Movie Couch

It tough keeping tenants who stick around long enough to pay the rent when you're a nice guy like Tyler (Derek Dziak), who has to answer to two hungry demons (Mike Madgiak and Refugio Molina) who haunt the place -- and keep gobbling up his profits despite his lame attempts to sway them. As a landlord, he's out of his league. But then a likeable girl (Erin Myers) on the run shows up, looking for a safe place to live.

A repressed housewife develops an erotic infatuation with a local landscaper in director Rafael Eisenman's soft-core sensual drama that'll get your blood pumping. After accidentally being whisked away with handsome laborer Billy (Billy Zane) and his girlfriend (Hollie L. Hummel) for the weekend, 30-something wife and mother Irene (Joan Severance) rediscovers her long-dormant sexual desires during the getaway tryst.

Eighteen-year-old British royal Victoria (Emily Blunt) ascends to the throne and is romanced by future husband Prince Albert (Rupert Friend) in this lush period film that chronicles the early years of the British monarch's larger-than-life reign. Produced by Martin Scorsese and Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, the Oscar-nominated film also stars Miranda Richardson as the Duchess of Kent, Jim Broadbent as King William, and Paul Bettany as Lord Melbourne.

Director Fritz Lang made his first foray into color with this gritty Western starring Henry Fonda as Frank James, who sets out to avenge the killing of his brother, Jesse. Accompanied by young sidekick Clem (portrayed by child star Jackie Cooper), Frank sacrifices his life of anonymity to hunt down Bob Ford (John Carradine), the backstabbing coward who murdered Jesse in exchange for a pardon. Gene Tierney makes her film bow as a nosy reporter.

Borrowing from Agatha Christie and the plots of Saw and Saw II, director Steven R. Monroe's twisted tale takes nine unsuspecting victims (including Dennis Hopper, who portrays an Irish priest), traps them in a mansion and films their every move. Promising $5 million to the player who emerges victorious, their unseen captor uses them as pawns in a demented, live-action "game," concocting horrible scenarios that force his captives to participate.

Starz Studios takes you behind the scenes of the hottest movies and gives you the latest Hollywood buzz. This episode features cast and crew interviews of Going the Distance (starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long), The Last Exorcism and Takers.

Carolyne Lovejoy (Diahann Carroll) practices proper conduct in the house she shares with youngest sister Sissy (Irene Cara), but when liberated sister Freida (Rosalind Cash), a single mom, rejoins the family, the trappings of righteous behavior are stretched tight. In this drama written by Maya Angelou, Sissy wants to be an ice skater and Freida acts the swinging divorcée; Carolyne objects to both but keeps her own misdeeds hidden.

Ace reporter Johnny Twennies (Gibson Frazier) is stuck in the 1920s -- and blissfully unaware that he's out of place in modern-day Manhattan -- in this rollicking indie comedy that gently pokes fun at black-and-white film classics. His girlfriend is fed up because he hasn't kissed her, his boss wants him canned, and the mob wants him rubbed out because he knows too much. Can Johnny get the scoop and the girl while staying alive?

Aptly named Vin Diesel stars in this high-octane action-adventure as Domenic Toretto, a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian Spindler (Paul Walker) infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister (Jordana Brewster) and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD. Director Rob Cohen (The Skulls, XXX) helms this breathtaking, guilty-pleasure thrillride.

When Pierre (Jordan Frieda), an aimless young drifter, is forced to stay in a crumbling seaside village for the winter, he befriends a few of the locals, including a recovering criminal (Dennis Hopper), an amusement park owner (Jim Carter) and his wife (Gina Gershon) and their plotting teenage daughter (Dominique Swain). But Pierre's new acquaintances have dark secrets among them -- the worst of which is murder.

Carolyn and Ben Ryan (Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson) see their tranquil life turned upside down when their son Jacob's (Edward Furlong) young girlfriend is murdered. Soon, all fingers begin to point in Jacob's direction, as he was the last to see her alive. When Jacob disappears, the Ryans must deal with the growing speculation about their son's involvement and the backlash surrounding the tragedy. The film is based on Rosellen Brown's 1992 novel.

Mike Battaglia (John Turturro) is a made man who's won the respect of the New York mob, but when his ambitious wife, Ruthie (Katherine Borowitz), encourages him to grab the proverbial crown from his godfather by killing him, his act of treason leads to his own undoing. The Mafia meets the Bard in this William Reilly adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Peter Boyle, Dennis Farina, Vincent Pastore, Nicholas Turturro and Stanley Tucci co-star.

Bound by the disorder they have in common, Tourette's syndrome, adolescent musical prodigy Miles (Chris Marquette) and seasoned jazz saxophonist Tyrone (Gregory Hines) teach each other how to deal with their shared condition by playing music together. Yet Tyrone -- who has learned to control and hide his symptoms -- develops an attraction to the boy's mother (Polly Draper), a situation that forces him to confront emotions he's long buried.

It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone (Cole Hauser). But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Clemente (Eva Mendes) to bring Verone down. John Singleton directs this sequel to The Fast and the Furious.

Twelve-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) is the latest arrival at Santa Lucia School, an imposing stone building that shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians during the last days of the Spanish Civil War. Carlos gradually uncovers the dark ties that bind the inhabitants of the school: hidden riches, sexual intrigue and the restless ghost of a murdered student, who may be the only one to provide resolution.

Zack (Michael Rapaport), a white Jewish teen, and Dee (Deshonn Castle), an African American, are two friends at a Detroit high school. When Zack starts dating Dee's sister, Nikki (N'Bushe Wright), he faces unexpected racial prejudice from Nikki's mother and many others in the community. Zebrahead was produced by Oliver Stone and won the prestigious Filmmaker's Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival.

Airheaded cheerleader Buffy (Kristy Swanson) is the "chosen one" of her generation -- earmarked to kill vampires infesting our streets and towns. Donald Sutherland plays her mentor, and Rutger Hauer is Lothos, the alpha male bloodsucker she's assigned to liquidate. This precursor to the popular series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar lacks the TV version's dark tone, but features plenty of campy fun.

Sibling jazz musicians Frank (Beau Bridges) and Jack Baker (Jeff Bridges) decide they need a chanteuse to spice up their piano act and take them beyond seedy nightclubs. They choose beautiful and sexy songbird Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer), and the trio becomes a huge success. But when a relationship develops between Susie and Jack, the brothers are forced to think about where they're headed -- and how honest they've been with each other.

Tim Conway plays Vernon Praiseworthy, a dimwit who inherits a fortune from former hobo Choo Choo Trayne (Will Geer). In order to collect the legacy, Vernon must emulate Choo Choo by going "on the bum." It's a sight-gag tour de force for comedy veteran Conway, who's best remembered as a hilarious second banana on the "Carol Burnett Show" and as the bumbling "Dorf" in a series of mock how-to movies.

This Japanese anime feature from famed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki follows the adventures of a 5-year-old boy, Sosuke, and his burgeoning friendship with Ponyo, a goldfish princess who desperately wants to become human. After running away from and then being recaptured by her strict father, Ponyo -- with some help from Sosuke -- becomes more determined than ever to make her dreams come true. But will her wishes throw the entire earth off balance?