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- In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.
- After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
- A man living in a futuristic sterile colony begins to question his circumscribed existence when his friend is chosen to go to the Island, the last uncontaminated place on earth.
- After the events at Lake Victoria, the pre-historic school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into a newly opened waterpark.
- A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.
- A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
- After a tragic incident, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs and speed junkies.
- Lily and Alison face a life-changing event after they leave their Salton Sea home and follow the boys they meet back to Los Angeles.
- In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
- "The Monster That Challenged the World" is a 1957 horror / science fiction movie of when horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters enter the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace.
- Family drama spanning decades follows the Williams clan connected through motorcycle passion. No analysis, just their struggle to bond amid internal conflicts from the 1940s to present.
- A conspiracy theorist with a pyromania disorder suffers a relapse when his trailer home suddenly explodes, igniting a search for truth that could burn his world to the ground.
- A group of nurses returning from the war in the Philippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.
- Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between creatures of every shape, size and description.
- Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
- December, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
- A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
- A Marine Biologist is assigned to investigate the mysterious deaths of marine life in an inland salt water lake that have been attributed to a creature thought to have been the stuff of legend.
- Wrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.
- In the distant future, humanity is overthrown by artificial intelligence on Earth and other worlds.
- A crazed female scientist uses nerve gas to turn local teenagers into her unquestioning slaves.
- Russ Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he's Russ Raymond. Tommy's friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she's furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there's a tomato in the potato locker, and she's been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy's proving that 7 x 13 = 28 - three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it's an Abbott and Costello classic.
- Amid glittering casino lights and desert landscapes of Las Vegas, a blackjack dealer called Firdaus ponders the fate of her missing husband while her next-door neighbors deal in mutual abuse.
- Hoping to convince his wife that a promotion across the country could change their lives, Brian takes her on a trip to a faded resort town where they once honeymooned. Here, Brian is forced to examine his own marriage, fears, and integrity.
- A 2007 documentary film by Ron Lamothe about Christopher McCandless notable for coming to a different conclusion on McCandless's death than Sean Penn's film, Into the Wild, and Jon Krakauer's book, Into the Wild.
- Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colorado desert that was once a beautiful vacation destination for the privileged and is now a pool of dead fish. Film director Alma Har'el tells the story of three protagonists. The trials of Benny Parrish, a young boy diagnosed with bipolar disorder whose troubled soul and vivid imagination create both suffering and joy for him and his complex and loving family. The story of CeeJay Thompson, a black teenager and aspiring football player who has taken refuge in Bombay Beach hoping to avoid the same fate of his cousin who was murdered by a gang of youths in Los Angeles; and that of Red, an ancient survivor, once an oil field worker, living on the fumes of whiskey, cigarettes and an irrepressible love of life. Together these portraits form a triptych of manhood in its various ages and guises, in a gently hypnotic style that questions whether they are a product of their world or if their world is a construct of their own imaginations.
- In Venezuela during the 1950s, a vacationing Texas oilman is asked to help extinguish an oil derrick fire and he succumbs to the charms of a visiting New York novelist.
- In a desert dystopia, a modern Ulysses wakes up with no memory of his past in the arms of a shamanic Calypso. As his memories resurface he struggles to understand if she is helping him or keeping him captive.
- When anxious Missy's abusive husband Alan eats some bad fish tacos, her and her sister Emily embark on a road trip to dump his body in the desert. Along the way the sisters work on reconciling their estranged relationship, and meet Tony, a homeless, drug addicted former actor who believes himself to literally be the character from his old show.
- To bring Egypt into a Golden Age, Pharaoh Hatshepsut, a woman, publicly appeared, and fought as a man - but loved as a woman. A true tale of love and courage despite everything.
- A couple has a big drug deal go bad and flees across the border to Baja California, Mexico. Bebe's dad sends her ex-husband there to talk sense into her. Somebody sends a hit-man there.
- Renowned cult film director John Waters narrates this quirky exploration of the Salton Sea, the massive Southern California lake that was created by accident a century ago, became a popular desert resort and has since developed into a refuge for a community of oddballs.
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- In the year 3074, an accused terrorist and the soldier ordered to make sure he stands trial for the crime become stranded on a toxic planet when a malfunction on their transport ship causes them to crash land.
- Ed Kunkle is a convicted felon tormented by his own demons. Eve Adams is a single woman trying to cope with a tragic loss. Bodie Jameson is the detective looking for answers. All 3 lives intertwine with horrific consequences when their fears come upon them.
- In this off-center romantic comedy, clueless Garrick pursues his fickle Ex-girlfriend Liz to Palm Springs and Las Vegas against her wishes, only to find out he really doesn't love her anymore. On the way back home, his world is turned upside down when he gets kidnapped by a curious gang of bikers.
- Family celebrations and tensions, Independence Day, Texas 1948
- A paraplegic man leaves home to be on his own.
- In California's poorest desert region, a colorful group of regulars and their dogs gather at Rob's internet cafe for coffee and WiFi in "the last free place in America".
- An enigmatic pseudo-documentary covering the stories of a woman who kills her baby in her microwave, the Native American genocide, and nuclear war.
- A dead sea separates the almost-was and the art of letting go.
- Three outlaws on their way across state lines after a bank robbery, decide to fufill a dying man's wish. Save his wife from notorious outlaw Dutch Henry. A wish that might get them killed.
- A mix-up puts a secret treasure map into the hands of seven adventurous kids, who set out to turn their boring school rock-collecting trip into a quest for a mysterious lost pirate ship. The lucky kids discover a tunnel in the desert leading to the buried ship, but they must face awesome odds in this family adventure film
- As California's largest lake approaches a point of no return, one man will attempt to become the first person to walk around its hazardous shoreline in order to prevent an ecologic disaster that could impact the entire western hemisphere.
- A young veteran is discharged from the surreal dreamscape of the evergreen war. He revels in small pleasures until the day he becomes spellbound by a mundane encounter, and develops a taste for the wicked.
- If an enthralling, compelling, and riveting documentary that takes you on an awe-inspiring journey is what you are seeking, then look no further than The Jewels of the Salton Sea. Learn about the many Jewels of the Salton Sea and how VITAL it is to our planet. Researcher Grace Vitali shares her experience of traveling to the Sea. It's a long way from China to the Salton Sea says, Grace. This documentary features many vital interviews with extraordinary and inspiring people and a special guest star appearance by the incredible actor and poet Michael Madsen. The Jewels of the Salton Sea, directed by Steven Vitali and Narrated by Michael Madsen. The film supports the Salton Sea by showing the beauty and the life that surrounds it. This movie is an exploration that takes you along the Pacific Coast, to the town of El Centro, California, near the U.S - Mexico border. This film delivers in epic proportions footage and interviews that are breathtaking, heartfelt, and full of life. An incredible journey that tells us yet an inspiring story, that of wings and courage. As you sit back and relax, you will feel as though you are traveling through the breezes of the sea, feeling the heat of the day, and the wind beneath the wings of birds in flight. The Jewels of the Salton Sea is a jewel within itself! The simpler times of generations past looks much different today, requiring more diligence in order to achieve an outlook for others to take notice of. The Jewels of the Salton Sea delivers an element of ideas that offer intrinsic value, which is a necessary agent we all must consider for posterity. It takes you on a journey that gives you a peaceful insight and respect of nature that creates a calmness in your inner being. The magnitude of our earth and all its inhabitants graciously sail through time capsules of how nature reacts, thus teaching mankind to progressively take positive action against any manner of method that violates the praxis of natural harmony in our existence. The Feature-length documentary film, dedicated to the late Sonny Bono and the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is a must-see.
- A wayward man questions his existence upon meeting an enigmatic stranger in a dream.
- Shots of 13 great lakes in the USA, with each shot containing half water and half sky or land.