2024-07-07
Ambitious L.A. loan officer Christine Brown incurs the wrath of a malevolent gypsy by refusing to grant her an extension on her home loan. Determined to get a promotion at work, Christine lays down the law when mysterious Mrs. Ganush literally begs for mercy at her feet. In retaliation, Mrs. Ganush places the curse of Lamia on her unfortunate target. Now, unless Christine can break the curse, she'
Cate Blanchett demonstrates her remarkable range as a widowed Southerner whose psychic powers get her involved in a murder mystery. All the ingredients for a classic spooky thriller are here---gothic atmosphere, juicy plot twists, multiple suspects---and expert horror director Sam Raimi delivers the goods. Keanu Reeves and Katie Holmes stand out in the first-rate cast. Giovanni Ribisi. (Repeat).
After serving time for a crime he didn't commit, Leo Handler makes an effort to get his life back on track. Joining the family business, he unknowingly enters into a world of danger and lawlessness and must decide whether to speak up or remain silent. (Repeat).
Ben Affleck makes an impressive directorial debut with this gritty thriller about two street-smart private eyes (Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan) investigating the mysterious disappearance of a little girl in a working-class Boston neighborhood. Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Amy Madigan. (Repeat).
When a retired military officer's youngest son enlists in WWI and is killed, he leaves behind his beautiful fiancée to deal with his two surviving brothers, who become bitterly divided over her. (Repeat).
Barbra Streisand (who also directed) portrays a Manhattan psychiatrist who gets involved with her patient's brother and tries to exorcise the demons of their dysfunctional Southern family. An adaptation of the novel by Pat Conroy (who co-adapted with Becky Johnston). (Repeat).
What begins as an innocent teenage romance turns to obsession when a charismatic but unbalanced young man sets his sights on a 16-year-old girl. (Repeat).
Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow costar in this unusual drama. Affleck plays Buddy, an exec who gives another man his plane ticket as a favor. Minutes after takeoff, the plane crashes. Feeling responsible, Buddy tries to help the man's widow (Paltrow) by entering into a business relationship with her. (Repeat).
Sleeper about a saucy, motherless teen (Emily Lloyd) growing up in 1950s England. Hubert: Geoffrey Hutchings. Eric: Tom Bell. Mrs. Parfitt: Clare Clifford. Written and directed by David Leland. (Repeat).
Three pals answer the call of the wild in this raucous, fish-out-of-water comedy. (Repeat).
Adaptation culled from the popular book series about seven enterprising adolescents who find their moneymaking efforts hampered by boys, neighbors and parents. Schuyler Fisk, Rachael Leigh Cook. Stacey: Bre Blair. Dawn: Larisa Oleynik. Claudia: Tricia Joe. Melanie Mayron directed. (Repeat).
Before Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand were famous, they were in a play together. Rivers demanded she be cast without even reading the script. The result: the role she was given called for a love scene between herself and Streisand. (Repeat).
Naomi Watts shines in this thriller about a reporter who investigates her niece's mysterious death, which seems to be linked to a videotape. Apparently, anyone who watches the tape dies horribly seven days later. Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander, Lindsay Frost, Amber Tamblyn. (Repeat).
A young lawyer discovers the firm he's hired into is controlled by the mob and attempts to escape from their clutches. (Repeat).