City of Refuge

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff

Cast

Matthew Broderick, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, James Earl Jones

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during nighttime visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Brian Henson

Cast

Michael Caine, Don Austen, Dave Goelz

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Damien O'Donnell

Cast

Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ian Aspinall

Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a mysterious minister and two needy women— finds him.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Ed Solomon

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter

Dreaming of ascending the underworld ladder and gaining revenge on his sadistic boss, Sal, a Mafia flunky, Frankie, tries to take a step in the right direction by "saving" an exploited, drug-addicted porn actress, Margaret.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Peter Markle

Cast

Dennis Hopper, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen