2024-10-06
An English professor borrows money from a vicious gangster in an attempt to pay off his gambling debts in this poignant psychological drama. At the same time, he must contend with his disappointed mother and his affair with a precocious student. (Repeat).
Director Sidney Lumet, at age 83, proves that he still has what it takes to enthrall an audience. This riveting crime thriller follows financially strapped brothers (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke) whose foolproof jewelry-store heist goes awry in tragic ways that leave two people dead. Albert Finney is superb as the siblings' father, and owner of the targeted shop. The film's title comes from
Riveting docudrama about millionaire John du Pont and his relationship with brothers Dave and Mark Schultz, Olympic wrestlers who train at his estate. Mark initially idolizes du Pont, but slowly realizes the depths of his benefactor's madness. (Repeat).
Harrowing and inspiring account of two New York City Port Authority policemen who became trapped under the rubble of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, after they volunteered to go in and rescue others. (Repeat).
This spirited semiautobiography rocks! Writer-director Cameron Crowe, who wrote for Rolling Stone as a 15-year-old, charts a teen's coming of age around the Age of Aquarius. Patrick Fugit is wonderful as the young incarnation of Crowe, who learns all about life, love, sex, drugs and especially rock and roll while touring with a rising band. Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand. (Repeat).
In this inventive sci-fi film set in a society where the population is segregated by personality, a teenager classified as "divergent" uncovers a plot to kill everyone in her category and races to find out why they are considered so uniquely dangerous. (Repeat).
In this thrilling and nail-biting entry in the Divergent series, Tris and Four seek refuge outside of the city with the Amity faction. They convene with other Divergents and exiled survivors, and plot to fight back against the warmongering Dauntless and despot Jeanine Matthews. (Repeat).
After discovering the truth about their walled city and breaking down its faction system, Tris and Four lead a journey out of Chicago to learn more about who has been manipulating their civilization in this thrilling entry in the YA adventure series. But once their group comes face-to-face with the society that turned their city into an enclosed experiment, secrets are uncovered that threaten the
Bored of the quaint town of Woodsboro, the notorious serial killer Ghostface leaves his small-town stomping grounds behind, pursuing more ambitious conquests in New York City. Determined to overthrow his reign of terror once and for all, a cohort of familiar faces returns to seek justice for the bloodshed. The sixth installment in the horror franchise. (Repeat).