Death Race Jason Statham stars in this futuristic thriller as Jensen Ames, an ex-con turned speedway champion who's framed for a grisly murder and forced to compete in a grueling three-day televised car race against his fellow inmates. Sitting behind the wheel of a monster car outfitted with machine guns, flamethrowers and grenade launchers, Ames is in the race of his life -- and the whole world is watching.
Mighty Machines: Winter Blast When a major snowstorm hits, it's up to professional snow removers Buzz, Stretch and Ranger to clear the roads and other areas using monster snowplows, zippy bobcats, mammoth snowblowers and colossal dump trucks. In this "cool" three-episode collection from the children's TV series, the removal crew gets the job done with their mighty machines in the forest, at a ski hill and, of course, during a blizzard.
Skunk Fu: The Art of Monkey Launching Kung fu student Skunk has much to learn from his wise master, Panda, in this set of installments from the animated series that follows the adventures of the young martial artist and his pals as they safeguard their valley from Dragon and his minions. These episodes find Dragon's Ninja Monkeys wreaking havoc as they crush Skunk's green teacake, hold Fox and Skunk captive and make off with Dr. Turtle's notebook.
Skunk Fu: The Art of Rivalry Martial arts student Skunk Fu learns valuable lessons about competition and strategy in this collection of episodes from the animated series about the adventures of the young kung fu fighter, his friends and his wise master, Panda. In these six installments, Rabbit creates a kung fu school to rival Panda's, Skunk and the Ninja Monkeys battle it out on an ice hockey rink, and war looms over the valley when the monkeys build the ultimate weapon.
Word World: The Race to Mystery Island Preschoolers will learn about the wonderful world of words with this "PBS Kids" animated series starring the WordFriends: fun-loving critters whose bodies comprise the letters that spell the word they represent. Among the episodes in this compilation are "Pig's Present," in which Pig discovers the benefits of patience, and "The Race to Mystery Island," which finds Frog and Pig carrying competition too far.
The Frozen Limits When the boys learn that the West is teeming with gold, they pack up and head for Alaska to get a piece of the treasure. Unfortunately, the hapless sextet fail to realize that they're 40 years too late. Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox, Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold -- collectively known as the popular British comedy troupe the Crazy Gang -- star in this 1939 slapstick cult hit.
Baghead Two screenwriting couples head to a remote cabin in the woods, hoping that the change of scenery will get the creative juices flowing. Amid the solitude, the dynamics of their relationships are revealed as they strive to write their masterworks. Complicating matters though, is the lurking presence of a strange man who wears a bag over his head. Brothers Jay and Mark Duplass wrote and directed this offbeat follow-up to 2005's The Puffy Chair.
Beethoven's Big Break It's a dog's life for stray pooch Beethoven and his puppy family, but when a movie-star canine gets dognapped, Beethoven is chosen to take his place. And it's up to animal wrangler Eddie (Jonathan Silverman) and his son Billy (Moises Arias) to keep the unruly new star under control. Slowly but steadily, the rambunctious St. Bernard digs his way into Eddie's heart in this family adventure that also stars Eddie Griffin and Rhea Perlman.
Burn After Reading In this dark comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen, ousted CIA official Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) loses his recently penned memoir into the hands of a pair of moronic gym employees (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand, in a Golden Globe-nominated role) who use it to try to turn a profit. George Clooney and Tilda Swinton round out the cast of this irreverent farce, which was nominated for a Best Picture (Comedy) Golden Globe.
Ghost Town British funnyman Ricky Gervais ("The Office," "Extras") stars in his first feature film lead as Bertram Pincus, a hapless gent who's pronounced dead, only to be brought back to life with an unexpected gift: a newfound ability to see ghosts. When Bertram crosses paths with the recently departed Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), he gets pulled into Frank's desperate bid to break up his widowed wife's (Téa Leoni) pending marriage to another man.
Hamlet 2 With his department in danger of being cut, high school drama teacher Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan) encourages his students to write and produce a sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet in this satirical comedy that riffs on the "inspirational teacher" genre of films. Meanwhile, Marschz must deal with his unhappy wife (Catherine Keener). Elisabeth Shue portrays a version of herself who has given up acting to become a nurse, and Amy Poehler co-stars.
Racing Daylight After returning to the family farm to take care of her comatose grandmother (Leclanche Durand), Sadie Stokes (Melissa Leo) sees the ghost of a Civil War soldier (David Strathairn) in the mirror and begins to take on the persona of her own ancestor, Anna. Before long, she is caught up in a mysterious romance. Told in three short films, this supernatural love story marks Nicole Quinn's directorial debut.
Savage Grace Director Tom Kalin compellingly recounts the real-life circumstances and events that led to the murder of socialite Barbara Daly Baekeland (Julianne Moore) at the hands of her son (Eddie Redmayne) in 1972. Infidelity, family dysfunction and incest are all part of the unsettling brew in this shocking drama (based on a true story) also starring Stephen Dillane as Barbara's coldblooded husband. Howard A. Rodman penned a Best Screenplay nominee for an Independent Spirit Award.
The Duchess Keira Knightley stars as Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, in this adaptation of Amanda Foreman's novel. Unhappily married to the duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes, in a Golden Globe-nominated role), Georgiana indulges in extravagant vices and begins a scandalous affair with politician Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper). Director Saul Dibb's drama about the aristocratic 18th-century femme fatale also stars Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney and Aidan McArdle.
Pulse 3: Invasion Ever since evil spirits invaded the world through electronic devices years earlier, humans have settled into refugee camps where technology is forbidden. But everything changes when 17-year-old Justine (Brittany Renee Finamore) discovers a laptop computer. She starts communicating with a mysterious man who lives in the city that most humans abandoned. Will her curiosity lead her to a new and better life -- or to more unspeakable horrors?
Wilderness Love Doubting that their divorced parents, Jesse (Jeffrey Nordling) and Susannah (Valerie Bertinelli), will reunite of their own accord, three cunning siblings from Alaska place an ad in a regional personals magazine on behalf of their father. Among the many responses is a letter from "Sarah," whom the kids hope is none other than Susannah. Brittney Irvin, Michael Welch and Emily Tennant play the trio of scheming youngsters in this made-for-TV tale.
Resident Evil: Degeneration In this animated installment of the Resident Evil saga, Claire Redfield (voice of Alyson Court) and government agent Leon S. Kennedy (Paul Mercier) reunite in a busy American airport, where a T-virus-infected zombie has been set loose amid the civilian crowd. As Claire and Leon dodge and destroy zombies and search for any survivors, they must also expose the bioterrorists who are using the T-virus attack to hold the country hostage.
99 Pieces After awakening one morning to find his wife (April Potter) missing, Joshua Licet (played by writer-director Anthony Falcon) must remain in his house to solve a series of fiendishly byzantine puzzles if he's to ever see her alive again. But can Joshua survive the 40 days of grueling mental anguish and physical torment her captors have in store for him? Kathleen Coggins and Lauren DeLong also star in this well-crafted indie thriller.
Eagle Eye Returning home after the shocking death of his overachieving twin brother, an aimless slacker named Jerry (Shia LaBeouf) finds himself inexplicably linked to notorious terrorist cell. Now, with the nation's law enforcement agencies hunting them down, Jerry and single mother Rachel (Michelle Monoghan) -- who's also been framed -- must work around the clock to thwart a political assassination and clear their names in the process.
The Violent Kind Returning from combat in Iraq to a lovely wife (Irina Björklund) and an alcoholic Vietnam-vet father, Marine Terry Malloy (Kirk Harris) discovers that neither his family nor a torrid affair can prevent his psychological turmoil from boiling over into open hostility. But is Malloy responsible for a recent spate of mysterious murders in town? John Savage provides topnotch support in this taut thriller helmed by Geoffrey Pepos.
Ushio & Tora When falling down a trap door brings him face-to-face with Tora, the tiger demon his ancestor trapped centuries ago, Ushio's forced to form an uneasy alliance with the creature to defend the world from a cavalcade of supernatural monsters. Joined by Ushio's friends, Asako Nakamura and Mayuko, Ushio and Tora are forced to put their differences aside to defeat adversaries scheming to take over the world.
American Teen Five high school seniors in Warsaw, Ind., are the focus of this documentary from filmmaker Nanette Burstein. The film follows their struggles in and out of classrooms, their friendships, romantic relationships and the tough decisions they face. A compelling glimpse into the problems and issues teenagers confront daily, this cinema vérité film is chock full of the drama and emotion that accompany the adolescent experience.
Animal Atlas: Animal Passport Meerkats, pandas and kangaroos -- oh my! Fascinating critters from Africa, Australia and Asia are the stars in this engaging excursion that follows lions through the brush and answers the question, "Do rhinos really have armor?" Koalas, great apes and emus also turn up, and animal lovers will learn why giraffes peek through treetops, why meerkats pop out of holes, how elephants use their trunks and more.
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism This engaging documentary examines the spread of communism across the globe in the 20th century, from its earliest incarnation at the end of World War I to the height of its influence mid-century to the collapse of many regimes in the 1990s. Rare archival footage, photographs and propaganda from behind the Iron Curtain shed fresh light on the ideology that dominated much of the world for a century and that still thrives in many places today.
Welcome to MacIntosh Written and directed by filmmakers Robert Baca and Josh Rizzo, this entertaining documentary delves into the world of Apple Inc., the groundbreaking company responsible for, among other things, the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone. With interviews from a variety of industry insiders, Baca and Rizzo chronicle the history of the Steve Jobs/Steve Wozniak-founded corporation and track the meteoric growth of the Mac phenomenon.
WWE Edge: A Decade of Decadence This sweetly bone-crushing collection showcases the wrestler everybody loves to hate in the greatest matches of his career, including bouts with John Cena, Undertaker, Batista, Triple H, Matt Hardy and more. Edge won the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship twice, the Intercontinental Championship five times and the World Tag Team Championship 11 times -- and he's here to rub it in.
WWE: Survivor Series 2008 The top wrestlers from the Raw, ECW and SmackDown brands throw down in this intense five-on-five elimination in the famed pro-wrestling Pay-Per-View event at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston on Nov. 23, 2008. Such action stars as John Cena, Triple H, Chris Jericho, C.M. Punk, Big Show, Kane, Matt Hardy, Rey Mysterio and more jump into the ring just one year after Batista took down the Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Alternative Medicine Alternative medical practitioners discuss the value of holistic and integrative therapies in this informative program. Topics include natural nutrition, hypnotherapy, acupuncture, herbology, Reiki, reflexology, homeopathy and many other treatments. While alternative medicine has been used globally for centuries for both physical and emotional ailments, it has become more popular in the West in recent years.
Divorce: Guiding You Through the Process Learn everything you need to know about the ins and outs of divorce with this helpful instructional program. Whether you're in the process of becoming divorced or just contemplating it, the information here will help guide your decisions. Five experts share their knowledge and tips on topics including the legal process of divorce, handling the emotional fallout, co-parenting, financial success, setting goals and more.
Financial Recovery: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Short Sales & Rebuilding Your Credit Learn everything you need to know about the ins and outs of handling your finances during difficult times with this helpful program. Whether you're facing bankruptcy, foreclosure or other problems, the information here will help guide your decisions. Six experts share their knowledge and tips on topics including managing financial crises, developing a new strategic plan, rebuilding your credit rating, handling the emotional fallout and much more.
Behind the Player: Blasko Rock bassist Blasko shows you how to play his hit songs with this instructional program, discussing the ins and outs of bass playing and teaching viewers to play Ozzy Osbourne's "I Don't Wanna Stop" and Rob Zombie's "Dragula." In addition to lessons, Blasko talks about his influences, and jam sessions with special celebrity guests are also included. Blasko has performed on Zombie's solo albums and as bassist for Osbourne's band.
Behind the Player: Duff McKagan Bass player Duff McKagan offers instructional tips and shows you how to play his hit songs in this hands-on program. He also discusses his influences and musical background and teaches viewers to play "Slither" and "Set Me Free." Performance footage and special guest jam sessions include an appearance by Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins. McKagan has been a member of hard-rocking bands Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver.
Behind the Player: John 5 Get a personal guitar lesson from John 5, the versatile guitarist for Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson, in this instructional program offering tips on technique and in-depth lessons on playing Rob Zombie's "Let It All Bleed Out" and "Lords of Salem." In addition to his solo career, John 5 has performed with K.D. Lang, Rob Halford and David Lee Roth. A guest appearance by drummer Tommy Clufetos is included.
Behind the Player: Mike Inez Learn how to play the bass with personal instruction in your own home from Grammy-winning bassist Mike Inez. He offers revealing details about his life and music and teaches viewers to play Alice in Chains' "A Little Bitter" and "Again." Inez has played with Ozzy Osbourne, Heart, Slash's Snakepit and Black Label Society. Performance footage and jam sessions with celebrity guests are included, and drummer John Tempesta makes an appearance.
Behind the Player: Munky Grammy-winning Korn guitarist Munky offers hands-on tips and his personal instructions for playing some of his hit songs in this excellent program. Munky also sheds light on his life and musical influences and discusses his guitar equipment. Viewers will learn to play "Falling Away From Me" and "Blind," get to see some hard-rocking performance footage, and have a front-row seat for special celebrity guest jam sessions.
Behind the Player: Paul Gray Grammy-winning Slipknot bassist Paul Gray shows you how to play his hit songs in this excellent instructional program. In addition to offering tips on technique, he discusses his career, musical influences and preferred gear. Gray provides detailed instructions on playing the tunes "Duality" and "Surfacing," drummer Roy Mayorga from Stone Sour offers some additional inspiration, and performance footage and celebrity guest jams are also featured.
Behind the Player: Robbie Merrill Take your playing to the next level with a personal lesson from Grammy-nominated bass player Robbie Merrill. He offers in-depth instructions for playing two songs from Alice in Chains, "Speak" and "Voodoo," and also discusses his career. Merrill has played with hard rock band Godsmack and alternative metal/hard rock supergroup Another Animal. Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin makes a special appearance.
Behind the Player: Tim Skold Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Tim Skold shows you how to play some of his hit songs in this instructional program. He discusses his musical career and teaches viewers to play both the guitar and bass parts for "Putting Holes in Happiness." Skold has performed with numerous bands, including Shotgun Messiah, KMFDM and Marilyn Manson. Drummer Stephen Perkins from Jane's Addiction makes an appearance.
Behind the Player: Tommy Clufetos Learn how to drum like a pro with instruction from legendary drummer Tommy Clufetos in this interactive program. He discusses his career, musical influences and equipment and teaches viewers to play Rob Zombie's "Lords of Salem" and "American Witch." Clufetos has played with the bands Rob Zombie, Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper. Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 and Slipknot bassist Paul Gray make special appearances.
Paul Gilbert: Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar Legendary guitarist Paul Gilbert takes viewers on a musical journey through the process of creating his "Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar" album and also offers instructional guitar-playing tips in this enlightening program. Known for his dynamic speed and versatility, Gilbert was dubbed one of the "Top 10 Shredders of All Time" by Guitar One Magazine. A special segment features Gilbert's remarkable shredding talents.
Celine Distraught over family and financial matters, Céline (Isabelle Pasco) tries to take her life and winds up in the hospital under the watchful eye of compassionate nurse Geneviève (María Luisa García), who helps restore her physical and emotional wellness -- with an added bonus. When Geneviève continues caring for Céline at home, they discover that Céline's developed extraordinary healing powers. Jean-Claude Brisseau directs this provocative drama.
Chain Gang Girls In Japan's toughest maximum-security female prison, the inmates outnumber the guards by 100 to one, and if Prisoner 42 hopes to survive her sentence she needs to stay clear of the vicious guards and the even more dangerous prisoners. This facility was designed just to hold the country's most ruthless criminals, and the population is ready to explode into a riot at any minute in this thriller set inside the rarely-seen Japanese penal system.
Delbaran Escaping the war in his native Afghanistan, young Kaim (Kaim Alizadeh) slips illegally into the Iranian border town of Delbaran, where he finds work in a small coffee shop and tries to forge a new life. Clinging to a precarious thread of hope in the midst of war and the opium trade, Kaim must also duck the Iranian police and contend with the specter of unemployment as the café faces hard times. Abolfazl Jalili directs this touching, funny drama.
En Tu Ausencia While wandering the southern Spanish countryside, fatherless and lonely young Pablo (Gonzalo Sánchez Salas) crosses paths with a dapper stranger named Paco (Fransisco Alfonsin) and strikes up a friendship that will ultimately give rise to tragedy. First-time director Iván Noel's affecting drama also stars Anabel Azuar, Antonio J. Atienza Sánchez and Ana Tutor as Julia, Pablo's brazen worldly friend.
My Heart Is Mine Alone Helma Sanders-Brahms directs this inventive film that uses the verse of Jewish poet Else Lasker-Schüler and Nazi poet Gottfried Benn to dramatize the passionate, real-life affair between the two unlikely lovers. Forced out of Germany, Lasker-Schüler makes her way to Jerusalem even as Benn discovers the true nature of the Nazi ideology he had once championed. Lena Stolze and Cornelius Obonya star.
