Substance

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poster The Cape Town Affair
The Cape Town Affair
100mn - Action, Thriller
South African secret agents attempt to save confidential microfilm before it falls into the hands of Communists. A color remake of the Sam Fuller film, Pickup on South Street.
poster Summoners
Summoners
89mn - Horror, Drama
Jessica Whitman isn’t a witch. Not anymore, at least. She left it behind when she left her hometown almost ten years ago. But when a childhood friend needs her help performing a dark spell, she’ll find he…
poster When Do We Eat?
When Do We Eat?
(2.9/5)
86mn - Comedy
An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective."
poster Mr. Wong, Detective
Mr. Wong, Detective
(3/5)
70mn - Crime, Thriller, Mystery
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
poster Arachnicide
Arachnicide
91mn - Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
After years of experimenting, a researcher succeeds in creating an incubator that accelerates plant and animal growth. This technology is controlled by a powerful criminal organization and is being used t…
poster Shootdown
Shootdown
(2.9/5)
100mn - Drama, Short
Nan Moore is a U.S. government employee whose son is killed when Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by Soviets on September 1, 1983. While the "official" story maintains that the flight accidentally veere…
poster The Woman Who Sinned
The Woman Who Sinned
100mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.
poster Martial Law
Martial Law
86mn - Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.
poster Sexting
Sexting
(2.9/5)
8mn - Drama, Comedy
Fed up with her relationship with a married man, a young woman decides to meet his wife for coffee.
poster A Touch of Murder
A Touch of Murder
(2.7/5)
81mn -
A salvage worker with the psychic ability to see past events associated with items he touches sets the background story for this anthology. These items create a bridge between three seemingly unconnected …
poster Black Magic
Black Magic
(3.2/5)
67mn - Comedy, Crime, Drama
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.
poster The Big Combo
The Big Combo
(3.7/5)
87mn - Drama, Action, Thriller
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
poster C-Man
C-Man
(2.9/5)
75mn - Crime
A customs agent follows a jewel smuggler's trail of corpses from Paris to New York.
poster Blood Alley
Blood Alley
86mn - Action, Crime, Thriller
Elijah Kane Is on a new mission for the government after being promised that the CIA will provide information about who put out a hit on his previous team. Kane and the new team have to take down a high l…
poster The Death of Richie
The Death of Richie
(3.4/5)
96mn - Drama, Short
A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
poster Linda Napolitano: The Alien Abduction Case of the Century
Linda Napolitano: The Alien Abduction Case of the Century
65mn -
A look at an nineteen eighties abduction event that happened to Linda Napolitano (previously Cortile) in Manhattan.
poster Dirty Laundry
Dirty Laundry
79mn - Comedy, Action
A young man and his girlfriend unwittingly come into possession of a bag containing one million dollars belonging to a drug-smuggling ring. The mobsters try to catch the couple and retrieve their money.
poster Discipline
Discipline
103mn - Thriller
A series of murders are confounding the local police with its residue of mutilated corpses. It begins when a sadistic cult murders willing victims for entertainment. Professor Lafitte, a rich sophisticate…
poster A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
(2.9/5)
95mn - Drama, Short
When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.
poster Svengali
Svengali
(3.4/5)
81mn - Drama, Horror, Romance
A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.
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