Rated:PG-13 Percy Talbot (Alison Elliott) is released from prison in Maine. With no home or famliy to speak of Percy, elects to stay in Maine and relocate to the small, waning, town of Gilead, whose remaining residents seem to have long since grown numb to the commanding countryside that encloses them. She is taken in by Hannah Ferguson (Ellen Burstyn), the owner of The Spitfire Grill, in exchange for services as a waitress.
Percy forges a strong friendship with Hannah and Shelby Goddard (Marcia Gay Harden), the wife of Hannah's nephew, as the three run the grill and, ultimately, plan to help Hannah sell the restaurant.
Rated:NONE A brilliant geneticist, Dr. Moreau (Brando) and his assistant Montgomery (Kilmer) are on the brink of revolutionizing science when Edward Douglas (Thewlis) becomes stranded on their remote island. Deep in the jungle, beneath the seemingly idyllic tropical paradise, lies a terrifying secret. Moreau and Montgomery have been performing gene-splicing research on animals to create a superior breed of human being, and that experiment has gone terribly wrong.
Moreau's beast-people are highly intelligent with murderous instincts. Their thirst for blood is pacified through a combination of sedatives and shock discipline. But events triggered by Douglas' unexpected arrival are about to break Moreau's God-like dominion over these resentful creatures. Douglas must escape Moreau's clutches before he becomes a part of a final horrifying experiment.
Rated:PG It's do-or-die time for Franklin Laszlo (TOM ARNOLD). Hapless, henpecked but eager-to-please, Franklin is on the brink of losing his dream of running his family's carnival. Armed with a toy gun, he sets out this morning for a one-shot, out-of-character chance at a well-intentioned robbery. He's at the end of his rope. Nothing better go wrong.
It's a make-or-break day for workaholic Daniel Miller (DAVID PAYMER). It all comes down to this afternoon's career-making advertising presentation that could catapult him up the corporate ladder. There's only one catch: his wife's down with the flu, so he's stuck behind the wheel of the minivan driving the kids' carpool. His patience is thin. Nothing better go wrong.
Something goes wrong.
These two men's paths collide early in the day. Franklin, fleeing his bungled would-be robbery, takes Daniel and his vanful of kids hostage, and so begins a comic day-long chase. Led by a rabid meter maid (RHEA PERLMAN), the authorities track the renegade van as Franklin, Daniel and the crew of kids embark on an adventure through the city streets, in and out of a mall and towards some unexpected lessons and unlikely friendships.
As time runs out for Daniel and hope runs low for Franklin, the two discover that they have some things to learn from each other that might just help them make it through the day.
Rated:PG-13 On a top secret mission against rebel forces in Latin America, Solo (Mario Van Peebles), a human-like mechanical soldier, refuses to obey an order that would result in the deaths of innocent villagers. His military superiors, who see his refusal as a clear defect in his software, order his creator to reprogram him. Realizing that reprogramming would wipe out his memory and thus his sense of self, Solo escapes to the jungles of Latin America, where he is discovered by a young boy, who takes him to his village.
Determined not to lose his $2 billion android, Gen. Haynes (Barry Corbin), head of Project Solo, sends a highly trained team of killers to retrieve the android. In so doing, Haynes unwittingly sets the stage for an explosive three-way showdown among Solo and his new friends.
Rated:R Little Red Riding Hood for the 1990's: After her mom and step-dad are arrested, 15-year-old Vanessa Lutz decides that instead of once again being put into a foster home, she'd rather go and search for the grandmother she's never met, and live with her. "On the way to grandma's house," (actually a trailer park) Vanessa's car breaks down, and she's picked up from the side of the road by Bob Wolverton, a counselor at a school for troubled boys. Bob slowly earns Vanessa's trust, and eventually convinces her to talk about her sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather. When Vanessa realizes that Bob is enjoying what she's saying, she realizes that he's "The I-5 Killer," from the news. She tries to get out of his truck, but the inside door handle has been removed...
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