A young woman who's formed her sexual identity around anonymous one-night-stands considers the option of a committed, monogamous relationship in this erotic psychological drama. Introduced in voiceover, the twentysomething Leila (Lauren Lee Smith) makes clear her preferences for picking up guys based on mutual, animal attraction, as well as her ...
Inspired by stories from the fantasy graphics magazine Heavy Metal , this five-part animated feature combines the talents of hundreds of artists and animators from 17 different countries. A glowing green orb called Loc-Nar that contains the sum total of all evil in the universe travels through space and time, spreading violence and discord in its ...
It appears as though secret agent Nikita (Peta Wilson) has been permanently "reprogrammed" for evil rather than good as La Femme Nikita launches its fourth season. Hoping to save Nikita from herself -- not to mention the retribution of the covert anti-terrorist organization Section One -- her partner/lover, Michael (Roy Dupuis), races against time ...
Native American actor Will Sampson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) plays the title role in Fish Hawk. Sampson's character starts out on the wrong foot by getting roaring drunk at the slightest opportunity. In response to a hero-worshipping young farm boy (Charlie Fields), the man swears off booze and becomes a useful member of the community. ~ ...
Amidst such formative shockers as Shivers, Rabid and The Brood, writer/director David Cronenberg dashed off this semi-documentary. Fast Company relates the life story of race car champion Lonnie Johnson. The ubiquitous William Smith, veteran of many a low-budget cycle flick, is quite convincing as Johnson. The film does not shirk in its depiction ...
As originally conceived, La Femme Nikita was to have ended its run with its season-four "Lady or the Tiger" finale. But when thousands of viewers wrote in to the USA network demanding that the series come to a more dramatically satisfying denouement, the series was renewed for a fifth and final season. This is the year in which heroine Nikita ...
Reluctant spy Nikita (Peta Wilson) continues to perform acts of counterterrorism merely to save her own skin as La Femme Nikita launches its third season. The opening episode finds Nikita trying to ascertain the whereabouts of her partner and lover, Michael Samuelle (Roy Dupuis) -- even while her superior at the covert organization Section One, a ...
Given a choice between serving a life sentence for a crime she didn't commit and working as a secret agent for the covert government anti-terrorist organization Section One, a young woman known only as Nikita (Peta Wilson) reluctantly accepts the latter option as La Femme Nikita begins its first season. Section One goes a further step to secure ...
Nearly 20 years after it opened on Broadway, the E.Y. Harburg/Fred Saidy musical Finian's Rainbow was committed to film. Set in the mythical southern state of Missitucky, the story involves the whimsical Irishman Finian (Fred Astaire) and his daughter Sharon (Petula Clark) arriving in the community carrying a crock of gold, which they've stolen in ...
A rock & roll singer searches for eternal life in this animated musical fantasy set in a post-nuclear dystopia. Similar to the earlier Heavy Metal (1981) in tone, this film attempts to incorporate mythical themes and mutant beings with music by Cheap Trick, Deborah Harry, Iggy Pop, and other popular acts of the time, with mixed success. Clive ...
This provocative Canadian drama observes the aftermath of a passionate incestuous affair between a brother and sister. Afterwards the two are appalled and split up. The brother heads for the city where he gets involved with another woman. Soon after moving in with her, he discovers that his sister is also in the city and that she has become a ...
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