The past is only dangerous when you try to forget.
98 minutes, colour, 1998
Mary Stuart Masterson stars as Lily Dale, a pouting sexually precocious teenager at the heart of a family secret that threatens to shatter her world. When her estranged brother arrives unexpectedly, their mother (Channing) is mysteriously distant, and their cold and stern stepfather (Shepard) violently disapproves of the brother's visit. As Lily struggles with the brother who insists on bringing their dangerous past to light, she finds herself at the centre of a secret storm that could tear them all apart.
STARRING: Mary Stuart Masterson, Sam Shepard, Stockard Channing, Tim Guinee, John Slattery and Jean Stapleton.
So many men.
So little time
93 minutes, colour, 1998
Meet Stella James (Sean Young)...sensuous, fiercely independent and possessing a fiery appetite for life. Stella vigorously pursues her career as a top chef while also seducing a selection of men to educate herself in love and lust. Her passion for food is matched only by her appetite for men and her journey of exploration shatters the sexual double standards that surround her. But Stella discovers that sex is only one element of true love when lust turns into something more. "Men" is a film that shatters the roles of what you think women want.
STARRING: Sean Young, John Heard, Dylan Walsh and Richard Hillman
Sometimes staying home takes more courage than leaving.
95 minutes, colour, 1997
After spending years as a struggling actor in Hollywood, Phillip Van Horn (Trevor St. John) returns to his dead-end hometown. The return brings back many painful memories and he is ready to leave again until he sees the beautiful girl of his childhood dreams, Dorothy (Mary Stuart Masterson). A former cheerleader and beauty queen, Dorothy is now trapped in a relationship with an overbearing and violent boyfriend, Ezra (Roy Cochrane). Soon Philip finds himself experiencing his childhood feelings for Dorothy all over again and challenging Ezra in a contest for Dorothy's heart.
STARRING:: Jon Favreau, Trevor St.John and Mary Stuart Masterson
A story about love, murder, and beating the odds.
100 minutes, colour, 1997
Based on Elmore Leonard's best-selling novel, Pronto focuses on South Miami sports bookie Harry Arno (Peter Falk), who is on the lam in the Italian Riviera after skimming money of his boss. Now, the mob wants him dead. The FBI wants him back. And the U.S. Marshal (James Le Gros) keeping Harry alive wants his girlfriend, ex-stripper Joyce (Glenne Headly)
STARRING: Peter Falk, Glenne Headly and James Le Gros.
95 minutes, colour, 1997
A summer romance rocks the elite world of the upper class in this sumptuous turn-of-the century drama. JAQUELINE BISSET, (Venice, Wild Orchid), stars as Christine Van Buren, a beautiful spinster summering at a posh seaside resort. Once there, a seductive young woman, AMY LOCANE, (Carried Away), a dashing millionaire PETER WELLER, (Screamers, Mighty Aphrodite), and a handsome, social climbing reverend JULIAN SANDS, (Leaving Las Vegas, Boxing Helena), set the stage for a collision of temptation and unrequited love that will bring an era of innocence to its final, dramatic end.
STARRING: Jacqueline Bisset, Peter Weller, Amy Locane and Julian Sands
A man is as good as his word. So is a woman.
95 minutes, colour, 1997
Promise the Moon is the story of rugged ranch had, Roy Leckner (Henry Czerny), who tries to fulfill his employer's dying wish to find his son, bring him home and groom him to run the family's failing cattle ranch. Roy soon learns that the boy has been institutionalized since birth. When callous businessman, Sir Robert Butler, plots to take over the property, it looks like Roy has little chance of saving the ranch. But then Sir Robert's former secretary, Jane Makepeace, joins forces with Roy to help him battle her greedy ex-employer.
Intelligent, confident and clear-sighted, Jane teaches Roy to stand up to his beliefs and inspires the reluctant hero to take on the land baron. Despite their attempts to maintain their distance, a romance blossoms between Roy and Jane.
STARRING: Henry Czerny, Colette Stevenson, Aidan Devine, Richard Donat, Ken James, Gloria May Eshkibok, Shawn Ashmore and David Fox.
88 minutes, black & white, 1964
Private Hamp (Tom Courtenay), a volunteer at the outbreak of the First World War, and the soul survivour of his company, decides one day to "go for a walk." Picked up by the military police, he is sent back to his unit to face court-martial for desertion. An arrogant officer (Dirk Bogarde) reluctantly accepts the assignment to defend him.
During testimony, Bogarde begins to feel sympathy for the obviously sincere but shell-shocked Courtenay. For the first time in his military career, the officer begins to question the army's methods and attitudes toward its men.
STARRING: Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay
Together they found peace on the road to justice.
114 minutes, colour, 1997
Academy Award winners Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine star in Mandela and DeKlerk, a film about the two men who changed the future of South Africa.
In 1964, Nelson Mandela (Poitier) was sentenced to life imprisonment after what remains the most sensational treason trial in South African history. Mandela an his fellow accused were imprisoned on Robben Island, an island that would become the symbol of the struggle to end apartheid.
In 1990, President F.W. DeKlerk (Caine) announced that Mandela would be released from prison after serving 27 years behind bars. Mandela and DeKlerk is the riveting story of the secret negotiations that finally resulted in the end of apartheid and the birth of a new democratic nation in South Africa.
STARRING: Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier and Tina Lifford
92 minutes, colour, 1995
Under The Piano is the poignant story of one woman's overwhelming faith in her talented but emotionally defenseless sister.
Strong willed Franny (Amanda Plummer) nurtures and protects Rosetta (Megan Follows), from their vain and controlling mother, Regina Basilio (Teresa Stratas), a faded opera star. Regina is blind to Rosetta's exceptional talent, refusing to accept anything exists beneath the surface of her autistic daughter. Regina's ignorance and desire for adulation poison her relationship with her children, so deeply that Rosetta eventually tries to take her own life.
Franny struggles to keep Rosetta out of an institution, and forces Regina to bear witness to the strength and human spirit that have been locked away inside her youngest daughter ever since she was born.
STARRING: Amanda Plummer, Megan Follows and Teresa Stratas.
Illegitimate Births.
Illegal adoptions.
Mysterious deaths.
But she only had the best of intentions.
95 minutes, colour, 1994
Butterbox Babies is the shocking true story of Lila and William Young, owners of the Ideal Maternity home for unwed mothers. Resented by the medical community, the Home falls under public scrutiny when a routine delivery results in the deaths of two patients! Soon, the Young's are burying dead babies in butterboxes and selling healthy babies to childless couples.
STARRING:: Susan Clark, Michael Riley, Peter MacNeil, Catherine Fitch and Cedric Smith.
