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When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy, they had an idea: The Big Short. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of modern banking where they must question everyone and everything. Based on the true story and best-selling book by Michael Lewis (The Blind Side, Moneyball), and directed by Adam McKay (Anchorman, Step Brothers) The Big Short stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt.
Disney and Pixar present an incredible new collection of 12 short films, featuring multiple Academy Award® nominees (Best Short Film, Animated: "Presto," 2008; "Day & Night," 2010; "La Luna," 2011) and a host of family favorites. Join the celebration of imagination with this must-own collection, packed with unforgettable animation, fantastic stories and captivating characters. Plus, enjoy all-new extras that share how Pixar's storied talent got their start – including student films from acclaimed directors John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter!
Experience these masterpieces of storytelling from the creative minds that brought you Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and many more. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these dazzling short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are sure to delight people of all ages for years to come.
High-voltage, fast-paced comedy for the entire family. Number Five, A.K.A. Johnny Five, that incredible lovable robot, is back and taking the big city by storm. More "human" than ever, upbeat Johnny's out for some "urban input", but some street hoods see his innocence as their high-tech ticket to easy street.
Short Term 12 is told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson - The Gambler, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The United States of Tara), a twenty-something supervisor at a foster care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker - and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason (John Gallagher Jr. - The Newsroom). But Grace's own difficult past, and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself, throw her into unforeseen confusion. This is made even sharper by the arrival of a new intake at the facility, a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. While the subject matter is complex, this lovingly realized film finds truth and humor in unexpected places.
From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes an extraordinary collection of award-winning and beloved short films, featuring Disney's Frozen Fever, starring Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Sven and Kristoff, and the Oscar®-nominated Lorenzo (Best Animated Short, 2004). The Short Films Collection includes contemporary shorts starring classic characters, such as the groundbreaking 2013 Mickey Mouse cartoon Get A Horse! and the holiday treat Prep & Landing—Operation: Secret Santa, as well as celebrated Oscar winners Paperman (2012) and Feast (2014). Enjoy them together in this one-of-a-kind collection, featuring introductions to the shorts by the acclaimed filmmakers themselves.
An experimental military robot escapes after being struck by lightning and given human intelligence. He finds a home with madcap Stephanie Speck who believes he's an alien. Hot on their trail are scientists Newton Crosby and his assistant who must get to their creation before the army does, since its plan is to put Number 5 out of service permanently.
From Disney•Pixar and the creative minds behind The Incredibles, Finding Nemo and Toy Story comes the studio’s newest collection of delightful and inspiring animated stories, featuring Oscar® winner Piper (Best Short Film, Animated, 2016) and nominees Sanjay’s Super Team (2015) and Lou (2017). With unforgettable characters and cutting-edge animation, it’s a must-own for any movie fan!
During the busy run-up to Christmas, a single-take snapshot of the immense stress and skills of a talented head chef reveals that things are about to burst behind the restaurant's flash façade.
Eleven-year-old Toe Thompson is the designated punching bag for the bullies of the suburban community of Black Falls, where his and everyone else's parents work for Black Box Industries, makers of the do-it-all gadget that's sweeping the nation. But during a freak storm, a mysterious Rainbow Rock, which grants wishes to anyone who finds it, falls from the sky. Suddenly, the neighborhood that Toe already thinks is weird is about to get a lot weirder. As the Rainbow Rock ricochets around the town - from kid to kid and parent to parent - wishes-come-true quickly turn the neighborhood upside down in a wild rampage of everything from tiny aliens to giant boogers. From Robert Rodriguez, director of "Spy Kids," comes a magical fantasy adventure told through a series of shorts that each brings to life the sometimes wonderful, often terrible, and totally out-of-control wishes that become far more than Toe and his neighbors ever imagined.
Get 5 DC Showcase Shorts! Collection includes Batman: Death in the Family (Non-Interactive), Sgt. Rock, Adam Strange, The Phantom Stranger, and Death. Alternate storylines for Batman: Death in the Family only included as bonus content. Batman: Death in the Family Short: Trained as Batman’s protégé, Jason Todd brings a relentless sense of justice as Robin, who sets his sights on bringing down the Joker. But can Batman save Robin from a fate worse than death? Tragedy, revenge and redemption await in this groundbreaking DC film! Who will live? Who will die? Who will watch over Gotham? Also includes 4 additional DC Showcase Shorts: Adam Strange, Sgt. Rock, The Phantom Stranger, and Death.
Swedish Chef, Beaker and Animal put their own unique touch on a rendition of Habanera.
Director Francois Girard explores the life of legendary pianist Glenn Gould in 32 vignettes – each a variation on a theme of the Gould phenomenon, resulting in a biographical mosaic of a film deftly capturing the artist’s uniquely personal journey.
From the visionary mind of director Masaaki Yuasa comes The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, a comedy about one epic night in Kyoto. As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as“The Girl with Black Hair” experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife… all the while unaware of the romantic longings of Senpai, a fellow student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to win her heart.
Serial procrastinator Teddy (Rafe Spall) wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he's jumping forward to the next year of his life. Watching his future flash before his eyes, Teddy must make every second count if he is to win back the woman he loves in this feel good comedy about second chances.
In the futuristic city of Vanille, with properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes & Ears the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father's device begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his own traumatic reality, the man must venture outside to find a replacement, into a city where violence and danger lurk beneath a skim of beautiful illusion.
Enjoy this extraordinary collection of animated short films featuring the lovable characters from Arctic Friends. The Shorts Collection 1 includes four amazing episodes: Mind the Gap, Love is in the Air, Off the Rails and You Goat to be Kidding me! Mind the gap: Swifty has a big delivery for Joe Goat, but the package is way too heavy and the bridge way too small. What will happen when the Puffins come into the picture? Love is in the air: While running to get to Jade, Swifty tramples the village's shaman, who decides to punish him: his thoughts are now on display! Off the rails: PB is a slow worker, while Swifty is constantly impatient. He decides to use an invention of his to speed up the process, but things may not go as expected. You goat to be kidding me!: Wilfred Goat uses a package delivered by Swifty to prepare a new joke, but the Puffins want to get it for their own purpose.
Hollywood Records Artist Sabrina Carpenter (Disney’s “Girl Meets World”) stars as Nola, a girl whose home is the open road with her father and their van. When tragedy hits, Nola must learn that life on the road may not be her only choice.
Enjoy this extraordinary collection of animated short films featuring the lovable characters from Arctic Friends. The Shorts Collection 2 includes four amazing episodes: What goes up, Otto's Hat-astrophe, A Beary big surprise, Times' up What goes up: Swifty has to deliver a big and heavy package to Hugo Goat. His friends find a workaround, but the consequences will be disastrous! Otto's hat-astrophe: Otto can't find a hat that suits him, so he sends the Puffins on a mission to steal a nice bowler hat about to be delivered. A beary big surprise: It's PB's birthday and Swifty and Jade are organizing a surprise party with fireworks, but Otto and the Puffins try to spoil the fun. Times' up: A ticking noise comes from a mysterious package in the ABDS. everyone tries to get rid of it, terrified. What is inside it?
Taped before a live audience at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York City,' Colin Quinn: Long Story Short' showcases the comedian's keen observations in the uproarious history of the world, juxtaposing modern-day human behaviour with the rise and fall of empires. From his personification of Caesar as the original Italian mobster to his complaints about Ancient Greece and Antigone giving way to Costco and Snooki, Quinn is at his satirical best, taking on the attitudes, appetites and bad habits that have toppled the world's most powerful nations.
Celebrate 100 magical years of Disney with this collectible compilation of animated shorts! Mickey and Minnie share their memories in new introductions to these 10 wonderful stories, which have entertained generations of children and adults alike. Included is the iconic “Steamboat Willie,” the first cartoon with synchronized sound, in which the character of Mickey Mouse was first introduced as a deckhand on a riverboat commanded by the tyrannical Captain Pete. Also included are “Brave Little Tailor,” featuring Mickey as a medieval tailor given a daunting task. In “Mickey’s Delayed Date,” the tardy mouse relies on his faithful pup Pluto to get him off to a dance with Minnie. “Hawaiian Holiday” finds Mickey and his pals vacationing on a beautiful island. Then along with friends, Mickey and Minnie glide through a romantic date on a frozen river in “On Ice.” And catch five more delightful stories in this legacy collection.
Enjoy this extraordinary collection of animated short films featuring the lovable characters from Arctic Friends. The Shorts Collection 3 includes four amazing episodes: Gold Fever, Sneak Attack, Stinky Delivery, The Arcane Harmonica. Gold fever: The Puffins find a gold nugget that hypnotize everyone with the promise of wealth. Swifty, Otto PB or Jade... Who will see their dreams come true? Sneak attack: While Swifty's busy with his deliveries, Jade finds out that Otto is preparing an attack on the city with Puffins-shooting cannons. But all is not as it seems. Stinky delivery: Among the deliveries of the day, Swifty finds a package that reeks terribly. Jade encloses it in a metal sphere and Swifty sets off to deliver it, while the Puffins try to steal it. The arcane harmonica: Swifty delivers a package to the shaman, who rewards him with a gift: a magical harmonica. A battle ensues between Swifty, the Puffins and Otto to decide who will play the miraculous instrument.
ShortsHD presents THE SHORT FILMS OF MATTHEW MODINE, a collection of short movies directed by the award-winning actor of Vision Quest, Full Metal Jacket, and The Dark Knight Rises. This retrospective follows Modine's career as a short filmmaker over the last two decades beginning with his first short, WHEN I WAS A BOY, that he co-directed with Todd Field. Also included in this collection are SMOKING (written by David Sedaris), ECCE PIRATE (filmed during the making of Cutthroat Island), TO KILL AN AMERICAN, I THINK I THOUGHT, and the award-winning JESUS WAS A COMMIE, co-directed by Terence Ziegler. Each short includes an all-new video introduction by Modine.
Celebrate 100 magical years of Disney with this collectible compilation of animated shorts! Join Mickey and his friends in these 10 hilarious, madcap adventures which have entertained generations of children and adults alike. Highlights include The Band Concert, where Maestro Mickey and his friends face wild challenges while performing outdoors. Then see what happens when Goofy is in the driver’s seat pulling Mickey’s Trailer. In Pluto’s Sweater, Pluto gets hot under the collar when Minnie knits him a warm turtleneck, and in Pluto and the Gopher, Pluto stops to smell the flowers, but finds himself outwitted by a mischievous rodent. And there’s no stopping Donald’s nephews from coming between their uncle and the lovely Daisy Duck when Mr. Duck Steps Out. Five more charming, funny stories complete this legacy collection that’s sure to delight.
From the visionary mind of director Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game, Adventure Time‘s ‘Food Chain’) comes The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, a comedy about one epic night in Kyoto. As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as ‘The Girl with Black Hair’ experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife... all the while unaware of the romantic longings of Senpai, a fellow student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to win her heart.
Every June, a packed house fills the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco for a raucous showcase of the finest in short gay men's films. Frameline, host to the oldest and largest LGBT film festival, now brings the festival to you. The misadventures of the gay experience come to life in the variety of award-winning shorts--from awkward threesomes to dubious dating etiquette to the trials and tribulations of shopping excursions. Settle into your finest boxers and enjoy brief films with Frameline Presents: Fun In Boys Shorts. After convincing his husband to retire their old lumpy futon, Nelson is forced to come out in a spectacular way while shopping in SPOONERS. A hopeless romantic learns a thing or two about relationships when he gets too close to the perfect couple in the awkwardly hilarious HOUSEBROKEN. Love and acceptance for all hairstyles (or lack thereof) are found in the international musical sensation BALD GUY (SKALLAMANN). Leo's dreams of being an international superstar are hard-fought working in a fish cannery in ALASKA IS A DRAG. A cartoon character goes to therapy because he feels rejected in a "live-action" world in UNANIMATED. A break from a long-term relationship leads to surprising results in SABBATICAL. And finally, an urban gay couple disputes their very different views on holding hands in public, in P.D.A.
Watch three of Harold Lloyd's most daring short films, including An Eastern Westerner, where city-boy Harold is sent to live on his uncle's ranch in the wild west, High and Dizzy, where Harold the office worker falls into hilarious despair when he thinks his sweetheart will marry another, and Never Weaken, where Harold the young doctor treats a young woman for sleepwalking, even when she wanders onto the ledge of a building. All three starring Lloyd's future wife Mildred Davis as "The Girl".
Alamo Drafthouse's most favorite son and the unofficial mascot for Fantastic Fest, Nacho Vigalondo blew the indie world away in 2008 with his astonishing debut feature, “Timecrimes” before following up with “Extraterrestrial” (2011) and Open Windows (2014). But the startling originality in these films didn't come from nowhere; Nacho had already written, directed, produced and acted in a robust body of short films, including 2003's Academy Award nominated short film, “7:35 in the Morning”.Drafthouse Films is pleased to present “Confetti of the Mind”, the definitive compilation of Nacho's most brilliant shorts, collected for the first time and personally curated by Nacho and his longtime partner-in-crime Nahikari Ipina. Featuring such favorites as Choque, Sunday, Marisa, and Carlota, as well as a fresh introduction and thoughts by the man himself, this is not to be missed. Confetti is not optional.
Enjoy this extraordinary collection of animated short films featuring the lovable characters from Puffins. The Shorts Collection 2 includes 4 amazing episodes: Snowboard, Hide and Sneak, Fear of the dark, The conspiracy Snowboard: The Puffins enjoy slowly descending a snowy slope when Johnny Puff arrives and performs some spectacular snowboarding moves. Will our Puffins be able to repeat Johnny Puff's amazing moves? Hide and sneak: The Puffins play hide and seek in the Tundra. When it's Didi's turn to count, Otto's evil Puffins sneak up on Tic, Tac and Pie. Will Didi be able to foil their plan and save her friends? Fear of the dark: Otto manages to capture Tac, Pie and Didi. Will Tic be able to enter the walrus's lair and save his friends? The conspiracy: Tic, Didi, and Pie receive a package they desperately try to hide. Will Tac be able to find out what's in the mysterious package?
A collection of early 1-reel and 2-reel shorts from comedy legend Harold Lloyd, including Take a Chance, where hilarity ensues at a Sunday picnic, Young Mr. Jazz, where Harold and his girl end up in a dancehall while running away from her father, The Marathon, where Harold, while trying to impress his girl, runs right into a marathon race, Bumping Into Broadway, where struggling playwright Harold gives his last dollar to a chorus girl then must avoid the landlady himself, and His Royal Slyness, where Harold is persuaded to imitate a prince in a faraway kingdom.
Noah and Madison are artists who want to change the world, and they begin their marriage as most couples do—sure that love will solve all problems. But marriage isn't all about the great times. It's also about the arguments over petty stuff and bigger stuff, and the longstanding resentments that no one wants to even bring up. Seven Short Films About (Our) Marriage tells a story of raw authenticity in seven episodes spanning fourteen years of marriage as they reckon with racism, career challenges, medical issues, and more.
James breaks it off with Katie, but feels bad about it. He doesn't like hurting people. At least he's seeing Monica tonight, she's always fun. He doesn’t connect with her though, not like with Sarah – but they’re just friends. He was close with Natalie too, until she moved to LA. That reminds him, he’s going to work with that actress, Anna something. She’s probably too famous to talk to him though. And besides, Lily should be back soon and he really wants to see her. Sometimes he misses Lorraine, but thinking about her just makes him sad. Whenever he feels lonely, he texts Rapunzel – that’s not her name, he just can’t remember it. He should really delete her from his phone. But he can’t.
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Now he's back. And the bad blood stirred up by his return and the violence caused by a cattleman's grab for all the good grasslands mean Steve must strap on his sidearms again. Rod Cameron -- who became a marquee draw with a pair of espionage serials in the 1940s and went on to establish himself as a popular cowboy star -- makes Steve a hero to reckon with in Short Grass, one of the actor's 10 films with busy shoot-'em-up director Lesley Selander. Johnny Mack Brown, a sagebrush stalwart in his own right, plays the marshal who allies with Steve. Adding to the Western pedigree is costar Cathy Downs, who plays the title role in the iconic My Darling Clementine. Buffs will note other familiar faces, including Alan Hale, Jr., well remembered as the skipper who takes a "three-hour tour" to Gilligan's Island.