School of Rock (
2003) | IMDb:
7.2
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
Starring:
Jack Black
,
Joan Cusack
,
Mike White
,
Sarah Silverman
,
Miranda Cosgrove
,
Joey Gaydos Jr.
In & Out (
1997) | IMDb:
6.4
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Gettysburg (
1993) | IMDb:
7.6
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Starring:
Jeff Daniels
,
Tom Berenger
,
Martin Sheen
,
Sam Elliott
,
Stephen Lang
,
C. Thomas Howell
*batteries not included (
1987) | IMDb:
6.6
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Starring:
Hume Cronyn
,
Jessica Tandy
,
Frank McRae
,
Elizabeth Peña
,
Michael Carmine
,
Dennis Boutsikaris
Directed by:
Matthew Robbins
Reds (
1981) | IMDb:
7.3
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
Starring:
Warren Beatty
,
Diane Keaton
,
Edward Herrmann
,
Jerzy Kosiński
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Paul Sorvino
Popeye (
1980) | IMDb:
5.3
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Shelley Duvall
,
Ray Walston
,
Paul Dooley
,
Paul L. Smith
,
Richard Libertini