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Death Cab for Cutie: Direction is a companion to the band's album Plans. The program consists of short films and music videos inspired by songs on the record. This collection includes clips for the songs "Different names for the Same Things," "Crooked Teeth," and "Brothers in a Hotel Bed." ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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1977  
R  
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The legendary Bruce Lee and former NFL great Fred Williamson star in Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, which is concerned with one of the biggest martial arts tournaments in history. The movie was filmed on location at Madison Square Garden. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Starring:
Fred WilliamsonRon Van Clief, (more)
 
1988  
 
Based on a true story, this made-for-TV movie follows the scandal that arises when a prominent judge is discovered to be leading a secret life as the husband and father of two different families. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

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Starring:
Robert FoxworthMichele Greene, (more)
 
1994  
PG13  
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A dysfunctional family reunites during the Apollo XI moon landing in this drama starring real-life couple Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen. In 1969, eccentric teacher Washington Bellamy (Danson) turns the arrival of men on the moon into a science project for his son Andy (Ryan Todd). They drive across the country to Idaho's Spires of the Moon National Park, where the odometer of Washington's classic Pontiac Chief will read 238,857, the exact mileage traveled by Apollo XI. Left behind is wife and mother Katherine (Steenburgen), an agoraphobic who never recovered emotionally from a miscarriage seven years earlier. On the road, Washington and Andy encounter a Native American soldier (Eric Schweig), a flirty barfly (Cathy Moriarty) and Washington's long-lost brother (Max Gail). Back home, Katherine nervously ventures outside to follow her family. When Washington's car breaks down, he steals a new engine, bringing the authorities after him and leading to a rendezvous at the park between father, son, mother, and cops, as the astronauts simultaneously land on the moon. Pontiac Moon (1994) was a critical lemon for director Peter Medak, who enjoyed more success with his British crime dramas such as The Krays (1990) and Let Him Have It (1991). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

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Starring:
Ted DansonMary Steenburgen, (more)
 
1995  
 
Teenage spring-break hijinx highlight this made-for-TV comedy. Joyce DeWitt stars as Linda Hayden, a teacher assigned to take an all-male class on a trip to L.A. After a series of typical road trip shenanigans, the gang winds up at a hotel owned by her former boyfriend George (James Eckhouse). ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi

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Starring:
James EckhouseJoyce DeWitt, (more)
 
1997  
R  
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A dying man and a man who wants to die strike up an unusual bargain in this independent comedy-drama. Terry (David Arquette) is a suicidal voyeur who is depressed but lacks the courage to kill himself. While trying to work up the nerve to throw himself off a bridge, Terry is stopped by his neighbor Nick (Brad Hunt), who doesn't know that Terry has been watching him have unsatisfying sex with his girlfriend Liz (Kathryn Erbe). Drug-addicted Nick has learned that he has only a few weeks left to live, so he makes Terry a deal: Nick will put Terry out of his misery if Terry will help Nick live out a few of his fantasies before his imminent date with death. Terry agrees, but discovers that Nick's ambitions include bowling naked with a group of loose women, taking a road trip while high on LSD, and committing armed robbery; Terry also discovers while hanging out with Nick that life might not be such a bad thing after all. Cathy Moriarty appears as Nick's Aunt Elsie, a former exotic dancer. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
David ArquetteBrad Hunt, (more)
 
2002  
PG13  
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A Cinderella story turns into a nightmare when a former waitress' perfect marriage gives way to adultery and physical abuse in this combination of domestic drama and revenge thriller. Motherless young woman Slim (Jennifer Lopez) works in a San Francisco diner with her best friend, Ginny (Juliette Lewis). After almost succumbing to the slick flirtation of an insincere customer (Noah Wyle), she is rescued by another dashing diner named Mitch (Bill Campbell). A few years later, the now happily married couple seem to have it all -- a perfect house, a precocious daughter (Tessa Allen), and a comfortable life. Then, Slim discovers that Mitch is actually a lothario who has been sleeping with other women behind her back. When she protests, he slaps her around and uses daughter Gracie as leverage to keep her in line. Slim enlists the help of her friends to escape with her child, though Mitch attacks and very nearly kills her in the process. Going on the lam, Slim adopts a series of new identities, wigs, and residences to avoid the goons Mitch has sent to retrieve her. Along the way, she receives help from Joe (Dan Futterman), a friend and old flame from college. Ultimately, Mitch and his unexpected allies so terrify Slim that she must turn the tables and transform herself from hunted to hunter. In doing so, she receives some surprise assistance of her own -- from Jupiter (Fred Ward), the rich father who abandoned her mother years ago. Although the soundtrack to Enough features the music of star J. Lo, the title song was written especially for the film by Magnolia tunesmith Aimee Mann. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

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Starring:
Jennifer LopezBill Campbell, (more)
 
2003  
 
In the early '90s, after the "Velvet Revolution" threw off Communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, the city of Prague developed a reputation as the "Second Chance City," a haven for creative individuals with a desire to reinvent themselves in a city going through an exciting evolution of its own. Within a few years, a large number of the American expatriates who'd come to Prague had returned to the land of their birth, but in time, the city experienced the phenomenon of the "rex-patriates" -- folks who'd come to Prague for a fresh start but left for home, only to return to the city for a second "second chance." Rex-Patriates is a mockumentary comedy which follows the misadventures of a handful of Americans giving the Czech capital one last opportunity to fulfill their dreams, including less-than-gifted poet Kranepool (James Babson), theater artist and aging would-be riot grrrl Ewell (Nancy Bishop), sullen mime Klinghoffer (Joel Sugerman), and aggressively optimistic businesswoman Lucy (Ellen Savaria). Rex-Patriates also features Alan Levy, editor of The Prague Post (an English-language newspaper published in the city), as himself in a small role shot shortly before his death. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Ellen SavariaJames Babson, (more)
 
2004  
 
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A conservative and moralistic Muslim bicycle cop hits the streets for a seven-day shift in Seattle but fails to see the crime all around him due to his preoccupation with an unfaithful girlfriend in director Robinson Devor's thoughtful meditation on the ability of immigrants to adapt to contemporary American life. Z (Pape S. Niang) is an African-born immigrant and by-the-books bicycle cop on the beat in downtown Seattle, WA. With his romantic life crumbling and crime never stopping to allow him a moment to contemplate his harried existence, Z attempts to deal with each crime on an individualized basis without acknowledging that the world around him seems to be tearing at the seams. As Z interacts with various crime victims in English, his constant attempts to sort out his turbulent personal life are conveyed in Z's native West African language of Wolof. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Pape Sidy NiangAnna Oxygen, (more)
 
2004  
PG13  
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Barry Levinson directed this comedy in which success has a rather surprising effect on two old buddies. Nick Vanderpark (Jack Black) and Tim Dingman (Ben Stiller) are best friends and next-door neighbors who work together at a sandpaper factory. Nick and Tim often find themselves wishing for something more from life, and Nick has a habit of dreaming up harebrained get-rich-quick schemes that usually end in disaster. Tim is particularly appalled by Nick's latest idea, "Vapoorizer," a cleaning product which will make pet feces magically disappear, but to their shock, it turns out to be an incredible success, and before long Nick is wealthy beyond his wildest dreams. Tim, however, is still the same guy getting by in suburbia he's always been, and soon Tim finds himself bitterly resentful of his old friend. As Nick gets richer, Tim gets angrier, and he develops a drinking problem. One night, in a bar, Tim meets an eccentric drifter (Christopher Walken) who offers him some not-so-friendly advice on getting even with his old friend. Envy also stars Rachel Weisz and Amy Poehler as Tim and Nick's much-put-upon spouses. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Ben StillerJack Black, (more)
 
2005  
 
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His wife left flattened by a falling statue as the couple make their way through Eastern Europe on holiday, a grieving British tourist attempts to stage an early reunion with his beloved departed to little avail in director Steen Agro's pitch black comedy. When Colin's (Andy Nyman) wife Maggie (Klára Low) meets an untimely demise under a particularly unstable statue, the pain of his loss is too powerful to bear. After failing to snuff it by taking an electric bath, Colin meets hen-pecked handyman Pavel (Karel Roden) - a pushover whose high-maintenance wife has forced him to accept a series of odd jobs just to keep up with department store payments. Pavel has been assigned the task of driving Colin to the morge so that the visiting Brit can claim his wife's ashes, but Colin quickly offers his wheelman a large sum of money if he will simply end his suffering in the most painless manner possible. Unfortunately death doesn't come as easy for some as it does for others, and as the hapless pair become caught-up in the criminal exploits of hulking hoodlum Karel (Robert Polo) it begins to appear as if the suicidal widower may be death proof. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Karel RodenAndy Nyman, (more)
 
2005  
R  
Her memory stripped and her thoughts filled with only unthinkably nightmares, a woman wandering the streets of Prague places her trust in a man who also has no memory in this dark thriller from first-time writer/director Dan Turner. Anna (Georgina French) is a woman consumed by pain, and desperately searching for an escape from her misery. Once day, while drifting through the streets of Prague, Anna comes into contact with fellow amnesiatic Morgan (John Hopkins). While neither Anna nor Morgan can make sense of their past, they each feel bonded together my some mysterious force beyond their comprehension. Little does this clueless pair realize just how right they really are, because somewhere in the underground shadows of the city lurks a force that guides their every move. There's no use trying to resist the power that propels them towards their ultimate fate, and as the experiment gets underway every moment grows more agonizing than the last. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
John HopkinsGeorgina French, (more)
 
2007  
R  
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Inspired by the works of celebrated horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft, this apocalyptic frightener tells the story of a Seattle history professor who becomes caught up in a frightful and rapidly accelerating series of strange events after returning to his estranged family on the Oregon coast and discovering that his father is involved with a bizarre New Age cult. Upon returning home to execute his late mother's will, the professor enters into a long-awaited affair with his beautiful best friend from childhood. Later, the professor uncovers evidence that the members of his father's cult are anticipating a large-scale event that will forever alter the way humankind views the universe. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Jason CottleCara Buono, (more)
 
2012  
NR  
Ugly family truths surface in 1970s-era suburbia as a pair of hard-drinking parents host a wild party downstairs while their perceptive children trade stories in the attic. John Hawkes, Molly Parker, and Olivia Harris star in this honest reflection of family life from Late Bloomers director Julia Dyer. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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