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A cruise ship bartender meets a mysterious day drinker, only for both of them to find themselves entangled in a criminal underbelly and connected in unexpected ways.
The first time rarely goes the way we expect—especially when we expect too much. Teresa, Clara, Tuca, and Patty are in a hurry and make a pact: lose their virginity before high school prom night. They just forgot one tiny detail: everyone moves at their own pace.
Jo, a 15-year-old tomboy, has a nightmare made of fog and aurora light: her dog is lost, her voice cannot be heard, and her surroundings seem completely unfamiliar. Has the tone of the day been set yet?
In a small village devastated by a past storm, an elderly woman named Tae lives alone selling grilled dumplings. Her life follows a quiet, repetitive routine, as if time itself has come to a standstill. One night, Tae discovers a strange creature in the mountains and brings it home, naming it Haru. Haru eats only the dumplings Tae makes by hand. Awkward yet gentle, Haru’s presence gives Tae a renewed sense of purpose. However, the village cannot accept what it does not understand. Rumors of a monster called “UWAN” spread, and fear takes hold. Haru is branded a harbinger of disaster, while Tae is deemed mentally unstable and forcibly hospitalized. Caught between rigid institutions and superstition, Tae struggles to protect Haru. Finally, she stages a grand fake funeral, allowing Haru to escape the village’s fear. As another storm approaches, Tae realizes that love is not about possession, but about letting go.
The film follows a May 1st protest in Paris, from the intensity of collective struggle to the quiet return to the suburbs. Between a day of political resistance and a simple public holiday, it explores what remains of collective action once the crowd disperses.
On Stella’s 29th birthday, four days before her band is set to embark on a career-altering tour, she learns that it is canceled. As she scrambles to salvage the tour and rally her bandmates, tensions rise, threatening not just the tour but the band's future.
In 1974, a shooting shocks South Korea. Detective Cheol-gu, who witnesses the attack, Jae-hwan, the city desk editor whose coverage is suppressed, and Young-il, a rookie reporter, begin to dig beneath the cover-up. As their pursuit of the truth deepens, they come to confront forces meant to remain unseen.
A story about what happens when Seon-wu, the CEO of a fashion company who is more passionate than anyone when it comes to work, hires Ki-ho, who has a wealth of life experience, as a silver intern.
The Birdman Trilogy ends with Birdman 3. 18.12.26 is Birdsday
In a changing Sapporo, a detective and his eccentric partner continue solving cases while struggling to adapt to a modernizing world.
Jura, summer 1912. Two sisters, Marie (11 years old) and Suzanne (15), flee their daily lives for cross the forest and reach the cave of the Vouivre, legendary female figure and incarnation of nature, supposed to devour those who dare to challenge it. Between belief and emancipation, their expedition takes an unexpected turn. The Vouivre may not exist Not but the myth becomes a weapon.
Anna From Mexico Is Upcoming Kannada Movie Directed by Shankar Guru.
A twenty-year-old girl wakes up in a house in the woods after a night of partying. Three young women greet her as the daughters of her kidnapper. They too were kidnapped, and their isolation led them to embrace this community as idyllic.
Leo, a shy young florist, knocks on the wrong door during a flower delivery and meets Noah, a charismatic dancer. As their unexpected romantic bond deepens, Leo embarks on a journey toward love, adulthood and self-acceptance.
A Black teenager falsifies a paternity test in hopes of convincing his white adoptive parents that he’s their biological son.
The storied history of Mystery Science Theater includes many, MANY cheap rubber monster suits... and somehow, some way, Sting of Death may have the worst so far. MSTies might recognize director William Grefé as the director behind the MST3K Season 2 experiment Wild Rebels. You'll be happy to know he made Sting of Death first, so Wild Rebels was a movie he made as an even more experienced filmmaker. As an added bonus, this movie also features the aptly titled "Do The Jellyfish" by Songwriting Hall of Fame inductee Neil Sedaka. Does this tune warrant TWO extended dance sequences? Probably not, but it is an earworm that will still be drilled into your head long after the credits roll.
Two documentarians settle into a small town and persuade a few hillbilly locals to help them find the sole survivor of a massacre.
