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Downloads A Clockwork Orange Online

Stanley Kubrick dissects the nature of violence in this darkly ironic, near-future satire, adapted from Anthony Burgess’ novel, complete with “Nadsat” slang.
Classical music-loving proto-punk Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his “Droogs” spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on “a little of the old ultraviolence,” such as terrorizing a writer, Mr.
Alexander (Patrick Magee), and raping his wife while jauntily warbling “Singin’ in the Rain.
” After Alex is jailed for bludgeoning the Cat Lady (Miriam Karlin) to death with one of her phallic sculptures, Alex submits to the Ludovico behavior modification technique to earn his freedom; he’s conditioned to abhor violence through watching gory movies, and even his adored Beethoven is turned against him.
Returned to the world defenseless, Alex becomes the victim of his prior victims, with Mr.
Alexander using Beethoven’s Ninth to inflict the greatest pain of all.
When society sees what the state has done to Alex, however, the politically expedient move is made.
Casting a coldly pessimistic view on the then-future of the late ’70s-early ’80s, Kubrick and production designer John Barry created a world of high-tech cultural decay, mixing old details like bowler hats with bizarrely alienating “new” environments like the Milkbar.
Alex’s violence is horrific, yet it is an aesthetically calculated fact of his existence; his charisma makes the icily clinical Ludovico treatment seem more negatively abusive than positively therapeutic.
Alex may be a sadist, but the state’s autocratic control is another violent act, rather than a solution.
Released in late 1971 (within weeks of Sam Peckinpah’s brutally violent Straw Dogs), the film sparked considerable controversy in the U.
S.
with its X-rated violence; after copycat crimes in England, Kubrick withdrew the film from British distribution until after his death.
Opinion was divided on the meaning of Kubrick’s detached view of this shocking future, but, whether the discord drew the curious or Kubrick’s scathing diagnosis spoke to the chaotic cultural moment, A Clockwork Orange became a hit.
On the heels of New York Film Critics Circle awards as Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, Kubrick received Oscar nominations in all three categories.

Downloads Meet the Browns Online

When Pop Brown went to meet his maker at the ripe old age of 107, the 400 dollars he left to his grieving family wasn’t even enough to cover the cost of his modest funeral.
For the past eleven years, eldest son L.
B.
and his wife Sarah were the only ones who cared for Pop, but when the funeral funds run short, L.
B.
and Sarah’s daughter, Mi-Lay, quickly arrives on the scene to cover the remainder of the bill.
As the rest of the Brown family arrives to bid Pop his final farewell, the best and the worst of the family unit brings joys of laughter and tears to the grieving family.
Penned by Diary of a Mad Black Woman scribe Tyler Perry, Meet the Browns contains all of the unique and sometimes touching insight that has made Perry a popular figure of stage and screen.

Downloads Rocket Science Online

Jeffrey Blitz’s seriocomedy Rocket Science proves that many a handicap can be overcome, no matter how daunting the obstacle at hand may initially seem.
Newcomer Reece Thompson plays Hal Hefner, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably.
Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route — he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions — and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem.
Blitz, like his onscreen alter ego, struggled with a stammer as a young man — a disability he eventually surmounted — which imparted him with a lifelong interest in speech and storytelling.

Downloads Princes et Princesses Online

In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students.
Princes et Princesses was created using a special style of cutout animation, with black silhouetted characters performing the action against backlit backdrops in striking colors.
Produced in 1989, Princes et Princesses was first released in Europe in 2000 and received its first screening in North America at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival.

Downloads Exiled Online

Acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Johnny To returns to the characters of his international success The Mission (aka Chueng Fo) with this action-packed thriller.
It’s 1998, and the Portuguese colony of Macau, a city along the Southern coast of China, is about to be handed over to Chinese authorities under a long-standing agreement.
As the people of Macau ponder how their new leaders will deal with the criminal underground that’s long been part of the city’s support system, a pair of hit men from Hong Kong arrive in town to execute a gangster who has turned his back on the syndicate to make a new life for his wife and children.
While the Chinese syndicate want to be sure he doesn’t share anything he learned while in their employ, two strong-arm men also arrive in Macau, determined to see to the former gangster’s safety.
Starring Nick Cheung, Simon Yam and Francis Ng, Exiled received its world premiere at the 2006 Venice Film Festival.

Downloads American Gangster Online

Director Ridley Scott spins this yarn concerning a Harlem drug kingpin (Denzel Washington) who smuggles heroin into the country by hiding it in the bodies of U.
S.
soldiers killed during battle in Vietnam.
There was a time when no one noticed reserved driver Frank Lucas (Washington), but when the criminal kingpin he was charged with transporting through the city streets suddenly dies, Lucas seizes the opportunity to build his own criminal empire.
In the following months, Lucas solidifies his status as Harlem’s most innovative drug dealer by delivering a product that is purer than the competitors’ and cheaper, as well.
When innovative businessman Lukas attempts to go semi-legit by becoming one of the Manhattan borough’s biggest civil supporters, however, street-savvy outcast cop Ritchie Roberts (Russell Crowe) begins to sense a sizable shift in the hierarchy of the drug underworld.
But Roberts is one of the few honest detectives operating within a corrupt system, and as he sets out to investigate the case, crooked detective Trupo (Josh Brolin) does everything in his power to compromise the integrity of his idealistic counterpart.
Upon clearing all of the usual Mafia-connected suspects, Roberts begins to believe that a previously unknown black power player has come out of the woodwork to dominate the local drug trade.
While Roberts and Lucas may be operating on opposite sides of the law, the one thing that both men have in common is a strict code of ethics that separates them from their opportunistic colleagues.
Now, as a confrontation between the two men becomes inevitable and the fate of each becomes inexorably tied to the other, it gradually becomes apparent that only one of them will emerge from the conflict victorious.

Downloads Ratatouille Online

A scrawny rat named Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt) finds his dreams of culinary superstardom stirring up sizable controversy in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant in director Brad Bird’s madcap computer-animated comedy.
It’s hard being a rat with culinary aspirations, but Remy is convinced he has what it takes to break the stereotypes and follow in the footsteps of star chef Auguste Gusteau (voice of Brad Garrett).
As fate would have it, Remy is currently situated in the sewers directly beneath Gusteau’s elegant restaurant.
Soon Remy teams up with a young chef with little talent named Linguini (voice of Lou Romano).
Together they are able to create some fabulous dishes, but they live in fear that someone will discover their secret and object strenuously to a rat being in a kitchen.
When Remy’s passion for cooking turns the haughty world of French cuisine upside down, the rat who would be king of the kitchen learns important lessons about life, friends, and family while questioning whether he should pursue his culinary calling or simply go back underground and return to his life as a sewer rat.

Downloads Dead Calm Online

Grieving over the death of their son, a married couple decide to take a long yachting trip for relaxation’s sake.
Their journey takes a dark turn, however, when they rescue a young man from a drifting vessel.
The couple soon discover that the other ship’s crew had been brutally murdered by their new passenger, and find themselves in a battle of wits against this violent sociopath.
Interestingly, a previous attempt had been made at adapting the novel that inspired this film by none other than Orson Welles; footage from his unfinished version, known as The Deep, can be seen in the documentary Orson Welles: The One-Man Band.

Downloads Blades of Glory Online

Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, and Will Arnett headline this high-concept comedy concerning two male figure-skating rivals aching to compete despite having been banned from the sport.
Their medals stripped after getting into a highly publicized fight at the World Championships, star figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) are barred from ever competing in the sport again.
Upon discovering a loophole that will allow them to perform together in the pairs figure skating category, the two athletes determine to put their differences aside in order to pursue their gold medal aspirations.
Amy Poehler, Jenna Fischer, Craig T.
Nelson, and Rob Corddry co-star.

Downloads First Sunday Online

Gospel-minded playwright David E.
Talbert produces, writes, and directs this urban crime comedy concerning a pair of criminals who take a group of church parishioners hostage while attempting to rob the holy house, only to find their captives slowly convincing them to repent and give up their lawless lifestyles.
Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) are two best friends with a special knack for petty crime.
Upset at discovering that his ex-girlfriend is planning to move out of state with the couple’s young son, Durell knows that the only way to keep his fractured family in close proximity to one another is to raise the 17,000 dollars needed to pay off her growing debt.
In order to get the money before his ex decides to make the big move, the desperate Durell enlists the aid of his scheming best buddy to rob their neighborhood church.
But someone has beaten Durell and LeeJohn to the punch, and if they ever hope to get their hands on that quick cash, this bumbling pair will first have to spend an entire night in the presence of not just the almighty lord, but some of his most fervent followers as well.
Katt Williams, Keith David, Regina Hall, and Chi Mcbride co-star.