BUDDY HOLLY (1994)

 

Directed by: Spike Jonze

Starring: Weezer (Rivers Cuomo, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Brian Bell), Al Molinaro

4 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

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Music video for the single, off the alt-rock band's debut album, "Weezer (The Blue Album)".

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (2014)

 




















Directed by: James Marsh
Based on the memoirs "Travelling to Infinity - My Life with Stephen" by: Jane Hawking
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, Christian McKay, Harry Lloyd, David Thewlis, Maxine Peake, Guy Oliver-Watts, Abigail Cruttenden, Charlotte Hope, Lucy Chappell, Enzo Cilenti, Georg Nikoloff, Alice Orr-Ewing, Frank Leboeuf, Michael Marcus, Adam Godley, Stephen Hawking

123 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.

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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1996)

 

Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Based on the novel by: Victor Hugo

Starring: (voices) Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David Ogden Stiers, Mary Wickes, Mary Kay Bergman, Frank Welker, Corey Burton, Bill Fagerbakke, Gary Trousdale, Bob Bergen, Jim Cummings, Patrick Pinney, Philip Proctor

91 minutes

(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

In 15th-century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen but gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own. Now a young man, Quasimodo is hidden from the world by Frollo in the belltower of the cathedral. But during the Festival of Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, decides to take part in the festivities, where he meets the lovely gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome soldier Phoebus. The three of them find themselves ranged against Frollo's cruelty and his attempts to destroy the home of the gypsies, the Court of Miracles. And Quasimodo must desperately defend both Esmeralda and the very cathedral of Notre Dame.

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SPELL (2020)

 

Directed by: Mark Tonderai
Starring: Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, John Beasley, Lorraine Burroughs, Hannah Gonera, Kalifa Burton, Tumisho Masha, Steve Mululu, Peter Butler, Andre Jacobs, Leo Wringer, Tafara Nyatsanza

92 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, disturbing images)

PLOT:
While flying to his father's funeral in rural Appalachia Kentucky, an intense storm causes Marquis to lose control of the plane carrying himself and his family. He soon awakens wounded, alone and trapped in Ms. Eloise's attic. Eloise claims she can nurse him back to health with a hoodoo figure she's made from his blood and skin. Unable to call for help, Marquis desperately tries to break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon.

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SOUNDS LIKE (2006)

 




















Directed by: Brad Anderson 
Starring: Chris Bauer, Laura Margolis, Nicholas Elia, Matty Finochio, Matthew Burgess, Blaine Anderson, Linnea Sharples, Grant Elliott, Richard Kahan, Robert Underwood, Jaida Kong, Michael Daingerfield, David Allan Pearson, David Lovgren, Nimet Kanji, Marc-Anthony Massiah, Michael Jonsson, Maggie Ma

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

PLOT:
Deeply affected by a personal tragedy, an office drone comes to realize his sense of hearing has taken on extraordinary capabilities that could drive him insane.

Part of Showtime's "Masters of Horror" anthology series.

SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER (1993)

 

Directed by: Steven Zaillian

Based on the biography "Searching for Bobby Fischer - The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess" by: Fred Waitzkin

Starring: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne, Ben Kingsley, Joan Allen, Michael Nirenberg, Robert Stephens, David Paymer, Hal Scardino, Austin Pendleton, Vasek Simek, William H. Macy, Dan Hedaya, Laura Linney, Tony Shalhoub, Anjelina Belakovskaia, Joel Benjamin, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Kamran Shirazi, Bruce Pandolfini, Vincent Livermore, Russell Garber, Joshua Waitzkin

109 minutes

(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. Showing unusual precocity at the outdoor matches at Washington Square in New York City, he quickly makes friends with a hustler named Vinnie who teaches him speed chess. Josh's parents hire a renowned chess coach, Bruce, who teaches Josh the usefulness of measured planning. Along the way Josh becomes tired of Bruce's system and chess in general and purposely throws a match, leaving the prospects of winning a national championship in serious jeopardy.

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LOST IN SPACE (1998)

 




















Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Based on the television series created by: Irwin Allen
Starring: Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Matt LeBlanc, Heather Graham, Lacey Chabert, Jack Johnson, Jared Harris, Dick Tufeld, Lennie James, Mark Goddard, June Lockhart, Marta Kristen, Angela Cartwright, Edward Fox, Gary A. Hecker

130 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
In the year 2058, the Earth will soon be uninhabitable after the irreversible effects of pollution and global warming. Professor John Robinson, lead scientist of the Jupiter 2 mission, will lead his family to the habitable planet Alpha Prime to prep it for colonization. The Jupiter 2 is equipped with a hyperdrive that allows faster-than-light travel, which will eventually be employed to evacuate the citizens of Earth. However, hypergates must be constructed on Earth and Alpha Prime to provide stable points of departure and arrival. Dr. Zachary Smith is bribed by a terrorist organization to sabotage the mission, and ends up an unwilling stowaway as the ship blasts off.

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