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With Tomer Heymann
Tells the story of one of the most important choreographers living today, Ohad Naharin, who studied with some of the greatest dance figures of our time and created the daring new “movement language” Gaga. Meeting him at a critical turning point in his life, this spirited and insightful documentary introduces viewers to a most engaging, controversial, and always entertaining figure constantly battling for artistic perfection. E
- 1.5 / 5.0
With Gary Oldman • Carla Gugino • BD Wong • Janet Montgomery • Asa Butterfield • Britt Robertson • Peter Chelsom • Allan Loeb • Richard B. Lewis
In this interplanetary adventure, a space shuttle embarks on the first mission to colonize Mars, only to discover after takeoff that one of the astronauts is pregnant. Shortly after landing, she dies from complications while giving birth to the first human born on the red planet – never revealing who the father is. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Gardner Elliot – an inquisitive, highly intelligent boy who reaches the age of 16 having only met 14 people in his very unconventional upbringing.
While searching for clues about his father, and the home planet he’s never known, Gardner begins an online friendship with a street smart girl in Colorado named Tulsa. When he finally gets a chance to go to Earth, he’s eager to experience all of the wonders he could only read about on Mars – from the most simple to the extraordinary. But once his explorations begin, scientists discover that Gardner’s organs can’t withstand Earth’s atmosphere.
Eager to find his father, Gardner escapes the team of scientists and joins with Tulsa on a race against time to unravel the mysteries of how he came to be, and where he belongs in the universe.
- 3 / 5.0
With Akiva Goldsman • Jacob Estes • Johnny Galecki • Laurie MacDonald • Alex Roe • Zach Roerig • Javier Gutierrez • Walter F. Parkes • David Loucka • Aimee Teegarden • Matilda Lutz • Andrea Powell
A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before…
- 2.86 / 5.0
With Robert Patrick • Chace Crawford • Eliza Dushku • Christopher Borrelli • Brandon T. Jackson • Robert Legato • Nicole Forester
Four friends break into an abandoned insane asylum in search of a death certificate which will grant one of them a large inheritance. However, finding it soon becomes the least of their worries in a place haunted by dark memories.
- 1.2 / 5.0
With Columbus Short • Johnny Messner • Denise Richards • Bruce Dern • Michael Paré • Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau • Timothy Woodward Jr
Jackson Shea (Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau) has lived a life of deceit, brutality and corruption. But when a series of chilling, violent events lands him on Death Row, Dr. Amanda Tyler, a psychologist (Denise Richards) must determine whether his violent behavior is inherent in his soul, or if he is able to be rehabilitated. As the interview commences, and Jack's fate hangs in the balance, Amanda must determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.
- 2.8 / 5.0
With Samuel L. Jackson • Raoul Peck
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing an unavoidable endeavor he was about to embark on: the writing of his last book, Remember This House. The book was to be an account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his friends — Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers and Malcolm X. Their murders permanently traumatized an entire generation. At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only thirty completed pages of this manuscript. In this documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.
- 3.43 / 5.0
With Stefan Fjeldmark • Eve Mauro • David Alan Grier • Craig Ferguson • Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen • Thorbjørn Christoffersen • Randolph Kret • Anders Matteson • Bill Baily • Heddy Burress • Shark Firestone
Meet Terkel, a miserable sixth grader constantly picked on by two merciless bullies, Nigel and Saki. So what can you do? Tease the ugly girl in class – Fat Doris! When the abuse from Terkel is too much, she throws herself out a window which makes Terkel more popular. Now dealing with popularity Terkel finds solace in booze, guns and everything American. But then life takes a turn for the weird when he receives strange death threats, unable to confide in his annoying sister or alcoholic Uncle, Terkel turns to his sexually inappropriate hippie teacher with intentionally hilarious results. Watch out as anything goes in this crazy comedy about love, family, psychos, pastries, booze and uncontrollable sixth graders in this outrageous Animated flick!
- 2.75 / 5.0
With Javier Botet • Caradog James • Nick Moran • Katee Sackhoff • Lucy Boynton • Mark Huckerby • Nick Ostler • John Giwa-Amu • Claire Moorsom
When troubled teen Chloe (Lucy Boynton) raps at the door one night, she has no idea the horror she’s about to unleash. Fleeing to the country home of her estranged mother (Katee Sackhoff)—a recovering addict who’s turned her life around to become a famous artist—Chloe must learn to trust the woman who gave her up years ago in order to stop the bloodthirsty, shape-shifting demon stalking them.
- 2.57 / 5.0
With Stephen Dorff • Kris Kristofferson • Bobby Toberlin • Ryan Ross • Audrey Spillman • Bart Herbison • Jim Ed Norton • Travis Meadows
The story of an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas, who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. By embodying the title character under prosthetic make up, actor Stephen Dorff successfully infiltrates Music City and takes his character on an authentic singer / songwriter journey. With the help of key allies on the ground, “Wheeler” converses with real people in real locations, with every musical number performed live. The line between reality and fiction blurs as Wheeler chases his dream in this touching tribute to old school country legends.
- 3 / 5.0
With Theo James • Alexander Skarsgard • Michael Peña • Tessa Thompson • John Michael McDonagh
Michael Pena and Alexander Skarsgard play two corrupt cops in New Mexico who make a living blackmailing criminals until they try to intimidate someone who could be even more dangerous than they are.
- 2.8 / 5.0
With Jake Busey • Paul Quinn • Jason Lee • Hilarie Burton • Brighton Sharbino • Roni Akurati • Poorna Jagannathan • Samrat Chakrabarti • Shoba Narayan • Frank Lotito • Anjul Nigam • Gregory Scott Houghton
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a “good old boy” propels him further away from his family’s ideals than ever before. A tribute to childhood heroes, first love and growing up in Small Town, America.
- 3.5 / 5.0
With Christina Applegate • Joel David Moore • Nicola Peltz Beckham • Josh Lucas • Frank Langella • Billy Crudup • Mary Kay Place • Stefan Nowicki • Joey Carey • Alex Shaffer • Morgan White • Sirad Balducci
When 79-year-old curmudgeon RAYMOND (Frank Langella) makes arrangements to be euthanized in Oregon, his family refuses to accept his decision.But when another family emergency arises, Raymond's daughter KATE (Christina Applegate) turns to her husband BRIAN (Billy Crudup) for a little help. So Brian reluctantly volunteers to drive the cantankerous Raymond and his wine-loving wife ESTELLE (Mary Kay Place) three-thousand miles to Oregon. Determined to change the old man's mind before they reach the Beaver State, it becomes quickly apparent to Brian that convincing your father-in-law to keep living when he's ready to check out is no simple task.
- 2.5 / 5.0
With Barak Goodman
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a former soldier deeply influenced by the literature and ideas of the radical right, parked a Ryder truck with a five-ton fertilizer bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City. Moments later, 168 people were killed and 675 were injured in the blast. OKLAHOMA CITY traces the events—including the deadly encounters between American citizens and law enforcement at Ruby Ridge and Waco—that led McVeigh to commit the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. With a virulent strain of anti-government anger still with us, the film is both a cautionary tale and an extremely timely warning.
- 1.5 / 5.0
With Danny DeVito • Harvey Keitel • Leslie Mann • Edie Falco • Art Linson • Veronica Ferres • Patti LuPone • Taylor Hackford • Courtney Solomon • Mark Canton • John Linson
An aging comic icon, JACKIE BURKE (Robert De Niro) has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother (Danny DeVito) and his wife (Patti LuPone), Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets HARMONY (Leslie Mann), the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul (Harvey Keitel), and the two find inspiration in one another resulting in surprising consequences. Through the alchemy of their unlikely friendship, Harmony and Jackie overcome their own emotional damage and emerge as better people.
- 2.67 / 5.0
With Chad Stahelski • Keanu Reeves • Basil Iwanyk • Peter Stormare • Ruby Rose • John Leguizamo • Ian McShane • Lance Reddick • Bridget Moynahan • Common • Derek Kolstad • Riccardo Scamarcio • Tom Sadowski
In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hitman John Wick [Keanu Reeves] is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers.
- 4.41 / 5.0
With Dakota Johnson • Jamie Dornan • Hugh Dancy • Luke Grimes • Bella Heathcote • Kim Basinger • Max Martini • Eric Johnson • Jennifer Ehle • Dana Brunetti • E.L. James • Rita Ora • Victor Rasuk • James Foley • Michael De Luca • Eloise Mumford • Niall Leonard
When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian’s past start to circle the couple, determined to destroy their hopes for a future together.
- 3.12 / 5.0
With Ralph Fiennes • Michael Cera • Zach Galifianakis • Rosario Dawson • Will Arnett • Roy Lee • Chris McKay • Mariah Carey • Phil Lord • Seth Grahame-Smith • Dan Lin • Christopher Miller
The Dark Knight, the Caped Crusader - Batman is the crime fighting vigilante everyone can count on to save the day. When Gotham City is threatened once again, the brooding, heavy-metal rapping machine is forced to work with a new police commissioner and a certain young orphan to save the day. Will he find that working alone isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? Maybe the Dark Knight will learn to work as part of a team, finding new friends and happiness along the way.
- 4.08 / 5.0
With Tom Felton • Rosamund Pike • David Oyelowo • Arnold Oceng • Nicholas Lyndhurst • Guy Hibbert • Jack Davenport • Amma Asante • Rick McCallum • Laura Carmichael
A United Kingdom is the true story of the forbidden love of King Seretse Khama of Botswana (David Oyelowo) and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), a white woman from London, which caused an international uproar when they decided to marry in the late 1940s just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa. It was a decision that altered the course of African history.
- 2.67 / 5.0
With Ceyda Torun
Follows the hundreds of thousands of cats who have roamed the metropolis of Istanbul freely for thousands of years, wandering in and out of people’s lives, impacting them in ways only an animal who lives between the worlds of the wild and the tamed can.
- 4 / 5.0
With Sharon Stone • Tommy Flanagan • Jason Lewis • Alex Ranarivelo • Dorian Brown Pham • Tom Williamson • Christina Moore • Brian Rudnick
Tells the story of a young widow trying to save her ranch following her husband's fatal car crash. She creates a convict rehabilitation program, working with a herd of wild horses that have wandered onto her property. She did not anticipate the greed, bureaucracy and vanity that she must overcome to heal the convicts, the horses and ultimately herself.
- 2.75 / 5.0
With Kevin Corrigan • James Le Gros • Larry Fessenden • John Speredakos • Jack Fessenden • Asa Spurlock
In 16-year-old Jack Fessenden's directorial debut, teens Connor and Ash head to Ash’s father’s trailer for the weekend. When three crooks on the run from a hitman stash their car nearby, they seek refuge inside the trailer holding the teens hostage. Connor and Ash must now help the criminals before the hitman kills everyone in his wake.
- 2.5 / 5.0
With Julie Benz • Fionnula Flanagan • Danielle Harris • Daniel Farrands • Belle Shouse • Josh Stamberg • Andrew C. Erin
- 1.83 / 5.0
With Colin Hanks
This HBO Documentary Film follows the American rock band Eagles of Death Metal as they recount their experiences before, during and after the tragic terrorist attack at their concert in Paris on November 13, 2015 – a heinous act of violence that claimed 89. The film spotlights the deep bond of friendship between band co-founders Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme as well as the intensely personal connection that the Eagles of Death Metal has always had with their devoted fans. That relationship, coupled with a profound sense of responsibility to help the Bataclan survivors cope with their physical and emotional wounds, inspired the band to return to Paris: first to perform with U2 at a rescheduled concert three weeks after the attacks, and later to finish the Paris show at the Olympia concert hall in front of their fans, many of whom were survivors of the earlier show.
- 2.33 / 5.0
With Margaret Judson • Devin Goodsell • Michael Johnston • Mark Furze • Bobby T • David Banks • Alexander Babaev
Having just moved to a remote home near an institution to better care for her brother Zach, Emily invites a few friends over to help her unpack. They soon discover strange symbols etched into the boards on the windows. In an effort to clean the house they clear them away, soon realizing the gravity of their mistake as they one by one become possessed by an evil force.
- 3.4 / 5.0
With Alex Heineman • Javier Gullon • Albert Hughes • Andrew Rona • Beatriz Bodegas
A quiet man seeks revenge on the criminals who turned his life upside down after a violent robbery. The man enlists the help of a recently released convict who was part of the crime.
With Aisha de Haas • Jeremy Jordan • Harvey Fierstein • Jeff Calhoun • Kara Lindsay • Ben Fankhauser • Andrew Keenan-Bolger • Steve Blanchard • Ethan Steiner
Set in New York City at the turn of the century and based on a true story, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike and take a stand for what’s right.
- 4.88 / 5.0
With Matt Damon • Charles Roven • Willem Dafoe • Pedro Pascal • Ryan Cheng • Andy Lau • Thomas Tull • Yimou Zhang • Marshall Herskovitz • Tian Jing
When a mercenary warrior (Matt Damon) is imprisoned within The Great Wall, he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest wonders of our world. As wave after wave of marauding beasts besiege the massive structure, his quest for fortune turns into a journey toward heroism as he joins a huge army of elite warriors to confront this unimaginable and seemingly unstoppable force.
- 3.47 / 5.0
With Ice Cube • Shawn Levy • Max Greenfield • Dan Cohen • Jillian Bell • Tracy Morgan • Charlie Day • Christina Hendricks • Kumail Nanjiani • Dennis Haysbert • Evan Susser • Max Carver • Joanna Garcia • Van Robichaux • Dean Norris • JoAnna Garcia Swisher • Richie Keen
On the last day of the year, mild-mannered high school English teacher Andy Campbell (Day) is trying his best to keep it together amidst senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration and budget cuts that put jobs on the line. But things go from bad to worse when he accidentally crosses his much tougher and deeply feared colleague, Ron Strickland (Ice Cube), who challenges Campbell to an old-fashioned throw down after school. News of the fight spreads like wildfire and ends up becoming the very thing this school, and Campbell, needed.
- 3.43 / 5.0
With Mia Goth • Dane DeHaan • Celia Imrie • Jason Isaacs • David Crockett • Susanne Wuest • Carl Lumbly • Gore Verbinski • Arnon Milchan • Justin Haythe
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa’s miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure.
- 3.29 / 5.0
With Kyle Allen • Christina Kirk • Mike Doyle • Natalie Brown • Peyton Kennedy • Peter DaCunha • Ron Lea • Jonathan Watton • Lisa Renee Pitts • Morgan Peter Brown
XX is a new horror anthology with a gender twist - all segments will be helmed by female directors and will star female leads.
- 2.53 / 5.0
With Richard Schiff • Kip Pardue • Zuleikha Robinson • Rusty Schwimmer • Peyton Kennedy • Gavin MacIntosh • Marci Miller • Anne Hamilton
An 11-year-old girl in 1980s Iowa discovers a mysterious man held captive in the silo on her family's farm.
- 2.67 / 5.0
With James Franco • Josh Hutcherson • Bryan Cranston • Selena Gomez • Ashley Greene • Robert Duvall • Zach Braff • Vincent D'Onofrio • Analeigh Tipton
In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—on the "courage never to submit or yield."
- 1.5 / 5.0
With Cary Elwes • Terrence Howard • Josh Lucas • Sharon Leal • Lake Bell • Gerald DiPego • Justin DiPego • Predrag Antonijevic
A disgraced detective (Josh Lucas) has a supernatural encounter which leads him to investigate the murder of a beautiful cellist (Lake Bell) that unlocks the truth behind her mysterious death.
- 2.7 / 5.0
With Jose Maria Yazpik • Tiaré Scanda Patricia Bernal • Karla Souza • Francisco González Compeán • José Nacif • Ben O'Toole • K. C. Clyde • Alejandro Camacho • Catalina Aguilar Mastretta • Ramiro Ruiz
On the surface, the young and beautiful Clara Barron (Karla Souza) seems to have everything- a great job as an OB-GYN; a great house in LA; and a big fun-loving Mexican family. But, the one thing Clara doesn't have figured out is her love life. Pressured by a family wedding in Mexico, Clara asks a co-worker to pose as her boyfriend for the weekend festivities - only to be caught by surprise when her ex- boyfriend (and family favorite) suddenly shows up after disappearing from her life completely. Torn, Clara must decide between going back to the past or open her heart to new and unexpected possibilities. In an adventure full of laughter, she learns that sometimes it takes the whole crazy family to help you find crazy love."
- 3 / 5.0
With Veronica Echegui • Roberto Sneider • Ashley Grace
Eligio (Gael Garcia Bernal), a fun-loving, charismatic actor wakes up one morning to realize that his wife Susana (Veronica Echegui) has left You're Killing Me Susanahim without a word or warning. Eligio discovers that she is in Iowa, so he sells off his car and gets on a plane from his native Mexico City to go after her.
From the moment he gets off the plane in the Midwest university town Eligio is like a fish out of water. Things only get worse when the short, dark and loquacious Eligio discovers Susana has started a relationship with huge, mysterious and pasty white poet Slawomir (Hlynur Harraldson).
- 2.25 / 5.0
With Rosanna Arquette • Ryan Eggold • Amy Seimetz • So Yong Kim • Brooklyn Decker • Jena Malone Riley Keough • Marshall Chapman
Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend, Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. Years later, Sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection in the days before Mindy’s wedding.
- 2.67 / 5.0
With Louis Hofmann • Emil Belton • Martin Zandvliet • Roland Møller • Mikkel Boe Følsgaard • Joel Basman • Osakar Belton
As World War Two comes to an end, a group of German POWs, boys rather than men, are captured by the Danish army and forced to engage in a deadly task – to defuse and clear land mines from the Danish coastline. With little or no training, the boys soon discover that the war is far from over.
- 4.28 / 5.0
With Martin McCann • Evanna Lynch • Michael Smiley • George Webster • Simon Fitzmaurice • Barry McGovern
Emily has been living in a foster home ever since her father was institutionalized after her mother's death. Still, she keeps in touch with him through the birthday cards he sends her every year. As Emily starts at a new school, she catches the attention of her shy classmate Arden. When her father doesn't send a birthday card on her 16th birthday, Emily decides to take matters into her own hands. Enlisting Arden's help, she runs away, and the pair set out on a road trip to break her father out of the psych ward. As their journey progresses, Emily and Arden must depend on each other as they learn about life, love, loss, and letting go.
- 2.33 / 5.0
With Aisha de Haas • Jeremy Jordan • Harvey Fierstein • Jeff Calhoun • Kara Lindsay • Ben Fankhauser • Andrew Keenan-Bolger • Steve Blanchard • Ethan Steiner
Set in New York City at the turn of the century and based on a true story, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike and take a stand for what’s right.
- 4.88 / 5.0
With Jordan Peele • Lil Rel Howery • Bradley Whitford • Caleb Landry Jones • Jason Blum • Catherine Keener • Allison Williams • Sean McKittrick • Daniel Kaluuya • Shaun Redick • Ray Mansfield • Couper Samuelson • Edward H. Hamm
Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy (Catherine Keener) and Dean (Bradley Whitford). At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined.
- 3.5 / 5.0
With Nicholas Hoult • Felicity Jones • Anthony Hopkins • Ben Kingsley • Brian Kavanaugh-Jones • Christian Rubeck • Marwan Kenzari • F. Scott Frazier • Eran Creevy • Rory Aitken • Ben Pugh • Clemens Schick • Michael Epp
After a heist goes terribly wrong, Casey Stein (Nicholas Hoult) finds himself on the run from a ruthless gang headed by mob boss Hagen (Anthony Hopkins). Now Casey has precious cargo that belongs to Hagen, who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Left with no choice, Casey calls his former employer and drug smuggler Geran (Ben Kingsley) to protect his long-time girlfriend Juliette before Hagen gets his hands on her. Casey sets out on an adrenaline-fueled car chase on the German highways to save the love of his life before it’s too late.
- 3.16 / 5.0
With J.K. Simmons • Sam Elliott • Matt Dillon • Luke Wilson • Eddie Izzard • Jorge Garcia • Kurt Voelker • Mae Whitman • Kenan Thompson • Lewis Black • Ash Brannon
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
- 3.65 / 5.0
With Glenn Close • Gemma Arterton • Paddy Considine • Sennia Nanua • Mike Carey • Colm McCarthy • Anamaria Marinca • Dominique Tipper • Lobna Futers • Fisayo Akinade
Set in a dystopian world where a seemingly normal and very intelligent little girl lives in an underground army bunker with other children her age. They are all experimental cases being examined by scientists – led by Dr. Caldwell (Glenn Close) – to find a cure for a fungal spore that has infected the planet.
- 3.43 / 5.0
With Amy Sedaris • Ellen Page • Nick Offerman • Céline Sciamma • Sixtine Murat • Will Forte • Claude Barras • Gaspard Schlatter • Paulin Jaccoud • Michel Vuillermoz
After his mother's sudden death, Zucchini is befriended by a police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home, filled with other orphans his age. At first he struggles to find his place in this at times strange and hostile environment. But with Raymond's help and his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love, as he searches for a new family of his own.
- 2 / 5.0
- 2 / 5.0
With Barry Pepper • Terence Stamp • George Mendeluk • Max Irons • Samantha Barks • Richard Bachynsky Hoover
Yuri (Max Irons) is a young Ukrainian living a contented life in his country village of Smila. Unlike his warrior father Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and notorious grandfather Ivan (Terence Stamp), Yuri is a talented artist, blissfully in love with his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks)—unware of the burgeoning Soviet Union and political dangers facing the people of Ukraine. Following the death of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, tyrant Joseph Stalin senses retaliation and declares his merciless intention to enforce his predecessor's system of collectivisation, thus starving Ukrainians into submission. Led by the ruthless Sergei, a band of Bolshevik soldiers are sent to Smila to enforce the man-made famine. Yaroslav and Ivan heroically defend the village but are powerless against the Bolshevik army. After Yaroslav is brutally hung, the injured Ivan seeks vengeance but struggles to come to terms with the loss of his warrior son and the pacifism of his grandson Yuri. The Bolsheviks' oppressive regime has become the Holodomor—Stalin’s deliberately engineered genocidal famine. Will Yuri and Natalka's love survive the Holodomor as they set out on one last quest for freedom?
- 4 / 5.0
With Kevin Hart • Chris Rock • Jamie Foxx • Sarah Silverman • Amy Schumer • Steve Coogan • Jerry Lewis • Jerry Seinfeld • Garry Shandling • Lloyd Stanton • Paul Toogood
A feature-length documentary on the agony and the ecstasy of making people laugh. A stand-up comedian must be the writer, the director and the star performer—and in stand-up there is no rehearsal, no practice, no safety net, as it only works in front of a live audience, with feedback being instantaneous and often brutal.
- 2 / 5.0