2024-10-04
The Coen Brothers' Best Picture winner is a mesmerizing and violent crime opus set in 1980 West Texas, where a man finds and keeps a fortune in drug loot, then tries to dodge a sheriff and a bounty hunter attempting to recover it. Based on the Cormac McCarthy 2005 best seller. The film title is from a line in William Butler Yeats' poem "Sailing to Byzantium." (Repeat).
When Beau's mother dies, he decides to trek back home and get some closure. Along the way, he is introduced to some of his greatest fears as the seemingly normal trip turns into a surreal adventure. As he struggles with overbearing anxiety, Beau must confront his past and the overbearing mother that may be the root of his problems. (Repeat).
A pair of best friends set out to have a legendary week-long summer vacation with the help of cheap rosé and a group of eclectic friends. (Repeat).
Laura, the mother to seven-year-old Cody, decides to get a new but isolated house near a lake. They are trying to live a new life after escaping Laura's abusive ex-husband. Amidst the appeal of their life and surroundings, a new challenge appears in the form of a monstrous being that emerges from the waters near their property, haunting them in more ways than one. (Repeat).
Noah, who is seeking to reconnect with his outcast brother after the death of their father. Noah hopes to make amends and share the family's fortune but instead finds himself in a dark underworld that threatens to tear his family apart. As he struggles to maintain his sanity, Noah is led on a terrifying trail to the truth through a series of cryptic clues. (Repeat).
Eager for a weekend getaway of parties and relaxation, a group of twentysomethings rents a smart home vacation rental. Yet the home's sophisticated artificial intelligence programming system soon takes control, forcing the friends to fight their way out or face their end. (Repeat).
An FBI agent has his hands full when a jet cargo of creepy-crawly critters is unleashed on passengers by a mob boss trying to do away with a murder witness. This fang-tastic thriller is loaded with humor, and is probably best known for the online cult it developed due to its outlandish title. (Repeat).
A womanizing ad exec gets his comeuppance when he meets his new boss, Jacqueline, who is every bit his equal. (New).
Denzel Washington gives an Oscar-winning performance in this brutal and riveting crime drama. He's frighteningly convincing as a corrupt undercover L.A. cop who tutors an idealistic rookie (Ethan Hawke, who received a Best Supporting Actor nod). Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin. (Repeat).
Dynamic Samuel L. Jackson stars as New York City cop John Shaft, who quits the force and decides to dispense his own brand of vigilante justice against a racist killer (Christian Bale) and a Dominican drug lord (Jeffrey Wright). Richard Roundtree, who played the original John Shaft in three '70s crime dramas, has a cameo as Jackson's uncle and namesake. Busta Rhymes, Vanessa Williams, Dan Hedaya.
In this suspenseful thriller, a Chicago police negotiator (Samuel L. Jackson) is framed for embezzlement and murder. Desperate to clear his name, he takes hostages, refusing to speak to anyone but a fellow negotiator (Kevin Spacey). It becomes a game of wits for the two negotiators, who challenge each other and the crooked cops who want Roman dead. David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer. (Repeat).
Best Picture chronicles the epic tale of a 1940's mobster family in New York City, where the father builds an organized-crime empire and his three sons, to varying degrees, follow in his footsteps. Marlon Brando won Best Actor as the head of the "family." (Repeat).