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Bob The Butler

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:59 -0500

Synopsis: A goofy loser who can't keep a job decides to become a butler - but when he's hired by a career-driven mom with an aversion to germs, the comic sparks fly!

Shakespeare In Love

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:59 -0500

Synopsis: Struggling playwright Will Shakespeare finds his muse when he meets beautiful Viola, inspiring him to turn his bad pirate melodrama into "Romeo and Juliet." A hilarious romantic comedy, winner of 7 Oscars, including Best Picture.

Amadeus: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

From the vantage point of an insane asylum, aging royal composer Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) recalls the events of three decades earlier, when the young Mozart (Tom Hulce) first gained favor in the court of Austrian emperor Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones). Salieri was incensed that God would bless so vulgar and obnoxious a young snipe as Mozart with divine genius.

Arn- The Knight Templar: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

In this tale of war and intrigue, Arn, a young swordsman, meets Cecilia, the love of his life, but a cruel and jealous world soon forces them apart. Cecilia is imprisoned in a convent and Arn is sent away to the Holy Land as a Knight Templar, to fight in the war raging between Christians and Muslims. Their painful separation causes their faith in God and his goodness to waver, though their faith in each other and their confidence that they will one day be reunited remains strong. The young lovers fight to survive and through their love for each other, learn to confront evil and overcome the physical hardships that a world of anger and betrayal has placed upon them.

Chemical Wedding: Red Band Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

Jack Parsons was a brilliant chemist and inventor of the rocket fuel used for the US space flight to the moon. He was also a fanatical believer in the Magic of Aleister Crowley the aging occultist who considered himself 'The Beast' incarnate. In 1947 Jack Parsons and L. Ron Hubbard were performing Crowley's mystic rituals in a house in Pasadena, California. Parsons wrote excitedly to his occult leader, Crowley. 'I have had the most devastating experience of my life. I have been in direct touch with One who is most Holy and Beautiful as mentioned in your 'Book of the Law'. First instructions were received through Lafayette Ron Hubbard the seer. I have followed them to the letter. There was a desire for incarnation. I am to act as an instructor, guardian, guide for nine months; then it will be loosed on the world...' Crowley wrote despairingly to a disciple about Parsons: It appears that he has given away both his girl and his money to this writer of science fiction and is now invoking t

Ace Ventura- When Nature Calls: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

Pet detective Ace Ventura comes out of retirement to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the symbol of an African tribe.

Inspector Morse: The Wolvercote Tongue

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:02:06 -0500

A wealthy American tourist dies of a heart attack in Oxford's Randolph hotel. Shortly afterwards the curator of a museum is found dead in the canal. A group of elderly American tourists and their tour guide become the prime suspects. Featuring SIMON CALLOW, along with JOHN THAW as Morse and KEVIN WHATELY as Sergeant Lewis.

'Bright Young Things' Trailer: 'Bright Young Things' - Trailer

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:49:01 -0500

British writer/actor Stephen Fry makes his feature-film debut with the witty, sophisticated comedy Bright Young Things, adapted from Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies. Set in London during the '30s, this stylish period film follows an ensemble cast of well-dressed and highly literate partygoers. Aspiring writer Adam Fenwick-Symes (stage actor Stephen Campbell Moore) loses the manuscript of his first novel when traveling through customs. He then sets out to raise enough money to marry his sweetheart, Nina Blount (Emily Mortimer), the daughter of a colonel (Peter O'Toole). All in the name of love, Adam seeks funding through a constant stream of parties, meetings, and conversations with eccentric acquaintances. Cameo appearances are made by the likes of Dan Aykroyd, Simon Callow, and Stockard Channing. Bright Young Things was shown at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival. - Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide