A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation’s overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.
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Drama
Lower City / Cidade Baixa (2005) Sérgio Machado, Alice Braga, Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Art-house, Drama
Lifelong friends Deco and Naldinho, who own a small steaming boat in Bahia, meet strip-dancer Karinna. Both men fall for her and their friendship is deeply shattered.
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Return from the Ashes (1965) J. Lee Thompson, Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar, Ingrid Thulin, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stanislaus Pilgrin, a Polish chess master and handsome gigolo, marries wealthy Jewish widow, Dr. Michele Wolf, an X-ray technician and has an affair with her step-daughter, Fabienne and then plots to murder them both in a scheme that will have him inherit their money.
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Let Joy Reign Supreme / Que la fête commence… (1975) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Drama, History, War
France, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d’Orleans is the regent. He is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Philippe, tries to take advantage of a little rebellion lead by a Breton squire (Pontallec) and of the famine to become archbishop… Description of the life of the court in this period of transition where the French Revolution smoulders.
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The Erotic Mirror (2002) Pete Jacelone, Laurie Wallace, Major Dodge, Darian Caine, Drama, Erotic
A young couple on a romantic vacation purchase a mysterious antique mirror possessed by the ghost of a whorehouse madame who’s power forces the woman and all her female friends to act out their innermost sexual desires.
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Pathfinder (2007) Marcus Nispel, Karl Urban, Clancy Brown, Moon Bloodgood, Action, Adventure, Drama
An action-adventure set in the time when Vikings tried to conquer North America, “Pathfinder” tells the heroic story of a young Norse boy left behind after his clan shipwrecks on the Eastern shores. Despite his lineage, the boy is raised by the very Indians his kinsmen set out to destroy. Now, as the Vikings return to stage another barbaric raid on his village, the 25 year-old Norse warrior (Karl Urban) wages a personal war to stop the Vikings’ trail of death and destruction. Forging his own path, his destiny is revealed and his identity re-claimed.
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Deadly Force (1983) Paul Aaron, Wings Hauser, Joyce Ingalls, Paul Shenar, Action, Crime, Drama
Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by a serial killer terrorizing L.A. Although almost nobody in his old home town is happy to see him back, Cooper pledges to bring the killer to justice before any more innocent people die.
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Jimmy (2013) Mark Freiburger, Patrick Fabian, Kelly Carlson, Ted Levine, Drama, Family, Fantasy
The central character of the film is a challenged thirteen year-old autistic named Jimmy Mitchell (portrayed by Ian Colletti). In the quaint town of Pinery Grove, Georgia, he lives under the loving care of his family, striving to overcome the day-to-day struggles that surface. While deprived of mental normality, he is naturally gifted with a unique capacity to see beyond what most see. A supernatural element coincides with his natural gift, as angelic beings he calls “Watchers”, are seen throughout his everyday experiences. His profound sense of observation leads him into trouble when stumbling onto the wrong place at the wrong time (which proves an arbitrary habit for Jimmy), as he must testify in a pivotal trial what he bore witness to.
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The Wind Will Carry Us / Bad Ma Ra Khahad Bord (1999) Abbas Kiarostami, Behzad Dorani, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi, Drama
This idiosyncratic drama from Iran begins as a jeep winds through the hills of Kurdistan, containing an engineer (Behzad Dourani) and his two assistants (whom we never see) as they search for a small village in the mountains. When they arrive, they are greeted by a young boy, who shows them a place they can stay and guides the engineer to the home of an old woman (also never seen) who seems to be dying. No one is sure what the engineer and his men are doing there; some locals think he’s keeping watch of the old woman and wants to purchase her land when she dies, while others think he could be an archeologist searching for rare artifacts.
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The Executioner Part II (1984) James Bryan, Christopher Mitchum, Aldo Ray, Antoine John Mottet, Action, Crime, Drama
A lone vigilante is taking out the criminals of the city one by one. A detective and reporter are trying to find out who the vigilante is, but he just might be closer to them than they realize. A true head-scratching revenge thrill ride that has to be seen to be believed!
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