THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES (2008)

 

Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Based on the novel by: Sue Monk Kidd

Produced by: Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith

Executive produced by: Jada Pinkett Smith

Starring: Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, Paul Bettany, Hilarie Burton, Tristan Wilds, Nate Parker, Shondrella Avery

110 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some violence)

PLOT:

A coming-of-age tale for young Lily Owens in the rural, segregated south in 1964 takes a surprising twist when the right to vote lands her and her beloved housekeeper Rosaleen in a perilous situation involving life threatening conflict. The two manage to wriggle themselves into the home and hearts of the gracious Boatright sisters and end up with more than they could have ever expected as they earn their keep from the genteel beekeeping family.

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SHREK 2 (2004)

 




















Directed by: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
Based on the children's book by: William Steig
Starring: (voices) Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, Jennifer Saunders, Larry King, Aron Warner, Cody Cameron, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon, Chris Miller, Mark Moseley, Kelly Cooney Cilella, Kelly Asbury, Andrew Adamson, Joan Rivers, Simon Cowell

92 minutes
(PG - some crude humor)

PLOT:
Shrek and Fiona travel to the Kingdom of Far Far Away, where Fiona's parents are King and Queen, to celebrate their marriage. When they arrive, they find they are not as welcome as they thought they would be.

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BRAINWAVES (1982)

 




















Directed by: Ulli Lommel
Starring: Keir Dullea, Suzanna Love, Tony Curtis, Vera Miles, Paul Willson, Percy Rodriguez, Corinne Wahl, Eve Brent, Ryan Seitz, Nicholas Love

77 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, nudity)

PLOT:
After a traffic accident, Kaylie is in a coma for months. Her doctors want to try a new procedure on her: to regain her consciousness, they stimulate her brain with neural patterns of a woman who just died. It works, and Kaylie seems to be okay again. However, in her dreams, she lives the last day of her savior, and realizes that she's been murdered. Together with her husband she tries to find out who the killer is before she becomes their next victim.

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SUPER TROOPERS (2001)

 




















Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Broken Lizard (Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske), Brian Cox, Marisa Coughlan, Daniel von Bargen, Lynda Carter, James Grace, Michael Weaver, Dan Fey, Andre Vippolis, Joey Kern, Geoffrey Arend, Amy de Lucia, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, Maria Tornberg, Jimmy Noonan, Jim Gaffigan, Blanchard Ryan, John Bedford Lloyd, Charlie Finn, Walt MacPherson, Jerry Walsh

103 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, nudity, drug use, crude sexual humor)

PLOT:
Five Vermont state troopers, avid pranksters with a knack for screwing up, try to save their jobs and out-do the local police department by solving a crime.

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BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY - DEADLY FIGHT IN HIROSHIMA (1973)

 




















Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Kinya Kitaoji, Bunta Sugawara, Sonny Chiba, Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Tatsuo Endo, Hiroshi Nawa, Asao Koike, Shingo Yamashiro, Hideo Murota, Yoshi Kato, Kinji Nakamura, Gin Maeda, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshie Kimura, Takuzo Kawatani, Nobuo Yana, Eizo Kitamura, Akira Shioji, Junko Matsudaira

99 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, nudity)
Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:
A young criminal joins a Yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow's niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.

THE HIDDEN (1987)

 

Directed by: Jack Sholder

Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clu Gulager, Chris Mulkey, Ed O'Ross, Clarence Felder, Larry Cedar, Richard Brooks, William Boyett, Maurice Colbourne, Steve Eastin, Katherine Cannon, James Luisi, Danny Trejo, Lin Shaye, Duane Davis, Kristen Clayton

97 minutes

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

PLOT:

An alien parasite with the ability to possess human bodies goes on a violent crime spree in LA, committing dozens of murders and robberies. In pursuit of the extraterrestrial criminal is an FBI agent, and the local officer investigating the rash of violence. As they close in on the vicious intruder, the city faces a brutal threat like no other it has ever encountered.

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ANTITRUST (2001)

 




















Directed by: Peter Howitt
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani, Douglas McFerran, Richard Roundtree, Tygh Runyan, Yee Jee Tso, Nate Dushku, Ned Bellamy, Tyler Labine, Scott Bellis, David Lovgren, Zahf Hajee, Jonathon Young, Rick Worthy, Peter Howitt, Gregor Trpin

109 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.

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