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Hall Pass

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.9 (72,627 votes)
Release: Jun 2011
Summary: Anyone familiar with the work of writer-directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly, especially "There's Something About Mary", will be neither surprised nor shocked by the raunchy, gross-out gags that permeate "Hall Pass". But what Farrelly fans might not expect is what comes at the other end of the spectrum--namely, a tender, even sentimental point of view in which marriage is sanctified and even a couple of delusional doofuses end up on the right side of righteousness. Buddies Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) have attractive, loving wives (Maggie and Grace, played by Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate, respectively) and, in Rick's case, a couple of cute kids. But boys will be boys, and after catching their husbands eyeing other women's butts, making rude remarks in front of friends, and so on, the ladies decide to offer them "hall passes"--an entire week during which they can pretend they're not married and do whatever they want, no questions asked, while the wives head for Cape Cod. Rick, for one, is nonplussed; here is a decent guy who refuses to buy beer for his underage babysitter (not to mention resisting her flirtatious come-ons) and generally tries to do the right thing, and he suspects there's more than meets the ear to Maggie's offer (Fred, on the other hand, expects to spend the week scoring young hotties with lines like "You must be from Ireland, 'cos when I look at you my penis is Dublin"). But while Maggie and Grace find themselves courted by some studly minor-league baseball dudes, Rick and Fred mostly just strike out. Their shenanigans are accompanied by a parade of typically sophomoric Farrelly gags: penis jokes (and a couple of real penises), masturbation jokes, scatological jokes, "I'm so stoned" marijuana jokes, and sexual terms (like "eye banging" and "fake chow") that can't be explained on a family website. Some of this is funny, most merely dumb; some viewers will think the humor goes too far, others not far enough. But the overriding impression is that a decade or more past their biggest hits, the Farrellys, who are now in their 50s, have grown up--at least a little. "--Sam Graham"
 

Halloween

Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran
Genre: Horror
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertain
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 4.54
Release: Aug 2003
Summary: Charge your micro-mini cell phones and whip up some orange mocha Frappuccino, 'cuz Zoolander is on the runway, and you're gonna laugh your booty off! Based on a sketch created by writer-director Ben Stiller and cowriter Drake Sather for the 1996 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, Zoolander is a delirious send-up of New York's fashion scene as epitomized by male model Derek Zoolander (Stiller), a dimwitted preener who's oblivious to a Manchurian Candidate-like plot to turn him into a brainwashed assassin. Tipped off by a reporter (Christina Taylor), Zoolander teams with rival model Hansel (Owen Wilson) to foil the poodle-haired fashion designer (Will Ferrell) who's behind the nefarious scheme. The goofy plot's only half the fun; with roles for Stiller's parents (Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara), dozens of celebrity cameos, endlessly quotable dialogue, and improvisational energy to spare, Zoolander is very smart about being very stupid, easily matching the Austin Powers franchise for inspired comedic lunacy. --Jeff Shannon
 

The Hangover

Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Ed Helms, Heather Graham
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.8 (343,302 votes)
Release: Dec 2009
Summary: If you like your humor broadside up, hold the subtlety, you'll want to nurse this "Hangover" with your best buds. The ensemble cast meshes perfectly--it's like a super-R-rated episode of "Friends": silly, slapstick, and completely in the viewer's face. When four pals go to Vegas to celebrate the imminent nuptials of one of them, they partake in a rooftop toast to "a night we'll never forget." But they're in for a big surprise: their celebration drinks were laced with date-rape drugs, so when they awake in their hotel room 12 hours later, not only are they hung over, but they can't remember what they did all night long. Oh, and they're missing the groom-to-be.
The film is so cheerfully raunchy, so fiercely crude, that the humor becomes as intoxicating as the mind-altering substances. The standout in the ensemble is Zach Galifianakis, who is alternately creepy and hilarious. Ed Helm ("The Office"), in addition to his memory, loses a tooth in uncomfortably realistic fashion, and Bradley Cooper ("He's Just Not That into You") has deadpan comic timing that whips along at the speed of light. "Ma'am, you have an incredible rack," he blares to a pedestrian from the squad car the guys have "borrowed." "I should have been a [bleeping] cop," he tells himself approvingly.
Director Todd Phillips brings back his deft handling of the actors and the dude humor that worked so well in "Old School", as well as the unctuous Dan Finnerty, memorable as a lounge/wedding singer in both films. But it's the nonstop volley of jokes--most cheerily politically incorrect--that grabs the audience and thrashes it around the hotel room. Just watch out for the tiger in the bathroom. "--A.T. Hurley"
 

The Hangover Part II

Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Jeffrey Tambor
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Warner Bros.
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.5 (210,407 votes)
Release: Jan 2011
Summary: Stu is getting married. Along with Doug, Phil, and his soon-to-be brother-in-law Teddy, he regretfully invites Alan to Thailand for the wedding. After a quiet night on the beach with a beer and toasting marshmallows by the camp fire, Stu, Alan and Phil wake up in a seedy apartment in Bangkok. Doug is back at the resort, but Teddy is missing, there's a monkey with a severed finger, Alan's head is shaved, Stu has a tattoo on his face, and they can't remember any of it. The wolf-pack retrace their steps through strip clubs, tattoo parlors and cocaine-dealing monkeys on the streets of Bangkok as they try and find Teddy before the wedding.
 

The Hangover Part III

Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, John Goodman, Melissa McCarthy, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike Epps, Sasha Barrese, Jamie Chung, Sondra Currie, Gillian Vigman, Oliver Cooper, Mike Vallely, Grant Holmquist, Oscar Torre
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Warner Brothers
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: May 2013
Summary: In the aftermath of the death of Alan's father, the wolfpack decide to take Alan to get treated for his mental issues. But things start to go wrong on the way to the hospital as the wolfpack is assaulted and Doug is kidnapped. Now they must find Mr. Chow again in order to surrender him to the gangster who kidnapped Doug in order to save him.
 

Hanna

Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Olivia Williams
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Studio: Focus Features
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 6.9 (111,683 votes)
Release: Apr 2011
Summary: Hanna (Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Ms. Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
 

Hannibal - Season 1

Starring: Caroline Dhavernas, Hettienne Park, Laurence Fishburne, Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Studio: Dino De Laurentiis Company
My Rating:
Rated: TV-14
Rating: 8.5 (57,065 votes)
Summary: Explores the early relationship between the renowned psychiatrist and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
 

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Zoe Bell, Thomas Mann, Joanna Kulig, Monique Ganderton, Pihla Viitala, Stephanie Corneliussen, Christian Rubeck, Derek Mears, Thomas Scharff
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction
Studio: Paramount Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 2
Release: Jan 2013
Summary: After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.
 

Happy Endings: The Complete First Season

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Eliza Coupe, Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton, Damon Wayans Jr., Casey Wilson, Adam Pally
Genre: Comedy, Television
Studio: ABC
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Sep 2011
Summary: "Happy Endings" presents a gang of six friends (!) working through that awkward about-to-turn-, turning-, just-turned-30 phase where they can't fit in with the hipsters, but fear the idea of letting go and getting older. The winning ensemble cast play with or against each other in various groupings while the show makes good-natured fun of their foolishness in clinging to hipsterish speech, style, manners, and dress. They're smart, but also shallow and dopey as demanded by the quick pace of jokes that are crammed together with well-timed precision.
 

The Happy House

Director: D.W. Young
Starring: Khan Baykal, Aya Cash, Marceline Hugot, Kathleen McNenny, Oliver Henzler, Mike Houston, Charles Borland, Stivi Paskoski
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Studio: Happy House Productions
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 5.9 (64 votes)
Release: May 2013
Summary: Their relationship on the rocks, a young Brooklyn couple heads to a remote B&B to work things out. But from the moment they arrive at The Happy House it's one disaster after another, and they soon begin to suspect they've wandered into a real life horror movie. Events escalate from weird to terrifying as they contend with the house's batty owner, her imposing son, a moody Swedish lepidopterist, a pedantic English professor, an extraordinarily rare butterfly, the world's best blueberry muffins, a .44 Magnum, a demented serial killer, and one very strict rulebook.
 

Happy Tree Friends: Overkill

Director: Alan Lau, Kenn Navarro
Starring: Aubrey Ankrum, Dana Belben, Jeff Biancalana, Mark Giambruno, Warren Graff
Genre: Animation
Studio: Mondo Media
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 6.7 (53 votes)
Release: Oct 2005
Summary: Happy Tree Friends: Overkill includes the first three HTF volumes; Vol. 1- First Blood, Vol. 2 - Second Serving, Vol.3 - Three Strikes. Plus 19 minutes of never before seen bonus footage: 3 regular episodes, 1 long episode & 1 special episode.
 

Happythankyoumoreplease

Director: Josh Radnor
Starring: Malin Akerman, Michael Algieri, Jakob Appelman, Bram Barouh, Dana Barron
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Studio: Paper Street Films
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.7 (16,817 votes)
Release: Mar 2011
Summary: Six New Yorkers juggle love, friendship, and the keenly challenging specter of adulthood. Sam Wexler is a struggling writer who's having a particularly bad day. When a young boy gets separated from his family on the subway, Sam makes the questionable decision to bring the child back to his apartment and thus begins a rewarding, yet complicated, friendship. Sam's life revolves around his friends-Annie, whose self-image keeps her from commitment; Charlie and Mary Catherine, a couple whose possible move to Los Angeles tests their relationship; and Mississippi, a cabaret singer who catches Sam's eye.
 

Hard Boiled

Director: John Woo
Starring: John Woo, Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Fox Lorber
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.9 (28,668 votes)
Release: Oct 2000
Summary: Masterful Hong Kong action director John Woo ("The Killer", "Face/Off") turns in this exciting and pyrotechnic tale of warring gangsters and shifting loyalties. Chow Yun-fat ("The Replacement Killers") plays a take-no-prisoners cop on the trail of the triad, the Hong Kong Mafia, when his partner is killed during a gun battle. His guilt propels him into an all-out war against the gang, including an up-and-coming soldier in the mob (Tony Leung) who turns out to be an undercover cop. The two men must come to terms with their allegiance to the force and their loyalty to each other as they try to take down the gangsters. A stunning feast of hyperbolic action sequences (including a climactic sequence in an entire hospital taken hostage), "Hard-Boiled" is a rare treat for fans of the action genre, with sequences as thrilling and intense as any ever committed to film. "--Robert Lane"
 

Hard Candy

Director: David Slade
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae, G.J. Echternkamp
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Studio: Lionsgate
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.1 (92,236 votes)
Release: Dec 2005
Summary: A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
 

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Director: Danny Leiner
Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Ethan Embry, Robert Tinkler, Fred Willard
Genre: Thrillers
Studio: New Line Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.3 (963 votes)
Release: Jan 2005
Summary: From the director of "Dude, Where's My Car?" comes another crazed tale of two friends on a perilous quest--in this case, to eat burgers at the fast food restaurant White Castle. The pair--repressed Harold (John Cho, "Better Luck Tomorrow") and freewheeling Kumar (Kal Penn, "Love Don't Cost a Thing")--get extremely high and set off on the road, only to be sidetracked by skateboarding hooligans, racist cops, an inbred tow truck driver, and Neil Patrick Harris--yes, Doogie Howser, M.D. The humor is all over the map, and it would be nice if there were one female character who wasn't a caricature, but "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" has a loose, gregarious charm, and the movie's canniness about the cliches of the buddy-movie genre give it a sneaky subversive feel--just the fact that neither of the heroes is white puts a different spin on just about every circumstance. Surprisingly clever, cheerfully stupid. "--Bret Fetzer"
 

Harry Brown

Director: Daniel Barber
Starring: Michael Caine, Iain Glen
Genre: Thrillers
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.2 (50,462 votes)
Release: Nov 2009
Summary: With its themes of rampant urban decay and crime, mistreatment of the elderly, and vigilantism, "Harry Brown" will inevitably be compared to earlier movies from "Death Wish" to "Gran Torino". The comparisons are apt, but with the able assistance of Michael Caine in the title role, director Daniel Barber and screenwriter Gary Young's tale stands on its own, grimly but compellingly. Caine's Harry Brown, a retiree and former marine, lives alone in a flat in a decrepit London council estate, spending his time visiting his comatose wife in the hospital, playing chess at the local pub with his only friend (David Bradley), and gazing out at the quotidian violence and drug dealing carried out with virtual impunity by the insolent young thugs and lowlifes on the estate grounds. It's a lonely existence that only gets sadder when his wife dies and his pal is murdered; and when the police inform him that nailing those responsible will be next to impossible, Harry turns dirty. His first killing is in self-defense, but once he gets hold of a gun (obtained from a dealer-junkie in a nightmarishly vivid scene), it is "on", as our "vigilante pensioner" takes no prisoners in his pursuit of street justice. The cops, who are mostly depicted as clueless and thoroughly inept, assume the local gangs are responsible; only Detective Inspector Alice Frampton (Emily Mortimer), about the only one with a brain and a heart, suspects Harry, and she plays an important role as the film careens towards its operatically brutal climax. The scenes of violence are intense but very well staged, and the film's overall look and downbeat color palette effectively convey the sense of squalid hopelessness permeating this stratum of British existence. "Harry Brown" isn't a lot of fun, but it will stick with you. "--Sam Graham"
 

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Martin Bayfield, Heather Bleasdale, Sean Biggerstaff, David Bradley, Kenneth Branagh, Veronica Clifford, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Eleanor Columbus, Christian Coulson, Warwick Davis, Emily Dale, Rochelle Douglas, Richard Griffiths, Julie Walters, Matthew Lewis, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris, Tom Felton, Leslie Phillips, Jason Isaacs, Maggie Smith, Jim Norton
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Family
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.2 (238,683 votes)
Release: Nov 2002
Summary: Everyone's favorite novice wizard, Harry Potter, continues his high-flying adventures at Hogwarts. This time around, Harry ignores warnings not to return to school - that is, if he values his life - to investigate a mysterious series of attacks with Ron and Hermione.
 

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson, John Hurt, Ciarán Hinds, Matthew Lewis, Rhys Ifans, Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs, Jamie Campbell Bower, Clémence Poésy, Bonnie Wright, Miranda Richardson, Warwick Davis, Robbie Coltrane, David Thewlis, Evanna Lynch, Helen McCrory, Timothy Spall, Julie Walters, Imelda Staunton, Fiona Shaw, Natalia Tena, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, Richard Griffiths, Harry Melling, Frances de la Tour, Sophie Thompson, David O'Hara, Steffan Rhodri, Katie Leung
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Family
Studio: Warner Bros.
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.6 (191,888 votes)
Release: Nov 2010
Summary: The end begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
 

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Jones, Clémence Poésy, Warwick Davis, David Thewlis, Domhnall Gleeson, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Pauline Stone, Suzie Toase, Natalia Tena, George Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Julie Walters, David Ryall, Arben Bajraktaraj, Peter Mullan, David Bradley, Miriam Margolyes, Timothy Spall, Jason Isaacs, Ralph Ineson, Helen McCrory, Chris Rankin, Tom Felton, Rod Hunt, Dave Legeno, Nick Moran, Guy Henry, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, Anna Shaffer, Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray, Alfie Enoch, Jessie Cave, Shefali Chowdhury, Afshan Azad, Louis Cordice, Josh Herdman, Scarlett Byrne, Isabella Laughland, Jamie Marks, Katie Leung, Georgina Leonidas, Freddie Stroma, John Hurt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Adrian Rawlins, Geraldine Somerville, Anthony Allgood, Graham Duff, Rusty Goffe, Ian Peck, Benn Northover, Hebe Beardsall, William Melling, Sian Grace Phillips, Suzanne Toase, Amber Evans, Ruby Evans, Jon Key, Philip Wright, Gary Sayer, Tony Adkins, Penelope McGhie, Ellie Darcey-Alden, Ariella Paradise, Benedict Clarke, Robbie Jarvis, Rohan Gotobed, Toby Papworth, Peter G. Reed, Judith Sharp, Emil Hostina, Bob Yves Van Hellenberg Hubar, Granville Saxton, Tony Kirwood, Ashley McGuire, Arthur Bowen, Daphne de Beistegui, Will Dunn, Jade Gordon, Bertie Gilbert, Helena Barlow, Ryan Turner, Jamie Campbell Bower, Luke Newberry, Sean Biggerstaff, Leslie Phillips
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Family
Studio: Warner Bros.
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 8.1 (266,039 votes)
Release: Jul 2011
Summary: In the second installment of the two-part conclusion, Harry and his best friends, Ron and Hermione, continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
 

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire

Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Brendan Gleeson, Miranda Richardson, Gary Oldman, Robert Pattinson, Stanislav Ianevski, Clémence Poésy, Josh Herdman, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Matthew Lewis, Frances de la Tour, Tom Felton, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Jason Isaacs, Eric Sykes, Timothy Spall, David Tennant, Mark Williams, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Bonnie Wright, Jeff Rawle, Robert Hardy, Sheila Allen, Su Elliot, Anne Lacy, Flip Webster, David Sterne, Christopher Whittingham, Liam McKenna, Campbell Graham, Margery Mason, Katie Leung, William Melling, David Bradley, Devon Murray, Afshan Azad, Warwick Davis, Shefali Chowdhury, Angelica Mandy, Predrag Bjelac, Tolga Safer, Alfie Enoch, Louis Doyle, Jamie Waylett, Charlotte Skeoch, Robert Wilfort, Tiana Benjamin, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jarvis Cocker, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Steve Mackey, Jason Buckle, Steve Claydon, Shirley Henderson, Alan Watt, Adrian Rawlins
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Family
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.5 (233,165 votes)
Release: Nov 2005
Summary: Young wizard Harry Potter starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Tri-Wizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Friends Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure … but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that he stands for.
 

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince

Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Elarica Gallacher, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Katie Leung, Dave Legeno, Geraldine Somerville, Bonnie Wright, Helena Bonham Carter, Helen McCrory, Timothy Spall, Oliver Phelps, James Phelps, Freddie Stroma, Warwick Davis, David Bradley, David Thewlis, Natalia Tena, Mark Williams, Frank Dillane, Gemma Jones, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Afshan Azad, Shefali Chowdhury, Georgina Leonidas, Devon Murray, Anna Shaffer, Josh Herdman, Jamie Waylett, Scarlett Byrne, Louis Cordice, Alfie Enoch, Jessie Cave
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Family
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.4 (185,540 votes)
Release: Jul 2009
Summary: The sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry kicks off with a bang for young Harry Potter when he inadvertently discovers a mysterious book that sheds light on the sordid life of the evil Lord Voldemort. Preparing for inevitable battle, Harry and Dumbledore turn to professor Horace Slughorn for help in pinpointing the weakness in Voldemort's forces.
 

Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix

Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Fiona Shaw, Imelda Staunton, Tom Felton, Robert Hardy, Geraldine Somerville, Julie Walters, Matthew Lewis, Harry Melling, Evanna Lynch, Jason Boyd, Richard Macklin, Kathryn Hunter, Miles Jupp, Jessica Hynes, Adrian Rawlins, Natalia Tena, George Harris, Peter Cartwright, Brigitte Millar, Mark Williams, David Thewlis, Timothy Bateson, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Bonnie Wright, Jamie Wolpert, Nicholas Blane, Daisy Haggard, Chris Rankin, Sian Thomas, Jamie Waylett, Josh Herdman, Katie Leung, Ryan Nelson, David Bradley, Devon Murray, William Melling, Apple Brook, Emma Thompson, Alfie Enoch, Afshan Azad, Shefali Chowdhury, Warwick Davis, Jim McManus, Nick Shirm, Sam Beazley, John Atterbury, Arben Bajraktaraj, Richard Leaf, Tony Maudsley
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Family
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.4 (215,880 votes)
Release: Jul 2007
Summary: Returning for his fifth year of study at the venerable Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the ever-maturing Harry Potter is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students -- dubbed "Dumbledore's Army" -- to defend themselves against the dark arts.
 

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton, Josh Herdman, Emma Thompson, Maggie Smith, Bonnie Wright, Pam Ferris, Richard Griffiths, Geraldine Somerville, Julie Walters, James Phelps, Matthew Lewis
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Family
Studio: Warner Bros.
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.7 (230,492 votes)
Release: Jun 2004
Summary: Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for a third adventure-and-magic-filled year in this follow-up to the first two Potter blockbusters. Harry comes face-to-face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict Sirius Black. In a bid for help, Harry turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin -- but will it be enough?
 

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Saunders Triplets, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Richard Griffiths, Derek Deadman, Ian Hart, Ben Borowiecki, Geraldine Somerville, Verne Troyer, John Hurt, Bonnie Wright, Chris Rankin, Tom Felton, Julie Walters, Matthew Lewis, Alan Rickman, Zoë Wanamaker, Rik Mayall, Leslie Phillips
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Family
Studio: Warner Bros.
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.3 (267,576 votes)
Release: Nov 2001
Summary: Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to blame.
 

Hatchet

Director: Adam Green
Starring: Joel David Moore, Deon Richmond, Kane Hodder, Joel Murray, Joshua Leonard
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.7 (16,776 votes)
Release: Dec 2007
Summary: Adam Green's "Hatchet" is a goofy, gory gas that pays tribute to the slasher boom of the 1980s by placing more hapless teens in the path of an indestructible maniac. Said killer is Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder, Jason in many of the later "Friday the 13th" entries), a deformed Louisiana swamp dweller who returns from an apparent fiery death to lay waste to a mixed bag of tourists and Mardi Gras revelers who've wandered into his turf on a "haunted swamp" tour. "Hatchet" doesn't exactly surpass the movies it's spoofing; Green's characters are dopey ciphers, and Crowley's indiscriminate killing spree negates his sympathetic origins. But the dialogue is glib and the performances funny (especially Parry Shen as the tour's unlikely guide and Joel David Moore as the lovelorn hero), and '80s horror aficionados will appreciate John Carl Buechler's outrageously gross effects (which get more screen time in this unrated cut). There are also cameos by genre vets Robert Englund and Tony Todd, as well as Joshua Leonard from "The Blair Witch Project". The widescreen DVD includes commentary by Green and several of his players, as well as featurettes on the making of the film, its villain and his elaborate makeup, and a scene breakdown of one of the film's most jaw-dropping effects. A gag reel and a conversation between Green and Twisted Sister frontman and horror fan Dee Snider rounds out the commentary. "-- Paul Gaita"
 

Hatchet II

Director: Adam Green
Starring: Tony Todd, Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder
Genre: Science Fiction
Studio: Dark Sky Films
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 2.4 (10 votes)
Release: Feb 2011
Summary: There's probably no better visceral creep-out than a close-up eye gouging (just ask Luis Buñuel). Director Adam Green learned this well by using the old thumb-in-socket shot as the climax of his 2006 cult hit "Hatchet", and he repeats it as the opener of "Hatchet II". This micro-budget sequel picks up just as the original ends, with the aforementioned eye still belonging to the deformed swamp monster Victor Crowley (again played by ace stuntman and "Friday the 13th" alumni Kane Hodder). The thumb belongs to demure Marybeth (Danielle Harris), who turns out to be the sole survivor of the first film's tour-boat cruise through Louisiana's most disgusting swamp. She escapes Crowley's one-eyed clutches and finds her way back to New Orleans and the lair of voodoo conman Reverend Zombie (Tony Todd, of "Candyman" fame), where a posse of redneck morons is quickly assembled to return to the swamp and squash the innards and legend of Victor Crowley for good.
All this Victor Crowley and innards-squashing business will be familiar to fans of "Hatchet", of which there are legions. Indeed, it feels as though Green has made "Hatchet II" as a love letter to them, raising the bloody-disgusting body count and creative means of murder--outboard motor, super-size chainsaw, belt sander--strictly to satisfy an urge felt only by the supremely devoted. Billed as an unrated director's cut, the DVD version will surely send them swooning with even more latex guts and buckets of Kool-Aid-colored blood than they might remember from midnight theatrical shows. Even the commentary tracks and making-of documentary are filled with backslaps dedicated to the exclusive "Hatchet" groupie club. Green is intentionally riffing on slasher films not only with the comic dialogue and dopey characters, but also by employing icons of the genre as actors. In addition to Hodder and Todd, Tom Holland, director of fanboy favorites "Fright Night" and "Child's Play", turns up in another key role. Unfortunately, Green's sense of insider humor and commitment to a limited demographic seems to have clouded what could have been a more interesting movie. But you're probably not watching "Hatchet II" to see an interesting movie. You're watching to see a giddy homage to the glory days of practical gore effects and enjoy the goofy fun of howling at senseless characters that lose their heads and countless other body parts in ever more creative ways. "--Ted Fry"
 

Hate (La Haine)

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, Solo, Joseph Momo, Héloïse Rauth, François Levantal, Edouard Montoute, Benoît Magimel, Vincent Lindon, Christophe Rossignon, Mathieu Kassovitz, Marc Duret, Philippe Nahon, Zinedine Soualem
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Studio: The Criterion Collection
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 8.1 (56,610 votes)
Release: Sep 1995
Summary: Abdel, a local hoodlum, is hospitalized after a riot, where a policeman lost his gun. His friend Vinz finds it and claims he will kill a cop if Abdel dies.
 

Hate Crime

Director: Tommy Stovall
Starring: Seth Peterson, Bruce Davison, Chad Donella, Cindy Pickett, Brian J. Smith (II)
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Studio: Image Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.2 (841 votes)
Release: Jan 2005
Summary: Nice guy accountant Robbie lives an idyllic life with his partner Trey in a quiet suburban neighborhood. But when a venomous neighbor moves in and starts harassing them, hate sparks violence. Recipient of the Best Feature Award at the Outtakes Dallas and Sedona International film festivals, Hate Crime features a brilliant cast including Seth Peterson (Providence) as Robbie, Lin Shaye (Snakes On A Plane, There's Something About Mary) and Golden Globe winners Susan Blakely (The Towering Inferno, Rich Man, Poor Man) and Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion). A provocative thriller, Hate Crime delves deep into intolerance, challenging audiences to question their own prejudices as they witness the heartbreaking consequences of hate and a family's painful quest for retribution.
 

Haywire

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Channing Tatum, Debby Lynn Ross, Michael Douglas
Genre: Action, Thriller
Studio: Irish Film Board
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.3 (11,093 votes)
Release: Jan 2012
Summary: Beautiful freelance covert operative Mallory Kane is hired out by her handler to various global entities to perform jobs which governments can't authorize and heads of state would rather not know about. After a mission to rescue a hostage in Barcelona, Mallory is quickly dispatched on another mission to Dublin. When the operation goes awry and Mallory finds she has been double crossed, she needs to use all of her skills, tricks and abilities to escape an international manhunt, make it back to the United States, protect her family, and exact revenge on those that have betrayed her.
 

He Loves Me He Loves Me Not

Director: Laetitia Colombani
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, Sophie Guillemin, Clément Sibony
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Release: Aug 2003
Summary: That adorable Audrey Tautou from "Amélie" plays the central role in this deceptive story of a rather unusual romance. It would spoil the film's clever design to reveal what happens halfway through "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", so let's just say that Tautou plays a winsome girl in the sunny town of Bordeaux, whose relationship with a married doctor has more layers than first it seems. Samuel LeBihan, from "Brotherhood of the Wolf", plays the doctor, but it's the casting of cutie-pie Tautou that sets up the movie's gradually sinister undertow. Director Laetitia Colombani's inventive structure plays a satisfyingly tricky game with the audience, and may have some viewers going back to the beginning to make sure they saw what they thought they saw. Just don't go in expecting "Amélie" part deux, and you should find this an ingenious little number. "--Robert Horton"
 

Headhunters

Director: Morten Tyldum
Starring: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard, Kyrre Haugen Sydness
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio: Friland
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.5 (39,711 votes)
Release: Aug 2011
Summary: An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
 

The Heat

Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Taran Killam, Michael Rapaport, Tony Hale, Demián Bichir, Bill Burr, Andy Buckley, Steve Bannos, Jane Curtin, Spoken Reasons, Dan Bakkedahl, Thomas F. Wilson, Marlon Wayans
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Jun 2013
Summary: Sarah Ashburn, an FBI agent, is extremely ambitious and has her eye on a promotion, but she doesn't get along with her co-workers. She is sent to Boston to uncover the identity of an elusive drug lord, Mr. Lassen, by tracking down his proxy, Rojas, and is told that she'll have a good shot at the promotion if she finds Lassen. When she arrives in Boston, she learns that Lassen has been eliminating his competition and taking over their operations. She learns that Rojas is in Boston PD custody and goes to see him to ask him what he knows about Lassen, but is warned that the cop who arrested Rojas, Shannon Mullins, is very territorial, and she is not exactly sociable. When the two meet they don't get along. When Mullins learns why Ashburn is in Boston, she decides to find Lassen herself. Ahsburn is told by her boss to work with Mullins, but it won't be easy because Ashburn does things by the book while Mullins does things her way.
 

Heat

Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8.3 (267,378 votes)
Release: May 2007
Summary: Having developed his skill as a master of contemporary crime drama, writer-director Michael Mann displayed every aspect of that mastery in this intelligent, character-driven thriller from 1995, which also marked the first onscreen pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. The two great actors had played father and son in the separate time periods of "The Godfather, Part II", but this was the first film in which the pair appeared together, and although their only scene together is brief, it's the riveting fulcrum of this high-tech cops-and-robbers scenario. De Niro plays a master thief with highly skilled partners (Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore) whose latest heist draws the attention of Pacino, playing a seasoned Los Angeles detective whose investigation reveals that cop and criminal lead similar lives. Both are so devoted to their professions that their personal lives are a disaster. Pacino's with a wife (Diane Venora) who cheats to avoid the reality of their desolate marriage; De Niro pays the price for a life with no outside connections; and Kilmer's wife (Ashley Judd) has all but given up hope that her husband will quit his criminal career. These are men obsessed, and as De Niro and Pacino know, they'll both do whatever's necessary to bring the other down. Mann's brilliant screenplay explores these personal obsessions and sacrifices with absorbing insight, and the tension mounts with some of the most riveting action sequences ever filmed--most notably a daylight siege that turns downtown Los Angeles into a virtual war zone of automatic gunfire. At nearly three hours, the film qualifies as a kind of intimate epic, certain to leave some viewers impatiently waiting for more action, but it's all part of Mann's compelling strategy. "Heat" is a true rarity: a crime thriller with equal measures of intense excitement and dramatic depth, giving De Niro and Pacino a prime showcase for their finely matched talents. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

Heathers

Director: Michael Lehmann
Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Penelope Milford, Glenn Shadix, Lance Fenton, Jennifer Rhodes, Jeremy Applegate, Patrick Labyorteaux, Jon Matthews, Carrie Lynn, Phill Lewis, Renée Estevez, John Zarchen, William Cort, John Ingle, Stuart Mabray, Sherrie Wills, Larry Cox, Kent Stoddard, Mark Carlton
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 10
Release: Mar 1989
Summary: Veronica mingles with Heather I, II and III to be as popular as them, even though she hates them. She hates them enough to wish they were dead, though she would never want to be their cause of death. When she starts dating Jason Dean, however, she finds herself involved in the murders of most of her enemies, covered up as suicides.
 

Heavy Metal

Director: Gerald Potterton
Starring: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs
Genre: Thrillers
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.4 (336 votes)
Release: Nov 1999
Summary: As long as there is a need for adolescent male sexual fantasy, there will be an audience for "Heavy Metal". Released in 1981 and based on stories from the graphic magazine of the same name (possibly the greatest publication to simultaneously provoke imagination and masturbation), the film has since become the most popular single title in Columbia/TriStar's entire film library. That's an amazing fact considering just how silly and senseless the movie really is--an aimless, juvenile amalgam of disjointed stories and clashing visual styles, employing hundreds of animators from around the world with a near-total absence of creative cohesion. It remains, for better and worse, a midnight-movie favorite for the stoner crowd--a movie best enjoyed by randy adolescents or near-adults in an altered state of consciousness.
With a framing story about a glowing green orb claiming to be the embodiment of all evil, the film shuttles through eight episodic tales of sci-fi adventure, each fueled by some of the most wretched rock music to emerge from the 1980s. The most consistent trademark is an abundance of blood-splattering violence and wet-dream sex, the latter involving a succession of huge-breasted babes who shed their clothes at the drop of a G-string. It's all quite fun in its rampantly brainless desire to fuel the young male libido, and for all its incoherence "Heavy Metal" remains impressive for the ambitious artistry of its individual segments. Courtesy of producer Ivan Reitman (who'd just scored a hit with "Stripes"), voice talents include several Canadian veterans of Second City comedy, including John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, and Joe Flaherty. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

Hell and Back Again

Director: Danfung Dennis
Starring: Ashley Harris, Nathan Harris
Genre: Documentary, Action, War, History
Studio: Docurama
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 6.3 (1,417 votes)
Release: Oct 2011
Summary: What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
 

Hell Baby

Director: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon
Starring: Rob Corddry, Leslie Bibb, Rob Huebel, Keegan Michael Key, Paul Scheer, Thomas Lennon, Michael Ian Black, Brittney Alger, Dave Holmes, Alex Berg, Riki Lindhome
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Studio: Darko Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 4.8 (3,177 votes)
Release: Sep 2013
Summary: An expectant couple who moves into the most haunted house in New Orleans call upon the services of the Vatican's elite exorcism team to save them from a demonic baby.
 

Hellboy

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: William Hoyland, John Hurt, Doug Jones, Angus MacInnes, Ron Perlman
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 6.8 (156,904 votes)
Release: Jun 2008
Summary: A demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.
 

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Alexander, James Dodd
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Universal Studios
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.1 (137,716 votes)
Release: Nov 2008
Summary: The feverish "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" is a very busy sequel that might have looked unhinged in the hands of a less visionary director than Guillermo del Toro. Ron Perlman returns as Hellboy, aka "Red," the Dark Horse Comics demon-hero with roots in the mythical world but personal ties in the human realm. Still working, as he was in "Hellboy", for a secret department of the federal government that deals (as in "Men In Black") with forces of the fantastic, Red and his colleagues take on a royal elf (Luke Goss) determined to smash a longtime truce between mankind and the forces of magic. Meanwhile, Red's relationship with girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), who can burst into flames at will, is going through a rocky stage observed by Red's fishy friend Abe (Doug Jones), himself struck by love in this film. Del Toro brilliantly integrates the ordinary and extraordinary, diving into an extended scene set in a troll market barely hidden behind the façade of typical city streets. He also unleashes a forest monster that devastates an urban neighborhood, but then--interestingly--brings a luminous beauty to the same area as the creature (an "elemental") succumbs to a terrible death. Del Toro's art direction proves masterful, too, in a climactic battle set in a clockworks-like stronghold tucked away in rugged Irish landscape. But it's really the juxtaposition of visual marvels with not-so-unusual relationship issues that gives "Hellboy II" a certain jaunty appeal hard to find in other superhero movies. --"Tom Keogh"
 

The Help

Director: Tate Taylor
Starring: Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard
Genre: Drama
Studio: Walt Disney Studios
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 8
Release: Dec 2011
Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller by Kathryn Stockett comes to vivid life through the powerful performances of a phenomenal ensemble cast. Led by Emma Stone, Academy Award®-nominated Viola Davis (Best Supporting Actress, Doubt, 2008), Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard, The Help is an inspirational, courageous and empowering story about very different, extraordinary women in the 1960s South who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project — one that breaks society’s rules and puts them all at risk. Filled with poignancy, humor and hope — and complete with compelling, never-before-seen bonus features — The Help is a timeless, universal and triumphant story about the ability to create change.
 

Her (screener)

Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pratt, Portia Doubleday, Sam Jaeger, Katherine Boecher, Kelly Sarah, Spike Jonze, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction, Romance
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Dec 2013
Summary: In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theordore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
 

Hercules

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Starring: Tate Donovan, Joshua Keaton, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Susan Egan, Bob Goldthwait, Matt Frewer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar, Barbara Barrie, Hal Holbrook, Paul Shaffer, Amanda Plummer, Carole Shelley
Genre: Animation, Science Fiction, Family, Fantasy
Studio: Disney Studios
My Rating:
Rated: G
Rating: 6
Release: Jun 1997
Summary: Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in theaters, Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an animated feature. The continual peppering of in-jokes and cultural references becomes less irksome on video. That there's no majesty or awe invested in the beloved Greek legends also seems less of an error. Also on the plus side is the bounciest Alan Menken music since Little Shop of Horrors. With Zeus's blood in his veins, young Hercules's amazing strength makes him an outcast (sorry, that still doesn't fly), so he trains with a satyr named Phil to become a hero. Along the way Herc meets Meg, a common mortal who falls hard for him. They're both against the jocular Hades, who has to destroy Hercules to take over Olympus.
 

Here Comes The Boom

Director: Frank Coraci
Starring: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Greg Germann, Joe Rogan
Genre: Comedy, Action
Studio: Columbia Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 6.4 (32,618 votes)
Release: Feb 2013
Summary: A high school biology teacher looks to become a successful mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to prevent extra-curricular activities from being axed at his cash-strapped school.
 

Hesher

Director: Spencer Susser
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson, Natalie Portman, Devon Brochu
Genre: Drama
Studio: Lionsgate
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.0 (29,963 votes)
Release: Sep 2011
Summary: Hesher is a loner. He hates the world and everyone in it. He has long greasy hair and homemade tattoos. He is malnourished and smokes a lot of cigarettes. He likes fire and blowing things up. He lives in his van, until he meets TJ.
 

Hick

Director: Derick Martini
Starring: Shaun Sipos, Bob Stephenson, Ray McKinnon, Juliette Lewis, Anson Mount
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Studio: Stone River Productions
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.3 (6,026 votes)
Release: Nov 2011
Summary: Hick is a dramatic feature film directed by Derick Martini, based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Portes.

A 13-year-old Nebraska girl, Luli (Chloë Moretz), runs away from her alcoholic parents, bringing along a pistol. After she is taken under the wing of grifter Glenda (Blake Lively), who uses her in cons and makes her an accessory to a robbery, both their lives are threatened by erratic drifter Eddie (Eddie Redmayne).
 

High Fidelity

Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Todd Louiso
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.5 (103,821 votes)
Release: Sep 2000
Summary: Transplanted from England to the not-so-mean streets of Chicago, the screen adaptation of Nick Hornby's cult-classic novel "High Fidelity" emerges unscathed from its Americanization, idiosyncrasies intact, thanks to John Cusack's inimitable charm and a nimble, nifty screenplay (cowritten by Cusack). Early-thirtysomething Rob Gordon (Cusack) is a slacker who owns a vintage record shop, a massive collection of LPs, and innumerable top-five lists in his head. At the opening of the film, Rob recounts directly to the audience his all-time top-five breakups--which doesn't include his recent falling out with his girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle), who has just moved out of their apartment. Thunderstruck and obsessed with Laura's desertion (but loath to admit it), Rob begins a quest to confront the women who instigated the aforementioned top-five breakups to find out just what he did wrong.
Low on plot and high on self-discovery, "High Fidelity" takes a good 30 minutes or so to find its groove (not unlike Cusack's "Grosse Pointe Blank"), but once it does, it settles into it comfortably and builds a surprisingly touching momentum. Rob is basically a grown-up version of Cusack's character in "Say Anything" (who was told "Don't be a guy--be a man!"), and if you like Cusack's brand of smart-alecky romanticism, you'll automatically be won over (if you can handle Cusack's almost-nonstop talking to the camera). Still, it's hard not to be moved by Rob's plight. At the beginning of the film he and his coworkers at the record store (played hilariously by Jack Black and Todd Louiso) seem like overgrown boys in their secret clubhouse; by the end, they've grown up considerably, with a clear-eyed view of life. Ably directed by Stephen Frears ("Dangerous Liaisons"), "High Fidelity" features a notable supporting cast of the women in Rob's life, including the striking, Danish-born Hjejle, Lisa Bonet as a sultry singer-songwriter, and the triumphant triumvirate of Lili Taylor, Joelle Carter, and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Rob's ex-girlfriends. With brief cameos by Tim Robbins as Laura's new, New Age boyfriend and Bruce Springsteen as himself. "--Mark Englehart"
 

High Tension

Director: Alexandre Aja
Starring: Cécile De France, Maïwenn Le Besco, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Foreign
Studio: Alexandre Films
My Rating:
Rated: NC-17
Rating: 6.8 (39,298 votes)
Release: Jun 2005
Summary: Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnaps Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end.
 

Highlander

Director: Russel Mulcahy
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Beatie Edney, Anthony Fusco
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Lions Gate
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.2 (68,341 votes)
Release: Mar 1986
Summary: This 1986 fantasy/action thriller has since spawned two sequels, a popular syndicated TV series, numerous comic-book spinoffs, and a loyal (if somewhat oddly obsessive) following of fans. Directed by music video veteran Russell Mulcahy (which explains the dizzying camera work), the original theatrical release made hash of an intriguing story about an "Immortal" from 16th-century Scotland (Christopher Lambert) who time-leaps to modern-day America with his archenemy (Clancy Brown) in hot pursuit. It becomes a battle to the death (yes, Immortals can die), and Lambert seeks survival training from an Immortal mentor played by Sean Connery. Dazzling, energetic, and altogether confusing in its original form, the film has since been released on video, laserdisc, and DVD in this revised widescreen "director's cut," with additional footage, director and producers' commentary, a photo and artwork archive, the original trailer, and an official time line of the film's evolution from script to screen. A must for "Highlander" fans ... and you know who you are! "--Jeff Shannon"
 

A Hijacking

Director: Tobias Lindholm
Starring: Johan Philip Asbæk, Soren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller, Gary Skjoldmose Porter, Abdihakin Asgar, Amalie Ihle Alstrup, Amalie Vulff Andersen, Linda Laursen
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Studio: Nordisk Film
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.1 (5,022 votes)
Release: Sep 2012
Summary: The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbor when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Amongst the men on board are the ship's cook Mikkel and the engineer Jan, who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company and the Somali pirates.
 

The Hills Have Eyes

Director: Alexandre Aja
Starring: Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd, Emilie de Ravin, Michael Bailey Smith
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Studio: 20th Century Fox
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.4 (85,927 votes)
Release: Mar 2006
Summary: Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty...or so they thought? When the Carter's car breaks down at the old site, they're stranded...or are they? As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren't pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.
 

The Hills Have Eyes 2

Director: Martin Weisz
Starring: Michael Bailey Smith, Michael McMillian, Lee Thompson-Young, Jessica Stroup, Reshad Strik
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.0 (33,095 votes)
Release: Mar 2007
Summary: A team of trainees of the National Guard brings supply to the New Mexico Desert for a group of soldiers and scientists that are installing a monitoring system in Sector 16. They do not find anybody in the camp, and they receive a blurred distress signal from the hills. Their sergeant gathers a rescue team, and they are attacked and trapped by deformed cannibals, having to fight to survive.
 

The History of Future Folk

Director: John Mitchell, Jeremy Kipp Walker
Starring: Nils d'Aulaire, Jay Klaitz, Julie Ann Emery, April L. Hernandez, Dee Snider, Onata Aprile
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Music
Studio: Maida Vale Films
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 5.5 (184 votes)
Release: May 2013
Summary: Two aliens from the planet Hondo have come take over our planet. But when they discover an amazing human invention called "music", they immediately abandon their mission, head to a tiny Brooklyn bar, and start the universe's first Hondonian bluegrass duo: Future Folk!
 

History of the Eagles - Part One

Director: Alison Ellwood
Starring: Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Walsh
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Jigsaw Productions
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 7.4 (200 votes)
Release: Jan 2013
Summary: Directed by Alison Ellwood, this intimate, meticulously crafted patchwork of rare archival material, concert footage and never-before-seen home movies explores the evolution and enduring popularity of The Eagles. Part 1 investigates the band's creation and rise to fame in the 1970s through its breakup in 1980.
 

A History of Violence

Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, Ed Harris, Stephen McHattie
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio: New Line Productions
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8
Release: Mar 2006
Summary: This is the story of a mild-mannered man, named Tom Stall, who becomes a local hero through an act of violence, he lives a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana. But one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action and saves his customers and friends in the self-defense killings of two-sought-after criminals. Heralded as a hero, Tom's life is changed overnight, attracting a national media circus, which forces him into the spotlight. Uncomfortable with his newfound celebrity, Tom tries to return to the normalcy of his ordinary life only to be confronted by a mysterious and threatening man who arrives in town believing Tom is the man who wronged him in the past. As Tom and his family fight back against this case of mistaken identity and struggle to cope with their changed reality, they are forced to confront their relationships and the divisive issues which surface as a result.
 

Hit & Run

Director: Dax Shepard, David Palmer
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Kristen Bell, Kristin Chenoweth, Dax Shepard, Michael Rosenbaum, Beau Bridges, David Koechner, Ryan Hansen, Tom Arnold, Joy Bryant, Jason Bateman
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Studio: Universal Studios
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.0 (14,929 votes)
Release: Aug 2012
Summary: Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
 

The Hitcher

Director: Robert Harmon
Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio: Hbo Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.5 (26,974 votes)
Release: Jun 1999
Summary: Steven Spielberg's first feature film, 1971's "Duel", is set on a desert highway. It stars Dennis Weaver as a driver being pursued by a menacing truck, which is following him with all the vengeance of the ancient furies. In this spiritual update from 1984, C. Thomas Howell plays a guy taking a drive-away car from Chicago to San Diego. On a whim, in the rain, and against his better judgment, he picks up a hitchhiker (Rutger Hauer). The hitcher quickly admits to being a murdering psychopath, and once Howell finally gets him out of his car, he is pursued with all the vengeance of the ancient furies. We're never sure if the hitcher is a figment of his imagination, making Howell a schizophrenic killer, or if he's real and Howell is the random victim of a wandering madman, which is how his potential new girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh) thinks of him. Either way, "The Hitcher" is great fun, kinda scary, and teetering on the brink of "must see." "--Andy Spletzer"
 

Hitman

Director: Xavier Gens
Starring: Timothy Olyphant
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: 20th Century Fox
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.2 (95,755 votes)
Release: Nov 2007
Summary: It’s hard not to feel like one has entered a certain dimension of video-game logic while watching "Hitman", a lightly enjoyable action-suspense movie indeed based on a popular and bloody game about a mysterious hired gun with a bar-code tattoo on his bald head and a number (47) in lieu of a name. Living like a chaste monk while slipping past borders to kill his targets, 47 (Timothy Olyphant of "Deadwood") moves like a determined shark and speaks softly to his contact at the enigmatic "the Organization," which raises cast-off children to become well-paid assassins. Fruitlessly pursued by an Interpol cop (Dougray Scott) who can never get sovereign governments to cooperate, 47 has no trouble slipping in and out of countries to ply his trade. Until, that is, he’s set up to take a fall in Russia by shooting a national leader who is promptly replaced by a lookalike double. Suddenly on the run, 47 has to retrace his steps and formulate a lethal plan for extricating himself from a trap. Caught in the chaos is the lovely Nika (Olga Kurylenko), forced into sex slavery by 47’s new enemies and the one person who seems uniquely qualified to break through 47’s many personal barriers. Directed by France’s Xavier Gens, "Hitman" features loads of bloody mayhem and unabashed moments of pulp absurdity, such as a scene in which 47 and three other Organization killers agree to fight one another respectfully, then proceed to pulverize each other with swords and fists. As fodder for gamers, however, "Hitman" is packed with visuals and dramatic moments that seem so odd on the big screen until one realizes they are basically placemarkers for the video-game edition. --"Tom Keogh"
 

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Studio: New Line Cinema
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 8.2 (236,504 votes)
Release: Dec 2012
Summary: Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities ... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to ...
 

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (screener)

Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Mikael Persbrandt, Sylvester McCoy, Stephen Fry, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Bell, Dean O'Gorman, Terry Notary, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Manu Bennett, Billy Connolly, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Aidan Turner, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, James Nesbitt, Cate Blanchett
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 6
Release: Dec 2013
Summary: After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest--without their Wizard. If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. And, where has Gandalf got off to? And what is his secret business to the south?
 

Hobo with a Shotgun

Director: Jason Eisener
Starring: Rutger Hauer
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.1 (27,190 votes)
Release: Jul 2011
Summary: A train pulls into the station it's the end of the line. A hobo jumps from a freight car hoping for a fresh start in a new city. Instead, he finds himself trapped in an urban hell. This is a world where criminals rule the streets and Drake, the city's crime boss, reigns supreme alongside his sadistic murderous sons, Slick & Ivan. Amidst the chaos, the hobo comes across a pawn shop window displaying a secondhand lawn mower. He dreams of making the city a beautiful place and starting a new life for himself. But as the brutality continues to rage around him, he notices a shotgun hanging above the lawn mower... Quickly, he realizes the only way to make a difference in this town is with that gun in his hand and two shells in its chamber...
 

Holy Motors

Director: Leos Carax
Starring: Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, Édith Scob, Denis Lavant, Jean-François Balmer, François Rimbau, Karl Hoffmeister, Big John, Elise Lhomeau, Jeanne Disson, Leos Carax, Nastya Golubeva Carax, Reda Oumouzoune, Zlata, Geoffrey Carey, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Elise Caron, Corinne Yam
Genre: Drama
Studio: Pierre Grise Productions
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Oct 2012
Summary: De l'aube à la nuit, quelques heures dans l'existence de Monsieur Oscar, un être qui voyage de vie en vie. Tour à tour grand patron, meurtrier, mendiante, créature monstrueuse, père de famille... M. Oscar semble jouer des rôles, plongeant en chacun tout entier —mais où sont les caméras? Il est seul, uniquement accompagné de Céline, longue dame blonde aux commandes de l'immense machine qui le transporte dans Paris et autour. Tel un tueur consciencieux allant de gage en gage. À la poursuite de la beauté du geste. Du moteur de l'action. Des femmes et des fantômes de sa vie. Mais où est sa maison, sa famille, son repos?
 

Home Alone

Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, Catherine O'Hara, Angela Goethals, Devin Ratray, Gerry Bamman, Hillary Wolf, John Candy, Larry Hankin, Mike Maronna, Kristin Minter, Jedidiah Cohen, Ken Hudson Campbell, Kieran Culkin
Genre: Comedy, Family, Holiday
Studio: 20th Century Fox
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Release: Nov 1990
Summary: It is Christmas Time and the McAllister family is preparing for a vacation in Paris, France. But, the youngest in the family named Kevin got into a scuffle with his older brother Buzz and was sent to his room which is on the third floor of his house. Then, the next morning, while the rest of the family were in a rush to make it to the airport on time, they completely forgot about Kevin who now has the house all to himself. Being home alone was fun for Kevin, having a pizza all to himself, jumping on his parents' bed and making a mess. Then, Kevin discovers about 2 burglars, Harry and Marv about to rob his house on Christmas eve. Kevin acts quickly by wiring his own house with makeshift booby traps to stop the burglars and to bring them to justice.
 

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Devin Ratray, Hillary Wolf, Gerry Bamman, Jedidiah Cohen, Kieran Culkin, Tim Curry, Eddie Bracken
Genre: Comedy, Family, Holiday
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Release: Nov 1992
Summary: Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is back! But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his own playground! But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern), still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York too, plotting a huge holiday heist. Kevin's ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget!
 

Homefront

Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: James Franco, Jason Statham, Kate Bosworth, Winona Ryder, Rachelle Lefevre, Clancy Brown, Frank Grillo, Christa Campbell, Omar Benson Miller, Nicole Andrews, Celeste Star, Stephanie Grote, Amin Joseph, Joe Chrest, Izabela Vidovic
Genre: Action, Thriller
Studio: Homefront Productions
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.6 (15,523 votes)
Release: Nov 2013
Summary: Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his boss' son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9-years-old daughter,Maddy. He decides to quit the turbulent and demanding life of thrill for Maddy's sake and retires to a small town. His daughter fights off a boy who was bullying her at school and this sets in motion a round of events that end in his direct confrontation with the local Meth drug lord. His past history with the biker gang also enters the arena, making matters more complex. But he has a mission in his mind to protect his daughter and he is ready to pay any cost that it demands.
 

Homeland: The Complete First Season

Director: Michael Cuesta
Starring: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, Jamey Sheridan, Brianna Brown, Jackson Pace, Morgan Saylor, Diego Klattenhoff, David Harewood, Morena Baccarin, Jamey Sheridan, Navid Negahban, David Marciano, Maury Sterling, Nestor Serrano, Afton Williamson, Israel Balderas
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Studio: Showtime
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Aug 2011
Summary: Hero or traitor? M.I.A. in Afghanistan for eight years and subjected to unthinkable torture at the hands of al-Qaeda, Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) is finally coming home. CIA officer Carrie Mathison (Emmy® winner Claire Danes) believes he has been turned and become part of a plot to be carried out on American soil. But the volatile Carrie has some demons of her own. Nothing is as it seems in HOMELAND, an edge-of-your-seat thriller that also stars Emmy® winner Mandy Patinkin.
 

Homeland: The Complete Second Season

Director: Michael Cuesta
Starring: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, Jamey Sheridan, Brianna Brown, Jackson Pace, Morgan Saylor, Diego Klattenhoff, David Harewood, Morena Baccarin
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Studio: Showtime
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Summary: Hero or traitor? M.I.A. in Afghanistan for eight years and subjected to unthinkable torture at the hands of al-Qaeda, Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) is finally coming home. CIA officer Carrie Mathison (Emmy® winner Claire Danes) believes he has been turned and become part of a plot to be carried out on American soil. But the volatile Carrie has some demons of her own. Nothing is as it seems in HOMELAND, an edge-of-your-seat thriller that also stars Emmy® winner Mandy Patinkin.
 

Horrible Bosses

Director: Seth Gordon
Starring: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Studio: Warner Bros.
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: R
Release: Oct 2011
Summary: Nick hates his boss, mostly because he's expected to work from before sunrise to after sunset and his boss, Mr. Harken, calls him out for being a minute late and blackmails him so he can't quit. Dale hates his boss, Dr. Julia Harris, because she makes unwelcome sexual advances when he's about to get married. But Dale is on that pesky list of child offenders so he can't quit. Kurt actually likes his job and his boss, well, up until his boss dies and the boss's coked-out, psychopathic son takes over. But who would be crazy enough to quit their jobs in such poor economic times? Instead Nick, Dale and Kurt drunkenly and hypothetically discuss how to kill their bosses, and before they know it, they've hired a murder consultant to help them pull off the three deeds.
 

Horton Hears a Who!

Director: Steve Martino, Jimmy Hayward
Starring: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Dan Fogler, Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, Amy Poehler, Jaime Pressly, Charles Osgood, Josh Flitter, Niecy Nash, Jesse McCartney, Shelby Adamowsky, Jack Angel, Caitlin Rose Anderson, Emily Anderson, Jan Rabson, John Cygan, Jess Harnell, Debi Derryberry
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: G
Rating: 6.9 (71,616 votes)
Release: Mar 2008
Summary: One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home
 

The Host

Director: Joon-ho Bong
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Doona Bae, Ah-sung Ko
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Studio: Chungeorahm Film
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.1 (35,254 votes)
Release: Jul 2006
Summary: The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. He runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe they are a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong's elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du's daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All of the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.
 

Hostage

Director: Florent Emilio Siri
Starring: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Serena Scott Thomas, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Miramax
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.6 (70,138 votes)
Release: Jun 2005
Summary: You get two hostage crises for the price of one in "Hostage", an overwrought but otherwise involving thriller grounded by Bruce Willis's solid lead performance. Making a dramatic pit-stop on his way to "Die Hard 4", Willis plays a traumatized former Los Angeles hostage negotiator, now working as a nearly-divorced police chief in sleepy Ventura County, California. Willis suddenly finds himself amidst two potentially deadly stand-offs when a trio of hapless teenagers seize hostages in the fortress-like home of an accountant (Kevin Pollack) whose connections to organized crime result in Willis struggling to rescue his estranged wife and daughter, who are being held hostage by faceless thugs at an undisclosed location. Having directed two of Tom Clancy's "Splinter Cell" video games, director Florent Siri brings plenty of slick, competent filmmaking to Willis's desperate dilemma, and the film boasts a gritty, graphic style that draws attention away from implausible plot twists. The bothersome, over-the-top performances by the teenaged villains also slightly compromise this gloomy but emotionally gripping adaptation of Robert Crais's novel, named as one of Amazon.com's best books of 2001. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

Hot Coffee

Director: Susan Saladoff
Starring: Joan Claybrook, Oliver Diaz, Joanne Doroshow, Al Franken, Colin Gourley
Genre: Documentary
Studio: The Group Entertainment for HBO
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 7.6 (1,656 votes)
Release: Jun 2011
Summary: Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald’s coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America’s legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the facts? Hot Coffee reveals what really happened to Stella Liebeck, the Albuquerque woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonald’s, while exploring how and why the case garnered so much media attention, who funded the effort to characterize it as frivolous and to what end. After seeing this film, you will decide who really profited from spilling hot coffee.
 

Hot Fuzz

Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Kenneth Cranham, Timothy Dalton, Julia Deakin, Patricia Franklin
Genre: Thrillers
Studio: Universal Studios
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.9 (216,252 votes)
Release: Feb 2007
Summary: Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found decapitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents".
 

Hot Tub Time Machine

Director: Steve Pink
Starring: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase
Genre: Comedy
Studio: MGM
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.4 (93,220 votes)
Release: Jun 2010
Summary: Seeking to bring some youthful optimism back to their failed, miserable lives, three middle-aged guys--Adam (John Cusack), Nick (Craig Robinson), and Lou (Rob Corddry)--go to a mountain resort where they spent some of their wildest days (reluctantly dragging along Adam's nephew, Jacob, played by newcomer Clark Duke). A drunken accident in the titular hot tub sends them swirling back to 1986, where each of them decides to risk changing the future (and possibly erasing Jacob from existence) by doing things just a little differently.
 

Hotel Transylvania

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Starring: Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Kevin James, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Fran Drescher, Molly Shannon, Cee Lo Green, Jon Lovitz
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 4
Release: Sep 2012
Summary: Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters - Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more - to celebrate his daughter Mavis' 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem - but his world could come crashing down when a human stumbles on the hotel for the first time and takes a shine to Mavis.
 

The House I Live In

Director: Eugene Jarecki
Starring: Nannie Jeter, David Simon, Robert Miller, Sam Cullman, Derek Hallquist
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Oct 2012
Summary: Why We Fight director Eugene Jarecki shifts his focus from the military industrial complex to the War on Drugs in this documentary exploring the risks that prohibition poses to freedom, and the tragedy of addicts being treated as criminals. In the four decades since the War on Drugs commenced, more than 45 millions of addicts have been arrested -- and for each one jailed, another family is destroyed. Meanwhile, the prisons in America are growing overcrowded with non-violent criminals, and illegal drugs are still being sold in schoolyards. By examining just where it all went wrong, Jarecki reveals that a solution is possible if we can just find it in ourselves to be compassionate, and see past the decades of paranoia and propaganda.
 

House of 1,000 Corpses

Director: Rob Zombie
Starring: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black, Chris Hardwick
Genre: Horror
Studio: Lions Gate
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.8 (42,907 votes)
Release: Aug 2003
Summary: It's sick! It's twisted! It's "House of 1,000 Corpses", and it's more fun than a wholesome bowl of "Agatha Crispies"! Dropped by two studios (Universal and MGM) and doomed to obscurity until Lions Gate Films gave it a limited theatrical release, Rob Zombie's gonzo horror flick is a blood-spattered throwback to the gore-fests of the '70s, lending new meaning to the term "box-office gross." Most critics misunderstood this unbridled exercise in graphic style and violence, but for devoted horror buffs it's a refreshing rebuttal to the comparatively "polite" frights of the post-"Scream" era. While paying homage to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Last House on the Left, Motel Hell", and other gory classics, Zombie's ramshackle plot (two young couples are terrorized by an inbred family of homicidal maniacs) lacks a crucial sense of dread, but his pastiche of vivid colors, grainy fetish-films, and photo-negative imagery is guaranteed to hold your attention. A bona-fide cult item, this "House" is definitely worth a visit... if you dare. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

The House of the Devil

Director: Ti West
Starring: Jocelin Donahue, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen, Heather Robb, Darryl Nau, Brenda Cooney, Tom Noonan, Dee Wallace
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Studio: Dark Sky Films
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.4 (16,570 votes)
Release: Feb 2009
Summary: In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret; they plan to use her in a satanic ritual.
 

The House of Yes

Director: Mark S. Waters
Starring: Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr., Geneviève Bujold, Rachael Leigh Cook, David Lovering
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Indie
Studio: Miramax
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6
Release: Oct 1997
Summary: Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend. She's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that Jackie Kennedy's obsession is nothing compared to her obsession with her brother, as it also becomes clear she isn't the only member of the family with problems..
 

How To Die In Oregon

Director: Peter Richardson
Starring: Cody Curtis
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Family
Studio: Docurama
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 7.6 (757 votes)
Release: Jan 2011
Summary: In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had legalized the practice. 'How to Die in Oregon' tell the stories of those most intimately involved with the practice today -- terminally ill Oregonians, their families, doctors, and friends -- as well as the passage of an assisted suicide law in Washington State.
 

How to Train Your Dragon

Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Studio: DreamWorks
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 8.2 (216,177 votes)
Release: Mar 2010
Summary: Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can't bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world.
 

Hudson Hawk

Director: Michael Lehmann
Starring: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: May 1991
Summary: Bruce Willis's awful, 1991 vanity piece is an abuse of audience goodwill and a waste of a good cast and director (Michael Lehmann of "Heathers"). The story, cowritten by Willis, concerns a cat burglar pressured into stealing precious art, including some from the Vatican. But the script is just a convenience upon which Willis piles his vaguely boorish brand of hip irony, assuming his audience will stay with him every step of the way. Certain, self-congratulatory scenes induce cringing--Willis and Danny Aiello, for instance, sing "Side by Side" (to brassy accompaniment on the soundtrack) every time they're working a job--but the overall effect is more irritating and baffling. Keep a good thought for Willis (an underrated actor better than the summer junk we usually see him in) by checking out his superior work in "Pulp Fiction" and his small but memorable role in "Billy Bathgate". "--Tom Keogh"
 

Hugo

Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Jude Law, Chloe Grace Moretz, Emily Mortimer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Studio: Paramount
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7
Release: Feb 2012
Summary: Welcome to a magical world of spectacular adventure! When wily and resourceful Hugo discovers a secret left by his father, he unlocks a mystery and embarks on a quest that will transform those around him and lead to a safe and loving place he can call hom
 

The Human Centipede

Director: Tom Six
Starring: Ashley C. Williams, Dieter Laser
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Studio: IFC Films
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 4.6 (34,214 votes)
Release: Aug 2010
Summary: Two pretty but ditsy American girls are on a road trip through Europe. In Germany, they end up alone at night with a broken car in the woods. They search for help and find an isolated villa. The next day, they awaken to find themselves trapped in a terrifying makeshift basement hospital along with a Japanese man. An older German man identifies himself as a retired surgeon specialized in separating Siamese twins. However, his three "patients" are not about to be separated but joined together in a horrific operation. He plans to be the first person to connect people via their gastric systems. By doing so, he plans to bring to life his sick lifetime fantasy, the human centipede.
 

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

Director: Tom Six
Starring: Laurence R. Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie, Dominic Borrelli, Georgia Goodrick, Maddi Black, Kandace Caine, Lucas Hansen, Lee Nicholas Harris, Dan Burman, Daniel Jude Gennis, Emma Lock, Katherine Templar, Peter Blankenstein, Vivien Bridson, Bill Hutchens
Genre: Drama, Horror, Crime, Foreign
Studio: IFC Films
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Aug 2011
Summary: The iconic Dr. Heiter has inspired a real-life protege, the sickly, disturbed security guard Martin - who takes his gory inspiration from the original film to horrific new extremes...and one-ups the doctor, a 12-person human centipede of his own.
 

Human Target: The Complete First Season

Director: Max Tash
Starring: Kirk Baltz, Rick Springfield, Sami Chester, Signy Coleman, Sara Rose Johnson, Eloy Casados, Gregg Daniel, Kathryn Dowling, Ricardo Gutierrez, Nick Angotti
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Sep 2010
Summary: Check your disbelief at the door and prepare to thoroughly enjoy "Human Target", a Fox TV series combining drama, humor, and action--"lots" of action--and debuting on DVD with all 12 first-season episodes (plus bonus material) on three discs. At center stage in this DC Comics adaptation is Christopher Chance (Mark Valley, in a very different role from his familiar turn on "Boston Legal"), an erstwhile assassin who turned from killing people to protecting them after a life-changing encounter a few years earlier (detailed in a semi-prequel that is the season's last episode). Now, joined by ex-cop Winston (Chi McBride) and wiseacre-genius-jack-of-all-trades Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley), Chance takes on a variety of clients, partly for the money but mostly for the fun ("Will I get to ride on it?" is his response when the designer of California's first bullet train asks for his protection). Whether it's in the service of a fellow who has "the skeleton key to the Internet" (which could spell "the end of information security as we know it" if it falls into the wrong hands), a district attorney with a tracking device planted in her body by the criminal gang that wants to kill her, or even the Princess of Wales (whose affair with a commoner has made her the target of an assassination plot hatched by evil dudes in the palace inner circle), Chance has some serious skills, from speaking fluent Japanese and citing obscure legal precedents to passing as a professional boxer and flying a 747--upside down. The stories are preposterous and the presentation lighthearted and amusing (watching the Princess, disguised as a hooker, throwing back shots in a bar and using her fencing skills to fight off the bad guys is a hoot), but what really distinguishes "Human Target" are the action and fight set pieces in every episode. These are pulled off mostly with stunts instead of computer tricks, and the results are as good as or better than anything on television and almost in the same league as, say, those in a "Bourne" film--no small feat when you take into account the lower budgets and tight shooting schedules common to TV productions. "--Sam Graham"
 

Human Target: The Complete Second Season

Director: Max Tash
Starring: Kirk Baltz, Rick Springfield, Sami Chester, Signy Coleman, Sara Rose Johnson, Eloy Casados, Gregg Daniel, Kathryn Dowling, Ricardo Gutierrez, Nick Angotti
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Sep 2010
Summary: Check your disbelief at the door and prepare to thoroughly enjoy "Human Target", a Fox TV series combining drama, humor, and action--"lots" of action--and debuting on DVD with all 12 first-season episodes (plus bonus material) on three discs. At center stage in this DC Comics adaptation is Christopher Chance (Mark Valley, in a very different role from his familiar turn on "Boston Legal"), an erstwhile assassin who turned from killing people to protecting them after a life-changing encounter a few years earlier (detailed in a semi-prequel that is the season's last episode). Now, joined by ex-cop Winston (Chi McBride) and wiseacre-genius-jack-of-all-trades Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley), Chance takes on a variety of clients, partly for the money but mostly for the fun ("Will I get to ride on it?" is his response when the designer of California's first bullet train asks for his protection). Whether it's in the service of a fellow who has "the skeleton key to the Internet" (which could spell "the end of information security as we know it" if it falls into the wrong hands), a district attorney with a tracking device planted in her body by the criminal gang that wants to kill her, or even the Princess of Wales (whose affair with a commoner has made her the target of an assassination plot hatched by evil dudes in the palace inner circle), Chance has some serious skills, from speaking fluent Japanese and citing obscure legal precedents to passing as a professional boxer and flying a 747--upside down. The stories are preposterous and the presentation lighthearted and amusing (watching the Princess, disguised as a hooker, throwing back shots in a bar and using her fencing skills to fight off the bad guys is a hoot), but what really distinguishes "Human Target" are the action and fight set pieces in every episode. These are pulled off mostly with stunts instead of computer tricks, and the results are as good as or better than anything on television and almost in the same league as, say, those in a "Bourne" film--no small feat when you take into account the lower budgets and tight shooting schedules common to TV productions. "--Sam Graham"
 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Director: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
Starring: Jason Alexander, Mary Kay Bergman, Corey Burton, Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Hulce
Genre: Animation, Family, Drama
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: G
Release: Jan 1996
Summary: In 15th century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own. Now a young man, Quasimodo is hidden from the world by Frollo in the belltower of the cathedral. But during the Festival of Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, decides to take part in the festivities, where he meets the lively gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome soldier Phoebus. The three of them find themselves ranged against Frollo's cruelty and his attempts to destroy the home of the gypsies, the Court of Miracles. And Quasimodo must desperately defend both Esmeralda and the very cathedral of Notre Dame.
 

Hunger

Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon, Karen Hassan
Genre: Drama
Studio: FilmFour
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 4
Release: Oct 2008
Summary: The final months of Bobby Sands, the Irish Republican Army activist who protested his treatment at the hands of British prison guards with a hunger strike, are chronicled in this historical drama, the first feature film from artist-turned-filmmaker Steve McQueen. Davey Gillen (Brian Milligan) is an IRA volunteer who is sentenced to Belfast's infamous Maze prison, where he shares a cell with fellow IRA member Gerry Campbell (Liam McMahon). Like most of the IRA volunteers behind bars, Gillen and Campbell are subjected to frequent violence by the guards, who in turn live with the constant threat of assassination at the hands of Republicans during their off-hours. Campbell and Gillen are taking part in a protest in which they and their fellow IRA inmates are refusing to wear standard prison-issue uniforms as a protest against Britain's refusal to recognize them as political prisoners, a move that is complicating their efforts to pass information among the other prisoners. As the protest fails to get results, one IRA member behind bars, Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender), decides to take a different tack and begins a hunger strike, refusing to eat until Irish officials are willing to acknowledge the IRA as a legitimate political organization. However, while Sands' protest gains the attention both inside prison walls and in the international news, not everyone believes what he's doing is right, and Sands finds himself verbally sparring with a priest (Liam Cunningham) who questions the ethics and effectiveness of the strike. Hunger received its world premiere at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Un Certain Regard program.
 

The Hunger Games

Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Willow Shields, Wes Bentley, Paula Malcomson, Amandla Stenberg, Lenny Kravitz, Alexander Ludwig, Isabelle Fuhrman, Donald Sutherland, Leven Rambin, Nelson Ascencio, Jack Quaid, Mackenzie Lintz
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci Fi, Thriller
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Release: Mar 2013
Summary: In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives.
 

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks, Alan Ritchson, Jena Malone, Stanley Tucci, Willow Shields, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Donald Sutherland, Amanda Plummer, Meta Golding, Lenny Kravitz, Lynn Cohen, Toby Jones, Stephanie Leigh Schlund, Bruno Gunn, Maria Howell, E. Roger Mitchell, Patrick St. Esprit, Liam Hemsworth
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci Fi, Thriller
Studio: Color Force
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 4
Release: Nov 0213
Summary: Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.
 

The Hunt

Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Thomas Bo Larsen, Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Ranthe, Susse Wold, Ole Dupont, Annika Wedderkopp
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Studio: Electus
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Feb 2013
Summary: A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
 

The Hurt Locker

Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Studio: Summit Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.7 (196,626 votes)
Release: Jan 2010
Summary: An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.