machotrouts's - Rented List

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Tarzan And His Mate

Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan legendary lovers of the silver screen, star in this epic story of jungle romance. Tarzan, the handsome, strong, king of the Apes and Jane, the beautiful, sophisticated English girl, prove that social barriers disappear when hearts beat like native drums.
Tarzan Finds A Son
John Sheffield is introduced as ‘Boy’, the infant son of a couple whose plane has crashed in the jungle, in this exciting installation in the popular film series

1950's Hollywood. The glitz, the glamour, the sleaze, the secrets. Guy Stone (Matt Letscher) is the king of Tinseltown, a macho man all the girls want and all the guys want to be. It seems nothing can stop his rise to superstardom. Nothing, that is, except one small problem - Guy is into guys!

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Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of St. Cloud's Orphanage in rural Maine. Though groomed by its proprietor, Dr. Larch (Michael Caine), to be his successor, Homer nonetheless feels the need to strike out on his own and experience the world outside.

Then, while working at an apple orchard, Homer falls for the beautiful Candy (Charlize Theron) and learns some powerfully indelible lessons about life, love and home!

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Presenting the first look into the vibrant world of consummate filmmaker Robert Altman, film reveals the organic evolution of 'Short Cuts', one of the director's ensemble masterpieces, as he adapts Raymond Carver's trenchant stories into the genre he perfected.

Granting directors Mike Kaplan and video pioneer John Dorr unprecedented access to his 22 stars and creative team throughout filming, we witness Altman's legendary "improvisational" process, the entertaining insights of his collaborators , and his unique observations on life, art and culture. Whether it's Jack Lemmon's excitement at performing his egg trick, Julianne Moore's description of her breakthrough role, Peter Gallagher's choreography in chain-sawing furniture, artist Don Bachardy capturing the cast on canvas , poet Tess Gallagher, Carver's widow, surprising Altman with a Carver gift, or the maestro himself cracking up during Jennifer Jason Leigh's phone sex calls, film unfolds with the natural flow of an Altman film, which perhaps caused him to say, "I never thought it would be this artful".

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A group of gay activists in Belgrade make a deal with a war-hardened Serbian crime boss when his fiancee demands an extravagant wedding only gay theatre director Mirko and friends can provide. In exchange, macho Limun reluctantly agrees to provide security for their planned pride parade.

It's a tall order: previous attempts to march were met with violence from right-wing skinheads - including Limun's own son - who vow to be there again. When Limun's gang refuse the security job, he travels back into one-time enemy territory to recruit a band of former combatants, now dear friends, who will stand up to the hordes of homophobes on pride day, Seven Samurai-style. Inspired by the tense Belgrade Pride Parade of 2010 and set against the lingering xenophobia from the Balkan War in the 1990s.

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A product of humble beginnings, Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) earns fame as a talented artist with a unique vision.

And from her enduring relationship with her mentor and husband, Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), to her scandalous affairs, Frida's uncompromising personality would inspire her greaterst creations!

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Even more compelling today than when it was first released, Sidney Lumet's 'Network' is a wickedly funny, spot - on indictment of the TV news media.

Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay (Paddy Chayefsky), this searing satire stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall. When longtime news anchor Howard Beale (Finch) is fired, he suffers a violent, on - air breakdown. Ironically, his angry rantings boost his sagging ratings - much to the surprise and delight of the UBS brass. Subsequently rehired and reinvented as the "mad prophet of the airwaves", he soon becomes a pawn of ruthless programming executives who milk his madness for every share point it's worth. Of course, when the "prophet" ceases to be profitable, something has to be done about Beale, preferably on camera, before a live studio audience...

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Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell face off in the ultimate Dad vs. Step-Dad showdown! Brad (Ferrell), who always dreamed of having the perfect family, is determined to become the best step-dad to his new wife's (Linda Cardellini) children.

But when their biological father Dusty (Wahlberg) shows up unexpectedly, Brad's idyllic family life is turned upside down and he must go toe-to-toe with Dusty...

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"A Face in the Crowd" chronicles the rise and fall of Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith), a boisterous entertainer discovered in an Arkansas drunk tank by Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal), a local radio producer with ambitions of her own.

His charisma and cunning soon shoot him to the heights of television stardom and political demagoguery, forcing Marcia to grapple with the manipulative, reactionary monster she has created.

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Director Gregg Araki chronicles the messed-up lives of six gay LA teenagers, as they try to keep it together in the face of AIDS, homophobia, queer-bashing and infidelity.

Along the way, the best friends - an aspiring film-maker, artist, skater dude, cosy dyke duo, and sexy depressive loner Andy (James Duval) - experiment with sex, drugs and artificial insemination. A film for anyone who has grown up gay and lived through the pain of alienation, this self-consciously cool story of the gay teen underground is New Queer Cinema at its edgiest, a humorous yet moving study of an unwanted generation.

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Another Country tells the story of Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth), teenage friends at an elite English public school during the summer of 1931. Clever, hedonistic and gay, Bennett is in his penultimate year of school and the future looks bright.

He is convinced he will rise to the heights of his chosen career in the diplomatic service by eventually being appointed Ambassador in Paris. His best friend Judd, committed to Lenin's brave new world, despises such bourgeois aspirations. Homosexuality, honesty and hypocrisy are the main themes in this coming-of-age film, based on the award winning play by Julian Mitchell.

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In order to support her family, seventeen-year-old Griet becomes a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer and soon attracts the master painter's attention.

Although worlds apart in upbringing and social standing, Vermeer recognises her intuitive understanding of his work and slowly draws her into his mysterious world of art and passion. Whilst she falls increasingly under Vermeer's spell, his volatile family quickly grow jealous of her. Maria, his shrewd mother-in-law, struggles to maintain the family's lavish lifestyle, and seeing that Griet inspires Vermeer, takes the decision to let their relationship to develop. Van Ruijven, also sensing the intimacy between master and maid, commissions Vermeer to paint Griet's portrait. The result will be one of the greatest paintings ever created... but at what cost?

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Michel is an serial womaniser and professional hustler. When he meets Gloria, she falls in love with him, just like the others. But this time, things will be different. Gloria finds her reason to live in Michel. Their love is passionate; limitless.

When Gloria discovers Michel's hustling, she becomes his accomplice rather than risk losing him. Together they embark on a wild odyssey that becomes deadly and murderous. Their unfettered passions will drive them to the brink of insanity... 'Alleluia' is the adaptation of a news event which shook the United States from 1947 to 1949: the story of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, lovers and serial killers, whose infamous murders earned them the name 'The Lonely Hearts Killers'.

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Ageing Broadway actress Myrtie Gordon (Gena Rowlands) begins rehearsals for a play written by playwright Sarah Goode (Joan Blondell) in which she is to play a woman living in denial at the onset of her autumn years.

A series of pre-show setbacks and disasters threaten preparations and when she witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan, Myrtie is forced to confront her own personal and professional turmoil.

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Stuart Burge's film of John Dexter's production of Othello at the National Theatre was made in Shakespeare's Quarter Centenary year and stands today as a masterpiece among film presentations of theatre productions.

Shakespeare's tragic story of how a great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall has never been more movingly nor dramatically portrayed. One of Shakespeare's most powerful drama, here presented by an inspired National Theatre Company. Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finley and Joyce Redman all received both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for their performances. A screen classic in every sense.