USA: 1979
Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer Drama / Musical
Plot: The semi-autobiographical story of celebrated writer/director/choreographer, Bob Fosse. Part tragic, part comic, this look at life in the fast lane is the Academy Award-winning film about Fosse's excessive life in show business, played by Roy Scheider.
The pilot episode is HORRENDOUS, but the rest of the show is actually quite funny. The highlight of the show is very clearly Amy Hill's performance as Grandma--hilarious.
Plot: Siamese twin Pim decides to get separated from her conjoined sister Ploy, who dies in the operation, but Ploy isn't letting her sister go so easily!
AKA: Ausbruch Der Pantherkatzen [German Title]; Curral De Mulheres [Original Title] Brazil: 1982
Elizabeth Hartman (Elisabeth Hartmann), Mauricio Do Valle Horror / Thriller
Plot: A Brazilian "women behind bars" flick in which a group of female convicts escapes prison only to be captured by a sex-crazed tribe of natives that keeps them as sex slaves. Bummer.
AKA: Massacre In Dinosaur Valley; Stranded In Dinosaur Valley; Cannibal Ferox 2 Italy: 1985
Michael Sopkiw, Suzane Carvalho, Milton Morris, Marta Anderson Horror / Action/Adventure
Plot: An archaologist's plane crashes deep in the jungles of Brazil, and he is forced to make the trek back to civilization along with the other passengers. Along they way, they encounter some choice folks, including cannibals and slave traders.
Plot: Yojimbo, a ronin, is secretly commissioned to travel to Sanshu pass. He arrives at an inn that serves as a home to a bunch of misfits. A dramatic chain of events unfolds, forcing the characters to unite in a common cause: their own survival.
Plot: In this provocative horror tale by acclaimed photographer Carlos Batts, an old farmer struggles with his crime of passion and the consequences and his iconic fate.
Plot: Undercover FBI specialist Nick Davis is charged with infiltrating a murderous Japanese gang that has come to America in a violent bid to usurp control from America's mafia. His mission: to win the trust of his master, Sawamoto, and bring down the regime.
AKA: Back To Back: American Yakuza 2: USA: 1996
Michael Rooker, Ryko Ishibashi, John Laughlin, Danielle Harris TV Shows/Movies / Crime
Plot: This crime wave of passion and peril focuses on the blood-soaked trials and tribulations of two Japanese Yakua hitmen and their unlikely bonding with a mentally unbalanced ex-cop and his feisty teenage daughter.
Plot: Based on a "true story" about the Lutz family, who moves into a huge mansion only to learn that its previous residents, though they are deceased, have not vacated the premises. Grueling terror ensues.
Plot: Three stories collide in a fatal car crash: two brothers compete for a woman's affection; a married man leaves his wife and children for a forbidden love; and a guerilla assassin tries to amend his relationship with his daughter.
Australia: 1998
Alana De Roma, Rachel Griffiths, Ben Mendelsohn, Nick Barker Comedy / Drama
Plot: Young Amy has been deaf and mute since witnessing the death of her father. But when Amy's mom begins a new relationship with a folk singer, they discover, to their delight, that Amy can hear his music, and can communicate with him through singing.
Plot: The story of a woman who was "born ugly", who resorts to drastic plastic surgery to get the looks she wants, going on to become a model. But now her new life is built on a false foundation. Will her happiness last?
Plot: Daisuke Nagai was secretly in love with Michiyo in his college days, but gave up marrying her with chivalrousness as he learned his classmate was much in love with her. "We will go back in time." But it isn't that easy.
Plot: At an early age, Janet Frame realizes that she's different from other kids. Thought she trains to become a teacher, she is unable to teach when she is incarcerated in a mental asylum for eight years. Things finally improve for her when she starts writing.
Plot: At an early age, Janet Frame realizes that she's different from other kids. Thought she trains to become a teacher, she is unable to teach when she is incarcerated in a mental asylum for eight years. Things finally improve for her when she starts writing.
Luc Besson's derivative story is too heavy-handed, and his "Paris" is a bland mishmash of the same tourist attractions that adorn most Parisian postcards.
Plot: After serving ten years in prison for a coke-fuelled assassination of a rival gang's boss, yakuza hitman Tachibana finds the world has inevitably changed; and his once-respected gang has become a shadow of its former self.
Plot: Kang is a tenacious prosecutor for the Seoul District attorney's office, who decides to pursue a case in which a major corporation is taken over by a runner-up after the would-be director is mysteriously put out of commission in a car crash.
Plot: Kang is a tenacious prosecutor for the Seoul District attorney's office, who decides to pursue a case in which a major corporation is taken over by a runner-up after the would-be director is mysteriously put out of commission in a car crash.
Plot: Go behind-the-scenes with one of the most memorable rock bands of all time with never-before-seen interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. Fans around the world are sure to love this one-of-a kind tribute to one of the world's greatest bands!
The pilot episode is HORRENDOUS, but the rest of the show is actually quite funny. The highlight of the show is very clearly Amy Hill's performance as Grandma--hilarious.
A bunch of would-be special ed students try to evade a slow-moving overweight mummy during a thunderstorm with no rain.
Luc Besson's derivative story is too heavy-handed, and his "Paris" is a bland mishmash of the same tourist attractions that adorn most Parisian postcards.