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New Blood

Action & Adventure

A businessman's (John Hurt) estranged son Danny (Nick Moran) turns up seriously wounded on his doorstep one night with a strange proposition; offering to give up his heart for the transplant his dying sister so desperately needs, but only if his dad will take part in a risky crime. The father has no choice but to agree and now prepares to embark upon the most dangerous evening of his entire life.

Superman: Red Son

Action & Adventure

When Krypton’s last son crash-lands in Cold War-era Russia instead of rural Kansas, an alternate reality unfolds in this DC Elseworlds adventure. Here, we find Superman spearheading a Communist campaign to advance the ideologies of the Soviet state. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, brilliant American scientist Lex Luthor devises a plan to rein in, and ultimately destroy, the alien Soviet threat. What follows is a gripping game of cat and mouse that will leave all of humanity hanging in the balance.

Vatos Locos

Action & Adventure

Two Chicano brothers Esteban (Ricco Chapa) and Raul grow up hard on the streets of Los Angeles. Their papa gets executed when they are only seven years old for a drug deal gone bad. A half-Irish half-Mexican gangster Mickey Solis ("Blood In Blood Out" star Damian Chapa) takes the two boys in and brings them up as lieutenants in his "family" business. Mickey orders Esteban and Raul to negotiate with deadly Chinese mobsters to prevent a bloodbath on the East and South sides of L.A. Mickey tells the two young men if they don't succeed in stopping the violence between the Chicano gangs and the Asian gangs blood will not stop flowing. Wu King (Gabriel Tang) a genius martial artist who has an entire army of ruthless criminals to back him up, decides to take Mickey's challenge – it is a mistake for both sides to enter the war. As the odds are, no one will get out alive.

Le Mans

Action & Adventure

Buckle up for the fast and furious original—filmed on location throughout the Le Mans circuit. Featuring jaw dropping car crash stunts and heart-pounding action, Steve McQueen is unforgettable as an American endurance driver racing the 24 HOURS OF LE MANS. With documentary-like approach, the world's hardest endurance course is captured in the air and on the ground, positioning Porsche vs. Ferrari.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Action & Adventure

Johnny Blaze, aka Ghost Rider, is now hiding out in remote Eastern Europe, struggling to repress his curse. Blaze is recruited by a sect to take on the devil, who wants to take over his mortal son’s body on the kid’s birthday.

Avalanche Express

Action & Adventure

An all-star cast highlights this action adventure as a Soviet KGB agent (Robert Shaw, "The Sting," "Jaws" -- in his last role) attempts to defect to the West with important information. Both natural and man-made disasters threaten his passage to freedom aboard a train bound for Holland.

Hunt Club

Action & Adventure

Cassandra just lost her girlfriend and daughter and is desperate to find help. In walks Carter offering her the chance to win $100k if she participates in the hunt on his island. She soon finds other women who are there for the cash have been tied up, only to be released as the hunted. With the help of Tessa and Lexi, Cassandra turns the tables on the men showing that women can be better hunters.

Fair Game (1995)

Action & Adventure

Supermodel Cindy Crawford makes her big-screen debut as attorney Kate McQueen, who inadvertently makes a mortal enemy of an international criminal kingpin when she tries to repossess his yacht for her client in lieu of unpaid alimony--the yacht from which his underworld empire is secretly based. Now, when no-holds-barred policed detective Max Kilpatric (William Baldwin) is assigned to protect McQueen, the two quickly realize that they can trust no one as a global drug trafficking and money-laundering syndicate pulls out all stops to assassinate McQueen.

Justice Society: World War II

Action & Adventure

Barry Allen’s relaxing trip to Metropolis is about to go sideways. While speeding off to help in an impromptu battle, The Flash blazes and rips through time, only to find himself dropped into the middle of World War II. It’s here that The Flash meets Wonder Woman and her top secret team, known as the Justice Society of America. Witness the raging tides of war, gripping combat and the velocity of valor as The Flash fights to get back to his own timeline!

The Gardener

Action & Adventure

The quiet of the English countryside is shattered one brutal night in this intense home-invasion thriller. A troubled wealthy family gathers in a quaint manor home for the holidays, never suspecting that bloodthirsty, sadistic Volker (Gary Daniels, The Expendables) and his crew linger at the gates, ready to attack, rob, and maim them at nightfall. But they didn’t count on the estate’s quiet gardener Peter Juhasz, who must return to the savage ways he learned as a soldier to save the family.

Gods of Egypt

Action & Adventure

The ultimate battle between good and evil threatens to destroy all creation in this epic fantasy-adventure bursting with spectacular action and amazing special effects. Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau star as rival gods Set and Horus, who are locked in a war to rule the universe. To defeat the merciless Set, Horus joins forces with a brave mortal for a journey that will take them across Egypt, through the heavens, and into the afterlife in an unforgettable quest to save mankind.

King Kong (Extended Version) (2005)

Action & Adventure

The King Kong Extended Version is an action-packed movie experience with more than 13 minutes of additional footage not seen in the theatrical version, including the heart-stopping excitement of a charging Ceratops and the adrenaline rush of a Skull Island underwater creature's attack! Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) brings his sweeping cinematic vision and groundbreaking special effects to this spectacular film, a thrilling epic adventure about a legendary gorilla captured on a treacherous island and brought to civilization, where he faces the ultimate fight for survival. Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody star.

Jurassic Island

Action & Adventure

Ava uncovers the whereabouts of her missing Father to an unchartered Island; a mythical lost world uncovered before them by her grandfather. Joined by a group of adventurers and scientists, they arrive at Jurassic Island where it becomes clear that the previous team had run into disaster. Dinosaurs and toxic leeches mean it’s no longer a search for her father, but a battle for survival.

The Silencers

Action & Adventure

Take one shot of danger, two splashes of action and a twist of comedy and add a generous portion of screen legend Dean Martin to the mix and you've got The Silencers, a stylishly sexy adventure in the tradition of James Bond. It's up to secret agent Matt Helm (Martin) to save the day when megalomaniac Victor Bruno (What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?) and his dastardly organization, Big O, plot to sabotage America's atomic missile system. From deep inside Big O's subterranean hideout to a perilous mountainside car chase to groovy designer bedrooms filled with booby traps, Helm braves blistering showers of bullets, knives and laser beams to make the world a safe place again. Helping his cause is a bevy of beauties including Stella Stevens (The Poseidon Adventure) and double agent Daliah Lavi (Casino Royale). In addition to its arsenal of high-tech gadgets and outrageous costumes, The Silencers features an amazing opening sequence starring Cyd Charisse (Singin' in the Rain) and a cocktail-era soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein with vocals by Martin, Charisse and Vikki Carr.

Sahara

Action & Adventure

Master explorer Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) takes on the adventure of his life when he embarks on a treasure hunt through some of the most dangerous regions of North Africa. Searching for a long lost Civil War battleship known as the “Ship of Death,” Pitt and his wisecracking sidekick (Steve Zahn) use their wits and clever heroics while teaming with Doctor Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz).

Race for Glory: Audi Vs Lancia

Action & Adventure

Feel the thrill of the road with this action-packed sports drama inspired by true events. Daniel Bruhl (The King’s Man) and Riccardo Scamarcio (A Haunting in Venice) star in a true David vs. Goliath story spotlighting the intense rivalry between Germany (Audi) and Italy (Lancia) at the 1983 Rally World Championships. Against all odds, Lancia battles to regain its former glory with an unbeatable combination of bold innovation and extraordinary courage.

Q & A

Action & Adventure

Following Serpico (1973) and Prince of the City (1981), veteran urban crime film director Sidney Lumet completed a thematic trilogy about New York City police corruption with this noir drama. When New York City cop Mike Brennan (Nick Nolte) shoots an unarmed Hispanic drug dealer in cold blood, he quickly plants a gun on his victim and manufactures some eyewitness testimony. D.A. Kevin Quinn (Patrick O'Neal) calls in his assistant district attorney, Al Reilly (Timothy Hutton), to conduct a perfunctory investigation of the incident, but Brennan's obvious guilt during a question and answer session makes Reilly dig deeper. The crusading lawyer is soon uncovering a web of corruption that reaches from Brennan into Quinn's office. At the same time, Reilly learns that his ex-girlfriend Nancy Bosch (Jenny Lumet, the director's daughter), is now dating his chief witness, Puerto Rican drug dealer Bobby Texador (Armand Assante). Q & A (1990) was based on the novel by Edwin Torres, a New York State Supreme Court judge whose two other novels were later adapted into the film Carlito's Way (1993). Lumet would again return to the subject of New York's corrupt criminal justice system with Night Falls on Manhattan (1997).

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Action & Adventure

An elite team of vigilantes plot to steal 14 billion dollars of laundered money from a notorious mob boss. After being double-crossed, they find refuge in the middle of nowhere with a mysterious family carrying an unsettling secret. They discover that the man of the house is a creature of the dark and they must fight to survive the night.

First Knight

Action & Adventure

Together, Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond (Legends of the Fall, Sabrina) and Jerry Zucker, the director of Ghost, bring you a new vision of King Arthur's Camelot. A vision of breathtaking battles, of heart-pounding courage, of the undeniable love that brought an entire kingdom to its knees... and of the undying passion that made it live forever.

The Desperadoes

Action & Adventure

When Cheyenne Rogers (Glenn Ford), a hunted gunman, rides into Red Valley, he meets and falls in love with Allison MacLeod (Evelyn Keyes). Trying to go straight, Cheyenne is enmeshed in a web of intrigue and killing that leads him to the brink of a lynching. Escaping with Sheriff Upton's (Randolph Scott) help, he returns to Red Valley long enough to learn about the underhanded dealings of some of the town's supposedly respectable citizens. With the sheriff jailed for his part in Cheyenne's escape, the gunman returns amid the thunderings of a wild horse stampede to free him and clean up the lawlessness of Red Valley. The Deperadoes was Columbia Pictures first technicolor feature film.

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