RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (2021)

 




















Directed by: Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Paul Briggs, John Ripa
Starring: (voices) Kelly Marie Tan, Awkwafina, Izaac Wang, Gemma Chan, Jona Xiao, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong, Sandra Oh, Thalia Tran, Lucille Soong, Alan Tudyk, Dichen Lachman, Patti Harrison, Dumbfoundead, Sung Kang, Sierra Katow, Ross Butler, Francois Chau, Gordon Ip, Paul Yen

107 minutes
(PG - some sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
Five long centuries after the selfless sacrifice of the magical dragons, the once-peaceful land of Kumandra, where humans lived harmoniously alongside the mystical creatures, is in disarray, divided into five nations. With warring factions, distrust, and the unstoppable menace of the Druun wreaking havoc on Kumandra, Raya, the sword-wielding Princess of Heart, and fearless Guardian of the Dragon Gem, embarks on a peril-laden quest to track down a benevolent mythical being and heal the land. Will Raya find mighty Sisu, the last dragon?

TRAILER:

DOWN A DARK HALL (2018)

 

Directed by: Rodrigo Cortes

Based on the novel by: Lois Duncan

Starring: Uma Thurman, AnnaSophia Robb, Victoria Moroles, Noah Silver, Isabelle Fuhrman, Taylor Russell, Rosie Day, Rebecca Front, Jodhi May, Pip Torrens, Kirsty Mitchell, Jim Sturgeon, David Elliot, Brian Bovell, Ramiro Blas, Josep Linuesa, Julia Stressen-Reuter

96 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, scenes of terror)

PLOT:

Since her father's death when she was a child, Kit Gordy has grown into a troubled teen to the disgust of her mother Ginny and her stepfather Dave Dabrowski, called to the principal's office of her high school and accused of a failed attempt to burn it, she is expelled, but Dr. Heather Sinclair, member of the staff of the Blackwood Boarding School, appears to offer her a place in the next school year. Ginny enlists Kit against her will in an attempt to reform her daughter, and Kit travel to Blackwood, an isolated, dark old mansion in the middle of a forest outside the city. There she meets her companions: nice Izzy, shy Ashley, reluctant Sierra, and borderline Veronica, teens as troubled as herself. During dinner, Kit and the others meet Blackwood's headmistress, Madame Duret, and the rest of the staff: Professor Farley (math); Jules Duret (music); Heather Sinclair (arts); and Mrs. Olonsky, Madame Duret's rude right-hand peacekeeper. Locked in a place without Internet, cell phones, or any other trace of modern technology, Kit watches as everyone changes in strange ways: Izzy develops an extreme obsession for mathematics, Sierra for painting, Ashley for writing, and herself for piano; meanwhile, Veronica seems immune to obsession. Trapped between strange memory gaps and her love interest in Madame Duret's son Jules, Kit asks Veronica's to discover the reason for their different changes. They investigate the forbidden, ruined wing of Blackwood and discover that all of them--Izzy, Ashley, Sierra, Veronica, and Kit--have one secret in common, and that previous students suffered a horrible fate caused by Blackwood's supernatural forces, and it will be their fate as well unless they find a way to avoid it.

TRAILER:

THE UGLY STEPSISTER (2025)

 




















Directed by: Emilie Blichfeldt
Starring: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Naess, Ane Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Myrenberg Gardinger, Ralph Carlsson, Cecilia von der Esch, Katarzyna Herman, Adam Lundgren, Willy Ramnek Petri, Kyrre Hellum, Oksana Czerkasyn, Richard Forsgren, Agnieszka Zulewska

109 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, gore, graphic nudity, brief drug use)
Country of origin: Norway

PLOT:
Elvira battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme. She resorts to extreme measures to captivate the prince, amid a ruthless competition for physical perfection.

TRAILER:

PERFECT UNDERSTANDING (1933)

 

Directed by: Cyril Gardner

Starring: Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Nigel Playfair, Michael Farmer, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Cullum, Nora Swinburne, Peter Gawthorne, Charles Childerstone

80 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.

TRAILER:

THE BENCHWARMERS (2006)

 

Directed by: Dennis Dugan

Starring: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims, Tim Meadows, Nick Swardson, Max Prado, Erinn Bartlett, Amaury Nolasco, Bill Romanowski, Reggie Jackson, Danny McCarthy, Sean Salisbury, Matt Weinberg, John P. Farley, Jackie Sandler, Jared Sandler, Rachel Hunter, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews, Dan Patrick, Rob Moore, Blake Clark, Dennis Dugan, Joe Gnoffo, Jillian Henry, Garrett Julian, Alex Warrick, Jonathan Loughran, Mary Jo Catlett, Lochlyn Munro, Matt Willig, Cleo King, Bob Sexton, Tom Silardi, Michael Moore, J.J. Darwish, Elle King, Gabriel Pimental, Jon Moscot, Doug Jones, William Daniels, James Earl Jones

85 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sports violence, crude humor)

PLOT:

When the owner of a minor landscaping service company, Gus, sees Nelson being abused by a group of baseball players, he defends the boy. The paperboy, Clark, tells them that his friend Richie and he have never played baseball, so Gus invites them to play in the late afternoon. However, they are challenged by the bullies, and they defeat the guys. The millionaire father of Nelson, Mel, invites Gus, Clark and Richie to form a team called The Benchwarmers and they become the sensation of the league, with a legion of outcast cheering for the team. However, when Gus' behavior during his childhood is discovered, the team and fans are affected.

TRAILER:

KOLOBOS (1999)

 

Directed by: Daniel Liatowitsch, David Todd Ocvirk

Starring: Amy Weber, Donny Terranova, Nichole Pelerine, John Fairlie, Promise LaMarco, Ilia Volok, Kim Thomas, Todd Beadle, Mari Weiss, Jonathan Rone, Ivan Battee, Linnea Quigley

84 minutes

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

PLOT:

A group of youngsters arrive at a snow-covered house under the guise of participating in a "ground-breaking" new experimental film. With the entire property fitted out with cameras, their every move will be recorded. But, when the house locks down, trapping the youngsters within, it soon becomes clear that something sinister is afoot.

KLONDIKE ANNIE (1936)

 

Directed by: Raoul Walsh

Starring: Mae West, Victor McLaglen, Phillip Reed, Helen Jerome Eddy, Harry Beresford, Harold Huber, Lucile Gleason, Conway Tearle, Esther Howard, Soo Yong, John Rogers, Ted Oliver, Lawrence Grant, Gene Austin, Vladimar Bykoff

80 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Mae West portrays a kept woman by the name of Rose Carlton, "The Frisco Doll". She murders her keeper Chan Lo in self-defence and escapes on a steamer to Nome, Alaska, wanted for murder. She is joined mid-voyage by a missionary, Sister Annie Alden. Sister Annie is on her way to rescue a financially troubled mission in Nome, and inspires Rose, but dies en route. Rose assumes the identity of Sister Annie to avoid arrest, dressing her as a prostitute in a scene later deleted by the censors.

The Frisco Doll decides to keep Sister Annie's promise of rescuing the mission and raises the money by combining soul-shaking sermon and song with street smarts. She's romanced both by a beautiful young Sheriff being generally investigative, and the blustering, slightly crazy ship's captain, Bull Brackett. Klondike Annie/Rose Carlton/The Frisco doll knows in the end to turn herself in and prove her innocence by way of self-defence. Steaming back to San Francisco with Captain Brackett -- "Bull, ya ain't no oil paintin', but ya are a fascinatin' monster".