Released Date:
2005-11-23
Languages:
English, Hebrew
Countries:
USA, Germany
Runtime:
104 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
5.5 (5855 Reviews)
Genres:
DramaMyla Goldberg (novel)
Naomi Foner (screenplay)
Living in Oakland, California, the Naumanns are outwardly a loving, supportive family. Husband and father Saul Naumann is a Religious Studies professor, and looks to his religious training in Judaism as tenets for his family to live. He has high expectations for all members of his family. His mid-teen son, Aaron Naumann, idolizes his father, and does whatever he can to please him. His pre-teen daughter, Eliza Naumann, often feels the neglected child. So when Saul eventually learns that Eliza is participating and excelling in spelling bees, she becomes the focus of his life as he believes that letters in the form of words will lead to answers to the universe. That change in focus to Eliza makes Aaron now feel the neglected one, he who strikes out quietly in his own way with the help of Chali, a young woman he meets. But the person who has felt the most pressure within Saul's way of life is his wife, Miriam Naumann, a microbiologist. She converted from Catholicism to Judaism when she and Saul married. But as Saul espouses the concept of tikkun olam, bringing together the shards of the world to make it whole, it affects Miriam negatively in trying to cope with an incident from her childhood. Through it all, Eliza may understand her father's way of life the best, and use it in a way unexpected to bring the family back together.
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
106 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (3716 Reviews)
Director:
Will GeigerGroomed by her overly ambitious mother, Anabelle is on the road to winning the Miss Texas Rose tiara when she dies tragically during a pageant. Her death lands her on the embalming table of Elvis, an embittered young man whose sense of family duty and love for his ailing father keep him from following his dreams. When Anabelle is miraculously resurrected on Elvis' embalming table, the two unexpectedly connect and sparks fly. With the help of each other and Elvis' father, they discover love, freedom and happiness as the real world and their own demons threaten to force them apart.
Released Date:
2011-12-25
Languages:
English, Russian
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
89 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
4.9 (46863 Reviews)
Director:
Chris GorakJon Spaihts (screenplay)
Leslie Bohem (story)
M.T. Ahern (story)
Jon Spaihts (story)
The American software designers Sean and Ben travel to Moscow to sell their software to investors. However, their Swedish partner Skyler pulls a fast one on Sean and Ben, and they are out of the business. They go to a nightclub, where they meet American Natalie and Australian Anne and they flirt with the girls and see Skyler in the club. Out of the blue, the population is surprised by lights, which they mistake for natural phenomena. But soon, they learn that the lights are aliens invading Earth and using power supply to annihilate mankind. Sean, Ben, Natalie, Anne and Skyler hide in the kitchen and when they leave the place, they seek out survivors on the street. Are they the last people on Earth?
Released Date:
2009-10-09
Languages:
English
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
127 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (48110 Reviews)
Director:
Alejandro AmenèbarAlexandria, 391 AD: Hypatia teaches astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. Her student Orestes is in love with her, as is Davus, her personal slave. As the city's Christians, led by Ammonius and Cyril, gain political power, the institutions of learning may crumble along with the governance of slavery. Jump ahead 20 years: Orestes, the city's prefect, has an uneasy peace with Christians, led by Cyril. A group from the newly empowered Christians has now taken to enforce their cultural hegemony zealously; first they see the Jews as their obstacle, then nonbelievers. Hypatia has no interest in faith; she's concerned about the movement of celestial bodies and "the brotherhood of all". Although her former slave doesn't see it that way.
Released Date:
2014-10-03
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, Canada
Runtime:
120 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (43055 Reviews)
Director:
Alexandre AjaKeith Bunin (screenplay)
Joe Hill (based on the novel by)
After Iggy's long-time girlfriend is murdered and the whole town agrees he is the killer, he awakens one morning with horns and the townspeople soon confess their sins. Once knowing the sins of the people, he is facing the true killer of his beloved girlfriend.
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