2024-09-18
This smash musical adaptation of John Waters' 1988 cult hit is an upbeat song-and-dance fest about a plump teen (newcomer Nikki Blonsky) who shakes things up on a TV dance show in 1962 Baltimore and offers up a lesson on racial tolerance. John Travolta costars in a well-padded fat suit as her plus-sized mother. Rikki Lake, who starred in Waters' original, has a cameo as a talent agent, and Waters
Two youthful cops go undercover at a local high school to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring in this hilarious adaptation of the hit TV series. In the process, they are forced to face the anxieties of adolescence all over again.
Spartacus reaches a breaking point. Also, Batiatus seeks revenge against his enemies.
Jack, Ace, and Staci prepare for a potentially life-changing meeting. Willie and Wild Bill think back on an exciting time in the DWL's infancy, when a young Tom Spade faced a similar opportunity.
A man inadvertently kills his brother while planning to propose to his girlfriend, who doesn't want the unexpected inconvenience to ruin the moment, or their future together.
In this stirring biopic, jazzman Chet Baker relearns his craft in the late '60s after his front teeth are knocked out during a mugging. As he strives to get his career back on track and overcome a drug addiction, he receives support from his girlfriend, an actress who was cast to play his lover in a movie about his life.
In this deeply personal and creative documentary, Sarah Polley explores her family history, including the revelation that the man she was raised by wasn't her biological father. The film also features interviews with her siblings and a look at her parents' less-than-ideal marriage.
Summer moves slowly for Tia, a 10-year-old Syrian girl who has recently moved to Montreal with her parents, as she struggles to make new friends. When she finds a magic portal that transports her to the Arctic tundra, she befriends Piujuq, an Inuk girl.
Musical numbers and romance collide in this lighthearted comedy. Westernized dot-com millionaire Rahul Seth (Rahul Khanna) is pressured by his traditional Indian family to marry an Indian woman, so Rahul hires an exotic escort to pose as his fiancée. Deepa Mehta wrote and directed. Lisa Ray, Jessica Pare.
In this stylish animated sci-fi tale set in 1957, an imaginative 9-year-old boy discovers and quickly befriends an enormous robot from outer space. Later, he must protect his mechanical pal from a paranoid G-man.
In rural Canada, a farmer finds his livelihood in jeopardy when a substantial corporation utilizes genetically-modified plants to grow larger produce, the chemicals used by the farming operation leeching into his fields and tainting his crops. He then resolves to face the company head-on in an effort to save his farm.
In this hilarious family comedy, a newlywed couple's dogs must overcome their dislike for one another and find a way to coexist when thieves arrive while their owners are away on their honeymoon.
(Nelly and Simon: Mission Yeti) 1956. Nelly, novice private eye, and Simon, research scientist, cross the Himalayas to prove the existence of the Yeti.
Hilary Duff (TV's "Lizzie McGuire") hits all the right notes in this heartwarming, music-packed drama. After a family tragedy, a singer (Duff) leaves her small town to attend a prestigious music school in L.A. While there, she falls for a fellow student (Oliver James) and tries to win a scholarship by performing in the final school recital. David Keith, Rita Wilson, John Corbett, Rebecca De Mornay
Members of rival local gangs, distinguished by the haves and the have-nots, get into a scuffle that results in death in 1960s Oklahoma.