2024-08-17
This period film is set during the German occupation of Poland in the 1940s. Based on true accounts, the drama follows Irene Gut Opdyke, a nineteen-year-old hotel kitchen worker hired by Rugmer, a Nazi official. She was later promoted as a housekeeper to serve in Rugmer's home, where, unbeknownst to him, she also managed to shelter twelve Jews in the cellar. (Repeat).
Six Oscars, including Best Picture and Actor (Tom Hanks), went to this extraordinary tale of a simple man who unwittingly becomes involved in some of the key moments of the 20th century. Meanwhile, as the remarkable parade of his life goes by, Forrest never forgets Jenny, the girl he loved as a boy, who makes her own journey through the turbulence of the 1960s and '70s that is far more troubled th
Jamie Foxx stars as Nathaniel Ayers in Oscar-nominated director Joe Wright's poignant look at a former violin prodigy whose bouts with schizophrenia landed him on the streets after two years of schooling at Juilliard. Steve Lopez is a disenchanted journalist. He's wandering through Los Angeles' Skid Row when he spots Ayers, whose promising career in music was cut short due to acute mental illness.
In this nail-biting chiller, Simon and Robyn, a young married couple, find their lives thrown into a tailspin after Simon has a chance encounter with a former acquaintance, the off-kilter Gordo. Gordo then starts giving the couple unwanted and increasingly menacing gifts. (Repeat).
Sandra Bullock charms as a tomboyish FBI agent in this appealing comedy. When a serial killer plans to bomb the Miss United States pageant, rumpled Gracie Hart (Bullock) undergoes a makeover, goes undercover as Miss New Jersey and investigates. Michael Caine costars as her haughty beauty consultant who helps with the transformation. Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, William Shatner. (Repeat).
Sylvester Stallone wrote, directed and stars in this knockout sixth go-round in the ring cycle, in which the never-say-die Philadelphia palooka comes out of retirement to fight reigning champ Mason "The Line" Dixon. (Repeat).
Famed lawman Wyatt Earp and his brothers arrive in Tombstone, hoping to retire peacefully, but come face to face with a murderous band of outlaws. Their feud culminates in the famous bloody gunfight at the O.K. Corral. (Repeat).
When an outlaw learns that a fortune in Civil War-era gold was hidden by the Confederacy, he puts together a team to find and retrieve it. Learning about his plan, the outlaw's estranged son seeks out his father to get in on the job and try to restore his life to what it once was. (Repeat).
NYC cop John McClane fights terrorists in an L.A. high-rise in a bid to rescue his estranged wife, who happens to be one of the hostages. Meanwhile, the terrorists attempt to steal $600 million from a high-tech safe. (Repeat).
A New York cop tries to deprive terrorists of their quarry at a Washington, D.C., airport. (Repeat).
Cop John McClane teams with a shop owner to outwit a terrorist who is making him perform a series of dangerous tasks all around Manhattan. (Repeat).
Director Quentin Tarantino rethinks the gangster-movie genre with this modern crime epic, which interweaves four tales from the underbelly of L.A. into a complex and graphic story of betrayal, honor, revenge and forbidden love. Written in Tarantino's trademark nonlinear style, the film has been hailed by critics as " 'The Godfather' of the 1990s." Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Harvey Keitel. (