, 1h40 Directed byStuart Gillard OriginUSA GenresDrama, Science fiction, Thriller ThemesFilms about computing, Jeu, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Robot films ActorsMatt Lanter, Maxim Roy, Amanda Walsh, Gary Reineke, Colm Feore, Nicolas Wright Roles Stephen Falken Rating45% Computer whiz kid Will Farmer's (Matt Lanter) neighbor Massude comes to Will having a problem with his computer. Will takes the computer and hooks his own up to it and discovers that Massude's brother is using his online banking to make huge profits. Since he needs $550 to go on a chess trip, Will steals $500 from Massude's account to gamble on an online gaming site that uses games that are based on terrorist attacks. Will later discovers that his best friend Dennis changes it to $5000. He ends up winning $25,000, with the aid of his mother, who knows about biological agents. Little does he know that the online game he plays is actually part of a sophisticated piece of U.S. government spyware designed to find potential terrorists based on how well they perform and bet on the games. The spyware program is run by a new, advanced artificial intelligence system called R.I.P.L.E.Y. (an acronym that is not explained in the film, nor by its makers), which has ultimate control over every American electronic system in order to combat terrorism.
, 1h38 Directed byDavid Cronenberg OriginCanada GenresDrama, Thriller, Fantastic ThemesMedical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry ActorsRalph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave, John Neville, Gary Reineke Roles Freddy Rating67% Spider is the story of Dennis Cleg, a man who is given a room in a halfway house catering to mentally disturbed persons. Cleg has just been released from a mental institution and in his new abode starts piecing together or recreating in his memory an apparently fateful childhood event. He roams the nearby derelict urban area and the local canal and starts to relive or visualize a period of his childhood in 1950s London with his mother and his father. A shift takes place in the child's psyche when he witnesses his mother groping with his father in the garden and, subsequently, when he sees his mother in a silky night gown she wore for his father. The son, as a grown man seems to recreate in his memory the buildup to his father's murder of his mother with the passive support of a prostitute he is involved with, who then moves into the house and is presented as his mother. The young son then kills the mistress by gassing her in the kitchen, although the final shot appears to show his true mother lying dead so we are left to wonder whether she really was his mother and the prostitute was just a fantasy. After that memory he sneaks late one night to the landlady's room and appears ready to kill her, whom he sees alternatively as the mistress, his mother and the landlady, but backs away after she says, "What have you done Mr. Cleg?" He is taken back to the asylum.
, 1h40 Directed byStuart Gillard GenresComedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy ThemesGhost films, Comedy horror films, Children's films ActorsMark Rendall, Kat Dennings, Eric Idle, Tommy Davidson, Kathy Najimy, Devon Bostick Roles Grandpa Frank Carlyle Rating62% Two children, Ian and Clare, move into a town where their grandfather has just died. Ian thinks his grandfather's spirit is trying to tell them something, finding some library news clippings about a man named Zachariah Kull, who was accused of burning his home with his wife in it. Later, Ian and Clare capture a ghost named Jumper (a dead skydiver) who ends up freed by his partner, Coffin Ed (a revolutionary soldier). They follow them and other ghostly wisps of air into the forest, where they find an abandoned building. Entering, they find arriving ghosts entering a mirror, which leads to the afterlife. Ed and Jumper's boss, Mariah (a dead bride) isn't too pleased with this. Ian and Clare learn that they look for souls that don't want to cross over, and are dubbed the "Soul Patrol" by Jumper; they ended up with these jobs while waiting for their turn to cross over.
, 1h31 Directed byBruce McDonald OriginCanada GenresDrama, Thriller, Comedy, Action ActorsJuliette Lewis, Gina Gershon, Mickey Rourke, Callum Keith Rennie, Peter Stebbings, Tracy Wright Roles Pawnbroker Rating54% Claire (Juliette Lewis) is a woman from Quebec who gets in trouble with the vengeful heroin dealers she helped finger. They retaliate by burning her out of her apartment. Frightened and in need of refuge, she heads to Toronto for to stay with ex-lover photographer Billy Stuart (Kelly Harms). She speaks only French, she understands little English and speaks even less, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time all too often. Claire
Directed byStuart Gillard, Jeff Bleckner OriginUSA GenresScience fiction, Thriller, Horror ThemesFilms about animals, Films about sharks, Natural horror films ActorsCraig T. Nelson, Ronald Guttman, Kim Cattrall, Colm Feore, Karen Sillas, Cress Williams Roles Dr. Ernest Bishop Rating50% The film starts with Richland (Feore), who was sent to visit a government facility on a remote island. He follows Peniston (Esposito) into the facility. The head scientist Dr.Bishop (Reineke) shows them the projects he is working on, including a shark and dolphin hybrid with the ability to adapt to any environment, as well as a human and shark hybrid (the creature). It breaks free from its tank and kills Dr. Bishop. Richland orders Peniston to kill it, but Peniston instead traps the Creature in a containment unit and dumps it in the sea.
, 1h30 OriginUSA GenresDrama ThemesEnvironmental films, Disaster films ActorsJohn Heard, Bob Gunton, Mark Metcalf, Bruce Gray, Lochlyn Munro, Frank C. Turner Roles Rear Admiral Nelson - US Coast Guard Rating64% The wreck of the supertanker Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989 was one of the most devastating ecological disasters in recent history. Immediately after the ship ran aground and began spilling over 11 million US gallons (42,000 m) of suffocating oil from its ruptured hold, experts were sent out to assess the damage and clean up the mess. This docudrama tells their story. Much centers on the conflict between local officials, the fishing industry, and the Exxon official sent out to oversee the clean-up and take the rap. The filmmakers point out that much of the aftermath could have been minimized had the officials in charge been better prepared and not spent so much time involved in useless red-tape and petty bureaucratic bickering. Most of the film was shot in Vancouver, Richmond and Steveston, British Columbia, but it also utilizes archival film clips of the actual disaster and cleanup efforts.
, 3h2 Directed byEric Till GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ThemesSerial killer films ActorsBrian Dennehy, Michael Riley, Margot Kidder, Meg Foster, Scott Hylands, John Boylan Roles Petrie Rating74% As he investigates the missing person report of a teenager named Chris Gant (based on Gacy's genuine final victim, Robert Piest), Des Plaines, IL detective Lt. Joe Kozenczak (Riley) becomes concerned that local businessman John Wayne Gacy (Dennehy) may be responsible for this and well as many other disappearances. However, when he and his team are ready to arrest Gacy, their evidence is viewed as being circumstantial. Worst of all, everyone (including Konzenczak's superiors) view Gacy as a respectable pillar of society. Meanwhile, Gacy himself begins a sadistic game of cat-and-mouse as he tries in every way to manipulate and outwit the police.
, 1h35 Directed byEric Till OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ActorsBrian Dennehy, Michael Riley, Margot Kidder, Meg Foster, Scott Hylands, Tony De Santis Roles Petrie Rating74% Enquêtant sur la disparition d'un jeune garçon, l'inspecteur de police Joe Kozenczak suit une piste qui le mène vers un homme d'affaires respecté, John Wayne Gacy. Se fiant à son intuition, il est vite persuadé que John Gacy est non seulement responsable de la mort du jeune garçon mais que la vérité est bien pire. John Gacy est un monstrueux tueur en série qui aurait assassiné et enterré 33 adolescents sous sa maison à Chicago.