Jackie Kallen isn't fighting for glory. She's fighting for respect. Inspired by a true story, Against The Ropes stars Meg Ryan as Kallen, a sassy, brassy boxing manager-in-the-making determined to change "Lethal" Luther Shaw (Omar Epps) from a mere street punk into a world-class prizefighter. To help Shaw rise to the rank of number-one contender, Jackie coaxes veteran trainer Felix Reynolds (Charles S. Dutton) out of retirement. But before they can all realize their dream of a championship bout, they must first learn what it takes to stand in each other's corner. It's not about how you fall. It's about how hard you fight back when you are Against The Ropes.
Rating: PG-13
Genre:
Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Starring:
Omar Epps, Meg Ryan
Lt. Col. Caldwell (SEAN CONNERY) and Police Inspector Jay Austin (MARK HARMON) don't like each other. Not even a little bit. That's because Caldwell helped run Austin out of the military police a few years back. And now these natural enemies are forced to team up to solve a brutal murder at The Presidio military compound. To make matters worse, Inspector Austin has taken a sudden and passionate interest in a beautiful, feisty young woman (MEG RYAN), who just happens to be Lt. Col. Caldwell's daughter. First, sparks fly between the young lovers. Then fists and bullets start flying as this action-packed thriller kicks into high gear and tears up the streets of San Francisco.
Rating: R
Genre:
Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Starring:
Sean Connery, Mark Harmon
Maverick is a hot pilot. When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman is clearly outflown and freaks. On almost no fuel, Maverick is able to talk him back down to the Carrier. When his wingman turns in his wings, Maverick is moved up in the standings and sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. There he fights the attitudes of the other pilots and an old story of his father's death in combat that killed others due to his father's error. Maverick struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of his other students and in a different way to Charlie, a civilian instructor to whom he is strongly attracted.
Rating: PG
Genre:
Action, Romance
Starring:
Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer
Arlis Sweeny (Quaid) leads a life as simple and unchanging as his native West Texas plains. He stocks vending machines, moving from town to town and from one familiar lover to another. Kay Davies (Ryan) also calls the road her home. Running from a broken marriage, she doesn't know where she headed, but any place is better than where she's been. Fate brings them together and gives them a future, until a figure from the past - Arlis's father (James Caan) - awakens a memory as deep and dark as a grave: a family history written in cold blood. From the writer and director of The Fabulous Baker Boys and Wonder Boys, and co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow in her first major feature film role.
Rating: R
Genre:
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Starring:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Meg Ryan
Love means never having to say you're sorry... Love Story. Everyone loves Love Story! One of the most romantic movies ever made also remains one of the most enduringly popular. This heartfelt 1970 tale of the love of a lifetime-the most successful Paramount movie up to that time-received seven Academy Award. nominations (including Best Picture) and won one for Francis Lai's magnificent score. As filming was underway on Love Story, the filmmakers knew they had something special-so special that Erich Segal was simultaneously shaping his best-selling novel from his own screenplay. Stars Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw each received Academy Award. nominations and became overnight movie sensations for their poignant portrayals of a young couple who... more
Rating: PG
Genre:
Drama, Romance
Starring:
Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal
The love story continues. Ryan O'Neal returns as Oliver Barrett IV in Oliver's Story, based on Erich Segal's follow-up novel to Love Story. Candice Bergen (TV's Murphy Brown) brings elegant charm to the role of Marcie Bonwitt, a recently divorced career woman. The two are a perfect match-equally rich and beautiful, equally independent and yet vulnerable from their respective losses, and equally shy about commitment to another person. Through his relationship with Marcie, Oliver begins to affirm life and the possibility of another love.
Rating: PG
Genre:
Drama, Romance
Starring:
Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen
In CHANCES ARE, the irresistible romantic comedy of two lifetimes, Cybill Shepherd stars as Corinne Jeffries, a beautiful young woman whose picture-perfect marriage comes to a shattering halt when her husband, Louie, dies unexpectedly. Fortunately, Louie gets a second shot at life when he agrees to be recycled back to earth as the newborn Alex Finch (Robert Downey, Jr.). But fate crosses Alex's path twenty-three years later when he meets Corinne's daughter Miranda (Mary Stuart Masterson), and is suddenly flooded with a wealth of memories that all belong to Louie! Now, as Alex's former existence slowly comes to life, he must confront a wife who thinks he's dead, a daughter who could be his girlfriend and a best friend (Ryan O'Neal) who's in... more
Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr., Cybill Shepherd
When Johnny Knoxville and the guys returned in 2006 to make jackass number two, they filmed more than a movie, they filmed a movie and a half. Now, through newly filmed interviews, the cast takes you behind, the-scenes as they talk about this excess of never-before-seen pranks, stunts, and random acts of mischief and stupidity that never made it into jackass number two. Crammed full of bonus footage and special features, jackass 2.5 is every bit as unbelievable, dirty, and downright sexy as its predecessors...but so much so it could never be shown in theaters.
Rating: NR
Genre:
Documentary, Comedy
Starring:
Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera
Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O and the entire crew from the popular MTV franchise return in the most insane DVD of the year, jackass number two. Available in both rated and "too hot for theaters" unrated versions, jackass number two pushes the limits with all-new stunts, pants-wetting practical jokes, fun with bears, bees, snakes, bulls, sharks…and other REALLY bad ideas.
Rating: R
Genre:
Documentary, Comedy
Starring:
Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera
Johnny Knoxville and his band of maniacs perform a variety of stunts and gross-out gags on the big screen for the first time in Jackass: The Movie. They wander around Japan in panda outfits, wreak havoc on a once civilized golf court, they even do stunts involving LIVE alligators, and so on. Johnny Knoxvile and his pals put their life at risk for the sake of entertainment.
Rating: R
Genre:
Documentary, Comedy
Starring:
Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera
When the counselor of a halfway house agrees to let cameras film the residents for reality television, he soon realizes the show does anything for ratings and the producer has some tricks up his sleeve. After several visits from a nasty Santa and two street thugs, Daryl must confront his own past and forces the residents of the house to take matters into their own hands.
Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy
Starring:
Robert Romanus, Chris Line
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum), who served with him in Iraq. Along with their other war buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon's will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, which upends his world. The conflict tests everything he believes in: the bond of family, the loyalty of friendship, the limits of love and the value of honor.
Rating: R
Genre:
Drama, War
Starring:
Ryan Phillippe, Rob Brown
Jennifer Love Hewitt (from TV's "Party of Five") and Sarah Michelle Gellar (Scream 2) star with Freddie Prinze, Jr., Ryan Phillippe and Johnny Galecki in this terrifying tale of a body that just won't stay dead. After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. But exactly one year later, the dead man returns from his watery grave, and he's looking for more than an apology. From the writer of SCREAM.
Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Starring:
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Geller
If You Could Talk to the Dead, Would You Make the Call? Four friends unleash a terror that will drive them to “The Brink”... and beyond! Just before his death, famous inventor Thomas Edison created a device for talking to the Dead. Megan, a gifted engineering student, tracks down the inventor’s lost blueprints, and gathers a group of fellow students to rebuild it in a dilapidated house. What Megan doesn't tell her friends is that the house has a horrifically bloody past. An entire family brutally killed one another! The same evil force lies in wait for someone to flip the switch that will set it free once again into the world.
Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Starring:
Rachel Balzer, Jeff Ryan
Deadly spiders are accidentally unleashed from a top-secret military installation. Army specialists and Tanks are called in to exterminate the deadly predators, but the outbreak is worse than expected. Weapons of mass destruction have little or no effect on the venomous spiders. Civilians are strangled with spider webs and eaten alive. The Military in a desperate effort to eradicate the killer spiders, decide to demolish the entire city.
Rating: NR
Genre:
Horror
Starring:
Lisa Jay, Eric Flenner
Arlis Sweeny (Quaid) leads a life as simple and unchanging as his native West Texas plains. He stocks vending machines, moving from town to town and from one familiar lover to another. Kay Davies (Ryan) also calls the road her home. Running from a broken marriage, she doesn't know where she headed, but any place is better than where she's been. Fate brings them together and gives them a future, until a figure from the past - Arlis's father (James Caan) - awakens a memory as deep and dark as a grave: a family history written in cold blood. From the writer and director of The Fabulous Baker Boys and Wonder Boys, and co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow in her first major feature film role.
Rating: R
Genre:
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Starring:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Meg Ryan
Something rotten is brewing beneath the industrial mecca known as Raccoon City. Unknown to its millions of residents, a huge underground bioengineering facility known as The Hive has accidentally unleashed the deadly and mutating T-virus, killing all of its employees. To contain the leak, the governing supercomputer, Red Queen, has sealed all entrances and exits. Now a team of highly-trained super commandos including Rain (Michelle Rodriguez - The Fast and the Furious, Girlfight), Alice (Milla Jovovich - The Fifth Element) and Matt (Eric Mabius - Cruel Intentions) must race to penetrate The Hive in order to isolate the T-virus before it overwhelms humanity. To do so, they must get past the Red Queen's deadly defenses, face the flesh-eating... more
Rating: R
Genre:
Action, Adventure
Starring:
Michelle Rodriguez, Milla Jovovich
Breaking up is never easy, and when faced with the prospect of hitting the singles scene again, the mere thought of jumping back into the dating pool may leave one inclined to lock oneself away and swear celibacy -- especially when that singles scene involves the New York City nightlife. It isn't all tears and heartbreak, though, as six recently broken-up Manhattanites discover in this voyeuristic look at dating in the 21st century. Re-released into the city with the singular goal of finding a compatible mate, these six city dwellers attempt to find love and companionship in a city where anything is possible.
Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy, Romance
Starring:
Amber Ryan, Michael Giese
If teenaged Ethan and his younger sister Hallie put every toy in Macy's on their Christmas list, it still wouldn't include what they want most. They want a miracle - they want their divorced parents back together! With lots of humor, heart and yuletide sparkle, All I Want For Christmas is all you could want in a family film treat. Ethan Randall (Dutch) and Thora Birch (Patriot Games) play the siblings who come up with a hilarious plan to reunite their parents (Harley Jane Kozak and Jamey Sheridan). Movie legend Lauren Bacall plays the sympathetic grandmother who assists the kids. And Leslie Nielsen (The Naked Gun. films) appears as Santa Claus. So what is the plan? Ho-ho-ho! Aren't you in for a surprise!
Rating: G
Genre:
Comedy, Family, Romance
Starring:
Leslie Nielsen, Lauren Bacall
In Oregon, when the bully George Tooney beats his schoolmate Sam Merric, his older brother Rocky Merric schemes a prank with his two also teenager friends Clyde and Marty seeking revenge. They invite George, Sam and his girlfriend Millie to a boat trip along the river, with the intention of humiliating George and get even. However, Millie convinces Sam to call off the plan and the boys accept in spite of the reluctant Marty. When they decide to play "truth or dare" in the middle of the river, the truth about the prank is disclosed to George and he offends the boys mostly the traumatized Marty, leading the group to an accident with tragic consequences.
Rating: R
Genre:
Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring:
Rory Culkin, Scott Mechlowicz