The Visits

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realize...

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Doug Atchison

Cast

Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Ronald Neame

Cast

Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans

In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour w...

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Michael Tollin

Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard

Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, resents their presence and decides she wants to attend school just like a normal student.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Forest Whitaker

Cast

Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Amerie

Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, d...

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Jonathan Levine

Cast

Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen