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Pompeii(2014)

PG-13
| 1h 45min | Action, Adventure, History, Romance / Love, Drama
2.8/5 (with 1,476 votes)

In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson - With Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris, Jessica Lucas, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, ...
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The Divide(2012)

R
| 1h 52min | Horror, Science Fiction
2.9/5 (with 279 votes)

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Directed by Xavier Gens - With Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Eklund, Ashton Holmes, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, ...
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The Blob(1958)

NR
| 1h 26min | Horror, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 246 votes)

A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.

Directed by Irvin Yeaworth - With Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Olin Howland, Earl Rowe, Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, John Benson, ...
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Spiders(2013)

PG-13
| 1h 29min | Science Fiction, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 66 votes)

After a Soviet space station crashes into a New York City subway tunnel, a species of venomous spiders is discovered, and soon they mutate to gigantic proportions and wreak havoc on the city.

Directed by Tibor Takács - With William Hope, Christa Campbell, Patrick Muldoon, Johnny Yong Bosch, Atanas Srebrev
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Bride of Boogedy(1987)

G
| 1h 30min | Horror, Kids & Family, Comedy, TV Movie
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

In this sequel to the made-for-television Disney family classic, Mr. Boogedy, the Davis family deals with the return of Mr. Boogedy and his never-ending hunt for Widow Marion as well as a rival gag-store competitor who really has it out for Carleton. Meanwhile, the town of Lucifer Falls is planning a big carnival which the mean Mr. Lynch seeks to ruin- if Boogedy doesn't see to that first.

Directed by Oz Scott - With Richard Masur, Mimi Kennedy, Tammy Lauren, David Faustino
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A Fire in the Sky(1978)

2h 30min | Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.

Directed by Jerry Jameson - With Richard Crenna

Tale of a Dog(1944)

NR
| 11min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.

Directed by Cy Endfield - With Billie Thomas, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Janet Burston, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Willa Pearl Curtis, ...