7.5 /10
The story of a Jewish family living in Hungary—through three generations—rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage.
Run Time: 181 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 13, 1999
Director: Director: Istvn Szab,
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger,
6.5 /10
Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.
Run Time: 95 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Aug 20, 2003
Director: Director: Andr Tchin,
Stars: Emmanuelle Bart, Gaspard Ulliel, Clmence Meyer, Samuel Labarthe, Jean Fornerod,
6.7 /10
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Run Time: 122 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Feb 08, 2001
Director: Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes,
Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson,
7 /10
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Run Time: 113 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Dec 31, 2002
Director: Director: George Clooney,
Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Rutger Hauer,