In a daring attempt to end the war by Christmas, Winston Churchill and the British High Command hatch an extraordinary plan - Operation Market Garden. 35,000 British troops are dropped behind enemy lines in German occupied Holland. In the midst of the largest airborne invasion in history, one small unit of men, codename “Matchbox” has it’s own agenda Read the rest of this entry »
Director Wayne Wang’s “Chinese Box” is about beginnings and endings. Set in Hong Kong during the last six months of Colonial rule, “Chinese Box” is just as intriguing and captivating as the object of its title. Wang, whose growth as a director blossomed with “The Joy Luck Club,” shows great maturity with this absorbing tale of three people whose lives undergo dramatic change over a short period of time. Read the rest of this entry »
The story of irreverent supernatural detective John Constantine, who has literally been to Hell and back. When Constantine teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldly events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost Read the rest of this entry »
Hide and Seek revolves around a widower (Robert DeNiro) and his daughter (Dakota Fanning). They move to upstate and Emily (Fanning) soon creates an imaginary friend named Charlie. Read the rest of this entry »
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city. Read the rest of this entry »
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 Read the rest of this entry »
This film tells the tale of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug menace marijuana. Along the way he receives help from his girlfriend Mary and Jesus himself, but always finds himself in the arms of the Reefer Man and the rest of the denizens of the Reefer Den. Read the rest of this entry »
If they’re lucky, most comedians, like fine wine, mature with time. Jim Carrey quit talking out of his butt and went on to high acclaim for his performances in “The Truman Show” and “The Majestic.” Robin Williams parlayed his frenetic stand-up comedy into powerful dramatic turns in “Good Will Hunting,” “Insomnia” and “One Hour Photo.” Read the rest of this entry »