3.8

S. Darko

2008, USA

• Actors: Daveigh Chase, Briana Evigan, James Lafferty, Ed Westwick, Walter Platz, John Hawkes, Bret Roberts, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Berkley, Barbara Tarbuck, Matthew Davis, Nathan Stevens, Ryan Templeman, Zulay Henao, JJ Neward, Bridger El-Bakhi, Gregory T. Collett, Bob Lanoue, Kristina Malota, Marina Malota, Thomas McMinn, Ryan Moat, Savannah Ostler
• Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Director(s): Chris Fisher
• Available languages:
  • English English.

July, 1995, the time is out of joint. Two teen girls, Sam and Corey, have left Virginia for L.A. to start over. Sam's brother has died and her family's shattered; Corey's too wild. They have car trouble in a small desert town, where Corey immediately starts her partying ways, where a meteorite strikes a windmill, and where a burned-out Desert Storm vet predicts the end of the world in four days. Sam hallucinates while sleepwalking, young men have disappeared from town, and cars come out of nowhere to cause accidents. Time travel may be possible, but it takes courage and resolve. Is the addled war veteran right? If he is, can Corey or Sam make things right?

  5.9

Walking Tall

2003, USA

• Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough, Kristen Wilson, Ashley Scott, Khleo Thomas, John Beasley, Barbara Tarbuck, Michael Bowen, Kevin Durand, Andrew Tarbet, Patrick Gallagher, John Stewart, Eric Breker, Ryan Robbins, Michael Adamthwaite, Darcy Laurie, Fred Keating, Ben Cardinal, Kett Turton, Terence Kelly, Tom Scholte, Mark Houghton, James Ashcroft, Eric Keenleyside, Aaron Douglas, Michael Soltis, April Telek, Sandra Steier, Ben Cotton
• Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
• Director(s): Kevin Bray
• Available languages:
  • English English.

After eight years serving the U.S. Army Special Forces, Sergeant Chris Vaughn returns to his hometown seeking for a job in the local mill. He is informed by Sheriff Stan Watkins that the mill was closed six months ago and now the Wild Cherry Casino, owned by his former high school friend Jay Hamilton, is the major source of jobs and income to the town. Chris goes home, and meets his best-friend Ray Templeton, who organized a football game with their friends. After the game, Jay invites Chris and his friends to spend the night in his casino on him, but when Chris finds that the casino stick-man is cheating with the dices, he fights against the security men and is almost killed by them. When his nephew Pete has an OD with amphetamines sold by the security men of the casino, Chris realizes that the town is dominated by the mobsters and the corrupt sheriff and with a huge piece of wood, he breaks the casino and the criminals. He is prosecuted and in the trial, he promises to the jury and to the population that if he is considered non-guilty, he would be candidate to the sheriff position and clean the town. Later, Sheriff Chris Vaughn has to fight against the organized crime to keep his promise.

  5.0

Curly Sue

1990, USA

• Actors: James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, Alisan Porter, John Getz, Fred Dalton Thompson, Cameron Thor, Branscombe Richmond, Steve Carell, Gail Boggs, Burke Byrnes, Viveka Davis, Barbara Tarbuck, Edie McClurg, Charles Adams, James W. Boinski, Lyle Browne, Nadine Burke, Adele Robbins, Carol Chickering, Grace Collette, Ralph Foody, Cedrick Pipes, Alonzo Hall, Luke Reichle, Joel Levin, Tammy Karabas, Patricia Hooker, Joe Liss, Rocco Pecirno, Ely Pouget
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
• Director(s): John Hughes
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiance, insist on putting the two up for the night. As they get to know each other, Bill becomes convinced that this is where Curly Sue belongs - in a home, cared for by someone that can give her the advantages that his homeless, nomadic existence lacks. He plans to leave the young girl in the care of Grey and take off.... but Curly Sue has other ideas!

  7.5

I Know My First Name Is Steven

1989, USA

• Actors: Cindy Pickett, John Ashton, Corin Nemec, Luke Edwards, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Ray Walston, Gregg Henry, Jim Haynie, Barbara Tarbuck, Scott Curtis, Stephanie Walski, Sumer Stamper, Cassy Friel, June C. Ellis, Billy O'Sullivan, Jason Presson, Stephen Dorff, Scott Reeves, Bryan Cranston, Jacob Gelman, Dennis Fimple, Vance Valencia, Shane McCabe, Al Berry, Brenda Hillhouse, Robina Suwol, Kenneth Zavayna, Lyla Graham, Nell Heller, Anne Faulkner
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Director(s): Larry Elikann
• Available languages:
  • English English.

7-year old Steven Stayner is kidnapped a few days before Christmas by Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief that Parnell has been given legal custody of him, and that his family has moved away, he stays with Parnell for seven years, enduring repetitive sexual abuse the entire time. Finally, at fourteen, he returns home to his family.

  6.2

Short Circuit

1985, USA

• Actors: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara, Tim Blaney, Marvin J. McIntyre, John Garber, Penny Santon, Vernon Weddle, Barbara Tarbuck, Tom Lawrence, Fred Slyter, Billy Ray Sharkey, Robert Krantz, Jan Speck, Marguerite Happy, Howard Krick, Marjorie Card Hughes, Herb Smith, Jack Thompson, William Striglos, Mary Reckley, Lisa McLean, Eleanor C. Heutschy
• Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
• Director(s): John Badham
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Number 5, one of a group of experimental military robots, undergoes a sudden transformation after being struck by lightning. He develops self-awareness, consciousness, and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory. With the help of a young woman, Number 5 tries to evade capture and convince his creator that he has truly become alive.