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1) Yo
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Winner of Best Film at the Morelia International Film Festival, "Yo" is based on a short story by Nobel laureate J.M.G. Le Clezio. "My name is Yo, I'm 15 years old, or that's what they tell me," explains the protagonist (Raul Silva) early on. A strong young man with limited mental skills, he says he is fifteen years old, although he seems to be older. He lives and works in his mother's restaurant by a busy freeway. Yo loves his mother but hates her...
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Francisca, a young Portuguese woman who's living in Brazil, welcomes Teresa, an old acquaintance she'd lost contact with, into her home. While Teresa is discovering the place where she means to settle, Francisca craves for her life back in Lisbon. The film follows each woman's adventures in the city and the deep bond of friendship that grows between them, forcing them to deal with conflicting desires: a will to leave for an unknown country and a relentless...
4) The Present
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
When a brilliant boy discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, he and his siblings team up to go back to the eve of their parents' separation in hopes of changing the outcome. As their schemes become more elaborate, the siblings will learn about family bonds and what they can and can't control.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1941.
Description
Academy Award winners Spencer Tracey and Ingrid Bergman star with Lana Turner in this adaptation of Robert Lewis Stevenson's classic horror tale of a kind and gentle doctor looking for a way to purge men of the evil in their nature . . . but who releases the monster within himself instead.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
In the Vicious Brothers' gripping sci-fi horror film, a group's getaway into the woods dissolves into a full-throttle fight for their lives when unwelcome aliens invade. With the same heart-pumping storytelling that pervaded their debut, Grave Encounters, the duo's latest thriller is a terrifying fight for survival between us and the unknown.
9) Time Lapse
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures twenty-four hours into the future, and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
10) Communion
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
1989.
Description
On Oct. 4 and Dec. 26, the Strieber family drives from NYC to their cabin in the woods. On both nights, there are some powerful lights outside and maybe aliens. The dad is mentally affected by the "bad dream," goes to the shrink and is hypnotized.
11) The Machine
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
In efforts to construct perfect android killing machines in a war against China, UK scientists exceed their goal and create a sentient robot.
12) Crawlspace
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
A special forces unit is sent to Pine Gap, Australia's top-secret underground military base. As the troops infiltrate the compound, they come under attack by unknown forces.
13) I.S.S
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling, the U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.
14) Pulse
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
In this unnerving supernatural thriller based on the Japanese cult classic KAIRO, college student Mattie (Kristen Bell) stumbles upon a sinister computer program that seems to do more than just crash her system—it’s a gateway for vengeful spirits. As her friends start disappearing, one by one, she realizes they’ve unleashed a wave of shadowy entities that feed on loneliness and despair, spreading like a virus across the city. With her world...
15) Capricorn One
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
This pulse-pounding conspiracy thriller takes aim at the ultimate cover-up: a faked Mars landing. Just before launch, three astronauts (James Brolin, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson) are whisked away to a secret location, where they learn the shocking truth—NASA’s mission is all smoke and mirrors, designed to save the agency’s crumbling reputation. Forced to play along, the astronauts fake the landing while a relentless journalist (Elliott Gould)...
16) 400 Days
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Four astronauts are sent on a simulated mission to a distant planet to test the psychological effects of deep space travel. Locked away for 400 days, the crew's mental state begins to deteriorate when they lose all communication with the outside world. Forced to exit the ship, they wonder if the mission is a simulation after all.
17) The Island
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson lead an all-star cast as residents of an isolated, high-tech compound. But when they discover they’re actually clones, and worth more dead than alive, they stage a daring escape. Battling an unfamiliar environment and an armed team of mercenaries in hot pursuit, they’ll risk their lives and freedom to save those they left behind-and reveal the truth about THE ISLAND.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
When Lou finds himself in trouble, Nick and Jacob fire up the hot tub time machine in an attempt to get back to the past. But they inadvertently land in the future. Now they have to alter the future in order to save the past...which is really the present, in the sequel from the same team that brought you the original cult hit!
Publisher
Film Masters
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Astronaut John Corcoran, dies upon returning to Earth after a space mission, but his body is found to harbor an alien parasite that brings him back to life! As the scientists at a remote space research station investigate Corcoran's mysterious revival, they discover that the alien lifeform inside him is using his body as a host to incubate its offspring.
Publisher
Film Masters
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
In 1959, it was all about Gila monsters and revved up teens. If there's a schlock Hall of Fame, THE GIANT GILA MONSTER deserves its own wing… This independent slime fest comes from the same film company that produced another low budget "classic," The Killer Shrews. Both were directed by Ray Kellogg, a special effects specialist and second unit director who would eventually work on some of Hollywood's biggest pictures, including Cleopatra and The...
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