November 14, 2007

Los Angeles 2008. Die Zukunft ist ein Alptraum, aus dem es kein Erwachen gibt: Unter der Kontrolle der allmächtigen amerikanischen Sicherheitsbehörde US-Ident gerät die Millionenstadt in nur drei Tagen an den Rand des gesellschaftlichen, wirtschaftlichen und ökologischen Zusammenbruchs. Im Southland von Los Angeles bekämpfen brutale Cops und rücksichtslose Terroristen einander bis aufs Blut. In dieser bedrohlichen Lage überschneiden sich die Schicksalsfäden von Boxer Santaros, einem Actionstar ohne Erinnerungen, mit denen des Pornostars Krysta Now, die an einem eigenen Reality-TV-Projekt arbeitet, und des Polizisten Roland Taverner, der den Schlüssel zu einer weit reichenden Verschwörung besitzt.

July 6, 2012

Der Berkeley-Absolvent Ben und der ehemalige Navy-Seal Chon wurden gewarnt: Die beiden harmlosen Haschdealer aus Laguna Beach, die sich nicht nur ihren Job, sondern auch ihre Hippie-Freundin O teilen, waren der mexikanischen Mafia und ihrem Boss Lado schon lange ein Dorn im Auge. Als die beiden sich weigern zu kooperieren, entführt das Kartell O und fordert, dass die beiden Dealer ihre gesanten Drogen-Einnahmen der letzen fünf Jahre als Lösegeld bezahlen. Ben und Chon bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als zuzustimmen. Ben entwickelt jedoch einen Plan, der ihnen nicht nur ihre Freundin zurückbringen soll, sondern auch das Geld rettet.

June 5, 2015

Biopic über den kalifornischen Musiker Brian Wilson, der Hits schrieb wie "Good Vibrations" und "Wouldn’t it be Nice". Mitte der 1960er: Die Beach Boys gehören zu den weltweit erfolgreichsten Bands, mit ihrem Surf-Sound sind sie Dauergäste in den Charts. Ihre Beliebtheit verdanken die Jungs nicht zuletzt dem kreativen Input Brians , der ein hohes Ziel vor Augen hat: das große Konzeptalbum "Pet Sounds", ein zusammenhängendes Kunstwerk anstelle von separaten Hits. Doch die Beach Boys straucheln unter dem Druck, den die Arbeit am Magnum Opus bedeutet, zumal Brian auch noch zunehmend den Drogen verfällt und unter seinem autoritären Vater Murry leidet. Zu Beginn der 1990er ist Brian geistig und körperlich am Ende, wird durch seinen Vormund Dr. Eugene Landy kontrolliert, der dazu bewusst überdosierte Medikamente einsetzt. Landy passt es gar nicht, dass Brian der Autoverkäuferin Melinda Ledbetter näherkommt…

February 24, 2023

Der junge Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney) wird in den 1970er Jahren von seiner kämpfenden Mutter Charlene (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) aufgezogen. Laurie und eine Schar junger Leute kommen in den sonnigen Süden Kaliforniens, um die Wahrheit mit allen Mitteln der Befreiung neu zu definieren. Zufällig trifft Laurie auf Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie), einen charismatischen Hippie-Straßenprediger, und Pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer), die die Türen von Smiths Kirche für einen Strom wandernder Jugendlicher geöffnet haben. Was sich daraus entwickelt, wird zum größten spirituellen Erwachen in der amerikanischen Geschichte. Rock'n'Roll, neu entdeckte Liebe und ein neuer Glaube führen zu einer Jesus Revolution, die eine Gegenkulturbewegung in eine Erweckung verwandelt, die die Welt verändert.

May 24, 2019

Ein Blick auf die Wurzeln der historischen Musikszene im L.A.'s Laurel Canyon mit der Musik von legendären Gruppen wie The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield und The Mamas and the Papas.

March 7, 2008

Straight-arrow Barry has moved 3000 miles away from lackluster Ohio to attend college in sunny SoCal, and his friend Douglas has come along for the ride. Barry has his education on his mind; Douglas, the consummate mover-and-shaker, plans to make Barry a "Bar Star." Everyone knows the "Bar Star," the nightclub denizen that: like James Bond, he knows that every woman wants him, and every random guy wants to be just like him.

March 14, 2016

The never-before-told story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love – a spiritual group of surfers and hippies in Southern California that became the largest suppliers of psychedelic drugs in the world during the 1960s and early 1970s. Bonded by their dreams to fight social injustice and spread peace, this unlikely band of free-spirited idealists quickly transformed into a drug-smuggling empire and at the same time inadvertently invented the modern illegal drug trade. At the head of the Brotherhood, and the heart of this story, is the anti-capitalistic husband and wife team, who made it their mission to change the world through LSD.

The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world. It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe and Mary Smith, a typical American couple. It was based on a short story of the same name by George Sumner Albee.

October 13, 2015

When Pete Carroll took over the football program at USC after the 2000 season, the once-great Trojans were under siege. But thanks to his football knowledge, upbeat personality and recruiting skills, Southern Cal was soon back atop the college football world as home attendance skyrocketed, Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush won Heismans and the Trojans put together a 34-game winning streak. As it would be later discovered, though, the program was committing sins that would result in lost scholarships, victories and one of those Heismans. But those revelations didn’t come until after the national championship game in the 2006 Rose Bowl between USC and the University of Texas. Featuring interviews with Carroll, Leinart and others inside the USC program at the time, “Trojan War” looks at Carroll’s nine-year USC reign through the prism of that game, considered one of the greatest in college football history. It was also the beginning of the end.

November 27, 1935

Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San Diego track, in a tent-city with her father. Otto, and ditzy sister, Violet, June Wray is a singer with the Eddy Duchin Orchestra appearing to the hotel. Johnny Marvin, an aspiring songwriter and the son of a wealthy automobile manufacturer, is staying at the hotel and, from they moment June and Johnny meet, they fall instantly in love. Trouble arises when Johnny's father objects to the romance, and complications and help arrive in the form of two Marine-hating sailors,Chuck Hornbostel and "Pinky" Falls, when Chuck marries June's ditzy sister.

June 10, 2023

Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.

March 14, 2015

A carefree teen must defend his family's bubble tea shop from a real estate developer with a mysterious link to his past.

September 1, 1982

A raw and unparalleled DIY documentary about the West Coast Punk scene made by a group of young fans/filmmakers about the bands they loved.

August 20, 1932

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big Pines L.A. County Camp for some winter sports including sledding, skating, and ski jumping.

January 22, 1944

A tour of the arid, inhospitable region of the southern California desert known as Death Valley, originally named because of the many travelers in the 1840s who died of thirst, starvation and/or exposure trying to cross it.

Beneath the Surface introduces readers to the story of the wealthy Kingsley family of Southern California. At the center of the action are the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire, who prove unprepared for a storm of deceptions and ruthless family ambition, while out on a weekend voyage.

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