Crystal (Laura Giglio) is sent to live with her Aunt Dot (Pamela Stutch) and Uncle Edgar (GW Lawrence) because her mother can´t handle her anymore. Wearing nothing but short skirts and skimpy tops, Crystal needs to be taught how to be a lady. And Aunt Dot is just the one to do it. (Although you won’t believe some of the outfits this “conservative” aunt wears from a see-through black top to a thong bikini!) She uses ice cold water to get her message across. Crystal is forced to take a cold water shower while completely dressed as both her Aunt and Uncle look on. But Crystal is still defiant and must undergo some very unusual punishments including being drenched to the skin and then left tied up in the woods overnight. Will her Aunt and Uncle be able to make Crystal into a proper young lady? Or will Aunt Dot be forced to drown her niece to “teach her a lesson”? Bound and gagged, Crystal is pushed off the diving board and left to fend for herself.
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them.
The film is based on Gennady Shpalikov’s most intimate story, “The Wharf”. Young Katya, who lives in a small provincial town, is dreaming of a prince charming.
Fumiya, a beautiful boy with no fixed address, sells his body to random men in the park. One day, he is in trouble but is saved by a middle-aged university professor, who sets him on a new life.
Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members from this film and his past successes give us an idea what kind of dedicated person he truly is.
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
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