minimalist chase film, starring Barry Newman as ex-marine, ex-race car driver and cop named Kowalski. He drives into Denver to deliver a car and pick up another vehicle to drive to San Francisco. To make the fifteen-hour drive to San Francisco bearable he pops a load of pep pills and drives off. Almost immediately, he is told to pull over by the police, but Kowalski refuses to stop. Ignoring the cops, a police chase ensues. Egging Kowalski on is a blind black disc jockey, Super Soul (Cleavon Little), who announces his comings and goings on his local radio show, praising Kowalski to the skies as "the last American to whom speed...
	The Deer Hunter Date Added 2006-10-18 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 543 Year 1978 Length 3:02 Director Michael Cimino Category Drama, Anti-War Film, Ensemble Film, Reunion Films, War Drama, POW Drama AMG SYNOPSIS: One of several 1978 films dealing with the Vietnam War (including Hal Ashby's Oscar-winning Coming Home), Michael Cimino's epic second feature The Deer Hunter was both renowned for its tough portrayal of the war's effect on American working class steel workers and notorious for its ahistorical use of Russian roulette in the Vietnam sequences. Structured in five sections contrasting home and war, the film opens in Clairton, PA, as Mike (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken), and Stan (John Cazale, in his last film) celebrate the wedding of their friend Steve (John Savage) and go on a final deer hunt before the men leave for Vietnam. Mike treats hunting as a test of...
	Time Bandits 2/2 Date Added 2006-10-17 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 566 Year 1981 Length 1:50 Director Terry Gilliam Category Adventure, Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure, Fantasy Comedy Other Special Edition A young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this humorous fantasy. Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam mostly achieves a tricky balancing act in his second feature as sole director, creating a dark, irreverent comedy disguised as a family adventure. Particularly amusing are the boy's encounters with various historical figures, including an entertainment-starved Napoleon (Ian Holm), a powerful Agamemnon (Sean Connery), and a surprisingly stuffy Robin Hood, embodied by Gilliam's Python cohort John Cleese. Episodic by nature, the film is less successful when dealing with the larger narrative, which concerns the pursuit of the dwarves and their time-traveling map by the Supreme Being. However, the combination of Gilliam's...
	Once Upon a Time in the West Date Added 2006-10-15 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 515 Year 1968 Length 2:45 Director Sergio Leone Category Western, Epic Western, Revisionist Western, Spaghetti Western, Ensemble Film In Sergio Leone's epic Western, shot partly in Monument Valley, a revenge story becomes an epic contemplation of the Western past. To get his hands on prime railroad land in Sweetwater, crippled railroad baron Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti) hires killers, led by blue-eyed sadist Frank (Henry Fonda), who wipe out property owner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff) and his family. McBain's newly arrived bride, Jill (Claudia Cardinale), however, inherits it instead. Both outlaw Cheyenne (Jason Robards) and lethally mysterious Harmonica (Charles Bronson) take it upon themselves to look after Jill and thwart Frank's plans to seize her land. As alliances and betrayals mutate, it soon becomes clear that Harmonica wants to get Frank for another reason --...
	Thief Date Added 2006-10-15 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 563 Year 1981 Length 2:02 Director Michael Mann Category Crime, Crime Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Caper In Thief, James Caan plays Frank, a professional jewel thief who wants to marry Jessie (Tuesday Weld) and settle down into a normal life. In order to achieve his dream of a family, Frank--who is used to working solo--has to align himself with a crime boss named Leo (Robert Prosky), who will help him gain the money he needs to begin his domestic life. Frank plans to retire after the heist, yet he finds himself indebted to Leo and he struggles to break free. Thief is the first feature film from director Michael Mann and it seethes with his stylish, atmospheric direction. Though his cool approach may put off some viewers, it's a distinctive...
	Unforgiven Date Added 2006-10-15 Rating 10.0 / 10.0 Number 569 Year 1992 Length 2:15 Director Clint Eastwood Category Western, Revisionist Western, Outlaw (Gunfighter) Film Dedicated to his mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar-winner examines the mythic violence of the Western, taking on the ghosts of his own star past. Disgusted by Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett's decree that several ponies make up for a cowhand's slashing a whore's face, Big Whiskey prostitutes, led by fierce Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher), take justice into their own hands and put a $1000 bounty on the lives of the perpetrators. Notorious outlaw-turned-hog farmer William Munny (Eastwood) is sought out by neophyte gunslinger the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) to go with him to Big Whiskey and collect the bounty. While Munny insists, "I ain't like that no more," he needs the...
	Misery Date Added 2006-10-14 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 507 Year 1990 Length 1:47 Director Rob Reiner Category Thriller, Psychological Thriller Adapted from a Stephen King novel, Rob Reiner's Misery cast James Caan as a writer at a career crossroads. The film opens with Paul Sheldon (Caan) completing work on his latest novel, a break from his popular series of novels featuring the character Misery Chastain. He gets into a severe car accident and is saved by Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), a reclusive woman who nurses him back to health. Annie is a huge fan of the Misery novels, and she finishes reading the new one while Paul is convalescing. She becomes enraged when she discovers that Paul has killed off Misery. Annie injures Paul's foot severely so that he is unable to leave her house,...
	Repo Man Date Added 2006-10-14 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 525 Year 1984 Length 1:34 Director Alex Cox Category Comedy, Sci-Fi Comedy, Crime Comedy Alex Cox's directorial debut was a wickedly funny and willfully bizarre story that became a major cult item once it began making the art-house rounds a year after its release (an initial run in a string of Southern grind houses and drive-ins, where it was billed as an action film, was a resounding failure). Having lost his job and his girlfriend, punk rocker Otto (Emilio Estevez) meets a guy named Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) who offers him $25 to drive his wife's car out of a "bad area." When a handful of angry people start chasing Otto, he realizes that something is up, and he discovers that Bud repossesses cars for a living. With...
	21 Grams Date Added 2006-10-12 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 404 Year 2003 Length 2:05 Director Alejandro Gonz Category Drama, Psychological Drama, Ensemble Film Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonz...
	Dogma Date Added 2006-10-12 Rating 5.0 / 10.0 Number 440 Year 1999 Length 2:08 Director Kevin Smith Category Comedy, Religious Comedy, Satire, Road Movie Would you believe that the last living descendent of Jesus Christ is a woman working at an abortion clinic in Illinois? And that she's been sent on a holy mission with two minor characters from Clerks and Mallrats as her guides? Prepare to suspend any and all disbelief as you watch the religious satire Dogma, the fourth film from writer/director Kevin Smith. Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) has been disappointed in life and has found her faith severely tested after her husband leaves her when she discovers she cannot have children. So Bethany is all the more puzzled when she's approached by Metatron (Alan Rickman), a grumpy angel. Metatron wants her to help him stop Bartleby (Ben...
	Chaos Date Added 2006-10-09 Rating 6.3 / 10.0 Number 415 Year 2005 Length 1:38 Director Tony Giglio Category Thriller Two mismatched lawmen are on the trail of an unusually talented criminal in this crime thriller. Quentin Conners (Jason Statham) is a veteran police detective who is less than pleased when he's assigned a new partner, Shane Dekker (Ryan Phillippe). While Conners has been with the force for years, Dekker is a rookie, and it doesn't take Conners long to realize his partner has a lot to learn about the nuts and bolts of investigation. However, the two are forced to put aside their differences when they're given an important new case to crack -- a brilliant thief (Wesley Snipes) has masterminded a series of high-stakes bank heists, and the police are baffled as to...
	Thank You for Smoking Date Added 2006-09-25 Rating 8.1 / 10.0 Number 395 Year 2005 Length 1:32 Director Jason Reitman Category Comedy Tobacco industry lobbyist Nick Naylor has a seemingly impossible task: promoting cigarette smoking in a time when the health hazards of the activity have become too plain to ignore. Nick, however, revels in his job, using argument and twisted logic to place, as often as not, his clients in the positions of either altruistic do-gooders or victims. Nick's son Joey needs to understand and respect his dad's philosophy, and Nick works hard to respond to that need without compromising his lack of values. When a beautiful news reporter betrays Nick's sexually-achieved trust, his world seems in danger of collapsing. But there's always one more coffin nail in Nick's pack....
	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Date Added 2006-07-04 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 297 Year 2005 Length 2:01 Director Tommy Lee Jones Category Adventure A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico....
	National Treasure Date Added 2006-06-20 Rating 4.0 / 10.0 Number 168 Year 2004 Length 2:10 Director Jon Turteltaub Category Adventure, Action Thriller, Caper AMG SYNOPSIS: A man sets out to steal a lost fortune in order to save it in this adventure drama from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) is an archeologist who is from the eighth generation of a family who has shared an unusual quest. As Gates-family legend has it, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin hid a massive cache of gold during the waning days of the Revolutionary War and left clues as to its whereabouts in the original drafts of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. With no firm proof that it actually exists, Gates sets out to crack the code that will lead him to the fortune, which,...
	Traffic Date Added 2006-04-23 Rating 9.0 / 10.0 Number 318 Year 2000 Length 2:27 Director Steven Soderbergh Category Drama, Crime Drama, Social Problem Film, Police Drama, Addiction Drama Described by director Steven Soderbergh as "Nashville meets The French Connection," this multi-character drama explores the effects of international drug trafficking on all fronts: from their source, to the U.S. border, to the federal government, to the private lives of users. Based upon a miniseries originally aired on Britain's Channel 4, Traffic divides its time among three main storylines and almost a dozen locales. The first and primary plot thread, set in Ohio and Washington, D.C., concerns freshly-appointed drug czar Robert Wakefield (Michael Douglas), whose enthusiasm for his new prestige position is quickly offset when he realizes his 16-year-old daughter Caroline (Erika Christensen) is graduating from recreational drug use to habitual abuse -- a secret...
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Date Added 2003-12-20 Rating 8.0 / 10.0 Number 1168 Year 2003 Length 2:23 Director Gore Verbinski Category Adventure, Fantasy, Swashbuckler, Adventure Comedy, Sea Adventure, Fantasy Adventure AMG SYNOPSIS: Following his surprise-hit American remake of The Ring in 2002, director Gore Verbinski took on Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the second of recent films to be based upon Disney theme-park rides (the first being The Country Bears). When Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), the daughter of Governor Swann (Jonathan Pryce) is kidnapped by a group of pirates led by Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and taken aboard their ship, The Black Pearl, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), the young man who loves Elizabeth despite the fact that she is promised to another, sets out to rescue her. But he can't do it alone, so he enlists the help of swashbuckling...