A former Christian missionary, who specializes in debunking religious phenomena, investigates a small town which seems to be suffering from the 10 biblical plagues.
Police officer Dirk Hendricks (Bartlett) files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo (Ejiofor), a member of the South African Parliament who can't remember the torture he once endured as a captive political activist. South African-born attorney Sarah Barcant (Swank), meanwhile, returns to her homeland to represent Mpondo, as well as Steve Sizela, Mpondo's friend who arrested along with him and ... See full summary »
A bloody comedy about a group of strangers who spend a weekend locked up in one of their houses. Twenty-four people get in touch on the internet and arrange to spend a very different sort ... See full synopsis »
A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause about town.
Director:
Craig Lucas
Stars:
Matthew Perry,
Ben Foster,
Ginnifer Goodwin
Montine McLeod, a world-weary flight attendant, and Omar Hassan, a prematurely wise 10-year-old Pakistani-American boy connect with one another amidst the chaos of September 11, 2001. When ... See full summary »
Director:
Travis Fine
Stars:
Melissa Leo,
Anthony Keyvan,
Brad William Henke
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
Director:
Carter Smith
Stars:
Shawn Ashmore,
Jena Malone,
Jonathan Tucker
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.
Set in the 1960's, a magical tale of two 12-year-olds embarking on an adventure to find new, cool parents and escape their neglected, overly adult,existence.
Director:
Brad Isaacs
Stars:
Cayden Boyd,
Lara Flynn Boyle,
Matthew Modine
A computer expert and his friends manage to disable a department store's security system so they can rob it, but once inside they find themselves stalked by a killer.
Directors:
Stephen Hopkins,
David Lewis
Stars:
Miles Buchanan,
Marcus Graham,
Steven Grives
The death of a child in mysterious circumstances sparks a series of events that seem to represent biblical plagues, which start occurring in, of all places, a town called "Haven" that is located deep in the bowels of Bible belt country in the bayous of Louisiana. A former Christian missionary turned religious phenomena debunker and her top open minded student turned personnel assistant are sent to investigate. Written by
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Philip Glass was the film's original composer. His score had been written and recorded before he was replaced by John Frizzell. See more »
Goofs
In the slide show presentation in the beginning of the film, there is a slide show displaying both methanol and ethanol. However, the molecular structure labeled as ethanol is in fact methanol, and methanol is labeled as ethanol. Also, the structures displayed for both other chemicals on the same slide, DMSO and benzene, are incorrect. See more »
Quotes
Doug Blackwell:
Only a servant of God could kill His angel. You remember? What your God did to you in Sudan. What about your daughter, huh? Now that...
[chuckles]
Doug Blackwell:
that is your God.
[gives Katherine the knife]
Doug Blackwell:
Katherine.
Katherine Winter:
[she doesn't take the knife]
That wasn't God. God didn't kill my family. A weak, godless man filled with fear and hatred... a man like you. There's still that last plague, Doug. Death of the firstborn. You come from a long line of only children.
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Crazy Credits
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Take Me to the Water
Arranged by Nina Simone
Performed by Nina Simone
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises See more »
Since there has been no re-make of The Ten Commandments, I thought this movie might adequately do what's advertised: show the 10 plagues (with today's special-effects). However, except for the attack of locusts, the plagues were confined to a tiny area and nothing really to see. I mean the flies were limited to a small barbecue!!! When the real plagues came, in Moses day, they encompassed quite an area and frogs, flies, locusts, etc., came by the millions. Here, about 20 frogs dropped from the sky in a lake. It was ridiculous....and disappointing.
I also thought Hilary Swank was enough of a big-name actress that this wouldn't be some cheesy B-movie.
Wrong. This has a "B" feel to it all the way. Even the "twist" at the end is very predictable.
A 'B' film is exactly what it was, making me wonder how someone could go from "Million Dollar Baby" to this in so short a time. The only other name actor in here is Stephen Rea, and he has a small role.
Overall, it's not as terrible as I might be making it to be because it's entertaining enough to keep your interest - so I give it five points for that - but I expected more.
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Since there has been no re-make of The Ten Commandments, I thought this movie might adequately do what's advertised: show the 10 plagues (with today's special-effects). However, except for the attack of locusts, the plagues were confined to a tiny area and nothing really to see. I mean the flies were limited to a small barbecue!!! When the real plagues came, in Moses day, they encompassed quite an area and frogs, flies, locusts, etc., came by the millions. Here, about 20 frogs dropped from the sky in a lake. It was ridiculous....and disappointing.
I also thought Hilary Swank was enough of a big-name actress that this wouldn't be some cheesy B-movie.
Wrong. This has a "B" feel to it all the way. Even the "twist" at the end is very predictable.
A 'B' film is exactly what it was, making me wonder how someone could go from "Million Dollar Baby" to this in so short a time. The only other name actor in here is Stephen Rea, and he has a small role.
Overall, it's not as terrible as I might be making it to be because it's entertaining enough to keep your interest - so I give it five points for that - but I expected more.