TROY (2004)

 




















Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Based on the epic poem "Iliad" by: Homer
Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Rose Byrne, Saffron Burrows, Julie Christie, Peter O'Toole, Garrett Hedlund, John Shrapnel, Nigel Terry, James Cosmo, Julian Glover, Vincent Regan, Trevor Eve, Tyler Mane, Nathan Jones

163 minutes
(R - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:
It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband, Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So, they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy.

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THE FACULTY (1998)

 




















Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Screenplay by: Kevin Williamson
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Shawn Hatosy, Laura Harris, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Patrick, Usher Raymond, Jon Stewart, Salma Hayek, Christopher McDonald, Daniel von Bargen, Summer Phoenix, Jon Abrahams

104 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, drug use, some nudity)

PLOT:
When Casey Connor, Herrington High School's newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of the school nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.

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A FAR OFF PLACE (1993)

 




















Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Based on the book "A Story Like the Wind" by: Laurens van der Post
Based on the book "A Far Off Place" by: Laurens van der Post
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Embry, Jack Thompson, Maximilian Schell, Sarel Bok, Robert John Burke, Patricia Kalember, Daniel Gerroll, Miles Anderson, Taffy Chihota, Magdalene Damas

108 minutes
(PG - mild language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
The witty Nonni and the stuck-up city-boy Harry are the only ones to survive a massacre of a gang of poachers among the gamekeeper's family on his lonesome farm in the savanna. Now the ruthless murderers are after them as the only witnesses. Without a means of transportation, the only way to escape is to walk through two thousand kilometers of Kalahari Desert with the help of the African bushman Xhabbo. On the months-long journey ahead, they not only become good friends against their differences, but also realize that every one of them has strength and skills that are required to survive.

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PERSONA - THE DARK TRUTH BEHIND PERSONALITY TESTS (2021)

 

Directed by: Tim Travers Hawkins

Starring: Frank James, Lindsay Johnston, Merve Emre, Ben Dattner, Kyle Behm, Roland Behm, Cathy O'Neil, Lydia X.Z. Brown, Jamaal Eggleston, Lashawn Mackey, David Flemming, Susan Cain, Kathleen Hughes, Michele Heisler, Richard Thompson, Margaret Stix, Jenny R. Yang, David Scarborough, Ifeoma Ajunwa, Dr. Nathan Mondragon

85 minutes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

Exploring the unexpected origins of America's obsession with personality testing, this documentary looks at the profound ways that ideas about personality have formed the world around us, impacting everything from dating to landing a job.

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MR. BROOKS (2007)

 




















Directed by: Bruce A. Evans
Starring: Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, William Hurt, Marg Helgenberger, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Danielle Panabaker, Aisha Hinds, Lindsay Crouse, Jason Lewis, Reiko Aylesworth, Matt Schulze, Yasmine Delawari, Traci Dinwiddie, Michael Cole, Laura Bailey

120 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some nudity)

PLOT:
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his alter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her.

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THE YELLOWS (LES JAUNES) (2014)

 




















Directed by: Remi Frechette
Starring: Pierre-Louis Renaud, Melissa Merlo, Roch Aubert, Louise Malouin, Jean Drolet, Chloe Bourgeois, Maxime Bessette, Fayolle Jean, Sofiane Laliberte, Christian Perrault, Jason Roy-Leveille, Manuel Sinor, Elisabeth Locas, Debbie Lynch-White, Yannick Lupien, Jeanne Ostiguy, Judy Wong, Frederik Marquis

96 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)
Country of origin: Canada

PLOT:
An epidemic of yellow crawling brains threatens the lives of inhabitants in a recluse Northern Quebec town.

THE KID FROM BORNEO (1933)

 




















Directed by: Robert F. McGowan
Starring: George "Spanky" McFarland, Dickie Moore, Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Tommy Bond, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins, Dickie Jackson, Henry Hanna, Pete the Pup, John Lester Johnson, Harry Bernard, Otto Fries, May Wallace, Dick Gilbert

19 minutes
(NR - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."

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