Chris Ellis
Chris Ellis (born April 14, 1956) is an American film and television actor. Ellis always wanted to be an actor because of television. He grew up in the 50's in the deep south in a "world of privation and violence", but saw on television people who seemed to have lives of ease... Read full bio →
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The Guest
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Jessabelle
A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
Faults
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth.
The Dark Knight Rises
Bane, an imposing terrorist, attacks Gotham City and disrupts its eight-year-long period of peace. This forces Bruce Wayne to come out of hiding and don the cape and cowl of Batman again.
Teenage Dirtbag
A popular high school girl is harassed by a delinquent boy until they are placed in creative writing class together. Through written words, they create a bond, but tragically a bond that cannot withstand her social pressures or his brutal home life.
G-Force
A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Hurley, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But the government shuts them down and they are sentenced to a pet shop.
Gospel Hill
A former Sheriff of the southern town dealing with past sins, and a former civil rights worker, withdrawn since the martyrdom of his brother thirty years before, confront a threat to their town.
Crazy
Inspired by the life of Hank Garland, CRAZY is the story of a legendary guitar player who emerged from Nashville in the 1950's.
Transformers
The Earth is caught in the middle of an intergalactic war between two races of robots, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, which are able to change into a variety of objects, including cars, trucks, planes and other technological creations.
Live Free or Die Hard
Die Hard 4.0 is the fourth film in the Die Hard series starring Bruce Willis as police officer John McClane. It's 2007 and the age of virtual terrorism as McClane must save and protect a computer nerd/hacker who may know the inner workings of a nation wide hack that could take society back into the middle ages.
The Darkroom
A teenage boy befriends an escapee from a mental institution who sees visions of horrible murders being committed.
Believe in Me
In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
The Island
Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly Utopian but contained facility in the mid 21st century. Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.
The Devil's Rejects
The follow-up to his 2003 horror hit HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, Rob Zombie's THE DEVIL'S REJECTS continues the story of a bizarre group of very odd people who like to torture, maim, and kill virtually everyone they come in contact with.
Fun with Dick and Jane
When the company Dick works for becomes involved in an Enron-like scandal and he is confronted with the prospect of losing everything, Dick and Jane are forced to beg, borrow and steal to get it all back.
In Enemy Hands
At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put to the ultimate test when they're forced to join their German captors to fight for their very lives.
Helter Skelter
A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.
Wonderland
In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.
Love Liza
A depressed widower spends his time huffing gasoline fumes, buying toy planes and acting reckless in public while avoiding reading his wife's suicide note.
Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can is the story of conman Frank William that transports audiences back into the 1960’s. Steven Spielberg surprised movie goers with this comedy starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes is the 2001 remake of the classic science fiction film from 1968 in which a spaceship of humans lands on a planet inhabited by human like apes.
Domestic Disturbance
Frank Morrison is a divorced father with a 12-year-old son, Danny. His ex-wife Susan and son Danny now live with Rick Barnes, Susan's new husband. Danny, who has a reputation for telling lies, accuses his stepfather of committing a murder.
Daddy and Them
Dark comedy where a married couple comes to the aid of a jailed uncle.
Beyond the City Limits
Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.
The Watcher
A detective tracking a serial killer gives up all hope of solving the crimes and moves to another city. After he's settled in the old acquaintance he makes himself known. The serial killer has resurrected and resumes sending him pictures of his next victim.
October Sky
October Sky is a 1999 film produced by Charles Gordon, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. It is based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Home Fries
Pregnant Sally unknowingly falls for the stepson of the deceased father of her baby and has to deal with his homicidal family.
Godzilla
An American science fiction movie from director Roland Emmerich in which a lizard is transformed in a huge monster during an atomic bomb test. The film is based on the Japanese Godzilla films and is the first Godzilla film produced in the States.
Armageddon
As the millennium approaches, top scientists are mysteriously dying.
Wag the Dog
Wag The Dog is strongly emotional political satire about the manipulation of media and the political circumstances of the ages. During a presidential race the President has an affair with a school teacher and to avoid media exploitation the Presidents advisor helps him to stage a fake war in Albania.
On the Line
A female police detective tries to track down a gang of teenage bank robbers while dealing with sexual harassment on the job, and her troubled home life.
Con Air
A newly released ex con and former US Ranger finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the other prisoners seize control.
Bean
Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him.
That Thing You Do!
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
If These Walls Could Talk
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies.
Crimson Tide
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon.
Apollo 13
A Hollywood film based on true catastrophic events that occurred aboard a NASA space mission to the moon. With original dialogue integrated and to the present day the only film about NASA.
A Little Princess
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self- worth.
Undercover Blues
When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime.
Addams Family Values
Pugsley and Wednesday Addams aren't happy with their new baby brother, Pubert. Gomez tries to comfort Morticia by hiring a nanny. The Addams' finally find the perfect nanny in Debbie. She charms the family, especial Uncle Fester...
My Cousin Vinny
Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try.
Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder revolved around a talented, hot-shot auto racing rookie, Cole Trickle, who, after trying his hand in the American open wheel ranks, seeks to win on the NASCAR circuit.