Van Epperson

The Green Mile (1999)

InspiringIntenseEmotionalThought provoking

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Darabont
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Michael Clarke Duncan  •  Bonnie Hunt  •  David Morse

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Darabont
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Michael Clarke Duncan  •  Bonnie Hunt  •  David Morse

Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005)

Depressing

Two young women will stop at nothing for one to gain a $4 million inheritance of two priceless diamonds, while two detectives try to thwart their plans, but find complications abound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Lowi
CAST:  Serah D'Laine  •  Sandra McCoy  •  Dina Meyer  •  Brad Johnson

Two young women will stop at nothing for one to gain a $4 million inheritance of two priceless diamonds, while two detectives try to thwart their plans, but find complications abound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Lowi
CAST:  Serah D'Laine  •  Sandra McCoy  •  Dina Meyer  •  Brad Johnson

Hesher (2010)

Thought provokingHeartbreaking

A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Susser
CAST:  Natalie Portman  •  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Rainn Wilson  •  Audrey Wasilewski

A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Susser
CAST:  Natalie Portman  •  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Rainn Wilson  •  Audrey Wasilewski

Thick as Thieves (1999)

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Sanders
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  Andre Braugher  •  Michael Jai White  •  Rebecca De Mornay

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Sanders
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  Andre Braugher  •  Michael Jai White  •  Rebecca De Mornay

Avenging Angel (2007)

A preacher becomes a bounty hunter after a group of refugees seeking shelter in his church is murdered by a gang of ruthless outlaws.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David S. Cass Sr.
CAST:  Kevin Sorbo  •  Nick Chinlund  •  Cynthia Watros  •  Richard Lee Jackson

A preacher becomes a bounty hunter after a group of refugees seeking shelter in his church is murdered by a gang of ruthless outlaws.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David S. Cass Sr.
CAST:  Kevin Sorbo  •  Nick Chinlund  •  Cynthia Watros  •  Richard Lee Jackson

Diamond Zero (2005)

A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the sawbones hires a pair of hapless thieves to collect the raw material, a string of calamities ensues in their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annelie Wilder  •  David Gaz
CAST:  Bronson Pinchot  •  Tippi Hedren  •  Darin Heames  •  Leo Rossi

A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the sawbones hires a pair of hapless thieves to collect the raw material, a string of calamities ensues in their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annelie Wilder  •  David Gaz
CAST:  Bronson Pinchot  •  Tippi Hedren  •  Darin Heames  •  Leo Rossi

The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ulu Grosbard
CAST:  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Treat Williams  •  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Jonathan Jackson

A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ulu Grosbard
CAST:  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Treat Williams  •  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Jonathan Jackson

Manic (2001)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalThought provoking

Follows the fate of Lyle, a violent adolescent who, in lieu of prison, is placed in a juvenile mental institution where he encounters a group of equally troubled teens. This motley crew - abused, sexually confused, violent, and yet hanging on by their grit and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Melamed
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Don Cheadle  •  Elden Henson  •  Cody Lightning

Follows the fate of Lyle, a violent adolescent who, in lieu of prison, is placed in a juvenile mental institution where he encounters a group of equally troubled teens. This motley crew - abused, sexually confused, violent, and yet hanging on by their grit and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Melamed
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Don Cheadle  •  Elden Henson  •  Cody Lightning

Eight Days a Week (1997)

Peter loves his next door neighbour Erica and, on the advice of his grandfather, decides to camp out on her front lawn for the entire summer, or until she agrees to go out with him. His father is none too happy about the idea and refuses to let his son back in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Davis
CAST:  Keri Russell  •  Joshua Schaefer  •  R.D. Robb  •  Mark L. Taylor

Peter loves his next door neighbour Erica and, on the advice of his grandfather, decides to camp out on her front lawn for the entire summer, or until she agrees to go out with him. His father is none too happy about the idea and refuses to let his son back in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Davis
CAST:  Keri Russell  •  Joshua Schaefer  •  R.D. Robb  •  Mark L. Taylor

Mr. Woodcock (2007)

Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Gillespie
CAST:  Billy Bob Thornton  •  Seann William Scott  •  Susan Sarandon  •  Amy Poehler

Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Gillespie
CAST:  Billy Bob Thornton  •  Seann William Scott  •  Susan Sarandon  •  Amy Poehler

Unicorn Store (2017)

A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brie Larson
CAST:  Brie Larson  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Joan Cusack  •  Emily Robinson

A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brie Larson
CAST:  Brie Larson  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Joan Cusack  •  Emily Robinson

Deadwood: The Movie (2019)

Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have wrought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Minahan
CAST:  Timothy Olyphant  •  Ian McShane  •  Molly Parker  •  Paula Malcomson

Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have wrought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Minahan
CAST:  Timothy Olyphant  •  Ian McShane  •  Molly Parker  •  Paula Malcomson

The Chain (2019)

When Mike finds out that he has he same neurological disease as his father, he decides to enter a chain of assisted suicides, which operates under one rule: if you want to die, you must kill someone first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Martín Porras
CAST:  John Patrick Amedori  •  Ray Wise  •  Madeline Zima  •  Adrienne Barbeau

When Mike finds out that he has he same neurological disease as his father, he decides to enter a chain of assisted suicides, which operates under one rule: if you want to die, you must kill someone first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Martín Porras
CAST:  John Patrick Amedori  •  Ray Wise  •  Madeline Zima  •  Adrienne Barbeau