The Blob

Plot Summary

A cult classic of gooey greatness, The Blob follows the havoc wreaked on a small town by an outerspace monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with STEVE MCQUEEN (The Great Escape) playing the rebel teen who tries to warn the residents about the jellylike invader. Strong performances and ingenious special effects help The Blob transcend the schlock sci-fi and youth delinquency genres from which it originates. Made outside of Hollywood by a maverick film distributor and a crew whose credits mostly comprised religious and educational shorts, The Blob helped launch the careers of McQueen and composer BURT BACHARACH, whose bouncy title song is just one of this film’s many unexpected pleasures.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Plot Summary

Considered by many to be the finest British film ever made, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, by MICHAEL POWELL and EMERIC PRESSBURGER (The Red Shoes), is a stirring masterpiece like no other.


Roger Livesey dynamically embodies outmoded English militarism as the indelible General Clive Candy, who barely survives four decades of tumultuous British history (1902 to 1942) only to see the world change irrevocably before his eyes. Anton Walbrook (The Red Shoes) and Deborah Kerr (Black Narcissus) provide unforgettable support, he as a German enemy turned lifelong friend of Blimp’s and she as young women of three consecutive generations—a socially committed governess, a sweet-souled war nurse, and a modern-thinking army driver—who inspire him. Colonel Blimp is both moving and slyly satirical, an incomparable film about war, love, aging, and obsolescence shot in gorgeous Technicolor.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Plot Summary

The epic love story between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen continues in this final installment of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling series.

The Sweeney

Plot Summary

Sometimes you have to act like a criminal to catch a criminal. Ray Winstone (The Departed) and Ben Drew (aka Plan B) star as part of an elite police unit in explosive action film, THE SWEENEY. Also starring Damian Lewis (Homeland) and Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger).

The Oranges

Plot Summary

David and Paige Walling (Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener) and Terry and Cathy Ostroff (Oliver Platt, Allison Janney) are best friends and neighbors living on Orange Drive in suburban New Jersey.  Their comfortable existence goes awry when prodigal daughter Nina Ostroff (Leighton Meester), newly broken up with her fiancé Ethan (Sam Rosen), returns home for Thanksgiving after a five-year absence.  Rather than developing an interest in the successful son of her neighbors, Toby Walling (Adam Brody), which would please both families, it’s her parents' best friend David who captures Nina’s attention. 

When the connection between Nina and David becomes undeniable, everyone’s lives are thrown into upheaval, particularly Vanessa Walling’s (Alia Shawkat), Nina's childhood best friend.  It’s not long before the ramifications of the affair begin to work on all of the family members in unexpected and hilarious ways, leading everyone to reawaken to their lives and reassess what it means to be happy.

Badlands

Plot Summary

Badlands announced the arrival of a major talent: TERRENCE MALICK (Days of Heaven). His impressionistic take on the notorious Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate killing spree of the late 1950s uses a serial-killer narrative as a springboard for an oblique teenage romance, lovingly and idiosyncratically enacted by MARTIN SHEEN (Apocalypse Now) and SISSY SPACEK (Carrie). The film also introduced many of the elements that would earn Malick his passionate following: the enigmatic approach to narrative and character, the unusual use of voice-over, the juxtaposition of human violence with natural beauty, the poetic investigation of American dreams and nightmares. This debut has spawned countless imitations, but none have equaled its strange sublimity.

The Inbetweeners - Season 2

Plot Summary

Combine the juvenile smut of Superbad with the cringing embarrassment of Peep Show, against the 'stylish' backdrop of Grange Hill, and what do you get? E4's hilarious comedy The Inbetweeners. A super sharp, one-liner packed celebration of the highs and lows of being a teenager. Perfectly capturing the relentless disappointment of suburban adolescence, the show's four main characters yearn for sex, booze and cheap thrills, without the emotional maturity, money or ID to get them. Briefcase-carrying nerd Will (Simon Bird) has recently left the relative sophistication of private school to join Rudge Park Comprehensive, where he befriends Simon (Joe Thomas), Jay (James Buckley) and Neil (Blake Harrison); a group precariously straddling the social gulf between the in-crowd and the outcasts. This release contains the complete first series, and features a wealth of rubbish insults, even more rubbish come-backs, and plenty of mum-jokes. With some invaluable life-lessons on wooing the ladies, bunking off school, getting served in the pub, and why you should always, always remember proper etiquette on a roller coaster. 

Black Eagle

Plot Summary

After he performs a dangerous dare-devil stunt at an air show, South Korean Air Force pilot Tae-hun is kicked out of the elite Black Eagles flying team and transferred to a combat unit where he immediately comes into conflict with ace pilot Cheol-hui. He makes friends with the other pilots in the unit and falls in love with the beautiful Se-young, who is in charge of maintenance. When a North Korean MIG fighter threatens, the group engages in a gripping dogfight that leaves one comrade dead and another missing. Cheol-hui and Tae-hun join forces to rescue their missing friend and prevent a catastrophic war.

The WotWots Spot a Dotty Wot

Plot Summary

The WotWots are two small fluffy aliens, a brother and sister, who come to explore planet Earth in their steam powered spaceship. They land in a local zoo and delight in discovering all the exotic creatures that live there. The series celebrates the joy of discovery and the strange and extraordinary diversity of life on the planet.

Love, Hate & Propaganda - War On Terror

Plot Summary

Nine days after the 9-11 attacks on America, President George Bush declared War on Terror. This two part series examines the role propaganda played leading up to Bush's declaration and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Other Son

Plot Summary

The Other Son is the moving and provocative tale of two young men -- one Israeli, the other Palestinian -- who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, and the complex repercussions facing them and their respective families. 

Les Miserables

Plot Summary

In early 19th century France, the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean (Gérard Depardieu) seeks redemption, regains his social standing and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful, but desperately ill woman, named Fantine (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and cares for her daughter, Cosette (Virginie Ledoyen), after her death. All the while, he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert (John Malkovich), who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.

Stitches

Plot Summary

Years after a prank on young Tommy's birthday left hired clown Stitches dead on the kitchen floor, Tommy's childhood friends plan one last birthday party to end all parties. But they didn't count on the degenerate jester returning from the grave to seek vengeance on the teens who caused his untimely end. Now the friends are on the run from an undead jokester who's ready to use every trick in the book to exact his revenge. Dead Meat director Conor McMahon delivers a delirious slasher with STITCHES, the hilariously twisted and blood soaked tale of one very bad clown. 

Hit & Miss - Season 1

Plot Summary

Mia is a contract killer with a secret: she's a transgender woman. After a young life where she never quite fitted in, Eddie, an underworld linchpin, took Mia under his wing and created a brilliant assassin.

But Mia's life is turned upside down when she receives a letter from her ex, Wendy, who reveals that she's dying from cancer - and that when they were together Mia fathered a son, 11-year-old Ryan. Now Mia is his legal guardian.

Travelling to a tiny village in West Yorkshire to see the boy, Mia meets the rest of Wendy's farmhouse clan: 16-year-old Riley, 15-year-old Levi, and 6-year-old Leonie.

Hit & Miss follows Mia's attempts to mix her killer instincts with her new maternal ones, in a search for her own identity. A lethal killer at the heart of a troubled family in the middle of nowhere is where the series begins.

Stella and Sam - Signs of Spring

Plot Summary

Watch as Stella, the irrepressible redhead, and her slightly apprehensive little brother Sam take on the wonders of the world and explore the endearing, intimate scenes of young childhood. Stella and Sam is based on the award-winning best-selling book series by Marie-Louise Gay. Independent, brave, adventurous Stella, has something to say about everything – the best kind of big sister…especially when your name is Sam and you’re eager to explore the world and learn all that it has to offer! When Stella explains things to her little brother, what she says can be plausible or preposterous. And whatever it is she says, you can be certain that it will make you smile.  DVD Contains 6 Episodes

In the Night Garden Re-releases of All Together Now & Looking for Eachother

Plot Summary

In the Night Garden is about a magical picture-book place that exists between waking and sleeping in a child’s imagination. It is a place inhabited by a diverse community of toy characters that care for each other and have fun together. Listen to the music and meet the community of toys that care for each other unconditionally.

Almost Naked Animals - S.S Banana

Plot Summary

Based on the popular website of the same name, this irreverent, fast-paced animated comedy series features an ensemble cast of seven free-spirited underwear-clad animals that run a beach-front hotel called The Banana Cabana. Like kids at a summer camp, the gang of Almost Naked Animals do their best to make each day more fun than the last!

Nobody Gets Out Alive

Plot Summary

Everyone thought the stories about Braiden Woods and the madman who lurks there were just urban legends. They say that he watches from the shadows, waiting for the innocent and unlucky to cross his bloody path. But this one myth that will prove all too real for an unsuspecting group of teenagers. What begins as a weekend away from home soon becomes a horrific desperate fight for survival as their tormentor unleashes his savage, unrelenting fury upon them, one by one… 

Caillou - Big Brother Caillou

Plot Summary

Discovery, learning, growing....In Caillou's world, these things are paramount.  Being 4 years old means life is full of little challenges and sometimes BIG ones too!  Caillou meets these challenges eagerly: exploring his world, dicovering new things and often learning from his mistakes.  With a focus on healthy nutrition, exercise, safety and the environment, each "Caillou" episode is grounded in an everyday experience - one that inspires children to grow emotionally as they explore the world around them.  As Caillou overcomes life's obstacles and makes healthy choices, children are inspired to do the same - making him an everyday hero!  DVD Includes 5 episodes.

A Turtle's Tale - Sammy's Adventure

Plot Summary

Born on a Baja, California beach in 1959, new hatchling Sammy must do what his fellow newborn sea turtles are doing: race across the beach to the ocean before they are captured by a seagull or crab. Thus begins Sammy’s incredible fifty-year ocean journey. Along the way he meets his best friend, a fellow turtle named Ray, and overcomes obstacles both natural and man-made while trying to fulfill his dream of travelling around the world. Throughout his voyage, Sammy never forgets about Shelly – the turtle he saved on his first day and loves passionately from afar. Based on the actual trajectory of a sea turtle’s life, the film illustrates the dangers humans pose to the species’ survival. From deep water trawling to oil spills and garbage dumped at sea, the film combines entertainment with an important environmental message.

Marvel Knights - Inhumans

Plot Summary

With the city of Attilan under attack from without and within, the fate of an entire civilization rests on the shoulders of Black Bolt, leader of the secretive and extraordinary Inhumans. The Inhumans are led by their king Black Bolt, and his Royal Family, consisting of Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, Triton, Crystal, Maximus the Mad, and the canine Lockjaw. Both Crystal and Medusa have been members of the Fantastic Four; Crystal has also been a member of the Avengers.

Oliver Twist

Plot Summary

Oliver Twist, an innocent and near-starving young orphan, flees from the workhouse to the streets of London and is befriended by the Artful Dodger who introduces him to a gang of street urchins and their unsavory leader, Fagin (George C. Scott). Suddenly Oliver finds himself caught up in a world of pick-pocketing and criminal activity until one night his life is turned around by the kindness of one of his victims. Unfortunately, he is far from safe, as the villains he thought he had left behind soon discover the secret of his birth and decide that he must be silenced at end any cost.

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries - Series 1

Plot Summary

In 1920s Melbourne, the Honorable Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis, Girl with a Pearl Earring) is a thoroughly modern woman operating in a mostly male world. The glamorous "lady detective" goes about her work with a pistol close at hand-and, more often than not, a male admirer even closer.

To the dismay of Detective Inspector Jack Robinson (Nathan Page, The Secret Life of Us), Phryne's investigations take her through back alleys, jazz clubs, and shady neighborhoods. Ignoring the dangers all around her, she glides through life determined to enjoy every moment. But beneath her devil-may-care attitude, Phryne hides ghosts from the past that continue to haunt her. 

This Must Be The Place

Plot Summary

Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during WWII.

Kill For Me

Plot Summary

While trying to move on from an abusive ex-boyfriend, Amanda (KATIE CASSIDY, TV’s “Arrow”) looks for a roommate to help pay the rent. Hailey (TRACY SPIRIDAKOS, TV’s “Revolution”) just moved to college to get away from her own abusive past. Now roommates, both girls find comfort in their friendship and make a pact to help each other overcome their pasts… no matter what the cost. When Amanda’s abusive ex-boyfriend catches up with her, a riveting roller coaster of suspense and twists is set in motion. In order to survive, the two girls face their harrowing pasts together. But as Hailey’s past becomes more transparent, it’s difficult to decipher who is the victim and who is the cold-blooded killer.

Mars & Avril

Plot Summary

In futuristic Montreal, two men are smitten with the same girl. Jacob (Jacques Languirand) is an older musician of significant renown; Arthur (Paul Ahmarani) designs musical instruments to be manufactured by his father (Robert Lepage). The object of their desire, Avril (Caroline Dhavernas), is a short-winded photographer short on inspiration. Through teleportation and a device for travelling into the unconscious, the amorous adventures of the time-unstuck trio bring them to Mars — or to what they imagine Mars to be...

Deadly Crossing

Plot Summary

When an influx of violent and ruthless heroin dealers descend on Seattle, Elijah Kane (Steven Seagal) leads an elite undercover squad of cops to bring them to justice. Tearing up the rulebook, Kane and his crack team of law enforcers storm the city streets to clean out the drug barons by any brutal means necessary.

Zero Dark Thirty

Plot Summary

For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives working in secret across the globe devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty reunites the Oscar(R) winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (2009, Best Picture, The Hurt Locker) for the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man.

Esimesac

Plot Summary

With the villagers of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton barely having enough food to survive, Ésimésac convinces them to collaborate on a community garden. Each person will multiply his or her yield by cultivating the land together. At the same time, talk of a new railway line promises to connect Saint-Élie-de-Caxton to the rest of the world and brings the hope of abundance. Riopel, the hulking blacksmith, starts working on the railway track and convinces the locals to invest in his project rather than waste their time playing in the garden. Ésimésac’s big project flounders under the weight of metal. But can he really stop progress?

Easy Money

Plot Summary

Directed by Daniél Espinosa (Safe House), EASY MONEY is a Swedish crime thriller based on the international best-selling novel Snabba Cash by Jens Lapidus. Lower-class business student JW (Joel Kinnaman from AMC’s ‘The Killing’) falls in love with a sexy heiress while living a double life mingling with Stockholm’s wealthy elite. To keep up the facade of his lifestyle, he’s lured into a world of crime. Jorge is a petty fugitive on the run from both the police and Serbian mafia. He hopes that brokering a massive drug deal will allow him to escape for good. Mafia enforcer Mrado is on the hunt for Jorge, but his efforts are complicated when he’s unexpectedly saddled with caring for his young daughter. As JW’s journey ventures deeper into the dark world of organized crime, the fate of all three men becomes entangled and ends with a dramatic struggle for life and death.

Killing Them Softly

Plot Summary

Brad Pitt delivers an explosive performance as Jackie Cogan, an enforcer for the Mob in Andrew Dominik’s gritty yet stylish crime thriller KILLING THEM SOFTLY. Cogan must restore order in the criminal economy after a Mob protected card game is heisted by a group of inexperienced crooks. Brad Pitt stars along with Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, Max Casella, Trevor Long, Slaine and Sam Shepard.

Hyde Park On Hudson

Plot Summary

In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Academy Award nominee Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York – the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one. Seen through the eyes of Daisy (Academy Award nominee Laura Linney), Franklin’s neighbor and intimate, the weekend will produce not only a special relationship between two great nations, but, for Daisy – and through her, for us all – a deeper understanding of the mysteries of love and friendship.

Sexy Evil Genius

Plot Summary

A group of people are lured to the same bar in downtown Los Angeles by Nikki, an ex-girlfriend they all have in common. Beautiful, conniving and downright insane, Nikki has one last surprise in store for her ex-lovers…

Django Unchained

Plot Summary

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and featuring an award-winning cast, Jamie Foxx stars as Django, a slave who teams up with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to seek out the South’s most wanted criminals with the promise of Django’s freedom. Honing vital hunting skills, his one goal is to find and rescue the wife (Kerry Washington) he lost to the slave trade long ago. When their search ultimately leads to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) the infamous and brutal proprietor of “Candyland,” they arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave. Now their moves are marked and they must stay one step ahead of his treacherous organization.

Antiviral

Plot Summary

Syd March is an employee of The Lucas Clinic - a company that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to fans who wish to fulfill their obsessive desire for real intimacy with their idols. As well as working for them Syd also supplements his income by smuggling viruses out of the clinic in his own body in order to sell them on the black market. Constantly ill and losing his edge, Syd becomes careless and infects himself with an unusual virus carried by superstar Hannah Geist. When the news breaks that Hannah has died, Syd realises that the virus running rampant in his system will soon kill him too. Hallucinating and struggling to remain in control, Syd must race to solve the mystery surrounding Hannah's death if he hopes to avoid suffering the same fate.

Escapee

Plot Summary

While on an observational trip to a high security prison for the criminally insane, young psychology student Abby Jones (Christine Evangelista) has a chilling encounter with psychotic serial killer Harmon Porter (Dominic Purcell). Abby returns home that night to study with her two roommates, unaware of the dark forces she’s unleashed in Harmon. That evening, while a hurricane rages through town, Harmon slashes his way out of jail, leaving a brutal trail of bloody bodies in his quest to possess the body and soul of Abby Jones.

Dragon (Wu Xia)

Plot Summary

Liu Jin-xi (Donnie Yen) is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper’s life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu (Takeshi Kaneshiro). Convinced that Liu’s martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region’s vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy hero—and draws the attention of China’s criminal underworld in the process.

Promised Land

Plot Summary

Matt Damon stars in Promised Land, the compelling contemporary drama based on an original screenplay by John Krasinski and Damon and directed by Gus Van Sant (Milk, Good Will Hunting). Corporate salesman Steve Butler (Damon) has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner (Frances McDormand) to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. What seems like an easy job for the duo quickly becomes complicated by a respected schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook), a slick environmental activist (Krasinski), and Steve's interest in a local woman (Rosemarie DeWitt). As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of a small town at a crossroads.

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

Plot Summary

Building on the terror of The Haunting in Connecticut, this horrifying tale traces a young family’s nightmarish descent into a centuries-old Southern hell. When Andy Wyrick (Chad Michael Murray, House of Wax) moves his wife Lisa (Abigail Spencer, TV’s “Mad Men”) and daughter Heidi to a historic home in Georgia, they quickly discover they are not the house’s only inhabitants. Joined by Lisa’s free-spirited sister, Joyce (Katee Sackhoff, TV’s “Battlestar Galactica”), the family soon comes face-to-face with a bone-chilling mystery born of a deranged desire… a haunting secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.

Dark Vengeance

Plot Summary

Elijah Kane (Steven Seagal) is no ordinary undercover cop. Elijah Kane is an urban warrior on a personal conquest to rid the streets of scum. With his team of fearless crime fighters, taking life-threatening risks is only part of the job. There’s a savage killer on the loose, preying on local strippers and using twisted techniques associated with the occult. As the bodies pile up and the city spirals into fear and paranoia, Kane is thrown into a deadly, demented criminal underworld of black magic and terror, but nothing can stand in the way of Elijah Kane when it comes to brutal justice and Dark Vengeance.

Duck Dynasty: Season 2 Volume 1

Plot Summary

While the Robertson boys are busy building a "luxury duck blind" out of an RV, the Robertson women take advantage of the situation by holding a garage sale to (finally) get rid of all the boys' clutter Meet the Robertsons.  Ask anyone in Louisiana and they'll tell you that the Bayou State's favorite first family doesn't live in the governor's mansion, but in the backwoods where they operate a sporting empire fabricating, of all things... duck calls!  

They're modern day Beverly Hillbillies who are living the American Dream operating a multi-million dollar enterprise while remaining true to themselves and their outdoors lifestyle.  The most famous Robertson of all is the patriarch of the family, Phil Robertson, better known as the Duck Commander.  Along with his brother Silas, sons Willie and Jase, their respective wives Korie and Missy and Phil's best friend John, they run Duck Commander Products and employ half their neighborhood as they grow a booming business. It's a never-ending adventure as they put out one fire after another, but that's not to say they don't have their share of fun.  While they still enjoy the simple life that can only be found in their modest rural community, they have indulged in a few new toys thanks to their new-found wealth, most notably, an extravagant 45-foot motor home for travel to trade shows - the only problem is nobody can drive it! 

Goodnight For Justice

Plot Summary

Goodnight crosses paths with a stagecoach under attack and comes to the rescue of its passengers, one of whom is a beautiful woman who may or may not have been a prisoner being transported by a detective who did not survive the attack. Their journey together takes them to a gambling riverboat, where Goodnight discovers her true identity.

Secrets of Highclere Castle

Plot Summary

It may be more famous now than any time in its 1,300-year history as the setting of "Downton Abbey," but England's Highclere Castle has its own stories to tell.

In its heyday, Highclere was the social epicenter of Edwardian England. See how all the inhabitants of Highclere lived, from the aristocrats who enjoyed a life of luxury to the army of servants toiling "below stairs."

Also find out how the current inhabitants, Lord and Lady Carnarvon, spend their $1 million in annual upkeep funds and what life in a fairytale castle is like today. 

Dance Moms - Season 2 - Vol 1

Plot Summary

Once again set in Pittsburgh's renowned Abby Lee Dance Company, owned and operated by the famously outspoken Miller, "Dance Moms" follows the children's early steps on the road to stardom and their mothers who are there for every rehearsal. Presenting a powerful cast of characters, the show immerses itself in dance competition season, delivering a captivating and dramatic look at the cast's intense pursuit of national dance titles.

Volume One includes the first 12 episodes of the second season, culminating with the 1.5-hr. "Abbygeddon" episode, in which the girls travel to NYC for the Joffrey Ballet School audition and Abby Lee Miller breaks down crying when her favorite dancer, Maddy, forgets her routine.

Swamp People - Season 3

Plot Summary

In Season 3 of Swamp People, the Cajun hunters of the Louisiana swamp are in for a big surprise.  After a few years of low gator prices, the price of alligator leather rebounds, bringing new tensions as outsiders from Texas cross into Louisiana and try to obtain hunting tags.  The Cajuns respond as they always do - by relying on their traditional skills and the strong family bonds that stretch back to our pioneer days.

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

Plot Summary

Enter the world of gypsy-traveler weddings where ancient traditions meet modern fashions in a lurid and day-glo culture clash. Many girls get engaged at 15 and married soon after their 16th birthday, with the full support of their family.  The weddings are incredible spectacles as the brides and their families compete to have the most outrageous dresses. Girls as young as nine years old parade into the church in crystal-encrusted outfits, high heels, fake tans and full makeup. The women dress provocatively but actually have a strong tradition of premarital abstinence that is increasingly alien to mainstream society.  

Silver Linings Playbook

Plot Summary

Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything—his house, his job and his wife. He finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert De Niro) after spending 8 months in a state institution on a plea bargain. While rebuilding his life, Pat is determined to remain positive and reunite with his wife despite the challenging circumstances of their separation. When Pat meets Tiffany (Academy Award® Winner, Jennifer Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own, things get complicated. As their relationship plays out, an unexpected bond forms between them, and silver linings appear in both of their lives.

Counting Cars - Season 1

Plot Summary

Well known from his frequent appearances on Pawn Stars, Danny walks, talks and breathes American muscle cars and motorcycles, from vintage Thunderbirds and classic Corvettes to souped-up Harleys and tricked-out trikes. When he sees a ride he wants - whether it's on display at an auto auction or parked at a roadside diner - he will stop at nothing to acquire it.
With the help of his talented team, Danny must customise and sell these highway gems in a hurry to stay in the black. Every episode of Counting Cars is bursting at the seams with amazing stories about historic vehicles, jaw-dropping before-and-after transformations and wheeling and dealing at its absolute best.

One Day on Earth

Plot Summary

On 10.10.10, across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students and other inspired citizens recorded the human experience over a 24-hour period and contributed their voices to a global day of media creation called ONE DAY ON EARTH. It was the first ever simultaneous filming event  occurring in every country in the world and it became a showcase of the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occur in one day.

Midnight Stallion

Plot Summary

Fifteen-year-old Megan Shephard and her parents will do anything to save their struggling farm. When the family discovers a wild stallion in a nearby forest they begin to wonder if this could be the answer to their prayers. Kris Kristofferson and Jodelle Ferland star in this heartwarming and inspiring tale that celebrates the spirit of family and the amazing courage and determination it takes to defeat all odds.

Storage Wars - Volume 4

Plot Summary

Storage unit auctions are the newest and biggest untapped source for hidden treasures, and opportunistic individuals bid on unclaimed properties hoping to strike gold.

In this character driven treasure hunt, bidders range from twenty something's out for fun and adventure - willing to say or do anything to win - to husband & wife teams looking to make fast and large cash and all are prepared to create quite the drama in the process. It's a dramatic environment as the bidders assess if they think the unit is worth a bid and how high they will actually go. In each self-contained episode of Storage Wars, our cast of characters head to storage units and wait anxiously for the big reveal of what is behind the door.

The owner of the facility will cut the lock to a delinquent unit and raise the door for the first time, allowing bidders to peer inside for a brief moment, aided only by a flashlight. This short glimpse is their only opportunity to evaluate whether or not they think the unit holds rags or riches. Then, the bidding begins. One of the most successful auctioneers in the country drives the action, and with the cast of characters who are our regular bidders, its an outcome not to be missed.

Pedal-Driven

Plot Summary

PEDAL-DRIVEN delves into the escalating conflict between mountain bikers hungry to ride and the federal land managers charged with protecting the public lands. The documentary PEDAL-DRIVEN will take you behind both sides of this confrontation – riding with the freeriders and chasing them down with the rangers – in an exploration of issues increasingly important to all Americans.

With an ever-increasing population and a finite supply of unspoiled wildlands, the sense of urgency around protecting and preserving these national treasures only grows. PEDAL-DRIVEN will examine the shared philosophies of stewardship and sustainability from both sides and, ultimately, offer examples of the ways in which opposing factions can find common ground in defense of our common grounds.

Safe Haven

Plot Summary

Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough star in this spellbinding romantic drama based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook). After a mysterious woman (Hough) moves to a small town and falls in love with a handsome widower (Duhamel), a dark secret from her past threatens their happiness. 

Gamer 3D

Plot Summary

Gerard Butler stars as Kable, condemned criminal and globally famous super-soldier in the ultimate multiplayer game, “Slayers.” Human controllers direct each thought and move of real-life prison inmates battling in hyper-intense environments – where the goal is freedom and the penalty is death. But when Kable suddenly decides he wants out, his rebellion threatens the twisted plans of game creator Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall, TV’s “Dexter”), who will stop at nothing to crush the renegade commando in this taut, adrenaline-packed action-thriller.

The Central Park Five

Plot Summary

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between six and thirteen years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, The Central Park Five tells the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories, an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.

Mr. Selfridge

Plot Summary

Mr Selfridge tells the story of 'Mile a Minute Harry', a man with a mission to make shopping as thrilling as sex.

Set in 1909 London, at a time when women were revelling in a new sense of freedom and modernity. Harry wanted to indulge, empower and celebrate these women and so opened the doors of his lavish department store, on London’s famous Oxford Street.  Through the innovations and spectacular events Harry staged within the store, the stories will shine a light on hidden moments of the history of women, be it fashion, cosmetics, technology or domestic affairs.

Assassins Run

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Maya becomes a target of the Russian mafia after her husband is killed. Refusing to cooperate with the mafia’s demands, she is framed by corrupt cops and thrown into prison, only to discover that her daughter has been kidnapped. After plotting an escape route, Maya’s motherly instinct turns deadly as she prepares to kill anyone who stands in the way of her daughter’s safe return.

A Dark Truth

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Andy Garcia, Kim Coates, Deborah Kara Unger, Eva Longoria and Forest Whitaker star in A DARK TRUTH, written and directed by Damian Lee. Garcia plays a former CIA operative turned political talk show host, who is hired by a corporate whistle blower (Unger) to expose her company’s cover-up of a massacre in a South American village. When he arrives, he is plunged into a violent and chaotic situation, with the military cracking down on a group of protesters led by a pair of activists (Longoria and Whitaker). The ever-increasing depletion of earth’s natural resource of water serves as the backdrop for this tense environmental thriller. 

Broken City

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In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) seeks redemption – and revenge – after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor (Russell Crowe).   Billy’s relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force – and the mayor’s worst nightmare.

Mama

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Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed.  When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.

Five years ago, sisters Victoria and Lilly vanished from their suburban neighborhood without a trace.  Since then, their Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his girlfriend, Annabel (Jessica Chastain), have been madly searching for them.  But when, incredibly, the kids are found alive in a decrepit cabin, the couple wonders if the girls are the only guests they have welcomed into their home.

As Annabel tries to introduce the children to a normal life, she grows convinced of an evil presence in their house.  Are the sisters experiencing traumatic stress, or is a ghost coming to visit them?  How did the broken girls survive those years all alone?  As she answers these disturbing questions, the new mother will find that the whispers she hears at bedtime are coming from the lips of a deadly presence.

The Impossible

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A powerful story based on one family's survival of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, The Impossible stars Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor and is directed by J.A. Bayona (THE ORPHANAGE).

Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand, looking forward to a few days in tropical paradise. But on the morning of December 26th, as the family relaxes around the pool after their Christmas festivities the night before, a terrifying roar rises up from the center of the earth. As Maria freezes in fear, a huge wall of black water races across the hotel grounds toward her.

Based on a true story, The Impossible is the unforgettable account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives. Both epic and intimate, devastating and uplifting, The Impossible is a journey to the core of the human heart.