THE PAPERBOY (2012)

 




















Directed by: Lee Daniels
Based on the novel by: Pete Dexter
Starring: Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, John Cusack, Scott Glenn, Ned Bellamy, Nealla Gordon

107 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
An idealistic Miami reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate the grisly murder of the sheriff and the potentially unlawful imprisonment of a death row inmate. As the man accused of the killing awaits execution, his sexy fiancee, a woman with a penchant for convicted killers, rallies for his innocence.

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CHANGING LANES (2002)

 

Directed by: Roger Michell

Produced by: Scott Rudin

Starring: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Staunton, Toni Collette, Amanda Peet, Sydney Pollack, Tina Sloan, Richard Jenkins, Akil Walker, Cole Hawkins, Ileen Getz, Jennifer Dundas Lowe, Matt Malloy, Bruce Altman, Joe Grifasi, Angela Goethals, Kevin Sussman, John Benjamin Hickey, Dylan Baker, Jordan Gelber, Olga Merediz, Jayne Houdyshell

99 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

A young lawyer and a businessman share a small automobile accident, and their mutual road rage escalates into a feud.

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A MAN ESCAPED (1956)

 




















Directed by: Robert Bresson
Starring: Francois Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Jean-Paul Delhumeau, Roger Treherne, Jean-Philippe Delamarre, Cesar Gattegno, Jacques Oerlemans, Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst, Leonhard Schmidt

99 minutes
(NR - adult themes)
Country of origin: France

PLOT:
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from a German prison in France.

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SMOKIN' ACES (2006)

 

Directed by: Joe Carnahan

Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Common, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Taraji P. Henson, Ray Liotta, Chris Pine, Matthew Fox, Jeremy Piven, Tommy Flanagan, Joseph Ruskin, Mike Falkow, Alex Rocco, David Proval, Nestor Carbonell, Kevin Durand, Maury Sterling, Curtis Armstrong, Vladimir Kulich, Peter Berg, Martin Henderson, Joel Edgerton, Christopher Michael Holley, Davenia McFadden, Joe Carnahan, Wayne Newton

109 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some nudity, drug use)

PLOT:

Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel, a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When the word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, deadly vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.

POWERS OF TEN (1977)

 















Directed by: Charles Eames, Ray Eames

Based on the scientific book "Cosmic View" by: Kees Boeke

Narrated by: Philip Morrison

9 minutes

(NR - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

Beginning with a shot of a couple enjoying a picnic, then zooming out incrementally by powers of ten, the film offers a glimpse of everything from the edge of the known universe to the molecules on a person's hand.

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THRILLER (2018)

 




















Directed by: Dallas Jackson
Starring: Jessica Allain, Luke Tennie, Tequan Richmond, Paige Hurd, Mykelti Williamson, RZA, Jason Woods, Michael Ocampo, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Maestro Harrell, Kurt "Big Boy" Alexander, Pepi Sonuga, Vanessa A. Williams, Chelsea Rendon, Valery Ortiz, The Lady of Rage, Mitchell Edwards

87 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:
A childhood prank comes back to haunt a clique of South Central Los Angeles teens when their victim returns home during their high-school Homecoming weekend.

PRETTY LETHAL (2026)

 




















Directed by: Vicky Jewson
Starring: Uma Thurman, Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Millicent Simmonds, Avantika, Michael Culkin, Lydia Leonard, Julian Krenn, Miklos Beres, Krisztian Csakvari, Kate Freund, Tamas Szabo Sipos, Balazs Megyeri, Gabor Nagypal

88 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, graphic violence, drug use)

PLOT:
It follows a group of ballerinas as they try to escape from a remote inn in Hungary after their bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition. 

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