Netflix Nuggets: Russians Filming G.I. Joe Dolls Fighting Hercules for the Serpent’s Egg

Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.

This Week’s New Instant Releases…

PROMISED LANDS (1974)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Susan Sontag
Synopsis: Set in Israel during the final days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, this powerful documentary — initially barred by Israel authorities — from writer-director Susan Sontag examines divergent perceptions of the enduring Arab-Israeli clash. Weighing in on matters related to socialism, anti-Semitism, nation sovereignty and American materialism are The Last Jew writer Yoram Kaniuk and military physicist Yuval Ne’eman.

VISION: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Gerald Alexander Held, Lena Stolze, Sunnyi Melles
Synopsis: Directed by longtime star of independent German cinema Margarethe von Trotta, this reverent biopic chronicles the fascinating story of 12th-century Christian mystic and scientist Hildegard von Bingen (Barbara Sukowa). Despite living in an era when women are proscribed from preaching and interpreting scripture, Hildegard believes that the visions she experiences are a gift from God that she must reveal — even at the risk of condemnation.

MARWENCOL (2010)
Streaming Available: 04/20/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Jeff Malmberg
Synopsis: After a terrible beating left Mark Hogancamp brain damaged, he began creating models of a fictional town, Marwencol, to process the trauma. Jeff Malmberg’s documentary explains how Hogancamp uses the elaborate dioramas as stand-ins for real life. When Hogancamp’s work attracts the attention of a prestigious New York art gallery, however, he’s forced to leave the safety of his make-believe world and reconnect with the real one.

VANQUISHER (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/21/2011
Cast: Sopita Sribanchuen, Kessarin Ektawatkul, Pete Thongchua
Director: Manop Udomdej
Synopsis: Martial artist Sopita Sribanchuen stars in this foreign-language actioner as a fearless secret agent who survives an assassination attempt in southern Thailand — only to discover that her own organization is out to destroy her. But simply knowing her enemy is hardly enough to ensure her safety; to survive, she’ll have to put her training to the test and strike back with every trick in her arsenal.

THE AMERICAN RULING CLASS (2005)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Robert Altman, Bill Bradley, Walter Cronkite
Director: John Kirby
Synopsis: This inventive, mildly fictionalized documentary follows noted editor Lewis Lapham as he introduces two Ivy League graduates to America’s elite in an effort to examine the role of class and moneyed privilege in American democracy. With stops at the Pentagon, posh Manhattan parties and more, Lapham encounters luminaries — including James Baker III and Walter Cronkite — who each share their perspectives on America’s ruling class.

A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou
Director: Frank Borzage
Synopsis: While serving in the Italian ambulance corps during World War I, adventurous American Lt. Frederick Henry (Gary Cooper) falls in love with English nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes). But the tumult of war and green-eyed rival Maj. Rinaldi (Adolphe Menjou) conspire to separate the impassioned lovers. Director Frank Borzage’s adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s illustrious novel chalked up a richly deserved Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

FREE RADICALS (2003)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Kathrin Resetarits, Ursula Strauss, Georg Friedrich
Director: Barbara Albert
Synopsis: Happenstance is the cornerstone of this intriguing film. A young woman miraculously survives a plane crash only to die in a head-on car collision six years later. The teenage driver of the car, who’s barely injured, is the younger son in a family whose first son was abducted at a young age. And so the cycle begins — an odd, chainlike link that encompasses reactions to the woman’s family members and the people in their lives.

FULL BATTLE RATTLE (2008)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Tony Gerber, Jesse Moss
Synopsis: Safely on home soil, a U.S. Army battalion trains for the worst-case scenarios it may face in Iraq. An interesting look inside the American war machine, this documentary follows soldiers participating in a simulation to quell an Iraqi insurgency. The billion-dollar “virtual Iraq,” constructed in California’s Mojave Desert, provides the setting for this mock battle, which reveals the many complicated challenges soldiers encounter every day.

THE GOLEM (1920)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Paul Wegener, Albert Steinruck
Director: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Synopsis: Writer, director and actor Paul Wegener delivers the third and final leg of his Golem trilogy, a story based on a legend in Jewish mysticism about an astrologer (Albert Steinrück) who predicts doom for Jews in 16th-century Prague. The three films make up what is widely credited as the first horror series ever created, with Wegener’s original film, The Golem, premiering in 1914 and its sequel, The Golem and the Dancing Girl, released in 1917.

HEAT (1986)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Karen Young
Director: Dick Richards
Synopsis: Las Vegas is the backdrop for this film’s torrid action when hard-hitting bodyguard Nick Escalante (Burt Reynolds) puts his heart and soul into protecting his friends. Crippled by his gambling addiction, Nick is spurred to act when his ex-girlfriend is badly beaten by the son of a notorious mobster. Peter MacNicol, Diana Scarwid and Karen Young co-star.
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HEAVENS ABOVE! (1963)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Synopsis: This delightful 1960s comedy stars Peter Sellers as the Rev. John Smallwood, an unconventional prison chaplain who’s mistakenly appointed as Vicar of the wealthy parrish of Orbiston Parva, known for its local laxative factory. When Smallwood bucks the town’s rigid expectations and insists on ministering to the rich and poor alike, he unwittingly shakes up the town’s social order and infuriates everyone — from the needy to the greedy.

HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD (1961)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, George Ardisson, Marisa Belli, Ida Galli
Director: Mario Bava, Franco Prosperi
Synopsis: Hercules (Reg Park) must battle a monster made of stone, retrieve a golden apple from the tree of Hesperides and brave the horrors of Hades to rescue his beloved from the clutches of the evil Lyco (Christopher Lee). Oracles, witches and vampires abound in this delirious 1960s blend of sword-and-sandal adventure, horror and psychedelia from Italian filmmakers Mario Bava and Franco Prosperi.

HUNK (1987)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: John Allen Nelson, Steve Levitt, Deborah Shelton
Director: Lawrence Bassoff
Synopsis: Computer geek Bradley Brinkman (Steve Levitt) agrees to give the devil (James Coco) his soul in exchange for being transformed into the strapping ladies’ man Hunk Golden (John Allen Nelson). Bradley gets his wish, but soon, a minion of the Prince of Darkness arrives and threatens to turn him back into his former nerd self unless he does the devil’s bidding. Can Bradley find a way to terminate the contract? Or is he doomed for eternity?

IMPACT (1949)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines
Director: Arthur Lubin
Synopsis: Irene Williams (Helen Walker) plots with her lover, Jim (Tony Barrett), to stage a car accident to kill her husband, Walter (Brian Donlevy). The plan backfires, killing Jim and landing Irene in jail, but Walter is missing and presumed dead, allowing him to relocate and start a new life. All goes well until a detective (Charles Coburn) believes he can identify the supposedly dead Walter. Ella Raines co-stars in Arthur Lubin’s film noir classic.

LET THE DEVIL WEAR BLACK (1999)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Jonathan Penner, Randall Batinkoff, Norman Reedus
Director: Stacy Title
Synopsis: College student Jack (Jonathan Penner) launches an investigation into his wealthy father’s death when he suspects that his mother (Jacqueline Bisset) and his uncle (Jamey Sheridan) were involved. His suspicions seem cemented when the two announce their impending marriage shortly after his father’s demise. As if that weren’t enough to deal with, Jack’s girlfriend (Mary-Louise Parker) becomes increasingly unstable as the investigation progresses.

THE LITTLE FUGITIVE (1953)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Richard Brewster, Richie Andrusco
Director: Ray Ashley, Ruth Orkin, Morris Engel
Synopsis: Sibling relations get tested when Lennie Norton (Richard Brewster) must care for his younger brother, 7-year-old Joey (Richie Andrusco). Lennie and his friends soon tire of Joey always being around, so they pull a practical joke on Joey: They tell him he killed Lennie. Believing Lennie’s pals, Joey heads for one of the world’s largest playgrounds — Coney Island, where the amusement park and its characters come to life through a child’s eyes.

LULU ON THE BRIDGE (1998)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino
Director: Paul Auster
Synopsis: Middle-aged saxophonist Izzy Maurer (Harvey Keitel) suffers a near-death experience that takes him down a rabbit hole full of shadowy and insidious characters in freshman director Paul Auster’s smart film noir. Co-star Mira Sorvino shines as waitress and aspiring actress Celia Burns, who unintentionally gets entangled with Izzy. The stellar supporting cast includes Willem Dafoe, Gina Gershon, Vanessa Redgrave and Mandy Patinkin.

LUTHER (1974)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee
Director: Guy Green
Synopsis: Part of the American Film Theatre series, Luther stars Stacy Keach as Martin Luther, a German religious leader who challenges the Roman Catholic Church and subsequently heads up the Reformation movement. Based on John Osborne’s play, the story follows Luther from his beginnings as a neophyte within the religious world to his struggle deciding between the theories that shaped his beliefs and a defiant quest for verity.

MAD MONSTER PARTY (1967)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller
Director: Jules Bass
Synopsis: Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller lend their vocal talents to this bizarre stop-motion animated parody of horror films. Dr. Frankenstein makes plans for his retirement and convenes a meeting of all monsters to announce his replacement. As word spreads that the doctor is going to choose his young nephew for the position, the visiting creatures plot a coup d’tat that would leave Dr. Frankenstein retired… permanently.

THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (1975)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton
Director: Arthur Hill
Synopsis: Arthur Goldman (Maximillian Schell), a Jewish businessman living in 1965 Manhattan, is kidnapped by a group of Israeli underground agents who put him on trial as a Nazi war criminal. Goldman protests and claims he was actually a Holocaust victim. But he soon begins to revel in the notion that he is, in fact, the man they’ve been hunting and it’s not a misunderstanding. This is an American Film Theatre adaptation of Robert Shaw’s play.

THE MANXMAN (1929)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Carl Brisson, Anny Ondra, Malcolm Keen
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis: In director Alfred Hitchcock’s last silent film, Pete (Carl Brisson), a poor fisherman, heads out to the high seas in the hopes of earning enough money to impress the father of his girlfriend, Kate (Anny Ondra). When news that Pete was lost at sea reaches Kate, she starts an affair with Pete’s best friend, Philip (Malcolm Keen). But Pete is still alive, and he returns home hoping to marry Kate. Who will she choose?
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THE NIGHTCOMERS (1972)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beachum
Director: Michael Winner
Synopsis: On a country estate, newly orphaned siblings Miles (Christopher Ellis) and Flora (Verna Harvey) spy on an affair between their dodgy gardener (Marlon Brando) and prim nurse (Stephanie Beacham). When the children start imitating the adults, the housekeeper (Thora Hird) catches on and tries to fire the gardener and the nurse, sending the kids into a panic. This psychological drama is based on Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw.”

OTELLO (1986)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Synopsis: Lending his stunning voice to Verdi’s opera and Shakespeare’s tragedy, Placido Domingo plays the Moor Otello, whose conniving ensign, Iago (Justino Diaz), plants the seed that drives Otello to murderous jealousy against his wife, Desdemona (Katia Ricciarelli). Director Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo & Juliet, Tea with Mussolini) shot the emotionally wrenching tale on location in Italy and Crete. Opulent costumes add to the visual splendor.

PATTERNS (1956)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley
Director: Fielder Cook
Synopsis: Master storyteller Rod Serling’s drama delves into the mind of an ordinary man caught in the middle of a corporate power-play. Small-town engineer Fred Staples (Van Heflin) accepts an executive position with a big corporation and moves to the big city. His calculating boss (Everett Sloane) has a plan for his new employee: Staples will replace the firm’s No. 2 man (Ed Begley). The tension builds as Staples navigates treacherous territory.

LE PROFESSIONNEL (1981)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly
Director: Georges Lautner
Synopsis: Charged with assassinating an African despot, French spy Joss Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) seeks vengeance after his government double-crosses him in director Georges Lautner’s taut thriller (featuring a rousing score by Ennio Morricone). Imprisoned in Africa for two years, the angry Beaumont makes a bold escape and decides to complete his mission. The French authorities are well aware of his intent — but can they stop him?

PULP (1972)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney
Director: Mike Hodges
Synopsis: Hack novelist Mickey King (Michael Caine) is hired to ghostwrite the autobiography of fading film star Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney), who’s known for having mob ties. When Gilbert is mysteriously murdered at a party, King tries to stay out of harm’s way while attempting to uncover the reasons for the killing. This comic crime caper reunites actor Caine with his Get Carter director, Mike Hodges.
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QUE VIVA MEXICO (1932)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Synopsis: Cinematic luminary Sergei Eisenstein (Battleship Potemkin) conceived this masterpiece montage of Mexico’s history that was financed by novelist Upton Sinclair during the Depression. As a result of financial and political pressures, the film was never completed, but the footage was later assembled at Sinclair’s behest. Structured in episodic vignettes, the picture offers a dramatic perspective on religion, culture and society.

QUEEN KELLY (1929)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Synopsis: Kitty Kelly (Gloria Swanson), a young woman living in a convent, is charmed by a prince who later kidnaps her. When the Queen interrupts the intended tryst, the girl is beaten and humiliated to the brink of suicide. Before she can kill herself, however, Kitty receives a letter from her aunt who runs a brothel in East Africa and soon embarks on a series of adventures … before things come full circle with the prince who started it all.

RAILROADED (1947)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: John Ireland, Shiela Ryan, Hugh Beaumont
Director: Anthony Mann
Synopsis: Director Anthony Mann orchestrates a satisfying film noir in this tale about young deliveryman Steve Ryan (Ed Kelly), who’s framed for a robbery he didn’t commit — and the subsequent murder of a cop. While his sister (Sheila Ryan) and hard-boiled police detective Mickey Ferguson (Hugh Beaumont) work to clear Steve’s name, the bona fide bad guy (John Ireland) is on the loose, sadistically perfuming his bullets before each new kill.

RUSSKIES (1987)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Synopsis: At the peak of the Cold War, anti-Soviet sentiment is a common bond for the residents of a coastal Florida town. When a Russian sailor (Whip Hubley) washes up on the shore, a group of all-American boys (Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley and Stefan DeSalle) defy their parents’ belief systems, spurn government propaganda and befriend the stranded foreigner named Mischa. A climactic ending caps director Rick Rosenthal’s tale of youthful naïveté.

SADIE THOMPSON (1928)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore
Director: Raoul Walsh
Synopsis: To escape her sordid past as a prostitute, Sadie (Gloria Swanson) attempts to start a new life on a remote South Sea island. After falling in love with Tim (Raoul Walsh), a Marine, Sadie tries to evade the constant condemnation of moral reformer Alfred (Lionel Barrymore). Based on a W. Somerset Maugham short story about religious hypocrisy, this silent film toned down Sadie’s hedonistic ways to receive approval from Hollywood censors.

SCREAM, BLACULA, SCREAM! (1973)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam Grier, Michael Conrad, Richard Lawson, Lynne Moody, Janee Michelle, Barbara Rhoades, Bernie Hamilton, Arnold Williams, Van Kirksey
Director: Bob Kelljan
Synopsis: When a voodoo high priestess croaks, her ambitious son assumes he’ll be promoted to leader of the cult. But after being passed over, the vengeful son reincarnates Blacula. Together, they infiltrate (and contaminate) the voodoo cult.

SENSO (1954)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Heinz Moog
Director: Luchino Visconti
Synopsis: Italian Countess Livia Serpieri (Alida Valli), whose family leads an underground resistance during the Austrian occupation of Italy, risks her marriage, family, friends and political standing when she gives in to her lust for Austrian Lt. Franz Mahler (Farley Granger). Set in the late 19th century, director Luchino Visconti’s luxurious, emotionally charged film is an adaptation of Camillo Boito’s novella Senso.
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THE SERPENT’S EGG (1978)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: David Carradine, Liv Ullmann
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Synopsis: Shortly before the advent of Nazism in Germany, Jewish trapeze artist Abel (David Carradine) and cabaret performer and prostitute Manuela (Liv Ullmann) seek work at a medical clinic run by Dr. Vergerus (Heinz Bennent). But their financial woes take a backseat when they make a horrific discovery. It appears that Dr. Vergerus is secretly conducting cannibalistic human experiments that foreshadow the horrors of concentration camps.

SMILE (1975)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd
Director: Michael Ritchie
Synopsis: This sharp-witted satire stars Barbara Feldon as Brenda DiCarlo, an icy taskmaster and former beauty pageant contestant charged with coordinating the final round of the Young American Miss contest — the pride of Santa Rosa, Calif. But despite the pageant’s squeaky-clean image, the townspeople are far from model citizens: The contestants are cutthroat, Brenda’s husband is suicidal and the head judge’s son is a peeping Tom. Bruce Dern co-stars.

THE TERROR (1963)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson
Director: Roger Corman
Synopsis: Lt. Andre Duvalier (played by a very young Jack Nicholson) is an officer in Napoleon’s army. When he pursues a mysterious woman into the castle of an elderly baron (Boris Karloff), he uncovers a bizarre plot: A witch (Dorothy Neumann) is planning to drive the baron to suicide. Duvalier soon finds himself in a world of supernatural treachery where nothing is what it seems in this thriller shot in just three days by B movie king Roger Corman.

TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER (1976)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott, Michael Goodliffe, Nastassja Kinski
Director: Peter Sykes
Synopsis: A heretic priest (Christopher Lee) plots to use a teenage nun (Nastassja Kinski) in a depraved sexual pact with the forces of darkness. But when an American occult novelist (Richard Widmark) uncovers the conspiracy, he must battle an international cabal of evil for the body and soul of the Devil’s child-bride. Can this black magic marriage be stopped before an innocent girl is defiled and becomes the womb of Satan?

TO THE LIMIT (2007)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Pepe Danquart
Synopsis: Written and directed by Pepe Danquart, this gripping documentary follows the adrenaline-spiked sport of speed rock climbing, as German überclimbers Thomas and Alexander Huber attempt to set a record scaling Yosemite’s legendary El Capitan. Featuring wicked camera shots of the pair in action, the film also explores the brothers’ unique relationship, fueled by love and rivalry. Will they make it up the monolith in record time?

TWO-WAY STRETCH (1960)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Peter Sellers, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins
Director: Robert Day
Synopsis: Peter Sellers stars in this comedic caper as criminal mastermind Dodger Lane, who, while serving the last couple weeks of a prison sentence, hatches a plan for the perfect robbery with his two cellmates. With the help of a bogus clergyman named Soapy Stevens, the trio plan to skip out prison, steal a maharajah’s jewels and sneak back behind bars just before they’re due to be released. Easier said than done!

VERY ANNIE-MARY (2001)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Sara Sugarman
Synopsis: Despite being over 30, Annie Mary (Rachel Griffiths) is still living at home with her father, Jack (Jonathan Pryce). When her father has a stroke, Annie Mary must run the family bakery, even when she finds out that one of her dearest friends, Bethan (Joanna Page), has a terminal illness. Desperate to fulfill Bethan’s lifelong wish of going to Disneyland, Annie Mary sets out to win a talent show with her newly formed pop group.

THE WAY THINGS GO (1987)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Peter Fischli, David Weiss
Synopsis: This technical documentary follows the construction of an impressive 100-foot structure crafted by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Using only regular household items, combined with some help from natural elements such as fire, water, gravity and chemistry, the two men create an exciting chain reaction.
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WETLANDS PRESERVED: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Dean Budnick
Synopsis: From 1989 to 2001, New York City’s Wetlands Preserve nightclub was a beacon of both green thinking and great performances. This documentary reveals a side of Tribeca’s self-described “eco-saloon” that even insiders never fully knew. Eye-popping digital animation enhances vintage performance clips and interviews with staff and musicians, including members of 311, the Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Pearl Jam, Blues Traveler and more.

THE WHISTLE BLOWER (1987)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Michael Caine, James Fox
Director: Simon Langton
Synopsis: Frank Jones (Michael Caine) is a distinguished army veteran; his son, Robert (Nigel Havers), is a talented linguist who translates wiretapped Russian phone conversations for the British government. But when his mysterious death is called an accident, Frank begins to investigate. What he finds leads him into the depths of the intelligence community and to sinister, covert dealings at the highest level — and the information could get him killed.

WILD IN THE STREETS (1968)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Hal Holbrook
Director: Barry Shear
Synopsis: A few years ago, suburban teen Max Flatow (Christopher Jones) was making bombs and LSD. Now he’s a rock star using his fame to urge young people to vote at the behest of a senator (Hal Holbrook). But Max hasn’t abandoned his love of anarchy. Soon, the voting age is lowered to 15, Max is elected president, and everyone over 30 is shipped to retirement homes. Richard Pryor and Shelley Winters co-star in this satirical cult classic.

ZERO DAY (2003)
Streaming Available: 04/22/2011
Cast: Calvin Robertson, Andre Keuck, Rachel Benichak
Director: Ben Coccio
Synopsis: A combination of actors and real high school students appear in this disconcerting look at two troubled teenagers who organize a massacre at their school similar to the Columbine tragedy, referring to themselves as “The Army of Two.” The story is told through video diaries of the teens that are discovered after the tragic event takes place. Director Ben Coccio was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.