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The producers of PLANET EARTH explore some truly remarkable creatures and their unique habitats many of which have never been captured on camera before. Star nosed moles Zambian bats and the Vogelkop bowerbird are just a few of the creature's you'll encounter as the filmmakers take viewers to distant continents using state-of-the-art filming techniques to drift along with migrating elephants soar through the sky with monarch butterflies and witness a mating battle also known as a heat run between male humpback whales. A two week visit with some Komodo dragons allows us to witness with striking detail how the mighty ancient beasts can manage the unique feat of taking down an animal that towers over them in size. The series concludes with a making-of special which reveals how the dedicated... Less

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Awoken every night by unexplained occurrences in the house he inherited from his grandmother frustrated Larry Kevin Farley sets up a series of video cameras to get evidence of a haunting and finds that some spirits are best left undisturbed in this anarchic spoof of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY series. When the mischievous ghosts refuse to leave peacefully Larry calls on a series of quirky mediums and kooky psychics to help drive them out. John Farley Maria Menounos and Eric Roberts co-star.

This release from the original hidden-camera show Candid Camera offers a collection of hilarious pranks from the show's early days as a segment on Garry Moore's TV show featuring a then-unknown Carol Burnette.

Director Matt Reeves THE PALLBEARER and producer J. J. Abrams LOST ALIAS turn a mysterious monster loose in Manhattan in the disaster flick CLOVERFIELD. The movie begins at a party for Rob Michael Stahl-David who has accepted a promotion that will send him to Japan. Hud T. J. Miller is entrusted with the responsibility of videotaping the party--and as the trouble grows he holds on to the camera recording everything that happens. In fact the entire movie is seen through the lens of his camera reminiscent of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. As terrified people in a post-911 New York City take to the streets Rob decides to head uptown to try to save Beth Odette Yustman the woman he loves though he's afraid to tell her so. Rob is joined by his brother Jason Mike Vogel Jason's girlfriend Lily Jessica... Less

Franois Truffaut's DAY FOR NIGHT is the French master's tender humorous love letter to the cinema. Stepping in front of the camera Truffaut plays Ferrand a director who's embarking on his latest production a melodrama entitled MEET PAMELA. As the cast and crew convene at the Victorine Studio in Nice a family is formed but unlike most families this one is only temporary. There's the gorgeous American actress Jacqueline Bisset the love-struck young lead Jean-Pierre Leaud the aging alcoholic Valentina Cortese and the unheralded crew grips technicians etc.. Along the way those involved in the production start to feel as if the events in their real lives are coming straight out of the movies filled with romance tragedy melodrama and a dash of slapstick. As with the best works of art Truffaut's... Less

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS is a nitro-burning joyride that makes outstanding use of special effects innovative camera work and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. From the opening sequence--a high-speed high-tech truck robbery--the film never drops below the red line. Roaring along at breakneck speed Dom Vin Diesel and his crew meet on the streets of L.A. each night to show off their high-powered racers. When new guy Brian Paul Walker wants to add his fuel to the fire he can't cough up the cash to race but offers up his car as collateral. In their tiny jacked compacts Dom Brian and Edwin Ja Rule burst into a high-gear race with Brian nearly beating perennial champion Dom. But in the final moments he loses the race and his car. Brian's debt is quickly cleared however when he saves Dom both from... Less

Actor Jim Carrey is the narratortourguide for a stunning journey into the world's most beautiful and remote coral reefs. With his amazing underwater Imax camera director Howard Hall travels to Papua New Guinea Indonesia Australia's Great Barrier Reef and some of the world's most isolated spots in order to bring audiences truly jaw-dropping visual experiences. Great white sharks swim right up sting rays flap sand all over and there's up-close and personal time with sea lions sea turtles clown fish nautilus and dwarf whales and the leafy-looking sea dragon at such close proximity these creatures make typical movie monsters seem pretty tame. The sealife can be hypnotic in the clear flowing waves--as in the dance of the cuttlefish or the fields of eels--but beware of sudden attacks from... Less

Sixteen year old Julia Brittany Ashworth receives a video camera for her birthday and captures the violent disintegration of her family on tape over the course of one harrowing summer. At first turning her lens on her pretty new neighbor and her mischievous brother Judith later begins to focus on her father Andy Bradley Cole who puts in a bid on a sprawling house by the seaside after claiming to have gotten a big promotion at work. But by the time Julia discovers that her father has been deceiving the entire family and they're actually in dire financial straits it's already too late. As dad starts to crack under the pressure Julia her mother and her brother begin to fear for their lives. Meanwhile the frightened teen keeps her camera rolling never knowing when the next shot may be her... Less

A faithful adaptation of the 2007 Spanish film REC QUARANTINE chronicles the outbreak of a rabies-like disease in a Los Angeles apartment building and the struggle of the unaffected residents to stay alive after the authorities trap them inside in an effort to contain it. Equal parts BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and 28 DAYS LATER the film is presented through the eye of a video camera putting the audience in the middle of the action and creating a heightened level of intensity and realism. Television reporter Angela Jennifer Carpenter and her cameraman Scott Steve Harris are covering the goings-on at a firehouse for a program about night shift workers. As she clowns around with two flirty firemen Jonathan Schaech and Jay Hernandez an alarm sounds and a truck is dispatched--with Angela and Scott on... Less

Jude Law stars in this trenchant dramatic-comedy a remake of the 1966 British counterculture classic that launched the career of Michael Caine. This version is set in New York City and is pumped up with giddy cleverly experimental editing. The story has Alfie Law a Don Juan-esque limo driver speaking directly to the camera as he seduces the lovely ladies of the city. Eventually he's forced to take stock of the damage he's caused and acknowledge the emptiness at the core of his chosen lifestyle. Playing the role of Alfie requires a fine balancing act from Law--he must be so charming that he seduces both the audience and himself while also conveying the self-delusion and sadness at the character's core--and Law is up for the challenge expertly conveying glimpses of the unfathomed depth... Less

Jude Law stars in this trenchant dramatic-comedy a remake of the 1966 British counterculture classic that launched the career of Michael Caine. This version is set in New York City and is pumped up with giddy cleverly experimental editing. The story has Alfie Law a Don Juan-esque limo driver speaking directly to the camera as he seduces the lovely ladies of the city. Eventually he's forced to take stock of the damage he's caused and acknowledge the emptiness at the core of his chosen lifestyle. Playing the role of Alfie requires a fine balancing act from Law--he must be so charming that he seduces both the audience and himself while also conveying the self-delusion and sadness at the character's core--and Law is up for the challenge expertly conveying glimpses of the unfathomed depth... Less

Thomas Vinterberg's contribution to the Dogma 95 collective is an electrifying achievement driven by powerhouse acting and hand-held digital camera work so realistic that one might forget they're watching a feature film. Friends and family gather to pay tribute to Helge on his sixtieth birthday but when it's time for the eldest son Christian to give the opening toast the fireworks begin. At times hysterical at times tragic and heartbreaking this is a film that has the ability to single-handedly reaffirm one's faith in cinema. Inspiring and brilliant. Winner of the Jury Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.

In an era where anyone with a video camera and a computer can churn out a low-budget horror movie filmmaker Steve Villeneuve speaks with some of the biggest names in the genre to find out the tricks of turning out an original and effective tale of terror. George A. Romero Hershell Gordon Lewis Lloyd Kaufman Frank Henenlotter Robert Kurtzman and more share some of their most memorable behind-the-scenes stories of creative inspiration while offering tips on how to produce and promote an independent horror film that will truly stand apart from the pack.

Peter Chelsom SERENDIPITY SHALL WE DANCE? directs teen superstar Miley Cyrus in this feature that brings the popular Disney Channel character Hannah Montana to the big screen. With a crazy double life in California as an everyday teen with the secret pop-star persona Hannah Montana Miley Stewart Cyrus has forgotten who she really is. To get her back on track Miley's dad Robby Ray Stewart Miley's real-life father Billy Ray Cyrus decides that she needs some time back on the family farm in Tennessee to celebrate Grandma Ruby's Margo Martindale birthday. At first Miley is belligerent but with the help of Travis Lucas Till a former childhood crush who now works for Grandma Ruby as a farmhand she begins to realize what is really important to her. Cyrus is famous for her girl-next-door... Less

Actor writer and director Peter Berg FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS delivers a fearless action-packed political thriller with THE KINGDOM. Shot in the Middle East with unsettling immediacy the hand-held cameras put viewers right inside the action while the tension between American FBI agents and their Saudi counterparts maintains an interesting uncertainty about who's right and who's wrong. The bad guys however are unmistakable: the film opens with a brutal terrorist attack on an oil company compound in Saudi Arabia where a visiting FBI agent is killed. Back home in Washington fellow agents Ronald Fleury Jamie Foxx RAY and Janet Mayes Jennifer Garner ALIAS want revenge and will do whatever it takes to gain access to the investigation. Fleury all but blackmails a Saudi prince to get clearance against... Less

Johnny Depp and Christian Bale emerge from two of the biggest blockbuster series of all time Pirates of the Caribbean and Batman respectively to star in this crime drama from HEAT director Michael Mann. Depp stars as charismatic 1930s gangster John Dillinger whose notorious bank robberies have turned him into a celebrity during the Depression era. The rise in crime has J. Edgar Hoover Billy Crudup desperate to have his newly created FBI take down gangsters such as Dillinger Pretty Boy Floyd Channing Tatum and Baby Face Nelson Stephen Graham. Enter Agent Melvin Purvis Bale an ambitious crimefighter sent to Chicago to capture Dillinger and his gang. The criminal has evaded the law before but he is drawn to the Second City by the beautiful Billie Frechette Marion Cotillard. Though PUBLIC... Less

Based on the engrossing nonfiction work by Sebastian Junger about the Andrea Gail--a commercial swordfishing boat that was lost at sea in October 1991--Wolfgang Petersen's THE PERFECT STORM brings the pages to life. The movie features a big-name cast George Clooney Mark Wahlberg playing the gruff edgy fishermen in the Gloucester Massachusetts port as well as close-up camera shots of the boats moored on the wintry docks. Viewers are drawn into the closely knit New England community that is struck speechless by a fierce nor'easter made from three merging hurricanes. Meteorologists call it the Perfect Storm. Despite the weather forecast skipper Billy Tyne Clooney insists that his crew go out on one more 30-day swordfishing trip before the winter sets in. At sea a series of tragedies ensues... Less

Gonzo filmmaker Mads Brgger poses as a wealthy European-African consul in order to expose corruption and profiteering in the Central African Republic in this audacious hidden-camera documentary. Ostensibly traveling to the landlocked African country to open a match factory Brgger delves into the dangerous world of blood diamond smuggling while revealing the treacherous greed of obscenely rich white businessmen who make a killing through the misery and suffering of the impoverished defenseless masses.

Set in Glasgow Scotland THE PURIFIERS is an attempt to ape Hong Kong martial arts movies from a British perspective. Director Richard Jobson who enters the movie industry after an unusual career arc saw him spending time in punk band The Skids before becoming a television presenter trains his cameras on a bunch of outsiders known as The Purifiers. Together the team of three men and three women form an uncanny alliance as they battle it out against rival gangs in a BLADE RUNNER-esque future Britain. Reminiscent of Walter Hill's seminal '70s gangland tale THE WARRIORS Jobson's film draws some notable performances from his gang of young actors with Dominic Monaghan LORD OF THE RINGS among them.

Just outside of London several small bands of survivors are documenting a vicious zombie outbreak any way they can. ZOMBIE DIARIES is a compelling and cutting-edge horror ride that zigzags between three isolated groups including a news camera team as they fight for their lives in a nightmarishly transformed yet utterly realistic landscape rife with the walking dead. This acclaimed horror movie continues in the same line of themes and approaches explored by 28 DAYS LATER and George Romero's DIARY OF THE DEAD while bringing some fresh blood to the subgenre.

Director Matt Reeves THE PALLBEARER and producer J. J. Abrams LOST ALIAS turn a mysterious monster loose in Manhattan in the disaster flick CLOVERFIELD. The movie begins at a party for Rob Michael Stahl-David who has accepted a promotion that will send him to Japan. Hud T. J. Miller is entrusted with the responsibility of videotaping the party--and as the trouble grows he holds on to the camera recording everything that happens. In fact the entire movie is seen through the lens of his camera reminiscent of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. As terrified people in a post-911 New York City take to the streets Rob decides to head uptown to try to save Beth Odette Yustman the woman he loves though he's afraid to tell her so. Rob is joined by his brother Jason Mike Vogel Jason's girlfriend Lily Jessica... Less

Director Matt Reeves THE PALLBEARER and producer J. J. Abrams LOST ALIAS turn a mysterious monster loose in Manhattan in the disaster flick CLOVERFIELD. The movie begins at a party for Rob Michael Stahl-David who has accepted a promotion that will send him to Japan. Hud T. J. Miller is entrusted with the responsibility of videotaping the party--and as the trouble grows he holds on to the camera recording everything that happens. In fact the entire movie is seen through the lens of his camera reminiscent of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. As terrified people in a post-911 New York City take to the streets Rob decides to head uptown to try to save Beth Odette Yustman the woman he loves though he's afraid to tell her so. Rob is joined by his brother Jason Mike Vogel Jason's girlfriend Lily Jessica... Less

Four men with cameras put themselves in the middle of the action as a nation struggles to redefine itself in this drama based on a true story. In early 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from prison after the president of South Africa lifted the ban on the African National Congress the anti-apartheid party Mandela helped found and in 1994 he became the nation's new leader. The final years of apartheid however were a time of chaos uprising and violence and for the press covering it was not unlike covering a war. Greg Marinovich Ryan Phillippe Kevin Carter Taylor Kitsch Ken Oosterbroek Frank Rautenbach and Joao Silva Neels Van Jaarsveld were four photojournalists who dedicated themselves to capturing the images of the fight for freedom in South Africa but while the men were serious about... Less