The Net
A computer programmer stumbles upon a conspiracy, putting her life and the lives of those around her in great danger.
Released: 1995
Country: United States
Director: Irwin Winkler
Producer: Columbia Pictures, Winkler Films
Cast
Justice Dot Net
HDJake De Long is one of the top computer programmers in the world. Hiding in an abandoned warehouse in Luxembourg, he is working on a secret website to be launched soon. As he does, he is warned that the police have discovered his whereabouts and are about to storm in. He manages to escape and fly back to Canada, where his colleague Valérie is waiting for him to get on with their life mission: the kidnapping of four very influential personalities. An oil tycoon, a renowned businessman, a minister of the environment and a very secretive foreign woman. The goal is to make them admit to their environmental sins, while being broadcasted live through a major website created by Jake and called: JUSTICE.NET.Plot summaryAdd synopsis
Back of the Net
HDA new student at a soccer academy is determined to beat her rival's team in the national tournament.
The Net 2.0
HDCalifornian fiance James Haven wisely declines moving to Istanbul hush-hush with Hope Cassidy when she's offered a dream IT job there out of the blue. Barely arrived, and waiting for her passport troubles to be solved through the US consulate, new employer Suzer Company, controlled by a Russian arms trade billionaire, sends her to a major client, where an ID check show her to be recorded everywhere as Kelly Roos, the name on her 'erroneous' passport, while a fake Hope works on HQ. After a wild race to escape the police and getting in ever deeper by clumsy attempts to straighten things out, she's arrested and interrogated -all above becoming flashbacks from there- to assess her mental ability to stand trial for mass fraud and a murder, but unexpected help arrives .
Rage Net
HDAn experimental short film of flashing images made by Stan Brakhage.
Love.net
HDFollows the parallel stories of a number of characters who are trying to change their lives via the Internet or are simply having fun online.
Hackers
HDHackers are blamed for making a virus that will capsize five oil tankers.
Flux Gourmet
HDSet at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective finds themselves embroiled in power struggles, artistic vendettas, and gastrointestinal disorders.
Some Beasts
HDThe physical tolls and harsh realities of Appalachia force a modern day Thoreau to decide if he truly belongs.Plot summaryAdd synopsis
Hello Carter
HDDown-on-his-luck Carter has recently become homeless, single and unemployed. Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, he goes off on an adventure throughout London to find her, picking up some odd helpers along the way.
Black Gold
HDSet in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law.
Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape
HDIn his all new NOBLE APE stand up special, Jim Gaffigan gets personal as he discusses the medical crisis that befell his wife. Other topics include his kids, his travels, doctors, colonoscopy, Catholic saints and, of course, Philly.
Let Me Go
HDLet Me Go is a film about mothers and daughters, it is about ghosts from the past and the impact they leave on the present. Developed from Helga Schneider's true life story, Let Me Go explores the effect on Helga's life of being abandoned by her mother, Traudi in 1941 when she was just four years old. The film is set in the year 2000 following not only Helga and Traudi's journeys but the next two generations and how Beth, Helga's daughter and Emily her granddaughter are confronted with the long-term effects of Traudi's leaving. When Helga receives a letter telling her that Traudi is close to death, it is Emily with whom Helga shares the truth. Emily volunteers to accompany her to Vienna to meet the great-grandmother she thought was dead, and experience the unraveling of the darkest of family secrets.