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03:25The Cooler

Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is a long-time "cooler" at the Shangri-La casino in Las Vegas: he is paid to bring his black cloud to any table where a gambler is on a roll. But when Bernie's luck starts changing for the better--thanks in part to a pretty cocktail waitress--he suddenly loses his cooling talents, incurring the ire of the casino owner in the process.

05:05Wake

When things get tough for offbeat Carys Reitman, she does what any emotionally isolated, modern girl would do - she goes to strangers' funerals. At one fateful funeral, she unexpectedly meets Tyler, a man mourning his fiancée. Despite the warnings of her undertaker best friend Shane and her roommate Lila, she finds herself connecting to someone for the first time. Searching for answers, Carys goes to see her estranged mother to confront her past. And as she tries to open herself to the risks of love with Tyler, she realizes she may have more to fear than just a broken heart.

08:10Spooner

Facing eviction from his parent's home on his 30th birthday, a socially awkward guy meets the girl of his dreams and creates his own rules for growing up.

09:30The Adventure Scouts

A coming of age movie about a group of boys and girls called "adventure scouts" who return from a camping trip to discover their small town is being held captive by a gang of motorcycle-riding knuckleheads. Using only their scouting knowledge and camping equipment, the kids take down the gang members one by one, reunite with family members, and restore the community's sense of pride.

10:55Mayor Cupcake

A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. With no formal experience or education to speak of, she must rely on her street smarts to clean up the town.

12:20Nico the Unicorn

A 12-year-old disabled boy, whose father recently passed away, has his life changed when the pony he rescues gives birth to a unicorn. Can he save the unicorn from the people who want to exploit it?

13:55Saving Lincoln

Director Salvador Litvak and his writing partner, Nina Davidovich Litvak, based their screenplay on their extensive research into Lincoln's friendship with Lamon. ''Saving Lincoln'' charts their relationship from their initial meeting to Lincoln's Presidency. Lamon was a tall, boisterous Southerner who liked to drink whiskey, tell jokes and stories, play the banjo, and wrestle. Despite some pronounced differences between the two men, they shared a fondness for telling jokes and stories, and both felt slavery should be eliminated. Lamon often served as Lincoln's private confidant.

15:35Corner Office

Orson, a compulsive bureaucrat who discovers a secret room.

17:15Almost Friends

Charlie, a culinary genius, has lost the motivation. He doesn't know what to with his life anymore, but he knows one thing - get close to Amber. In comparison to her boyfriend, he seems to be totally unattractive, but Charlie's closest friend convinces him that where there's a will there's a way.

18:55Irish Jam

A South Central L.A. con artist with rap skills tries to keep bill collectors and his lover, with marriage in mind, at bay by entering a poetry contest staged by a small Irish town. Can his rhyming skills help the town and win him the prize money?

20:30The Sandman

One fine morning, Benno finds sand in his bed. While he tries to ignore this at first, he soon must realize that he himself is loosing the sand. Day after day the sand increases and soon his time literally starts running short. Finally he is left no choice but to ask Sandra for help, who runs a small coffee shop under his apartment. Although Benno hates her with a passion, he started having dreams of her every night. What could Sandra and the dreams have to do with the sand?

22:00When Do We Eat?

A family's Passover gets screwy after the patriarch unknowingly ingests a hit of Ecstasy.

23:30The Humanity Bureau

In the near future, war, climate and political agendas have robbed America of its lush resources. Seeds rarely grow into vegetation, the water is mostly polluted, and people are obligated to work hard to earn their keep. Noah Kross (Nicolas Cage) is an agent of "the Humanity Bureau," a government agency that determines a person's productivity. Kross's reports are key factors in deciding who stays in America and who is deported to New Eden. Kross is in charge of managing the deportation of a former governor of Colorado who now lives in misery, who claims to know "the truth" before seeking to kill Kross and then being shot by him. Kross ends up discovering that New Eden is really an extermination camp where the excess unproductive population is liquidated and incinerated.

01:05Deserter

Unlikely friends in a melting pot of confusion. Simon Murray fights for the French Foreign Legion. Pascal Dupont fights for himself. War torn men question honour, hope, morality...because you can desert everything...except yourself.

02:40Land Of the Blind

A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.