In 88 Minutes, Al Pacino stars as Dr. Jack Gramm, a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row, before his time runs out.
The eerie and deserted town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child’s illness. Unable to accept the doctor’s diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose (Radha Mitchell) flees with her child – heading for the abandoned town in search of answers – and ignoring the protests of her husband (Sean Bean). It’s soon clear this place is unlike anywhere she’s ever been.
It’s smothered by fog, inhabited by a...
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The eerie and deserted town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child’s illness. Unable to accept the doctor’s diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose (Radha Mitchell) flees with her child – heading for the abandoned town in search of answers – and ignoring the protests of her husband (Sean Bean). It’s soon clear this place is unlike anywhere she’s ever been.
It’s smothered by fog, inhabited by a variety of small beings, and periodically overcome by a living Darkness that literally transforms everything it touches. As Rose searches for her little girl, she begins to learn the history of the strange town and realized that her daughter is just a pawn in a larger game.
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When her mother dies unexpectantly, a young woman returns home to New Orleans ready to claim her childhood home. Upon arriving at the house, she discovers that two of her mother's friends are still living in it.
Unable to force them out, the daughter begins to form a bond with the men as they talk about her mother.
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