The iconic and enigmatic gumshoe Charlie Chan (played by the legendary Peter Ustinov) takes on a most perplexing case and heads to the City by the Bay, San Francisco, to solve it. Victims are turning up dead everywhere, but are the killings the work of an old nemesis such as the Dragon Lady (Angie Dickinson) or a new, deadlier one? Aided by his grandson (Richard Hatch), the formerly retired Chan proves he's still at the top of his game.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Steve Pasvolsky makes his feature debut with this fast-paced road movie about three skaters trekking across the urban landscape to compete in a tournament hosted by the legendary Tony Hawk. But disapproving parents and buzz-kill cops stand in the way of these skate punk misfits determined to leave suburbia behind for fame and fortune. Stylized animation and editing punctuate this lively Australian indie.
In this inspiring true story, Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) strikes an intriguing bargain with the Texas high school baseball team he coaches: If they make the playoffs, he'll try out for a pitcher position with a big league team. The high schoolers hold up their end of the deal, and, against longer odds than Satchel Paige faced during his legendary comeback, Morris makes the team, fulfilling his lifelong dream.
Traveling through the Old West to her new home, young schoolteacher Alice McAndrew (Michele Carey) is abducted by five outlaws headed by robber Pudge Elliott (Keenan Wynn). The thugs rape Alice before leaving her for dead, but she is rescued by Chatto (Henry Silva), an Apache chief. He restores her health and aids her in her bloodthirsty quest for revenge. With her sanity wavering, will Alice be able to find the men who tortured her?
To commemorate his brother's death by accidental drowning 15 years earlier, Ryota Yokoyama (Hiroshi Abe) and his new wife reunite with the rest of his family, only to discover that his parents are still overcome with grief. Writer-director Hirokazu Koreeda offers this deeply compelling reflection on the bond -- sometimes resilient, sometimes fragile -- between family members. Yoshio Harada and Ryôga Hayashi co-star.
Iris Murdoch (Judi Dench and Kate Winslet, in Oscar-nominated roles) was l'enfant terrible of the literary world in early 1950s Britain -- a live wire who thumbed her nose at conformity via a voracious and scandalous sexual appetite. In this snippet of her life, an aging Murdoch (Dench) faces the onset of Alzheimer's disease and the loss of memories about her younger self (Winslet). Jim Broadbent won the Oscar for his portrayal of her husband.
As part of a divorce case, Miami attorney Kate McQuean (Cindy Crawford) tries to impound an offshore vessel in lieu of alimony. As it happens, the ship serves as headquarters for an ex-KGB operative who's now a money launderer and head of a terrorist group. Macho cop Max Kilpatrick (William Baldwin) is dispatched to safeguard Kate when she finds herself with a bounty on her head, and love blossoms as the duo dodges bullets and explosions.
In the untamed West, a tenacious marshal (Gregory Littman) pursues notorious brigand Dalton Taggert (Brad Greenquist) to the town of Shiloh Falls, but as the lawman closes in, an evil stranger arrives, threatening the outpost with his supernatural powers. Caught in the cross fire, the marshal and Taggert form an unlikely alliance to save Shiloh Falls -- and themselves -- from destruction in this low-budget Western thriller.
Starz Studios takes you behind the scenes of the hottest movies and keeps you up to date with the latest Hollywood buzz. This episode features cast and crew interviews of Avatar, Nine, and Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Life is a floating island for twins Zack and Cody Martin (Dylan and Cole Sprouse), who eat, sleep and study aboard the SS Tipton alongside goofy heiress London Tipton (Brenda Song). In their spare time, the kids pop in on ports around the globe. Season 2 of the hit series finds London falling in and out of like with magician Armando (Justin Willman), while the boys discover that strange things do happen in the Bermuda Triangle.
Wannabe wizards Justin, Alex and Max Russo (David Henrie, Selena Gomez and Jake T. Austin) cook up more teen-spirited mischief in the third season of Disney's smash-hit comedy series as they get in the swing of the spell-casting thing. After completing his main courses, Justin has his hands full with monster hunting. Meanwhile, Harper (Jennifer Stone) moves in with the Russos, and Alex crushes on a new art student.
Stephen Sondheim's Tony-winning musical proves that fairy tales don't end at "happily ever after." An assortment of well-known characters from "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella" and "Jack and the Beanstalk" head into the woods for a variety of reasons, but they soon discover a common enemy -- an angry giant who threatens to trample them all. A stand-out cast from the original Broadway production includes Bernadette Peters and Joanna Gleason.
In the futuristic Meanwhile City, a masked vigilante (Ryan Phillippe) seeks out his nemesis while in contemporary London, an art student (Eva Green) attempts to kill herself, a heartbroken lover (Sam Riley) looks for someone new and a father (Bernard Hill) searches for his son. Writer-director Gerald McMorrow's sci-fi drama follows these desperate individuals as their lives become intertwined by fate.
This engrossing documentary examines the unusual and often conflicted lifestyle led by a ragtag collection of teenage runaways, veterans, dreamers and political radicals as they scratch out an existence in the remote New Mexican desert. The residents may share a vision for a new way of life, but filmmakers Randy and Jeremy Stulbert don't shy away from the collective's underside, such as the steps taken to stop a series of robberies on the mesa.
Recounting the last years of China's Ching Dynasty through flashbacks and fast-forwards, this drama from director Bernardo Bertolucci collected nine Oscars. The lavish epic charts the transformation of Pu Yi (John Lone) -- who ascended the throne at age 3 -- from coddled aristocrat to enlightened insurgent to ordinary citizen. With the help of his Scottish tutor (Peter O'Toole), the young emperor learns about the world outside the palace walls.
You know him from the television series "Roc," "In Living Color" and "The Jamie Foxx Show" and the movies Booty Call, Bait, Any Given Sunday and Ali. And when you watch his sold-out performance at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, Calif., you'll know him as one of the world's funniest comedians. This HBO comedy special leaves no doubt that Jamie Foxx is at the top of his game!
Live from Milwaukee, ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and his collection of colorful puppet characters -- affectionately known as the "suitcase posse" -- delight sold-out crowds with this unique Christmas special from the stages of the Pabst Theater. Loaded with extras, this release features behind-the-scenes footage, outtakes, the uproarious "Ask Santa-Walter" skit and the side-splittling music video "Christmas Roadkill."
Middle-aged married couple Don (Stanley Tucci) and Janna (Patricia Clarkson) are torn apart by their daughter's accidental death. No longer able to relate to each other, they reconnect when Don begins placing personal ads for Janna to respond to. They both role-play their parts, pretending to be strangers, a facade they hope can repair years of damage to their relationship. Tucci also directs this remake of Theo van Gogh's 1996 film.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog takes you on a wild and woolly journey to the South Pole in this Oscar contender -- from the National Science Foundation's headquarters on Ross Island to some of Antarctica's most remote and dangerous terrain. With a keen eye for the wonders and sometimes hilarious peculiarities of this icy land's animal and human inhabitants, Herzog offers an astounding look at the world's most inhospitable landscape.
Spaghetti Western regular Terence Hill stars as Nobody, a man who's been chosen to take out established bandit Jack Beauregard (Henry Fonda) but who strikes up a friendship with the seasoned outlaw instead. After Beauregard decides to retire, his new buddy Nobody suggests that he go down in one last blaze of glory, and does his best to have him face off against the dodgy Wild Bunch. Will the aging gunfighter change his mind?
The Just for Laughs Montreal International Comedy Festival is one of the most prestigious -- and hilarious -- comedy events in the world, drawing an amazing assortment of comedic talent. In this collection of stand-up performances, comedians take the stage for a memorable evening of laughs, featuring Mitch Hedberg, Dave Attell, Dane Cook, Lewis Black, Jim Breuer, Maria Bramford, Harland Williams, Mitch Fatel and Sean Cullen.
When he tries to reprogram his robotic maid, Maria (Akiho Yoshizawa), to gratify him sexually, aging Ueno begins to fall in love with the droid -- only to discover that her batteries are slowly but permanently losing their power. Meanwhile, detective Yuri Akagi (Anri Suzuki) investigates a series of rapes that may be connected to the robot. Director Naoyuki Tomomatsu helms this erotic sci-fi fantasy that also stars Masayoshi Nogami.
Adam Richman hosts a second season of culinary adventures, traveling to new cities and tracking down the unique and/or traditional "big food" specialties of each -- from the MAC Daddy pancakes in Honolulu to San Antonio's Four Horsemen Burger. In addition to searching out the various gastronomic specialties, Adam also faces the challenge of getting through a massive plateful of each in destinations ranging from Little Rock, Ark., to Las Vegas.
Mike Manadoro (Kevin Zegers) is torn between two worlds -- his numbers-runner father Vinny's (Vincent D'Onofrio) Brooklyn way of life and the college lifestyle he discovers as a photography student -- in this drama based on Tim McLoughlin's novel Heart of the Old Country. While earning money for school as his father's driver and by delivering packages for a local mobster, Mike yearns to fully embrace the urbane new world he's entered.
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan (Scot Williams) sends his brother Ratter (Kenny Doughty) and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during the job, Brennan must turn to rival crook Franner (Stephen Graham) to avert an all-out gangland war. This thriller from director Adrian Vitoria co-stars Cordelia Bugeja.
At a Dresden hospital in 1945, nurse Anna Mauth (Felicitas Woll) cares for badly injured British pilot Robert Newman (John Light), whom Anna believes to be a German deserter. As Allied forces close in, Anna grows close to Robert despite her engagement to Dr. Alexander Wenninger (Benjamin Sadler). The gripping historical romance won the 2006 German Television Award for Best Movie Made for Television.
Along Southern California's sun-soaked coastline, a hard-to-miss group of buxom beauties tackle the everyday challenges of being lifeguards while flirting with hunky surfer dudes and competing in eye-popping bikini contests. A lighthearted spoof of the massively successful "Baywatch" series, this titillating romp co-stars Raelyn Saalman, Tane McClure, Ashlie Rhey, Steven Todd Lange and Geoffrey Hughes.
Unabashed, untamed and uncensored, Louis C.K. brings down the house in this Showtime special drawn from his 2008 Chewed Up tour. The Emmy Award winner tackles the issues that keep audiences rolling in the aisles. Among his observations this time around: what politically correct euphemisms really mean, the worst drink to have before sex, the right age for a girlfriend and what it's like to be white in America.
This anthology filmed at the Montreal International Comedy Festival showcases famous funnymen -- including Dane Cook, Drew Carey, Tim Allen and Dave Chappelle -- delivering the raucous stand-up routines that helped put their names on the comedy map. Other comics bringing down the house in Quebec include Jon Stewart, Ray Romano, Steve Harvey, Flight of the Conchords, George Lopez, Jeff Foxworthy, Russell Peters, Jeff Dunham and Rowan Atkinson.
In this BAFTA-nominated documentary, filmmaker-composer Gary Tarn relays the remarkable emotional journey of Hugues de Montalembert, a French artist and writer who lost his sight in the wake of a violent mugging and went on to reclaim his life and his independence. Combining de Montalembert's narration with Tarn's thought-provoking imagery, the film is as much an inspirational story as it is a sobering study of faith and loss.